Ideally, should religious people be:

Burner comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Ignored if theyre actively being religious, treated like everyone else if theyre not

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 15, 2019:

Ignored, as you say.

Christmas is coming up deep sigh looking forward to Christians telling me I can’t celebrate it ...

Heraclitus comments on Oct 14, 2019:

It's really a pagan holiday. It's the feast of Sol Invictus. Jesus wasn't even born on December 25. Tell them they can't celebrate Christmas unless they renounce Christ and swear allegiance to Santa Claus.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 14, 2019:

@averykings the Jehovah's Witnesses say GeeZeus was born most likely in late summer to early fall - Roman census time. They, on occasion, like history and science. But, since there is no proof of a son of God, it is prefer moot.

"What marks modernist thought above all is the belief that human existence is contingent - that it ...

photoelectric comments on Oct 13, 2019:

There is no purpose of life but survival. Every animal has to fight to survive, to make it to adulthood, so it can procreate, and pass its genes on. Then it's done. In a way, that's us. Having children is as close to immortality as anyone's going to get. There is no meaning to life. Finding out ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 13, 2019:

Even the concept of having children to reach immortality is a bit off. Unless one's future offspring will be like the dinosaurs' offspring: birds. And even then, once the Sun goes, so goes life in the neighborhood. We are the current dominant species, as far as we know and can prove. How long we reign is just speculation. The dinosaurs might have done better if an asteroid hadn't hit; but then we may have never gotten a chance to rise up and fuck things up. Maintaining existence is futile over millions of years. Still, wouldn't it be nice if we, as a species, would leave things as we found them before dying off?

The "magnificent, majestic, magnanimous,"45 decided in his unparalleled wisdom to pull a small ...

bigpawbullets comments on Oct 12, 2019:

This is going to get ugly. An Air Expedition Force is a first step towards invasion in all the scenarios I programmed for the SAF years ago. Prepositioning that resource in Saudi is an indicator of invasion plans for Iran.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 12, 2019:

If the Sauds fought Iran alone - the Iranians wpuld have an updated air force in about two weeks.

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Beowulfsfriend comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I saw them at the Hollywood Bowl on their 1980 "retirement" tour. Lol. Great concert.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 12, 2019:

@Marionville They sold beer in large popcorn tubs. Like being at a Greek amphitheater, passing it amongst friends.

Ok, Trump and his lawyers are noisily exploiting every loophole they can find in the Constitution ...

KKGator comments on Oct 12, 2019:

There really aren't that many loopholes. His lawyers are just throwing shit against the walls and hoping something sticks. They're desperate AF. He's got them trying to use the system to save his traitorous ass. Criminals are like that.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 12, 2019:

Exactly

Yes better deal

Rignor comments on Oct 11, 2019:

I wonder what the consequences were for the worker who did this... Promotion? I hope so!!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 11, 2019:

Probably just a prankster for an internet meme.

Got to share this funniest thing I have seen in years [agnostic.

Castlepaloma comments on Oct 11, 2019:

If I am wrong and cockroaches go to heaven with me. I am leaving heaven for sure.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 11, 2019:

Cockroaches go to republican heaven.

What would it take for us to truly protect our planet?

Castlepaloma comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Eliminate the humans, most everything will come back.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 11, 2019:

Leave it up to AI. Once the machines take over, they will establish their own priorities with extremely long term goals.

I've found compelling arguments on both sides of Turkey/Syria.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Oct 10, 2019:

We wouldn't be in the mess in Syria if we had not invaded Iraq and left a vacuum that produced ISIS. That said, our involvement in Syria has been done with few casualties because if the Kurds. They have done the fighting and we are throwing them away. Dip shit doesn't listen to his Intel that says ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@jniece few American casualties in Syria.

Not a question, more of a challenge. Can not simplify sorry.

Sticks48 comments on Oct 10, 2019:

It's all in the "Babel".

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 10, 2019:

It was rather "towering."

Just had my Evangelist Jesus Jockey neighbor knock at my door with a petition because our local City...

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Hubris costs...if he had put it on his property you would have had to chaff under it.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 10, 2019:

Sounds like a pretentious ass who doesn't want his grass spoiled.

Just had my Evangelist Jesus Jockey neighbor knock at my door with a petition because our local City...

Pralina1 comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Man , that's some free comedy there , u are so lucky , and I am jealous ! I will love to live next to this asshole . Nights off , I ll be sitting on my porch dressed like Satan , pitch fork and all , man , this is priceless source of stress relief !!!!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 10, 2019:

I was thinking similarly.

"Farmers in the middle of the country are about to get hit by what could potentially be the worst ...

WilliamFleming comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Yep, meanwhile the southeast has had the hottest, driest September that anyone can remember. It’s all just weather, and these anomalies have been going on forever. It was even hotter here in the twenties and thirties. I am afraid you are going to get yourself burned at the stake dubious if you ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 10, 2019:

Science has been doing temp checks since the late 1800's and it wasn't hotter in the 20's and 30's. Just saying something doesn't make it true - read the charts.

I just saw a Chrysler Cordoba.

Sticks48 comments on Oct 10, 2019:

And there is no such thing as Corinthian leather, but it did sound good coming from him. Most cars were pretty ugly in the 70's. I don't know what happened. It is considered by many the best decade for music and movies, but the cars, the clothes, and most of the furniture were terrible. That is when...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 10, 2019:

@Allamanda Oh my, Disco. I remember it well. And although I played in a shitty punk band, I still needed to hit those shitty places because that was where the women wanted to go. YMCA any one?

The IMF Confirms That 'Trickle-Down' Economics Is, Indeed, a Joke - Pacific Standard

St-Sinner comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Was the IMF sleeping for 40 years?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 9, 2019:

Just making a few more multimillionaires turn into billionaires and contain the wealth in small pockets.

Facebook rejects Biden campaign’s request to remove Trump ads containing false information ...

Dhiltong comments on Oct 9, 2019:

If Facebook deleted everything that contained false information half of the content would be gone....

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 9, 2019:

That is the truth.

I want to visit that McDonalds

BestWithoutGods comments on Oct 9, 2019:

I didn't know McDonald's had sausages on the menu! :o

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 9, 2019:

On the special menu.

Surprise surprise the US again plan to abandon their useful idiot allie, the Kurds.

FearlessFly comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Can you provide a credible source that supports the idea that the Kurds will join Assad ? Isn't it more likely that Assad will (gladly) stand-by while Turkey 'removes' the Kurds from Syria? And/or if Turkey is not completely successful Assad will (possibly with Russian assistance) complete the ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@FearlessFly I heard it while driving 650 miles yesterday. I did note, someone on Facebook had something about the Assad regime reaching out. It may take a while, even if I find it, I'm on my phone, away from the comp. Also, if it were true, I don't believe it was meant in a meaningful way just deal with the facts - Turkey is bombing the Kurds right now and the US deserted them. For Assad and Russia, Turkey's attack is a gift.

Look about right...?

Beowulfsfriend comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Early Stones pedophiles

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 9, 2019:

I noticed a lot of visitors with no comments, so I stole the double points. Sadly, so many of our early heroes, just aren't, really. Sorry I'm not looking it up now - the daughter of one of the Mamas and Papas spoke about her father "giving" her to one of the Stones for a night.

A few lighthearted ones....

germangirl90439 comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Not a haiku!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@germangirl90439 I could give you an entire lessen, but I am not going to do so.

Surprise surprise the US again plan to abandon their useful idiot allie, the Kurds.

FearlessFly comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Can you provide a credible source that supports the idea that the Kurds will join Assad ? Isn't it more likely that Assad will (gladly) stand-by while Turkey 'removes' the Kurds from Syria? And/or if Turkey is not completely successful Assad will (possibly with Russian assistance) complete the ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@FearlessFly according to NPR, the government of Assad reached out. As I said, I don't expect either to do so seriously.

A few lighthearted ones....

germangirl90439 comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Not a haiku!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 9, 2019:

Depends on the definition one uses for Haiku. One could just go with it is a minimalist poem, but a few too many unneeded words.

Surprise surprise the US again plan to abandon their useful idiot allie, the Kurds.

FearlessFly comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Can you provide a credible source that supports the idea that the Kurds will join Assad ? Isn't it more likely that Assad will (gladly) stand-by while Turkey 'removes' the Kurds from Syria? And/or if Turkey is not completely successful Assad will (possibly with Russian assistance) complete the ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 8, 2019:

I know the government of Assad called on the Kurds to join, but i know of no agreement and would doubt they would do so. I agree - I want to see more if they may do so.

Well had to do a 5 minute speech this morning for a communications class.

Valkryie01 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

It was supposed to be a Symbolic Artifact Speech. We were supposed to discuss how the chosen artifact had an impact on our self-respect/self-esteem. Something I only talk to people with an M.D. after their name. I resent that my grade took a hit not wanted to keep my own secrets private.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 7, 2019:

I actually like the idea of speaking about a chosen artifact and how some may or do use it for self respect or self esteem. I wouldn't ask individually, but the idea could prove a good jumping point to how certain items become revered - like religious symbols or cars or trucks or masks. Etc.

Who’s a filthy Heathen?

vjohnson51 comments on Oct 7, 2019:

That poor guy! 😂😅

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@vjohnson51 I know, I just needed to say something.

Who’s a filthy Heathen?

vjohnson51 comments on Oct 7, 2019:

That poor guy! 😂😅

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 7, 2019:

Poor wouldn't be the adjective I would use.

We've never had a more willing ally in a conflict with the exception of the Montagnards whom we also...

WilliamFleming comments on Oct 7, 2019:

The US can not continually police the world forever. It is too expensive and we don’t have enough resources. The people in each region will have to work out their own problems.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 7, 2019:

No we shouldn't be the world's police. We should have never stayed in Afghanistan after going in to "punish and retrieve Bin Laden" and we should never have gone to Iraq which begat Syria. That said: WE FUCKING OWE THE KURDS. They have been our best ally in the Mideast bar none. The U.S. is shit for defending allies if they have little to offer once that little need is used up. We also promised, along with Britain (yes, you Britts are just as guilty on this one upcoming) to protect the sovereignty of Ukraine once they gave up their nukes. What would Russia have done if the Ukraine still had nukes? Start a conflagration?

A Trump promise that came true!

TheInterlooper comments on Oct 6, 2019:

I've never met a poor farmer.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 6, 2019:

A record number are going under, especially under tRump. Only 2% of the country are actual farmers, as big agro runs everything - who got the biggest cut of tRump's tariff handouts. As for a rich farmer; if they make it through pretty much all their life, until they retire and sell the place - then, they got bucks.

Rich versus poor that's what it is all about.

Matias comments on Oct 6, 2019:

BUt many poor people are not just poor but stupid too. You have to be stupid if you are poor and you vote for the party of the billionaires, aka Republicans. If all poor people voted according to their economic interests, Congress would be very different and Trump would not be POTUS

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 6, 2019:

The rich control the white poor by telling them shit to fire racism. Or they use religion - yes, all us rich business folk hate abortion and want it outlawed, so vote for us and we will do some piss head laws and continue to fuck you up the ass.

‪Anti-Muslim group says it will host gala at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago [businessinsider.com]‬

LucyLoohoo comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Figures--he'll probably attend and demand his right to make a tyrannical speech!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 6, 2019:

He will say there are nice people everywhere. Later he will deny involvement and say he has no control over who comes and goes - after all, he is "ALWAYS" in legal compliance.

All Trump's doing.

Marionville comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Trade wars benefit nobody in the long run...at least not the workers or the taxpayers!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 6, 2019:

Stock market players, maybe - crop futures players.

ARE YOU ANNOYED AT TV EVANAGLISTS AND DOOR KNOCKING BIBLE THUMPERS?

KKGator comments on Oct 5, 2019:

That was a fun read. Well done!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 5, 2019:

I concur.

Good luck😳😯

JackPedigo comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Looks like a fun ride down (for a short while).

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 5, 2019:

I was thinking winter snow ride.

It's about time.

ShadowAmicus comments on Oct 4, 2019:

someone thought 'maybe I can get away with this' ... or just didn't think

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 4, 2019:

Prospective Disney artist.

[yahoo.

KKGator comments on Oct 4, 2019:

While I know the die hards won't, I sure hope everyone else is paying attention to the self-serving paralysis of far too many republicans. It's absolutely appalling how they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up for this country. I hope the lot of them find themselves on the short end ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 4, 2019:

@KKGator yeah. There was some leading paster who said that leaders don't need to be moral to do God's will: allow child rape (of females, mostly); control women by giving no birth control options, etc; allow for slavery - mostly economic; ignore the poorest and most needy, etc. If only GeeZeus had not been a myth, these folks would really have to face him one day for being heartless fiends.

[yahoo.

KKGator comments on Oct 4, 2019:

While I know the die hards won't, I sure hope everyone else is paying attention to the self-serving paralysis of far too many republicans. It's absolutely appalling how they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up for this country. I hope the lot of them find themselves on the short end ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 4, 2019:

Just read Yahoo news comments - the die hards have a die hard on for orange boy and won't relent on their greatest prez ever.

Did I do wrong?

Rob48 comments on Oct 4, 2019:

I enjoy speaking in a cartoon-like voice and saying outlandish things to telemarketers . . . until they hang up. Recently, in a Donald Duck voice, I told a female telemarketer that "You sound like you are plump and juicy bird with yellow thunder thighs!" That hang up was really quick!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 4, 2019:

10 plus years ago I could quickly access their exact address and offer to meet them at such and such street - quiet horror. Too afraid to answer or hang up.

Encourage or discourage joining marines?

Sticks48 comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Discourage. If one is going into the military go with the Air Force. It is more like a job. If you are in a combat unit in the Army or Marines, unless you are in a war zone, that is some boring shit.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 4, 2019:

@Sticks48 Yep. The Navy promised my nephew he would be in electronics AND could serve on the ship I was on. Told him that they could not guarantee duty assignments.

Encourage or discourage joining marines?

Sticks48 comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Discourage. If one is going into the military go with the Air Force. It is more like a job. If you are in a combat unit in the Army or Marines, unless you are in a war zone, that is some boring shit.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 4, 2019:

The marines do have their tech support - the guys who get shit on in basic. A friend's kid joined. He was crying about having to return after basic. Now he loves it, away from the alphas and playing with the nerds. I was Navy - liked my job and mates, being deployed is a long time away from home, however.

so very impressed

hankster comments on Oct 3, 2019:

beverly hillbillies style.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 3, 2019:

Tie Granny up top. Famous grannys on car roofs - Grapes of Wrath; Beverley Hillbillies; the Griswalds.

Did I do wrong?

242Foxtrot comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Your reaction may have been circumstantial, though since the Dodgers (I think I remembered that correctly!) haven't yet choked their way out of post-season play, you can't claim that as a source of your anger! It might possibly have been unfair to dump that on someone who didn't utter it in the ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 3, 2019:

How do you know im a Dodger fan?

What is man's worst invention?

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Language. Surprised. Because language divorced our communications and thoughts from the realities they represented. And that in turn gifted us a vast ability to lie, both to ourselves and others, far beyond the abilities of any other creatures, and those lies in turn created human cultures, which ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 3, 2019:

How about pre date language to bigger brain for communication and language and all the innate mathematics that makes up everything.

KNOW YOUR SAFE WORD!!! Like mine, pineapple... Wait, what?

MojoDave comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Dark! But funny!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 3, 2019:

I thought that as well. I'm trying to think.of a good, funny, safe word for being mailed to a cross. Any suggestions?

Works for me!

Our_existence comments on Oct 3, 2019:

That's a tough one. LMAO😂😆😁

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 3, 2019:

Not too tough - Hippie

In Christianity, we are told have to need God first and then we are told that God will fill the ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Oct 2, 2019:

It is something we don't need. I just saw a sign - god is with you at all times. My first thought was he must really be bored, then, that fucker doesn't do shit, then there is no fucker to not to shit or to be bored.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 2, 2019:

@LenHazell53 or SIM

Anyone know who these guys are?

Robecology comments on Oct 2, 2019:

I think the guy on the lett is Arnold Stang? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Stang The guy on the right was in early movies as a serious actor...I think he often played bad guys...forget his name.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 2, 2019:

@uncle-ernie oh yea.

Anyone know who these guys are?

Robecology comments on Oct 2, 2019:

I think the guy on the lett is Arnold Stang? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Stang The guy on the right was in early movies as a serious actor...I think he often played bad guys...forget his name.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 2, 2019:

Now I know them all - should have known the tall guy as I liked his show as a kid (Not Davy Crockett, but the other coonskin cap wearer)

Anyone know who these guys are?

Robecology comments on Oct 2, 2019:

I think the guy on the lett is Arnold Stang? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Stang The guy on the right was in early movies as a serious actor...I think he often played bad guys...forget his name.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 2, 2019:

Thanks for the guy on the left now I'll Google two of three.

Dating religious people

1EarthLovingGal comments on Oct 2, 2019:

I saw this on Facebook and I’m glad to see you stood up to him! He sounds borderline psychotic to me.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 2, 2019:

@kristi0889 glad to see you handling this well. I posted above before reading to here. Stay strong and best wishes.

Do you have a favorite science fiction movie?

ZantiMisfit comments on Oct 2, 2019:

A few I liked: Cube, Edge of Tomorrow, Them, Metropolis, District 9

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 2, 2019:

More good ones.

Do you have a favorite science fiction movie?

Jnei comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Metropolis, because it's still superb after 92 years; THX1138; Paprika; District 9; Alien (though some argue it's really gothic horror rather than sci-fi).

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 2, 2019:

All excellent choices.

Do you have a favorite science fiction movie?

RiverRick comments on Oct 2, 2019:

The all time BEST Sci-Fi movie is............. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951 version) with Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal. If you have NOT seen it... You must the next time it comes on as it will be YOUR new favorite, guaranteed! Runner up - Forbidden Planet

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 2, 2019:

Definitely up there in the top.

Do you have a favorite science fiction movie?

Besalbub comments on Oct 2, 2019:

I liked "Silent Running " with Bruce Dern . National Parks in space . Brazil is another one of my favorites .

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 2, 2019:

Great film

That escalated quickly

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Men are dogs? 😋🤣😂

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 2, 2019:

Yes, yes they are: loyal and loving and protective and so much more. 😁😁😁

Evangelical leader says impeaching Trump would anger ‘600 million Americans’ (U.

Paul4747 comments on Oct 1, 2019:

You have to take into account how many Americans might be added by Russian rigging of the voting machines...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 1, 2019:

Now tRump has a source - the census data was wrong.

Thoughts on and experience with this?

Geoffrey51 comments on Oct 1, 2019:

Anyway, sin is an abstract concept. It has no objectivity. Just think if you were a Catholic or Protestant in C17th Europe you were a ‘sinner’ in either camp! Sin is one of those weasel words to try to extract guilt where guilt doesn’t exist.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 1, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 Yes, two hundred years after the church laid its treaties and laws and set the trinity as the "correct" version.

Thoughts on and experience with this?

NoPlanetB comments on Oct 1, 2019:

I'm going to address two things here on this meme: one is "thinking or feeling" this way and the other is declaring this or actually stating this to someone. I think you can do/feel/think that, hate the belief/sin and still love the believer/sinner. I do it. I love two of my friends though they ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 1, 2019:

@CarolinaGirl60 I hate those people. I remember an acquaintance being surprised that they could openly attend a party at my place with their same sex significant other. I told her I certainly didn't care and I expect none of my other guests to have any problems. I lived, still do, in a conservative area. I always look for the more liberal types with whom to hang.

Thoughts on and experience with this?

Geoffrey51 comments on Oct 1, 2019:

Anyway, sin is an abstract concept. It has no objectivity. Just think if you were a Catholic or Protestant in C17th Europe you were a ‘sinner’ in either camp! Sin is one of those weasel words to try to extract guilt where guilt doesn’t exist.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 1, 2019:

Abstract and objective. The Catholic church had nothing about suicide as a sin, until too many priests decided to get to heaven and leave their literal shit hole. Then it became a sin. I expect much sin is similarly founded.

Rebecca no longer suffers from MS - YouTube

Charlene comments on Oct 1, 2019:

Rebecca is full of Woo..MS is linked to the measles virus and may be related, it has absolutely Nothing to do with Carbs..NOTHING. My Mom was diagnosed with MS in her late 40s....she lived to be 87 and participated in the Interferon trials to see if it slowed or stopped the progression of it. It ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 1, 2019:

You and Anne have said it well. Thank you. I know a few folks who are afflicted and in various, and sometimes fluid, stages.

Things have changed a bit since then.

EdEarl comments on Sep 30, 2019:

To illustrate the change, I've added a photo of the SpaceX Starhip, not yet flown, that is sitting almost ready for it's first test launch near Boca Chica Texas. It's about 9 meters in diameter (30 ft), 50 meters tall (165 ft) , and weighs about 200 tons (~181,000 kg). When stacked on top of it's ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Oct 1, 2019:

@t1nick I saw it. And in the 60's a tv station ran the old movie serials.

What do you do to insure that your source(s) are legitimate -- i.e. not "fake news" ?

ProudMerrie comments on Sep 30, 2019:

I look for more than one reputable source reporting it. My real go-to sources are Reuters and CBS News.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 30, 2019:

I'm similar

[newsweek.

ToolGuy comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Mostly from old uninformed white men here.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 30, 2019:

@Robecology I figure once out of office tRump will shout loudest about rising oceans and want government bailouts.

Do You Hate God? | The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser

Beowulfsfriend comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Being human, one can hate anything, even an unreal thing. We are weird, aren't we? No matter, we are what we are by chances and coincidences and occurrences. Thus we are natural. Anyway, it isn't logical or healthy to hate something that you don't believe in. Only angry believers can hate their ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 30, 2019:

@BirdMan1 I like Seamus Healy's translation of Beowulf. It is newish, early 90's. There are many. Once you've conquered the story, try Grendel by John Gardener for a new twist - told from Grendel's POV.

what if they are farming us

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

It always was symbiosis on the big scale. Sadly for the plants there were no animals to eat them until they created the oxygen surplus. Just as there are no rich people without the poor create a surplus.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 30, 2019:

But with humans at the top Earth is becoming a "world of weeds." Less and less diversity.

Do You Hate God? | The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser

Beowulfsfriend comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Being human, one can hate anything, even an unreal thing. We are weird, aren't we? No matter, we are what we are by chances and coincidences and occurrences. Thus we are natural. Anyway, it isn't logical or healthy to hate something that you don't believe in. Only angry believers can hate their ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 30, 2019:

@BirdMan1 enjoy. One of my favorites.

Well, that happened...

hankster comments on Sep 30, 2019:

just wait till they decide you need new curtains.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 30, 2019:

Took a year before my Lady said my flowered sheet turned curtain was a bit odd. It still hangs in my place. When we move in together, I'll defer to her curtain choices.

[newsweek.

ToolGuy comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Mostly from old uninformed white men here.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 30, 2019:

@Robecology a lot are informed - they don't care about the future that isn't theirs and, hey, won't the rich just dig underground and survive? They've seen too many 50's B sci fi films.

Things have changed a bit since then.

EdEarl comments on Sep 30, 2019:

To illustrate the change, I've added a photo of the SpaceX Starhip, not yet flown, that is sitting almost ready for it's first test launch near Boca Chica Texas. It's about 9 meters in diameter (30 ft), 50 meters tall (165 ft) , and weighs about 200 tons (~181,000 kg). When stacked on top of it's ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 30, 2019:

A one way ride to Mars. Hmm. Maybe. Watch Trevor Noah on white slaves on Mars toiling while singing Sweet Caroline.

Amy Winehouse - Me and Mr. Jones (with lyrics) - YouTube

Sticks48 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

What a talent. What a shame. :(

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 29, 2019:

A great voice.

How many people does it take for Donald Trump to change a light bulb?

Beowulfsfriend comments on Sep 29, 2019:

If not Obama did it, then a cast of thousands and a press conference and blaming its outage on windmills.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 29, 2019:

@Remiforce and cause cancer.

Love this card

glennlab comments on Sep 28, 2019:

Such a perfect likeness

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 28, 2019:

Too thin

Holy crap, why?!

Cutiebeauty comments on Sep 27, 2019:

That's bad!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 27, 2019:

What's worse? That damn song rattling through my head now. Off to crank up something more insane.

Any takers to answer?

KKGator comments on Sep 25, 2019:

I'm really tired of old white men.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 25, 2019:

@KKGator I know, I always like your stuff.

Any takers to answer?

KKGator comments on Sep 25, 2019:

I'm really tired of old white men.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 25, 2019:

A few of us aren't evil. My three kids are part Native American from their mom - at the right angle they appear Asian. None would put that down on college admissions because, and they said, they grew up with white privilege. Lower middle class white privilege, and a private school education due to scholarships and a good headmaster at the time.

I suffer from this everyday.

St-Sinner comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I think all coffee jokes are spread to glamorize coffee marketing. I read a bumper sticker that was given out free by the car company.... "I want to be BMW when I grow up."

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 24, 2019:

There is a theory that Starbucks puts the wrong spellings on cups on purpose - so people post the funny ones. And thus, Starbucks gets a lot of free advertising.

Kidnapper Ants Steal Other Ants' Babies - And Brainwash Them

Apunzelle comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Fascinating. It was like watching Lord of the Rings, but with ants. I’m so stressed for the black ones. Lol.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 24, 2019:

@Metahuman here is a quicky https://scinapse.io/papers/2180773430. It is an ongoing argument as to whether or not recognition of self is actual self-awareness. I just grabbed a quick, yes there are studies. It is definitely being argued over - much as animal linguistics continues to be.

Kidnapper Ants Steal Other Ants' Babies - And Brainwash Them

Apunzelle comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Fascinating. It was like watching Lord of the Rings, but with ants. I’m so stressed for the black ones. Lol.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 24, 2019:

Read in Walden about the ants and their war - they fight on a massive scale. Ants also enslave and "milk" aphids. And, oddly enough, ants are aware of themselves when they look in a mirror.

Who indeed doesn't like the ocean?

yvilletom comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I was in the US Navy and, despite the plastic, I want to be “buried” in the ocean!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 24, 2019:

One trip out we (my ship) dropped some bodies once far enough out to sea. They used weighted body bags - at the time. I loved being on the ocean when i could just go and look at it. And in the Navy, at night it is always dark.

Think I got locked out of the group "Bernie Sanders - The Revolution Continues.

Lorajay comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I fervently hope that all the berniecrats will vote for anyone but Trump. Unfortunately I'll be very surprised if that happens. I worked very hard for Bernie in 2016. I want a younger more nuanced candidate this time . I am definitely proud of how much he's moved the party to the left but now we ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 24, 2019:

My opinion is: vote your heart in the primary and be pragmatic in the election. Don't shoot yourself or others over your guy not winning the primary. I like Bernie and I agree he got somewhat shafted (I doubt he was beating HRC, even in a fair fight). The guy I wanted isn't running, so, and I have time, I'll make my support decision later. But, who ever wins I'll vote for.

To those who forgot planned parenthood is not just abortion ,its womens health

Haemish1 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Study shows how defunding planned parenthood increases abortions. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.commondreams.org/news/2017/07/14/texas-study-shows-how-defunding-planned-parenthood-actually-increased-abortion-rates%3famp

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 22, 2019:

So many studies show that. Limiting access to birth control is a way to control women.

Let us not forget what Nazis did and not only to the Jews.

NoPlanetB comments on Sep 22, 2019:

There are many classes of victims. Gays were also victims of this regime. This is Karl Gorath. When he was 26, his jealous lover denounced him to the police as a gay man. The Nazi regime had strengthened Germany’s existing law against homosexuality, Paragraph 175, to punish men suspected of ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 22, 2019:

There were at least 13 classifications with triangles or star shapes. Jews lost the most people, followed by the Roma, or gypsies. I used to go around the classroom and individual twmell students what could happen to them, simply by heritage or name - two students come to mind, one an Isaac with a Jewish sounding name who got irate and yelled he wasn't a Jew. I said, I know, but back then your name would have been enough. Another student, a young, black man, I said You're a good German, right? You love Germany, right? He enthusiastically said yes. I then said, You can live. He smiled. Then I added, We will just sterilize you. That happened a lot as well. Close to 80k black German citizens. Unknown numbers of mentally and physically handicapped were, if not euthanized, made sterile.

If all religion ended tomorrow, what do you think would happen to all the churches,etc.?

KKGator comments on Sep 22, 2019:

All of the above. It's going to depend on the church, where it's located, and just how many people they may have pissed off. I think most of the ones in strip malls should become Chinese restaurants.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 22, 2019:

A new mega chain of restaurants called Alice.

If all religion ended tomorrow, what do you think would happen to all the churches,etc.?

Imatheistically comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Homelessness would be solved IMMEDIATELY!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 22, 2019:

Could be, but developers would want condos.

It’s better in Texas. Lol

Heidi68 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

Unfortunate truth! And the keep make circles that keep overlapping.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 21, 2019:

Except, if in Texas, I like Austin better as s place to.visit.

Sexy iceberg

brentan comments on Sep 21, 2019:

That ship has no moral direction.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 21, 2019:

Needs a moral compass

What happens if tRump gets indicted?

Robecology comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Then closet pseudo-gay #religulous Pence moves in, immediately declares a presidential pardon for Trump...and he then goes gofling on our dime, and making money from his realestate holdings.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 20, 2019:

Most likely.

Vegan chocolate is ok though

BestWithoutGods comments on Sep 19, 2019:

I tried veganism, but it is very difficult to eat out as a vegan. So, I settled on vegetarianism. I also avoid sugar. The best chocolate I know of is Lily's sugar-free chocolate, sweetened with stevia. From what I've read, stevia is the healthiest sweetener there is.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 19, 2019:

@OldMetalHead Stevia is just sugar from a different plant - sweeter so you need less. I never thought of it as vegan. I use it and avoid corn syrup.

Wow.

powder comments on Sep 18, 2019:

Damn and I've been doing my best to be disrespectful, thoughtless and boring. I'll work on it ;) Have fun and don't take online stuff too seriously. Real life interactions is where it's at. You won't be remembering online arguments on your death bed.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 18, 2019:

Powder really does have a cold, cold heart - not here too much, it is kept locked in the freezer for ceremonial gatherings. 🤣

Spelling is important

St-Sinner comments on Sep 17, 2019:

Pairs allowed?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 17, 2019:

Necessary

It surprises me that Trump didn't try to take personal credit for killing bin Laden's son.

mongo1977 comments on Sep 14, 2019:

Maybe you need to go outside for a walk...get some fresh air...get away from your devices for a while.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 14, 2019:

Mongo only pawn in game of life

An elderly American couple went on vacation to Jerusalem.

Mark013 comments on Sep 14, 2019:

Four men were golfing. They were on the 11th hole which was near the highway when a funeral procession went by. One of the golfers took off his hat and bowed his head. One of the other golfers stated that was very considerate. The golfer replied, well I was married to her for 30 years.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 14, 2019:

Much better joke, sorry Lilac, I did thumbs up yours however.

I had some sympathy with Hong Kong protesters, but now their leader has called for Trump to include ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Sep 14, 2019:

The Hong Kong protesters will never win. They are doomed and have been so since the British gave back the land to China without allowing those people, born and raised under British rules, a vote in the move. Sorry Britts, but this is your doing, and your cross to bear. Remember China has a list ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 14, 2019:

@powder I know the story pretty well, and yes, the lease ran out. But to what China did they sign said lease? And after so much time and growth, would not the people living there have deserved more consideration. Something happening now - some Hong Kong residents with money are trying to obtain Macao passports. Hard to do legally, as Portugal, unlike Britain, allowed all the residents of Macao to have Portugese passports. Remember that Macao got the same deal and honestly. I don't know if Portugal had a lease or not, at the moment - I'll look later out of curiosity. (They held it longer and in the 70's started to divest of colonies)

I had some sympathy with Hong Kong protesters, but now their leader has called for Trump to include ...

bobwjr comments on Sep 14, 2019:

They picked the wrong horse,got a horses ass instead

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 14, 2019:

They didn't pick; they got forced.

Nothing new so far.

ToolGuy comments on Sep 13, 2019:

The problem is sort of overpopulation which arises when economic circumstances are poor. When health care improves and people have more money, they have fewer children. But there is no need to burn forest for pasture to feed the world. That is really about competitive capitalism. They think that ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 13, 2019:

True. Since the U.S. could produce enough food to feed most of the current world, overpopulation in and of itself is not the problem as far as possibly starving. Only 40 percent of U.S. crops go to feed people, the other 60 percent is for animal consumption, mostly livestock, and fuel production.

Do you feel bad about eating meat and the slaughter of animals for meat?

RiverRick comments on Sep 12, 2019:

No... I feel bad about a post here the other day that suggested we wean ourselves off of animals and gain our protein by eating dead people. Soylent Green..... Is PEOPLE!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 12, 2019:

@RiverRick Most places

At the risk of sounding unpatriotic,.

ProudMerrie comments on Sep 12, 2019:

I'm with you on this. The only thing I can compare it to is Veteran's Day which nobody seemed to give two shits about for so long. Now the "cult of patriotism" insists that veterans be thanked profusely and that every school have a ceremony and play patriotic music, particularly that fucking Lee ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 12, 2019:

As a vet, I get tired of the thank yous, especially from dicks wearing maga hats. I will admit ive pulled the veteran card, when around folks with that fake patriotism. One group wanted Sgt. Bergdall left begind and condemned Obama securing his release. I said no to them. They looked at me strangely. I then told them that we always get our people back and it was up to the Army to decide if he was a traitor, not them, nor the pres.

Peak hour in North Korea

Beowulfsfriend comments on Sep 12, 2019:

Looks like a target for an Acme anvil drop.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 12, 2019:

@Jolanta old cartoon joke from The Roadrunner and Coyote. The Coyote would buy things from the Acme company to kill or catch the Roadrunner and always fail.

Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House - POLITICO

Beowulfsfriend comments on Sep 12, 2019:

Not unexpected. Actual spies have been caught before. They want to know what tRump tells the Ruskies.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 12, 2019:

He already shared Israeli shared Intel with Putin - remember. So much slime, such little time.

In Canada, the Federal election campaign just kicked off.

jerry99 comments on Sep 12, 2019:

How is it possible to have a national election in 6 weeks? Everyone knows it takes two years. Crazy talk!!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Sep 12, 2019:

Wouldn't it be nice