Stokie gone? 10:37 - Feb 8 with 9065 views | GlasgowBlue | Just tried to send him a PM about somebody mentioning him on twitter regarding covid passports at ipswich and his account has been deleted. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 10:43 - Feb 8 with 3749 views | The_Flashing_Smile | That's a shame, one of the best posters on here. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 10:44 - Feb 8 with 3737 views | Keno | Oh no, I do hope not. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 10:44 - Feb 8 with 3729 views | BiGDonnie | The thickos finally got to him. Shame he's gone. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 10:47 - Feb 8 with 3719 views | homer_123 | He took a break a while back - had a chat with him - I think his patience was wearing very very thin. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 10:50 - Feb 8 with 3668 views | XYZ | That's a real shame if correct. |  | |  |
Stokie gone? on 10:51 - Feb 8 with 3672 views | Marshalls_Mullet | Thats a shame, he was a voice of reason. I made a concerted effort to spend 99.9% of my TWTD time in the football section, and that was helpful for my mental health. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 10:51 - Feb 8 with 3655 views | itfc_bucks | Don't always agree with him, but always a decent contributor. Hope he reappears. |  | |  |
Stokie gone? on 10:53 - Feb 8 with 3623 views | bluelagos | Genuine shame. Hope he returns. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 10:58 - Feb 8 with 3595 views | Steve_M | I like Stokie but he was getting increasingly wound up in several of his recent posts, hopefully a break and he'll be back. Despite the best efforts of Phil and Gav there is an undercurrent of fractiousness and tedium about a bit too much of the board these days. IN my opinion, it would help if people could park historical grievances and ignores those they consistently disagree with and not repeat the same things all the bloody time. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 11:01 - Feb 8 with 3533 views | SitfcB | That tweet was funny! |  |
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Stokie gone? on 11:05 - Feb 8 with 3504 views | Churchman | I’ve always found his posts interesting and informative. He is very knowledgeable on many things, e.g. Covid, and clearly does his research. He is a big miss for this board and I hope he returns soon. |  | |  |
Stokie gone? on 11:09 - Feb 8 with 3469 views | Dubtractor |
Stokie gone? on 11:01 - Feb 8 by SitfcB | That tweet was funny! |
Link? I like stokie, seems like a good guy, but he was getting too readily dragged into unnecessary arguments on here. Sometimes it just isn't worth the effort in trying to debate with people you disagree with, even if you fundamentally object to what they are saying. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 11:13 - Feb 8 with 3420 views | Churchman |
Stokie gone? on 11:09 - Feb 8 by Dubtractor | Link? I like stokie, seems like a good guy, but he was getting too readily dragged into unnecessary arguments on here. Sometimes it just isn't worth the effort in trying to debate with people you disagree with, even if you fundamentally object to what they are saying. |
I agree with you totally, but it’s easy to get dragged into it, especially if you know you are in the right and even more so if people are abusive. |  | |  |
Stokie gone? on 11:15 - Feb 8 with 3370 views | Swansea_Blue | That's a shame as Stokie was one of the more interesting posters. Still, art least I can claim my initials back now. SB. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 11:17 - Feb 8 with 3337 views | N2_Blue | That is a real shame and his valuable and well researched contributions will be missed. However i also think people need to let things go a bit or just step back and not always get involved with the argument. If one chooses to be involved with online forums / social media etc what ever you - you are going to converse with way more people than you would ordinarily in the real world. You are not going to agree with all and you are not (unfortunately) always going to be able to change some peoples minds even if their view is factually incorrect, extreme, uneducated or just plain ridiculous. There is a little more you can do that put your point across and back it up with fact, research and evidence, which Stokie nearly always did. But if that fails to work with people, sometimes you just have to step back from it *if* it causes you angst and frustration which i kind of got the impression it did with Stokie. I hope after a bit of time to reflect and get away from those on here that do hit a nerve with him, that he will be back as many of us do value his input here. Keep well SB! |  |
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Stokie gone? on 11:42 - Feb 8 with 3182 views | Ryorry |
Stokie gone? on 11:13 - Feb 8 by Churchman | I agree with you totally, but it’s easy to get dragged into it, especially if you know you are in the right and even more so if people are abusive. |
There's also the issue of defamation, which people are almost bound to stand up and defend themselves against. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 11:48 - Feb 8 with 3135 views | LankHenners |
Stokie gone? on 10:58 - Feb 8 by Steve_M | I like Stokie but he was getting increasingly wound up in several of his recent posts, hopefully a break and he'll be back. Despite the best efforts of Phil and Gav there is an undercurrent of fractiousness and tedium about a bit too much of the board these days. IN my opinion, it would help if people could park historical grievances and ignores those they consistently disagree with and not repeat the same things all the bloody time. |
Indeed, and in this example there’s still been more than a bit of deliberate provocation from 1 or 2 people in particular who know exactly what they’re doing then give it the ‘who me? What have I done?’ act when pulled up on it. As you say, hope Stokie comes back from a break and those deliberately needling calm down a bit. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 11:50 - Feb 8 with 3107 views | MerseyBlue | I may have missed this being mentioned already but wkj and footers have also gone. I understand we all have people that rub us up the wrong way from time to time but I enjoyed the contributions of all three. That doesn't mean seeing absolute eye to eye on things. That said, I have found that taking a break from here can help so I wish them well and hopefully they will be back at some point, enjoying posting again. |  |
| "Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." | Poll: | Who will be the winner? |
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Stokie gone? on 11:51 - Feb 8 with 3078 views | BiGDonnie |
Stokie gone? on 11:50 - Feb 8 by MerseyBlue | I may have missed this being mentioned already but wkj and footers have also gone. I understand we all have people that rub us up the wrong way from time to time but I enjoyed the contributions of all three. That doesn't mean seeing absolute eye to eye on things. That said, I have found that taking a break from here can help so I wish them well and hopefully they will be back at some point, enjoying posting again. |
Were footers and wkj banned? Or simply had enough of frimmers? |  |
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Stokie gone? on 11:53 - Feb 8 with 3052 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Stokie gone? on 11:51 - Feb 8 by BiGDonnie | Were footers and wkj banned? Or simply had enough of frimmers? |
Frimmers, who I notice is now posting as CM again? I thought having two profiles was banning territory? |  |
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Stokie gone? on 11:54 - Feb 8 with 2997 views | suffolkpoker |
Stokie gone? on 10:51 - Feb 8 by Marshalls_Mullet | Thats a shame, he was a voice of reason. I made a concerted effort to spend 99.9% of my TWTD time in the football section, and that was helpful for my mental health. |
I do this for ages. Feels strange at first, has alot less traffic but more focused. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 11:56 - Feb 8 with 2987 views | MerseyBlue |
Stokie gone? on 11:51 - Feb 8 by BiGDonnie | Were footers and wkj banned? Or simply had enough of frimmers? |
I have no idea but I don't think we should be bringing Frimley into it. I've bickered with him enough in the past and he seems to have a bit of a target on his back at the moment. I echo what Steve said, time for people to start letting grudges lie and trying to either get on with or ignore one another. |  |
| "Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." | Poll: | Who will be the winner? |
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Stokie gone? on 11:56 - Feb 8 with 2973 views | FrimleyBlue |
Stokie gone? on 11:53 - Feb 8 by Cheltenham_Blue | Frimmers, who I notice is now posting as CM again? I thought having two profiles was banning territory? |
How can I be posting as CM again when the account doesn't exist, so good try making something up for no reason. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 11:57 - Feb 8 with 2956 views | homer_123 |
Stokie gone? on 11:51 - Feb 8 by BiGDonnie | Were footers and wkj banned? Or simply had enough of frimmers? |
Footers was rightly getting jarred off with ageism on here. |  |
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Stokie gone? on 12:00 - Feb 8 with 2896 views | FrimleyBlue |
Stokie gone? on 11:57 - Feb 8 by homer_123 | Footers was rightly getting jarred off with ageism on here. |
Which btw, wasn't me, I dont tend to use the general page much and haven't really exchanged any paths with footers for a fair while tbh. Only real one really was SB himself, but when I did venture onto the general page, I liked his Covid talk, really knew his stuff and was pleasant reading. We absolutely have different views on footy, but that's life. |  |
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