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ChestRockfield comments on Dec 13, 2020:

If someone said they found someone for me, I'd be willing to give it a look, just be cautious.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@HippieChick58 Oh, oops. I apparently didn't look at this. I thought you were suggesting someone you knew did this. My bad. I see where I'm at now. This new format doesn't make things clear at all.

‎Tuesday, ‎July ‎21, ‎2020 my gift to U - the intellectually astute - an opportunity to...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 26, 2020:

How is this still happening?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@think-beyond Apparently there is some stuff I cannot read as a result of people blocking me, so if there's a reason you're suggesting this to me, I'm not sure I understand why or what the point you're trying to make is. However, I read a synopsis of the points made in that book. I find some of them nice but others not generally supported by evidence. He also refers to "what nature wants" and a resultant karmic system which I unfortunately cannot square with my view of the nature of reality.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@William_Mary Your accusations of me are irrelevant. If you want to think I'm two people or I betray my ideals, etc. that's fine. You don't need to like me. We don't need to be friends. I don't even need to be having this conversation. You can write me off right now and save me some time. I'm still going to be pragmatic and do what I do because no one has convinced me it's wrong yet. I tried to clearly explain what ideally I'd like, and what I'd be willing to do to get it. All of life, at least for me, is a cost-benefit analysis. I * want * universal healthcare and the like. I'd vote in the primary for the most progressive candidate I could. But in the general I'll only vote for the more progressive of the two major party candidates because I * know * Duverger's Law has accurately dictated for hundreds of years that third party candidates can't win in non-proportional-representation democracies with a first past the goal post winner. I really think my analogy about the security measures makes a lot of sense. It seems like you're trying to convince people everything would be better if no one had to use any security measures (which it would) and in light of that, people should be idealistic and stop locking their doors, otherwise they're just giving up and being part of the pessimistic system. The people you want to convince to stop locking their doors will all likely require different levels of evidence or proof that it's safe to do. Some are willing to sacrifice anything to work toward that goal, like you. Others need more assurance because they perceive they have more to lose from a loss than they have to gain from a win. Still others aren't concerned with what can be won or lost, but rather the likelihood of a win or loss. While people like me weigh a combination of these factors to determine the best course of action. None of these ways or picking who to vote for are objectively wrong, regardless of your personal preference. If you were attacking me for picking my candidate out of a hat, that would make perfect sense, but I'm not. I don't know why you're so insistent I'm wrong about my opinion. And as I stated before, if * this * is how progressives are treating people they're trying to convince to risk wasting their vote for a chance at something better, I have far less confidence they'll be able to get enough people on board, making it that much less likely I'll risk my vote.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@Piece2YourPuzzle Honestly, I want to, but I'm responding to both of you and it's a lot. I'm not a typical Democrat. Like I said, I think I'm as liberal as they come, so what I'm giving up isn't the yard stick to measure by. Also, you're missing an important component pragmatic people weigh in. If I want thing X and I can either compromise to get 50% of X or lose and get thing Y which is the exact opposite of thing X, then you could consider that 50% is least 75% of what I want or more depending on how bad thing Y is. I won't respond to all of the points I see in a different way at this juncture. If you'd please list the specific questions you want me to answer and we can start from there instead of each trying to wade through all that was said.

And a side of bacon, please.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Never understood why people made fun of the diet Coke thing.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@Lorajay And? The less calories you drink the more calories you can eat! I actually * prefer * diet to regular, independent of calories. The few times I got pop when I was young, it was always diet, and it's what I'm used to. Now, regular tastes gritty and syrupy to me, and I do not enjoy it at all. Anyway, there are lots of reasons people order diet that aren't stupid, nonsensical, or incongruent.

And a side of bacon, please.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Never understood why people made fun of the diet Coke thing.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

But I wanna fuck that burger up.

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin Why you gotta go to the name calling? Everything I'm saying I'm basing on facts, not feelings. Not sure how that makes me smug or elitist (good job using 'elite' with a negative connotation like the Republicans do, by the way) but whatever. You're the one on here that needs to win people over, so name calling is probably a perfect tool to help with that.

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin I'd say this is a classic chicken/chicken egg conundrum, but the chick/egg thing actually has an answer. I don't think it's fair to say that you'd have the votes * if * they'd trust you with the nominee, but that you won't simply take the nominee with all the votes you supposedly have. That's like a "Nigerian Prince" telling you he has 300 million dollars he wants to give you but he can't do it until you give him $3,000 first. Call it an excuse, call it a rationalization, call it whatever you want; I make my decisions based on facts. I'll vote for a progressive in the primary, and if they win, I'll vote for them in the general, but I will not throw away my vote on something hundreds of years of evidence tells me is impossible.

Yay, we just got our N95 mask at work. They were purchased in February we got them yesterday.

Charlene comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Just in time for the 2nd wave .

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@Charlene Unfortunately I am. Ohio. Not sure what vaccine my hospital is getting. We start vaccinations next week from what I was told, but they, sorry, we still don't know the order, or when it will be available to all the non-healthcare citizens.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@Piece2YourPuzzle It would be nice if that were true, but it just isn't. For hundreds of years Duverger's Law has not failed to be true, so people * know * it will be a wasted vote that will elect the worse of the two [in some cases, the worse of the two evils]. I'm asking * how * you can make it happen instead of just restating an if/then statement. Sure, * if * everyone wrote in John Stamos on their ballot * then * he would become the next president. The question is * how * do you convince enough people that enough people are going to do it to get him the win * before * you actually know/can show you have the numbers? That's the Catch-22. Would it be nice if everyone voted their ideals? Absolutely. Would it be nice if no one stole anything so we could all spend the money we spend on security measures on other things. Yup. Those things are based on the same principle. People will take advantage of weaknesses they see in others because humans are innately selfish (or pragmatic if you prefer). While some people are voting their ideals others will sacrifice a little of what they want to guarantee the rest every election. The Republicans figured this out. Do you know that if 25% of the people who voted for Jill Stein in Wisconsin, 75% from Michigan, and 88% from Pennsylvania had realized they were throwing their vote away and voted for Clinton instead, we would have never had a President Trump. How much better would the environment be in if there was no Trump? How much better would everything be if Clinton had won? If you think all the bad shit that happened under Trump was worth it to vote your ideals, then I guess we're kind of at an impasse.

It took me seconds to decide I didn't like the new visual style of this site.

BitFlipper comments on Dec 12, 2020:

I only use this on my phone. I don't see any changes.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@Theresa_N I'm on the app on my phone and it looks different...

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@RoboGraham In 2016 there were an estimated 157 million registered voters. 129 million voted. If the possibility of someone who very well * could * have been a major part nominee promising things that could improve their lives wasn't enough to motivate them to vote even though they were already registered, what data do you have to support your claim that they would suddenly care enough to vote for them if they made it to the general, but only then and not a minute earlier? I just don't see non-voters, registered or otherwise, caring enough about politics to follow it so they would know if they'd be willing to turn out to vote for someone saying something they liked, but not caring enough to try to make that person who says the stuff they like the nominee or vote on any other issues or against any candidate that says or does things they don't like. It just doesn't add up and I don't see anything but conjecture that says otherwise. And that still brings us back to the point I made earlier. If you can't get those mystery voters to turn out until the progressive candidate is a major party nominee, and you can't get pragmatic democrats/liberals to waste their votes on a third party to prove to the establishment that the third party candidates could carry the day and should be the "second party" candidate without knowing when those mystery voters will step up, where do you go? That's a catch-22 there's no out for. It would take cycle after cycle after cycle of losses trying to build up steam. And every loss, some of the people you convinced to sign on to the movement would leave and say it wasn't worth throwing their vote away the last X elections to try to get a new party to be one of the only two available parties the US is capable of having. I believe in the substance of what you want. Tell me the real-world way in which you think it can happen. I have a suspicion telling people they're blind, enslaved sheep isn't going to quite get us over the goal line.

Republicans Talk Secession After Supreme Court Rejects Texas Election Challenge After the ...

glennlab comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Thankfully he was shuit sown, now we just have to worry about military action

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@johnnyrobish I hope they all die defending freedom.

Yay, we just got our N95 mask at work. They were purchased in February we got them yesterday.

Charlene comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Just in time for the 2nd wave .

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@Charlene Your state already has the order mapped out for everyone? My hospital hasn't even disclosed the order yet for employees. Still, there's a good chance there will be a 4th wave before April (or at least the month when bigger states are done). Plus, you're not taking into account the percentage of people that are going to refuse the vaccine added to the approximate 30% fail rate of the estimated immunogenicity of 70%. Even if 10% refuse the vaccine, that leaves 37% of the population vulnerable post country-wide vaccination. If it gets close to 30% refusal you'll get to 50% of the population still being vulnerable. And this is all ignoring the possibility that the immunity from the vaccine may not last significantly longer than the immunity from recovering from the virus itself and/or that it doesn't mutate and become a yearly thing that kicks our asses.

A Small Minnesota Town Voted to Approve the Permit for a Whites-Only Church ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Dec 11, 2020:

This is disagreeable but is it also illegal?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Unfortunately, that won't work. They * are * allowed to discriminate based on one protected class: religious beliefs. If a black atheist tried to get a job there, they'd just argue they denied employment because he was an atheist, not non-white.

A Small Minnesota Town Voted to Approve the Permit for a Whites-Only Church ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Par for the course in a country where 73 million people think Trump is a good president. We're fucked. Get ready for either a civil war or an authoritarian government.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TimeOutForMe They made Jesus white, you don't think they think heaven is too?

Yay, we just got our N95 mask at work. They were purchased in February we got them yesterday.

Charlene comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Just in time for the 2nd wave .

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@Charlene Most news sources agree we're already in the third. The general public won't be fully vaccinated until like June. I'd hold my bet there won't be a 4th wave if I were you...

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@William_Mary I'd be more than happy to help when it wouldn't be detrimental to democrats. And I'm not full of ego, I'm being realistic. I'm as liberal and progressive as they come, but not at the expense of protecting people from conservative policies. I support free college, free health coverage, pro-choice, gay rights, climate change legislation, I even want to see profit-free government-run automobile insurance and zero-deduction taxes. Try to name a progressive policy I wouldn't support or a progressive candidate I wouldn't vote for. How progressive is someone, really, if they protest-vote someone into the White House that wants to * reduce * healthcare coverage, give billionaires * more * tax breaks, take money * away * from public schools, deport dreamers, privatize the post office, etc? It's crazy that we want the exact same things, yet just because of a difference in what we think are possible avenues to get there, we're fighting each other. It's not like I'm in the center and you're on the far left and we're splintering. This is how we lose so much. For the Republicans, all that matters is "( R )". Work on changing who gets the nod in the primaries. Work on all those people that don't vote at all to get to the polls at that time. That will show the party that they don't need to worry about the shifting electorate, because with that much new support on the far left, if it really does exist, the electorate wouldn't actually be shifting right. But don't wait until the general and then cause/almost cause a Republican win.

A Small Minnesota Town Voted to Approve the Permit for a Whites-Only Church ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Dec 11, 2020:

This is disagreeable but is it also illegal?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

Racial discrimination for membership may not technically be illegal, but racial discrimination for employment definitely is. We need some non-white people to apply for employment in their Church, they will obviously be denied employment, and with their stated values it will not be hard to prove in court that it was based on racial discrimination. I hope that happens, and I hope they get sued for a shit ton of money.

Yay, we just got our N95 mask at work. They were purchased in February we got them yesterday.

Charlene comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Just in time for the 2nd wave .

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

4th?

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin This is exactly the problem: the fractured left. * I * understand Duverger's Law, so * I * know that I have two options: the candidate whose proposed policies are * closer * to mine, or the candidate whose are * further * from mine. 3rd party votes do nothing. Abstaining in protest does nothing. People on the right seem to understand this too. There were shady backroom dealings and shenanigans trying to prevent Trump from becoming the nominee. Yet as soon as he got the nomination they all got the fuck in line, supported him, and got him elected. Let's say the Dem party is hostile and useless to progressives. Are they * worse * than the Republican party? Would cycle after cycle of Republican leadership while the far left built up support for the notion that * their * candidates were one of the two viable parties, not whoever the Democrats put up, be worth it? And @RoboGraham, you really believe there are tens of millions of eligible, yet unregistered and/or non-practicing citizens so supportive of the progressive movement that they would register/vote for a progressive, but don't give a fuck about voting against conservative "values" or voting on ANY down-ballot initiatives? That just doesn't sound realistic at all. That also has to mean all those people you think can be motivated all recognize, just like me, that third party candidates CAN'T WIN because there * are * progressives on the ballot, especially in the primaries. So by your assessment, they're super eager to vote for a progressive, know a third party candidate can't win, would be easy to mobilize to the polls with the right candidate, but won't even vote in the primary to try to make that happen? That doesn't sound ridiculous to you? Please, bro.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@William_Mary * You * may be, but a vast, vast majority won't. Ever. Tens of millions of eligible voters can't even be bothered to pull a fuckin' lever, even in an election this big, so an informed electorate isn't a pipe dream, it's an impossibility. My problem with it is that it's conveniently at a time that is more accusatory of Biden, with the token inclusion of 'Trump did it too', even though Trump's cabinet picks were far more egregious. If the outcome was neutral, I wouldn't be fighting it. It isn't. This push is far more detrimental to the Dems, so, no thanks.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@altschmerz I agree with all that, but knowing that, you think people are going to suddenly care so much they're going not only start looking up stuff on candidates before the election but they're also going to research all of their cabinet picks too? Come on. Anyway, even if we did have access to that information and even if people did look it up, we are so polarized the results of that search likely wouldn't mean anything. I'm so convinced that another 4 of Trump would end our democracy (that is if the first 4 didn't do it) that there's practically no one Biden could pick for his cabinet pre-election that would have changed my vote. Furthermore, the pre-election cabinet picks can only hurt the Democrats. Republicans have shown all they care about is power, and we know they'll always line up to vote for the Republican, so their picks wouldn't hurt them, while the fractured left would take a hit for picks being not centrist enough or liberal enough.

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@RoboGraham I agree however that it's a shame * anything * didn't crush Trump.

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@RoboGraham We will never know for sure, but there were a lot of people (some in my own family) that were worried about Biden being "too socialist". Had the Dems put up a more liberal candidate, the socialist label would have had more teeth and may have lost more votes from the middle than they gained from the far left. Furthermore, votes lost from the middle more often result in votes going for the opposing party while votes lost from the far left tend to turn into wasted 3rd party votes.

According to her she was going to a "safe house" (church) to pray and be close to her "maker" and ...

girlwithsmiles comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Mmm it’s all fun until someone gets hurt.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TimeOutForMe I wish they'd hurry up and go live with him.

According to her she was going to a "safe house" (church) to pray and be close to her "maker" and ...

girlwithsmiles comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Mmm it’s all fun until someone gets hurt.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TimeOutForMe They are. I remember early on when the big lockdown started the was a reporter outside a church asking people why they were risking it and a woman claimed nothing could happen to her because "she was bathed in the blood of Christ."

According to her she was going to a "safe house" (church) to pray and be close to her "maker" and ...

girlwithsmiles comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Mmm it’s all fun until someone gets hurt.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TimeOutForMe If you read through the tweets you'll see it's 100% a troll account. The original was probably real, and then a million people started tweeting at her what a dumb fuck she was and that they hope she and her husband (and their entire congregation) die, so she made it private. Then someone stole her picture and made a Twitter handle that looks almost the same. In the first tweet said they had to make their other account private, and then began to troll the fuck out of twitter. None of the tweets you linked to are real, but they are funny.

You know, he's half right.

Wisterious comments on Dec 10, 2020:

12 of 1, a dozen of another.🤪

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 10, 2020:

A guy I used to play cards with, no matter how many times I told him the correct phrase, never failed to say "six dozen in one hand, half a dozen in the other". It was excruciating.

Vote for a turd?

RoboGraham comments on Jun 26, 2020:

Like diving into a pit of cacti to avoid being hit by a truck.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 10, 2020:

This seems a little more accurate.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 10, 2020:

@Piece2YourPuzzle Read this whole thread. I said exactly what you just said.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 10, 2020:

@rogerbenham He likes to call us ignorant. He likes to point out that he knows what our misconceptions are, yet fails to specify after being asked repeatedly, seemingly because he doesn't have a good reply and just wants to remain in his echo chamber without pesky observations about the nature of reality creeping in to fuck it all up.

Mostly Questionable Christmas memes.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

What am I not seeing about the cookies?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 10, 2020:

@scurry Eh, I don't really see it.

Anyone else like me that can't tell when a girl is just being nice to you or is actually flirting ...

CeCeMTL comments on Oct 20, 2020:

Haha!! I have the opposite problem. I’m super nice and guys think its flirting. Then they get act all super weird. And they’ll throw in something like “I have a girlfriend!” And I’ll respond with “No, dude...I was just asking you if this is the line up to order my coffee!”

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@Sonja44 Did yours resemble this... https://youtu.be/I2AEdx_-lMM

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@rogerbenham That's because he's only interested in spreading misinformation. Notice he didn't try to refute what I said, just tried to silence me with rude comments. People like him are the reason we don't and won't ever have legitimate, constructive discourse in America ever again.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@William_Mary Good talk. I already posted my response. Refute if you can. Make more snide comments if you can't.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@William_Mary I read what you posted. Unless what you posted is completely off-topic from the link you included, it's absolutely on-topic... What you posted talks about a president not being fully in charge because of the power of his unelected cabinet. Additionally, however, the parts you posted seemed to insinuate it would have been more of a factor for Biden than Trump as if Trump didn't make promises to get votes that were not in line with his subsequent cabinet picks.

The Louder the Monkey, the Smaller Its Balls, Study Finds

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 8, 2020:

We do currently have a president that bragged about the size of his dick on national television... It's fuckin' crazy just the shit we've forgotten about.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@snytiger6 Can anyone look/listen to him and really think he's packing heat?

Anyone else like me that can't tell when a girl is just being nice to you or is actually flirting ...

CeCeMTL comments on Oct 20, 2020:

Haha!! I have the opposite problem. I’m super nice and guys think its flirting. Then they get act all super weird. And they’ll throw in something like “I have a girlfriend!” And I’ll respond with “No, dude...I was just asking you if this is the line up to order my coffee!”

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@Sonja44 I constantly feel like Andy from The 40 Year-Old Virgin when he said, "I respect women. I love women. I respect them so much I completely stay away from them." I'd probably get some dates if I was forward and played the odds, but I just can't do it. It's not me. Instead I live a sad lonely existence hoping a women finds me somehow because all I can think about is how "over" women are of being hit on all the time. (e.g. "Uugh, can't I even go to the _____ without being hit on?")

Anyone else like me that can't tell when a girl is just being nice to you or is actually flirting ...

CeCeMTL comments on Oct 20, 2020:

Haha!! I have the opposite problem. I’m super nice and guys think its flirting. Then they get act all super weird. And they’ll throw in something like “I have a girlfriend!” And I’ll respond with “No, dude...I was just asking you if this is the line up to order my coffee!”

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@Sonja44 https://youtu.be/kTFZyl7hfBw

Grade 4 math??

Wisterious comments on Dec 8, 2020:

This seems to be working for me today, so here it is again (somewhat): Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, ... ...here I am, (at Christmas blek!) trying to get away from you (people).

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@Wisterious You didn't watch Desperate Housewives? It's one of my favorite shows ever. It was.

Grade 4 math??

Wisterious comments on Dec 8, 2020:

This seems to be working for me today, so here it is again (somewhat): Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, ... ...here I am, (at Christmas blek!) trying to get away from you (people).

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@Wisterious In your picture you look like Edie Britt?

Grade 4 math??

Wisterious comments on Dec 8, 2020:

This seems to be working for me today, so here it is again (somewhat): Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, ... ...here I am, (at Christmas blek!) trying to get away from you (people).

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@Wisterious I can't see what she said. I assume she deleted so I wouldn't be influenced. I also assume she said it was because most of the events of Desperate Housewives took place on or near Wisteria Lane, which is correct. P.S. Sorry it wasn't more exciting. 😔

There's a lot of debate every year about whether or not Die Hard and Home Alone are Christmas ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Dec 8, 2020:

Neither. To me, for it to be a Christmas movie, it has to be *about* Christmas... Christmas has to play a central role in the movie such that if it were removed, the movie would be radically altered. Based on that: movies *on* Christmas are not by default movies *about* Christmas. Consider ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay The gun could be the gift on the last day, and the asking Santa could be replaced with asking his parents...

Grade 4 math??

Wisterious comments on Dec 8, 2020:

This seems to be working for me today, so here it is again (somewhat): Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, ... ...here I am, (at Christmas blek!) trying to get away from you (people).

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

Every time I see one of your comments I think of Desperate Housewives.

There's a lot of debate every year about whether or not Die Hard and Home Alone are Christmas ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Dec 8, 2020:

Neither. To me, for it to be a Christmas movie, it has to be *about* Christmas... Christmas has to play a central role in the movie such that if it were removed, the movie would be radically altered. Based on that: movies *on* Christmas are not by default movies *about* Christmas. Consider ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

Very good analysis. Is there a line between Christmas and Hanukkah? If the story would work as a Hanukkah movie, would that declassify it as a Christmas movie per your rule?

I know New Year is still over a month away, but 2020 has been such a traumatic year it deserves ...

BestWithoutGods comments on Dec 8, 2020:

There should be an IQ test for every candidate running for office.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex He's probably had plenty of dishonorable discharge over the years.

I know New Year is still over a month away, but 2020 has been such a traumatic year it deserves ...

BestWithoutGods comments on Dec 8, 2020:

There should be an IQ test for every candidate running for office.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@creative51 You don't need to be smart to persuade stupid people... His "win" in no way means he's intelligent.

Everyone has prejudice.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Prejudice, given this definition, seems to be a rather useless word without context. I just don't find value in using the same word to describe those who dislike people based on the color of their skin and those who dislike those kind of people.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

@Word I don't want to get into the free will debate while we're already in the rabbit hole on this. You can research it on your own if you're really interested. You can also search old topics here and see how many people here also recognize free will is an illusion. To me, it is as readily apparent that free will does not exist as it is to you that god doesn't exist. Once this realization clicks for an individual, it's even more irreversible than a loss of a belief in god. (I know several people that have refound god, but none that started believing in free will again.) (Also, no one that isn't clinically insane believes in "free will to grow your hair color". The only thing I mean by free will is the latter example.)

I was telling yous how that one of my cats has totally black eyes.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

I'm confused. Is there not a ring of yellow there?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

@azzow2 Your cat's eyes are likely just dilated...

Everyone has prejudice.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Prejudice, given this definition, seems to be a rather useless word without context. I just don't find value in using the same word to describe those who dislike people based on the color of their skin and those who dislike those kind of people.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

@Word I mean, if we're going to get into it like this and suggest one's racism is a developmental disorder, and thus, not under their control, we may as well take it all the way. As you may know from many previous decisions here, I do not believe in free will. I don't believe * anything * we do or think is under our control. So if we're saying that, then my hatred of them for their hatred of others for arbitrary reasons is not under my control either.

when I was single I tried online dating.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

What's stopping you even if you're married if you're just planning to troll? I doubt trolls reel in a bunch of ass...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

@Atheist_News Then make it a couples activity. Use her picture. Dudes are way more likely to respond than chicks anyway, so there will be way more opportunity to troll. Then after you have a fun time replying to idiots and drinking a bottle of wine together, you can cram in a bone sesh before bed. Not just a hat rack, my friend.

Everyone has prejudice.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Prejudice, given this definition, seems to be a rather useless word without context. I just don't find value in using the same word to describe those who dislike people based on the color of their skin and those who dislike those kind of people.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

@Word 1. "People are still people" still assumes a premise I augured against in my last comment. It assumes that a human has intrinsic value that outweighs how big of a piece of shit they act like/think like. I disagree with this premise. 2. You're making my point for me. Hating people for arbitrary reasons they can't control is completely different than hating someone for something they theoretically (for the purposes of this argument) can. So I * wouldn't * hate someone for having Downs, that would be a super shitty, awful thing to do, but I * would * hate someone for hating someone with Downs because theoretically they * could * control it but do the shitty awful thing anyway. 3. Why is that an either/or? That's a fallacy of a false dichotomy. Would you rather eradicate a racist or would you rather eradicate racism? Both. Would genocide of racist eradicate racism? Genocide of all racists would... Why do you think racist, etc. are that way? Because they were taught it, obviously. "No one comes out of the womb saying, 'The Jews have all the money!'" -David Cross Point is, they're unlikely to change. And the few that do will easily be replaced by the procreation of the ones that don't. Not sure what that has to do with the discussion at hand though. If they care about me not hating them ( * they don't * ), they're free to stop doing the thing that makes them extra detestable as human beings.

I was telling yous how that one of my cats has totally black eyes.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

I'm confused. Is there not a ring of yellow there?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

@azzow2 I'm missing the "totally black" part then...

This one I believe

Wisterious comments on Dec 7, 2020:

I didn't see it. Should I put it on my list? (Or is that a party-pooper comment/question?)

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

See both of them. And if you like them, you can watch Zathura: Jumanji in Space.

Everyone has prejudice.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Prejudice, given this definition, seems to be a rather useless word without context. I just don't find value in using the same word to describe those who dislike people based on the color of their skin and those who dislike those kind of people.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

@Word 1. Bias, hated, and discrimination only lives in people. There's not some magical discrimination entity we can attack and banish. What are people if they're not their decisions, beliefs, motivations, and actions? 2. You didn't address my claim that "love the sinner" isn't a valid premise. If that was a given AND we believed there were redeeming qualities for humans so great that they could outweigh them being super racist, then it'd be an argument I'd need to refute. I don't believe either of those things to be true, so I do not accept that "love the sinner, hate the sin" is a valid argument. 3. You didn't answer my question. Does hating racists make me as bad as racists hating people for the color of their skin?

Everyone has prejudice.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Prejudice, given this definition, seems to be a rather useless word without context. I just don't find value in using the same word to describe those who dislike people based on the color of their skin and those who dislike those kind of people.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

@Word The phrase that fucks the whole thing is the "actual experience". Do you really need actual experience to know a KKK Grand Wizard is a piece of shit? I don't. So technically that makes me prejudiced. Do you really think that makes me just as bad as a KKK Grand Wizard? If you do, then we have drastically differing opinions about the nature of reality. If you don't, then you can see my point that prejudice, as defined above, is kind of a useless word.

when I was single I tried online dating.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

What's stopping you even if you're married if you're just planning to troll? I doubt trolls reel in a bunch of ass...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

@Atheist_News Oh, I assumed she would be enjoying the fun with you. Either way, wouldn't your posts and messages show you weren't doing anything shady?

Everyone has prejudice.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Prejudice, given this definition, seems to be a rather useless word without context. I just don't find value in using the same word to describe those who dislike people based on the color of their skin and those who dislike those kind of people.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

@Word What if you think human life is an abominable mistake of evolution and the only thing that can redeem humans are the things they profess and what they stand for? Furthermore, that's not an Ad Hominem. Ad hominem is an attempt to discredit an argument by attacking a personal trait unrelated to the argument. This is the exact opposite of that.

Everyone has prejudice.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Prejudice, given this definition, seems to be a rather useless word without context. I just don't find value in using the same word to describe those who dislike people based on the color of their skin and those who dislike those kind of people.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

@Word Prejudice against prejudice should be a good thing. The claim that it's not proves how useless the word is.

when I was single I tried online dating.

barjoe comments on Dec 7, 2020:

I don't like online dating. I meet all my girl in bars. They can't preach to you when they're drunk

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

What have you been doing since Covid? I used to get a few dates from online profiles, but since I deleted my Facebook, I lost access to the sites (but more importantly, the ability for people to internet stalk me to verify I'm real). I have a friend that wants us to start a dating site for suicidal people. That would be nice. Other than that longshot I doubt I'll find someone before I die. This site sure as fuck didn't pan out as a dating site.

Everyone has prejudice.

Wisterious comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Has anyone ever taken any of the Implicit Association Tests? (Project started by scientists at various universities)? Despite my assertion that 'well, I don't have any,' the tests have shown multiple times that I do :( https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

It said I had a slight bias in the one I tried, but I wonder if they really appropriately correct for order on the individual tests instead of just the aggregate.

I just got banned from the conservative atheist .

Moravian comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Why did it take so long ?. You obviously weren't trying

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 7, 2020:

It took me like 3 comments I think. With how fragile they are in the presence of truth, I, too, am surprised it took that long.

Unsolicited Dick Pics: let me explain why you should not send them, heterosexual gentlemen.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 6, 2020:

I am still of the mind that you should never send them, but women at work talk about them, share them, and have admitted to sleeping with a guy because of them. So, this is not a one-sided problem. If it never worked, guys would probably stop, but since it does, dudes are going to play those odds....

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 6, 2020:

@AnneWimsey I don't know what to tell you, but they're not putting me on. They had the pictures saved on their phones and I watched them show each other. They marveled at the size, which I assume it likely an important part of a dick pic bringing you success. These guys aren't doing it to shock people, they're doing it because it gets them laid. Several years ago I had someone tell me a move (that I later saw detailed on a television show, so it must be a well known thing) they had a lot of success with. They claimed that if you got a lady back to your place it means she's already into you and has at least considered sex. They claimed that given those circumstances, if you just pull it out there's a very high success rate of her doing something with it. Again, people do things that work. David Cross has an amazing 3 min bit about this... https://youtu.be/ffOMSlc2ay8

I hope Trump pardons himself instead of stepping down and having Pence do it.

Sticks48 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Me too. How do you pardon someone for a crime they haven't even been charged with? Does that include any future crime they might be charged with?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@K9Kohle789 Apparently there were fine print disclaimers on the donation pages that provide for some shenanigans.

I hope Trump pardons himself instead of stepping down and having Pence do it.

Sticks48 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Me too. How do you pardon someone for a crime they haven't even been charged with? Does that include any future crime they might be charged with?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@Sticks48 Wow, apparently Trump already raised $207.5 million just since the end of the election and the money doesn't have many restrictions in how it can be used.

Love This. What do you think?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 3, 2020:

I love using these arguments on asshole Libertarians, who live in their fantasy bubble of being their own island and never needing other people or government because they are greedy wannabees, as in wannabe rich, which is never gonna happen for them. Another thing they will never admit to. A big ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 5, 2020:

This.

Human Foot Found in Seattle Recycling Bin Police in Seattle report that a local homeowner found...

LucyLoohoo comments on Dec 5, 2020:

Satire's probably not so funny if that's your child's foot!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 5, 2020:

To be fair, nothing would ever be funny if you only view it through the eyes of someone that would be offended by it.

Have you all noticed that in political discourse people without kids are usually treated, at best, ...

Fletch comments on May 12, 2020:

Single, childfree people aren't considered to be an important voting bloc. With the number of childfree people on the rise hopefully this will change.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@DUCHESSA Person? Good one. 😝

I was watching Biden being interviewed, and he was asked, "Do you want to see Trump at your ...

TheGreatShadow comments on Dec 5, 2020:

I took that as a "he might be there and not in jail". That's a nice way to tell someone to FO! Keep in mind we are going to have a president that hopefully won't resort to childish behavior.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@Diogenes No argument there. He's a garbage person. One in a billion is even optimistic. He's been a pile of shit and has consistently gotten worse for 74 years, it's a practical impossibility he'd change now.

I was watching Biden being interviewed, and he was asked, "Do you want to see Trump at your ...

TheGreatShadow comments on Dec 5, 2020:

I took that as a "he might be there and not in jail". That's a nice way to tell someone to FO! Keep in mind we are going to have a president that hopefully won't resort to childish behavior.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@Diogenes I didn't say * I * think that. That's what I took Biden's comment to mean he may think.

I was watching Biden being interviewed, and he was asked, "Do you want to see Trump at your ...

TheGreatShadow comments on Dec 5, 2020:

I took that as a "he might be there and not in jail". That's a nice way to tell someone to FO! Keep in mind we are going to have a president that hopefully won't resort to childish behavior.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 5, 2020:

I took it as, 'if he's there, he's not barricading himself in the white house'.

A Satisfying moment in Walmart.

barjoe comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Philadelphia police have been enforcing trespass. Everybody has a mask in Wal-Mart, Home Depot and every store. I saw one incident. The customer acted up and was removed bodily.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@AnneWimsey I apologize, we had a little miscommunication if that's what you got from my post. I was pointing out the thing * I * like to do to fuck with assholes in stores in the era of Covid.

Have you all noticed that in political discourse people without kids are usually treated, at best, ...

Fletch comments on May 12, 2020:

Single, childfree people aren't considered to be an important voting bloc. With the number of childfree people on the rise hopefully this will change.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@DUCHESSA Really? See that's where they get me. If there was someone like that running against Donald fucking Trump, I'd have to vote for them. I can't make that my primary issue and they know that most of the childless can't either. The same is true for atheists. They know that we can't make that our primary criterion, so they can placate the religious idiots and still retain our votes.

I hope Trump pardons himself instead of stepping down and having Pence do it.

Sticks48 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Me too. How do you pardon someone for a crime they haven't even been charged with? Does that include any future crime they might be charged with?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Sticks48 But he never really loses is the problem. That fucking prick was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and up his ass and they've never come out (or even switched places). Sure people make fun of him, but that's nothing new. And most of the people that do don't live anywhere near as well as he does. George Herbert claims that's the best revenge, ya know.

I hope Trump pardons himself instead of stepping down and having Pence do it.

Sticks48 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Me too. How do you pardon someone for a crime they haven't even been charged with? Does that include any future crime they might be charged with?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Sticks48 As big of a fucking scum bag as he is with the most lucrative gig he's ever had, the prospect of him going broke is something I'll need to see to believe.

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Why the fuck is anyone still using Facebook after everything we've learned? Oh, I guess it's because people are fucking stupid.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Strongly disagree FB > Myspace. That aside, none of that was really my point.

I hope Trump pardons himself instead of stepping down and having Pence do it.

Sticks48 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Me too. How do you pardon someone for a crime they haven't even been charged with? Does that include any future crime they might be charged with?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Sticks48 Foreigners trying to influence Trump were spending lots of money at his businesses. He refused to disclose how much. I doubt he's hurting.

A Satisfying moment in Walmart.

barjoe comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Philadelphia police have been enforcing trespass. Everybody has a mask in Wal-Mart, Home Depot and every store. I saw one incident. The customer acted up and was removed bodily.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@AnneWimsey I don't know what you're talking about anymore...

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Why the fuck is anyone still using Facebook after everything we've learned? Oh, I guess it's because people are fucking stupid.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Even if they don't matter to each individual, aggregates of the issues (like echo chambers- which members here are admitting to actively cultivating, and other forms of thought and behavior control, targeted misinformation/foreign interference, etc.) can be tremendously detrimental. If only people who would suffer very little from Facebook use, like you, used Facebook, it wouldn't be worth being on it because of how few people were there.

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

Dyl1983 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

I left Facebook YEARS ago.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Yeah, things probably left you, so take that! I'm like urinating with a sexually transmitted disease I'm burning you so bad.

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Why the fuck is anyone still using Facebook after everything we've learned? Oh, I guess it's because people are fucking stupid.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay For starters: "You Really Should Stop Using Facebook -- Here's Why" https://www.cheatsheet.com/gear-style/reasons-why-you-should-stop-using-facebook.html/

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

lerlo comments on Dec 4, 2020:

seems like a supposedly intelligent company like Facebook would understand that all hate speech, no matter who it is against is not good, and why can't they make their algorithms apply across the board?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Their algorithms are meant to do exactly one thing: keep people on Facebook as long as they can to give away as much of their personal information as they are willing.

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Why the fuck is anyone still using Facebook after everything we've learned? Oh, I guess it's because people are fucking stupid.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Sticks48 It's not because "I don't like it". Are you really not aware of all of the negative effects of Facebook use??

I hope Trump pardons himself instead of stepping down and having Pence do it.

Sticks48 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Me too. How do you pardon someone for a crime they haven't even been charged with? Does that include any future crime they might be charged with?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Sticks48 I wouldn't. I mean, I wouldn't like protecting that asshole anytime, but especially not in a prison. But that's just one of the logistical nightmares that would arise from putting a former president in prison. Optics would be a disaster too. I would love to see it all go down, but it just won't happen. And I wouldn't worry about his financial situation, he's enriched himself more in the last 4 years than we'll likely ever know.

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Why the fuck is anyone still using Facebook after everything we've learned? Oh, I guess it's because people are fucking stupid.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@whiskywoman Is there a group on Facebook that teaches punctuation?

I hope Trump pardons himself instead of stepping down and having Pence do it.

Sticks48 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Me too. How do you pardon someone for a crime they haven't even been charged with? Does that include any future crime they might be charged with?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@K9Kohle789 Maybe he'll pay fines and back taxes (though I doubt that, if they didn't make him pay them yet, it was probably technically legal what he did, as fucked up as that is) but he'll never be in prison. I promise you that. Out of curiosity, do you think Secret Service agents would have to be in the prison with the former president??

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Why the fuck is anyone still using Facebook after everything we've learned? Oh, I guess it's because people are fucking stupid.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@whiskywoman You don't have text, or email, or Google shared folders, or Google duo, or Zoom, or Skype, or FaceTime, or a mailbox, or a telephone, or or or or or... Did you just call us assholes and some of your family members 'tards?? I don't know that I can take an insult or a compliment from you seriously.

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

Bobbyzen comments on Dec 3, 2020:

It is SO unfair to ban white supremacist social media posts that incite violence against black and brown people and to simultaneously allow criticism of white supremacy. I mean, can you imagine if newspapers banned advertisements and editorials calling slaves inferior, and offering bounties and ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@Admin This link is blacked out. When I try to follow it, it says my device is no longer supported. Can you post the link instead of just the video?

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

RobinGray comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Nope. I got silenced for 7 days for using this: 🖕🏻At an anti-masker who literally said “fuck the mask mandates” My emoji got me suspended while their language passed. You can’t convince me Facebook and Twitter aren’t staunch Trump supporters.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Yeah, I can't see how anyone could argue that with a straight face. For 5 fucking years Trump has been saying shit that would get anyone else banned.

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

Willow_Wisp comments on Dec 3, 2020:

I stay away from the septic tank called Facebook, it's a monolith of populist stupidity. Plus they sell your personal information to anyone with $$. I also avoid ALL right wing media for the same reason, but at least they're honest about being lying cheating MF ers.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 3, 2020:

They are? Those motherfuckers call themselves "fair and balanced"!

A Satisfying moment in Walmart.

barjoe comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Philadelphia police have been enforcing trespass. Everybody has a mask in Wal-Mart, Home Depot and every store. I saw one incident. The customer acted up and was removed bodily.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@AnneWimsey My link was specifically responding to the part of your comment where you imply assault can't be charged unless you are infected.

A Satisfying moment in Walmart.

barjoe comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Philadelphia police have been enforcing trespass. Everybody has a mask in Wal-Mart, Home Depot and every store. I saw one incident. The customer acted up and was removed bodily.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@AnneWimsey I don't think that's true... "Man Arrested For Coughing In Police Officer’s Face" https://www.marylandlawhelp.com/man-arrested-for-coughing-in-police-officers-face/

Surprise! Surprise!! Face mask wearing increased to 77%; however, that was not enough to off set ...

Willow_Wisp comments on Dec 2, 2020:

I wouldn’t jump to that conclusion. I shouldn’t have to say more than one word, “Sweden” Nor White House party’s and political rallies. Conservatives carry diseases.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 2, 2020:

@Rodatheist You have absolutely nothing to support that conclusion. First of all, social distancing is no where near as good as masks. They've known since March that this is airborne. They found it in the ventilation systems in hospitals and they know that it can linger in the air FOR HOURS. People being 6' apart in a room an hour ago doesn't help you if you walk in after they're gone. Secondly, people that are forced to be near each other in risky situations (nurses like me who work in interventional pulmonology with Covid positive patients) rarely get Covid with proper mask wearing. Literally only one nurse on my unit got it, and she got it in a party destination while on vacation. That is anecdotal, obviously, but you don't even have anecdotal evidence to support your claim. Third, the director of the CDC clearly stated under oath that he believes the single best defense against Covid is masks, not a vaccine, not social distancing, masks.

Surprise! Surprise!! Face mask wearing increased to 77%; however, that was not enough to off set ...

Willow_Wisp comments on Dec 2, 2020:

I wouldn’t jump to that conclusion. I shouldn’t have to say more than one word, “Sweden” Nor White House party’s and political rallies. Conservatives carry diseases.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 2, 2020:

This is the guy that talks about reason and sound knowledge in his bio... 🤦‍♂️

Surprise! Surprise!! Face mask wearing increased to 77%; however, that was not enough to off set ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 2, 2020:

You should prove them all wrong by hanging out in an ICU without a mask.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 2, 2020:

@Rodatheist I read that, dude, but that doesn't mean the increased mask wearing can outperform the increased transmission rates from when people * aren't * wearing masks (and performing other counter-productive behaviors), which in no way means masks don't work. Are you seriously not able to understand that? It's a very simple concept.

Surprise! Surprise!! Face mask wearing increased to 77%; however, that was not enough to off set ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 2, 2020:

You should prove them all wrong by hanging out in an ICU without a mask.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 2, 2020:

@Rodatheist Really? Your bio talks about those that, "base their beliefs and opinions on reason, sound knowledge" yet you draw that ridiculous conclusion from those statistics? There is no control, and no specific data that proves what you're asserting. Even if mask wearing is up overall, * when * masks aren't worn (like during the reduction of social distancing- notice the article specifically mentions activities that require the removal of masks like bars, restaurants, places of worship which weren't requiring masks, work where people have lunch breaks in lunch rooms together without masks, gyms where people are breathing super heavy which naturally reduces efficacy of masks, if they were even required, plus rampant sharing of equipment) is the important part that can account for those numbers that doesn't mean masks don't work. It's kind of like wearing a condom 23 hours a day but taking it off to have sex and then saying condoms do nothing to prevent STIs. If you're going to talk about reason and sound knowledge, you should be better at recognizing and applying it.

Surprise! Surprise!! Face mask wearing increased to 77%; however, that was not enough to off set ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 2, 2020:

You should prove them all wrong by hanging out in an ICU without a mask.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 2, 2020:

@Rodatheist Well, I believe you are spreading dangerous misinformation. Please show me these numbers that prove you're right.

I hope Trump pardons himself instead of stepping down and having Pence do it.

Sticks48 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Me too. How do you pardon someone for a crime they haven't even been charged with? Does that include any future crime they might be charged with?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 2, 2020:

@OldMetalHead @Sticks48 Don't get my wrong, there's no about of terrible shit that could happen to that man I wouldn't enjoy, but it's never going to happen. Also, not for nothing, election officials have had to go into hiding due to death threats just for counting ballots. What do you think would happen to the DA that was trying to put/successfully put Trump in prison?

Sounds just like her lmao

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 2, 2020:

She's the most bullied person on the internet, you guys... And it's not like she ever did anything to deserve it. I mean, it's almost as if people treat her as though she's complicit in every awful fucking thing Donald Trump did for the last 16 years.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 2, 2020:

@amymcmxcii How does holding someone accountable for their behavior make me a misogynist creep? I would say the same thing about a man that was as awful as her which means I'm not sexist, no?