Are We Mad?

FrayedBear comments on Jan 18, 2019:

This cries out for response but I'm too heat frazzled at the moment!

Amisja replies on Jan 19, 2019:

@FrayedBear Not a chance, I'll get the kettle on

Anyone looking for a nice night on the town sometime early next month?

Amisja comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Ok but I am in Oswaldtwistle ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 19, 2019:

@Merseyman1 Merseyside isn't so far

One I struggle with, “health care is a right!”, purported by many socialist Democrats.

Amisja comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Healthcare is a right.100% fullstop. I am occasionally given abuse and encounter people who misuse their bodies to the point that they require extensive treatment, but they are treated nevertheless. We do not pick and choose, we do not judge, a prince gets the same treatment as a pauper. I have ...

Amisja replies on Jan 19, 2019:

@seventhkevin I do yes. Free at source, from the cradle to grave for everyone.

Carbon Atoms: More Quantum Weirdness?

Amisja comments on Jan 17, 2019:

I could just eat you up John...you bring out my maternal side ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 19, 2019:

@johnprytz Beauty (and adorability) is in the eye of the beholder matey

Anyone looking for a nice night on the town sometime early next month?

Amisja comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Ok but I am in Oswaldtwistle ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 19, 2019:

@Bendog what are we called?

Anyone looking for a nice night on the town sometime early next month?

Amisja comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Ok but I am in Oswaldtwistle ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

@Bendog coal merchants

Anyone looking for a nice night on the town sometime early next month?

Amisja comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Ok but I am in Oswaldtwistle ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

@Bendog Cool. My last name was made up

Anyone looking for a nice night on the town sometime early next month?

Amisja comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Ok but I am in Oswaldtwistle ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

@Bendog Oh ok. Well that stands to reason. Gobiners is old English for people who picked up dropped coal from the streets. As in they were so poor that this was the only way they could get coal...peasants, chavs, smellies, scumbags

Anyone looking for a nice night on the town sometime early next month?

Amisja comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Ok but I am in Oswaldtwistle ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

@Merseyman1 Why unfortunately? Sounds like a close shave to me ;)

Anyone looking for a nice night on the town sometime early next month?

Amisja comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Ok but I am in Oswaldtwistle ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

@Bendog eh?

Are We Mad?

FrayedBear comments on Jan 18, 2019:

This cries out for response but I'm too heat frazzled at the moment!

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

I was reading about how hot it is for you guys. Feel free to turn up here, its snowing!

Anyone looking for a nice night on the town sometime early next month?

Amisja comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Ok but I am in Oswaldtwistle ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

@Bendog I am proud of my little hometown, of course you should ask.

Anyone looking for a nice night on the town sometime early next month?

Amisja comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Ok but I am in Oswaldtwistle ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

@Bendog Ossie Google it. Oswaldtwistle has its own Wiki page. People from Ossie are called Gobiners.

Anyone looking for a nice night on the town sometime early next month?

Amisja comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Ok but I am in Oswaldtwistle ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

@Bendog Oz Walled Twizzle

New socks! I ❤️ New socks.

Amisja comments on Jan 18, 2019:

How jolly nice. I won't nag you about ironing your sheets or placing new clean clothing on top of a slept in bed sheet ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

@DaphneDarling Its very nice actually

Carbon Atoms: More Quantum Weirdness?

Amisja comments on Jan 17, 2019:

I could just eat you up John...you bring out my maternal side ;)

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

@johnprytz hmmmm no, I find babies a bit tough, also mine are a bit big. I mean I find you rather adorable.

One I struggle with, “health care is a right!”, purported by many socialist Democrats.

Amisja comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Healthcare is a right.100% fullstop. I am occasionally given abuse and encounter people who misuse their bodies to the point that they require extensive treatment, but they are treated nevertheless. We do not pick and choose, we do not judge, a prince gets the same treatment as a pauper. I have ...

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

@seventhkevin Yes. If you are a healthcare professional.

Sex,sex and more sex

jlynn37 comments on Jan 17, 2019:

If my memory serves me correctly, I think I remember what that is, or perhaps used to be.

Amisja replies on Jan 18, 2019:

No the OP

My little fella (all 6ft 3 of him) goes back to university tonight after being so ill.

Tilia comments on Jan 17, 2019:

It's called love. Plain and simple, your biology causes you to imagine terrible things happening, just in case they do. And when it doesn't, anything left is good. Same with my lad, he frustrates the hell out of me - last week he actually managed to take the back door keys for the house to uni, 200 ...

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

awwwww

Ok this more than 10 years ago.

Tilia comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Need to work on my own image. Why do you think I use a cat as an avatar ????

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

awww I am sure you are lovely

Ok this more than 10 years ago.

Tilia comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Wow! #glowup! What in inspiration ?

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

Thank you

What's on my mind? The same as most other Brits, Brexit, it's driving me insane!

brentan comments on Jan 17, 2019:

I admire their vote to return to govern their own country. I suspect the price will be high at first but new doors will open where old ones closed. I strongly suspect anyway that if Brexit actually happens and becomes a fait accompli, the E.U. will learn to accept the new situation and back off to a...

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@brentan Why would they? It is in their best interest not to.

What's on my mind? The same as most other Brits, Brexit, it's driving me insane!

MrBeelzeebubbles comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Cheesus Crust, if we crash out at the end of March this is only the beginning. The UK had been snuggled in the warm cuddle of European protectionism for 35 years, and it's going to be a very, very nasty shock if it gets itself thrust into the big nasty world of international trade negotiation.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

I want to go home

I have decided that I am over this working for a living malarky.

noworry28 comments on Jan 17, 2019:

I have the perfect way to do that and get rich at the same time. Ready. "Start a church, claim that God has chosen you to speak his word. Pass the collection plate to the sheeple because God needs money to spread his word through you, and never pay taxes again."

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

Won't work, I'm English. We have a state religion and no one goes to church

I have decided that I am over this working for a living malarky.

242Foxtrot comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Open up a B&B for visiting agnostics!

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@Savage erm...not included in the price

And if it ain't there, don't worry about it

Elganned comments on Jan 17, 2019:

"At twenty, you worry about what people think of you; at forty, you don't care what people think of you; at sixty, you realize that people weren't thinking of you at all." ~ Ann Landers

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

I must be advanced for my age, I have thought that for many years

I have decided that I am over this working for a living malarky.

jlynn37 comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Buy a RV, get on the road and join the nomadic revolution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg37Cbx-kak

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@ASTRALMAX I am too poor.

Heading to France Friday night, to be in Paris for the weekend war with what is rapidly becoming a ...

brentan comments on Jan 17, 2019:

We get very little about it in Irish media. I have to go on YouTube for some news. Maybe you'll let us know what you think about the situation when you get back?

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@brentan eh? Why not

I have just seen an item on the news saying that we should all eat less meat, dairy, etc to prevent ...

Amisja comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Celia its not necessarily about living longer, its about living well. We are not built to live off a great deal of hormone and anti-biotic enhanced red meat. As for me I want live a long long long time and annoy all the young carers!

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@dahermit That was my point.

Can we be honest here?

Della comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Speaking as someone that is older, heavier & not very photogenic, isnt it what is on the inside that matters? Lol!

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

Della you have a lovely warm face but to me a warm heart is far far more important.

Heading to France Friday night, to be in Paris for the weekend war with what is rapidly becoming a ...

brentan comments on Jan 17, 2019:

We get very little about it in Irish media. I have to go on YouTube for some news. Maybe you'll let us know what you think about the situation when you get back?

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@brentan We can watch French or Irish news

Who's your favorite Python?

Amisja comments on Jan 13, 2019:

I'm a girl!

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@Minta79 Well not according to Lisa Simpson (my yellow doppleganger)

Can we be honest here?

Amisja comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Oh where to start??? If you are just looking for a body type, you may struggle to find someone. You could look like Tom Hardy but if yer thick I'm not interested.....well I might make some allowances there. Anyway heres me in my clinical prac uniform

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@thinktwice You too btw xx

Can we be honest here?

Amisja comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Oh where to start??? If you are just looking for a body type, you may struggle to find someone. You could look like Tom Hardy but if yer thick I'm not interested.....well I might make some allowances there. Anyway heres me in my clinical prac uniform

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@thinktwice Bright?

What's on my mind? The same as most other Brits, Brexit, it's driving me insane!

Amisja comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Me too. Enough is enough now. These politicians need to stop messing about now. Its ridiculous, we need another vote.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@Beowulfsfriend It worries us all.

Heading to France Friday night, to be in Paris for the weekend war with what is rapidly becoming a ...

brentan comments on Jan 17, 2019:

We get very little about it in Irish media. I have to go on YouTube for some news. Maybe you'll let us know what you think about the situation when you get back?

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

I'll tell ya or Marion who is in NI

The Boys are Watching

19dacar52 comments on Jan 17, 2019:

This is like political correctness. A lot of people complain about it and think it is a bad thing. For me it means to treat others the way that you would like them to treat you.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@LiterateHiker Thank you for bravely sharing your story. Hugs you are safe here. Xx

Can we be honest here?

FairyTail comments on Jan 17, 2019:

I'm looking for a human being who just happens to have a physical body. What it looks like isn't as important as many other attributes.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

Beautiful

One I struggle with, “health care is a right!”, purported by many socialist Democrats.

Lennie comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Being from a country where healthcare is universal and free at the point of need, I struggle to understand why anyone would be against it. Having to pay for life saving medication should not be required. Setting limits to who can and can't receive treatment, seems to me to be nothing more than ...

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@Lennie my partner is from there. Before I met him I had no idea where it was.

I have decided that I am over this working for a living malarky.

Jnei comments on Jan 17, 2019:

It really is hugely over-rated, and outdated too: it's clear that due to automation there aren't enough jobs to go round and as artificial intelligence takes over more and more tasks there'll be even fewer - so it makes sense to free up all the remaining jobs for those who define their worth in ...

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

You are top notch

My little fella (all 6ft 3 of him) goes back to university tonight after being so ill.

Lorajay comments on Jan 17, 2019:

I have never been able to completely let go of wanting to take care of my children. Fortunately, they have been strong in their resistance. That means, they will be able to take care of themselves when I am gone.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

Thank you. You are right

Artherdowning, I recognise the pic and the English is weird.

RavenCT comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Now he is 56? And I do not think those pics are in the US? This one troubles me.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

he also wears yellow trews

One I struggle with, “health care is a right!”, purported by many socialist Democrats.

Lennie comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Being from a country where healthcare is universal and free at the point of need, I struggle to understand why anyone would be against it. Having to pay for life saving medication should not be required. Setting limits to who can and can't receive treatment, seems to me to be nothing more than ...

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

hello in Nottingham Nottingham. I was in Mansfield last year at my in-law's 50th wedding anniversary in the worst hotel I have EVER been in! Anyway hi from Lancs.

I have decided that I am over this working for a living malarky.

jlynn37 comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Buy a RV, get on the road and join the nomadic revolution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg37Cbx-kak

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

Too poor

I have decided that I am over this working for a living malarky.

242Foxtrot comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Open up a B&B for visiting agnostics!

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@thinktwice Come over any time

I have decided that I am over this working for a living malarky.

RiverRick comments on Jan 17, 2019:

I guess I am lucky... I love my job so it isn't really working to me. I *could* retire if I wanted... But I wouldn't be able to spend money like I do now. I like not having to worry about things.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@Bigwavedave me?

I have decided that I am over this working for a living malarky.

242Foxtrot comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Open up a B&B for visiting agnostics!

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

Misread this. OK sounds like a fab idea. I think I might actually do this. 'Hotel Godless' here we come

I have decided that I am over this working for a living malarky.

RiverRick comments on Jan 17, 2019:

I guess I am lucky... I love my job so it isn't really working to me. I *could* retire if I wanted... But I wouldn't be able to spend money like I do now. I like not having to worry about things.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

I love both my jobs and I could give up one of them, I suppose. Its the getting out of bed thing I can't do. Plus I have so many other things I need to do.

If we keep thinking about the material, from where it came?

KKGator comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Why are you even bothering to post this word salad around here? You come across as incredibly confused. Seek professional help.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@belfodil Hi well, maybe start with a more simplistic topic. I am learning Putonghua but only learning very simple words and phrases. I wouldn't head off into some scientific theory when I have just about got to the point where I can say, 'Nǐ hǎo, nǐ hǎo ma?' or 'shee' for yes.

If we keep thinking about the material, from where it came?

KKGator comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Why are you even bothering to post this word salad around here? You come across as incredibly confused. Seek professional help.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

His profile does state he is NNES, its probably a case of running it through google translate. I tried it in France and got lots of incredulous looks. (I understand French fairly well but I'm too shy to speak it!)

Why the Smartest People Have the Toughest Time Dating [huffpost.com]

Ms_McSteven comments on Jan 17, 2019:

The really smart ones, the PhDs, have the toughest time because they have to go wherever the job offers take them. My son is in China, while his girlfriend is in Australia. They met and started dating in North Carolina. Doomed? Perhaps.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@HomeAloneSunday No no, that's alright. Its my error. I was just saying, I can take my phd (when I finally get it!) anywhere. I understand some of the differences. My ex's Dad was a professor and my ex's brother is too. They didn't have to encounter the horror of a viva voca but do have to ply their trade for grants (I know which I would hate more). I actually found my first degree harder, but then I was preggers and had baby brain and a disinterested hubby. The research for this one is a case of just keeping spinning plates turning. Once it's done, I am hoping it will inform practice and make changes to care. The qualification might give me a rise, but I doubt it.

Why the Smartest People Have the Toughest Time Dating [huffpost.com]

Ms_McSteven comments on Jan 17, 2019:

The really smart ones, the PhDs, have the toughest time because they have to go wherever the job offers take them. My son is in China, while his girlfriend is in Australia. They met and started dating in North Carolina. Doomed? Perhaps.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@HomeAloneSunday I understand the difference, in US having a phd makes you a professor, attracting research grants keeps you there. A phd is a qualification here, being a professor is a job following having developed a specialism. Religion is unusual amongst academics here. Many of my colleagues have phds, very few are professors and not one is religious. This is England nothing is worth doing unless we make it really really hard.

Why the Smartest People Have the Toughest Time Dating [huffpost.com]

Jolanta comments on Jan 17, 2019:

If you are a male then he wants to marry someone who is not as smart as him but if you are a female then you want someone that is as smart as you.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@ChristopherLost aww Chris you sound adorable. Left wing and atheist are my absolute minimum requirements in a chap, as well as brains. Unfortunately I am a b'gillion miles away, an old woman and not single :(

Why the Smartest People Have the Toughest Time Dating [huffpost.com]

Ms_McSteven comments on Jan 17, 2019:

The really smart ones, the PhDs, have the toughest time because they have to go wherever the job offers take them. My son is in China, while his girlfriend is in Australia. They met and started dating in North Carolina. Doomed? Perhaps.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@HomeAloneSunday Oh the process is very different in UK. Phd is simply a qualification. Professorship is very different here. I apologise, that came across a bit dicky

Why the Smartest People Have the Toughest Time Dating [huffpost.com]

Ms_McSteven comments on Jan 17, 2019:

The really smart ones, the PhDs, have the toughest time because they have to go wherever the job offers take them. My son is in China, while his girlfriend is in Australia. They met and started dating in North Carolina. Doomed? Perhaps.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

I am doing a Phd and I work where I want.

The pain of love burns bright in the night of the broken heart only for the embers of passion to ...

genessa comments on Jan 17, 2019:

or sometimes it just hurts. g

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@genessa I remember the hurt. Now I just have a gap

Can Science be the answer to everything?

genessa comments on Jan 17, 2019:

everything? you mean why do fools fall in love? wouldn't it be convenient to know the question before speculating about who's (or what's) got the answer? g

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@genessa exactly...I just like to be a know-it-all ;)

The pain of love burns bright in the night of the broken heart only for the embers of passion to ...

genessa comments on Jan 17, 2019:

or sometimes it just hurts. g

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

Hugs

Not sure what to say about this apart from I found this on Facebook

Novelty comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Thanks for dragging that up from the cesspool that we call Facebook. I'll never log in to my FB account again, not after Cambridge Analytical.

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

Me neither Mr. Mortal. They have had enough of me.

Can Science be the answer to everything?

genessa comments on Jan 17, 2019:

everything? you mean why do fools fall in love? wouldn't it be convenient to know the question before speculating about who's (or what's) got the answer? g

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

I can answer that. Fool's fall in love because of a hormonal and neurotransmitter response to the physical aspect of another being, without for a moment considering the practicality of such a joining (They live 1000's miles away, you are both broke, he is already married, he has a reputation for filandering...fir example)!

The Brussels-dictated Withdrawal Agreement has been soundly rejected by British parliament.

Amisja comments on Jan 15, 2019:

No you completely misunderstood this vote

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@PBuck0145 Have you any idea what living in the UK was like in the 1970s and 80s? The threat to life and limb was constant. Here on mainland England and it was a million times worse in NI. I live within 20 miles of two of the major mainland bombs. The day of the Manchester bomb my Mum and sister had planned a shopping trip. I have to thank my neice who had a tummy upset so they didn't go. Since the Good friday agreement NI has prospered. They have enjoyed investment from the EU and free movement continues. Brexit is very damaging for that population.

Challenges of loving someone.

Amisja comments on Jan 16, 2019:

I was in love

Amisja replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX yeah

OK.... Can someone please explain the line between Masculinity & Toxic Masculinity?

Cassiopeia comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Fighting in a war does not give a man the right to comment ‘look at the tits on that’ or ‘I’d give that one’ loudly about a woman as she walks past, to grab a strange girl’s backside in a club. Or, as an extreme, to murder a woman who rejects you. Or to blame the girl who rejects a ...

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

Perfect response

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

Amisja comments on Jan 16, 2019:

I am going to reply to this more fully Len but for now...you cited the DailyFail...you lose

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@LenHazell53 Any credibility. I live in East Lancashire, I have lived and worked amongst Muslims all my life...I have seen Muslim doctors work for hours, providing personal sacrifice to save the life of some right wing beer sodden scumbag, I have dear dear friends who are Muslim nurses, guys as well as women. From where I am sat right now there are Muslim people who had Christmas trees out at Christmas and sent us cards. The local mosque sold poppies and a set of young Muslim lads dressed up in a traditional Indian regiment attire for the WW1 remembrance. Why would anyone be proud of a country that enslaved their ancestors and mistreated them when their grandfathers were ASKED to come here to help after WW2? Yet they are. They love the footie and the cricket. Yes there are issues. We heard of the 'grooming gangs'. However the vast majority of paedophiles in UK are white. Those men have been condemned by most Muslims in the same way we would condemn white paedophiles. When young men, particularly, feel disenfraiched in THEIR OWN country and some charismatic leader turns up and fills them full of BS, is it any wonder some of them turn to violence? Another life time ago, I used to turn out for the Anti-facist league, (precusor to Antifa) and a guy there, much older and more radical than me said we (the established British population) would sign our own death warrants if we failed to support the then newly arrived Kenyan Muslims. He was right. British Muslims are British Muslims...

Davidhenson Very confused.

stinkeye_a comments on Jan 16, 2019:

**Davidhenson** (Man, 44, New York, NY) https://agnostic.com/member/Davidhenson **Blocked from group** **Indications/Information: IRON-CLAD** * **IMPERSONATION: ** Pics show WV presidential candidate Richard Ojeda (see comment in this thread by GinaKay) * **Bio: ** brief, bland, banal; ...

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@RavenCT hahaha

10 year selfie challenge.... haven't aged much ????

Amisja comments on Jan 16, 2019:

A bit more grey and a few more wrinkles

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@IamNobody awww me neither ;)

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

Jnei comments on Jan 16, 2019:

If I come across this story in a proper newspaper, I'll probably come to a conclusion and respond here with my thoughts on it. However, since the *Daily Mail* is well-known for being extremely inaccurate in its reporting, reactionary, racist, openly anti-Muslim and arguably fascist, I'll need to get...

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

See I didn't need to say a word...Jnei said it perfectly!

Wtf, I Saw this woman over a year ago, we've been trying to to rekindle things lately, but she can't...

Amisja comments on Jan 16, 2019:

What a damaged soul. I understand everyone else's thoughts but maybe she just really needs you to love her and understand her.

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@Donotbelieve That is so incredibly sad though. It is hard opening your heart again but the reward is so worth it.

I'M LEVEL 8 NOW! YAY! But, what does that mean to me?

creative51 comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Now that you are a level 8, did they teach you the secret handshake? Or have sworn you to secrecy and you can not even discuss it?

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@Redheadedgammy I'm sorry but I am sworn to secrecy!

I'M LEVEL 8 NOW! YAY! But, what does that mean to me?

creative51 comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Now that you are a level 8, did they teach you the secret handshake? Or have sworn you to secrecy and you can not even discuss it?

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@Redheadedgammy shush!

The left is getting more radical all the time.

Amzungu comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Misogynist much? Such a scary thing, an intelligent female...

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

Love it!

The left is getting more radical all the time.

Green_eyes comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Why are women so radical?

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@Trajan61 You are incorrect. I held back on saying what I really think.

The left is getting more radical all the time.

Green_eyes comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Why are women so radical?

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

Because we have had f**king enough of this shite!

The left is getting more radical all the time.

Amisja comments on Jan 16, 2019:

What utter and complete nonsense. Neither of these women are radical left wing!

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@AlPastor I'm far far more left wing than any American I have ever met. I oppose the death penalty, personal gun ownership, social care by charities. I approve of our NHS, the welfare state, public ownership of most UK services and some manufacturing, I believe education should always be free at the point of source, as should housing. I approve of liberal, fair benefit systems, fair immigration and HIGH taxes for those benefit the most from our economy...I believe ALL of that and even I am NOT radical left!

Challenges of loving someone.

ASTRALMAX comments on Jan 16, 2019:

I wonder is there any value in running the script of past experience(s) in this matter. "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." William Shakespeare. Tis interesting to note that even love is likened to a game, a poor analogy.

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@ASTRALMAX Go with your instincts.

The 4 stages of my atheism.

David1955 comments on Jan 15, 2019:

David1955 4 Stages of Atheism: Stage 1. I think all this religion stuff is crap. Stage 2. Now I'm sure this religion stuff is crap. Stage 3. Now I not only know that this religion stuff is crap, I'm angry at the awful things it does to our world. Stage 4. I'm so angry about religion in this ...

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

Mine was easier...this makes no sense, it isn't testable. Not having it. (I was maybe 6)

The truth is that nobody knows for certain just what happens after we die.

Krish55 comments on Jan 15, 2019:

I know! We get eaten by worms…

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

I won't be

The truth is that nobody knows for certain just what happens after we die.

Savage comments on Jan 16, 2019:

I do have a hypothesis n this subject, all based on what's known and logic. Conciousness is an energy flickering around the brain, thinking of itself as an invididual and whole self and it is this self we fear losing in death. But the question is flawed, there is no indivisible self as has been ...

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

Energy is eternal.

Challenges of loving someone.

ASTRALMAX comments on Jan 16, 2019:

I wonder is there any value in running the script of past experience(s) in this matter. "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." William Shakespeare. Tis interesting to note that even love is likened to a game, a poor analogy.

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

Its Shakespeare lovey

Big vote re: Brexit tonight.

Mooolah comments on Jan 15, 2019:

The problem with the Brexit vote is the same as the Trump vote here. Our side didn't show up as they believed the polls.

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@bingst Me too

An example of insane "feminism," and the idiocy of the grievance justice labeled "cultural ...

Amisja comments on Jan 15, 2019:

Ok lets try this. I worked with a woman whose husband had an affair. We all worked in the same hospital. Now this guy (we'll call him scumbag) moved his new woman into the former family home, my friend witnessed this woman 'take over' her former life, whilst scumbag got all the benefits. One day we ...

Amisja replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@Jacar Not triggered, just irritated

Jonathan Pie: tirade about the imbeciles who cannot understand comedy especially satire and ...

Amisja comments on Jan 15, 2019:

You understand that this is irony of course, its act.

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@Bierbasstard I do hate him. He is neoliberal...I am a socialist! He does not represent me.

An example of insane "feminism," and the idiocy of the grievance justice labeled "cultural ...

Amisja comments on Jan 15, 2019:

Ok lets try this. I worked with a woman whose husband had an affair. We all worked in the same hospital. Now this guy (we'll call him scumbag) moved his new woman into the former family home, my friend witnessed this woman 'take over' her former life, whilst scumbag got all the benefits. One day we ...

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@OwlInASack Absolutely, but I never give up on anyone ;)

Trans issues

mordant comments on Jan 15, 2019:

The jury is out for me on gender dysphoria; although I do not consider myself to have the right to second-guess someone else's feelings and preferences, and I've long since gone with the science on homosexuality, I am unconvinced that there is not at least a *component* of socially mediated ...

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@mordant And linking the source https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409931/

Trans issues

mordant comments on Jan 15, 2019:

The jury is out for me on gender dysphoria; although I do not consider myself to have the right to second-guess someone else's feelings and preferences, and I've long since gone with the science on homosexuality, I am unconvinced that there is not at least a *component* of socially mediated ...

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@mordant This isnt it, but this kinda links to what I am talking about. (#shouldbewritingmyphd!)

An example of insane "feminism," and the idiocy of the grievance justice labeled "cultural ...

Green_eyes comments on Jan 15, 2019:

Oh boy.. I’m just not going to go there today

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@Green_eyes hahaha, I think we another referendum too, we were lied to.

Jonathan Pie: tirade about the imbeciles who cannot understand comedy especially satire and ...

Amisja comments on Jan 15, 2019:

You understand that this is irony of course, its act.

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@Bierbasstard what?? nooo Tony Blair is a left leaning neoliberal.

Trans issues

mordant comments on Jan 15, 2019:

The jury is out for me on gender dysphoria; although I do not consider myself to have the right to second-guess someone else's feelings and preferences, and I've long since gone with the science on homosexuality, I am unconvinced that there is not at least a *component* of socially mediated ...

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@mordant You know that I am a clinical practitioner in MH? Delusional disorders are very different than this. Look, let me hit the lit search. I am rubbish at explaining in little bits of text. As for the Bonobos, I am not sure but I don't think there are many bonobo surgeons.

An example of insane "feminism," and the idiocy of the grievance justice labeled "cultural ...

Green_eyes comments on Jan 15, 2019:

Oh boy.. I’m just not going to go there today

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@Green_eyes Now sure to be honest. I think they will force a vote of no-confidence in Parliament and kick it into the long grass (which I think might have secretly been their plan all along) #verystupididea

Jonathan Pie: tirade about the imbeciles who cannot understand comedy especially satire and ...

Amisja comments on Jan 15, 2019:

You understand that this is irony of course, its act.

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@Bierbasstard I am a socialist and I hate Tony Blair. Pie is a comedian. I have seen his stand-up

The Brussels-dictated Withdrawal Agreement has been soundly rejected by British parliament.

Amisja comments on Jan 15, 2019:

No you completely misunderstood this vote

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@PBuck0145 Excuse me, who do you think you are calling me names? I do not support the Tories in any way but I have grown up as a member of EU, I enjoyed living and working in the EU, enjoyed free and open travel and the opportunity to live and work anywhere in the EU I wanted to be. In addition, we are in a much better position to change things on the inside than outside. I am angry and upset that my children's opportunities will be limited this way. Oh and you are canadian...doh

Trans issues

mordant comments on Jan 15, 2019:

The jury is out for me on gender dysphoria; although I do not consider myself to have the right to second-guess someone else's feelings and preferences, and I've long since gone with the science on homosexuality, I am unconvinced that there is not at least a *component* of socially mediated ...

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@mordant The bonobos 'became female', for all intents and purposes. (I really need to find the original source, it explains it further). Again I'd urge you to check out the people with the alien leg syndrome (I am not sure that is the real name, I think I just made that up!) these people are not delusional. We do have people who experience single issue delusionals but these are in the context of otherwise disordered thought otherwise. These people believe they are amputees...they are convinced of this.

The Brussels-dictated Withdrawal Agreement has been soundly rejected by British parliament.

Amisja comments on Jan 15, 2019:

No you completely misunderstood this vote

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@Marionville Me too, especially for you guys. Well all of us. This is a silly idea.

The Brussels-dictated Withdrawal Agreement has been soundly rejected by British parliament.

Marionville comments on Jan 15, 2019:

You are speaking without any direct knowledge of the situation...never a good idea! It was not a Brussels dictat and I would love to know where you are garnering your information from. To have such a catastrophic thing as leaving the EU happen on such a small margin as 4% is ridiculous. We were...

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

Exactly

An example of insane "feminism," and the idiocy of the grievance justice labeled "cultural ...

Green_eyes comments on Jan 15, 2019:

Oh boy.. I’m just not going to go there today

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

Yep, I agree. How's things? Been visiting student nurses on medical wards today. I got a bit jealous.

Trump’s latest judicial nominee says rape victims are partly responsible if they have been ...

KKGator comments on Jan 15, 2019:

Every person who makes a statement like that should have to experience the scenario in the exact manner they use to excuse it.

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@snytiger6 absolutely

The Brussels-dictated Withdrawal Agreement has been soundly rejected by British parliament.

Amisja comments on Jan 15, 2019:

No you completely misunderstood this vote

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@PBuck0145 Ok Mrs May went to the EU to negotiate a withdrawal agreement including a backstop to the NI border (this is important). She came back to the UK and the British Parliament voted against her deal (not the EUs). Eire, as a member of the EU has a sovereign right to protect its borders. A hard border would massively hurt if not destroy NI. A hard border (with checkpoints and passport entry) would re-introduce the visions of soldiers etc which they worked so hard to get rid of and increase the risk of igniting sectarian violence. The EU has nothing to do with this vote and as a Brit, I very much want to remain a member of EU and despair at what has happened.

Trump’s latest judicial nominee says rape victims are partly responsible if they have been ...

morlll comments on Jan 15, 2019:

Let's get him drunk then kill him. I'll be his fault.

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

Well no not exactly his fault but come on, he isn't entirely innocent. I mean he wasn't force fed and he chose to walk down the dark alley with a mad axe man...I'd say that at least mitigates the axe man's responsibility ;)

Trump’s latest judicial nominee says rape victims are partly responsible if they have been ...

KKGator comments on Jan 15, 2019:

Every person who makes a statement like that should have to experience the scenario in the exact manner they use to excuse it.

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

Well said

Trans issues

mordant comments on Jan 15, 2019:

The jury is out for me on gender dysphoria; although I do not consider myself to have the right to second-guess someone else's feelings and preferences, and I've long since gone with the science on homosexuality, I am unconvinced that there is not at least a *component* of socially mediated ...

Amisja replies on Jan 15, 2019:

Your stepdaughter is wise and I appreciate your honesty. However, as in the link I shared, we are not the only creatures who experience transgender members. I read an article about male Bonobos who took the 'female' role within their groups. There was a question as to whether this was a response to the presence of Alpha males but the researchers reckoned this was not the case. Basically these biologically male bonobos ifentified as female. There are a very small number of people who identfy elsewise, for example I read a story about man who identified as an amputee and considered one of his limbs to be entirely alien. Other people have similarly claimed blindness. Coming from a scientific background, I am less likely to believe 'sociiety' changes us and more that we change society. Certainly is it much more acceptable to be trans than it was. Weirdly (again another uncited ref) I read about the fact that being trans is acceptable in certain countries with majority Muslim populations, I am pretty sure Iran was one. As for it being more common, thats not true Mr. Mordant. About 0.3% of the population is trans. This statistic is more or less fixed. There are some biological differences between the brains of trans women and cismen, in that they appear to have weaker androgen receptors which bind testosterone. If we accept that some people are born differently then we have to accept trans individuals. Finally your point about reversals. Yes they occur but they are not common and from my reading virtually all are as a result of familial pressure. I am now going on a mad lit search because I hate unref'd information.