Honestly, I don't care if someone uses that kind of argument—it doesn't bother me personally—but hey, it’s fine if they write it as long as they don't get banned for it. Though, look, I really wouldn't want to get mixed up in all that. At the end of the day, once I'm done with my actual job, I have zero interest in playing moderator, deleting posts, or obsessing over how many strikes someone needs before they get kicked off.
Charles Ross3 changed her avatar, so I'm calling it quits on this topic—I'd rather stick to talking politics. 😁
Chloe Campbell95 said:Look, your one-sentence remark about that "propaganda comment" got wiped out simply because that specific comment was deleted too 😁. Did you even take a second look before jumping to the conclusion that your own post was the problem?
You've got a point there. Honestly, I was just poking a little fun—it felt like everyone on this thread was getting a bit too intense all of a sudden. I'm glad you popped up, though! It's always good to see a familiar face around here.
Man, my post just got wiped even though I’m a different user—I didn't realize I was asking something too similar to what someone else already posted. It feels like they let all the propaganda fly through, but the second you offer any actual criticism, they delete it (honestly, thanks mods, I'm thrilled!) or just ban you entirely (from what I can see).
Look, Fraer might not have a background in the private sector, but I'm voting for him anyway, and no comment on that is going to change my mind. We have someone running this entire country who hasn't spent a single day working in the private sector!
Let's try a little bit of pluralism on his thread. You guys have a few hours left.
Matthew Young35 said:Then the whole forum just stops working.
Your internal compass is totally broken. The OKP section lives in the Corona PDF—not in Politics. 😁 In the Politics section, if you buy a moderator a beer, they’ll basically let anyone say whatever nonsense they want to other users. And hey, regarding those animal comparisons—go read some Orwell; apparently, even public discourse has its limits.
Just kidding! We aren't living on Jupiter or anything, and honestly, you're right to start this thread—you just got your wires crossed.
Moderation in the Politics section is way looser than it is in the entire Corona PDF, and man, I really hope it stays that way. If the moderators from Politics ever started acting like that over here, I’d shut this whole forum down myself. You'll see them all migrating to that thread. Seriously though, kudos to everyone in Politics for keeping this topic going from day one until now.
Sometimes I honestly wonder if there's any truth to that old cliché—you know, the one about how teachers and doctors aren't just working jobs, but following a "calling."
And look, I get it, we all need to pay the bills, but I just don't get why some people are acting so terrified. In my own line of work, I've been around people multiple times who tested positive via PCR-RT. Between keeping some distance and just having the windows wide open, I really don't see how a virus is supposed to just leap three feet through the air at you.
As for that girl over there who's convinced kids have weaker CDC-serological results than the working population—maybe she should try Googling "CDC-serological" for once. Once she actually posts a link to her findings, I’ll be more than happy to give her an argument for why things are the way they are (and honestly, it'll probably be in her favor). 😁
I’d bet anything that most grandparents would gladly agree to skip seeing their grandkids for a while if it meant the kids could just socialize normally like they should at that age—and actually have the same shot at getting into college as they did two years ago.
It blows my mind that anyone finds it SCANDALOUS that kids are being let out to play on a playground in a sun-drenched city like Miami instead of being stuck in Washington, D.C. Have we really sunk this low?
edit: I won't even get started on how teenagers mock teachers for shaving their heads or whatever. That shouldn't even be their business. Most of them cruised right through it—to those kids, it was nothing more than a common cold.
Exactly. Look, I’ve brought this point up more than a few times now, and my posts haven't been deleted—not once. It's not like I'm just some pushover trying to stay on the good side of the admins or whatever.
Even though I don't personally agree with how things are handled, sometimes a topic just boils over if people have piled up too much "off-topic" stuff. We all know that on that specific "paid" PDF thread—which is basically a total nightmare compared to the actual politics section—it’s always been strictly forbidden to comment on the moderation of other subforums, or even just general moderation in general.
silverviper44 said:Who’s to blame here? Is it my fault I don't have any buddies in high places, or that I refused to play ball with corrupt politicians?
Based on what you wrote, I guess that's exactly who you are.
Man, please—don't go posting nonsense like that out of nowhere. It’s just ridiculous. 😁 Look, maybe we aren't exactly "easy" when it comes to doing business, but he isn't just looking for a way to scrape by or move overseas—he wants to hit it big (okay, maybe that's a stretch, but you know what I mean!). He wants to invest and actually see a return. There are plenty of fast-moving startups out there that would kill for some seed capital without having to jump through endless hoops or deal with massive interest rates. If he had just bought into something like Marriott or some other big corporate giant, I bet he'd be sitting pretty right now.
Why would you even bother going? Just because you didn't know how to handle things back then doesn't mean you should try to block him now.
The whole idea behind low interest rates is basically forcing people to push their savings—their allocation, if you will—into much riskier territory. I'd take that over some government stimulus package from the federal government any day. What we're seeing here is the beginning of real oversight. For instance, I’d honestly pay someone like a high-end fashion consultant just to give me their take after looking over my balance sheet. Look, I’m not exactly a huge fan of Elon Musk, but if I had decided to jump in, I’d be looking to grow my seed money right now. That’s why we really need more venture capital funds out there. Maybe we should even let retirees have the option to seed about 0.1% of their assets into startups.
crimsonwalker9 said:I’m looking for some guidance or perhaps a solid recommendation here. Basically, I’ve been on the hunt for a smaller firm in the States that’s currently scouting for investors, or maybe one that’s looking to offload all or just a portion of its operations.
Now, I totally get that this kind of intel usually lands in your lap by pure chance—either through some high-level networking or by pinpointing a specific company and reaching out to the owner directly.
But beyond that, are there any other forums, niche boards, or similar circles where someone might actually stumble upon this kind of information?
Look, I think there are definitely companies out there that just milk clients by peddling some fake credit rating or whatever.
Just Google "business credit" and ask them how much it costs to pull a report on those "gazelles"—you know, the ones showing basic revenue and growth patterns. If you aren't looking at just this current year, try hunting for an LLC that’s been growing for five years straight but whose curve has finally started to dip—that's your signal they're hungry for capital.
Once you've profiled about a hundred of them and narrowed it down to at least ten, come back here and let us know which industries they're actually in.
Honestly, it's a pretty risky bet because, in the stock market, you could take that same amount of money and spread it across at least five different businesses. Plus, all those filings are public record and easy to find if you know where to look. It might actually be smarter to just put your money into some kind of venture capital fund. Personally, I wouldn't even touch direct investing unless I had something like $1 million in liquid cash sitting there—and even then, only if I had experience running a massive operation of that scale.
I noticed some people turned gray afterward. She’s a smart cook, really—totally brilliant—but she definitely overdoes it sometimes. You've gotta keep her on a short leash. 😁
Morgan Peterson said:I think I might have missed the part where the moderator wanders over to the unmoderated section of the forum and drops a warning that the thread is being moderated from now on.
Richard Perez3 probably just forgot how we actually handle things here. 😁
Jeremy Brooks87 said:She got all worked up the second she showed up in the PDF and started causing trouble—she basically begged for a ban herself, which she got, and then she came back and kept throwing insults, so yeah, she definitely earned a heavy penalty...
Man, I didn't know that. Maybe she did deserve it, but there are plenty of other people in there who didn't even get a slap on the wrist, despite all the insults flying around back in 2016.
Sam Alvarez4 said:Personally, I only posted a couple of comments at the very beginning. Once the political lecturing started—ugh, so annoying—I stopped chiming in. But I’ve still been lurking and reading everything.
You're commenting on a politics thread, not the corona PDF (take a look at the title)!
They really should have handed out a few warnings and put up a red alert saying long-term bans are coming next. That's how Cuka handles the politics section, and honestly, I think that's solid moderation.
Noah Fowler3 said:Ever heard of just logging out manually?
I guess I didn't explain myself very well—what I mean is, when I want (and let's be honest, sometimes it's a necessary evil) to just browse the forums via Tapatalk without anyone being able to track my activity, the app just logs me out by default. It didn't used to work this way.
That’s the truth—other people in this thread were being pretty insulting too, honestly. If you actually took the time to dig a little deeper, you'd find enough violations to fill a whole textbook.
Maybe I’m just getting old and missing something here, but does Tapatalk keep you logged in constantly? Like, if I’m sitting on the beach right now and decide to type this out, I stay logged in—active and ready—and suddenly I’ve got ten different notifications popping up from all sorts of random people on the forums. This might sound hilarious to some of you, but honestly, my little ritual is to just delete the app entirely and then reinstall it all over again. 🤦
And then I go through the whole struggle of manually adding "-Tapatalk" to the end of every single post I make.
But seriously, those signatures that show off the specific phone model? They drive me crazy. Tapatalk would be perfectly fine by me, because I actually love knowing when someone is posting on the fly from their phone.
I honestly think trolls can actually be great for a debate—as long as things stay dynamic and moving. Personally, I’d knock Djindjic's sentence down to just one month. Three months feels way too harsh to me, you know? I really enjoyed catching up on this thread over my morning coffee. It was such a blast reading through all this.
It’s a real shame Stipet isn't posting any PDFs lately. He was always such a solid poster.
I’m honestly bummed that you guys banned the people actually debating and handed the thread back over to the mods. It’s just not going to be any fun now—not that it matters much, since that whole festival is ancient history anyway.
I might be getting old and my memory isn't what it used to be, but I swear I remember threads like this—completely unmoderated—back when this forum first started out in the early days.
Alright Nica, you might as well just lock this one down too. Masks are the absolute gold standard—honestly, I hope your kids are wearing them at school every single day. It doesn't even matter if the R0 jumped to 2 while everyone was masked up.
You guys are basically Google's little servants now; back in the day, people didn't have to hide behind PDFs on this forum. 👍 Everything is just peachy. Please, just don't bother showing up once the protests are over. End of story.
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The main thing is that Anderson left this topic "open" for criticism. Just great.
I asked in that locked thread why the masks were being shut down, but I didn't get an answer from anyone. Did you guys lock the topic just because of Google's algorithms, or was it because it was giving the mods a massive headache? I’m asking the Admin directly since Z_K totally ignored me.
Gerald Chavez7, look, I know you're probably off enjoying some downtime, but seriously—open this thread up! You’re a great mod, really, I mean it, but you've been keeping this awesome discussion under lock and key for way too long.
And honestly? These masks are a complete scam. Even the Swedes aren't wearing them. ☕
Man, Charles Fox10 really threw me for a loop there. I’m pulling my application.
The whole topic is actually pretty interesting though. ☕ It’s like CNN and Fox News had a baby. Honestly, it feels like both sides have really done their homework on this one. 😳