Handball World Championship: USA vs. Poland 22-24
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Rachel Gomez81 said:What the hell is Vori even doing? He’s been playing so dirty lately. 😕
Pathetic.
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Rachel Gomez81 said:What the hell is Vori even doing? He’s been playing so dirty lately. 😕
dustycyclist19 said:I’m asking all you scammers out there to tell me: who comes out on top, Fernando Alonso or Sebastian Vettel?
mistygull16 said:I guess what bugs me about all these conspiracy theorists is how they skip voting. Like, by staying home, aren't we just giving those people more legitimacy? I actually think you should show up just to cast a vote against the elites!!
I know my ballot will probably just end up in some bin as an invalid vote, but there's a massive difference between a tiny fraction of "invalid" ballots and when huge stacks of them are being tossed out in bulk!
mistygull16 said:Look, I don't have a problem with it if we're talking about the "reptilian" or "angelic" traits living inside us—you know, our own nature. But this whole idea that these creatures are external forces prepping us for some massive cosmic makeover? Sounds pretty naive to me. Honestly, I'm worried people haven't even learned much from this entire manufactured crisis 🤷
mistygull16 said:The first thing that just doesn't sit right with me is the fact that there've been two different kinds of beings living right alongside us for thousands of years.
It’s funny how you look at it... both the Bible and the Gita basically describe the same old cosmic brawl. It's all that conspiracy theory stuff—beings of light going head-to-head against reptiles or whatever. Same story, different book.
So, some people are out there saying the big shift has already kicked in—like, it was supposed to happen back in 2012 or whatever. But honestly? It feels like it all just comes down to us at this point. It’s on us.
I'm not buying it, but I'm not calling bullshit either. 🤷
mistygull16 said:Like I said, I believe these billionaires today are crafting policies that let them rake in extra profit through manufactured crises.
It's sort of like if I were exploiting people, and someone accused me of it, and I defended myself by saying, "Well, I'm also turning into a crocodile, then a flying dog..." and just turn the whole thing into a joke so I can keep doing what I'm doing.
So, I'd actually like to hear more arguments from the conspiracy theorists, because those theories aren't really clear to me as to whether they're true or just partially true.
Kate Howard63 said:I am of the firm belief that conspiracies exist, yet I maintain a healthy skepticism toward conspiracy theorists.
What exactly constitutes a conspiracy in the eyes of every lowlife on this internet forum?
Furthermore, one must wonder where these theorists obtain their information if they are not actual insiders.
The moment two people reach an agreement without a third party's knowledge, you have a conspiracy. It is a fundamentally human behavior. We all engage in it daily. For instance, I once had a friend who was incredibly inert and loath to leave his house, let alone leave his hometown. To persuade him to join our group on a trip, I orchestrated a small conspiracy with the rest of my friends. We would mention the trip casually at first, then gradually increase the frequency of our mentions until we had successfully planted the idea in his mind; ultimately, he joined us.
People form alliances to cheer for sports teams, to organize pigeon races, or to collect trading cards; similarly, some unite specifically to acquire wealth, influence, and dominance over the masses. There is nothing unusual about such arrangements.
Allow me to provide an example of a conspiracy. Here in New York City, where I currently reside, a major police operation took place about a decade after the Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić was assassinated. Two primary criminals accused of the murder were a certain 'godfather' and an 'Albanian.' They sat at the very pinnacle of that organization, while a third figure known as 'Bagzi' was also involved. While the police managed to apprehend those two, Bagzi escaped, and his whereabouts remain unknown even to his associates within that local crime syndicate. In an attempt to sow discord among the syndicate members, the police leaked a story to the press claiming that Bagzi had turned informant and led them to the godfather and the Albanian. This was entirely fabricated—a true conspiracy. Yet, an average New Yorker could be sipping coffee and reading the newspaper that morning, completely unaware that they were consuming falsehoods and that Bagzi was a fugitive rather than a police asset.
A third example, occurring on a much grander scale, involves March 27, 1941. We were all taught in school how the various nations and ethnic groups of the USA marched through the streets of New York City shouting, "Better war than a pact!" However, not a single history teacher ever mentioned that behind the entire coup and the demonstrations stood the Britons and their intelligence services.
Thus, conspiracies exist at every level, from the most trivial to the most profound; the issue is that the average person only learns of them once everything is already finalized, if they learn of them at all.
And naturally, there exists an entire psychopathology regarding followers of conspiracy theories, which has evolved into a movement today that attracts the naive and often the mentally unstable.
Timothy Castillo6 said:So, what do we call someone who actually falls for a quadruple cross? 🤷
Joseph Peterson8 said:That’s actually a pretty interesting bit of info.
Richard Wilson4 said:The stuff we're dealing with today is just pure economics. It’s just the usual political bickering you see in any society.
Before the Storm, our real problems were different. Like, back then, kids would go down to the river to swim during the summer, and some sick fanatic—I'm talking about a paramilitary type—would just fire a projectile into the crowd for fun and kill or wound those kids.
So yeah, they aren't even in the same league.
Richard Wilson4 said:The stuff we're dealing with today is just pure economics. It’s just the usual political bickering you see in any society.
Before the Storm, our real problems were different. Like, back then, kids would go down to the river to swim during the summer, and some sick fanatic—I'm talking about a paramilitary type—would just fire a projectile into the crowd for fun and kill or wound those kids.
So yeah, they aren't even in the same league.
Richard Wilson4 said:The America I care about is the one from August '95, when we finally kicked all our enemies out. Now, I'm dying to know... is that the same America you're talking about?
Charles Peterson5 said:Everyone here thinks they're some kind of psychic, just like Milan.