trees are glorious

Fernapple comments on Dec 4, 2019:

An amusing collection of photos.

“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves”.

Fernapple comments on Dec 4, 2019:

The power over men is a given anyway.

Hey people! I'm thinking of opening a bar for old men & calling it 'Leaky Dicks'.

Fernapple comments on Dec 4, 2019:

No, if its Leaky it will sink.

Ugh.

Fernapple comments on Dec 4, 2019:

That's terrible, I never heard of it happening before, but any good site should cope with a change of Zip code. Try writing to Admin.

Why do people recognize the fictional aspect of all myths and fairy tales, except their own ...

Fernapple comments on Dec 4, 2019:

Just posted this on another page, but it works here too. Religion has an opposite approach to truth as it is normally framed. Saying that truth is that which confirms what you want to believe, as opposed to the normal and scientific approach, which are the normal that, truth is truth regardless of what you want to believe, and the scientific view that the most valuable truth is that which, goes against what you want to believe. When once you are in that mindset, then anything is possible.

Just wondering if someone can answer me this?

Fernapple comments on Dec 4, 2019:

Most of them were educated by religion. Which has an opposite approach to truth as it is normally framed. Saying that truth is that which confirms what you want to believe, as opposed to the normal and scientific approach, which are the normal that, truth is truth regardless of what you want to believe, and the scientific view that the most valuable truth is that which, goes against what you want to believe. When once you are in that mindset, then anything is possible.

I just saw your 'corvids' post -- have seen it before and it reminded me of this : Chaser the ...

Fernapple comments on Dec 4, 2019:

Yes I have seen Chaser before but she is well worth a second look, a very smart dog.

Discovered this prehistoric emoji at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

Fernapple comments on Dec 4, 2019:

Going there is on my bucket list.

Wicked religious people

Fernapple comments on Dec 3, 2019:

There is no other use for it.

Somewhere in Utah 3/2016

Fernapple comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Simple profound. Like taking a walk through the landscape.

“He - and if there is a God, I’m convinced he is a he, because no woman could or would ever fuck...

Fernapple comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Obviously he never met my mother.

Anyone here experience this internal conflict?

Fernapple comments on Dec 3, 2019:

It may be that they are afraid that if they raise the issue, you may convert them.

Uhhhm, yup.

Fernapple comments on Dec 3, 2019:

The information collecting bots. and algorithms etc. of the on-line media, are adjusted to collect negative information about the things people hate. Because that tells you more about them. ( As in. What sort of weather do you like ? Answer. Sunshine. Is not very useful because nearly everyone likes that. However the question. What sort of weather do you hate ? Answer. Rain. Tells you all sorts. Such as, may be a good market for rain wear, may not be a gardener so not a good market for seeds, and so on. ) And when you ask questions such as. What sort of people do you hate ? That tells the marketers huge amounts about you. Therefore the search engines, and social media are adjusted to promote negative responses and behaviour because that is where the profits lie.

"Democritus, believed the entire state of the universe could be explained through cause and effect.

Fernapple comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Another way to address the problem, is to think of random as, that which is too complex to understand. That is the basis of Chaos theory, which is well worth study if you are interested in this field.

How many of you are completely put off by the Christmas holiday?

Fernapple comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Hello and welcome. Yes, and its not like it used to be, when it only lasted twelve days, now it starts in the middle of November.

Was it an easy journey to leave your religion ?

Fernapple comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Hello and welcome. Never was in one.

Fixing the gargoyle on your screen

Fernapple comments on Dec 2, 2019:

If you think there is a gargoyle on your screen, you should see mine. You would certainly get religion and send for an exorcist. Everything is relative. And the best way to know if someone really likes you is to make yourself look ugly.

Yes, I know the organ version can't be beat, but this is interesting. :) [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Dec 2, 2019:

No question of "can't be beat" how can you even judge, there is only one level of perfect.

All this talk about ‘levels’ on here makes me think I’m moving up in Scientology...

Fernapple comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Yes but there is no charge, and the points system does a good job keeping the trolls, scam artists and time wasters out. Welcome and enjoy the site, check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone.

Hello I’m new here and ready to get acquainted!

Fernapple comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Hello and welcome. Enjoy the site, and if you have time check out the groups, they cover just about every interest.

“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think ...

Fernapple comments on Dec 2, 2019:

He certainly thought differently.

Out of curiosity, has anyone made level 10 yet?

Fernapple comments on Dec 1, 2019:

No its strange, I often wondered where they went. I did hear that they sell your details to a theist hit squad and then you strangely disappear. Or maybe just no one made it yet, who knows ?

Are lifestyles of the rich and democrat undermining the fight against climate change?

Fernapple comments on Dec 1, 2019:

The big hope is that in time the younger generation will start to see big consumption, large and multiple houses etc., as morally unacceptable and a sign of bad taste. That day will come, but will it come fast enough.

Or the fact that Adam and Eve were the first but Cain and Able had wives.

Fernapple comments on Dec 1, 2019:

The buy-babble say Cain knew his wife, and since he lived in the land of Nod, ( Yes really. ) she presumably came from Nod and so was a Noddy. One thing of course about the Adam And Eve story, is that in its original form the couple were not perhaps the first people on Earth, but only the first of the line which led to the Jews, they only later get mixed up with the origin story.

No matter how preposterous an idea or belief may be there's always some percentage of the population...

Fernapple comments on Dec 1, 2019:

I think that it will be more than a 1000, because if you are open to shit, you are open to all of it. Nice rant.

While Driving home tonight my companion decided to click on a new revolutionary weight loss ...

Fernapple comments on Dec 1, 2019:

The one good thing about FB is that, one day maybe, all the BS in the worlds media will be swept up and put in there. Then at least we will know where to find it.

A FRAGMENT OF CHRIST’s MANGER IS BACK IN THE HOLY LAND! HOW DESPERATE ARE CHRISTIANS FOR ...

Fernapple comments on Dec 1, 2019:

I don't know that many of them literally believe in relics. But it does always seem that they pick on the most unlikely parts of the by-babble to celebrate the most. The nativity story is after all most probably one of the most fictional parts of the bible, it does not appear in all the testaments and is thought by many biblical scholars, to be one of the latest additions. So that would put it even longer after the main parts of the story were written, far after the possible dates of the events.

Be alert. We need more lerts.

Fernapple comments on Dec 1, 2019:

We love the old ones here.

The Future of World Religion (in 2050) - YouTube

Fernapple comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Shows a nice and healthy level of skepticism towards the stats.

What are three things you think you need to be happy?

Fernapple comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Basic needs met. People. Nature.

It takes a special kind of con artist to get rich without paying taxes by selling people an ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Hello and welcome. I don't think they need to be that special, there seem to be a lot of them getting away with it.

“Every lie is two lies, the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 30, 2019:

And of course. "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808).

Don't drink and drive. You'll hit a bump and spill the whole darn thing." -- Dean Martin.

Fernapple comments on Nov 29, 2019:

You don't mean I have to give up driving ?

What is so special about human life anyway?

Fernapple comments on Nov 26, 2019:

You may like watching this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsXP8qeFF6A

This kind of reminds me a bit of Myspace and orkut I will give this a try I think that Facebook is ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Hello and welcome. Thanks, but we really need more of a challenge than Facebook.

NOT WANTED: Another Bygone Bro-gressive Who Thinks He’s The Future Of America

Fernapple comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Thought for a second there that you were talking about another on-line date. LOL

What is so special about human life anyway?

Fernapple comments on Nov 26, 2019:

We will be the first single species to cause a mass extinction, that's got to be special.. Even the Cyano-bacteria need to work together.

[youtube.com] Guy on phone plays with telemarketers. FUNNY!!

Fernapple comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Its very funny, and we all wish we could do something like that sometimes. But it is also good to remember that a lot of telemarketers are often very poor, and being exploited by often very uncaring employers who use them ruthlessly. If you know that they are on good bonus schemes, or own their own business fine, but otherwise be kind, it not be their fault and they may wish they did not have to do the rotten job. The best thing is never buy the product, buy on line or on the high street, then you create jobs in the decent end of retail.

Assuming an intelligent force (not God necessarily) created the Universe, is it still there?

Fernapple comments on Nov 26, 2019:

If there was a chicken in the field last night, will there be an egg there this morning ? Speculation about unknowns is pointless unless you are betting something on it.

Most common/ridicuous argumento pro religion?

Fernapple comments on Nov 26, 2019:

What LenHazell53 below says, plus. You don't believe it because you don't understand it. God loves you but you just have to open your heart.

My little girl made it three years without religious ideas being taught to her.

Fernapple comments on Nov 26, 2019:

I would say that the most important thing to do is not to make too big a issue of it, my parents hardly ever talked about religion and any mention of it, was usually met with a disinterested shrug of the shoulders. And I know this may sound counter intuitive, but it would be a good idea to expose her to as many different religions as possible. Take her to a Hindu festival for example and say. "We don't believe this but its still fun, isn't it ?" When once the idea that religion is fun but meaningless is planted, the next step, the understanding that its all just fancy Santa Claus, will fall into place automatically, when she's old enough.

Hello, I've decided to join this site mainly to join in discussions, but as I'm single, if I meet ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Hello and welcome. What you will certainly find on this site is a lot of diversity, just browse the groups for one.

November 24, 1859 Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 25, 2019:

I have heard that his publisher thought that it was interesting but not likely to sell many copies. And asked him. "When will the book on pigeons you promised me be ready. Everybody likes pigeons."

What if the Devil invented Jesus?

Fernapple comments on Nov 25, 2019:

I once saw an interview with a tea-total christian, who was challenged by the interviewer with the, water into wine problem. "Oh." The christian said. "But that was not wine you see. That was grape juice." The interviewer was not quick enough to raise Louis Pasteur, or anything like that. But perhaps it proves that when once you swallow religion, you will believe anything.

Is it Safe to Eat Roadkill? | Live Science

Fernapple comments on Nov 25, 2019:

One thing that they did not mention. Is that, the reason why an animal gets hit by are car, could be that it is slow or disabled, which could in turn be, because it has been poisoned. Either deliberately or as a result of the slow build up of things like pestisides in its diet. Something to think about.

Greetings from the Land of Pleasant Living, This site was heavily advertised on Facebook so I ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 24, 2019:

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

What made you change from believer to non-believer?

Fernapple comments on Nov 24, 2019:

Never was a believer. Until I was in school I don't think I had even met one, only someone from the US would ask that question.

The SEASON OF GIVING...really?

Fernapple comments on Nov 24, 2019:

I did read a stat, don't know where, that the money the US spends on christmas presents in one year, would be enough to cure world hunger, forever.

Are Believers Better Citizens?

Fernapple comments on Nov 24, 2019:

Most of the respectable studies I have seen have proved just the opposite. Certainly on an international scale, there is a direct link between nearly all factors of social health, such as crime, to the degree to which a country is secular.

Colour or black and white?

Fernapple comments on Nov 24, 2019:

The pale colours are wonderful, but the B/W has more punch. Don't know in this case, what you do have however are two quite different photos for the price of one.

“There is no deficit in human resources; the deficit is in human will”.

Fernapple comments on Nov 24, 2019:

In many ways there is too much human will. As some else once said. If we all did our work and then went and spent the remaining time lying in a box, and were content with three bowls of porridge a day, we would cause very little harm in the world.

The manner in which most people use the term "atheist" is unfortunate, because such usage suggests a...

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

The two types of atheist are sometimes called 'hard' and 'soft' atheists. True hard atheists are rare, but it is a common straw man argument used by theists, to suggest that all atheists are of that type.

When I was a teenager and was first starting to question my faith in God, and the human soul, here ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

You are not alone, that has been a question asked by wise people about theism for a long time. And most of them also concluded that it made nonsense of the whole thing.

One of my friends on FB posted this and I found myself mostly agreeing with it. Thoughts?

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

Very true, though sometimes a little bit of negative emotion has been the driving force got an awful lot done, to everyones benefit.

while I say I'm an atheists, actually I believe in reality over faith.

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

That is very true. Hello and welcome, enjoy the site, and if you have time check out the groups, there is something for everyone.

With the recent death of my dog I've been thinking about death more than usual and something ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

No one can prove it does not happen, or that we don't have another life, everything is complicated and very little known. Another idea some people had was that the universe as a whole reincarnates, goes back the big bang, and starts all over running the same stories. Lots of things possible.

This says much about now

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

Rarely comment on US politics here, because coming from the UK it is none of my business really. But here is an account of part of the life of one US person I have the greatest respect for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gugnXTN6-D4

A question you see pop up on here is, when did you become an atheist,which to me sounds like when ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

Was not raised in active religion at all. My grandmother even discouraged me from joining the scouts, because she said it was a front for Christian teaching. But as a child I always had respect for Christians and other religions, believing them to be better people. Because I did not really know any, so I believed the myth about them. It was only in my later school years and higher education, that I really encountered Christians for the first time. And discovered that the truth was quite the opposite to the myth, and how truly evil some of them were , and how weak and how happy with double values most of the others were. I never really got over the shock of that, plus the discovery that many were anti-science and the values that go with that, which by then I had grown to love, and had thought in a childish way that everyone did.

Today I have been feeling very lonely.

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

Its not easy, and I am sorry to say that sometimes I think the best thing is work. Very often employers, like the NHS especially, are glad of people who want to work during the season. And sometimes nursing homes will be glad of people to come in and just socialize with the patients. I am luck, as though now living alone I do have a best friend, and the odd lonely hours I fill in with a walk. May not work for you but it is the best I have got.

The week in wildlife photos: [theguardian.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

I Like 'Jump' especially, even more effective for being in B/W .

The "N" Word

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

Yes but any good study should describe the bell curve, if not an even more complex model, and the greater the sample the wider the curve will be.

Breakthrough discovery in plants' DNA may lead to slowing aging process in humans [cnn.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

Plants are not so badly affected by cancer as animals, since mutated growth usually has less rather than more vigour in plants. Due to the fact that nearly all plant tissue is growing all the time. So they do not need to benefit from the self destruct value of short lived tolomeres perhaps.

Hi all I am still playing with my camera I tried to share a photo but keep getting an error message.

Fernapple comments on Nov 23, 2019:

You don't need to make a meme, just reduce the size to 1500 x 1500 or less.

"I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

Fernapple comments on Nov 22, 2019:

They did not call him the greatest living teacher for nothing.

I met a girl that was really into astrology.

Fernapple comments on Nov 22, 2019:

The ancient Romans once suffered a terrible defeat, perhaps the worst they had, at the Battle of Cannae August 216 BC in southeast Italy. When someone asked the Roman thinker and politician why he did not respect astrologers, he replied. " Did twenty thousand men at Cannae all have the same horoscope ? Yet they all had the same fate !"

I met a girl that was really into astrology.

Fernapple comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Someone once said. "What would happen if you put daily predictions in the news papers based, on Nationality or race ?"

Hello all, Such a while since I was last here. Work has been soooo busy. How are you all?

Fernapple comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Hello, glad to see you back. I love telling my friends, that I regularly correspond with people from all sorts of exotic locations from all over the world. But their eyes really pop when I tell them where you come from. Love.

Today is my lucky day! The checker looked concerned and said, "Oh dear, is this alright?

Fernapple comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Did you tell her that every bar code she scans has 666 at the end, as a stop reading instruction for the computer. It may be an urban myth but would she care.

Bad habit: self-defeating but so delicious. What's yours?

Fernapple comments on Nov 22, 2019:

If that is your worst bad habit, you should be running a retreat for aesthetics.

I can no longer post pics from my Android phone to this site.

Fernapple comments on Nov 22, 2019:

A lot of people are finding it difficult now. There has for one thing been a size limit put on how big the photos put on this site may be, you could try making them smaller.

What a difference a day makes....

Fernapple comments on Nov 22, 2019:

No, we are catching it here in the UK too.

Yup fantasy

Fernapple comments on Nov 22, 2019:

On Children by Kahlil Gibran "Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bow from which your children as living arrows are sent forth."

We have one of the many underused chat rooms--we need to get in there and dust it out.

Fernapple comments on Nov 22, 2019:

I have never really seen that you can do anything in a chatroom, that you can not do better, with more time and thought, in post and comment.

Did the Aztecs ever take the Spanish for the returning deity Quetzalcoatl?

Fernapple comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Sounds very true. How quickly real history and political truth, degenerate into propaganda and myth within only a lifetime. Makes you wonder about other populist writings does it not. (For any theists reading, that last sentence is called, 'irony'. )

How can some one explain how great humans have being transformed to sheep? I don’t understand

Fernapple comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Hello and welcome. Enjoy the site, it will certainly answer your question, and if you have time do check out the groups, there is something for everyones interests.

Deer masks at Star Carr, what were they for? [united-cats.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Yes I was pleased that it ends in what I would call healthy skepticism. All too often people follow the, there is no evidence therefore my idea must be right route. But the on this site, that is perhaps taking to the converted.

Well, there are 100,000 members now according to the top level stats.

Fernapple comments on Nov 21, 2019:

I think that freedom from religion and the confidence to identify as secular, are certainly growing. However I also think, that this site will tend to grow or fail on its own merits, and does not therefore reflect wider trends that much. There are many other on line places where secular people can meet, after all.

16th November 1581.

Fernapple comments on Nov 21, 2019:

He started off very well and for a long time was a good leader to the Russians, but he seems to have had a mental breakdown following the death of his wife. With whom it was said he was obsessed. Which led to his slow decline and increasingly violent and unpredictable behavior, which eventually earned him the Terrible nickname.

An atheist friend forwarded the following post from an "Native American Elder and retired Episcopal ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Honesty, that's rare.

An Ottoman supply train still resting where it was ambushed by Lawrence of Arabia 103 years ago on ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Great shot whatever the history.

Evolution FAILS in the Human Body [youtube.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 20, 2019:

If we are made in the image of god. God needs to see a doctor.

In another post, I just saw the sentence, "God will never give you more than you can handle.

Fernapple comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Nobody wriggles, squirms and flaps around an ethical and logical problem, like a theist, there is no hole too small dark and dirty they will not squeeze through to avoid stepping out into the light. I love to watch them jumping though hoops.

Anybody else open their homes to wildlife in the winter? [lovepaws.info]

Fernapple comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Smart deer.

Anybody else open their homes to wildlife in the winter? [lovepaws.info]

Fernapple comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Yes many times. Many years ago we had a hedgehog wander into the house one night, and it spent and hour or two on the rug in front of the fire. A strange thing however has happened in resent years here in the UK. ( Resent = since my youth, forty plus years. ) We used to have a very common species of mouse called the house mouse, because it often lived in people homes. It does not however seem to like modern houses, perhaps because there are few holes in the brick and wood work, and also it may not like central heating. So that it is becoming quite rare, and is certainly not seen in houses very often these days. Yet we now find that wood mice which used to be very shy of coming into homes, are now coming in in ever greater numbers, certainly the last two I saw were wood mice. The wood mouse is a lot prettier and does less damage, yet it is sad to think that the house mouse is on its way out.

Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough [edition.cnn.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Very interesting story thank you. But I could not resist a smile when I read the line. "Cement, for instance, is used to make the concrete required to build homes, hospitals and schools." Aliens from exactly which planet are intended as the readers ?

Watch this young woman destroy the ark encounter: [youtube.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I really like this young person, not for taking apart the ark encounter, that's not all that hard. But the shameless way that she manages to repeatedly plug, "my book". There is nothing with so much charm as earnest young enterprise. And she will probably need to sell several of them to pay the, eye watering, cost of those Ark Encounter tickets. Best way to make anyone believe religion is a money making rip off, get them to buy the tickets. LOL

An important distinction. [youtube.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Good point and well worth making. Only wish that perhaps there could have been a better tag to hang the, very real, observations about human relations on, than the definitions of two words, which are very vague and subjective words anyway.

Grow food not lawns.

Fernapple comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Lawn has to be the most expensive garden you can have, in every term you could imagine. Requiring the highest carbon footprint, the most time and effort, the highest chemical inputs and giving the lowest returns to both humans and wildlife. It is truly criminal that such things should be enshrined in the law of some countries.

For some reason this site won't let me upload photos any more.

Fernapple comments on Nov 19, 2019:

Just make them smaller, its a size limit.

What about the good parts?

Fernapple comments on Nov 19, 2019:

Yes there are many good parts to many religions, such as christianity, and you can cherry pick them out if you wish. But you are by doing so still supporting that ideology including the bad bits, and not everyone will cherry pick so nicely, which leaves you sharing in their crimes. Why not instead choose an ideology of which there are many which does not come with the vast evil baggage.

We easily see the role of religion in trying to alter human behavior, so that it is tempting to see ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 19, 2019:

Monasticism does have a secular tradition, besides a religious one. Besides the many modern communities, the Epicurians in classical times established a whole range of communities, across the Roman Empire, which probably provided the inspiration for the Christian monastic tradition.

It has been almost a year since I last posted here.

Fernapple comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Hello I am a newby here compared with you, It is good to meet someone who feels the same way I do about the site.

Flat Earthers Are Whining About How Their Friends Think They’re Idiots | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 18, 2019:

That's very sad, but don't tell them, its a big secret, some of their none friends think they are idiots too.

Why I'm an Agnostic I'm no stranger to churches.

Fernapple comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Hello and welcome. You will find a lot of support here and a good community if you take part. Most of all you are not alone in the world, nearly everyone here shares some of your experiences. Don't worry about levels and points they come soon enough, and are there to help keep trolls out, just enjoy the site.

Hi I have just joined so i thought I would say hello from the isle of wight.

Fernapple comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Hello and welcome. There are quite a few UK members here, and even I am from Lincolnshire which is nearly in the UK, even if the rest don't agree.

A Black Hole Threw a Star Out of the Milky Way Galaxy [nytimes.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 18, 2019:

looked really interesting but the page requires me to log in to continue reading, sorry I try to limit the cookies planted on my computer.

Im wondering how many messages i need to post before i get to level 2 .

Fernapple comments on Nov 18, 2019:

2 takes no time at all, if you just enjoy the site and take part, the levels come quickly when you are not looking.

I think more people should look into or consider investing in bio-tech so we as a species can move ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Except that it will be mainly available to the rich, and their children, creating even more of a two tier society. But it will happen anyway , you can never hold back the tide of technology, people the rich especially will find ways to cheat no matter what laws are deployed. So why not embrace it, at least if you do that the greater number will have access to some degree. Where restrictions will only inflate the price.

Leave it to the Quakers. Maybe this could solve the pronoun problem? [nytimes.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Interesting bit of history I did not know that. And it shows that history and usage decided the matter in the end then, and they will again.

Am I wrong?

Fernapple comments on Nov 18, 2019:

A lot of country people here. I think that the site give a false impression, because there is a deliberate fudge built in to the locator and map features, based on the nearest town, so that people are not giving away their address on line. I am in the country by UK sandards, but it would not be remote by US standards.