Everyone here okay?
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I'm always torn on this.thewatergamer said:
On the one hand, yeah, it is a bit dumb how mass killings in the West are treated as the greatest tragedy imaginable while similar events in the third world are met with a shrug or ignored entirely.
On the other hand, 129 people murdered is a big deal and it's only natural for people to be more concerned with matters closer to home and to pay more attention to dramatic events.
It's also hard to point it out without coming across as "look what an edgy free thinker I am".
Legitimately worried that world war 3 could break out, especially due to the situation with Hassad in Syria (Namely that Russians support him, US doesn't, and then there's ISIS in the middle). The terror attacks are also worrying, as an island we have a natural layer of defence compared to mainland Europe, but an attack on the UK is looking more and more likely (especially in one of the major cities, if not London I'd guess Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool.)
Otherwise I'm well, messed my thumb up but should be match fit soon, started going back to the gym as it;s fixed enough to let me lift weights.
Otherwise I'm well, messed my thumb up but should be match fit soon, started going back to the gym as it;s fixed enough to let me lift weights.
My wife and I are stunned and saddened by the attacks, and our hearts and prayers are with Paris and its people.
While I worry about Europe in general because my family is in the UK and often holidays around the EU, I'm doing okay.
Japan, where I live, copes well with most tsunamis and typhoons. But after Fukushima people have been taking the weather warnings much more seriously. The area that the tsunami hit recently is no where near me, but lots of people were talking about it. Weather is just crazy over here. I'm just glad that people are taking the bad weather reports more seriously.
Japan, where I live, copes well with most tsunamis and typhoons. But after Fukushima people have been taking the weather warnings much more seriously. The area that the tsunami hit recently is no where near me, but lots of people were talking about it. Weather is just crazy over here. I'm just glad that people are taking the bad weather reports more seriously.
Well, I was one of the people who was skeptical that ISIS was behind this - sadly, it looks like they indeed planned and initiated it.Politrukk said:
One of the reasons for the skepticism is that until very recently, ISIS didn't really conduct operations abroad. Their recruitment efforts were meant to bring Jihadists into Syria and Iraq to fight the ground war for territory. They actually tended to look down on those who couldn't make the trip as failures. This is why when they claimed credit for previous lone wolf attacks, nobody believed them.
The news today suggests that they were indeed behind it, which is rather frightening. It suggests a massive and terrifying change in strategy that may do a lot of harm before the end.
For real, one god awful Friday the 13th.Casual Shinji said:
Invading Iraq and removing Saddam Hussein in 2003 continues to be a really good idea. Islamic State, refugee crisis, Syria and Lybia in tatters(not to mention Iraq itself) and terrorists inspired by Islamic State causing mass casualties and threatening to destabilize Europe itself. *sigh* what a fucking mess.
I hope lessons are learned: better an uneasy peace than total chaos.
I think the real powder keg for the rise of I.S. was the Arabian Spring, which seemed to have improved the lives of virtually no one living in those regions. Iraq actually seemed to be doing okay for a while inbetween America pulling back and the massive revolts in the surrounding countries. Those dictators were... well, they were dictators, but they also kept the screws on the orthodox kill-crazies.stroopwafel said:
And now America is gonna have to shallow that enormous ball of pride and work together with not only Assad but Poetin as well. And hopefully now Europe will make plans for a unified intelligence network, since it's every country keeping information to themselves that causes shit like this to happen.
Physically, I'm fine, not much going on here in southeastern PA. Mentally and emotionally? That's a whole 'nother story.
I'm pissed as hell my faith in humanity has dropped another few notches, and I'm starting to worry about the possibility of WWIII, even if it is irrational. Frankly, I'm all for hunting down those bastards, even if that will lead to more problems in the long run.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't, I guess.
I'm pissed as hell my faith in humanity has dropped another few notches, and I'm starting to worry about the possibility of WWIII, even if it is irrational. Frankly, I'm all for hunting down those bastards, even if that will lead to more problems in the long run.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't, I guess.
FYI, the fact that there may be larger problems in the world does not invalidate your problems. Also, keep your head up.Ryallen said:
OT: Everything's okay here in good ole Kansas City, Missouri... as far as I'm aware. Also, great idea for a thread.
Am I okay? Hmm, yes and no.
I'm alive and not embroiled in any kind of significant trouble. Haven't been the victim of any of the major acts of violence taking place across the globe. Haven't had any major financial problems. So, insofar as all of that's concerned, I'm okay.
But at the moment I'm quite angry and depressed. I'm suffering from chronic pain in my leg and back. My doctor's still trying to suss out what the problem is. I've recently learned, via a phone conversation with my father, that my mother has been suffering from constant pain throughout her body due to degenerative disc and, possibly, bone cancer. A very close friend of mine just went through another miscarriage. And....honestly, I don't feel like recounting the rest of my woes. It's just making me upset and I don't want to bore anyone any more than I already have, assuming anyone even cares or notices.
So yes, OP. I'm okay. But I'm only sort of okay.
Thank you for asking. Concern threads are nice every once in a while.
I'm alive and not embroiled in any kind of significant trouble. Haven't been the victim of any of the major acts of violence taking place across the globe. Haven't had any major financial problems. So, insofar as all of that's concerned, I'm okay.
But at the moment I'm quite angry and depressed. I'm suffering from chronic pain in my leg and back. My doctor's still trying to suss out what the problem is. I've recently learned, via a phone conversation with my father, that my mother has been suffering from constant pain throughout her body due to degenerative disc and, possibly, bone cancer. A very close friend of mine just went through another miscarriage. And....honestly, I don't feel like recounting the rest of my woes. It's just making me upset and I don't want to bore anyone any more than I already have, assuming anyone even cares or notices.
So yes, OP. I'm okay. But I'm only sort of okay.
Thank you for asking. Concern threads are nice every once in a while.
I'm fine for the most part. The worst of my worries is that I'm still trying to find employment nearly two years after graduating from my training courses so that I can at least attempt to pay off my student loans. However, I'm still alive, whole, have food in my belly and a roof over my head thanks to my parents generosity which is a lot more than many people can say.
Well, I've got a friend who's living in Paris. He hasn't responded yet to the E-mail I sent to check on him. Regardless, if I'm destined to feel any anxiety over this, it has not sunk in yet. I'm still fine and dandy for the moment. I had a pretty busy social schedule yesterday, so I was probably too distracted to worry about it.
Except that IS didn't originate in the countries in which the Arab Spring had its strongest effects. Only Syria, really, but it has little to do with the North African nations, and even some of the Middle Eastern ones, in which it had the strongest effects. IS is sadly spreading to those countries too, even to Tunisia in which the Arab Spring was very fruitful.Casual Shinji said:
Besides, IS goes back way before the Arab Spring, starting as an Al-Quada affiliate way back. They simply latched on the mess in Syria to profit from that. I won't ever blame the people of Tunisia, Lybia and all those other North African and Middle Eastern nations who were and are fighting for more freedoms for the rise of Islamic extremism. Of course, I won't deny either that the instability in some of the Arab Spring nations (because in a lot of them the transitions and changes went relatively smoothly) gave groups like IS ground to latch onto. Long lingering tensions saw an opportunity, and since then we've entered into the Arabian Winter, sadly.
As for Assad, he's out, really. Putin has already conceded on wanting Assad to stay. He's pretty much lost this horrendous civil war morally, militarily and geo-politically. Sadly it's still a clusterfuck thanks to all kinds of militant alliances trying to grab territory.
TL;DR; the Arab Spring is mostly, and definitely originally, a North African happening. IS was a Middle Eastern thing and has only very recently spread beyond it.
Seriously? You're being that pedantic?Barbas said:
OT: I'm fine. A friend of mine was in Paris not far from the shootings, but he's ok and safely back in England.
People here say they are "okay" or "fine" sometimes, then they just snap, so I guess they didn't really mean it or it has a different meaning to them.chocolate pickles said:
OT: I'm not in any immediate danger, if that's what you're asking. I am not optimistic about the days ahead for France, though. There was a brief news clip I saw last night that showed crowds running in panic from a candlelight vigil after hearing a loud bang in the street which turned out to be a false alarm.
EDIT: Managed to clear out a whole load of super mutants from around a water treatment plant in Fallout 4 as well, which was a bit of a difficult task. The Computer Science course also remains as engaging as ever, which is what you ideally want from a college course.