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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 18, 2025, 11:06
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 18, 2025, 11:06
Jan 18, 2025, 11:06
 
Darks wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 21:50:
Simon Says wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 21:46:
Benzer wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 21:37:
Elon Musk is proof that money can't buy happiness.

Or decency, or morals, or common sense, or ethics, or self-esteem, or confidence, or mental health, or a heart... and so on.

You think so huh? Id like to watch both of you walk into a dealership and purchase a new Ferrari. While he pays for it in cash, and you have to finance it. I think Ill take his happiness over yours any day of the week!!

You have no clue what you're talking about, a mind with narcissist personality disorder is pure hell. You won't find happiness there.

I'd wish that on no one.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 20:50
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 20:50
Jan 17, 2025, 20:50
 
Trump hired his son-in-law Jared Kushner as a senior White House adviser, and placed Ivanka in a similar role
Eric and Don Jr. continued conducting international business on behalf of the Trump Organization.
Ivanka accepted Chinese trademarks related to her fashion business.

Sorry, I don't have a video of these people perusing junkfood at a gas station.
But feel free to watch the hillbilly in a donut shop video if it will make you feel any better. You know the one.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 20:12
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 20:12
Jan 17, 2025, 20:12
 
Guess I should have linked to it; my bad. I thought it was obvious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmGMwXoBQGQ
After watching it again, it's not explicitly an ad, so I can see why you were confused. To be clear, the point was to demonstrate that, while she isn't quite as rich as, say, Trump or Elon, she has just about the same "rich person in a gas station" mannerisms selecting a bag of Doritos as them. Trump would be like, "Look at this bag of Doritos! This is the greatest bag of Doritos. Cheeeese flavored!"

Oh, and I think the fact that Hunter was joining meetings with the President in the White House back in July opens him up a little. Maybe you weren't aware of that either. Could be. Even the president's aides were dumbfounded by Hunter just popping into meetings. nbcnews article Hunter was also advising the President not to drop out. You're right, he's not offically part of the administration, but neither is Elon. DOGE is not officially a part of the administration as an actual gov dept. It's an "advisory group". Advisory... hmmmm. And yet, no one here seems to have problem griping about Elon, FOTUS or manbabies. Seems like you can only be serious if you are mentioning people from one side.

Hopefully that sheds some sunlight for you. I'd bet there's rabbit holes on both sides.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 12:42
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 12:42
Jan 17, 2025, 12:42
 
Beamer wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 12:35:
I mean, the stimulus checks did lead to some of the inflation, and Trump made damn sure his name was on them. I'd argue they were still a net good.

Also, anyone mentioning Hunter is not all that serious, given that Hunter was not part of the administration in any way, shape, or form.
Are you saying he wasn’t elected or appointed to any public office?

Beamer you know you’re fighting a lost cause when somebody tells you to go watch something and that you know what it is. I got no idea what he’s talking about and I’m not about to climb down the same rabbit hole that he’s in because obviously no sunlight can reach it..
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 12:35
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 12:35
Jan 17, 2025, 12:35
 
I mean, the stimulus checks did lead to some of the inflation, and Trump made damn sure his name was on them. I'd argue they were still a net good.

Also, anyone mentioning Hunter is not all that serious, given that Hunter was not part of the administration in any way, shape, or form.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 12:27
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 12:27
Jan 17, 2025, 12:27
 
Saboth wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 09:12:
Beamer wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 08:59:
Oneprince wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 08:53:
Saboth wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 07:02:
BicycleRepairMan wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 20:37:
To be fair, Asmon made no claim about how good he is at video games, and elon claimed he was top20 in the world, payed someone to create a 97lvl POE2 character, got exposed, and is now behaving like a petulant baby. Saying Asmon is "Not his own man" because he has YT editors, "Asmon is not good at video games" and oh, also, in some hilarious fit of rage and unreason, stripped Asmon of his Twitter checkmark, before reinstating it again the morning after. Overall, its freakin hilarious.

Hard to believe this person bought our election and now two petulant manbabies are going to be running the country for the next 4 years.

At least someone will be running the country. As bad as it may seem, it has to be better than a doddering bumbler who has to be in bed by 6pm.

I mean, people seem to say this, but then ignore that Biden spent more time in the Oval Office, and far less time tweeting about how angry all the TV he watched made him feel.

And it's like people completely don't remember 2019-2020. Mass layoffs, a manufacturing recession, plants closing down, farmers on welfare and out of business, and prices rising, a doubled federal deficit - and that was all before COVID even hit. And the USA's COVID leadership ranked about 95 out of 100 nations, meaning nearly the worst. The past 4 years for our household have been tremendously better than the last 2 years of Trump's Presidency, and that's including the worldwide inflation that Biden had nothing to do with. Now we've got an oligarchy in charge looking to make themselves richer at our expense.

Here's how I feel about those claims. Some valid. Some maybe not. All seen through a different lens, though.

  • Mass layoffs - Yeah, there was slowdown in 2019, but compare that to GWB and Obama where it was worse. I think Biden's stats are up high due to COVID bounceback. Many argue it, which I'm open to. However, his job reports are constantly revised down due to overestimation. Last March, they overestimated by 800k, making it the largest revision in like 15 years.
  • Manufacturing Recession - Late 2019, but pre-COVID things were receding. Mostly it was due to the trade tensions with China (tariffs and crap). I feel like, though painful, it was justified due to China's trade practices and blatant IP theft. So valid point that there was recession here, but I wouldn't call it out as a defining failure.
  • Plants closing down - How many closed down? Assuming it was almost 2k, that would probably not be too far out of bounds for GHB, Clinton, GWB and Obama due to things like the 2009 recession and globalization. Complicated, but not something I'd specifically call out again as a defining failure.
  • Rising prices/inflation - Trumps inflation averaged around 2% from 2017 to 2019. Well within the Fed's target range. There wasn't any significant increase in consumer prices during that time. Also, so, if Biden didn't have anything to do with it, then neither did Trump. What's the point? I think COVID ignited it and Biden either couldn't or didn't do anything to really solve it. I also think his "Inflation Reduction Act" (aka Green New Deal+) did a crap-ton of nothing for inflation.
  • Doubled deficit - No party has the guts to do anything about this. So the point really is moot. Both Trump and Biden spent like money was going out of style. Everyone likes to talk it up but votes the opposite. Not going to change until the US citizens hit bottom and feel pain.
  • COVID response - No argument from me on this. The Trump Vaccine was a failure. Communication was awful. Biden inherited it and did nothing to make it better. Browbeating everyone to take it or trying to force feed it to everyone through OSHA was Biden's particular failure. However, failure across the board. This would be a defining failure, but for both Trump and Biden.
  • Household anecdotal comparison - I have a family of 5 and everything is jacked up so high price-wise it's crazy. Simply going to the grocery store is like taking out a loan. Next thing I expect is for Walmart to start offering payment plans every time I go to get food. It's stupid. Not sure where you live, but in Michigan it's terrible.
  • Oligarchy - The "oligarchy" won both the popular and electoral votes. I personally feel like the "oligarchy" claim is offset by a team/cabinet that consists of something like 1/3 women, an openly gay treasury secretary, 2 high-profile democrats... Also, if you feel that Biden or Harris was less "oligarchy" flavored than Trump, maybe we can put you in touch with Hunter. He can paint you a $500k painting. I mean, Harris' $8M net-worth (estimated) is just average joe! Go watch those gas-station stops ads again. You know the ones.

We have totally different memories of that period. And I have no problem with that, either.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 11:32
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 11:32
Jan 17, 2025, 11:32
 
Facepalm to PC Gamer for thi L headline. Way to miss something many points
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 09:32
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 09:32
Jan 17, 2025, 09:32
 
Beamer wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 08:59:
I mean, people seem to say this, but then ignore that Biden spent more time in the Oval Office, and far less time tweeting about how angry all the TV he watched made him feel.
America will rue the day it elected a FOTUS ( felon of the United States ) and not a POTUS.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 09:21
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 09:21
Jan 17, 2025, 09:21
 
Saboth wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 07:02:
BicycleRepairMan wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 20:37:
To be fair, Asmon made no claim about how good he is at video games, and elon claimed he was top20 in the world, payed someone to create a 97lvl POE2 character, got exposed, and is now behaving like a petulant baby. Saying Asmon is "Not his own man" because he has YT editors, "Asmon is not good at video games" and oh, also, in some hilarious fit of rage and unreason, stripped Asmon of his Twitter checkmark, before reinstating it again the morning after. Overall, its freakin hilarious.

Hard to believe this person bought our election and now two petulant manbabies are going to be running the country for the next 4 years.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 09:12
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 09:12
Jan 17, 2025, 09:12
 
Beamer wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 08:59:
Oneprince wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 08:53:
Saboth wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 07:02:
BicycleRepairMan wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 20:37:
To be fair, Asmon made no claim about how good he is at video games, and elon claimed he was top20 in the world, payed someone to create a 97lvl POE2 character, got exposed, and is now behaving like a petulant baby. Saying Asmon is "Not his own man" because he has YT editors, "Asmon is not good at video games" and oh, also, in some hilarious fit of rage and unreason, stripped Asmon of his Twitter checkmark, before reinstating it again the morning after. Overall, its freakin hilarious.

Hard to believe this person bought our election and now two petulant manbabies are going to be running the country for the next 4 years.

At least someone will be running the country. As bad as it may seem, it has to be better than a doddering bumbler who has to be in bed by 6pm.

I mean, people seem to say this, but then ignore that Biden spent more time in the Oval Office, and far less time tweeting about how angry all the TV he watched made him feel.

And it's like people completely don't remember 2019-2020. Mass layoffs, a manufacturing recession, plants closing down, farmers on welfare and out of business, and prices rising, a doubled federal deficit - and that was all before COVID even hit. And the USA's COVID leadership ranked about 95 out of 100 nations, meaning nearly the worst. The past 4 years for our household have been tremendously better than the last 2 years of Trump's Presidency, and that's including the worldwide inflation that Biden had nothing to do with. Now we've got an oligarchy in charge looking to make themselves richer at our expense.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 08:59
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 08:59
Jan 17, 2025, 08:59
 
Oneprince wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 08:53:
Saboth wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 07:02:
BicycleRepairMan wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 20:37:
To be fair, Asmon made no claim about how good he is at video games, and elon claimed he was top20 in the world, payed someone to create a 97lvl POE2 character, got exposed, and is now behaving like a petulant baby. Saying Asmon is "Not his own man" because he has YT editors, "Asmon is not good at video games" and oh, also, in some hilarious fit of rage and unreason, stripped Asmon of his Twitter checkmark, before reinstating it again the morning after. Overall, its freakin hilarious.

Hard to believe this person bought our election and now two petulant manbabies are going to be running the country for the next 4 years.

At least someone will be running the country. As bad as it may seem, it has to be better than a doddering bumbler who has to be in bed by 6pm.

I mean, people seem to say this, but then ignore that Biden spent more time in the Oval Office, and far less time tweeting about how angry all the TV he watched made him feel.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 08:53
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 08:53
Jan 17, 2025, 08:53
 
Saboth wrote on Jan 17, 2025, 07:02:
BicycleRepairMan wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 20:37:
To be fair, Asmon made no claim about how good he is at video games, and elon claimed he was top20 in the world, payed someone to create a 97lvl POE2 character, got exposed, and is now behaving like a petulant baby. Saying Asmon is "Not his own man" because he has YT editors, "Asmon is not good at video games" and oh, also, in some hilarious fit of rage and unreason, stripped Asmon of his Twitter checkmark, before reinstating it again the morning after. Overall, its freakin hilarious.

Hard to believe this person bought our election and now two petulant manbabies are going to be running the country for the next 4 years.

At least someone will be running the country. As bad as it may seem, it has to be better than a doddering bumbler who has to be in bed by 6pm.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 07:02
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 07:02
Jan 17, 2025, 07:02
 
BicycleRepairMan wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 20:37:
To be fair, Asmon made no claim about how good he is at video games, and elon claimed he was top20 in the world, payed someone to create a 97lvl POE2 character, got exposed, and is now behaving like a petulant baby. Saying Asmon is "Not his own man" because he has YT editors, "Asmon is not good at video games" and oh, also, in some hilarious fit of rage and unreason, stripped Asmon of his Twitter checkmark, before reinstating it again the morning after. Overall, its freakin hilarious.

Hard to believe this person bought our election and now two petulant manbabies are going to be running the country for the next 4 years.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 05:09
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 05:09
Jan 17, 2025, 05:09
 
Asmongold is certainly seems to be right leaning these days, enjoys right wing trolling and seems to be a fan of Trump as well as Musk (ugh), but his take on this Quin69 vid was not exactly wrong. AFAIK Asmon never claims to be the best gamer in word, and rightly calls out this weird obsession from Musk as some elite gamer (quake/DiabloIV/PoE2) as being stupid. What is the point of this ego trip that is so blatantly falsifiable?

Yes - who care's if Musk is good at PoE2 or not .... but it's not about a person paying and boasting (we've all encountered false boasting, especially in school playgrounds) - moreso that it comes from the richest man in the world, owner of a big social media platform who also has the ear of the incoming president and will most likely have a not insubstantial say in Trump-era government policy.

Elon Musk is the answer to "what if Trump was slightly more intelligent and a nerd?" ... both boast about being good at or knowledgeable of things they are not, neither can stand criticism and respond to valid criticism with personal insults and petulant behaviour.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 04:57
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 04:57
Jan 17, 2025, 04:57
 
I watched some of Asmon's video, and the best part of that video is where someone from his chat calls him a "Jew". That was fucking hilarious, I mean I like a lot of his content, but his followers are the lowest form of scum on earth....
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 04:34
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Re: Issues & Activism Jan 17, 2025, 04:34
Jan 17, 2025, 04:34
 
Darks wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 22:30:
Benzer wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 22:17:
I don't think buying a new Ferrari would make anyone happy. It would just point out how much you want other people to see how much money you spent on a new Ferrari. It makes you look even more sad.

Your being to literal, the point I'm making is that he has the money to buy where ever he wants. Unlike most of us who have to struggle and make payments.

Does that make you happy though? Feeling like you earned something, like that new RTX card or warhammer army or this semesters school fees for you kids are satisfying because you know you fucking sweated for every dollar that went into it.

If I had ferrari money I would probably rent rather than buy one, though I love high end sports cars (Owning them is like owning horses, it's a lifestyle choice). People that can just use money to buy whatever yacht, world of warcraft character, US administration they want are not happy. It's all from rent. Everyone hates them. Their kids hate them. They know every interaction is only positive because the people that they talk to pretend to like them because they want their inheritance/money, influence or to keep their jobs. It's like Squid Game where that old fuck murdered thousands and used his last years on earth to manufacture a simulacrum of comraderie, because he had never genuinely had it since grade school.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 17, 2025, 01:59
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Like so often, after the (political) victory the victorious start fighting each other for higher ranks (here: in gaming and about who is allowed to define "facts" and "truth"). We monkeys stay monkeys...
In the current political and social climate, don't be an aggressive monkey . Show that you have evolved that important thin sugar coating called civilization. Don't fall for the fools.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Jan 16, 2025, 22:30
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Benzer wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 22:17:
I don't think buying a new Ferrari would make anyone happy. It would just point out how much you want other people to see how much money you spent on a new Ferrari. It makes you look even more sad.

Your being to literal, the point I'm making is that he has the money to buy where ever he wants. Unlike most of us who have to struggle and make payments.
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I don't think buying a new Ferrari would make anyone happy. It would just point out how much you want other people to see how much money you spent on a new Ferrari. It makes you look even more sad.
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