The Cake Stop
The place for more serious off-topic questions, light-hearted banter and friendly chat
Or is it? Some of the debate on here is toxic. On all sides.
It's just a hill. Get over it.
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IIRC the distinction between cake stop and bottom bracket is that bottom bracket was solely created so that the women in lycra thread could be kept.
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But this is what cake stoppers enjoy about cake stop. It takes balls and persistence to win the internet, some have the right stuff, some don’t. So stop being a pansy* and man up. Or get out of the kitchen.secretsam said:The cake stop:
The place for more serious off-topic questions, light-hearted banter and friendly chat
Or is it? Some of the debate on here is toxic. On all sides.
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Did you miss the "more serious off-topic questions" part? Other than one or two exceptions I would say people debate some serious questions in a grown up manner most of the time. I learn a lot on here and have even been known to change my opinion based on some well-reasoned debates. I'd actually only ever voted Tory before I started using this site!secretsam said:The cake stop:
The place for more serious off-topic questions, light-hearted banter and friendly chat
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Pertinent part now in bold.secretsam said:The cake stop:
The place for more serious off-topic questions, light-hearted banter and friendly chat.
Or is it? Some of the debate on here is toxic. On all sides.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I wouldn't say it's toxic. I'm not sure what toxic means in this context though.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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Is that more serious or light hearted?ballysmate said:
Maybe all comments need flagging with a context letter.
L for Levity
S for silly.
A bit like the toilets in an Irish Bar.
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Bring on ai and we can just have take bots trotting out predictable positions for each of us.0
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I think Sams point is that there too much of the serious stuff and not enough of the light hearted banter etc. Seem to remember Commuting Chat had more than its fair share of serious types and ended up dying off."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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Hardly surprising when the hottest debates were about bananas or wearing underwear.Stevo_666 said:I think Sams point is that there too much of the serious stuff and not enough of the light hearted banter etc. Seem to remember Commuting Chat had more than its fair share of serious types and ended up dying off.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Nope, not really. My point is that the debate of the serious stuff is quite often polarised and unpleasant - the thread on "Women's Safety", for example. On the other hand, the thread about the Census and Religion is quite reasoned and intelligent.Stevo_666 said:I think Sams point is that there too much of the serious stuff and not enough of the light hearted banter etc. Seem to remember Commuting Chat had more than its fair share of serious types and ended up dying off.
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OK, it's my point thensecretsam said:
Nope, not really. My point is that the debate of the serious stuff is quite often polarised and unpleasant - the thread on "Women's Safety", for example. On the other hand, the thread about the Census and Religion is quite reasoned and intelligent.Stevo_666 said:I think Sams point is that there too much of the serious stuff and not enough of the light hearted banter etc. Seem to remember Commuting Chat had more than its fair share of serious types and ended up dying off.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Yeah, own it...Stevo_666 said:
OK, it's my point thensecretsam said:
Nope, not really. My point is that the debate of the serious stuff is quite often polarised and unpleasant - the thread on "Women's Safety", for example. On the other hand, the thread about the Census and Religion is quite reasoned and intelligent.Stevo_666 said:I think Sams point is that there too much of the serious stuff and not enough of the light hearted banter etc. Seem to remember Commuting Chat had more than its fair share of serious types and ended up dying off.
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Identity politics innit.secretsam said:
Nope, not really. My point is that the debate of the serious stuff is quite often polarised and unpleasant - the thread on "Women's Safety", for example. On the other hand, the thread about the Census and Religion is quite reasoned and intelligent.Stevo_666 said:I think Sams point is that there too much of the serious stuff and not enough of the light hearted banter etc. Seem to remember Commuting Chat had more than its fair share of serious types and ended up dying off.
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I did wonder if he had missed another reason why the thread had died a deathveronese68 said:Commuting is so 2019
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It was dead before Covid came along. Pretty much.surrey_commuter said:
I did wonder if he had missed another reason why the thread had died a deathveronese68 said:Commuting is so 2019
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I swear the noises of Microsoft Teams notifications is going to trigger some PTSD in the future.veronese68 said:Commuting is so 2019
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Many of the threads are enlightening and fairly polite. There really are quite a lot of smart people on here who aren't afraid to disagree and so we get a range of well articulated views.rick_chasey said:
Identity politics innit.secretsam said:
Nope, not really. My point is that the debate of the serious stuff is quite often polarised and unpleasant - the thread on "Women's Safety", for example. On the other hand, the thread about the Census and Religion is quite reasoned and intelligent.Stevo_666 said:I think Sams point is that there too much of the serious stuff and not enough of the light hearted banter etc. Seem to remember Commuting Chat had more than its fair share of serious types and ended up dying off.
Once in a while though, a topic comes up that a bunch of largely white middle class men shouldn't really have too many strong opinions about. Such as, how it feels to be female or how it feels to be black.3 -
Nah, that was just because DDD got married and settled down.Stevo_666 said:I think Sams point is that there too much of the serious stuff and not enough of the light hearted banter etc. Seem to remember Commuting Chat had more than its fair share of serious types and ended up dying off.
That's what this place is missing: gratuitously detailed posts about hair removal.
Also we all got 10 years older.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Can't remember either being discussed tbh.First.Aspect said:
Many of the threads are enlightening and fairly polite. There really are quite a lot of smart people on here who aren't afraid to disagree and so we get a range of well articulated views.rick_chasey said:
Identity politics innit.secretsam said:
Nope, not really. My point is that the debate of the serious stuff is quite often polarised and unpleasant - the thread on "Women's Safety", for example. On the other hand, the thread about the Census and Religion is quite reasoned and intelligent.Stevo_666 said:I think Sams point is that there too much of the serious stuff and not enough of the light hearted banter etc. Seem to remember Commuting Chat had more than its fair share of serious types and ended up dying off.
Once in a while though, a topic comes up that a bunch of largely white middle class men shouldn't really have too many strong opinions about. Such as, how it feels to be female or how it feels to be black.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
Referring to a BLM thread a while ago, and the thread about women's safety on p1 at the moment.DeVlaeminck said:
Can't remember either being discussed tbh.First.Aspect said:
Many of the threads are enlightening and fairly polite. There really are quite a lot of smart people on here who aren't afraid to disagree and so we get a range of well articulated views.rick_chasey said:
Identity politics innit.secretsam said:
Nope, not really. My point is that the debate of the serious stuff is quite often polarised and unpleasant - the thread on "Women's Safety", for example. On the other hand, the thread about the Census and Religion is quite reasoned and intelligent.Stevo_666 said:I think Sams point is that there too much of the serious stuff and not enough of the light hearted banter etc. Seem to remember Commuting Chat had more than its fair share of serious types and ended up dying off.
Once in a while though, a topic comes up that a bunch of largely white middle class men shouldn't really have too many strong opinions about. Such as, how it feels to be female or how it feels to be black.
Reminds me of a conversation at work recently. Looking for something to get involved with to help the firm, and someone mentioned the inclusivity and diversity committee. I replied that I wasn't really what they needed.0 -
The only bit I don't get about Cake Stop is people thinking they can engage the occasional troll without it dragging threads down. Other than that, it's remarkably civilised, given the range of topics covered and the intelligence and width of experiences of (most) contributors.0
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It could be worse....
That our local lib dem member is painted as the living embodiment of the marxist red scare suggests that the forum skews rather right, but I occasionally dip into a US based ski forum and that is a whole box of....
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Yes I just disagree we shouldn't have strong opinions in things we don't experience directly.First.Aspect said:
Referring to a BLM thread a while ago, and the thread about women's safety on p1 at the moment.DeVlaeminck said:
Can't remember either being discussed tbh.First.Aspect said:
Many of the threads are enlightening and fairly polite. There really are quite a lot of smart people on here who aren't afraid to disagree and so we get a range of well articulated views.rick_chasey said:
Identity politics innit.secretsam said:
Nope, not really. My point is that the debate of the serious stuff is quite often polarised and unpleasant - the thread on "Women's Safety", for example. On the other hand, the thread about the Census and Religion is quite reasoned and intelligent.Stevo_666 said:I think Sams point is that there too much of the serious stuff and not enough of the light hearted banter etc. Seem to remember Commuting Chat had more than its fair share of serious types and ended up dying off.
Once in a while though, a topic comes up that a bunch of largely white middle class men shouldn't really have too many strong opinions about. Such as, how it feels to be female or how it feels to be black.
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Plus white people and men are not totally irrelevant to those debates.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]1 -
Cakestop skews right? Really? I think there's only Stevo who admits to voting Tory and have you seen the hate the Conservatives get across a number of threads? Not to mention the bile aimed at GB News before it's even launched. Where are all the right wing posters? There's me I suppose, but I'm one of the few to be concerned with liberty and the increasing authoritarian actions of the government, and I also support nationalised railways, I'm not a free markets hawk and I've been against most of the foreign wars and interventions in recent memory from Iraq, to Afghanistan, to Lybia.ddraver said:It could be worse....
That our local lib dem member is painted as the living embodiment of the marxist red scare suggests that the forum skews rather right, but I occasionally dip into a US based ski forum and that is a whole box of....0
