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What If the Government Ran a Social Network ?

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2020:

Why would they have to fund it. Let it carry adds and turn a profit.

Fernapple replies on Oct 19, 2020:

@FearlessFly Yes but profit could buy you more and better government. In this country a number of quangos, such as forestry and once the post office were able to make profits. It does not have to be run by government as such , having funded it once it could then be independant, and repay its loan.

For people who believe what FoxNews, CNN and MSNBC say

t1nick comments on Oct 19, 2020:

Doesn't work if the populace is educated, taught to discern and discriminate, and check credibility of their sources.

Fernapple replies on Oct 19, 2020:

@t1nick There are certainly educator who do. But most of them are trapped into systems, politically designed, which prevent, and are to a large extent intended to prevent the growth of real education. Even where they themselves are not victims of bad education, unable to impart the real thing, because their own education was failed, and they have no concept of what an education could be. For example I can only talk about here in the UK, but the system is designed so that science, for example ( I perhaps cherry pick the best example.) is taught only as a practical subject, with no mention of its philosophy or social meaning, or its history. And that is only for the most part taught in any meaningful way, as an elective subject in the later years of schooling. While religious education is taught from day one. No points for guessing who is behind that. Not only that but to use R. Dawkins example, most children never recieve any explaination of even such a basic thing as evolutionary theory, because that is taught only at the higher levels to those children who elect to take biology at the 'advanced' levels. While very young children are taught , both, plant and animal anatomy, to a fairly advanced level, despite the fact that they are both much more difficult for the very young, not of any real practical value to all but a tiny number, instantly forgetable, and of no value in enhancing understanding. While evolutionary theory which is simple, can inspire, promotes understanding of the world, and makes the science of biology both understandable and interesting is left out, until too late. History suffers the same treatment, while morallity, philosophy, art history, logic, science history, and social history, can go all but unmentioned. So that it is perfectly possible to go through the whole school system, and then through university, where you specialise, without ever having had a single meaningful lesson in any meaningful subject which would help you understand the world.

Last night I had a nightmare that I think will haunt me for a long time.

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2020:

It sounds very like a condition called Sleep Paralysis. It is frightening but harmless to a large extent. You will find more on the web. Here is a start. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

Fernapple replies on Oct 19, 2020:

@actofdog Never saw a ghost, but once saw a UFO, which it turned out were car lights, in a valley bottom where I did not think there was a road for a car to be on, but I was wrong.

For people who believe what FoxNews, CNN and MSNBC say

t1nick comments on Oct 19, 2020:

Doesn't work if the populace is educated, taught to discern and discriminate, and check credibility of their sources.

Fernapple replies on Oct 19, 2020:

That's why education systems are careful to only teach those things to a chosen few, of the ruling classes.

Last night I had a nightmare that I think will haunt me for a long time.

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2020:

It sounds very like a condition called Sleep Paralysis. It is frightening but harmless to a large extent. You will find more on the web. Here is a start. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

Fernapple replies on Oct 19, 2020:

@actofdog Interestingly. Many years ago, I saw a TV program which claimed to offer evidence for ghosts. One of its star witnesses, was a young woman, who claimed to have woken up one morning, with a heavy, but invisible 'ghost' sitting on her chest an stopping her from rising. Go figure.

So WORD has indeed inspired me.

TheMiddleWay comments on Oct 19, 2020:

PS: You've mentioned he is HARMING people several times. What is the nature of this harm? Is he promoting hate? Is he denigrating you or personally attacking you or your loved ones? Has he physically threatened you or others? These are examples of what I would consider harmful.

Fernapple replies on Oct 19, 2020:

The worst I have had from him is being called 'Illogical Atheist' a few times, which does me no harm. I have however heard people say that he has been very rude and treatening to them, usually before he gets kicked off the site, but they were never specific, beyond saying rude and threatening. Which may mean that sometimes he has lost it, and really said bad things, or it could be that the people in question are just snowflakes who regard statements like illogical atheist as rude and threatening. Until I get more certain evidence, who can tell. Personally I would find the site a lot duller without him, but maybe I have only seen the good and fun side.

Last night I had a nightmare that I think will haunt me for a long time.

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2020:

It sounds very like a condition called Sleep Paralysis. It is frightening but harmless to a large extent. You will find more on the web. Here is a start. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

Fernapple replies on Oct 19, 2020:

@actofdog That's right, I had forgoten that it used to be called the night hag.

In the UK you will find that we have a colour, called Pillar Box Red.

Coffeo comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Is there any way to distinguish between a George V (1910-1936) and a George VI (1936-1952) letterbox? Were there any letterboxes at all made during the very short reign of Edvard VIII (1936)?

Fernapple replies on Oct 19, 2020:

Yes it seems there were Edward post boxes. And the way to tell the Georges apart, is that fives are just GR., where six has a small V1, usually between the G. and the R.

Who believes in the Scientific Big Bang myth?

Fernapple comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Belief is not a word relevant to a science., especially to a scientific hypothesis or even theory. You either choose to accept it, as a practical basis for assumptions to base further research on, which may or may not support it, or you reject it in favour of another tentative assumption, there are ...

Fernapple replies on Oct 19, 2020:

@genessa Good to see you about again, being missing you for a while.

In the UK you will find that we have a colour, called Pillar Box Red.

Coffeo comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Is there any way to distinguish between a George V (1910-1936) and a George VI (1936-1952) letterbox? Were there any letterboxes at all made during the very short reign of Edvard VIII (1936)?

Fernapple replies on Oct 19, 2020:

That is an interesting question, and I do not know the answer yet. Will try to find out.

In the UK you will find that we have a colour, called Pillar Box Red.

BitFlipper comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Here in the US we have a color called National School Bus Yellow. You can imagine what it looks like.

Fernapple replies on Oct 18, 2020:

I don't have to imagine, as it happens, sitting on my bookshelf !

In the UK you will find that we have a colour, called Pillar Box Red.

altschmerz comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Why is the TARDIS blue then?

Fernapple replies on Oct 18, 2020:

It was a police box, for use by the police only.

In the UK you will find that we have a colour, called Pillar Box Red.

HumanistJohn comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Great colection- great piece of history & great work!

Fernapple replies on Oct 18, 2020:

Thank you.

In the UK you will find that we have a colour, called Pillar Box Red.

fishline79 comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Or, in one case, "Pillar box pink"! Or should I say pillar box fuchsia?

Fernapple replies on Oct 18, 2020:

Yes I think that that is very faded. They don't always get new paint jobs that often, but some of the old ones show tens of coats of pealing paint.

Who believes in the Scientific Big Bang myth?

Fernapple comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Belief is not a word relevant to a science., especially to a scientific hypothesis or even theory. You either choose to accept it, as a practical basis for assumptions to base further research on, which may or may not support it, or you reject it in favour of another tentative assumption, there are ...

Fernapple replies on Oct 18, 2020:

@Green_Soldier71 I perhaps think better of the last three, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and Harry Potter, than the first three. Since they are what I would describe as honest fictions. In other words, not pretending to be anything but fiction, like the difference between conjuring tricks and so called paranormal performances.

Along with the birds and squirrels I see out my back sliding door, I usually get a large spider that...

Fernapple comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Maybe you will get another one, if the vacant site is a good one, it may still be attractive to the same or like species. I love to see them in the winter with dew or ice on them.

Fernapple replies on Oct 18, 2020:

@Mark013 I see. In our mild winters there is some spider activety all year round. If I get chance I will post some photos of webs in winter.

Who believes in the Scientific Big Bang myth?

Fernapple comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Belief is not a word relevant to a science., especially to a scientific hypothesis or even theory. You either choose to accept it, as a practical basis for assumptions to base further research on, which may or may not support it, or you reject it in favour of another tentative assumption, there are ...

Fernapple replies on Oct 18, 2020:

@Word Yes but that is the point of science as a philosophy, that it is wrong to have confidence in the existence of anything. You may accept that the big bang as scientifically proven, but scientific proof is not the same thing as true. There is no place for absolute truth in science. Outside of science it is possible to accept some things proven by science, as in practice true, but doing so is not part of science. And for the record, I do not make any claims to having enough knowledge of cosmology to know if the big bang is true or not. I just take it that most cosmologists seem to go with that. Though there are a considerable number who still think there may be value in the constant state hypothesis, and several other models. So that I have to remain open minded.

Donald Trump knows hat he is abominable excuse for a human being.

Omnedon comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Naturally, it's difficult to determine what people really know deep down, but I'm not sure that he knows he's a bad person. I'm not sure most "bad people" think of themselves that way. I'm afraid the persona we see is the real him. As for changing behavior, it's really hard to do for anyone. It ...

Fernapple replies on Oct 18, 2020:

Especially when he spends his life surrounded by people who earn money, by telling him how good he is.

[yahoo.com] Longest set of prehistoric footprints

Charlene comments on Oct 16, 2020:

Wow, I wonder what happened to the child, amazing find though..thanks!

Fernapple replies on Oct 17, 2020:

Could be one of your distant ancestors.

As a Child and Youth Crisis Counselor I have some truly hard, heart-breaking cases in my years doing...

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2020:

Well done. The only trouble I can see, is that it took you, and several other people who are obviously both determined and experienced, to get 'B' the help needed. What happens to all the 'Bs' who don't get lucky enough to meet a team like you ?

Fernapple replies on Oct 15, 2020:

@Triphid Brilliant.

Good Morning America! As you rise, bleary eyed, on Columbus day you might like to check out these ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2020:

He offered a money prize to the first sailor to spot land. Then when one did, he claimed to have seen a dim light on the horizon the night before, and so kept the money for himself. A#####e And spent the rest of his life arguing with everyone that America did not exist, because he thought that ...

Fernapple replies on Oct 13, 2020:

@t1nick There is also some evidence that, sailors from Northern Europe, epecially fishermen, continued to visit the Grand Banks and Newfoundland, through the Middle Ages, but they kept it secret of course. And there are also some Chinese records, worth taking into account. I also think that Amerigo Vespucci should/does rightly get more credit than Columbus, since the understanding of it as a continent and its importance, is really much more important than just crashing into a reef on your way to Asia, and then totally failing to understand what had happened.

Why are there so many christians posting on this site? Ya'll aint reportin' them enough!

Desertcactus comments on Oct 9, 2020:

Heres an example

Fernapple replies on Oct 10, 2020:

Oh you mean Word, AKA, Fred and several other names. He has been kicked off several times, and just keeps coming back with a new name. Generally he is quite harmless and most members just treat him like the families mad uncle in the attic. Sometimes though he does get a bit rude, and that is when he gets kicked off. Resently he has been homeless and 'themiddleway' started a group to try and help him. Here you go. https://agnostic.com/group/homelesshelp

"I always have the feeling there is no myth, there can be no myth anymore.

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2020:

In the age of the conspiracy theory, I do not think that we are short of myths. A myth may require. "homogeneous population, a group of people within a horizon who will have had equivalent experiences for whom certain specific images will continue to have, independently, the same sense, the same...

Fernapple replies on Oct 10, 2020:

@skado And sorry I did not have time to read the article, so I was not commenting on J. Campbell's specific meaning of myth.

"I always have the feeling there is no myth, there can be no myth anymore.

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2020:

In the age of the conspiracy theory, I do not think that we are short of myths. A myth may require. "homogeneous population, a group of people within a horizon who will have had equivalent experiences for whom certain specific images will continue to have, independently, the same sense, the same...

Fernapple replies on Oct 10, 2020:

@skado We have a myth, what about human rights.

Nietzsche on philosophy

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 8, 2020:

You are quoting from the much disputed 1968 translation by Walter Kaufmann of The Case of Wagner A Musicians' Problem. 1888. The passage is not even part of the essay it is taken from an *epilogue* to a *commentary* on The Case of Wagner A Musicians' Problem. Written some time later and refering ...

Fernapple replies on Oct 8, 2020:

Thank you, I have no French or German, so that explains a lot, since it just did not sound right for Nietzsche.

Common Sense Atheism on Quora "What is it that keeps atheists going on in their life?

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2020:

No there is I think nothing in the Bible about suicide, I think, (could be wrong). But it does forbid killing. "Thou shalt not kill." Which the church has always interpreted as including, 'self murder', which was always seen as the worst sin, which barred a suicide from heaven forever. Almost ...

Fernapple replies on Oct 8, 2020:

@LenHazell53 Yes well of course that is the great gift, of the O. T. especially, to the churches, since they can cherry pick what they want from the O.T. drop what they don't want, and use the difference between Jews and Gentiles to explain the cherry picking. It is the old case of, make it up as you go along to suit yourself, but still claim that your beliefs are given to you with the absolute authority of an all seeing god. ( Which the original Jews did not believe in anyway.)

Can anyone relate?

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2020:

No. That is just the same logic as conspiracy theory, seeing agencies to explain, where there is only complexity beyond understanding. And the belief in good and evil is itself a personalization, there is only, I like and I don't like, which may differ from one observer to the next. Human ...

Fernapple replies on Oct 7, 2020:

@Desertcactus In the sense of alien species most probably, but its a big universe, a lot of space for them to hide. In the sense of supernatural beings, I honestly doubt it.

Here’s a zinger in the sense that you can tell somebody that we know more now than Jesus did or ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2020:

I think we are a lot closer to a universal truth than they were, if only by doubting there is a universal truth at all. Knowing at least the negative, that it is more difficult and complicated to find a universal truth, and therefore not being fulfilled by easy fake answers, is a big step towards ...

Fernapple replies on Oct 7, 2020:

@LenHazell53 Yes, but science and the distinction between absolute and universal truth, did not exist in those days at least as a concept in human culture.

France plans punishment for 'virginity tests' [bbc.com]

Mvtt comments on Oct 6, 2020:

Why would they be testing for virginity in the first place? Which Islamic requirement is that?!

Fernapple replies on Oct 7, 2020:

The holy book says that any woman not a virgin on her wedding day, is to be killed.

Today's hike was disrupted by guys blaring music.

Robert_2001 comments on Oct 7, 2020:

I think saying something to the rude guy was appropriate, but confronting or yelling may not be safe. Sorry to hear you had a bad ending to an otherwise nice hike. I went for a fun hike in the Olympics today and it was very peaceful.

Fernapple replies on Oct 7, 2020:

Great photos it looks so peaceful.

Wisdom from Israeli historian Professor Yuval Noah Harari: ❝Culture is a kind of mental ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2020:

Very good. Have long read him with pleasure. R. Dawkins of course made the point that religion is an infection of the mind, but I have long thought that the idea should really be applied to all of human culture.

Fernapple replies on Oct 6, 2020:

@Mitch07102 You have to be very careful, it is important not to respect human culture, anymore than you do religion. As you say cultures/myths have a purpose, but that purpose is most often to delight and please us into buying more of them. In other words culture is like sugar, in food, alcohol, and smoking, the fact that culture is delightful, is all the more reason to be wary of it, and be always check that it is not killing you. There is little point in throwing out the sky fairy, and then making gods out of cultural phenomenon like arts, sports, literature, nationalism etc. .

Making a life, and a walk with Rose.

ReadyforaChange comments on Oct 5, 2020:

If you are going to write "professionally" for goddess sake, use spellcheck. It's 'losing it', not 'loosing it'. Sheesh.

Fernapple replies on Oct 6, 2020:

Thank you, I sometimes write in haste, but there is no excuse. Not intending to write professionally though.

The past may be far more complex than you thought.

Robecology comments on Oct 5, 2020:

Interesting...but the narration was muddled....not clear. I wish it was...this video was loaded with evolutionary evidence- but no "references" to the comments. The music was an unwise addition.

Fernapple replies on Oct 5, 2020:

Yes I found it so as well. Yet It was bound to be a little muddled being an overview of so much, perhaps worth watching twice.

I would really welcome comments from US members on this small part of their culture.

glennlab comments on Oct 4, 2020:

I knew families that ate it when I was growing up in SW Louisiana. A few years ago it started spreading in the city I live in. I have to cut it back and it still spreads. The plant has a large bulbous root that will send up new shoots for years. Even digging the root out only spreads the plant, ...

Fernapple replies on Oct 5, 2020:

Did not know it was such a bad weed. thank you for sharing.

I would really welcome comments from US members on this small part of their culture.

StarvingArtist comments on Oct 4, 2020:

Oh I know this plant. Some of the older local natives seem to like eating it in the spring and think of it as a spring ritual. When I was young many would stop by and ask to hunt polk on my grandfather’s place. He told me he thought they must be desperate, so he would never turned them away. But...

Fernapple replies on Oct 5, 2020:

Lovely story thank you.

I would really welcome comments from US members on this small part of their culture.

Besalbub comments on Oct 4, 2020:

I've see that plant all over never knew that you could eat it . If I ever get hungry enough I'll eat it along with the many other edible plants that are avallable .

Fernapple replies on Oct 4, 2020:

Don't forget the instruction to boil it in at least three changes of water, I don't want you poisoned.

I would really welcome comments from US members on this small part of their culture.

EyesThatSmile comments on Oct 4, 2020:

I have seen that plant, but didn’t know they ate it. On the other hand, in New England we often ate fiddleheads. (Wild ferns picked before the fern becomes uncurled.)

Fernapple replies on Oct 4, 2020:

Yes I know fiddleheads, ferns are my thing. They only come from Matteuccia I have heard, the British Fern society tried to import some for their centenary dinner back in the eighties, but they were held up in customs and did not arive untill after the dinner sadly. But I have some in the garden and one spring when there are a few more I will try them.

I would really welcome comments from US members on this small part of their culture.

Cast1es comments on Oct 4, 2020:

Although I do recall hearing the song , Poke Salad , Annie , and I've even seen the plant growing in the wild and was told it was poisonous , I never knew all that was contained in your post .

Fernapple replies on Oct 4, 2020:

Neither did I, I wondered how widespread in your culture it was.

An old story.

yvilletom comments on Oct 3, 2020:

In more of time’s fullness, elephants were thought to belong to the family Elephantidae within the order Proboscidea. Their closest extant relatives were the dugongs, the manatees, and the hyraxes. Two distinct types of elephants were recognized, the African elephant (Loxodonta) and the Asian ...

Fernapple replies on Oct 4, 2020:

Thank you. Great.

The president has been transferred to Walter Reed Hospital.

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2020:

He also, it seems, had himself tested, every day !!! After he widely derided testing.

Fernapple replies on Oct 3, 2020:

@Petter Empty tax returns folder ?

The president has been transferred to Walter Reed Hospital.

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2020:

He also, it seems, had himself tested, every day !!! After he widely derided testing.

Fernapple replies on Oct 3, 2020:

@Petter Poetic justice.

The Deep Anthropocene A revolution in archaeology has exposed the extraordinary extent of human ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2020:

Sorry, it says bad gateway, link not working.

Fernapple replies on Oct 3, 2020:

@skado Thank you.

Donny Dumb-Dumb and Melania tested positive for COVID-19.

Robecology comments on Oct 2, 2020:

I won't cheer that the sick, disturbed and poorly educated DJT got ill...and it's obvious that with good health care he'll recover quickly. But here's the memes I've saved that express how I feel...

Fernapple replies on Oct 2, 2020:

Three and five especially.

“Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2020:

That's bril.

Fernapple replies on Oct 2, 2020:

@Marionville No, that one is too easy. I am no mind reader but............

Donny Dumb-Dumb and Melania tested positive for COVID-19.

Petter comments on Oct 2, 2020:

Let's hope it isn't too mild, because then he would become insufferable. Also, has any medical source confirmed this. So far it is only a tweet by the twit.

Fernapple replies on Oct 2, 2020:

Yes if it is very mild, we will never hear the last of, "It was no problem, I beat it easy." along with jibes at so called "loosers" who did suffer badly.

The beginning of our socialism. [youtu.be]

skado comments on Oct 1, 2020:

I think the roots of socialism are a lot older than that. https://libcom.org/history/how-hunter-gatherers-maintained-their-egalitarian-ways-peter-gray

Fernapple replies on Oct 2, 2020:

Hunter gatherers enjoy the luxury of living in communities. It is only with the advent of civilization that the numbers of people grow so large, they can not form communities, and it becomes needful to heard them into pens, metaphorically, in order to make them manageable. And when you have things split into managable groups, then it becomes possible to exploit them as resourses.

The beginning of our socialism. [youtu.be]

skado comments on Oct 1, 2020:

I think the roots of socialism are a lot older than that. https://libcom.org/history/how-hunter-gatherers-maintained-their-egalitarian-ways-peter-gray

Fernapple replies on Oct 2, 2020:

Interesting link. But come on, Lorajays post is not to be taken literally.

Can someone explain to me the meaning behind the gray heart and the red heart on the profile?

Petter comments on Oct 1, 2020:

How come that when I look at my own profile there isn't a bright crimson, palpitating heart on it? 😅

Fernapple replies on Oct 2, 2020:

Maybe the sites programming is smarter than you think.

Go on.

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 1, 2020:

Such absurdity 😂 I wonder what they would think of our fashion today...

Fernapple replies on Oct 1, 2020:

Well, high heals are pretty silly really, and dangerous in both short and long term.

Last night's debate has nudged me closer to something that would not have seriously crossed my mind ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2020:

Portugal. Wonderful climate, no nasty wildlife, good people, reasonably priced, nice history, culture, countryside (hills and coast), most people speak English but language not hard to learn, human sized country but good rail and road links to the rest of western Europe.

Fernapple replies on Oct 1, 2020:

@Omnedon Moderate. quite a lot of airports because of the tourist trade.

Lowes discards: Blue Spruce marked down from 99.

AnneWimsey comments on Sep 30, 2020:

beautiful color, but is it the variety that grows to the size of drump tower?

Fernapple replies on Oct 1, 2020:

Slow but big in the end. Mine makes about six to eight inches a year.

Nice one from Trevor Noah's, The Daily Show: [youtu.be] Insightful!

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2020:

Video not available, in your country.

Fernapple replies on Sep 30, 2020:

@TimeOutForMe Same result, but thank you for trying anyway.

So where do you get your morality from if you’re an atheist?

PondartIncbendog comments on Sep 29, 2020:

I get my "morals" from the response I get from society and contacts. I don't get them from a book. And if I did, it would be a magazine?

Fernapple replies on Sep 29, 2020:

'Playboy.' Right?

11 th commandment .

Petter comments on Sep 27, 2020:

He is quite literate. He can understand any long sentence. eg. 20 years, life, etc.

Fernapple replies on Sep 28, 2020:

@FrayedBear https://agnostic.com/discussion/538354/the-president-s-taxes-long-concealed-records-show-trump-s-chronic-losses-and-years-of-tax-avoida https://agnostic.com/discussion/538376/trump-didnt-pay-income-tax-for-10-of-15-years-before-2016-election-nyt-thehill

Heyy look whos shirt arrived just in time for her birthday! 😮😉 its my birthday y'all, ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Sep 28, 2020:

U have it on backwards.......

Fernapple replies on Sep 28, 2020:

Don't listen to him. He just wants you to take it off and turn round.

Hmmmmm Least Religious....most peaceful?

of-the-mountain comments on Sep 27, 2020:

All Anglo Saxon based nations???

Fernapple replies on Sep 28, 2020:

No, Portugal, Sweden Norway, Japan, Germany , Ireland.

Europe sees new coronavirus peaks, countries set all-time case records - Business Insider

Fernapple comments on Sep 26, 2020:

Yep its coming back.

Fernapple replies on Sep 28, 2020:

@Jacar Yep it is different in Europe, here it went down to a very low level, but is now climbing again.

Well I'll darned, just got a a very earnest and most unexpected APOLOGY of all things from ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 26, 2020:

There hope for everybody. Just be wary of backsliding.

Fernapple replies on Sep 26, 2020:

@Green_Soldier71 No I meant Evangeloon, not Triphid.

Europe sees new coronavirus peaks, countries set all-time case records - Business Insider

Fernapple comments on Sep 26, 2020:

Yep its coming back.

Fernapple replies on Sep 26, 2020:

@Petter Well it certainly never completely went away.

Not sure if i should even post this but here goes.

Fernapple comments on Sep 24, 2020:

You may like this post and my comments on it. https://agnostic.com/post/536580/what-did-voltaire-mean-with-his-gardening-advice-that-we-must-keep-a-good-distance-between-ourselv?aid=2471222

Fernapple replies on Sep 25, 2020:

@Tutankhamun That's fine, only too pleased, here to share.

I don’t ever copy and paste other people’s statuses.

Theresa_N comments on Sep 24, 2020:

What gets me is all the celebrities in Great Britain who are coming out against masks and social distancing.

Fernapple replies on Sep 24, 2020:

Funny. I live in the UK and have not heard of any celebrities endorsing the ignoring of masks and social distancing.

Wonderful birds. [youtube.com]

Boomtarat03 comments on Sep 24, 2020:

Not available in Hongkong, embedded 😐

Fernapple replies on Sep 24, 2020:

Sorry, out of America.

Hello everyone!

Fernapple comments on Sep 23, 2020:

Hello, I hope you are well and enjoying your day and the site.

Fernapple replies on Sep 24, 2020:

@Basem Oh don't throw stones in the pond, you never know what may be lurking at the bottom. LOL One of the slight problems with the site, is that since it is centred in the US, if you are in a different time zone, it very often happens that very little will happen while you are on line, but then a lot of replies come in over night. You just have to allow for a twenty four hour delay, I have much the same problem in the UK.

You'd think this was a religious website.

Fernapple comments on Sep 23, 2020:

No I think that you do a very good job, and that most of the members find everything you share very interesting. I certainly enjoy your cooking, crafts and hiking posts, dating, well maybe not so much, but the site would be far less without you. You have to remember however that the site has a ...

Fernapple replies on Sep 23, 2020:

@LiterateHiker As a lot of people said, just ignore what you don't like.

Cult leader who claims to be reincarnation of Jesus arrested in Russia | Russia | The Guardian

oldFloyd comments on Sep 23, 2020:

Do you think they will use a cross this time, or just use poison as that has become the way of things for Vlad.🤮

Fernapple replies on Sep 23, 2020:

Don't think Vlad will be too worried.

Darwin, we have a winner... [alternet.org] .

Fernapple comments on Sep 23, 2020:

Life is the ultimate teacher, but sadly a cruel one,who never give the slow a chance to catch up. Sad to be booted out of class before the most important lesson, (The universe was not made for me. ) is complete.

Fernapple replies on Sep 23, 2020:

@Petter I think it is often the same thing. Learning not to be bigoted is another of lifes lessons.

What did Voltaire mean with his gardening advice?

MikeInBatonRouge comments on Sep 22, 2020:

I have a vague interest in Voltaire. I like some of his quotes I have seen. But as with much, they are open to interpretation. I think he was brilliant, but Hey! Just my interpretation. It is basic serenity "prayer" principles, to focus one's energies first on the personally achievable, ...

Fernapple replies on Sep 23, 2020:

Think you put it better actually.

What did Voltaire mean with his gardening advice?

Fernapple comments on Sep 22, 2020:

No I do not agree. Voltaire's garden was not about a self absorbed, turn your back on the world, egocentric search for personal happiness at all. As the narrator implies. You have to remember that the main acts of the Turk and his family in the book, were those of hospitality, and improving with ...

Fernapple replies on Sep 23, 2020:

@MikeInBatonRouge Thank you. Sorry to steal your thunder, but pleased to make you smile.

If you think wearing a mask doesn’t help, still wear it as you’re told & shut up about it.

Fernapple comments on Sep 22, 2020:

Looking across the ocean from Europe, people here are jaw dropping amazed, that masks could even be an issue. Yes there are a few lazy selfish a######s here who can't be bothered, but they are seen as just the cheap stupid freaks they are. It is not a political issue, it is just a couple of ...

Fernapple replies on Sep 22, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd Sure?

The Self-Attribution Fallacy [monbiot.com]

callmedubious comments on Sep 22, 2020:

such hard lives. yet they keep breeding like rabbits. Schopenhauer is right.

Fernapple replies on Sep 22, 2020:

@altschmerz It has also been said time and again. Empower women, and the economy grows far faster and the birth rate goes down.

This came up on another post.

Holysocks comments on Sep 22, 2020:

For the past 8 months, I have been the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Soon, I won't be. Let truth be whatever makes people comfortable. I am sure there are going to be plenty of you punching my online nose for typing that.

Fernapple replies on Sep 22, 2020:

Soon be 43 ?

Friedrich Nietzsche - The Gay Science : Book III - Aphorism 125

HenAgnDon comments on Sep 22, 2020:

Nietzsche foresaw the present time when the churches themselves have abolished "God". But he already saw them do it in his own time. Because religious leaders who claimed influence throughout society had neglected their duty outside the churches (as well as inside), we are where we are. Duty ...

Fernapple replies on Sep 22, 2020:

Sadly the churches to survive and prosper, have to provide an alternate voice, which offers something that mainstream society and philosophy does not. And when, especially post socialism, mainstream society began to become the main source of ethics and logic, the churches had to head into the darkness.

This came up on another post.

waitingforgodo comments on Sep 22, 2020:

"But I think the real bottom line difference, is very simple." Go on, you don't say. Unless it's simply that one is fact and the other fiction.

Fernapple replies on Sep 22, 2020:

No I said that one is the result of, work, care and effort and one is not. You can see it as fact and fiction, but that is very absolute, and I would never say that religion did not contain any truth of fact at all, only that if it does, then it got there mainly by accident.

Dear Red States. We decided we're leaving.

Fernapple comments on Sep 20, 2020:

That's cruel. At least give them Hollywood, then with the preachers and evangelists, they get full control over the twaddle supply, and don't have to depend on imports for their main consumable.

Fernapple replies on Sep 22, 2020:

@dalefvictor Best of luck, it must be hard to live in a country which provides little or no healthcare. I do not think that I would be here today if I had been born in America.

Seek daily to fulfill thine - highest - aspirations & dreams - desire & aspire to fully express & ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 21, 2020:

Love on brother and - plaster the world - with little lines - little lines - rule, - and you can never - have too many - little lines - . Humans will only - ever achieve their full - potential - through accepting the lines --. And the lines - are all love - and the lines - are all life - and the ...

Fernapple replies on Sep 22, 2020:

@KWAPELL7 "UR not supposed to reply or respond to - God - " So if you are God, why have you been hiding all these years ?

Have words and numbers vanished from your posts?

Fernapple comments on Sep 21, 2020:

No, a lot could be to do with the device you are using, to both post and view, the site always seems to work better on some devices especially desk tops than mobile devices. Why not, next time something disappears, message me, and I will look to see if I can see it on my device for you ?

Fernapple replies on Sep 21, 2020:

@LiterateHiker Right sorry, only trying to help.

Seek daily to fulfill thine - highest - aspirations & dreams - desire & aspire to fully express & ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 21, 2020:

Love on brother and - plaster the world - with little lines - little lines - rule, - and you can never - have too many - little lines - . Humans will only - ever achieve their full - potential - through accepting the lines --. And the lines - are all love - and the lines - are all life - and the ...

Fernapple replies on Sep 21, 2020:

@barjoe W - T - F . LOL

Have words and numbers vanished from your posts?

Fernapple comments on Sep 21, 2020:

No, a lot could be to do with the device you are using, to both post and view, the site always seems to work better on some devices especially desk tops than mobile devices. Why not, next time something disappears, message me, and I will look to see if I can see it on my device for you ?

Fernapple replies on Sep 21, 2020:

@LiterateHiker Well it can be because they can be using the same system.

What would you never forgive?

resserts comments on Sep 21, 2020:

I suppose I could forgive pretty much anything except a lack of remorse.

Fernapple replies on Sep 21, 2020:

I like that. " How can you punish those, whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds." Kahlil Gibran.

“So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most ...

Theresa_N comments on Sep 21, 2020:

Very true, but wasn't Locke outspokenly racist?

Fernapple replies on Sep 21, 2020:

Perhaps, but everyone was then and here he is talking about religion , not race.

Dear Red States. We decided we're leaving.

Fernapple comments on Sep 20, 2020:

That's cruel. At least give them Hollywood, then with the preachers and evangelists, they get full control over the twaddle supply, and don't have to depend on imports for their main consumable.

Fernapple replies on Sep 21, 2020:

@LiterateHiker Yes so is my answer, nearly.

Survey: The average worker experiences career burnout — by the age of 32! [studyfinds.org]

ThinkingFree comments on Sep 19, 2020:

Because people don't follow their heart when it comes to employment. They take jobs for a paycheck, to pay the bills, and don't consider what they really want to do. A paycheck becomes more important.