Questionnaire - How Did You Find Out About Machine Nation?

evercloserunion wrote:

Like many of you I am a refugee from P.ie. Unfortunately I remained in the dark during The Void, when so many of you found salvation in MN. I was only in the last few weeks, when P.ie was invaded by trolls and nutjobs, that I realized I had to make the journey to the promised land. So after enquiring about alternative political forums to P.ie on a thread over there, I may or may not have been informed via one of a range of media, which range may or may not include PM, by someone who may or may not be a member of Politics.ie, about MN (maybe).

An excellent decision, if I may say so evercloserunion. P.S. "It wasn't me"

bump - O lord, its very bumpy again tonight...

Like the above, discovered it was the gulag where dissidents were sent after the blackbirds from Stalin's Pie had pecked off their nose.

I was looking for Kazakhstani porn sites, one was spelled similarly to this, but I got a letter wrong and this came up.

905 wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

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That reminds me, I think I will get sugar puffs next time I'm at the supermarket. Whilst they are terrible for me, they will boost my current low ebb no end .
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Bah, low ebb. I'm unemployed, I've no girlfriend and a moth just flew down my neck. A brief struggle yielded a single wing, which suggests the rest of the moth still crawling around in there. And you think you've problems. I have to get Frosties. Much worse for the health.

For anyone making a painful transition between study and work (or more study)
I can think of some things that have helped my through that kind of situation
1. keep fit - go walking or running (but don't overtrain).
2. Do something/anything that can go on your CV as a current occupation - volunteer for something relevant to your life plan.

3. In looking for work, look with one eye in a very focused way for exactly what you want, and use the other eye totally opportunistically to scan for unexpected jobs/ types of work that come up.
4. Use extra time to meet up with old friends.
By the time you have done that lot, you'll probably have a job.

Thanks gfor the thoyught Cactus, but I've no friends, I'm desperate for any job and I'm kept fit by runing after cattle, stacking turf and building a shed.

Well don't despair. Sounds like you got a demi mot and a part-time job with the turf. Hey look where cutting turf got some dodgy geezers round here. Before you know it you'll be writing memoirs and swating mosquitoes on Elba.


And Cactus, happy new year.
Pray tell, though, when did you become a self-help guru?
But while we're here, any tips on anger management? Was thinking of therapy, but got pissed off waiting for some Naomi bitch to finish her session and stormed off in a frenzy, firing mobiles at civilians.

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

I was involved in a coup. Sweet. I am not tainted by the old country

A coup! Great! A counter-cookie coup! Frostie like Great.

Maybe finally I'll get to ring Dad and use that wonderful line I've spent my life striving to utter:

"Sends lawyers, guns and money...DAD Get me out of this!"

When P.ie was off the air I googled for some other unaccountable, undemocratic, jackboot wearing, whinging gutter snipe filled Irish politics site, but all that came up was p.ie, so I googled again, this time for a better class of gutter snipe and lo & behold….

tonys wrote:

When P.ie was off the air I googled for some other unaccountable, undemocratic, jackboot wearing, whinging gutter snipe filled Irish politics site, but all that came up was p.ie, so I googled again, this time for a better class of gutter snipe and lo & behold….

Ta tonys, I'm really touched by that. You've come to the right place.

Kevbar, a Happy New Year to you too. As for anger management, I have a few prickles myself, so may not be able to help either you or Naomi.

Digging the garden does it for me usually. Or giving out on MN.

tonys wrote:

When P.ie was off the air I googled for some other unaccountable, undemocratic, jackboot wearing, whinging gutter snipe filled Irish politics site, but all that came up was p.ie, so I googled again, this time for a better class of gutter snipe and lo & behold….

As The Clash sang (somewhat dubiously but....) "The truth is only known by gutter snipes."

When the last election was on I wanted to know more about my own constituency (as a mere voter you understand) and found P.ie. While I did register I never posted as I was a) too uninformed to answer a question and b) too intimidated to ask one.

I went back to the site to follow the Lisbon debates (rows?) and after The Great Unpleasantness noticed a reference to MN on P.ie so I scurried over, was offered a cuppa and was happy to post here.

I got utterly fed up with the hate speech on P.ie and the failure of the mods to do anything to control it. Saw a link there to MN and now I'm saved!!!