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The Thriller said:
Please go back to ignoring me
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I agree with a lot of the things you say, but god you're such a bitch sometimes.

Archie Moses said:
Reality >>> perception.

I don't give a **** what people might think about it.
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Foreign perceptions of America give us a needed perspective on our own country. I say this a lot but, I'm strongly of the opinion that every person (Americans especially) should, at least once in their life, go and live on foreign soil for an extended period of time. 4 or 5 years in a foreign place with a different culture, if you can handle it, will inevitably change people, usually for the better.

Many of us don't realize that we have a very America-centric view and it's hard to be cognizant of it until you get out.

I used to go to church when I lived in South Korea, and there was a particularly opinionated man as the Branch President. Sometimes during his weekly talk he would go on a diatribe about American gun culture. He described a place where people were toting guns all over the place and walking outside could mean death at any moment. He saw it as equivalent to a war zone. Clearly the perception is somewhat warped abroad because there is a giant filter and only the biggest of news stories will reach a place like South Korea unless they're paying real close attention to the US. They don't. They don't give two ***** about America for the most part. The average citizen doesn't even care all that much about what North Korea does.

I remember being defensive about it. I never got shot at personally and most definitely never will. But, if you think about it, living in a place where guns have never been legal, it sounds absolutely nuts that normal people can just walk around with instruments of death. It sounds like a recipe for disaster. It's a wonder that people don't kill each other even more than they do in this country.
 
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Wes Mantooth said:
Many Americans have misinformed perceptions about people in the Middle East. Does it mean those countries should concern their selves with our ignorance?
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I never said we should act based on those perceptions, just that they do exist.
 
Stoked said:
Joe Biden initially sent thoughts and prayers to Michigan and Houston.
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He's 76. I mean, I confuse things all the time too. I know it's a sensitive thing, and a bad look, but I'm not going to clown on him. Humans make mistakes regardless of who they are.
 
Stoked said:
Your inability to laugh is not my problem. Feel free to put me on ignore. Otherwise I’ll mock and reply as I see fit.
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That’s what’s funny about you. You get all pissy and claim our conversations are over and then you proceed to take cheap shots. When called out on these, you whine about my inability to laugh. Communication is a two way street. What you want is the permission to cut off conversations when you want and then poke fun of others at your pleasure.

Either ignore me completely or refrain from saying things like “our conversation is over.”
 
Archie Moses said:
He's 76. I mean, I confuse things all the time too. I know it's a sensitive thing, and a bad look, but I'm not going to clown on him. Humans make mistakes regardless of who they are.
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I agree. The only reason this is notable is that he is running to be POTUS.
 
Not gonna lie. I’d pay to see a Biden/Trump debate. Just wish it wasn’t about the presidency.
 
The Thriller said:
That’s what’s funny about you. You get all pissy and claim our conversations are over and then you proceed to take cheap shots. When called out on these, you whine about my inability to laugh. Communication is a two way street. What you want is the permission to cut off conversations when you want and then poke fun of others at your pleasure.

Either ignore me completely or refrain from saying things like “our conversation is over.”
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No. Our conversation was over.

Or do you stop talking to someone one day and then avoid them forever?

As said before. I’ll reply, mock and respond to you as I see fit. You don’t get to determine that. If you wish no public contact put me on ignore.
 
Stoked said:
No. Our conversation was over.

Or do you stop talking to someone one day and then avoid them forever?

As said before. I’ll reply, mock and respond to you as I see fit. You don’t get to determine that. If you wish no public contact put me on ignore.
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Sigh
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Yeah let’s just brush it off to old age. The guy is only running for POTUS and chose to make his statement publicly and ****ed up not just one locale but two. No big deal.

Have we set the bar this low?
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Wow, you have to ask this question considering who is sitting in the White House now? I think there should be an age limit on POTUS and a test for dementia but the bar has been removed with our current president. Seems like anything goes after #45 becoming president.
 
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