Posts by James Anderson5

Amanda Evans2 said:Hracak actually has a pretty decent internal friction coefficient. Let's not underestimate him too easily...

It really all comes down to its density and composition, too, that much is true...

Amanda Evans2 said:Exactly which lubricant are we talking about here?

as long as it isn't Hracak, it's fine 😁
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Noah Roberts46 said:Look, things are pretty much off-limits up on Mount Rainier for a while, but I suspect there’s similar activity happening near Mount Shasta. Still, all this panic about immigrants feels like a massive overreaction.

There isn't much happening at Snježnik since Platak is actually closer. It’s not an exaggeration, it's just that the media doesn't report on everything. Some contacts I have in law enforcement tell me that if the actual numbers of crossings were public, everyone would be demanding the National Guard be sent to the borders

As for Bjelolasica and Mrkopalj, those areas are right in the middle of the routes they have saved on their phones, along with maps and all that data

A lot of them carry knives, and occasionally they'll vandalize a hiker's car. Even more isolated houses and mountain lodges have become regular targets. They even target homes with visible crosses. This is what field officers tell me directly, so it's not just rumors...

Obviously, it doesn't mean someone will break into your car if you leave it there, and most will probably try to avoid drawing attention. But why take the risk when there are plenty of other places to go...

Michelle Palmer6 said:*grams

🤣

Noah Roberts46... He says...
🤣🤣

Honestly, nothing beats heading out to the mountains, especially places like the Rockies or the Appalachians... They aren't too demanding, and you can just head home after a great day feeling totally refreshed. Plus, nobody’s going to judge you for taking a little time for yourself... ☕

It’ll be especially peaceful sleeping out by Mount Rainier or under the peaks of the Sierra Nevada, where migrants have broken in four or five times over the last year. Though, who knows, maybe they'll even pick up a few extra grams from them... 😁

If they're heading out into the woods for the first time, it'd be smarter if they stayed clear of the Rockies and the surrounding areas... just a thought...

Honestly, this isn't bad at all—it’s like an alternative ending for GOT

Matthew Young35 said:The Pro version would definitely be the better way to go.
Isn't the screen on these standard models just a bit too small?
It feels similar to what I experienced with the Samsung lineup. The S8, S9, and S10 all have a width comparable to Newcastle's bench.
Then again, they are about as tall as the Liverpool and Tottenham defenses combined.

That’s why it makes sense to grab the Plus versions; they should be plenty big enough for anyone...

Amanda Evans2 said:The iPhone X is an absolute beast of a phone; it feels lightyears ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S10 I’m currently lugging around, and having used the original X briefly before that, the jump is massive.
When you look at sheer functionality, speed, and just meeting everyday needs, an iPhone makes an Android device look like a quaint little town square fountain by comparison—and believe me, I’ve tried them all.
Right now, I’m running two different Android devices, and both of them have at least ten specific flaws that I simply never encountered while using an iPhone, despite having switched back and forth several times...

So, what are those specific Android flaws or issues with the S10 compared to the iPhone X, besides maybe being a split second slower to load things?

https://www.vidilab.com/teme/uspored...s9-vs-iphone-x

It seems to me there are just two camps—those who love Samsung and those who swear by Apple. I haven't noticed much else beyond personal preference...

Peter Thompson4 said:Too young.

We won't actually see any real progress until this entire generation born in the 60s finally kicks the bucket, but the real headache is how they’re busy breeding their own successors to keep the whole corrupt system running—like some junior wing of the Republican Party or whatever.
Take my boss, for instance, a small business owner who's basically a total fraud; he’s out here demanding high-end talent while trying to pay people peanuts by outsourcing everything to Mexico, which is just pathetic. Or even worse, I once overheard one of the partners from a massive firm like Deloitte or KPMG at a Christmas party making these ridiculous comments about how they weren't going to bother giving us anything decent.
It's all that toxic "I brought you into this world, so I can take you out of it" kind of nonsense...

But honestly, I've already made my call, because I refuse to sit around waiting and let my daughter grow up in a world where she might actually have to deal with this mess.

It’s basically Feudalism 2.0, though most people don't even realize it. I heard one politician back in the 90s actually said, "And now we'll be here for another 50 years"...

The biggest joke lately is that guy Juričan—he basically tried to rename himself Milan Bandić, and now they’ve actually overturned his decision. Talk about peak trolling 🙏
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Politics is incredibly lucrative; the political elite here has amassed millions in dollars, even at the mid-level positions. These massive sums, which you could never accumulate through legitimate means even in the rest of the West, are pulled in here in a heartbeat...

https://www.express.com/top-news/wealthy-elites-and-their-mansions

I wonder how much unreported cash they actually have tucked away. This is just the public data for a handful of them, not even counting offshore accounts or money funneled to relatives...

A specialist doctor in the US might pull in $10k a month, or about $120k a year. Even if they save half their paycheck, they’ll hit maybe $10 million after 20 years with some interest. To match what our "middle management" types make, they’d have to spend decades studying and training, only to move abroad by age 35. Meanwhile, some low-level bureaucrat with a fraction of that education can rake in the same amount during a single term as a local official or someone managing high-profit land rezoning projects. The higher-ups? They’ll literally never catch up, even with double the salary...

The political scene is basically a closed loop, reserved for those with the right connections or old-school ties. There isn't room for any newcomers to shake things up; they just get crushed by paid media or other tactics before they can gain momentum. I don't even believe certain political parties dissolved on their own without outside interference once they started threatening the status quo. That’s how all the minor opposition groups have crumbled...

We might be a relatively small country, but the money moving through here is anything but small. Look at the scandals where consultants walked away with hundreds of millions. The corruption involving environmental destruction is estimated in the billions. And don't even get me started on the privatization of major banks. At the end of the day, politicians are just the faces for much more powerful players who pull the strings for their own benefit...

wearyangler55 said:I don't even know why you're surprised, man. The whole damn country is out of its mind. We're just destroying ourselves and selling ourselves out. It's like we don't even understand what it means to actually have a nation. This kind of behavior would almost make sense if we were some stateless group just trying to suck whatever blood we can from our masters or whoever's running the show, but we aren't.

That mayor and the Republicans are stories all their own. Honestly, if that guy dropped a nuke on NYC, he’d probably still win the election there, just like the GOP. Hell, if they sold us out to a foreign power again, those same assholes would still pull 30-35% of the vote. The Democrats are supposed to be the social-justice party, but most of them are just big-time capitalists like Trump, and the kids playing politics are basically just building walls. The bridge is totally broken and nobody's even stepped up to fix the foundation yet—and I don't mean literal infrastructure, I mean the parties themselves.

Just look at that millionaire prick over there; he's got his hands in everything and nobody can touch him...

And all of this has led to a point where people just don't give a damn. They only care about looking out for themselves, and the "greater good"? Who cares about that? And it’s not just at the national level, either. You see it right in my own apartment building. We've got 17 units in a five-story building, and we have trash containers kept inside an enclosed area, but half the residents won't even put their garbage *in* the bins. They just leave it sitting next to them, and then during the HOA meetings, they start whining about the cockroaches. When you actually tell them, "Hey, it's because you're being lazy," they're ready to throw hands over you having the audacity to say it to them... it's pathetic.

We're a total circus.

I think the situation isn't quite like that, and the polls everyone cites are totally rigged to maintain this specific illusion. First off, the sample sizes are tiny. Second, the lead pollster who predicts election results admitted himself that polling is highly questionable now because while 30-40% of people used to participate, now barely 10% do. You have to assume that 10% represents the hardcore voters for various sides. Plus, you see online polls where the GOP gets around 10%, which feels pretty realistic...

The mayor barely gets 25% of the vote, which is mostly just families employed by the city or local government contractors—people tied to political kickbacks—along with certain interest groups and people working for companies linked to the city's economy. On top of that, the major parties didn't even put forward any relevant candidates; the Democrats didn't even run anyone, which makes it obvious there’s some sort of backroom deal going on. I’m convinced the candidate is just a puppet for the mayor; after all, the city's legal interests are tied directly to the Democratic machine, so you could say the mayor has them in a stranglehold...

So, the mayor and the GOP are backed by an economically dependent or just plain narrow-minded crowd. It’s not a huge group, but they’re managed by a cunning elite and a shadow bureaucracy positioned in strategic spots. They’ve split the right wing into half a dozen tiny parties and took over the liberal side long ago, while using connected media outlets to smear other parties so the general public stays away from the polls. Those who actually do run often fail to hit the threshold, and those votes just get redistributed to the winners: mostly the GOP and the Democrats... 😁

A higher turnout for a third option would absolutely kill that establishment. That’s why they fight against things like easier voting access; they live off the belief they've created—that nothing can ever change...

Elizabeth Mendoza said:It’s like an electric vacuum cleaner—if someone jumps you in a situation like that, you just pull the trigger and watch them twitch on the ground.

By the way, what is up with these kids out at night lately? It’s not normal. They’re aggressive, acting possessed, totally wasted, just prowling around looking for someone to beat up. And the police? Nowhere to be found. They don't have the manpower or the authority to actually do anything. This has always been a thing, but I have to admit, over the last two or three years, it’s become extreme. I honestly don't feel safe walking around the city at night anymore.

A buddy of mine got jumped twice while he was driving for Uber. The guy was only two years away from retirement and was doing the driving thing to stack some extra cash. The first time, three punks broke his ribs; they dragged him out of his car, kicked the life out of him, and stole his earnings. The second time, they clocked him in the head with a telescopic baton.

I haven't really been going out much these last few years, so I can't say for sure, but what you described is horrifying. I don't get why there aren't enough cops on the beat, especially since our population density makes us one of the most heavily policed areas in the country. Though, I suppose I don't know how many are being diverted to the border for migrant issues. With the warmer weather coming, things are going to get even messier when they start heading back up north...

I'm not sure how many people realize this, but hikers usually have a better idea of how many of them are lurking in the woods along certain trails. Even if they get caught, they just try to slip away again...

It’s honestly such a heartbreak when local idiots dump sewage into the Great Lakes, yet you know half a million people will never actually step up to do anything about it.

I actually saw that happen today, it was wild. Another crazy thing is how being a private landowner doesn't even let you stop hunters from chasing game and swinging rifles around on your own property
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Well, you just gotta deal with it...

Robert Torres said:here are some doc recs

if I had a time machine, I’d head straight back to 1969 to rural Arkansas, just to find this guy and have him teach me some real self-defense... 🙏

and in that scenario, I'd be 😂

about Issie

Anyway, they have the exact same voting rights as you do... ☕

Nancy Sanchez31 said:brightpilot6 is being ridiculous here...

I’m looking at this and I honestly don't see how anyone could call this plagiarism. It's not like you can really steal this, right?

Look at those bellies, especially darkrider55 rocking that electric guitar...🤣

Give them a good haircut, blast them with a pressure washer, and send them off to basic training at Fort Benning...☕

Man, what has this whole mess actually turned into?

https://www.nytimes.com/us/news/investigation-into-corporate-fraud...

She even opened up about her experience back in the nineties when she was reporting on corporate fraud and corrupt officials. Apparently, after she published those files, someone sent a box to the newsroom disguised as a gift, but there was a dead cat inside. She faced threats personally too, with people showing up at her house. Even though she reported everything to the FBI, it felt like every time she did, there was just this subtle pressure to drop the subject...

Walter Grant5 said:Yeah, I got banned while they got off scot-free. The whole group just kept trolling right after the mod gave them a warning—that’s actually why I got nuked. I even told them right then and there that I was reporting them.

Honestly? I wanted things to blow up just to show how ridiculous the whole thing is.

And yeah, I write "essays" because I feel like it. Just because I can doesn't mean I'm gonna act like an idiot all the time. But this one? I did it because I could. And because I wanted to. ☕

I think that move was a little bit weak, but hopefully you'll play it smarter next time...

Like Robert Torres says, if we stripped away all the sarcasm, trolling, and nonsense, this place would be as dull as death and die out in no time... The only line I draw—and the reason I’ve actually spoken up publicly instead of just DMing the mods—is when things get personally abusive. That kind of stuff shouldn't have a place here...

Paul Martinez73 said:I’m not exactly a regular contributor here; I spend most of my time lurking and reading rather than typing. Honestly, I couldn't care less about the whole Yankees versus Red Sox rivalry, and I don't really have a favorite team in the MLB. I drifted over to Robert Torres's circle because his writing actually had some charm, but then I saw the likes of Prcijas and Klobucar hanging around and lost interest... Madrono is Mexican, so the local crowd hasn't exactly won me over yet. I’d much rather pick fights on Reddit and collect bans ☕

restlesssurfer97 had some solid points and I genuinely enjoyed our debates, but man, he could be absolutely exhausting sometimes—he just didn't know when to quit and would push things way too far. But hey, whatever, life goes on without him. The rest of the crew puts up some decent posts, but there's just too much mindless trolling about whether Rambo is a villain or a victim, or if Sukija's bite is 2 inches or 6 inches...

I totally get where you're coming from. Just imagine if you found out later on that Robert Torres was Jewish... everyone would be giving you a hard time about that camp... 👍