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Alas, poor Europe. I knew it well, Horatio.
Sunday, August 28, 2022 3:37 AM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Sunday, August 28, 2022 3:46 AM
Quote: ... That’s as stark as it gets: the leadership in Moscow is making it very clear, to internal and international audiences, the new deal consists in slow cooking the Kiev racket inside a massive cauldron while polishing its status of financial black hole for the collective West. Until we reach boiling point – which will be a revolution or a putsch. In parallel, The Lords of (Proxy) War will continue with their own strategy, which is to pillage an enfeebled, fearful, Europe, then dressing it up as a perfumed colony to be ruthlessly exploited ad nauseam by the imperial oligarchy. Europe is now a runaway TGV – minus the requisite Hollywood production values. Assuming it does not veer off track – a dicey proposition – it may eventually arrive at a railway station called Agenda 2030, The Great Narrative, or some other NATO/Davos denomination du jour. As it stands, what’s remarkable is how the “marginal” Russian economy hardly broke a sweat to “end the abundance” of the wealthiest region on the planet. Moscow does not even entertain the notion of negotiating with Brussels because there’s nothing to negotiate – considering puny Eurocrats will only be hurled away from their zombified state when the dire socio-economic consequences of “the end of abundance” will finally translate into peasants with pitchforks roaming the continent. It may be eons away, but inevitably the average Italian, German or Frenchman will connect the dots and realize it is their own “leaders” – national nullities and mostly unelected Eurocrats – who are paving their road to poverty. You will be poor. And you will like it. Because we are all supporting freedom for Ukrainian neo-nazis. That brings the concept of “multicultural Europe” to a whole new level.
Sunday, August 28, 2022 6:51 AM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Sunday, August 28, 2022 9:19 AM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Sunday, August 28, 2022 11:06 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Paul Krugman hasn't been right about anything in 10 years. Why do you listen to that asshole whenever his lips move?
Sunday, August 28, 2022 12:36 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: The end of the "age of abundance", where abundance means hot showers, street lights at night, eating meat, warmth in the winter... Multiple EU "leaders" tell their people to suck it up.
Sunday, August 28, 2022 1:02 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: The end of the "age of abundance", where abundance means hot showers, street lights at night, eating meat, warmth in the winter... Multiple EU "leaders" tell their people to suck it up.I discovered that Signym is lying. Russia has been reducing the supply of natural gas to Europe since last year as a way to cheat the people of the EU out of money by raising prices, raising total profits, and restricting natural gas supply. The blame for this goes to Putin, not to the EU leaders. But because Signym is a liar, Signym blames the wrong people.
Sunday, August 28, 2022 1:58 PM
Quote:How Fukushima (triggered Germany's nuclear phaseout
Quote:EU asks Bulgaria to stop work on Gazprom's South Stream pipeline
Quote:Russia Cuts Off Gas to Ukraine
Quote: Is it legal? Ukraine seeks to fill ‘gas gap’ with reverse flows
Quote: Europe made mistake in ditching long-term gas deals — Putin
Quote:US, EU, UK to sanction Russian central bank, block SWIFT
Quote: Poland ends deal to receive Russian gas after rouble dispute
Quote: Ukraine Cuts Off Russian Natural Gas Pipeline Supplying Europe
Quote: EU sanctions against Russia explained What goods cannot be imported from Russia to the EU? ... The list of sanctioned products includes among others: crude oil and refined petroleum products, with limited exceptions (with phase out of 6 to 8 months) coal and other solid fossil fuels (as there is a wind-down period for existing contracts, this sanction will apply as from August 2022) gold, including jewellery steel and iron wood, cement and certain fertilisers seafood and liquor (e.g. caviar, vodka)
Quote: Ukrainian diaspora urges Trudeau not to return turbine to Russia Moscow says equipment, which was being repaired in Canada, was crucial to restore gas supplies to Germany
Quote: Canada sends repaired Nord Stream turbine to Germany, Kommersant reports
Sunday, August 28, 2022 3:55 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: So, it looks to any objective observer that EU and its various member states have shot themselves in the face, over and over and over, energy-wise. In addition to their unrealistic immigration policies and cultural disintegration ("we are citizens of the world" ... without worldwide voting rights, of course) and dysfunctional Covid responses, the EU is rapidly committing suicide.
Sunday, August 28, 2022 6:34 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: So, it looks to any objective observer that EU and its various member states have shot themselves in the face, over and over and over, energy-wise. In addition to their unrealistic immigration policies and cultural disintegration ("we are citizens of the world" ... without worldwide voting rights, of course) and dysfunctional Covid responses, the EU is rapidly committing suicide.Be real about the human race. The majority are stupid, lazy, ignorant, dishonest, greedy and, to put whipped cream and a cherry on top of this sundae, motivated by crazy ideas and passions. It is no surprise that with all those negative attributes the majority of humans have been living in poverty for the last few hundred thousand years. There has never been a Garden of Eden, despite Jean-Jacques Rousseau imagining humanity has fallen into decay during modern times. Humans lived in decay since their beginning. It is no surprise when a democracy makes stupid decisions because that is what stupid people do when they make their personal decisions. A democracy amplifies, not attenuates, the stupidity to fill nations and continents. But that doesn't mean every human is as incompetent as the majority. Some actually know what their goals are and how to get there expeditiously, which is the only reason humanity has made some recent progress. It is not surprising if the EU does not handle this crisis well. But maybe it won't end disastrously because there are smart people in the EU. With some luck and a great deal of hard work, they will counterbalance the stupidity of the rest of the EU citizens who will never understand what was done to save them from starving, freezing in winter, and burning up in the heat of summer. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Sunday, August 28, 2022 6:42 PM
Sunday, August 28, 2022 8:09 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: So basically this " crises" is of the EU's own making, and has nothing to do with Russia. And if course you blame this all on "democracy". My god, you must really despise the average person! So why do you keep dissing the average person anyway, when you have three fine examples of thoughtful hard-working average people right here in this board! But the EU is NOT a democracy in any sense of the word, and neither is NATO, the ECB, or the WEF, and they seem to be making stupid decisions and forcing them on EU member states.
Sunday, August 28, 2022 8:46 PM
Monday, August 29, 2022 1:36 AM
Quote:SignyM: So basically this " crises" is of the EU's own making, and has nothing to do with Russia. And if course you blame this all on "democracy". My god, you must really despise the average person! So why do you keep dissing the average person anyway, when you have three fine examples of thoughtful hard-working average people right here in this board! But the EU is NOT a democracy in any sense of the word, and neither is NATO, the ECB, or the WEF, and they seem to be making stupid decisions and forcing them on EU member states. SECIND: It is pretty clear you have never been around people in a real life or death emergency.
Monday, August 29, 2022 1:45 AM
Monday, August 29, 2022 8:14 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Hubby says I need to spell out my other reply for you, SECOND: Why are you blaming the average person? The average person isn't making these decisions. It's the people in charge. Blame them.
Monday, August 29, 2022 9:17 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: For 6ix: Remember your alcoholism?
Quote:A human who controls his own fate would have learned immediately to avoid all alcohol. A meat robot would not.
Monday, August 29, 2022 9:53 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: For 6ix: Remember your alcoholism? Yeah. Yeah, I remember that.
Monday, August 29, 2022 10:00 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: For 6ix: Remember your alcoholism? Yeah. Yeah, I remember that.
Monday, August 29, 2022 10:13 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: I enjoy smoking. Fuck off.
Monday, August 29, 2022 10:14 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: For 6ix: Remember your alcoholism? Yeah. Yeah, I remember that. Quote:A human who controls his own fate would have learned immediately to avoid all alcohol. A meat robot would not.
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: For 6ix: Remember your alcoholism? Yeah. Yeah, I remember that.6ix, prove that you are not a meat robot by quitting smoking today.
Monday, August 29, 2022 10:25 AM
Quote:SIGNYM: Hubby says I need to spell out my other reply for you, SECOND: Why are you blaming the average person? The average person isn't making these decisions. It's the people in charge. Blame them. SECOND: I will spell it out for you. The people in charge, "leaders," come from the same sad genetic background as the "followers" do.
Monday, August 29, 2022 10:34 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: P.S. Thanks once again for making another random thread all about me. I know you love me dude, but no I will not go out on a date with you.
Monday, August 29, 2022 10:40 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: For 6ix: Remember your alcoholism? Yeah. Yeah, I remember that. Quote:A human who controls his own fate would have learned immediately to avoid all alcohol. A meat robot would not. Easy for you to say. Your poorly written Second character has never faced any adversity or ever suffered an addiction. Second makes all the right decisions. Second is perfect in every way. Second was always perfect. Second will always be perfect. Second is a boring character. Second is not a real human being at all. In the end I was able to overcome my addiction. I did take control. We're just three months short of 6 years of sobriety now. No religion necessary. No rehab necessary. No 12 step plan necessary. No support group necessary. Of the two of us, you are the completely Static character who is incapable of change or growth. There's nothing about you that is any different than 7 or 8 years ago or whenever we first interacted here. I'm a completely different person than I was in that time frame. Am I perfect? Far from from it. But I am better. A lot better. And I continue to try to become even better all the time. And that takes work. A lot of work. And I am the first to admit that there are many wasted days in between the days of improvements. But they do come less frequently as I continue the push to improve. I hope you find the help you need one day. Or even better, I hope you find the catalyst necessary for you to make the changes you need to make on your own. There's a reason that most people who go to support groups or into rehab relapse so frequently. It's because they didn't really want to change. They didn't want to get better. -------------------------------------------------- Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus
Monday, August 29, 2022 10:41 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: P.S. Thanks once again for making another random thread all about me. I know you love me dude, but no I will not go out on a date with you.For hundreds of thousands of years Mankind has been in trouble, living in poverty, not living in the Garden of Eden, because most of humanity has all of 6ix's flaws and misconceptions and urges they can't comprehend. For some reason, be it fate/destiny/doom/lack of free will/Satan/the neurology of the brain, most of humanity can't get control of themselves, which makes meat robots of them. The tigers of the world tear meat robots apart. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Monday, August 29, 2022 11:04 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: P.S. Thanks once again for making another random thread all about me. I know you love me dude, but no I will not go out on a date with you.For hundreds of thousands of years Mankind has been in trouble, living in poverty, not living in the Garden of Eden, because most of humanity has all of 6ix's flaws and misconceptions and urges they can't comprehend. For some reason, be it fate/destiny/doom/lack of free will/Satan/the neurology of the brain, most of humanity can't get control of themselves, which makes meat robots of them. The tigers of the world tear meat robots apart. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two And you just admitted to genetically sharing the same flaws? Apparently so.
Monday, August 29, 2022 12:53 PM
Monday, August 29, 2022 12:54 PM
Monday, August 29, 2022 1:01 PM
Quote:German Experts Warn Of Grid Instability..."Conventional Power Plants Needed For A Long Time To Come"
Monday, August 29, 2022 1:33 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: Germany has been trying to "go green" since 2011, when they started to eliminate nuclear power. NOW they realize green energy isn't stable? And they want to go to electric vehicles????
Monday, August 29, 2022 2:01 PM
Monday, August 29, 2022 3:22 PM
CAPTAINCRUNCH
... stay crunchy...
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: SECOND: You already agreed that Russia is not responsible for gas shortage.
Monday, August 29, 2022 4:06 PM
Quote:Originally posted by captaincrunch: Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: SECOND: You already agreed that Russia is not responsible for gas shortage. And they sure as sht had nothing to do with invading Ukraine! I mean, none of this would have happened if Ukraine hadn't invaded Ukraine! A-holes! :lol:
Monday, August 29, 2022 4:18 PM
Monday, August 29, 2022 11:51 PM
Quote: SECOND: I will forever treasure Signym's one sentence: "You already agreed that Russia is not responsible for gas shortage." NO! I did NOT agree! That sentence from Signym is absolute proof that what I write does NOT get understood by Signym the Meat Robot.
Quote: SECOND: "When trade endangers national security. Europe and the Economics of Blackmail" [RUSSIA!RUSSIA!] SECOND: Russia has been reducing the supply of natural gas to Europe since last year SIGNY: [detailed timeline of gas supply events in Europe demonstrating the Russia has NOT reduced gas supplies to Europe until just the past few weeks] SECOND: "... the human race. The majority are stupid, lazy, ignorant, dishonest, greedy and ... It is no surprise when a democracy makes stupid decisions" [The fault is democracy] SIGNY: So basically this " crises" is of the EU's own making, and has nothing to do with Russia? And of course you blame this all on "democracy" ... SECOND: [No clarification or rebuttal] "It is pretty clear you have never been around people in a real life or death emergency ." [WTF does that have to do with anything?] SIGNY: "The EU's crisis is a slow-moving self-generated train wreck. The EU did it, the EU can undo it. The decision-makers don't want to. You'd have to ask them why not." SECOND: "I will spell it out for you. The people in charge, "leaders," come from the same sad genetic background as the "followers" do." [Now the fault is the genetics of the leaders?] SIGNY: "Yanno, I get about one sentence in to each of your replies and I stumble on something so self-contradictory I have to stop. Let's parse this. So, it's not RUSSIA!RUSIA! causing Europe's crisis. You agree with me on that. And it's not "democracy" causing Europe's crisis. You agree with me on that, too! Now it's the elite's genetics??!?" SECOND: "...meat robots ..."
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 12:08 AM
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 12:39 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Back to topic: The EU is imploding economically, thanks to fantastical energy and de-industrialization policies. It imploded militarily a long time ago, depending on the USA to protect it so they could afford niceties like nationalized medical care and free education. Socially, they've discarded their national cultures. Financially, they've given control up to The Troika, many EU nations with extremely high debt burdens. And politically, the EU nations have (mostly) given up their independence to that great bloated bureaucratic borg that squats in Brussels. Let's track what happens to the EU, shall we? And see what lessons we can derive from their experience.
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 12:47 AM
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 6:28 AM
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 8:35 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Back to topic: The EU is imploding economically, thanks to fantastical energy and de-industrialization policies. It imploded militarily a long time ago, depending on the USA to protect it so they could afford niceties like nationalized medical care and free education. Socially, they've discarded their national cultures. Financially, they've given control up to The Troika, many EU nations with extremely high debt burdens. And politically, the EU nations have (mostly) given up their independence to that great bloated bureaucratic borg that squats in Brussels. Let's track what happens to the EU, shall we? And see what lessons we can derive from their experience.I think a comic is completely on topic because many people and their countries are directionless and drifting through life and time, with no particular plans other than the vague pursue of happiness, but also clearly pursuing the path of least resistance. The path of least resistance is what makes rivers run crooked. SMBC is a daily comic strip about life, philosophy, science, and mathematics. Recently, the comic had a point to make about meat robots muddling through life. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/muddle Bob: Do you think it’s better to accept your place in a web of human relations or to pursue a transcendent authentic self-hood? Alice: That’s a false choice. Bob: You think you can do both? Alice: I can do neither. Alice: My life plan is to never make peace with society’s perception of me nor come to a contented state of personal understanding. Alice: I’m just gonna muddle through, Baby! I’m gonna be awkward, never reflect, play video games nights and weekends, and run out the clock on this future corpse. Bob: My God. Bob: This is an entirely new way of being. Alice: No no, everyone does it, they just don’t realize. The Philosopher: The key is first to realize this and then decide it’s a belief system. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 8:44 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Back to topic: The EU is imploding economically, thanks to fantastical energy and de-industrialization policies. It imploded militarily a long time ago, depending on the USA to protect it so they could afford niceties like nationalized medical care and free education. Socially, they've discarded their national cultures. Financially, they've given control up to The Troika, many EU nations with extremely high debt burdens. And politically, the EU nations have (mostly) given up their independence to that great bloated bureaucratic borg that squats in Brussels. Let's track what happens to the EU, shall we? And see what lessons we can derive from their experience.I think a comic is completely on topic because many people and their countries are directionless and drifting through life and time, with no particular plans other than the vague pursue of happiness, but also clearly pursuing the path of least resistance. The path of least resistance is what makes rivers run crooked. SMBC is a daily comic strip about life, philosophy, science, and mathematics. Recently, the comic had a point to make about meat robots muddling through life. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/muddle Bob: Do you think it’s better to accept your place in a web of human relations or to pursue a transcendent authentic self-hood? Alice: That’s a false choice. Bob: You think you can do both? Alice: I can do neither. Alice: My life plan is to never make peace with society’s perception of me nor come to a contented state of personal understanding. Alice: I’m just gonna muddle through, Baby! I’m gonna be awkward, never reflect, play video games nights and weekends, and run out the clock on this future corpse. Bob: My God. Bob: This is an entirely new way of being. Alice: No no, everyone does it, they just don’t realize. The Philosopher: The key is first to realize this and then decide it’s a belief system. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two The above is what happens when you've lived a life with no adversity. And I mean REAL adversity. Not the fabricated teen angst drama bullshit that is forced on kids in public schools. This is why we know your fictional character Second is a poorly written character. Because the person behind the avatar and the Second handle is the meat robot Alice in real life.
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 9:17 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Back to topic: The EU is imploding economically, thanks to fantastical energy and de-industrialization policies. It imploded militarily a long time ago, depending on the USA to protect it so they could afford niceties like nationalized medical care and free education. Socially, they've discarded their national cultures. Financially, they've given control up to The Troika, many EU nations with extremely high debt burdens. And politically, the EU nations have (mostly) given up their independence to that great bloated bureaucratic borg that squats in Brussels. Let's track what happens to the EU, shall we? And see what lessons we can derive from their experience.I think a comic is completely on topic because many people and their countries are directionless and drifting through life and time, with no particular plans other than the vague pursue of happiness, but also clearly pursuing the path of least resistance. The path of least resistance is what makes rivers run crooked. SMBC is a daily comic strip about life, philosophy, science, and mathematics. Recently, the comic had a point to make about meat robots muddling through life. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/muddle Bob: Do you think it’s better to accept your place in a web of human relations or to pursue a transcendent authentic self-hood? Alice: That’s a false choice. Bob: You think you can do both? Alice: I can do neither. Alice: My life plan is to never make peace with society’s perception of me nor come to a contented state of personal understanding. Alice: I’m just gonna muddle through, Baby! I’m gonna be awkward, never reflect, play video games nights and weekends, and run out the clock on this future corpse. Bob: My God. Bob: This is an entirely new way of being. Alice: No no, everyone does it, they just don’t realize. The Philosopher: The key is first to realize this and then decide it’s a belief system. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two The above is what happens when you've lived a life with no adversity. And I mean REAL adversity. Not the fabricated teen angst drama bullshit that is forced on kids in public schools. This is why we know your fictional character Second is a poorly written character. Because the person behind the avatar and the Second handle is the meat robot Alice in real life.6ix, you and many people and their countries are directionless and drifting through life and time, with no particular plans other than the vague pursue of happiness, but also clearly pursuing the path of least resistance. The path of least resistance is what makes rivers run crooked. 6ix, you have lived a very crooked life, going from one addiction to the next (alcohol, tobacco, drugs, Trump ("he'll be fine") to who knows what next.) But don't worry, the EU has the same problem as you do. Just look at Hungary and Viktor Orbán, the crookedest PM in the EU.
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 9:26 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Talking about me again, I see.
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 9:33 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Talking about me again, I see. Wrong as usual.
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 9:50 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: LOL Dude. I've got over a thousand posts of you talking about me. Things I've shared with people I like that you save to a file on your computer and whip out whenever your jerking off all over these boards. None of them as bad as you sharing Signy's personal medical information all over the place though. You are a garbage human being. Get fucked. Your little dick needs a break, beta bitch.
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 10:52 AM
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022 4:46 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: LOL Dude. I've got over a thousand posts of you talking about me. Things I've shared with people I like that you save to a file on your computer and whip out whenever your jerking off all over these boards. None of them as bad as you sharing Signy's personal medical information all over the place though. You are a garbage human being. Get fucked. Your little dick needs a break, beta bitch.Let me push your meat robot buttons.
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