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Nuremgard wrote:

No, sweetie, I'm not a bigot. You cant be bigoted against a bigot. You want to deny rights to LGBT people because they are LGBT. That's being bigoted. Me disliking and criticising your "opinion" does not make me a bigot.

Stop with the victim complex please. It's very boring.

Uhh when did I deny LGBT rights? I said I didnt support LGBT not deny them their rights.

Maurician wrote:Uhh when did I deny LGBT rights? I said I didnt support LGBT not deny them their rights.

Okay, honey. Good for you.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Yukona

Yukona wrote:On top of that, it's been shown that nearly all Islamic Extremists are far from religious experts and in fact very uneducated in their religion and more so educated in political dogma. If anything, the political theory of extremism within Islam (I guess you could call that Wahabism, IDK?) is the danger.

There's also Jihadism, which, unironically, was created purely out of hatred.

Yukona

Friedensreich wrote:There's also Jihadism, which, unironically, was created purely out of hatred.

We cant ignore the elephant in the room. Islam plays a role in these extremist's actions.

Yukona, United Continental States

Maurician wrote:So your idea is say as I wish, as long as it doesnt bother other people. I have been kind to everyone  since I got here. I have told everyone that asks my political and societal views. And I have openly discussed that I dont support LGBT what so ever. I do not keep my views deep inside to spare one's feelings, if I did that who would I be?

It's awful that people have to walk on eggshells when discussing anything for fear of causing offense.

Despite this, the same people that take offense are those that plaster labels and generalizations over every one.

Johnathan Pie says it best:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG9g7BcjKs

Yukona, Maurician, United Continental States

Nuremgard wrote:We cant ignore the elephant in the room. Islam plays a role in these extremist's actions.

It's extremist and largely disliked by actual Muslims- both Sunni and Shia. It comes as no surprise that both Sunni and Shia nations (Iran+Iraq and Saudi Arabia, for example) despise Jihadist groups like ISIS.

Friedensreich wrote:It's awful that people have to walk on eggshells when discussing anything for fear of causing offense.

Despite this, the same people that take offense are those that plaster labels and generalizations over every one.

Johnathan Pie says it best:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG9g7BcjKs

Johnny Pie is awesome.

Friedensreich wrote:It's extremist and largely disliked by actual Muslims- both Sunni and Shia. It comes as no surprise that both Sunni and Shia nations (Iran+Iraq and Saudi Arabia, for example) despise Jihadist groups like ISIS.

Is that why Saudi Arabia funds IS?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristen-breitweiser/wikileaks-kingdom-of-saud_b_12468758.html

Don't kid yourself. Countries like SA love IS because they're ruled by the same psychotic ideology.

Nuremgard wrote:Johnny Pie is awesome.

I use him to keep up on U.K. politics. He's a satirist but he's definitely the most candid and honest I've seen in a long time. It's because of him that I evolved into being extremely against PC culture.

Nuremgard wrote:

Okay, honey. Good for you.

Why are you calling me honey? I'm just asking.

I love how I turn away for five minutes and everything explodes, love you all! <3

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Yukona

Friedensreich wrote:I use him to keep up on U.K. politics. He's a satirist but he's definitely the most candid and honest I've seen in a long time. It's because of him that I evolved into being extremely against PC culture.

I wish more journos were like him. I'd watch the news if they were.

Maurician wrote:Why are you calling me honey? I'm just asking.

Because I'm being condescending.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Yukona

Post self-deleted by Baxten.

Nuremgard wrote:

Because I'm being condescending.

Nurem in a nutshell when he ain't being all kinds of gay :P

But really if I posted a lot on the forums this would be in my signature.

Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Yukona

https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_league_of_conservative_nations

Just sayin, it's an option if you feel victimized and attacked, Maur

Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania

Baxten wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_league_of_conservative_nations

Just sayin, it's an option if you feel victimized and attacked, Maur

I'm sure he'd find his kith and kin there.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania

Andromitus wrote:I love how I turn away for five minutes and everything explodes, love you all! <3

Shut it, nerd. Gimme your lunch money, or I'll give you an atomic wedgie.

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, The Empire Of Handland, United Continental States

Lol. Western Europeans...

Nuremgard wrote:

I wish more journos were like him. I'd watch the news if they were.

Because I'm being condescending.

I was only asking because honey is what an older women says to a younger person.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029157741

Disgusting

Maurician wrote:I was only asking because honey is what an older women says to a younger person.

And Jesus Christ dude, you're not really doing yourself any favors by being everyone's favorite punching bag on the RMB

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania

Maurician wrote:I was only asking because honey is what an older women says to a younger person.

No it's not. It's just a term of endearment. I was using it sarcastically.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania

Post self-deleted by Maurician.

Nuremgard wrote:

No it's not. It's just a term of endearment. I was using it sarcastically.

Ah ok im just used to that I guess, sorry. I was thinking you were a women.

Nuremgard wrote:No it's not. It's just a term of endearment. I was using it sarcastically.

Kinda like the southern United States, "Aww. Bless your heart!". Right?

Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania

[spoiler=Today is June 4 and today are:]

Today is June 4 and today are:

- Anniversary of Khomeini's Death (Iran)

- Birthday of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim & Flag Day (Finland)

- Emancipation Day or Independence Day (Tonga)

- Father's Day (Curaçao, Lithuania)

- Flag Day (Estonia)

- German World Heritage Day

- Hug Your Cat Day

- International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

- National Cancer Survivor’s Day (United States)

- National Cheese Day (United States)

- National Cognac Day (United States)

- National Old Maid’s Day (United States)

- National SAFE Day (United States)

- National Unity Day (Hungary)

- Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day

- Whit Sunday or Pentecost (Christianity)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.

- 1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.

- 1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.

- 1745 – Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.

- 1760 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.

- 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).

- 1784 – Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).

- 1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.

- 1802 – King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.

- 1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.

- 1825 – General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.

- 1855 – Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.

- 1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.

- 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.

- 1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.

- 1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.

- 1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.

- 1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.

- 1913 – Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.

- 1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.

- 1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.

- 1919 – Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.

- 1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.

- 1928 – The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.

- 1932 – Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.

- 1939 – The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.

- 1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

- 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

- 1943 – A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.

- 1944 – World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.

- 1944 – World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.

- 1961 – In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.

- 1970 – Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.

- 1975 – The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.

- 1979 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.

- 1982 – Four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped in Lebanon after they were stopped at a check point in northern Lebanon by Lebanese Phalange forces. None of them has been seen since.

- 1983 – Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.

- 1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.

- 1988 – Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.

- 1989 – Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

- 1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with at least 241 dead.

- 1989 – Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.

- 1989 – Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.

- 1996 – The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.

- 1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

- 2010 – Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.

- 2015 – An explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana, killing more than 200 people.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1738 – George III of the United Kingdom

- 1877 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1910 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft

- 1915 – Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali

- 1930 – Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach

- 1936 – Bruce Dern, American actor

- 1948 – Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager

- 1966 – Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano and actress

- 1975 – Russell Brand, English comedian and actor

- 1975 – Angelina Jolie, American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and activist

- 1985 – Evan Lysacek, American figure skater

- 1985 – Lukas Podolski, German footballer

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Quote of the day

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

- Epictetus -

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Andromitus, Kalaron

Maurician wrote:Ah ok im just used to that I guess, sorry. I was thinking you were a women.

Woman*

And nope, I'm not. Last time I checked.

Yukona

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Tserra wrote:Kinda like the southern United States, "Aww. Bless your heart!". Right?

Or as we'd say over here, "bless your wee cotton socks."

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Tserra, Yukona

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Yukona wrote:You really haven't, you've been an asshole to quite a few people including, if I correctly recall, Kumania - telling I'm it's his fault he is poor and that he should stop support his parents and let them get jobs

All I can say is thank God I'm not Mau's parent! What a terribly ungrateful child he must be!

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania

Post by Kalaron suppressed by a moderator.

Kalaron wrote:*Remembers when he warned Maur on being a troll on Discord*

*Remembers how someone said he couldn't know if Maur was being a troll and that he was policing free speech*

Hum-diddly-hoe neighbor.

You know, way back when, I thought Nur was a girl.

I remember realizing it after I spent an hour or so exchanging Telegrams and wondering why this "Girl" was speaking to me. I genuinely wondered if maybe Nur wanted the "D" TBH.

Now-a-days I know that I was right on Nur wanting a D in general but that he isn't a girl (He's actually a strong Scot) :P

I still find it funny how you thought I was a girl. What made you think that anyway? Was it how I worded my messages?

Kalaron

Nuremgard wrote:I still find it funny how you thought I was a girl. What made you think that anyway? Was it how I worded my messages?

I honest to god have no clue.

I actually think that it was either that I sped through some messages from you on the RMB and simply misread what you put with regard to pronouns -because maybe that was a thing?- or otherwise related you talking about gay stuff as being a girl talking about straight stuff -because I'm presumptuous and that's OK- and just attached it to you as a marker.

Alternatively it's related to the fact that I toyed with the idea of pretending to be someone else when I first came to the community (I was seriously unhappy with myself, like, man was I feeling like a failure and sometimes still do) and attached the fake personality to you through the flag similarities we had.

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:I still find it funny how you thought I was a girl. What made you think that anyway? Was it how I worded my messages?

(And no, you don't have feminine typing even if your friends said you did. I remember :P )

Nuremgard

Kalaron wrote:(And no, you don't have feminine typing even if your friends said you did. I remember :P )

Interesting explanation above. Thanks lol

I need some political counsel.

In my Islamic monarchy, the issue of gay adoption has come up. Of course, this being a Muslim country, it wont allow it. But should the Shah go one step further and make homosexuality a capital offence?

Nuremgard wrote:Interesting explanation above. Thanks lol

No problem, thanks for being the second person I really got to know after Bax :P

My first interaction with him was during Halloween, my message? "Sorry for shooting a missile at you!"

Honestly, you helped to make the community more human for me after my quick introduction.

Nuremgard

Posted on the RP region. Big events going on in Baxten.

Nuremgard wrote:I need some political counsel.

In my Islamic monarchy, the issue of gay adoption has come up. Of course, this being a Muslim country, it wont allow it. But should the Shah go one step further and make homosexuality a capital offence?

I'd say nah.

Make it taxable like being of different religions than Islam was in some nations. More state money and more people raising your kids.

Kalaron wrote:No problem, thanks for being the second person I really got to know after Bax :P

My first interaction with him was during Halloween, my message? "Sorry for shooting a missile at you!"

Honestly, you helped to make the community more human for me after my quick introduction.

Glad I could help somehow, mate!

Kalaron

Kalaron wrote:I'd say nah.

Make it taxable like being of different religions than Islam was in some nations. More state money and more people raising your kids.

I also got an issue about women driving but I didn't want to be -that- oppressive. In Farahan, women are reasonably equal to men. They can get jobs etc. but they are still restricted by some gender roles (like Iran.) But Iran does have harsh penalties for being gay. So you think Farahan should be a bit more lenient?

Kalaron

Nuremgard wrote:I also got an issue about women driving but I didn't want to be -that- oppressive. In Farahan, women are reasonably equal to men. They can get jobs etc. but they are still restricted by some gender roles (like Iran.) But Iran does have harsh penalties for being gay. So you think Farahan should be a bit more lenient?

Yes, I think that Farahan should prolly be more about preserving Islam on the grand scale, which is easier with taxes than it is with murdering all gays. If Farahan has already deviated a bit from the right and proper "Let's go boys" of pure Islam out of the book than it isn't that unreasonable to expect them to be able to handle taxable gay people while still having a social stigma.

Nuremgard

Kalaron wrote:Yes, I think that Farahan should prolly be more about preserving Islam on the grand scale, which is easier with taxes than it is with murdering all gays. If Farahan has already deviated a bit from the right and proper "Let's go boys" of pure Islam out of the book than it isn't that unreasonable to expect them to be able to handle taxable gay people while still having a social stigma.

I think I may have homosexuality be legal but that's about it. No adoption, no marriage, no discrimination laws etc.

The government allows freedom of religion but it does tax those of other faiths, as well as atheists. Sunni Muslims are not taxed, however (the state religion is Shia)

Kalaron

Nuremgard wrote:I think I may have homosexuality be legal but that's about it. No adoption, no marriage, no discrimination laws etc.

The government allows freedom of religion but it does tax those of other faiths, as well as atheists. Sunni Muslims are not taxed, however (the state religion is Shia)

Sounds good my dude, though -and I know this might not work for ideological reasons- but why not put adoption up there but with a very large cost? Like, unreasonable but there like the requirements for a permit for a Gay Bar in the 70's.

I look at things like my Teacher, Mr.Parker, Capitalism crushes Ideology always, it's just a matter of time.

Baxten wrote:Posted on the RP region. Big events going on in Baxten.

What's happening in Baxten?

Kalaron wrote:Sounds good my dude, though -and I know this might not work for ideological reasons- but why not put adoption up there but with a very large cost? Like, unreasonable but there like the requirements for a permit for a Gay Bar in the 70's.

I look at things like my Teacher, Mr.Parker, Capitalism crushes Ideology always, it's just a matter of time.

It's an interesting idea but I think that's too much of a stretch for an Islamic country. The Shah is reasserting the power of the Crown so he wants as many supporters as possible, especially from the common people. Allow gay adoption might cause the imperial family to lose support from the clergy and other more conservative elements of the establishment.

The Shah outlawed adoption for homosexuals and the black market rose by 0.79%. Are the gays buying children on the black market? :P

Nuremgard wrote:What's happening in Baxten?

Tl;Dr:

Baxten won't war with Maur because of Maur's invasion of Texas

Kaiser was caught and somehow survived his plane crashing and burning after being hit with AAA fire (Baxten is 1940's germany I guess)

Baxten's gov partied the night away because they 'dem rowdy bois

Bax will trial Mr.Kaiser soon.

Kalaron wrote:Tl;Dr:

Baxten won't war with Maur because of Maur's invasion of Texas

Kaiser was caught and somehow survived his plane crashing and burning after being hit with AAA fire (Baxten is 1940's germany I guess)

Baxten's gov partied the night away because they 'dem rowdy bois

Bax will trial Mr.Kaiser soon.

Oh my. The former monarch going on trial. Intriguing.

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:It's an interesting idea but I think that's too much of a stretch for an Islamic country. The Shah is reasserting the power of the Crown so he wants as many supporters as possible, especially from the common people. Allow gay adoption might cause the imperial family to lose support from the clergy and other more conservative elements of the establishment.

The Shah outlawed adoption for homosexuals and the black market rose by 0.79%. Are the gays buying children on the black market? :P

I'm sure it's possible,

Gay: "He isn't my son, Sir, I'm just his uncle!"

Officer: "...Why are you and the Father's pants down then?"

Gay: "Uh...we had a party with a harem?"

Officer: "Oh...OK."

Nuremgard wrote:Oh my. The former monarch going on trial. Intriguing.

Will Sul shoot him, though?

Kalaron wrote:I'm sure it's possible,

Gay: "He isn't my son, Sir, I'm just his uncle!"

Officer: "...Why are you and the Father's pants down then?"

Gay: "Uh...we had a party with a harem?"

Officer: "Oh...OK."

Will Sul shoot him, though?

That's the mystery!

Hmm. Dunno if the Shah has a harem as such but polygamy is legal.

Kalaron

Kalaron wrote:Tl;Dr:

Baxten won't war with Maur because of Maur's invasion of Texas

Kaiser was caught and somehow survived his plane crashing and burning after being hit with AAA fire (Baxten is 1940's germany I guess)

Baxten's gov partied the night away because they 'dem rowdy bois

Bax will trial Mr.Kaiser soon.

Look, idk these things and AA guns. gawd

Kalaron wrote:Tl;Dr:

Baxten won't war with Maur because of Maur's invasion of Texas

Kaiser was caught and somehow survived his plane crashing and burning after being hit with AAA fire (Baxten is 1940's germany I guess)

Baxten's gov partied the night away because they 'dem rowdy bois

Bax will trial Mr.Kaiser soon.

They Partied the night away and then forgot about major world and domestic affairs :3

Oh, and I'm just assuming you factored a certain party in with your pro-isolationists because thats the correct thing to do buddy boy

Andromitus wrote:They Partied the night away and then forgot about major world and domestic affairs :3

Oh, and I'm just assuming you factored a certain party in with your pro-isolationists because thats the correct thing to do buddy boy

Forgot may not have been the righy word lol. It just went to the back of their minds. And no, I didn't. However, imma delete the post and factor it in.

Baxten wrote:Forgot may not have been the righy word lol. It just went to the back of their minds. And no, I didn't. However, imma delete the post and factor it in.

Aww, you don't have to delete it :P

Andromitus wrote:Aww, you don't have to delete it :P

I just edited a few things, not totally reqrore it. But your party is now accounted for and the engines were purposly shot by fighters.

Yukona wrote:You really haven't, you've been an asshole to quite a few people including, if I correctly recall, Kumania - telling I'm it's his fault he is poor and that he should stop support his parents and let them get jobs

Magnatronia wrote:Did he really say that to Kumania?? Come on Maurician, what the hell! He's a friend of mine and he's just trying to help his folks! I thought you would be on board with someone working hard to make the best of their situation?

Maurician wrote:I was saying he should take charge of his life and do what he wants, and not shower his parents with money. It doesn't make me a asshole for giving him advice you dont agree with.

I don't shower my parents with money. They ask me for my permission to give them money every time they need a few extra bucks. I' very cautious with my money. I frequently check my bank account to make sure my money is there, and I check my parents bank account to make sure they're not spending on useless stuff. Both have full-time jobs. Honestly they wouldn't even need my financial aid if 11% of my mom's paycheck wasn't taken out for her pension and roughly half of my dad's paycheck went to paying for health insurance for the three of us (he works at a Banner hospital which is how we have access to fairly decent health insurance but it is hella expensive thanks to Obamacare and Republicans making health insurance still be a market instead of replacing it with single-payer universal healthcare but that's a discussion for another time).

Another important thing to note is that I currently do not make enough money to move out into my own apartment. I make only $11.50 an hour and that's before taxes and deductions and other stuff are taken out. Usually, my weekly paychecks will be at least $355 if I work at least 39 hours a week. So basically in a month I'll make around say $1300 a month. It is impossible to find an apartment in this city with rent at $700 a month or less that is not disgusting af and ridden with roaches and scorpions and other undesirable vermin. My car insurance is currently $222 a month. That's my biggest expense other than lending at least $400 to my parents each month. I mean sure perhaps I could try to move into an apartment with $700 a month rent and then keep that $400 I give to my parents to help them out to be used as expenses for other things. However, at the end of the month, I would barely have any pennies left over for any potential "luxuries". In that $400, I'm supposed to find funds for food, gas, utilities, internet, phone plan, and other stuff. I do not see how I could afford all of those things unless I get the really cheap stuff. On my wage, if I were to live on my own, I would only be able to afford the cheapest stuff. And I might sound privileged for saying this, but honestly I prefer to not be forced to have only the cheapest stuff.

So not only does currently living with my parents them, but it benefits me. I don't think of it as leeching off each other. We all come together to help each other out. I give my parents at least $400 a month to try to stay afloat on bills and they give me food and shelter. Right now you could say we are codependent, and probably would find failure if we separated from each other. I do plan on moving out some day, hopefully sooner than later. However, that day will not come until I get a raise that is not caused by minimum wage being increased. This is the reality for a lot of modern middle class families who got screwed over during the Great Recession.

Nuremgard, Lex Caledonia, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona, United Continental States

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:

I don't shower my parents with money.  They ask me for my permission to give them money every time they need a few extra bucks.  I' very cautious with my money.  I frequently check my bank account to make sure my money is there, and I check my parents bank account to make sure they're not spending on useless stuff.  Both have full-time jobs.  Honestly they wouldn't even need my financial aid if 11% of my mom's paycheck wasn't taken out for her pension and roughly half of my dad's paycheck went to paying for health insurance for the three of us (he works at a Banner hospital which is how we have access to fairly decent health insurance but it is hella expensive thanks to Obamacare and Republicans making health insurance still be a market instead of replacing it with single-payer universal healthcare but that's a discussion for another time).

Another important thing to note is that I currently do not make enough money to move out into my own apartment.  I make only $11.50 an hour and that's before taxes and deductions and other stuff are taken out.  Usually, my weekly paychecks will be at least $355 if I work at least 39 hours a week.  So basically in a month I'll make around say $1300 a month.  It is impossible to find an apartment in this city with rent at $700 a month or less that is not disgusting af and ridden with roaches and scorpions and other undesirable vermin.  My car insurance is currently $222 a month.  That's my biggest expense other than lending at least $400 to my parents each month.  I mean sure perhaps I could try to move into an apartment with $700 a month rent and then keep that $400 I give to my parents to help them out to be used as expenses for other things.  However, at the end of the month, I would barely have any pennies left over for any potential "luxuries".  In that $400, I'm supposed to find funds for food, gas, utilities, internet, phone plan, and other stuff.  I do not see how I could afford all of those things unless I get the really cheap stuff.  On my wage, if I were to live on my own, I would only be able to afford the cheapest stuff.  And I might sound privileged for saying this, but honestly I prefer to not be forced to have only the cheapest stuff.

So not only does currently living with my parents them, but it benefits me.  I don't think of it as leeching off each other.  We all come together to help each other out.  I give my parents at least $400 a month to try to stay afloat on bills and they give me food and shelter.  Right now you could say we are codependent, and probably would find failure if we separated from each other.  I do plan on moving out some day, hopefully sooner than later.  However, that day will not come until I get a raise that is not caused by minimum wage being increased.  This is the reality for a lot of modern middle class families who got screwed over during the Great Recession. 

Yknow I saw how big this is and Im not going to bother reading it. That conversation was months ago and I dont want to know about your personal life. I say this in the nicest way I can.

Maurician wrote:Yknow I saw how big this is and Im not going to bother reading it. That conversation was months ago and I dont want to know about your personal life. I say this in the nicest way I can.

Well if that's the nicest way I don't wanna see the worst AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAkillmepleaseAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

Merlinton, Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Lex Caledonia, United Continental States

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:I don't shower my parents with money

I hope things improve for you, mate. Stay strong.

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Magnatronia, Maurician, United Continental States

Vista Major wrote:FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIB![/I]

Never leave us again

Vista I looked your nation up to find out where the CFN region is these days :)

Penguania And Antarctica

Maurician wrote:I can say as I wish, I can do as I wish at my own discretion. And for you to monitor me just because you got triggered is wrong. I can freely say that I don't like Europeans, or that I don't like Muslim, because that is my right. For you to infringe on my right to do so is fascism itself.

Maurician wrote:Yknow I saw how big this is and Im not going to bother reading it. That conversation was months ago and I dont want to know about your personal life. I say this in the nicest way I can.

Who hurt you?

Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Pirate Kingdoms, United Continental States

Merlinton wrote:Who hurt you?

Liberal Muslim Arizonan British Catholic Communist Anglo-Saxon Homosexual Socialist Nazi Pedophiles :p

Merlinton, Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Maurician

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Liberal Muslim Arizonan British Catholic Communist Anglo-Saxon Homosexual Socialist Nazi Pedophiles :p

You called

Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Yukona wrote:You called

Meesa also LMABCCASHSNP

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Yukona

Kalaron wrote:Basically, Unf took the fact that people were realigning with the Rebels as it being terribly unbalanced, so he refused to RP in it.

Regrettably, this gave the result of most people being discouraged since the primary motivation of the RP -specifically, that the USCS was going to intervene in Sulania with actual power- and the smaller motivations -Unaligned nations helping who they wish- are vastly outnumbered.

Well, who wants to support commies? I sure don't. He should just bolster up his military to fight the rebels. Who knows, maybe it could turn into something bigger?

The Empire Of Handland wrote:Well, who wants to support commies? I sure don't. He should just bolster up his military to fight the rebels. Who knows, maybe it could turn into something bigger?

At least you don't demonize moderate liberals, you just tease us a little :P

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, The Empire Of Handland, Magnatronia

The Empire Of Handland wrote:Well, who wants to support commies? I sure don't. He should just bolster up his military to fight the rebels. Who knows, maybe it could turn into something bigger?

Well, he said it was the USCS's job, so clearly him.

Are you kidding me? I get warned for "flaming" because I insulted someone. Mau was the one who said that Europeans deserve all they get for letting refugees in. So I hope he was warned for flaming too.

From the FAQ: https://www.nationstates.net/page=faq#etiquette

It's free speech, so I can post whatever I like here, right?

Ahahahaha! Hahaha! Free speech! No, it's not. I run this web site, see, so you have to play by my rules. It's like my own Father Knows Best state.

No player has the right on this private website to violate the rules each player agreed to adhere to upon creating an account. It is irrelevant if another player broke them; that does not justify anyone else breaking them in turn. If you see someone violating the rules, report it, don't fall for the bait.

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Oelesa, United Continental States

Nationstates Moderators wrote:From the FAQ: https://www.nationstates.net/page=faq#etiquette

It's free speech, so I can post whatever I like here, right?

Ahahahaha! Hahaha! Free speech! No, it's not. I run this web site, see, so you have to play by my rules. It's like my own Father Knows Best state.

No player has the right on this private website to violate the rules each player agreed to adhere to upon creating an account. It is irrelevant if another player broke them; that does not justify anyone else breaking them in turn. If you see someone violating the rules, report it, don't fall for the bait.

Praise Shirley!

Au Minbo, Vista Major, Oelesa, Pirate Kingdoms

Nationstates Moderators wrote:From the FAQ: https://www.nationstates.net/page=faq#etiquette

It's free speech, so I can post whatever I like here, right?

Ahahahaha! Hahaha! Free speech! No, it's not. I run this web site, see, so you have to play by my rules. It's like my own Father Knows Best state.

No player has the right on this private website to violate the rules each player agreed to adhere to upon creating an account. It is irrelevant if another player broke them; that does not justify anyone else breaking them in turn. If you see someone violating the rules, report it, don't fall for the bait.

Here's me quivering in my boots because I called someone an ***hole and they drop you a telegram - nobody's safe boys, run for the hills

Merlinton, Vista Major, Oelesa

Uh, what happened?

Vista Major, Yukona

Friedensreich wrote:Uh, what happened?

Maur's router got DDoSD by the mods

Vista Major

Yukona wrote:Maur's router got DDoSD by the mods

I swear, I'm not here to keep you youngins in line for a day and everything blows up.

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, United Continental States

Friedensreich wrote:I swear, I'm not here to keep you youngins in line for a day and everything blows up.

Did someone say younglings? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFOo86PDDuE&t

Vista Major

Yukona wrote:Maur's router got DDoSD by the mods

No great loss.

Vista Major, Yukona

Yukona wrote:Did someone say younglings? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFOo86PDDuE&t

Meh, Jedi Temple March is overrated.

General Grevious' theme > all

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Friedensreich wrote:Meh, Jedi Temple March is overrated.

General Grevious' theme > all

Throne Room Theme > all

Vista Major, Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Throne Room Theme > all

It's kinda repetitive and loses its power without seeing Sidious, tbh.

Vista Major, Yukona

Yukona wrote:Throne Room Theme > all

Are you still voting Lib Dem on Thursday?

Vista Major

Nuremgard wrote:Are you still voting Lib Dem on Thursday?

Postal vote, already done

Vista Major

Yukona wrote:Postal vote, already done

Ah, okay. I used to do a postal vote until we found out Ruth Davidson was looking at the postal votes at the first referendum. I don't trust them now. Then again, I don't really trust any form of voting as they're all open to tampering. But me and my sister always vote in person together. Will be doing the same on Thursday. My mum uses a postal vote though as she's too unwell to go to the polling station.

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Ah, okay. I used to do a postal vote until we found out Ruth Davidson was looking at the postal votes at the first referendum. I don't trust them now. Then again, I don't really trust any form of voting as they're all open to tampering. But me and my sister always vote in person together. Will be doing the same on Thursday. My mum uses a postal vote though as she's too unwell to go to the polling station.

My best wishes for your mum - I had that concern, but my constituency has recently become a bit of a CON stronghold with Brexit anyway, used to be heavily Lib Dem, so my vote probably wont matter now its a Brexit area

Nuremgard

Yukona wrote:My best wishes for your mum - I had that concern, but my constituency has recently become a bit of a CON stronghold with Brexit anyway, used to be heavily Lib Dem, so my vote probably wont matter now its a Brexit area

Thanks, bud. My condolences about your constituency! This is why I don't like FPTP. Creates a two-party state and safe seats. But I'm glad you're still voting anyway. Makes your voice heard. It's ridiculous that so many people are believing May's lie about getting a strong majority to strengthen her hand. The EU has already told her they don't care how big her majority is. She is only doing this to capitalise on a weak opposition. Then again, with JC and Labour surging in the polls, she's eating her words right now. Arrogant old boot.

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Thanks, bud. My condolences about your constituency! This is why I don't like FPTP. Creates a two-party state and safe seats. But I'm glad you're still voting anyway. Makes your voice heard. It's ridiculous that so many people are believing May's lie about getting a strong majority to strengthen her hand. The EU has already told her they don't care how big her majority is. She is only doing this to capitalise on a weak opposition. Then again, with JC and Labour surging in the polls, she's eating her words right now. Arrogant old boot.

I'm so happy for JC, he's molded into quite the capable opposition leader, I hope he doesn't resign if he gets defeated.

Nuremgard

Yukona wrote:I'm so happy for JC, he's molded into quite the capable opposition leader, I hope he doesn't resign if he gets defeated.

Seeing him become prime minister would be so funny. Not only because he has good policies but also because seeing the faces of May and her party, and seeing the convulsions the media would descend into, would be -amazing.-

I also hope he stays on if he's defeated. Would piss off the Blairites royally.

Yukona

Nationstates Moderators wrote:From the FAQ: https://www.nationstates.net/page=faq#etiquette

It's free speech, so I can post whatever I like here, right?

Ahahahaha! Hahaha! Free speech! No, it's not. I run this web site, see, so you have to play by my rules. It's like my own Father Knows Best state.

No player has the right on this private website to violate the rules each player agreed to adhere to upon creating an account. It is irrelevant if another player broke them; that does not justify anyone else breaking them in turn. If you see someone violating the rules, report it, don't fall for the bait.

Hey [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation] we were just talking about this! We were saying that the RMB is governed by the regional moderators, but I forgot the site moderators are more than willing to crack down on hate speech / trolls too. We should refer all future first amendment screamers to the site FAQ.

Andromitus, Yukona

Post by Mauricit suppressed by a moderator.

Guess who's back. Back again. Mau's back. Tell a friend. Or a mod.

Merlinton, United Continental States

Post by Magnatronia suppressed by a moderator.

Nuremgard wrote:Are you kidding me? I get warned for "flaming" because I insulted someone. Mau was the one who said that Europeans deserve all they get for letting refugees in. So I hope he was warned for flaming too.

He got more than a warning, it seems.

Yukona, Magnatronia

Magnatronia wrote:Hey, this kid looks a lot like Maurician. Let's give him a wet-willy and shove him in a locker.

It's funny how right wingers think they're edgy. I see a lot of young people doing it. Weird how things change. Back in the 70s and 80s, the cool and rebellious thing was to be left wing. Now if you want to be a rebel, you become right wing to fight PC culture and the "snowflakes."

Even though right wingers tend to be the biggest, most sensitive snowflakes ever.

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Magnatronia

Kalaron wrote:He got more than a warning, it seems.

Now he's back. Lucky us.

Merlinton, Magnatronia

Nuremgard wrote:It's funny how right wingers think they're edgy. I see a lot of young people doing it. Weird how things change. Back in the 70s and 80s, the cool and rebellious thing was to be left wing. Now if you want to be a rebel, you become right wing to fight PC culture and the "snowflakes."

Even though right wingers tend to be the biggest, most sensitive snowflakes ever.

Holy crap, that's so true now that someone puts it that way?

Merlinton

Magnatronia wrote:Holy crap, that's so true now that someone puts it that way?

It is. Call a right winger out on their BS and they are the first to screech like banshees, "it's ma free speeeeeeech!"

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Magnatronia

Mauricit wrote:Wow man youre really cool. It sucks there are just a bunch of triggered kids here.

This isn't even funny.

Nuremgard wrote:It's funny how right wingers think they're edgy. I see a lot of young people doing it. Weird how things change. Back in the 70s and 80s, the cool and rebellious thing was to be left wing. Now if you want to be a rebel, you become right wing to fight PC culture and the "snowflakes."

Oh my god that's so true? Some people in school (and especially trolls online) talk and act like alt righters and I can't tell if it's serious or if they're doing it to be special and different. Being a neo-nazi isn't unique, it's cringey and rude and probably won't make you too many friends.

Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania

Merlinton wrote:This isn't even funny.

Oh my god that's so true? Some people in school (and especially trolls online) talk and act like alt righters and I can't tell if it's serious or if they're doing it to be special and different. Being a neo-nazi isn't unique, it's cringey and rude and probably won't make you too many friends.

The right has been enjoying a bit of an ascendancy in the UK and US right now. Both nations committed an act of "rebelliousness" if you like. One voted for the Orange Emperor and the other voted for Brexit. A collective stamping of the feet if you will.

Merlinton

Nuremgard wrote:The right has been enjoying a bit of an ascendancy in the UK and US right now. Both nations committed an act of "rebelliousness" if you like. One voted for the Orange Emperor and the other voted for Brexit. A collective stamping of the feet if you will.

Are you from the US or UK?

Nuremgard

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