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justincredible

Honorable Admin

Sat, Apr 22, 2023 2:13 PM
posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

When I was in high school, I would have gladly said I was trans if it would have gotten me into the girls shower.


CenterBHSFan

333 - I'm only half evil

Sat, Apr 22, 2023 4:41 PM

There is an indolence of thought when you are in the race to be the most compassionate, open-minded, signal how cool you are.  It is exactly what the activist class relies on.

"I've used the ______ bathroom before, so what do I care if they use this one?"

Dr Winston O'Boogie

Senior Member

Sat, Apr 22, 2023 9:17 PM

I defy any woman identifying as a man to come into a Mens room if some big, nasty dude is lighting it up.  If you really want to be in that situation, have at it.

brutus161

The Navy Guy

Mon, Apr 24, 2023 8:59 AM
posted by iclfan2

This is the future liberals want. Very annoying when people (I think Brutus on here) are like I can’t vote for Trump so I guess I’ll vote for Biden. Ok, well you’re voting for absolute dumb shit. Look up the Loudon rape case as well. Everyone is so afraid to inconvenience these mentally ill psychos. Funny how the Nashville shooting story went away real quick but some black kid opening a stranger’s door gets attention from the President. 

Also, what losers are those kids parents for not making it a much bigger issue. 

Just because I don't like Trump, doesn't mean I voted for Biden. I have voted Libertarian for the past 3 elections. 

brutus161

The Navy Guy

Mon, Apr 24, 2023 9:00 AM

Also, I am a registered Republican.

iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

Mon, Apr 24, 2023 12:42 PM

DC schools still requesting negative Covid tests…. In 2023

Dr Winston O'Boogie

Senior Member

Mon, Apr 24, 2023 3:59 PM
posted by iclfan2

DC schools still requesting negative Covid tests…. In 2023

This’ll be helpful to all of the Ohiochatter parents with kids in the DC school system.


CenterBHSFan

333 - I'm only half evil

Mon, Apr 24, 2023 11:33 PM

Hard times create strong men
strong men create good times
good times create weak men
weak men create hard times

I was just reminded of this and it got me thinking "is this true or even kinda true?"

I am not so sure. Thinking back across the past 50 years and it seems spot on. It could just be because history is generally in the habit of repeating itself in various forms. Fashion does the same thing, as another example. I can't be bothered to go rummaging around in the attic looking for my old books from college to reference anything that supports it. One of these days I'll have to put them into their own containers and label them correctly, but now I'm just getting into the weeds. 
Back to the subject!

The ring of truth of it to me is the fact that society, jobs and chores were much different 40 years ago than today. I'd be willing to bet that we've currently got a crop of young men that have the softest hands in all of history. I'm not saying that the majority of all men are effeminate, but the number of physical labor jobs in the US has gone down, not to mention that the vast tech wave surely made many many things much more convenient and easy to acquire. 
Some time ago I read that over half of late teens/early 20's males don't know how to change a tire. I think in that same article I read that most young women in that same age group didn't know how to cook and something like 80% of millenial women ate out or ordered takeout the majority of the time. 

Which brings me back to the original question: Do you think that the old saying is true? 
If so, why do you think that?
If not, please explain.

CenterBHSFan

333 - I'm only half evil

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 12:04 AM

Also, it looks like AB went back to their "real men of genius" marketing

Real Men of Genius

QuakerOats

Senior Member

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 9:41 AM
posted by justincredible


This is a perfect distillation of what leftist rule does.  


Lock up the merchandise instead of locking up the people stealing it. 

justincredible

Honorable Admin

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 10:41 AM

So can anyone make out what this crazy dude says his last name is? Because to my ear it sounds like my last name. What's even weirder is that I changed my name when I was 13 and I can actually hear my current and former last name at the same time. 

Verbal Kint

Senior Member

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 1:06 PM
posted by justincredible

So can anyone make out what this crazy dude says his last name is? 

Incredible

justincredible

Honorable Admin

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 1:07 PM
posted by Verbal Kint
Incredible

superman

Senior Member

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 1:53 PM
posted by justincredible

So can anyone make out what this crazy dude says his last name is? Because to my ear it sounds like my last name. What's even weirder is that I changed my name when I was 13 and I can actually hear my current and former last name at the same time. 

Definitely sounded like he said your name

justincredible

Honorable Admin

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 2:03 PM
posted by superman

Definitely sounded like he said your name

CenterBHSFan

333 - I'm only half evil

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 4:36 PM

I heard Justin Netflix lol

justincredible

Honorable Admin

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 4:48 PM
posted by CenterBHSFan

I heard Justin Netflix lol

That’s close. Wonder if I could find an arrest record of all Justin’s in Seattle…


justincredible

Honorable Admin

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 7:40 PM

This is a heartbreaking/infuriating thread. 

CenterBHSFan

333 - I'm only half evil

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 8:30 PM
posted by justincredible

This is a heartbreaking/infuriating thread. 

I lay the bulk of the blame onto the millennial generation, to be quite frank. That's not going to seem very nice or even fair, but hear me out.

My condensed version:
History has always showcased cross dressers and trannies, but culturally acceptance was really beginning to grow in the 70's, 80's, 90's and into the 2000's (music, television, movies, books). Everybody knew that trans people existed, but nobody cared, unless you were personally into that scene. Well then enter the social media age when the Millies were coming into their own. That opened up a whole brouhaha of activism, feelings, strong-arming, etc. Millies - being resentful of the Boomers, their student loan debts, staying at home until their late 20's/early 30's, had embraced social media exponentially more than GenX did. It was the perfect storm for the modern form of activism. They had a harder time being stoic and while they were being tremendously innovative in the tech world, they were fairly listless in the mundane parts of life. And who can blame them, really? Everybody likes the convenience of sharing their thoughts into the void, internet consumerism and so on. So where to focus all this extra energy? That's when and where the race to become the most open-minded, the most libertine, the most caring, etc. really amped up. Political ideologues rather quickly recognized this as a ripe moment to seize a new generation so they did; sometimes purposeful but sometimes accidental. Strategically speaking, it was rather artful and amazingly fast and how successful it has turned out to be.
But once they got on a roll, there was no way to stop it. Now we are seeing the consequences of not being able to curb enthusiasms. Even saying things like "I draw a hard line to this when it comes to kids" gets people upset. We've seen it shown on this very forum. Not even a little bit of pushback is acceptable to these people. It has to be all or nothing.

Of course, there are a lot of things left out of the condensed timeline I listed and as far as ideologues go, the conservatives also shot themselves in the foot many times. That cannot be denied. As part of the "middle child/ignored" GenX, that's just the way I've seen things played out. Others will naturally see things in a different way and so what? 

CenterBHSFan

333 - I'm only half evil

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 9:18 PM

I see that AB sales have dropped 35%, with many of the boycotters expecting an apology.

What is the obsessions with apologies the last 10 or so years? Why do people need them so much? Why do people think they are always entitled to one? How do they improve anything? 


* Edit to add *


Nate Silver is out of ABC news, I guess. His contract was up and they didn't want to renew it. I'm wondering if this might be the beginning of the end of cited polling?

Dr Winston O'Boogie

Senior Member

Wed, Apr 26, 2023 10:45 AM
posted by CenterBHSFan

I see that AB sales have dropped 35%, with many of the boycotters expecting an apology.

What is the obsessions with apologies the last 10 or so years? Why do people need them so much? Why do people think they are always entitled to one? How do they improve anything? 


* Edit to add *


Nate Silver is out of ABC news, I guess. His contract was up and they didn't want to renew it. I'm wondering if this might be the beginning of the end of cited polling?

They need to apologize for making a beer that tastes like goat urine.


Beyond that, they owe no one an apology.  They’re a brand.  If people don’t like them going political and woke, they’ll buy some other swill.  Bud Lite can sell to cat rapists if they want - it’s their prerogative.


iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

Wed, Apr 26, 2023 12:09 PM

Oh. (One school, but I was assured this doesn’t happen anywhere. Even though examples exist all over in different variations).