darth_ender

Handman said:

Jetrell Fo said:

Here is a legitimate question …

Will anyone blame the evil which causes refugees?

You mean… us, and the invasion of Iraq?

I hate this mentality. If a terrorist blows up a marketplace, it’s not his fault. It’s the fault of the U.S. for invading in 2003. It has nothing to do with their pre-existing ideology or extremist and intolerant views. It has nothing to do with his personal responsibility or the teachings of the group to which he aligns and identifies. It’s all the U.S. Stupid oversimplification.

All yore jokes are lame 😉

generalfrevious said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

generalfrevious said:

darth_ender said:

generalfrevious said:

moviefreakedmind said:

generalfrevious said:

imperialscum said:

generalfrevious said:

I don’t know why everyone is making jokes over something that will destroy every aspect of our lives.

Because nothing matters anymore. At least we want to be destroyed happy.

Happiness was destroyed forever when Donald Trump became president.

I am beyond depressed and everyone refuses to listen to me.

People actually did interact with you seriously when you were acting like a normal person. Now that you’re back to being crazy, rude, insane, and making light of the holocaust, people are right back to responding to you like you’re a madman.

Let’s get one thing straight. When I make a comment referencing the holocaust, I am never making light of it.

I believe we are repeating the horrors of nazi Germany under Donald Trump; I would post this in the politics thread, but you were ups ban me for making hyperbolic comments that in my opinion are close to the truth. You have defined me as an insane, rude, and insensitive person when in reality we are entering the end times. Even if we survive Trump, it’ll be too late to save human civilization because we will have hit the tipping point for climate change. Even if every person believed 100 percent that global warming is real by 2025, there is absolutely nothing we can do to stop human extinction, along with nearly all plant and animal life.

This is the worst era in history, EVER, and I am dead serious right now.

Let’s just say you were 100% right. What would you like us to do about it? You’ve said none of us are helping you. What does helping you entail? Do you just need to vent?

It just wasn’t supposed to end up like this.

Yes it was, time is fixed, the future is inevitable, I have nothing to look forward to in life other than the next few Star Wars movies, my best days are behind me…

Wait, suddenly I’m being serious. Help!

This is not a fucking joke. Nobody cares that I’m in pain right now. I will never heal again, or ever experience happiness. But no, all people ever do just dismiss my feelings as “trolling,” and don’t even give the time of day.

We cannot help you when you are determined to believe such depressing outcomes. I genuinely believe you need help from mental health. I do not say this condescendingly, as I am in the mental health field and genuinely believe in it. But this forum will never solve your problems. Professional help is really the only place you can get help for the struggles you are going through. Please seek help. Call 911, particularly after the suicidal statements you’ve made.

Yes, please don’t do it. It’s far easier to fall off the horse than stay on, but you are stronger than that. Please share.

TV’s Frink said:

You’re a good dude, _ender. I wish your Conservative brethren were willing to put country over party as well.

Thanks. I gotta say, it’s like the conservatives here and all those who support Trump fail to realize that there will be another presidential election in four years. If a Democrat gets elected (and thanks to Trump, I’d bet money that one will), he/she will now have a precedent of a powerful executive branch. All of Trump’s policies, whether good or bad, can be rolled back with the stroke of a pen. Even more liberal policies will go into effect, and this time, with no Congressional approval. Even if the Republicans do control the legislature, a Democrat president would have incredible and dangerous power. And all the conservatives who supported Trump’s moves would be up in arms over such outrageous overstepping of power. Only, they will have been the enablers of such behavior, and we’ll be stuck with future presidents with

Well, I do know that Trump is bad news (and I’m conservative), but I don’t think humanity is going to end yet. Has it occurred to you that you just might be catastrophizing?

https://psychcentral.com/lib/what-is-catastrophizing/

Trump is exactly the kind of disaster the Democrats need to win big in future years. Conservatism will go very out of fashion in the next four years. This is why I would have rather had Hillary win, no matter her broken moral compass or my disagreement with her political views. I see a midterm election transition in both houses back to the Democrats, a loss of the presidency to the Democrats in four years, and a huge slide to the Left in the nation’s policies over the next several years. How can rank and file Republicans stand for this man, who clearly is not a conservative, whose bigotry stands exactly in contrast to freedom, both in the policies he is initiating and in the trends he is setting.

Executive orders were never written into the Constitution but were instead inferred by the president’s executive function and the necessity of clarifying that which is not specified by Congressional legislation. I feel it should be used sparingly and is generally overstepping those limits defined by the Constitution. I was a critic of Obama using executive orders in the manner he did, which is clearly a very dictatorial act. But Trump has put Obama to shame in such a short time. His authoritarian leadership is completely out of bounds, and I cannot sanction it, even when I agree with the policy change.

Let me put it this way: virtually everyone who knows me on this site knows that I am very opposed to elective abortions in most cases. I abhor them. They represent a severe dysfunction of our society’s morals, in my opinion. It breaks my heart to know that so many children are sent to premature deaths simply for being unwanted. And if Trump were to write an executive order that aligned abortion laws exactly with my perspective, I would condemn him for it. Beyond the good of those lives that would be spared would be the wellbeing of all Americans. Redefining a president’s authority in this way is extremely dangerous to the most powerful democracy in the world, and endangers everyone’s liberties and lives. I don’t think I’m being hyperbolic when I say that even if Trump does no serious harm in the long-term now, the precedents he is setting, if not checked, will allow for further violations by future administrations that could completely destabilize our precious nation. I pray that the judicial branch will show they have some gonads and trump Trump, and/or the Republicans will show some spine and help impeach the loser.

Donald Trump, regardless of your affiliation or your agreement with those things he aspires to accomplish, is a disaster for our nation and for the Conservative cause, and I will never support the man. At best, he will destroy the perception of Conservatism and marginalize the causes I believe in. At worst, he will have grown the power of the executive branch to dangerous levels and alter the nature of the U.S. presidency for years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw8etotz3TI

ray_afraid said:

My birthday is tomorrow. It’s been a very mixed year. Some good things (graduated from Barber school and passed the state board exams), but mostly bad times. I’m looking forward to moving on, but doing so without my best friend is tough and sad. We were more than brothers, less than lovers. He was ripped from life suddenly and without warning. I miss him terribly. I’ve also had to make some tough decisions lately. ‘No win’ type situations and I’m hoping I’ve made the best choices. Time will tell.
I was going to say more, but if I take much more time, I’ll have to post it in the drunk thread, so I’ll end with

Happy birthday, Ray. I’m sorry about your losses and your difficult decisions. Here’s hoping your decisions were the best they could be, and that you have a better year to come. I won’t be very knowledgeable about beer or anything, but I’ll very intelligently drink a cup of Ovaltine in your honor tomorrow, contemplating the finer qualities of its vitamin-rich content and wishing you a very special day across space.

generalfrevious said:

moviefreakedmind said:

generalfrevious said:

imperialscum said:

generalfrevious said:

I don’t know why everyone is making jokes over something that will destroy every aspect of our lives.

Because nothing matters anymore. At least we want to be destroyed happy.

Happiness was destroyed forever when Donald Trump became president.

I am beyond depressed and everyone refuses to listen to me.

People actually did interact with you seriously when you were acting like a normal person. Now that you’re back to being crazy, rude, insane, and making light of the holocaust, people are right back to responding to you like you’re a madman.

Let’s get one thing straight. When I make a comment referencing the holocaust, I am never making light of it.

I believe we are repeating the horrors of nazi Germany under Donald Trump; I would post this in the politics thread, but you were ups ban me for making hyperbolic comments that in my opinion are close to the truth. You have defined me as an insane, rude, and insensitive person when in reality we are entering the end times. Even if we survive Trump, it’ll be too late to save human civilization because we will have hit the tipping point for climate change. Even if every person believed 100 percent that global warming is real by 2025, there is absolutely nothing we can do to stop human extinction, along with nearly all plant and animal life.

This is the worst era in history, EVER, and I am dead serious right now.

Let’s just say you were 100% right. What would you like us to do about it? You’ve said none of us are helping you. What does helping you entail? Do you just need to vent?

My least favorite cliffhanger:

I remember when I was a kid I thought the equatorial trench was the same trench, but as I aged I saw the clear difference in size between it and the trench with the exhaust port. Of course, as pointed out before, there are the longitudinal trenches shown in the schematic. But on top of that, I read the novel, which makes several several statements that make it clear there are multiple small trenches on the Death Star surface.

Hey, I may be blunt at times, but I genuinely like you and want you to enjoy your time here. I’m glad you’re taking my critiques in stride. You’re a good guy.

Finally got around to seeing Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. I went into it expecting something awful. I honestly came away having fairly enjoyed it. Sure, Lex Luthor was quite different from other iterations, the religious imagery a bit overused, Doomsday was kind of a stretch in his creation, and yes, the plot was even a bit muddled and hard to follow at times, but I still liked it. Only watched the theatrical edit. The Ultimate is rated ‘R’ and I seldom watch those. But I did read about the deleted scenes and wish they were included to better streamline the plot. Nevertheless, as it stands, I didn’t think it was nearly as bad as people, particularly professional critics, made it out to be. I expected crap, and instead got a decent flick. In my subjective eyes, it’s B.

I believe you meant to spell A-M-E-N. But you were close 😉

DominicCobb said:

I tend to consider myself a pacifist, and I’m not advocating any laws or anything that’s makes this explicitly okay, but sorry if I can’t help myself if I smile when a Nazi gets socked. Sue me.

Oh don’t get me wrong, I admit I do too. But still, we cannot, from a legal perspective, give a pass to the assaulter, even if here on the Internet we can all get a good chuckle at the expense of that shmuck.

We all moderate the forum a bit. I am doing so now but trying to point out the behavior I disagree with. You seem to do so excessively, and often against the grain.

I have noticed an improvement in your behavior. But what I saw that prompted my posts was evidence of what I’ve been suspecting for the past few days, which is a return to previous behavior. But I assure you, the improvements I’ve noticed are real and appreciated.

I don’t like these guys any more than I like Westboro Baptist Church or Nation of Islam or any other despicable humans, but that does not justify assaulting them for their words. Last I checked, it was still a free country (though notably less so for the past few days).

Oh, stop it! You’re obviously a good guy. You just act need to tone down with the unofficial moderator role. I genuinely like you as a person (what little I can tell about who you really are from this online presence). I just don’t like certain behaviors you do.

Jetrell Fo said:

Being annoyed is your business but there is no reason I cannot try to encourage a member to not let some get the best of them. I was plainly given similar advice that I have been trying to make more use of by making fun of myself publicly and other little adjustments.

You added this paragraph while I was typing. I want to give you credit for doing far more to get along with everyone, and your efforts have not gone unnoticed. I do appreciate it.

Reading that post and this one immediately after

Jetrell Fo said:

The “Frink’s OT Twitter Thread” is rather sucktacular.

seems to indicate to me that you don’t allow for any commentary that might dampen anyone’s spirit. Look, there is a culture here as much as there is in real life. In a way, interaction in this culture requires some adherence to cultural norms. When someone violates those norms, it is okay to point it out. We don’t have to bend over backwards to make sure we don’t hurt someone’s feelings. On the other hand, we don’t have to be insulting. Sometimes a little humor and a little correction can help someone get in line. But you are hellbent on changing the culture to fit your concept, often directly or indirectly attacking Frink. Even if you do so generally, it is obvious that you are referring primarily to him.

He and I agree on little politically, religiously, or in other areas. You and I have more in common than he and I. But I get along well with him because I think in general he is a nice guy who makes silly jokes that aren’t usually intended to offend. Your perception of him as some horrible bully is inaccurate in my mind. Maybe he should tone it down at times so as not to inadvertently hurt some sensitive soul like Spuffure, but I don’t for a moment believe he would truly intend to cause him emotional pain.

I can tell you in all honesty, though, that Off Topic was far more enjoyable before you came in here like Wyatt Earp, acting like it was up to you to clean up this town. I honestly believe you are a nice guy with the best of intentions, but you take everything so personally, are inflexible in your beliefs, and unwilling to concede that you might be wrong about some things. You are obsessive about particular topics, and anyone who challenges your views is offensive to you and you dismiss them as another bully. I have seen many people attempt to engage with you productively, but you irrationally shut them down. And at the end of the day, you still act as if you are being wronged, always trying to frame yourself as the noble one, but to any outsider, you are seen as the primary antagonizer.

Sometimes, it’s just best if you keep your thoughts to yourself, instead of injecting your overly opinionated thoughts into the discussion. Often, I feel the need to reply to something I disagree with. Then I think about it and decide against it. You seem to be unable to ever do this.

Jetrell Fo said:

Respect in this section is subjective to some at best, don’t let em get you down.

I do get rather annoyed with your constant antagonizing of TV’s Frink. You have accused him multiple times of picking on you, yet whenever you get the chance, you say something obnoxious in reference to him. For instance, Spuff’s threads are clearly inappropriate, and even though Frink politely gives him advice, you feel some self-righteous need to justify Spuff’s threads and criticize Frink. You need to get a new hobby. You’ve made it your personal quest to get offended by every word some folks type, and your calling in life to bring your version of order to Off Topic. Please, for the love of all that is good, put your sheriff’s badge away and stop trying to moderate this place.

It’s all a coverup by the Company! He died from an alien infection! In all seriousness, that’s very sad.

DuracellEnergizer said:

According to this post, the old politics thread is now permanently dead, thus I created this thread for y’all.

THREAD RULES:

• Obviously, all the rules here must be obeyed
• No crazy conspiracy theories (aliens killed JFK, Elvis did 911, Moon Landing was faked, 911 was an inside job)
• No ridiculous doom saying (like all non-Trump supporters will be rounded up and executed)
• No Frink vs Jetrell
• Debate and not Flame

generalfrievous, you are in violation of Rule #3 of the Politics 2 (AKA Electric Boogaloo) thread. You are now under house arrest. One more outburst like that and the Secret Police will raid your house, kidnap your family, and take you to a labor camp!

In all seriousness, man, you really are violating the rules and providing nothing constructive. In the words of a good friend of mine: “Now that I’ve thought about it, aren’t we overreacting a little too much…”

Both of the last two appeal to me.

I hated the Starkiller Base from the beginning and only allowed it to grow on me from subsequent viewings. It’s kind of the bad guy version of deus ex machina.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deus ex machina

Far too convenient and contrived when just thrown into the second act without any indication that it was coming. I was thoroughly disappointed with it. I truly believe it needs to be mentioned early on, or else I find it a cheap plot device.