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Here's a thought...

St-Sinner comments on Jul 25, 2021:

Ha... Ha.... It applies more to patriarchial societies overseas where children are independent only when parents get very old. I had a sense of entitlement and lived with my mother until 30 and until I flew to the US. I knew nothing about cooking, fixing a light bulb etc. I did other jobs like ...

Diogenes replies on Jul 26, 2021:

I was 17 when I joined the air force---- I sure as hell didn't stick around for 30 years.

Joking about the inevitable.

Willow_Wisp comments on Jul 25, 2021:

I think it was Admiral Nelson who mortally wounded said these last words: “If this is dying I don’t think much of it” It may have been someone else but I love the quote. UPDATE: It was Lytton Strachey.

Diogenes replies on Jul 25, 2021:

As long as it is not 30 years of dying--- before the cardinal event ever takes place.

R U Qualified???

KateOahu comments on Jul 22, 2021:

I would not shop at Walmart, period.

Diogenes replies on Jul 25, 2021:

@MsKathleen I buy "processed foods" because at times I am lazy.

In Portuguese vaccine is spelled vacina, this is quite the Typo for national TV! :-D

Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Maybe if we put up signs outside vaccination clinics saying "Free Vagina" more people would get vaccinated....

Diogenes replies on Jul 24, 2021:

Only the transexuals would apply!

R U Qualified???

KateOahu comments on Jul 22, 2021:

I would not shop at Walmart, period.

Diogenes replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@MsKathleen "Yes", to all you have said. And the Chinese, they also enslave their lower classes. Many decades back a pharmacist was talking about his visit to a medical production facility in China, and he said no western standards were met. And when a person picks up a can of food and it has, "Imported by----"- beware! There are lots of fisheries on the east coast- who in hell needs oysters from China?

R U Qualified???

KateOahu comments on Jul 22, 2021:

I would not shop at Walmart, period.

Diogenes replies on Jul 23, 2021:

Agreed!!! Because they have killed every other business in my small town: furniture, garages, clothing, groceries, sometimes it is necessary to go in there. But because of greed, they even have to get rid of cashiers.

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

KateOahu comments on Jul 20, 2021:

My favorite Pollock.

Diogenes replies on Jul 21, 2021:

@WilliamCharles Soooo true

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

JackPedigo comments on Jul 20, 2021:

So we shouldn't fear the insane people running countries? We shouldn't fear their equally insane enablers? Understanding is one thing but having a solution is another.

Diogenes replies on Jul 21, 2021:

So on point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good to know!

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jul 19, 2021:

They always say the ones in prison are low IQ and this is a good example.

Diogenes replies on Jul 20, 2021:

Does that mean that Dump is going to prison?

There are always two reasons we ever fail at anything, it's that we tried and that it mattered.

zeuser comments on Jul 17, 2021:

Truman did some very controversial things, the integration of the armed forces was just one of them. Let's not forget he nuked Japan and told MacArthur to go fuck himself. He really didn't give a shit what people thought of his actions if he thought he was in the right.

Diogenes replies on Jul 18, 2021:

It is many years since I've read some of this- so I hope I don't have it rearranged. Truman only had a high school education, but he had the ability to think, even if he did not always get it right. There is a quote by Anton Chekov, "The universesity brings out all abilities, including stupidity." And yes, apparently he gave MacArthur a dressing down, for being late greeting him at an airfield in Japan; after all, he was the President of the US.

Give him room, stay in your lane...

HankSherman comments on Jul 16, 2021:

Really sad....there is always some with the deathwish.

Diogenes replies on Jul 17, 2021:

Yes, and they should be allowed to succeed in their deathwish--- with no medical treatment allowed. 'All the decent medical people who have died because of these cockroaches!'

Greatest since bikini. People with a high sense of fashion can appreciate.

bobwjr comments on Jul 16, 2021:

Cock sock yuck

Diogenes replies on Jul 17, 2021:

Just when you think perverts can't get much more sick!

And then there's the politics of dancing.

richiegtt comments on Jul 8, 2021:

I thought of my favorite Architect ,Frank Lloyd Wright when reading this post .

Diogenes replies on Jul 9, 2021:

I believe Wright had an actual waterfall in a house in Bullalo, NY. Some find music in the breeze and rippling water.

“When someone would mistreat, misinform, misuse, misguide, mishandle, mislead …or any other ...

Diogenes comments on Jul 8, 2021:

You are up early. I just don't sleep

Diogenes replies on Jul 8, 2021:

@Marionville It is 04:15. My "not sleeping" is a worn-out topic. I want you to have a good day!

Any body feeling more tolerant or less tolerant of religion after the last 6 months?

Trin81 comments on Jul 11, 2020:

I was never very tolerant of religions but feel even less so now. Their absolute hate and need for power becomes so much more apparent when they are promoted in any way. The hypocrisy of their beliefs just comes to the fore in times like these. Have to say though, I feel like the evangelist type is ...

Diogenes replies on Jul 8, 2021:

You wrote your comment last year- so I don't even know if you will see this. I am so far past religion; I feel it is so unimportant; it may be worth a few passing laughs, but not more. I am NOT an athiest; I have more important issues to deal with. Agnostic? Yes, I wonder if there was a begining of time. Is there some sort of cognitive organizer? I understand this as not possible----when we have "all the answers", we will be able to take 'nothing' and build our own universe. I am open for discussion.

Do the math

St-Sinner comments on Jul 7, 2021:

Lol... I believe it was a very scientific finding and I fully trust it.

Diogenes replies on Jul 8, 2021:

If Dump says, "the globe is square", 'tis gotta be true.

Pretty much.

KateOahu comments on Jul 6, 2021:

Truly, we ARE part of nature, but we do not teach this to our children, and they therefore do not respect nature.

Diogenes replies on Jul 7, 2021:

Yesterday I saw a cartoon; it stuck the point in. It was in the Toronto Globe and Mail, the only adult read left in the area. It has a mother wolf talking to her pup, about a bottle on the ground. "Hey don't throw that on the ground! What were you raised by, people?"

"Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have ...

AnonySchmoose comments on Jul 6, 2021:

Animal factories ought to be called criminal. The violence to humans begins with animal factories and vice versa.

Diogenes replies on Jul 7, 2021:

@zeuser A valuable reply. I eat fish, but I am aware of the question, "Have you seen the fishes cry?" I have no justifiable answer for that. And then I see these TV programs with the "sport fishermen"- who rip the mouth out of a fish---- then throw the 'trash' back in the water. This does not even answer the question of animal terror; there is so many delicious vegetables and fruits- and I don't even happen to be a raving vegetarian.

Strange days indeed.

Cast1es comments on Jul 2, 2021:

Seems to be some gender confusion .

Diogenes replies on Jul 5, 2021:

Yes!

“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter”……………Henry ...

Diogenes comments on Jul 2, 2021:

If I have the 'correct Thoreau' and his settlement at Waldon's Pond, coutesy of Emerson, he went there to get away from unsettling civilization. What would he do in the current insane world?

Diogenes replies on Jul 5, 2021:

@MsKathleen Yes, for safety's sake- in this current, wacko-world--- NEVER tell the truth.

“As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the...

Diogenes comments on Jul 5, 2021:

M thanks for that.Mr. Chomsky was/is a credit to MIT. With all my other vices- at least "consumerism" isn't one of them. I have no idea why anyone would be compelled to have the latest junk.

Diogenes replies on Jul 5, 2021:

@Marionville Now here is some more dark humour----- so please "lauph". I am going to buy a new wallet- as soon as I have some money to put in to it!

Well, it works with the help of your American cousins!

Theresa_N comments on Jul 1, 2021:

It was the Russians that beat Hitler.

Diogenes replies on Jul 2, 2021:

Corporal Hitler must have missed a load of history when he thought up Barbarossa.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. - Ben Franklin

KateOahu comments on Jul 1, 2021:

But ‘tis necessary to know the source is reliable.

Diogenes replies on Jul 2, 2021:

Yes, do cross-check.

Hello again.

Diogenes comments on Jun 30, 2021:

When a person has nothing in their head, there is no problem sleeping. When there is endless negative thoughts, there can be no sleep, at least not for me! Right now the heat is causing discomfort- but people are also dying. And when it gets so hot that food will not grow- that will be the next ...

Diogenes replies on Jun 30, 2021:

@Spinliesel The sports pundits, four from the Sun Sports, forcast that Deutschland would win- they were wrong. England 2, Germany 0. I am not a sports fanatic, but I do like the game where they kick the ball with their feet--- thus "football"

The circle of life lmao

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jun 27, 2021:

But apparently they are happy with their lot…

Diogenes replies on Jun 29, 2021:

Point well taken!

Mmmm...I don't think so

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jun 27, 2021:

If you go, make sure it’s with someone smart, like a professor. If it’s just a bunch of snooty rich people, pass. Although I never understood why rich people didn’t have a yacht of their own.

Diogenes replies on Jun 27, 2021:

So you think all pofs are smart? Yes, you are right, a large number of rich people are "snooty", or distainful, even though they are slimey, low-life crooks.

yum! can't say no to a plate of well cooked steak!

KateOahu comments on Jun 26, 2021:

Whatever it takes? Some women will do anything to get a man.

Diogenes replies on Jun 27, 2021:

I prefer one 'taste' over the other---- an' it ain't dead cow.😊

Clever Spock

MichelleGar1 comments on Jun 26, 2021:

Speaking of plethora.... https://youtu.be/-mTUmczVdik

Diogenes replies on Jun 27, 2021:

Back many years ago at my part-time employer, Ontario Hydro, I commented on a painted sign: "Must have been done by Leonardo da Vinci." There was an empty pause- and then, "I wonder how Leonardo is doing." I said, "I think he is getting rather dusty."

This resonated with me.

LiterateHiker comments on Jun 27, 2021:

I disagree. Life is a process of learning and growing. Born prematurely, I had to fight to survive. I'm learning to relax. I was born an ebullient optimist. This hasn't changed. Still use all of my senses outdoors. While hiking, I love hearing the soft rattling of millions of Aspen leaves, ...

Diogenes replies on Jun 27, 2021:

Good for you for activly seeking an interesting path.

A Bulgarian-Macedonian folk music concert for your pleasure.

Marionville comments on Jun 27, 2021:

Will take a dip into it later …6.30 am is too early!

Diogenes replies on Jun 27, 2021:

I am already 'sleepless'.LOL😒

The paramount of evil! There may be jokes about evil religion on here, but is there any serious ...

Robecology comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Sick is different from evil. Sick is almost accidental. Evil is cruel, mean, corrupt, etc with intention. So #1...they're not the same. #2; If you're a demographer or a population biologist you don't even factor in evil...for example - is it evil or sick that female spiders and mantids eat ...

Diogenes replies on Jun 25, 2021:

Well, your last statement seems to be hinting at eugenics. That would mean that a cripple like Stephen Hawking would be dispossed of. And power, of the moment, Hitler would servive. In Saskatchewan and other places where there are unmarked graves the number is near a thousand. Call this "evil" what you like. Better to hang the bastards---- and 'bastardettes' than to permit this again.

Five Stars

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2021:

That would come under the genre of developing happy outcomes for real world scenarios that are not so happy.

Diogenes replies on Jun 25, 2021:

Yes. I agree with you!

The paramount of evil! There may be jokes about evil religion on here, but is there any serious ...

Marionville comments on Jun 24, 2021:

What is even more reprehensible is the secrecy and covering up by the churches and state alike, because the government was complicit, and it wasn’t confined to Canada, it happened in many other countries. It happened to indigenous populations In Australia, and to children who were born to ...

Diogenes replies on Jun 25, 2021:

Yes, and here in Canada, the number of found graves keeps increasing. One of the most twisted religions is the Christian one. Women are forced to have no rights. About 1,100 CE men were no longer allowed to marry- even though one pope ("one" or more) had fathered a number of children in the Vatican. Nothing is as Nature intended it to be. It is not a concept where natural love comes out easily; it is an idea of punishment- for so-called sins.

The paramount of evil! There may be jokes about evil religion on here, but is there any serious ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

Here's a link: First Nations finds 751 unmarked graves at Saskatchewan residential school site https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/24/first-nations-saskatchewan-unmarked-graves-496082

Diogenes replies on Jun 25, 2021:

YES, about the 700, that information came out in the last few days- and I think that was in British Columbia.

Car security

KateOahu comments on Jun 24, 2021:

lol…SOMEONE will find a way…