Posts by Alexander Thompson

brightviper29 said:Well, hey, anything can happen, right? Maybe that ambitious young officer just decided to pack her bags and head over to work in Canada—you know, looking for better opportunities across the border. I think our Attorney General recently posted a breakdown of what police officers are pulling in over in Canada. If you really want to see for yourself, maybe try using "ctrl+f" on this file:

Honestly, none of it would be that weird if it weren't for one tiny little detail; the police are literally threatening to strike, and then the top brass goes and publicly leaks their paychecks, which are sitting around $3,000 - $4,000 - $5,000 a month—and we're talking about regular beat cops here, the everyday officers.
It's just absolute madness, seriously.

If your officer did end up snagging a job here in the States, just know she’s probably living the dream.😁😁😁

Really?

Gross salaries:

8266. Spela Murgelj, Senior Officer, Ljubljana Police Department: $1,202.63
7860. Marko Klančar, Senior Investigator, Ljubljana Police Department: $1,524.78

Honestly, I haven't the slightest clue. I'm getting up there in years now—guess I've just always been this way, my hands and feet are perpetually freezing 🤷.

I just grab a coffee and call it a day; I suppose I've just learned how to deal with it over time.

Nicholas Mendoza60 said:So things just stay rough from November through maybe March?
My blood pressure is always sitting at 90/70
Man, once I have a coffee, though

Yeah, pretty much... like 100/60, damn. Just finished brewing a huge pot, so my heart's racing a bit😬

It’s kind of ridiculous, honestly. I can barely get any sleep, and then when I actually am awake, I just feel... slow. Like, totally sluggish.

Honestly, I don't really care about the drop—when the pressure rises, I feel like I'm flying. Low pressure just isn't my thing, I guess.

ruggedraven36 said:Ever heard of the law where quantity eventually turns into quality? A systemic societal meltdown isn't the same thing as a personal spat between two people. We aren't here to fix the latter.

So, wait—are we seriously sitting here debating failed ideas from some nineteenth-century high-society hacks? You know, the ones that caused massive amounts of misery during the twentieth century before basically vanishing into thin air by the end of it?

ruggedraven36 said:The whole idea behind rotation is that nobody’s primary role is scrubbing toilets—not even Peter. It means everyone takes a turn doing the dirty work. Just like a neurosurgeon isn't exactly itching to clean up a mess, nobody else wants to either—it's common sense. Any sane surgeon gets that, which is why they’ll just suck it up and do their part when it's their turn.

But what exactly is Perry's actual job? And how can you possibly claim that Peter doesn't enjoy scrubbing toilets? Are you seriously speaking on behalf of all you neurosurgeons now?

From what I see in the real world, people without specialized skills are more than happy to pack up and head back to the homeland of some failed philosopher, where they spend their days cleaning toilets at an airport or a train station for a decent amount of acorns. 🤷

Nah, that kind of utopia is something only Peter could actually believe in. But hey, given his intellectual capacity, I guess I can't blame him for not grasping things people are talking about here, like opportunity cost. Let me break it down for you: it's basically asking if it's actually worth using a neurosurgeon's time to clean toilets. Is it worth wasting Peter's time—who is, let's be honest, a valuable community member—so he can clean a toilet once a month while spending the rest of his time just idling around?

Who, besides Peter, would think a system like that makes sense? Because, if you think about it, a system shouldn't just be fair; it actually needs to be smart too.

ruggedraven36 said:Your question is still pretty mindless—dealing with the fair distribution of grunt work is a societal issue, not something you solve between two people in a room.

So, I guess you’ve never heard of breaking down a massive, complex issue into tiny little pieces to actually deal with it?

If you can't even wrap your head around a super simple problem, how are you planning to solve a huge one? Just by following your "gut feeling" or whatever?

But, okay, let’s zoom out to the societal level for a second. If Peter—who happens to be our guy whose only job is cleaning toilets—is working all day, what are the neurosurgeons doing while the toilets get cleaned?

Just grabbing a Budweiser and watching Star Wars?

Obviously, to someone like Peter, that kind of setup feels perfectly fair.

ruggedraven36 said:I'm messing with you because your question is just plain stupid.

The only thing stupid here was the answer.

Seriously though, how would you even split that fairly? Like, if Joe Biden cleans the toilet one week and you take the next—is he just chilling while you work, or does he end up taking over your shift anyway?

Harold Doyle3 said:Or if they're sick... tell the patient to scrub your toilet before you even think about touching them with a scalpel.
It’d be a nice little safety net if Flying had a massive reserve—you know, some sort of capital made up of clean toilets to save for a "rainy day."

So, what would we even call those vouchers? Squirrels, maybe? I guess Peter gets five squirrels for every Colcyte, so once he racks enough of them up, he could trade them in for a bike or maybe get brain surgery from Simple.

What does that remind me of? 🤔

A little squirrel needs two big ones 😬

ruggedraven36 said:Basically, Peter handles my bathroom, and I'll handle his brain surgery.

Wait, hold on—where's the fairness in that? Don't you ever clean your own toilet?

Screw that kind of utopia, we've already got plenty of that 🤷

Sandra Murphy33 said:Who exactly is cleaning your toilet?

I’m fairly certain you’ve already ascended far beyond that level of labor with your own "talents"—at least, that's how you sound.

Look, we’re talking about professional sanitation here, not some debate over who scrubs their own bathroom at home.

ruggedraven36 said:It appeals to anyone who actually gives a damn about fairness—including the surgeons themselves.

So he's just dreaming of a world where he isn't the one holding the plunger.

Not just him—nobody.

Wait, you're claiming to speak for neurosurgeons now?

So, I guess you know how to perform brain surgery *and* clean toilets. Poor Peter, though—he only knows how to clean toilets. How on earth would you two split the workload fairly?

Harold Doyle3 said:The practical foundation of any utopia is right there in the name—you'd all end up drowning in filth.

👍

ruggedraven36 said:Where does it even mention "leisure time"? It doesn't.

It’s about the rotation principle. No one’s going to drop dead because they spent one day a month sweeping streets—not even the high-and-mighty surgeons. If that’s a dystopia, then life itself is a dystopia.

The whole idea of some utopia where neurosurgeons are scrubbing toilets... well, maybe that sounds good to someone who can't see themselves rising above cleaning toilets in the real world.

So, yeah—go ahead and dream of a utopia where it’s never actually you doing the dirty work.

cosmicpuma9 said:So, what—you’re actually happy that my child was taken away? You’re genuinely getting some kind of sick pleasure out of this?

Honestly, I’m not even sure what I’m doing on this forum anymore. It seems that—much like my own family—I possess this persistent, almost naive tendency to believe in some ultimate sense of human goodness. A concept that, quite clearly, simply doesn't exist for certain people.
Some people are just so incredibly hypersensitive—honestly, I’m convinced there are more single-celled organisms floating around than there are functioning emotional stabilizers in certain parts of this country.

Let me correct the record here—there’s a fundamental inaccuracy in that statement. These people are driven entirely by self-interest, though they wrap it up in a layer of intense emotion. But don't mistake that for empathy; their emotional capacity is completely internalized—it's all compressed and tightly wound within themselves. They simply have no room left to project even a shred of genuine feeling toward anyone else. If they happen to leak a little bit of that sentimentality outward, it’s usually reserved strictly for their own immediate family or inner circle.

Honestly, I feel for you because having your kid taken is rough, but I’m relieved for the child—they're finally going to have some actual stability and safety for once.

I mean, sure, I get that it would be better for you if the kid were with you, but let's be real—it's clearly better for the kid to be somewhere else. In cases like this, the child's well-being is what actually matters most.

What do you guys think, though... is it really okay for a little kid to be living with a mother who's constantly on the edge of suicide (which, honestly, seems like a pretty clear threat here)?

Just took a look at the post, and I guess it actually restores a bit of my faith in how the Department of Social Services operates ☕

John Baker68 said:it’s pretty clear they didn't give you the full rundown—I mean, the whole point of being a moderator is actually cleaning up the trash yourself, not just sitting around waiting for someone to flag it. plus, your own comment in that thread is sitting right there, maybe just a few posts down. 👍

the idea that someone actually deserves to have their parents insulted just because they were being "provocative"... man, that's bottom-of-the-barrel stuff. honestly, that post was garbage too. look, I'm not acting as a lawyer for Svrlet, nor do I even particularly like the guy, but there are still lines you just don't cross.

I honestly think you don't really get what it means to be a mod, or maybe you just haven't actually sat down and read through the site rules lately.

And yeah, that goes for b0mber too.

Just yesterday, some spammer flooded us with a PDF containing like 15 brand-new threads all trying to hawk some product, and it sat there totally untouched for two or three hours.

Maybe someone else would be better suited for this gig. 👍

Btw, you were online that day too, at the exact same time, which is why I figured things would be handled fast. Sadly, nothing happened—not even today. Apparently, according to you, insulting an entire nation—or even just being lazy with capitalization when referring to people—isn't worth a warning card.

I guess you really only get to know what people are made of once things actually hit the fan. 👍

Milorad, is that you?

Ryan Ramirez2 said:Haha, look, I know it sounds kind of ridiculous, but—I don't know—I'm still young and, honestly, my hair is a pretty big deal to me right now. My mom’s hair thinned out a little during menopause too—mostly on top—but nothing crazy. So, maybe someone who's actually bald could chime in and tell me whose side of the family this comes from, or maybe someone with a bald grandpa on their mom's side who managed to stay hairy themselves.

Speaking from experience here... specifically regarding my mom's dad. 😬

I haven't met a single guy whose grandpa was a total bowling ball who didn't end up bald by forty. Usually, it starts well before you hit thirty.

If you really want to polish that dome, try some Johnson & Johnson lotion and an old pair of nylon stockings—you'll see how much it shines.

You’re spot on about that. Honestly, you might want to start picking up some polishing compound for the whole car—you're definitely gonna need it down the road.

cosmicbadger6 said:Exactly.

I've actually looked for professional help before, but nobody could actually help me. 🙂

I saw this one specialist who basically wrecked me with side effects from all the pills she put me on.
And years ago, I went to a psychotherapist in Miami—who was the one who referred me to that lady—and it was useless.

Psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists... none of them can help me. 😁

Andrew Barrett4 said:Well, I suppose the first step is just looking for help. You probably ought to start by finding a decent diagnostician.

Just make sure they're Mexican, though. For sure.

melloworca6 said:There was this one guy in America who used to post all this "enlightened" crap online, just like you—acting like the whole thing was a hoax, saying nobody could tell him what to do, refusing to wear a mask, all that nonsense. Well, he was buried about three weeks ago. Caught that "little flu" everyone was talking about and died.

And then there's Emily from Oklahoma, who didn't forward that email to those twelve addresses, so her parrot kicked the bucket.

Christian Martin4 said:I am going to drag you by your ears straight to Jazovka, punch a hole right through your back, and then shove it so deep you'll be swearing by the Holy Spirit. You'll end up giving birth to it, for God's sake. You hear me, Badger? Just tell me your damn name. I have no other purpose in this life besides seeking vengeance. 🙂

Vick, get the hell out of here!

If people actually had the guts to mess around here, we’d probably end up with a nice little criminal complaint filed. Maybe six months to three years behind bars, plus legal fees, I guess. ☕