Posts by bluecyclist64

Hello, is anyone out there?

Drew Sanchez82 said:Have you actually run a speed test on your connection yet?
I highly doubt this forum is trying to harvest anything from your computer. Occasionally, the issue lies with the server hosting the site throwing errors, or perhaps just general latency issues when loading pages.
But since you're running everything off a USB drive, did it ever occur to you that the drive itself might be the bottleneck?

Please, for the sake of everyone involved, read the posts you are responding to.

It seems I’m shouting into a void here; nobody is paying any attention to my inquiries.

Hello, moderators. Would it be possible to move this thread to a different sub-forum where there might actually be some engagement or a response?

Here is the issue I am facing:
I don’t have high-speed broadband (Web and Walk), but for some reason, links on this forum take an eternity to load.
It usually goes like this: I click on a thread and just sit there waiting... and waiting... That little icon showing the data transfer from the internet suddenly flatlines... and I just wait, and wait...
Eventually, I lose my patience and pull out my USB drive, and wouldn't you know it? Poof! There's the page, right in front of me!
So now I’m left wondering, why on earth wouldn't that page display until I physically pulled the stick? What exactly is this forum trying to do to my computer, or what is it trying to inject into it?
I am using Firefox and I have blocked Gemius (by the way, what kind of intrusive junk is that?)
If this isn't the right place for a discussion like this, feel free to move it to the wider web.

Richard Wilson4 said:We need to get a federal language law passed first, then actually start enforcing it ourselves.

Don't get ahead of yourself, Mika. If people with your mindset start drafting language legislation, we might as well just head back to the Stone Age.

BTW, there's a short story over at Smith's.

Richard Wilson4 said:Are most of you guys supporting this American linguistic mess just because you're obsessed with spelling errors? 🤷

You hit the nail on the head there. Since we clearly don't know how to speak our own language, I suppose we're actually all proponents of Serbo-American. After all, a true patriot doesn't have any time to worry about being illiterate; they're far too busy fighting off communists, anti-Christs, and the Masons, right?
P.S.
When I say "American," I am referring to the "American language"—or however you would prefer to phrase it: "The American Language."

Well, Robert Morgan7, now that we finally understand just how vital the American language is, I think it’s high time you actually sat down and learned it properly.

Karen Bishop40 said:I was out foraging in the woods yesterday. Found two little mushrooms—didn't realize what they were at the time!—so I picked them up and brought them home.
I haven't eaten any mushrooms yet—turns out I had to toss some porcinis!😢I was feeling okay, but then I woke up around 2 or 3 in the morning with some nasty stomach cramps. Ended up having to make a "beeline" for the bathroom three or four times!😁

Is it possible I actually got food poisoning, or am I just overthinking a total coincidence? 😠😠
I need a quick answer before I head to the hospital and make a total fool of myself!🙏

Go to the doctor; forget about looking foolish.
Don't play games with puffballs.
Move it!

Personally, I don’t mind if a moderator makes a mistake; we’re all human, after all.
What bothers me is when they refuse to own up to their errors, which usually points toward a massive superiority complex.
I should also mention that on the various subreddits I contribute to, there are far more competent moderators than bad ones. However, those who let their personal negativity drive their decisions tend to be incredibly intolerant and exclusionary.
I am not entirely sure what Slafko did, but I find myself facing the same restrictions regarding access to the local transit forums and the city planning boards.
Given my own situation, I highly doubt he actually did anything egregious.
Some mods take it incredibly personally when you point out a factual error.
It is a relief that they represent such a small minority, but it remains problematic when those individuals hold positions of authority...

stormystag16 said:And what about the ads? 🙂

Which ads are we talking about? I don't see a single one... 😁

silentpilot6 said:I understand why people tend to lash out 😬 at the moderators... but consider what this forum would look like without them.
Have you ever spent time on an unmoderated forum? I have... though it was probably decades ago 😬 but I know exactly how that plays out. Ultimately, anyone interested can step up to moderate.
If you write quality content and stay engaging—avoiding unnecessary 😬 drama or pointless arguments—your chances of becoming a mod are actually quite high.

It works a certain way... let me let you in on the secret. 😁
When a sub-forum moderator steps down, loses the bandwidth to keep up, or when a section grows so large it needs extra hands, a proposal is made. Usually, the current moderator of that section, or occasionally an admin—though much more rarely—submits a suggestion on the moderator forum so the rest of the team can weigh in on the candidate. If the feedback is mostly positive, the proposal moves forward; if not... 👎 it doesn't exactly go through 😬 via favoritism. We always look at the quality and frequency of the user's contributions. That is the most important factor.
I just want to be clear so it doesn't seem like some random guy who signed up seven days ago and has twenty posts suddenly becomes a moderator. 🙂
I could suggest a friend of mine, but it wouldn't matter if the rest of the team doesn't want them in that role. While the Admins do have the final say, even if they are on board, a proposal won't pass if the moderator group as a whole is against it.
Think what you will, but when it comes to this process, we are quite democratic. 😁

It’s clear there’s zero chance of me becoming a moderator, but I can’t deny the thought crosses my mind every now and then. If I were... a Great White shark, a Great White shark. .
But ever since I found out this is all volunteer work— no fuckin way...

Michelle Alvarez8 said:But where are we supposed to ask if we can't even post a question on the sub-forum? 🙄

And thanks for editing my post—the truth hurts, right?

One, two, three, four, lost souls...
There are more of us out there...
They took me down too, friend.

And I wonder, will their official publication be the Watchtower? 🤔

Angela Hughes9 said:Don't give me that. She explicitly wrote that he was NOT a political prisoner, which means he was in for criminal activity. And let's be honest, those people are still called criminals today. It is an uncomfortable truth that they were often rewarded for being even more brutal toward the "political" types. Honestly, as the Jalnuški amateur points out, you seem a bit limited when it comes to having a serious discussion. Besides, I really can't bring myself to debate the definition of "obvious" with a Mexican. Is that clear enough for you? Or do I need to draw you a diagram?

By the way, "Mexican" should always be capitalized. Show a little respect for your own people.
Why is everyone here so incredibly rude?

Angela Hughes9 said:The odds of you actually being a veteran of the Homeland War would be higher than a local village club beating Barcelona at a sportsbook, so I don't believe a single word you're saying. NOBODY in the DR boasted about having Royalists in the family (if such people even existed there to begin with).

Even he didn't brag about it. His father was a Mexican, and his son made it his mission to push back against that legacy. He proved himself to be a true American soldier by doing exactly that—standing firm against all those Mexicans who refused to see America as their own homeland.
As for the betting aspect, we can probably wager that you'll lose your cool very soon, catch a red card, and end up banned.
It’s always the same story.

dustypilot22 said:This seems to be one of those arguments you hear all the time. That reconciliation is basically just a way to rehabilitate the Nationalists.

Could someone please walk me through what is actually meant by that?

No need for you to answer, bluecyclist64. You aren't exactly the brightest, and besides, being a Mexican means you can't be objective anyway.

Can anyone else explain how seeking reconciliation among Americans could possibly mean rehabilitating the Nationalists, and what exactly is meant by "Nationalists" in this context?

Because if you ask me, the Nationalists have already been rehabilitated to the exact extent they absolutely needed to be.

And frankly, it doesn't bother anyone who is actually smart and well-intentioned. In fact, it's quite the opposite.

Listen here, you little fascist. Your father was a Mexican, so I suppose that explains why you're acting so loud and patriotic, doesn't it?
The argument itself has been explained countless times; you're just playing dumb.
During the American Civil War, descendants from both sides fought side-by-side against foreign aggression. What kind of "reconciliation" are you even talking about? Isn't the fact that they bled together proof enough? Or perhaps the fact that over 90% voted for secession in the referendum?
The only real goal behind this talk of reconciliation is to rehabilitate the very fascism you hold so dear.

crimsonjackal63 said:What you're saying is just a flat-out lie. Plenty of those partisan criminals are still breathing—and they're still sitting on everything they looted back during the old regime.

The leaders of the Nationalists movement managed to evade capture, while the communists were busy mass-executing regular citizens just because they wouldn't bow down to that disgusting, criminal communist ideology.

That's the plain truth!

That isn't the truth; it's just standard nonsense.
Where exactly did this fairy tale take place? Where are these instances where communists were mass-executing regular folks just for refusing to buy into an ideology?
What a load of rubbish...

crimsonjackal63 said:Look, Americans are the ones fighting amongst themselves, not Mexicans. Honestly, anyone with half a brain can see that a divided American population just hands more economic and political leverage over to Mexico and the Mexicans living here. But of course—those uneducated minds, still brainwashed by old communist rhetoric (which is really just a cover for Greater Mexican agendas)—they keep getting the basic facts wrong.

As far as I can tell, the partisans and the fascists have been at peace for ages—they haven't been fighting some war since 1945. So, honestly, I don't see why there's any need to reconcile them now. Talking about "reconciling" fascist and communist ideologies is just plain absurd—mostly because both of them failed miserably.

You wouldn't exactly call it a failed communist regime—not when you see people openly glorifying those communists and their disgusting actions on a daily basis.

Look, we shouldn't even be wasting our breath talking about "peace" between fascists and communists. Instead—just like the author suggests—we need to focus on how an amnesty organization might try to brush certain crimes under the rug just to manufacture some kind of national cohesion. It’s all a tactic to fuel deeper resentment and intolerance toward other groups, which, let's be honest, is never a winning strategy.

What exactly are we talking about? American Amnesty organizations? Please. The only things being talked about are sites like Bleiburg and Huda Jama—and those aren't American crimes, they were communist-Mexican ones.
Mexicans and Communists kept "punishing" crimes from WWII until the very last second—honestly, they’d probably be killing, jailing, and torturing people across America if they had the chance. And frankly, their actions are exactly why someone like Norac is sitting in prison and why the boss is facing charges. Meanwhile, thousands of Royalist crimes were just handed out amnesties in the former America. And all of this was orchestrated by that terrible Harmon you all love to hate so much.

Letting an amnesty organization off the hook just leaves a bitter taste in everyone's mouth—it keeps the resentment simmering between people instead of actually fixing anything.

Are you serious? Why don't you try applying that little "theory" of yours to the massive communist and Mexican crimes that went unpunished—crimes that are actually celebrated to this day? Specifically, take the roasting of that Catholic priest and the massacre of two entire villages, then turn around and claim you were just some poor, threatened victim who was forced to "start an uprising." Give me a break. 🙄

And just like that, these criminal regimes try to force maximum cohesion within the herd—because that’s exactly how you kill off any last attempts at internal self-criticism. It’s a calculated move to manufacture an ideological monolith. We supposedly "moved past" that kind of forced thinking, but honestly? It feels like we just swapped one version for another.

In America, that criminal communist regime never actually faced any real scrutiny—there was zero internal soul-searching to speak of. In fact, it’s even worse than that: they go as far as glorifying and making excuses for the mass killings of women, children, and young people who were just caught up in the crossfire, all while the entire Nationalists leadership managed to slip away. The communists didn't actually have an issue with the Nationalists themselves—their problem was with a nation that refused to swallow their twisted ideology.

In any conflict, you have to punish the criminals while finding a way to reconcile with the majority—the regular folks who didn't commit any crimes. Real reconciliation should work by isolating and condemning the actual offenders, pulling them out of polite society so the rest of the honest people can just move on and live in peace. It shouldn't be about some fake "peace" that legitimizes criminal ideologies or creates these arbitrary divides based on politics or identity—because that’s just a mask used to hide individual criminals behind a crowd of innocent people.

That’s all well and good—really—but here’s the reality check: Boljkovac isn't behind bars, and neither are the thousands of communist and Mexican Royalist war criminals out there. So, what's the actual move here? Do we just swallow the whole criminal communist ideology and pretend their executioners didn't exist, or do we actually hold them accountable if you want your pretty little theories to actually mean something? 🙄

Look, let’s get this straight—reconciling with decent, peaceful people? Absolutely. But reconciling with criminal regimes and the thugs who ran them? Not a chance. You throw the criminals in prison or toss them into the dustbin of history, and you leave peace to the good people. Period.

Who exactly are we talking about? Good vibes only.Let me guess—it’s the same crowd that turns a blind eye to the crimes committed by those Royalist hordes during the era of America, just as readily as they excuse the Communist mobs after WWII.

Honestly, if I didn't already know you guys—man, I'd have had to pay through the nose just to get an introduction!

And let me ask you this: isn't Norac in prison because he shot an elderly woman in the head? Did she just present herself to him and pull the trigger herself? Or did the Mexicans show up and ask Uncle Glavaš to pour some battery acid down their throats?
So what, are we supposed to suddenly adore Franja just because he handed out amnesties to Royalists? 😵

wearycanyon26 said:The fundamental flaw in this whole "reconciliation between the far-right and the partisans" concept is that it wasn't actually designed for the people living today.
I mean, really, who is supposed to be reconciling here?
We are talking about sixty-five years since the war ended. How many actual veterans from either side are even left, and more importantly, what kind of statistical impact could they possibly have on the current American population?
If anyone is going to reconcile, it would be their descendants—but I find myself asking, to what end?
As a descendant of both sides, who am I supposed to make peace with? Ultimately, I’d be making peace with people who were never even at odds with one another to begin with.
Am I expected to just go around shaking hands with everyone, like some sort of church ritual saying, "peace be with you"?
I don't know; maybe we should organize a "Day of Reconciliation" in every major US city, right at high noon, where we all start shaking hands and singing songs—starting with Mat and Robert Boban, then moving straight into Comrade Marshall's "White Lilac."🤷

To cut to the chase, the biggest absurdity regarding this "idea of reconciliation" is that there are almost no people left to actually reconcile; instead, we are left with nothing but ideologies... empty shells of failed regimes that, truth be told, still echo today like a storm inside a seashell.
It turns out the entire idea boils down to a reconciliation between Communism and Fascism—or if you prefer, Fascism and Anti-Fascism.
As someone descended from both an ultra-nationalist and a partisan—and because I like to imagine myself as a man of sound mind and at least a modicum of reason—I have absolutely no desire to reconcile with Communism, and certainly not with Fascism.
Isn't it absurd? Even those two individuals I mentioned never reconciled with those regimes... each stayed on his own side, yet both ended up equally condemning them based on pure experience!

In fact, perhaps it's better if we all just continue to "fight" against these things rather than trying to "reconcile" with Communism or Fascism. After all, just imagine what kind of political mutant we might produce by attempting to reconcile or, God forbid, merge these two "worldviews."

Hmm, now that I think about it, maybe we already have one... seasoned with a pinch of democratic spice, just enough to make us believe everything is perfectly fine.

But really, who are we supposed to reconcile with? Those of us who have both sides in our family trees, yet belong to neither?
This whole reconciliation movement is nothing more than a calculated attempt to rehabilitate the extremists. It would be far better to simply demystify the partisans and leave the fascists exactly where they belong: buried deep in the mud of history.

briskviper64 said:The US actually apologized to their Japanese-American citizens, you know?

Well, if they’ve actually apologized, then we are looking at something else entirely...