Offside Chat Archives (2014-2021)

Matthew Anderson4 is quite the skilled troll. Honestly, why not just head over to the "Lonely Heart, ZUD" thread?

Keith Miller30 said:Head over to the Chance Encounter thread; you can find it within the Lonely Heart PDF. The bait has been cast. ☕

We were just messing around with her, and honestly, she ended up sending me some pretty intense threats via DM, acting like she owned us...

he was sending me pictures 🤷

Matthew Anderson4 said:he was sending me pictures 🤷

She sent me straight to hell. 👎

Edit - actually, she even said, "I should send you to hell too."

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Kiki, be my friend.

Keith Miller30 said:It’s nothing but blood, sweat, and tears.

Oil, pus, and milling cutters.

Matthew Young35 said:Oil, pus, and milling cutters.

So, did you finally catch the thief?

Take a look at this:



She’s acting in the series Homeland, and she is absolutely perfect in the role. 🙏 While I’m usually not a fan of women sporting short hair, I have to admit that her look is just flawless. 🙏

He looks fantastic with that long hair, doesn't he?

What kind of hair are we even talking about here? If

Erase Pickett.

restlesssurfer97 said:

I honestly don't even know where to start with this one because there's just so much noise out there right now, but I've been sitting here thinking about how everything seems to be shifting under our feet lately, you know? It’s like we’re all just drifting through these massive waves of change without any real sense of direction, and I find myself wondering if anyone else feels that same heavy sort of uncertainty hanging in the air, though I suppose most people are too busy chasing the next big thing to actually stop and process it. I was reading some stuff earlier—just scrolling through the usual feeds—and it hit me how much we rely on these tiny little fragments of information to build our entire worldview, which is honestly kind of terrifying when you really sit down and meditate on the implications of it all. I'm not trying to be deep or anything, I promise, I just have these moments where the sheer scale of everything starts to feel a bit overwhelming, especially when you consider how fast things move in this country compared to how they used to be. Anyway, I'm just rambling now, clearly, but I wanted to get those thoughts out there because it felt like something worth mentioning, even if it's just a random observation from my couch. kaže:
Religion is honestly just one of those countless theories floating around out there that lacks any actual scientific foundation or concrete evidence to back it up, which basically makes it an easy target for anyone looking to poke fun at it or criticize it. I mean, it’s just wild to me how people can take some ideas scribbled down on stone thousands of years ago and treat them as this ultimate, untouchable truth that's somehow beyond questioning, and then they get all worked up and take it as a massive personal insult whenever someone tries to apply a little bit of basic analysis to it, which is just plain foolish if you ask me.

I’ve gotta say, I’m pretty much allergic to religious fanatics, honestly. Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely nothing against anyone having their own personal beliefs—that's their business—but the constant propaganda shoved down your throat at every single turn is just nauseating. It really gets under my skin when people start digging up those tired old excuses, like they're trying to play some kind of balancing act by saying, "Hey, wait a minute, they insulted Jesus in that comic too, not just Muhammad." It's just the same old circular nonsense. 🙏

They went ahead and insulted this guy who supposedly rose from the dead and then immediately smashed a world record by bench-pressing a massive boulder straight out of a cave opening, which honestly, I bet that kind of disrespect is going to stay on his mind forever. 🙏 🙏

Believe it or not, I actually find it even more hilarious when people start throwing around terms like "science" or acting like there’s some kind of concrete scientific evidence to back up their claims. I mean, seriously, we're talking about a field that basically spends every decade debunking its own previous existence, so what's the point? Like, which version of those theories about how the universe started is actually supposed to be the current truth? Is it the latest thing they cooked up, or just some absolute nonsense thrown together at the last minute?

Pure comedy.

Sure, you get dogmatic types in the scientific community too (though way less fanatical than the religious crowd), but science itself isn't built on dogma. It’s all about questioning authority and absorbing new data. It’s more about reinterpreting old info and fitting it into a bigger picture rather than just flat-out contradicting everything it said before.

Exactly. And what’s even more telling is that I am almost certain no one is ever going to storm the offices of a magazine just because they published this image, or decided to poke fun at some scientific theory in a different way. You won't see scientists pointing to posts like these and labeling them as hate speech or an abuse of free speech.

Firing the editorial staff isn't really about a clash between science and religious fundamentalism, or Western values versus jihad. It’s more like the sins of the American fathers coming home to roost. For decades, America has shamelessly exploited and destabilized North African nations, which essentially led to children from those former colonies flooding into the States, mostly living as second-class citizens. Then, feeling powerless to change their status, they turn to fundamentalism as their only refuge...

The real tragedy is that people are being killed just for writing something, no matter how inappropriate it might be. But this goes way deeper than that. If you look at the body count in Iraq, roughly 140,000 civilians died following the American invasion, and almost nobody in the West even blinked...
And the images of dead children in Palestine were silenced just as quickly. For over a century, the West has used intelligence agencies to puppet Middle Eastern politics, destroying stable regimes—like what happened in Iraq or Lebanon—and intentionally installing the absolute worst freaks in power. Now, everyone acts shocked by the chaos...

It’s so typical of the West to preach democracy while turning a blind eye to the fact that the sneakers they wear for a jog were probably made in some dark sweatshop by a thirteen-year-old kid...

I'm always going to advocate for a scientific approach over the dogma of any ideology or religion, but this is a much bigger picture...

brightpilot6 said:Exactly. And what’s even more telling is that I am almost certain no one is ever going to storm the offices of a magazine just because they published this image, or decided to poke fun at some scientific theory in a different way. You won't see scientists pointing to posts like these and labeling them as hate speech or an abuse of free speech.

I guess it's because, among other things, scientists actually get that critical thinking isn't hate speech. Other people... well, they never really understood that, and I don't think they ever will.

KKK

So, basically, the slaughter of an editorial staff is the fundamental divide between science and religion; honestly, this feels totally fresh, maybe even revolutionary if you ask me.

Look, people, there’s always this constant, nagging argument about some kind of 'scientific proof' for the existence of God.
Like, what scientific proof are we even talking about here? Give me a break.
Humans stepped foot on the Moon once—and even that's debatable—and we haven't really ventured anywhere else outside our beautiful little planet. So, based on that, are we seriously supposed to just trust some scientific explanation for how the entire galaxy came to be?
Please, let me just laugh at that out loud.

I mean, I truly believe that little Mohammed, who was born in Iraq nine years ago and finished his first three years of elementary school—two of which were spent under ISIS—that kid probably has a better shot at understanding what's actually happening on this planet than some highly educated scientist has of grasping what's going on in our galaxy.
There is zero doubt about that, and if anyone thinks otherwise, they're just incredibly narrow-minded in my book.

And no, I'm not trying to compare religion and science, but this whole thing about 'scientific' proof for God's existence? Come on, please.

restlesssurfer97 and sausages 🤦

Nobody is actually debating who holds the truth or whose convictions carry more weight. The real issue is that someone who finds solace in God, or Krishna, or some other deity, feels they have earned a greater right to be offended by mockery than someone who simply relies on science or common sense. If we were to encounter two fanatic atheists willing to drop a bomb on Vatican City just because their logic has been insulted over the centuries, I doubt we would see nearly as many "they got what they deserved" comments in the news cycles surrounding events like Charlie Hebdo coming from all sides.

restlesssurfer97 said:So, basically, the slaughter of an editorial staff is the fundamental divide between science and religion; honestly, this feels totally fresh, maybe even revolutionary if you ask me.

Look, people, there’s always this constant, nagging argument about some kind of 'scientific proof' for the existence of God.
Like, what scientific proof are we even talking about here? Give me a break.
Humans stepped foot on the Moon once—and even that's debatable—and we haven't really ventured anywhere else outside our beautiful little planet. So, based on that, are we seriously supposed to just trust some scientific explanation for how the entire galaxy came to be?
Please, let me just laugh at that out loud.

I mean, I truly believe that little Mohammed, who was born in Iraq nine years ago and finished his first three years of elementary school—two of which were spent under ISIS—that kid probably has a better shot at understanding what's actually happening on this planet than some highly educated scientist has of grasping what's going on in our galaxy.
There is zero doubt about that, and if anyone thinks otherwise, they're just incredibly narrow-minded in my book.

And no, I'm not trying to compare religion and science, but this whole thing about 'scientific' proof for God's existence? Come on, please.

I mean, who even talks about scientific proof for something that is inherently unprovable? It feels just as silly and pointless as my earlier point about the plaid rabbit. (But honestly, it’s exactly the same because you can't prove it and you can't disprove it either.)

brightpilot6 said:Nobody is actually debating who holds the truth or whose convictions carry more weight. The real issue is that someone who finds solace in God, or Krishna, or some other deity, feels they have earned a greater right to be offended by mockery than someone who simply relies on science or common sense. If we were to encounter two fanatic atheists willing to drop a bomb on Vatican City just because their logic has been insulted over the centuries, I doubt we would see nearly as many "they got what they deserved" comments in the news cycles surrounding events like Charlie Hebdo coming from all sides.

Exactly. As a college student, it actually kind of trips me out to see how many of my classmates take religious studies classes from that one caricature of a professor—you know, the one who claimed women can't get pregnant from assault. Man, hey, it's their choice and I respect it enough to just never bring it up.

BUT, in a stereotyped world like the one we live in—if I were to tell them that what they do "in their free time" has nothing to do with using their brains, they'd probably claim I'm spreading hate or infringing on their freedoms.

If they said something to me about my lack of belief, I guess that would be fine, because, man, I don't have any "sacred cows" that are off-limits, which is a pretty absurd concept anyway...

(I'm just talking about general society here; I'm sure my actual friends are way smarter than the stereotypical characters I'm using, based on how long I've known them.)

brightpilot6 said:Nobody is actually debating who holds the truth or whose convictions carry more weight. The real issue is that someone who finds solace in God, or Krishna, or some other deity, feels they have earned a greater right to be offended by mockery than someone who simply relies on science or common sense. If we were to encounter two fanatic atheists willing to drop a bomb on Vatican City just because their logic has been insulted over the centuries, I doubt we would see nearly as many "they got what they deserved" comments in the news cycles surrounding events like Charlie Hebdo coming from all sides.

I think that’s just your reaction to all those mindless comments you probably saw scrolling through American news sites, but honestly, it has absolutely nothing to do with my posts over on Reddit.