Offside (General Discussion)

boldbadger1 said:Total idiots today, somewhere out in the sticks in Poland. Girls, they actually gave me a hug in the end ☕

Anyway, I had this bizarre interaction earlier:

A Ukrainian woman messages me asking if she can stay at my place because she has a kid. I told her—sure, no problem, don't sweat it.

Then she sends this follow-up:

"Which day can I come by to check out the apartment?" 🙏

I just... didn't reply.😬

when you let your hair down, it’s honestly gorgeous—it’s over, game set match, nothing else even matters

coastalheron12 said:And what about this one?

That old-school vibe is just something else. I've always had a soft spot for Debi 🕺

And this?

Purely 2022 vibes.

boldbadger1 said:Here’s another one for you—I stumbled upon this on Wikipedia yesterday:

The oldest player to ever step onto an NBA court is an American from Korčula☕

Here’s another fun one for you. The world's most famous vampire is actually an American legend named Jure Grando.

Nathan Murphy said:Here’s another fun one for you. The world's most famous vampire is actually an American legend named Jure Grando.

🙏🤣

Nathan Murphy said:Here’s another fun one for you. The world's most famous vampire is actually an American legend named Jure Grando.

And honestly, Vlad Tepes wasn't even a vampire at all; they just completely smeared his reputation while he was under the influence of various narcotics. There you go.

coastalheron12 said:And what about this one?

That old-school vibe is just something else. I've always had a soft spot for Debi 🕺

Oh man, those Song Lyrics and that soaked hair... 😁

William Gomez5 said:when you let your hair down, it’s honestly gorgeous—it’s over, game set match, nothing else even matters

Well, that's actually the only line in the song, literally nothing else follows it... 🤣

Here’s another one of those Cold War Bond themes, kind of like Blondie back in the 80s...
I just finished watching this video, and I have to say, it really gives you plenty to chew on... It’s one of those clips that makes you pause and rethink things for a moment. There's a lot of interesting perspectives being shared here, and it definitely sparks some curiosity about where everything is headed... Such an intriguing watch...

Steven Fox37 said:My brain is working perfectly fine, thanks. That's exactly why I can see they clearly didn't expect the attack—or maybe they thought NATO and Europe would actually have their backs, whether through troops or a no-fly zone. Now they realize all that NATO support was just empty talk. They completely misread the situation.
And again, those videos aren't an actual argument.
Talking about "Mother Russia," the USSR, and getting off on dictators? You’re the one obsessing over the biggest dictators in the world: America and Britain. You really don't have any room to talk on this one.

And in those messed-up, unstable states, you find people who manage to exploit those divisions, only to end up taking a bullet from some general funded by the CIA, MI6, DGSE, or Mossad. Or the IMF and similar outfits wreck their economy, or they get hit with sanctions, or a "spontaneous" color revolution gets triggered, or extremists from a neighboring state start shelling towns and villages with weapons provided by the Americans, and so on and so forth.
The region stays unstable because whenever there's a chance for stability, the bombing starts—whether it's literal or figurative. And the reason? Because stability and development mean unwanted economic and geopolitical competition.

Give me a break... whaaaatttt? 🤣

Those individuals are called dictators. They don't transcend those divisions; they exploit them by applying brute force and favoring their own ethnic groups, which actually deepens the divides rather than overcoming them. They seize power through military strikes and violence. It is truly staggering how warped your perception of the world has become. You have constructed your own little version of alternative history and are now stubbornly insisting on these self-made fabrications. I would compare this mindset to a low-level street gang that views the West and the USA as the ultimate evil. Furthermore, suggesting that the greatest dictatorships are pools of free thought is something one should never identify with. For them, it’s easy to understand since they are nationalists, but I honestly cannot believe a young man from Miami thinks this way.

What kind of free-thinking pools are we talking about? Of course they aren't. Does that mean we should just level them to the ground?
We're going to save the Iraqis by slaughtering a million of them.

Steven Fox37 said:What kind of free-thinking pools are we talking about? Of course they aren't. Does that mean we should just level them to the ground?
We're going to save the Iraqis by slaughtering a million of them.

Who killed a million? What are you even talking about?
The vast majority of the killings over there have nothing to do with the USA; it's mostly just different factions, religions, and ethnic groups settling scores with one another.

Jonathan Barnes5 said:Hold on a second, I'm actually older than you are.🤣

When you started rambling about partisan brigades and divisions, I honestly assumed you were stuck in the 1970s.🤣

Well, here we go again.

Nancy Bishop4 said:Who killed a million? What are you even talking about?
The vast majority of the killings over there have nothing to do with the USA; it's mostly just different factions, religions, and ethnic groups settling scores with one another.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

Following the usual forum customs, I just picked the number that makes the most sense to me.

Steven Fox37 said:What kind of free-thinking pools are we talking about? Of course they aren't. Does that mean we should just level them to the ground?
We're going to save the Iraqis by slaughtering a million of them.

Oh sure, let's save them from those madmen who love nothing more than political poison and filling the desert with corpses.😉

Steven Fox37 said:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

Following the usual forum customs, I just picked the number that makes the most sense to me.

This has crossed the line into blatant trolling, specifically targeting some fool from Miami who’s trying to play philosopher on a bench by the pier while clinging to Palestine as his entire identity. It might be cute if you were twenty years old, but it is genuinely alarming when you’ve reached your thirties and still fall for these anti-West fairy tales. The link you provided discusses total casualties, yet you are presenting it as if the US Army alone was responsible for a million deaths. Do you even grasp the magnitude of what killing a million people actually means? Are you even being serious right now?

Kyle Campbell4 said:Oh sure, let's save them from those madmen who love nothing more than political poison and filling the desert with corpses.😉

So, your brilliant strategy is to go out and kill them first? What an absolutely stellar plan that is.

Kyle Campbell4 said:This has crossed the line into blatant trolling, specifically targeting some fool from Miami who’s trying to play philosopher on a bench by the pier while clinging to Palestine as his entire identity. It might be cute if you were twenty years old, but it is genuinely alarming when you’ve reached your thirties and still fall for these anti-West fairy tales. The link you provided discusses total casualties, yet you are presenting it as if the US Army alone was responsible for a million deaths. Do you even grasp the magnitude of what killing a million people actually means? Are you even being serious right now?

Look, I’m not trying to make a presentation here, but let's be real for a second. Are you seriously going to stand there and pretend that the person who pushes the glass off the table isn't responsible for the shattered mess on the floor? Come on. It's pretty simple, isn't it? You move the glass, the glass falls, and then suddenly everyone is acting like the broken shards just appeared out of thin air. How does that even work? You can't just push something over and then claim you had nothing to do with the crash. It's common sense!

Steven Fox37 said:So, your brilliant strategy is to go out and kill them first? What an absolutely stellar plan that is.

Look, I’m not trying to make a presentation here, but let's be real for a second. Are you seriously going to stand there and pretend that the person who pushes the glass off the table isn't responsible for the shattered mess on the floor? Come on. It's pretty simple, isn't it? You move the glass, the glass falls, and then suddenly everyone is acting like the broken shards just appeared out of thin air. How does that even work? You can't just push something over and then claim you had nothing to do with the crash. It's common sense!

You can muddy the waters all you want, but one nation has finally been rescued from the clutches of a deranged dictator who oppressed both his own people and neighboring states. I certainly won't be shedding any tears for such people, so feel free to mourn for that kind of "exotic" tragedy if you must.

Kyle Campbell4 said:You can muddy the waters all you want, but one nation has finally been rescued from the clutches of a deranged dictator who oppressed both his own people and neighboring states. I certainly won't be shedding any tears for such people, so feel free to mourn for that kind of "exotic" tragedy if you must.

Anger - a pragmatic Machiavellian

Honestly, I’ve had enough of their pathetic acting. Suddenly, all those on-duty haters of the West are overflowing with love and empathy for every backwater corner of the globe. Yet, they don't seem to have any issue supporting someone right next door to them—some crazed dictator currently invading his neighbor. They don't even flinch when they see that aggressor burying children under hospital rubble. They are intentionally slaughtering vulnerable populations, and yet, nobody does a damn thing. It is absolutely revolting. You should just crawl back to Russia, you traitorous piece of trash. If we actually had any functional legal agencies, they would be in handcuffs waiting for trial right now.

Total brainwashing on steroids. 🤦

Noah Roberts46 said:Total brainwashing on steroids. 🤦

It is the exact same situation with the Lebanese. They are being pressured globally, with only a few honorable exceptions like North Korea, China, Belarus, and perhaps a few other small havens of freedom left.