So apparently that research about cannabis and covid doesn't mean what we all want it to mean.

racocn8 comments on Jan 13, 2022:

Other studies do cast doubt on the ability of CBD or CBDA to help fight Covid. As with cancer, what works in a petri dish doesn't necessarily translate directly to inside a live body. Still, demonstrating that the inhibition of Covid is possible clearly points to activity that requires nuance and ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 13, 2022:

I don't think it said so...

So apparently that research about cannabis and covid doesn't mean what we all want it to mean.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 13, 2022:

An interesting, different take (from the same source) on my earlier post : "Study Finds Cannabis Compounds Prevent Infection By Covid-19 Virus [forbes.com]"

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 13, 2022:

I don't think it says anything different from the latest article, it just doesn't explicitly state smoking weed doesn't help.

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BufftonBeotch comments on Jan 9, 2022:

We could not get a Constitutional Amendment passed saying that women were equal human beings to men. And women are now serving in the same roles in the military which was the supposed excuse to "protect" us.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 13, 2022:

@DragonDust Not sure what you're trying to say...

From the CDC website: "More than 469 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 13, 2022:

I don't think it makes sense to do the math for the cases v deaths per day. The total cases in the US was 63.2 million and total deaths stand at 843k. That works out to 1.3% of people getting covid dying.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 13, 2022:

@racocn8 I see what you mean, still a study found the mean time between diagnosis and death to be 18.1 days. With the massive increase in daily cases, however, you're still potentially diluting the numbers.

From the CDC website: "More than 469 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 13, 2022:

I don't think it makes sense to do the math for the cases v deaths per day. The total cases in the US was 63.2 million and total deaths stand at 843k. That works out to 1.3% of people getting covid dying.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 13, 2022:

@Organist1 That would make the percentage even higher, further bolstering the reason not to the math by new deaths to new cases...

Burn baby burn!

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 12, 2022:

With how easily people get canceled out of existence, how the fuck does that pile of shit have a job?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@Retiredsteve Agreed. Thought maybe you were going in another direction.

Burn baby burn!

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 12, 2022:

With how easily people get canceled out of existence, how the fuck does that pile of shit have a job?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@Retiredsteve The implication being?

Burn baby burn!

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 12, 2022:

With how easily people get canceled out of existence, how the fuck does that pile of shit have a job?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@JennyRad Good point. Forgot that ridiculous fuckin' electorate almost put a child molester in office. Oh wait, almost * again. * Trump was elected.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

Druvius comments on Jan 12, 2022:

I don't love them dying, but have no sympathy.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@racocn8 I suppose if you believe in free will at all, that's a thing people can think they can do. I don't. And there's no scientifically defensible position for a belief that we have it. Or that a doctor will find a reason to prescribe said drugs. Or that those drugs will have the intended result. Or that any of that is akin to what he suggested by his comments. I'm not trying to be a dick, and we kind of agree, but that was kind of an unfair implication.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

Druvius comments on Jan 12, 2022:

I don't love them dying, but have no sympathy.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@Druvius A woman I used to work with tried to tell me once that people can choose to feel one way or another about something. That it was my fault that I hadn't chosen to forgive or stop being angry about something. I tried to explain that people cannot choose how they feel. She insisted, emphatically, that I was wrong. Her claims are almost identical to the implication your comments have made here: that not being happy these people died is the mark of a better person, a person you are choosing to be, and by extension, I am a worse person for not choosing as you have (all but once). Several months after the argument I had with that woman, she was at work in tears, devastated. She had just found out that her husband had an affair. It took every ounce of restraint in my body not to tell her she should just choose to be happy about it instead of sad. People can't choose their emotions. Thinking you can, and that your choices are superior, makes you both elitist and wrong.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

BD66 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

Conservatives? AOC is mocked for catching COVID after maskless Miami jaunt despite pushing mask and vaccine mandates

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@BD66 If you think, as those anchors did, that "people would have listened" you're blind. People hoarded fuckin' EVERYTHING. Not even shit that would help you. EVERYTHING. You couldn't buy toilet paper for months for fuck's sake. People were hoarding, price-gouging, and reselling medical supplies left and right. As a healthcare worker who has worked with covid positive patients since the beginning of the pandemic, who couldn't choose to stay home as a method of protecting myself, I'm glad that the government did what it could to protect the supplies we needed to protect ourselves while we saved lives. The masks that went to the hospitals, instead of someone's closet and eBay page, may have prevented a collapse of the healthcare system. Even now, we are struggling keeping staff healthy and the National Guard has deployed 2400 troops to Ohio hospitals to help get the jobs done.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

Druvius comments on Jan 12, 2022:

I don't love them dying, but have no sympathy.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@Druvius Which is it? Emotions, like glee at the death of an anti-masker, are unpleasant things associated with a person you don't want to be, or are just clouds that change or blow by if you don't let them control you and let them disperse?

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

BD66 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

Conservatives? AOC is mocked for catching COVID after maskless Miami jaunt despite pushing mask and vaccine mandates

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@BD66 But that's not what would have happened, and you know it.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

Druvius comments on Jan 12, 2022:

I don't love them dying, but have no sympathy.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@Druvius I don't believe people can choose what emotion to feel about something.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

Druvius comments on Jan 12, 2022:

I don't love them dying, but have no sympathy.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

Even if it means a cessation of actions that could harm others? I don't love it because they're dead, I love it because they can no longer cause harm and may even do good with their comical, Darwin-award-style demise.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

BD66 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

Conservatives? AOC is mocked for catching COVID after maskless Miami jaunt despite pushing mask and vaccine mandates

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@BD66 You didn't seem to know the difference when you posted. If you did, that would mean you knowingly posted an idiotic false equivalency. I * do * know which is worse. And I * do * understand why Fauci lied and commend him for it. Only an idiot would think telling people to wear masks could cause more harm than telling people it's dangerous to wear masks.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 12, 2022:

Since the Conservative Atheists group is unavailable to me, I PM'ed Captain_Feelgood to point out his second (today) use of the straw man fallacy. Unlike C19, IQ is not transmissible or communicable. :P

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@FearlessFly Agreed. Both could fit. I was just using that as a lead in to call him an idiot.

There's an old saying "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer".

FearlessFly comments on Jan 12, 2022:

"An atheist is someone who believes there is no God." -- BS I would argue that lacking any 'belief' in god(s) (or not finding credible evidence for existence) is NOT the same thing.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

Agreed.

There's an old saying "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer".

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 12, 2022:

That's what rational people think of conservatives, too.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@Captain_Feelgood You don't want to keep politics out of most discussions, yet in one where your party is eerily similar to the group you're making fun of, suddenly it's a priority to ignore it. Makes sense.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

racocn8 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

Dying is harsh, and death is permanent. As humans, they have the capacity for good, and may have done some good in their lives. However, as they salute fascism and degrade society with their lies and hate, losing them is surely a benefit in many cases. It is sad and regrettable that they couldn't do...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

Humans also have tremendous capacity for evil and may have done a lot in their lives. Them dying may help protect an innocent person or child who couldn't get vaccinated from dying. I agree it's regrettable they couldn't do better with their lives, but they are doing good with their deaths.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 12, 2022:

Since the Conservative Atheists group is unavailable to me, I PM'ed Captain_Feelgood to point out his second (today) use of the straw man fallacy. Unlike C19, IQ is not transmissible or communicable. :P

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

I would have called it a false equivalency if I thought someone that stupid was worth trying to reason with. 😝

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

Scott321 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

As much as conservatives who are anti-mask and anti-vax anger me I hesitate to revel in death. Or I try to refrain in general, but there are some extreme cases where the deserts seem just. Sadly their preventable deaths leave others in tragic circumstances. I know conservatives who got vaxxed ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

Are you trying to get me to say you're a better or more compassionate person? Every time an anti-vaxxer or anti-masker dies, there's one less anti-vaxxer or anti-masker that can transmit the virus or speak out against measures that can protect lives. * That's * why I revel in their deaths.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

BD66 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

Conservatives? AOC is mocked for catching COVID after maskless Miami jaunt despite pushing mask and vaccine mandates

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

There's a huge difference between not wearing a mask when you feel the likelihood is low (say in a group of all fully vaccinated people) and actively spreading misinformation like masks/vaccines don't work and people shouldn't ever use them.

I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...

Buttercup comments on Jan 12, 2022:

That's a little harsh, I'm more upset than pleased at their inability to learn from their mistakes. Still, better them than innocent victims.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

Exactly. Every time an anti-vaxxer or anti-masker dies, there's one less anti-vaxxer or anti-masker that can transmit the virus or speak out against measures that can protect lives. I don't think it's harsh at all to want to protect lives.

This is pretty funny. 666 [youtu.be]

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 11, 2022:

An appeal to a religious theme like this won't really work to make me hate Trump anymore. Then again, nothing can possibly make me hate him anymore than I already do.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@CuddyCruiser I think about how I can know how much I hate a person. I ask myself questions like, would I compromise my principles to see horrible things happen to them or would I be able to carry out those horrible things. There's plenty of questions like this you could ask yourself, but I doubt I'd have more yes answers than every single other person, so you may be correct that you hate him more than me.

Why Cats Love to Sit in Boxes – Even Fake Ones, According to Science [goodnewsnetwork.org]

dkp93 comments on Jan 10, 2022:

That's a very misleading headline. I read it once then skimmed it again, but never found the answer to why. Seems like the experiment just proved that they are attracted to 2D "boxes" but gave no reason to explain it. Did I miss something?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 11, 2022:

Only that one phrase that said cats seek enclosures, but even then didn't explain why.

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

BufftonBeotch comments on Jan 9, 2022:

We could not get a Constitutional Amendment passed saying that women were equal human beings to men. And women are now serving in the same roles in the military which was the supposed excuse to "protect" us.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 11, 2022:

If women voted as a block they could get anything they wanted passed. Anything. They are a majority and they'd invariably have men like me that would be voting with them. Unfortunately, equality for women or even bodily autonomy for women, both of which a lot of men would vote for, is not important enough for enough women to vote as a block.

Often feels like it.

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 10, 2022:

Wait, that means that either exists (gross) or someone did all that for a joke?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 11, 2022:

@glennlab I questioned that, but that would mean there was no walls at all which is just as bad.

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ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 10, 2022:

@Deb57 You're obviously not because you said EVERY WOMAN on this site understood but there is proof right in the comment section that there isn't a concensus on what you were asking. I don't know how you think this is about me. I answered your question (as written) and responded to the content of others comments. The only time I talked about myself was when people seemed to lump all men together with something that I don't fit into. I'm on women's side with almost everything (especially legislatively) and I'm * still * getting shit on here for making claims that I even backed up with Pew research study results. That may be part of the impediment to progress. Several women here seem to have no problem shitting on allies for having any tiny deviation from their ideal mold of an ally.

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Cast1es comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't speak for everyone , but of the people I've met , it seems to me , men and some women want it both ways . Men seem to want women to do the greatest part of both holding a job , but she should be paid less than him . She should be responsible for the monumental portion of taking care of the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 10, 2022:

@Stephanie99 And I, her back in the same scenario. I think you're reading too much into verbiage. "Have a" is very common shorthand for "be in a relationship with". That's neither here nor there, as I should be dead long before anything like that could ever possibly materialize for me. Also, everyone has molds for their potential partner, they're called deal breakers. Some people have more superficial ones like 'he needs to have a full head of hair' or 'she needs to be a size zero' while others are based on content like 'they need to want/ not want children' or 'they can't be socially conservative'. Sorry one of mine is that I'd prefer to be in a relationship where we didn't tear each other down in front of other people, I'm such a monster.

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Stephanie99 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I find as much or more sexism and misogyny here as I have at other places that I frequent.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 10, 2022:

@Stephanie99 The other sites?

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FvckY0u comments on Jan 9, 2022:

If I may offer a man's perspective. If not, I will anyway. A lot of women (most on this site excluded) are religious and don't see themselves as equal to men. So it's not just about how men treat women but it's also about how women treat and view themselves. If a woman sees herself and shows ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@darren316 It likely wouldn't change anything for each individual. That's not the point though, because we're not looking for causative data, just correlative data. The * type * of thinking / upbringing that would lend itself to one who doesn't reject general teachings and themes of most religions would also tend to allow for continued belief of misogynistic ideals. This is not to say that one who was raised religious couldn't have been raised by feminists who instilled those principles in their child as well, or vice versa, but * generally * misogyny and religiosity are more likely to be found together than misogyny and atheism. There's plenty of research data to support this claim, personal anecdotes above notwithstanding.

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Buttercup comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I think atheist men would be on average more progressive, since sex bias is written into the Bible that believers see as authoritative.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@creative51 So? Racism existed before America, but that doesn't mean there isn't a strong association between America and racism...

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@Deb57 Not every woman understood what you meant, I promise you that. Not only do I have private messages I won't share, but even in the comments you have women that are saying sexism is sexism and there are no degrees, and women who say there are degrees to it and that's why they sided with the atheist men. Don't you read the comments on your own post?? And I don't need to spin anything. I answered what was asked. If you wanted to ask if atheist men can be sexist, too, I'd have unequivocally agreed. But that's not what you asked. You asked if atheist men are * more * into gender equality.

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@JonnaBononna I fundamentally disagree. You really feel that any amount of sexism, even if it was exhibited unknowingly, is equivalent to the worst possible form of intentional behavior (like rape, as you suggested)? In your mind, a man who holds the door open for one sex, but not the other, is just a bad as a man who instead of holding the door, knocks a woman down on the ground and rapes her? I think the push back between the Ultra-woke and even the progressive left proves there are degrees to these things. But even if none of this convinces you, you really don't think the potential of alienating allies in men who generally try their best by saying their minor transgressions (which may not even negatively impact women's rights) are just as bad as forcible rape making them think "nothing will ever be good enough, so why even bother" is reason enough for you to at least not display such beliefs publicly? Am I really alone in thinking "women should do the dishes" and "I'm going to forcibly rape women because they are nothing but objects for my pleasure" are vastly different things??????????

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Stephanie99 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I find as much or more sexism and misogyny here as I have at other places that I frequent.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

May I ask in what form? And compared to what other sites? If we're including the constant posting of naked women, I'd like to note that only a few members (who are not exclusively men) post them, and the only reason there aren't a couple people on other sites posting similar pictures is only because those sites won't let them.

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@DenoPenno Do the right thing? It's shit like that that makes men look bad. Why should anyone other than the person with the fetus in them be the arbiter of what the right thing is?

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@JonnaBononna And also, no, they are not both against the * rights * of women. If a man thinks a woman * should * do everything for him, he'd still need to find a willing woman. If a man thinks it's okay to rape women, he doesn't. Those two things aren't even in the same ballpark.

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@JonnaBononna I don't disagree, but there * are * degrees to things. Speeding and murder are both illegal, should we view them the same way and have the same punishment for them? You really don't see that this line of argumentation has gone off the rails here?

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@JonnaBononna You don't think a rapist is worse than a man who expects his wife to do everything?!?

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@JonnaBononna There has to be a hierarchy here. If slave owners were super nice to their slaves on a personal level that would really be preferable to someone who wasn't as nice but believed they should have freedom?? This is not simply a "political belief". This is about taking freedom away from women and wholly reducing them to objects. No amount of "being nice personally" should mean a thing if there isn't a fundamental base of believing women deserve autonomy. Personal feelings shouldn't cloud out facts, here. In the results of a Pew research study seen here, 87% of atheists believe abortion should be legal in all/most cases while only 53% of everyone does. This means that the religious would have to be even lower to make the average 53%. So there's a huge percentage more theists than atheists that think women should be reduced to objects. I can't understand how that's not a prerequisite here.

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@Gwendolyn2018 And no, I'm not discounting your personal experiences. If men were shitty to you, that's not right, and it doesn't make it any better or worse if they believed or didn't believe in something generally unrelated. But I also don't think having these experiences should make us ignore aggregate data.

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JennyRad comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I haven't been on the site long enough to express an opinion but I have noticed the site isn't free of misogynists.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@JennyRad Don't get me wrong, there are definitely sexist piles of shit here. But if you go by the "some - some" rule Gwendolyn used above, you wouldn't be able to compare anything appropriately. There are self-loathing black people and Jewish people. So since * some * black people hate black people as much as * some * white people, does that mean black people are just as racist as white people? I don't believe that follows logically. I already told her we'd just agree to disagree because I don't think her and I are going to see eye to eye on this, but I hope my explanation and example makes sense to you.

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@Gwendolyn2018 You should know better than most that anecdotal evidence is one of the worst forms. We'll have to agree to disagree on the focus of the poll. If you're right, and that was what was intended, it was horribly worded.

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@Gwendolyn2018 So there's no evaluation of degrees for you here? I mean if someone said they think black people should only get 3/5ths of a vote and another person said black people should all be owned by white people, there's no doubt they're both racist piles of shit, but one of them is definitely worse than the other.

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JennyRad comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I haven't been on the site long enough to express an opinion but I have noticed the site isn't free of misogynists.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

The OP doesn't state it is limited to this site. Feel free to weigh in.

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Lorajay comments on Jan 9, 2022:

Atheist men are human and older ones often still have hangups but religious guys almost always have issues. The question was regarding degree so I voted for my atheist guy friends.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

Thank you. It is about degrees. Most people here are answering a different question.

There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't understand how the vote is turning out the way it is. You do all know that religious people all over the country are trying to turn women into forced fetus incubators, right? What the fuck is happening right now to our ability to compare and contrast?!?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@Gwendolyn2018 The question didn't ask if there were any atheist men that are sexist, it asked if atheist men are * more * into gender equality. Even if everything else was the same, having a much larger percentage of atheist men than religious men who don't want to turn women into incubators should be enough to satisfy the * more * part of this equation.

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Cast1es comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I can't speak for everyone , but of the people I've met , it seems to me , men and some women want it both ways . Men seem to want women to do the greatest part of both holding a job , but she should be paid less than him . She should be responsible for the monumental portion of taking care of the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 9, 2022:

Not all men think those things. I would love to have a woman that has a great job and gets paid according to her skill and value. I want her to provide exactly zero care for our zero children. And I would love to equally split our combined chores based on what each of us are better and and like to do more (e.g. if she can't boil an egg, I'd be more than happy to do the cooking or if she's interested, cooking with her to teach her my tricks). I'm perfectly fine moving to her and being with her family. I have very little left anymore, but being with the person I'd love most in the world would be my top priority, whatever that entailed. My greatest wish is to find a woman who is my ride or die person. Us against the world. Even when we disagree we'd still have each other's back 100% from everyone else's perspective and then worry about working it out when we're alone because no one else will ever mean more to each other. Always trying to make each other look their very best. I have seen couples like that and envy it more than anything else in the world. But to have that, you have to be that.

So I guess I was also banned from the conservative group.

Lorajay comments on Jan 7, 2022:

I would not mind having a discussion with a conservative if I could find one that didn't limit their statements to name calling. Sometimes I hear very hateful statements coming from the left. I can understand most of them because periodically there's someone who calls themself a conservative that...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 8, 2022:

@ChurchLess Exactly. Even a piece of shit like Ted Cruz who occasionally shows a modicum of rationality has to walk it back and toe the Trumpian line lest he get excommunicated. The party is Trump's. They do not live in the same reality as us. There is no possibility of reconciliation, ever.

So I guess I was also banned from the conservative group.

TheInterlooper comments on Jan 8, 2022:

And the Guinness Book of World Records for biggest circle-jerk goes to... @darren316 @Lorajay @dalefvictor @Churchless @phxbillcee @Mooolah @racocn8 @wordywalt As a special thanks to @JeffMurray for his hard work as the pivot man, we give you the honor of cleaning up the mess. I'm sure ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 8, 2022:

The fact that I had to Google "pivot man" and you apparently used it correctly and effortlessly says a lot more about you than it does about me. 😝

Any carrot dicks out there? [peyronies-disease.xiaflex.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Jan 8, 2022:

I dated a guy once who pointed at the sky, right onto the G-spot. Highly recommended!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 8, 2022:

@AnneWimsey I have fingers that bend and a tongue I can use at the same time, so maybe a bent dick isn't absolutely necessary.

Any carrot dicks out there? [peyronies-disease.xiaflex.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Jan 8, 2022:

I dated a guy once who pointed at the sky, right onto the G-spot. Highly recommended!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 8, 2022:

Yeah, like where is the drug that bends your dick? Not that this old man has ladies knocking on his door, but still...

A few more comments from the healthcare workers on the front line, regarding the vaccine.

racocn8 comments on Jan 8, 2022:

Imagine if it were the plague. They would be completely wiped out.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 8, 2022:

That goes back to the first comment. If this was something like an aerosolized ebola, I think you'd see everyone scared shitless, taking every precaution, begging for any amount of protection a shot could give etc.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

TheMiddleWay comments on Jan 6, 2022:

The general sentiment here, a common trope among conservatives and liberals, is that the other side did wrong, so why are you coming down on us when we do wrong? Liberals minimized the protests of the past and thus why shouldn't conservatives minimize the protests of the present? In light of ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 8, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay The fact that we live under the same constitution(s) is a manner of coexisting. If two people coexisting with in this manner disagree on important, fundamental truths (like who the leader of the country is, if global warming exists, if a virus is real, if women or people with non-white ancestry count as citizens, especially if these people have the power to codify these beliefs or vote for people that will codify them, etc.) it seems unlikely you can have any real conversation even if you could * technically * convey information to one another. The only reason my response to the name calling was a third of my paragraphs was that I felt I conveyed my point in two. Number of paragraphs or time needed to type my response doesn't dictate its length, content does. So a short blurb about a tangent like that doesn't really change anything for me. And you're also not taking into account that if I only use such language to talk about (not as often to) a person with whom I do not believe reconciliation is possible, I don't believe anything is lost. I couldn't even have a conversation like this with the people I'm referring to. It's why I knew you were trying to prove a point, it's why I didn't engage with it, it's why I continued the discussion. For as much as we disagree on stuff, I think we share the same reality. I think we can disagree on what to do when we see something, but at least we see the same thing. I think you're making a very valid point, and I think you did it in a very effective way. I agree with you it's important. I think the only thing we disagree on, really, is where in the hierarchy of necessary components civil discourse exists. It's like we're talking about the best way to build a house of cards and you're insisting you must have a solid level table with even legs that doesn't wobble before you can even start with the bottom layer of cards. I'm absolutely agreeing that's true. I'm just saying it's nice to have a quality table, but that the quality of the table is irrelevant when it's in a houseboat cruising around a choppy lake.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

TheMiddleWay comments on Jan 6, 2022:

The general sentiment here, a common trope among conservatives and liberals, is that the other side did wrong, so why are you coming down on us when we do wrong? Liberals minimized the protests of the past and thus why shouldn't conservatives minimize the protests of the present? In light of ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 8, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay That's not what I was saying at all. Obviously, I'd prefer if * my * reality was the prevailing one, but that's literally true for every individual. Talk to a schizophrenic and tell me he wouldn't prefer everyone else seeing the world the way he does. You can coexist with people you share a reality with without communicating it to each other. * That's * why I said sharing the reality is step one before sharing a way to communicate. It's probably actually worse for everyone that people can communicate with each other enough that they know they * aren't * sharing the same reality. You can keep calling me names. A. It's not actually proving the point you think it is. B. * You * thinking * I'm * an idiot doesn't really harm me.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

TheMiddleWay comments on Jan 6, 2022:

The general sentiment here, a common trope among conservatives and liberals, is that the other side did wrong, so why are you coming down on us when we do wrong? Liberals minimized the protests of the past and thus why shouldn't conservatives minimize the protests of the present? In light of ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 8, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay I'm not saying * I'm * necessarily the one that has the most accurate understanding of reality, I'm simply stating that it is not shared. I'm also saying that when you are communicating with someone, the ability to communicate (e.g. speaking the same language as in your example) is not the first or most important step if you don't have a shared view of reality. If I see the sky as neon orange with green polka dots and you think it's light blue, being able to tell each other that wouldn't really matter. No point responding in kind to all the name calling because I think you're just taking a long walk proving your bit about what you call Ad Hominems.

AGNOSTIC.

skado comments on Jan 7, 2022:

Not an unreasonable guess, I'd say. Best to collect other means of contacting those we wish to stay in touch with.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 8, 2022:

@SpikeTalon I, too, would not [re]join FB for any reason. But is the thing you're talking about only live chat, or will there be discussion posts you can reply to at your leisure like here?

AGNOSTIC.

skado comments on Jan 7, 2022:

Not an unreasonable guess, I'd say. Best to collect other means of contacting those we wish to stay in touch with.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@FrayedBear His last comment was Nov 16th...

AGNOSTIC.

skado comments on Jan 7, 2022:

Not an unreasonable guess, I'd say. Best to collect other means of contacting those we wish to stay in touch with.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@FrayedBear Where did @admin comment? (No need to answer, I only needed to ask so I could click and look for myself.)

1 year after the auto-coup attempt of the United States government.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 7, 2022:

Violence to stop them makes you no different than they are. There should be restraint and no violence. Jail time would seem in order.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

It doesn't specify the source/reason for the violence. When I read it, I thought about the Capitol police having to open fire on insurrectionists. I would not only be okay with that, I'd welcome that level of response to people trying to overthrow our government.

Just had something brought to my attention.

FvckY0u comments on Jan 7, 2022:

yes, yes, yes! It's all about the number of deaths. It has NOTHING to do with subverting democracy. That's just an inconvenient truth.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@darren316 Oh, you and I are exactly the same. I'm sure you'll see me around doing exactly that. It was just my way of telling the OP he's a fucking idiot.

Extreme hatred on both sides, that's why we cannot get anything done

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 7, 2022:

I'm not as congenial as the previous posters. You, sir, are an equivocating cuntbag. If you think the tailgates of the left pictured here are examples of "extreme hatred" and are on par with saying fuck Hillary and wishing she'd been murdered by OJ Simpson, you're a fucking idiot.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@FearlessFly First, you misquoted me on that second one, I said If X then Y, not simply Y. Either way, I don't give a shit. You're also misusing Ad Hominem. I'm not saying his argument is wrong * because * he's an equivocating cuntbag, I'm saying he's an equivocating cuntbag * because * of his asinine argument.

Just had something brought to my attention.

FvckY0u comments on Jan 7, 2022:

yes, yes, yes! It's all about the number of deaths. It has NOTHING to do with subverting democracy. That's just an inconvenient truth.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

Some people are idiots. What can you do?

Extreme hatred on both sides, that's why we cannot get anything done

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 7, 2022:

I'm not as congenial as the previous posters. You, sir, are an equivocating cuntbag. If you think the tailgates of the left pictured here are examples of "extreme hatred" and are on par with saying fuck Hillary and wishing she'd been murdered by OJ Simpson, you're a fucking idiot.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@FearlessFly Do I ever sugar-coat anything?

One of the Capitol insurrectionists from over a year ago lives 7 miles from me in Sullivan, ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 7, 2022:

But if that traitorous pile of shit was in prison where she belongs, that wouldn't have happened...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@racocn8 I agree with you, it does seem * like * treason to me too. It's about as close as you can get without it * technically * being treason. Which is why I said "flirting with" and "treason-adjacent". But the Fly over here isn't making any sense in his objections.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

TheMiddleWay comments on Jan 6, 2022:

The general sentiment here, a common trope among conservatives and liberals, is that the other side did wrong, so why are you coming down on us when we do wrong? Liberals minimized the protests of the past and thus why shouldn't conservatives minimize the protests of the present? In light of ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay No, * you're * missing the point. If you're not sharing reality, there can be no signal whatsoever. So everything between them is nothing but noise. And are you deliberately calling me a bunch of names to try to prove a point, or are you just being an asshole hypocrite?

One of the Capitol insurrectionists from over a year ago lives 7 miles from me in Sullivan, ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 7, 2022:

But if that traitorous pile of shit was in prison where she belongs, that wouldn't have happened...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@FearlessFly * You're * the one that tried to correct me about them getting sentenced to jail, not prison, like it mattered so much, so I don't know why you're trying to say the distinction is irrelevant now. Re: treason Your point? I already stated what they did wasn't technically treason, but it was treason-adjacent in my book. They were essentially trying to overthrow the government by negating the results of a democratic election. The only thing really missing from the equation was the foreign country enemy.

One of the Capitol insurrectionists from over a year ago lives 7 miles from me in Sullivan, ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 7, 2022:

But if that traitorous pile of shit was in prison where she belongs, that wouldn't have happened...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@FearlessFly I think you misunderstand the words 'jail' and 'prison'. Jail is where people go when they're caught, awaiting arraignment or trial. Prison is where they serve sentences. Regardless, yes, I believe insurrectionists should all be denied bail and should all serve significant prison sentences. There should be no leniency for people who flirt with treason (even if not * technically * treason).

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

TheMiddleWay comments on Jan 6, 2022:

The general sentiment here, a common trope among conservatives and liberals, is that the other side did wrong, so why are you coming down on us when we do wrong? Liberals minimized the protests of the past and thus why shouldn't conservatives minimize the protests of the present? In light of ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay That's like saying you shouldn't have 3 pieces of extra wood next to your fireplace because if your house is ablaze, the extra wood would * technically * make the fire worse. We are not sharing reality with these people. Name calling or refraining from name calling is most inconsequential.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

Mcflewster comments on Jan 6, 2022:

The challenge is to get all Americans to vote a positive answer to a single questions. Once you have this baseline agreement.then you might possibly identify the actual grouse(s) of the populists. Then it is a question of tackling each grouse in turn but not proceeding with the next until the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@Mcflewster As much as I would love for all Trump voters to disappear forever in any way possible, even I wouldn't sign on for expelling American citizens. That's one of the hallmarks of American citizenship, it cannot be taken away. To undermine something so fundamental to the fabric of our democracy would seem to undo our democracy all on its own.

Every time I see video of the attack of Jan 6, I have the same thought.

David1955 comments on Jan 6, 2022:

..or at the very least charged with a crime and convicted in a court of law by their peers, and the big ring leaders too. Doesn't seem like too much to ask. In most democratic countries it wouldn't be. Too much for your AG, it seems. It never ceases to amaze me how the upper levels of the US ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

And yet I've been arguing with people for years who think Trump is going to end up in prison.

Democrats win.

ASTRALMAX comments on Jan 7, 2022:

If you are a doctor as you claim to be then you certainly come across as having the bedside manner of Ilse Koch. Have you ever considered a change of career? You might feel more fulfilled working in an abattoir.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

He's not a doctor...

What do you guys think of this document?

racocn8 comments on Jan 7, 2022:

Changing wording is inevitable for political documents. Pandemics surely differ significantly if the pathogen changes. Zika presents totally different challenges from SARS. Look at how different the behavior is (so far) between Omicron and Delta.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@puff Even if they never changed it, how could subjective terms like "enormous numbers" and "illness" equate to a "definitive scientific definition". You're failing to realize that even changes in population size or the way people live and interact with a new microbial threat would invariably alter a concept like 'pandemic'. What if there came along a pathogen that was 0% fatal, but horribly debilitating in 100% of the infected population. That would have been something they couldn't have foretold when trying to define such a concept, and wouldn't meet their first definition.

Democrats win.

Paracosm comments on Jan 6, 2022:

What is wrong with you?

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

He's a pile of shit is his problem. Also, he's really trying to push this narrative that he's a doctor even though everyone knows he's not. He thinks telling pointless stories about how he thinks hospitals work will convince people. It may convince stupid people (Republicans) which is what he's looking for, so it may accomplish the intended goal, but no worthwhile woman is going to ever give him a second look.

It appears the cat that adopted me was not spayed.

ChurchLess comments on Jan 4, 2022:

If I was King a significant portion of Homo sapiens would be spayed/snipped at puberty.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@MyTVC15 Yes, I'm a Certified Radiology Nurse. The laws that are getting passed and sticking are insane.

Every time I see video of the attack of Jan 6, I have the same thought.

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 6, 2022:

I'm still sad the Capitol police didn't open fire and kill the fuck out of all of those traitors.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@CourtJester Count for what? That I'm sad about that too? Okay, I'm sad about that too...

Not going near that

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 5, 2022:

I love pork tenderloin. A little port wine reduction. Asparagus, mashed potatoes. That dinner has never failed me.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@JennyRad You should see mine. Truly a sight to behold. Especially with the sauce. I was going to post one, but I couldn't find one. Next time I make it I'll remember to snap a photo and send it to you.

Not going near that

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 5, 2022:

I love pork tenderloin. A little port wine reduction. Asparagus, mashed potatoes. That dinner has never failed me.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@JennyRad I knew without looking. I've cleaned, cooked, and served so many I couldn't even count.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

TheMiddleWay comments on Jan 6, 2022:

The general sentiment here, a common trope among conservatives and liberals, is that the other side did wrong, so why are you coming down on us when we do wrong? Liberals minimized the protests of the past and thus why shouldn't conservatives minimize the protests of the present? In light of ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay You in no way answered my objection/question. You can dislike insults all you want. You can think they don't belong here, there, or anywhere (and be right about all of it). But that doesn't change the difference between disliking people and living in different realities than other people. The importance of this distinction is that your claim put the onus on people like the ones commenting here, like maybe if they weren't rude everything would be fine. And that's both disingenuous and utterly, dangerously false. No amount of refrained name-calling will ever put us on speaking terms with those that live in an alternate, imaginary reality where threatening the fabric of the oldest democracy of the most powerful country the world has ever seen is "on par" with vandalizing a Target. Please stop setting the tone for such dangerous equivocation.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

TheMiddleWay comments on Jan 6, 2022:

The general sentiment here, a common trope among conservatives and liberals, is that the other side did wrong, so why are you coming down on us when we do wrong? Liberals minimized the protests of the past and thus why shouldn't conservatives minimize the protests of the present? In light of ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay It depends on whether or not you're using "Ad Hominem" correctly. If they're saying an argument is wrong * because * the person is an asshole, then yes, but that's basically another symptom of not sharing reality (not behaving logically and rationally) but if you're misusing it to mean name calling independent of the arguments, then you're wrong. I've come to an understanding with someone when we both thought each other was an asshole, and stated as much. Thinking people are assholes doesn't necessarily precipitate the downfall of your civilization. Not living in the same reality does.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

barjoe comments on Jan 6, 2022:

I'm blocked from Conservative Atheists. Fuck every one of those assholes.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@racocn8 Yes, a pattern. If you say one single thing that doesn't align with their beliefs, you're blocked. I literally got blocked after my very first comment on the very first post of theirs I read.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

barjoe comments on Jan 6, 2022:

I'm blocked from Conservative Atheists. Fuck every one of those assholes.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@barjoe Nope, if you're blocked and search for it, it doesn't show up.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

barjoe comments on Jan 6, 2022:

I'm blocked from Conservative Atheists. Fuck every one of those assholes.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@barjoe No, if you are in a group that blocks you, you can't go in to unsubscribe. There's always a new idiot, so you'll always hear idiot things.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

barjoe comments on Jan 6, 2022:

I'm blocked from Conservative Atheists. Fuck every one of those assholes.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

Are you unfortunate like me and subscribed and blocked so you still have to see their idiotic shit in your feed, but can't access it to comment or block it?

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

AnneWimsey comments on Jan 6, 2022:

After reading your re-post, from the charming @ Seriousreason, i'm feeling like vomiting. People Died on this day last year......

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

Don't blame you there, sister, all conservatives make me want to vomit all the time.

People question what would be needed for a reconciliation.

Mcflewster comments on Jan 6, 2022:

The challenge is to get all Americans to vote a positive answer to a single questions. Once you have this baseline agreement.then you might possibly identify the actual grouse(s) of the populists. Then it is a question of tackling each grouse in turn but not proceeding with the next until the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 6, 2022:

And they don't. For fuck's sake they both used American flags to beat Capitol police officers and flew and wore confederate flags. There could not be more clear evidence that they don't. BUT, * they * will say we don't. For whatever reasons I can't imagine, maybe that we believe in crazy anti-second amendment shit like background checks to help reduce the likelihood our children get murdered while learning how to read. Either way, we do not share a reality, thus, a reconciliation is impossible.

It appears the cat that adopted me was not spayed.

ChurchLess comments on Jan 4, 2022:

If I was King a significant portion of Homo sapiens would be spayed/snipped at puberty.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 5, 2022:

@MyTVC15 All birth control should be free. All abortions should be free. And, in another reply, I already agreed the incentive should be paid to anyone willing to get it done at earliest age of consent.

It appears the cat that adopted me was not spayed.

ChurchLess comments on Jan 4, 2022:

If I was King a significant portion of Homo sapiens would be spayed/snipped at puberty.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 5, 2022:

@Cyklone Not sure what they did in India is really what he was suggesting, so I'm not sure if the success or failure is that program would correlate to what my buddy suggested.

It appears the cat that adopted me was not spayed.

ChurchLess comments on Jan 4, 2022:

If I was King a significant portion of Homo sapiens would be spayed/snipped at puberty.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 5, 2022:

@silverotter11 I assume it was all based on cost, risk, and reversibility. I would be fine with both though. That way the likelihood that two people sleeping together were both people that refused the money would be even lower.

I've been a member for a week now and I've noticed a few things.

Robecology comments on Jan 5, 2022:

Two things about your opinion that might be tied together; 1. Feeling like a fifth wheel just might not work if you're at a computer typing or even dictating responses... I suggest that you jump right in to any conversation that strikes your interest; if your comments are impressive you'll ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 5, 2022:

I often don't know the sex/gender of the person I'm interacting with because of user name/avatar ambiguity and the fact that I generally don't care. While I have been in altercations with awful, rude, incredibly stupid women on here that resulted in mutual blocks, there is a majority male population on my block list too. But I would like to posit a possible reason for that: the Conservative Atheist group tends to house some of the loudest, dumbest, rudest people that frequent this site, and it happened to be almost exclusively male back when I wasn't banned from the group (if JennyRad hasn't already, she'll learn that they are the snowflakiest MFers on the planet and will ban you upon making your first logical counterargument to their nonsense).

It appears the cat that adopted me was not spayed.

ChurchLess comments on Jan 4, 2022:

If I was King a significant portion of Homo sapiens would be spayed/snipped at puberty.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 5, 2022:

I couldn't do that by force, but my buddy had an interesting idea: offer men $X to get a reversible vasectomy as young as they're able to consent to it (I think he said $35k, but it would obviously be fluid and need to change by time and location to be effective). The ones that refuse it are far more likely to actually * want * the children they may create. The ones that don't would have to pay for, and have surgery on their junk again, to have kids, another indicator that they * really * want the children.

Just over 6 months ago I decided to sign up for the Crypto.

callmedubious comments on Jan 3, 2022:

anyone who thinks that govts are going to just stand by & allow their fiat currencies(which is all that keeps them in power) to be usurped by a serious contender is an idiot.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 5, 2022:

@callmedubious People have been saying that every year since 2009 and here we are. Guess we'll see in a year...

It appears the cat that adopted me was not spayed.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 4, 2022:

IMO, it is ludicrous to conflate "'women's right to choose" with animal spaying. . . .btw, I have no problem with "control homeless pet population". Also ludicrous to describe "care for stray cats" as "the cat that adopted me". You take in a female cat and apparently didn't know/find-out ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 4, 2022:

Lately you seem very dissimilar from how I remember you.

Hi all. Newbie here, first post. What is your greatest fear?

anglophone comments on Jan 3, 2022:

The Idiot And Malevolent Brigade winning control of even more legislatures around the world. Mayhem, shootings, rapes and murder will be de rigeur as part of that process.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

@Shaggy2018 Oh, I believe a lot of terrible things can and will happen here. I personally do not classify USA as a democracy. I think we very well could be under authoritarian rule in the next 5 election cycles. I just don't see those two particular things as really feasible.

Have more republicans (vs Democrats) died of COVID?

barjoe comments on Jan 3, 2022:

I haven't seen those actual statistics. I will say that early in the pandemic when blue states had more Covid cases and deaths, piece of shit Republicans blamed Democrats. Now that red states have more Covid cases and deaths, piece of shit Republicans blame Democrats.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

@barjoe My bad. I misread.

Why are there so many inactive groups?

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 3, 2022:

New features are likely never going to come. Admin has been MIA for a long time now.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

@JennyRad 4 years ago tomorrow. I'm acerbic and opinionated. I hate Republicans, racists, homophobes, and probably lots of other non-arbitrary groups.

Why are there so many inactive groups?

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 3, 2022:

New features are likely never going to come. Admin has been MIA for a long time now.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

@JennyRad Probably wouldn't be a bad idea. Doubt there's anyone here that would care too much about not having to hear from me anymore if this site went down though.

Have more republicans (vs Democrats) died of COVID?

barjoe comments on Jan 3, 2022:

I haven't seen those actual statistics. I will say that early in the pandemic when blue states had more Covid cases and deaths, piece of shit Republicans blamed Democrats. Now that red states have more Covid cases and deaths, piece of shit Republicans blame Democrats.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

@barjoe Blaming Democrats because they are your political opponents is as different as it possibly could be from blaming Republicans because they follow someone who disseminates misinformation, actively campaigns against the use of preventive/protective equipment and practices, tells people not to get vaccinations, rallies people indoors during a global pandemic, do I really need to go on, or do you get it?

Have more republicans (vs Democrats) died of COVID?

barjoe comments on Jan 3, 2022:

I haven't seen those actual statistics. I will say that early in the pandemic when blue states had more Covid cases and deaths, piece of shit Republicans blamed Democrats. Now that red states have more Covid cases and deaths, piece of shit Republicans blame Democrats.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

You really don't see a difference between those two things?