New Rule: Truth Matters | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

Druvius comments on Oct 13, 2023:

"If you have to fabricate the stories of your mistreatment, isn't that a commentary on where we are now?" No, not at all in any way shape or form. Stopped listening at that point, anecdotes aren't evidence. Taking the actions of one person as representative of their race is called racism. Thanks for...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 13, 2023:

One of the points Maher was trying to make is that we, as a nation, have made progress vis-a-vis racism. And he's right; it's not as bad as it once was. Do we still have work to do? Definitely.

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MyTVC15 comments on Oct 12, 2023:

Thank you for posting this. Not everyone is brave enough to point out that there is another side to the story. I tried to talk about this the other day and ended up having to block someone that I had previously thought of as a friend.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 12, 2023:

People are sometimes so eager to cry "antisemite!" offering the slightest criticism is a little like walking on hot coals. But if Israel overreacts (and it looks like they are getting ready to do just that) watch how people change their tune.

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Trajan61 comments on Oct 12, 2023:

I hope Israel totally destroys both Hamas and Hezbollah.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 12, 2023:

@MyTVC15 Indeed! But but the israelis will have flattened Gaza way before Trumpty Dumpty's first criminal trial begins. 😂

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Switchcraft comments on Oct 12, 2023:

A "dispute" this old takes two, just like dancing. And one has by far the superiority in resources and is in a better position to offer. Even the U.N. has essentially labeled this as Apartheid. The other side has nothing to offer besides compliance, and we know how well humans are at that once ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 12, 2023:

@MyTVC15 Hamas is a client of Iran, and Iran is aligned with Russia against Ukraine. So there's that too.

There is no end to the bizarre beliefs in India and now the rejuvenation of ancient beliefs and ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 12, 2023:

Do all Hindus actually believe in the literal truth of these things? Or do they simply hold them as representational allegories?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 12, 2023:

@St-Sinner Follow-up question: were the myths originally intended to be taken literally?

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Switchcraft comments on Oct 12, 2023:

A "dispute" this old takes two, just like dancing. And one has by far the superiority in resources and is in a better position to offer. Even the U.N. has essentially labeled this as Apartheid. The other side has nothing to offer besides compliance, and we know how well humans are at that once ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 12, 2023:

Yes! Israel is by far the richer, more accomplished, better situated of the two parties. And as such I think they have a responsibility to be the adult in the room. But instead of showing a little magnanimity, they seem to pounce on every opportunity to be more tyrannical, more brutal, and to seize more land for themselves. I have heard a hypothesis floated that Russia put Hamas up to this latest atrocity. Apparently Hamas leaders have had several meetings with the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov over the last year or so. According to the hypothesis, Putin's intent is to create a distraction from Ukraine, and have the US divert resources that would otherwise go to Ukraine to Israel. I can't see how this would make much of an impact though. This thing in Gaza should be over pretty quickly.

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Trajan61 comments on Oct 12, 2023:

I hope Israel totally destroys both Hamas and Hezbollah.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 12, 2023:

@Thibaud70 I was not even remotely intimating that "Jews secretly pull the string all over the world." But I am pointing out that Israelis have, since the inception of Israel, pushed out, dispossessed, evicted, and corraled the Palestinians who were already living there before Israel was a state. I don't think it matters that the Palestinian population was small when all this started, and has grown exponentially since. The people who were there in 1945 did not get to pass on their lands to their descendants, because they were illegally dispossessed by newcomers. Much as I would like to see Jewish people have a place of their own, I don't like the way they got this one. My position is in line with that of the United Nations: that the Jewish settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights are an illegal land grab. Israel screwed up, or acted maliciously, and in bad faith. And I'm not a Holocaust denier. And I'm not any more anti-Semitic than I am anti-Christian, anti-Moslem, anti-Hindu, or anti-superstition in general. I don't really wish ill upon any group of people. As for their religions, a pox on all their houses of worship. Now my final point. Where the hell do you get off calling me a moron? Aren't you a little old to be acting like a bratty child? Grow up! Jeez.

There is no end to the bizarre beliefs in India and now the rejuvenation of ancient beliefs and ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 12, 2023:

Almost imaginative...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 12, 2023:

Oh I'd say imaginative is an accurate descriptor. Now are these stories as imaginative as modern science? I don't think so. 😂

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Trajan61 comments on Oct 12, 2023:

I hope Israel totally destroys both Hamas and Hezbollah.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 12, 2023:

Isn't Israel, in a sense, the creator of Hamas and Hexbollah?

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racocn8 comments on Oct 12, 2023:

The 'two-state solution' has always only been a fig leaf to cover the truth that the Palestinians were deemed to be unfit for self-rule. Hell, who IS fit for self-rule? Seriously, a population dedicated to perpetual war or outright genocide can only be walled off. They can do whatever they want ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 12, 2023:

I don't completely disagree. But I will ask you this: how did the Palestinians refugees come to be walled off in the Gaza strip in the first place? Isn't "excuse" a better descriptor than "justificaion?"

This is about water which is very important to all of us.

jackjr comments on Oct 12, 2023:

Again a great example of the planet having a set availability of resources. It's not the supply that's the problem but the demand - us. Just more proof of what happens when too many of us need a fixed resource base.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 12, 2023:

Demand is a big problem, but climate change is throwing a spanner into the gearbox. 🔧

Portrait of craven self interest.

racocn8 comments on Oct 11, 2023:

Note how the MAGA caucus comprise those who are not only totally loyal to Trump, but to Putin as well.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 11, 2023:

That Venn diagram is basically a circle. 😡

The road to Kiev runs through Washington DC.

Druvius comments on Oct 11, 2023:

A case can be made that pouring arms into Ukraine isn't accomplishing anything except giving piles of money to war profiteers and enabling endless Ukrainian dead. Russia captured the disputed territories in the first few months of the war, and the chances wildly outnumbered and outgunned Ukraine is ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 11, 2023:

@Druvius What would he gain? The stuff that civilization was built on: topsoil. Gorgeous, rich, black topsoil. Two hundred thirty-three thousand square miles of it. The world's bread basket. A very tasty piece of real estate, with very important strategic value. Letting him keep what he's got now does not remove his "red lines." It just moves them westward a few miles.

The road to Kiev runs through Washington DC.

Druvius comments on Oct 11, 2023:

A case can be made that pouring arms into Ukraine isn't accomplishing anything except giving piles of money to war profiteers and enabling endless Ukrainian dead. Russia captured the disputed territories in the first few months of the war, and the chances wildly outnumbered and outgunned Ukraine is ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 11, 2023:

@Druvius Let's be very clear: the USA and our European allies are not "trading Ukrainian lives to hurt Russia." Ukraine is in the driver's seat. It is Ukrainians who, rightfully, will decide when enough is enough. As long as they have the will to fight, they deserve our support. By the way, what makes you think Putin is satisfied with what he's got? He doesn't just want a little piece of Ukraine; he wants ALL of it. Any peace accord signed by him would not be worth the paper it was written on. Give him some breathing room, a chance to regroup and rebuild strength, and he will be right back at it, gobbling up territory.

The road to Kiev runs through Washington DC.

Druvius comments on Oct 11, 2023:

A case can be made that pouring arms into Ukraine isn't accomplishing anything except giving piles of money to war profiteers and enabling endless Ukrainian dead. Russia captured the disputed territories in the first few months of the war, and the chances wildly outnumbered and outgunned Ukraine is ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 11, 2023:

I would not call it a stalemate (yet). Certainly the conflict will run on through 2024. Vlad's military might has turned out to be like one of Potemkin's villages: a mere facade. He's holding on in the hope that Trump will return to power. Failing that, and with a Ukrainian breakthrough cutting off Crimea and the south east, and his war chest dwindling, Putin will start looking for an offramp. And for only 5% of our military budget, and no American boots bloodied, we get to see Putin's military shattered. It would be a bargain at twice the price!

The road to Kiev runs through Washington DC.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 11, 2023:

Donnie opened the door to this.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 11, 2023:

Certainly Vlad was emboldened by his success at influencing American politics, helping a would-be tyrant get elected. And now that he has got a chunk of Ukraine in his claws, he's not going to even think about quitting, no matter how badly things go for his army, until after the 2024 election.

Portrait of craven self interest.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 11, 2023:

IOW he is a suck up, just a chip off of the old Donnie Boy.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 11, 2023:

Yep, nothing but a shameful opportunist, a coat tail rider, a hanger on, a politics player, without scruples, morals, or substance.

The Israeli philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz, whom Isiah Berlin called “the conscience of ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 9, 2023:

It's only the MAGA crazy caucus and a few other penny-wise-and-pound-foolish Republicans who seriously consider cutting off aid to Ukraine; a distinct minority. Nice try conflating the Isreal-Palestine mess with Ukraine, Frayed Russian Bear. Fortunately, Vlad the Invader is not going to get off ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 10, 2023:

@FrayedBear If I recall correctly, pretty much anyone Khan left alive would have been enslaved.

The Israeli philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz, whom Isiah Berlin called “the conscience of ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 10, 2023:

I am of Jewish decent though raised Christian. Lessons I have learned in researching my ancestry All Zionist are Jews NOT All Jews are Zionist All Israelis are Jews (this is why they do not call themselves Israelites only 12% of Israelites were Jews) either by naturalization and ancestry, ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 10, 2023:

Sorry to pile on, Len, but there's a problem with your grammar. I think I know what you mean when you say "All Jews are NOT Zionist." You mean there are some Jews who are Zionists, and some who are not, right? If that's what you want to say, then it should be "Not all Jews are Zionists," or "Some Jews are Zionists, and some are not." What you wrote literally means that NO Jews are Zionists. Even I, a gentile who has never visited Israel, know that's not true. 🙂

It's not going to work...

CourtJester comments on Oct 3, 2023:

Someone is actually a pretty decent artist.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 10, 2023:

@CourtJester Nice 🙂👍

The Israeli philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz, whom Isiah Berlin called “the conscience of ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 9, 2023:

It's only the MAGA crazy caucus and a few other penny-wise-and-pound-foolish Republicans who seriously consider cutting off aid to Ukraine; a distinct minority. Nice try conflating the Isreal-Palestine mess with Ukraine, Frayed Russian Bear. Fortunately, Vlad the Invader is not going to get off ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 10, 2023:

@FrayedBear Genghis khan came before Napoleon.

We keep discovering the meaning of MAGA.

glennlab comments on Oct 9, 2023:

Thanks to Gaetz we are unable to respond in any meaningful way in the middle east. Thanks to Tommy Tubesteak we don't have a chief of Naval Operations , and thanks to Rand Paul we don't have an ambassador to Israel. Way to make government work.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 9, 2023:

But we do have a carrier strike group headed to the eastern Mediterranean. Hope they have a very boring time there.

We keep discovering the meaning of MAGA.

Garban comments on Oct 9, 2023:

Mindless sack of monkey shit. They love him here in the panhandle for his fealty to the orange turd.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 9, 2023:

Fealty to Trump; it's a difficult concept to wrap my head around. In the light of so much evidence of mendacity, criminality, and ineptitude, how could anyone possibly follow that orange foolius? It is only explained by a kind of religious fervor; the biggest cult of authoritarian personality we have ever seen in our lifetime.

We keep discovering the meaning of MAGA.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 9, 2023:

He is a WMD

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 9, 2023:

On his Enemies List podcast, Rick Wilson (of the Lincoln Project) appropriately called Gaetz a "grubby little political arsonist." An apt description, I think.

How do Western astrology and Vedic astrology differ?

St-Sinner comments on Oct 8, 2023:

If vedic culture is so good, why India - a Hindu nation with a large population was invaded by foreign powers with small armies over 2,300 years? Where was Vedic philosophy and superiority? This happened because vedic is trash and Hindus have been cowards.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2023:

Hmmmm...this sounds like victim blaming 🤔

Narges Mohammadi: Iranian woman jailed for rights work wins Nobel Peace prize Imprisoned Iranian ...

jackjr comments on Oct 7, 2023:

She may not even be able to hear of it. This is what happens when religion takes over a country. My late partner, An extroverted, Iranian woman who came to the U.S. with her ex (unfortunately he is still alive-he was a typical paternalistic Iranian man). She did say she had to thank him for getting ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2023:

@Druvius And why did the USA install the Shah? To benefit American oil companies. It was ALL about money.💰💰💰

Opinion | How atheists can fix a broken America - The Washington Post

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

The problem with most religions is that they teach people to accept one or more (false) propositions without a shred of supporting evidence. Once you head down that path, anything goes They can be fed any kind of preposterous lie, and they'll swallow it, hook, line, and sinker. The high rate of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2023:

@ChestRockfield The law sees a difference, and rightly so, I think. If the tumor is inoperable, then the person will still have to be restrained, but it would probably be in a different setting; a mental institution rather than a penal one. No? In any case, I agree that we should avoid vengeful punishments. In fact, I would like to see more rehabilitation and education go on, and less warehousing.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Thibaud70 comments on Oct 8, 2023:

it is undeniable that Biden has done a lot of good during his tenure, but it is also obvious that he is no longer physically and mentally fit. He should have stepped aside and made way for a younger candidate. That he wants to run again despite all his shortcomings is simply hubris ("I am ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2023:

It's true that he's showing his age, but I would not say that he is not mentally fit. In fact, he strikes me as quite sharp. We have a problem with ageism in this country; this is nothing new. Luckily, the office of POTUS does not require the ability to run marathons. Aside from public-facing, speech-making aspect of the job, it is mainly deliberative. And Biden has an excellent team around him. I see no reason why he can't go on executing the duties of office to the high standard he has already set. If he's the candidate come November 2024, he will have my vote.

Opinion | How atheists can fix a broken America - The Washington Post

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

The problem with most religions is that they teach people to accept one or more (false) propositions without a shred of supporting evidence. Once you head down that path, anything goes They can be fed any kind of preposterous lie, and they'll swallow it, hook, line, and sinker. The high rate of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2023:

@ChestRockfield So you would let Trump off the hook, because he just couldn't help himself? Please!

Three Functions of Religion [agnostic.com] .

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 7, 2023:

"Joseph Campbell, a leading scholar in the fields of mythology and comparative religion, explains that myth has four basic functions: metaphysical/mystical, cosmological, sociological, and pedagogical. Its metaphysical function is to awaken us to the mystery and wonder of creation, to open our ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2023:

@skado I seriously doubt that religious institutions do a better job of teaching ethical or moral behavior than secular culture. There's all kinds of hanky panky going on among the "faithful." We hear mostly about the pecadillos of Catholic priests, because buggaring altar boys is a crime. But there's also plenty of coveting of neighbors' wives going on too among the laity. You said it yourself: religious chauvinism has always been with us, and is rampant now. I can think of two places outside the US where religious conflict is re-igniting right now: Serbia/Croatia, and India. So much for social cohesion. Yes, our healthcare system could fo a better job of providing psychiatric and psychological support. My sense is that it is improving as taboos around discussing it are falling away. Not teaching mysticism is not a fault, it's a good thing. We should not be filling people's heads with a lot of mystical rubbish. Science does address our relationship to the environment. Unfortunately, the fossil fuel industry has done a spectacular job of sowing doubt about the science in the popular culture. And who are the people who are primed to doubt the science? The same people who already reject biology, geology, and cosmology because these sciences conflict with their brain-dead literal interpretations of ancient fucking scripture!

Opinion | How atheists can fix a broken America - The Washington Post

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

The problem with most religions is that they teach people to accept one or more (false) propositions without a shred of supporting evidence. Once you head down that path, anything goes They can be fed any kind of preposterous lie, and they'll swallow it, hook, line, and sinker. The high rate of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 7, 2023:

@ChestRockfield Funny video 😂👍 We may never know for sure if we have free will or not, but I'll tell you something you probably already know: our legal system assumes that we do.

Opinion | How atheists can fix a broken America - The Washington Post

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

The problem with most religions is that they teach people to accept one or more (false) propositions without a shred of supporting evidence. Once you head down that path, anything goes They can be fed any kind of preposterous lie, and they'll swallow it, hook, line, and sinker. The high rate of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 7, 2023:

@ChestRockfield Oh, I think we have free will, but it's influenced, to a greater or lesser extent depending on the individual, by our genetically-driven predispositions and our circumstances.

If you have to ask the price (if you're not a billionaire), you can't afford it.

racocn8 comments on Oct 7, 2023:

And most of them belong behind bars.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 7, 2023:

Well, I don't know if I would go that far. Certainly the ones who lied to get on the Court should be kicked off. Let's see: that would be Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavenaugh, Coney-Barrett, Roberts...

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Tejas comments on Oct 7, 2023:

He also wants to disarm the vast majority of us. He is too old, and he's building back that racist Trump wall his constituents were crying about for years.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 7, 2023:

@Tejas It's a common misconception of the political right that most liberals are not for strong borders. We are! I, and virtually all my liberal friends, believe that the United States has the right and duty to its citizens to control and limit immigration. At the same time, we acknowledge that the US birth rate is not sufficient to meet demands, that there is a great demand for labor, that the vast majority of immigrants add positively to the economy and the culture, and that we have a duty to render aid and comfort to people who are fleeing political, religious, or criminal persecution. Contrary to the idiotic mumblings of Donald Trump, most immigrants to the United States are good, hardworking, tax-paying people. They come here because they are choosing freedom over oppression. They know what it is to live without liberty and opportunity, and they greatly appreciate what they have here. And when they have gone through the process of naturalization, and gained their American citizenship, they know more about American civics than most people whose citizenship is a mere accident of birth. And you know what? Like it or not, we live in a globally connected world. We have to deal with foreign powers, on economic, political, diplomatic, and military fields every day. Do you realize what an advantage it is to have Americans who understand those foreign languages, economies, political systems, and cultures? Do you have any idea how much soft power we are able to exercise in the world because of our own diversity? We need immigrants as much as they need us.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Tejas comments on Oct 7, 2023:

He also wants to disarm the vast majority of us. He is too old, and he's building back that racist Trump wall his constituents were crying about for years.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 7, 2023:

@Tejas That's it, beat him up for doing his job.

If you have to ask the price (if you're not a billionaire), you can't afford it.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 7, 2023:

Term limits will help, and much more oversight.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 7, 2023:

And ethical standards.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Tejas comments on Oct 7, 2023:

He also wants to disarm the vast majority of us. He is too old, and he's building back that racist Trump wall his constituents were crying about for years.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 7, 2023:

The money for the wall was allocated by Congress during the the Trump administration. It has to be spent on what Congress intended it for. Biden cannot re-allocate the funds for something else. His hands are tied.

Opinion | How atheists can fix a broken America - The Washington Post

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

The problem with most religions is that they teach people to accept one or more (false) propositions without a shred of supporting evidence. Once you head down that path, anything goes They can be fed any kind of preposterous lie, and they'll swallow it, hook, line, and sinker. The high rate of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 7, 2023:

@ChestRockfield, @skado Yes, and we are barely beginning to understand epigenetics. Environmental factors experienced in one generation can actually affect the expression of genes in that generation or the next generation. I hope civilization persists long enough to fully explore all this.

Opinion | How atheists can fix a broken America - The Washington Post

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

The problem with most religions is that they teach people to accept one or more (false) propositions without a shred of supporting evidence. Once you head down that path, anything goes They can be fed any kind of preposterous lie, and they'll swallow it, hook, line, and sinker. The high rate of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 6, 2023:

@skado, @ChestRockfield We are at the point now in our political discourse that we identify as conservative (and Republican) belief in the person-hood of a fertilized egg. But this notion is anything but conservative. It's actually a radical idea, and one that is not supported by any repeatable evidence. We really need to spend some time defining our terms. Notwithstanding, I think its safe to say that Republicans in this country are more likely to be affiliated with an Evangelical Christian church than are Democrats. And the evangelicals, along with the Christian nationalists (there appears to be significant overlap in that Venn diagram) are the ones we really have to worry about.

Opinion | How atheists can fix a broken America - The Washington Post

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

The problem with most religions is that they teach people to accept one or more (false) propositions without a shred of supporting evidence. Once you head down that path, anything goes They can be fed any kind of preposterous lie, and they'll swallow it, hook, line, and sinker. The high rate of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 6, 2023:

@skado It's been a few years now, but I did read about an interesting study that indicated a link between the propensities toward liberalism or conservatism on the one hand, and where the subject fell in the birth order of his siblings, on the other. It turns out that a disproportionate number if conservatives were first-born sons, while most radicals and revolutionaries in history were second or third-born. The explanation hypothesized was that first-borns, before the birth of their siblings, were the sole focus of their doting parents, and had an interest in maintaining that status quo. The interests of the later-born siblings, by contrast, lay in upsetting the status quo. The author provided lists of historical figures that supported his claim. If true, this would tend to refute the notion of a genetic link, instead making the development of conservatism or liberalism more a matter of nurture rather than nature.

Arizona school board member sues district prohibiting her from reading Bible scripture during ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 6, 2023:

It will he interesting to see how this case is adjudicated. I'm guessing that prohibiting the Board member from reciting a Bible verse is a violation of her 1st Amendment rights to free speech and free expression of religion.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 6, 2023:

@anglophone Did you see my reply to his comment?

Arizona school board member sues district prohibiting her from reading Bible scripture during ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2023:

Rooks is perfectly free to recite all the bible verses she wants on the street, but inside a government proceeding, she is seeking to violate the 1st Amendment. That 1st Amendment protects everyone else from not being forcibly indoctrinated by kooks like her. These fanatics CHOOSE not to honor the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 6, 2023:

It's a case of the separation clause vs. the free exercise clause. Where exactly do we draw the line? If I were on that board and arguing a point on X topic, I might use a phrase from the Bible or from Shakespeare to drive home my point. And I doubt that anybody would object to that. However. Just reading a passage from the Bible, not linked to any point I was making would, in my opinion, represent a lame attempt at proselytization. Either way, it's not exactly cut-and-dried. I would like to hear more argument before issuing my ruling. 😂

Opinion | How atheists can fix a broken America - The Washington Post

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

The problem with most religions is that they teach people to accept one or more (false) propositions without a shred of supporting evidence. Once you head down that path, anything goes They can be fed any kind of preposterous lie, and they'll swallow it, hook, line, and sinker. The high rate of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 6, 2023:

@skado I'm not crazy about your metaphor of the fire department, though it does have a couple of illuminating factors. 1. Yes, religions are supposed to have the function of helping people to live together in peace (call it putting out fires; we don't have to discuss religious wars right now). And they secondarily function as power structures that employ a con job to keep people in line and money flowing to an elite high priesthood. 2. Religion, like a fire department and the equipment it uses, is a human invention, just as all cultural artifacts are human inventions. We do agree that something is wrong with religion as it exists today. Your solution is renovation. What would that look like? I would posit that any meaningful renovation would have to include stripping out all references to the supernatural, so no God(s), demigods, devils, angels, ghosts, souls, heaven, hell, purgatory, etc., etc.; calling a halt to teaching belief in the literal truth of outdated creation myths and other fables; making helping the poor and downtrodden the actual mission, rather than just a facade to cover up the fleecing of the flock for the greater wealth and aggrandizement of the high priesthood. That's what I would call a useful renovation. After it's done, do you still have a religion? Maybe. That's question for a discussion on semantics.

Right before the dam broke, cracks started to appear in the myths of his wealth and legal ...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 5, 2023:

And it is a glorious time to be alive!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 5, 2023:

Trump's downfall is reason for hope 🙂

Funny how that works 😐

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 5, 2023:

Well, he's not wrong. And apparently I have missed some news stories.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 5, 2023:

He has not switched parties, but Republicans have been largely silent over the revelations of his corruption (as they have been with Trump's various criminal indictments).

Another tributary of denial:

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 5, 2023:

I love water, it is frequently my drink of choice, no coffee, no sodas. I will be in a world of hurt if we have to ration water. I also like my water ice cold. Yeah, I'm one of those.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 5, 2023:

I take my Adam's ale at room temp. 😂

I have heard religious people argue that Stephen Hawking admitted that there must be god.

MacStriker comments on Oct 5, 2023:

When i hear xtians refute his claims, not one of them have achieved anything noteworthy close to what he has contributes to the world of science.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 5, 2023:

They try to refute him. They don't actually succeed.

Opinion | How atheists can fix a broken America - The Washington Post

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

The problem with most religions is that they teach people to accept one or more (false) propositions without a shred of supporting evidence. Once you head down that path, anything goes They can be fed any kind of preposterous lie, and they'll swallow it, hook, line, and sinker. The high rate of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 5, 2023:

@skado I think you are too pessimistic. It's not going to happen overnight; it probably will never happen totally, but I think humanity is capable of dropping belief in gods, devils, angels, ghosts, etc. These superstitions are not necessary for a moral compass or positive social interactions. And their absence would not impoverish the culture. We could always read, enjoy, and glean lessons from the old stories without being indoctrinated to believe in the literal truth of some subset of them.

Front page in Ireland [rumble.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

Woman abused by The Irish Light, which falsely said vaccine killed her son. The Irish Light claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine killed her son, but in fact he committed suicide, and he had never been vaccinated against SARS CoV-2 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66424582

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 4, 2023:

@1patriot 😂😐🤦

You shall not spread a false report.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Oct 4, 2023:

That's not Jesus in the picture. I think it is some aging rock star.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 4, 2023:

@Gwendolyn2018 Done Cheato is 6' 3." The guy next to him must be about 6' 8" 😂

Yes, that comes with the indoctrination salad and dogma dressing.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 3, 2023:

Good one!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 4, 2023:

Friar vs. fryer

You shall not spread a false report.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Oct 4, 2023:

That's not Jesus in the picture. I think it is some aging rock star.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 4, 2023:

Jesus would have been much shorter and more swarthy. 😂

Opinion | How atheists can fix a broken America - The Washington Post

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

The problem with most religions is that they teach people to accept one or more (false) propositions without a shred of supporting evidence. Once you head down that path, anything goes They can be fed any kind of preposterous lie, and they'll swallow it, hook, line, and sinker. The high rate of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 4, 2023:

@skado Well, I agree that humans have a natural propensity to anthropomorphize things both animate and inanimate; to see intention where none exists; to be easily swayed by specious arguments; to embrace easy answers before thorough investigation is completed; and to infer causal relationships between A and B simply on the basis that A occurred before B (the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy). Alas, flabby thinking comes naturally to us. But religions are institutions where all those bad cognitive habits are indoctrinated, formalized, reinforced, and lauded. So science education has to not only tone up weak minds, it also has to overcome indoctrination in poor thinking habits by competing religious institutions. In the absence of religion, science education would be much, much easier. Our nature is what it is; we can't change that. But religious dogma is a dead weight of our own making, dragging us down. It is human invention. We can choose to discard it. And we should.

Front page in Ireland [rumble.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

Woman abused by The Irish Light, which falsely said vaccine killed her son. The Irish Light claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine killed her son, but in fact he committed suicide, and he had never been vaccinated against SARS CoV-2 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66424582

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 4, 2023:

@1patriot Actually, the BBC is a pretty good journalistic institution. And they're not the only ones calling The Irish Light a font of disinformation. 😂 https://www.truthorfiction.com/died-suddenly-and-the-irish-light/

Front page in Ireland [rumble.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 4, 2023:

Woman abused by The Irish Light, which falsely said vaccine killed her son. The Irish Light claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine killed her son, but in fact he committed suicide, and he had never been vaccinated against SARS CoV-2 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66424582

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 4, 2023:

@1patriot The topic is the unreliability of The Irish Light.

It's not going to work...

CourtJester comments on Oct 3, 2023:

Someone is actually a pretty decent artist.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 4, 2023:

I doubt that Jesus was a blonde, white guy. That's just an invention, a marketing ploy, designed to appeal to European customers. Also, the artist made Jesus several inches taller than Trump. That would make him about 6'-8," waaaay taller than most people were 2,000 years ago. The average height of a Jewish carpenter at that time was probably around 5'-3."

Front page in Ireland [rumble.com]

Paddypereira comments on Oct 4, 2023:

Well, I live in Ireland and I haven't seen this paper anywhere. Are you sure it's a reliable source?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 4, 2023:

It's not. Reliable. At all.

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 3, 2023:

Dr. Mark Macdonald is a self-promoting, opportunistic quack. He's not a doctor of internal medicine. Nor is he a virologist, an epidemiologist, or an immunologist. Yet he pontificates on these subjects, and what he says flies in the face of all data and the advice of true experts in the various ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 3, 2023:

@1patriot Well that's the thing: ivermectin doesn't work, and masks do. Your problem is you reject actual scientific data and the conclusions of real experts in the field in favor of opportunistic con men. So there's no way to convince you. 🤦

I'd like to welcome everybody to FvckY0u.com, now with a few posts from some agnostic.com members.

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 1, 2023:

About 2- years ago he came on here in a terrible state about his imminent divorce...just a basket case. Many of us took time to repeatedly offer support, suggestions from our own travails, and help him look forward. For months. Then he went through what I would call a "normal period" where he ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 2, 2023:

Would that be the woo of Seinfeld fame?

Omnism is the respect of or belief in all religions with their gods or lack thereof.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 1, 2023:

There is usually a grain of truth in even the most outlandish lie.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 1, 2023:

@FvckY0u Yeah, yeah, we already know about your infatuation with relativism.

Omnism is the respect of or belief in all religions with their gods or lack thereof.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 1, 2023:

There is usually a grain of truth in even the most outlandish lie.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 1, 2023:

@FvckY0u You imply that there is no such thing as a lie, or truth, for that matter.

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Gwendolyn2018 comments on Sep 30, 2023:

When people ask, "How are you?" I say, "I'm grouchy." When I say "Excuse me," to someone in a store, he/she invariably says, "You're fine!" I respond, "You have no idea if I am fine or not! I might be horrible! You strangers always say I'm 'fine,' but that's not what family and friends say." For...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 1, 2023:

@Gwendolyn2018 Because you're not crazy?

Never let it be forgotten that George H W Bush was a white Christian supremacist: [sourcewatch.org]

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 1, 2023:

Based on the Bush quote above, where he questions the citizenship and patriotism of atheists, and asserts that the USA is "one nation under God," I would classify him as a Christian nationalist. The fact that he also said he supported the separation between church and state I put down to pure lip ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 1, 2023:

@anglophone Gracias amigo 🙂

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Gwendolyn2018 comments on Sep 30, 2023:

When people ask, "How are you?" I say, "I'm grouchy." When I say "Excuse me," to someone in a store, he/she invariably says, "You're fine!" I respond, "You have no idea if I am fine or not! I might be horrible! You strangers always say I'm 'fine,' but that's not what family and friends say." For...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 1, 2023:

@Gwendolyn2018 If I sail down the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America, pass through the Panama Canal, then sail across the Gulf of Mexico, then get on a riverboat to St. Louis, I will have made 99% of the trip. I could bicycle to Springfield from St. Louis. .😂

Another Bite at One Done Cheato His is the style we've come to revile: puffed up, combed over,...

MyTVC15 comments on Sep 30, 2023:

Is that your original work? You should copyright it.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 30, 2023:

Done! 😂

Another Bite at One Done Cheato His is the style we've come to revile: puffed up, combed over,...

bookofmorons comments on Sep 30, 2023:

Can't wait until I never have to see him again

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 30, 2023:

I second that emotion!

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Garban comments on Sep 30, 2023:

Definitely an underfunded agency. 😉

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 30, 2023:

*geriatric

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Gwendolyn2018 comments on Sep 30, 2023:

When people ask, "How are you?" I say, "I'm grouchy." When I say "Excuse me," to someone in a store, he/she invariably says, "You're fine!" I respond, "You have no idea if I am fine or not! I might be horrible! You strangers always say I'm 'fine,' but that's not what family and friends say." For...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 30, 2023:

@Gwendolyn2018 I'll try to hitch a ride on a riverboat queen 😂

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Garban comments on Sep 30, 2023:

Definitely an underfunded agency. 😉

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 30, 2023:

A bureaucratic backwater 😂

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vocaloldfart comments on Sep 30, 2023:

a damn good idea, the seeds have been sown for 70 years now is the time for them to come forth . I shall endeavor to be a lot more crankier.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 30, 2023:

Go get 'em tiger!

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AnneWimsey comments on Sep 30, 2023:

I believe I am approaching Maximum Crankiness.........

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 30, 2023:

You and me both sister! 😂

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Gwendolyn2018 comments on Sep 30, 2023:

When people ask, "How are you?" I say, "I'm grouchy." When I say "Excuse me," to someone in a store, he/she invariably says, "You're fine!" I respond, "You have no idea if I am fine or not! I might be horrible! You strangers always say I'm 'fine,' but that's not what family and friends say." For...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 30, 2023:

It would tickle me pink 😂

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HippieChick58 comments on Sep 30, 2023:

I got to get publicly cranky at work on Thursday and I thought it was great fun!!! My manager is retiring, and company bigwigs from Virginia were massed in front of her office as they gathered to go to her farewell luncheon. Well, my desk is the first one outside of her office, and I field phone ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 30, 2023:

Good for you! Give 'em hell! 😂

Over 270 million Americans (70% of the US population) has been vaccinated against SARS CoV-2.

Trolling comments on Sep 29, 2023:

If the flame was that it was safe and affective, we would not have see such a spike in heart attacks and Covid would have been nearly eliminated. So there’s that.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 30, 2023:

@Esprit_de_Corp Sorry bub, but your anecdote does not trump the CDC's and other health professionals' data. You simply don't have credibility in this arena. Anyway, your assertion conflicts with my personal experience. Practically everyone I know has been vaccinated, and no one has experienced any serious side effects. What we have gotten is protection from the virus.

The way I see it humanity has 1 of 2 choices.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Sep 29, 2023:

We are not limited to only those two choices. A third way is to love the things that are worthy and good, tolerate the things that you are not crazy about but are ultimately innocuous, and work to change the things that are objectively bad. The second choice above is not realistic. Loving the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 29, 2023:

@Tejas I don't hear a cogent argument there. Get your shit together junior (if you want to be taken seriously).

The way I see it humanity has 1 of 2 choices.

Tejas comments on Sep 29, 2023:

The best example of diversity and unity was supposed to be the United States we are for sure the most diverse country but definitely not united. Given this fact do you think your two options are our only choices or even the best ones?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 29, 2023:

@Tejas The sun is not scheduled to go red giant for at least another 2 or 3 billion years. An awful lot of biological evolution and technological advancement can take place in that time. So admit it: you have no idea where we'll be by then.

The way I see it humanity has 1 of 2 choices.

Tejas comments on Sep 29, 2023:

The best example of diversity and unity was supposed to be the United States we are for sure the most diverse country but definitely not united. Given this fact do you think your two options are our only choices or even the best ones?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 29, 2023:

@Tejas Wow, that comment also says a lot about you. How exactly? I'll get to that. But first this: I'm a veteran science educator; the label "science denier" certainly won't stick. Yet I feel my existence has meaning. Maybe not on a cosmological scale, but in the context of a human life on Earth, yes. That feeling is made manifest when I run into a former student, and they say something like, "you really opened my eyes," or "damned if you weren't right about XYZ." I was part of the cohort of teachers that finally drove home the reality of climate change. My former students are now advocating and voting for the transition to green energy. It's a big deal in human history, and I played a small role in it. And any time I can help someone with a problem, I add a grain of sand to the positive side of the balance. Even if it's just picking a plastic bag out of the bay. I don't look for meaning to come from outside. We make (or discover) our own meaning. If meaning eludes you, well, that's a sad state to be in. It probably explains your nihilism. If you don't want to go on being a sad mofo, try helping others.

The way I see it humanity has 1 of 2 choices.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Sep 29, 2023:

We are not limited to only those two choices. A third way is to love the things that are worthy and good, tolerate the things that you are not crazy about but are ultimately innocuous, and work to change the things that are objectively bad. The second choice above is not realistic. Loving the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 29, 2023:

@Tejas Obviously I was talking about functional weapons with ammunition. Duh. Yes, some individual collectors can qualify for special waivers or permits to possess otherwise prohibited weapons. This has little to do with mass marketing to the general public. The 2nd Amendment stipulates a "WELL REGULATED Militia..." In other words, regulations (limitations) around possession/ownership are built into our laws from the constitutional level on up. Note that the founding fathers realized the necessity to regulate the possession of arms even when a rifle or musket was only capable of being fired accurately twice in a minute, and the muzzle velocity was only 1200 fps. Now the semi-automatic rifle can be fired 120+ times per minute, and the muzzle velocity is 3,000 feet per second. More firepower necessitates more regulation. Obviously. Virtually everyone agrees that people who are mentally unstable, or have been convicted of a serious crime, should not have firearms. The question is, how shall we implement that? Age limits, background checks, red flag laws, laws against ghost guns, all have wide support. Anyone who argues against closing the gun show loophole is not a serious interlocutor.

The way I see it humanity has 1 of 2 choices.

nowhereman55 comments on Sep 29, 2023:

I wish we would just stop procreating

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 29, 2023:

Stopping cold would not be helpful. Gradually slowing down to a more reasonable, non-zero rate would be best.

The way I see it humanity has 1 of 2 choices.

Tejas comments on Sep 29, 2023:

The best example of diversity and unity was supposed to be the United States we are for sure the most diverse country but definitely not united. Given this fact do you think your two options are our only choices or even the best ones?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 29, 2023:

@Tejas That last comment explains a lot.

The way I see it humanity has 1 of 2 choices.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Sep 29, 2023:

We are not limited to only those two choices. A third way is to love the things that are worthy and good, tolerate the things that you are not crazy about but are ultimately innocuous, and work to change the things that are objectively bad. The second choice above is not realistic. Loving the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 29, 2023:

@Tejas I have never argued for repeal of the 2nd Amendment. In fact, I've been a gun owner my whole adult life. At the same time, I don't think the 2nd Amendment guarantees civilians the right to keep modern, military-style weapons (like the AR-15). Obviously there has to be a limit to what is allowed. Stinger missiles are out. Rocket propelled grenades are out. Heavy machine guns, out. Light machine guns, out. Why are all of these obviously out? Because of their killing potential. And I argue that the AR-15, because of its high-powered cartridges, its potential for rapid fire even as a semi-automatic, its high magazine capacities, and the ease with which an empty magazine can be replaced by a fully loaded one, definitely makes it a full-on military weapon and not appropriate for civilian use.

The way I see it humanity has 1 of 2 choices.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Sep 29, 2023:

We are not limited to only those two choices. A third way is to love the things that are worthy and good, tolerate the things that you are not crazy about but are ultimately innocuous, and work to change the things that are objectively bad. The second choice above is not realistic. Loving the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 29, 2023:

@FvckY0u Fine, but if they, or their minions, surrogates, or acolytes are threatening and killing you and yours, you're not going to stop them by recognizing their humanity.

The way I see it humanity has 1 of 2 choices.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Sep 29, 2023:

We are not limited to only those two choices. A third way is to love the things that are worthy and good, tolerate the things that you are not crazy about but are ultimately innocuous, and work to change the things that are objectively bad. The second choice above is not realistic. Loving the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 29, 2023:

@FvckY0u I never said they weren't human. They're just bad. And if we have to smoke their sorry asses, no worries; there's always some killing to be done around the farm (paraphrasing a Tom Waits song 😂).

Over 270 million Americans (70% of the US population) has been vaccinated against SARS CoV-2.

Switchcraft comments on Sep 29, 2023:

Per the U.S. CDC, 270 million people in the US have received at least one dose. 56.5 million have continued beyond the primary series and have also had boosters. 17% of the population, again per CDC. So 83% of the US population are essentially unvaccinated, or at best may still have some ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 29, 2023:

Two things here. First, the benefit does not fade completely, as you pointed out. Second, the vaccines got us through a critical time, lowering the infection curve when nobody had immunity, and hospitals (and morgues) were nearly overwhelmed. Remember when they were storing bodies in refrigerated trucks?

Over 270 million Americans (70% of the US population) has been vaccinated against SARS CoV-2.

Trolling comments on Sep 29, 2023:

If the flame was that it was safe and affective, we would not have see such a spike in heart attacks and Covid would have been nearly eliminated. So there’s that.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 29, 2023:

30% of the population never got a single dose. You're never going to eliminate it like that. To the best of my knowledge, there was no spike in heart attacks caused by the vaccines. There were a few relatively mild cases of myocarditis. https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/coronavirus-vaccine-your-questions-answered/myocarditis-and-covid-19-vaccines-should-you-be-worried https://www.mskcc.org/coronavirus/what-know-about-covid-19-vaccines-linked-heart-problems-young-people

Over 270 million Americans (70% of the US population) has been vaccinated against SARS CoV-2.

BitFlipper comments on Sep 28, 2023:

From a whole-population perspective, it's like you went to the doctor with a serious infection and took 70% of the prescribed antibiotics. The infection will definitely return, and only the most resistant germs will survive.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

Well, not really. You've got the right idea with respect to the evolution of microbes in a single body. But a population is different. Here's why: the more unvaccinated people you have, the more opportunities for the virus to mutate.

Over 270 million Americans (70% of the US population) has been vaccinated against SARS CoV-2.

Charles1971 comments on Sep 28, 2023:

You'll get no argument from me. I've had my Covid vaccine plus two boosters and so far I've never gotten Covid.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

Same here. And I'm getting the updated version next month.

Over 270 million Americans (70% of the US population) has been vaccinated against SARS CoV-2.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 28, 2023:

The level of stupidity in the country is truly alarming.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

I wonder how many of these A-holes are in the employ of the Russian Internet Research Agency.

New York State Court exorcises evil spirit in time for Halloween 🎃 [abcnews.go.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 28, 2023:

Love the pumpkin, such a good likeness.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

Can't wait till he's behind bars

Over 270 million Americans (70% of the US population) has been vaccinated against SARS CoV-2.

AnneWimsey comments on Sep 28, 2023:

There wouldn't be enough backhoes in the world to bury the heaps of dead, something I have pointed out epeatedly to our resident idiots, but it makes no impression..........

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

If half of what these idiots claim were true, the dead would be stacked up like cordwood.

This my reply to Flyingsaucesir with regards to Darwin theory is settled science I charge $130 ...

Druvius comments on Sep 25, 2023:

The evolution of the eye is well understood. So your Darwin quote meme is once again a stupid sandwich.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

Right you are, @Druvius! In fact, eyes have evolved independently many times in many different lineages. In the lineage that led to mammals, it probably went something like this: A simple flat patch of light-sensitive cells is better, more useful in survival and procreation than absence of such a patch. Any individuals having such an advantage were more likely to survive and reproduce than those who did not have it. And making the patch even slightly bowl-shaped is an improvement, allowing not only sensation of light but also the approximate direction from which the light in emanating. Further curvature increases the rudimentary eye's effectiveness at determining the source of the light (or an object casting a shadow by passing in front of it). Reducing the aperture to a pinhole can provide a clear but dim image; a rough blob of clear protein in a larger aperture can let in lots of light and also act as a lense. Smoothing of the lense over generations increases the visual acuity of descendants over that of their ancestors. Each successive adaptation gave individuals who possessed it an advantage for survival and reproduction over their contemporaries who lacked it. Isn't it amazing how, in time, natural selection acting on the natural variation in populations can produce such wonderfully useful structures? 😍

Steve Kirsch During PA State Senate Hearing : “We Can’t Find an Autistic Kid Who Was ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Sep 28, 2023:

Any supposed link between autism and vaccination has been thoroughly debunked. https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/autism-vaccine-link-debunked The excess death rate among Amish during the COVID-19 pandemic was equal to that of the broader US population....

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

@1patriot You lose. Get over it.

Yea you have to wonder what the hell!

nogod4me comments on Sep 27, 2023:

"Insider Training", really. It's called "insider Trading", you shouldn't post idiot memes created by idiot Russians. What's even funnier is that Trump exposed himself. Lock the idiot up!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

@1patriot Yeah, we know the reason: a feeble attempt to weaken and destroy democracy in America. 🖕

Yea you have to wonder what the hell!

nogod4me comments on Sep 27, 2023:

"Insider Training", really. It's called "insider Trading", you shouldn't post idiot memes created by idiot Russians. What's even funnier is that Trump exposed himself. Lock the idiot up!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

Good catch. I didn't see that on my first reading. 😎👍

It's illegal to buy a gun while addicted to crime

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2023:

I get the point but I heard he carries a .38.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

Not in jail he won't 😂

Still one of the most hilarious things I've ever seen; "the atheist's nightmare- the banana" ...

Buttercup comments on Sep 22, 2023:

The bottom button peels better than the stem and the stem is a better handle and finally it's easier to discard the awful tasting nib. (If you are like me, right after realizing the superior new method, you will revert to habit.)

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

@LizZyG That works! 😎👍

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snytiger6 comments on Sep 19, 2023:

This is the kind of crap you might hear on "Coast To Coast", which is a late night radio show on mostly conservative talk radio stations. The problem with the program is they don't cactually make any claims to the truth of their programs, as their lawyers say it is meant as "entertainment", and not...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 28, 2023:

Well said 🎯

I've been away from the site for a few years because it turned into nothing other than a blue-haired...

David1955 comments on Sep 26, 2023:

"blue-haired leftist liberal b*** site"? Your rant aside, if anything the preachers and dogmatists here now are the crazy right wingers. You might just fit in, judging from your rant.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 27, 2023:

@Sgt_Spanky Exactly right. I asked @Tejas why he thinks civilians should have AR-15s, and all I get is a song and dance; anything but an answer to the question.

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Sep 21, 2023:

Wow, this post is 🐂💩 piled on top of 🐎💩. The death rate from SARS CoV-2 among unvaccinated people is far, far higher than it is among people who got the jab. Almost everyone I know has been vaccinated and none suffered adverse effects other than a day or two of fatigue and a transitory ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 27, 2023:

@1patriot That's it, reject whatever does not correspond to your pre-conceived notions.

I've been away from the site for a few years because it turned into nothing other than a blue-haired...

David1955 comments on Sep 26, 2023:

"blue-haired leftist liberal b*** site"? Your rant aside, if anything the preachers and dogmatists here now are the crazy right wingers. You might just fit in, judging from your rant.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Sep 27, 2023:

@Sgt_Spanky let's hope they remain inconspicuous.