Forum | Arjan Dirkse | Activity https://thecarrier.net/members/arjandirkse/activity/ Activity feed for Arjan Dirkse. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:28:31 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c3990ad23834e37a27ea6aa338b702a0 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-148997 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:59:46 +0000 I’ve been reading some stuff about the protestant reformation.

 

I think of all the groups that came out of it, the anabaptists are the most interesting. And the mennonites who grew out of that.

]]> 32e9c1216acec40b0ea770b3935eaa4f 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-148985 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:15:40 +0000 Well he was convinced the common people were thoroughly evil and deserved all the bad things that happened to them, especially punishments by tyrants. Like he said “The princes of the world are gods, the common people are Satan”. He was a fan of all kinds of brutality from figures of authority towards their servants, their children, their pupils…Read more

]]> 0dec50c711c77d4bfa0abe5e5a73bada 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-148926 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:19:51 +0000 With these heatwaves now in Europe you’re hearing a lot about airconditioning but I wonder if there aren’t other things people can do in their homes, like minor adjustments to allow for less heat retention and more ventilation. I remember garjones saying in Malaysia many people don’t need airco as their homes are built to be cooler.

 

Still i…Read more

]]> 8716bff47fa3968c0e0bddd5f96e9274 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/28/#post-148891 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:14:24 +0000

]]> 13caa32fedb29196093876cb7442ff54 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-148874 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:14:52 +0000 That second goal Egypt made that got cancelled because of a foul was probably the best goal in the tournament so far.

]]> 221fc78ed41fdce5e5d950772e34269b 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-148856 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:21:45 +0000 I think apart from monkeys and apes human beings have the most in common with bears. Apparently bears have a habit of contemplating nature, sitting back and enjoying the landscape.

 

]]> 08d6bc81bc1ac2c698e5b9b74c2ada37 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-148834 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:04:11 +0000 People are using AI to give George Costanza a new look:

 

 

 

]]> 4068e905d1ccd4574ecdbdfb8d784997 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/28/#post-148803 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:32:41 +0000

]]> 5ce23f468e4447c1a2d5e9b8d8fc42f8 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-148802 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:38:39 +0000 A teenager was arrested in the Netherlands for planning a terrorist attack on behalf of “nihilistic extremism”. By that they mean groups like 764, No Lives Matter and Com. Discord and telegram groups that encourage vulnerable kids to harm themselves and others. Going as far as killing people for fun, and putting the videos online.

 

I think the…Read more

]]> 3ac867985faae353829ab3e88bc80999 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/28/#post-148801 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:09:45 +0000

]]> 9732b459c2902a279a076f7ce5530080 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-148760 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:13:42 +0000

]]> 21c7a39cf1aa22618bd65338cae66c5a 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-148730 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 21:33:41 +0000

 

The common pigeon is a descendant of domesticated pigeon, who were taught to love and trust their humans. Then they escaped and bred, and now many people see them as pests. But they still love us.

]]> bca84936141aec3d66b8b8d3e77a1ad8 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-148686 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:16:28 +0000

]]> 8114f35650e64a6ec5ce43f0e9861050 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-148677 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:20:03 +0000 I think Israel runs troll farms on social media like Russia does. Dutch twitter is full of very extreme Israel defenders, but most Dutch people don’t like what Israel does.

]]> dd77a66ed86bdf305e3009fe88277dd8 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-148667 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:28:54 +0000 Martin Luther was fucking insane. I doubt many Lutherans know of the crazy stuff he has said and written.

]]> 2571ed0fb36ec1b9de3e5b321bb2c3c4 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-148662 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:41:00 +0000 I think it’s probably a Greek island, or the Greek coast. Everything is white and blue there.

 

]]> 25fedde8dee1901b5436a7b27d2b15f5 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-148657 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:50:15 +0000

]]> 885ed75eed49c09fe1cee1d8fbc531d2 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-148638 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:13:39 +0000 Belgian writer who was on tv here in the break of the match against Senegal said the Belgian shirt looks like babies puked strawberry yoghurt on them. :D

]]> 5f34258c2068a62b84eafedf6e68ba55 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-148633 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:12:53 +0000 Another quirk I think English “posh” speakers have, or at least many academics, is a little stutter. I don’t think it is a real medical stutter, it’s more an affectation. I’ve heard it in Dawkins, Roger Scruton, and I’m sure some others whose name I can’t remember.

]]> 61f6911b35aca5b57a5d64501ea859cd 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-148632 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:36:10 +0000 I have to say I’m really enjoying this tournament. Some stellar stuff, especially by France, Mexico, and Argentina but other teams are also showing good things. Mbappe and Messi have now beaten Miroslav Klose in the world cup all time goalmakers.

]]> dcdc1a18542af8e45a3c6f6ab3bab4f2 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-148611 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:12:27 +0000 Well wiki says they were aiming to create an agrarian socialist state. If you do ctrl + f on the Pol Pot article, you get 15 results for socialist, saying they wanted a socialist state, they were doing a socialist revolution, they were building a socialist society, etc.

 

Honestly this labeling of various different revolutionary marxist groups…Read more

]]> 7a1c2d52f1927aa38de3db27deb76750 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-148608 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:21:45 +0000  

This is a real socialist:

 

]]> d90ef53a1590dc2485f136228ecdcbe7 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-148605 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:55:46 +0000

]]> 0cbe02261df0c7f801954b08f8e40194 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-148604 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:56:40 +0000 Yeah this game was bad. Still losing to Morocco is not that bad, they’re a great team.

]]> 9d0547601641bac1fd309166821bbfd0 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-148593 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:31:20 +0000

]]> 634e888d90df7e98011e628b6d438588 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-148586 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:34:20 +0000 The game against Morocco is at 3 a clock at night…lot of people going to work tired tomorrow.

]]> f4714a6d642df507c6a56dc00f3a7570 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-148585 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:04:36 +0000 Interesting button to put on a shirt:

 

]]> f82a4485f301997e0a444ec452e53b57 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-148584 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:58:18 +0000 Witbier always scores high as thirst quencher in hot weather.

 

 

 

]]> b2c2abe75f2b3b3162c9a5b835c6d971 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-148583 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:29:12 +0000 EU building shurts down airco for the lower floors where the lower rabble work, keep airco on for the higher floors where the big shots like Von der Leyen work.

 

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-commission-heatwave-hq-forced-shut-down-air-conditioning-europe/

]]> 3e42ba4d22db89ba7036f2b93515060a 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-148576 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:08:16 +0000 Horus and Anubis having tea in Cairo

 

]]> 5df1bb69ffd6ed2647c3b72692f82410 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-148567 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:31:24 +0000 I’m not complaining about the builders at all, I’m sure they’re fine, but lots of projects are shelved, discontinued, or stuck in endless delays. My home town has been trying to build one bicycle bridge across a canal for six years, and the project has been stopped for the umpteenth time, because they need to do a new investigation into the…Read more

]]> 475ed408889b895061ba17e0b57a8581 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-148564 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 22:23:44 +0000 Morocco vs the Netherlands in the coming match ups…so no matter who wins, there will be people in the Netherlands celebrating.

]]> c1f76082a5c1fbfc0b7bedf5ea3565c5 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-148557 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 20:08:09 +0000 Holy fuck. Never seen this before. Could blow out the grid.

]]> d9d681fb05c8acf4266cdb0e16061aec 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-148556 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:54:53 +0000 There’s a very sudden big thunderstorm here. Impressive shit. The sky looks green.

]]> 2e1c0fbd159ed01acdc600a1c265d3f8 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-148550 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:04:01 +0000 I often feel people put on fake accents to make some sort of impression. I remember Christopher Hitchens saying in some interview he taught himself to sound more “posh”. Russel Brand did the opposite I think, I feel the way he talks sounds inauthentic and he taught himself to speak more “working class”. I also hear it in Dutch speakers, but their…Read more

]]> 50eb369f9de7a95a52303b7c9862ac93 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-148549 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:49:36 +0000 I think you can tell a lot about the disfunction in society by how big building projects progress. The new pier at Schiphol airport is 8 years behind schedule.

 

Honestly I think at least in the long term this country is fucked. We lost our capacity to do things. If we have to build new water defense projects, like new Delta Works, I think it…Read more

]]> 391578ca315efc5228b3d9dc7feca23d 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-148529 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:11:12 +0000 Morocco vs Haiti was a great match. Another 4-2 like England-Croatia. Haiti’s goals were especially beautiful.

 

We’re seeing a lot of goals this world cup.

]]> 76fcc6b586d03ad7a995b1a4c66adc8d 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-148523 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:26:28 +0000 A gang of about ten migrants beat a 17 year old kid to death in Narbonne, France.

]]> aa9df5da94e77cb75161428965e9538b 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-148510 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:10:58 +0000 Is using witch doctors to hex your opponent OK in the FIFA rulebook?

]]> 86038be7a23151ea3f59ff16e1d8997a Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Music news and discussion in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/music-news-and-discussion/page/3/#post-148508 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:30:06 +0000 I’m on a Czech folk music binge.

 

]]> d8bebb223851f7295986865b05733876 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-148507 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:57:38 +0000

]]> 1d462088fd9b4aa663179a10d0a54e23 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-148505 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:37:56 +0000 35 degrees here today…weather for a nice Pilsner

 

]]> 2c745d4b04b1b84baf187497775fdf59 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Music news and discussion in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/music-news-and-discussion/page/3/#post-148485 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:38:22 +0000 Smiley Smile by the Beach Boys is probably my favorite album of all time. Wind Chimes is a hypnotic song. (And better than the version from Brian Wilson’s Smile album)

 

 

 

]]> de6a55005ca08d4db1a9a4566e36b523 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-148481 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:41:08 +0000 All the big players seem to be in shape this world cup. Messi, Haaland, Kane, Mbappe, all multpile goals, and Ronaldo now scoring twice.

]]> 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:

 

 

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