Please. Either set up a Susan Boyle group or stop posting threads about her.

[proud2BlibKansan]

This has gone beyond ridiculous. I am looking for news about the torture documents and I see one Susan Boyle thread after another.

Is this a political discussion board or something else now?

And no I don't hate Susan Boyle. I just think there are lots more important things we should be focusing on.

[WeDidIt]

1. The Administrators have provided you a means to take care of the issue yourself

Simply click that X next to any Susan Boyle thread, and you never need see them again.

That's why the X is there, so that people who don't want to see certain threads or threads on certain topics don't have to.

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. I have been doing that but there are too many threads to keep up with

[WeDidIt]

17. Just keep clicking

they'll all go away in a few minutes.

I promise you.

[Occulus]

74. Isn't it amazing, though?

The OP of this thread is doing, with this thread, exactly what they're complaining about other people doing, and that little 'X' you mentioned is there precisely to avoid threads exactly like this one!

I just woke up and I do not need this...

[roguevalley]

80. isn't it amazing how some people can't do more than one thing at

a time? more important things to discuss... I can read about her and about waterboarding at the same time. You should try it. multitasking is a good thing.

[proud2BlibKansan]

84. But I honestly don't give a rat's ass about her

:)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. You could just ignore those posts, or even hide them...

[Obamanaut]

40. To hide them, isn't it necessary to open them first? To try to ignore

them is like trying to ignore gnats - they are everywhere.

[Turborama]

64. Nope, the small box with the x is right next to the name of the thread...

Hope that helps...

[Obamanaut]

77. Yes, that does help. Thank you. nt

[Hekate]

3. Go on looking for torture threads. There's little enough good news in this world & the rest of us...

... sometimes need a break to refresh ourselves for the fight ahead. Susan Boyle is refreshing, as is the puppy Bo.

Hekate

[LisaL]

4. Of course now there is one more Susan Boyle thread.

Thanks to you.

[tavalon]

59. That's the catch 22, isn't it?

[Canuckistanian]

5. There are a grand total of 4 Boyle posts in GD as of this posting

Including yours.

'Ignore Thread' is your friend.

[Hannah Bell]

47. There are 13 now. Something like 1/4 of total threads on page 1.

[Cali_Democrat]

83. By my count, a high of 37 Susan Boyle threads on the front page today

Looks like it's calming down as of 8:12pm PDT.

[CTyankee]

6. Sorry, but this is GD, General Discussion. Perhaps we need a midway discussion forum between this

and the Lounge or something else to accommodate your desires.

I hear what you say but I also think that Susan Boyle presents an interesting sociological and political issue, which is her physical type and her class. This can be very interesting and I am surprised that you haven't cottoned on to it.....

You know, as we used to say in the women's liberatation movement: the personal is the political.

Think about it...

[bbinacan]

7. You need to relax. n/t

[EFerrari]

8. I've been trying to monitor the torture threads.

If you need a link, maybe I have one.

Myself am waiting for DU to stop drooling over the term "teabagging". But, that will probably take weeks.

[tavalon]

60. Actually, it isn't even as funny as it was the other night

Damn, I keep needing bigger fixes and I just don't know how the right is going to keep up with my mocking needs.

[lamp_shade]

9. What? You can't find torture threads? You've got to be kidding.

[liberalmuse]

10. I hope people keep on posting them.

Her success is one of the more uplifting things to read about these days. Not to insult DU, but damn, this is a message board. If doing something vital is your aim, step away from your 'puter and get out there in the real world and interact with real people. Do some volunteer work. The internets are merely a diversion, or means to organize activities to do in the real world. Nothing more.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. I have been at a health care forum most of the day

Came home and Susan Boyle has taken over DU.

Same thing yesterday. Went to a meeting and came home and it was Susan Boyle everywhere.

It's been going on for days.

I would like to log in and read about something else. And in the grand scheme of things, this woman is not all that important.

I do lots of vital things. And I interact with people every day. Not much time to read the news so I like to find it here when I have time. But this weekend it's all about Susan Boyle. And it seems rather silly, IMO.

[canetoad]

11. Why do you hate Susan Boyle?

[muffin1]

12. Yeah, I'm with you...

she's starting to wear thin with me, too. :P
Lovely voice and all, but all this hoopla? I don't get it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. I have never watched one episode of American Idol

So I really don't get this hoopla at all.

[muffin1]

34. American Idol and every spin-off of it sucks.

There is no need to watch any of that crap.
And WTF? If we don't want to read about Susan Boyle, we don't have a life? O.K., maybe not, but if we are going to spend time on a political message board, let's talk POLITICS, for christ's sake.

[arcadian]

13. I so want to post a Susan Boyle thread now.

Even though I agree.

:P

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. Makes me wish we had an unrecommend feature.

LOL

[Reterr]

15. I would alert for Lounge moves

That is where Susan Boyle threads belong isn't it, going by what GD should mean on a political message board? We talk about whatever the latest shiny thing is and apparently this Susan Boyle is the latest distraction. I hate reality tv....

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. I think there are just too many threads to do that

[TexasObserver]

50. Oh, look! Kittens!!

Susan Boyle. The new Obama dog.

I don't understand the attraction of such frivolous, immaterial events. She's a moderately talented singer. The dog is furry. Wow. That's hugh!!

If someone started a thread about the NBA playoffs, it would be moved, as it should be. Why this tripe about Susan Boyle remains is anyone's guess.

[Reterr]

51. Completely agree.eom

[Mike 03]

16. Ordinarily, I would probably agree with a post like this, but this Susan Boyle

discourse has touched on an important aspect of our shallowness as a society. That shallowness doesn't just have to do with Susan Boyle; it has to do with how we analyze, assess and judge damn near EVERYTHING.

IMO, the more time we spend analyzing our superficiality, the more quickly we can grow as a society into a peoples we can be proud of, instead of a constant, moronic embarrassment to ourselves.

[paulsby]

30. in some respects, vocal talent is also superficial

it's similar to looks in that respect.

sure, somebody can hone their vocal talent, but a beautiful voice is just as much an accident of birth as a hawt looking face is.

in both cases, one can work to make one's body better, eat healthy, take care of one's skin, etc. just like one can hone one's voice presentation, but in some respects it's just as "superficial" to gush over a beautiful voice as a beautiful face.

me, i appreciate both.

they both bring me pleasure. and i am not going to get all high and mighty like a good voice is so exalted but looks are just superficial.

i played in bands throughout high school and college, and i know more than a few vacuous singers.

this woman seems like a nice person, and she has a great voice.

fantastic.

i'm not ashamed to admit that i can appreciate a beautiful body, a beautiful face, a beautiful soul, and a beautiful voice.

[elocs]

18. Isn't the title of this particular board "General Discussion"? Not "General Political Discussion".

Nobody here gets to decide for all the rest exactly what are the important things we should be focused upon. We all get to decide. Simple concept.

[dem629]

19. K&R

The culture of celeb obsession (even for a fleeting Internet fad celeb) is troubling.

[uppityperson]

20. Teri Schiavo almost drove me nuts

Issue of the day syndrome

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. Now I didn't mind the hoopla over her

There were so many issues tied up in that tragedy.

[Coventina]

23. If I know DU (and after 7 years I think I do)

Susan Boyle will be forgotten by next week.

Relax, just keep hitting "hide thread."

And realize that you are going to get a LOT of mockery for making an issue out of it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. I considered that before I posted this

Then I decided to see how much enthusiasm there really is for this woman.

[Coventina]

28. After I made my post, I looked at your profile

and realized I hadn't told you anything you didn't know already.

Good luck!

:-)

[saltpoint]

29. I try to root for people who have talent.

Susan Boyle has talent.

As she was first presented to an audience, she found herself the target of hooting and derision.

When she opened her mouth to sing, the hooting and derision stopped. It came to an end.

Her talent reminded anyone who hooted or derided her that physical personality is far less the point than inner beauty. This is the psychological hinge behind Anderson's 'Ugly Duckling' tale, in which an ugly duckling endures years of barnyard trauma only to glance down one afternoon on the lake to behold himself as a swan.

Her voice is that swan, and its reflection, that rises from Boyle's throat for the reconsideration of all the idiot pigs, chickens, and other animals who thought they had the right to dismiss her.

People tend to root for the good, and the good happened here.

[flvegan]

31. Hide Thread is your friend.

[lumberjack_jeff]

32. I have a fever, and the cure is more Susan Boyle.

[satya]

58. LOL. nt

[bigwillq]

33. I agree.

It's a lovely story. A lovely voice.

But it's overkill now. Jeez, so many people here go nuts when the media overkills a story but DU does the same thing.

[emilyg]

35. I like happy posts - so few nowadays.

[cwydro]

65. I prefer Susan Boyle

to all the adolescent snickering about teabagging, that's for sure.

[TexasObserver]

36. Yes, the whole topic belongs in the lounge. It's a silly pop culture phenom.

It's American Idol with a British accent, and just as inconsequential.

[Individualist]

42. ...and some people still insist DU hasn't changed over the years.

:eyes:

[TexasObserver]

43. Only teenagers roll their eyes.

Middle schoolers, actually.

If you have something to say that is intelligent, say it.

[Individualist]

44. Your snarky condescension is duly noted.

[Reterr]

45. If calling out Celeb culture obsessions was what made the old DU tick

then it is a good change....

[mamalone]

37. Well this is "general discussion"

Not "General discussion of things of grave importance and political depth" ;)

It'll pass and we'll still be discussing the "important" things when it does. Until then the hide thread feature is a great tool.

[DeepBlueC]

38. scrolling is simple enough

It's okay to think as you do, but it really is rather rude to say so. I think you have all the tools you need to find what you are looking for...you are in effect telling people to get out of your way. I doubt if you would ever do that sort of thing in person.

[rucky]

39. susanboyle susanboyle susanboyle susanboyle

:P

[proud2BlibKansan]

41. LOL!

[Historic NY]

46. Mods can we have a torture group please, people need some pleasure, from the songfest.

[RB TexLa]

48. Who is Susan Boyle?

[arcadian]

49. I was starting to think it was a joke, like the NARWHALS thing.

But nope, people seem to be serious in their admiration of Susan Boyle, which is frightening.

[proud2BlibKansan]

69. Yeah I don't get it

And she isn't even THAT great of a singer. She is good, but I have heard many better. I think some of these people have been watching American Idol for too long.

[donheld]

52. So what do YOU do

start another thread. That's real bright.

[inna]

61. heh

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

68. And you kick it!

Another bright move!

[donheld]

82. I wasn't the one whining.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

53. Give it a bit of time and it will pass over.

These things tend to have a way of correcting themselves.

Patience grasshopper. :D

[depakid]

54. "I am looking for news"

Well then, there are surely better places -tons of them, than general discussion on Democratic Underground.

No, what what it sounds more like is that you're wanting to have a fuss.

Why that is, only you can say.

[BlooInBloo]

55. It happens every time with "The View" types of topics.

[MilesColtrane]

56. Looking for torture?

Another Susan Boyle thread should do the trick.

[Control-Z]

57. Are you honestly put out by this?

Don't read them if you hate them so much.

And you'll probably find all the current news by looking on the "Latest Breaking News" page. As far as I know, there has been only one Susan Boyle thread there so far, a few days ago. I think you'll be safe and comfortable there.

[BigBearJohn]

62. Yes. For GOD's sake, don't post anything that might make us HAPPY

:sarcasm:

[proud2BlibKansan]

67. I would think that is what the Lounge is for

[BigBearJohn]

86. Is that where you recently posted the video of the young boy singing?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x298841

[AngryOldDem]

63. Would you like another Obama puppy thread instead? n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

70. I do like that puppy better. Yes.

:)

[AngryOldDem]

73. I do too.

But I also can put this woman and her talent in perspective and not get my pants in a twist over it.

I just think this all goes to show just how fucking fatigued the world is with crisis after crisis after crisis. You can only take so much doom-and-gloom before you go insane. It's a nice story. It makes people smile. What's wrong with that? The world's shit isn't going away...it will be there once the shine comes off this story (and Bo's).

[cwydro]

66. And you just started another one.

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

71. And you replied!

:rofl:

[cwydro]

72. Yes, because I am purposely kicking all of them.

i think the whole thing is hilarious.:rofl:

[AngryAmish]

75. I think you are trying to distract from the Susan Boyle phenomenon

Nice try. It won't work. We will not be distracted by trivialities.

[watercolors]

76. THANK YOU! I agree, tiresome at most!

nt

[Scout]

78. use ignore thread function if you don't like them

and don't start threads about her telling other people not to start threads about her!

ha, now i just kicked this thread about not starting threads about Susan Boyle

:P

[Fendius]

79. We can chose to ignore, but this is annoying coverage of entertainment

[L0oniX]

81. Congrats ..you've made the 26th hide thread for susan boyle abuse.

[proud2BlibKansan]

85. Sounds like we need another forum!

LOL