Posts by Matthew Grant9

They’re actually open at all the shopping malls!

Wouldn't it be a much better idea to just run this by your professor first? Or, you know, maybe head over to the university library and grab a similar thesis to look through—that way you could just use the sources listed in their bibliography to get your own started!

Kevin Ramos10 said:I am totally on board with that! Honestly, I was that same kid—I remember being just five years old and practically screaming "three, four..." at the top of my lungs!It seems like you might have hit "send" a little too early! I'm standing by and ready to get to work whenever you have the text you need me to transform. Just drop the content here, and I'll jump right in to give it that fresh, authentic American voice you're looking for!I mean, seriously, right now? 🤦

Oh man, you really were such a quirky little kid, weren't you?
Did he seriously misinterpret my sign-up as being some kind of mess?

Frank Martin2 said:By the way, I actually stumbled upon an explanation recently for what that old childhood nursery rhyme actually means (though I'm guessing only those of us over 35 still have it tucked away in our memories): you know, the one where kids usually chant something like "Emma, Emma, esesa sesesa pipija"

Growing up here, we used to turn that into a little game with a ball! You’d toss the ball against a wall and try to catch it while reciting the rhyme. Then you had moves like clapping, running, and spinning, and once you finished those, you'd play some volleyball against the wall. Every full cycle counted as one little hour.

Matthew Wilson50 said:THREE, THRE-EE, now.

Maybe it's just easier for kids to remember, or maybe both numbers just share that "THREE" sound deep down. But it definitely flows better than just saying 3, 4, right away.

Sending youuuuuu four kisses in groups of three and fours.😍

Noah Ross7 said:I'm actually more curious about why people so often say "praise Jesus"🙄

Well, it's really just a greeting! It's almost as versatile as saying "hey," "hi," or "hello." It works pretty much any time of day, though I suppose you wouldn't necessarily use it for every single person you run into. 😬

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You know, you really missed a crucial option in your survey: "tell us what you're talking about, just so we can laugh along with you."
Listen to this guy, acting like the big green monster at the top of the screen.
Honestly, it sounds pretty promising to me!
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I wonder if an adblocker could actually fix something like that?🤔

It looks like everyone is absolutely obsessed with your avatar lately!😲
Go tell Vince to just give them hell. Every single one of them. 😠

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placidjackal36 said:What a pointless thread. Morbid, this isn't some ego trip for you. This whole thing feels like watching a session of Congress, if you consider our government—or maybe some even more chaotic state—a valid comparison.
I’m not apologizing to anyone because I actually made an effort to weigh my words. There’s a massive difference between pointing out trends and making sweeping generalizations. I don't do generalizations, and I genuinely put more effort into explaining my logic than the average person here. I never said rural folks are just unrefined savages.
Your signature comes off as pure trolling to me; it’s just sensationalist noise. It's like those old headlines where they claim a mouse was born during a thunderstorm. If I were a public figure, this would be a tabloid headline in a heartbeat. Morbidangel, by that standard, you're acting just like the writers for the New York Post.

Look, everyone, I’m fully aware there are people out there (who unfortunately all brand themselves as "animal lovers") who show up just to mock others with their fanatic "eco-friendly" nonsense, pushing absurd theories about plants feeling pain or claiming meat-eating should be a jailable offense 🤦. But I’m also aware that some people find it hilarious to push back against them with an equal level of fanaticism, and some of those folks aren't joking. Among the cynics, there are those who are dead serious. Honestly, I don't care enough to start a full-blown flame war with them, but am I going to stir the pot between both groups? Absolutely. I refuse to play the "us versus them" game or get stuck in some petty clique mentality. I won't conform. If I ever start conforming, then I'm not myself anymore. I know the consequences, which usually means a lot of people talking trash about me. So be it.

I don't know, I don't have anything special to add. I don't owe anyone an apology because I haven't said anything wrong, nothing malicious, and I certainly didn't insult anyone living in the countryside. And if you all find joy in behaving like a flock of chickens that found a "healthy" hen only to panic and want to kick her out once they decide she's "sick," go right ahead. That says way more about your character than it does about mine.
Non, je ne regrette rien.

Well, you might have gained a tiny bit of ground there, but let's be honest—it was just a tiny bit! And honestly, it isn't like we're talking about some massive tragedy, at least not in my book, though I suppose morbidangel probably feels stung by it. You definitely poked the bear a little bit.

If you ask me, your signature comes off as a total troll move because it feels so sensationalist.

If I were actually being malicious, I’d probably snap back and say, "Oh, look at how the mods and admins are just tearing people apart in their signatures."
Luckily for everyone involved, I’m not that kind of person!😬

I don't know, I don't really have anything special to add to this. I don't feel the need to apologize to anyone since I haven't said anything wrong, nothing bad, and I certainly haven't insulted anyone from small-town America. And if it makes you all happy to act like a flock of chickens that found a "healthy" hen only to start panicking and worrying that she's actually "sick" and coming up with ideas to kick her out of the coop, then go right ahead. That actually says way more about you guys than it does about me.
Non, je ne regrette rien.

See? Just like you felt stung enough to think we were trying to paint you as some sort of coward, I bet that's exactly how morbidangel felt reading your post.
It’s wrong, isn't it? That's how it went down. Just like it did for you.🤣
We—well, I'm at least trying to—are gently and tactically using a few parallels to show you that you might have misread the situation. Here’s a friendly little smiley face just so you know I'm being totally sincere😍.

Goodness, I don't want to corner you.😲 It's just that I'm on vacation right now, so I find myself typing much more than usual!

hollowtrucker77 said:

I honestly can't even begin to wrap my head around how some people manage to navigate a single day without completely losing their grip on reality, but here we are, staring down the barrel of yet another instance of pure, unadulterated nonsense being treated like gospel. It’s funny, really, in a deeply cynical sort of way, how we collectively decide to ignore the obvious just because the alternative requires actually using a brain cell or two, which, let's face it, is asking a lot from most of the folks scrolling through these threads. You see it everywhere, this desperate need to cling to a narrative that falls apart the second you apply even a shred of common sense, and yet everyone acts like they've discovered fire when they're really just playing with matches in a dry forest. It’s exhausting, watching the same tired arguments cycle through like a bad sitcom that should have been canceled three seasons ago, but I suppose that's just the modern American experience for you—constant noise, zero substance, and a whole lot of people shouting into the void while pretending they aren't just echoing what they heard on some half-baked news segment. kaže:
Look, I’m going to be honest here, because I really don't see any meaningful distinction between the guy who insists on slaughtering his own pig in the backyard just to feel close to the source, and the person who happily buys their steak from a massive industrial meat conglomerate. At the end of the day, the fundamental motivation is identical: they both want to eat meat, and frankly, the person pulling the trigger doesn't change that reality. If you take away the professional butchers, we aren't some enlightened species that suddenly loses its appetite; we’d all just figure out how to do the killing ourselves pretty damn fast.

I honestly feel like if we’re going to sit around labeling someone a war criminal, there are a whole lot of more pressing life details we should probably be looking at first—things that actually carry weight, you know? It seems a bit much to focus on whether or not someone ever slaughtered an animal, when we could be discussing far more consequential stuff, like whether their mother actually loved them, or if they were getting bullied back in kindergarten, or even just whether they had a fulfilling romantic life. I mean, does it really matter if you've lacked attention growing up, or if you didn't eat quite enough peanut butter in your lifetime, when compared to the actual gravity of the crimes being discussed? It all feels a bit misplaced.

Honestly, Andy really owes those folks an apology. I mean, unless he was just trolling the whole time, which would be even worse because you shouldn't be pulling stunts like that when you're holding down a moderator position. Personally, I could never live with myself if I did something like that; being a moderator comes with a certain level of responsibility that he clearly just ignored.

Look, if you’re asking whether being a war criminal matters, the answer is obviously no. It doesn't matter at all.
Look, at the end of the day, what really matters isn't just the act itself, but the specific nature of the crime—you know, the actual methodology used to pull it off.
There’s a massive difference between just pulling a trigger and actually getting your hands dirty, picking up a blade, and doing the real work. One thing is easy enough, but having the stomach to look someone in the eye and handle business that way? That’s a whole different level of grit, and honestly, most people just don't have it in them.

Oh, man, isn't it just so incredibly easy to throw shade at someone you don't even know?🤣
I’m honestly curious if you’d defend a claim with that same level of passion if someone argued that you—being a city kid through and through—could never actually love your own children or care for them nearly as much as someone from a rural farming community could. Based on your little analogy about how easily one shifts from slaughtering animals to humans... well, those folks in the countryside are there for the birth process too! From the moment livestock is born to making sure every single chick survives, they nurture, protect, and raise their young way more often than any city dweller ever would.

Does it actually sting your soul to think that the kind of deep love they’ve clearly developed—which they obviously feel for their own kids, too😵—is something you might never truly experience with your own descendants?
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I mean, I could probably pull an even better dramatic performance out of a theater troupe specializing in the absurd, but I guess there's no need for all that, right?😁

hollowtrucker77 said:well, let's be honest, women have actually proven to be far more ruthless than men when it comes to warfare
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go ahead and hand a hunting knife to some high school kid from a suburb like Chicago and watch how people react
then, just for the sake of comparison, give that same blade to a kid raised out in the rural Midwest, where that kind of thing is just part of the scenery

once you take your notes on those two scenarios, I don't think there will be any doubt left about who's tougher

Wait, aren't you the same person who was literally just one post ago arguing that we should stop all this infantile nonsense?😍
And honestly, I almost found myself agreeing with you! I actually thought to myself, "No way, if I agree, people will think I'm just sucking up to you." Oh, the struggle is real!🙂

hollowtrucker77 said:well, let's be honest, women have actually proven to be far more ruthless than men when it comes to warfare
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go ahead and hand a hunting knife to some high school kid from a suburb like Chicago and watch how people react
then, just for the sake of comparison, give that same blade to a kid raised out in the rural Midwest, where that kind of thing is just part of the scenery

once you take your notes on those two scenarios, I don't think there will be any doubt left about who's tougher

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Looking at my own little mental notebook, I remember kids back in my hometown (mostly boys, if we're playing by those rules) used to play these games where they’d use bread, crates, sticks, or even old floorboards to trap pigeons just to clip their claws or legs.
They also used to toss cats off apartment buildings or skyscrapers just to see if they’d always land on their feet. And all sorts of things like that.
On the flip side, back in my grandma’s rural town, there weren't many pigeons around, but every single chicken had its legs! As for cats, I might have seen someone give one a kick once, which isn't exactly something to brag about, but at least the poor thing stayed alive.
So, based on my own little records, I’m still just as confused as ever.

People have tried to argue that there is a massive distinction between murder and slaughtering livestock, claiming it's obvious to everyone regardless of how much of a hillbilly someone might be.

Oh man, you really managed to get yourself all worked up over this... you don't even realize how much...🤣
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hollowtrucker77 says: >> I mean, yeah, it’s probably a lot easier for a surgeon to look at blood without flinching than it is for someone like Steve, the cashier who spends her shifts snacking on expired frozen appetizers she swiped from the aisles.

Well, Steve sees enough blood once a month, if nothing else!😬
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hollowtrucker77 says: >> That’s pretty straightforward and logical, so there’s really no need for any childish trolling.

Honestly, that makes zero sense. By that same ridiculous logic, women would be mass offenders just because we see plenty of blood!
Good grief!
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The connection between slaughtering animals and being okay with human suffering isn't nearly as direct as you're trying to make it out to be.
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slybison6 said:I mean, there’s no way that dog was aggressive.
I actually got my tetanus shot back in 2007 after getting nipped by a little puppy, so I honestly figured I was covered for at least the next five to ten years! I completely wiped that shot from my memory, so hearing this actually makes me feel a whole lot better about things.

Where on earth did you get vaccinated?😕 At a local church or something?😍

Just so you know, that tetanus vaccine usually lasts about five years before you need a booster, so you should still be good for now, and then you just get a little follow-up shot after that.

Nathan Gomez8 said:So you're actually staying in the train station building?🤔

So, here’s the deal! You just walk right through the main entrance and take a left into that hallway, heading straight toward where they have the ticket booths set up. Then, if you look over to the right side of that same hallway, you'll spot a little booth sitting there waiting for you!
I’ll be waiting for you right outside the entrance to the grocery store at the main downtown plaza!

hollowdriver18 said:I guess the mods probably have a knack for spotting those "troublemaker" users on the Reddit thread🤷

See, being a troublemaker is just about the behavior itself—it’s about being a problematic user. It shouldn't have anything to do with whether someone is an American, from Canada, or their religious background! Honestly, I just don't see the logic, let alone the fairness, in punishing users more harshly just because they have a different nationality or faith.

so we shouldn't immediately shut down all that constant bickering over old historical factions and political divides🤷

But why should we shut them down? It seems like those topics are exactly what they're interested in! If they cross the line of decency or whatever, then sure, give them a ban. We can't just "exile" them from the conversation when we've had our own share of intense political clashes and historical debates here in the States too.

what's even the point of all this endless repeating and counting and obsessing over the past🤷

Well, if they keep talking about it this much, it feels like there's clearly still unfinished business there.

why are we still letting these old arguments from Canada spill over into our space🤷

Maybe we'll get our turn to throw things back at them, and maybe it'll last even longer! They've probably just lost some trust, and now they're trying to push it back on us.

what does Jesus have to do with any of this, I honestly don't care🤷

That's just what you call foreign policy.

Honestly, it’s all a bit of a mess right now, so I’d say just aim for the Math and Science track.
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hollowdriver18 said:Exactly... that is actually precisely what I was aiming for 🙄
but I honestly suspect you aren't the only person who might read it that way, and I think that’s where the real trouble lies

It looks like you might have missed some pretty crucial points later on in my post, such as this part here

Oh, I didn't miss them at all! It's just that I'm having a hard time seeing how your suggestion could actually work in practice, unless we just flat-out ban everyone from neighboring countries from accessing it.

I've spent far too much time watching these professional trolls poison our discourse and making it impossible for us to focus on what really matters to us.
That's why I'm speaking up.🙂

I've watched for way too long as these aggressive groups take over politics and feed those poor kids nothing but pure horror stories.

Yeah... I really feel like there's way too much dangerous stuff being tolerated, and it feels like it's finally time to draw a healthy line in the sand so we can get back to dealing with our own messy problems.

But how? What's the actual plan for separating out the people you're talking about?

hollowdriver18 said:I’ve just been wondering lately
why the admins are still letting this endless, repetitive war talk go on, along withthe constant influx of Americans and people from Canada flooding the Reddit threads,not to mention all their constant huffing and puffing😳and the whole massive circus they put on that basically prevents the rest of us from actually focusing on anything important in our own somewhat messy and neglected backyard.

I mean, seriously... I really don't want to have to deal with this drama at home.😕

I'm a little lost here... are you saying you want them to be banned from the Forum entirely?

Oh, hey there! It’s just me, Drew Sanchez82, popping back into the fray to say hello! I was sitting here thinking about everything we've been discussing lately, and I couldn't help but feel this sudden, overwhelming urge to jump in and add my two cents, even if I sometimes stumble over my own words! I know I can be a little bit much sometimes—honestly, I probably talk a mile a minute when I get excited—but I really do hope you're all having a wonderful day so far! kaže:
Oh, right... I think that shop was actually called Plug & Play! 😁
Wait, I’m totally lost—how is it not there anymore? 🤔

It’s actually been a whole year since I last stepped foot in that spot on Savoj Street—honestly, if my memory serves me right, it might have even been longer than that!

Hey, does anyone happen to know where he moved to? I feel like I've been looking everywhere for him!

I'm currently hanging out over on Bedny Avenue, right near that big intersection where it meets Miramar!

I'm just over here trying my best to stay on top of everything, though I'll be the first to admit that sometimes I feel like I'm running a little bit behind the curve! It’s honestly such a whirlwind most days, but I’m genuinely feeling pretty optimistic about where things are headed, even if I do stumble over my own feet every once in a while. kaže:
LOL, I swear, that just hit me right in the soul! 😁

It’s like his very soul would just melt right into my skin whenever I dabbed that ointment on his wound, though honestly, I’m probably being a bit dramatic—even Aaron told me that he’d tie you to him forever without a single cent changing hands!😁

Drew Sanchez82 said:If you're looking for posters, check out that CD and DVD shop over on Savska, right near the fire station—it’s just across from the Westin Hotel, right by the tram stop. Might have something you like there.

silvertiger11 said:Thanks.

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You really gave him a hard time there, didn't you? I mean, let the poor guy walk around in this freezing winter weather! 😁
By the way, Plug&Play isn't located on Savica anymore.
@silvertiger11, you should check out Profil; they usually have all sorts of posters available.

hiddenowl4 said:It looks like you just can't find what you're looking for here in New York City!
Well, here are those prices you were asking about!

Oh, come on now, let's be real—it’s not like we’re living in total poverty or anything! We've actually done pretty well for ourselves, all things considered.😍 Honestly, you can always just pick up some coffee whenever you feel like it since it isn't exactly a rare luxury, and you aren't going to find yourself stranded without it! Besides, you can stumble upon all sorts of little surprises and random finds while you're wandering through the aisles at the local grocery store.

Hey David Campbell, just so you know, what you're looking for has actually been renamed, so you might find that Google isn't exactly going to be your best friend until you type in the new name! I honestly can't help but laugh at myself sometimes because I really thought I was being prepared, but there I was, staring at a gas mask like it was some high-tech gadget from a sci-fi movie! It’s one of those things you think you might actually need one day, and then you realize you have absolutely no clue how to actually use it properly. I was looking into getting one, just in case, but man, the options out there are a little overwhelming if you aren't an expert, right?.😁

Jacob Evans49 said:Thinking about picking up some travel pillows—you know, the kind to prop your head up when you're trying to sleep in a seat. Samsonite is way out of my budget. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

You can usually find them at local drugstores, and if I remember correctly, they shouldn't cost more than about twenty bucks.