Posts by Patrick Martin

Man, this whole country is just absolutely, fundamentally broken beyond repair. It’s a total disaster zone from top to bottom.

So this freezing cold lady from the Midwest rolls in wanting to get her hair done while there’s still cash flowing through the system, right when everyone’s finally seeing some decent paychecks hit their accounts. Timing is everything, I guess.

And then you got these people whining about a crisis, saying nobody has a dime, all that nonsense. Honestly, screw all of them. If I were running things, I’d be sitting right at the entrance of every shop, making sure anyone who just splurged on those fancy tickets gets slapped with $167 a one-time luxury surcharge for rebuilding Detroit.

Amanda Evans2 said:And here comes the moral police...
Just move to Saudi Arabia then, you narrow-minded zealot.

Move where? Why would I even bother? At this rate, she'll probably end up moving here herself soon enough.☕

Look, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry are just sexist bottom-feeders if you actually bother to listen to their lyrics. Everything they sing about is just a direct, messy explosion of primitive sexual urges and pure filth. When they're up on that stage, it’s a miracle they don't just flash everything they've got right there in front of us. But does anyone in those fancy activist groups call them out? Hell no. To them, it's perfectly fine. They actually use these women as role models! It’s completely twisted and paradoxical—just a total, absolute mess from start to finish.

I’m telling you, I’d personally implement a strict performance code where you’d be required to cover up certain parts of your body.

Like with those two, for example, you'd have to cover your ears.

Charles Roberts33 said:In the heart of Washington, D.C., for the second night running, they’re playing those tracks by the ever-popular Fahrete Yahić Živojinović 😎

It’s hard to explain how I can never quite get over that narrow-minded, small-town mentality.
Honestly, I start to boil over like a pressure cooker whenever I dwell on this kind of thing. God help us. ☕

we used to blow off our frustrations—the real, valid kind—with heavy metal and punk, while they just sit there whining about their precious little feelings on some acoustic guitar... man, I swear, what a joke.

Release date:
December 5, 2019

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The film is an integrated chapter between the fourth and fifth seasons of The Wire.

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Man, I’m tellin' ya, I’m basically sinkin' into a swamp out here, just waitin' for some hand to reach out and pull me out of this mess🙂

Matthew Young35 said:There’s no need to dodge the point.
Just admit you were wrong and say you're embarrassed.

...and let's move on.

Look, I don't have anything to apologize for. Period. I just think there is a massive amount of room here for people to play games and manipulate the situation, on both sides of the fence. And if this isn't settled while things are still "hot," then we're cooked. In my book, 🤷

it’s like some girl from my past could come out of nowhere and accuse me of being a predator just because I stopped wishing her a Merry Christmas.

And before that happened, she’d be looking at me like I was some kind of savior, feeding this whole delusional hope that maybe one day I’d come crawling back. ☕

Matthew Young35 said:You were the first one to suggest this:
"I'll only admit to a lawsuit if they show up to court with their mouths full of semen, and then we need a live DNA test performed right there on the spot."

It would be nice if you felt even a shred of embarrassment.

Alright, look, buddy, do you seriously think I meant that literally? Like, give me a break. It was a figure of speech—basically saying that if someone doesn't report something immediately, then decades later, it's all totally worthless. I was talking about the context of these shady deals where people are looking for a breakthrough or some kind of profit. As long as there's a payoff, everyone plays nice, but once that profit disappears, suddenly it's "rape." Yeah, right. Not gonna happen.

Matthew Young35 said:Do you truly believe this is humorous?

Look, once the damage is done, there's no use crying about it, and you sure as hell aren't gonna go fishing for participation trophies twenty years after the fact.

As far as I'm concerned, you either report it right then and there or you shut your mouth forever.

That’s my take on those "win-win" situations everyone loves to talk about.

But if we're talking actual, straight-up assault where someone's being silenced because of some heavy-duty blackmail? That's a whole different animal. It's messy, man. Everything is complicated. You can't just throw every single situation into one big bucket and call it even; every case is its own damn thing.

Look, I’m only admitting to any lawsuit if the prosecutor shows up to court with their mouth full of cum, and even then, I want a live DNA test performed right there on the spot, in front of everyone ☕

James Anderson5 said:I'm with you on wanting to see less religion in society rather than more...

The last great American king was defeated in battle, leading to occupation by foreign powers. Those conquerors were actually supported by the church, which also helped them annex certain coastal cities. Throughout the centuries, the church sided with almost every occupier of America, from the British to the Spanish and the French. Honestly, I think you might be the one missing the point...

It was interesting how Protestantism once attempted to take hold here, when much of the younger nobility wanted to convert and nearly succeeded, aiming for a version of independence under the oversight of the Ottoman Empire...

Based on what you said, it sounds like you haven't actually had that experience yet. Go find it, experience it yourself or with someone who knows how to guide you, and then come back and rewrite this. It'll be worth it...

Oh, great. Just brilliant. So, you're telling me that because she stayed out of it, that’s somehow "proof" she didn't have any pull with those officials? Give me a break. It’s like saying because a CEO doesn't personally sign every single memo in the office, they aren't calling all the shots behind the scenes. Please. That logic is totally broken. 🤷 Look, if she were actually the monster you guys are out here painting her to be, she would’ve been the first one charging right into the front lines. You’re seriously lowballing what she can actually pull off when things go south and a real crisis hits. Just because she managed to survive every single one of those chaotic situations doesn't mean she was playing footsie with the enemy—it just goes to show that even the invaders knew better than to mess with her. They recognized her value and her grit. I mean, come on, you can't just wipe an entire nation and everything they stand for off the map like it's nothing. It doesn't work that way.
Look, at that specific point in time? It was just a smart, logical move. Nothing more, nothing less. Case closed.

So, you're really the one sitting there with absolutely zero clue what's actually going on, huh? Typical. ☕

Charles Roberts33 said:Are you actually trying to lead me astray? 😍Look, I could easily serve as your guide for some of the more famous global summits. I’ve scaled—and descended from—peaks far more inaccessible and up to three times higher than anything you'll find in the Rockies. And believe me, I spent the entire way cursing the idiot who talked me into it. Though, if you started picking fights over decimal points, I'd probably just have to toss you off a cliff. ☕.

What I was getting at in my last post is that this kind of mild trance—that feeling of merging with your surroundings and finally seeing yourself clearly—isn't something you can just schedule. You can't plan to reach that state by showing up at a specific place at a specific time like it's an appointment on your Google Calendar. That experience only feels authentic, only feels alive, when it catches you off guard. It has to be spontaneous. It happens in those sudden, unscripted moments when you're just catching your breath between the frantic, disjointed sprints of everyday life.

I was going to add more to that, but I’ll stop there. Better to quit while I'm ahead—I can see I'm starting to talk nonsense, and this group clearly prefers to keep things strictly business. 😬

Look, I’m gonna say it because someone has to. You watch *Brokeback Mountain* and you just... you sit there. It’s like staring at a slow-motion car wreck on I-95—you know it's gonna end badly, you can see the wreckage coming from miles away, but you can't look away because the sheer weight of the tragedy just hits you like a freight train. It’s that whole vibe of being trapped. Not just by the landscape, which looks gorgeous, sure, but trapped by these rigid, old-school American expectations of what a "man" is supposed to be. It reminds me of those small towns out in Wyoming where everyone knows your business before you even do. You try to live your truth, but the social pressure feels like a heavy blanket soaked in water. It’s suffocating. And don't even get me started on the ending. It’s gut-wrenching. It’s like watching a beautiful building slowly crumble because the foundation was built on secrets and fear instead of something solid. People call it a romance, but honestly? It’s a study in regret. A massive, sweeping, heartbreaking study in how much it hurts to live a life that isn't yours. Just... man. Grab some tissues, seriously. 😂

James Anderson5 said:I'm with you on wanting to see less religion in society rather than more...

The last great American king was defeated in battle, leading to occupation by foreign powers. Those conquerors were actually supported by the church, which also helped them annex certain coastal cities. Throughout the centuries, the church sided with almost every occupier of America, from the British to the Spanish and the French. Honestly, I think you might be the one missing the point...

It was interesting how Protestantism once attempted to take hold here, when much of the younger nobility wanted to convert and nearly succeeded, aiming for a version of independence under the oversight of the Ottoman Empire...

Based on what you said, it sounds like you haven't actually had that experience yet. Go find it, experience it yourself or with someone who knows how to guide you, and then come back and rewrite this. It'll be worth it...

I don't even know where to start with this one. It’s like, you think you’re walking into a situation thinking everything is chill, totally under control, right? Like you’re just grabbing a coffee at Starbucks and heading to work. Then suddenly, boom—someone starts talking your ear off, trying to sell you a bridge or convince you that the sky is actually neon green. It’s all just talk. Pure, unadulterated persuasion tactics used to wiggle their way into your head. Honestly, it’s exhausting. You gotta watch your back because once they start that smooth-talking routine, it’s hard to see the trap until you’re already halfway through it. Just stay sharp, man. Don't let the silver tongue fool you. 👍

Look, if like 80-90% of Americans are Catholic and we’ve got that whole heritage and mindset baked into our DNA—and yeah, we used to have these deep-seated ties to the Vatican and other big Catholic nations—then why the hell aren't we trying to leverage that in every possible way we can? We're still this young, "small" player on the global stage. People keep constantly comparing us to countries that went through exactly what we're dealing with fifty years ago. And hey, I'm not saying we shouldn't have reformers popping up with their fancy new ideas, but right now? Now is not the time for us to be tearing ourselves apart from the inside. We need clear directions and a solid stance. Take our entry into the EU, for instance—we basically stumbled in there blind, like geese lost in a fog. Like, seriously, does it even make sense to be part of the EU if you haven't even adopted the Euro yet?

You gotta take the leap first before you can say "whoop!" But some people here? They're just jumping around for the sake of jumping.☕

Look, nobody’s out here claiming the church needs to run the whole show or be the final word on everything, but let’s get real—it’s a massive pillar of society. Period. We’re talking about the context of our own country here. If it wasn't for the Catholic Church throughout history, there wouldn't even be an American people or an American nation to speak of. Honestly, if you can't wrap your head around that, you shouldn't even be bothering with a serious debate. You can take my word for it or toss it out the window for all I care, but those facts aren't up for negotiation.

So, it really boils down to this: you're either a patriot or you're a globalist. You can't really be both—well, maybe once you've actually made a mark in the economy or established some clout on the world stage, but we aren't even there yet. We haven't even figured ourselves out domestically, let alone internationally. If 80% of the population in America were Catholic, then the path forward would be crystal clear. ☕

brightpilot6 said:I haven't made it through the entire thread yet, but I have to ask: has anyone here actually argued that communism could serve as a way to fulfill a person's spiritual needs? It’s honestly exhausting how quickly people jump to conclusions; the moment you dare to touch upon anything even remotely sacred, everyone immediately starts screaming "communism, communism" as if it's some sort of universal reflex. 🤣

If by that failed "alternative" path you mean societies lacking the decisive influence of institutional religions, perhaps we should ask the Scandinavians how they feel now that their social structures have essentially collapsed?

Does the Catholic Church truly hold life, family, and the home as its supreme values, or is that sentiment merely a convenient mask? It seems to me they only champion these principles when it serves their political agenda. When those ideals become inconvenient, the "supreme value" shifts overnight to whatever else is on the menu—be it war, nationalism, or rampant capitalism. They will offer a blessing to tanks if it means crushing certain families, and they’ll favor the sanctity of the home over the welfare of neglected children, provided those children aren't being raised in households that don't align with their specific tastes. Can we really trust a moral compass that turns a blind eye to corruption whenever it's being perpetrated by secular authorities they happen to find agreeable?

They only seem to care about raising children with actual values when they’ve already been given a free pass to subject them to systemic indoctrination. Is it really about family guidance if the groundwork was laid by institutional programming first?

And if you really want to get to the heart of the matter, what matters most is how, for decades now, people around here have consistently sided with those absolute crooks and moral degenerates—the very individuals who work tirelessly to undermine the sanctity of home and family in every way imaginable. It’s almost impressive, isn't it, how they manage to pull off the sheer audacity of selling us a narrative that they are actually the ones defending those very values? 🙏🙏

So, I'm giving you a perfect example just so you can wrap your head around the problem. I'm not gonna sit here like you guys quoting those Western philosophers who cooked up their progressive theories while lounging in comfy armchairs. I'm giving you a fresh example of how things are determined by circumstance.

And honestly, if you haven't lived through these events firsthand, you're probably never going to get why nothing makes sense right now.☕

Noah Ross7 said:Why did they part ways so peacefully? Oh wait... they didn't, considering they had those neighbors from the South and that whole Natchertan plan to deal with.

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Yeah, unfortunately, our fate is decided by others—by the greedy ones, the ones reaching for stuff that isn't theirs, the ones never satisfied with what they've got. We have this "flaw" where we sit right on the border of being satisfied and being completely fed up (the West vs. the East).

Both sides end up getting dragged along by the chaos.

If by that failed "alternative" path you mean societies without the heavy influence of institutional religions, maybe we should ask the Scandinavians how they feel after their social structures collapsed?

Those folks didn't have to walk the same thorny path we did, so even someone like Hitler would've left them be. They were basically the first colonizers of the tech age, and now you're using them as an example? That's not gonna fly.

Plus, they've got their climate and geography protecting them; they're out of reach, yet they still managed to position themselves perfectly for the reasons I mentioned above.

The Church only advocates for life, family, and home as supreme values when it suits their political agenda. When it doesn't, the "supreme value" becomes something else entirely—war, the nation, capitalism, whatever gets them what they want.They'll bless tanks that ruin families if it serves the cause, they'll prefer state-run orphanages over letting kids grow up in homes that don't fit their mold, and they'll turn a blind eye to corruption if it's being pulled by secular authorities they're close to.
They only support family upbringing as a secondary priority, and even then, only if they've already been allowed to systematically indoctrinate the kids first.

And most importantly, for decades here, they've backed the exact same crooks and moral degenerates whose actions tear down the home and family in every possible way. All while somehow successfully selling the story that they are the ones defending those very values.
🙏🙏

Wait, hold up—are you talking about the Orthodox Church?

Look, our own church here in the States is going through its own messy, turbulent era too. And honestly? They’re struggling to find their footing because, let’s be real, if you want any kind of clout or respect, you need a stable government at the helm of the country. Have we, as a relatively young nation, actually had steady leadership that stays on the same page? Not even close.
All it takes is one administration losing its grip on what they were doing yesterday, and suddenly everything goes completely sideways. Just total chaos.

And that’s basically our playbook every time there’s a change in Washington. We’re just too small and too inexperienced to pull off those kinds of high-wire political stunts. We just stumble around. We’re like those pigeons you see in the park—they flutter up for a second, think they're flying high, and then just... bam. Irrationally dive straight into the gutter for no damn reason.

Too many armchair philosophers in such a tiny arena.

brightpilot6 said:Aren Catholicism—at least in the version curated for the average layperson—and "spirituality," defined as that introspective journey of questioning one's own soul and our collective place in the cosmos, fundamentally at odds with one another? This tension seems to exist within almost every institutional religion, though it feels most acute in this particular one, given how intensely centralized and organized it truly is.

What kind of genuine "process" can actually exist, let alone be necessary, when every detail regarding your life and the universe has already been mapped out through rigid dogma and divine commandments?

One could certainly spend a lifetime agonizing over the logical inconsistencies baked into the doctrine—things like original sin, purgatory, the Holy Trinity, the glaring contradictions between the Old and New Testaments, or those various strange heresies that crop up. But is that really spirituality? To me, it looks more like a quasi-intellectual struggle with impossible puzzles; it’s a series of illogical acrobatics originally engineered for the political agendas of the era, which are now served up to modern believers as profound metaphysical truths that supposedly require deep study and intense immersion just to grasp.

On a side note, I have to hand it to the Catholic Church; it is a masterclass in utility for the ruling classes, providing a toolkit for just about any scenario. It serves dictators and democrats alike, extremists and traditionalists with equal efficacy. It’s a perfect blend, featuring the institution of confession as a sort of "cheat code" for an endless number of lives in a game where the ultimate prize is eternal life. Perhaps we should have seen that coming. It explains quite well why they’ve managed to endure for so long.

Honestly, those religious dogmas are nothing compared to something like Communism.
I mean, we’ve all seen how that one "alternative path" actually played out; it collapsed everywhere across the globe. It popped like a soap bubble, yet people still cling to it in their heads. All this talk about being equal, some supposed universal truth for everyone that's dictated by others... like, how would anyone even know? 😂

Take the Catholic Church, for example. Why do they push for family values, upbringing, and the home? Isn't that the absolute foundation for everything? It's where we start from and where we always end up.

Good grief, you guys have no clue what you're blabbering about or who you're actually dragging through the mud.

James Anderson5 said:In this passage, Samuel, one of the early leaders of Israel, calls for genocide against a neighboring group...

"The Lord Almighty says... 'Go now and strike Amalek, destroying everything they own. Show no mercy—man or woman, child or infant, even the livestock...' (1 Samuel 15:3)"

"Blessed is the one who pays you back for everything you did to us—the one who grabs your little ones and smashes them against the stones..." (Psalm 137:9)

"Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel." (1 Peter 2:18)

Some pretty practical tips for navigating daily life while keeping the Catholic Church in your heart... 😁

So, first you mentioned that one point, but this next part is more about the history of philosophy and science. It’s about Descartes, who basically argued that only humans, angels, and God possess consciousness. To him, everything else in creation was just a collection of mindless, unconscious robots—a sort of mechanistic view of the world blended with religion. Honestly, the guy sounds like a total psychopath... apparently, to prove his theories, he actually cut his wife's dog open while it was still alive and laughed while it screamed, thinking he was proving that the animal wasn't actually feeling pain, but was just reacting like an automaton...

Another similar figure was Bacon, who once famously wrote: "My only earthly wish is... to stretch the deplorably narrow limits of man's dominion over the universe to their promised bounds... [nature will be] bound into service, hounded in her wanderings and put on the rack and tortured for her secrets..."

I really believe we’re being guided toward a deeper connection with nature and its many wonders, learning how to work alongside it rather than just fighting against it... Modern technology isn't just nudging things along anymore; it actually has the strength to reshape and master the world around us...

Basically, science is built on its own specific philosophy and worldview. It’s nowhere near that idealized version we see where it's just a pure pursuit of truth or progress... Not to mention how it often lacks any real ethics, which apparently makes it okay to put millions of animals through useless testing or dissect them in school labs while we mess with the planet like this. And don't even get me started on the weapons industry and mass destruction, where at least half the science budget goes...

I'm on the same page as Byron regarding spirituality—it’s essential and part of who we are. That connection to nature is everything; the further we drift from it, the more unbalanced and unhappy we become. It feels like our modern lifestyle is designed to kill that spark within us, especially with a scientific philosophy that claims to have all the answers... though it'll soon try to invent them using an ideology built on Descartes and Bacon

You won't find that raw, primal spirituality in a Catholic Church, a mosque, or a synagogue. You might find it in the original teachings of Jesus, Buddha (who knows what their actual original messages were), Lao Tzu, or even shamans in ancient or remote cultures where "civilization" hasn't completely taken over yet

Ultimately, if anyone is feeling lost, they should just head out to the Rocky Mountains to a spot where there isn't a soul in sight. They'll realize pretty quickly what's actually missing from this version of the world we're being sold

Man, it’s honestly wild how you people constantly cherry-pick whatever bits suit your little narrative out of context. 🙏

The Bible basically recounts this massive, crucial era where all that heavy stuff was going down, walking through it until it hits the most important part—the resolution—and that’s what I’m talking about. Within that specific framework, I’m advocating for and mentioning faith.

Look, when you buy a new washing machine, the manual isn't gonna tell you all the ways you absolutely trashed your old one, so for God's sake, let's not take every single word literally here. 🙄

Think of it more like usage guidelines that you have to personally feel out and piece together yourself. Like a damn puzzle.

It’s like that thing they say: locate, apprehend, and transfer.

Jessica Gonzalez said:Sorry friend, but that sounds more like a marketing department from a factory of fantasies to me. I guess I have to wonder why I would even buy into those stories through some middleman? Or why I'd bother buying them if I already know they aren't true. I don't buy Herbalife for that exact same reason.

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They aren't fake, man. The problem is people. They'll take any noble achievement and absolutely wreck it with their primal instincts. That's literally what we're seeing happen right now.

haha, where on earth did you find this absolute clown?

nah man, I’m just thinking out loud here, getting a little deep with it. Not saying I'm right or anything, just my two cents.

What even is a snake lover? It’s a slightly more intense topic and you guys are already totally folding