Forum | Arjan Dirkse | Activity https://thecarrier.net/members/arjandirkse/activity/ Activity feed for Arjan Dirkse. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:46:12 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 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.

]]> ea067203c761348e7b37b0c3ab3abaa2 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-147867 Sun, 24 May 2026 18:33:10 +0000 Teenage boys who raped underage girls were not given a jail sentence:

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c332ljdkd81o

 

The judge did not want to “criminalize them”.

]]> 73bb21875be93d79aa27cac3ff752d73 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-147825 Sat, 23 May 2026 20:30:06 +0000  

You’re forgetting the Authority forum! That was the first phase.

]]> 51e305a0884f4104bc224f961ae5b681 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-147809 Sat, 23 May 2026 16:29:57 +0000 Alain Prost wounded in home invasion:

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/clyp65zpxe0o

]]> 8ca1e813d428efdf9c5da932ec0608c2 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147805 Sat, 23 May 2026 12:37:52 +0000 Achilles is depicted as blond in the Iliad though. There is a small minority of Greek people who are blond, and in mythology more are described as blond. Like Apollo is usually described as blond. For the record I do think it is dumb when it is done the other way as well, like for the sequel to Passion of the Christ they are letting a Nordic…Read more

]]> fe05322117c9f7264b4e6eeb4bdb8316 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-147804 Sat, 23 May 2026 11:38:09 +0000 Chatgpt said in the Netherlands about 22 % think it is exaggerated. So not that much but still a substantial number.

]]> 67e8a3f71908a771c378622327548a73 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-147803 Sat, 23 May 2026 11:26:04 +0000 Yep.

]]> 0ddcb2aebb3240799fc4d88379221f05 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-147797 Sat, 23 May 2026 08:52:29 +0000 Monday could see 34 degrees in London! That’s crazy…In May.

 

Honestly it’s quite clear to me by now that climate change is real. I mean doubting scientists and the media is one thing, but if you look at these temperatures you’re experiencing right now and still deny it’s happening, you’re gaslighting yourself.

]]> b63939d480f03d4efaeff0fdbaf3dfe0 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147775 Fri, 22 May 2026 08:25:24 +0000 Well at least he didn’t cast Pedro Pascal.

]]> def0fac2db1a19c69354623c17336e50 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-147765 Thu, 21 May 2026 21:14:25 +0000 There is a democratic candidate in Texas saying pretty antisemitic stuff but it appears she is actually financially supported by Republicans who are doing it to create an acrimonious primary battle.

]]> 0debbe40ac4e32c1b01f7f8a01d96312 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147743 Wed, 20 May 2026 21:50:22 +0000 Eh Hollywood must be Hollywood. If you can’t stand a bit of wokeness it’s not advisable to go to any movie that comes out of the US mainstream these days. I think it’s kinda stupid but I don’t care that much. I just wish they made good movies.

 

 

]]> 560a3e78ca52f526b98227c8a8cdabb5 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-147742 Wed, 20 May 2026 20:38:01 +0000  

Yes but very briefly. Although some of my crockery is still stuck in the zero quantum zone.

]]> 94695ae6b93c08777e3921ee3f7a49b4 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-147740 Wed, 20 May 2026 20:15:25 +0000 Bold to assume the universe hasn’t collapsed into a state of nothingness before 2028.

]]> aa4c1543aa67821b8d9651f8a8e1d9e8 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-147732 Wed, 20 May 2026 14:26:24 +0000 I looked up Achel and apparently the monastery is closed since 2021 when the last two monks left. Kinda sad, but that seems to be the way it’s going with the church in general, and also the monasteries. The beer is officially no longer trappist, it’s been taken over by a private enterprise but it still tastes great.

 

At least it’s not part of…Read more

]]> 74969af38dd8231e4fd538578402fc9d Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147729 Wed, 20 May 2026 11:23:19 +0000 I guess I am just gonna wait for the reviews of Odyssey, I might still see it based on that.

 

Odysseus was the original island hopper. There is something magical about travelling the Greek islands. If the cinematography manages to portray that magic, I guess the movie is worth seeing just for that.

]]> dcb4720dd5795fdae4a71eeca094c4a4 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147728 Wed, 20 May 2026 10:57:00 +0000 BTW I actually LOLd at this twitter comment: “I didn’t know Helen of Troy could generate so much conflict.”

]]> 148fb9fec799b9d9e61b8e87ef2cdd78 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147727 Wed, 20 May 2026 10:51:05 +0000 I did like Insomnia. But Memento is my favorite of his.

 

Looking back at his Batman movies, there is a lot in it that is weird and sort of dumb. Except the first one which was pretty straight forward.

]]> e21dc20d9d9c1335322283045dfc6d88 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-147724 Wed, 20 May 2026 08:01:12 +0000  

We’ve had sort of a mini autumn here the last two weeks with temperatures barely above 10 degrees. But now it’s going to get hot here too. The coming days around 26 degrees which is very pleasant.

]]> caa9eacd4628147268c55e855019742f Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147708 Tue, 19 May 2026 18:06:58 +0000 Not saying it’s bad, it’s just not that great. It didn’t stick in my mind like a great movie should.

]]> 32a6edf7647439e1c1eee38545246333 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-147696 Mon, 18 May 2026 22:57:33 +0000 Honestly I’m pretty blackpilled atm about politics here, and in Europe, and in the world. Things could escalate here, with riots in the streets etc. And if we somehow hold things together we could be facing war with Russia. Still, Putin could just wait things out. If France votes for Bardella there could be a deal between Russia and Europe. Not…Read more

]]> 3f72bd7d997ca40818025d9bd0044f12 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147694 Mon, 18 May 2026 22:23:01 +0000 He also did Dunkirk. I think that one was very forgetable. Yeah some nice cinematography, but other than that nothing special. Some war stuff, some bullets, some people dying bla bla bla

]]> ba0727c36112dc55ca5035677221ea3d 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-147690 Mon, 18 May 2026 19:59:26 +0000 I saw 36 in Philly.

 

31 is alright, but if it get above that, I’m done for.

]]> ba7bf1a321969c80cd8b3b5cb4482f5e 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-147680 Mon, 18 May 2026 12:34:49 +0000 Still quite cool here but the US is getting really hot. 36 degrees on the East Coast. Stay cool guys.

]]> 1012a964183a97d0ecf254557d69b426 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-147667 Sun, 17 May 2026 20:40:52 +0000 Yeah tripels are quite heavy, they’re between 8 and 10 percent. So they can be double of what a regular pilsner beer is.

There are also quadrupels, which are darker coloured and about 10 to 12 percent. I think that type of beer is also called “barley wine”.

]]> 7c934ca95e48e90d7da36e55c9ece1c9 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-147643 Sat, 16 May 2026 20:13:07 +0000 Well that’s very good. I wish our government got serious about doing something about the housing problem.

]]> 99a80a58ca9473fb04a7aefea2d37a25 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-147639 Sat, 16 May 2026 19:07:01 +0000 Yesss…he liqor store now has trappist beers from Achel, that’s probably my favorite of all the trappist beers. They’re so good. It’s from a monastery right on the Dutch Belgian border. I should go there one day.

 

]]> 11518a35e501434c32947e4f1d2cbf67 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-147637 Sat, 16 May 2026 17:55:17 +0000 What are people’s main complaints about Starmer, concretely? Is it reasonable to expect another candidate from the same party would do a better job?

]]> 6a7edb654bb7990812e3e48a893c5955 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147634 Sat, 16 May 2026 16:47:36 +0000 That trailer for the Odyssey is bland. Nothing in it makes me feel I need to some more of this.

]]> 9ee31c9c49634e0468e7e8eac857d396 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-147624 Sat, 16 May 2026 07:48:31 +0000 An untreated schizophrenic I am in contact with on the internet is now turning to chatgpt to find out how he can drink copious amounts of alcohol without going into psychosis. This guy is regularly on the street yelling and cursing at random people, yet nothing happens. We’ve notified the police multiple times.

 

Our government should care…Read more

]]> a9213881621fb4ceb3ffeee54a0f785b 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-147612 Fri, 15 May 2026 18:33:17 +0000 Dammit, wrote a long ass response and the forum deleted it somehow

]]> 937529d8622d2be0e5cac2ad92c135a2 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-147611 Fri, 15 May 2026 17:59:25 +0000 I am mainly talking about getting them off the street. We just had a gang of racist thugs try to set an asylum centre on fire. Should they have been allowed to be there? I don’t think so, I think it was clear they came there to harrass people. They should have been detained much sooner. In this case they could actually have killed people. They…Read more

]]> 5a02a82476cbf1be8853bd0a31071506 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-147607 Fri, 15 May 2026 16:26:46 +0000

]]> ee06303ea6a743bc5dfc75f229b5e835 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-147605 Fri, 15 May 2026 16:11:42 +0000

]]> 2e93a4a9adcfc8b6e877ce99af18d500 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-147596 Fri, 15 May 2026 08:16:21 +0000 In this time, Freud’s essay Thoughts for the times on war and death is a good read.

]]> dfc8ea63c4dc628ebf8790e6b5068c46 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-147595 Fri, 15 May 2026 07:16:25 +0000 Still the ” they’re just poor kids who had bad luck in life”  argument only goes so far. Some do really terrible things. At the very least they have to be taken off the streets, because if we don’t do that, we’re instead punishing all their victims, all the innocent people they hurt.

]]> 21614fcebd46c2260d68385e83dd0de8 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-147577 Thu, 14 May 2026 16:06:36 +0000 For the record, I don’t mean all troublemakers are from other ethnic backgrounds than Dutch, Dutch kids very much also can be troublemakers. But we seem to have groups that hang out with people of the same ethnicity.

]]> 354136fd8bcefc9e2ba0299413302d0d 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-147574 Thu, 14 May 2026 15:41:00 +0000 Honestly I think we’re bumping up against the limits of liberalism and democracy. We’ve got people who misbehave and aren’t dealth with. Obviously the racist thugs, but also gangs of diverse ethnic backgrounds. We need to one hand help people get their lives in order and be compassionate to people who truly seek a better life, but also be tougher…Read more

]]> 7941f3b47c437854db0a3ba14d856856 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-147563 Thu, 14 May 2026 07:59:25 +0000 We had rioters start a fire at an asylum centre two days ago. It was noteworthy how young the perps were. Almost all who were arrested were minors.

]]> 10970920a9e9ecccdf709e322c0997c2 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-147555 Wed, 13 May 2026 16:29:16 +0000

]]> 3a65ee042045a2fbc658bc3d080d09f3 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-147551 Tue, 12 May 2026 21:25:48 +0000 Yeah for a country that is playing the defensive side in a war scenario all they have to do to win is endure.

 

Iran has a terrible human rights record and I sympathize with Iranians who want regime change, but it’s an interesting country. It’s a sort of mix of theocracy and democracy. All the candidates and laws have to be approved by a…Read more

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