Seriously, why?
Personally I do it because of the memes, the banter, and the fact that it filters through news. If I want to know what normies think, all I have to do it turn on the TV.
I come here to procrastinate because I'm too weak to face the challenges and obstacles that lay ahead.
Really it's because /pol/ is basically the opposite of most things around me and I like seeing other viewpoints whether I agree with them or not.
e.g. online I'd saw most other people I talk to on twitter or shitbook or whatever would count as """sjw""""""" and it gets bland to hear single leftist stances on everything.
Offline similar thing. I don't have a problem with gun rights or muslims or immigration here and it's interesting to read about other situations.
>>78995117
Its really funny and i like religious discussions occasionally
this is my source of news
>>78995117
I used to hate socializing because what I thought was socializing was actually tolerating imbeciles and getting bullied. I would be the most social person alive if I lived in a meatspace pol.
>>78995117
Some good laughs, some good insights every now and then.
It's like a rowdy Saloon. Have a couple of drinks, laugh, converse and play cards and watch some bar fights.
You know, man stuff.
Actual high level political discussion that isn't afraid to name the jew and call out SJW faggots on their shit. You have a lot of trouble in real life doing this, at least if people you know are blue pilled cucks.
Thankfully, my co-workers and family aren't so its much easier to discuss the same stuff from /pol/ with them, sans the jews.
>>78995117
I always miss when I try to click on /gif/
>>78995117
Because people actually discuss things from viewpoints that are publicly taboo.
Discrediting through shame doesn't work on those who are proud of being outsiders.
There's no /pol/ or 4chan equivalent here in PH, unless you want to read jewbook with all the brain melting opinions of normies.
>>78995989
>high level political discussion
>/pol/
>>78996108
Now your here forever.
I used to lurk and contribute on /k/. Now I'm on both boards. I get international media reports from you geyser here. It's like being in a basement with multiple monitors on several topics at once.
>>78995117
News. If there is some horrible happening, this place will either be outraged, happy, or trying to rub it in your face.
Take Orlando shooting. Everywhere else was effectively embargo on information, news were witholding info, fucking Reddit was deleting any and all threads about it.
If something happens in my city, I'd be glad to get as much info as I can, not to get it censored by some reddit aparatchik because he plays politically correct.
>>78995117
Implying I'm here
The political discourse was really good.
Now that its the summer time, before the election, the board is 3/4 slide threads, and "pol btfo" jew faggot shill threads. Kiddos bored "trolling", and professional niggers working for clinton sliding the fuck outta this place.
Take a look. Really watch the catalog. See what new peice of journalistic menora casting magic comes out, and then see how many threads withing minutes, flood the board.
Also the race mixing bullshit is getting intense here. Its the same fucking threads, every day.
>would you not (black girl)
>black men superior
>how can you compete.
Its cookie cutter, and it makes me want to figure out who. I have time, money, just not the skill to figure out who.
>>78996245
Of the absolute highest quality.
I come here to BTFO of authoritarian white nationalist conservative extremists. I've been doing it for a few years, it's a hobby of mine and some people here are funny.
>>78995117
No lie I come here for news. Sure you have to wade through shill/is it white/normienews/slide threads but a lot of important news can be found.
>>78996851
this
first thing i do in the morning is get on my phone and open up /pol/, so i can get instant news on a mass shooting or something without wading through the news
I get a good portion of my news from here. I understand there is a large amount of bullshit to shovel through but it's worth it.
Plus my brother and his wife are ultra-bluepilled SJW faggots and I need debate fuel for him.
>>78995117
Sadly because /pol/ is right
i browse ironically for the satire and bants
>>78995117
Laughs and current events. I lost my shit at the webm of that aussie spambot last night.
Because I've always had an interest in politics, history and the like, as well as (unfortunately) 4chan.
I first came to /new/ back in the day, but the blantant racism offendedme, and arguments went nowhere so I left. Cue the 2012 election, and me being a self-described "libertarian", I went to /pol/. Irony, memes, and surprisingly intelligent conversations (occasionally) kept me here til today.
Also should mention I also appreciate threads about "sources" for various topics, I've been reading quite more lately.
>>78995825
Same
>>78995825
To promote the love of jesus
>>78995117
My Christian brothers and sisters. I don't wanna leave them alone in this den of wolves.
I enjoy satire, and The Onion sucks nowadays.
>>78995117
happening threads and ebin meme posts
>>78995117
Shitposting, to keep up on the news, and Touhou.
>>78995878
you can be social in my meatspace brother.
>>78996826
You btfo no one. Little cuck
>>78996826
But anon, you've yet to blow us out once.
>>78995117
I like to laugh at nignogs, mudslimes and turkroaches. Also Sweden ..
>>78995117
Because this is the one place where all views and opinions are heard out and openly debated, even if sometimes it seems like an echo chamber, you'll always get someone willing to argue against your opinion.
also for consecutive digits such as >>79000000
Reminds me that the world is shit and that I shouldn't get my hopes up while being funny at the same time.
Also meme magic.
>>78995117
Because I hate myself and want to die.
>>78995117
this is a source of news for me and it is the only place for true anonymity. I love how I can be a hillary shill in one thread and a neo nazi in another.
>>78995117
I'm a depressed lonely piece of shit
This is literally the only socialising I do. I wonder why I was even born, I'm pathetic.
>>78999857
>It ain't me starts playing
>>79000423
whats on your mind anon
>>79000423
>This is literally the only socialising I do
I know that feel too well.
>>79000423
Hang on, Europe is about to start the White Genocide Part III: Electric Boogaloo
>>78995117
I come here because I like an environment where unpopular opinions don't automatically ruin your life and make you a social outcast in your town.
I can relate to you all. We all share a cynicism in our personalities that makes our humor and ways of seeing the world really unique from normies.
>>79000656
>>79000683
This thread is basically saying we all want at the very least a taste of the red pill
I come here because meme magic is basically the WAAAAAAAGH and I really want to be an orc.
Memes, news, depression.
>>79000423
Get a job you scum bag piece of shit
>>78995117
/pol/ and /fit/ are the only places where I can talk to other people
>>79000423
>>79000998
meme magic is way overused on this board. basically if something happens that you guys wanted to happen, its meme magic, and you assume you were the cause of it. its tortanic syndrome on a very large scale.
I come here because I'm here forever. It's like smoking you wish you never started and it's slowly killing you but you won't stop.
I enjoy reading controversial viewpoints. Also I used to be a liberal, but last election cycle I started leaning more right, and this election cycle I have gone full conservative. Pol is a great place to learn more about conservative viewpoints in a fun way. The banter and edginess is great entertainment.
Some religious bros on pol have helped me bring god back into my life recently and I am very appreciative of that.
Once you get past the stormfag satire this place isnt so bad
>>79001055
this
you guys are my only true friends
man why cant we be friends in real life
As you say, OP, I like that this bypasses the media filter.
I also find a lot of the content on here very funny; that's the main reason.
>>78995117
>I thought this was /po/ and now I'm a gay nazi
thanks /pol/
>>78995825
this.
>>79001297
>>79001358
>>78995117
Memes, funny stuff, current events, occasional interesting discussion and content
I try not to come here too much, as the negativity can sometimes ruin my entire day. A certain level of ostrich-behavior is required for me to stay sane and productive in this day and age
i love 4chan i just hate some of the changes ids ruin it for me now i cant shitpost so much i used to post on my post to make it look like alot of people agree with my post i was a hardcore shitposter and same fag
>>79000522
Lots of self loathing. Realising I'll probably die alone. Accepting women find me repulsive. Feeling like a failure and a let down and that my family secretly resents me
>>79001033
I do some part time wagecucking
>>79001163
That's an accurate feel
>>79001358
Maybe someone should start a /pol/ farm or commune.
I come to /pol/ because it's genuinely hilarious, informative and a blast from the past before the normalfags overran this shithole. It's one of a handful of places left, even on 4chan, that is not a complete hugbox. /pol/ is as close to old-/b/ as we're going to get.
>>78995983
this
>>79001252
No, it's the WAAAAAAAGH! What are you, fucking stupid?
>>78995117
I love the banter that goes on in here, get some interesting viewpoints and refine my hatred of muslims.
It's like an international, political bar. Where most of the time we're just screaming or laughing at eachother, there are times where we sort of come together as a species against the muslim menace.
Oh, and the memes, never forget the memes.
>>79001358
because we're all autistic faggots
>>78995878
>I used to hate socializing because what I thought was socializing was actually tolerating imbeciles and getting bullied
You have no clue how close to home this hit me, I think I'm gonna have to go lay down for a moment
Source of news and looking to see any anons doing anything beyond being faggots.
>>78995486
And that is why you need to rope yourself.
>>78996826
It was real in your mind, Moishe.
>>79000423
Another one for the rope.
I come here because it's a way to get news the corporate media won't necessarily cover honestly, accurately, or at all. I shitpost here because I'm bored and have no hobbies.
Also, every now and then there will actually be a good, serious discussion.
>>79001455
dam check um
>>78995117
i have no idea why i keep coming back.
>>78995983
Pretty much this
>>79001500
i thought about that and gave it a half-assed college try but all i really want is some company, even just a roommate would suffice
bantz n memes
also facts to take back to my friends n senpai
redpilling em slowly
>>79001455
This us why we can't have nice things
>>79001455
Wow bro that is deep.
>>79001720
*is
>>78995486
fpbp
>>79001777
dddaayyuummm check um
Because occasionally I find good images, and some posts are pretty based.
>>78995117
I'm a refugee from /b/. I didn't really visit any other board but then /b/ became so shitty I started to look around. /diy/ was interesting, /sci/ is scary, and I came here and LO! IDs!
I love IDs because I can follow the conversation. But then I started getting redpilled, and hearing from people from all over the world charmed me. This board is funny, it's fun, it's smart, and it's world wide. I even like Israelis now. Not Jews, they're as bad as the stormfags, but Israelis bring the bantz. And you, OP, I get to talk to someone IN the Brexit, not the Ameriview. I get raw unfiltered actual on the ground reporting here, it's like Al Jazeera on steroidal meth.
I Kiss You!
>>79001500
Go out and get in a fight.
>>79001455
came here to post this
>>78995731
Same
>>79001965
i remeber when traps on /b/ were traps, now all those fags says its not gay to suck off a dude with tits, like dam we used to troll taps not fuck um
That's like asking why do I come home to my family. Some of you are proper shitlords but the banter is always quality. Plus this place is good for getting live updates when shit's going down.
>>78995117
its fucking interesting to read and discuss shit happening around the world with people from everywhere
>>79002463
I remember when stuff on /b/ could get you in jail, and sometimes did.
>>79001500
Why you are like that?
>>79002679
succinct.
>>79002750
trollin mods and stickys with cheese pizza good times
>>79002750
>that time moot froze the front page for the FBI and the second thread down was CP
The bants are the most entertaining aspect of /pol/. I don't particularly like the group-think that can be seen in a lot of places on here. /pol/ has changed the way I think and view things though. I was pretty liberal before I came here. Now I'm much more conservative minded. I'm voting Hillary this coming election but /pol/ has changed my views on Trump by far. He's not a guy I will vote for into office, and Hillary isn't someone I particularly want either but I'd rather have someone with experience getting shit done while in a public office rather than some egoist buisnessman who calls himself the King of Debt.
Back to the point, I come here to see different opinions from around the world. See events that are going on around the world that regular news in my country wont cover. I'm a person who needs to know what's up around the world at all times and /pol/ is a good medium for finding what's up (even though I have to sift through a lot of BS).
>>78995117
I come here for pepe and lord kek
To praise and worship kek as he needs to be
The meme god needs fresh soft domed disciples and I heeded the call
I trudge through the estuaries of filth and degeneracy to find the golden nugget of mighty keks fresh shit rope
I hold the magnifying glass to the heart and soul of the earth just so I may revel in its depravity as a sentiment to kek
KEK HEAR ME REEEEEEEEEEE
>>79002946
tldr
Tracking the development of kekism and meme magic for anthropological purposes as I believe it represents a deep ideological shift in humanity and will be remembered as the revolution of the 21st century
/pol/ is a nice and lazy news filter
Supporting Sanders gets you shit, but not on the annoying Correct the Record level at Rebbit
Hillary is universally hated, and threads made to boost her are obviously and quickly called out as bait
The zingers make me giggle
The pepes make me think
I think the world would be a better place if all politics and policy were debated and made into law here
>>78995117
>Seriously, why?
'Cause fuck Reddit, that's why.
>>78996245
The minute you acknowledge that Germany might have a refugee rape issue you're already miles ahead of 99% of online media in terms of intelligent debate
>>78995117
I've been here forever. I've hit such a low point of pesimissism, coming here and seeing other people like myself is comforting in a weird way. We see what's coming, and we're ignored.I love you guys, you're the only real friends I have.
It is the fate of our age that we fight in isolation.
>>79000173
We love you faggot
>>79000423
It's pretty much the only socializing I do by choice. My life is better for it
>>79001358
Visa restrictions- support anglosphere free movement
>yfw you realize you have to go to a Taiwanese internet embroidery website for mostly unbiased news
The world really is ending.
>>79004006
>being friends with you things
>>79001500
None of those reasons are based on fact. If you wanted them to go away they would. You can't grow back an amputated leg, you can move from self loathing to self love. Stop being illogical. Fucking make it happen
Because I've lost all control of my life. A friend and past 4chan mod said pol is making me bitter and jaded. While I didn't deny their allegations, I felt I had all the reason to hold those attitudes. I'm not generally unpleasant in the real world, I just have a lot of silent, unvented rage that gets held back from being unleashed upon this gay earth.
>>78995117
/pol/ is fucking hardcore man. I'm 38 and have been posting on various forums for like 18 years; so sick of everyone being nice little PC angels everywhere else. This shit is raw, unfiltered, international, say-whatever-the-fuck-you-want-but-face-the-consequences fun.
Collective IQ could stand to be 5 or 10 points higher, and overall maturity could use a modest bump, but seriously, there's nowhere else I'd rather post. It's fucking amazing once you get past the initial shock-n-awe stage.
>>78995983
So much this. It's the best place on the net to blow off some steam while discussing current events.
>>79004052
This
>>79004206
I was thinking of Canada. We're too full for fat things on mobility scooters. Our supermarkets aren't big enough
I like politics and edginess
>there are summerfags in this thread RIGHT NOW
Went to a concert with some communists who only talk about drugs and fucking each other in the ass and trying to get in touch with reality.
I had to blend otherwise I would have to go through the pain of meeting strangers to have as a home base and I didn't have the balls to hold onto my convictions.
I feel bad. But I guess my experience is good news for anyone who feels like they'll never be able to express a blue-pill sentiment again, but it was weakness of will rather than choice.
>>79006095
So am I.
For kek
>>78995117
So that I can pretend that I'm having fun discussions with white bretheren when in reality I'm a shitskin stuck in a shitty town.
/pol/ is escapism.
