Some of YOU take yourselves very seriously. Luckily there are more of US than YOU. Publicizing the insane aspects of a supposedly religious holiday just might reduce the behaviors. Probably not but its certainly better than lets ignore it and maybe it will go away. No one is forcing you to read it or participate, meanwhile, GO DEATH POOL.
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Why Do you dislike the Semana Santa Death Pool Thread??
The typical gringo wants to impose rules that he can't follow himself. The moment I mention gringo deaths, the same people that crack jokes at the expense of Dominican deaths and lecture others about taking things seriously, get serious or offended.
They have this big chip on their shoulders, but only God knows what trailer park some of these people come from. Some users have turned out to be criminals: pedophiles, stalkers, fraudsters, you name it!
They have this big chip on their shoulders, but only God knows what trailer park some of these people come from. Some users have turned out to be criminals: pedophiles, stalkers, fraudsters, you name it!
Thank you for posting this message. Delighted to that others share my view that it is morally wrong to wager on death tolls.
Will the winner want the families if the dead to congratulate them?
People in my country (Ireland) cannot believe the original thread.
Will the winner want the families if the dead to congratulate them?
People in my country (Ireland) cannot believe the original thread.
Don't be so serious! We could really learn from the gringo education, such classy people. For example, if you have a problem with someone, instead of hurting them, go to a public place and shoot everyone. Then blame it on Batman!!!
And also, What is up wih all these single mothers? Let's do it gringo style: drown all your kids and then give a press conference saying a black man did it.....or blame it on PP depresion+ hearing voices.
IF you like young girls and you have no money to travel to poor countries, get duck tape and a chain, and lock them up in your attic or basemet. It'll be years before someone finds out!
We have so much to learn from gringos,OMG! I am humbled to have the HUGE priviledge to be a part of this forum.
A thread with lots of frustrated people........ maybe not reading the death pool thread would help..... who knows.....
We all understand that dominicans deceide to get pi$$ed and then drive their car off the road, just to accomodate us dr1ers....... dr1 is Sooooo EVIL !!!!!!
I think I will have a tantrum, scream and jump up and down.......maybe even pull my hair out and scratch my face....... that should stop people acting idiotically during semena santa........
We all understand that dominicans deceide to get pi$$ed and then drive their car off the road, just to accomodate us dr1ers....... dr1 is Sooooo EVIL !!!!!!
I think I will have a tantrum, scream and jump up and down.......maybe even pull my hair out and scratch my face....... that should stop people acting idiotically during semena santa........
Ya know something Frank, Had the thread used the term fatality count and not made a "pool" out of it complete with picking numbers for the amount of deaths, I doubt you would be having an issue with it this year. Something about people guessing how many people are going to die in a set period of time and setting up rules as they go along about what kind of deaths are and are not going to be counted in the "Pool" just doesn't sit well with me. Reporting the amount of unfortunate people that died during the holiday week would have been totally different than what it is now.
What gringos do outside of the death toll poll is not the subject of this thread. Your misguided personal agenda is also not the topic of this thread.
Did you guys ever think that some of the Victims will be innocent Kids, who did not have anything to do with the drinking and over indulging.... This dead pool is also no skin off my nose, but I find the manner in which this is done to be way more than insensitive and tasteless beyond words.. but my prev post was also deleted.. so thank you Mods for opening up this thread for people to speak on it.. Thats is very much appreciated.
Maybe I am more sensitive to this than others, you see I lost 2 of my close friends at an early age, to a drink driving incident. Those girls deaths will forever haunt me. Its not a matter for amusememt to me.. And yes all of us are guilty or sometimes drinking, no matter who we are... But Dominicans are no less HUMAN than us, and sometimes I feel the comments Im reading think of them as less than human beings just because of the circumastances they were born into.
If you guys want to continue the death pool, please continue.. but I do wonder how Dominicans, who lose a loved one this Holy weekend would think of some of you if they read this and if you could look them in the face if you met them ..
again, thank you to the Mods for allowing us to express our thoughts on this.
Maybe I am more sensitive to this than others, you see I lost 2 of my close friends at an early age, to a drink driving incident. Those girls deaths will forever haunt me. Its not a matter for amusememt to me.. And yes all of us are guilty or sometimes drinking, no matter who we are... But Dominicans are no less HUMAN than us, and sometimes I feel the comments Im reading think of them as less than human beings just because of the circumastances they were born into.
If you guys want to continue the death pool, please continue.. but I do wonder how Dominicans, who lose a loved one this Holy weekend would think of some of you if they read this and if you could look them in the face if you met them ..
again, thank you to the Mods for allowing us to express our thoughts on this.
You said it. To some Dominicans are inferior and in their comments it shows their dislike of the people
and the country.
Well, this is the problem with religion. YOU have a day or occassion that is of significance, to YOU. You want to tell the rest of mankind that this time is significant, when infact it is not significant in the slightest to anyone else. You can't tell me to respect something I do jot believe in, no more than I can tell you not to go about your celebrations, of drinking excessively, or mourning or the salon, or the disco or whichever you choose to do at this time of significance.
We who follow life live with tolerance to everything, we see things daily that upset us, annoy us, make us cringe, but as adult considerate humans we learn to deal with it. Religion seems to claim an exclussive possession on how EVERYONE should feel, when in reality that is stupid.
You think that it is distasteful that this whole silly thing happens on DR1, as if we really think about our posts, we really want to get close to the number.. To even think that anyone really cares or considers what they are writing is moronic. To think that it is a Dominican thing, is moronic. If we are unable to mock this event, or unable to laugh at religion, unable to make jokes about events we find ironic, stupid, crazy then this us where all the problems in the world begin. Where dictatorships are created and fundamentalists are born. We have to learn to accept each other, even if it insults us infuriates us, goes against everything we stand for or believe in. You don't need to care that we don't care, you just keep caring, I'll care about what I find important.
The line doesn't even exist, when no malace is intended then the only people responsible for any bad feeling or state of anger are those who feel hard done by. You want to feel upset, you need to feel upset, you don't want to comprehend that those you point the finger at don't even care either way. We do not need to care because you do, that is our option, you must live with that as being upset will change nothing.
SS is not even important enough to most of us, most of us barely consider it, yet alone the BS we write down in stupid banter when there is noghing else going on. No one is dropping everything to get online on DR1 to get our figures down on the sweep. Don't be stupid, putting spin on something to another level.
We who follow life live with tolerance to everything, we see things daily that upset us, annoy us, make us cringe, but as adult considerate humans we learn to deal with it. Religion seems to claim an exclussive possession on how EVERYONE should feel, when in reality that is stupid.
You think that it is distasteful that this whole silly thing happens on DR1, as if we really think about our posts, we really want to get close to the number.. To even think that anyone really cares or considers what they are writing is moronic. To think that it is a Dominican thing, is moronic. If we are unable to mock this event, or unable to laugh at religion, unable to make jokes about events we find ironic, stupid, crazy then this us where all the problems in the world begin. Where dictatorships are created and fundamentalists are born. We have to learn to accept each other, even if it insults us infuriates us, goes against everything we stand for or believe in. You don't need to care that we don't care, you just keep caring, I'll care about what I find important.
The line doesn't even exist, when no malace is intended then the only people responsible for any bad feeling or state of anger are those who feel hard done by. You want to feel upset, you need to feel upset, you don't want to comprehend that those you point the finger at don't even care either way. We do not need to care because you do, that is our option, you must live with that as being upset will change nothing.
SS is not even important enough to most of us, most of us barely consider it, yet alone the BS we write down in stupid banter when there is noghing else going on. No one is dropping everything to get online on DR1 to get our figures down on the sweep. Don't be stupid, putting spin on something to another level.
I dislike the people who get their panties in a knot and freak out about the pool. No one wants anyone to get hurt but most People on here admit they don't go out during SS, why?!?! BC it is so dangerous!
I will gladly do a pool of gringo deaths on North America1. Like I know when the Canucks are in the finals there will be riots in Vancouver people will die and get injured etc... Do I wish anyone hurt there either? NO but i know it Will happen!
Some idiot already ran into the back of my suv while my wife was stopped in Cab traffic, he was going 30 and looking behind him!!! I m sure he was gearing up for SS!
How this country can claim to be so religious is amazing to me.
I will gladly do a pool of gringo deaths on North America1. Like I know when the Canucks are in the finals there will be riots in Vancouver people will die and get injured etc... Do I wish anyone hurt there either? NO but i know it Will happen!
Some idiot already ran into the back of my suv while my wife was stopped in Cab traffic, he was going 30 and looking behind him!!! I m sure he was gearing up for SS!
How this country can claim to be so religious is amazing to me.
I won last year. I will hopefully pass the honors to somebody next week. Then they can have bragging rights and the disrespect of all of those with higher morals.
How this country can claim to be so religious is amazing to me.
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It is the only country that has a picture of of a book on its flag.
The book on the DR flag is none other than the Santa Biblia.
There is that. That seems to indicate some degree of religious devotion.
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It is the only country that has a picture of of a book on its flag.
The book on the DR flag is none other than the Santa Biblia.
There is that. That seems to indicate some degree of religious devotion.
"jd426", the fact that many victims who die will be innocent children, AND adults, is the whole point of the "Death POOL"!!!
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK IS KILLING THEM, "GRINGO POSTER ON DR1"???????
I WISH every Dominican ON THE ISLAND WOULD READ THE THREAD!!!!!!
Not that it would do any good, but maybe 2 or 3 out of the 4 million drunks on the roads this week would "GET IT"!!!!!
"Don't Drive, if you DRINK"!!!!!
HOW ABOUT A "sub pool",..."How many Dominican children will die this week as a result of alcohol poisonlng",,,???????????
I say 3!!!!!!!!!!!
The other 200 will be treated and released!!!!
Go read "The Onion" you might "GET" the premise of the "POOL"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Black Humor",....is NOT jokes about "African Americans"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets see how chump can turn this into an "Anti Abortion" thread!!!!!!????
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THE OTHERS WHO ARE Soooooooooooooooooo offended, can just continue with their self agrandizing,.."OMG, I would NEVER make fun of the DEAD, I'm so much a better person than "THAT"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK IS KILLING THEM, "GRINGO POSTER ON DR1"???????
I WISH every Dominican ON THE ISLAND WOULD READ THE THREAD!!!!!!
Not that it would do any good, but maybe 2 or 3 out of the 4 million drunks on the roads this week would "GET IT"!!!!!
"Don't Drive, if you DRINK"!!!!!
HOW ABOUT A "sub pool",..."How many Dominican children will die this week as a result of alcohol poisonlng",,,???????????
I say 3!!!!!!!!!!!
The other 200 will be treated and released!!!!
Go read "The Onion" you might "GET" the premise of the "POOL"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Black Humor",....is NOT jokes about "African Americans"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets see how chump can turn this into an "Anti Abortion" thread!!!!!!????
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THE OTHERS WHO ARE Soooooooooooooooooo offended, can just continue with their self agrandizing,.."OMG, I would NEVER make fun of the DEAD, I'm so much a better person than "THAT"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!