What kind of reaction do you have when you hear the word, "patriot"?

Fernapple comments on Jul 15, 2020:

Depend on what you mean by patriot. If you mean a lover of a countries sham symbolic representation, then no. If you mean loving your local environment, culture and people, then yes.

Brain creatures?

Fernapple comments on Jul 15, 2020:

Some people say that elephants also seem to understand mortality.

had to have a few laughs

Fernapple comments on Jul 15, 2020:

Great selection. Love 1. 3. and 8.

To the people who either didn't understand, or were confused about my previous post.

Fernapple comments on Jul 15, 2020:

Sorry to say that modern consumer capitalist culture promotes narcissism, especially among people who are shallow enough to be taken in by it, and of course the West's failed education systems, do nothing to address shallowness. So sadly finding someone who is not a narcissist, is going to be harder for both women and men as time goes by. At least in a world where it is no longer hidden behind manners, as it once was, it is easier to spot the signs. Keep going, you are young yet, and speaking as a (moderately) old person, you will be surprised by how much life and the world changes, over even short periods of time.

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Fernapple comments on Jul 15, 2020:

Lets be straight about this. At the beginning of the pandemic, the UK government discovered that it did not have enough PPE for all its hospital staff. So in order to stop the public panic buying PPE and making demands on the manufacturers, it put out the line that masks were of no use, even dangerous, because it did not trust the public, and therefore it chose to lie rather than tell the truth. (Funny how they work in hospitals but not in shops.) And in order to justify that, they carefully cherry picked their pseudo-science, and willfully chose to ignore information coming out of responsible organizations like the W.H.O.. (They may have found a scientist who had spent the last six years in Antarctica studying penguins, and they asked him if he had found any evidence that face masks lessen the risk of viral transmission. To which he said. "No.") Some GPs may have gone along with this or been taken in, or brow beaten into pulling the government line. The government then, when the PPE crisis was over, then went into a face saving mode, by trying to downplay the value of them. Which act of petty ego, has no doubt cost lives and done huge economic damage by prolonging and deepening the problem , and is truly shameful. You do not have to be super intelligent, (though for all I know Caprise may be highly intelligent,) to see that physical barriers are going to reduce the transmission of particles by air, that has nothing to do with medicine, it just basic Newtonian physics.

I was pretty bummed out Sunday.

Fernapple comments on Jul 15, 2020:

Hope you soon get better, still plenty of summer left. I love the angels fishing rod hanging by the seat, clever planting that.

US Has an Anti-Science Bias Problem: [sciencealert.com]

Fernapple comments on Jul 15, 2020:

Religion has to take some of he blame, and the US has a lot of religion. A lot of people think that the conflict between religion and science, is due to factual issues like evolution ver. creationism, but in fact it is more fundamental than that. Religion competes with politics , philosophy, science, and every other thought and social system for peoples attention and its share of the dollars in their pockets. It therefore does not want people turning to other places for solutions to their problems, answers to questions etc., especially places like science which unlike politics it can not 'so easily' corrupt and control.

4 photos of Schnebly Redland’s Winery south of Miami.

Fernapple comments on Jul 15, 2020:

I love the lush plantings, but I think that the clear water in the pond may be the result of a lot of hard work and artifice, and therefore not quite natural.

Have you lost a friend over wearing a mask?

Fernapple comments on Jul 14, 2020:

Keep speaking up, and setting a good example. People tend to change when they find they are in a tiny minority.

Community Garden Several years ago a couple of us built a large High Tunnel Hoop House ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 14, 2020:

Wonderful project. I let part of my plot off for village vegetable growing, and am rewarded with lots of free veg.

racism Trump

Fernapple comments on Jul 14, 2020:

Sadly, and after the rest of you had spent so much time and effort, getting to the point where at least it was not respectable to be seen doing it above ground.

My gardening consists of removing & preventing invasive species on my properties.

Fernapple comments on Jul 14, 2020:

Pictures would be nice ?

Fucking for Jesus: [en.wikipedia.org] Politics?

Fernapple comments on Jul 14, 2020:

Interesting read thank you. I just love the way churches start falling out among themselves from the outset.

Isn't this something......😉🤭🤗☺

Fernapple comments on Jul 14, 2020:

Yep, pagan all of them, but then if you are a Christian, then you are probably worshiping Jesus, who is a pagan god also known as Osiris, Mithras, Apollo, Vishnu or Mazda, and not to mention his mother Isis, Artemis, Hera, etc. etc.

Lumpy flint figurines may be some of the earliest depictions of real people | Live Science

Fernapple comments on Jul 14, 2020:

If their main craft was making tools out of flints, they were highly skilled at doing so and they gathered lots of the raw materials together, then it would be natural to turn to those materials as a first choice when making art works. Even though they may not have been the best or only choice. It is also possible that when shapes a little like human forms seemed to emerge by accident from the flint cores they were working with, they saw that as fated and enhanced it.

Unsurprising yet still depressing news.

Fernapple comments on Jul 13, 2020:

Seems that it may never be possible to be immune long term.

For those who were interested in the thirteen lined squirrels I posted about, some final thoughts ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 13, 2020:

Sounds like great fun. Thank you for posting, good read.

Florida sets one-day record with over 15,000 new COVID cases, more than most countries

Fernapple comments on Jul 13, 2020:

I wonder if many of the anti-mask protesters are Christians, who have heard of Pascal's Wager. You know, the argument they like about. It costs you nothing, but it could win or lose you everything, so why not do it ?

Tryna get to level 2 so I can smile at some of you.

Fernapple comments on Jul 13, 2020:

Here you go, have some points.

Not my research or authorship, but good details.

Fernapple comments on Jul 13, 2020:

A good point, and I wish it was made more often. People should point out that economically at the very least, we are as a whole, going to be paying for the disease, though everything from lost consumer spending to higher health insurance bills for the rest of our lives. For some people you just have to point out that, it is going to hit them personally in the purse, that seems to be the only thing some understand. Though there is one small way in which your figures could be miss read to give a false impression, which is that the numbers with symptoms like strokes, heart damage and loss of cognitive function, can not simply be added, there will be a lot of overlap with perhaps most victims having several long term effects.

Legit analogy.

Fernapple comments on Jul 13, 2020:

Tiger King ?

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. - Plato

Fernapple comments on Jul 13, 2020:

The skill of appreciation makes treasures out of grass and weeds, yet even the Hanging Gardens of Babylon are just thickets to the empty headed.

Are we leading any sort of ethical charge for Agnostic.

Fernapple comments on Jul 13, 2020:

Here to enjoy myself and try and make a positive contribution. What happens to your contribution after you make it is out of your hands. The butterfly flaps its wings and a thousand people die in a hurricane, someone does a good deed by saving a small boy from drowning in the river, and that small boy grows up to be Adolph Hitler. You write ten lines on a post, on a small not important web site, they could disappear forever, or they could be the trigger which inspires the next Gandhi. Nobody knows what the outcome of anything we do maybe, but you just have to bet that if you do good things, they are more likely to have good outcomes in the end than bad deeds, while the tiny things we do, may be more important in the long run than our great heroic gestures.

I'm curious, what useful thing have you learned about yourself during this difficult time?

Fernapple comments on Jul 13, 2020:

That travel is perhaps the only luxury in life I really can not do without, but that traveling is not about going somewhere exotic and wonderful, just a little country lane only twenty miles from home is wonderful if you have never been down it before.

I think we all get the occasional weird looking veggies in our gardens but I say this lemon online ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 12, 2020:

Could be genetic, a virus, poisoning or insect damage. But really weird.

Whenever and wherever there is a religious group attempting to comingle their religious beliefs with...

Fernapple comments on Jul 12, 2020:

"If god don't like it, why don't god stop it ?" That is very true, especially of theist religions. Though it has to be said that many religions would use the, 'god works through men' principle as a counter and that does hold water logically. Though it is hard to justify it and hold to miracle claims at the same time, but then they do always like to have it both ways.

Humans Actually Have an Irrational Preference For Round Numbers: [sciencealert.

Fernapple comments on Jul 12, 2020:

It is very like odd and even numbers. Traditionally across many cultures even numbers were regarded as female, and odd numbers as male.

Over and over again I've dyed everything but the item intended so I am really happy about this ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 11, 2020:

Yes I once thought that I was pouring liquid bleach onto my bathroom floor to clean it. But I picked up the wrong bottle and poured out thick bleach instead, took me ages to dissolve and mop up the gloup.

I'm pretty new here.

Fernapple comments on Jul 11, 2020:

The big point which makes scientific thinking different from faith based thinking, is that in the philosophy of science, it is OK to say, I don't know. In fact its better than OK, don't know, is the greatest, most humane and the most important of all answers, firstly because it guards against false answers, and secondly because it gives the human mind endless frontiers to explore. You can climb the highest hill and see a long way, but you can not see the other side of the world, not even from the moon, but that does not mean there is not a perfectly solid real and natural other hemisphere. There is no natural law which says that a human brain, which evolved to solve the problems of a small ape, living on the plains of Africa, will ever be able to solve all the problems of the universe or find the natural answers to them, but that does not mean that there are no natural answers.

‘Ashamed’ Trump 2016 Voters Explain Why They’re Ditching The President

Fernapple comments on Jul 11, 2020:

His list of allies grows thin, the watchmen are leaving their posts by night, his sheep are scattered and the hungry wolves wait in the forest with greedy eyes shinning brightly. And P.S. the law may have found some evidence. LOL

Have you ever watched a moon beam as it crawls a cross your window pane?

Fernapple comments on Jul 11, 2020:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site and do check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone. Yes I have, great isn't it. I have also woken in the mornings to find frost ferns on my window pane. Which is also very beautiful, and something that sadly the post double glazing generation will never see.

One of Islam's core claims is that the Kaaba is Allah's first house built and managed by Abraham and...

Fernapple comments on Jul 11, 2020:

Its religion, sadly you can't expect logic, or historical veracity, they are never part of the package.

My terracotta warriors!

Fernapple comments on Jul 10, 2020:

Knights and warriors are you making a private army ?

Understandable.

Fernapple comments on Jul 10, 2020:

Those Londoners, just not welcoming. If you are coming to the UK, better to go somewhere else, England, Scotland , Ireland and Wales are all nice.

This popped up in my memories on Facebook today.

Fernapple comments on Jul 10, 2020:

Only just out of the pond at that size, probably wandering about because it was off looking for its first home.

I like to study demonology for entertainment purposes 😂😂😂😂 its fun learning about stuff ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 10, 2020:

You can come and study me whenever you like, there is a small service charge of course.

"Hawaiian Happy Face Spider.

Fernapple comments on Jul 10, 2020:

We so often hear about Hawaiian endemics which are in danger, but of course being endemic does not always mean that you are in danger.

Bill Nye says WEAR A MASK!

Fernapple comments on Jul 10, 2020:

I don't know about Bill Nye, not my culture, but what a sensible well spoken young man who did the comments afterwards. Keep your hopes up the future does not belong entirely to the moron after all.

‘Unknown pneumonia’ deadlier than coronavirus sweeping Kazakhstan, Chinese embassy warns

Fernapple comments on Jul 10, 2020:

At least they are warning the world about this one in good time.

Just some questions that might make you feel kind of .

Fernapple comments on Jul 10, 2020:

Fun. Pancake making, self rectifying system.

Athens. The Parthenon and some cafes at the streets lower weekday January four years ago

Fernapple comments on Jul 10, 2020:

Wonderful, I especially love the street side plants.

This is the week my garden is beginning to die.

Fernapple comments on Jul 10, 2020:

Sadly we are having a cool wet summer here, lashings of rain and temps of 55 to 60 degrees.

Months and months ago i was watching this documentary about this little blond 5 or 6 year old ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Teaching religion at all to children is a form of abuse. If religion was a thing only licensed for consenting adults, I would not have such a problem with it. But then if it were only licensed for adults, there probably would not be much of it, you have to get their brains while they are soft and easy to manipulate.

We have handlers instead of leaders.

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

And kept American wages down.

Four years ago today, I took these photos on Roach Hollow Road, Woodbury, Tennessee:

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Beautiful, is there anything more evocative than a sloping grassy field, you can just feel your childish legs pounding as you ran downhill.

Daily search to find something to be offended about.

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

In Australia, you are always ahead of the curve. Sorry I did not mean to say curve, that's a sexist word, of course I did not mean that women are curvy and men are always straight, although of course they are not all straight, some are gay or trans, and womens body shape is not and issue, however much I may think it is, but maybe that is just my male tendency to objectify them, which is wrong of course, Jesus this is getting to be a long sentence, although of course I do understand that some people may find me using Jesus that way is disrespectful to their beliefs, for which I am very sorry, but this sentence is getting very long and I do not wish to get into trouble with the, grammar Nazis, not that taking an interest in good grammar makes you a Nazi of course. Oh #### Bye.

Plants are amazing.

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Not all that much new news, but kind of nice to have science confirm what every gardener always knew. That there are a lot of plants that you can walk all over, and the following day you would never know anyone had been there. After all a lot of them must have evolved to be trampled by animals.

Before the germ theory of disease became popularly understood, it was common to believe that sick ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

If God and, " the things we don’t know the natural explanations of yet" are synonyms" then you may use either. But the vast advantage of, things we don't know yet, over god is not only that it is more exact, but that it does not come with the vast evil baggage that the God word carries, including the potential for misunderstanding, and/or the vast potential for criminal use. Trying to cure differences, including those between some of the more extreme sceptics and moderate religious believers, is a very worthy thing. But the unintended consequences of using such methods to do so are truly horrible. Going into a prison to make friends with murderers and rapists and trying to heal their rift with society and its values, may well be a worthy thing, but it is not a good idea to do so by starting the conversation with. 'Rape and murder are not bad things, society should stop using those words for them.' Especially since if they ever leave prison, they can then use your every argument, you encouragement and everything you have given them to start recruiting others into cults of rape and murder.

Your Thoughts on Philosophy

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Depends on what you are discussing. But yes, philosophy is a needed thing, since there are some things which need to be addressed, which are beyond the limits of purely evidence based knowledge. (Science especially.) And you only have three things for that: Logical reasoning beyond evidence based knowledge, but using that as a starting place, called philosophy, (the good sort). Instinct, gut feeling. And faith, blind acceptance of culturally passed on information, including religion. For me at least, in that order of preference. And I never found I needed to go beyond one and two in practice.

“Science seeks the truth, and it doesn’t discriminate.

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Or, you get nearer to truth the harder you work at it, and the more you are prepared to give up for it.

Little guy was eating my grass...

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Great photo.

"Some men change their party for the sake of their principles — others their principles for the ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

And what do you need to succeed in politics therefore, but no real principles.

Marsh flight

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Cool.

Waitress kicks out white Trump supporter as he shouted racist slurs at diners.

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

In Britain the owners of pubs etc. in some towns often work together, so that if someone gets barred from one, they get barred from all the pubs in town, apart from perhaps the odd sleazy one. Hope that works in the US.

Seven weeks after posting this [agnostic.

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Beautiful, and when you think that it means more than a inch, perhaps inch and a half of growth, each day, you have to be amazed at how quick and ready the plants are to exploit the short growing season. Is the grass area a community space?

Today's hike: Mighty Mouse fights Devil's Club. Lanham Lake, WA

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Do you have a scientific name for Queen's Cup please ?

"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Allow a consensus to form on the major political issues, and encourage people to bury themselves in junk popular cultural debates. (Fortunately the modern western media manages to avoid that. [ Irony. ] )

To this community: I have been taking needed breaks from this site.

Fernapple comments on Jul 8, 2020:

Been nice knowing you, bye.

Some time i wonder if all the Christians are going to snap someday and gather all the nonbelievers ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 8, 2020:

Gather all the none believers no. But small groups of them gathering small groups of none believers, perhaps yes. Because as they go into decline, they will become increasingly dominated by the criminal fringe and turn ever more to the dark, then they will start to feel cornered and threatened, not just by none believers, but by still perhaps resurgent religions like Islam and Buddhism. It will be small and mean and pointless, but never underestimate how nasty small and mean and pointless things can get, when fanatics are cornered and don't want to admit to themselves they have lost all the arguments.

Just curious what subject is more favorable.

Fernapple comments on Jul 8, 2020:

Maths, because it is not possible to understand any other subject, especially philosophy and psychology, without a deep knowledge of maths, it is the key to understanding. PS. I am no good at it.

I had to go to our Botanical Gardens today to pick up 2 fruit tree seedlings - so took some snaps of...

Fernapple comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Lovely gardens. And I really like the way they get the plants to grow out sideways like that, never seen that landscape gimmick before.

Rest in Peace Ennio Morricone .

Fernapple comments on Jul 7, 2020:

I was just about to post exactly the same thing, you beat me to it, you fast lady you.

“Middle age is youth without its levity, and age without decay”............Daniel Defoe.

Fernapple comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Let the good times roll.

When someone starts brow beating you with their religion what do you do ?

Fernapple comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Sadly I usually do nothing but leave. I really should engage with them, but then you have to be very careful to be extra polite and charming. Because you have to remember that they have probably been sent out by their cult to be annoying, so that people will threaten and insult them and their beliefs, that's why they are there. That way it reinforces the cults message that, safety, comfort, friendship and moral support only come from within the cult, and that the outside world is threatening and immoral. Sending them out to annoy people is part of the brainwashing.

There's a whole series of the soft white underbelly videos.

Fernapple comments on Jul 7, 2020:

I do not have a problem with people reading the bible as metaphorical poetic essays, if they do not take its as proof of supernatural guidance. Though I have yet to hear that any of them ever got anything other than the most banal and shallow insights from so doing.

Wedding guests stripped Gro's garden without permission.

Fernapple comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Some people just don't see taking growing things as stealing, even though they may have involved more direct effort from the owner than things which are just bought. A couple of year ago my friend and I visited a public garden in the next county. While we and several other people sat on some benches in plain sight, two women arrived and started to look at some flowers. They decided that they would like some for their own gardens. So since the plants were in seed they started to collect the seed in to their shopping bags. They did this by ripping the plants, ( which were still growing and flowering, ) up by their roots and tipped them upside down into their bags, then dropped the remains on the ground. They did this quite shamelessly in front of everyone.

This morning's views....

Fernapple comments on Jul 6, 2020:

I wish I could grow Monarda, it just does not seem to like my soil.

How Wolves Change Rivers [youtube.com]

Fernapple comments on Jul 6, 2020:

Wonderful, and I love the sound track at the ends.

'You started the corona!' As anti-Asian hate incidents explode, climbing past 800, activists push ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 6, 2020:

There are three stages: first people deny it is true; then they deny it is important; finally they blame the wrong person. With credit to a quote from Alexander Von Humboldt: “There are three stages of scientific discovery: first people deny it is true; then they deny it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.”

People sometimes...😂😂

Fernapple comments on Jul 6, 2020:

Because Fred Flintstone let them hide in his cave house of course. LOL

Couldn't resist, my very favourite bird - the Large Frogmouth and baby

Fernapple comments on Jul 6, 2020:

Beautiful, the little one is really cute.

I have always feel that I was denied a life.

Fernapple comments on Jul 6, 2020:

I can tell with further search that: You have enough education to type a post. You have a internet link. Enough health to sit at a computer. You have connection to a global site where you can encounter many other people. Those are really big gains, which put you ahead of ninety nine percent, of all the people who ever lived.

An interesting essay on compulsion and obedience in the pandemic... USA - [reason.com]

Fernapple comments on Jul 5, 2020:

In the UK people generally went fairly well with the government close down orders, but then we expect the same government to look after us.

The jury may be still be out on this one, but I put my money on the hydroxy...

Fernapple comments on Jul 5, 2020:

You may like to see. https://agnostic.com/discussion/512242/who-halts-trial-of-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-patients first though.

These comments are so sad to me because it’s obvious that this person doesn’t see what’s wrong...

Fernapple comments on Jul 5, 2020:

An interesting thought though about schools. In the UK religion is now a minority activity, and has faded almost completely from the lives of large chunks of the population. Yet many state schools are religious and mainly christian. I myself went to one where christianity was pushed hard, and the effect was that, most of us were well aware that religion was at the core of the systems failings, so that even by the age of twelve or fourteen most of my fellows regarded religion with contempt.

There are some very memorable quotes in this brief presentation, i.

Fernapple comments on Jul 5, 2020:

Yes but I always though that voting papers should include a 'none' box, and if enough votes go into that, the parties are forced to put forward new candidates.

The Six Grandfathers before it was known as Mount Rushmore

Fernapple comments on Jul 5, 2020:

Was a beautiful mountain back then.

Hello, I just learned of the existence of this platform today and decided to check it out.

Fernapple comments on Jul 5, 2020:

Hello and welcome. Enjoy the site, and do check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone.

This Math Equation Is Dividing The Internet: [iflscience.com]

Fernapple comments on Jul 4, 2020:

1.

I really don't like religion.

Fernapple comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Do not forget that you do not have to tell anyone, about your religious deconversion, other than those on this site who will offer you support. Being a sceptic is not like being in a religion, you do not have to confess it. I know that it is hard to hide behind a mask all your life, but if you want to let off steam, that is what this site is for. And life is very long, you are just starting out in it, but take it from me, (very old) you will be amazed at just how many things you will see change over the years. There may even come a time when you, for whatever reason will find it easy to come out. Until then stay strong.

If "god" gave us life, then he surely he (it?

Fernapple comments on Jul 4, 2020:

For wheels you need roads on which they are great, but they are no good for climbing in the trees, and if you evolved in a world covered in trees. Good clue there.

“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 4, 2020:

They demand freedom for the media to provide them with confirmation of what they would like to think, if they were not too lazy to do their own thinking.

I truly don't understand the religious.

Fernapple comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Christianity is a me centric faith, ( my salvation, my relationship with god, what Jesus can do for me etc. ) it does not even have the social/political content of Judaism or the submission to legal structure of Islam. Therefore it attracts people with a me centric view.

Relativism the doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 3, 2020:

There are lots of other good arguments against it as well. For example that it is anti-progressive, since if there is no absolute truth, then there is no point in looking for one. So that relativism which seems at first to be ultra liberal, because it is inclusive, in fact proves to be ultra conservative, since it creates a world without the need for improvement or even motion. The other problem with it is that it leaves the proponent having to defend all views however horrible. A better way to achieve a tolerant attitude to all ideologies, is to accept the idea that there is perhaps a final perfect model of the world and truth, but that final complete truth is probably unattainable by humans. Because if you accept that, then while no one has a final complete truth, it is still possible with thought and effort to move nearer to that goal, and it is also possible as our common sense tells us that some are nearer than others. But since no one has a final answer, we may still all be corrected, or moved closer to the point of perfection by anyone.

With Edge, Microsoft’s forced Windows updates just sank to a new low It undermines ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Linux.

One thing that always bothered me, and is one of the myriad of reasons why I left Christianity, is ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 3, 2020:

The great thing about god is, that since it does not exist, you can endow it with any properties you want, or put it in any packaging you want. The ultimate advertisers dream, no actual product to get in the way of the claims.

Would anyone agree or object if I posted "symphonic metal?

Fernapple comments on Jul 2, 2020:

You want do do it, go for it, what can happen ?

The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 2, 2020:

Yet there are far more people trying to live there, than trying to understand it.

Posted something similar on fb but deleted it - unsure how it would "come off", despite seeing calls...

Fernapple comments on Jul 2, 2020:

Yes. And you may also like to think about the use of 'black' and 'white' in this sense. I have never in fact seen a truly white person, the palest are cream or off white, while most are pinky beige, neither have I seen a black person, a very dark charcoal grey with hints of tan being the darkest I know of. Why therefore choose words which push the polarity to the extreme, beyond reality, if the people who created the language's conventions did not have and extremist agenda, and a desire to polarize.

I’ve been on dating sites where some of the women characterize themselves as free thinkers and ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 2, 2020:

Maybe they don't charge any money, when they do the thinking for you, before they tell you what to do. It may be a small difference, because in my experience, most women are willing to tell men what they should do for free, but they don't usually promise to think first.

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Fernapple comments on Jul 2, 2020:

Someone said. Every disaster movie that you ever saw, started when some greedy self seeking politicians chose to ignore some scientists. But you alway thought, that is just a silly over the top fiction really, that could never happen in real life. So how is life on Amity Island then ?

A couple of people on here have suggested that masks are not necessary if you maintain "6' apart".

Fernapple comments on Jul 2, 2020:

The bottom line is simple. The more you do, the more you stay alone, the further apart you stand, and the more barriers to droplets you stay behind (screens masks), the safer you and everyone else is. And the more people there are who do more, even mindlessly when the risk is tiny, the sooner it is all over. They are not either or options, they are more is better options.

Poll: Most Americans Don't Believe Trump is the Right Person for the Job

Fernapple comments on Jul 2, 2020:

Yes but Xi Jinping and Putin think he is by far the best person for the job, could not be better if they hand picked him themselves. So how much time need we spend on the opinion of most Americans.

It seems there are a lot of experts on COVID and mask wearing.

Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:

It is best to follow the advice of the WHO, which is probably the most credible and widely sourced.

What’s the difference between praying at a church, temple, mosque and praying at a casino?

Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Yes but it does not work any better.LOL

Found this while checking out something that was posted about phobias. [livescience.com]

Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Lovely. The effort we males have to put in. LOL

Looking for friends with dry sense of humor, intelligence, and kindness.

Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:

You see, you just joined and already people are having fun on your post. PS. Watch out for the men on this site, some of them can be a bit funny, you know. Well and watch out for the women too, same goes, and I guess I had best not leave out the trans-gender people either. In fact just be wary of everybody.

How many times a day do you receive a comment from someone that starts with "I know you don't ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Never, I live in the UK, it not a problem here.

It is exhausting to watch the news and/or social media.

Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:

The media is not interested in wisdom, because it is conflict not understanding which pulls in the viewers and readers, and with them comes the revenue.

"A good cause need not be tarnished by its most fanatical expressions.

Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:

And sometimes it is taken over by them.