Jace, Extat

I just didn't think it was very funny or creative

Fuck YEAH! MVP! MVP! MVP!

Look, it's not that I didn't get you the 'saurus kid...

Went with my little sister and my dad to see the Jurassic World Adventure live show. It was... Pretty Good. Definitely something to take kids to. It was a seven hour drive to get here and will probably be even longer drive to get back, but it was worth it to see my sister's smile when the big animatronic T-Rex came out. Good day. A T-shirt and two dino plushies cost damn near $150. But it was her day and she got what she wanted. Sometimes life is good. Peace and love, y'all.

Well, a man grows...

It's a different sport than 2000. Brady is and always will be the Goat because he played in a league that didn't bend over backwards to fluff quarterback performances.

That all sounds like a nightmare. It may not mean much, but I think it speaks well of you to still try and help him. Not everybody gets up when someone else is down and in need of aid. Good on you.

That's horrible, Ty. Do you have any idea what caused the discoloration? Does he have any known conditions that are making him fall?

I think it was the secretary of state who said that Hamas probably doesn't want to release the remaining women because they've been raped and tortured, that the ceasefire may have fallen apart for that reason. An assumption, but an educated one after reading and listening to those who have been freed so far.

More than acceptance, it demands capitulation. What happened to you tuesday stands out as a prime example: It was not enough for you to have said nothing wrong. Then, explaining you certainly meant no wrong merely added to the conflagration and admonishions that perhaps you should not speak so freely or so often. The pure sense of righteousness involved makes one want to gag.

I have some uncanny and accursed timing. Brought up the AP livestream thirty seconds before the orange bastard stepped up to speak.

Scott, you didn't say a damn thing wrong. Stop backpedaling, man.

You're right. I was sniggering too hard to type it properly

Chris Collinsworth: ... and now you got a 300 pound star going down on a quarterback! [That is all]

So I was like 12 when the Depp one came out, and I actually enjoyed it because I could do a really good Depp Wonka impression that slayed in middle school. At least Depp was being weird and memorable, even if the movie was crap. I like to be entertained in the theater. Wonka was just baaaaaad. The first song was ok. Not good, it was ok. And that's the last good thing I have to say about the film. It looked and sounded like it was generated by AI. Absolutely hideous CGI visual noise, none of the wit or charm of the original; to the point that I wondered if the ChatGPT program that wrote the thing had even studied Wilder's movie. I think I saw the love of acting leave Chalemet's eyes as the movie progressed. There were blatant continuity errors that I noticed and by the end it seemed like I could see the director just off screen shrieking "wrap this shit up!"

Took my mom and niece to see Wonka- What a piece of chocolate shit. My god, it might've been one of the worst movies I've ever seen... and I've seen Batman v Superman! It was terrible. Just terrible. Mom and niece seemed to like it though, so

Jesus, Ty. Is he okay? Lacerations? What made him fall into the table? Also, congrats Spocky. That's some cool shit you got going on. Live the high life baby.

Not a prank, but perhaps an overindulgence in defensive aggression. And I'll admit to using rhetoric I wouldn't normally deploy out of a desire to function as -from my perspective- a necessary antagonist to the one-sided perspective of Israel that we've had in these threads. But as a very wise lurker may or may not have informed me, it's possible that I've let my passions get the better of me.

Whoa!

Well I didn't think it was pragmatism vs naivete until just now - I mean, did you really think anything else was possible? Serious question, before I return serve on the rest of your post. What did you think was gonna happen? Because my heart broke on the 7th. For Palestinians and Israelis both. I knew what was going to happen and I spent like five days trying to wrap my heart back together. I couldn't bear to watch the news any more than to see if there was any update on the hostages. I view this all as a horrid inevitability, and have since the first bomb dropped. I'm salted to it now because I didn't expect anything else. (Palestinians in Israel are Israeli, as far as I understand. Citizens of Israel.) Yes! Yes! More! Gimme more, baby! This is the best shit I read in a year. I've never denied being a Red in Blue clothing. It's in my name. But I chose Blue. I didn't get raised into my beliefs in some idyllic chateau or braindead peer pressure incubator. I paid a lot to be a Democrat, and I don't think I'll join the Reds anytime soon at all thank you very much. Man, I like you. Eta: I wrote "title" when I meant "name".

Then maybe they should have spent the billions of U.N. dollars they took on something other than tunnels and rockets to facilitate the killing of Jews. This outcome is entirely logical. I don't think those organizations fired missiles out of hospitals, but you make a fair point. As far as it goes, though, it doesn't change the realities of fighting them out of Gaza.

They got them back by raining hell on the organization that took them. Then they got as many back as negotiations would allow.

Palestinians aren't Israel's people. I mean I could as well tell you water is wet. The Iraqi and coalition came as genuine liberators. Yeah, they already have determined which weapons they have to use that are appropriate to this conflict... I do not want Israel to change that for the sake of PR. If you have a weapon in the arsenal that is approved for use you use it. Yes, as an infantry support vehicle in areas they've already hit with artillery and missile fire, at least as far as I've seen. I thought you were suggesting armored spearheads into the city in lieu of indirect fire methods, which is a no-go. It increases their fighting capacity. More supplies = more will to fight.

Hostages. They got half of 'em back by their actions. Then you need to move your feet. Israel got as many back as possible as fast as possible.

All pretty true as far as it goes. When "nation-building" everything you said is important to consider. But IDF is not in Gaza to liberate (ostensibly or otherwise) the Palestinians. They aren't there to conquer the Palestinians either. They're there to make war on Hamas. Defensive war- which is why none of what you've said applies right now. Just on a practical, tactical, level. It doesn't matter. And that's how I'm still viewing the conflict. There just wasn't time. Hamas made sure of that. You're not wrong, the way you frame the picture. But I think you're looking at it from a place of supreme advantage, and I don't think Israel has that luxury. The situation is fucked up in the present. Hamas got by for years and years by hiding behind human shields and international law. They have to be destroyed and nobody else was going to do it. I know exactly what I'm supporting. I've known what was gonna happen since Oct. 7th. I'll burn in hell before I sandbag an ally that's defending itself.