Posts by swiftmaker12

So, a Spaniard took the win.
It would be even better if we saw Norris and Russell standing up there too.
Why shouldn't the younger guys get a taste of that podium glory?
Honestly, I am just completely fed up with this one guy's dominance and his constant complaining over the radio.

Even though Leclerc was clearly the faster driver—making me question Ferrari's strategy entirely.
Sainz let Leclerc past on lap 31, and by lap 39—right when Ocon triggered the SC—Leclerc had built a 5-second gap. That’s about half a second faster per lap.
And then, these geniuses decide not to call him in, leaving him stuck out there on hard tires.
It feels like they're actively working against Leclerc—unless, of course, Sainz just has more lucrative sponsors.
God, I hope those Ferrari strategists all catch a nasty case of the measles.

Hey, here's Sainz—back to his roots after a decade-long stretch.
The second Spaniard just couldn't catch a break—his battery ran dry even though he was right there, just three seconds from the finish line. He had the best shot at it, but luck just wasn't on his side this time.
Max is easily the best of this generation.
Love him or hate him, it's just the reality.
Ham defined an entire decade, and now it’s finally time for the younger drivers to step up and grab the glory, the massive sponsorships, and all those ridiculous endorsements.

Sebastian Vettel just picked up Mansell's championship car from 1992!
He’s actually going to be behind the wheel this weekend before the big race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
🙏🙏🙏

Jacob Castillo70 said:What’s everyone’s take on this whole Nelson Piquet controversy?

Nelson Piquet is a Hero, not some criminal.
Louie is just being his usual messy self—today's political correctness is clearly making him twitchy.
Even Max Mosley was an open sympathizer of Nazi ideology and a proven racist, yet Louie didn't seem to mind that during the early days of his career.
If a dark-skinned guy finds racism offensive, why on earth is he racing in Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia?
Are we going to address other forms of racism, or is it just about protecting him?
It's especially rich coming from the British—people famous for being the ultimate champions of democracy and equality.

So, I guess a Black F1 driver should just shut up or go join Hadeze.

coastalwolf6 said:You’ve officially surpassed Jergu. 🙏

🤣

Thanks, really.

I’m getting a little misty-eyed being compared to F1 legends—especially since I’ve mostly just scrolled through social media for my "training."
Imagine what I’d be writing if I were actually at Indianapolis Motor Speedway like Davorin Štetner.

😵

It’s going to be Alex Albon
or maybe Zhou

Williams is bringing upgrades, but they’re specifically for Alex Albon.
The simulations suggest he could be as much as a full second faster.
Nicholas Latifi is losing his mind because he didn't get any of those improvements
Ferrari apparently tweaked the chassis or something similar for Sainz.
They caught some kind of error yesterday and had to make a quick change.

Some guy named Meekies over at Ferrari tested positive for COVID...
Formula 1 posted a clip where Sebastian Vettel breaks down that 2014 battle with Alonso—both of them absolutely losing it on the radio....
There’s an auction happening for a 1990 Leyton House (designed by Adrian Newey) and an old Rial from 1989
Seb drove it, or maybe they'll have it out this weekend—that winning Williams from 1992 that Nigel Mansell was pushing to the limit at Goodwood last week.
Lando Norris admitted to shaving his pubic hair
As soon as I see what everyone else is saying about a topic, I'll chime in immediately.

Alex Edwards4 said:Yeah, you show up to a fat and greasy PDF meeting and try to explain that the weight loss product they’re buying is a total scam—then the moderator hands you a partial fine. 🤣 That’s basically it. Just the usual vibe on this forum. 😁

I didn't actually jump into the debate until the moderator opened up that skeptical thread about cryptocurrency.
The thing is, the crowd defending crypto dogma was just arrogant, rude, condescending, and low—basically every negative trait a person can have. These crypto zealots would flock to the thread just to talk trash against anyone who dared to disagree.
Even after the moderator finally gave other viewpoints a fair shake, those little zealots—those pathetic, small-minded followers—just kept coming back to the skeptical thread to act the exact same way.
Everyone has their own little obsession, I guess.
They love acting superior, lecturing everyone on how smart and modern they are, or bragging about how much money they’ve made—but they just can't help themselves. They keep crawling back to the skeptical threads just to tell us "flat-earthers" how uneducated, ignorant, and backwards we are...
Nowadays, the whole world seems split on pretty much everything; there’s no actual dialogue or consensus left. It’s the same on this forum regardless of the topic. But honestly, if I don't believe in God, I don't really get why I'd hang around threads where users *do* believe in Him, just so I can poke fun at them and provoke them, only to have the moderator ban them on their own damn thread.
After all, they were the ones calling me uneducated, stupid, ignorant, and outdated.
My opinions and my (lack of) faith are my own business—my choice to make.
And it’s the same deal with those worthless cryptocurrencies.

TT doesn't really impact my daily life—mostly because I’m down in Miami
but honestly, the situation feels the same regardless of which political party is in power.
Down here in Miami, the traffic and basic infrastructure are a complete disaster; every administration just tries to look good by throwing money at flashy, superficial projects meant to please a tiny circle of insiders.
So, I see only two real possibilities:
a) they are completely incompetent at actually getting things done,
or b) there’s a deep state of bureaucrats—basically appointees from the previous administration who hold enough sway to block any real progress.
It seems even more obvious in New York City, since Mickey ran things for about 20 years, whereas in Miami, the leadership shifted every four years over the last 28.
And let's be honest—those shifts were always just different groups working for themselves and their own cronies.

Sam Wright21 said:Where on earth does this notion come from—that the European Union is actively pushing us to privatize our public utilities?

Good morning, Trnoruzica—where have you been hiding?
Did you just miss the last 30 years of history?

And I won't even get started on how New York City taxpayers were fleeced during Dropulicka's tenure—she basically paved the way for a handful of foreign hustlers to make a killing off the privatization of the wastewater treatment plants.

Or maybe TT is playing the long game here—intentionally setting things up so they can push through a privatization agenda for all our municipal utilities and services later on.

It’s not like we haven't seen this playbook before.
It’s funny how the Western European Union pushes us toward privatizing everything within city limits, yet they don't do the exact same thing in their own major hubs.
Take the city of Augsburg, for example—they keep all their public utilities under direct control. It never even crosses their minds to privatize a single service that should, by default, belong to the city.
The only real choice you get is picking between different internet providers; everything else stays in the hands of the city and its citizens.

The city should hire a few hundred new sanitation workers and give them their own personal vehicles to drive
They’d need a decent net paycheck—say, around $150,000—plus another $120,000 in gross pay to cover the car expenses
Honestly, I’d be the first one moving to New York City to work as a garbage man
No shame in it whatsoever

Larry Walker24 said:Who would actually be working? A 90-year-old grandfather? Just look at the dependency ratio—it’s sitting at about 1.45 to 1.

The total population here in the States is under 330 million.

That's a pretty weak comparison on your part.

You were the one who brought this up first.
Stop worrying about things that don't concern you.

Larry Walker24 said:Why does it even matter if people are buying cryptocurrency or not? What's it to you—what kind of profit are you making off this?

And why should the government care about whether women have abortions or not?
What kind of benefit does the state actually get from that?

The only way Eric Adams could actually reverse this downward spiral would be to hire Elon Musk and his old man to run New York City's operations personally.
That’s really the extent of their capabilities.
If they actually took a little for themselves—just a bit—New York City might actually flourish under the leadership of those titans of American industry.

Besides, by the time the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 rolls around, New York City will probably have the world's first fleet of self-driving taxis—making the whole ordeal of buying cars for the administration and all those other bureaucrats completely unnecessary.

I just want to point out that the government actually benefits from this constant friction—all these tensions and disruptions are pretty convenient for those in power.
Divide and conquer...
Where there’s a will, there’s a way...
But honestly, the state should probably focus on cleaning up its own internal mess before they start pointing fingers at sports fans or people accused of causing chaos at games.
It's much easier to just look the other way and blame the fans.
Back in the day, every newspaper was calling Zvonimir Boban a hooligan—luckily, he wasn't killed on the spot by the police back then, even though there was actually an order out to physically take him down.

bluemason3 said:I was just looking over the recent election results. To be fair, the public seems fed up enough with the current administration and the Republican Party—so much so that in the 9th and 10th elections, the Republicans were so dominant they pulled in twice as many votes as the runner-up, 😳
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Then there's the whole mess with the police—apparently, they managed to orchestrate this "controlled" attack on a few of their own poor souls at a gas station, despite the victims clearly being totally unprepared for something like that. I hear the CIA is so impressed they’re planning to send trainers over for a workshop 😳
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Well, what can I tell you...
In the Midwest, they somehow have about 100,000 more voters than they actually have adult citizens

Things are already heating up in Italy...
Ferrari completely botched the strategy—but as usual, they sent out their little lapdogs to convince everyone that the team is filled with nothing but tactical geniuses and gods, just so they can pin everything on the drivers.
Right after the race, an Autosprint reporter blamed Carlos Sainz for the disaster, and the rest of the media just swallowed it whole. Sainz shot back yesterday, making it clear he isn't at fault and pointing out his contract doesn't include a clause stating he’s just the second driver.
Charles Leclerc had two certain wins snatched away in the last two races, yet the media—those absolute sycophants—are writing that he needs to watch his mouth because Ferrari is bigger than any single driver, even throwing Alain Prost's legacy in his face...
Ferrari is trying to sweep this under the rug to avoid admitting they need to overhaul their decision-making process—they're clearly terrified of taking any actual risks.
Add in the constant mocking from the Red Bull crew, and you've got pure panic inside Ferrari.
And that's despite the fact they finally managed to build a fast car after several years...
Clearly, after Australia, they thought the championship was a done deal—assuming other teams would just roll over once they saw Ferkan in their rearview mirror.
Word is everyone in Monaco blocked them, and nobody even bothered to pay the penalty.

Look, I'm a bit older—I remember what the FIA actually stood for back between 2000 and 2004.
Karma is a bitch.

graniteharbor502 said:Whether it is people insisting Perez will be the primary title contender, or the idea that because he spent half a lap trailing behind Williams Racing, it somehow explains why Charles Leclerc and the others ended up driving slower laps than Max during those decisive final rounds.

This forum exists as a space for the exchange of ideas, which naturally includes presenting one's own vision of alternative scenarios that could have occurred. If you truly believe someone is trolling, please feel free to report such posts.

You're talking to the wrong person...
I don't really have an issue with trolling... personally.
That was actually meant for someone else on the forum.

The police clearly targeted this—it feels like they really went all out right at the end of the season.

It’s always been their pattern: training against fans to prepare for the kind of chaos that stems from price hikes, economic crises, inflation, and growing public unrest.

Look at how history works—over thirty years ago, Zvone Boban stood up to the state and its repressive agencies, and now he’s hailed as a hero instead of being branded a criminal.
To those of you living north of SV rok, you have to realize that down in Dalmatia, people have finally reached their breaking point with the hooliganism displayed by the USSF, the Republican Party, the administration, and the enforcement agencies they use to keep this mafia-style, predatory state in power.
For us, the behavior of everyone mentioned over the last decade or two has felt identical to the old militia back in the day—those who existed solely to shield a criminal regime.
Just as there was no justice then, there isn't any now.
You can feel the tension and resentment between the North and the South everywhere you turn.
And honestly? That division plays perfectly into the hands of those criminals at the top.