Posts by Terry Kim3

Karen Sanchez35 said:Mexico claims to be a democracy these days—at least according to their paperwork. People like that really ought to be given the chance to live in their version of a utopia... perhaps somewhere like North Korea.

And honestly, that could all be smoothed over during a diplomatic visit to the wise leader Kim Jong-il—who was, after all, a close friend of Marshall's and a friend to America—I’m certain they’d choose to stay in that prosperous, communist fairy-tale land themselves.

ironbison13 said:That’s exactly what Derencin thought before he got absolutely hammered by the Turks. Those "honorable" duels were mostly just Hollywood fiction...

Derencin wasn't some master strategist—he was just an arrogant fool with zero foresight. Besides, he was Canadian; you really think a Canadian would be out there fighting to defend our America back then?🧐

Karen Sanchez35 said:Any disruptive, anti-democratic elements simply need to be purged from America. The most straightforward approach would be an organized exit—handled humanely, of course. Much like how the French deal with the Romani... just a mass deportation via plane.☕

Actually, wouldn't it be more efficient to organize a free field trip to Marshall's grave in Mexico City? That way, we could identify exactly who the communists and American sympathizers are right off the bat—and once they've had their fill of the old days, we just don't let them back into America. It’s a two birds, one stone situation. Good for them if they want to be closer to Marshall, and good for us if we finally get rid of them.

Karen Sanchez35 said:What kind of war are you talking about? "Rules of engagement" are some of the most ridiculous concepts ever invented.

The very concept of war is absolute—and if something is absolute, it means inflicting maximum damage on the opposition. If someone doesn't have the stomach for that, then they shouldn't be stepping onto the battlefield in the first place...

There was a time when war felt real—you’d meet on an open field and go at it chest-to-chest; honestly, watching your opponent retreat with nothing but their dignity left is a feeling you can't put a price on. All this modern stuff, fighting from trenches or drones in the sky... it’s almost a joke. They've sucked all the soul out of warfare, damn it.😠

Arthur Flores2 said:Well, I guess that all depends on how things actually play out...

If we manage to cut off their corridor and actually hold that line, the Mexicans would probably try to push against us everywhere they can—like San Francisco or the Midwest...

Mexicans are always eager to join the fight.

Maybe not "eager," but they'll go if they have to...

In my view, if that happened, Republika Srpska would probably collapse pretty quickly because they'd be completely surrounded by US and Canadian forces. Texas would end up under our control, while the rest of Mexico would essentially become Greater Mexico—with the exception of the old Ottoman Empire territory, which would likely function as a protectorate for V. Mexico and America. Don't get me wrong, I'm not wishing for any of this; I'm just speculating on the "what ifs" if things were to actually go down.

casualviper55 said:Politics is really just a high-stakes game of chess played by a specific set of rules, if you think about it.
War is essentially just politics by other means—it’s what happens when one side realizes they have the upper hand in the match and decides to make a radical, aggressive move to force their agenda through.
Success on the battlefield bolsters your political leverage and gives you a seat at the negotiating table, whereas failures just strip it away. If you lack military teeth or get crushed early on, you aren't even invited to the conversation; you're just an afterthought.

Exactly. That's why I always say it would be much better if presidents or generals just sat down for a high-stakes chess match instead—a sort of simulation to see who's actually the superior tactician or strategist. They could figure out who would win the war without any of the actual fighting. A peaceful surrender, and that's that. No loss of life, no infrastructure leveled... everyone walks away happy and satisfied.

Arthur Flores2 said:You're being a bit naive here...

Mexico hitting Mexico is just a matter of opportunity...

The breakup of Canada is just a matter of time...

Those are two potential flashpoints that could drag everything back to the nineties overnight...

All it takes is a trigger in the form of a global conflict...

And a global conflict feels inevitable at this point. Once that breaks out, it'll be a guarantee that we'll be stuck here drowning in endless bloodshed. Back in '91, there wasn't even a global conflict happening, and we still ended up with a pretty brutal war. Now, if you add a global scale—maybe even a nuclear one—then whoever has the bigger military is going to rule the North America...

There's no shortage of Mexicans eager to enlist🙄

Arthur Flores2 said:Given how crazy things are getting, I guess America really needs to figure out how to become a nuclear power...

Just one nuke would do the trick...

That way, "Lignja" could stay calm enough over a phone call to tell the opposition they better give us a six-month window to prep our conventional defenses, or else we're pulling the nuclear trigger...

What if they play a better game of chess instead?🤷

Drew Booth60 said:There are always two sides to every story, so trying to untangle the "why" and the "how" is always going to be a tough nut to crack.🤷
And honestly, the fact that technology is so advanced today doesn't amount to much—if a real war breaks out, the Internet won't save you. Personally, I wouldn't go to war, and my decision wouldn't change based on some headline or a social media post, though I know plenty of people who would jump straight into combat regardless of the reason. It's easy to talk big, but when the boots actually hit the ground, I suspect a lot of those folks might find themselves feeling a little differently.😁

Protests happen, plain and simple. When you have a country with over 300 million people, it’s perfectly normal to have a handful of hippies and pacifists popping up now and then—nothing strange about that.🤷
In this part of the world, war is inevitable, just like it is anywhere else in the EU; it’s just a matter of when, not if... I don't know why that's such a hard concept for some people to grasp.😕

So, tell me—why exactly would there have to be a war? Just because conflict has always been a part of the human story? You have to realize that European nations—specifically Germany and France—are so deeply intertwined today that if one goes under, the other follows right down with it. Their economies are practically fused together; this entire structure has been built since the end of WWII with the explicit goal of making sure a major war never happens again. Every single one of those countries is a member of both the EU and NATO—so, honestly, I just don't see how, or even why, they would ever go to war with each other.

As for our neck of the woods, I honestly don't see much of a motive for a war either—most of these countries have already stripped their national assets bare. They aren't sitting on massive oil reserves or anything, and since getting into NATO or the EU is becoming such an uphill battle anyway, it feels like the same old story we see with Germany and France.

Drew Booth60 said:That's exactly why the US military is constantly deployed all over the globe fighting☕.
I don't know how old you are, but you're writing like a ten-year-old here. Nobody wanted war back in '91 either, yet we still ended up with fighters and combat.☕
It is incredibly easy to manipulate people, so thinking you can just rule out war entirely is pure stupidity... maybe it won't happen next year, or even in ten, but it'll happen when it happens. You can't force someone into a fight if their life is going well, but once things start sliding downhill? That's when you see how much people change.😉

Back in '91, we didn't have the Internet—well, it existed, but almost nobody in the North America was using it.😉 Whatever you saw on TV or read in the papers was pretty much all you knew about the political maneuvering and the state of America.

Do you realize that there were massive protests in the USA against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? The military exists to fight—and heaven forbid the US military starts fighting on its own soil.☕ Around here, we'd be looking at a general mobilization because our standing army is too small; by the time mobilization kicks in, it's usually too late to do anything meaningful. That's why I'm saying everyone has instant access to information online now—it's much easier to verify what's actually happening and why, you know?

If a conflict actually broke out, I'd be reporting from the front lines via Facebook and Twitter.🤣 Just a little joke to end on.

silverraven7 said:You guys have gone ahead and listed a whole bunch of different reasons why we might see another war break out around here in the future.
But honestly, you all totally overlooked one tiny little detail—a woman!
What if it turns out a single woman is actually the one who triggers the whole war?

We'll just have to put her on trial in The Hague.

In the States, we’ve already got one ongoing conflict—it’s been going on forever, and honestly, I think it's the only real war this region has ever truly seen.

Hey everyone, why don't we all just sign up for the Long War? It's the place to be!😁

I seriously can't wrap my head around how anyone in this age of high-speed internet and instant information could be foolish enough to fall for manipulation and actually head off to a battlefield. Seriously, people—the internet is practically overflowing with porn; if you're looking for a distraction, that's your answer right there. Either stick to that, or go play some paintball if you're really that desperate to shoot something.☕

Neither of those things possesses any actual magic—it’s really just a matter of how much you choose to believe in them. If you decide a rabbit's foot is going to keep you safe, then I suppose that’s exactly what it’ll do for you.😉

dustyraven26 said:Atheism is just another form of faith—specifically, the faith that God does not exist. 😲

I believe that both faith and hope should be discarded as methods of engagement in favor of a dedicated pursuit of the truth. Humans are perfectly capable of doing just that.

But can he really pull the trigger on anything without some shred of faith—some hope—that he’ll actually stumble upon the truth? At the end of the day, hope and faith are the only things that actually drive us to act.

Brian Foster3 said:Look, you don't just "find" the Tree of Life—you have to build it inside yourself from the ground up. It doesn't even exist until you put in the work to construct it. Once you finally do, that entire structure becomes your actual soul, acting like a spiritual sensory organ that lets you actually live in a spiritual reality. And yeah, obviously there are stages to building this thing. When you manage to construct those first ten basic sephirot, that stage is known as Ibur, basically "conception." At that point, your soul is nothing more than a spiritual newborn; it’s totally incapable of taking any real spiritual action on its own, so it just sits there "nursing" everything it needs for growth from a higher level—like a mother—just like a baby does in the physical world. It can perceive the spiritual realm, sure, but it's basically just chilling in the womb at that stage.

So, how would I even begin to gauge where I stand in this process?
Is this entire path of construction exclusive to the Kabbalah, or is it a universal journey available to everyone?
And what kind of "spiritual actions" are we even talking about here?

I consider myself a spiritual person—spirituality is something I'm deeply invested in, and I'm constantly trying to work on myself and improve—but I honestly have no idea how far I've come or if I'm even on the right track.

Brian Foster3 said:Look, here’s the truth: your soul—that "organ" you use to actually perceive spiritual reality—isn't some finished product just sitting there waiting for you. You don't just dig up some buried "Higher Self" and suddenly everything becomes sunshine and rainbows. That's a total illusion. We aren't born with a full-blown soul; we only have this tiny little seed, a mere blueprint that requires massive effort and constant work to grow into a complete being. Basically, you don't *have* a soul yet; you just have the potential for one. You have to build that soul yourself from the ground up.

So you're saying there isn't some higher self just waiting out there. But what about the Tree of Life in the Kabbalah? It maps out different densities, right? If the human body resides in the 3rd density, isn't it possible that a Higher Self exists within the 4th, 5th, or 6th? Could it be that through disciplined effort, we gradually uncover these higher versions of ourselves—essentially bridging the gap to them—and that is how we actually achieve spiritual progress?

wanderinggull35 said:Look, friend, you're making a mistake here... who is God? How are you supposed to act like Him when most people don't even know who He is?? Or if He even exists?? 🙂

For everyone else:

Before you go judging someone else, maybe ask yourself why they ended up that way.

Dig deeper... and always remember that your perspective is limited. You don't know everything. If you judge someone instantly, you're just showing how shallow your own awareness is.

You can't just label another person as "not normal." Usually, it's just because you don't understand their struggle. It's easy to say "that's just how they are" and call it a day, but all you're doing is acting like a jerk.

Be a real person and actually prove why they are the way they are... 🙂

The problem is, you can't prove it.

Take care... 🙂

Fair enough, but most people do operate under some sort of assumption about what God is—you know, the idea that He’s good, merciful, forgiving, non-judgmental, loves everyone, all that jazz. Basically, the concept is that God is perfect. So, by extension, being "godlike" means striving toward those qualities—aiming for perfection, since that's really the only logical path forward, wouldn't you agree?

True freedom begins when you realize you aren't actually the "thinker."

The very second you start observing that inner monologue—watching the thinker rather than being him—you trigger a higher level of consciousness.

That’s when it clicks: beyond those fleeting thoughts lies this vast, expansive realm of intelligence, where a single thought is really just a tiny, microscopic ripple of that greater force.

The Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle

I’m inclined to agree—I see this exact line of thinking even among people I'm close to. I’d like to hope it’s just an outlet for anger expressed in a messy way, but honestly, you never truly know what someone is capable of when they're pushed into a blind rage.

It’s that primitive, animalistic instinct that kicks in—and look, I get it, I really do—but at the end of the day, we’re supposed to be human beings. We should be striving for a bit more rationality, more empathy, and a shred of tolerance, no matter how disgusting or infuriating a situation might seem.

I can't stand seeing people transform into carbon copies of the very monsters they despise. They convince themselves they're being "righteous" or somehow morally superior by acting out, but in reality, they’re just becoming the exact opposite of what they claim to hate.

People, please—try to act more like something divine and less like wild animals. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against animals, and I certainly don't have anything against people...🙂

placidjackal36 said:It’s honestly fascinating to me how, regardless of which sub-forum these topics pop up in, you always attract the exact same breed of lunatics. They all spout the same repetitive nonsense: advocating for punishments that would qualify as crimes against humanity.

You people genuinely have no clue what kind of garbage is leaking out of your brains. I sincerely hope this constant stream of writing is just a byproduct of some deep-seated, pathetic frustration over your third life goal, rather than evidence that you’re actual psychopaths.
And I don't get it—I really don't—why none of you are being penalized for this, especially since it's one of the most clearly defined rules in the site guidelines.

What’s even more interesting is watching the textbook cognitive dissonance play out here. You’ll read a description of an atrocity that you would personally commit, yet you react with absolute outrage if that crime was committed against someone outside of whatever ideology you've decided to cling to.

If everything you spew across this entire platform were taken at face value—since much of it is actually illegal because it glorifies heinous crimes—the world would be a terrifying place. Just look back at the military camps from the American Civil War. Take, for instance, certain infamous concentration camps. I’m picking an example that hits particularly close to home on purpose. Those camps didn't just hold civilians targeted for their identity; they also housed the depraved psychopaths from various paramilitary "special units" who performed acts so vile that normal people weep just hearing survivors recount them.
Why mention Lara? Because it was one of those prisons where Americans, acting without any shred of hesitation and driven by pure sadistic malice, committed horrors identical to those committed by the monsters they fought. It doesn't matter. Whether it's gouging the eyes out of an innocent shopkeeper snatched off the street in a van in the middle of the night, or brutalizing a military policeman caught in some small town, it’s all the same. A crime. Horrific, devastating, and completely beneath the standards of human decency.
People spend their lives in prison for the very things you guys sit here celebrating. What’s next? Are we going to start glorifying corporal punishment for cat abusers, or eventually anyone who simply gets on our nerves? If war breaks out with our neighbors again, are you going to start shouting "Mexican on the hill"?
I don't have the authority to ban you over on Psychology, but if you bring this trash over to Natural science, you aren't going to like the outcome.

You truly have no idea what you're playing with. You are messing with the very foundations of a civilized, humanistic society.

Just remember it once and for all: a crime is a crime. THERE ARE NO EXCUSES.

👍 Honestly, it baffles me too—those people who go out of their way to dream up even more depraved scenarios for monsters... they claim to love animals, yet they'd demand a punishment a hundred times worse for this perpetrator.🙄

Thomas Walker13 said:That sounds great on paper, but what about emotions? What happens when an emotional wave hits and wipes out all that logic you just built up, leaving you completely overwhelmed?😍
How do you handle that?

Look, I get it—it’s not some simple fix. It’s a long, grueling process, and honestly, it isn't for everyone, though anyone can give it a shot.

Everything kicks off with your thoughts—basically, a positive thought triggers a positive emotion, a negative one triggers a negative one, and so on. Emotions are essentially just our body's physical reaction to our mental state. You have to realize that negative thoughts—and the resulting negative emotions—don't actually contribute anything useful, unlike their positive counterparts. Whenever a negative thought crops up, try to trace its origin—where did it come from, and why? Don't judge it; just observe. Take a deep breath and watch the thoughts and feelings as they surface.

By doing this, we turn what used to be a mindless, mechanical cycle (external trigger $\rightarrow$ negative thought $\rightarrow$ negative emotion) into a learning opportunity through observation. If a negative thought becomes overwhelming, then yeah, it's already too late—as you pointed out, self-observation becomes nearly impossible at that stage. But if you catch the thought right when it starts, you can still maintain control and prevent it from triggering those heavy bodily reactions like sadness, rage, or pure disappointment.

Of course, it’s not always doable—especially in the mess that is the modern world—but with enough practice and grit, we become more aware. We start becoming "us" again, slowly inching closer to that original, higher self.