Posts by Matthew Johnson3

Have you ever tried leaning on your faith for a little help?

dustypuma5 said:Honestly, I don't even think it's an issue if some folks here want to stir things up by calling for Turks to come back to these parts, but what really bugs me is how anyone who dares to say we don't actually want Turks just gets totally canceled. 😉
What's the big deal about being allowed to say we don't want Turkey back in our neck of the woods?

Look, I'm a Canadian, I am not a Turk!!!!

Man, honestly, it’s way easier than walking around like this...
Just toss the data onto a thumb drive and you're good to go. 🙂

Welp, looks like I'm back at square one reinstalling Windows 🙂

rustydrifter10 said:So, is everything running smoothly on Opera now? Like, those glitches you were complaining about before—all gone?

Honestly, everything's working like a charm. I just pulled all my stuff over from Firefox, and now Opera is my go-to browser. It actually feels a bit snappier too, if I'm being real.

I used to rock Opera back in the day, and honestly, I'm back on it again now. Everything seems to be running pretty smooth
it just feels weird being over on this old-school forum instead of 😍
anyway, catch you guys later! 🙂

So I grabbed CCleaner and ran a full sweep... I’ve already got Malwarebytes running too, and honestly, everything looks totally clean, zero viruses or anything nasty on my PC... but man, still absolutely nothing has changed!!

Thomas Martin6 said:Look, anyone can just claim they're seeing an error, rustydrifter10 🙂

Those 503/504 errors usually pop up when the server is getting slammed or if some security protocols kick in. It might just be a temporary hiccup, though—you should still be able to access most parts of the forum, even if things glitch out once in a while, right?
And then you, Matthew Johnson3, said "...I can't open 60% of the threads, it just throws an error..." I took that to mean you're totally locked out of entire sections of the site. If that's the case, I'd really love it if you could show me exactly what error you're hitting so I can actually fix it.

My bad, I didn't explain myself very well... I definitely know that 503/504 happens during high traffic...
But check this out, here's a screenshot...

http://i46.tinypic.com/xc3m8o.jpg

I haven't even touched this thread since the last update went live... and honestly, it's the same deal with most topics lately.
It's all done, but everything's just blank 😢

It’s probably just some annoying bug... I know from my experience playing World of Warcraft that every single time an update drops, some random glitch always manages to sneak its way in. Let's just cross our fingers and hope they get it sorted out soon.

Yeah, rustydrifter10, I’m running into that exact same headache too, I just didn't lay it out quite right in my last post...
I was honestly even thinking about just calling it quits on this one.. I mean, seriously, what on earth did they need to update? The previous mod worked perfectly fine, no complaints at all :S

Hey everyone. So, what's the deal with this latest update? I can't even open like 60% of the threads on here—they just hit me with an error message every single time. For instance, I'm trying to get into the Physics Help section under the Science PDF category, and while I can see people are actively posting there, I haven't been able to load it since the update dropped...
What's going on?

The cast isn't exactly A-list Hollywood royalty or anything, but man, this movie absolutely hits the spot. 👍
I was basically rolling on the floor laughing the whole time...
Look, I’m definitely no big-shot film critic, but just speaking as a regular guy who loves a good laugh, this is easily one of the top six comedies I've ever watched.
What do you guys think? 😉
IMDB

Man, you’re asking such heavy, deep questions that even as a kid in elementary school, I’d probably just stare at you blankly because I wouldn't know how to answer 😍

Whenever I find myself second-guessing my own actions, I usually run them through a quick mental checklist:

1. Would my parents actually be okay with me doing this?

2. Does this align with what I believe about God?

3. Could I look people straight in the eye with a clear conscience if I went through with it?

I never take for granted the idea you have that I'm a good person. Honestly, most of us slip up and act less than human from time to time. It can be something tiny, like

hurting someone else's feelings. 😢

Tradition definitely plays a huge role in shaping who we are, but if you ask me, society hits us even harder—

specifically the people we hang out with every day. I know this guy whose parents are super devout, yet he ended up spiraling into drinking and drugs just because of his crowd...😢

We’re only as free as our circumstances allow us to be. At the end of the day, we're all pretty much tied to this fleeting, insignificant world...

I get what you're saying... anyway, thanks!
P. S. sorry for being late 😁

So, look, I’m not entirely sure if this is the right spot for this kind of talk, so if I’ve totally missed the mark, please just move it for me. I actually started a whole thread over in the Religion section titled "The Quran and the Bible through a Scientific Lens," because I really wanted to dive into how some of the stuff in those holy books either lines up or clashes with modern science. But, man, halfway through typing away, I suddenly see my topic got shut down with a moderator note saying, "The pulpit isn't for preaching."
Seriously though, can we please just get this going? I put a ton of work into writing that, and honestly, I wasn't trying to preach to anyone—that’s just pointless. I get it, nobody on this forum is going to ditch their religion just because I drop a bunch of evidence, so there's no need for that. I’m just asking to have my thread unlocked so I can finish what I started, because things were about to get pretty intense, but it feels like someone here is trying to keep things quiet... Cheers!