[Jimmy]

Actually, Atrazine is putting the gay in the water with the frogs.

[Danukem]

Jimmy, on 03 December 2021 - 07:23 PM, said:

Actually, Atrazine is putting the gay in the water with the frogs.

Fixed.

[Aristotle Gumball]

Spoiler

[Forge]

Futa Orc, on 03 December 2021 - 10:29 PM, said:

Spoiler

are you trying to summon fox for copy-pasta?
because that's how you summon fox for copy-pasta

[Aleks]

Forge, on 04 December 2021 - 09:33 AM, said:

are you trying to summon fox for copy-pasta?
because that's how you summon fox for copy-pasta

...wait, what do you mean with "copy-pasta"? Are you implying that Fox is not the real author behind all of these wonderful romantic stories he posts from time to time, often illustrated with genuinely brilliant pictures?

[Forge]

everyone knows fox is fake news

[Aristotle Gumball]

Researchers shoot holes in study touted for confirming 'masks work' in curbing COVID

[Fox]

Futa Orc, on 03 December 2021 - 10:29 PM, said:

Spoiler

Meanwhile in Brazil

Spoiler

[Danukem]

The evidence we have indicates that omicron infections tend to be mild, more like the common cold. It's also more contagious, but that's good if it's mild because it means it will spread everywhere, outcompete other variants and result in more natural immunity. This appears to be the point where covid has become just another endemic common virus that most people don't need to worry about.

[Forge]

we never needed to worry about it in the first place

big pharma got their cut, now the governments and banks need their cut via bloated taxes and inflation

[Avenger]

Flying Techbot, on 01 December 2021 - 02:13 PM, said:

I rarely get involved with these kinds of discussions lately. Usually, these discussions either get too personal or too intense. But I think it's time to give my piece.

I don't know how you guys have been able to fare with the virus in your areas, either vaccinated or unvaccinated. I pretty much got two shots of Pfizer, and recently right now a booster, just so I can build an immunity and see people again. So far, I haven't got any lethal side-effects other than fatigue or arm pain after the first shot. If some of you have been able to do well without vaccination, you're lucky. I've known some who weren't so lucky. I lost a relative to COVID after refusing vaccination for awhile, and his death was pretty slow and painful. Friends who did get COVID were fortunately not severe in their infection, and got better when they were vaccinated in time. I haven't lost anyone close to the virus, but a friend of mine lost someone who was close to him, and he was devastated. There were times I thought the end of the world was coming, and only recently has there been some semblance of normality. I'm just glad that I'm still living, even if things aren't always going well.

Look guys. The virus sucked. It sucked for everybody. Lots of people suffered and got screwed over due to the virus. Unfortunately, human nature and politics got worse as the virus spread. I think it was a mistake when politicians (I'm not saying who) politicized the virus. Since the virus got politicized, the issue has turned into a matter of self-determination vs authority or pride vs public need rather than a case of life and death. A lot of the arguments I've encountered either range from excessive self-importance to extreme disdain for everyone else, and I don't they've been very helpful in making things better. Politicizing viruses often make things worse, and I haven't seen the politicizing of COVID as improving things for everybody. If stubborn pride were enough to make people immune, everyone would be cured by now.

I'm not posting to start a brawl. I think Duke4.net has had enough wrestling matches already. I'm only saying that I wouldn't rely on natural immunity and self-determination alone, especially knowing how nasty the virus could be. If you're doing fine without the vaccine, that's fine, but just be careful, and don't take your luck for granted. At some point, if you do get infected, you may need to get vaccinated, but I pray you don't get infected. Those who have just been vaccinated, the worst side-effects usually wear off days after the first shot, whether it's Moderna or Pfizer. I'm just speaking from personal and family experience, so it may not be the same for everybody.

Just try to take care of yourselves as well as you can, and I hope things get better for you guys. That's all I have to say about that.

What have you done to validate that anyone that's allegedly china virus positive, actually is?

It's easy to buy into the propaganda trash being force fed down your throat daily and claim those that aren't towing the line of the dogmatic narrative are "stubborn", too full of "pride" or "selfish" but in reality those making such claims are acting like entitled children themselves, throwing a tantrum that other's aren't doing what they've been brainwashed to believe is "right".

At the end of the day, I don't give a fuck what anyone does with their body. What I will continue to fight against is those that can't keep their snotty noses out of my business under false pretenses of "safety" then signal virtue for doing what they've been told without question while justifying the very obvious discrimination against the "far right" commonly associated with "anti-vaxx" sentiment that's become common place. At the end of the day none of these "vaccines" actually accomplish what vaccines have historically done and that's contracting a disease in the first place and subsequently stopping the spread to others. So what difference does it make to anyone else what my choice is? Right or wrong, the choice to take an experimental substance without proper medical trials or any knowledge of long term consequences only effects me.

[Flying Techbot]

Avenger, on 07 December 2021 - 08:11 PM, said:

What have you done to validate that anyone that's allegedly china virus positive, actually is?

It's easy to buy into the propaganda trash being force fed down your throat daily and claim those that aren't towing the line of the dogmatic narrative are "stubborn", too full of "pride" or "selfish" but in reality those making such claims are acting like entitled children themselves, throwing a tantrum that other's aren't doing what they've been brainwashed to believe is "right".

At the end of the day, I don't give a fuck what anyone does with their body. What I will continue to fight against is those that can't keep their snotty noses out of my business under false pretenses of "safety" then signal virtue for doing what they've been told without question while justifying the very obvious discrimination against the "far right" commonly associated with "anti-vaxx" sentiment that's become common place. At the end of the day none of these "vaccines" actually accomplish what vaccines have historically done and that's contracting a disease in the first place and subsequently stopping the spread to others. So what difference does it make to anyone else what my choice is? Right or wrong, the choice to take an experimental substance without proper medical trials or any knowledge of long term consequences only effects me.

Avenger, what the heck are you talking about? I haven't insulted you, nor have I was trying to pick a fight with you. You're making a LOT of assumptions about what you thought I meant behind my post, and I haven't even gone into half the stuff you've complained about.

The only person who is throwing a tantrum and acting like a child is you. I'm sorry you're having a rough time, but it has nothing to do with me. Just because you're angry doesn't give you the excuse to lash out at members. You're just making me a scapegoat for your own unresolved anger, and I'm not going to play your villain.

Just let me make something clear. My post wasn't some self-satisfied sermon on the benefits of vaccinations. All I did was relate my experience, and explain why I got vaccinated. I wasn't putting other members down, nor was I making snide insinuations.

I did make the mistake in suggesting that some members shouldn't give other members a hard time for not agreeing with them about the whole vaccination conspiracy theory, especially since the virus was a pretty miserable experience for everyone. You've somehow switched what I said around into thinking I was persecuting you or members who agree with you for not getting vaccinated. I'm not. If I had, I'd be acting more like the usual forum users who care more about picking a fight than actually trying to talk and listen to others. You're more concerned with shouting your opinions at people than with understanding them.

I'm not buying into any propaganda machine. I'm not putting other members down. And I'm certainly not sticking my snotty nose into your business. Your life and your choices are your business. I wasn't even trying to tell other people what to do in the first place.

But this will be my last post about politics or the virus. I won't make the mistake of posting here again.

Moderators, try to reign in your difficult members. All they're doing is looking for excuses to pick fights and look for scapegoats. It feels more like a Rigelatin prison than a place to have discussions or exchange ideas.

[Danukem]

Flying Techbot, on 08 December 2021 - 01:22 AM, said:

Moderators, try to reign in your difficult members. All they're doing is looking for excuses to pick fights and look for scapegoats. It feels more like a Rigelatin prison than a place to have discussions or exchange ideas.

He quoted your post, but other than that it seems like his post has very little to do with you in particular. In the first sentence he asks a question which can be read as a challenge to you, and the rest is a rant that could stand on its own. He expresses some views that are certainly controversial (and some of which I think are plain wrong) but he doesn't insult you or attack you personally.

So just to be clear: you believe his post should be censored and/or he should be punished, correct? I don't see why else you would call for him to be "reigned in" right after that post. By your implication, I'm not doing my job as a moderator if I don't censor/punish him for you.

If you decide not to post again because someone expresses strong disagreement with your point of view, that's your choice. Blaming others for it is weak and childish.

[Flying Techbot]

Danukem, on 08 December 2021 - 02:33 AM, said:

He quoted your post, but other than that it seems like his post has very little to do with you in particular. In the first sentence he asks a question which can be read as a challenge to you, and the rest is a rant that could stand on its own. He expresses some views that are certainly controversial (and some of which I think are plain wrong) but he doesn't insult you or attack you personally.

So just to be clear: you believe his post should be censored and/or he should be punished, correct? I don't see why else you would call for him to be "reigned in" right after that post. By your implication, I'm not doing my job as a moderator if I don't censor/punish him for you.

If you decide not to post again because someone expresses strong disagreement with your point of view, that's your choice. Blaming others for it is weak and childish.

No, you got it wrong, Danukem. I don't think his post should be censored. I just didn't like him lashing at me out of nowhere when I didn't pick a fight with him. I prefer it when members are respectful to each other rather than picking fights. That's part of the rules after all. It's often difficult to be respectful when someone is ready to pick a fight. It's just that I've seen other members abuse others over small things for a long time, and things just got ugly unnecessarily.

I'm not blaming others for my own faults. If the tone in my post suggested that I was, that wasn't my intention. Believe me, I've known people who blame others for their own problems, and they're way more childish than what I've wrote. The tone of the post was written in my regular head voice, but it may have sounded worse than what was intended.

If I offended, I apologize. Sorry I got angry in return.

[Forge]

i've never had a twatter account, so i'm still prehistoric about how the real world works; did I miss the cue to dogpile on someone?

sorry about that.
i do things the old fashioned way. point and laugh, or use the ignore button. (i've never used the ignore button, so that pretty much means i'm resorting to the other option)

in case i was too subtle; the window for 'reigning people in' will continually shift and widen the thinner the skin gets.

[Aristotle Gumball]

Avenger, on 07 December 2021 - 08:11 PM, said:

What have you done to validate that anyone that's allegedly china virus positive, actually is?

It's easy to buy into the propaganda trash being force fed down your throat daily and claim those that aren't towing the line of the dogmatic narrative are "stubborn", too full of "pride" or "selfish" but in reality those making such claims are acting like entitled children themselves, throwing a tantrum that other's aren't doing what they've been brainwashed to believe is "right".

At the end of the day, I don't give a fuck what anyone does with their body. What I will continue to fight against is those that can't keep their snotty noses out of my business under false pretenses of "safety" then signal virtue for doing what they've been told without question while justifying the very obvious discrimination against the "far right" commonly associated with "anti-vaxx" sentiment that's become common place. At the end of the day none of these "vaccines" actually accomplish what vaccines have historically done and that's contracting a disease in the first place and subsequently stopping the spread to others. So what difference does it make to anyone else what my choice is? Right or wrong, the choice to take an experimental substance without proper medical trials or any knowledge of long term consequences only effects me.

Completely agreed tbh. That post annoyed me too. I think you picked up on the same tone of righteousness that I did, but he was so diplomatic it was hard to grab onto anything. It's kinda obvious if you read between the lines though. A lot of people wanna express their view under the guise of seeming civility so you don't fight them and their opinion gets to just stand on its own.

And even if you're not taking sides, that's kind of annoying in itself. Just this vague and meandering rambling about nothing. The world's completely fucked and here's grandpa Techbot telling the kids to calm down. I pray for you too bro. Whatever.

I vote for more wrestling matches.

[LakiSoft]

I agree with @Flying Techbot here. The fucking problem Avenger has is that he's going crybaby mode, and call others dumb and "covidiots" (What the fuck that even means) just because the others have different opinion and point of view than he does. You see, he keeps calling me names, insulting me and downvoting my posts, just because i expressed my own opinion. He keeps calling me dumb and "covidiot" and telling random lies "that i am scared pussy whose believe everything my government tells me" even if i clearly stated that i am against both pressures that comes from both pro-vaxxers and anti-vaxxers respectively. To make long story short, always stick into middle. How this can offend anyone?

[Aristotle Gumball]

Gingis Khan, on 08 December 2021 - 10:51 AM, said:

To make long story short, always stick into middle. How this can offend anyone?

Being inoffensive doesn't make you a good person. It is irritating to people who actually know wtf they're talking about and have chosen a side that they can justify with logic. If you're unwilling to do that, maybe be quiet, y'know?

[Danukem]

Gingis Khan, on 08 December 2021 - 10:51 AM, said:

I agree with @Flying Techbot here. The fucking problem Avenger has is that he's going crybaby mode, and call others dumb and "covidiots" (What the fuck that even means) just because the others have different opinion and point of view than he does. You see, he keeps calling me names, insulting me and downvoting my posts, just because i expressed my own opinion. He keeps calling me dumb and "covidiot" and telling random lies "that i am scared pussy whose believe everything my government tells me" even if i clearly stated that i am against both pressures that comes from both pro-vaxxers and anti-vaxxers respectively. To make long story short, always stick into middle. How this can offend anyone?

Hi Gingis. Remember this little gem you posted last week?



As a self-professed "Nazi-Jew", your head would be on the guillotine along with some other assholes if there's a purge.

If the worst Avenger has done is call people "covidiots" and downvoted some posts (which is wrong why?) then honesty he's looking pretty good compared with some of you.


Now fucking behave yourselves and act like adults. There, consider yourselves "reigned in" lol.

[Aristotle Gumball]

I like that post because it's so over the top it becomes almost schizophrenic. Gingis' madness fits in with the rest. I hope more crazy people show up soon.

[LakiSoft]

I am very well know what i am talking about, but it seems to me that even Avenger himself doesn't know wtf he's talking about. The conspiracy theories and fairy talesfound thru-out internet makes more sense than what random bullshit stuff he's posting. Also, what side? What side he have chosen? For me it seems he only only chosen the side of ignorance and self-attention. On one way, i feel sorry for him.

[LakiSoft]

Danukem, on 08 December 2021 - 11:09 AM, said:

Hi Gingis. Remember this little gem you posted last week?



As a self-professed "Nazi-Jew", your head would be on the guillotine along with some other assholes if there's a purge.

If the worst Avenger has done is call people "covidiots" and downvoted some posts (which is wrong why?) then honesty he's looking pretty good compared with some of you.


Now fucking behave yourselves and act like adults. There, consider yourselves "reigned in" lol.

That was joke man. And i like the Jews. What's wrong with that?

Avenger's behavior is irritating and he's reputation says everything.

[Jimmy]

Flying Techbot, on 08 December 2021 - 01:22 AM, said:

Moderators, try to reign in your difficult members. All they're doing is looking for excuses to pick fights and look for scapegoats. It feels more like a Rigelatin prison than a place to have discussions or exchange ideas.

Crybully.

[Danukem]

Gingis Khan, on 08 December 2021 - 11:19 AM, said:

That was joke man. And i like the Jews. What's wrong with that?

Avenger's behavior is irritating and he's reputation says everything.

Maybe everything Avenger says is a joke too and you aren't in on it. Or maybe you are in on it and you are joking now. Who the fuck knows. Maybe your jokes are irritating and offensive.

You know what irritates me? People being stupid, especialy when they are stupid and hypocritical.

[LakiSoft]

Danukem, on 08 December 2021 - 01:51 PM, said:

Maybe everything Avenger says is a joke too and you aren't in on it. Or maybe you are in on it and you are joking now. Who the fuck knows. Maybe your jokes are irritating and offensive.

You know what irritates me? People being stupid, especialy when they are stupid and hypocritical.

I also can't stand stupid and hypocrite people.

Here, see it for yourself.

https://forums.duke4...post__p__363892

If Avenger did this twice or trice, i would consider it just a rude joke. But he constantly downvoting and provoking for no any specific reason rather to show how "he's tough on the internet"

He hates my statement about Covid, and called me puppet of government, even i don't give honest fuck what government says about covid. He is trying to label me as "scared covidiot pussy" and yet he vaccinated and i didn't. Who's hypocrite then?

What happened between me and Slap Mc Bald is totally different story. He wasn't irritating, he was just funny to me. You cannot compare apples and oranges.

And again, if my statement and jokes ever really offended anyone, then how come that i haven't been reported by now? They are free and welcome to do it anytime they want, if that's the case.

Main point is, i would never ever talk about Avenger, if he wasn't so fucking annoying and irritating in his fake statements against me, in first place. I never provoke first. What he actually have against me and why, he only knows.

Also, how come that, even Futa Orc and myself were also trolling and downvoting each other, yet he stoped and said he changed opinion about me on better and now we are on good names with each other. Why Avenger can't do the same?

[Jimmy]

Maybe because he doesn't want to. Why are you still whining?

[LakiSoft]

Jimmy, on 08 December 2021 - 03:21 PM, said:

Maybe because he doesn't want to. Why are you still whining?

So you say if he doesn't want to stop acting like "tough guy" then it's totally justified for him to post lies about me? Huh? Also trying to understand mentality of people who think differently ain't a whining.

[Forge]

ya'll are going to get your mancards revoked if you keep this shit up

[Jimmy]

Maybe he is a tough guy. Maybe you should go to his house.

[Aristotle Gumball]

Gingis Khan, on 08 December 2021 - 02:21 PM, said:

Also, how come that, even Futa Orc and myself were also trolling and downvoting each other, yet he stoped and said he changed opinion about me on better and now we are on good names with each other.

I don't hate you or anything, but I'm not interested in internet friends. If you say too much stupid shit, I'll turn on you just like anyone. Sorry!