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On November 29 2025 19:58 Simberto wrote:Show nested quote +On November 29 2025 09:29 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On November 29 2025 08:57 WombaT wrote:On November 29 2025 08:29 Fleetfeet wrote:On November 29 2025 02:42 KwarK wrote:
Personally I would rate this post about being terrified about the summary judgment handed out by the American police/national guard against DVD counterfeiters vs the Canadian police who probably just process you through the legal system as top 3 really weird Jimmy posts.
It doesn't beat honourary Guido, but when you dig into the "logic" behind the post there's an awful lot going on there. The National Guard being deployed is linked to DVD counterfeiting operations because of the fear of what the police will do if they catch you (in this case catching you printing at your job at a printer). Out of curiosity, over or under the time he claimed to have stolen $50,000 of D&D merch from a canadian retail store? Look there was just one security guard for the whole mall so it was totally believable. It wasn’t 50k though was it? :O Also I mean if we’re talking the late 80s thru 90s it’s not like you had a DnD store on every second block. 50K worth of shrink for a niche hobby store and it’s shutting up shop with no substitutes around. So if this tale is true Jimmy just killed DnD for a whole generation :p That's ultimately what he said, yeah. It supposedly ended up being roughly $50,000, after being adjusted for inflation ("$30,000 in Dungeons and Dragons hobby equipment over the course of 6 months ... in 2002 money"). See below - this is from the Canadian Politics Mega-thread, p.108: On June 03 2025 01:16 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On June 02 2025 23:21 JimmyJRaynor wrote:On June 02 2025 12:39 WombaT wrote:
TIL it was like 350 years old and one of North America’s oldest corporations
Personal Story about 1 giant "The Bay" location. + Show Spoiler +The Bay at Sherway Gardens had weak security. When I was 15 , my crime buddy and i ripped the place off for $30,000 in Dungeons and Dragons hobby equipment over the course of 6 months. Lead figures, dice, those big hard cover Dungeon Master Guides etc. At one point I had $20,000 in "product" hidden in my bedroom. LOL. These $ figures are in 2002 money.  The key was to get there very early Saturday and Sunday morning when the staff were all showing up late. At store opening there'd be 2 security guys and 4 employees to cover a 225,000 square foot store. They were all half awake. Not us, we were 100% ready to rumble. Memories man! You have to wonder how major malls in Canada are going to survive as they all continue to lose giant tenants. The mall I mentioned lost its 2 cornerstone tenants, both giant retailers that have been around for many decades. Adjusting for inflation, that means you're claiming to have stolen nearly $50,000 worth of D&D gear, within the span of six months, as a 15-year-old who wasn't even old enough to drive yet ( https://www.in2013dollars.com/canada/inflation/2002?amount=30000 ). Why did you do this? Also, do you have any evidence of doing this? What the actual fuck. I was certain you guys were just taking the piss here. Then you drop a quote.
That's one way to pull yourself by your bootstraps. :-)
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If he’s not telling us the most banal anecdotes that no one ever disputes because no one gives a damn, he’s sending us videos or articles that back whatever narrative his favourite social media influencers are currently obsessed with. Which no one bothers to dispute because no one wants to watch a 30 minute Asmongold video or read a medical journal article that we don’t have access to.
To this day he’s still hyper-fixated with predicting 2% GDP growth for the US. Despite not being an economist, not showing his reasoning, not showing his working out. He’s just saying 2% and trying to get people to bet against his claim, which no one does because no one here is an economist with the resources to properly dispute any figure.
Nevermind the fact that the exact number is utterly irrelevant and people/economists are more interested in the actual factors that make the current economic climate so difficult for the majority of the US.
Obviously it’s probably just a number pulled from some Bloomberg article he read but he’s desperately trying to use this GDP prediction as some weird appeal to authority. I guarantee he is going to rush straight into TL and brag about being an economic genius if the number is close to 2% and forever use it as a bragging point.
Edit: Like let’s look at his D&D anecdote.
I know for a fact that D&D rulebooks during the TSR and early WOTC years ranged from $10 to $30 USD. I also know that a box containing 6x pewter Eldar Fire Dragons from Games Workshop was around $30 USD circa 2006, which we can use as an analogue for the lead miniatures he managed to fence.
So let’s just assume a conversion rate of 1 USD to 1.40 CAD, which is apparently the rate on this date in 2002. You’d need to have stolen around 476 boxes of those Fire Dragons to have $20,000 CAD worth of merchandise. Or 1000 copies of a $15 USD Dungeons and Dragons rulebook. That’s just to show the magnitude of stock stolen.
Most people would just ignore the anecdote because it’s pants on head stupid. But it completely collapses if you spend a second thinking about it. You’re telling me that the local game store isn’t noticing 476 missing boxes of Warhammer unit boxes? You’re also telling me your parents were so negligent or such huge assholes that they didn’t notice/care about the 476 boxes of stuff in your bedroom? Like either everything is completely false in an effort to support the narrative about malls or the thief and his parents are such a humongous assholes.
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Northern Ireland27460 Posts
I choose to believe it, life is more fun that way.
Like I know Karl Pilkington is chatting twaddle about the Manchester estate he grew up on. There probably wasn’t a family in a council house with a horse in there, or a woman who walked around with a pram that held a bucket with a face drawn on it. But it’s more fun to think that there was. Also would recommend the animated ‘Ricky Gervais Show’ HBO made of the podcasts highly incidentally! Should be on YouTube.
My mental image of Jimmy is basically just Canadian Kramer. Odd, but quirkily charming and endearing.
When he’s not programming he’s up to all sorts of escapades. There’s the episode time where he was shook down by some local guidos, but ended up befriending them and shooting some hoops. Or the episode time where he entered into a hardcore rivalry with some kid on the NHL 94 machine down at the arcade.
I’m absolutely here for it.
I’m sure I’m not alone in having vague mental pictures of the folks behind the keyboards over here, given years of association. Hopefully mine isn’t too bad haha!
For me Jimmy just looks like Kramer, and has the mannerisms and all
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Donald Trump's Thanksgiving rant... I underlined the first few words, which started off just fine. Unfortunately, he then wrote the rest, spanning across two enormous back-to-back posts that included racist remarks, the word "retarded", and more:
"A very Happy Thanksgiving salutation to all of our Great American Citizens and Patriots who have been so nice in allowing our Country to be divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at, along with certain other foolish countries throughout the World, for being “Politically Correct,” and just plain STUPID, when it comes to Immigration. The official United States Foreign population stands at 53 million people (Census), most of which are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels. They and their children are supported through massive payments from Patriotic American Citizens who, because of their beautiful hearts, do not want to openly complain or cause trouble in any way, shape, or form. They put up with what has happened to our Country, but it’s eating them alive to do so! A migrant earning $30,000 with a green card will get roughly $50,000 in yearly benefits for their family. The real migrant population is much higher. This refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II (Failed schools, high crime, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, housing shortages, and large deficits, etc.). As an example, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota. Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for “prey” as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone. The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both, while the worst “Congressman/woman” in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how “badly” she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation, which is essentially not even a country for lack of Government, Military, Police, schools, etc…"
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360
"…Even as we have progressed technologically, Immigration Policy has eroded those gains and living conditions for many. I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s Autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country, end all Federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens of our Country, denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization. These goals will be pursued with the aim of achieving a major reduction in illegal and disruptive populations, including those admitted through an unauthorized and illegal Autopen approval process. Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation. Other than that, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for — You won’t be here for long!"
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625427648743414
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/28/trump-thanksgiving-post-slur/87506151007/
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Northern Ireland27460 Posts
It’s interesting to see it in a different format.
Seeing it on Twitter or Trump Twitter I’m almost inured to it at this stage, as I imagine many are.
Seeing it as a big chunk of text on TL and you go ‘oh yeah, this bloke is President and that’s completely mental’
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Northern Ireland27460 Posts
Also like, seriously. Subtly different interpretations exist, but pick whichever one you like, you’re a lunatic if you will claim Trump doesn’t employ Fascist rhetoric.
If you wanna claim the US under Trump’s Presidency hasn’t descended into a Fascist hellhole, I mean go for it, I’ll likely disagree with some points there.
But just looking the rhetoric? I mean come on man
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It‘s definitely the weirdest political landscape in a long time.
Cults vs masses or something, and the cults are winning.
But they might self destruct in doing so. Paradoxical.
I think anyone reasonable, country or people, just wants the bullshit to stay away while it learns to govern itself.
I mean, the mentality is often so weird for non-Americans. The whole praising the constitution and bible thing. Society changes rapidly, picking old solutions for new problems just seems…Stubborn.
We don‘t have the gung-ho super patriotic almost theocracist mentality around here, mostly. Why willingly cling to constructs to be offended about ? Does that somehow feel threatening to Americans ?
I guess that‘s kinda to be expected for a militaristic country.
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On November 29 2025 20:24 maybenexttime wrote:Show nested quote +On November 29 2025 19:58 Simberto wrote:On November 29 2025 09:29 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On November 29 2025 08:57 WombaT wrote:On November 29 2025 08:29 Fleetfeet wrote:On November 29 2025 02:42 KwarK wrote:
Personally I would rate this post about being terrified about the summary judgment handed out by the American police/national guard against DVD counterfeiters vs the Canadian police who probably just process you through the legal system as top 3 really weird Jimmy posts.
It doesn't beat honourary Guido, but when you dig into the "logic" behind the post there's an awful lot going on there. The National Guard being deployed is linked to DVD counterfeiting operations because of the fear of what the police will do if they catch you (in this case catching you printing at your job at a printer). Out of curiosity, over or under the time he claimed to have stolen $50,000 of D&D merch from a canadian retail store? Look there was just one security guard for the whole mall so it was totally believable. It wasn’t 50k though was it? :O Also I mean if we’re talking the late 80s thru 90s it’s not like you had a DnD store on every second block. 50K worth of shrink for a niche hobby store and it’s shutting up shop with no substitutes around. So if this tale is true Jimmy just killed DnD for a whole generation :p That's ultimately what he said, yeah. It supposedly ended up being roughly $50,000, after being adjusted for inflation ("$30,000 in Dungeons and Dragons hobby equipment over the course of 6 months ... in 2002 money"). See below - this is from the Canadian Politics Mega-thread, p.108: On June 03 2025 01:16 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On June 02 2025 23:21 JimmyJRaynor wrote:On June 02 2025 12:39 WombaT wrote:
TIL it was like 350 years old and one of North America’s oldest corporations
Personal Story about 1 giant "The Bay" location. + Show Spoiler +The Bay at Sherway Gardens had weak security. When I was 15 , my crime buddy and i ripped the place off for $30,000 in Dungeons and Dragons hobby equipment over the course of 6 months. Lead figures, dice, those big hard cover Dungeon Master Guides etc. At one point I had $20,000 in "product" hidden in my bedroom. LOL. These $ figures are in 2002 money. The key was to get there very early Saturday and Sunday morning when the staff were all showing up late. At store opening there'd be 2 security guys and 4 employees to cover a 225,000 square foot store. They were all half awake. Not us, we were 100% ready to rumble. Memories man! You have to wonder how major malls in Canada are going to survive as they all continue to lose giant tenants. The mall I mentioned lost its 2 cornerstone tenants, both giant retailers that have been around for many decades. Adjusting for inflation, that means you're claiming to have stolen nearly $50,000 worth of D&D gear, within the span of six months, as a 15-year-old who wasn't even old enough to drive yet ( https://www.in2013dollars.com/canada/inflation/2002?amount=30000 ). Why did you do this? Also, do you have any evidence of doing this? What the actual fuck. I was certain you guys were just taking the piss here. Then you drop a quote. That's one way to pull yourself by your bootstraps. :-)
It would be better if that was the narrative, but he grew up upper middle class. And he somehow did this between, or during his counterfeiting and also his fencing operation for the stolen good for a small gang. The guy is one man crimewave. For his sake I hope no one alerts ICE!
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On November 29 2025 22:23 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Donald Trump's Thanksgiving rant... I underlined the first few words, which started off just fine. Unfortunately, he then wrote the rest, spanning across two enormous back-to-back posts that included racist remarks, the word "retarded", and more: " A very Happy Thanksgiving salutation to all of our Great American Citizens and Patriots who have been so nice in allowing our Country to be divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at, along with certain other foolish countries throughout the World, for being “Politically Correct,” and just plain STUPID, when it comes to Immigration. The official United States Foreign population stands at 53 million people (Census), most of which are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels. They and their children are supported through massive payments from Patriotic American Citizens who, because of their beautiful hearts, do not want to openly complain or cause trouble in any way, shape, or form. They put up with what has happened to our Country, but it’s eating them alive to do so! A migrant earning $30,000 with a green card will get roughly $50,000 in yearly benefits for their family. The real migrant population is much higher. This refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II (Failed schools, high crime, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, housing shortages, and large deficits, etc.). As an example, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota. Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for “prey” as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone. The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both, while the worst “Congressman/woman” in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how “badly” she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation, which is essentially not even a country for lack of Government, Military, Police, schools, etc…" https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360 "…Even as we have progressed technologically, Immigration Policy has eroded those gains and living conditions for many. I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s Autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country, end all Federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens of our Country, denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization. These goals will be pursued with the aim of achieving a major reduction in illegal and disruptive populations, including those admitted through an unauthorized and illegal Autopen approval process. Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation. Other than that, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for — You won’t be here for long!" https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625427648743414 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/28/trump-thanksgiving-post-slur/87506151007/
The scary part is this type of thing is going to be really popular with his base. Many of them pissed off that they are losing their Epstein arguments are going to be very excited about this. The real mind bending part is the part of his base originally from "third world countries" is also going to support it. What a wild and depressing time to be alive.
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Nowadays it‘s the furniture that fucks you apparently.
Everyone is an involuntary incelibate.
An inincel.
It's like they sell mimics nowadays.
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The good thing about how weird the backgrounds these people have is that you can easily use them to encourage students, teens, and young adults. Do not worry if you are not doing so well in school or professional life; you can still become the Secretary of Defence in a few years.
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On November 30 2025 02:24 Legan wrote:
The good thing about how weird the backgrounds these people have is that you can easily use them to encourage students, teens, and young adults. Do not worry if you are not doing so well in school or professional life; you can still become the Secretary of Defence in a few years.
"Anyone can become president" used to be inspirational, now it's a threat.
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Donald Trump just made a declaration against Venezuela that even U.S. officials weren't prepared for:
Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela should be considered closed
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety," but gave no further details, stirring anxiety and confusion in Caracas as Washington ramps up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's government.
"To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY," Trump said in a Truth Social post.
U.S. officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing U.S. military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace. The Pentagon did not respond to requests for comment and the White House did not provide any further explanation.
In a statement Saturday afternoon, Venezuela's government condemned Trump's comments, describing them as a "colonialist threat" against the country's sovereignty and incompatible with international law. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-airspace-above-surrounding-venezuela-be-closed-its-entirety-2025-11-29/
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I know it would be an impressive accomplishment, but I firmly believe Hegseth is the one person in America that would lose a war against Venezuela
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On November 30 2025 06:04 LightSpectra wrote:
I know it would be an impressive accomplishment, but I firmly believe Hegseth is the one person in America that would lose a war against Venezuela
If you start the war before Maduro will do anything justifying it, like attack on Guyana or something, i will be cheering you all to lose and will be against any politician who will stand by US attack.
Sorry, I am not hypocrite.
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I mean, the "Maduro is the head of the imaginary cartel we just invented" is just as good as an excuse for attacking a country as "we have to go in to de-Nazify the country with the Jewish president".
Just like I cheered every victory against the aggressor in Ukraine, I'll do the same if Venezuela is attacked.
And just to be clear, I don't think that Maduro is a good guy or should be kept in power, but getting him out of power is on the people of Venezuela, not Hegeth, Miller, Trump, Rubio and the rest of the ghoul parade.
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On November 30 2025 19:35 Jankisa wrote:
I mean, the "Maduro is the head of the imaginary cartel we just invented" is just as good as an excuse for attacking a country as "we have to go in to de-Nazify the country with the Jewish president".
Just like I cheered every victory against the aggressor in Ukraine, I'll do the same if Venezuela is attacked.
And just to be clear, I don't think that Maduro is a good guy or should be kept in power, but getting him out of power is on the people of Venezuela, not Hegeth, Miller, Trump, Rubio and the rest of the ghoul parade.
But if they don't then Trump doesn't get to build the golf courses, which is the only outcome he cares about...
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On November 30 2025 19:35 Jankisa wrote:
I mean, the "Maduro is the head of the imaginary cartel we just invented" is just as good as an excuse for attacking a country as "we have to go in to de-Nazify the country with the Jewish president".
Just like I cheered every victory against the aggressor in Ukraine, I'll do the same if Venezuela is attacked.
And just to be clear, I don't think that Maduro is a good guy or should be kept in power, but getting him out of power is on the people of Venezuela, not Hegeth, Miller, Trump, Rubio and the rest of the ghoul parade.
Also, the probability of stuff being better for anyone except maybe a dozen of their closest rich friends after these guys take over is approximately zero.
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It would be a disaster for everyone except the Military industrial complex and the oil companies, plus, I'm sure Peter Theil and JD Vance already have a company ready to Haliburton them up after they bomb the fuck out of the country.
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