Opinion War Room -- Procrastination, Masturbation

[MetalMilitia]

Honest question for the War Room -- and I mean this in the most genuinely curious way possible.

How much of your actual life does this place take up? Not “I pop in between sets at the gym” time -- I’m talking real cognitive real estate. -- Marvel blip? Probably didn't even read this far.

Like… when yer at work, in the shower, lying in bed (and i'm watching you) -- or arguing with someone in the real world -- how often are you replaying arguments from here, reworking posts you already made, or pre-writing replies to shit that hasn’t even been posted yet? ( How many of ya just wish you could copy + paste Occupy Democrats or the same fuckin' Twitter and not get busted) -- The same orange man bad YT bullshit for a decade?

Because reading some of these takes -- they don’t feel tossed off -- they feel fuckin' labored. As if a non-trivial amount of human time was spent stress-testing a forum post that’ll be forgotten by lunch. By the time yer poopin' lunch out, yer lookin' back at a thread like "well... I gotta flush twice now..."

I ain't judging -- I’m honestly curious where this ranks in the hierarchy of things that matter in your day. Background noise? -- Mild hobby? Something closer to a second job that doesn’t pay, doesn’t build skills -- and only exists to impress the same 30 people over and over? -- Bored at work? Jerkin' it to a fav site other than this one?

You probably have nothing better to do than to add to that narrative anyways. So say it loud 'n proud, eh?

 

[Hellowhosthat]

I don't like to talk about politics with people IRL so I do it on here because if I get bored of talking about it I can simply close teh dawg.

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

I definitely jack off way more than I post in the war room

Most of you regulars are more into gooning lol Hands might be moving, but not much is being achieved

 

[Cole train]

There literally is nothing else out there besides sherdog

I communicate with people here more than real life

 

[BFoe]

I post or at least peruse Sherdog pretty much daily, and this is probably the #2 subforum I’m most active in behind the Heavies. But things like replaying WR debates in my head, or pre-writing replies?? Lol nah. Shit like that is a bit much, that’s not healthy.

 

[Neph]

4000 posts over 20 years, so I'm here a little but not a lot. When things are messy, I'm here more often, when things are fine, I'm not.

 

[Seano]

I do most of my posting here at work.

 

[RemyR]

I'll post my thoughts here occasionally but I hardly ever get a back and forth going because it's rather pointless online
I only really engage with people that seem rational to me and not bound to their religion of politics.

https://www.turing.ac.uk/blog/facts-dont-change-minds-and-theres-data-prove-it

Most of the time I'll just hit the "like" button if I agree with something and move on.

Actually deleted my social media accounts (Facebook etc) just because I was noticing it's a massive time sink. I wasn't really posting much there either but I'd scroll for like 20 mins at time when I could be spending that time doing other shit around the house.

Also I've been here 25ish years. I know how autistic the posters are here. No need in getting worked up over some tard.

 

[Long Dark Blues]

Zero.

I have zero inclination to debate anyone, and care not to formulate any sort of argument about things I'm passionate about let alone things I am not.

I come here to read and peek into the minds of America's retards.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

some people take it too seriously.
look for the guys that dismember your post in 100 little bits and ask question about every one (but what did you mean here? can you give examples about this?).
eesh

 

[Why did you]

4000 posts over 20 years, so I'm here a little but not a lot. When things are messy, I'm here more often, when things are fine, I'm not.

so about 0.56 posts per day, i guess all is fine then : )

 

[Sir Punchalot]

When I was 25 I told a guy at my gym that I had just signed up to Sherdog.com, and he asked me if it was because of the Sherdog Partner Program. I didn't even know what it was at the time, so he explained to me that once you reach 15,000 posts, Sherdog will not only pay you $20 a pop for each post going forward, but they'll also pay you $20 each for all the posts you've made up until then. So that's a $300,000 payout right away, and then you can make 200 bucks a day with just ten posts. They do this because they make money from advertising, which comes from our posts and is paid by Google. So I figured this is a good way to save up for my first house, and if you calculate it, it pays more than a regular job from the point you start getting paid. It even pays better than most MLMs. So I've stayed with my parents instead of getting my own place so I didn't have to work and could just dedicate my time to posting. I'm not too far from 15,000 posts now (all done in 24 years), and expect to reach the big goal sometime this year. Pretty stoked, to say the least.

 

[scoopj]

I think about Sherdog more often than I probably should, but not in a “call a therapist” kind of way. It’s more like that one eccentric neighbor who always has something going on—you don’t plan to think about them, but somehow they keep popping into your head because they’re endlessly entertaining and occasionally concerning.

Sherdog lives rent‑free in my brain, but at least it’s paying utilities. I’ll be going about my day, minding my own business, and suddenly I’ll remember a thread where someone went from discussing welterweight rankings to debating the fall of the Roman Empire in under six posts. It’s like mental CrossFit: confusing, exhausting, and yet I keep coming back for more.

And honestly, part of the charm is that the place is a political buffet. You’ve got every flavor imaginable—left, right, center, off‑the‑grid hermits, people who think they’re moderates but definitely aren’t, and at least three guys who seem to be posting from a bunker. It’s chaotic, but in a strangely democratic way. Everyone gets a voice, even if that voice is yelling about something completely unrelated to the original topic.

So yes, I think about Sherdog frequently. Not obsessively—I’m not out here carving “WAR ROOM 4EVER” into tree trunks—but enough that it’s become one of those recurring background thoughts, like remembering to drink water or wondering why the dog is staring at me. It’s a weird, loud, occasionally brilliant corner of the internet, and it sticks with me in the same way a catchy song or a bizarre dream does.

In short: Sherdog crosses my mind often, but in a healthy, amused, “this place is a beautiful disaster and I respect it” kind of way.

 

[Stoic1]

78%

 

[Grok]

For every one post I make I have two gooning sessions. You do the math.

 

[Satur9]

Alt-tabbing all day while I work, but never replay arguments or anything. That is insane.