Anybody want a Corona?

[tree_]

welp so much about ego minimizing

He's implying that I am a liberal and that I hate conservatives. Which is just so far off.

I can see why he thinks this. He's being attacked from every direction by what he perceives to be the conservative hating left. Maybe with that info you have convinced him this is not you, but the way you put it just sounded toxic.

[verb_to_trust]

Everyone is going to die. Let's just get our kicks before the whole shit house goes up in flames. Party at PHATJ's!

I've actually accepted people I know will likely get this and die. Its heartbreaking, but it's reality. The other half of this that is so difficult is that even if you and your family members stay alive, there is probably a pretty good chance you end up stuck in a world you don't even want to be in (financial ruin, social isolation, ect.)

[McParadigm]

By the time this is over with we will have the highest per capita death rate of any wealthy nation and yet still be behind others in terms of economic recovery, and we will still be listening to Elon Musk and Greg? Gutfeld say “This was the right path for us to take. The only path, when you think about it.”

[verb_to_trust]

By the time this is over with we will have the highest per capita death rate of any wealthy nation and yet still be behind others in terms of economic recovery, and we will still be listening to Elon Musk and Greg? Gutfeld say “This was the right path for us to take. The only path, when you think about it.”

No UBI or Medicare for all?

[PHATJ]

Everyone is going to die. Let's just get our kicks before the whole shit house goes up in flames. Party at PHATJ's!

Come on over tree_! Bring your Switch so I can finally play Mario Kart!

[PHATJ]

welp so much about ego minimizing

He's implying that I am a liberal and that I hate conservatives. Which is just so far off.

I can see why he thinks this. He's being attacked from every direction by what he perceives to be the conservative hating left. Maybe with that info you have convinced him this is not you, but the way you put it just sounded toxic.

tree_ is on point today.

[PHATJ]

WOW MD

more like.. isolate old people so i can FEED MY KIDS

It all about narrative, tree_. If they can’t make a comment with any intelligence, they just hurl insults and act like they know better than anybody else.

I was paraphrasing.

No, you were being a douche bag.

imagine being so angry that you lose it with literally one of the nicest, most even-keeled duded on the board

I’m not angry, nor did I “lose it”. Imagine disliking someone’s politics so much that you completely ignore the original personal attack from said “nice guy” and then embellish the details of the response just to act superior again. Sad.

lol what? Do you have any idea what I do for work? Would you believe that tomorrow I'm interviewing a far-right U.S. House candidate and will be asking him great questions on policy and his record, and treating him and his ideas with the utmost respect?

You are delusional, man.

No, I don’t have any idea what you do, or who you talk to, or how you treat them in a professional situation. All I have to go on is how you interact with me on RM.

[tree_]

i made a friend today

[Donald]

i made a friend today

[PHATJ]

i made a friend today

[tree_]

I guess I'm just so used to rooting for the Dolphins I couldn't help myself

[tragabigzanda]

FUCK ICE

[Monkey_Driven]

Tree_'s pretty good at Mario Kart, Josh. Better bring your A game.

[tree_]

welp so much about ego minimizing

He's implying that I am a liberal and that I hate conservatives. Which is just so far off.

I can see why he thinks this. He's being attacked from every direction by what he perceives to be the conservative hating left. Maybe with that info you have convinced him this is not you, but the way you put it just sounded toxic.

I mean...I hardly engage with PhatJ. Virtually never, outside of a couple side-comments when my ego has gotten the best of me...

And I don't see much in the way of "conservative hating" happening on RM, broadly speaking. There's a LOT of Trump-hating -- including by me -- and hating of the current state of the Republican party who waffles on their conservative principles on any given day to please his administration.

What's astounding is that PhatJ has, to the best of my knowledge (though his posts are blocked from me seeing them, so maybe I'm off base), never once given a well-supported answer as to how President Trump supports conservative principles.

Ballooning national deficit?

A highly partisan Department of Justice?

Or how does he reconcile their love of free trade with Trump's embrace of protectionism/nationalism?

And today's postings on the pandemic response are...just really absurd. Like, there's such a huge disconnect between PhatJ's narrative and reality that it's quite troubling.

At this point, I'm pretty sure that PhatJ is not really a true conservative, but more of an angry guy who sees his way of life under assault. Which is totally fair. But his lack of insight into actual conservative values -- supported by voting records and supported policy positions -- followed by a demonstration of how Trump supports those would go a long way to making some sense of his posting.

Whether or not it's true, it's obvious this is his thinking. Do you think it's more likely to get through to him by use of a snarky, toxic comment? Or was that not your goal? It seemed like your goal was to brag about what you do for a living, with all due respect, because it does sound pretty badass.

[tree_]

Tree_'s pretty good at Mario Kart, Josh. Better bring your A game.

You haven't seen me at Rocket League yet BROOOOOO. haven't played MK in forever

[Monkey_Driven]

Tree_'s pretty good at Mario Kart, Josh. Better bring your A game.

You haven't seen me at Rocket League yet BROOOOOO. haven't played MK in forever

I've seen your play history. You better be pretty good with those reps.

[tree_]

Tree_'s pretty good at Mario Kart, Josh. Better bring your A game.

You haven't seen me at Rocket League yet BROOOOOO. haven't played MK in forever

I've seen your play history. You better be pretty good with those reps.

Damn straight

[McParadigm]

Didn’t this whole thing start with PHATJ calling someone a special kind of stupid?

Can’t you all see how attacked it made him feel to have to call you that? How toxic you all looked?

[tree_]

I don't care who started it. Everyone needs a time out.

[McParadigm]

So you do get quarantine