Non-political things that make you say...WTF?!?! (Welcome To Florida!) **NOT CV RELATED** NO TALKY!

TYVM

 

I had to google that.. lol

 

Ignore isn't about avoiding differing opinions, it's about eliminating negativity and disrespect. Civil and respectful discourse is fine and encouraged, but there is really no reason for some people to spew hate and garbage with every post. Not agreeing with another person's preferences or choices does not give anyone the right to be degrading, insulting, or bullying.

Hence, @tcBob has given us the almighty Ignore list. I'm sure there's things I like, think are funny, or am doing to my truck (when it arrives) that aren't some other people's choices, just like there are things I may not necessarily like. It doesn't give me the right to be a jerk, and likewise I refuse to tolerate that in others.

THAT is what Ignore is for.

 

Well. Hell...with that criteria, you could "ignore" about 90% of the Internet.

 

I do. I'm a firm believer of "vote with your feet."

 

The big 2016 thread was like that when Beavis and Blue-T and Gincoma were launching nukes at each other.

 

How NOT to drop anchor.....

 

Someone should tell him that he put them in backwards. DUH!

 

Not sure if good guys or bad guys did this .... but damn that's a big explosion.

 

Maybe this explains it?

"In case you don't know what's happening in the middle east.

President Assad ( who is bad ) is a nasty guy who got so nasty his people rebelled and the Rebels ( who are good ) started winning ( Hurrah!).
But then some of the rebels turned a bit nasty and are now called Islamic State ( who are definitely bad!) and some continued to support democracy ( who are still good.)

So the Americans ( who are questionably good ) started bombing Islamic State ( who are bad ) and giving arms to the Syrian Rebels ( who are good ) so they could fight Assad ( who is still bad ) which was good.
By the way, there is a breakaway state in the north run by the Kurds who want to fight IS ( which is a good thing ) but the Turkish authorities think they are bad, so we have to say they are bad whilst secretly thinking they're good and giving them guns to fight IS (which is good) but that is another matter.

Getting back to Syria.
So President Putin ( who is bad, cos he invaded Crimea and the Ukraine and killed lots of folks including that nice Russian man in London with polonium poisoned sushi ) has decided to back Assad ( who is still bad ) by attacking IS ( who are also bad ) which is sort of a good thing?

But Putin ( still bad ) thinks the Syrian Rebels ( who are good ) are also bad, and so he bombs them too, much to the annoyance of the Americans ( who are good ) who are busy backing and arming the rebels ( who are also good).

Now Iran ( who used to be bad, but now they have agreed not to build any nuclear weapons and bomb Israel are now good ) are going to provide ground troops to support Assad ( still bad ) as are the Russians ( bad ) who now have ground troops and aircraft in Syria.

So a Coalition of Assad ( still bad ) Putin ( extra bad ) and the Iranians ( good, but in a bad sort of way ) are going to attack IS ( who are bad ) which is a good thing, but also the Syrian Rebels ( who are good ) which is bad.

Now the British ( obviously good, except that nice Mr Corbyn in the corduroy jacket, who is probably bad ) and the Americans ( also good ) cannot attack Assad ( still bad ) for fear of upsetting Putin ( bad ) and Iran ( good / bad) and now they have to accept that Assad might not be that bad after all compared to IS ( who are super bad).

So Assad ( bad ) is now probably good, being better than IS ( but let’s face it, drinking your own wee is better than IS so no real choice there ) and since Putin and Iran are also fighting IS that may now make them Good. America ( still Good ) will find it hard to arm a group of rebels being attacked by the Russians for fear of upsetting Mr Putin ( now good ) and that nice mad Ayatollah in Iran ( also Good ) and so they may be forced to say that the Rebels are now Bad, or at the very least abandon them to their fate. This will lead most of them to flee to Turkey and on to Europe or join IS ( still the only constantly bad group).

To Sunni Muslims, an attack by Shia Muslims ( Assad and Iran ) backed by Russians will be seen as something of a Holy War, and the ranks of IS will now be seen by the Sunnis as the only Jihadis fighting in the Holy War and hence many Muslims will now see IS as Good ( Doh!.)

Sunni Muslims will also see the lack of action by Britain and America in support of their Sunni rebel brothers as something of a betrayal ( mmm.might have a point.) and hence we will be seen as Bad.

So now we have America ( now bad ) and Britain ( also bad ) providing limited support to Sunni Rebels ( bad ) many of whom are looking to IS ( Good / bad ) for support against Assad ( now good ) who, along with Iran ( also Good) and Putin ( also, now, unbelievably, Good ) are attempting to retake the country Assad used to run before all this started?

So, now that you fully understand everything, all your questions are answered." - author unknown.

Thx to Michael Rubin, author apparently is:
Daniel Gordis

 

IBTL!

 

There's been worse. Thor's ban hammer strikes, posts mysteriously disappear, and the count gets all funny.

 

Not trying to argue politics just following the story, if it's against the COC I'll take it down.

 

One time camping I woke up to an annoying scratching sound in my ear. Investigation showed there was an ant in my ear. I shook the ant out. Later that day it felt like I was getting an ear infection (I've never had one), the ant must have tracked who knows what into my ear. I squirted betadine in my ear, end of problem.

 

One time at band camp, I woke up with a .........oops...wrong thread