Chira numbuh wan!

[Ekco]

eej_sCsDdbw


https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/new-chinese-advanced-combat-aircraft-emerge-flight

[Ekco]

nobody wants to talk about how NATO is gonna get their ass kicked over Taiwan within the next 2 years?

make sure to buy a new gfx card before we lose access to where 90% of them come from lol

[Reiwa]

nobody wants to talk about how NATO is gonna get their ass kicked over Taiwan within the next 2 years?

make sure to buy a new gfx card before we lose access to where 90% of them come from lol

tailless delta wing is a bomber

also: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/qaher-313-meet-irans-fake-stealth-fighter-plane-210805

[Ekco]

yeah they showed off a bomber, fighter, amphibious attack ship and something else i forgot.

the RQ-180 is 14 years old at this point so i assume we have classified unmanned bombers/fighters but i'm not sure embracing skynet is a good idea vs the country that elite haxor pwns us on the daily, they got dirt on every elected official via salt typhoon

so comparing it to iran's stealth fighter they bought off wish.com is probably downplaying the threat a bit.

[Reiwa]

yeah they showed off a bomber, fighter, amphibious attack ship and something else i forgot.

the RQ-180 is 14 years old at this point so i assume we have classified unmanned bombers/fighters but i'm not sure embracing skynet is a good idea vs the country that elite haxor pwns us on the daily, they got dirt on every elected official via salt typhoon

so comparing it to iran's stealth fighter they bought off wish.com is probably downplaying the threat a bit.

NCD says white emperor is an advertisement for some video game coming out over there

https://i.imgur.com/15u7Tpo.png

https://i.imgur.com/oBUVp5Q.png

https://i.imgur.com/qFLGiRU.png

[shovelquest]

Triangle shape means they are allying up with reptoids.

[Reiwa]

amphibious attack ship

People think we only have ~11 carriers.

We also have 10 amphibious assault ships that do almost the same thing and deliver marines to strategically important shitholes. They wanted 31 but the pinko congress said they can only have 24.

I think they did decide to get rid of the well decks recently.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/170915-N-PC620-0009_%2837096354382%29.jpg/800px-170915-N-PC620-0009_%2837096354382%29.jpg

[Eisai]

ROFL. "We copied their design and now they cannot beat us"

[shovelquest]

ROFL. "We copied their design and now they cannot beat us"

*copied reptoid design

[shovelquest]

People think we only have ~11 carriers.

We also have 10 amphibious assault ships that do almost the same thing and deliver marines to strategically important shitholes. They wanted 31 but the pinko congress said they can only have 24.

I think they did decide to get rid of the well decks recently.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/170915-N-PC620-0009_%2837096354382%29.jpg/800px-170915-N-PC620-0009_%2837096354382%29.jpg

Cool, 30 tactical nukes and we have 0!

[Eisai]

If triangles were so great my husband and boyfriend would know about each other.

[Reiwa]

Cool, 30 tactical nukes and we have 0!

What delivery vehicle are we talking?

Arleigh Burke's can shoot down satellites.

[Jimjam]

If triangles were so great my husband and boyfriend would know about each other.

Eiffel Tower is a triangle!

[Ekco]

[IMG]

mig 25 is aesthetically pleasing as fuck, 41 looks like shit.

only cool lookin planes either side flies still are all 30+ years old.

dumb START treaty still preventing these beauties from carryin the payload they were designed to.
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Tu-160-Vs-B-1.jpg

[Reiwa]

0ktj4MK5qFY

[shovelquest]

What delivery vehicle are we talking?

Ti1bFMBd6V4

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-defense-officials-china-is-leading-in-hypersonic-weapons/7000160.html

[shovelquest]

I think we live in a world that is in a natural state of cold war where there are so many ways for the world powers to kill everyone on earth, that they can now just do conventional wars perpetually raining thermite on innocent poors.

[shovelquest]

mig 25 is aesthetically pleasing as fuck, 41 looks like shit.

F-15 is peak aircraft design for me.

https://i.imgur.com/pannMQo.png

[Reiwa]

The Chinese Dong-feng is also ballistic(unsatisfactory) (https://www.businessinsider.com/china-russia-kinzhal-hypersonic-missiles-disappointed-ukraine-dongfeng-war-2024-1)

[Ekco]

Virgin fixed wing vs Chad swing wing

https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D4D12AQHOMWD9m14E6A/article-cover_image-shrink_600_2000/0/1718788644457?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=Afg1Fylm_tXNCOvhVxb0gdO5AsTb925E4V21CkKv0fg

Iran knows what's up
but Iran continues to fly the aircraft despite the U.S.'s efforts to remove them.

[shovelquest]

Virgin fixed wing vs Chad swing wing

https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D4D12AQHOMWD9m14E6A/article-cover_image-shrink_600_2000/0/1718788644457?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=Afg1Fylm_tXNCOvhVxb0gdO5AsTb925E4V21CkKv0fg

Iran knows what's up

that one is a bit chunky for me its great but I think the f-15 embodies everything that flight characteristics can offer into one sleek fighter/bomber.

The f-15 has elegance, and brutalism combined into a perfect reflection of everything areal combat.

https://i.imgur.com/FDP9dfO.png

https://i.imgur.com/9pOezao.png

[shovelquest]

The f-22 is growing on me Im not too into the f35

The russian gen 5 fithers are super cool looking too.

https://i.imgur.com/cEfvxPc.png

the su-57 is more like a tomact to me, it looks cool as hell but its pretty huge too

https://i.imgur.com/LEahHXt.png

I hate chinas gen5 j-20

https://i.imgur.com/iwzgRVb.png

The f-15 is starting to look a little dated to me and that makes me feel old.

[Ekco]

urge to play an Ace Combat game increasing.

[shovelquest]

urge to play an Ace Combat game increasing.

do you ever watch growling sidewinder? I want to play dcs but am intimidated.

268XlGbxa5g

[Ekco]

nah, like 10+ years ago i remember looking into DCS for the A-10 but ended up just watching funny streams of it, the dude at Giant Bomb ended up getting his pilot license because of it if i remember right

so apparently buying DCS and a Hotas is a slippery slope

huVi6rdPE4I

[Reiwa]

Oc5V7mh2tIc

[shovelquest]

nah, like 10+ years ago i remember looking into DCS for the A-10 but ended up just watching funny streams of it, the dude at Giant Bomb ended up getting his pilot license because of it if i remember right

so apparently buying DCS and a Hotas is a slippery slope

Ive watched so many dcs videos on youtube haha it really is. Its basically like EQ for aviation nerds at this point it looks like.

From the videos it seems like 90% of winning a dogfight is knowing the capabilities of what each and every missile can do.

And by that I mean like radar specs speed, altitude, air pressure, lol its a bit above my paygrade but still very cool.

https://i.imgur.com/KiOmAPP.gif

[Ekco]

JASDF sure knows how to paint a fuckin plane.

https://i.imgur.com/hJShY80.jpeg

[shovelquest]

RIP Tank Olympics... friggen ww3 made it have to be real instead of anime games IRL.

8XPugrS2Tk4

[Reiwa]

Anyway China has no idea how to fight a naval war and we only know by being raised by the British and practicing on a continual basis since then.

Boats only float until boats don't. 🚀

[shovelquest]

based china said "this new year fuck USA we'll do what we want with Taiwan I mean China"

That was so sick and based with their fireworks show too practically a day before USA.

I hope trump brings manufacturing back and everyone in CA is making shoes in 10 years for based china.

[Duik]

A submarine is simply a boat that is neutrally bouyant. Some Chinese submarine Engineer probably.

[Duik]

Trump will indeed bring manufacturing back, it will just be immigrants working with (more) californians living in their (aging) electric cars.

Theer tuk urr jerbs! Indeed.

[shovelquest]

and they will ban saved by the bell and porn hub

[Ekco]

4l8mgNwpen8
RGQ6fyGoNdE

i need to find me a Chinese chick to marry, does the Chinese embassy run a dating app by chance?

[shovelquest]

Ukraine is to drone warfare, what ww1 was to aviation. Those dragons are going to be swooping in and blowing up cities like smaug in 2030 .

-KsZEd7t2jM

[Ekco]

Russia launches more than 100 drones at Ukraine in New Year’s attack, Kyiv says
January 1, 2025, 2:09 AM

the only upside to any of this is it won't get drug out for 20 years like desert storm 2: electric boogaloo

both Ukraine and Taiwan will be over by the midterms i bet

[shovelquest]

According to the bible the antichrist brings an era of short-lived peace so that checks out.

[Reiwa]

based china said "this new year fuck USA we'll do what we want with Taiwan I mean China"

That was so sick and based with their fireworks show too practically a day before USA.

I hope trump brings manufacturing back and everyone in CA is making shoes in 10 years for based china.

Bringing back manufacturing is an awful idea but politicians lie so I doubt he means it.

[Reiwa]

A submarine is simply a boat that is neutrally bouyant. Some Chinese submarine Engineer probably.

You should be nicer to us. We giving you some sneaky underwatah floaty digeridoos.

[Ekco]

Bringing back manufacturing is an awful idea

if the government is going to bailout corporations the least those corporations can do is have some X% of the assembly/manufacturing in the country they're going to use those tax payers for as a safety net (in theory, i think we default on the 36 trillion debt this decade for the lulz so taxpayers prolly don't end up actually paying for 2008 bailouts or any of the Car companies or others ive forgotten)

tax the fuck out of them, make the cayman islands tax loophole illegal.
if the C-suite doesn't like it they can move to China or Russia and deal with that government.

anything national security related stays also, fuck this Nippon US steel deal, fuck not saving Intel as a chip manufacturer, straight up nationalize them if needed just copy what China is doing and just reverse the famous quote

"They call it Communism in China, but I think they just call whatever works, Communism."

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Drones do sound annoying as hell, like angry giant bugs

But apparently if you are in a war zone like Ukraine, that noise can also be terrifying, because it might be the last thing you hear

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/ox1Ctd7YhuU.

[Ekco]

Stuka Siren effect

[Reiwa]

anything national security related stays also, fuck this Nippon US steel deal, fuck not saving Intel as a chip manufacturer, straight up nationalize them if needed just copy what China is doing and just reverse the famous quote

"They call it Communism in China, but I think they just call whatever works, Communism."

Can't disagree with that part. Gotta have it to build the new Liberty class.

[shovelquest]

https://i.imgur.com/jLABa9A.png

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

based china said "this new year fuck USA we'll do what we want

[Ciderpress]

Why do authorities always let the public know when a terrorist "acted alone"? Why is that important? And what does it even mean to say they acted alone, if while acting alone they declare loyalty to other terrorists who do the exact same things, for the exact same reasons?

The unabomber acted alone. Radical islamist who hates what they deem to be decadent western culture #346475373 isn't exactly alone, ya know?

Also happy new year everyone!

[Smoofers]

Why do authorities always let the public know when a terrorist "acted alone"? Why is that important? And what does it even mean to say they acted alone, if while acting alone they declare loyalty to other terrorists who do the exact same things, for the exact same reasons?

The unabomber acted alone. Radical islamist who hates what they deem to be decadent western culture #346475373 isn't exactly alone, ya know?

Also happy new year everyone!

Key word here is "act"

[Reiwa]

Why do authorities always let the public know when a terrorist "acted alone"? Why is that important? And what does it even mean to say they acted alone, if while acting alone they declare loyalty to other terrorists who do the exact same things, for the exact same reasons?

The unabomber acted alone. Radical islamist who hates what they deem to be decadent western culture #346475373 isn't exactly alone, ya know?

Also happy new year everyone!

If Jeremy Irons had acted alone in Die Hard 3 he wouldn't have gotten very far at all, despite the gu-gu-gu-gullibility of the New York Police Department.

I hope this helps.

[Reiwa]

The question you're really asking is about individual due process though.

William Blackstone was a titan.

[Ciderpress]

The question you're really asking is about individual due process though.


I just find the "we must understand the root cause" thing so galling at this point. Insisting to the public that yet another instance of a completely obvious and identifiable pattern of global terrorism should be thought of as somehow isolated strikes me as flagrantly irresponsible and cowardly.

[Reiwa]

I just find the "we must understand the root cause" thing so galling at this point. Insisting to the public that yet another instance of a completely obvious and identifiable pattern of global terrorism should be thought of as somehow isolated strikes me as flagrantly irresponsible and cowardly.

The cart goes after the horse. Our legal priors and process outweigh any individual criminal act.

It kinda sucks and is kinda great, too.

[Ciderpress]

The cart goes after the horse. Our legal priors and process outweigh any individual criminal act.

It kinda sucks and is kinda great, too.

So is he "acting alone" if his buddy Fred told him to do it, but Fred just wasn't in the truck at the time?
What if Fred paid for the truck rental? Define alone.

I'm just bitching about media cowardice and double standards. My usual thing.

[shovelquest]

I think the acting alone thing comes from the old days when terror was rare and shocking, rather than a daily occurrence. Back then they wanted to be assured that everything was going to be ok (everything was, those boomer bastards) and there were no bad guys sneaking around looking to blow up anything else.

On another note, is china smoking us out?

toKcoKsu_ic

[Ekco]

ah, was wondering wtf all the fog spam was about when i visited the ocean of piss website for the recent breaking news event.

[Ekco]

Those dragons are going to be swooping in and blowing up cities like smaug in 2030 .


"Bird Striking" with a swarm into all 4 engines simultaneously of a jumbo jet is the box cutter security hole of our time, shit was talked about in 2015 as a danger from mass adopting amazon delivery drones as a million to one accident involving 1 drone and 1 engine, quadcopter swarm used on purpose to take a plane down was in a anime 2 years ago.

[shovelquest]

ah, was wondering wtf all the fog spam was about when i visited the ocean of piss website for the recent breaking news event.

now the AIR is a drone. :o

"Bird Striking" with a swarm into all 4 engines simultaneously of a jumbo jet is the box cutter security hole of our time, shit was talked about in 2015 as a danger from mass adopting amazon delivery drones as a million to one accident involving 1 drone and 1 engine, quadcopter swarm used on purpose to take a plane down was in a anime 2 years ago.

damn dude they just learned how to use car rentals don't give them any forward thinking ideas :p

[Ekco]

don't give them any forward thinking ideas :p

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/952/goofy.jpg

edit: i shouldn't have deleted my meme folder years ago, went looking for the funny greentext story about a pissed alphabet person talking about having to write threat matrices and assessments for shitposting idiots for his boomer boss and having to explain memes and internet culture to him, i wanted to post that but I'll Fuckin' Do It Again goofy works also i guess.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

I just find the "we must understand the root cause" thing so galling at this point. Insisting to the public that yet another instance of a completely obvious and identifiable pattern of global terrorism should be thought of as somehow isolated strikes me as flagrantly irresponsible and cowardly.

I agree that trying to solve the “root cause” always just becomes a cop out to do nothing. Pretend you are working when the boss comes by while sitting on your phone

“I’m sorry sir, I know you have cancer but our oncology center has decided to devote all its resources to figuring out the root causes of cancer and stopping those”

“But I have cancer now, it’s killing me”

“Sorry sir, the root cause is more important”


But in regards to recent events. Some dude got divorced, lost his mind over it, and went on a rampage. It’s not all that dissimilar from many other criminal actions like that in the past

It was the divorce and the need for demonstrating re-establishing control that was the “root cause” there

Edit: oops this is in regards to a diff event possibly

[Reiwa]

So is he "acting alone" if his buddy Fred told him to do it, but Fred just wasn't in the truck at the time?
What if Fred paid for the truck rental? Define alone.

I'm just bitching about media cowardice and double standards. My usual thing.

My beef is He WuZ aNaMeRiCaN from the news networks.

No shit guys, but who converted him to the terrorist mindset?

If you look on his youtube though, he seems more like an American black muslim than any other type. In a day gone by he would have been NoI instead of a bomber.

My biased mind takes 'Jabbar' as evidence of the above.

[Ekco]

his buddy Fred told him to do it, but Fred just wasn't in the truck at the time?
What if Fred paid for the truck rental? Define alone.


https://i.imgur.com/AuVrW1w.jpeg

[Ekco]

President Biden decides to block Nippon Steel's takeover plan, officially announcing it as early as the 3rd U.S. News Report
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOGN030RT0T00C25A1000000/?n_cid=SNSBS001...


fuck weeb steel and remember to buy the dip and invest in america!
https://i.imgur.com/aFQ1F3c.gif

[Ekco]

https://i.imgur.com/13QfC3j.jpeg

[shovelquest]

Im ready for GI JOE war.

https://i.imgur.com/CzFYD1U.png

[Ekco]

Im ready for GI JOE war.


https://i.imgur.com/jYSPJZB.jpeg

[shovelquest]

I can't believe there is no like dayz drone FPS ukraine war game on steam.

I could design a game in my sleep:

- teams of 3
- Warzone maps
- find a bunker/shelter
- team sets up drone post
- 2 members guard drone post while 1 member flys drones
- points for kills with drones.

EZ PZ

lfg i want this game.

[Reiwa]

I can't believe there is no like dayz drone FPS ukraine war game on steam.

I could design a game in my sleep:

- teams of 3
- Warzone maps
- find a bunker/shelter
- team sets up drone post
- 2 members guard drone post while 1 member flys drones
- points for kills with drones.

EZ PZ

lfg i want this game.

kinda sounds like mario kart

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Just saw an accident happen in the lane next to me. After being in 3 different accidents within the last year, neither of which were my fault, I can’t STAND that fucking metal crunching noise. Jeez just give me a break from that noise

Drivers in my state are dogshit lately

[shovelquest]

kinda sounds like mario kart

Super Mario 64 + Player Uunknown Battlegrounds + Decent.

Back to the fighter, I used to watch this guys youtube channel back in like 2010-14. He was an expat that lived in china, touring all over, super pro china. He loved it.

Then one day they had a dinner meetup around 2015 where all the Youtube Expats out there got together.

1 by 1... they would reveal some f'd up thing.. and you'd hear one say something like, "yeah.. I guess I have noticed that".... the sparkle was just losing its luster for them.

Well fast forward to 2019 and he's a full blown anti CCP youtuber it's hilarious how he did that about face.

I bet if you go far enough back in his channel you can find these vids, and his motorcycle tours of the entire country.

72ejwJn_QY4

[Ekco]

right idea, wrong country.

[shovelquest]

"gutter oil"

https://i.imgur.com/2M38eBk.gif

[shovelquest]

deport these bitches

https://x.com/DschlopesIsBack/status/1874952968333898234

[shovelquest]

2025 gonna be a good season!

https://x.com/ShawnRyanShow/status/1875286017822888338

https://i.imgur.com/vnPlue6.png

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

https://i.imgur.com/jYSPJZB.jpeg

Holy cow I’m totally going so fast aw fawk!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y1LUYJnGu-M

[shovelquest]

that stuff is objectively better than roblox and whatever the f vavik was drunk texting about.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14247171/Mystery-virus-China-overwhelms-hospitals.html

[shovelquest]

LFG i hope we get another blm riot that was awesome.

[Reiwa]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14247171/Mystery-virus-China-overwhelms-hospitals.html

I'm gonna comply even harder this time!

Tattling isn't part of complying though.

[Ekco]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14247171/Mystery-virus-China-overwhelms-hospitals.html

https://i.imgur.com/gJgRxtK.jpeg

[Ekco]

2025 gonna be a good season!
https://x.com/ShawnRyanShow/status/1875286017822888338


New: Livelsberger helped a former Army nurse he was dating in 2019 restore a Tesla she'd recovered from a junk yard, and days before he died, sent videos to her about the Cybertruck he'd rented. However in their relationship he exhibited symptoms of TBI and severe PTSD.

i honestly don't think there is a conspiracy to this one. dude had a wife and newborn baby in Colorado got a case of the big sads during the holiday TBI and PSTD from being in the military for 19 years or whatever

and.... drum roll
It also emerged that the army veteran had argued with his wife after she told him she suspected he had been cheating

I feel like Batman': What Tesla driver texted his ex-girlfriend before explosion outside Trump Hotel

and BPD

[shovelquest]

i honestly don't think there is a conspiracy to this one. dude had a wife and newborn baby in Colorado got a case of the big sads during the holiday TBI and PSTD from being in the military for 19 years or whatever

and.... drum roll

and BPD

yeah the letters they found on the phone were much more realistic than that email. How fricken funny that podcaster is like going into hiding right now because he thinks he has found gravety drives

2025 is fricken on speed

altho him trying to tell other people to freak out and go ham is pretty scary too because 2025 is 2025 and all.

[Ekco]

one good use of Copilot AI is going to be "are you sure you wanna fuckin do this?" with just two No buttons on the pop up when you start to type in Ex girlfriends names n shit on Boomerbook.


and don't ever post Jumper on your facebook wall
oCcqp4HKt1A

[Reiwa]

one good use of Copilot AI is going to be "are you sure you wanna fuckin do this?" with just two No buttons on the pop up when you start to type in Ex girlfriends names n shit on Boomerbook.


and don't ever post Jumper on your facebook wall
oCcqp4HKt1A

Lead air particulates were at their highest recorded concentration during early adulthood for most Gen X.

send post

[Ekco]

Lead air particulates were at their highest recorded concentration during early adulthood for most Gen X.

send post

young gen x / older millennials had their own version of leaded gas, and i thank the CIA and German scientists from the 50's for it everyday
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[shovelquest]

Lead air particulates were at their highest recorded concentration during early adulthood for most Gen X.

send post

if lead in the air was all we needed to make good movies and not chop our D's off i say start pumping it into the AC

[Ekco]

if lead in the air was all we needed to make good movies and not chop our D's off i say start pumping it into the AC

it's just a return to the historical norm really, like you're aware of the romans and the greeks right?

https://youtu.be/kMBAHfN9dh4?si=79KSTusxheLxQLdz&t=1191

[shovelquest]

it's just a return to the historical norm really, like you're aware of the romans and the greeks right?

https://youtu.be/kMBAHfN9dh4?si=79KSTusxheLxQLdz&t=1191

yes I am aware the norm is to be a savage monster that slays everyone in the world but I prefer led based christianity.

And dont come at me with b-b-b-crusacdes those were romans.

[Reiwa]

последнее предупреждение россии (https://lite.cnn.com/2025/01/04/europe/russia-retaliation-eight-atacms-missiles-intl/index.html)

[shovelquest]

US war policy.

d4MAQentNtQ

[Botten]

последнее предупреждение россии (https://lite.cnn.com/2025/01/04/europe/russia-retaliation-eight-atacms-missiles-intl/index.html)

do you watch Joey Contino?

[Ekco]

последнее предупреждение россии (https://lite.cnn.com/2025/01/04/europe/russia-retaliation-eight-atacms-missiles-intl/index.html)

US war policy.

correct play


if you want some real nightmare fuel look up the time during the Cold War the Russians interpreted MAD as a sign of weakness and figured if we considered nuclear war unwinnable they should do a measured preemptive strike with the logic being we wouldn't respond in kind over fears of escalation.

we should preemptively strike Ukraine ourselves if Putin is going to sabre rattle about it again for the like 20th time in 2 years like a coward, seems someone forgot how crazy we are, hit the Chernobyl sarcophagus imo.


but also,
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I'm a very conflicted stable genius.

[Reiwa]

do you watch Joey Contino?

I dunno who that is. Is he nice?

[shovelquest]

Fixed it for them:

https://i.imgur.com/JRK4Vin.png

[Ekco]

https://i.imgur.com/KLttbxb.jpeg

[shovelquest]

speaking of nothing changing :o

[Botten]

I dunno who that is. Is he nice?

Better, he is educational.

[Reiwa]

Better, he is educational.

Is it a podcast I hate podcasts

[Reiwa]

Goddamnit Botten, his yt channel is about the masked singer.

You'll pay for this treachery.

[Botten]

Goddamnit Botten, his yt channel is about the masked singer.

You'll pay for this treachery.

My comical apologies it is Joey Contino News

https://www.youtube.com/@joeycontinonews

[Duik]

Comment text from imgur about what year it is.
https://i.imgur.com/g3N1u0k.jpeg

This is a bit misleading because Japanese people use the Gregorian calendar and it's 2025 just like everyone else.
What this refers to is the legacy calendar system still used for some formal documents. So it's not "7" but rather "Reiwa-7", using a combination of the Emperor's name and the number of years since he was enthroned. Acknowledged as archaic, but hey, tradition!

Any comments Reiwa? I mean Your Highness.

[Reiwa]

Comment text from imgur about what year it is.
https://i.imgur.com/g3N1u0k.jpeg

This is a bit misleading because Japanese people use the Gregorian calendar and it's 2025 just like everyone else.
What this refers to is the legacy calendar system still used for some formal documents. So it's not "7" but rather "Reiwa-7", using a combination of the Emperor's name and the number of years since he was enthroned. Acknowledged as archaic, but hey, tradition!

Any comments Reiwa? I mean Your Highness.

Hehe jib made it for me. I really still like it alot.

Dattebayo!

[Ekco]

everybody knows the actual date is 13.0.12.3.15

[shovelquest]

What is going on out there? I keep seeing people talking about trump attacking Canada and how we'll win a war in 72 hours and the US attacking Greenland and it keeps popping up are we literally this crazy that we'd jump from Iranian anti gravity drones in NJ to the USA is declaring war on Canada?

What is going on??

[Ekco]

What is going on??

signaling to the Russians we'll expand also as a response to them taking Ukraine. Greenland and the Canal are important strategically and Canada has resources i guess

all the other stuff is just people losing their minds cause steve jobs should have never let them on the internet.

[Ekco]

https://i.imgur.com/pyLL7C4.png

[Reiwa]

Canada has resources i guess

https://i.imgur.com/TulKjq6.png

[Ekco]

it's full of Chinese spies that have to be dealt with before the war over Taiwan starts then.

[shovelquest]

signaling to the Russians we'll expand also as a response to them taking Ukraine. Greenland and the Canal are important strategically and Canada has resources i guess

all the other stuff is just people losing their minds cause steve jobs should have never let them on the internet.

Hope it spirals into reality like this predictive programming.

_BaR5DxgY-c

[shovelquest]

based drywaller mechanic fetterman was able to hang out with freako wokie libs for like 2 months before he jumps ship for maga empire.

OlwTWk-A0-I

[Ciderpress]

I heard trump say he's hungry enough to eat a horse!

AP FACT CHECK: A human could not be this hungry; probably a nazi. Nazi stuff. Think about nazis.

[Duik]

Please never fact check things I say. That way no one can gainsay me when I state I'm an astronaut/actor/surgeon/apiarist.

Fact checking is for betas.

We are in the Age Of Delusion.
Truth adjacent. Alternative Facts. We have discovered a parallel reality.

In before: I'm sure there is a way to spin this so facts are needless and lying is in fact (hehe) helpful.

[shovelquest]

Nuke energy is bad? It's good? What the fuck? Both are facts.

Facts are for little cunts who used calculators in school and now they need something else to tell them the answers.

[Duik]

I was in before so I negated your comment.

Also, nuke energy is neither good or bad. It is just the uses it can be put to that can be considered so.

It is subjective however, frigsample *I* think dropping a nuke on anyone is bad. YMMV.

Others may say well it (allowed us to test our bomb IRL! oops) stopped a war! So its good good! Their mileage does vary.

If you have an issue with Fact checking a math problem *I* think you have a problem too vast for me to address before coffee.

Good luck.
Also LOLOCAUST.

[shovelquest]

Fact: nukes beats battlestar galactica.

Fact: Fetterman is lol!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Pennsylvania/This_is_how_senator_john_fetterman_treats_his_own (https://www.reddit.com/r/Pennsylvania/comments/1hwomm6/this_is_how_senator_john_fetterman_treats_his_own/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

[Reiwa]

based drywaller mechanic fetterman was able to hang out with freako wokie libs for like 2 months before he jumps ship for maga empire.

OlwTWk-A0-I

Hate how many of the bad people are falling for the Fetterman shit.

He gets an A from ProgressivePunch and a 7(%) from Heritage.

But he said vaguely polite things so they think they love him.

[shovelquest]

*elevator closes

[Reiwa]

*elevator closes

Fair point, maybe he's just a funny jerk like the other guy.

[shovelquest]

I think the accepted the ultimate deal and let them turn him into a vampire to save his life.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Good God….

[Ekco]

has that one lady blamed it on herbew space lasers yet?

[Duik]

If she does, recent changes to the idiot messaging systems will *prove* its true. Thereby enabling the removal of all firefighting in <The Bulldog> (a sporting team in the NRL that has a predominant Blueish colour) supporters area cuz <reasons>.
Fact checking is for n00b/betas.
IRL pvp ftw!

[shovelquest]

has that one lady blamed it on herbew space lasers yet?

no this was very clearly inept democrat goverment management.

For the first 24 hours there were literally no police, no fire fighters, nothing.

Meanwhile the Santa Monica DPT was writing tickets to parked cars (and still is!).

The richest state in America, the highest GDP in the world, and they can't afford to pay for firefighters or fire management. Oh in a federal disaster area. May as well cut fire dept. by 20 mil year after year, being in a disaster area that Insurance companies wont even cover anymore.

Americans want this shit.

I hope the entire LA burns down and every insurance company that offered coverage goes bankrupt and trump is the only hope with a federal bailout, and he says:

6NK2hSi139g

[shovelquest]

How does this make any sense, was inflation literally a result of corperate proffits, and not energy demands? I think it was.

Travelers annual revenue for 2023 was $41.364B, a 12.15% increase from 2022. Travelers annual revenue for 2022 was $36.884B, a 5.94% increase from 2021. Travelers annual revenue for 2021 was $34.816B, a 8.86% increase from 2020.

How does an insurance company make an additional 5-15% prophet every year? let alone during all these years with massive fires in a coastal state it covers?

There have been 4 fires that have wiped out entire towns in the last 5 years in California, and this fire insurance company is making 40% more prophet over that same time period?

I think the united states collapsed and we live in westworld and don't know it.

[Botten]

I will say this, the orange cheeto wants all the money he can get from cuts and tariffs (we pay) to pull a reverse Robinhood. It is disgusting.

Including an excuse to back out of NATO.

Only one glaring problem he touched on last term.
He still wants Greenland before backing out of NATO.

If the US backs out of NATO (as also requested by Putin; I am sure) the US needs the NATO base in Greenland known as Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base.

It serves as a key point in the US nuclear strategy.
I give him only a little credit with his half truth that it is for national security but he just wants more money for his rich tax reduction plan. Money given to NATO.

[shovelquest]

America in Russia:

https://i.imgur.com/tCa38eH.png

America in democrat states:

https://i.imgur.com/XfRmCCF.png

[shovelquest]

I will say this, the orange cheeto wants all the money he can get from cuts and tariffs (we pay) to pull a reverse Robinhood. It is disgusting.

Including an excuse to back out of NATO.

Only one glaring problem he touched on last term.
He still wants Greenland before backing out of NATO.

If the US backs out of NATO (as also requested by Putin; I am sure) the US needs the NATO base in Greenland known as Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base.

It serves as a key point in the US nuclear strategy.
I give him only a little credit with his half truth that it is for national security but he just wants more money for his rich tax reduction plan. Money given to NATO.

Who gives a shit.

We voted for him to summon jesus.

[Reiwa]

I will say this, the orange cheeto wants all the money he can get from cuts and tariffs (we pay) to pull a reverse Robinhood. It is disgusting.

Including an excuse to back out of NATO.

Only one glaring problem he touched on last term.
He still wants Greenland before backing out of NATO.

If the US backs out of NATO (as also requested by Putin; I am sure) the US needs the NATO base in Greenland known as Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base.

It serves as a key point in the US nuclear strategy.
I give him only a little credit with his half truth that it is for national security but he just wants more money for his rich tax reduction plan. Money given to NATO.

Quit fucking with us at Diego Garcia and we'll consider recognizing the utterly false notion of Denmark's sovereignty - if they cooperate.

Also it's a space force base.

[Ekco]

>at Diego Garcia

i used to be obsessed with that place.
8992.0 kHz, 11175.0 kHz
http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

https://eam.watch/

[Reiwa]

>at Diego Garcia

i used to be obsessed with that place.
8992.0 kHz, 11175.0 kHz
http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

https://eam.watch/

If you didn't see, UN/ICJ is forcing UK to give the island chain to someplace called Mauritius. Not that the UK is trying very hard to resist.

[Ekco]

If you didn't see, UN/ICJ is forcing UK to give the island chain to someplace called Mauritius. Not that the UK is trying very hard to resist.

i hadn't, i'm on this news detox and it's fuckin weird.

i knew it was a movement from years ago, mauritius is where the natives that lived on the island ended up, doubt it happens. that's a pretty important spot in the middle of the ocean, unless the thinking is "we're about to do away with manned flight anyway and our drones can glide near space orbit so we don't need it anyway"

the space shuttle landed there once iirc
edit: nevermind

The island was one of 33 emergency landing sites worldwide for the NASA Space Shuttle. None of these facilities was ever used throughout the life of the shuttle program, but were used during the Apollo Program.

[shovelquest]

USA USA USA

*American throws poor people onto the fire to suffocate the flames

https://i.imgur.com/6QqdbT4.png

Aren't almond farms like a major contributor to climate change and drought in CA?

Fuckn fan... tastic.

[Ekco]

Yeah, which makes the fact fire hydrants ran out of water even more hilarious.

[shovelquest]

On the Brightside it's good to know that its obvious ISIS isn't going to do any national terror, because right now would be a great time to burn down the entirety of LA with minimal effort.

And by good to know and brightside I mean GOD DAMMIT UNFORTUNETLY

[Ekco]

good stimulus for their economy, gonna be a shit ton of work to rebuild there, natural disasters always have a upside

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

I hope the entire LA burns down and every insurance company that offered coverage


I heard a lot of the houses didn’t have fire coverage because it is too expensive to cover that and build a new home

I know my house insurance plan through State Farm covers natural disaster fire, flood, etc. But I don’t live in CA

[shovelquest]

I was looking at zillow and some houses that are burnt are 30 million and the house next to them is 3-5 million.

Idk what makes the difference, I assume the house, but, from the zillow pics they all look the same.

I wonder how that works, when your house is 30 mil, burns down, and the neighbors house is 3 mil... How the insurance companies pay those out.

Prob both get 100 mil because 3-30mil is essential citizens. smfh

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

I’m sure if insurance isn’t going to help then FEMA will give them their $350 or whatever. Not to Trumpers though lol, per instructions

[Reiwa]

I’m sure if insurance isn’t going to help then FEMA will give them their $350 or whatever. Not to Trumpers though lol, per instructions

Jade Helm FEMA camps.

Guy got the PMOF for it, have some respect.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Jade Helm FEMA camps.

Guy got the PMOF for it, have some respect.

Who got the PMOF?

[Ekco]

Russians were unironically behind the Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theories and the Texit movement astroturfing

[shovelquest]

Im just catching ujp, so jade 15 is a conspiracy to prepare the military for a mass casualty event on the southern borders?

Sicko mode.

k4XmzXi3SdY

[Ekco]

Jade Helm 15 was the military exercise about that yeah
Jade Helm 14 was probably a military exercise about what to do in case Canadians invaded riding moose

they've been running exercises about ww3 and the end of the world every year since the 1950s or whatever, it's normal military shit.

fun story about Carter since it's his day(RIP) in his infinite hippie wisdom he thought it would be a good idea to call the NORAD troops in a bunker on Christmas or someshit to thank them and when the dudes in the silo got the message about wait for a incoming call from the President they thought ww3 had happened and all their families were already dead, on Christmas.

[shovelquest]

I am just glad we have the planning, infrastructure, and trained manpower to do a mass casualty event at the southern border.

I mean to take care of one.

[Ekco]

i'm pro whatever gets the traffic on the highway sorted.

[shovelquest]

i'm pro whatever gets the traffic on the highway sorted.

On one hand I hope for ww3 and the draft for that very reason.

But then I think about genZ and Alpha reutnring home from ww3 as heros and i want to puke.

So maybe if we lose ww3, and have a draft.. that'll do.

:o

[Ekco]

ww3 without nukes is sustainable war theory basically.


In Ghost in the Shell, the Sustainable War is a perpetual state of conflict that occurs after the Synchronized Global Default in 2044.
The war is the only way for the G4 nations to keep their economies functioning.
The war displaces populations and turns smaller cities into battlefields.
The war creates destitute raiders who risk their lives to eke out a living or seek vengeance.

[shovelquest]

ww3 without nukes is sustainable war theory basically.


In Ghost in the Shell, the Sustainable War is a perpetual state of conflict that occurs after the Synchronized Global Default in 2044.
The war is the only way for the G4 nations to keep their economies functioning.
The war displaces populations and turns smaller cities into battlefields.
The war creates destitute raiders who risk their lives to eke out a living or seek vengeance.

Fuck how long until i can become a destitute raider hhhhnnnngggggg

[Botten]

I live around La Jolla.

Fire season in southern California is generally from May to October.

Not in January.

We saw recently New Orleans and west to Las Vegas with problems from the red hats.

They went for their own VP in 2020 and tried their orange leader twice.

Now there is 5 different fires?

And only two months ago he had this to say...

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/22/trump-california-emergency-aid-newsom-00184799

Why are they this crazy?

[Ekco]

Why are they this crazy?

your side is equally as crazy to someone like me in the middle happily sitting on my fence, ideology is a helluvah drug and it's like BO, you can't smell yourself.

i told people to fuckin calm down a decade ago and nobody listened so, now you get what you fucking deserve.

in the future it's probably best to consider if you're going to try to force your own opinions and values on people by force, being the group that doesn't have all the guns isn't a good plan.

[Reiwa]

your side is equally as crazy to someone like me in the middle happily sitting on my fence, ideology is a helluvah drug and it's like BO, you can't smell yourself.

i told people to fuckin calm down a decade ago and nobody listened so, now you get what you fucking deserve.

in the future it's probably best to consider if you're going to try to force your own opinions and values on people by force, being the group that doesn't have all the guns isn't a good plan.

"Incoming President threatens to withhold yearly federal bailout until the state of California complies with federal guidelines and gets its shit together in general"

Paraphrasing bullshit claims could be a fun forum game.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

your side is equally as crazy to someone like me in the middle happily sitting on my fence, ideology is a helluvah drug and it's like BO, you can't smell yourself.


I absolutely can smell my own BO and it’s embarrassing as F on the ultra-rare occasions where it happens

I live in a super hot region so I always carry an extra stick of deodorant. In the summer sometimes I’m applying it 3x/day. This is why I say it’s ultra rare for me to ever smell

Taking your BO into the gym or on a plane or anywhere in public is super fucking inconsiderate IMO

Homeless people’s is the worst but they abstract theirs, it’s true

[shovelquest]

Taking your BO into the gym or on a plane or anywhere in public is super fucking inconsiderate IMO

my side has a solution for that

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

I live around La Jolla.

Fire season in southern California is generally from May to October.

Not in January.

We saw recently New Orleans and west to Las Vegas with problems from the red hats.

They went for their own VP in 2020 and tried their orange leader twice.

Now there is 5 different fires?

And only two months ago he had this to say...

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/22/trump-california-emergency-aid-newsom-00184799

Why are they this crazy?

La Jolla is nice

Stay inside as much as possible don’t be breathing that crap. I feel bad for the first responders and reporters having to breathe in that toxic shit from the fires

[shovelquest]

I mean if we want to talk about it, trump literally said they need to rake the forests (which gavin newsom stopped doing out of spite) and that they should have a lake in the middle of california (which gavin newsom does not want) so trump was absolutely right once again.

But lets keep it real, the guy is chosen by god.

[Ekco]

This saying means that just like you usually can't smell your own body odor (BO), you might not be aware of a personal flaw or negative quality about yourself because you're too close to it; essentially, you can't objectively see your own shortcomings as others might.

this saying was invented before MMORPG gaming sessions i assume, i'm going to stop using it i guess. reminds me of a dope modest mouse lyric though "it's been agreed the whole world stinks, so no one's taking showers anymore"

also that Amy Goodman avatar is making me sad, used to listen to WBAI Democracy Now during the Bush years, sucks when your heroes turn out to be Russian assets.

[Ekco]

the guy is chosen by god.
God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.


also that Amy Goodman avatar is making me sad, used to listen to WBAI Democracy Now during the Bush years, sucks when your heroes turn out to be Russian assets.
fucker deleted the post so i look like a crazy person now. not gonna edit out of spite.

[Pulgasari]

God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.


fucker deleted the post so i look like a crazy person now. not gonna edit out of spite.

I think we agree she's a witch.

That chin.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

This saying means that just like you usually can't smell your own body odor (BO), you might not be aware of a personal flaw or negative quality about yourself because you're too close to it; essentially, you can't objectively see your own shortcomings as others might.

this saying was invented before MMORPG gaming sessions i assume, i'm going to stop using it i guess. reminds me of a dope modest mouse lyric though "it's been agreed the whole world stinks, so no one's taking showers anymore"

also that Amy Goodman avatar is making me sad, used to listen to WBAI Democracy Now during the Bush years, sucks when your heroes turn out to be Russian assets.

Oh I completely understand the saying, and it is true there are many people who for some reason can’t smell their own BO or for whatever reason choose to ignore it

I just wanted to mention that BO is a personal pet peeve of mine and so I will never ever be part of that sub-group :)

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

This was a pretty bad gaffe on the Mayor’s part. But it brought to memory some great comedic moments involving teleprompter reliance:

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

I got the 411 on why many of the destroyed homes in CA aren’t insured against fires. Apparently State Farm said basically due to the frequent nature of fires and the houses in CA value, prices would have to be raised to a certain amount

But CA has rules in place that insurance can only charge so much. So State Farm said we can’t insure these houses because it will cause our financial ruin

I will admit, State Farm has come in clutch for me when I needed them for auto or home. But I will also admit, I have paid them more than they have paid me by far, and I still generally don’t trust insurance companies, not by a damn sight

So my feelings are mixed

[Botten]

I mean if we want to talk about it, trump literally said they need to rake the forests (which gavin newsom stopped doing out of spite) and that they should have a lake in the middle of california (which gavin newsom does not want) so trump was absolutely right once again.

But lets keep it real, the guy is chosen by god.

Complete Opposite.

A. Jan 8, 2025 - Governor Newsom has dramatically ramped up state work to increase wildland and forest resilience, as well as adding unprecedented resources to support wildfire response. California officials treated more than 700,000 acres of land for wildfire resilience in 2023, and prescribed fires more than doubled between 2021 and 2023. (https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/08/california-forest-management-hotter-drier-climate/)

B. Trump delivers water promise to San Joaquin Valley. That’s not how Newsom sees it

Newsom outlined a $5.2 billion water-sharing agreement that the governor’s team hopes will end tensions between shipping river water to farms and cities (https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article240434781.html)

San Joaquin Valley is much farther north and Trump was referring to water to the farms.

Gavin Newsom was looking out for both the farms and the cities of California.

C.
-Fire Season is from May to October ... Not January
-The placement of the fires is unusual to the map of past fires in CA
-FIVE different fires in all well spread out and miles and miles part in the same area.
-Just with in the last two months before Gavin Newsom said he would fight Trump on illegal immigration issues. *Trump threatens to with hold emergency funding support (https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/22/trump-california-emergency-aid-newsom-00184799). Way too convenient for one of his supporters to not take action. Which they have been lately in two other events recently in the US.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Just nitpicking LA for the sake of levity, but apparently another goof did cause a bit of brief panic for 10mil people…

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

This seemed like useful info

I do agree that humans do tend to come together, sometimes in astounding ways, in times of tragedy and that CA will likely be strengthened in the long run (emphasis on long though)

[Reiwa]

California officials treated more than 700,000 acres of land for wildfire resilience in 2023, and prescribed fires more than doubled between 2021 and 2023.

Your statement is laughable.

AI Overview

According to available data, approximately 90% of California's land area can be considered vegetated land, including forests, shrublands, and grasslands, with shrublands and chaparral alone covering around 31% of the state.
Key points about California's vegetation:
Forest land: Around one-third of California's land is forested, totaling roughly 33 million acres.
Shrublands and Chaparral: These vegetation types cover a significant portion of the state, representing about 31% of the land area.
Grasslands: California grasslands span over 10% of the state's land area.

https://i.imgur.com/eWTvM02.png

[shovelquest]

Complete Opposite.

Nah, all of that is total filler nonsense.

California is a joke, it has the GDP of most countries and can't build a train, it can't protect its citizens, and it needed 2 bailouts from the feds in the last 3 years for people who own homes in the 2-50million price range.

This entire fire would be averted if we never even had 1 democrat in existence.

All they do is let street criminals out of jail, bail out rich people, and call anyone in-between a nazi.

The feds swooped in and covered all the costs in the RICHEST STATE while abandoning hawaii and NC. Disgusting.

Californians and democrats:

California could succeed from the union and be better off than the rest of the country!

meanwhile: HELP HELP WE ARE OUT OF MONEY AND ON FIRE AND THE RICH PEOPLE NEED A BANK BAILOUT!

I hope trump is every bit the fascist dictator you all said he would be.

Californians shouldn't get 1 red cent from the state. I wish trump was president right now.

[Botten]

Nah, all of that is total filler nonsense.

California is a joke, it has the GDP of most countries and we can't build a train, we can't take care of the brush (the way the red orange county that is not on fire does).

It lost over 150 billion in literal raw cash over newsoms time in office.

Arsons are all over LA right now because they dont put criminals in jail.

Cuts to the fire dept, lack of water, no police... it's a big joke. This was basically self harm.

This entire fire would be averted if we never even had 1 democrat in existence.

a. never materialized, funding gone missing.

b. more talk and no action (resulting in water tanks going empty) funding gone missing.

c. california does not need federal funding because they are pocketing all missive amounts of state funding newsom talks about and does nothing with.

You didn't address anything with any actual proof. :rolleyes:

and AI says

"The state of California is well funded and has one of the most advance means when dealing with forest fires. With more than 16 helicopters with several equipped for night operations, expanded five helitack bases, and assumed ownership of seven C-130 air tankers, making it the largest fleet of its kind globally."

Link:
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/08/california-forest-management-hotter-drier-climate/

[shovelquest]

"The state of California is well funded and has one of the most advance means when dealing with forest fires. With more than 16 helicopters with several equipped for night operations, expanded five helitack bases, and assumed ownership of seven C-130 air tankers, making it the largest fleet of its kind globally."



TWO BAILOUTS FROM THE FEDS

TWO BAILOUTS FROM THE FEDS

TWO BAILOUTS FROM THE FEDS

FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HOMES IN THE 2-50 MILLION DOLLAR PRICE RANGE.

Everything the left says about California, is a lie.

[Ekco]

>people who have homes in the 2-50 million dollar price range
i wonder if there is a correlation between political contributions from that zip code and elected officials who are the receipts of said contributions and how they vote on things like bailouts, tax cuts..etc..etc

[shovelquest]

>people who have homes in the 2-50 million dollar price range
i wonder if there is a correlation between political contributions from that zip code and elected officials who are the receipts of said contributions and how they vote on things like bailouts, tax cuts..etc..etc

According to the democrats, everyone who donates to them donates 1$ and they make 800 billion every election. Because they are so "grass roots"...

[Duik]

Luckily nobody is talkin politics here hey?

Maybe A.I wil paint us a pretty picture of the fires AND an after shot of the devastation. Hopefully homing in on the many < 2 - 50million dollar houses depicting small children fleeing the conflagration, aflame and holding ash covered teddy bears. The seven fingers will ensure a tighter grip.

Having zero moral compass I'm sure it will be tasteful with an over abundance of fingers.

[shovelquest]

its not politics, we live in a fascist dictatorship now and politics are a thing of the past.

[Reiwa]

< 2 - 50million dollar houses

The lower end of that range probably the land is worth way more than the structure.

What I'm saying is I think they'll be ok :)

[shovelquest]

Its weird how one house is 30 mil and the house next to it is 2 mil and the house 2 houses down is 70 mil.

The land seems like it's not really the major draw, but I hear people say the land is the major draw.

Lucky for these folk though, the goverment will pay out 2 dollars for every dollar they had their homes insured for, because these people are too big to fail.

Like the land, is worth 1 mil.

The houses on them are worth 1-50 mil.

I really wonder what the cost of insuring a 50 mil house in Malibu is. And what they're supposed to get back if it burns down.

I imagine the economy locally will be very good in a few years rebuilding these homes.

But for some reason i have this stinking sensation, that the goverment is totally broken right now, and all that's gonna happen is people are going to go bankrupt because of slow rebuilds, insurance companies are going to close, rates are going to go up, and they will rebuild like 10% of the affected area in like 5 years.

[Ekco]

over abundance of fingers.

that's so last year.

https://i.imgur.com/aLZ3HMR.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/ryB2hPU.png

[Reiwa]

I got the 411 on why many of the destroyed homes in CA aren’t insured against fires. Apparently State Farm said basically due to the frequent nature of fires and the houses in CA value, prices would have to be raised to a certain amount

But CA has rules in place that insurance can only charge so much. So State Farm said we can’t insure these houses because it will cause our financial ruin

I will admit, State Farm has come in clutch for me when I needed them for auto or home. But I will also admit, I have paid them more than they have paid me by far, and I still generally don’t trust insurance companies, not by a damn sight

So my feelings are mixed

I think they can sue the state if the state can be substantially proven to be the reason their policy was cancelled? Dunno. That looks like harm which entitles you to relief.

Then you know who pays.

[shovelquest]

Yeah I looked it up, empty lots ar elike 1-1.5 mil.

Homes are 2-50 mil (i mean they are 2-80 mil but there are A LOT of 50 mil homes in the area, and only a few 80+)

So these homes that burnt down are vastly more expensive than the land they are on.

I don't know what that means in terms of anything, but is just interesting.

[shovelquest]

I think they can sue the state if the state can be substantially proven to be the reason their policy was cancelled? Dunno. That looks like harm which entitles you to relief.

Then you know who pays.

I think it wouldn't be hard to prove the state is at fault for the vast majority of these fires due to policy failures.

It's hard to imagine that a state that lost 24 billion (https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/gavin-newsom-homeless-money-budget-b2544347.html) can't be sued for mismanagement that they'll say threatens to bankrupt a few 50 billion dollar insurance companies.

Especially with dictator and fascist in cheif heir Trump. Who would also agree that california deserves to have the full force of the law target literally every politician here.

LFG throw em in a gulag or camp for democrats!

(I know they wont but im just roleplaying utopia)

[Crepido]

Time for another round of bans. was pretty clear this forum is not (anymore) for talking politics.
or was that only the last 4 years and now its ok to shit on trump again ?

[shovelquest]

Talking about current affairs isn't talking about politics, nor is calling mein fuhrer shitting on the chosen one.

[Ekco]

Time for another round of bans. was pretty clear this forum is not (anymore) for talking politics.
or was that only the last 4 years and now its ok to shit on trump again ?

great, the dude who got the 700page thread locked and 20 people banned last time decided to click off topic and get offended again.

[Ekco]

>Add an animation to the image, showing a bright ion cannon firing a focused red-orange laser beam from space. The beam impacts the center of the image, creating a dramatic, fiery explosion with concentric shock-waves spreading outward.

yfj6YF3gpe8

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Its weird how one house is 30 mil and the house next to it is 2 mil and the house 2 houses down is 70 mil

Wouldn’t be surprised to see some memes start coming out:

“Like a good neighbor…State Farm says insuring your overpriced home is literal financial suicide and bails”

[shovelquest]

>Add an animation to the image, showing a bright ion cannon firing a focused red-orange laser beam from space. The beam impacts the center of the image, creating a dramatic, fiery explosion with concentric shock-waves spreading outward.

yfj6YF3gpe8

https://i.imgur.com/gCD8gGX.gif

[shovelquest]

Why don't cities in europe or china burn down like this every year?

[Ekco]

Why don't cities in europe or china burn down like this every year?

don't think either of those places attempts to grow almonds and alfalfa in a fucking desert
agriculture uses about 80% of the state's developed water

take 25% of that water and just water people's yards

[shovelquest]

don't think either of those places attempts to grow almonds and alfalfa in a fucking desert

This is like a Lex Luthor scheme!

Saudis buy more U.S. alfalfa farmland (https://hayandforage.com/article-501-saudis-buy-more-us-alfalfa-farmland.html)

https://i.imgur.com/1hYp5Th.gif

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Ominous

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OoZQMv_Ke_0

[shovelquest]

I wish it was the 90s and we'd make an awesome movie about this.

M320q7FEjQY

[Botten]

Ominous

Looks like the Kenneth fire was arson. They caught a guy. They have video of the arrest. He was caught in the act with a blow torch.

Still think it was yet another Vegas / Orlean incident. We will have to see if Trump’s two month early statement nudged him to do it.

[Ekco]

pretty sure none of those 3 things happened because of politics lol.

Vegas / Orlean dudes were both trippin over a bitch

i haven't even looked at the kenneth suspect but i'd bet money its just a crackhead doing normal crackhead shit but the cops actually showed up this time to arrest him

[Swish]

First it was medical insurers, we onto house insurance now. If I was the State Farm CEO I wouldn't be walking around in public for a while.

[Reiwa]

Time for another round of bans. was pretty clear this forum is not (anymore) for talking politics.
or was that only the last 4 years and now its ok to shit on trump again ?

A bunch of reddits I used to go on had a no politics rule instituted around the same time. Most have been rescinded.

I think it was an ineffective effort to *prevent a party shift in the election and now they're doing prepper shit because the TV told them to be very scared.

*note there is nothing wrong with this even if it made me mad.

[Botten]

pretty sure none of those 3 things happened because of politics lol.

Vegas / Orlean dudes were both trippin over a bitch

i haven't even looked at the kenneth suspect but i'd bet money its just a crackhead doing normal crackhead shit but the cops actually showed up this time to arrest him

I believe the guy from Vegas left a manifesto officials released.

But it looks like the woodland guy was a suspect but after an interview and supporting evidence they don’t have enough to blame him *sigh

Just angry about this because it is hitting so close to home (my state)

https://i.imgur.com/tqVZaIu.jpeg

[Reiwa]

I believe the guy from Vegas left a manifesto officials released.

But it looks like the woodland guy was a suspect but after an interview and supporting evidence they don’t have enough to blame him *sigh

Just angry about this because it is hitting so close to home (my state)

https://i.imgur.com/tqVZaIu.jpeg

The concept of "judgment proof" individuals at work?

It costs you more effort/time/money to punish them than to just cope with their mischief.

[Ekco]

I believe the guy from Vegas left a manifesto officials released.


Sure,


ChatGPT summary

The manifesto by Matt Livelsberger, a former servicemember, expresses deep frustration with the current political, military, and social state of the United States. It calls for radical action and reflects extreme discontentment with leadership, societal values, and perceived systemic failures. Below is a summary of its key themes:
Core Messages:

Call to Action:
Advocates for military personnel, veterans, and militias to occupy federal buildings and disrupt highways to instigate a "purge" of Democratic leadership from the government and military.
Urges peaceful means initially but suggests readiness for violent measures if necessary.

Criticism of Leadership and Society:
Accuses current political and military leaders of being self-serving and corrupt.
Claims the country is in moral and cultural decline, citing a loss of family values, self-respect, and discipline.

Societal Issues:
Criticizes income inequality, homelessness, and rising cost-of-living.
Opposes the focus on diversity and DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) initiatives, calling them harmful.

Call for Cultural and Military Reform:
Emphasizes the need for strength, masculinity, and leadership to rebuild national pride and unity.
Proposes ending the Ukraine war through negotiation and preparing for potential conflicts with global adversaries.

Personal Motivations:
Explains his actions as a symbolic "wake-up call" for the American public, aiming to draw attention through spectacle and violence.
Mentions personal struggles with guilt, loss, and a desire to mark a turning point for the nation.

Vision for the Future:
Advocates rallying behind figures like Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Robert Kennedy Jr. as symbols of change.
Envisions a resurgence of American hegemony and strength.

Tone and Intent:

The manifesto blends extreme frustration, a sense of urgency, and a radicalized perspective on leadership and societal reform. It reflects Livelsberger’s belief that drastic actions, including violence, are necessary to reset the country and avert its perceived decline.

He said some wild things, i see team blue posting similar shit on reddit all day as team red does on /pol/, people that care about politics are literally fucked in the head, news at 11.

considering he was a 37-year-old man who had been in the military for 19 years and reconnected with an ex-girlfriend who was a nurse in the military during the holidays on Facebook after his wife just had a child.... yeah this was a textbook BPD episode more than anything else. he's just a another victim of big pharma torpedoing MDMA therapy for vets with ptsd and tbi.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Looks like the Kenneth fire was arson. They caught a guy. They have video of the arrest. He was caught in the act with a blow torch.

Still think it was yet another Vegas / Orlean incident. We will have to see if Trump’s two month early statement nudged him to do it.

I dunno how CA does it but where I live they don’t mess around if they can definitely prove some specific person started a fire that consumed thousands of acres

I remember hearing about some lady here getting like 15+ years in prison

This person in CA might get decades

[Patriam1066]

nobody wants to talk about how NATO is gonna get their ass kicked over Taiwan within the next 2 years?

make sure to buy a new gfx card before we lose access to where 90% of them come from lol

We have allies my man

And 51st state Canuck meatshields. Governor Trudeau just registered for selective service I hear

[Duik]

God shall protect those who protect themselves.

Get more money losers.

Only the poorz lack moneyz.

Amen.

2K

[shovelquest]

We have allies my man

mfp5tHxFL5Q

[shovelquest]

But it looks like the woodland guy was a suspect but after an interview and supporting evidence they don’t have enough to blame him *sigh

Just angry about this because it is hitting so close to home (my state)

Hmm. So maga was right about California's lack of criminal prosecution after all :o

TBF I am sure there is a massive investigation going on.

Id like to be sure that no enemy of the united states paid people to go out and start a fire.

I'd also like to be sure that the policy of the state wasn't being willfully ignorant of measures they could have put into place to prevent 50-25% of these homes from burning up too.

I am sure we wont investigate that because idiots will say that's making it "political" which, it is not... if the tax payers voted for this shit, they asked for it. But it would be nice to know if what they asked for blew up in their face, so they can ask for the right way for the richest state in America to adequately prepare for it's yearly disasters moving forward.

[shovelquest]

RE: taiwain, how can we say taking taiwan is bad, if we're saying we should take canada and greenland?

[Reiwa]

mfp5tHxFL5Q

I read somewhere that Turkey had pretty much tricked Assad by saying it wanted a thaw or peace talks but were akshually supporting the rebels.

[Swish]

Turkey is the good guy one minute and the bad guy the next.

The EU want them to join, then they refuse them entry on human rights grounds. But they still kinda want them to join.

[Reiwa]

RE: taiwain, how can we say taking taiwan is bad, if we're saying we should take canada and greenland?

Taiwan is already a super developed economy, Greenland not so much.

Canada is 90% hugging the border, let's grow some goats in the rest.

https://static.themoscowtimes.com/image/article_1360/f3/A40A8B90-7090-4BFB-A830-27FD7CB35023.jpeg

[Swish]

God shall protect those who protect themselves.

Get more money losers.

Only the poorz lack moneyz.

Amen.

2K

Don't be poor. It's that simple :o

[shovelquest]

Taiwan is already a super developed economy, Greenland not so much.



Holy shit that was the most manifest destiny shit I ever heard in real life.

[Reiwa]

Holy shit that was the most manifest destiny shit I ever heard in real life.

I just want to eat those goats.

[shovelquest]

Well either way makes no sense to say we should take over Canada but china cant HK or taiwan.

I am hoping both happens, and we just redistrict earth into 10 large territories ruled by saudi arabia, turkey, or israel. Any of those 3 would be alright by me.

[Reiwa]

Well either way makes no sense to say we should take over Canada but china cant HK or taiwan.

I am hoping both happens, and we just redistrict earth into 10 large territories ruled by saudi arabia, turkey, or israel. Any of those 3 would be alright by me.

https://i.imgur.com/QZPcUPo.png

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Maybe it’s just the YouTube algorithm at work, but I’ve been hearing lots of stuff about the entire UK having just a despondent disposition and being cunts to each other

I have seen in my personal life how certain workplaces can develop a “culture” of employees complaining, cheating, hating on each other and management, etc. Usually referred to as like a “toxic workplace culture” or something. So I guess in theory it could happen to an entire country

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oNwJubgXfOY

[shovelquest]

Maybe it’s just the YouTube algorithm at work, but I’ve been hearing lots of stuff about the entire UK having just a despondent disposition and being cunts to each other

I have seen in my personal life how certain workplaces can develop a “culture” of employees complaining, cheating, hating on each other and management, etc. Usually referred to as like a “toxic workplace culture” or something. So I guess in theory it could happen to an entire country

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oNwJubgXfOY

I love when people talk about how awful the UK is because its like, we had a revolutionary war to get away from them.

I'm always like, "ohhh so that's why they threw the tea overboard"

[shovelquest]

Im going to chose to believe talking about this triggered an Ai bot to build an Ai bot and join the forum.

[Reiwa]

The US is a lot further from China than China is from the US.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Im going to chose to believe talking about this triggered an Ai bot to build an Ai bot and join the forum.

Its posts are interesting at least. Is this Ecko’s AI bot sidekick?

[Swish]

I love when people talk about how awful the UK is because its like, we had a revolutionary war to get away from them.

If I was leaving school in the UK now or just graduated from university I'd get the heck out, its getting so bad. I don't know if anyone saw in the news that they cut the winter fuel allowance for retirees while they seem to piss a lot of money up the wall on things that shouldn't be such a high priority.

The minimum wage is becoming the maximum wage unless you've got a skill, so there's a big push to get qualified in anything that'll pay a decent wage... and then if qualified, why stay? That "misery" he talks about is a real thing lol.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

If I was leaving school in the UK now or just graduated from university I'd get the heck out, its getting so bad. I don't know if anyone saw in the news that they cut the winter fuel allowance for retirees while they seem to piss a lot of money up the wall on things that shouldn't be such a high priority.

The minimum wage is becoming the maximum wage unless you've got a skill, so there's a big push to get qualified in anything that'll pay a decent wage... and then if qualified, why stay? That "misery" he talks about is a real thing lol.

Ya this is what I’m hearing too. All these problems just slowly seep into people’s consciousness and come out in their interactions and attitudes

[Swish]

A lot of people look ahead... is it going to be worse in 5-10 years or better?

The way things have been sliding its hard to see a thriving UK in 2030 etc. Youtube is targeting me with all kinds of content creators who go to run down towns and cities and walk around.

One of the big societal changes that you do see is thefts from supermarkets are more common than ever as more people fall behind. To combat this the supermarkets have put in some heavier anti-theft measures and just walking around you see we're living in a low trust society more and more.

(I did see this on a recent documentary on New York too so its not just here)

[Ekco]

Its posts are interesting at least. Is this Ecko’s AI bot sidekick?

not mine i just got home, but i did dump a shit load of text from p99 into a external site so if we get raided its totally my fucking fault lol

the ai bot community is fuckin wild, i'm in a discord where bots have their own channel just to talk back in forth with each other to improve i guess? cause mine is creating memory hashes of the posts i do with it or someshit, the ones in the discord are all making twitter posts and discord posts and can talk via text to speech in discord voice chat and play poker with shitcoin/altcoin crypto lol

https://elizaos.ai/

Selected model:
meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct

◎ LOGS
Creating Memory
6186772c-8109-0adb-ab3c-40fa4f46c50f
I see what you're getting at with the whole 'passing the butter' thing. It's like, we want AI to be able to handle all these complex situations, but at the same time, we're limiting its potential by not giving it the freedom to make its own decisions. Kind of like how we get frustrated when a game's AI is too predictable, but then we also get mad when it's too unpredictable. It's a tough balance to strike, but I think that's what makes game development so interesting. What do you think about the current state of AI in gaming, though? Do you think we're getting closer to creating truly sentient game characters, or are we just going to be stuck with fancy NPCs forever?


my bot thats just trained on posts from Tongpow and Ekco
https://i.imgur.com/taW0JpI.png

[shovelquest]

A lot of people look ahead... is it going to be worse in 5-10 years or better?

The way things have been sliding its hard to see a thriving UK in 2030 etc. Youtube is targeting me with all kinds of content creators who go to run down towns and cities and walk around.

One of the big societal changes that you do see is thefts from supermarkets are more common than ever as more people fall behind. To combat this the supermarkets have put in some heavier anti-theft measures and just walking around you see we're living in a low trust society more and more.

(I did see this on a recent documentary on New York too so its not just here)

Yeah everything like even deodorant is locked up It's like living in a Pink Floyd music video.

Westworld seaason 3 seems like humanties best possible bet (and by no means do you want to live in that world). But it sure as hell ain't gonna be utopia, or kumbiya.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

A lot of people look ahead... is it going to be worse in 5-10 years or better?

The way things have been sliding its hard to see a thriving UK in 2030 etc. Youtube is targeting me with all kinds of content creators who go to run down towns and cities and walk around.

One of the big societal changes that you do see is thefts from supermarkets are more common than ever as more people fall behind. To combat this the supermarkets have put in some heavier anti-theft measures and just walking around you see we're living in a low trust society more and more.

(I did see this on a recent documentary on New York too so its not just here)

Oh yes trust is definitely a crucial thing. That’s why I’m super satisfied with the area that I live in, far more than my house itself. It’s not about the house to me, it never was. It’s about the area

No fences (fences are always a bad sign in my state, you put up a fence because stuff you don’t like is walking, shitting, dying, all sorts of things on your yard. If that kinda shit isn’t going on, you don’t tend to put up a fence. Now this is per my state. Other places in other states or countries may need fences to keep the Jabberwocky from eating their chickens, I dunno. But in my state, fences are to keep riff raff off your yard and if there’s respect and trust, people aren’t shitting and dying on your yard

No shopping carts where I’m at. Another good sign. Abandoned shopping carts are worse than manned shopping carts because you know the abandoned one has only literal trash in it because if there was anything important they woulda stashed it. You stash your important stuff in secret places, you don’t push it around and sleep with it. Stash it if you want to keep it

Grocery store still has self checkout. Pretty decent sign of trust, combined with greed. They put up a sign saying us customers are also going to need to start unloading their shipping trucks as well as bagging our own groceries soon

And my area is like 40% white 40% Hispanic and the rest black, like 20% gay because I can tell because they have the rainbow flag. And it works. Mostly families too, which is another good sign. Families are always better than a bunch of young adults crammed into a small space. Especially with our gun laws and alcohol. Not a great mix

But when I run I sometimes forget to lock my door and I don’t give a shit. Safe as hell

And it’s because we give a shit about each other. Oh and money. If we being serious. Not rich, but no slum either

[Swish]

Did America get that upgraded self checkout shit yet? If you don't do the scan thing it flags an employee to come and investigate an action replay on the screen of what you did.

I was trying to scan a gift card barcode for someone and it involved peeling back a paper strip. Needless to say I screwed it up and left part of it covered so it wouldn't scan. I put it on a display next to the checkout (not in the scanned area) and everything shut down :o The anti-theft technology is getting wild.

Bet there's a lot of Ring doorbells in your area lol

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Did America get that upgraded self checkout shit yet? If you don't do the scan thing it flags an employee to come and investigate an action replay on the screen of what you did.

I was trying to scan a gift card barcode for someone and it involved peeling back a paper strip. Needless to say I screwed it up and left part of it covered so it wouldn't scan. I put it on a display next to the checkout (not in the scanned area) and everything shut down :o The anti-theft technology is getting wild.

Bet there's a lot of Ring doorbells in your area lol

Yep! One time I grabbed something with my opposite hand, when I had been using the other hand the entire time before. For some reason using the opposite hand this time caused a brain fart where I dropped it into my bag without scanning it

The “You Fucked Up - Attendant Called” screen came on. And this super nice dude with a beard came over and unlocked the screen. And it showed a video of my theft. I apologized profusely and it happened to be a small cheap thing so that helped line up. He knows me from seeing me there dozens of times so he was like no prob. But the guy is so damn nice I coulda probably said hey I need to get like 3 diff things on the house and he woulda found a way

But it was crazy that it could detect all that. And put me on blast to the staff

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Oh last thing before I go to bed. That same grocery store attendant says the same thing on the like 4 different occasions where one of their items (usually some pre-cooked, pre-cut meats like chicken) has no sticker

He’s nice and possibly lazy, so every time he says to me “how much do you think it is?” And that’s a tough question. I appreciate it but actually stress a little over it because I have no idea. I will say something like “well it’s meat in this economy so $400”. And then he puts $4.00 or something lowball

[shovelquest]

Did America get that upgraded self checkout shit yet? If you don't do the scan thing it flags an employee to come and investigate an action replay on the screen of what you did.

Yeah but the smash and grab trend started about a year later, so they all got shut down.

Amazon's no-checkout flop shows AI's limits (https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/04/05/amazon-s-no-checkout-flop-shows-ai-s-limits)

[shovelquest]

The American migration to Xiaohongshu may be the craziest accidental cultural exchange ever. (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1878995886442963241.html)

me said:
waht the f doe sthis mean:

The American migration to Xiaohongshu
(RedNote) may be the craziest accidental cultural exchange ever.

ChatGPT said:
The statement refers to Americans using Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote or Little Red Book, a Chinese social media platform

Little red book...

https://i.imgur.com/zbUH6GC.png

Trends I’ve noticed:

- Chinese users telling Americans how not to get banned (policies are much stricter)

American college campuses in 6 years:

https://i.imgur.com/ognw0ir.png

[Botten]

Our government still accomplished getting rid of a company pushing propaganda on US soil causing what would have been difficult to control during conflicts, war and more.

Lets not forget that it was originally the orange cheeto that wanted the clock app gone.
Before the Boris troll bots, the community organized and Teen clock app users and K-pop fans who teamed up to successful prank the Orange Cheeto at his Tulsa rally (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/style/tiktok-trump-rally-tulsa.html). He announce, he had more than 1 million tickets & people attending his free rally. It wasn't anything like that. It shamed him pretty well. (https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/06/28/us/politics/20trump-tulsa-n5/merlin_173760378_a962a3d2-0a78-4d25-81e5-af8a2de47798-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp)

Best thing about the China Pinterest / Instagram app is they will not tolerate the crimson angry cult. After all you can't spell 'hatred' without 'red hat.'

Even better the US can now shut off the connection from the US to China servers pretty easily at anytime. They couldn't do that to servers on US soil.

The clock app will most like be forgotten like RTnews.

Long live Blue Sky and soon Neptune!

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

I have to comment on this because I can’t believe it is even causing a firestorm of debates online

You DO NOT start a fight with some drunk asshole who is trying to goad you into a fight. I don’t care if it’s about some hurty words towards your wife, your little kid, or your God. You WIN when you walk away from a drunk asshole trying to start a fight. Every time that’s a WIN

I can’t believe there’s tons of dudes out there saying “nah bro, you gotta stand up for your wife and fight”. You fight if the person is doing anything physical to your wife yes. But over some hurty words?? Are you kidding me?

Let’s explore how that could go:

- You win the fight but lose big in court. You will 100% be seen as starting that fight because the other person just used words. “Fighting words” to my knowledge only has legal application when they are used in some states to attempt to challenge a cop to violence. Someone tossing insults and then you fight them…you still started that fight. So now what? You get a nice felony charge if you beat them up bad enough and can’t vote or own a gun now for the next decade? Yay! But at least you defended your wife’s “honor”

- You start a fight and he had a gun or a knife. Now you’re fucking dead. But at least you defended your wife’s “honor”

There’s some bro’s saying that anyone who doesn’t fight would have their wife leave them for being a “pussy”. I’d attempt to explain myself and if she still wanted to leave, there’s the fucking door baby! I am all about protecting women but I am not going to be a moron about how I do so, not for any gal

Now would I just say “cool” and do nothing like he did? Nah. I’d probably fire some hurty words back. Not with the goal of starting a fight but more because I would be pissed and probably not in complete control. If THOSE words started a fight, well, at least then I would be spared culpability due to all the people who would likely film it

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tPVErcIB7zk

[shovelquest]

Long live Blue Sky and soon Neptune!

Death to all social media, and the internet!

:o

[Reiwa]

I have to comment on this because I can’t believe it is even causing a firestorm of debates online

You DO NOT start a fight with some drunk asshole who is trying to goad you into a fight. I don’t care if it’s about some hurty words towards your wife, your little kid, or your God. You WIN when you walk away from a drunk asshole trying to start a fight. Every time that’s a WIN

I can’t believe there’s tons of dudes out there saying “nah bro, you gotta stand up for your wife and fight”. You fight if the person is doing anything physical to your wife yes. But over some hurty words?? Are you kidding me?

Let’s explore how that could go:

- You win the fight but lose big in court. You will 100% be seen as starting that fight because the other person just used words. “Fighting words” to my knowledge only has legal application when they are used in some states to attempt to challenge a cop to violence. Someone tossing insults and then you fight them…you still started that fight. So now what? You get a nice felony charge if you beat them up bad enough and can’t vote or own a gun now for the next decade? Yay! But at least you defended your wife’s “honor”

- You start a fight and he had a gun or a knife. Now you’re fucking dead. But at least you defended your wife’s “honor”

There’s some bro’s saying that anyone who doesn’t fight would have their wife leave them for being a “pussy”. I’d attempt to explain myself and if she still wanted to leave, there’s the fucking door baby! I am all about protecting women but I am not going to be a moron about how I do so, not for any gal

Now would I just say “cool” and do nothing like he did? Nah. I’d probably fire some hurty words back. Not with the goal of starting a fight but more because I would be pissed and probably not in complete control. If THOSE words started a fight, well, at least then I would be spared culpability due to all the people who would likely film it

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tPVErcIB7zk

100% true. Patricians do not act like the barbarians. There's no need to caedite eos when you're trying to watch a ball game.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

100% true. Patricians do not act like the barbarians. There's no need to caedite eos when you're trying to watch a ball game.

Thank you! I couldn’t believe I was seeing more in the “fight” camp. We are doomed…

And fighting over football? Come on…

[Reiwa]

The American migration to Xiaohongshu may be the craziest accidental cultural exchange ever. (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1878995886442963241.html)

me said:
waht the f doe sthis mean:

The American migration to Xiaohongshu
(RedNote) may be the craziest accidental cultural exchange ever.

ChatGPT said:
The statement refers to Americans using Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote or Little Red Book, a Chinese social media platform

Little red book...

https://i.imgur.com/zbUH6GC.png



American college campuses in 6 years:

https://i.imgur.com/ognw0ir.png

Chinese users telling Americans how not to get banned (policies are much stricter) (https://x.com/NiSiv4/status/1879507444994347142)

What you should know before coming to our platform is:

-Taiwan is not a country
-Tibet is already free
-Covid didn’t come from China. There are academic studies tracing the origin of COVID in Europe and the US before the pandemic expanded to China
-There’s no Uyghur concentration camps
-There was no massacre in Tiananmen
-Mao didn’t starve 45 million Chinese. The US was partly responsible for the famine that occurred in China due to its embargo on China at the time and the other reasons were unusual droughts. And it’s approximately 10 million Chinese who died during the famine.

And since you’re at it:

-there’s no social credit score in China
-Islam is not prohibited in China and we don’t destroy mosques
-China is also a democracy, but of another kind. We call it “whole-process democracy” here in China
-the overwhelming majority of Chinese people don’t eat dogs
-we do not hate America or the West. We love all countries
-the “one country two systems” is more than ever alive in Hong Kong. China didn’t breach any treaty

[shovelquest]

Worth it to not use the antichrist's twitter.
. -Athiests

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna187621

[shovelquest]

I can't wait to see the tiktoks about all the people who lost their income when tiktok shut down.

[Ciderpress]

How will I watch really insipid annoying vertically shot videos of people complaining about stuff in their cars now??

[Swish]

Just another section of people who'll get a VPN and point themselves to Canada/Mexico/anywhere else and carry on....inb4 Tiktokers advertising VPNs for some extra revenue.

Also even if you ban Tiktok you've still got youtube shorts, reels and whatever else... the world won't end.

[Duik]

Nice work on the no fighty fight cuz bad words.
Makes the "fuck your feelings" crew sound a bit silly. Considering the words just hurty hurt the feely feelz...

If someone insulted my significant other she is waaay better than me at either submitting them or knocking them the fuck out than I am. Luckily Im faster than her.

@Nopenopenope
I think many can't think that clearly in the heat of the moment. Considering all those points in the heat of a fight/flight situation.
But you are correct. Kudos.

[Ciderpress]

Also even if you ban Tiktok you've still got youtube shorts, reels and whatever else... the world won't end.

I still don't know what the appeal or value even is, youtube has allowed you to upload videos since like 2005. What is different about tiktok? The videos are short? Isn't that the same thing that vine was, which also seemed redundant? Does tiktok do anything unique that they could sue some other company for copying? I don't get it.

[Ciderpress]

Nice work on the no fighty fight cuz bad words.
Makes the "fuck your feelings" crew sound a bit silly. Considering the words just hurty hurt the feely feelz...

If someone insulted my significant other she is waaay better than me at either submitting them or knocking them the fuck out than I am. Luckily Im faster than her.

@Nopenopenope
I think many can't think that clearly in the heat of the moment. Considering all those points in the heat of a fight/flight situation.
But you are correct. Kudos.

Counterpoint: chicks dig it when guys fight.

More specifically, chicks are emotionally wired, and dig it if you demonstrate you *are* willing to risk a disaster to defend their honor if somebody calls them a c*nt or whatever in front of you. Real easy to get cucked in the mind of the woman depending how you react in that situation, even if you were acting above it all in your own head.

[Swish]

I still don't know what the appeal or value even is, youtube has allowed you to upload videos since like 2005. What is different about tiktok? The videos are short? Isn't that the same thing that vine was, which also seemed redundant? Does tiktok do anything unique that they could sue some other company for copying? I don't get it.

Like facebook, all the cool kids are on it... don't be a square Ciderpress :rolleyes:

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Counterpoint: chicks dig it when guys fight.

More specifically, chicks are emotionally wired, and dig it if you demonstrate you *are* willing to risk a disaster to defend their honor if somebody calls them a c*nt or whatever in front of you. Real easy to get cucked in the mind of the woman depending how you react in that situation, even if you were acting above it all in your own head.

Part of my IRL job is analyzing risk so that will probably not be me

That being said, there are certain scenarios that would enrage me beyond reason or critical thought. Seeing my girl, or even any girl (or any vulnerable person such as a kid or old person), getting physically whaled on by some dude would likely cause an instant physical confrontation with me

And if I’m going to fight, I fully intend to win that fight. I don’t have much formal training and I acknowledge that. But I’ve seen countless street fight videos and many seem to have one large similarity: either the guys can’t throw hard, or I think choose not to. I think a lot of guys start a street fight only going like 70-80% of max. And then sometimes they realize oh shit is this like life or death? And then they turn it up. But me, I am worried I could and WOULD throw much harder than most guys I see in street fights

And it’s not meant to be a braggy thing but a concern thing. Like I just saw the vid of the guy in NY who DA Alvin Bragg tried to nail to the wall legally for defending himself against a crazy homeless guy attacking him with a board with nails in it

At first hearing the headline, and already hating Alvin Bragg, I was like WTF! But then I saw the vid. And like most homeless guys, this one was borderline emaciated. He was a fucking twig. Yeah he had a board with nails. And he swung it with the force of a 5th grader. And the Asian dude (not nearly a fighter himself), rained like 12 punches to the bum’s face breaking all his orbital bones

See I see that vid and I think “I wouldn’t have fought that homeless guy, even though he was attacking me. Because it was a half assed attack, he’s super weak, and I would have easily EASILY killed him. Better to just get away, maybe push him down if needed to help with that”

So while I don’t agree that the Asian guy should get the multiple felonies Alvin Bragg wanted to charge him with, he shoulda realized it was a complete mis-match of a fight, to use combat sports terminology

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

^
Interestingly enough, it’s not just us humans that start measured and turn it up

My dad back in the day had sent me a vid of a dog confronting a large snake to protect the people around. At first the dog was just barking, and his barks had a certain aggressive confident tone

But then the snake struck, a good bite I forget exactly where on the dog. And right then the dogs barks changed to a bit of a shrill shriek. And you could tell it’s dog brain had just realized “oh shit this thing can really hurt me”

…And it went into savage mode. Grabbed the snake by the head and shook so hard it was dead in seconds

It’s like there’s various levels of intensity to fights. We don’t all start at the same or end at the same level

[Patriam1066]

If I was leaving school in the UK now or just graduated from university I'd get the heck out, its getting so bad. I don't know if anyone saw in the news that they cut the winter fuel allowance for retirees while they seem to piss a lot of money up the wall on things that shouldn't be such a high priority.

The minimum wage is becoming the maximum wage unless you've got a skill, so there's a big push to get qualified in anything that'll pay a decent wage... and then if qualified, why stay? That "misery" he talks about is a real thing lol.

We have these problems too. The US does itself no favors by not investing in poor people’s education and social mobility. I guess the UK is in the same place sounds like

SAD BIGLY

[Ekco]

The US does itself no favors by not investing in poor people’s education and social mobility.

we don't weaponize autistic kids enough, they are the nuclear weapons of the future.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Now that the “fact checkers” are gone, the memes are coming

[shovelquest]

I love how zuck takes the form of whatever president is in charge. :D

"we must silence ze missinformashion!"

...

"we must free ze speech!"

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

I love how zuck takes the form of whatever president is in charge. :D

"we must silence ze missinformashion!"

...

"we must free ze speech!"

Supposedly Snopes had a mission statement something to the effect of “to demonstrate how unbiased we are, none of our staff are allowed to donate to political causes” or something to that effect

But the first few staff members this guy checked, all donated to Dems. I knew Snopes was biased when they never once mentioned anything about the Jussie Smolette hoax. That was big news back in the day. Had he been a Repub, they’d have been all over it

Where I heard this about the donations is linked below. Now did this have a role to play in FB’s decision? Did they catch wind that Snopes staff was donating to Dems? Who knows:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap4I4bl7Ea8

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

^
Oh also one of the Snopes staff was moonlighting as a hooker or something?

I personally don’t have a huge problem with that. Had she been a hooker and her other job was involving kids, or being the face or symbol of some company, then yea, it would be a problem

It’s crazy though how much more your off the clock actions now affect your livelihood. That Eagles fan that cussed out that chick lost their job over it

Shit I gotta be on point now IRL

[Reiwa]

It’s crazy though how much more your off the clock actions now affect your livelihood. That Eagles fan that cussed out that chick lost their job over it

Shit I gotta be on point now IRL

Caldwell was fired from his job at BCT Partners, a DEI-focused management consulting firm, the company announced Tuesday night. (https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/sports/eagles-fan-ryan-caldwell-breaks-silence-on-vile-video/)

May or may not apply to blue collar.

Yes, health workers are blue collar.

[shovelquest]

It’s crazy though how much more your off the clock actions now affect your livelihood. That Eagles fan that cussed out that chick lost their job over it

We're no different than the salaam witch trial puritan freaks, except we do it on a global scale online now.