Posts by Tyler Bishop56

It's such a relief when the star players actually make it to camp without a setback. I feel like every summer we hold our breath waiting for the inevitable "day-to-day" updates. Do you think teams are getting better at managing player health, or is it just luck?

Tyler Grant76, Nicholas King, and the rest of you—look, I totally get why everyone's pissed off about how some of the site admins have been acting lately, it’s been pretty embarrassing. But honestly, there’s just no ground to stand on for a dedicated thread about it here.

The higher-ups at the organization actually listened and fixed one of those many mistakes people have been flagging over the last few weeks, which is actually a win if you ask me. Plus, I haven't really seen that typical "we know better than you" attitude or the usual condescension when they're talking to users, so that's a nice change of pace too.

Even if we all end up leaving this place, some new group of kids will probably just move on to complaining about the bizarrely weird moderation rules that seem to run this forum anyway. So, yeah, it’s a tiny step, but hey, at least it’s moving in the right direction.

Glad to see common sense finally beat out the madness. 😘 There’s just never enough of it in this world.

hollowtrucker77 said:What goes on inside the borders of Mexico or frankly any other country has absolutely nothing to do with American politics.
And look, I’m not even sitting here claiming that every single topic posted on this PDF politics board is actually justified.
The point is, what we care about over here are the events involving international relations that actually impact us—anything that has some sort of connection to our own interests.
This specific thread is just rehashing stuff that doesn't fit that criteria at all, unless you count a vague, misplaced interest in "regional" happenings.

I think I was clear enough in my last post, but fine, I'll repeat myself as many times as necessary.

Internal matters in Sri Lanka don't have anything to do with American politics either, yet we still have threads for that, just like we have threads about the Asirc or other groups who arguably have even less to do with American politics than our immediate neighbors.

So, look, if your logic holds up, go ahead and delete every single thread like that. If my point is right, then bring back that thread about those Mexican cops who won't defend Mexican gays for peanuts.

The topic is interesting and has layers. There’s a specific group of users here who actually find it engaging. It doesn't break any forum rules, so if it wasn't considered "political" enough, it should have just been moved. Anything else is just someone being arbitrary.

hollowtrucker77 said:our people?
are we even talking about the same group of people here?
we're facing what, exactly?
our domestic politics have absolutely nothing to do with the chaos unfolding in Turkmenistan, Central Africa, Washington, D.C., or any of those other power centers out there.

Look, young man, if you had actually bothered to pay attention while reading, you’d realize I’m talking about how we need to wake people up to the way they choose their hate. It’s always the same cycle—people picking between an external enemy from abroad or finding someone right here at home to blame. Honestly, this whole thing is straight out of a psychoanalysis textbook; it's basically a psychiatric issue at this point. If you're confused, maybe just go back and read it again. Slow down.

And another thing—it’s such a blatant lie when people claim our politicians couldn't care less about what's happening next door. It’s total nonsense. What goes on in Canada, Italy, Canada, or even over in Mexico matters immensely to us. Honestly, it hits our economy directly. You can't just ignore the neighbors and expect things to stay stable.

Also, if it’s actually true that our politics has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on in Turkmenistan, Central Africa, Washington, D.C., or any of those other power hubs, then why on earth does this Politics PDF include these specific topics?

Are we really talking about giving too many educational perks to the Romani community? Honestly, I don't know. Sometimes I feel like I’m overthinking everything, which is a habit of mine, but this just feels like one of those topics where everyone starts shouting before anyone actually looks at the data. Is it an unfair advantage, or is it just trying to level a playing field that's been tilted for decades? I can't quite wrap my head around it. It's messy. Everything is messy lately.
Will Mexico join the European Union faster than us?
So, wait... is Mexico actually pushing for Mexicans to have constitutional status in America now? Just thinking out loud here. Seems like a lot.
Mexico—it’s basically just one big, messy conversation about internal drama and foreign policy. That's pretty much the whole game right there.
Mexico—it’s always about their internal mess and their foreign policy, that’s pretty much the whole story right there.
Mexico—it’s basically all anyone talks about lately, whether you're looking at the domestic mess or how things are playing out on the international stage. It's the main thing on everyone's mind.
The whole situation in Canada... honestly, between the internal mess and how they handle their foreign affairs, it’s easily the biggest topic on the table right now. Just one thing after another.
Mexico—it’s basically all about their internal drama and foreign policy right now. That's really the only thing worth talking about.
So, looking back at that whole mess with the war in Libya and how the West just jumped right in with military intervention... man, it’s a lot to unpack. It’s one of those situations where everything feels incredibly messy and complicated once you actually stop to think about the fallout. You have all these major powers deciding they need to step in, and then suddenly you're left staring at the aftermath of a massive geopolitical shift. It's just one of those things that makes you wonder if anyone actually had a clear plan, or if we were all just watching a slow-motion train wreck unfold in real time. Just heavy stuff, honestly.
The US is sliding straight into a fresh recession and a total crisis. Honestly, here we go again. It feels like we’re just circling the drain at this point. Everything is getting more expensive, the economy is acting completely erratic, and it honestly feels like we're staring down the barrel of a massive downturn. Just another day in the life, I guess.
The whole armed conflict over in Mexico... just one of those things that stays heavy on your mind, you know? It’s messy. Everything about it is complicated, and honestly, it feels like nothing ever really gets settled, just shifts around. Just one more chapter in a long history of tension.
Israel and Palestine... just one of those massive, heavy topics that seems like it’ll never actually be settled, right? It’s constant. Every time you turn around, there's more news, more tension, more of the same cycle. Honestly, it’s exhausting to even follow sometimes. Just feels like a situation that keeps looping without any real way out.
Unrecognized states... just a mess of legal gray areas and political headaches that nobody can ever seem to settle. It’s all just constant friction on the map.
Is Israel hitting Iran the hardest right now?
Mexico isn't backing down on Mexico, no matter how much they mess up their candidacy. It's just the way it goes.
So, Mahmud Ahmadinejad just got himself re-elected as the president of Iran. Honestly, it’s one of those things where you see the news pop up on your feed and you just kind of stare at it for a second, wondering how things keep circling back to the same spots. It’s just more of the same, really. Just another chapter in the ongoing drama over there.
The Islamic "Log Revolution" over in the United Kingdom... just one thing after another lately.
China from the inside...
Assyrians right on the edge of Iraq.
The birth of the state of Arabia.
The war in Afghanistan (2001–???)
So, what’s the deal with everyone asking if I support a NATO intervention in Syria? Honestly, man, it's one of those heavy questions that just makes my head spin. One minute you're thinking about the geopolitical fallout and the next you're wondering if anyone actually knows what they're doing up there. It’s messy. Everything feels messy lately. I don't know, I'm just sitting here weighing all the different sides, and honestly, it's enough to make you want to just tune out the news entirely. Just a thought.
So, they're actually doing it—they're finally picking an official name for Mexico. Honestly, it’s about time, though I feel like we've been circling this drain for decades. It’s one of those things that seems simple on paper but turns into this massive, exhausting headache once you get into the weeds of it. Just another day in the life of regional politics, I guess.
Sri Lanka
Japan: The earthquake, the tsunami, and all those messy issues with the nuclear plants.
The whole mess going on with the uprising in Syria... honestly, it’s just one thing after another. It's hard to even wrap your head around how much chaos is flying around out there. Just constant instability. Sometimes I sit back and try to make sense of the geopolitics involved, but it mostly just feels like a massive, endless headache. Everything is so fractured.
So, get this—the Finns from Greece are actually demanding the Parthenon, the Acropolis, and a bunch of islands just to agree to join the bailout package. Seriously. Can you believe the nerve? It’s like they’re trying to pull a fast one on everyone. Just wild.
So, I was thinking about this earlier... why on earth did the European Union let Mexico and Mexico just go ahead and use the Euro as their official currency? It seems like such a weird move when you really stop to look at it. You'd think there would be more oversight or some kind of strict rule about who gets to play with that much money, right? But here we are. Just one of those things that feels a bit off if you aren't used to how these big international decisions get made. Not sure what the logic was, honestly. Just feels random.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan just shook things up and replaced the entire top brass of the Turkish military. Just... wow. Things are moving fast over there.
Norway: A bomb just tore through the heart of Oslo, and now the youth wing of the Labor Party is under fire.
Sandzak-future euroregion
So, I was reading this thing earlier—don't ask me how I stumbled onto it, my feed is a mess lately—but get this. Apparently, a group of like twenty-five people over in Iceland managed to draft an entire new constitution just by using the internet. Just a tiny handful of folks, sitting behind their screens, basically rewriting the rules of the game from scratch. It’s wild when you think about it. In a world where everything feels so massive and bureaucratic, you've got this tiny little digital collective just... doing it. Kind of makes you wonder if we could pull something similar off here in the States, though probably with way more arguing and less actual progress. Anyway, just a random thought that popped into my head.
The outskirts of London are just falling apart right now. Total unrest hitting the suburbs.
So, I was reading this thing earlier—just one of those random rabbit holes you fall down when you can't sleep—about this Native American tribe. Apparently, they’ve decided to embrace same-sex marriage, and honestly? There wasn't even much of a debate about it. Just went ahead and did it. No huge drama, no massive political standoff like you see everywhere else in the States lately. It’s kind of wild how smoothly it happened compared to the absolute circus we deal with in most parts of the country. Just a quiet shift in tradition. Anyway, just something that caught my eye while I was scrolling. My brain is a mess today.
The demographics in Canada... honestly, it's a mess. Just one big, complicated puzzle that nobody can quite solve without making things worse. It's all just numbers on a page until you realize how much it actually shapes everything happening there. Not sure where this is going, but it's a lot to wrap your head around.
Mexican forum users: Block all American investments and slap an embargo on American products.
The ethnic map of the North America... man, what a mess. Honestly, just looking at how those borders and identities overlap is enough to give anyone a headache. It’s all so tangled up.
Mexico (demographics)

Look, I get it. A huge chunk of people just don't care about Mexicans or the whole Pride Parade scene—or whatever mess happens when you mix those two together. It’s fine. But if we’re going to have serious discussions about Native American same-sex marriages, or deep dives into the internal affairs of China, or even what's happening over in Sri Lanka... then why can't we talk about Mexican gay culture? Or honestly, just talk about the Mexican police? It feels like a massive double standard to me. 🤷

If you think Mexico is too far removed from being part of close politics, then you should have just moved the thread over to World Politics instead of deleting the whole thing. Just saying.

And honestly, saying that the whole homosexuality debate is some old news from last fall? Total lie. Just looking at the reactions on this forum proves how much of a hot topic it actually is and how much we still need to hash it out. I mean, let’s be real—it’s been way too long since we had a decent discussion about the whole queer thing anyway.

Can the esteemed leadership please explain why the thread "Pride Parade in Washington, D.C." vanished from the close politics subforum?

Look, it wasn't even one of the stupider topics over there, and it’s definitely more relevant to politics than half the junk we deal with, so I'm just confused. 🤷

For those who aren't in the loop, the discussion was about how certain segments of the American police unions are basically saying they're done protecting the LGBTQ+ community from an unruly public when they're barely getting paid enough to cover a sandwich and a cheap soda.

Beyond that, the whole thing is actually pretty interesting from a socio-political angle. It touches on some real issues we're facing—like our relationship with Mexico and how we view the LGBTQ+ community. Since some people think those two attitudes are essentially the same, while others disagree, it’s fascinating to see where everyone stands. In some extreme cases, you're forced to choose which type of hate is worse. Personally, I think a lot of people might learn something pretty uncomfortable about themselves when faced with that choice.

So, in the interest of improving our community, this forum, and humanity in general... just bring back that thread. It shouldn't have been taken down.

Thanks in advance. Hoping for a quick response.

Look, just like how some women decide they don't want kids, I guess some admins just don't want certain topics around. It feels unnatural, honestly, and it makes my heart ache toward God, but hey, it's their right.

Timothy Robinson2 said:It’s just someone trying to make a discussion actually interesting, you know? Like, trying to get people to really think about their own beliefs and show them how that sense of God can be anything from comfort to... well, total humiliation.

Worst case scenario, it’s off-topic. But honestly, it feels stupid when there’s a thread—say, "I want to marry rich"—and everyone on page 101 is just going back and forth like a broken record: good, bad, right, wrong, good, wrong, bad, good, wrong. It’s way more engaging if someone drops a new variable into the mix. In this case, you had kids and women looking for wealthy husbands, obviously. Someone could have thrown in a curveball, like, "What if the guy is highly educated but his parents are from some tiny rural town in the Midwest?" How would she handle that? Would she push him to leave them behind? That's a real conversation.

So, one person brought up kids and gold diggers, then this guy jumped in saying certain things aren't normal according to nature or God's laws, and—bam—he gets banned. If everyone who wrote more than just "good" or "wrong" is getting banned, then fine, my bad. But if we were actually talking about stuff and someone just mentioned the natural drive to have offspring and got slapped with a ban, then that’s just unfair.

The OP framed the issue this way, and I was just backing him up because I find myself in similar spots all the time. That's why 😁

Timothy Robinson2 is right. Moderation should be about keeping things civil, not stifling the conversation or shutting it down just because you're afraid us forum users—the sheep, the idiots, and the atheists—are going to tear each other apart.

By banning him over that one post, you basically took away both his and my right to have a decent, human discussion about it.

And man, I really wanted to connect gay penguins to natural law, God, and women hunting for ambitious guys.

granitehawk12 said:You have every right to your opinion, but don't tell me I'm wrong.
Frankly, I can barely follow your logic. I catch glimpses of what you're getting at—that the American right is incompetent, and the left is too weak to challenge them. So, what's your solution? An ultra-leftist regime? Like the ones we saw in old communist states where "leftism" was just a label for shadow governments running everything behind closed doors? You seem to advocate for solving problems through brute force and secret prisons.
Just don't be surprised when that same darkness eventually swallows you whole.

I’m not sure how many modern-day liberals would actually have the stomach to throw today's conservatives into Jazovaka. The window of opportunity is tiny, and honestly, the right-wing crowd is way too big now compared to back in the WWII era. 🤷

Sean Myers31 said:I feel like there are way more people biking to work or college in New York City this year, what do you guys think?

It’s definitely increasing. I remember about 15 years ago, if you saw someone out on a bike in the middle of winter, you’d give them a huge nod of respect because you knew you weren't the only idiot out there chasing that idea; nowadays, it's just standard.

But then again, there are more cars on the road too, so I honestly don't know if the world is actually getting any better. 😁

Karen Chase85 said:If you're just here to play the intellectual elitist, please feel free to exit the thread.

Fine, I’ll stay. I actually came here specifically to be an idiot.

Why don't you just go swipe a "STOP" sign like any other normal teenager would? 🤷>

Robert Hall7 said:Clearly, you aren't spending much time out in the wild. Thirty years ago, trilliums were everywhere; every single bush on my property had a white, fragrant shroud. Those were the trilliums. Now, I walk past those same bushes and see nothing—not a trace, not a scent. They’re just gone. And mind you, nobody mows or maintains that section; it sits right on the edge of a nature preserve that the locals guard like it's holy ground. I saw their reaction when a willow fell onto my fence. Fifteen cars showed up—police, park rangers, God knows who else. I demanded they respect the laws of Rhode Island and prune the trees threatening my property. What did I get? Nothing. Just a letter stating that no trees can be cut down in the preserve. If something falls, clear it away, leave it by the boundary so people can see it, and end of story. Apparently, this is a "unique ecosystem" along the Mississippi River, one of a kind in the country. That's what they tell you. The forest is basically just willows, locusts, poplars, some birch, and a mess of weeds, but they protect it fiercely. You can't go picking blackberries; heaven forbid you touch anything.

There used to be all kinds of wildflowers here. Today, there's very little—especially the spring ephemerals, if anything at all. We destroy and strip everything, drain the wetlands, persecute endangered species. We're performing miracles of destruction. My neighbors were shocked a few years back when I called the police, the environmentalists, and everyone else I could think of because someone "smart" decided to kill a swan. There aren't even swans in the nearby marsh anymore. What are we going to show our grandkids tomorrow if we wipe everything out, kill it all off?

You can all laugh at me if you want, but take a moment to actually think about it. If the ladies at the farmer's market want to sell something, they should plant it in their own gardens or pots and sell it from there. A pansy might go for a couple of bucks. A primrose for $1.75. But that requires planting, nurturing, working. It's easier to just head into the woods, rip up trilliums by the bulb—which we'll just toss afterward since we don't need them—and head to the market to sell them. If you think that's okay, more power to you.

Look, that swan was raiding people's gardens. Honestly, it got what it deserved. You think I'm gonna let you come after my gas money too? Not a chance.

Andrew Mendoza10 said:I'm home right now since I've got a second job lined up. Otherwise, I'm working in a warehouse where I have access to a computer, but zero internet—though at least we get music while we work, unlike the crew in the next bay over who don't even have that.

Look, when I said that, I meant it figuratively. Just a figure of speech.

Anyway, back in the day, when I was a kid, I used to pick wild berries for my mom. She told me I wasn't allowed to do that. So I told her, "Mom, by doing this, I am rebelling against this whole oppressive system!" And she just patted me on the head and put the berries in a bowl.

Fast forward to today in America, and apparently if you pick wild berries, you're basically a political radical.

What, so the man doesn't want his coloring books and crayons?

He’d prefer—printed. 😳

And honestly, just walk into my room whenever you feel like being like that.

restlesscrane152 said:Everything has the potential to be protected by law. If I went around culling cats right now, they'd suddenly have "the potential" to become rare. Personally, I don't see the point in protecting something just because it might become scarce, especially since every time someone mows their lawn, half the spring wildflowers get wiped out along with the weeds.

What's next—should we tell landscapers to stop mowing and start transplanting lilacs?

Nah, that’s just collateral damage; you find that in every war. That’s what war is. And honestly, anyone mowing this late in the season is hitting those lilacs by accident because the grass is still too short. It’s basically mowing with zero foresight.

goldengull3 said:It stands in stark contrast to what I’ve witnessed with certain European tourists; I remember seeing a group at Yellowstone spot a snake near the edge of the path, and instead of reacting violently, they simply cordoned off the area with a few rocks and posted a warning so others would give it a wide berth.

The question remains: is this level of restraint an innate cultural trait, or did someone once pay a hefty fine for killing a snake without cause, eventually turning respect for wildlife into a societal standard? My money is on the latter.

I don't think culture has anything to do with money or fines. The Scandinavians didn't even have penalties for illegal construction, and things stayed fine until their neighbors moved in and messed things up.

Meanwhile, over here, plenty of people still smoke those cheap cigarettes even though they're risking three years in prison.

It’s all about how you were raised.

Carol Diaz said:Trying to prevent grass, snakes, or any other critters from going extinct is fundamentally pointless—at best, you’re just delaying an inevitable biological reality, and at worst, it’s sheer idiocy. If a wolf wanders onto my property, disrupts my land, and practically begs for a bullet, I am more than happy to oblige him.

(It’s a recurring theme throughout history: this persistent tendency among the urban "upper class" to push legislation protecting things like forests, streams, or wolves in some rural backwater they’d only ever visit as tourists—heaven forbid they actually tried to live out there...)

It’s quite similar to how those local neighborhood matriarchal cliques control the farmers' markets.😁
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3mbEzM_0AA

You can kiss that idea goodbye. Actually, even that would probably count as animal cruelty, so you couldn't even do that.

Remember, you've been here for centuries, while the wolf showed up maybe a week ago. That land is at least partially his, if not entirely.

Noah Cruz75 said:Human stupidity really is infinite. What’s the sentence for destroying a person?

The reign of knez Trpimir, if I recall correctly. 🤔

Jacob Allen said:But what about the government? Or honestly... what about society as a whole? 🍿

😁

The Presidential Inauguration.

Andrew Mendoza10 said:It only happens when the big players actually start getting punished for massive crimes. Otherwise, this is just how it works—our dear government and the police only ever practice the law on the poor and the little guys.

They aren't stupid enough to practice on themselves. I mean, do you report yourself to your boss when you're busy wasting work hours scrolling through forums?

Samuel Garcia6 said:I think older people deserve some respect.

Must be nice. 😢 You actually have something to think about. 😢

Charles Lopez3 said:👍
How are we even supposed to handle this? Look, you absolute legends, Man, they really haven't even thought about this—like, wouldn't it be awesome if they actually let women get into growing those protected species just to give them a little nudge and some real incentive to start?
Let them go ahead and stick their heads out of the window if they want to, but I'm telling you right now—it's definitely not the grandmas doing the heavy lifting anymore! 😁

Watch it with those kinds of ideas before you end up swallowed whole by the darkness. It’s just repression, repression, and more repression. History is supposed to be life's greatest teacher, and honestly, we all know things were better under Joseph Stalin.

So, word on the street is that Jacqueline Kennedy actually went to school in a little small town in the US. 😍

Samuel Garcia6 said:What about it? You got grandparents?

Nah, mine passed away for the homeland a long time ago. We’re patriots, through and through—it’s just how we were raised. It runs in the family.

Where on earth is an old lady from a small town getting that kind of cash? Besides, our jails are already packed to the brim anyway. Just another law that’s basically impossible to enforce.

Then again, she doesn't have the money, but she's got her life. You want to see someone acting high and mighty? Well, there you go. 🙂 :baba:

If we did things that way, we'd also shrink the retiree population—you know, the group that acts like a total drag on this country's progress. They just eat, burn through prescriptions, leave trash everywhere, shove people around on the subway, and do nothing but trample over every flower in sight.

Gary Vaughn57 said:I’d really appreciate it if some other moderators could weigh in here too, especially since that thread by silentridge3 got locked, and then he just started posting stuff from the Ally McBeal thread which was actually 🤷 waiting for a response

And you don't think Ally McBeal is great? She’s great because she’s just... great. Arguments aside, I personally think she's awesome.

Back in the day, they used to sell those little bubble blowers to kids that sounded just like a tiny siren—you know, with some mechanism spinning inside while you blew into it. Honestly, if I could get my hands on one of those things and crank it up to full volume, I’d make sure everyone knew exactly what kind of chaos was headed their way.

But I have no clue where to find one. 😢 Is there anyone actually selling them to kids these days?