Anybody see "The Stoning of Soraha M?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

A story that has to be told. For cruelty on an industrial level there's The Killing Fields (1984). This still gives me shivers.

Do you believe all children are naturally born Atheist?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

I'd have to say agnostic is the default setting. "I don't know" would be the child's most reasonable and honest response.

What are your dealbreakers?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Veganism. Being Militant Anything. Being elitist.

Favorite duets?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Bowie and Mercury: Under Pressure.

Is it o.k. to have a "crush" on someone while in a relationship?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Without vice, there is no virtue.

Compliments

Hicks66 comments on Apr 10, 2018:

Well. Once, in grade 7, the Vice Principal was subbing for our math teacher. After a little bit of banter, he said I had pizzaz. If he was being sarcastic, no one seemed to pick up on it.

Do you believe there are aliens walking among us?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 12, 2018:

Considering the effort it takes to get here from the nearest system, I have serious doubts.

Whats your dream date
?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 12, 2018:

Taking turns behind the wheel of a heavily customized armored Econoline packed to the rafters with state of the art weapons. We cruise the rain soaked streets righting wrongs and delivering the innocent from certain harm. All the time looting the ill gotten gains of evil doers. After a night of good work, we shed our armour and seek each other's embrace. The darkness scented with sweat and spent cordite. Then a shared bath.

Who said, “a day without sunshine is like..night”

Hicks66 comments on Apr 12, 2018:

Someone who underestimates the power of a good thunderhead rolling in.

How would you explain humanity to a visiting alien?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 12, 2018:

"Whatcha see is whatcha get. What are your immigration policies?"

When someone in the office sneezes, I automatically say "God Bless You" and then feel uncomfortable.

Hicks66 comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I dunno. It's more pleasant than "Cover your damn mouth!"

Catholic Class

Hicks66 comments on Apr 24, 2018:

Forgive the biblical allusion but you're in the lion's den. It could be worse though. RCs accept old Earth origins and descent of man through evolution. Two things that hold them back are transubstantiation and exorcism. If you don't consider these acceptable foibles then you have to question your being there in the first place. But if you can focus on the common ground you share with your RC peers I think they'll remember you in a better light after you graduate. Then, if you are intent, would be a better time to prosthelytize.

If you can retire early, what you will do in your Life?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 25, 2018:

I'm gonna game, paint miniatures and blast stuffed animals in my backyard with a 12 gauge and .357 revolver.

What would you do for a Klondike bar?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 25, 2018:

Pay $2.88 for six of them at Walmart.

What is your favorite TV-Series ?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 27, 2018:

Breaking Bad Babylon 5 Venture Brothers.

Hello!! I'm new here so just trying to learn all the ins and outs! Is there anyone out there that...

Hicks66 comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Yup.

What's your favorite spicy food?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Tex-Mex all the way. Jerk and roti are good too. Szechuan curried noodles take honorable mention.

Money root of all evil? True or false?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Not money in and of itself. But avarice might be the source of many evils.

What are women really attracted to?

Hicks66 comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Buncha stuff I seem to be in short supply of.

Is the Ouija Board a fun game for just entertainment?

Hicks66 comments on May 2, 2018:

Free association drawing is more fun. And cheaper.

Best MST3K Episode?

Hicks66 comments on May 2, 2018:

"He tried to kill me with a forklift!" ala Fugitive Alien.

What are your favorite top 5 Al Pacino movies?

Hicks66 comments on May 14, 2018:

Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and Justice for All, Heat and Donnie Brasco.

Which Star Trek series is your favorite?

Hicks66 comments on May 14, 2018:

TOS.

Hi there, I just signed up for this site, cheers everyone!

Hicks66 comments on May 14, 2018:

Skaal

I love western movies, so which one is your favorite?

Hicks66 comments on May 23, 2018:

A list of my favourites: The Outlaw Josey Wales True Grit (Both) Unforgiven Fist Full of Dollars (one time I rented this with Yojimbo and Last Man Standing not knowing they were the same damn movie) The Shootist Shane Tombstone Blazing Saddles (This is how the genius of Mel Brooks pays homage to a genre. Deal with it.) The White Buffalo I could go on. I love this genre. Even the crappy C grade stuff.

What is your favorite BEER? Mine is Bud Light Platinum

Hicks66 comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Leffe Brun has been my best beer experience. But Molson Canadian, Kilkenny ICA and MGD are the ones I reach for most.

Who doesn't love Pink Floyd?

Hicks66 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I wondered which one was pink.

What do we do about "white privilege"to correct it?

Hicks66 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Deeds. If yer white, don't be a dick about it.

Would you rather work day shifts, night shifts or graveyard shifts?

Hicks66 comments on Jun 29, 2018:

Until the proliferation of 24 hr. grocery stores, I could not eat properly when I worked afternoons. Graveyard shifts messed with my sleep patterns immensely.

Favorite anime?

Hicks66 comments on Jun 29, 2018:

Akira. Now and forever: Akira.

Hi yez.

Hicks66 comments on Jul 14, 2018:

Update: I bought a Fender Rumbler 25. No complaints yet.

What if Mamas do let their babies grow up to be Cowboys?

Hicks66 comments on Jul 14, 2018:

What if the catch is better than the chase?

How do you think you speak on a daily basis?

Hicks66 comments on Aug 13, 2018:

I dunno. I try to use a rich vocabulary and a lot of profanity. Simple to-the-point communication is for instruction manuals IMHO, not conversation.

Star Trek fans, here are all the Star Trek Captain's. Which one is your favorite?

Hicks66 comments on Aug 13, 2018:

Kirk. A thousand times, Kirk. I will alway vote for the person cutting trail for all the "Johnny/Jeannie come latelys".

Salty, salty, salty.

Hicks66 comments on Aug 13, 2018:

Flattered that you are paying attention....;)

As a non theist, what are your top 3 political issues you would like to see addressed in the ...

Hicks66 comments on Aug 13, 2018:

Another effin election? Oh. You mean youze guys... Well, good luck.

39-years ago this movie exploded into theaters. [facebook.com]

Hicks66 comments on Aug 17, 2018:

CHARLIE DON'T SURF! Duvall was immortalized in this.

Don't date robots. [youtube.com]

Hicks66 comments on Aug 17, 2018:

sorry. wasn't paying attention... https://youtu.be/tk7PMSzY00U

What decade is your favorite music from?

Hicks66 comments on Aug 18, 2018:

For me, it's format more than era. Two guitars, a bass, drums and a whole lot of distortion. Add the occasional power trio and you've locked in my music preferences.

Any other Ibanez fans here?

Hicks66 comments on Aug 19, 2018:

I had an Ibanez P-bass copy. Black with a white pick guard. Traded it straight up for a BC Rich short scale which got stolen. I miss both.

Hey! I am, therefore guitar.

Hicks66 comments on Aug 19, 2018:

That last one looks hard to tune or play. Do you have a favorite finish? Personally I'm in a glossy black rut.

21,973 more points to 8. My goal is Oct 31st. Do you think I will make it?

Hicks66 comments on Aug 27, 2018:

This requires a dedication I cannot fathom. But good luck none the less.

60/40 I read somewhere that most relationships are 60/40 not 50/50 on give/take Do you believe ...

Hicks66 comments on Aug 27, 2018:

This is about context. Giving and taking what, exactly? There is the possibility of one partner exploiting the other but to pin it to a ratio seems simplistic to me.

Philosophy

Hicks66 comments on Aug 27, 2018:

Socrates. The man's integrity outlasted the man himself.

Don’t set the bar too high ;)

Hicks66 comments on Aug 27, 2018:

As soon as I saw the C&H tag, I knew there was gold here.

Would you or wouldn't you?

Hicks66 comments on Aug 28, 2018:

yep. not done yet.

I Fear The Day Technology Will Surpass Our Human Interaction.

Hicks66 comments on Aug 28, 2018:

I think that all tech does is give idiots a greater reach to express their idiocy. No, I don't exclude myself. That would be silly.

Does age matter to you when it comes to love or dating?

Hicks66 comments on Aug 28, 2018:

There are laws, ya know. Seriously though, I don't think I could fulfill the role of mentor very well if that's what she wanted. I don't know if I have the energy to keep up with some young go-getting lass. And I'm not hoping for a live-in nurse either. On the flip side, I dunno. Can I get back to you?

Looking for a caption....

Hicks66 comments on Aug 28, 2018:

"Wonder how many drones it takes Amazon to ship 5 tons of Catnip."

What is a book that has been important in the development of your worldview?

Hicks66 comments on Aug 30, 2018:

Ever since I gathered meaning from Sun Tzu's "know thy enemy..." there is value in anything written by anybody.

So as summer starts to draw to a close this pressing question came to mind - Flip flips - yes or no?

Hicks66 comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Blisterville.

TIME TO GIVE A SHIT! I hear people say all the time that they are not that interested in ...

Hicks66 comments on Sep 4, 2018:

How is this different from the election between Kang and Kodos? There is a prevailing thought that try-hards only achieve in politics when they can't in the private sector. The major motivation being personal gain.

What is your biggest fear?

Hicks66 comments on Sep 4, 2018:

The fact that this crazy ride is going to end sometime discusts the hell out of me.

Let's say someone has wronged you.

Hicks66 comments on Sep 5, 2018:

Feelings come. Feelings go. Heat of the moment, I tell'em to fuck off and if they persist then turn up the heat if I have to stay but leave if I can. No time for assholes.

If you could make your pet sentient would you?

Hicks66 comments on Sep 10, 2018:

Geez, if I had that ability there's a laundry list of people that need that gift; most of them politicians.

At what point is a technologically enhanced human not a human anymore?

Hicks66 comments on Sep 18, 2018:

never. you can't escape your ancestry. We're still apes.

Space Movie??? ?

Hicks66 comments on Sep 19, 2018:

This should be patently obvious: Aliens

Men don't like intelligent women.

Hicks66 comments on Feb 9, 2019:

I will not dispute the article's conclusion. But I see no real support for it either. The single cited study is behind a pay wall. I'm too cheap so it's veracity stays hidden to me. The article seems to be an indictment of "male fragility". I would posit that a strong capable woman has no need of a frail,emotional,dull and needy man. But swap the roles and the capable man would want to protect (dominate?) the willowy needy woman. It's an easier row to hoe for fulfilling a procreational agenda. For the capable ambitious woman, there are greater horizons. Motherhood might be but a small priority at the time she is making her sexual selection. It might affect how much effort she wants to devote to a relationship. Studies and career are time consuming for the genuinely ambitious. So two capable ambitious people would find it difficult to align schedules and the resulting frustration leads to second thoughts and cold feet.

I pointed the same thing out to my dad, a Pentecostal Minister.

Hicks66 comments on Jul 29, 2019:

Eve was busy, I guess.

So, here I am a couple years ago, getting a "kiss" from a Komodo Dragon.

Hicks66 comments on Jul 31, 2019:

Must be one well-fed galoot.

What's your take on public nudity?

Hicks66 comments on Aug 2, 2019:

Melanoma is the only thing that should be an argument against public nudity. There is nothing indecent about the body.

Trump Demands Staff Break Any Laws Necessary to Get Wall Built by 2020 | Vanity Fair

Hicks66 comments on Aug 29, 2019:

Makes as much sense as rebuilding the Hindenburg.

Richard Feynman on "Not Knowing Things" One of the unexpected benefits I experienced in letting ...

Hicks66 comments on Sep 8, 2019:

He's one of the great ones.

Neil deGrasse Tyson back on Joe Rogan. [youtu.be] Engaging and fascinating

Hicks66 comments on Sep 8, 2019:

Is it me or is Joe showing some signs of woo acceptance? The whole Hawaiian thing bothers me a bit.

How many here never had religion or never was a believer?

Hicks66 comments on Sep 8, 2019:

I was brought up RC. It was pretty regimented up until my confirmation. Catechism and regular Sunday service along with the Lent thing and confession. Shortly after that things got muddled. I was just mouthing the Creed and Gloria... thought the flood was bullshite and all the other stuff never really had any impact. Mom started switching churches because of choir politics. Then we just stopped going. So even though I spent 16 years going through the motions. During that time I never really believed any of it.

Should Don Cherry have been fired over his “You people comment?

Hicks66 comments on Nov 19, 2019:

I dunno. Nobody batted an eye at what he said about Russians back in the day.

Do you approve capital punishment?

Hicks66 comments on Dec 22, 2019:

I would support capital punishment except for the remotest possibility of executing and innocent accused.

Rogue One is the best Star Wars movie. Change my mind.....

Hicks66 comments on Oct 11, 2020:

No. Not my job. You have your opinion. I have mine. I'm a IV snob, btw. Everything stems from A New Hope and the rest are derivatives.

The lies (condensed) Santa Clause: is making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who's ...

Hicks66 comments on Oct 20, 2020:

Lie? What? <rereads> No... <sound of glass shatters in the background>

What is MATURITY?

Hicks66 comments on Oct 29, 2020:

So, in this light, would ambition be an immature trait?

Does teaching "white guilt" also cultivate a "white pride" backlash?

Hicks66 comments on Aug 29, 2024:

Racial pride has as much merit as any other quirk of birth.