Posts by Jack Cook7

The Big White

- It wasn't just that guy staring at her from the train
- I literally took off my blazer and dove into the river to save the guy, and they ended up stealing my damn jacket instead

Jonathan Wright2 said:The upside about lonetrucker4 is definitely his dedication—the guy is relentless when it comes to digging through those PDFs.
He’s got an insane amount of knowledge and really knows his stuff.

The real issue is how he forces his own ideology down everyone's throats. He cuts off discussions just when they actually start getting interesting, and he keeps driving members away with constant threats and sanctions. It feels like he’s always pushing his own personal rules as if they’re the actual laws of the forum.

Given all that, threatening the community is pretty much a guarantee.
We aren't seeing any new blood, the regulars are thinning out, and a lot of the old-timers were chased off specifically because of the ruthless approach that ZO (lonetrucker4) insists on using.

rustydrifter10 is in a massive bind here, and she knows it.
She knows lonetrucker4 understands history, but she also clearly sees that the whole thing is spiraling out of control...

Just putting this on the record.

I don't agree with the moderator lonetrucker4's takes regarding the Homeland War in Canada or how he projects events leading up to today.

That said, I do agree that he does an incredibly good job moderating such a heated topic and tries his best to stay objective and stick to the facts.

Christian Myers said:Yeah, it’d probably be better if we just started fighting over some medieval stuff instead. We all know which topics are sensitive—it's pretty easy to spot when a moderator is being biased.

Perception is everything, isn't it? I mean, look at the folks up there claiming that even though my little guy was kicked off the entire Politics section basically two years ago, he's still running the show—and to top it off, they’re calling him a Russophile. Please. As if I'd ever hand the Russians anything on a silver platter.🤣

lonetrucker4 is a biased moderator when it comes to threads about Mexico or the Homeland War in Canada, and that's exactly what I was talking about.

But man, when I look at the crowd trashing him—you know, the ones going, "Oh, they only found 500 bodies at Auschwitz"—my take is simple and singular: Zoran, you've got my full support, you're doing a great job. Forum.hr/History is actually becoming a legit source of info thanks to how you moderate.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand.

You ever hear that old joke about the sadist and the masochist?
So the sadist tells the masochist: Hit me!
But the masochist just says: No way. 🙂

gentlestag15 said:How is it unrelated? You're just defending Alanalan because you spent years acting exactly like him in the Russia threads, trolling so hard that any actual conversation became impossible. I didn't realize you were banned, which explains why we're finally seeing some semblance of a normal discussion happening over there now.👍

Good grief, man. I’ve been doing some digging lately and honestly? I’ve learned way more about myself than I ever wanted to know. Talk about an eye-opener.

Hey lonetrucker4, I honestly think you're way ahead of the curve on this one compared to me. You totally get what I'm talking about.

Hey @gentlestag15, I wasn't defending @Alanalan anywhere!

I haven't been around the Politics section for two years now, but honestly, you lot in the opposition really could have built something meaningful by now.

Christian Myers said:He does his job so well that he attracts a massive amount of criticism and backlash. It actually reminds me of our own politicians whenever they start bragging about themselves. ☕

At the end of the day, everything just circles back to WWII and the Homeland War.

bluecyclist64 said:The card might be yellow, sure, but you can't ignore the fact that the New World Order is pulling the strings behind it. This isn't something you should take lightly.

If you’d asked me this twenty-four hours ago, I would’ve thought he was just messing around.

But now? Now I gotta speak up.

lonetrucker4, stay strong man, you've got my full support.

Just watch out for those pyramids, though. Seriously. I had this little nephew of mine—you know, that kid from my uncle's side—trying to herd goats one night and he actually stubbed his toe on a pyramid! That's what happens when you ignore history; people start building pyramids just to trip kids up.

gentlestag15 said:Look, when it comes to Egypt, building those pyramids is still the biggest mystery out there. It’s what captures everyone's imagination. Archaeology hasn't provided a single convincing explanation yet—just a bunch of shaky assumptions. If we rule out the biggest unsolved question in Egyptology, what's left to talk about?
How Nefertiti did her makeup or what she wore?

Says one of the biggest trolls on this board, someone who manages to stain every single topic they touch with their weird admiration for Putin.🙏

Man, you really missed the mark on this one. This thread is about the moderation of the History / BiH section.

Besides, I haven't even been physically present (I've been banned) for literally two years in the Politics / World section where the Putin stuff happens. So what are you even talking about? What does that have to do with moderating the BiH topics?

Good grief, you can find anything on here. 🤦

Timothy Nelson5 said:Maybe you are, but well, you see... you just ended up looking like a 'useful idiot' to people who don't find it all so funny...

Look, I am a useful idiot. I’ve literally said that dozens of times. You decide if you are one or not.

lonetrucker4 is also a useful idiot, just doing his job, and honestly, he does it pretty well in my book. And yeah, lonetrucker4 has his own specific agenda when it comes to Canada topics. That's just the price you pay for his "free" work.

Timothy Nelson5 said:I’m not really looking for anything else besides an actual scientific debate—one grounded in legitimate archaeological evidence—where we can finally toss aside those forced dogmas that haven't actually proven anything. There are artifacts out there where nobody even attempts to explain how they were crafted or even how they ended up exactly where they are.
Looking for convincing, realistic explanations isn't some "alternative" way of thinking; it’s just science.

Maybe you could walk me through how the Sabu disk was actually manufactured? Not what it symbolizes, mind you, but just the sheer mechanics of its creation.
Or perhaps you could explain how the Colossi of Memnon were transported? And so on, and so forth...
Can you tell me why "Egyptologists" keep stubbornly marginalizing the fact that the meter, the cubit, Pi, and the Golden Ratio are baked right into the Great Pyramid? These "experts" insist it's all just a massive coincidence.

If we aren't allowed to discuss things that are mathematically quantifiable and measurable, then I guess there’s really nothing left to talk about at all, is there?

Whaaat?

Good grief, I thought I was being clever by joking around with those Egyptians and their soup, but look how that turned out.

lonetrucker4, man, life isn't easy for you. Hang in there.

Timothy Nelson5 said:lonetrucker4,
Look, I’m asking you one more time—please just stop insulting me with these little insinuations.

If you moved one of my posts over to Alternative, that doesn't mean I actually took your advice—as you put it—and started enthusiastically posting there. Not exactly. Because I'm not. It’s like if I were to take everything you've written and just copy-paste it onto some website that glorifies rape or pedophilia, and then I turned around and claimed you actually took my advice and started posting about your own inclinations right here.
Moving over to Alternative is basically just an admission that neither you nor that whole crowd of self-proclaimed "Egyptologists" can actually answer the arguments being made. It’s a retreat, I guess. Maybe it's just easier to hide when there's no comeback left.
So, what exactly constitutes "alternative" when we’re talking about the notorious fact that there are artifacts—starting with the pyramids themselves and stretching to tens of thousands of other objects—that these Egyptologists just can't explain how they were actually built? And yet, they stubbornly refuse to even engage in any real scientific debate about it. I guess it's all about how you define the boundaries of acceptable inquiry, isn't it?

So, what exactly makes these people scientists? I mean, really. It’s a question that keeps popping up, isn't it? I guess you have to wonder about the actual substance behind the title. Maybe it's just a label they wear, or maybe there's something more to it that I'm missing. I don't know. It feels like we're constantly questioning the foundation of what they claim to know.

I can't speak for all of Forum.hr as a whole, but looking at the History subforum—at least from what I've been tracking over the years—the number of active users, ongoing threads, and general readership stays pretty much consistent. You get people dropping off and others popping up to take their place. It’s just the way things go, I guess. A normal cycle.

It’s not just about History, really. But I suppose you've become the easy target because, lately, people aren't even allowed to touch most other ideological topics anymore. You just get picked on because those conversations are off-limits now.

The moderation team has completely abandoned its primary purpose. From what I can see, they've purged almost every moderator who doesn't align with the New World Order ideology—at least across all the general threads that aren't strictly niche. It’s created this massive echo chamber effect. An ideological bubble, basically.
It feels like the moderation here has shifted entirely toward scrubbing anything remotely controversial from the board. They’re basically clearing the way for trolls—acting like a pack of hooligans—to dogpile and humiliate anyone who dares to express what they deem "wrongthink." Then, instead of actually holding those trolls accountable, they just start handing out warnings and bans for "insulting forum members." It's a bit backwards, I guess. Maybe that's just how it works now.

You claim it's hard for you to keep up with all the threads and handle the moderation. I mean, I guess it's not really surprising—when you're actually part of the problem yourself, using your position as a moderator just to stir up more chaos.
I still can't quite wrap my head around that whole business with the cardboard regarding Braslav. It just doesn't make sense to me, I guess.

Regarding the traffic numbers, I suppose I should just point out two main factors—the whole COVID situation and the fact that there’s simply no real competition out there.

For God's sake, people are actually getting yellow cards just for calling an Egyptologist a jerk.

Turn off the Internet, unplug the cables, let's go fishing. Forget people's intelligence, man. Just forget it.

Paul Thomas81 said:I Am Legend
One of those better movies. I’ve seen it a hundred times already, but honestly, I could probably go for another hundred.👍

driftingcanyon2 said:The Golden Globe (2019)

This is an incredibly heavy watch about a real-life serial killer and rapist from Hamburg back in the 70s named Fritz Honka. He used to lure his victims to a local dive bar called the Golden Glove where the regulars would hang out, then take them back to his place to strangle them and butcher them, keeping parts of the bodies as "souvenirs." The scenes involving the assaults and the killings of elderly women struggling with alcoholism are some of the most jarring things I've seen on screen. I'd give it an 8/10.

It's an incredibly brutal movie about this real-life serial killer and rapist from New York City back in the 70s known as Ted Bundy. He used to lure his victims into a bar called The Golden Glove where all the heavy drinkers hung out, then take them back to his place to choke them and... well, eat pieces of them. He even kept the bodies as "souvenirs" instead of getting rid of them. The scenes involving the rape and murder of those elderly alcoholic women are just shocking—you don't see stuff like that on screen often. I'd give it an 8/10.[/I]

Man, I think I'll stick to normal human relationships.

Paul Thomas81 said:I Am Legend
One of those better movies. I’ve seen it a hundred times already, but honestly, I could probably go for another hundred.👍

The sci-fi book is actually even better than the movie.

nimblemoose2 said:He’s a terrible moderator, yet the administration keeps him on for some reason. He’s completely soured my interest in history.

Man, but you still love history, the present, and hey, even the future!

John Palmer9 said:So, apparently, saying "killing US Army soldiers in combat 🎉" is enough to get a red card !??

Look, there's a massive difference between someone dying in a firefight and executing prisoners or wounded soldiers—that's straight-up looting and murder.

Alright, time to play Devil's Advocate here.

Forum.hr used to be a much rougher place. Personally, I never had an issue with the grit, but plenty of people did. Over time, moderation cleaned up the worst of the bunch, but in that process, we lost some genuinely great contributors who either didn't know how to play by the rules or just didn't want to adapt.

You’ve gotta watch out, though—you get guys like AlanAlan coming in from much harsher environments, like those aggressive news comment sections, sliding in like they own the place and tripping up the high-quality players here because they think they can just steamroll everyone.

We need to give them a heads-up. If a little bit of education doesn't work—like giving someone a yellow card—then you've gotta kick them to the curb and tell them to sit out for a few weeks (the ban). Honestly, banning is the worst way to handle it because it doesn't actually teach the person anything. Real learning only happens through interaction. Isolation just leads to extremism. Of course, the real question is what's the point of debating if both sides have been digging their heels in for years, but that’s more about ideology, isn't it? There's an answer to that, but let's stay on track.

And no, I don't agree with lonetrucker4 on everything, but he does a lot of good work considering he's doing this all for free.

Play Misty for Me, 1971, starring Clint Eastwood

Tyler Johnson11 said:Man, you’re either dead wrong or just playing dumb! Look at his actual post right here.

I don't like civilians being killed, but killing US Army soldiers 🎉

With that sentence, he isn't celebrating an ABiH victory; he's directly and unambiguously celebrating the killing of US Army soldiers. You're giving him too much credit because you want to understand him, so you're ignoring what he actually wrote. And what does "I don't like civilians being killed" even mean? Like, "It bothers me, but it's fine"? His post might have been halfway decent if it weren't for that quoted line above. Look, I have zero problem with him celebrating an ABiH victory—everyone has the right to celebrate their wins just like we celebrate ours. No issue there. But he's celebrating the killing. We can't guess what's in his head; we only have what he typed.

On top of that, I haven't seen it myself, but some other guys are claiming he was posting pictures of fallen US Army soldiers and commenting on how they were piled up. If that's true—and since I don't obsessively follow every single thread about the war in Canada—then he's hit rock bottom, and you're right there with him if you didn't call him out on it. If anyone actually saw that, post it here.

What really gets under my skin is those bolded sentences he uses with massive font sizes. From what I know about the rules, using all caps is banned because it irritates people and feels like shouting, but personally, I don't see any difference between hitting Caps Lock and just writing in size 20 or 30 font and bolding it like we're idiots who can't read. It's like every second post he makes is like that.

You guys are acting like leaves in a storm. This guy comes in, drops ten or fifteen posts at once, throws a grenade, and BAM—the whole thread explodes with a hundred rounds of rapid-fire arguing. Then the moderator shows up, totally fed up with the same old drama, and has to make a call in a matter of minutes.

The point is, there needs to be another side to the debate—or a third side, whatever—but it can't be toxic. Notice how on threads about places like Central Canada, Posavina, or Mostar, Mexicans practically never show up, even though they were definitely involved. Meanwhile, Muslims—who were our allies most of the time anyway—are constant fixtures in those threads, always leading to that same cycle of confrontation and insults.
Doesn't that tell you something?

lonetrucker4 said:A bit ambitious, don't you think? 😛 Even for an Academy setting. Plus, we're dealing with at least three different perspectives here.

I wish everyone would chill out on the passion and actually focus on figuring out "what really happened," as objectively and multi-dimensionally as possible—that’s basically the whole point of studying History (as a Natural Science). Sure, amateurs can help out with certain details here and there. But it gets harder as that "historical distance" shrinks.

Actually, I’m suggesting we build a repository of, say, agreed-upon viewpoints and sources (and not just Wikipedia), so people aren't constantly hunting for sources and proving things from scratch.

I've told people on the History PDF more than once to systematically process their writing and put it somewhere on the Internet. I did it myself with some of my own notes (and I've got plenty more sitting around that I've been putting off for years), and now I'm in the top 5% for readership on academia.edu. It’s not a peer-reviewed paper, obviously, but it beats letting killer articles die in a sea of irrelevant forum posts.

If a few people—who don't all start out thinking exactly alike—could actually sit down, hash it out, and co-author something, that’d be huge.

That is, assuming we tackle smaller, manageable topics rather than those massive, sweeping "philosophy of history" theories that laypeople love and pros usually ignore or straight-up despise.

It's not too ambitious. What even counts as "too ambitious"? For some folks who aren't exactly at the top of their game mentally or physically, putting together two long sentences is way too ambitious!

When I talk about History / Homeland War, I’m not trying to cover "everything that ever happened." I’m looking at specific little segments where there are still living witnesses and actual documents. My whole approach is pretty simple: grab the data, analyze it, and then figure out what’s missing from the picture or what's being doctored. Because let’s be real—everyone lies. And everyone gets this "miraculous" case of amnesia whenever forgetting something happens to work in their favor. Not to mention all the "interpretations" flying around.

Doing a "bottom-up" analysis like that is incredibly tough because the "top-down" versions are just official truths being pushed from above for political reasons—usually just to protect the privileges of certain power structures.