So it seems to me that the Deathlist forum is reaching a point where its long-standing reputation as a fairly free-wheeling, madcap and non-judgmental place, which always shied away from saying things that made it sound like a "Daily Mail reader", is now in question or decline.   This is thanks to "certain users" like LFN and Phantom etc. They have erm, you know, reached "that age" where toilet trips are more regular.... (or perhaps in some cases, less.....)... the knees are going.... hemorrhoid cream has gone from being an object of humour to a "mustn't forget" on the shopping list...... they can't understand most tweets... they were baffled as to why their "CRAAAAAIG DAVID" joke at the office Christmas party was met with total silence.   Yes folks, middle age, and the dullness and spiritual vacuum of Obama's time in office (especially his 2nd term, which has seen the West suffer sliding living standards and a jarring of its previously unquestioned sense of defensive/territorial confidence) has left our country washed out and washed up like all groupies end up eventually, especially the ones whose affections are unrequited. Jolly old England which cheered both times he was elected has never seen any reward for its slavish worship of him, is not so jolly any more. And frankly the bitterness is really taking over in a big way. The "traditional wisdom" that Britain is largely left-wing got a huge shock last year as Jeremy Kyle's long lost posh brother got re-elected. Now the "bloody scroungers" mentality is taking over as an entire nation of once level-headed people yells like someone from Gogglebox Street watching Benefits Street after 1 too many Bailey's.   Even Brits who moved to a snowy shithole of U.S state before George W. Bush was even elected, seem to be infected by it, such is the strength of this fever. Some of them even claim to have supernatural powers by which they can "tell" somebody is a "benefits scrounger" (strangely they are particularly fond of using these powers when they've reached an impasse or rhetorical cul-de-sac in a completely unrelated argument they thought they would easily win). And they refuse to listen to anything else or consider the possibility they might have misinterpreted the situation or that they are fighting a harmless enemy as an excuse to not confront a much more scary and meaningful one.       Should we mark and cement this change by requiring all DLers to submit evidence of payment each month in order to continue posting? Preferably from jobs as shit and dreary as the ones they have cos I think that might be a big factor in it. If anyone has one that sounds too enjoyable they should be banned too. Oops did I say that bit out loud?   Well anyway, let us use democracy to stifle freedom of speech as is the new and trendy style.   VOTE LIKE THE WIND