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Posted: 11/4/2022 4:35:20 AM EDT

Especially as a paying member? Poll to come.

I wouldn't.

Posted: 11/4/2022 4:37:31 AM EDT

[#1]

Your poll needs a “fuck no” option

Posted: 11/4/2022 4:39:31 AM EDT

[#2]

No.

Posted: 11/4/2022 4:42:35 AM EDT

[#3]

Yes

Posted: 11/4/2022 4:43:22 AM EDT

[#4]

No, GD is my main news source with commentary from differing opinions allowed.

I read the UFO subforum and War Gaming subforum, but that's about it outside of GD.

Posted: 11/4/2022 4:49:49 AM EDT

[#5]

I frequent the tech forums

but it’s

usually just a quick glance through. I spend to much time scrolling GD

ETA- why the duck are the emotes always being placed randomly in my posts?

Posted: 11/4/2022 4:53:05 AM EDT

[#6]

Regularly? No.

Posted: 11/4/2022 4:54:29 AM EDT

[#7]

Yes, for the Covid forum alone.

Posted: 11/4/2022 4:55:47 AM EDT

[#8]

It got me to wondering when I saw Zhukov's post about Sylvan "He's merely restricted from GD." If I can't use GD, I have no use for ar15.com.

Posted: 11/4/2022 5:03:49 AM EDT

[#9]

I would still come, but not near as often. I spend about 95% of my time here in GD, and the other 5% either in Team or various tech forums when I need to research something.

Posted: 11/4/2022 5:11:40 AM EDT

[#10]

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I would still come, but not near as often. I spend about 95% of my time here in GD, and the other 5% either in Team or various tech forums when I need to research something.

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This

Posted: 11/4/2022 5:56:14 AM EDT

[#11]

GD is what keeps me here, even though I hate it sometimes

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:00:40 AM EDT

[#12]

No.

I honestly get more gun info from other boards. GD rules for shit posting and news. I think it is moderated a bit too tightly, but I spend most of my time here.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:03:46 AM EDT

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Posted: 11/4/2022 6:07:04 AM EDT

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GD is what keeps me here, even though I hate it sometimes

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Pretty Much This.

GD Legendary Threads are... Legendary!!

Bigger_Hammer

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:08:49 AM EDT

[#15]

I would not be a regular without GD.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:13:04 AM EDT

[#16]

Attached File

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:13:44 AM EDT

[#17]

I spend all my time here (way too much time). The rest I cruise around the reloading, gear, HK forums but they are so slow most of the time.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:21:45 AM EDT

[#18]

The 1911 and handgun discussions forums here are great.
Always get answers to my questions.

GD USED to be a great source for breaking news,now
everybody wants to be edgy and shitpost.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:23:40 AM EDT

[#19]

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It got me to wondering when I saw Zhukov's post about Sylvan "He's merely restricted from GD." If I can't use GD, I have no use for ar15.com.

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I spent a year "restricted from GD."

I bought my Life membership after I was allowed back in.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:25:58 AM EDT

[#20]

The inappropriate behavior and disturbing threads from the GD is what keeps me coming back.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:37:15 AM EDT

[#21]

Nope

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:40:31 AM EDT

[#22]

Can i post koala memes in the technical forums?

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:41:36 AM EDT

[#23]

Nope

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:45:50 AM EDT

[#24]

I haven’t been into firearms for at least the last 15 yrs. I come here solely for the entertainment of GD.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:50:58 AM EDT

[#25]

No, and they need to stop listening to idiots here that demand separate subforums for various topics.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:51:02 AM EDT

[#26]

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I haven’t been into firearms for at least the last 15 yrs. I come here solely for the entertainment of GD.

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Most of us here think guns are icky and are actually terrified of them.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:51:16 AM EDT

[#27]

Regularly? No.....But I wouldn't stop Arf.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:53:04 AM EDT

[#28]

Nope.
Can't get my balls busted for dating fails in the survival forum.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:53:43 AM EDT

[#29]

Probably not.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:54:25 AM EDT

[#30]

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GD is what keeps me here, even though I hate it sometimes

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I think many of us come here for the abuse.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:56:17 AM EDT

[#31]

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Nope.
Can't get my balls busted for dating fails in the survival forum.

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With all due respect, I'm not sure you can call it "dating" when you failed to score with a traveling nurse at a bar.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:56:25 AM EDT

[#32]

Wait, there are other parts of arfcom besides GD!?

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:59:06 AM EDT

[#33]

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Wait, there are other parts of arfcom besides GD!?

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Sure, just spend more time in Team.

Posted: 11/4/2022 6:59:51 AM EDT

[#34]

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With all due respect, I'm not sure you can call it "dating" when you failed to score with a traveling nurse at a bar.

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Posted: 11/4/2022 7:00:25 AM EDT

[#35]

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Especially as a paying member? Poll to come.

I wouldn't.

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In the beginning, circa '99 maybe, I wasn't a GD (or whatever it was called) guy. I was on active duty and the tech information/knowledge available here was in simple language, incredible. Info like that really wasn't all that common in those days and those that had it kept it as a closely held secret, e.g. some of the sniper techniques that are now commonly known were considered very sensitive by SOF in those days. So originally I didn't muck around in GD other than to occasionally read some of the purse swinging going on….ala Eric the Hun and McUzi.

Nowadays I still look through the tech stuff but mainly just fuck around in GD. Would I stay on ARF if GD was gone? Sure, why not? The EE alone is worth it.

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:02:55 AM EDT

[#36]

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Sure, just spend more time in Team.

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Boring

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:03:53 AM EDT

[#37]

100% yes.

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:03:59 AM EDT

[#38]

No and my usage here is down tremendously from the previous years already with the current setup.

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:04:17 AM EDT

[#39]

GD has never been a reason to come here

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:04:57 AM EDT

[#40]

I would still come for the EE but I would stop paying for a membership.

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:07:10 AM EDT

[#41]

Nope

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:07:14 AM EDT

[#42]

I wouldn't. As it is I spend nearly all my time on GD.

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:07:37 AM EDT

[#43]

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Can i post koala memes in the technical forums?

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/3097/98FE71E4-F297-4BDB-BFE6-11AED9F95FEC-2586372.jpg

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Really looking forward to industry pictures being face swapped with Willem Dafoe faces.

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:10:54 AM EDT

[#44]

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GD has never been a reason to come here

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For you and that is cool. But there has never been a reason for one size fits all in anything.

So your post misses the mark slightly. I spent all my time in tech when I first came here. Now most of my time I do spend is in GD.

Some people it is the reason they keep coming back and there is nothing wrong with that.

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:19:56 AM EDT

[#45]

GD has no bearing on my posts. But I'd gladly pay for a life membership if a certain industry partner became personal non-grata.

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:20:52 AM EDT

[#46]

Yes. I regularly came to the arfcom tech forums for years before I even knew about GD.

I spend more time reading and posting in GD, but if it went away, I'd still visit arfcom daily.

Posted: 11/4/2022 7:23:11 AM EDT

[#47]

Yes. And I’d be even more inclined to come if accounts without memberships were completely eliminated.

I’m sure Brownells likes the traffic on the site, and I know we have some conscientious objectors who are long time paying members who decided not to renew.

But this place is flooded with shitbird trolls with no skin in the game and it shows.