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  • Re: Interesting Video

    From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to NIGHTFOX on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 08:12:00
    yeah i subbed for a while but it seems he's realized making content critical of the US gets him views so i unsubbed.

    I don't think there's anything wrong with being critical of a country. That can often be the first step to making changes to improve things. If you can' be critical of your country, I feel like that's something out of '1984'..

    It is one thing to be critical of the country that you are living in. It
    is something different to decide to stay somewhere else while continuing
    to throw shade at the place you left.
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  • From The Wanderer@VERT/YAKKING to MIKE POWELL on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 13:23:18
    Re: Re: Interesting Video
    By: MIKE POWELL to NIGHTFOX on Wed Feb 18 2026 08:12 am

    It is one thing to be critical of the country that you are living in. It is something different to decide to stay somewhere else while continuing to throw shade at the place you left.

    According to whom? Who cares?

    Do you believe those that move away from a fascist regime lose their right to be critical of said regime or country?

    Why?

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MIKE POWELL on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 12:15:52
    Re: Re: Interesting Video
    By: MIKE POWELL to NIGHTFOX on Wed Feb 18 2026 08:12 am

    yeah i subbed for a while but it seems he's realized making content
    critical of the US gets him views so i unsubbed.

    I don't think there's anything wrong with being critical of a country.
    That can often be the first step to making changes to improve things. If
    you can' be critical of your country, I feel like that's something out of
    '1984'..

    It is one thing to be critical of the country that you are living in. It is something different to decide to stay somewhere else while continuing to throw shade at the place you left.

    He has his reasons for deciding to live in another country, and I don't really see anything wrong with expressing those reasons, as long as it's done in a respectful way (which I think he generally does).

    Nightfox

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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to THE WANDERER on Thursday, February 19, 2026 09:47:00
    It is one thing to be critical of the country that you are living in. I is something different to decide to stay somewhere else while continuing to throw shade at the place you left.

    According to whom? Who cares?

    Do you believe those that move away from a fascist regime lose their right to be critical of said regime or country?

    Why?

    My thing would be that I have left, I should be happy where I am now, and
    no one should give a rat's ass what I think about some place I no longer
    am.

    I should know. I moved out of a city I couldn't stand to someplace I am happier. Number of videos I have made trashing my former city: 0.

    And that isn't from lack of things to trash them about.

    If I was making videos about how shitty the place was I left, for me it
    would mean I still wasn't happy where I am. Maybe that is just me and
    other boorish people like to find stuff to bitch about.

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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to NIGHTFOX on Thursday, February 19, 2026 09:52:00
    It is one thing to be critical of the country that you are living in. I is something different to decide to stay somewhere else while continuing to throw shade at the place you left.

    He has his reasons for deciding to live in another country, and I don't reall see anything wrong with expressing those reasons, as long as it's done in a respectful way (which I think he generally does).

    You can give your reasons for living somewhere else without trashing the
    place you left.

    I like where I live now because it is smaller, quieter, and feels safer
    than where I was. <-- no trash talk here

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MIKE POWELL on Thursday, February 19, 2026 16:29:20
    Re: Re: Interesting Video
    By: MIKE POWELL to NIGHTFOX on Thu Feb 19 2026 09:52 am

    He has his reasons for deciding to live in another country, and I don't
    reall see anything wrong with expressing those reasons, as long as it's
    done in a respectful way (which I think he generally does).

    You can give your reasons for living somewhere else without trashing the place you left.

    I like where I live now because it is smaller, quieter, and feels safer than where I was. <-- no trash talk here

    I didn't really think he's trashing the US. In the videos of his I've seen, at least, I felt like he gave reasons why he likes living in the UK and why he feels like it's not done as well in the US. I don't think he expressed any hate toward the US or was disrespectful toward the US. It's okay to have such opinions, I can see why someone would think that way, and I don't feel like that is trashing the US. But it's been a little bit since I watched one of those videos of his, so I'm probably not remembering everything he has said.

    For instance, he has talked about how walkable a lot of the cities are in the UK - They often build good walking paths along roads there, making it easy to walk and ride a bicycle along the roads; on the other hand, while growing up in the US, he said he walked to school for a little while and there were sections of the road (in the US) that didn't even have a sidewalk or walkway, making it feel a bit dangerous to walk that route to school. I don't think that kind of thing is trashing the US; it's just stating an opinion.

    Nightfox

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  • From The Wanderer@VERT/YAKKING to MIKE POWELL on Thursday, February 19, 2026 19:26:53
    Re: Re: Interesting Video
    By: MIKE POWELL to THE WANDERER on Thu Feb 19 2026 09:47 am

    My thing would be that I have left, I should be happy where I am now, and no one should give a rat's ass what I think about some place I no longer am.

    That's right, it's just your thing.

    It's like suggesting nobody should be talking about the mess going on in the US right now. It's not boorish, it's a thing that's happening. People will talk about it. If you want to think less of people for criticizing things, well, again, that's on you.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MIKE POWELL on Thursday, February 19, 2026 22:23:43
    Re: Re: Interesting Video
    By: MIKE POWELL to THE WANDERER on Thu Feb 19 2026 09:47 am

    My thing would be that I have left, I should be happy where I am now, and no one should give a rat's ass what I think about some place I no longer am.

    People might be curious why you decided to move away from a place, and I think that's a valid question. If some people think a certain place is a better place to live than another place, that's probably something that some people would be curious to find out about. And if you're not interested, you're free to move along. It seems odd to me to think nobody would care about why someone would decide to move somewhere else, and to criticize someone for talking about it.

    If I was making videos about how shitty the place was I left, for me it would mean I still wasn't happy where I am.

    I don't really see the logic there.

    Nightfox

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  • From The Wanderer@VERT/YAKKING to MIKE POWELL on Sunday, February 22, 2026 08:48:13
    No it is about reaching an age where bitching about someplace I left isn't worth it... time is too expensive for that...

    Right, OK, but all the time in the world to bitch about those people is what is weird.

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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to THE WANDERER on Monday, February 23, 2026 10:50:00
    No it is about reaching an age where bitching about someplace I left isn'
    worth it... time is too expensive for that...

    Right, OK, but all the time in the world to bitch about those people is what i
    weird.

    You asked, I answered. Nothing weird there.


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  • From The Wanderer@VERT/YAKKING to MIKE POWELL on Monday, February 23, 2026 13:03:42
    Re: Re: Interesting Video
    By: MIKE POWELL to THE WANDERER on Mon Feb 23 2026 10:50 am

    Right, OK, but all the time in the world to bitch about those people is
    You asked, I answered. Nothing weird there.

    I'm curious to know what colour the sky is in your world.

    You bitched, I commented, here we are. This gets weirder as it goes, it seems.

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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to THE WANDERER on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 09:26:00
    Right, OK, but all the time in the world to bitch about those people is
    You asked, I answered. Nothing weird there.

    I'm curious to know what colour the sky is in your world.

    You bitched, I commented, here we are. This gets weirder as it goes, it seems.

    You commented defending bitching and, despite your realizing that all is
    weird, you're the one keeping it going.

    That is *very* weird.


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