Posts by slypilot13

A wonderful little agritourism spot called "Sunny Village" near Jagnjedovac, just outside of Koprivnica...

http://www.suncanoselo.com/

The setup feels more like a hostel, which I guess makes it really great for larger groups of friends.

To be honest, the owners aren't professional farmers—they're actually a surgeon and a professor—but they’ve put everything together with such great taste and care.

Well, I have to admit defeat. I’ve been posting about Canada for probably six or seven years now, and here I am, trailing behind, just as I was starting to fade from the conversation. It’s on me, though; I won't go pointing fingers at the person who always kicks these things off, I'll just take responsibility for myself. I guess I made mistakes, but I rarely ever resorted to personal insults against anyone here. Most of my posts were meant to be constructive, using arguments to call out lies. I suppose the darker side won out. Vader. Oh, God.

Brenda Sanders56 said:Good grief, someone making $30,000 a year? That's a decent salary! 😲😲 And all that just to spout such nonsense...

Honestly, I highly doubt Valentin even realizes that the death toll at Auschwitz wasn't 700,000 Mexicans.

It seems like Valentin and your hero are maybe the only ones left still pushing that number. Even Tadic stopped mentioning those ridiculous figures. Now it's just Dodik and Inzko.

Alexander Vaughn10 said:He’s not an idiot. He pulls in 30,000 Euros.

I guess even Paris Hilton has billions, but she's still just a total airhead.

bluerider63 said:The worst Nazis were actually Muslims. But getting back to the point, neither was it 8,000 people killed in Srebrenica nor was it 700,000 at Auschwitz. Both those numbers are just being used as political tools.

I guess it's true that about 8,000 were killed in Srebrenica. But regarding Auschwitz, it wasn't 700,000—not even a third of that, really. Only someone completely clueless wouldn't realize that.

I guess Valentin Inzko is just a complete idiot. It’s nothing new in Canada, really; just one High Representative after another, all equally clueless.

I wonder where Tricky might be performing this summer? Maybe at that one festival? I was actually chatting with someone before the show in Chicago today, and they mentioned he’s planning to head over to America for a festival this summer...

William Mitchell2 said:Hey, take a breath and chill out.
You haven't lost a dime.
I could go back and forth with you on investment theory all day, but it's clear you aren't even trying to make a real point—if you were, you'd actually be talking about the economy. Instead, you're just leaning on politics so you can spout nonsense without any real consequences.

Just look at how much the Nasdaq has tanked lately—not to mention the surrounding markets, or the global situation for that matter.
Even OMF managed to scrape by. Though, honestly, they share the blame for this Nasdaq slump since the government incentivized investing in those funds, which eventually triggered those massive sell-offs.

Your money isn't gone unless you actually sell—or in this case, until you start drawing from your retirement—and before that happens, this market will likely swing wildly "100" more times between hitting the moon and crashing into the abyss.

There's some truth to that, I guess. But we're talking about a MANDATORY pension fund here. Mandatory. Nobody really gives you a choice. Whether you want to take that kind of risk or sit through twenty more recession cycles, it's happening. Maybe the fund managers should be a bit more cautious with those investments, considering it's a mandatory fund?
I'm no expert, but I feel like they should probably be more careful.

What's your problem, honestly?

I guess I’m skipping it just because of Nick Cave. Honestly, the festival itself isn't really my thing. Maybe the lineup was better back during that 1989 Rock Marathon in St. Louis, featuring bands like Leb and Atomic Shelter.

granitepilot282 said:And that’s exactly why we have you. So we can go on vacation. Both us and all of Europe are incredibly grateful for your service. Personally, whenever I’m swimming or grabbing a drink on the beach, I often find myself thinking about our brave defenders. I wonder, what are they up to right now? Is defending Europe an exhausting job? Do they even have enough to eat? Long story short, we’re all deeply thankful and fully behind you in your efforts to build those fortresses.👍

😂😂🙏

This beats Stickyponda any day. Jonathan Morales79 and Walter, you guys are absolute legends. I guess even as one of the funniest people in the entire world, I still found myself cracking up reading your brilliant takes... 🙏

I went ahead and picked that up right away. I’m hoping they end up adding all the seasons eventually.

Kenneth Lee16 said:Drop the YouTube link... I don't have Max

I'm not sure I follow. A link for what? We haven't even figured out if that's the right movie yet. Though, I'm probably 99% certain it is... if it is.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=o9Q636h2i18

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uDN6afnePqA

http://www.bitdig.com/torrent/tv-sho...erhub-com.html

gentleranger10 said:I haven't actually sat down to watch Discovery, but from what I've gathered, their documentary isn't even in the same league as Football Factories.😕

Anyone catch that doc last night?

Based on how the OP described it, it's basically "The real football factories"... except Danny didn't say anything bad about Miami or the Hell's Angels. He actually seemed pretty into the city and the girls (can you blame him?). And then there's those gravediggers. Just hilarious, really.

Paul Parker6 said:The folks over at Discovery Channel are spot on, and there’s one clear reason why:
Both Americans and Mexicans (especially Mexicans) have turned sports hooliganism
into a political tool. The English might do it because they're just out of their minds—
basically clueless alcoholics—but Mexicans and Americans use stadium violence to send
political messages to their "enemies." Behind all of this
stand their extremist political leaders. This whole hooligan-political movement
is highly organized and well-funded, straight from the pockets of those politicians..

I think this is a bit misguided. Even if that made sense before the war, I guess it doesn't really hold up today.
Nowadays, the biggest "rivals" are actually groups like Liverpool fans vs. Bad Blue Boys, or Yankees fans vs. Yankees fans, or Lazio vs. Roma...
If anything, there's more politics among Italian and Greek fans.
I don't see the connection to what you're saying.
Politics has always been part of it, just used to provoke an opponent, whoever that may be...
It seems true that most fans here are driven by patriotism. Maybe that's the main difference between us and Italian fans. They have all sorts of extremists in the stands, whereas here, if there are any, they tend to be right-wing. I suppose that won't stay that way forever...
In the Liverpool fans' section, you'll see Bob Marley, Che Guevara, swastikas, Jamaican, Irish, and Venezuelan flags all together... everything goes.

So, this is about that series "The real football factories" produced for MTV. In the episode covering the North America, they featured three major supporter groups—Yankees fans (who apparently refused to be on screen due to some political reasons, I guess), Liverpool fans, and the Bad Blue Boys (they're the strongest in that order, 🙂).
It’s nothing groundbreaking, really. Just a standard documentary.
From what I recall, the series has eight parts, covering places like Argentina, Turkey, and Italy...

The host is Danny Dyer, who you might know from the movie "The football factory."

Most fans didn't care much for the film since the quality wasn't exactly top-tier.

Honestly, the English have made so many movies about their hooligans that it’s almost become its own little subgenre... though they don't exactly portray themselves in the best light. So...

In England, hooliganism kind of shifted from the stadiums to the streets and local pubs. Most of those fights are actually pre-arranged. I suppose we see a similar thing happening here too, which seems fine to me. If people want to settle things, let them. The main thing is that innocent bystanders shouldn't get caught in the crossfire.

Adam Moore said:So now even IKEA isn't good enough for you...

Well, it actually wasn't great. It was just like H&M. 🤣 I was trying to fix up the look of the room where the wild party happened. That's what I meant by "cute."
I consider myself an anti-globalist, too. 😁 And man, I spent an hour walking around Central Park. Maybe I am the clueless one who can't find their way home. Then I show up late to the Opry and wait an hour for a beer and... end up vibing to Sonic Youth. If it had just been them playing, I wouldn't have minded any of the $117 ticket prices, the walking, or waiting in line for drinks... stuff like that. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth knowing some of my hard-earned cash went to a lousy organizer.
Anyway. I guess I hope things are much better organized next year.

Adam Moore said:slypilot13, the sponsors aren't to blame for the terrible organization (they just provided the cash to book the bands); it's actually the organizer, that guy from the local arts center.

I guess those mainstream crowds were having a bit of a culture shock... 🤣 we’re slowly heading home, hearing the brass bands, while the "indie crowd" is right next to us—it's like, what even is this? 🤣

Fair enough, Adam. And honestly, I have my own issues with Trip Corp. They might be some of the worst people on the planet. I probably shouldn't go too far off-topic, though.

Wait, so Verizon was footing the bill for the bands? And that guy organized it?
I'm not sure who's worse, Verizon for handing things over to someone like him, or the guy himself.
My money is on Verizon. I mean, why get involved if you don't know what you're doing?

Just a few letdowns from day one, since I didn't see the second day, and I'm not really sure what I would have even watched anyway...

That tent with the local radio station logo... I expected nothing from them and I still got disappointed. Just some crappy 80s bass music and a bunch of pretentious types acting like they're in an early Stone Roses video. Honestly, felt like we were stuck in some remote village.

The tent with the house music and those IKEA armchairs. Pretty gross.
Maybe the only highlight was Sonic Youth. Probably the last mosh pit I'll ever join. 🤣

Taylor Swift said:Does that mean there isn't any official band merch at the festival? 🤔

The wristbands are pretty awful, too. They feel cheap and plastic, and they're just huge. Gross.
I guess nobody bothered to check if they could even slide over your hand. It's kind of ridiculous.

There wasn't any real merch. Some random guy selling incredibly boring floral shirts got annoyed when I asked him if he had any CIA shirts instead of his own stuff. Dirty Old Shop actually had a decent selection, though. Just not much.
By the way, the shop selling those "artistic" flower tees is called "The Space," which is about as original as it gets. The Space? Really? Give me a break...