Offside Chat Archives (2014-2021)

loneseal said:Bunjčeva's greed and Pernarov's massive ego basically nuked the whole coalition. 😵

I'm with you on the GOP—it's pretty obvious once you filter out the noise from the radical wings of both parties.

It seems they’ll jump into a coalition with the Republicans whenever it suits their agenda, won't they? Typical.

Matthew Young35 said:It seems they’ll jump into a coalition with the Republicans whenever it suits their agenda, won't they? Typical.

Look, let's be real. You achieve the most when you actually hold some power. My only beef with those guys is how naive they were thinking they could somehow moderate the GOP, and giving them enough breathing room to just buy out the entire centrist wing.

Go ahead, keep believing that some radical extremist or some weak-willed puppet is better than a bunch of cronies splitting off from the mainstream party. It’s your funeral. 🙂

loneseal said:Look, let's be real. You achieve the most when you actually hold some power. My only beef with those guys is how naive they were thinking they could somehow moderate the GOP, and giving them enough breathing room to just buy out the entire centrist wing.

Go ahead, keep believing that some radical extremist or some weak-willed puppet is better than a bunch of cronies splitting off from the mainstream party. It’s your funeral. 🙂

Oh sure, because I’m clearly a massive supporter of the Democrats when they’re busy sitting in coalition with the GOP.
Spot on.

Matthew Young35 said:It seems they’ll jump into a coalition with the Republicans whenever it suits their agenda, won't they? Typical.

You know full well there’s no logical connection there—assuming you have any sense at all—but it serves as a convenient jab for you.

Comparing them to the Democrats, the Libertarians, or those other groups that just follow orders is nonsensical; they are the polar opposite, and haven't caused even a fraction of the mess these guys have.

To be honest, they were the only ones actually intending to make a change.
Which explains their current standing.

They’ll need to act like a hardline movement now—"we won't work with anyone"—and then they'll just burn themselves out.
Maybe let the moderates try teaming up with the Democrats once; I certainly wouldn't mind seeing that.

But putting politics aside, it’s clear this topic bothers people here.

Call him Mr. Twitch from now on.

Did you see his face twitching in that video? It was absolutely insane.🤣

The guy was pure nerves.

Matthew Young35 said:Oh sure, because I’m clearly a massive supporter of the Democrats when they’re busy sitting in coalition with the GOP.
Spot on.

I think it’s obvious I was talking about that little crew that ditched the Libertarians to join up with the Democrats. 🕺

Elizabeth Mendoza said:Call him Mr. Twitch from now on.

Did you see his face twitching in that video? It was absolutely insane.🤣

The guy was pure nerves.

Look, I’m no fan of Zidane, but this fake outrage from people who pretend to hate the GOP-Democrat coalition yet cheer whenever some third-party candidate fails—and now they’re coming for Zidane—is just disgusting.

Look, I’m usually pretty blunt when I quote you about how every single political party in the US is a complete disaster. I’m against all of them, period. They’re all just different flavors of the same garbage, nothing but a bunch of hacks fighting to line their own pockets—and even an amateur like Biden makes that obvious.

In my last post, I was busy making fun of those ridiculous tweets from the Sincić crowd while they were filming their video message. It clearly shows that guy is having a total mental breakdown. But hey, I guess I shouldn't be nitpicking his meltdown when you're over here dissecting Biden's every move down to the tiniest detail.

Rachel Cooper3 said:You know full well there’s no logical connection there—assuming you have any sense at all—but it serves as a convenient jab for you.

Comparing them to the Democrats, the Libertarians, or those other groups that just follow orders is nonsensical; they are the polar opposite, and haven't caused even a fraction of the mess these guys have.

To be honest, they were the only ones actually intending to make a change.
Which explains their current standing.

They’ll need to act like a hardline movement now—"we won't work with anyone"—and then they'll just burn themselves out.
Maybe let the moderates try teaming up with the Democrats once; I certainly wouldn't mind seeing that.

But putting politics aside, it’s clear this topic bothers people here.

No connection whatsoever???
Are you joking?

Do you have the memory of an amoeba?

The Reform Party has twice ensured the Republicans could form a government after the elections.
Just to remind you, that was the last two election cycles.

And if they have to, they’ll ensure the GOP forms a government after the next one, too.

Bookmark this post. Refresh it after the next election.

loneseal said:I think it’s obvious I was talking about that little crew that ditched the Libertarians to join up with the Democrats. 🕺

Look, I’m no fan of Zidane, but this fake outrage from people who pretend to hate the GOP-Democrat coalition yet cheer whenever some third-party candidate fails—and now they’re coming for Zidane—is just disgusting.

When a faction built on anti-vax rhetoric and conspiracy theories about secret societies finally falls apart, can you really blame anyone for feeling a sense of satisfaction?

I guess people have such unrealistic expectations of politics that they end up shocked by everything. It seems like some folks look for a third option or an alternative from groups that couldn't even manage a single local community entrance together. I wonder if these people can even coordinate a simple weekend soccer game, yet they're out there proposing solutions involving hundreds of billions in taxpayer dollars. This whole circus isn't really surprising, though, since we're mostly looking at a crew drowning in debt who would probably all love to collect a high-end federal salary in D.C. Maybe those struggling financially should just stay out of politics altogether.

In this country, you rarely see truly successful professionals ever touching politics.
The people who actually command respect and earn decent salaries in the private sector—the ones doing the heavy lifting at places like Goldman Sachs or Google—they stay far away from it.
Instead, politics acts as a massive vacuum for the idle, the opportunists, and the professional demagogues.
Which makes it entirely predictable when you see that exact same breed of people lining up on the front lines of party rallies and street protests...

It’s all fine on paper, but since you’re stuck living in an absolute shithole of a state like this, you see it everywhere—these endless rows of businessmen with the exact same names who act like a total cancer on everyone's lives.
The whole thing is borderline political, if you ask me.

I personally know plenty of incredibly successful people for whom politics is nothing more than a massive, annoying distraction.
These types wouldn't sell their souls to the devil if you offered them the moon; there simply isn't enough money in the world, nor enough political leverage, to sway someone with that kind of backbone.

Of course, those bloated bureaucrats who have spent their entire careers riding the coattails of state machinery are completely dependent on the political machine, but we're starting to see a new generation of leaders emerging—younger folks who are actually pushing for a much smaller government...

Too young.

We won't actually see any real progress until this entire generation born in the 60s finally kicks the bucket, but the real headache is how they’re busy breeding their own successors to keep the whole corrupt system running—like some junior wing of the Republican Party or whatever.
Take my boss, for instance, a small business owner who's basically a total fraud; he’s out here demanding high-end talent while trying to pay people peanuts by outsourcing everything to Mexico, which is just pathetic. Or even worse, I once overheard one of the partners from a massive firm like Deloitte or KPMG at a Christmas party making these ridiculous comments about how they weren't going to bother giving us anything decent.
It's all that toxic "I brought you into this world, so I can take you out of it" kind of nonsense...

But honestly, I've already made my call, because I refuse to sit around waiting and let my daughter grow up in a world where she might actually have to deal with this mess.

Peter Thompson4 said:Too young.

We won't actually see any real progress until this entire generation born in the 60s finally kicks the bucket, but the real headache is how they’re busy breeding their own successors to keep the whole corrupt system running—like some junior wing of the Republican Party or whatever.
Take my boss, for instance, a small business owner who's basically a total fraud; he’s out here demanding high-end talent while trying to pay people peanuts by outsourcing everything to Mexico, which is just pathetic. Or even worse, I once overheard one of the partners from a massive firm like Deloitte or KPMG at a Christmas party making these ridiculous comments about how they weren't going to bother giving us anything decent.
It's all that toxic "I brought you into this world, so I can take you out of it" kind of nonsense...

But honestly, I've already made my call, because I refuse to sit around waiting and let my daughter grow up in a world where she might actually have to deal with this mess.

It’s basically Feudalism 2.0, though most people don't even realize it. I heard one politician back in the 90s actually said, "And now we'll be here for another 50 years"...

Damn Samsung.
I’ve been messing around with some Samsung devices over the last few days, and of course, I keep fat-fingering the back button instead of the recent apps icon.
What kind of genius at Samsung decided to flip the navigation layout? Honestly, they deserve a little something for that decision.

Matthew Young35 said:Damn Samsung.
I’ve been messing around with some Samsung devices over the last few days, and of course, I keep fat-fingering the back button instead of the recent apps icon.
What kind of genius at Samsung decided to flip the navigation layout? Honestly, they deserve a little something for that decision.

Look, I'm not entirely positive here, but I'm pretty sure you can actually swap them around in the settings, and if not, there's definitely an app on the Play Store that lets you do it.
But again, I'm just guessing, so please don't come after me if I'm wrong.

Peter Thompson4 said:Look, I'm not entirely positive here, but I'm pretty sure you can actually swap them around in the settings, and if not, there's definitely an app on the Play Store that lets you do it.
But again, I'm just guessing, so please don't come after me if I'm wrong.

Can you actually bypass an FRP lock on a phone? Not easily. You have to strip that security layer off first, then move through rooting, then hit Expose, and honestly? After all that technical headache, you’re still left staring at a bricked device. Is it even worth the trouble? Probably not.

I’d love to sit down for a chat with that astrophysicist over at Samsung who actually looked at the logic of user interface design and concluded, "Look, everyone else puts the back button on the left; let's just stick it on the right instead." What exactly were they calculating in those labs? Is there some deep, cosmic reason why we should all be struggling with basic navigation?

Is it possible the whole thing happened because some monkey decided to snap a photo using the front-facing camera, leaving us with a mirrored image?

Apple is king!

Elizabeth Mendoza said:Apple is king!

It’s true... my ultimate dream is owning a phone that makes people say, "I'm so jealous."

🤣

Did you actually pull the trigger on a new phone?
I did.

And which one?
The iPhone.

Next step on the list: picking up a Ford Kuga.