The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread

[Goredho 17394]

1 minute ago, Ghost of LL said:

Just look at what the markets are doing.  Stocks are up nearly 10% over the last week; bond yields are also rising.  Everyone fucking thinks inflation is going to bounce back up and corporations are going to use that as an opportunity to make windfall profits.

The investing classes are going to make a killing.

It's the working classes that are going to be killed.

 

So, you know--the yoozh.

Yeah, I grew up 5 minutes away from Mexico, and it always struck me how different life was there.  I was born into a privileged family.  We had far more than most and never were concerned with money.  Then I would go to Mexico and see all the shanty towns on the hills, and kids trying to sell you chicles to help their family, the prostitutes in boys town trying to survive selling what they had to sell.  And I was taken aback by how much lower their standard of living was compared to mine, and that the only real difference between them and I was that they were born 5 minutes south beyond an imaginary line drawn on a drying riverbed.

And then I would pass all that by and get to my real destination.  The house of the wealthy, politically connected family that was the ruling class in Mexico.  I was friend with their son who was sent to private school in the U.S. to be educated.  I was taken aback again by how much higher their standard of living was compared to mine.  The thousands of acres, the mission-style mansion, the landing strip and private plane in the backyard.  It was disconcertingly difficult to try and not be taken aback by the extravagance.

I think we are on a similar road in the United States, just behind the curve.

[Chad Fuck 17658]

10 minutes ago, RPM said:

The Cruz Curse works in our favor for a change

 

This SOB voting against a fellow Texan.  Yet another reason so many find his face so punchable.  

[DDD Dad 14322]

15 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Not exactly. But I do expect decent people to feel sympathy for millions of innocents trying to survive an onslaught in Gaza (and, likely soon, the West Bank). 

I know this thread has moved quickly, but this discussion started when a few of our resident assholes cheered on the coming slaughter in Gaza as if it were some sort of karmic justice for the poor choices of Muslims in Michigan. Then said assholes doubled down on it. 

We can debate whether American Muslims who declined to vote for Kamala deserve what’s coming. I personally believe their decision presented a unique moral conundrum. But are you really going to defend Brisket and 956 as they celebrate the massacre of innocent non-Americans who had literally no choice to make?

I get the impression that neither Brisket nor 956 celebrate the massacre of innocent non-Americans.  Instead It's schadenfreude for those who were complicit in allowing the greater of two evils to come into power by voicing their protest through voting against the interests of those innocent non-Americans.  More like, "STFU you were responsible for this" rather than "yay, more innocent dead people." 

[Chad Fuck 17658]

7 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Yes.

But to be fair, I'm an equal opportunity shithead and hope Israel gets wiped out too.  I'm tired of hearing about the bullshit over there and that somehow it's our problem to fix.  Fuck 'em.  Let both of them fight it out and sort out their own problems for a change.

I have a strong affinity for this.  While recognizing that Israel is the only democracy in the ME, for which I have some sympathy, Bibi is a total asshole.

One of the Founding Fathers' great ideas was "let's not bring all that European infighting over HERE. Let's get us a fresh start."   I thought that was somewhat true for the intractable Arab-Israeli conflicts of the last 50 years.  We can argue about who bought it here first, but it seems to be a cancer to the body politic from where I'm standing.  

[DixonHur 11292]

24 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

The investing classes are going to make a killing.

[Goofyboy 3268]

Not exactly. But I do expect decent people to feel sympathy for millions of innocents trying to survive an onslaught in Gaza (and, likely soon, the West Bank). 
I know this thread has moved quickly, but this discussion started when a few of our resident assholes cheered on the coming slaughter in Gaza as if it were some sort of karmic justice for the poor choices of Muslims in Michigan. Then said assholes doubled down on it. 
We can debate whether American Muslims who declined to vote for Kamala deserve what’s coming. I personally believe their decision presented a unique moral conundrum. But are you really going to defend Brisket and 956 as they celebrate the massacre of innocent non-Americans who had literally no choice to make?

It sucks when innocent people die. I have the same sympathy for them as I do for the people starving in African countries, experiencing genocide in African countries and general atrocities around the world.

That said - I have zero sympathy for the people that actively campaigned against the best option on the table for trying to fix a 100 year problem.

[SaucyJack 3488]

57 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

The problem with activists on the left is they are terrible strategists. 

 

“ it’s that fucking Mike Johnson, man”

[BrickHorn 18214]

Those of y’all sane-washing Brisket need to go back and read his posts on Page 13. A small sample:

On 11/11/2024 at 1:50 PM, Brisketexan said:

Nope.  But a shitload of Arab-Americans and other parties supposedly deeply sympathetic to Gaza 1) do vote, and 2) either voted for Trump, or registered a protest vote for Stein or somesuch.  In spite of all common sense telling them that they were voting for the leopard that would fully and finally consume the face of Gaza (or more accurately, would give Israel full license and blessing to do so).

This outcome is EXACTLY what those people voted for.  Sorry.  I'm all out of sympathy.  For everyone.

 

On 11/11/2024 at 2:05 PM, softlynow said:

@BrickHorn Are you ok? I’m not sure where you’re coming from on this. I’m personally sickened by just about everything right now. Single-issue voters in Dearborn, etc. didn’t do this by themselves, but it fits the thread. I fear there will be nothing stopping the accelerating genocide in the ME. I’m not sure whether you disagree or think I’m cheering it on. 

 

On 11/11/2024 at 2:08 PM, Brisketexan said:

Oh, I'm cheering it on.  See, when arsonists get burned, that's the essence of this thread.

I'm sick and fucking tired of telling various factions of arsonists "DON'T LIGHT THAT FIRE!" only to watch them defiantly toss gasoline everywhere and light a match.....and promptly get fucking consumed by the fire they helped stoke/start.  Fuck 'em.  I am DONE having sympathy for groups that bring the worst on themselves.  

0% sympathy.

100% schadenfreude.

That is the correct ratio now.

Dude clearly stated he was “cheering [genocide in the middle east] on.” It wasn’t ambiguous or misunderstood. 

If you want to defend him, fine. But at least understand what you’re defending.

[SaucyJack 3488]

51 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Yeah, I grew up 5 minutes away from Mexico, and it always struck me how different life was there.  I was born into a privileged family.  We had far more than most and never were concerned with money.  Then I would go to Mexico and see all the shanty towns on the hills, and kids trying to sell you chicles to help their family, the prostitutes in boys town trying to survive selling what they had to sell.  And I was taken aback by how much lower their standard of living was compared to mine, and that the only real difference between them and I was that they were born 5 minutes south beyond an imaginary line drawn on a drying riverbed.

And then I would pass all that by and get to my real destination.  The house of the wealthy, politically connected family that was the ruling class in Mexico.  I was friend with their son who was sent to private school in the U.S. to be educated.  I was taken aback again by how much higher their standard of living was compared to mine.  The thousands of acres, the mission-style mansion, the landing strip and private plane in the backyard.  It was disconcertingly difficult to try and not be taken aback by the extravagance.

I think we are on a similar road in the United States, just behind the curve.

ESO!!

[Fudge Nuggets 19184]

2 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Those of y’all sane-washing Brisket need to go back and read his posts on Page 13. A small sample:

 

 

Dude clearly stated he was “cheering [genocide in the middle east] on.” It wasn’t ambiguous or misunderstood. 

If you want to defend him, fine. But at least understand what you’re defending.

I don't care.  At all.  I have no family or friends over there so why should I?  We are in the era of "If it doesn't directly affect me, I give zero shits."  I'm just getting with the times.

 

[BrickHorn 18214]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I don't care.  At all.  I have no family or friends over there so why should I?  We are in the era of "If it doesn't directly affect me, I give zero shits."  I'm just getting with the times.

 

You sound like a huge asshole.

[DDD Dad 14322]

9 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Those of y’all sane-washing Brisket need to go back and read his posts on Page 13. A small sample:

 

 

Dude clearly stated he was “cheering [genocide in the middle east] on.” It wasn’t ambiguous or misunderstood. 

If you want to defend him, fine. But at least understand what you’re defending.

He's cheering on the arsonists getting burned.  Not the innocents getting killed.  He has "zero percent sympathy" for anyone (including the innocents, at least as I read his comments).  "I'm 100 percent schadenfreude." 

He doesn't need me to defend him and I'm not defending him.  While I completely disagree, I can understand the frustration and lack of sympathy for the innocents.  I do share his disdain and disgust with those Americans who voted against the interests of those innocents, regardless of their reasons.

Just clarifying what I took from his comments (which is slightly more nuanced than your take). 

Edited November 13 by DDD Dad

[Ghost of LL 15531]

9 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

You sound like a huge asshole.

I think you missed the memo from last week.  Being a "huge asshole" is kind of our national brand now.

[BrickHorn 18214]

8 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

He's cheering on the arsonists getting burned.  Not the innocents getting killed.  He has "zero percent sympathy" for anyone (including the innocents, at least as I read his comments).  "I'm 100 percent schadenfreude."

Notably, you don’t address his exchange with softlynow, in which Brisket states unambiguously that he is cheering on genocide in the Middle East. Why did you leave that part out? And how do you reconcile it with your view that he didn’t post what he explicitly posted? 

[softlynow 1812]

15 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Those of y’all sane-washing Brisket need to go back and read his posts on Page 13. A small sample:

 

 

Dude clearly stated he was “cheering [genocide in the middle east] on.” It wasn’t ambiguous or misunderstood. 

If you want to defend him, fine. But at least understand what you’re defending.

You negged my post pointing out the soon to be accelerating genocide. You quoted my response to your reaction. I guess my question to you remains.

For my part, I’m coping OK. Could be better, I suppose. Apparently better than brisket, though.

24/7 rage will not brighten the coming darkness. Best to keep one’s sanity to better ride out the storm. It is hard, though, to be constantly reminded that my government will intentionally inflict so much pain on so many in coming years. 

[tx 3 putt 76859]

 

[DigglerontheHoof 21167]

1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

This SOB voting against a fellow Texan.  Yet another reason so many find his face so punchable.  

Cruz is not a Texan.  He’s a carpetbagging piece of shit.

[Fudge Nuggets 19184]

37 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

You sound like a huge asshole.

I never denied it.

[DDD Dad 14322]

32 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Notably, you don’t address his exchange with softlynow, in which Brisket states unambiguously that he is cheering on genocide in the Middle East. Why did you leave that part out? And how do you reconcile it with your view that he didn’t post what he explicitly posted? 

He says he is cheering "it" on, and I found that to be vague in the context of his prior post.  Again, I said that my take on his statements was more nuanced than yours.

If he is celebrating genocide for what it means to those being "genocided," that's obviously something I cannot defend.  I didn't read his comments to be doing that.  As I've said, I am not defending him.  He's a full grown Gundy capable of defending himself. 

[BrickHorn 18214]

14 minutes ago, softlynow said:

I guess my question to you remains.

Like everyone else on this thread, I’m angry and depressed. I’m mourning the loss of the America we grew up in and believed in. 

Unlike some or possibly many of y’all, I’m also forced to do risk-reward calculations about staying in the country. Depending on how far these fuckers go, people very close to me could find themselves deported or in camps. There are no illegal immigrants in my orbit, but that assumes the laws won’t be rewritten to expand the nets. In the past week, worst case scenarios that never occurred to us suddenly seem possible. It’s terrifying and would completely change my family’s lives and future aspirations. We’re preparing for the worst at this point. 

And yet, somehow I’ve managed to absorb this shock without hoping for innocent women and children to get murdered en masse. 

[BrickHorn 18214]

Just now, DDD Dad said:

He says he is cheering "it" on, and I found that to be vague in the context of his prior post.  Again, I said that my take on his statements was more nuanced than yours.

Your take is not “more nuanced.” It’s just less informed. You’re deliberately ignoring the words he directly responded to, which make the meaning of “it” explicitly clear. 

[kevwun 15757]

You need to pull back on how closely you follow politics.  There's no point in making yourself miserable over something we clearly have no control over.  The next 4 years are gonna suck, but they will suck less if you only have a vague idea of what's happening. 

Edited November 13 by kevwun

[Nivek 16916]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Fuck them.  I am tired of supporting olds, widows and handicapped.  Dan Patrick said they would die for our economy, let's test that.  

 

[Red Five 40820]

1 minute ago, kevwun said:

You need to pull back on how closely you follow politics.  There's no point in making yourself miserable over something we clearly have no control over.  The next 4 years are gonna suck, but they will suck less if you only have a vague idea of what's happening. 

I need to figure out a balance between tuning the fuck out for my sanity, and actually doing something to help. Maybe a monthly donation or something, and going along with my life paying no attention while everything burns to the fucking ground. 

[tx 3 putt 76859]

4 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Fuck them.  I am tired of supporting olds, widows and handicapped.  Dan Patrick said they would die for our economy, let's test that.  

 

 

[tx 3 putt 76859]

[Nivek 16916]

3 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Like everyone else on this thread, I’m angry and depressed. I’m mourning the loss of the America we grew up in and believed in. 

Unlike some or possibly many of y’all, I’m also forced to do risk-reward calculations about staying in the country. Depending on how far these fuckers go, people very close to me could find themselves deported or in camps. There are no illegal immigrants in my orbit, but that assumes the laws won’t be rewritten to expand the nets. In the past week, worst case scenarios that never occurred to us suddenly seem possible. It’s terrifying and would completely change my family’s lives and future aspirations. We’re preparing for the worst at this point. 

And yet, somehow I’ve managed to absorb this shock without hoping for innocent women and children to get murdered en masse. 

I really don't care.  Do you?

 

[tx 3 putt 76859]

knocked up his side piece, check

christian bro tats, check 

 

[Captainant 27617]

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

knocked up his side piece, check

christian bro tats, check 

 

He's also got a crusader cross tatooed on his chest

[Chad Fuck 17658]

38 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Cruz is not a Texan.  He’s a carpetbagging piece of shit.

[RPM 26315]

2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

This SOB voting against a fellow Texan.  Yet another reason so many find his face so punchable.  

Ah! I see the flaw here. You thought Ted Cruz was Texan. C'mere and let me tell you the tale of a Cuban/Canadian boy named Rafael.

[Chad Fuck 17658]

3 minutes ago, RPM said:

Ah! I see the flaw here. You thought Ted Cruz was Texan. C'mere and let me tell you the tale of a Cuban/Canadian boy named Rafael.

As noted above, I have seen the error of my ways.  

[Superhero 8824]

2 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

If only we could have seen this coming. 

 

Most of the population don't understand the economy or even give a shit. The see what's directly in front of their faces without considering their futures. Lower taxes? Yay! Tariffs on other countries! Fuck yeah! Pay for someone else's IVF treatment? Uhhh... Why not?

If Trump follows through with all the campaign promises, the US national debt is projected to go up $7 billion in the next 10 years. This is a lot of fucking money. Fitch's and Moody's already downgraded US debt in the past year. Borrowing more money will downgraded it even more, meaning higher interest rates needed to attract investors.

Anyone thinking interest and inflation rates are going down is fucking uninformed. 

 

It'll be great for people who have money in the market, and don't have, or have debt at lower interest rates. It'll be a big fuck you to anyone who is trying to buy a car or house, expand their business in the near future. A lot of the people who voted Trump don't have money in the market because they don't know how to think ahead.

 

I'm teaching my 2 kids about tariffs, taxes and interest rates at home. We need to teach finance and economics in school!

[InkaUtexas 25852]

1 minute ago, Superhero said:

 We need to teach finance and economics in school!

Yes we do. I would add cooking and basic home skills.

[mdmost 42997]

We're all the host listening to the consequences of one's actions.  But these people told us Biden and Trump =

Edited November 13 by mdmost

[mchookem 16318]

[safe sex 11696]

Sucks to suck 😔 

[Superhero 8824]

4 minutes ago, mdmost said:

 

Oopsie

[CooterBrown 18001]

8 minutes ago, mdmost said:

 

"DO SOMETHING BIDEN OR WHEN TRUMP ALLOWS ETHNIC CLEANSING IT WILL BE YOUR FAULT!!!"

The regard is strong with this one.

[Ghost of LL 15531]

59 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Your take is not “more nuanced.” It’s just less informed. You’re deliberately ignoring the words he directly responded to, which make the meaning of “it” explicitly clear. 

You know what--I'm tired of this shit.

You profess to be all pissed off at @Brisketexan because he said he'd welcome the Palestinians getting genocided on an internet message board.  But . . . and this is really fucking important and you need to read it . . . what Brisket writes on a fucking college football message board has literally zero impact on whether the Palestinians get genocided.

You know what impacts whether the Palestinians get genocided?  Fucking voting last Tuesday.

Last Tuesday, Brisket voted for against the pro-genocide candidate.  But you're completely ripshit at him over something that has literally zero impact on the life of any Palestinian.

Last Tuesday, the dipshits in Dearborn voted for the pro-genocide candidate.  But you have nothing but sympathy for, saying they faced a "unique moral conundrum." 

 

I'm serious here, man--you're completely upside-down.  And I am really having a hard time communicating with you at this moment, because I just don't understand your perspective at all.

[Nivek 16916]

25 minutes ago, Superhero said:

We need to teach finance and economics in school!

We do to some degree.  My middle school child had interest and compound interest taught in a math class with a finance context included.  

[Gap03 3303]

22 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Here you go, bro - enjoy.  You earned it ...

[CooterBrown 18001]

2 minutes ago, Nivek said:

We do to some degree.  My middle school child had interest and compound interest taught in a math class with a finance context included.  

Good thing they've already had that class.  After all the shit the Legislature is going to do to public schools in the fall, the only math kids are going to learn is how to calculate how many cows and bushels of corn need to be in the dowry to buy Chadlynne as a teenage bride. Bless Jebus.

[Red Five 40820]

5 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Last Tuesday, Brisket voted for against the pro-genocide candidate. 

Now which is it young feller.

Ah, jokes. Jokes are fun. Life is fun. Everything is great. 

[mchookem 16318]

2 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Good thing they've already had that class.  After all the shit the Legislature is going to do to public schools in the fall, the only math kids are going to learn is how to calculate how many cows and bushels of corn need to be in the dowry to buy Chadlynne as a teenage bride. Bless Jebus.

we are all aggy now

[bolverk 29644]

5 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Now which is it young feller.

Ah, jokes. Jokes are fun. Life is fun. Everything is great. 

[wildcat09 29337]

Let's be real here, everyone knows brisket is a messy bitch who says a lot of shit he doesn't totally mean. 

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

Just now, bolverk said:

I'm not depressed at all.  I do have a simple response to pretty much everyone posting examples of people suffering because of the way they voted.  That response is, "Fuck em all".   I wish for the worst for these people.  In this timeline I am sure somehow, someway nothing bad will happen to those people, and the good people will be the only ones to suffer which sucks.  I hate to have this attitude, but I find it hard to have nothing but negative feelings for people that fucked up the once great country that I loved. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19184]

1 hour ago, Red Five said:

I need to figure out a balance between tuning the fuck out for my sanity, and actually doing something to help. Maybe a monthly donation or something, and going along with my life paying no attention while everything burns to the fucking ground. 

Donations don't mean shit.  The Harris campaign spent a billion dollars and got smoked.

[mchookem 16318]

2 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

I'm not depressed at all.  I do have a simple response to pretty much everyone posting examples of people suffering because of the way they voted.  That response is, "Fuck em all".   I wish for the worst for these people.  In this timeline I am sure somehow, someway nothing bad will happen to those people, and the good people will be the only ones to suffer which sucks.  I hate to have this attitude, but I find it hard to have nothing but negative feelings for people that fucked up the once great country that I loved. 

well the good news is karma is apparently dead, and according to the subject matter experts, being a hateful asshole guarantees entrance to heaven...