Comments by "voteZDLR" (@voteZDLR) on "VICE" channel.

  1. I never even thought about it that way. These dealers are approaching kids like "Here, I'll give you $10 thousand dollars if you just look after my bag for a few hours." and inside the bag are drugs, knives, and various other forms of contraband. They then send their "boys" to rob you and all of a sudden they're like "Hey, I thought you were supposed to be looking after my bag? That bag was worth $3 thousand dollars. How are you gonna pay me back?" and then their boys simply give the products back to the dealer and then they've tricked these kids into having to work a debt off that in truth will never be repaid. They enslave kids in this way.
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  2. So to the guy who says "Well if a white person shows up around here, I'll be offended" Do you not realize you've basically admitted out loud that you're OK with segregation? The kind of thing people bled, fought and died for, the right to go to the same school with other races... then you wanna take that box you live in, clamp down all four of it's sides and lock them shut, keeping the OTHER side out now all of a sudden? This doesn't seem wrong to you? Or is the truth that maybe we don't really want as much equality as we like think we do, or at least we don't realize that equality is and has always been a two way street. There can be no other way, if you are saying you wanna stay segregated, at least own that fact and we can take the conversation there but I don't think that's what he really wants, surely.
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  3. I love how the cop prioritizes real problems over superfluous ones. He's really keeping the streets safe, not just the streets, but eyeballs everywhere can rest a little easier knowing this guy is out there putting these criminals behind bars.
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  4. OK, whether you think this is horse shit, or whether you may even be moved by some of the "pastors" here, the end result, bottom line is this: 19:26 -- watch from this point. The guy with the tattoos is a drug addict. He's doing something or another, but he's also realized evangelism is one of THE most profitable things somebody can do. In America at least, it's all tax-free to run a church. The other guy, the more straight-laced one, he's no better. Contrary to what he says he's doing though, he IS running a pentecostal service. The people who go and probably pay for his services don't realize this, but he's taking advantage of stupid, weak people. Like every other major religion on the planet.  But honestly, a lot of these television or "pop" pastors -- they're in it for the money. Duh. Tax free AND a dumb clientele to boot? I'd say count me in if that wasn't a completely evil thing to do. Think about that.
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  5.  @markogaudiosi5243  If you can't comment on the subject matter of the video in the comments section I don't know where you can. That's like begrudging someone for farting in a bathroom. If not there, then where? Get over it.
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  6. "Hey Ma, just calling to let you know I'm a King now." "You finally finished High School? Prom King?" "No, no, no, no no no no. Listen. I'm the Hobo King this year at the ..." click "Ma?"*
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  7. Learning. lol
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  8. These guys have SERIOUS balls. Like, it's borderline crazy in fact. Labor camps are what the NK government do to you if you are lucky, from what I've heard. Their prison camps are arguably worse than the Holocaust's camps. 
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  9. It is true that Marijuana policy was formed largely out of racism. Mexicans and black people have preferred marijuana over alcohol basically forever, whereas traditionally (although not at all exclusively) alcohol was seen more as the "white party drug". Until cocaine came along, but I digress. Anyway it was banned in large part because it was making their "colored" people more lazy, and more likely to sit around the campfire talking about how bad their situation is or even worse than that -- start getting ideas to run away or rebel. To start getting ideas at ALL. When WW2 came along they briefly legalized hemp/cannabis again so they could make parachutes. There was a program called "Hemp for Victory" where farmers were actually legally required to manufacture it (or were generously encouraged anyway) by a program run by the government called "Hemp for Victory". After the war was over, it quickly was made illegal again. Then the drug war started shortly after that. And that's where we are today. But yeah it's 100% true that marijuana policy is based just about entirely upon racism. Beyond that I think they didn't think it was conducive to a functioning society because what are the images of people who smoke weed. Glued to the couch, not really producing as much (stereotypically anyway), eating more food and likely even entertaining ideas of communist societies etc. Basically they felt like it was no good for the country and because the lawmakers in large part didn't like it, they didn't care enough to change it. It's only until recently that I have finally changed my mind, that marijuana may actually be legalized on a federal level within my lifetime.
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  10. I remember back in the day when VICE's "Getting high on Snake Venom" introduced me to this guy. Since then they're literally studying his blood now to create better anti-venoms because his body has essentially become an antibody superhouse as it regards that.
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  11. It became a hit on "the 1st of April, 1999" so on April Fools' Day these guys lives changed forever.
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  12. He didn't say more than like three words either. I heard him say "Lonely" and "uh huh"
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  13. He's a little light in the loafers as Tony Soprano would say
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  14. I hope they all lose, the ones being charged, in court. Make an example out of the lawyer at least, cut off the head of the serpent and the house of cards will invariably collapse. Throw the book at him as well.
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  15. It is pretty profound that he was able to do what he did on like a nothing budget, and more impressive that he did it while HOMELESS.
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  16. Yes. Essentially. Coupled with a little OCD maybe. But he's convinced himself irrationally that the only thing he feels safe eating is what he's been eating literally almost all of his life. It's an irrational fear, but those are frequently the hardest to break.
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  17. I don't think anyone ever suggested they just abandoned him. All these comments. Jesus. They probably do go chill with him. Try to skate. You know, whatever they can. But if you watched the documentary he was robbed of a lot when this particular thing hit him. Not just mentally, it also did effect his ability to skate.
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  18. Unfortunately the problem with the stock market is usually by the time you've heard of something and see that it's successful, the ideal time to get in has already past. I am sure the business will keep growing so you'll make a dollar or two but I wish I could've been a partner of this guy like 5 years before he decided to make the switch. Get in on those dirt floor prices, become a legitimate partner, and your percentage of that $40 million will be far higher for much cheaper.
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  19. What? You think every working man is gonna GTA Online it and simply start their own business and work only for themselves? Companies exist because they realize that collaboratively they can do more than they could by themselves working with others. Now, it's become a very polarized environment for people in modern companies with the separation between "worker" and "boss/ceo" never having been more apparent, but the idea that all working men have the luxury or whatever to be like "You know what, boss man? I don't trust ya. Don't trust ya one bit. Gonna go out on my own!" the boss would just smile like "Well, good luck!"
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  20. I 100% guarantee they're still involved to some degree in the illegal marijuana trade. A lot of these vendors who sell weed by day legally in their shops are meanwhile selling stuff on the Dark Web (if they have the tech knowledge to take advantage of that). You can basically charge double for the same buds. It's not legal, but then again technically it's not truly legal in "legal states" either it's just too little of a priority and it's making too much money that the federal government currently doesn't want to enforce it's own laws. Hopefully they wise up sooner than later and just legalize it everywhere.
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  21. Basically true. And hell it doesn't even need to be a film or story. Everyone from Mike Tyson to Floyd Mayweather both had extremely poor and troubled youths which necessitated them to fight to survive just in general, in every single way. It's out of desperation like that that breeds great fighters.
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  22.  Botanist 95  America is rich, Flint is not. We don't distribute wealth between our cities like this is a Total War game or something. If you live in a poor city, you live in a poor city. Even in America.
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  23. I've seen this video like 5 times now. I love it. The only thing that aggravates me is the part where they're voting in the guild hall trying to demonstrate his "problem solving" abilities. He asks a question about undead and a necrotic haze, then they do this wonky edit where the guy chimes in "all those in favor raise your hand". All those in favor to a necrotic haze? I wanna know what he really achieved in that situation. Also, unrelated but interesting all the same. I actually went to High School with the trans kid, Devin. He was trans back then, too. If you ask I may tell you which HS, but barring that it was a major public High School in Southern New Jersey. He's moved more to the center of the state if he's living in or even near Tom's River now.
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  24.  @kaaay0313  You sound really salty. It's funny. Stay mad, it's hilarious
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  25. Veterinarians have the highest suicide rate (or one of the highest suicide rates) of any professions. It's a strange issue, they don't get paid enough and they are subjected to some of the saddest things every single day. Watching animals come in sick until they're dead a few years later, and the cycle continues. Over and over and over again. And then you see how heartbroken the people are and in worst case scenarios the people probably even blame the vets even though it's truly not their fault most of the time.
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  26.  @leonamay8776  I don't think there will be, I think he's just developed a functional immunity to all these different kinds of venoms. That's basically how vaccine theory works anyway, by introducing the disease to the body in controlled amounts (too little to get sick from, but enough to spark some kind of change in your body) your body slowly begins building antibodies towards it. So by studying his blood they're going to be able to make superior anti-venoms for human beings to use. They never had this opportunity before where some guy is willingly subjecting himself to the snake's venom before. That documentary is fascinating though, he does a better job explaining his motivations as far as getting into all that than I could here.
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  27. It's actually mind boggling how stupid people are sometimes
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  28.  @NathansHVAC  Yeah you can tell right away, she sounds like she's on Xanax bars or even like heroin or something. But of course she does drugs, though. Strippers come in two flavors -- 10% of them do it because they're exhibitionists, they're hot, and they know it. Make good money showing off their bodies that they're proud of -- nothing shameful about it in their mind. The vast majority of them though are there because they have drug problems and/or troubled lives in at least one area, if not multiple areas.
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  29.  @michaelwilliams6431  It is rare yeah but for example they say people with schizophrenia (and I mean really, REALLY bad cases of it) shouldn't smoke weed. But beyond that it's fine. It's nothing to do with the plant itself, it's not the drug's fault as much as it is the person has a pre-disposition to having mental breakdowns and just inherently already struggles with mental illness to begin with. That sort of thing.
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  30. I suddenly don't believe him as much when he's like "If we don't make any decent money, oh well we had fun!" Define "fun."
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  31. I actually don't think from where his brother was sitting that he could necessarily see the call drop on his phone the way we did. HOWEVER considering they are brothers and the guy is clearly a very talented liar I bet someone like his brother probably just instantly assumed he was lying because of the way he was acting, etc. Or maybe he legit saw the phone drop the call, too. Either way, that guy is busted and I can't believe he's not like threatening to sue because of how embarrassing that is to his reputation, basically. "I swear to God this isn't scripted, swear to God, oh my this is just unbelievable!" *phone call drops and he continues speaking anyway, after just swearing to God*. He must really be desperate to look important or something.
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  32. Ibogaine is another one. That actually is a miracle psychedelic, people have detoxed over a powerful period of a few days from things as strong as Methadone. You do need a babysitter/shaman in that case, and the flip side of that is you can also actually die but the chances of that are small. There's a great video of a British person who was addicted to methadone, hopelessly it seemed, and got clean with Ibogaine. It used to be all in one video, but it's in 5 part pieces now apparently (I cant' find the full one) but it's BBC's Detox or Die. Just look for Pt 1/5 and then go from there. All the parts are up I checked. It's amazing, it's miraculous even.
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  33. I went to high school with Devin. We weren't really friends, but everyone knew who the trans kid was. I knew people who talked to her though and by those accounts she was supposedly really nice.
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  34. Finally an update on this guy, I have watched the original several times, now he's working with scientists internationally because frankly they can't seem to convince (nor can they advocate for) people to inject themselves with snake venom. BUT because he already has been doing this voluntarily for 30 years, it gives scientists an opportunity to sample his blood and look at the antibodies that his blood has developed to combat the venom and use it down the line for medical purposes that help all of humanity. Thank you Vice for an update video on this guy! I wish you'd do updates on other videos as well but one thing at a time I suppose :D
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  35. People complaining about the stereo issue where it regards sound. I think it could also be due to the handheld nature of what he recorded to begin with. In other words, he probably did this all with his only qualifications not being a media guy, he's just a physician trying to document in his own way the only way he can. He was just trying to capture this for us to see, not send it to mastering it to make it loud, as Eminem might say. Just watch the video and see what he's trying to show us. Stop complaining about the audio as long as you're not only able to hear it but more importantly willing to listen because this is the single greatest challenge that humanity perhaps has ever faced. Worse than the Spanish Flu in 1918. Jury's out to see if it reaches the legendary status of other pandemics in history like, you know, the bubonic plague among others. This is way more fucking serious than "my audio is in the right speaker only" right now.
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  36. It's very real. I worry about a lot of these kids on YouTube talking about their demon invocations, because yes it's real, yes it works, and unless you know exactly what you're doing, you're going to get burned. It can be done safely but I wouldn't even think about starting down that road until you know enough white magick to protect yourself first. To know what to ask for as well. There's a story about someone who was trying to invoke the demon Buer once whose wife was very, very sick. He did the invocation and sure enough within a rather short period of time, his wife was healed. The problem was the sickness was transferred to someone else close to him. So in a way, this person got what he wanted, but he didn't specify that he didn't want it to be transferred unto someone else. But that is kind of the point I am trying to make, when you deal with forces like that you are making a contract of sorts. Think of these contracts the way a lawyer would and be EXTREMELY specific and careful with what you want to happen.
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  37. It's just like everything else in life, you know as they say "If you have lemons, make lemonade." I am sure with every fiber of being in my body that if he had a choice, he'd not be a little person. Unfortunately it's not up to him, just like what we are isn't up to any of us. The girl at the end thinks it's demeaning to him from the outside looking in, but honestly think about it the only alternative is he's not going out and doing those things, living the normal, ordinary life of little people, greeting at Wal Mart etc. He's turned something negative into something positive. That's literally all you can hope for in life.
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  38. +James Smith I was sort of wondering that myself, I've been at snow skiing resorts as well (not that one in particular, but others) and I mean it's just inevitable you're gonna eat snow at some point or another. Either by accident or on purpose. If people knew it was made from a by-product of shit, they'd probably not even go skiing anymore honestly, but I think the biggest thing to take away from it is they're chemically restructuring it and treating it several times to the point it's not even really "shit" anymore at all.
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  39. The guy that founded VICE, Shane Smith, has another great documentary he did around the same time as this where he actually is able to pay somebody in China to smuggle him into North Korea and he actually keeps a secret camera on him for parts of it. If he got caught doing that, he'd probably still be held there against his will TODAY. Very, very stupid thing to do but you know what he's that calibre of investigative reporter. Thank God for people like him because without them, we'd have very little idea what is going on in North Korea. If you look around there's plenty of them though. NK may be the most interesting country in the world (in a very scary way).
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  40. It is true that you can use casinos to launder money but you'd have to be doing it on the scale he was doing it, basically. They're onto everyone else trying to do that sort of thing though. Eventually they're gonna be like "OK where are you getting this money from?"
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  41. Another cult, it's just similar to other cults that it's picked up so much traction it isn't called a cult. It's officially and legally called a "religion". Just like Scientology, which may be the most prolific and dangerous cult in the modern world.
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  42. cut himself open fucking with those lightbulbs. These guys are nuts, not just because they agree to do this shit, but because they're not even making THAT much money. They probably spend more money on their medical bills than anything else.
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  43. I don't know about all that but the dude is definitely a genius and his work is something that should be valued. But I don't know how it is going to save lives, if anything it makes me concerned more than anything else. The North Koreans give absolutely, positively zero fucks about anything. They're the kind of country that would sooner destroy the planet than ever admit defeat in a gracious way. Their march towards nuclear weapons is particularly troubling. And what's even more troubling than that is the idea that there's really not much we can do about it other than cross our fingers and hope for the best with regards to them.
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  44.  @Baconist  You're welcome. If you ever do dabble in this stuff, do your research first. If you just hop into it you're playing with fire.
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  45.  @genraldmoney8171  It takes approximately 690 years.
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  46.  @VSM101  Explain the crime and the rape problem in India then, I would think women are very much feeling it's "us vs them" when they're being violated on a train or something. I am just pointing out that you may on a cultural level think that's even mostly true... I think everyone to a certain extent has an "us vs them" mindset. I will say this though one of my best friends from when I played games online a lot was from India. His name was Rohit.
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  47.  @Baconist  I tried replying several times and my responses keep getting deleted. The one thing I will say and I can't imagine this won't be able to make it through the filter, I would start with a book called "Modern Magick" to learn all the fundamentals first particularly with regards to white magick and protection magick. This will take at least six months but likely upwards to one year of intense study to truly be able to get through it all and say you truly understand it.
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  48. Good for you Dayge, you have a comfort in yourself that many adults haven't even developed. Don't ever let anyone make you feel like the things you enjoy are not worth pursuing, for any reason whatsoever.
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  49. Olivia Good Oh, right. She. lol  SHE was known as the trans kid when I was in school, though. Nobody was just outright mean to HER or anything, as far as I know, but then again I never really became good friends with her or anything, I just know I had lunch with her in Freshman year and beyond that I just saw her around campus. 
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  50. It might be a business thing now but he did go to Harvard for a degree in religion, something I can't believe anyone in their right mind would do. He might've even gone on full scholarship cause he's a "minority". No idea.
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