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richwicks says

It's not Maddow that is the problem, it's John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, etc that are the problem.

I don't know a single person that has watched any of them. 30-50 is my demo of friends with some boomers in the mix.

Fact is no one watches TV anymore. Too much other shit to do in your off time. I watch random guys out in Utah and Nevada fly planes. I watch cooking channels. That has helped that game. Cooking well gets you laid. Trying to teach my boys that. Not joking. I think having a baby at 18 is better than 30. College is gay. The most successful people I know barely graduated high school. We/I was raised on a shit show of lies.

These shows are obsolete is my point. They have been for at least 5 years. Probably closer to 10. I cut the cable when my oldest was born. 13 years ago. Legacy TV shows are toast. Especially late night. They're not funny. I didn't like Leno at all but when I was younger he was exponentially funnier than the shit show we see now. It's not even comedy anymore. I've 100% have stopped watching TV. It's all streaming 15min to 2 hours videos of randoms.

WookieMan says

These shows are obsolete is my point. They have been for at least 5 years. Probably closer to 10. I cut the cable when my oldest was born. 13 years ago. Legacy TV shows are toast. Especially late night. They're not funny. I didn't like Leno at all but when I was younger he was exponentially funnier than the shit show we see now. It's not even comedy anymore. I've 100% have stopped watching TV. It's all streaming 15min to 2 hours videos of randoms.

Television was meant to be obsoleted by the Internet. Philo Farnsworth invented electronic television, he expected it to be an information and educational device, able to bring the best education to anybody anywhere in the world, and was so disgusted at how his invention was perverted, he banned it from being in his home.

Now the Internet can be just as useless, but for those that have used it for information, and not just mindless entertainment, it doesn't take long before "entertainment" becomes merely annoying because there's a lot to learn, and it's interesting. People hunger for information, and television refuses to provide it. It's taken 70 years for people to AGE OUT of this phase of "entertainment" consumption, but we're getting there.

Television has been the MAIN VECTOR of propaganda and coverups for all my life. It's what allows a criminal syndicate to be in control of this nation, and I welcome its destruction. I welcome the destruction of the asshole companies trying to turn the Internet into another goddamned television. People are complaining about streaming services, "there's too many, they are too exclusive" - good, pirate the garbage you think you want to see, consume it, and get a bellyache of nonsense and garbage - eat all you want until you're sick of it.

I used to be a big film buff, and now I hate them because I consumed so many. I can't even watch a television show anymore. I can only get through a film now if I'm significantly intoxicated.

You're right, nobody watches television anymore. FINALLY, victory. People would watch television shows to have something to talk about at the water cooler, now that there's dozens of streaming services, video on demand that covers the last 50 years, data storage is cheap, and piracy is everywhere, people don't have overlap in what they consume. They have to recommend it, suggest it, and it's a lot easier to give somebody a USB stick filled with the garbage than it is to convince them to sign up for a steaming service.

I went through THAT phase 15 years ago and this is the tech capital of the world, it was easy to do for me back then, now it's easy for anybody. Plug in a USB drive into your television, every file that can be played on it, will play on it. 128GB flash drive is $15, that will store about 120 hours of HD video. My neighbor wanted to see Battlestar Galatica, the 2000 version of it. It's 59 hours long in total, and 36GB. I threw in Star Trek the Next Generation - that's a total of 134 hours, 57 GB. He won't be able to get through that in 2 months.

TV isn't like heroin, it's like ice cream. Sure some people will become 600 lb land whales given unlimited and free ice cream, but most people, they just get sick of it and will never eat it again.

You know why people listen to "news"? It's because they are HOPING to get SOME amount of information out of it because they think they benefited from it before, they think they got information from it previously. Maybe they did, after listing to 100's of hours of the garbage, they got maybe an hour's work of information out of it. Once they get onto the Internet and find a reliable source of information, they don't go back. Don Lemon is finding that out, he's now a "free agent". Tucker Carlson is doing OK, for now, but he better start becoming more informative, I don't think he'll last long otherwise.

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I like a lot about Eman as far as what he has achieved like earning a masters degree in civil engineering from SJSU and working the Arch and Engin rat race

I know Eman doesn't hate America or is trying to subvert it as some Chicom agent saboteur , hack, or mole.

I know Eman also likely is generous as far as to charity and is no the type that goes to church on Sunday to just be seen.

So I'll confess if he was doing what he did in Florida panhandle then I would not give as much grief if he was to gloat or embellish in regards to his dealings.

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richwicks says

the Internet can be just as useless

for me, its a treasure ... just watch the Burnie Thompson Show on Youtube ... or read The Mish (MishTalk) or The Wolfman (WolfStreet)

or having open source or freeware like FreeCAD and Blender, or even all what Google offers

when I first signed up for AOL in 1995, i did not realize how much greatness would be afforded by the internet 10 years later

but I agree Rich that you just have to know how to moderate your usage of the internet, so that goes to the person's character and discipline level

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AD says

So I'll confess if he was doing what he did in Florida panhandle then I would not give as much grief if he was to gloat or embellish in regards to his California dealings.

I have no issue myself with eman. Call a spade a spade though. His stuff doesn't add up that he talks about. The deals he talks about. I can find a flip and tell you I made the money and it's a lie. I don't. I could tell you I have 50 units bringing in $30k/mo. Doesn't make it real.

Bragging about driving an overpriced Honda Accord that takes an hour on a "super" charger to get you 200 miles...? 8 figure wealth is NOT driving a Tesla. I know plenty of millionaires. None would be seen in a Tesla. None of them would even worry about electric and put solar on their home. If he's gone from the site, he was a bull shitter. I can tell them miles away. It was the same thing with Iwog. They all ran. Why?

WookieMan says

It was the same thing with Iwog. They all ran. Why?

yeah maybe my persona does not mix well with the Emans and I can't help it ...he and B A C A H should be grateful I at least gave an apology

i didn't audit Eman to see if the numbers made sense, but may be pointing out his obnoxiously overachiever Asian immigrant postings that are beyond subtle embellishing is something that did not help the relationship between Eman and I

that is why I apologized as I should have taken it more with a grain of salt as far as Eman being a metaphorical fluffer for California

yeah I remember Iwog, but I thought he likely was some Wall Street hedge fund jerkoff who got a rise as far as posting as Iwog ...we get plenty of them on the Facebook groups I belong to

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i don’t think people here are dumb, quite opposite. i appreciate the honesty

here is the thing, who we are a lot are based on where we came from regardless of anyone trying to put labels like dumb and introvert

this explains where i came from ... listen to Mayor Mike Thomas in the video around 3:00 into the video ... these are my peeps, not the Eman's , etc.

I wonder what B A C A H would do if he had to interact with and deal with people like Mike Thomas without making some snarky shit comments about it being a sundown town when Mike Thomas grandfather was chief of police

https://fb.watch/qRX8PUa_f-/

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what’s hurting america is our anything’s acceptable mindset, we accepted evil. it’s killing us. people who don’t know lord don’t know how lost they are.

FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden says

what’s hurting america is our anything’s acceptable mindset, we accepted evil. it’s killing us. people who don’t know lord don’t know how lost they are.

if you are in California, then you are in Babylon or worse

in Washington DC also, any sense of God or higher power is replaced with power

also a zombie or lemming culture there as far as those just going along with it
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FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden says

what’s hurting america is our anything’s acceptable mindset

that is why I bring up that video above on Facebook of Mayor Mike Thomas ... yeah that Mike Thomas crowd in the Florida panhandle may be gritty and mean, but they are not what you say as far as not having any amount of God in their lives

I think in places like California, its like they mostly are the heathens laughing at Noah building his ark

for me, I just need to do a better job adjusting and not passing judgment as much as those in California would pass judgement on my peeps

fortunately I've not been stuck here my entire life, I've graduated from the same university as Patrick... I've lived and worked in different places like Washington DC and Puerto Rico

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WookieMan says

I didn't like Leno at all but when I was younger he was exponentially funnier than the shit show we see now. It's not even comedy anymore. I've 100% have stopped watching TV. It's all streaming 15min to 2 hours videos of randoms.

I enjoyed Leno shows all the time. Comedy is a great truth telling tool to wake-up who is slacking to help themselves to learn what is not ok! A self correcting mechanism for any functioning society. Now everything is offensive and rewarding them (to buy votes;) and in turn promoting a lazy culture as a side effect. Its an indication that society is rotting as the fun is ending or getting segregated on (sub)cultural lines!

Blue says

Now everything is offensive and rewarding them (to buy votes;) and in turn promoting a lazy culture as a side effect.

yeah like the Saturday Night Live claptrap and echo chamber

as well as a lot of the late night talk shows

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Eman has posted a lot here about how he made money.

I encouraged Eman to describe specifically all what he did to achieve and sustain his wealth, and write an electronic book and sell on Amazon, even if it is $1 and no more than 100 pages.

I want to read that book as all of what he has stated will be within the virtual front and back covers of that book.

Patrick wrote a book and that was one of the main reasons why I came to Patnet besides Patrick's 20/20 interview on the housing bubble.

Isn't that positive and not-dumb feedback to Eman ?

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Gee, wouldn't Patnet be the poorer if Ted Bundy's Mom and defense lawyer didn't show up to editorialize once in a while about his innocence.

FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden says

i don’t think people here are dumb, quite opposite. i appreciate the honesty

I tend to agree with this. But the ones that run... were they being honest? My guess is no. I'm not ever going to dox myself, but I could prove pretty much every comment on this site from me if we had a meet up. Some opinions and predictions might have been wrong. But anything I've commented on about my personal life without giving too much away has been truthful.

My life has been amazing bad. I share it here as therapy so to speak. I've lied in person, but what's the point in lying here? Patrick is the only one that knows my first name and it's common, so it's not a biggie. I've shared a lot and if someone had the PI skills you could probably find me. So I tread lightly.

When it comes to money I do think many past and present users do fluff. It's kind of obvious. Eman I think was one of those even though he had solid insight. I don't think the life he displayed here was real though. You don't buy a Tesla if you make over $1M. Did he do well, probably. Not 8 figures like he claimed. You're not on Patnet if you make 8 figures or are worth it. That's just fact.

The use of Hate in this context, is purely a mental trap. One side has a valid argument, so the other side can only diminish the impact of their grievances by labeling them with unfounded hate. And it works. I remember in 2016 shortly after Trump just came in office. My black musician friend at the time. Was bemoaning Trump and getting sucked into the Left's vitriol toward Trump and his supporters.. Everything he said about Trump, I explained what's really going on, and exposed the Left's hypocrisy. As 90% of everything said about Trump was a deflection and projection of their sins and crimes. They would affix to Trump. Finally lost for words, Tim just shouted. "I'm sick of all of the Hate!".

Not grasping for a second, that all of the Hate was coming from the Left. We certainly didn't go to the National Mall and try to shut down Obama's inauguration, which had just happened at the time to Trump. The conservative news didn't do 24/7 commentary despising Obama and partaking in hyperbolic lies about him, while twisting it as Obama's hate.

I eventually cut ties with him, his hate and his hate projection was just too much for me.

I didn't have hate for anyone. I was concerned that our country was being taken over by Commies and they were being protected by useful idiots like Tim.
And now Nutboxer apparently.

I'll leave you with this.
If Trump supporters were motivated by Hate, by now, the MAGA movement would be one of the bloodiest violent movements in American history.
It's not because we know we're dealing with people with severely diminished mental abilities. They aren't smart enough to be that angry about. All we have to do is wait them out for the worm to turn. People this fucking stupid always fall out of favor and into their own traps. If you don't allow them to suck you into those conflicts.

Just wait until the inner city minorities get fed up with the importation of their foreign cheap labor replacements. They wont deal with it, as logically as Trump supporters has. The left is about to discover real hate, from a base they took for granted.

WookieMan says

I don't hate anyone.

You don't hate teachers who indoctrinate children with woke or LGBT? Or the government that allows it?

GNL says

You don't hate teachers who indoctrinate children with woke or LGBT? Or the government that allows it?

My pal brought one of those dumb bitches back to my condo in Maui. We were all sitting on the seawall and she brought up how she has instilled fear of climate change into her students. I told her she was an evil bitch (before I kicked her out, pissing off my pal) for doing that as it's BS and she called me a climate denier lol..

After that she asked if I was "some sort of scientist" and when I responded yes she was short on words.

Tenpoundbass says

Just wait until the inner city minorities get fed up with the importation of their foreign cheap labor replacements.

That cheap labor produces the stuff that inner city minorities buy with their welfare money. The problem will come when the illegals compete for welfare rather than work.

Hatred can't make me stupider. That's impossible.

Emotions become extreme when it feels like they have no resolution. I've disagreed on "mainstream" views on plenty of topics my entire life but I never experienced feeling genuine hatred until I felt my voice was neither being acknowledged or being considered as valid. I've never liked the people of my city very much, that mild neutrality turned into hatred when people openly supported mask and vaccine mandates despite there being much evidence those protocols don't work.

Such experience is repeated with several other topics. I was in university when these gender things started bubbling up and I had what I thought were quaint conversations with people that had very odd and unhealthy ideas about sexuality. I never once considered that I hated them, until many years later those same ideas are now being lauded as just as important as math and reading. When it became clear that they were uninterested in seeing what everyone else thought as valid, then hatred began to bubble up.

To conclude, such feelings are inevitable on an internet forum. Are you really going to change someone's mind on a topic that they care deeply about with just a few paragraphs? Maybe not, it might be worth a shot once or twice. Approaching the same people over and over again, with the expectation that they'll suddenly align with your views, is only setting yourself up to get mad. Sometimes it may very well be that both people are right and some things are more complicated than we imagine. Alas, I am rambling to internet strangers.

GNL says

WookieMan says

I don't hate anyone.

You don't hate teachers who indoctrinate children with woke or LGBT? Or the government that allows it?

Nope. I'm a parent. I teach my kids. Also my district isn't gay. The teachers are educated for the job, but live country life. You won't see a rainbow flag in my town.

I know guys that could potentially kill if they felt their son or daughter were being indoctrinated. That is not a joke. Teachers know it too.

So my view is biased on hatred. I live in an area where it's hard to hate anyone. I don't even hate Joe Biden, I just dislike him and he has done some "okay" things policy wise with the CHIPS act. Not reelection worthy though and his family is trash. I'm nuanced. I'm 100% voting Trump, but he has his flaws. Hence why I don't "hate" anyone.

Hate is a strong word. You have to do something to my wife or kids for a hate reaction. It's happened a couple times. Once we got $5k out of it. I was pissed more than anything. Guy probably lost his job, but really don't care. You mess with my family you will at least be met with my anger.

The only way a society is really protected is by the whole society taking action for each other not just for yourself.

Nice to see many of you are still around, and these are some of the better comments I've seen in a while.

To clarify, I don't know of any patnetters who hate each other. I was referring to the societal trend that I also see playing out here where individuals have developed an irrational hatred of particular groups of people. To the point where they will justify almost any atrocity committed against that group. I believe in every case these individuals have never actually met or gotten to know anyone from this group they hate so much.
I agree with Rick that alot of times this hatred is fueled by propaganda devised to divide people along the lines of false dichotomies. But regardless of the reason, this trend of de-humanizing, and attempting to box people into a false-dilemma does not bode well for our future. These attitudes are exactly what led to the rise of Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, etc.

If we stoop to the level of the radical leftist/neo-con/Muslim/Christian/Jew/government/Communist how does that make the world any better?

NuttBoxer says

Now I know, the bar wasn't very high to start with, but seems like a lot of patnetters have gotten much dumber the past few years.

That's a great way to get your message across. Start with an insult. LOL That's right out of Dale Carnegies book How to Win Friends & Influence People

komputodo says

NuttBoxer says

Now I know, the bar wasn't very high to start with, but seems like a lot of patnetters have gotten much dumber the past few years.

That's a great way to get your message across. Start with an insult. LOL That's right out of Dale Carnegies book How to Win Friends & Influence People

Yeah. I mean I've said some harsh things about Patnetters myself. Also out of a sense of frustration. But I don't think I topped the People Skills Fuckup of Nuttboxer here.

What is amazing to me is how Nuttboxer is essentially taking the exact same stance as Those-Who-Think-They-Our-Betters do with regards to handling 'misinformation'. And he doesn't seem to realize that.

By association I have insulted myself as well, as I am a patnetter. Fairly common 4chan tactic..

UkraineIsTotallyFucked says

Yeah. I mean I've said some harsh things about Patnetters myself. Also out of a sense of frustration. But I don't think I topped the People Skills Fuckup of Nuttboxer here.

I think sometimes calling someone out and jest can be misconstrued. Sarcasm is a sharp knife for some. They take it seriously. I just don't care. I know you're all fuckers, that's at least how I live my life. If I did otherwise I'd be constantly offended. I'm not.

10# is the only one that cannot write well. I actually respect he doesn't give a shit though. Not joking. Not meant to be a dig. Dude just puts it out there as he feels. I'm good with that. I'm good if someone throws shit at me. I'm insomnia mode and maybe slightly drunk many times. Oh well. I have more ignores than I'd like but fuck them. Adult diapers exist if you're gonna be a baby.

WookieMan says

Adult diapers exist if you're gonna be a baby.

re: That's a great way to get your message across. Start with an insult. LOL That's right out of Dale Carnegies book How to Win Friends & Influence People
And finish with one LOL

LOL is one of the best trolls. I'm trolling when you see an LOL in my comments. As I mentioned above the sharp knife of sarcasm. LOL is just the pearing knife... Lol. I didn't bring out the big boy knife.... yet.

NuttBoxer says

By association I have insulted myself as well, as I am a patnetter. Fairly common 4chan tactic..

Points for original comeback, at least.

WookieMan says

I have more ignores than I'd like but fuck them

I may be wrong, but aren't you a PatNet moderator?

NuttBoxer says

I agree with Rick that alot of times this hatred is fueled by propaganda devised to divide people along the lines of false dichotomies.

You know why? Because it works and always will. It's a time tested strategy that will always work. Homogeny is a survival tactic.

WookieMan says

LOL is one of the best trolls. I'm trolling when you see an LOL in my comments. As I mentioned above the sharp knife of sarcasm. LOL is just the pearing knife... Lol. I didn't bring out the big boy knife.... yet.

Lately I've been inventing ways to incorporate bloodbath into my online posts and comments. If the ppl I direct my comment to don't get it, it is obvious to those who do. Others (so far not here) get their TDS triggered and the result of that is even more satisfying.

Been using it on socal2. I don't think he gets it.

In the minority, but I find John Oliver histerical. Perhaps it's the British accent and the glasses, but he has a Monty Python-esque absurdity about him.

He was great in Community. But the guy gets a bit too political at times. I think that's where he loses people.

Bloodbaths are fine as long as they are adrenochrome bloodbaths. Elizabeth Báthory is making a comeback. Old dynastic habits die hard.

UkraineIsTotallyFucked says

WookieMan says

I have more ignores than I'd like but fuck them

I may be wrong, but aren't you a PatNet moderator?

Yes. I honestly don't like to moderate comments. Unless it's super aggressive. I live in a world of sarcasm, bull shitting and trolling (sometimes).

You piss me off at times, but that's your right. Everyone has pretty much pissed me off here including Patrick. I let Patrick and the others manage it for the most part. Spam is pretty much the only thing I push into the dumpster. Probably only 4-5 times in the past year.

Moderation is a tricky line to balance on as a moderator. I don't want to be accused of censoring anyone. Doxxing is a huge no no for me, but I don't think that's happened in years here. The crew here is pretty solid despite differences, at least I think so. You piss me off with Ukraine and I like your take on EV's and Tesla.

We can't all have the same opinions on everything. What fun would that be? I don't like echo chambers.