I am thinking with government restrictions in Australia and the United Kingdom, we should be using BBSing as an alternative medium. Its akin to HAM radio now.

You should not need to submit your ID just to use a bloody search engine.

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Re: BBSING
By: Utopian Galt to All on Fri Jan 23 2026 09:34 pm

I am thinking with government restrictions in Australia and
the United Kingdom, we should be using BBSing as an alternative
medium. Its akin to HAM radio now.

You should not need to submit your ID just to use a bloody search
engine.

they would jump on that shit and regulate it in a heart beat.
someone can do a year in jail for saying immigrants are bad in uk.
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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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