• BBSING

    From Geo@VERT/DUNGEON to MRO on Monday, January 26, 2026 15:40:44
    And now in Australia it could be 15 years if you make someone feel bad!

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Gamgee on Monday, January 26, 2026 07:46:07
    Gamgee wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    https://www.youtube.com/live/Bo8bMllxsDg?t=495s

    Yep, OK. Not sure why he would say that, unless he meant to buy
    alcohol or cigarettes or somethning. We all (including you) know that isn't true.

    Yes, but the president of my country doesn't know, and that's the
    concern.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Denn on Monday, January 26, 2026 07:46:07
    Denn wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    https://www.youtube.com/live/Bo8bMllxsDg?t=495s

    Yes, If you buy alchhol or tobacco you have to show id.
    So Trump is correct.
    Trump always baits the left.

    Groceries. He said Groceries.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to The Wanderer on Monday, January 26, 2026 07:46:07
    The Wanderer wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

    You have to show your ID before using a search engine in Australia. You

    Sure do you, just like you have to scan your rectal print to be able to walk outside in the U.S.

    I made one on the copier at work, keep it folded up in my wallet - just
    in case.



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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DEON on Monday, January 26, 2026 10:03:34
    "The government says firms must take "reasonable steps" to keep kids off their platforms, and should use multiple age assurance technologies.

    This conversation didnt start about "kids".

    And I agree, kids should be outside kicking dirt, not glued to a screen.

    He didn't mention kids specifically, but all of these countries (and some US states) that are coming up with ID laws are supposedly doing so to keep
    kids out of internet areas the governments have deemed unsafe.

    So, in other words, adults proving they are adults.

    That is their stated intention, anyway.


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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, January 26, 2026 14:29:00
    On 26 Jan 2026, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

    https://www.youtube.com/live/Bo8bMllxsDg?t=495s

    Yes, If you buy alchhol or tobacco you have to show id.
    So Trump is correct.
    Trump always baits the left.

    Groceries. He said Groceries.

    "You go to a grocery store, you have to give ID."
    "You go to a gas station, you give ID."
    "But for voting, they want no voter ID"

    YOU'RE saying the word "groceries." YOU'RE inserting an (perceived) intended meaning.

    I think the only places I occasionally DO show my ID are at the bank, the secretary of state, and the GROCERY STORE.

    It makes lefties extremely upset when you point out the homeless drunks that walk around downtown in various cities have no problem getting a state ID to continue to do what they do. Yet somehow a sixteen year old kid with no intention of getting a drivers license is somehow incapable, heck even put through significant hardship in the course of getting an non-drivers-license state ID. Right.. So if these guys do just fine using their ID at the grocery store and gas station for boozin', why can't everyone else do it to vote?

    Maybe it's because we're not talking about people who are eligible for a legitimate ID in the first place? :)

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to deon on Monday, January 26, 2026 12:05:26
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: deon to Nightfox on Sun Jan 25 2026 01:31 pm

    Where do I need to show my "hard ID"?

    I would imagine you could get a photo of your state or government issued ID
    (either by taking a photo of it with your smartphone or scanning it where a
    scanner is available), and then upload the photo from the device you're
    using. Or, if they're really strict, maybe they'd mave someone video chat
    with you and you'd show them via webcam.

    Huh?

    I find it interesting that foreigners tell stories of what is needed to be done in Australia and how life here is bad because of it.

    Normally I skip past this crap, but I thought I'd dig a bit deeper to see where people are getting their information from...

    I think a lot of this is a case of "Let's eat Grandma!" vs "Let's eat, Grandma!" and intuition not questioning that the first comment seems odd.

    Naturally I was only speculating. I was only thinking of how a government *could* implement such a thing. Also, I didn't realize you're in Australia; you know more about what's happening there than I do.

    Nightfox

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, January 26, 2026 13:58:41
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Gamgee wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    https://www.youtube.com/live/Bo8bMllxsDg?t=495s

    Yep, OK. Not sure why he would say that, unless he meant to buy
    alcohol or cigarettes or somethning. We all (including you) know that isn't true.

    Yes, but the president of my country doesn't know, and that's the
    concern.

    Yes, but... even he knows. He's just talking out of his ass, like he
    often does, and like virtually all/any other politician does most of the
    time. They just can't seem to help it.




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  • From The Wanderer@VERT/YAKKING to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, January 26, 2026 11:56:15
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to The Wanderer on Mon Jan 26 2026 07:46 am

    You have to show your ID before using a search engine in Australia. You

    Sure do you, just like you have to scan your rectal print to be able to
    walk outside in the U.S.

    I made one on the copier at work, keep it folded up in my wallet - just in case.

    Sounds like you'll be ready when you hear "Papers, please."!

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, January 26, 2026 13:19:49
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Mon Jan 26 2026 07:46 am

    Yes, If you buy alchhol or tobacco you have to show id.
    So Trump is correct.
    Trump always baits the left.

    Groceries. He said Groceries.

    cigarettes and alchohol are groceries, when my wife and I
    go grocery shopping I buy myself some beer.
    beer = groceries.

    Denn

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to fusion on Monday, January 26, 2026 15:22:00
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: fusion to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jan 26 2026 02:29 pm

    It makes lefties extremely upset when you point out the homeless drunks that

    I just read Lefties, blah blah blah. You're obviously not talking to me, you're preaching to the choir.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Denn on Monday, January 26, 2026 15:29:18
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: Denn to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jan 26 2026 01:19 pm

    cigarettes and alchohol are groceries, when my wife and I go grocery shoppin I buy myself some beer. beer = groceries.

    When I go and buy avocados and Yerba Mate, I don't need to provide ID.

    Avocados = groceries.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 17:09:16
    Hey poindexter!

    On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:29:18 -0800, you wrote:

    When I go and buy avocados and Yerba Mate, I don't need to provide
    ID.

    Avocados = groceries.

    Apparantly, when you saw "Lefties blah blah blah" you decided to ignore the entire message, including the part where fusion recited /exactly/ what the President said (which wasn't "groceries"). Spinning what was actually said into something else doesn't make it true. :|

    If you can honestly say you have never had to show your ID at a "grocery store" before, while buying chewing tobacco, cigarettes, or beer/wine/liquor (specific things that DO require showing of an ID), then bless your soul. I doubt you can, though, after recently announcing you stopped drinking not too long ago.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 18:50:01
    Re: BBSING
    By: Accession to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Jan 27 2026 05:09 pm

    Apparantly, when you saw "Lefties blah blah blah" you decided to
    ignore the entire message, including the part where fusion recited
    /exactly/ what the President said (which wasn't "groceries").
    Spinning what was actually said into something else doesn't make
    it true. :|

    If you can honestly say you have never had to show your ID at a
    "grocery store" before, while buying chewing tobacco, cigarettes,
    or beer/wine/liquor (specific things that DO require showing of an
    ID), then bless your soul. I doubt you can, though, after recently announcing you stopped drinking not too long ago.


    actually i remember kroger stores asking for id if you wrote checks.
    pick n save, kroger, etc.

    not many people write checks anymore but i think some stores have people show id.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Accession on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 16:29:06
    Re: BBSING
    By: Accession to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Jan 27 2026 05:09 pm

    If you can honestly say you have never had to show your ID at a "grocery store" before, while buying chewing tobacco, cigarettes, or beer/wine/liquor (specific things that DO require showing of an ID), then bless your soul. I doubt you can, though, after recently announcing you stopped drinking not to long ago.

    Trump also equated showing ID at the gas station, something I've never done. As for showing an ID at the grocery store, I suppose he should have been clearer about showing ID at a grocery store when buying age-restricted items.

    Maybe I'm wrong, but the intended message seemed to be you need to show your ID at the grocery store (every time). At least I'm not the only one, if that's the case.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 21:13:02
    Hey poindexter!

    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:29:06 -0800, you wrote:

    Trump also equated showing ID at the gas station, something I've never
    done. As for showing an ID at the grocery store, I suppose he should
    have been clearer about showing ID at a grocery store when buying age-restricted items.

    Yes, because at a gas station, you can also buy chewing tobacco, cigarettes, and alcohol (sometimes). Most definitely, he should have been more clearer (is he ever, though?), precisely because people like to take what he says and twist it into something completely different.

    Don't get me wrong, I think the guy can be a complete tool when it comes to some of the shit he says, but damn. We gotta stop completely far fetching what people say just to try to make a point for one side of the political spectrum or the other. They're causing the chaos, and people are biting; hook, line, and sinker.

    Maybe I'm wrong, but the intended message seemed to be you need to show
    your ID at the grocery store (every time). At least I'm not the only
    one, if that's the case.

    Never once did he say "every time." It seemed to me as though he was listing off places that you occasionally need to show your ID, and then comparing that to people NOT wanting it for voting. Basically a WTF?! statement.

    Either way, the original discussion was about EU and Australia. Which, if they want adults to show ID for pr0n, maybe they should. Kids should have to work for that 15 minute half a boob .jpg download, or getting your ass whooped for stealing a Playboy! We sure as hell had to!

    But letting the governments deem what's unsafe and what's not may not be the best idea, and may be asking for trouble.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 22:46:28
    Re: BBSING
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Accession on Tue Jan 27 2026 04:29 pm

    Trump also equated showing ID at the gas station, something I've never done. As for showing an ID at the grocery store, I suppose he should have been clearer about showing ID at a grocery store when buying age-restricted items.

    Maybe I'm wrong, but the intended message seemed to be you need to show your ID at the grocery store (every time). At least I'm not the only one, if that's the case.

    Have you never bought Beer or cigarette's at a gas station?
    and just to be fair, Do you really think that President Trump goes to grocery stores? or Gas stations?
    Here in Utah, If you buy Beer or Cigaettes at any store or Gas station you have to show ID, dosn't matter if you're 21 or 95.

    Denn

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 05:45:31
    Re: BBSING
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Accession on Tue Jan 27 2026 04:29 pm

    Trump also equated showing ID at the gas station, something I've
    never done.

    i've shown id at a gas station hundreds of times.

    you're a weird guy, also a biased liberal.
    i see people show id at gas stations all the time. when they
    buy cigs or liquor.

    As for showing an ID at the grocery store, I suppose
    he should have been clearer about showing ID at a grocery store
    when buying age-restricted items.


    yeah he must be crystal clear about every single sentence so people can't
    poke holes in it.

    yet with your bullshitting, your stories have holes you could drive a truck through.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Accession on Thursday, January 29, 2026 10:36:03
    Accession wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Maybe I'm wrong, but the intended message seemed to be you need to show
    your ID at the grocery store (every time). At least I'm not the only
    one, if that's the case.

    Never once did he say "every time." It seemed to me as though he was listing off places that you occasionally need to show your ID, and then comparing that to people NOT wanting it for voting. Basically a WTF?! statement.

    So he was saying only non-whites need to show ID when voting? :)


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Denn on Thursday, January 29, 2026 10:36:03
    Denn wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Have you never bought Beer or cigarette's at a gas station?

    No.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, January 29, 2026 16:06:31
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Accession on Thu Jan 29 2026 10:36 am

    then comparing that to people NOT wanting it for voting. Basically
    a WTF?! statement.

    So he was saying only non-whites need to show ID when voting? :)


    according to you people, blacks are too stupid to get an id and carry one.


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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, January 29, 2026 22:47:56
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Accession on Thu Jan 29 2026 10:36 am

    So he was saying only non-whites need to show ID when voting? :)

    Not sure why you would imply that? Trump certainly didn't say anything even close to that.

    Denn

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, January 29, 2026 22:53:44
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Thu Jan 29 2026 10:36 am

    Have you never bought Beer or cigarette's at a gas station?



    Well, I have bought both many times at gas stations when I was a younger man.
    I haven't smoked since 1982, I had to show my ID at gas staions for both back then.

    Denn

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  • From Waveyuk@VERT/FRONTIER to Utopian Galt on Friday, January 30, 2026 17:59:17
    I have to agree... the world has gone mad! Just one reason why I've resurrected my BBS (after 31 years!)... apart from it being a bit of a passion project, life was so much easier when you used a BBS! :-)

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Denn on Saturday, January 31, 2026 08:35:50
    Denn wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    So he was saying only non-whites need to show ID when voting? :)

    Not sure why you would imply that? Trump certainly didn't say anything even close to that.

    It's a joke, read the message I quoted again.



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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, January 31, 2026 11:22:10
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Sat Jan 31 2026 08:35 am

    So he was saying only non-whites need to show ID when voting? :)

    Not sure why you would imply that? Trump certainly didn't say
    anything even close to that.

    It's a joke, read the message I quoted again.

    Ok, I guess it went over my head Lol.

    Denn

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to fusion on Tuesday, February 03, 2026 17:47:27
    It makes lefties extremely upset when you point out the
    homeless drunks that walk around downtown in various cities
    have no problem getting a state ID to continue to do what they
    do. Yet somehow a sixteen year old kid with no intention of
    getting a drivers license is somehow incapable, heck even put
    through significant hardship in the course of getting an non-drivers-license state ID. Right.. So if these guys do just
    fine using their ID at the grocery store and gas station for
    boozin', why can't everyone else do it to vote?

    The left doesn't want accountability for their actions. They prefer
    to do what's right in their own eyes...laws and law enforcement be
    damned. That's also why they want to defund the police, and want
    nothing to do with religion. In short, without laws, you have anarchy.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, February 03, 2026 17:47:27
    When I go and buy avocados and Yerba Mate, I don't need to
    provide ID.

    Years ago, at a place called Slick Willy's, located in the old
    Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot in Little Rock, I went down there
    to quaff root beer, eat pizza, and play pinball. They still carded
    me, and I didn't care, because I wasn't drinking any alcoholic
    beverages anyway.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, February 03, 2026 17:47:27
    Trump also equated showing ID at the gas station, something
    I've never done. As for showing an ID at the grocery store, I
    suppose he should have been clearer about showing ID at a
    grocery store when buying age-restricted items.

    You have to show your ID when applying for an amateur radio license,
    so the examiners know "you are who you say you are".

    Daryl, N5VLZ

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to all on Wednesday, February 04, 2026 16:20:05
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: Daryl Stout to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Feb 03 2026 05:47 pm

    When I go and buy avocados and Yerba Mate, I don't need
    to provide ID.


    GAYYYYYYY


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Daryl Stout on Wednesday, February 04, 2026 15:13:37
    Daryl Stout wrote to fusion <=-

    The left doesn't want accountability for their actions. They prefer
    to do what's right in their own eyes...laws and law enforcement be
    damned. That's also why they want to defund the police, and want
    nothing to do with religion. In short, without laws, you have anarchy.

    The democratic party really shit the bed on the whole "defund the police" thing. The idea was to increase mental health resources for homeless people instead of throwing them out on the street and having law enforcement deal with them. There's no funding for mental health assistance, so someone decided, maybe we could take funding from law enforcement, since they'll
    have less to do in urban areas.

    It has nothing to do with anarchy, it has more to do with having appropriate resources. But the right called it "defunding the police", and that's where
    we are.

    I lived and worked in San Francisco and Oakland for many years. I've seen people on the streets committing crimes, harassing people or leremy sleeping and panhandling that belonged in mental care facilities, not jail. In fact, many of them had been in institutions that could no longer afford to keep them.

    Because there's no mental health resources available, the cops get the call
    - and they're not well equipped to handle them.




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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, February 09, 2026 08:57:51
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Daryl Stout on Wed Feb 04 2026 03:13 pm


    It has nothing to do with anarchy, it has more to do with having appropriate resources. But the right called it "defunding the police", and that's where we are.


    Fun part is the woke crowd apropriated the estatement. TBH from the outside it is hard not to think about the whole deal as a way to destabilize the authorities. Specially because the whole movement kind of died when the king was replaced by a new king.

    It is kind of sad it was a partisan thing. Coutries would generally benefit from cutting off overreach from authorities.


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  • From Utopian Galt@VERT to poindexter FORTRAN on Friday, February 13, 2026 12:46:39
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

    Daryl Stout wrote to fusion <=-

    The left doesn't want accountability for their actions. They prefer
    to do what's right in their own eyes...laws and law enforcement be
    damned. That's also why they want to defund the police, and want
    nothing to do with religion. In short, without laws, you have anarchy.

    The democratic party really shit the bed on the whole "defund the
    police" thing. The idea was to increase mental health resources for homeless people instead of throwing them out on the street and having
    law enforcement deal with them. There's no funding for mental health assistance, so someone decided, maybe we could take funding from law enforcement, since they'll have less to do in urban areas.

    We should do both, Maybe have a police officer and perhaps a community services worker that
    would be there for low end incidents.
    Places like Oakland ended up worse when law enforcement got reduced.


    It has nothing to do with anarchy, it has more to do with having appropriate resources. But the right called it "defunding the police",
    and that's where we are.

    I lived and worked in San Francisco and Oakland for many years. I've
    seen people on the streets committing crimes, harassing people or
    leremy sleeping and panhandling that belonged in mental care
    facilities, not jail. In fact, many of them had been in institutions
    that could no longer afford to keep them.

    Because there's no mental health resources available, the cops get the call - and they're not well equipped to handle them.

    I remember the Kelly Thomas incident in Fullerton where they did not know how to deal
    with a person that has mental issues and ended up beating him senseless where he died.

    Big cities are not fun when you have to deal with people with schizo type issues.
    I feel sorry for the bus drivers who have to transport these people at 1am.





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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Utopian Galt on Friday, February 13, 2026 16:37:13
    Re: Re: BBSING
    By: Utopian Galt to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Feb 13 2026 12:46 pm

    I remember the Kelly Thomas incident in Fullerton where they did not know ho to deal with a person that has mental issues and ended up beating him senseless where he died.

    If I recall, he was tased multiple times and hit in the face with a flashlight.

    Big cities are not fun when you have to deal with people with schizo type issues.
    I feel sorry for the bus drivers who have to transport these people at 1am.

    I have a friend who drove a bus for SF MUNI for several years. He never ran into any issues, some sktchy situations, but he was never injured.

    He did have some interesting stories about driving a bus on Halloween... party bus!

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