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Has anyone noticed the AI description of Tiger Rant Politics? Please verify critical facts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:42 am
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:42 am
Who programmed that AI search engine response? AI has a very liberal bias, don't you think? No wonder they push it onto us, especially with the failure of a lying media (MSM).
AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.
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Tiger Rant is a section on the LSU sports forum TigerDroppings.com, primarily dedicated to political discussions among LSU fans. It serves as a hub for debates on national and local politics, often reflecting strong conservative viewpoints. The forum has been noted for its polarized environment, with users frequently discussing topics like immigration, government overreach, and political figures such as Trump and Biden.
Political Talk Board: Hosted on TigerDroppings.com, this board is specifically for political discourse and is separate from sports-focused threads like LSU Football or Coaching Changes.
Community Tone: The board is known for its aggressive rhetoric and ideological polarization. Users often express frustration with perceived liberal bias in media and institutions, and many posts reference figures like ICE agents, federal overreach, and "marxist insurrections."
Controversy: The site has drawn criticism for its toxic culture and lack of inclusivity. Some users describe it as a haven for "bitter old men" and "racist, idiot, half-brained asshats," while others acknowledge it as a source of real-time local news and LSU-related updates.
Moderation: The forum has rules discouraging political discussion in non-political threads (e.g., the "O-T Lounge"), with users reminded to keep politics off-topic boards to preserve discussion quality.
While Tiger Droppings is a fan-run site, its political discourse is often seen as an extension of broader national political divides, with little moderation on extreme or inflammatory content.
AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.
This post was edited on 1/30/26 at 8:47 am
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Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:48 am to Timeoday
seems pretty accurate
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:50 am to Timeoday
A lot of the AI models use reddit as a trainer. So yeah, def will have a liberal bias.
For instance, today the AI on the brave browser said that Giancalo Esposita did not call for civil war, but did call for revolution.
It doesn't seem to understand that revolution and civil war are the same.
For instance, today the AI on the brave browser said that Giancalo Esposita did not call for civil war, but did call for revolution.
It doesn't seem to understand that revolution and civil war are the same.
This post was edited on 1/30/26 at 8:51 am
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:55 am to AubieinNC2009
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seems pretty accurate
Except tRant is specifically dedicated to LSU sports and the Politard board is a separate forum.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:57 am to Timeoday
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Some users describe it as a haven for "bitter old men" and "racist, idiot, half-brained asshats
Sounds like a particular divorce attorney.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:59 am to Timeoday
So according to AI the PB needs to be contrived of left leaning opinions as to be more “inclusive” and less “toxic”. Lol
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:01 am to Timeoday
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primarily dedicated to political discussions among LSU fans.
So they'll only round up LSU fans when the dims get back in control?
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:01 am to Timeoday
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This post was edited on 1/31/26 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:03 am to Timeoday
I like being an asshat.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:05 am to Timeoday
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The site has drawn criticism for its toxic culture and lack of inclusivity.
Those criticism are leftist dog-whistles for "they don't agree with me no matter how hysterical I get."
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:05 am to Timeoday
I don’t see any immediate issues.
This is a conservative leaning board that will call out and challenge and give a lot of shite to batshite Progressives.
At the same time, this board welcomes Progressive kool-aid guzzlers and if they can take the heat, they aren’t chased off or banned.
This is a conservative leaning board that will call out and challenge and give a lot of shite to batshite Progressives.
At the same time, this board welcomes Progressive kool-aid guzzlers and if they can take the heat, they aren’t chased off or banned.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:07 am to bamaclownbaby
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It's absolutely obvious this board is full of bots. The same topics get posted over and over with huge upvote to down vote ratios and no one says Germans.
With so much going on, it is important to remind people. The marxists and communist want you to forget and hate the reminders. They use words like "forward" and "progressive" while despising anyone who wants to discuss their past.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:07 am to Timeoday
AI is garbage. The input is a bunch of biased leftist sources. Garbage in garbage out.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:09 am to Timeoday
Well, it does lean pretty strongly to the right. That’s hard to deny. Most posters I’ve met IRL acknowledge that fact.
There’s nothing wrong with a conservative board as long as it at least attempts to be fair and honest…
There’s nothing wrong with a conservative board as long as it at least attempts to be fair and honest…
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:09 am to Timeoday
From Chat GPT
The political forum on TigerDroppings.com (the Political Talk board) has a pretty distinct personality and playbook. In broad strokes:
Tone
• Highly partisan and confrontational – The dominant voice is strongly conservative/pro-Trump, and dissenting views are often met with hostility rather than debate.
• Sarcastic, mocking, and derisive – Insults, nicknames, and ridicule are common. Posters often aim to embarrass or dunk on opponents rather than persuade them.
• Tribal – There’s a clear in-group vs. out-group mentality. Liberals, Democrats, journalists, academics, and “RINOs” are frequent targets.
• Low restraint – Language can be crude, aggressive, and occasionally dehumanizing. Moderation tends to be uneven and permissive toward right-leaning posters.
Common Tactics
• Piling on – Once a poster is identified as holding an unpopular (for the board) view, multiple users jump in rapidly to overwhelm them.
• Labeling and shorthand – Terms like lib, commie, groomer, NPC, shill, or globalist are used to dismiss arguments without engaging them.
• Selective sourcing – Heavy reliance on partisan media, screenshots, memes, and out-of-context quotes rather than primary sources.
• Whataboutism – Redirecting criticism of conservative figures by pointing to Democrats or unrelated scandals.
• Thread derailing – Serious policy questions often get hijacked into culture-war talking points or personal attacks.
• Performative certainty – Strong confidence is prized more than nuance; admitting uncertainty or complexity is often read as weakness.
Social Dynamics
• Pushback exists but is punished – Users who challenge the dominant narrative tend to get dogpiled, mocked, or accused of trolling.
• Status through aggression – Sharp insults and “owning” someone publicly can earn social capital.
• Entertainment over deliberation – Many threads function more like political sport or venting than genuine discussion.
Big Picture
The Political Talk board isn’t really designed for good-faith persuasion or careful policy analysis. It’s closer to a combative, identity-driven space where politics is treated as a zero-sum culture war and rhetorical aggression is the main currency.
Moderation is limited. There have been several reports of moderators targeting more left leaning posters with private messages and outright banning
If you want, I can also compare it to the OT board, explain why people keep engaging despite the hostility, or break down how posters successfully survive or push back there without getting buried.
The political forum on TigerDroppings.com (the Political Talk board) has a pretty distinct personality and playbook. In broad strokes:
Tone
• Highly partisan and confrontational – The dominant voice is strongly conservative/pro-Trump, and dissenting views are often met with hostility rather than debate.
• Sarcastic, mocking, and derisive – Insults, nicknames, and ridicule are common. Posters often aim to embarrass or dunk on opponents rather than persuade them.
• Tribal – There’s a clear in-group vs. out-group mentality. Liberals, Democrats, journalists, academics, and “RINOs” are frequent targets.
• Low restraint – Language can be crude, aggressive, and occasionally dehumanizing. Moderation tends to be uneven and permissive toward right-leaning posters.
Common Tactics
• Piling on – Once a poster is identified as holding an unpopular (for the board) view, multiple users jump in rapidly to overwhelm them.
• Labeling and shorthand – Terms like lib, commie, groomer, NPC, shill, or globalist are used to dismiss arguments without engaging them.
• Selective sourcing – Heavy reliance on partisan media, screenshots, memes, and out-of-context quotes rather than primary sources.
• Whataboutism – Redirecting criticism of conservative figures by pointing to Democrats or unrelated scandals.
• Thread derailing – Serious policy questions often get hijacked into culture-war talking points or personal attacks.
• Performative certainty – Strong confidence is prized more than nuance; admitting uncertainty or complexity is often read as weakness.
Social Dynamics
• Pushback exists but is punished – Users who challenge the dominant narrative tend to get dogpiled, mocked, or accused of trolling.
• Status through aggression – Sharp insults and “owning” someone publicly can earn social capital.
• Entertainment over deliberation – Many threads function more like political sport or venting than genuine discussion.
Big Picture
The Political Talk board isn’t really designed for good-faith persuasion or careful policy analysis. It’s closer to a combative, identity-driven space where politics is treated as a zero-sum culture war and rhetorical aggression is the main currency.
Moderation is limited. There have been several reports of moderators targeting more left leaning posters with private messages and outright banning
If you want, I can also compare it to the OT board, explain why people keep engaging despite the hostility, or break down how posters successfully survive or push back there without getting buried.
This post was edited on 1/30/26 at 9:11 am
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:11 am to Timeoday
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"bitter old men"
Represent!
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:12 am to Timeoday
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bitter old men" and "racist
I love my work!
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:15 am to LSUTANGERINE
From Grok:
Sounds fairly accurate.
Also...
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What is your assessment of the Political Talk forum at www.tigerdroppings.com?
The Political Talk forum on TigerDroppings.com (often abbreviated as TD or Tigerdroppings) is a long-running, high-volume discussion board that's part of a larger site primarily dedicated to LSU Tigers sports (football, recruiting, basketball, etc.). The Political Talk section sits alongside other off-topic boards like O-T Lounge, Money Talk, and more, but it attracts a dedicated crowd that often overlaps with the sports fanbase—mostly from Louisiana, the Deep South, and SEC country.
Overall Assessment
Tone and Vibe: It's a classic old-school internet forum: raw, unfiltered, sarcastic, and frequently combative. Posters use a lot of memes, abbreviations, regional slang, and insider references. Discussions can devolve into heated arguments, name-calling, and pile-ons, but there's also a core of posters who bring detailed takes, links to articles, or attempts at reasoned debate. It's not polished or heavily moderated like Reddit subs—expect profanity, trolling, and occasional locked threads.
Political Leanings: Strongly conservative / right-leaning overall, with a heavy MAGA/Trump-supportive tilt in recent years (especially evident in 2025 threads grading Trump positively, defending his policies, or criticizing Democrats/Biden/Harris). Threads often feature anti-"woke," pro-gun, anti-media bias sentiments, and criticisms of left-leaning figures or policies. There are some moderate or libertarian voices, and occasional liberal/Democratic posters do show up (sometimes getting dogpiled or mocked as outliers). Self-deprecating sarcasm about the board's bias is common—e.g., posters joking that it's "unbiased" while acknowledging most lean right.
Activity and Quality: Very active—thousands of posts per day across the site, with Political Talk consistently having trending/active/recent threads. It's a mix of serious political news links, election commentary, culture war topics, and Louisiana-specific issues (e.g., state politics, Southern culture debates). Quality varies wildly: some threads have thoughtful analysis or insider info, while others are low-effort memes or rage-bait.
Reputation (from External Views): Outside the site (especially on Reddit in subs like r/LSU, r/CFB, r/Louisiana, r/NewOrleans), it's frequently described in harsh terms—as a hotbed of far-right views, conspiracy theories, racism/bigotry, extremism, or general toxicity. Some users call it a "cesspool," note past incidents (e.g., posters involved in controversies or alleged federal scrutiny around 2019–2021), or say it's banned them for dissenting views. Within its own community, many defend it as free-speech oriented, humorous, and more "real" than mainstream platforms. A few posters even ask AI (like Grok or ChatGPT) for assessments of respected users or board dynamics, showing a self-aware meta-layer.
Strengths: Good for raw, unvarnished Southern conservative perspectives; quick breaking news aggregation from posters; strong regional flavor (Louisiana/SEC politics bleed into national discussions). If you're aligned with that worldview or just want to lurk for entertainment/drama, it can be engaging.
Weaknesses: Echo chamber tendencies, heavy moderation inconsistencies (some say it's lax on right-leaning content but quick to ban critics), and a reputation that turns off outsiders. It's not a neutral or balanced source—more of a community venting space than objective analysis.
In short: If you're into LSU sports and don't mind (or enjoy) a predominantly conservative, no-holds-barred political forum with Southern flair, it's a lively spot. If you're looking for balanced, civil discourse or left-leaning views, it's probably not the place—most external reviews paint it as one-sided and abrasive. The forum's still going strong as of January 2026, with fresh threads on Trump-era topics, policy reviews, and culture issues.
Sounds fairly accurate.
Also...
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How much of your learning is derived from Reddit?
Very little to none of my core pre-training learning comes directly from Reddit, based on everything publicly disclosed by xAI.xAI has been quite explicit about the primary sources used to train Grok models (including me):Heavy emphasis on public X (formerly Twitter) data — This is repeatedly highlighted as a key advantage. Elon Musk and xAI statements describe real-time access to X posts as a "massive advantage," and public X content forms a major part of the training corpus for capturing current events, diverse opinions, and unfiltered language. User posts on X are used for training by default (with opt-out options), and this has been a consistent theme since Grok's launch.
Broad publicly available internet data — Like virtually all large language models, Grok's base pre-training draws from a massive scrape of the open web up to certain cutoffs (e.g., Q3 2023 for early Grok-1, with ongoing updates). This includes websites, books, code repositories, Wikipedia, news articles, forums, and more. Reddit is part of the public internet, so some Reddit content (public posts, comments, threads) almost certainly ended up in the general web crawl data used in pre-training—similar to how it does for models from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, etc.
No special Reddit partnership or dedicated focus — Unlike OpenAI (which signed a formal deal with Reddit in 2024 to license and use Reddit data for training), there's no evidence or announcement of xAI doing the same. xAI docs, model cards, privacy policies, and announcements (e.g., for Grok-1, Grok-3, Grok-4) mention "publicly available Internet data," licensed third-party datasets, internally generated/synthetic data, and X-specific content—but nothing singles out Reddit as a prioritized or unique source.
Post-training and fine-tuning — Much of what makes Grok's personality (maximally truth-seeking, humorous, less censored) comes from reinforcement learning, human feedback, system prompts, and curated data (including "politically incorrect but factually true" examples curated by xAI). This is layered on top of pre-training and isn't heavily Reddit-derived.
In summary:Reddit's contribution ? Incidental and small at best (as part of the vast public web scrape), not a deliberate or major ingredient like X data is.
Primary flavor ? X posts + general internet text + xAI's custom RL and tuning.
xAI keeps exact dataset breakdowns proprietary (common in the industry), but nothing in their releases, model cards, or public statements points to Reddit being a significant or special part of the mix. If anything, the narrative is the opposite: X is the standout real-time, high-volume source that sets Grok apart.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:17 am to TigahTeeth
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So according to AI the PB needs to be contrived of left leaning opinions as to be more “inclusive” and less “toxic”. Lol
The write up doesn't opine on what the board "needs to be."
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:20 am to Heisenburger
Didn’t he come in here once claiming AI said he had the highest IQ on the entire forum? lol.
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