1 hour ago, Olav Seglem said:

That true:

Many dont give a <deleted> about anything that dont directly effect themselves.

Quite sad-actually :-)

And they also have minor knowlegde on anything outside US, and a deep distrust in US officials and politicans (elected by themselves)

You're correct. More people should try minding their own business, the world would be a much better place.
Minor knowledge about things outside America, so what ?

Why should I give it more than a passing glance ? Its not my concern.

I'm pretty much an isolationist, so long as we're left alone I'd be happy.

Sadly, the world constantly has their hand out and our government can't mind their own business.

On 3/9/2026 at 6:24 AM, SoCal1990 said:

argue about politicians who have absolutely nothing to do with their daily lives.

I must admit I do wonder how they can live in LOS and take the moral high Road

On 3/9/2026 at 12:24 AM, SoCal1990 said:

Most of the soapy diehards are older guys who have quietly run out of enjoyable things to do.

Luckily, "grumpy old man" is an excellent solution, when you reach this point on your life-line...

On 3/9/2026 at 1:23 AM, save the frogs said:

You would be miserable too if there were bombs falling on your head.

On 3/9/2026 at 1:25 AM, fredwiggy said:

One reason I'm sure. I had shells hitting near my house and I wasn't dancing around.

Yeah, I remember what it was like when I was in Vietnam and we were getting upwards of 300 rounds of rockets and mortars (happened one time) a night, but mostly 20 - 50 a night.

Some of us laughed about it, but we were not happy!

1 hour ago, wombat said:

I must admit I do wonder how they can live in LOS and take the moral high Road

Maybe they feel guilty about sleeping with ex bargirls.

On 3/9/2026 at 10:47 AM, BritManToo said:

I don't use much in the way of oil, it's price is irrelevant to my life.

How does food get to your supplier (seeds, fertilizer if you are laboring to grow your own)? I sure enjoy electric ... not fuel related?

I have my opinions but I prefer a comfortable chair watching a Turner Classic Movie.

10 hours ago, khaosokman said:

AI says best workout music is

The best rock music for workouts features high-energy, tempo-driven tracks from artists like Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Foo Fighters, and AC/DC

Yeah, a proper 'roid rager's playlist.

3 hours ago, khaosokman said:

Maybe they feel guilty about sleeping with ex bargirls.

What do you mean 'ex'?

On 3/9/2026 at 6:24 AM, SoCal1990 said:

Amazing how one of the busiest corners of the site is always the political soapbox. Not travel, health, finances, food, or nightlife. Nope, it is the endless political arguments. The same two or three dozen blokes grinding the same gears every single day, writing essays about governments on the other side of the planet while sitting in a rural house or a condo somewhere in Southeast Asia. Half of them left their Western countries years ago, some decades ago, yet they still wake up every morning desperate to argue about politicians who have absolutely nothing to do with their daily lives.

The real reason that section is so popular is pretty obvious if you think about it. Most of the soapy diehards are older guys who have quietly run out of enjoyable things to do. The sex drive has evaporated, social circles have greatly shrunk, and hobbies faded away twenty years ago. So what is left? Politics. The perfect topic because it never ends, never resolves, and never requires anyone to agree on anything or admit they are wrong. You can argue about it forever and still feel like you are doing something important while actually achieving nothing at all.

So the soapbox becomes a kind of retirement home for restless whiners. No solutions, no progress, just endless circular debates about leaders, policies, and practices at least a 12 hour plane ride away. Meanwhile the sun is shining outside and the world is full of things to do, but instead the day gets spent refreshing the threads and firing off another angry paragraph about a country they no longer even live in. It is not really about politics at all. It is just the last remaining spectator sport for people who forgot to replace the things that once made life interesting.

On 3/9/2026 at 6:24 AM, SoCal1990 said:

Amazing how one of the busiest corners of the site is always the political soapbox. Not travel, health, finances, food, or nightlife. Nope, it is the endless political arguments. The same two or three dozen blokes grinding the same gears every single day, writing essays about governments on the other side of the planet while sitting in a rural house or a condo somewhere in Southeast Asia. Half of them left their Western countries years ago, some decades ago, yet they still wake up every morning desperate to argue about politicians who have absolutely nothing to do with their daily lives.

The real reason that section is so popular is pretty obvious if you think about it. Most of the soapy diehards are older guys who have quietly run out of enjoyable things to do. The sex drive has evaporated, social circles have greatly shrunk, and hobbies faded away twenty years ago. So what is left? Politics. The perfect topic because it never ends, never resolves, and never requires anyone to agree on anything or admit they are wrong. You can argue about it forever and still feel like you are doing something important while actually achieving nothing at all.

So the soapbox becomes a kind of retirement home for restless whiners. No solutions, no progress, just endless circular debates about leaders, policies, and practices at least a 12 hour plane ride away. Meanwhile the sun is shining outside and the world is full of things to do, but instead the day gets spent refreshing the threads and firing off another angry paragraph about a country they no longer even live in. It is not really about politics at all. It is just the last remaining spectator sport for people who forgot to replace the things that once made life interesting.

On 3/9/2026 at 6:24 AM, SoCal1990 said:

Amazing how one of the busiest corners of the site is always the political soapbox. Not travel, health, finances, food, or nightlife. Nope, it is the endless political arguments. The same two or three dozen blokes grinding the same gears every single day, writing essays about governments on the other side of the planet while sitting in a rural house or a condo somewhere in Southeast Asia. Half of them left their Western countries years ago, some decades ago, yet they still wake up every morning desperate to argue about politicians who have absolutely nothing to do with their daily lives.

The real reason that section is so popular is pretty obvious if you think about it. Most of the soapy diehards are older guys who have quietly run out of enjoyable things to do. The sex drive has evaporated, social circles have greatly shrunk, and hobbies faded away twenty years ago. So what is left? Politics. The perfect topic because it never ends, never resolves, and never requires anyone to agree on anything or admit they are wrong. You can argue about it forever and still feel like you are doing something important while actually achieving nothing at all.

So the soapbox becomes a kind of retirement home for restless whiners. No solutions, no progress, just endless circular debates about leaders, policies, and practices at least a 12 hour plane ride away. Meanwhile the sun is shining outside and the world is full of things to do, but instead the day gets spent refreshing the threads and firing off another angry paragraph about a country they no longer even live in. It is not really about politics at all. It is just the last remaining spectator sport for people who forgot to replace the things that once made life interesting.

Said from a soap box.

The real reason that section is so popular is pretty obvious if you think about it. Most of the soapy diehards are older guys who have quietly run out of enjoyable things to do. The sex drive has evaporated, social circles have greatly shrunk, and hobbies faded away twenty years ago. So what is left? Politics. The perfect topic because it never ends, never resolves,

13 hours ago, khaosokman said:

There is no water fountain. Go do a 75 set workout report back to me.

I do a 150 set workout. So, stop slacking.

1 hour ago, DarthChuckler said:

On 3/8/2026 at 7:24 PM, SoCal1990 said:

Amazing how one of the busiest corners of the site is always the political soapbox. Not travel, health, finances, food, or nightlife. Nope, it is the endless political arguments. The same two or three dozen blokes grinding the same gears every single day, writing essays about governments on the other side of the planet while sitting in a rural house or a condo somewhere in Southeast Asia. Half of them left their Western countries years ago, some decades ago, yet they still wake up every morning desperate to argue about politicians who have absolutely nothing to do with their daily lives.

On 3/8/2026 at 7:24 PM, SoCal1990 said:

Amazing how one of the busiest corners of the site is always the political soapbox. Not travel, health, finances, food, or nightlife. Nope, it is the endless political arguments. The same two or three dozen blokes grinding the same gears every single day, writing essays about governments on the other side of the planet while sitting in a rural house or a condo somewhere in Southeast Asia. Half of them left their Western countries years ago, some decades ago, yet they still wake up every morning desperate to argue about politicians who have absolutely nothing to do with their daily lives.

On 3/8/2026 at 7:24 PM, SoCal1990 said:

Amazing how one of the busiest corners of the site is always the political soapbox. Not travel, health, finances, food, or nightlife. Nope, it is the endless political arguments. The same two or three dozen blokes grinding the same gears every single day, writing essays about governments on the other side of the planet while sitting in a rural house or a condo somewhere in Southeast Asia. Half of them left their Western countries years ago, some decades ago, yet they still wake up every morning desperate to argue about politicians who have absolutely nothing to do with their daily lives.

Strong reply. 10/10

13 hours ago, Hummin said:

Should I feel guilty,

Yes, you should feel guilty.

10 hours ago, Effective altruism said:

I do a 150 set workout. So, stop slacking.

That would take 5 hours and you are a bad liar. You do nothing.

10 hours ago, Effective altruism said:

Strong reply. 10/10

Give that man a trophy! 🏆

24 minutes ago, khaosokman said:

That would take 5 hours and you are a bad liar. You do nothing.

I work harder than you every single day of the week, and even more so on Tuesdays.

11 hours ago, Effective altruism said:

Strong reply. 10/10

Didn't he just regurgitate and plagiarize the OP?

Ha ha ...

Put some effort into it, man.

19 hours ago, khaosokman said:

Maybe they feel guilty about sleeping with ex bargirls.

Freud would have a field day🤣🙃

On 3/11/2026 at 8:51 AM, wombat said:

Freud would have a field day🤣🙃

What what Freud think of the modern world?

7 hours ago, khaosokman said:

What what Freud think of the modern world?

Not so different, he was born in to the the industrialism age, and would had found some few changes, comfort, warm showers, toilets, and other basic needs, but the same chaos, the same world politics, and he would had loved AI, the whole world of questions would had been right there on a small box, tablet, or even a handheld device he could carry everywhere. And he could also study and enjoy art, archeology and museums travel easy and fast.

He would had seen the new worlds greatest things of all, the comfort, flexibility and freedom to travel wherever he wanted to.

But his conclusion would be, even all this traits an progress, nothing changed the humans nature, or their psychological strength, rather weakened them after being polished, given education and comfort, they got more time to feel distracted, divided and misplaced.

What do you think ?

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

Not so different, he was born in to the the industrialism age, and would had found some few changes, comfort, warm showers, toilets, and other basic needs, but the same chaos, the same world politics, and he would had loved AI, the whole world of questions would had been right there on a small box, tablet, or even a handheld device he could carry everywhere. And he could also study and enjoy art, archeology and museums travel easy and fast.

He would had seen the new worlds greatest things of all, the comfort, flexibility and freedom to travel wherever he wanted to.

But his conclusion would be, even all this traits an progress, nothing changed the humans nature, or their psychological strength, rather weakened them after being polished, given education and comfort, they got more time to feel distracted, divided and misplaced.

What do you think ?

I think the truth is somewhere between Freud and Skinner. Freud said we are limited by our primal urges and childhood. Skinner said change our environment and reward system we improve.

5 minutes ago, khaosokman said:

I think the truth is somewhere between Freud and Skinner. Freud said we are limited by our primal urges and childhood. Skinner said change our environment and reward system we improve.

I like that, one speaks for its hard to change, the other speaks for the possibility to change, where both are right, and needs to be considered, still the genetic robusts will always adopt and progress, while the vulnerable have to work with both.

There will never be any clear answers, just possibilities

2 minutes ago, Hummin said:

I like that, one speaks for its hard to change, the other speaks for the possibility to change, where both are right, and needs to be considered, still the genetic robusts will always adopt and progress, while the vulnerable have to work with both.

There will never be any clear answers, just possibilities

We can't change our parents or childhood. We can't change our habits without action. So Freud explains our behaviour but Skinner offers a way forward. Jung says we must fully accept our good and bad feelings to be happy. So he is right too. Accept the past. Accept your feelings as valid. Then create a better environment and reward system to enjoy life more.

1 minute ago, khaosokman said:

We can't change our parents or childhood. We can't change our habits without action. So Freud explains our behaviour but Skinner offers a way forward. Jung says we must fully accept our good and bad feelings to be happy. So he is right too. Accept the past. Accept your feelings as valid. Then create a better environment and reward system to enjoy life more.

Everything starts with forgiveness! Thats one important key on the way to healing. It doesnt mean you will forget your past, but you can put that to rest, feel no guilt, no shame, and focus on future progress.

10 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Everything starts with forgiveness! Thats one important key on the way to healing. It doesnt mean you will forget your past, but you can put that to rest, feel no guilt, no shame, and focus on future progress.

My post got a thumbs down. Accept that some people prefer to be negative too and will never change.

14 minutes ago, khaosokman said:

My post got a thumbs down. Accept that some people prefer to be negative too and will never change.

Thats how the forum is, just waking up and the first thing is to feed the negative energy. Negativity is like sugar when you start consuming it, never enough for some.

You can use som positivity as well, when it comes to your admiration for leftists. Some could start to believe you hide behind hate, because inside you, you are an leftist ? :D

You know the worst haters, is those who easily could been on the other side of the table.

19 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Thats how the forum is, just waking up and the first thing is to feed the negative energy. Negativity is like sugar when you start consuming it, never enough for some.

You can use som positivity as well, when it comes to your admiration for leftists. Some could start to believe you hide behind hate, because inside you, you are an leftist ? :D

You know the worst haters, is those who easily could been on the other side of the table.

I don't hate leftists. I dislike negative people. Most leftists are negative. The world in 2026 is so easy compared to 526ad yet people never stop whingeing.

For somebody who claims not to be negative, he's got a negative 1500 reputation. If that's not negative, I don't know what is.

2 hours ago, Hummin said:

the genetic robusts will always adopt and progress,

I've always believed the next generation is better than the one that bred them

1 minute ago, wombat said:

I've always believed the next generation is better than the one that bred them

We can always hope, but not given