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SydneyCarton

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  1. 3 hours ago, chainsaw said:

    I was making fun of Abrams. You can't criticize someone else for being simplistic about a topic and then, in the same tweet, offer a simplistic analysis on the same topic. I found the hypocrisy amusing.

    The similarities between Iran and Pakistan are superficial. One is majority Shia, the other is majority Sunni.

    One has an ongoing territorial dispute with a nuclear-armed neighbor, the other does not.

    What does Abrahms even mean by "ramped up" or "support for terrorism" here?

    How does he know that the "ramping up" didn't simply coincide with a global trend? How is he so sure that it was Pakistan's nuclear program that enabled it?

    Just because I disagree with his analysis (which, yeah, more or less boils down to "Pakistan bad ergo Iran bad") doesn't mean I "stan" for Iran. I just wish we didn't have to deal with a social media environment where a platform like X allows someone to post dogshit takes and get millions of views.

    I don't think it's simplistic to assume that a notoriously bad actor, one of the worst in the world currently, will act even worse if they have a nuclear shield to hide behind. Some statements are just pretty fucking obvious, like OU sucks, water is wet.. It's not surprising that lobbing barbs at obviously true statements and poisoning the well of the person delivering it...could be seen as stanning for Iran. 

    3 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

    Would you like me to quote the multiple times I have stated that the current government of Iran needs to be removed, or would you like to actually read the thread yourself instead of forming a tapioca-brained opinion based on one single post you are misinterpreting?

    I haven't read the thread now? And that whole post is an interesting take, considering the entire second half of my post was me saying "Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, please help me understand what you meant." Tapioca, eh?

    3 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

    @SydneyCarton to be clear, what I was saying was that it was ironic because Israel literally does that, not that Iran (under its current governance) wouldn't do it.

    These seems like a much more calm, rational response, and explanation, and good faith effort to have a conversation. Thank you.

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  2. Just now, chainsaw said:

    It's "stanning" to not want a hot war in the middle east. Okay buddy. Don't forget who launched the first attack here.

    This you, bruh?

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    The topic of my quotes, specifically, was two posts flat out saying (yours) or implying (Fantana) that just because Pakistan has nukes and has used them as a shield to misbehave regarding terrorism, doesn't mean that Iran would do the same. Fucking Iran. Now, if you want to correct my interpretation of your post, by all means. I'm all ears. 

    But the post your quoted, and then your, to paraphrase, "Pakistan is bad therefore Iran is bad, right?" well, only has one obvious interpretation to me. Which is...a defense of Iran. So by all means point how I crossed my wires. Were you just agreeing with Abrahms?

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  3. 14 hours ago, chainsaw said:

    "Don't oversimplify, but Pakistan bad ergo Iran bad."

     

    14 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

    There is some level of irony in discussing using nukes as a shield to do terrorism when discussing Israel specifically.

    I didn't have anyone basically stanning for Iran on this thread, but here we are...

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  4. 2 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

    Sure seems like we are currently seeing the fruits of the KGB's meddling in the 60's, 70's and 80's.  How many different assassination attempts have we had in the past 12 months due to political violence?  Seems to be increasing unfortunately.

    Shit. I think the meddling is more of the last 30 years. But there's more than just that happening. If's a confluence of shit...but yeah, social media is certainly at the heart. 

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  5. 14 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    I believe most folks on this board are more interested in finding out if their employer offers a "strained your elbow from jerking off too much to Albanian midget porn" coverage.

    At least, that's what the fellas on the football board told me.

    This isn't a joke, I know that most of this board is probably gainfully employed and insured, that being said, finding employers with even DECENT health insurance at decent rates these days, even if employed full time, is fucking tough.

    14 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Well, that's offensive.

    I much prefer Serbian midget porn myself.  F'n insurance companies probably draw the line there, some sort of "pre-existing condition" or some such.

    Wait till you discover SYBIAN midget porn. 

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  6. 6 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

     

    Oh shit. You were fucking serious. Wow.
     


     

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    Here is a list of American billionaires who's heights are known:

    Bill Gates = 5'10

    Jeff Bezos = 5'8

    Warren Buffett = 5'10

    Mark Zuckerberg = 5'7.5

    Larry Ellison = 6'3

    David Koch = 6'5

    Michael Bloomberg = 5'8

    Larry Page = 5'11

    Sergey Brin = 5'8

    Kevin Systrom = 6'5

    Paul Allen = 5'10

    Sean Parker = 5'10

    Elon Musk = 6'2

    Steve Ballmer = 6'5

    The average height of billionaires is 5'11.6 Which is 2.4 inches above the national average (5'9.2 according to the CDC). Billionaires are about as tall as the average CEO

     

  7. 10 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

    The weird thing is the short kings are the super rich. Maybe BECAUSE they were short, they had to compensate and become smart and wealthy.

    This sounds scientifically legit. I heard one guy or or a comic or something insist that because he had a small dick, his swimmers had to travel exponentially further to fertilize an egg. So if he got a woman pregnant, you know it had to be the best and most efficient swimmer he had, as where some low IQ clown with a horsecock could dump his load right next to the egg, and some retarded sperm with 3 tails that could only swim in circles had a fair shot of getting to the prize. 

    I bet he felt much better about himself as he cried himself to sleep in unfathomable loneliness every night. 

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  8. 1 hour ago, Etexhorn13 said:

    Taking my boys around campus today, is it possible to get inside DKR and look at the trophies etc?

    I dont know about all of DKR, but the trophy room is on the north side of the endzone and is pretty much open all the time, is my understanding. 

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  9. 6 minutes ago, Bevo said:

    Not to diminish your point because it is absolutely true, but there could be more to the story. I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain. 

    Good context, because I’m pretty sure Anastasis is an Excitable Boy. 

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  10. 8 minutes ago, troph said:

    y'all hate, meanwhile I'm getting laid while watching the sunset on a boat in the middle of the week. I win.

    Friday isn't the middle of the week, and it's 10 am, AND why are you typing on Surly? And you could be doing all that without listening to Kenny Chesney. 

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  11. 7 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

    Can we just agree that billionaires are cunts?

    Sure. But that's not about. Some people think THEIR billionaires are freedom fighters, and others are the fucking illuminati. 

    It's fucking stupid. George Soros's net worth is fucking 8 billion. Id love to have 8 billion, but lets face it, in billionaire world he's basically not shit, and folks think he's ruling the entire fucking world with 8 billion dollars. Critical thinking is dead. Of course, the real issue with Soros is probably just that he's a fucking jew, but no one has the balls to own that one. 

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  12. 1 minute ago, Js1 said:

    Adelson is everything that the right thinks Soros is

    Projection, as usual. 

    Is she? She gives money to causes she believes in, even if we think they're fucked up. I don't like her, but I also don't think she manipulates world banking markets and hires legions of fucking crisis actors. I don't think she's single handedly responsible for every ill that can remotely be tied to something political. She's a rich person who doesn't think palestinians should be alive, or most middle easterners, and she aggressively donates money to people she thinks furthers that cause. 

  13. 1 minute ago, troph said:

    boat culture though is a bit different taste. I mean I have a pretty refined palate for music and I'll listen the hell out of Kenny Chesney on the boat and I can't stand his music elsewhere.  

    Hook'em ATL didn't specify being on a boat in his Michael McDonald jerking-off-while-crying moment of being alive. But careful on that slippery slope. "It's different on a boat, on a boat, Michael Jackson and Diddy are fine." I'm going to go with a crime against humanity still being a crime against humanity, I don't care whether or not you're in international waters. 

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