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PHUO: Boy Scouts of America should be integrated into Girl Scouts of America and the hierarchy and culture of the former should be wholly subsumed by the latter.
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That's not an unpopular opinion, I hope. Tye only good thing the BSA has done recently was alienating the mormon church.
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Dec 17, 2018 20:50
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Given America, I'd assume my position is not a popular one. They're just loving addicted to the delicious taste of jackboots. Lol @ the Mormons, though.
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Dec 17, 2018 20:54
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I don't really believe Mormons are real Christians either, just like the Catholics.
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Dec 17, 2018 21:28
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Yeah you just need to reread the bits of the Holy Bible where Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ says to hoard all the gold you can steal and to never ever help the poor except as a giant tax write-off to avoid paying taxes on all the gold you stole, which all devoted followers turn into graven images and false idols.
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Dec 17, 2018 21:30
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They don't want to be called Mormons, either. But they haven't done any official rebranding yet, so they're business tactics are just as internally inconsistent as their scripture.
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Dec 17, 2018 21:31
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Battlestar Galactica used to be my favorite scifi but it's now trash in retrospect The Expanse will save us all
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Dec 17, 2018 21:52
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Iron-Blooded Orphans was the best sci-fi show I've seen in a while
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Christmas in Killarney is a terrible song.
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Dec 18, 2018 14:43
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Minimalism just makes people even more obsessed with their physical possessions.
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Gripweed posted:If you can relate to Seineld but not Always Sunny, you have a massively overinflated view of yourself. I'm not sure how that follows. They are all caricatures of not-great people. It's not like George is some paragon of virtue and success compared to the gang or anything. It's just that I can relate more to the situations he finds himself in than, say, tricking people into thinking raccoon meat is human to get people to stop stealing my food. Ommin posted:Yes. And I have to admit, because this is the thread for such confessions, I love Ancient Aliens. It mostly fills that same space as the internet for arguing with the void, but it also has what I like to call accidental education. They have discussed different things and cultures that lead me to research them more, independently, because I don't trust a word that show says but it still sounds fascinating. Ancient Aliens is pretty good and yeah there are some legitimate things I learned from it as a result of independent research on the cool sounding stuff. It's almost a little too serious to really hook me on most days though. Stuff like Unsealed: Conspiracy Files scratches a different stronger itch, like I temporarily get to be a crazy  person until I check the background of the guests on the internet claiming to have been part of a human/alien battle with laser beams and confirm that they are, in fact, full of poo poo and just shilling a book.
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The problem with Ancient Aliens is that they lie about everything. They'll say something like, "the stones that this temple is built out of are granite and diorite. Quarrying diorite with the tools these people had at that time is physically impossible, and the closest place diorite is found is 500 miles away" and literally every single claim is a lie. Or when they interpret ancient texts. There'll be some three paragraph long description of an angel, and they'll do a drawing of what's being described, but the'll leave out half the mentioned features and add stuff that isn't mentioned, just so that the drawing can end up looking like a spaceship.
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Dec 19, 2018 00:13
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Counterpoint re: minimalism: if not for planned obsolesence, we could have high tech or complicated heirlooms that are worth keeping around and passing onto the next generation, who could then maintain those items and pass them onto their progeny, and so forth.
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Dec 19, 2018 00:21
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Video calls were/is a mistake. If you are one of those "always video" callers, you are reducing communication with the people you care about. I am always ready to talk. I am not always ready to video talk. It's such a stupid idea anyway, why should i have to hold the phone so you can see my face instead of like, cradling it my shoulder while I do other things while talking to you?
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Gripweed posted:The problem with Ancient Aliens is that they lie about everything. They'll say something like, "the stones that this temple is built out of are granite and diorite. Quarrying diorite with the tools these people had at that time is physically impossible, and the closest place diorite is found is 500 miles away" and literally every single claim is a lie. Oh absolutely. One of my biggest peeves with the show is how they will describe stories from ancient texts but don't actually quote the passages. I assume the show is about 80/20 made up, only accounting for the things they visually show as real and not what they say about them. They also take incredible leaps in logic, and if you watch enough episodes they will occasionally use the same "facts" in contradictory theories between episodes. It's great entertainment.
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Dec 19, 2018 03:58
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“Sapiosexual” and “demisexual” are preferences, not, sexualities, and it’s loving stupid to lump them in with actual sexualities. You might as well say you’re blondesexual or twinksexual. Allow me to not weep this holiday season for the 0 people on earth currently being persecuted for coming out as one of those.
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Dec 19, 2018 10:48
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:“Sapiosexual” and “demisexual” are preferences, not, sexualities, and it’s loving stupid to lump them in with actual sexualities. You might as well say you’re blondesexual or twinksexual. Even a post like this is more acknowledgement than they deserve
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Dec 19, 2018 11:08
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:“Sapiosexual” and “demisexual” are preferences, not, sexualities, and it’s loving stupid to lump them in with actual sexualities. You might as well say you’re blondesexual or twinksexual. I feel this same way when asexual people try and butt into the LGBT light. Sure, I'm sorry people might occasionally make a rude insinuation or something about you not wanting to screw, but not one soul on earth is persecuting you for being ~ace~ pal.
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Dec 19, 2018 11:21
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Asexuality is usually just a form of denial and fear of attachment or the result of depression or stress or something. Not a real orientation except maybe rarely. It's nothing like being gay or intersex or anything like that.
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Dec 19, 2018 11:31
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As far as I'm concerned, a democratic socialist who is a Roman Catholic and a right-wing conservative who is a Roman Catholic are just a pair of Roman Catholics.
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Dec 19, 2018 13:19
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Asexual isn't' a thing, they're just tired
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I’m pretty sure asexual is a thing, but it is kind of annoying to see it put on equal footing with LGBTQ because like, it’s not “controversial” for a fictional tv character to kiss no one, and you’ll never have to be afraid of walking down the street holdings hands with no one. I don’t mind people speaking up about it but it strikes me as kinda presumptuous to put it on the same level, like as a pale skinned jew I’m not going to claim I face what PoCs face in terms of discrimination. Also, disagreed on catholics. Despite what the paperwork says I’ve seen hardcore “pope 5ever condoms are satan’s gift catholics” and “just love each other yo, ps purge the pedo priesthood” catholic congregations in the same city. Even within blocks of each other. Another jew example, I’m not gonna judge them by the worst of them any more than I judge myself by crazy ultraorthodox sects.
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Dec 19, 2018 13:38
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The fact that there are nice ones doesn't change the underlying fact that they are all a bunch of hell-bound idol worshipers.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Also, disagreed on catholics. Despite what the paperwork says I’ve seen hardcore “pope 5ever condoms are satan’s gift catholics” and “just love each other yo, ps purge the pedo priesthood” catholic congregations in the same city. Even within blocks of each other. Another jew example, I’m not gonna judge them by the worst of them any more than I judge myself by crazy ultraorthodox sects. Does someone still count as Catholic if they want the entire church leadership purged?
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Dec 19, 2018 14:26
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Do you think your god literally turns into bread and you eat him at church? If so, then yeah.
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Precisely, you can eat christ and ALSO hate pedos. Hell I’ve done it I don’t even believe in christ!
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Dec 19, 2018 14:46
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:“Sapiosexual” and “demisexual” are preferences, not, sexualities, and it’s loving stupid to lump them in with actual sexualities. You might as well say you’re blondesexual or twinksexual. I wrote an opinion piece about this in my college paper and a demiromantic said they hoped I would hit my head on a rock and fall into a coma.
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Dec 19, 2018 15:02
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Just because you're not persecuted on the same level as other members doesn't mean you can't be included under the umbrella of LGBTQ, it's not a "club" that requires you to be under the threat of constant murder, JFC  Right now my post seems to be on the unpopular side, judging by the loving dogpile this thread just birthed.
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Demisexual is pretty funny because it's based on the assumption that normal people are all characters from college boner comedies just running around sticking their dicks in tree stumps or whatever.
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Queen Combat posted:Just because you're not persecuted on the same level as other members doesn't mean you can't be included under the umbrella of LGBTQ, it's not a "club" that requires you to be under the threat of constant murder, JFC How are demiromantics/demisexuals even different from the majority of people? The descriptions I’ve always seen of it are “only has sex with people after getting to know them,” which I always thought was how most people operated? And yeah your take is definitely less popular than EAH’s since most people who aren’t extremely online have never even heard any of this terminology.
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Dec 19, 2018 15:12
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The worst tumblr-sexuality that I've heard a non-internet person say they have has got to be lithromantic. I can read the description over and over and my reaction is always "wait, what?". I mean ,seriously:quote:Somebody who is lithromantic can feel romantic attraction towards others and also enjoy being in romantic relationships but only in theory. what
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Henchman of Santa posted:How are demiromantics/demisexuals even different from the majority of people? The descriptions I’ve always seen of it are “only has sex with people after getting to know them,” which I always thought was how most people operated? My take goes towards the general sentiment of the thread, if not the specifics. "LOL who's even heard of anybody getting murdered for that? Why are they part of the LGBTQ family?" That's a total bullshit take, and the thread has already devolved into "let's look up minority groups and make fun of their names." Good job, guys. You did it.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:The worst tumblr-sexuality that I've heard a non-internet person say they have has got to be lithromantic. I can read the description over and over and my reaction is always "wait, what?". I mean ,seriously: That's the guy that fantasizes about banging all of the girls around him but would have a panic attack if any of them actually ever said a word to him.
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Queen Combat posted:Just because you're not persecuted on the same level as other members doesn't mean you can't be included under the umbrella of LGBTQ, it's not a "club" that requires you to be under the threat of constant murder, JFC Asexuals being part of the Q is fine and good by my non-definitive standard, but it just does irk me that (very online, yeah) asexual people want to prop it up as equal to and/or comment on general queer issues like they are authorities when no honey. The historic prejudice is just not there. Sapiodemigreywhateversexuals though is just not a thing. Bi or pansexual, for example, is a thing, but no one who has sometimes hooked up and other times abstained while searching for an intelligent, committed partner identifies as a demisapiodemisexual. Maybe I am being a dick, but I am irked. E: also "lithromantic" or such is not a minority group and it's a dumbass hot take to equate that to a real thing that has real world consequences. Edgar Allen Ho has a new favorite as of 15:52 on Dec 19, 2018 |
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Queen Combat posted:My take goes towards the general sentiment of the thread, if not the specifics. "LOL who's even heard of anybody getting murdered for that? Why are they part of the LGBTQ family?" I don’t think anyone here really believes that or is making fun of names, but like...my own approach to romance and sex fits squarely in the definition of “demi,” but I am a cis hetero white guy who wouldn’t be considered part of any sort of LGBT group at any point in history. I don’t really follow why a self-identified demisexual is different.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:E: also "lithromantic" or such is not a minority group and it's a dumbass hot take to equate that to a real thing that has real world consequences.
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Cheese is trendy in Korean restaurants and it's absolutely ruining Korean cuisine. I blame america.
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Mu Zeta posted:Cheese is trendy in Korean restaurants and it's absolutely ruining Korean cuisine. I blame america.  I am so, so sorry. 
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Gripweed posted:Does someone still count as Catholic if they want the entire church leadership purged? They should just convert to Christianity if they feel that strongly about their current religion.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I don’t think anyone here really believes that or is making fun of names, My friend it's like the three directly preceding posts to mine. That's...specifically what they're doing. Mu Zeta posted:Cheese is trendy in Korean restaurants and it's absolutely ruining Korean cuisine. I blame america. This, however, is the first time I think I've agreed with MZ.
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