Why we babble

Because no matter how hard I try, I can't quit you.

And Fred Neechee, too.

Yeah, I don't have any friends in the real world.  Mind you, I'm not terribly popular here either.

I knew if I was looking for inspiration, I would only have to look as far as babble.

Whine.

Babble's a great place to post pre-fabricated opinions and have them framed as thoughts.

Somehow I don't think Saturday night is the best time to get quotes about why we babble that are annual-report-worthy.

I babble because I am 4'10", 375 pounds, green, I sweat profusely and am basically friendless. Happy?

Unless your a ghost then its "a saturday night and I ain't got no body"

Why do I babble? Well nervousness I guess, sometimes its just due to too much alcohol.

Oh why am I on babble? To learn and contribute my life experience

plus all that stuff boom boom said

I think pre-fabricated is about right. I think that to have an original thought on the really important stuff is rare. I form my opinions based on a lot of second-hand ones. I try to pick the cleverest opinions and develop my own over time. I think most people do.

And I think this kind of interaction will expand in future. At some point discussion forums with video and audio will be common. So I don't think babblers are doing anything wrong or being anti-social. On the contrary, we are very sociable people who care what other people think and desire to share mainly political opinions and views on current events in general with each other. Because let's face it, not everyone you know outside of babble is willing to discuss more than work or the weather, sports scores etc, or what's going on outside their own three foot radius in general. And besides, there are no toastmasters meetings where I am.

i think it's a great place to debate current issues and gain some new perspective by communicating with people who might very well disagree with you.  I'm constantly forced to look at things from a different perspective, consider new ideas and work through the pro's and con's of old ones.

Also, it's the only site of it's kind that i'm aware of that deals with things from a canadian left perspective and covers such a large variety of topics.  I love how i can go from a forum on israel/palestine or canada's role in haiti to a forum on an artists responsibility to speak out or local media issues.

I resemble that remark.

I'm back, therefore I babble.

Hey Caissa - welcome back. Now where's that money you owe me, ya bum! (kidding!)

Hee. I just meant that your comment seems custom-made for our annual report (and, you know, just plain nice to read!) Thanks for the kind words!

I babble because some of the smartest political writers in Canada hang out here, and I've basically learned everything I know from this lousy group of bums (except for the real meaning of Mulholland Dr. I did that myself).

I like silly.  Nay, I champion silliness, as long as it's strategically directed and serves a moral purpose.

As a safety valve to blow off political steam and prevent violent leftist-rural revolution ? ;)

I was fomenting at the mouth years ago.

You want a wide variety of viewpoints? Just follow my posts!

And I'll deny that tomorrow.

I think I stayed there once. Room service had an unlisted number.

Let's try this one again:

I'm back, therefore I babble.

I babble because I remember.

So much of the news is presented without context, reported but seldom analyzed - and never looked at from a 'left'-perspective. So I come here to prevent bits of history from spiralling down the memory hole, and to discover the pieces others have preserved here.

I babble because of Maysie and the other brilliant folks here.  I really appreciate this place.  I wish it were a bit different and I wish I had a bit more time to contribute.  Babble gives me optimism most of the time.