Forum | Arjan Dirkse | Activity https://thecarrier.net/members/arjandirkse/activity/ Activity feed for Arjan Dirkse. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:32:10 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 8757c3454c599758628ef47468899759 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/27/#post-148473 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:30:41 +0000 I like the use of perspective in this picture:

 

]]> e62db868b6ade2396de19a6cf0199861 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148449 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:38:13 +0000 Are you doing a John Oliver imitation?

]]> 9e3f7589e24d28e84d767ebbcaecb2ef Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148448 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:36:40 +0000 Eh I don’t mean angry about this case in particular. It seems it is explained by BBC adding that extra bit of information to their article, which of course showed they were sloppy to not put that in the original article.

]]> dd858694382d400c68720f6ac18216f9 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148418 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:05:16 +0000 Poland is pissed with Ukraine because they named a military batallion after a Ukrainian WW2 era death squad that genocided Poles.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-president-decides-strip-ukraines-zelenskiy-top-honour-over-ww2-dispute-2026-06-19/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

]]> 62de1fc94dd828737b01bf54033a5ba3 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148417 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:35:21 +0000 Nah, people need to be angrier.

]]> 4c6cfa89bd686506de1c751e3f92e37f Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/27/#post-148406 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:44:41 +0000 Old Cairo:

 

 

]]> 55c094705955c1e370c5e7b51a2be890 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-148376 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:28:29 +0000 How long has this forum run?  Since 2016 or something?

 

Many things are ending. This might be a good time to move on.

]]> 89d8ec00e2f561e180008c6e1abf2253 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148361 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:09:19 +0000 Yeah but I hope he is not walking around freely somewhere, this man has to be looked after.

]]> 23b6bd0f742e70af0458c8fb999f8be5 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148359 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:43:00 +0000 Emm sky news is reporting that the nutter who threw a 3 year old boy in a crocodile enclosure – the boy was subsequently mauled and is in hospital with serious injuries – has been released, on bail. I sure hope that is misinformation, because if it is true, well…that’s totally fucked.

]]> cbb933cfc006e470d487480bfcf9d433 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148356 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:45 +0000 Arrested for what? Can they just arrest people and not say what he was arrested for…

 

Hmmm I think I read about something like this

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial

]]> f4635e7dcca9d091898a30c823e0f574 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/5/#post-148352 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:51:11 +0000 England-Croatia yesterday was a real thriller. Great game to watch as a neutral observer

]]> a5120aa3dce8e08badbaf512dd01b599 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/27/#post-148345 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:01:10 +0000

]]> d896ba2f0d395d07eb6e8470aea4142d Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148330 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:56:50 +0000 Apparently they also lack the money to pay for the news roads and bridges etc to go with the new housing. Total fucking failure.

]]> f5a713914485a55e73522fecc9ce13d9 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148327 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:27:58 +0000 Ha…the new government here had multiple building projects in their plans (they were going to build “ten new cities”) , but now many of those plans are likely to be shelved because of high nitrogen emissions…when the country is starving for more housing. Late Soviet feel.

]]> 82d6679efb01a1c6d917411ec063a519 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/5/#post-148319 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:14:12 +0000 Crazy that Ronaldo is still playing this world cup. He’s 41

]]> 4903cf10ed037dd0f93c51dd09a948dc Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148318 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:55:34 +0000 Some of Trump’s allies like Mark Levin are angry at him over the peace deal. Interesting to see how that will play out.

]]> 3a47918894304471a9747c31a38b283f Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Mind-Expanding (non-science) things in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/mind-expanding-non-science-things/page/3/#post-148317 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:40:27 +0000 I admire Mahatma Gandhi but he had a weird view of the Bhagavad Gita. In the Gita Krishna tells Arjuna that he has to fight in the big war, and kill his relatives who are on the side of the enemy. But Gandhi was a pacifist. He still held the Gita in high esteem but he believed the war is a metaphor for a spiritual battle against evil, and actual…Read more

]]> cdf6876647b7e007a5467b212c5f39c0 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148308 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:39:08 +0000 I’m cautiously optimistic now there really is a peace deal with Iran and it isn’t just smoke and mirrors to keep the market going. I really really hope it works out. And hopefully Lebanon is included in the agreement.

]]> eb6f1c27d54080915a78d93383197d37 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/27/#post-148301 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:19:39 +0000

]]> 70cf51e9a5ffa610014b80dd1515f245 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148289 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:59:40 +0000 Oh fuck off man. I don’t hate all Muslims, just the ones who do bad things. The same way I hate white people I guess. I don’t hate all white people but I sure do hate some white people.

Also I never said Ukraine is full of nazis. But yeah there are nazis fighting along with the regular troops. If you believe the Azov batallion are now just good…Read more

]]> 87faae2fa39cf0b1437e2cf41002e44a Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148288 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:59:39 +0000 Oh fuck off man. I don’t hate all Muslims, just the ones who do bad things. The same way I hate white people I guess. I don’t hate all white people but I sure do hate some white people.

Also I never said Ukraine is full of nazis. But yeah there are nazis fighting along with the regular troops. If you believe the Azov batallion are now just good…Read more

]]> cd6e8511de42c2f8e985e5b4e0711909 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148286 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:11:10 +0000 Ilhan Omar was the only democrat who voted against the Ukraine support bill.

]]> 3bf41697a9323cd03bfb123d146e5b07 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148254 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:56:48 +0000 “Sophie of Dundee” vindicated…this is truly a crazy story.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2d83w1yvyo

 

Honestly if 12 year old girls feel they have to arm themselves with a knife and an axe…what does that say about the state of a country.

]]> 501b1a2188c46bb7b3c67f0b27364ecc Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148192 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:03:16 +0000 Yeah I’m fine with saying what is happening in Gaza is a genocide and that zionism is islamophobic. But this is just plain lying.

 

(Of cours the other side does the same, lots of pro-Israel people are lying about the young victims in Gaza. But that does not make it alright)

]]> b83dae411389280f9a117fe92a0eadb6 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148181 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:46:25 +0000 UK National Association of Muslim Police says no kids were hurt in Oct 7 attacks.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/06/britains-muslim-police-association-defends-hamas/

]]> 2ba66e72491b7155ddec78484f7a8a07 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148178 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:11:24 +0000 Of course never did I say anything like “all immigrants are bad”, most are alright. And I don’t want to “close the borders” or something like that. But I take issue with this idea which is really a liberal idea I think, that everybody is in his heart of hearts already kind of a liberal, and will eventually (or in 3 generations) blend in when they…Read more

]]> e7590c0e1042dd964116be744501f539 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148175 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:43:08 +0000 BTW I ignored that comment, but it is completely wrong. There were 6 Morrocan kids in my class in primary school. (One of whom was expelled from the country as an adult, you can guess the reason) Also all my neighbors here are immigrants. Polish on the left, Iranian on the right, and Eritrean above me. I have a good relations with all of them. I…Read more

]]> 5e2d8dccc0ad8a5abd9c9b746b7550bf Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-148163 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:38:28 +0000

]]> c58308ad0ee23c8cb091b2412c9a7fa4 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-148144 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:30:40 +0000 I would als question the common mantra that we need immigration to save the economy. Poland’s population has been shrinking for years, and their economy is booming. They’re doing something right that we are doing wrong.

]]> bf2a2433641c429f758fe1433ccb06b2 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-148140 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:49:12 +0000 I think it’s mixed. You seem to be saying the sole cause is Western intolerance,rejection by mainstream society, a lack to accept people other than us. I think that’s wrong. Western societies are the most tolerant societies that ever existed. We let people from all over the world come here, have jobs, have an education, even become leaders and…Read more

]]> 6ea2ef218e367c78ebc2f06e07c47cc8 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Mind-Expanding (non-science) things in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/mind-expanding-non-science-things/page/3/#post-148136 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:25:51 +0000 Crazy that nomadic peoples like Tibetans and Mongolians live with their cattle, care for them, and use their milk and meat to sustain themselves and we say”ah how charming and traditional” while we have to worry about the climate impact of eating meat and feel bad about the sufferings of the animal because of the terrible circumstances in the bio…Read more

]]> 1d5de8d94ee8c9c505551f6c3cf21877 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-148121 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:01:51 +0000 We’re now in our third generation of Moroccan Dutch and Turkish Dutch, and there is a distinct distance many of them still have to Dutch society, with a dislike for certain things like LGBT rights and equality for men and women.  I don’t think they’re less conservative than their grandparents. I mentioned Islamic schools, in my previous posts,…Read more

]]> 60a1f0f917dabd7721e0e7c60de38bdb Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-148118 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:14:58 +0000 Nonsense.

]]> 401a020af3afa275548bbde0415d3ea4 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-148101 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:49:45 +0000 I think the crux of the problem is that some people expect that the people who migrate here are “liberals-in-waiting”, and just need some minor adjustments before they will fit in and be happy. But why would this be true? Many immigrants who came here might believe that their own ideas are better than the ideas of Western people, and if anything,…Read more

]]> c66e478dac3713aeb5a65ab971a80feb Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-148092 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:50:44 +0000 Eh I’m skeptical…we have Islamic schools that teach the West is evil and degenerate, and about 75 % of parents from Moroccan and Turkish parents think it would be a problem if any of their kids came out as homosexual. I don’t know if you can just change with some integration courses. I think if you import big numbers of Muslims you just have…Read more

]]> f8c221626b97f5a027c68aab5d6bbdd9 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-148059 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:07:19 +0000 True for most groups, I think, but some of the immigrants we’ve received here don’t integrate. Some become more radical when they’re here. Even after three generations.

 

 

]]> 7d0037de44099dfb66b01561c2df845b Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-148056 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:45:26 +0000 Weird, chatgpt thinks I’m in the province of Gelderland (I live in Zuid Holland). I wonder what I’ve told him that makes him think that.

]]> f55b558769f713dd0ca1648825432823 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-148055 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:38:19 +0000 Well you could say a pub serves a community purpose. I would be OK with that. Or a cafe. Or something like a soup kitchen, for people on a low income to have a healthy meal.

]]> 7e8ed6eecfb9b0be58ae8ad9a79dffcd Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-148045 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:21:43 +0000 The Catholic church here is closing two churches, one in the town where I was born, and another little village next to it. There is not enough money or clergy to keep them going. It’s kind of funny that some people I know that never went to church, were complaining about that.

 

I heard they want to demolish at least one of the churches. That…Read more

]]> 2074e556351b780473df0557308bf59c Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-148031 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:35:35 +0000  

]]> b6dde0caf818503a83aa9eb5f1edddc0 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-147988 Sat, 30 May 2026 16:29:56 +0000 Wikipedia says the population of Germany is growing.

]]> c92d10c1f9e22f4d216a82e70db54a70 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic The Food and Drink Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-food-and-drink-thread/page/11/#post-147952 Wed, 27 May 2026 20:40:14 +0000 There should be more craft beers with lower alcohol…I like a special beer but sometimes the alcohol is just too high. I mean a 10 % beer can be very tasty but if you drink that too much, it is just not good.

 

Brouwerij ‘t IJ from Amsterdam has this beer that is 4.4 % which is very tasty.

 

]]> a0db79354b9be17f9cdf08fb74e0a20a Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-147948 Wed, 27 May 2026 19:34:57 +0000 Alright, thanks for correcting me.

 

Anyway I’ll shut up about this now. I’ll be in the food and drink thread

]]> 204e9ca45ac2474eedfb43cf903090a5 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-147945 Wed, 27 May 2026 18:32:49 +0000 Weird that it’s what seen as the most liberal country in the work, the UK, who is the first country ever to ban cigarettes.

]]> 745d38fa7eaa0f0ea912ed88d0e32078 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-147943 Wed, 27 May 2026 18:14:29 +0000 Did the doubling of the workforce come with a doubling of GDP? If it didn’t, the rewards per individual worker will automatically be smaller.

 

The suspicion I have is that with couples having more money to spend, the prices for homes started rising.

 

Not saying women shouldn’t work, it’s also conceivable people might opt for the man to…Read more

]]> ca0b94a18e67a728dce66ebe03e33b1e Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-147927 Tue, 26 May 2026 20:52:36 +0000 This discussion makes me want to take up smoking again but I’m too poor.

]]> 0677a435a766899c5f090d21271a50d6 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-147905 Tue, 26 May 2026 07:23:23 +0000 It’s pretty incredible that in the 50s, 60s and 70s most women didn’t have any job and yet people could afford to live in houses.

]]> bc6cbc6724efd9fed18ca120d5e02fca Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-147890 Mon, 25 May 2026 20:37:21 +0000 Honestly talking about “Germany being over” and then just talking about the economy is entirely missing the point. Most people in (mainly Western) Europe are completely brainrotten and demoralized.

]]> ad588a3e811e1841db6b75dbcc2d3845 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-147878 Mon, 25 May 2026 09:35:06 +0000 Obesity kills almost as many people as smoking. Are we going to ban cookies next?

]]> 86eafd7ff72517b2e8bef790de7a6e24 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-147876 Mon, 25 May 2026 09:32:48 +0000 Eh obesity kills almost as many people as smoking. Are you going to ban cookies next? It’s stupid.

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