Dr. Gonzo

So uh... Bill Gates hung around Epstein a lot, it turns out. After his conviction too, so while he was a known sex pest. And he set up a charity where Epstein was the beneficiary. Sad to say, the circumstantial evidence points to Bill Gates being a pedo

I love shit like this.

My friend wanted to buy a new bass yesterday and asked if I could give him a lift to the shop, so I tried around a few guitars just to pass the time while he got his bass. I played a Charvel Pro-Mod SoCal with a Floyd... I probably shouldn't have done that because now I want to sell my Jackson and my SG and get that guitar.

Video footage of Turkish forces executing Kurdish prisoners was posted to social media by a Turkish soldier...

That lineup is 100% one of the best in metal history. And Rust in Piece is an absolute fucking masterpiece

Turkey knows where all the US bases are/were in Syria. So for them to bomb close to one doesn’t strike me as much of an accident as much as it strikes me as a threat to the US military to clear out and leave the Kurds to be slaughtered

I feel fortunate that I haven’t enjoyed a game made my Activision-Blizzard in some time (well I liked the latest CoD for about 4 weeks before getting tired of it) - cos I feel inclined to not buy any of their shit for a while after this. And if I do get the Modern Warfare reboot out of nostalgia, I’ll buy it used so they don’t get my money. The situation in Hong Kong is fucked up, and all of these western companies bending to China’s censorship is also fucked up. South Park has it right, they just need Tegridy.

Yeah definitely do not take that shit before driving mate

Codeine's in that shite, so watch out with drinking on it. Or if you're an alcoholic: Zapain helps you get drunk quicker. But it's also quite habit forming mixing codeine with drinking, so still be careful.

Hahahaha some of those are terrible once they've been Yngwie'd I haven't played in about a week because of wedding shit and having family stay over. But tonight that ends, and it's time to torture my neighbors again with massive riffage.

Tbf I think Pogba's one of the few people at United that consistently creates chances for them. I don't think he's a bad player. I just don't think he was worth what was paid for him, where you'd expect the player to be the sort to grab a match by the scruff of the neck. I understand why there's a lot of frustration with him among Manchester United fans. When you sign a player at that price, there's a sort of silent promise that you're getting someone world class. I don't think it was a decision that was made with a lot of research on what the impact for United on the pitch will mean - I think it was "let's sign this kid back, he's tearing Italy apart right now" without really considering the massive differences between United's midfield and Juventus's. They've got the ambition of a top side. But they don't have the vision or plan to get back to where they want to go. They need to sack Woodward (or limit him to just developing the club commercially) and get a Director of Football and actually start working towards a plan. If you put Pogba in a better midfield, he suddenly becomes a much better player - he's just not the sort of player that'll raise a team's level on his own. But to be fair to him, I think there are very few players like that in the world.

Yeah - I mean I've always liked the Gears campaigns and story... but the real value in the games is in the multiplayer. I'll have to check out Control at some point. Right now I'm very very tempted to get Borderlands 3... but I also don't really know if I should. Especially as The Outer Worlds is coming out on October 25... and that looks right up my alley.

Santa Ana winds (I don't really know what those are tbh, but the local news weather people keep talking about it) are making wildfire risks here in San Diego pretty high. There've been a few fires as of yesterday around Southern California recently, but they're mostly around LA it seems. There was one last night that tore through a trailer park and burned about 500 acres - pretty shit for those people.

USAToday - the official newspaper of people traveling on business in the United States - is covering it.

Iran saying the tanker was struck by 2 missiles.

The thing is... there's always been stupid people. And even stupid people are capable of learning things and then becoming less stupid. In fact, I could make a pretty decent argument (imo) that everyone (on the planet) is pretty fucking stupid in their own way (or ways). We live in a strange time though. With the internet there's more information at our fingertips than ever before - but it still feels like the world is still so very stupid. And in many regards, it seems like people are getting more stupid rather than less stupid. I think the internet's ability to provide for greater information has been dangerously hijacked and it's now used by loads of people to spread misinformation. People have been preying on the gullible for as long as people have had the spare time to come up with devious plots to separate fools from their money. And now they're not just going after actual money, they're going for political capital as well. Because with that political capital they can get more money. I don't really know what the solution is to this though, when you've got evidence of blatant lies being told to voters and various other campaign finance violations... that get no effective punishment whatsoever... there's no reason to assume that any protections will be put in place to hold people accountable for the shite they do when they campaign.

Henderson's job isn't to be a creator though? His job is to do the legwork for our creators. They're different styles of midfielders - Henderson's been used for us most recently as a box to box midfielder, and before that a holding midfielder. The way our side's set up, Henderson's got a vital role for us - we're not asking for him to be a playmaker. We're asking for him to work hard for 90 minutes in the engine-room of our side. It's not really an apt comparison. But if you wanted to compare our midfields, you could ask why one side's got a system with some pretty clear cut and defined roles for all central midfielders we have out on the pitch - and why that group of hardworking and well drilled players is so effective... and then you could ask why one side doesn't really appear to have a plan for it's midfield and keeps hoping it's most creative midfielder will just be able to bail them out on individual talent? I've said it pretty consistently since he's joined Man Utd, I don't think Pogba's a bad player - I think he's just in a situation where he's not in a midfield that's built for his skillset. And tbh there are times where he looks frustrated as fuck that he's the only one creating chances and the movement in front of him is just too poor for him to create anything really meaningful to break a deadlock. For United to get the most out of Pogba, they've got to actually build a midfield that makes use of what Pogba's good at. That's what we've done at Liverpool, we've got a creative front 3, we've got some very creative fullbacks, so our midfield really just acts as the engine room to allow our creators to... create. United have a very good midfielder in Pogba, but there's no cohesive system in the midfield that's set up to get the most out of him. It's really something that's plagued United since Ferguson left - throughout the side there's just a lack of cohesion and identity on the pitch. And ultimately, that's the first thing that needs to be addressed for United to make meaningful progress towards their goals. Cos at the end of the day, football's a team sport. Every once in a while you'll get a generational talent that'll be a part of your side that can carry even a very shit side to push well above it's weight - and while I think Pogba's very good, his time with United - where he doesn't have the wealth of talent working with him like he does with France and like he did with Juve - underscore that Pogba's not the type of midfielder that'll grab a match by the scruff of it's neck and get United the 3 points. If he were... well United would've had a different season last season and they'd not be in the bottom half right now. So the issue at Manchester United shouldn't be signing big name players to get the most out of Pogba - it should be signing the right players that fit the long term vision of the team, that'll also add into getting the most out of Pogba. But with Ed Woodward making decisions... I'm not sure how much cohesion and identity you'll have. That man is probably most responsible for the erosion of the cohesion and identity that Ferguson left you lot.

Please tell me this means you'll have Fred starting against us. Fred may genuinely be one of the worst football players I've ever seen. And I've seen Salif Diao play.

Yeah I don't blame you or anything, you're obviously not a bigot. It's something I was made aware of a few years ago while I drunkenly called someone a Mongoloid and one of my classmates at the time was of Mongolian descent and he let me know exactly why I shouldn't use that word - so it happens, I don't think most people are aware it's mocking both people with down syndrome & Mongolians. I honestly had no idea (even though... the Mongol part is in the fucking name lol), I doubt you did either.

Technically we shouldn't be using the term Mongoloid - if we're not meant to be using the word r*tard, we probably shouldn't be using a synonym for that word on these forums. It's also got some racial overtures, because it's implying that Mongolians look like people with down syndrome. He looks like a dumb, fat, bald, cunt to me, though. And I'm sure he's just as stupid as he looks, if not moreso.

Activision-Blizzard is (rightly) getting a ton of flak for the censorship and ban of a HK Hearthstone player.

Yeah I like them - it's not the heaviest in the world, but they're clearly not going for that. It's like a cool fusion of alt-rock and death metal; so it's heavier than most but it's also got moments where "normal people" (lol) can appreciate the music as well. Apparently they're blowing the fuck up right now, so that's good for them. They're clearly a unique band with a unique sound, it's always good when bands like that get some recognition - it's good for the scene generally. I'll probably catch them the next time they come around to Brick By Bric

Here's some old school death metal by my favourite death metal band that isn't Death... Obituary! This is the title track off their very first record - it's fantastic live:

Meant to respond to this on Tuesday, but I guess I forgot to. My first introduction to them was actually a few weeks back, my friend had just seen them live (because he goes to almost every show at this local venue here, Brick By Brick, - which is 99% a metal only venue) and he said they were great and surprised him. So I gave it a listen and my reaction was pretty much exactly what you described.