FriscoKid

Understood. What a pity. My loss, isn't it.

I would gladly leave you 100 of each, sad and confused emojis on every one of your posts, but the system won't let me. What a pity isn't it? Meanwhile, I'm neither a lefty or a righty. I use both hands. Don't you? Or maybe you can't even reach over your abdominal distention? At least maybe can you explain to us what your obsession is with basements?

I take everything you wrote as a compliment and if you put me on ignore, I would greatly appreciate it. Meanwhile, all of it is kettle black innit.

Some good points, but Trump has already partially folded, showing signs that he will continue to do so as pressure mounts. He’s already yielded to Apple, Nvidia, Dell, and Tesla as well as other, large, American car manufacturers regarding the importation of smartphones, computers, automobiles, and car parts. He’ll also have no choice but to keep folding on other products as pressure builds from other sectors of the economy. Of course, this isn’t intended as a show of weakness to China, and they may not necessarily see it that way either. He’s simply trying to support some of the largest and most critical companies and industries in the United States. Still, it already exposes the reality that America cannot withstand the level of economic pain he tried to impose, and he will need to continue retreating. At this point, there’s little more he can do but back down in an effort to improve the domestic situation. China, as everyone agrees, is not going to back down. So unless Trump is willing to subject the U.S. economy to prolonged and unnecessary suffering, he has no real alternative. I think in the coming weeks we’ll see a continued pattern of Trump’s slow, piece-by-piece, drip-by-drip capitulation. Again, not due to anything being demanded or posed upon him by China, but simply as a practical necessity in the face of a fight he knows he cannot win. On China’s side, Trump has already backed down on more than 25 percent of their most important exports to the U.S. So whether his retreat is intentional or not is irrelevant. From China’s perspective, they’re already winning and in a stronger position than they were just a week ago, and time only stands to benefit them further. As this continues, Trump will keep cancelling tariffs in ways that try to mask the fact that he’s losing the trade war. But the effect is clear: he’s already lost. He’s backed down on multiple tariffs, and China hasn’t budged. The biggest fundamental difference between China and the USA is that China manufactures a lot, while the USA manufactures very little. That, in itself, is the clearest and most elementary reason why the USA can’t win a trade war against China. For the most part, China is self-sustained and self-sufficient, with the main exception being petrochemicals, but even those it can purchase from Iran and Russia without needing the USA. The USA, on the other hand, relies on multiple products from China that it simply cannot survive without.

For all its quirks, I love Japan. As an observer, like a fly on the wall, it’s fascinating to watch the worker bees buzzing around the hive, each one tracing familiar circles. And when the weather is kind, the clean, perfectly organized outdoor spaces are unmatched anywhere else in Asia. That said, I think living there would feel a bit too stifling for me. Thailand, for all its chaos and imperfections, is where I’d choose to stay any day over Japan. The variety, the unpredictability, the sheer range of opportunities in Thailand could never be overstated.

10,718 days or 257,232 hours. Why leave Japan now @camper star ? Bob (Kobe) Smith loves it!

Typical pricing for that high-rent part of the city. Only paupers would complain.

Useful post, thank you. Just one small caveat: while the market may have peaked toward the end of Biden’s presidency, the S&P 500 actually hit its all-time high on February 18, 2025, reaching 6,130.00. That’s exactly 30 days after his last day in office on January 19. Having studied the market on a technical level over a long period of time, I’ve often noticed patterns like this that involve exact round numbers or time intervals, whether it’s a high occurring exactly 30 days after a key date, or market drops that are precisely 10%, 20%, or 30% from their previous peaks. Many people write these off as coincidences, but in my view, they often aren’t. These kinds of precise movements can be the result of behind-the-scenes manipulation by market makers, which only highlights just how much the markets can be rigged or engineered in subtle ways. You’ve built a strong and compelling case for why this could indeed be another generational high. Only hindsight will tell. That said, even if it doesn’t turn out to be, I think there’s a strong chance we’re heading into a “lost decade” instead. That seems like the more probable outcome to me. A lost decade typically means the market moves sideways for an extended period, rising and falling in ways that give the illusion of multiple bear and bull markets, but never truly exceeding the previous high for 10 years or more. We’ve seen this before, such as during the Dot-Com Bubble and Financial Crisis (2000–2010), and during the period of stagflation and economic turbulence from 1965 to 1983. Given everything you mentioned: tariffs, inflation, deficits, rising US sovereign debt, and the real possibility of China surpassing the US as the world’s largest economy, I think the stage is set for something like that to happen now again.

Thank you. In general, his posts are nothing short of idiotic, an insult to general intelligence, even to those of a low IQ, and we all know that. Of course, he’s free to post whatever nonsense he wants, just as others are free to read, respond, or ignore it entirely. Personally, I ignore most of what he writes, don’t even click on the topics, and only occasionally do I bite back, like on an outright troll topic like this, but I don’t think I’ve ever made it through one of his original posts from start to finish with any determination, including this one. It’s all an insult to basic intelligence and risks you questioning your own sanity for ever reading one, so I never do. In fact, Bob Smith posted a couple of topics yesterday that were locked immediately by the moderators for being “nonsense and contributing nothing to the community.” I think it was a positive step forward and the same could easily be said for most of GG’s posts. My real issue starts when he ventures into spreading misinformation and disinformation, especially when it concerns controversial figures in power, politics, or economic issues, things that affect other people’s lives in general. Some of his missteps may be due to his half-baked misunderstandings of the world, but at this point, it feels much more intentional from him, designed to disrupt rational discussion and provoke chaos. I used to feel sorry for him, considering his obvious mental health issues, but once he starts crossing into conspiracy theories, outright lies, and dangerous rhetoric, the sympathy ends. He’s not a good person. He doesn’t care about truth, people, or meaningful dialogue, as exemplified by the fact that most of his responses to others here are off-topic, mind-numbing, tangential drivel. Many of his posts also reek of racism, misogyny, white privilege, and even have fascist undertones. Frankly, when he leans into those areas, moderators should shut it down on sight. It violates the spirit, if not the letter, of any reasonable community standard. More people should call him out the way I have, not indulge him, not engage seriously, and definitely not reward him with validation. He thrives on attention, positive or negative. Even abuse gives him a twisted sense of gratification. The worst thing you can do to someone like that is to deny them the illusion of relevance. He should be constantly reminded that we see through the act. The misunderstood, whimsical persona is just a cover for a dangerous, serial troll. He’s a lonely, bitter hermit who suffers from feeling irrelevant, desperate for gratification and acceptance, but with a passive aggressive streak and toxic intentions. If people must respond, they should only do so to point out how unhinged and out of touch he really is, without offering him any of the human connection he so desperately craves. Any feedback, any acknowledgment, just fuels the fire. He deserves only cold indifference, and he should be made aware of that every single time. It is a sad situation how insufferably detestable he has become in his quest for self-pleasuring, but I think one that is now increasingly clear to anyone reading this topic and any of his others. .

You are consistently a waste of space.

There was a time I actually felt sorry for you because of your clear mental health issues, and I held back from commenting on many of your ridiculous and misguided topics. But after seeing the kind of garbage you’ve been spewing lately about politics, influential figures, China, and more, any shred of sympathy I once had for you is gone. Your approach is purely grotesque, repugnant, and beneath contempt.

The fact that you’re here, in your unfettered delirium, championing a fascist Nazi lunatic, someone the entire rational world sees as an existential threat to humanity, is as deranged as Musk’s own maniacal descent into madness. You’re not just misguided, you’re unhinged. And no one’s going to give you a pass when you try to whitewash a dangerous, powerful madman into some kind of heroic demagogue. You complain about mistreatment and wonder why people don’t respond positively to you on this forum. Well, let this serve as a clear example of why. People remember things like this. So the next time you post something that isn’t quite as vile or reprehensible, don’t act surprised when the peanut gallery doesn’t roll out a warm welcome.

So I guess it’s clear to you now that my last six posts were just regurgitations of the litany of ludicrous and childish topics that you have obsessively posted over the last 5-6 months and find so titillating. By now, you’ve probably got the message. Stay in your lane. Because anything beyond exploding toasters, comparing beer bubbles, farting into your own hand, debating the emotional tone of a doorbell chime, or tracking the psychological effects of mismatched food storage container lids is well beyond your cognitive capacity.

How about just sticking to your intellectual sweet spot: things like plotting to be Tinder’s oldest liar, crying over your smoky Tefal toaster, wondering if YouTube’s black screen means you’re banned for life, proclaiming yourself an Ape Man, chasing the fleeting thrill of Petito-style gossip, fretting over Bob Seger’s raunchy lyrics embarrassing your GF, picking fights over miscegenation, whining about flighty women, rating Thai ladies in winter coats, spreading rumors that Sam Altman’s secretly a woman, fretting over paranoid Cybertruck buyers, moping about pointless purple blossoms, analyzing why girls fluff their hair, marking time by Tokay lizard visits, obsessing over the Farmer’s Wife’s whereabouts, flexing your broken toenail macro photos, preaching the superiority of circular comments, probing Irish love for nut-brown brews, policing how folks say “often,” and setting the perfect bedroom temp for spooning. And spare us the superficial and tangential thoughts, ok?

Well, there is always pondering the existential crisis of a deflated balloon, analyzing the psychological effects of uneven sandwich halves, speculating on the secret lives of dust bunnies, arguing the merits of left-handed versus right-handed spatulas, investigating the conspiracy behind missing pen caps, deliberating the ethics of reusing gift wrap, exploring the philosophical implications of tangled earbuds, and assessing the emotional well-being of overworked coffee mugs.

Sounds kinky. What about comparing the crunch sound of different chip brands, investigating why fridge light bulbs never burn out, ranking cloud shapes by personality type, trying to decode dog facial expressions during sleep, questioning why shoelaces only untie in public, debating the true purpose of belly buttons, logging dream-to-wake transition times, testing how many grapes fit in your mouth without chewing, wondering if socks feel betrayal when mismatched, and analyzing the flirtation habits of garden gnomes???

He lost and you are a loser. I know you're looking for a connection between the two of you, but definitely nobody cares about you, although you already know that.

My dad did.

So next time maybe we can discuss things like questioning fan use when not home, slipping on nearly empty shampoo bottles, mourning lost socks, arguing if cereal is soup, testing ant snack preferences, complaining about uneven toenail growth, suspecting pigeons are spy drones, debating spider squatters’ rights, alphabetizing grocery lists, fighting over toilet paper folds, contemplating the ethics of stealing hotel pens, rating the emotional maturity of bread brands, panicking over lukewarm salad, attempting to ID ghosts in blurry mirror selfies, tracking the shelf life of opened soy sauce, wondering if jammed zippers are a government plot, doubting the intentions of ceiling shadows, ranking the stickiness of different banana types, and pretending your houseplants are judging you. Just as long as you promise not to bring up any meaningful topics rejecting to economics, global affairs, politics, technology, history, etc, deal?

That’s a good point. He did write a book, which probably earned him a bit of money. But even so, he’s not a capitalist. He’s just an average guy doing a job and making a living. As you said, he’s been a faithful politician with a track record of honesty, integrity, and selflessness. He genuinely cares about working-class people and the quality of life for the average American. He respects democracy and the rule of law, things that are increasingly rare in American government. People like him usually don’t go into politics. I do wonder, though, if what he’s doing now will actually lead to any real change. It’s almost impossible to move the needle over the next four years unless something changes on its own. So in some ways, it feels like what he’s doing might be in vain. But maybe that doesn’t matter to him. What matters is getting the message out, as strongly and clearly as possible. That’s all he can control. The rest is out of his hands, he’s just doing his part, and the chips will fall where they may. Either way, he's a good man and I have respect for what he's trying to do. Most people his age would just be sitting on a beach somewhere right now sipping a cool drink and letting somebody else worry about the problems.

Serve 10 years as a senator, then you could get paid three times as much in the private sector being a consultant or a lobbyist. Anyway, you ignored my point. $3 million isn't much to have earned and saved over that amount of time.

He would have made a lot more if he hadn't been a public servant for over 50 years. He invested wisely in a couple of houses and they went up in value. What he has now is fairly average. Even a public school teacher would have $1 million after working that many years and without ever investing in anything. Just by putting the money in the bank. After depositing $10,000 annually for 50 years at a 5% annual interest rate compounded annually, you would have over $2 million.

Indeed, I always try and flatter her.

You are out of your depth, Susan. You should stick to dingy bar hunting in Bangkok. More in line with your pay grade. Pathetic, loser, troll, stalker, weirdo.

Gotta be French. Or Indian...