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[German Shocks]

Why do people just lurk in threads liking posts but never commenting?

 

[ReBurn]

Like they're gonna post and tell us

 

[bender]

You should ask...

 

[falconhoof]

 

[ChazAshley]

Spoiler: Because...

 

[Meicyn]

Because they're all in the closet.

 

[p_xavier]

Nothing interesting to say most of the time. I post but English is my third language so.

 

[Doomtrain]

I watch them. Sometimes from a chair and sometimes from the closet, and almost always dressed as Superman.

 

[Forsete]

 

[dispensergoinup]

Don't know, I lurked for a long ass time here before I decided to post a reply.

I liked being the fly on the wall for a while.

 

[Eesha]

me speak english no good, me might say dumb stuff

 

[Meicyn]

me speak english no good, me might say dumb stuff

You should lay off the MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

 

[MudoSkills]

With high quality threads like this I don't know how they could possibly stop themselves from getting involved.

 

[YCoCg]

It's tiring seeing what things you people argue about, especially in the gaming section.

 

[CGNoire]

Why do people just lurk in threads liking posts but never commenting?

I only have a phone to respond on most of the time and cant stand how cumbersome typing out long throughly thought through posts are on the thing.....So I get a bit lazy and just search for someone elses post I agree with to check so i dont have to deal with that shit.

 

[sono]

Lurkers : RISE UP!

 

[John Marston]

Like my mom used to say "If ya got nothing to say shut yer yap."

 

[spons]

English is my Nth language as well. Doesn't stop me from posting here.

That said, if "the 90%" suddenly starts posting, I have a feeling the overall quality of discourse around here will drop, maybe even significantly.

 

[Eesha]

You should lay off the MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

but don't forget the SNAAAAAAAAAAKEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS

 

[GymWolf]

I'm shy so i only post when i have something important to say.

 

[GameyYT]

 

[Trilobit]

I'm shy so i only post when i have something important to say.

Ooooh...

 

[DKehoe]

I'm shy so i only post when i have something important to say.

Same but I have a terrible sense of whether something is important or not.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

It's tiring seeing what things you people argue about, especially in the gaming section.

Hey, don't you dare mess with the woke slop task force. Someone has to stand up against it. Woke slop, AI slop, just normal slop, it won't fly around these parts.

 

[GC_DALBEN]

Gaming news basically, i like seeing ppl opinions on some games.

 

[gar3]

I post when I have something to say.

Also, the gaming side is a dumpster fire most of the time now so I'll read it but rarely will I engage with it.

 

[Trunx81]

I just post funny memes and Sydney Sweeney pics.

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

I let everydaybeast speak for me

 

[Signalis]

I've been lurking since 2008, never saw the reason to join. But last year, I decided that the discussion looks like a lot of fun(better than it used to be in the crazy days of the psycho mods running this place.) and finally decided to create an account.

 

[clarky]

Nothing interesting to say most of the time. I post but English is my third language so.

8492 posts, next level lurking.

 

[808mate]

Laziness. (on my part)

 

[p_xavier]

8492 posts, next level lurking.

Over decades. And mostly memes.

 

[clarky]

Over decades. And mostly memes.

Take notes novice lurkers this is the professional lurker you should aspire to be.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

I usually don't bother unless I have what I think is a new angle to contribute.

On the gaming side, most opinions someone could possibly have are taken on the first page or so, and after that, it's a lot of repeats, or folks who are going back and forth in one-on-one arguments. So I lurk there more than I engage.

I would bet the majority of my posts are in off-topic where the people are more chill--unless we get a mod-approved politics-adjacent thread.