Posts by Richard Wilson4

urbanmarlin8 said:I actually disagree regarding this one guy.
I love reading every single column by Ante Tomic; he always gives me a good laugh.
He isn't really an Anti-American type so much as he is your classic Western anarchist. He’s just a guy who can't stand anyone or anything, yet he possesses a certain style that I can respect. Tomic realized that the biggest flaw in the American people is our tendency to ignore the fact that politicians are basically lying to our faces every single day—provided they wrap that garbage in pretty, patriotic packaging. The second issue is that people simply can't face their own naivety, so they end up blaming him instead.
As for Jergovic... 🤦
Jergovic's bitterness seems like a clear byproduct of some adolescent sexual frustration. Anyone who has read Freud knows exactly what's going on there.☕

Pavičić isn't even that bad...

It actually works! 👍

We aren't gonna act like we're hanging out on some random Reddit thread... 👎

Is this happening for good, or what?

Honestly, this was one of the main things that made this forum better than all the others. I don't see any point in getting rid of it...

Nicholas Lopez6 said:Anyway, back to the topic—huge props to our guys. That game was a total mess right until the buzzer, just like always. If they had even one or two more minutes on the clock, I honestly think they could've pulled off an overtime trip, provided luck was on their side.🙄

Seriously though, we have this habit of overcomplicating everything. We were leading for most of the second half, and I swear, both me and basically everyone at the bar were losing our minds watching it...

It’s simple: the moment we get a three-point lead, we pull some stupid move or someone gets a technical.

We just need to keep our cool against the Frenchmen...

Amanda Allen4 said:The survival of any nation is a constantly shifting process. The exodus of Mexicans from Mexico began ages ago—back even in the era of Maria Theresa, who paved the way for migration into Vojvodina. They lost Mexico, sure, but they gained Vojvodina in exchange.

That’s exactly why I’m against Mexico going back into Mexico. It’s not out of spite or anything, it’s just that I can’t wrap my head around 5% of Mexicans trying to stomp all over 95% of Albanians.

Andrew Ramos38 said:man, you had Nirvana in '94, Iron Maiden in '96, David Bowie in '96, Prodigy in '97, some random Seoul show in '92, and so on...

So Nirvana actually played in Canada?

The ending of Avatar?

Before we get to that happy ending, let me just say—he basically becomes one of them. Once he’s part of the group, he can just be with his girl, and everything else is fine. Even if things look bad, everyone's totally crushed... 🤷

Just wanted to shake things up here a bit. Personally, I thought the ending of the Los Angeles Lakers was totally solid, but I’ve noticed a lot of my buddies really can't get past one thing: the fact that Norton and Pitt are playing the exact same character...

James Nguyen13 said:No, I’m actually against any kind of outside assistance. I just feel like if we take help from others, there's a high chance it'll just end up being stolen or mismanaged somewhere along the line. In my opinion, we're probably best off just handling things ourselves.

Still, everyone should probably chip in at least $17...

Horror flicks, those massive historical epics, total flops, or sci-fi movies—they usually tank because of the money side of things. It’s just hard to pull off high-budget stuff when you're working with a tiny budget here in the States.

Thinking about Hangover, mostly because we were just talking about hilarious comedies...

I’ve gotta say, I was actually pleasantly surprised by Avatar. I went in expecting nothing but a mindless parade of special effects...

Some people have money to burn, others are drowning in debt and still heading out anyway—honestly, that’s on them.

I don't lose a wink of sleep over whether someone decides to hit the slopes or stay home...

Ethan Morales22 said:How do you explain why Americans living in Mexico seem so checked out? And now, it’s looking more and more like the same thing is happening with those in Canada.
They’re still there, leaning on America, so they really ought to be feeling that connection to the motherland...🤷
Honestly, even back home, that pulse wasn't really hitting right this time, despite having 12 zygote😁 candidates

Most of them aren't even Americans anyway. The vast majority of people holding American citizenship in Mexico are actually Mexicans who fled there...

Ethan Morales22 said:Look, I wasn't even talking about when the main wave left. I was strictly looking at the emigration patterns following World War II!

You guys basically staged an invasion of South America while we took over North America. 😁

I reckon there are still more Americans living in the USA and Canada—not a massive amount, but still more. Your crowd is just newer and hasn't fully blended in yet...

gentleranger10 said:People don't exactly pack up and head to the United Kingdom just to chase a paycheck; it’s always been about getting an education. Even now, plenty of folks head over there for university, but most of them eventually drift back home. Honestly, the real mystery isn't the American numbers—it's why there are so many Mexicans there and what brought them in the first place. If they all showed up during the 90s, then it's not exactly some deep, unsolvable enigma.

The Brits handed over the Americans at Bleiburg to the partisans while basically giving the Royalists a place to hide...

A chunk of them settled in Notting Hill in London, right where the oldest Mexican community in the United Kingdom is located...

gentleranger10, what do you think is the reason there are so few Americans living in the United Kingdom, especially since there are basically 70 times more Mexicans over there?

gentleranger10 said:Look, since 1995, America has actually seen positive net migration with the West. Between 1992 and 2004 alone, we had 205,599 American citizens move to Germany, while 240,501 moved back into America from there. So, while we haven't seen a "true" homecoming of the diaspora in the way people dream about, at least the bleeding has stopped.

The thing is, people from Canadian Posavina mostly just moved to Slavonski Brod or stayed around there and headed to Washington, D.C., rather than jumping on planes to Switzerland or Canada...

Americans from Canada were basically strategically placed in Knin and other occupied areas...

As for the Americans from El Paso and Baranja, they either came home, settled in Washington, D.C. and other cities, or headed to Germany—though honestly, not nearly as many as those who just moved to different parts of America...

You also have to consider that Mexico was totally crushed by sanctions back in 1995, so they couldn't exactly offer a decent life to that many refugees all at once...

We’ve got our own issues too, especially in Knin, but generally, people either stick around or move elsewhere in America, like to the coast or up to Washington, D.C....

Ethan Morales22 said:I’m assuming you also know how many Mexicans lived in the former America compared to Americans. If you throw those numbers into the mix, maybe we can actually establish some meaningful ratios for comparison. 🤷

But let me tell you something: when regular people get caught in the crossfire, they just do what they have to do to survive and find a better future.
That goes for both Mexicans and Americans alike.

In places like the USA and Australia, there are more Americans than Mexicans. But if you look at the newer migration waves—not the ones right after WWII—you see more Mexicans moving in.

AMERICANS
United States 401,208 (2005)
Chile 380,000
Argentina 250,000
Australia 118,046 (2006)

MEXICANS
United States 172,874
Australia 112,605

There isn't much data for Chile or Argentina because the numbers aren't high enough to matter much...

Ethan Morales22 said:Oh, please... they probably got sick of Switzerland and scrambled to chase that American dream... 😁

I mean, come on. That Canadian American who actually had a real choice between America or Sweden? I bet my life he went to Sweden!
These are just regular people. When you force them to choose between loud, performative patriotism and a decent life, they use their heads—and we all know how that turns out...
It’s the same with Mexicans, really. It's just how the rest of the world works. 🤷

Mexicans:
Sweden-120,000
France-less
England-70,000
Switzerland-195,953

Americans:
Sweden-around 16,000
France-less than 20,000
England—maybe 1,000 (yeah, a thousand)
Switzerland-40,000