It's Time I Left

[brewer]

Remember to breathe.

[Silver]

You could just take a short break from the forum, as I often do.

[Rev. Rye]

Whether this is about the recent debate about how inherently exploitative wage labour is, or about how many times you can have some back and forth with Biker before it gets exhausting, here's some tips from someone who's kept with it for over a decade:
* Pick your battles. For one thing, Biker never accuses me of stalking him, because I tend to be far more judicious with when I engage with him. Preferably when I think I can figure out exactly what to properly say about it. It's one thing to condemn one person's ideology; it's another to be able to explain exactly why what he's saying is bullshit.
* Some things can certainly be wrong. Sometimes, there's a viable alternative that can and should be implemented. Sometimes, we're not ready for it yet. There may be something inherently exploitative about the transaction of labour and money, but if you can't find a good alternative, especially to something that fucking entrenched in the world, all you end up doing is making yourself look like someone who doesn't understand how the world works. Even John Lennon knew this; there's a reason he wrote a song called "Imagine" and not "Abolish Religion! Abolish Nation-States! Collectivism now!"
* Find some way to have fun with it. Sometimes, the beliefs people hold are just blatantly absurd, and it's frankly easy to laugh at how obviously wrong they are. It was honestly fairly easy for me to mock some of Drich's more blatantly ridiculous beliefs while he was still here, like how he bent over backwards to cover Trump's ass even as his arguments were so blatantly preposterous and he swallowed camels as he struggled with gnats. Think of it as the Hbomberguy approach, and, frankly, if I hadn't figured out how to do it with life in general, I'd probably have killed myself years ago. And besides seeing the comedy in politics, well, maybe you can try and hang out on the less religious and political sections of the forum. Once a week, I go to the Last Movie You Watched thread and break down one of the worst movies of all time every week.

If you ever come back, these might help with any potential burnout. If not...

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

On the upside, this reduces the opportunities for my trouser furniture to be used to discuss economic inequality.

Boru

[onlinebiker]

On the upside, this reduces the opportunities for my trouser furniture to be used to discuss economic inequality.

Boru

Of course. But it might be considered a downside on alternating Tuesdays and in leap years.

By ethnic Albanians.

[Fake Messiah]

Well, Helios, you were very active, if not hyperactive, on this forum and you burned out.

[Mister Agenda]

Take care Helios. Maybe we'll see you around these parts again someday.

[HappySkeptic]

Have a great summer. Hope to see you back.

[vulcanlogician]

Take a breather, man.

[Ranjr]