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10-07-2012, 12:35 PM
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Books, not blogs
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Originally Posted by BotanyBoy
There is a staggering chance up in the 99.9999999999% realm that I will never get married or have any meaningful relationship so that's off the table. Kids? that would require someone who would want to mother my lil bastards back to never happening.
It's better for everyone that way anyhow..like planet earth needs some fucked up little retards running around simply because their broken idiot father wanted to replicate and conned some poor woman to climb into bed with him. It wouldn't be fair to anyone involved so fuck it....not worth my hassle ya know?
I didn't even realize what I was and had been doing for years until a few weeks back. 10 years as an adult to figure out a 20 year old behavior pattern, it's hard to see the forest when all the trees are blocking your view sometimes.
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Fixing shit always takes a LOT more time than breaking it does. It can be a satisfying process though, and it's good to see that you have a strong sense of self-awareness. Honestly, that's light years ahead of where most people are. You may not feel that you're in a good place now, in general, but keep working at it, and you'll get there. You'll have back-slides for sure, but don't beat yourself up about it too much.
It sounds like you've got at least a semblance of a plan.
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It's just one possibility...there is also a good chance they are just fucking retarded as dog shit and deserve the ridicule.
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10-07-2012, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by richard_daily
Fixing shit always takes a LOT more time than breaking it does. It can be a satisfying process though, and it's good to see that you have a strong sense of self-awareness. Honestly, that's light years ahead of where most people are. You may not feel that you're in a good place now, in general, but keep working at it, and you'll get there. You'll have back-slides for sure, but don't beat yourself up about it too much.
It sounds like you've got at least a semblance of a plan.
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Thanks for the support man, and yea while it may sound downer I'm really not. I just realize that the whole wife/kids/volvo fantasy for me is exactly that a fantasy.
So I'm just focusing my efforts in life on my crafts (glass blowing/bladesmithing) and getting my cabin out in the sticks built. Things could be a whole lot worse 
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I don't think that they're mutually exclusive.
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Indeed .....very true.
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"Angel of the Lord, what are these tortured screams?"
And the angel said unto me,
"These are the cries of the carrots,
The cries of the carrots.
You see, reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day
And to them it is the holocaust."
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10-07-2012, 12:53 PM
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Books, not blogs
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Thanks for the support man, and yea while it may sound downer I'm really not. I just realize that the whole wife/kids/volvo fantasy for me is exactly that a fantasy.
So I'm just focusing my efforts in life on my crafts (glass blowing/bladesmithing) and getting my cabin out in the sticks built. Things could be a whole lot worse |
Self-awareness can be a bitch, but it's the best way to be. Nothing "down" about working on yourself and realizing what you need out of life. That's the most amazing thing about it, knowing who you are, and saying fuck off to people who expect otherwise from you.
The whole american dream fantasy doesn't work for most people anyways, so why settle for being miserable? If I wasn't such a bonafide city boy, I'd probably have a house in the hills myself.
As much as a misanthrope as I can be at times, I still have to be around large groups of people, and tall buildings. It brings me a lot of comfort. |
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10-07-2012, 12:55 PM
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Pointing the way...
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Paul Broun is nuttier than a squirrel turd.
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10-07-2012, 02:47 PM
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Sure was. I must have missed the part where evolution was no longer just a theory.
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Which does not mean what you think it does.
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"Just" a theory
Creationist and Intelligent design proponents often like to describe the theory of evolution as just a theory. This relies on equivocating the common usage of the term theory (meaning "idea" or "guess") with the scientific meaning. Theories are the single highest level of scientific achievement and nothing is just a theory - that would be like saying Bill Gates is just a multibillionaire. Additionally, one might say that the notion of evolution is "just a theory" in the same way that Cell Theory and the Theory of Gravitation (fundamental principles of biology and physics, respectively) are "just theories."
This argument played out with hilarious ramifications in the recent decision of the Florida State Board of Education to teach evolution as a "scientific theory." Apparently, the creationists on the Florida SBOE thought that this was a "compromise" — by making evolution a "scientific theory" at law, they thought, it would weaken the position of evolution. After all, then it would be "just a theory," right?[1] Wrong! This "compromise" actually puts evolution on the exactly right footing — at the highest tier of science — and ensures that students will be taught about what the term "scientific theory" really means, hopefully eventually drawing the sting of the colloquial meaning confusion.[2]
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IX. The Courtyard
It was the city I had known before;
The ancient, leprous town where mongrel throngs
Chant to strange gods, and beat unhallowed gongs
In crypts beneath foul alleys near the shore.
The rotting, fish-eyed houses leered at me
From where they leaned, drunk and half-animate,
As edging through the filth I passed the gate
To the black courtyard where the man would be.
The dark walls closed me in, and loud I cursed
That ever I had come to such a den,
When suddenly a score of windows burst
Into wild light, and swarmed with dancing men:
Mad, soundless revels of the dragging dead—
And not a corpse had either hands or head!
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12-30-2012, 01:59 AM
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12-30-2012, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Ham Murabi
Sure was. I must have missed the part where evolution was no longer just a theory.
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I was in RE classes. I must have missed the part where monotheistic religion was no longer just hogwash. |
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12-30-2012, 02:32 PM
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Collins isn't really gay
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The anti-religion bigots are really targeting the First Amendment lately. They seem to be using this "evolution" thing, which has NOTHING to do with politics, as a litmus test to attempt to disqualify otherwise excellent legislators from office.
Its shameful and un-American in the extreme, but worst of all is the major media's seeming complicity in this bizarre effort.
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12-30-2012, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by renard_ruse
The anti-religion bigots are really targeting the First Amendment lately. They seem to be using this "evolution" thing, which has NOTHING to do with politics, as a litmus test to attempt to disqualify otherwise excellent legislators from office.
Its shameful and un-American in the extreme, but worst of all is the major media's seeming complicity in this bizarre effort.
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Sorry RR, anyone who is so fucking retarded they think the earth is 6000 years old and jesus hung out with T rex...is fucking unqualified.
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"Angel of the Lord, what are these tortured screams?"
And the angel said unto me,
"These are the cries of the carrots,
The cries of the carrots.
You see, reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day
And to them it is the holocaust."
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12-30-2012, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by renard_ruse
The anti-religion bigots are really targeting the First Amendment lately. They seem to be using this "evolution" thing, which has NOTHING to do with politics, as a litmus test to attempt to disqualify otherwise excellent legislators from office.
Its shameful and un-American in the extreme, but worst of all is the major media's seeming complicity in this bizarre effort.
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Making having at least a little intelligence a litmus test for office is un-American? |
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12-30-2012, 04:51 PM
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I can not fathom how anyone in congress can deny evolutionary theory. For proof positive, all they have to do is look around the chamber.
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12-30-2012, 06:40 PM
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Yeah, makes much more sense to believe some old grey beard whipped every thing up in a week.
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The problem seems to be that humans have created God in their own image and not the other way around.
Now what about a pantheon of Gods who exist in another dimension into which we cannot see... and furthermore these Gods picked a planet, Earth to us, and populated it. It took 6 billion years, the equivalent of 6 days in their dimension to get to this point and these Gods are on R&R for the weekend now.
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12-30-2012, 06:55 PM
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...a moment closer...
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...oh my....
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12-30-2012, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by richard_daily
Self-awareness can be a bitch, but it's the best way to be.
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Usually . . .
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IX. The Courtyard
It was the city I had known before;
The ancient, leprous town where mongrel throngs
Chant to strange gods, and beat unhallowed gongs
In crypts beneath foul alleys near the shore.
The rotting, fish-eyed houses leered at me
From where they leaned, drunk and half-animate,
As edging through the filth I passed the gate
To the black courtyard where the man would be.
The dark walls closed me in, and loud I cursed
That ever I had come to such a den,
When suddenly a score of windows burst
Into wild light, and swarmed with dancing men:
Mad, soundless revels of the dragging dead—
And not a corpse had either hands or head!
-- Fungi from Yuggoth, by H.P. Lovecraft
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12-30-2012, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by renard_ruse
The anti-religion bigots are really targeting the First Amendment lately. They seem to be using this "evolution" thing, which has NOTHING to do with politics, as a litmus test to attempt to disqualify otherwise excellent legislators from office.
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If it has nothing to do with politics, then why do those legislators apparently feel obliged to have a publicly stated position on it?
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IX. The Courtyard
It was the city I had known before;
The ancient, leprous town where mongrel throngs
Chant to strange gods, and beat unhallowed gongs
In crypts beneath foul alleys near the shore.
The rotting, fish-eyed houses leered at me
From where they leaned, drunk and half-animate,
As edging through the filth I passed the gate
To the black courtyard where the man would be.
The dark walls closed me in, and loud I cursed
That ever I had come to such a den,
When suddenly a score of windows burst
Into wild light, and swarmed with dancing men:
Mad, soundless revels of the dragging dead—
And not a corpse had either hands or head!
-- Fungi from Yuggoth, by H.P. Lovecraft
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12-30-2012, 08:56 PM
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...a moment closer...
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Originally Posted by KingOrfeo
If it has nothing to do with politics, then why do those legislators apparently feel obliged to have a publicly stated position on it?
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They were probably asked a question by the media....
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10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
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12-30-2012, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by renard_ruse
The anti-religion bigots are really targeting the First Amendment lately. They seem to be using this "evolution" thing, which has NOTHING to do with politics, as a litmus test to attempt to disqualify otherwise excellent legislators from office.
Its shameful and un-American in the extreme, but worst of all is the major media's seeming complicity in this bizarre effort.
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so you think its shameful and un-American for people to criticize a politician for discussing evolution
yet you also think evolution has nothing to do with politics
you seem more upset that a public figure is being criticized ...then for that same public figure discussing you're opposed to him discussing
I truly marvel at your ability to talk out of both sides of your mouth
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12-30-2012, 09:42 PM
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They were probably asked a question by the media....
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except they werent talking to the media
did you even read the article?
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" Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of the right to join the union of their choice" ... infamous commie President Dwight D Eisenhower
" I thank God for my stupidity" ---- eyer
" In my world females are 2nd rate humans " --- JAMESBJOHNSON
"I would rape badbabysitter for being such a pussy about being raped." ---Lancecastor
"All that matters is we agree with Lt that this survey shows men are morally superior to women, but there is nothing misogynistic about that." --- bronzeage
"The natural order of things is for women to quit work and do the dishes." ---LT
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12-30-2012, 10:06 PM
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...a moment closer...
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except they werent talking to the media
did you even read the article?
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was just a suggestion...in general. (and no I did not read it...linked did not work).
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12-30-2012, 10:17 PM
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12-30-2012, 10:19 PM
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They were probably asked a question by the media....
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The one quoted in the OP wasn't.
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IX. The Courtyard
It was the city I had known before;
The ancient, leprous town where mongrel throngs
Chant to strange gods, and beat unhallowed gongs
In crypts beneath foul alleys near the shore.
The rotting, fish-eyed houses leered at me
From where they leaned, drunk and half-animate,
As edging through the filth I passed the gate
To the black courtyard where the man would be.
The dark walls closed me in, and loud I cursed
That ever I had come to such a den,
When suddenly a score of windows burst
Into wild light, and swarmed with dancing men:
Mad, soundless revels of the dragging dead—
And not a corpse had either hands or head!
-- Fungi from Yuggoth, by H.P. Lovecraft
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12-30-2012, 10:21 PM
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...a moment closer...
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Originally Posted by KingOrfeo
The one quoted in the OP wasn't.
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It was just a guess....... the link didn't work in the op
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10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
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