No wonder they are extinct!

Paul4747 comments on Jul 11, 2018:

The tall guy appears to be an allo-sore-ass... And I bet she's thinking, "What a complete ass."

The Supreme Court Has Destroyed the Principle of the "Consent of the Governed" - Foundation for ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 11, 2018:

"Imminent civil unrest" over Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid? I think we're being a tad alarmist here. The time of the strict constructionists is over and done. The founders also did not envision a standing Army. Times change.

Alex Jones...fucking idiot.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 11, 2018:

What am I gonna do about it? Party hearty in Hell if it turns out he's right, I guess. But consider the track record of making up shit as he goes along, on every topic under the sun. Claimed the Sandy Hook victims were child actors... that Democrat judges erase votes in computer files... that the Charlottesville riots were instigated by liberals (using more actors, dressed up as white supremacists) to create racial hatred. So it's no surprise that he knows jack about atheists as well. What am I really gonna do about it? Ignore this clown.

Overweight shows weakness?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 11, 2018:

I can only add... there's no connection between "moral strength and willpower" and your weight. Be as "strong" as you like, if your body doesn't cooperate, too bad.

Now this is my type of protest poster!

Paul4747 comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Mornings and evenings after 11, round at my place, please. Appointments are appreciated but not necessary.

What I want is to hear a valid argument that their is a God.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I saw a bunch of them in some movies recently. Film doesn't lie. I think the big blond one was... ummm... Thor, maybe? Yeah. So the Norse gods definitely exist.

I look at Preacher Jeffries who is in Dallas. He just loves having his picture taken and just loves...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I assume you mean Robert Jeffress. Well, he seems quite sincere... which makes him no less ignorant and bigoted. As for his ignorance of the Constitution... we can say the very same of Trump, now can't we?

Hey boy you must be a summer night because you make me sticky and uncomfortable Step right up and...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Hey, I know where there's a GREAT motel near here!!

Why Are Most Guys Single?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Here I was, wondering "Why are most women unavailable?"

. You don't have to actually play them on here, unless you're really into torture, what do you ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Wham- Careless Whisper (even though Deadpool made it awesome) Elton John- Can You Feel The Love Tonight (makes me think of frolicking lions) Barry Manilow- Mandy Whitney Houston- that horrible screaming song from "The Bodyguard"... I will always hate it ;) And whoever it was singing "I Swear". I think every boy band covered that one by now.

The humbling of the atheists: How religion survived the progress of science "Not so long ago, ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 10, 2018:

So who's humble already? (Feel free to read that in a Jewish-sounding voice.) I'm a proud atheist. I'll put my atheism up against anyone's theism in 10 rounds, last one standing. Religion! Bah! A lot of fairy tales it is! Who needs it? Nobody, that's who!

'Had Republicans not obstinately blocked Obama’s own supreme court nominee, Merrick Garland, in ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Spot on. McConnell was frustrated in his stated goal of making Obama a "one-term President". Even in Obama's first term McConnell set a course of doing everything possible to frustrate the Democrat agenda and make it impossible to compile a record of achievements, thus keeping the economy as slow as possible and preparing the field for a Republican victory in 2012. When that failed, he simply, bitterly, refused to accept the will of the people and saw it as his role to frustrate Obama by any means possible. Even G. W. Bush was accorded more respect by the Democrats as to the prerogatives of his office than was Obama by Republicans, who frequently treated Obama with open, public contempt. That should have been no surprise to anyone who paid attention during Clinton's presidency, though, when the Democrat was accused of being a rapist, a murderer, and an incompetent by Republicans on their flagship cable network, night after night. Yet any criticism of a Republican is "liberal bias". And so it goes...

This is me. For real! Anybody else feel the same? ;)

Paul4747 comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I was at a loss for words for... okay, I lost track of how long. I crave this kind of person. Of course, the relationship goes both ways... I want to put out too. ;) (With my ex, I was the giver... if I was very very lucky I got. If it was my birthday. Maybe.)

Some Americans are ignorant and proud 136 Should We Send Troops To Wakanda? (lol wow funny moments) ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 9, 2018:

No, but we should definitely support relief efforts for Gondwona. The whole continent is breaking up, for cryin' out loud!!!

“...And then, there’s the old joke about Baptists frowning on premarital sex because it might ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Bada- boom.

What I'm going to say is controversial . . . And it certainly shouldn't be! I don't believe in EVER...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 9, 2018:

A., I'm very sorry for what you went through. Nobody should suffer that. B., the occasional spanking in my childhood did not have that effect on me. Looking back on it, it's rather humorous now. Nor did a couple of occasions years ago have any effect on my child or our relationship. She's about to go into high school this year and we've never been closer. Every situation and every family is different. There's no blanket way to say "spanking is abuse", because it's not. Clearly you were abused. I wasn't. My kid wasn't. Every situation is different.

Just how much do you think religion is holding back fundamental scientific research and advancement?...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Religion in the US has certainly held back stem cell research. The idea that god is sending signs of the End Times has certainly made Xians resist the truth about climate change. As has the idea that we don't need to care for our planet, because we're appointed rulers over it. Religion worldwide has meant people ignore scientific explanations and cures for disease and even epidemics. Lead to our demise? Well, that's a stretch.

. How do you feel about Parade's? And I don't mean the military type. I like my parades with a lot ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 8, 2018:

No clowns. I don't like... clowns.

Peaceful Protest....

Paul4747 comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Go go Godzilla!! https://www.youtube./watch?v=RTzb-sduiWc

are you afraid of death?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Ask me after it happens... Mark Twain wrote, "I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." Who am I to argue?

Spain’s new atheist Prime Minister spells trouble for the Church | CatholicHerald.co.uk

Paul4747 comments on Jul 8, 2018:

I see the Church wanted to "abandon stereotypes connected with the past"... yes indeed... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnF1OtP2Svk

Spain’s new atheist Prime Minister spells trouble for the Church | CatholicHerald.co.uk

Paul4747 comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Time for an amendment to allow foreign-born citizens to be sworn in as President in the US? I thought Jennifer Granholm (Canadian, former Gov. of Michigan) would make a swell Pres...

Would you get married if you met the right person and what would the marriage actually mean to you?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Never say never again. But it's going to be a while.

Jim Bakker: God Personally Told Me He Sent Donald Trump to Delay the End Times – Friendly Atheist

Paul4747 comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Waitaminutewaitaminutewaitaminute.... If anybody is the Anti-Christ (in the sense of being the exact opposite of the most famous things Jesus says in the NT, you know, love your neighbor, give to the poor, and so on)- it's Chump. I mean Trump. So the Anti-Christ is supposed to be delaying the Antichrist?? I'm so confused...

Pence will attend Southern Baptist Convention meeting amid turmoil over gender - The Washington Post...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 8, 2018:

When I got to the line " women should serve churches in 'biblically appropriate ways,'” all that hit me was the story about Lot's daughters getting him drunk and sleeping with him to continue his line... that would be the Southern Baptists to a T.

So I haven't made a post yet but today seen a church sign and felt I needed to. It was a church sign...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 8, 2018:

A professional counselor, not using a 12-step program, would be the one to seek out in my opinion. If I recall, the very first step of the 12 is the "higher power" one. That's essentially admitting a person has no control over themselves and asking an outside, fictional being to run things. As an atheist, I have real issues with that. Behavioral counseling would be the way to go.

When a non-believer dies, what can one say instead of "Rest in Peace"?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 8, 2018:

At my friend's wake, a rabid Blue Oyster Cult fan, we played Don't Fear the Reaper It seemed satisfactory for everybody, religious or not.

German Agency Site Addresses 9/11, Other Conspiracy Theories

Paul4747 comments on Jul 8, 2018:

The problem I foresee right now is people quote mining this site and claiming that it supports their own views, and others accepting this without going to the source and reading the final warning... i.e. that it's a bunch of crap.

Hanging up on people was much more emotionally satisfying when you could slam the receiver down. ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Technology was more durable back then...

A LOGICAL FALLACY: AD HOMINEM inspired by snytiger6 Ad Hominem is a logical fallacy that is ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Guess who's a master of this fallacy...

Why I don't eat at Chick Fil A

Paul4747 comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Oh yeah... "Not only are we bigoted, we think deliberate misspellings are cute." I can't STAND that shit.

What defines you.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 7, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmwLPU5H6_Q

Why I don't eat at Chick Fil A

Paul4747 comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Who the fuck, in 2018, is proud of stopping equality? Read it the correct way: "We are bigots. Enjoy your fries."

I've been teaching my cat to jump through burning hoops. It's been a long process. So far, I'm on my...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Don't give up. I know where you can get more cats. My neighbors have extra.

AP Report: U.S. Army is quietly discharging immigrant recruits | PBS NewsHour

Paul4747 comments on Jul 7, 2018:

So... support our troops... but only those who look like your voter base?

Do you love sleeping with Windows open?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 6, 2018:

I'm nervous about sleeping with Windows open. Then again, sometimes I fall asleep with my computer on, and I forget to close my Windows. Sometimes if I'm watching certain videos.... I get very excited ;) and then afterwards I'm so exhausted I fall asleep without closing the Windows. Wait... this wasn't a computer question?

Are atheists criticising the wrong things about religion?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 6, 2018:

I criticize religion for getting people killed, over fairy tales. When people bomb each other over who owns "the holy land". When lobbyists convince a President to go to war because it's all part of the End Times. When imams promulgate tales that Western medicine is designed to kill Muslims, so their children won't be vaccinated against deadly diseases. When Catholic Cardinals spread tales that condoms don't actually stop AIDS. Believe what you want for yourself. Believe in Allah, Jesus, Shiva, the Tooth Fairy. Right up until it costs people their real lives. At that point, I have a problem with you.

Anyone else bothered by being asked out of the blue, by a significant other or a date, "What are you...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

"I was thinking how nice it was when I was reading this book in peace. " End of relationship.

Athiests and Guns

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

I'm a shooter, collector, LEO and self-defense advocate who also agitates for stricter screening, training, and licensing procedures. (Emphasis on the training before giving someone a permit.) So I don't see a conflict. Once someone is licensed, they should be considered trustworthy, even in the so-called "gun free zones", which are an invitation to criminals, who by definition aren't going to obey those signs. The only influence being an atheist has on my positions is that I don't go so much with the "god-given rights" BS.

A good question for gardeners....

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

Depends on the size of the gardening tool...

Everyone else okay?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

Still don't get it...

How do you deal with Door-knockers?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

Bucket of water?

Is anti-theism on a par with racism?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

NO idea is beyond criticism. Religions explicitly try to set themselves up as a category apart from all others, claiming that they aren't even ideas, but rather revelations from a divine source, and thus immune to criticism. Yet, if you notice, each religion criticizes all other religions. Religion cannot logically plead a special immunity. There's no special exemption for any category of thought. Religion is as open to critique as any other. Atheism or antitheism is not bigotry, it's simply an opinion. A religion is not something inborn to a person, like skin color, it's acquired and can be shed just as easily.This is just another of the religions' ploys to give themselves a special exemption.

One of the things I found out while hanging out with the other side, they do NOT want anybody to ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

1) The state police know, my purchases are registered, and it's nobody else's business. 2) I have take pride in being responsible and in proving it. I've taken extensive training and further I'm in law enforcement. I feel anyone who is licensed for carry should be trained to similar standards first. 3) Firearms can be banned based on what they do, but too many want to ban them because they look scary. 4) See points 2 and 3. Law enforcement has access to all kinds of weapons, let's be specific. I don't want tear gas or door breachers, but I would like to own an AR someday to remember my days in the Army. It's a heck of a rifle. 5) I feel safe in my community because I carry a gun. Average 911 response time is 11 minutes. That's a time to wait if my life or someone else's is on the line. 6) You're absolutely right with your last statement, that you're making generalizations- so why conclude with a sweeping and over-the-top generalization? Oversight is inherent in the process of carrying firearms, and any responsible gun owner knows this. The vast majority of gun owners are responsible gun owners. 7) I carry no water for the NRA. Their leadership are NOT responsible gun owners, they're jackasses.

I have enjoyed myself on here today. Keeps up like this and I might get off of FB for good. ;)

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

Good thinking. Get out before the next data leak to a Chinese company...

So how did Noah get the critters from Australia across the ocean to his canoe and then get them back...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

See, here's how it worked... They loaded all the animals into the boat, and everything was fine for a few weeks... but the weight of all the accumulated droppings was weighing them down low in the water. So they took some shovels, tossed the droppings over the side, and named the result "Australia".... (Sorry, sorry... )

Christian Group: Ben Jealous Thinks “Raw Naked Sex” Between Two Men is Marriage – Friendly ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

I'm reasonably sure a lot of men use condoms. That wouldn't count as "raw". Or maybe not "raw naked"?

Good lord, trying to come up with a clever first post is hard!

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

Even worse coming up with a second one... (kidding!!)

I read some recent figures that in 26 states of US (mostly Southern) the death rate is higher than ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

Nothing really explains paranoia. Paranoia is its own reward.

Are you a Humanist too?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

But I'm not a Humanitarian. Vegetarians eat only vegetables. Humanitarians.... well, I'm not a Humanitarian.

I'm stuck in this chair. A whining, shedding, shivering dog is in my lap....and he has gas from the ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

If anyone ever decided to shoot someone in this town on 4 July, there wouldn't be a police call for hours.... sounds like an artillery barrage. I'm lucky this year I'm on vacation, I didn't have to drive home through it (2nd shift)...

The old debate rises again! (or closes again)

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

What is the big deal about not wanting to put it down? Is this some assertion of manliness? I live by myself. I leave the damn lid down. The muscle power involved in lifting the lid is MINIMAL. Gravity puts it down for me again. Really. What's the big deal? Men?

Argentina just signed into law the Justine bill (organ donation). This law regulates the issue ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

This rubs me the wrong way, just because it takes it out of a person's hands and puts the power in the state's. That government is best which governs least, and when it comes to your body, dead or alive, not at all. If you want, give the family the power to make the decision after death.

Thank Dog I survived the day.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Dog spelled backwards is God. Cow spelled backwards is Woc. Pterodactyl spelled backwards is darn difficult to pronounce.

So We Do Have A First Lady!

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

That's no lady, that's Donald's wife!

Sessions Says Refugees and Asylum Seekers Will No Longer Be Allowed To Work

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

So, if, as he says, "Americans deserve to have their voices heard and a government that is accountable to them," then why not take into account the majority who not only voted for someone other the the Donald, but who support providing asylum and helping refugees?

I don't mind people of faith. Often, it is a source of comfort and grounding for them, and if they ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

But, as Christopher Hitchens pointed out ("God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything"), the more-or-less decent 97% enable the other 3%. They make excuses and explain how the radical fringe doesn't "really" represent their religion, but don't understand that the religion itself is the problem. Its very existence allows anyone to pick and choose what they want to believe and how they want to act on it, because there's supposedly an authority figure in the sky who said all these things. For example: Until the Vatican comes out and disavows all its former papal teachings, cardinals will still teach that birth control is a sin, and unplanned pregnancies and AIDS will continue. And even then, the church would schism and there would arise a "true" faith. *Religion itself is the problem.*

When did you last have sex with a partner? (A 50 and over confidential poll)

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Mine is not going to be a representative sample, since it was an attempt by my ex as an alternative to marriage counseling and getting to the bottom of the real problems. And I gotta tell you, "save my marriage" sex is the worst kind of sex.

Agnostics are the bisexuals of the philosophical community. Never commit to where you can't get out ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Wait a cotton-tailed minute. Agnostics are the SCIENTISTS of the philosophical community. If you don't know something, you SAY you don't know. Don't rely on someone who made something up 6000 years ago. "Agnostic" breaks down from the Greek as "no knowledge". It doesn't mean "Xian by any other name."

The Muslim situation in America is really complicated. I guess, some Muslims are peaceful, don't ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

So your Christians who want the 10 Commandments to be the law of the land, are different how, exactly? I do not approve of terrorists of any stripe, nor religious oppression in the name of any god. It's doubly ironic since all 3 Middle Eastern religions claim to worship the same god.

Why do men want younger women?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

My first kiss was with someone 2 years older. Lost my virginity (had it for 19 years and never got any use out of it) with a lady 7 years older. In grad school, got engaged to someone 7 years younger. My ex is 3 1/2 years older. Now in my 50s and divorced, I've been out with ladies several years older and younger both, and exactly my age too. Maybe I defy the norm, maybe I just can't guess women's ages, maybe I'm just attracted no matter the age.

Mosques in America

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Most fundamentalist Xian churches are actively involved in recruiting members to become radical conservatives prone to violence against anyone who doesn't conform to their narrow views. Their are many more Xian churches than there are mosques. Most violence in this country is committed by Xians. Perhaps the FBI should put their resources into monitoring those churches. Maybe send the Xians back to where they came from?

Do you deal with grief? A loss of a loved one or a beloved pet? I lost my Mom last year and right ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I intellectualize things too much. I feel like because I have a mental understanding, somehow it makes me immune from the emotions, and then I'm blindsided every time. I'm working hard on just experiencing my emotions, instead of trying to plan out how I should feel and grading myself on whether I'm feeling the right things.

"Austerity" only works for the Wealthy.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Well, yes... because otherwise you would need to raise taxes on the wealthy, and then where would they be? The entire conservative economic model ("lowering taxes raises revenue") would be down the toilet. Never mind that economic history and basic math should tell us that this model has repeatedly failed. There's NO direct relation between tax rates and economic growth.

If you want to be all about the bass, then learn how to play one....

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Are you sure this isn't bass?

Yesterday someone posed a question along the lines of “what would your ideal profile say?” Many...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Maybe because it's hard to be so vulnerable to people I don't know. To write my deepest desires for everyone to see. It's easier... safer... to write something general, and hope someone wants to know more... to let people filter themselves through that initial interest and then see what happens.

Obey Jebus, or else!

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

But I don't even believe in your god Jebus!

We humans consider ourselves the higher primates. We attribute to our species the capability of more...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I'm sorry about your experience, but a thing I've noticed is that there is in people a tendency to generalize from one experience and apply that to all similar experiences. I mean that, since you've had a negative experience of people who "lack the capacity to truly love", perhaps you generalized that to everyone. People do have a capacity to truly love, in my experience, but not everyone expresses it the same way. Certainly abuse is not under any circumstances an expression of love... but not all relationships are abusive by any means.

Evangelist Says Christians Should Run For School Boards to End LGBTQ Advocacy – Friendly Atheist

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

*Franklin Graham* doesn't believe in separation of church and state? *Nobody* on the religious right believes in separation of church & state. Theirs is a fantasy world where the US was founded by WASP ministers, for WASP ministers, and nobody else existed. Although there's plenty to suggest that their religious rhetoric is merely for the troops, and it is and always has been simply about political power... another tool to grab and keep power for the Republican party.

I don't meet a lot of people in my age group that are Atheist/agnostic, are people too afraid to be ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Atheists and agnostics aren't organized. We have no meeting places or PACs. We don't protest against Supreme Court decisions from decades ago or have interest groups recommending nominees to Presidents. We don't SCREAM about how oppressed we are. So because we're quiet and polite, we underestimate our own numbers. The evangelicals screaming in the street are like puffer fish, inflating themselves and exaggerating their own importance. The result: we think we're outnumbered, when in fact, if we regard ourselves as a group, we are the largest single point of view.

Do you and your partner make each other feel happy?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

First five or so years we were married, we were very happy together. The next few years, little things started falling by the wayside. The last six years were me trying to find ways to keep us together, keep the romance in the marriage, and then finally understanding that she didn't even see the problem. So overall... we did, sort of, for a while?

Happy Treason Day! You ungrateful colonials! Lol!

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Bloody peasants!

Size matters...there, I said it....Happy Day, everyone! Have fun but be responsible!

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Cheers!!!

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Delayed a Flight (Again) by Refusing to Sit Next to Women – Friendly Atheist

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

To compensate, I'd like to welcome any ladies to sit with me next flight I have to take. I'm a perfect gentleman.

The question is do we have any where to return any more

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Humbly, I'm going to rephrase this in less mystical terms, which I can then agree with. "We don't have long on this planet. Our lives have no larger cosmic purpose... so we are best off learning, loving, and growing as much as we can, before our inevitable death."

Men, what would you think of a woman if they were forward with you and asked you out on a date. ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I chose 2 options, it's about time, plus I wish there were more like her. Now, where's the option for "Get her into my life, PDQ"?

Swear words?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I often take after Bender from Futurama and use "Oh your god!"

Dealing with holiday loneliness

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I spent New Year's right here, by myself, relaxing... nothing wrong with time to yourself. Might have a hot dog with the kid tomorrow but nothing bigger planned.

Why did the moose cross the road?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Hmm... single male moose... Is there a lady moose on the other side of the road? Or maybe he just felt like taking a walk... not enough information.

'Special place in hell': Trump's top advisers accuse Trudeau of betrayal

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

History doesn't repeat itself, historians repeat each other...

Religious Homosexuals

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Remember the two words that keep 95% of people in the Republican party: Cognitive Dissonance

Who here is an avid video gamer?!

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Yo (sorry, I just had a flashback to my days on Bungie.net, when I answered half of all threads that way... I had to get out of that toxic mess)

This is gross . . . But inquiring minds want to know!

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

You're right... it's gross.

I am a 50 something single mom and have a profile on a popular dating site. It seems I am one of ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Speaking as a 50 something father, I know it's hard to find someone who doesn't seem peeved with the time that I feel I need to devote to my kid. Somebody who doesn't understand that she isn't going to become the center of my world instantly... she isn't going to be a good fit long term anyway. I'm ready to make room in my life, but it's already pretty full, and I expect that everybody else has a pretty full life too. Texting, phone calls, those are how people get to know each other these days, and I'm ok with that. I'm okay with taking it slow.

A Muslim martyr went to heaven. When he found his 72 virgins, he discovered his penis was buried on ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Not joking here- the virgin thing was a mis-translation, it was supposed to be "72 white grapes of exceptional purity" (something like that, it's the grape thing that I remember best). Imagine how great it will be once people everywhere realize that all religions are just interesting fairy tales, made up back when we didn't understand how the world got here and what thunder was...

A new study has reported that iPhone users have more sex. Is there an app for that?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Maybe in the Google Play store...

What about Last Rites. Would you object to a Cathoiic Priest administering on your deathbed?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Meh, what do I care what a priest does with his time? If he brings wine, he can stay. But he'd better have a sense of humor.

Praying for something to happen is akin to doing nothing...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

People who believe pray for loved ones because there's nothing else they can do. They're not doctors and nurses or research chemists. Research has shown that prayer doesn't improve recovery, it even hinders it when people know they're being prayed for (patients may feel pressured to get better), but nevertheless I understand the feeling of helplessness and wanting to turn to a higher power. Sometimes, for instance when my ex-mother in law was diagnosed with cancer, I wish there was a power to turn to. My ex and her family are all devout. I wish I could tell them I was praying. But they know I don't pray. They know that my best wishes are with them, though, and they don't doubt my love. (Yeah, even though it's my ex, I still love her as a friend and mother of my child. I'm very lucky we had a cordial divorce.)

I've read all types of outraged comments here about the "CRIMINAL! NAZI! DESPICABLE! INHUMANE!" way ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

It's not really about "priority". Everybody could be taken care of, if the top 1/2% weren't being given priority in the current budget. Here's how the GOP thinking goes, for the most part: We have a deficit? Cut taxes on the wealthy, that increases revenue! We have a surplus? Cut taxes on the wealthy, they've paid so much already!!! I'm talking about the actual budgets that are passed, not the lip service "tax cuts for the middle class", which come out to about $300/year for the vast majority of taxpayers, while the very top get tens and hundreds of thousands.

Some lucky FBI agents! Lol!

Paul4747 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

OK then...

OK...let's post our nude photos for the world to see...here is mine!

Paul4747 comments on Jul 1, 2018:

I'm actually completely naked right now. There you go. ?

What sex toys do people own? I have plastic anal beads, a purple plug and a pink one. I had more ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 1, 2018:

Frankly, nothing yet... although I have a shaving brush that I've never used for shaving. It does feel very nice on the skin, though.

I thought that most people on this website had some intelligence, but tonight proved me wrong

Paul4747 comments on Jul 1, 2018:

Then I presume you'll either be A) no longer gracing us with your presence, or B) explaining what your frakking problem is.

Do you believe in law of attraction?

Paul4747 comments on Jun 30, 2018:

I believe that's the distance squared law. Or cube. Something like that. Sir Isaac Newton.

Anthony Kennedy's son was Trump's moneylender at Deutsche Bank

Paul4747 comments on Jun 30, 2018:

Moneylender has such a great ring to it. You want Jesus to show up and beat his ass.

50 Reasons to Bail Out of the Two-Party System and Become an Independent Voter [ivn.us]

Paul4747 comments on Jun 30, 2018:

3 Reasons why this was not anything worth reading: 1) 50 sentences with a number on the beginning of each are not 50 separate reasons. They are sentences which properly belong in fully developed paragraphs. Separating an ABCD chain of logic into A B C D doesn't make it 4 different thoughts. 2) Who was so pretentious as to print quotes from the article in bold type, in the middle of the article... highlighting the author's words as if they were an independent quote agreeing with the article? 3) I can't begin to sum up how many things were flawed with these ideas. Argument from popularity - most people aren't affiliated with a party now, this is a good reason to be an independent. The notion that the internet is a reliable source for everything you need to know about a candidate (because nothing is ever not true on the internet). Argument from authority- famous figures in the past agree with me. I have no problem with pointing out the flaws of the party system, but idealists who wanted to protest against it by voting for their more perfect candidates are partly responsible for Trump winning. A few percent here and there was the difference. They need to own that. The perfect is the enemy of the good.

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Paul4747 comments on Jun 30, 2018:

I was told there would be cake.

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Paul4747 comments on Jun 30, 2018:

That whole thing passed right by me. Other than, wasn't there something about getting murdered? ?

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Paul4747 comments on Jun 29, 2018:

Wait... why does she clearly need my seat? Yeah, I'm going to give my seat up to someone in distress, but wouldn't a senior citizen need it more? Isn't feminism all about equality?

Looks like something trying to escape

Paul4747 comments on Jun 29, 2018:

While it's technically legal to go commando after memorial day... Not like that.