New Lounge Location - Love it / Hate It?

[Gmash]

I'm glad I'm not a mod, it's like herding cats around here.

 

[B2L]

I'm glad I'm not a mod, it's like herding cats around here.

I didn't even know it was possible to herd cats. I feel bad for the mods.

 

[Frisco]

I'm glad I'm not a mod, it's like herding cats around here.

Yes. However about 99.9999999% of the cats are real cool cats. The other .0000001% are cool dogs.

 

[SUroot]

Yes. However about 99.9999999% of the cats are real cool cats. The other .0000001% are cool dogs.

On the right looks like Toby, my cat.

Forum is in my favourites so makes no odds to me.

 

[Roze]

This thread has become:

WOW...that's really OT!!!

 

[Roze]

Our country is pretty dangerous

Top 10 Most Dangerous Places on Earth

We are no 8

So I went through the list and should I be surprise that the USA is on the list!!!

For the average traveller, the USA is fairly safe, but the numbers do not lie. There are more than 200 million guns in the USA and more than 50 murders a day, 10 times the rate of Germany. Nearly 5000 people die a year in truck crashes, about 6000 pedestrains die on the streets and 31000 people end their own lives. The USA now leads all nations in violent crime and leads all nations with incarcerations now standing at 2.3 million. American citizens also make up the greatest number of criminals serving time in overseas prisons. Militias, hate groups and other right wing radicals all spread their message of violence and are known to throw around the odd pipe-bomb. The government is not much better, spending a whopping $600 billion a year on defense in order to contain the handful of nations hostile to it.

^--why do I feel this is somewhat biased or I'm just ignorant and find this info staggering?

 

[BabyBlues]

Well damn. I find it staggering too.

 

[starxpilot]

I think I'm starting to get used to the new layout.

But I still don't like it, I like my Lounge above Android, since I only visit the average 3 sections since I lack the goods for posting in others.

 

[Frisco]

Well damn. I find it staggering too.

It is staggering in its spin. Violent crimes in the U.S., along with some European countries, and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, have a characteristic that they do not have in Asian countries and those republics that used to form the U.S.S.R. (Georgia, Belaruse, Armenia, etc) not to mention the Middle Eastern countries and African nations don't have: accurate reportage.

The murder and other violent crime rate in South Africa, for example, is so high that it cannot be kept up with to any degree of accuracy.

In China the murder rate is just plain lied about by the government controlled news media.

Characterizing the U.S. as things like, "the most violent society on Earth" is absurd, on a present day basis and on a historical one. Even a quick skimming of what's going on around the world bears that out.

 

[Gmash]

It is staggering in its spin. Violent crimes in the U.S., along with some European countries, and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, have a characteristic that they do not have in Asian countries and those republics that used to form the U.S.S.R. (Georgia, Belaruse, Armenia, etc) not to mention the Middle Eastern countries and African nations don't have: accurate reportage.

The murder and other violent crime rate in South Africa, for example, is so high that it cannot be kept up with to any degree of accuracy.

In China the murder rate is just plain lied about by the government controlled news media.

Characterizing the U.S. as things like, "the most violent society on Earth" is absurd, on a present day basis and on a historical one. Even a quick skimming of what's going on around the world bears that out.

I don't know, I just saw this documentary on the youth culture, and it looks pretty rough...
The warriors fight scene- vs the Punks - YouTube

 

[Bob Maxey]

I think I'm starting to get used to the new layout.

But I still don't like it, I like my Lounge above Android, since I only visit the average 3 sections since I lack the goods for posting in others.

Do what I do: Use your iPad. When you open the AF site, turn your device upside down.

 

[Frisco]

Do what I do: Use your iPad. When you open the AF site, turn your device upside down.

Being sure to have rotation locked.

Because, if you don't, the Lounge could end up right back at the bottom of the page!!!!!

Spoiler

 

[BabyBlues]

I always love signing on to AF using my ipad. It's ironic in a way. If only there was an app it would be even better.

 

[Dark Jedi]

I always love signing on to AF using my ipad. It's ironic in a way. If only there was an app it would be even better.

Why not get it over and marry your iPad we see what she likes more. Her dinc she shatters the screen. I bet that iPad is in perfect condition. We see where your loyalties lies.

 

[BabyBlues]

Why not get it over and marry your iPad we see what she likes more. Her dinc she shatters the screen. I bet that iPad is in perfect condition. We see where your loyalties lies.

Actually its not. So there.
It just didn't hit the concrete like my poor phone

 

[Frisco]

It just didn't hit the concrete like my poor phone

My heart goes out to you on phone hitting concrete. My kid is in her first year of college, and her brand new Arrive fell off her top bunk down to the hard tile floor, shattering the screen. Sprint.. (me no like Sprint, personal issue from long ago, different story ), says it's a hundred dollars to replace the screen. The phone was $199.

Anyway, doesn't matter what phone you love. Love is love.

 

[IOWA]

*Thread re-rail*

I'd rather have it the way it was.

Regards,

-IOWA

 

[Dark Jedi]

*Thread re-rail*

I'd rather have it the way it was.

Regards,

-IOWA

Hey maybe the moved it knowing of your return. Welcome back BTW.

 

[Roze]

I find that the traffic in the lounge and co has dramatically deceased after the move. Before we'd get over 20 threads a day now it feels like a handful in the forum.

 

[BabyBlues]

I find that the traffic in the lounge and co has dramatically deceased after the move. Before we'd get over 20 threads a day now it feels like a handful in the forum.

Are the other areas faring better or is it a dud all over?

 

[Dark Jedi]

I find that the traffic in the lounge and co has dramatically deceased after the move. Before we'd get over 20 threads a day now it feels like a handful in the forum.

Because most people dont know its at the bottom like I did. I had to pm NA to find out what happened.

 

[Roze]

Because most people dont know its at the bottom like I did. I had to pm NA to find out what happened.

OK mister! Now that you've found the place, start making threads!