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Strategic Tea posted:There can never be enough reminders that GBS and most of the rest of the forums are weirdo KGB/tankie land and not ordinary political opinions Lmbo no they're not
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# ? May 21, 2024 16:08 |
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Best of luck to you and your family, fnox. It's great to hear you have a better life ahead of you now.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 04:18 |
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Holy poo poo. Good luck, and just... wow.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 04:19 |
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Thats a freaking incredible story, god
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 04:24 |
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That's a tear jerking saga if I've ever seen one. Happy for you.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 04:39 |
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fnox posted:I did make it out, it wasn't easy, Thank you for the update and for sharing your story with us, hoping for your family.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 06:24 |
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fnox, do you know if El Hefe is still alive?
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 06:33 |
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:fnox, do you know if El Hefe is still alive? I don't know. However, he seems to have been quite resourceful, I'm sure he made it out OK. I don't know why he hasn't come back to SA, maybe he got bored of it or had other stuff take over in his life. I don't have any of his personal info, nor do any other venegoons, so we don't know how to contact him to verify his status. I also have a small update. We've finally bought plane tickets for my parents after they were able to get all the paperwork they needed, they're leaving next week. It cost a small fortune, but we were able to afford it by selling whatever we could sell. They have some friends to stay with in Spain for the time being while they find an apartment, and I'm able to send them monthly payments, enough for them to support themselves while they find new jobs. My father will have to renovate his medical license, which takes up to a year, so he may not be able to find employment for the time being. He will also have to go through the same red tape that I did. I don't know if I can afford visiting them the day they arrive, I may have to wait a couple of weeks. Somebody asked about my sister in PMs. She's doing very well, she left at around the same time I did for the UK, and has also found full time employment. The reason we're not living together has a lot to do with how I'm completing my degree in Sweden, I couldn't afford tuition in the UK and I couldn't apply for student loans as there is a long term residency requirement.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 07:41 |
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fnox posted:I don't know. However, he seems to have been quite resourceful, I'm sure he made it out OK. I don't know why he hasn't come back to SA, maybe he got bored of it or had other stuff take over in his life. I don't have any of his personal info, nor do any other venegoons, so we don't know how to contact him to verify his status. That's awesome dude you're a good guy
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 07:43 |
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iirc the tank part of tankies is a reference to the tanks in moscow, specifically in that tankies think the ussr made a mistake when they didnt use them to clear red square in 1991
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 12:08 |
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Aesop Poprock posted:That's awesome dude you're a good guy
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 12:12 |
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Former DILF posted:iirc the tank part of tankies is a reference to the tanks in moscow, specifically in that tankies think the ussr made a mistake when they didnt use them to clear red square in 1991 It's about the Hungarian revolution of 1956, which was when Western Communists ended their relative unity and solidarity and splintered between Soviet sympathizers who were happy "to see the tanks rolling through Budapest" and autonomous Communist factions that renounced ties to Moscow over Russian imperialism.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 12:14 |
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I'm glad you made it out of Venezuela fnox
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 12:46 |
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I really wanted to go to Venezuela for a long holiday then read fnox's thread back when it was posted and decided I couldn't do it and feel okay about it. drat you fnox (but also thanks, and well done)!
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 13:19 |
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quidditch it and quit it posted:I really wanted to go to Venezuela for a long holiday then read fnox's thread back when it was posted and decided I couldn't do it and feel okay about it. drat you fnox (but also thanks, and well done)! You shouldn't go to Venezuela, not because it would make me feel bad, but because it is an incredibly dangerous country. It is very likely that you will be robbed, kidnapped, detained or worse. Caracas is literally the most dangerous city in the planet.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 15:47 |
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fnox posted:I did make it out, it wasn't easy, seeing how I ended up entirely on my own in Sweden with very little money and basically no chance for a do-over. There were a lot of things that people didn't understand when I made the thread (Maybe I didn't make myself clear enough), first, how I really wanted to emigrate somewhere legally, because if I were to make a break for any country I wouldn't really have had any chance to prosper and actually get to settle permanently, and second of all, just how expensive the actual journey was for me. There are very few flights out of Venezuela that are less than a thousand dollars, and I had to get a round trip despite not needing it, because that's usually why people get sent back at the Venezuelan customs. I don't think I also made it clear just how desperate the situation was for me in Venezuela, each member of my family was spending hours queuing up for a single carton of milk, I was getting robbed constantly, all of the money that I had saved in bolivares ended up vanishing to inflation, food got increasingly harder to find, and the university I attended got shut down for well over a semester due to lack of funds. I didn't have a future in Venezuela, all I could have done there was hope that the poo poo I had didn't break, because then I couldn't replace it, and that I wouldn't get sick, because it would have died before being able to find medicine. Amazing, glad you escaped
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 22:57 |
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Such a cool story. I had a coworker that managed to escape from Cuba to the US by managing to get accepted to Canadian schooling and driving across the border.
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# ? Aug 5, 2017 20:08 |
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I actually talked to Caro on facebook and bought him a gift certificate for an account, but he hasn't shown up. Last I heard he was denied government benefits because he committed a crime by going over to Syria and fighting and was homeless.
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# ? Aug 5, 2017 20:44 |
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Watch the US kill him from neglect. Freedom!
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# ? Aug 5, 2017 20:52 |
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I have said it before and will say it again, make Caro mod of D&D. Also someone make a patreon or something for Caro because I am, genuinely, just glad he's alive.
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 00:17 |
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wyntyr posted:I have said it before and will say it again, make Caro mod of D&D. A patreon seems a bit much, can't we just FedEx him a sandwich or something?
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 02:56 |
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ugh its Troika posted:I actually talked to Caro on facebook and bought him a gift certificate for an account, but he hasn't shown up. Last I heard he was denied government benefits because he committed a crime by going over to Syria and fighting and was homeless. The US abandons another one of its veterans. smdh
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 03:36 |
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Tardcore posted:The US abandons another one of its veterans. smdh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGgMdGXjdeE
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 04:02 |
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UWBW posted:A patreon seems a bit much, can't we just FedEx him a sandwich or something? Let's get some money together to buy him pants
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 04:07 |
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ugh its Troika posted:I actually talked to Caro on facebook and bought him a gift certificate for an account, but he hasn't shown up. Last I heard he was denied government benefits because he committed a crime by going over to Syria and fighting and was homeless.
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 04:24 |
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But Rocks Hurt Head posted:Let's get some money together to buy him pants Lol Seriously though don't give Caro money you retards he's essentially a crazy war criminal regardless of how entertaining his saga is
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 04:27 |
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Aesop Poprock posted:Lol Agreed, you all know goddamn well he'll use whatever money you give him to fly to another warzone and pretend he's a dual class medic/sniper. Probably Venezuela this time.
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 04:42 |
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I think we should give him money to open up a hotdog stand.
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 04:42 |
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Slowpoke Rodriguez posted:I think we should give him money to open up a hotdog stand. They're Conflict Hotdogs, Marie
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 04:49 |
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Aesop Poprock posted:Lol What Caro did is no more or less wrong than what any soldier does, though He may be a crazy "war criminal", but he's our crazy war criminal
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 05:10 |
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wyntyr posted:What Caro did is no more or less wrong than what any soldier does, though Er regardless of what you think of the military their soldiers and medics usually have been trained in their fields and have an excuse to be there. Similar to how the police in America are questionable at best but I still don't want insane dudes running around shooting people to satisfy their delusions and I wouldn't support them with a patreon
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 05:16 |
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Can we mail him bees instead?
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 05:20 |
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was it caro where after he got back, some goons tried telling his family he needs help but the family blew them off? like the responses given by the family were all code phrases for how they were going to continue behaving in a codependent/enabling way toward him
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 05:21 |
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Aesop Poprock posted:Er regardless of what you think of the military their soldiers and medics usually have been trained in their fields and have an excuse to be there. Similar to how the police in America are questionable at best but I still don't want insane dudes running around shooting people to satisfy their delusions and I wouldn't support them with a patreon Caro had about as much excuse to be in Libya as America had to be in Iraq though.
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 07:39 |
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Tardcore posted:Caro had about as much excuse to be in Libya as America had to be in Iraq though. I mean yeah but it's not like I was donating money to George bush or anything
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 07:49 |
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:Lmbo no they're not username / post combo Also good poo poo fnox - I remember the original thread in GBS in 2015, I'm glad you made it out OK. Viva la bolivarian revolucion or whatever the gently caress, I'm glad you're ok
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 10:35 |
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Tardcore posted:Caro had about as much excuse to be in Libya as America had to be in Iraq though. So ya dont donate to either?
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 11:16 |
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OH MY GOD GO TO THIS THREAD IMMEDIATELY CSPAM IRON CHEF It's THE best thread on the forums right now imvho
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 11:47 |
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du -hast posted:OH MY GOD GO TO THIS THREAD IMMEDIATELY Not had a thread make me gag for quite a while.
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# ? Aug 6, 2017 12:00 |
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# ? May 21, 2024 16:08 |
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du -hast posted:OH MY GOD GO TO THIS THREAD IMMEDIATELY incredible...
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