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So this group goes a month without any new posts, until Mary Christmas, aka Proud Merrie, posts a ...

Tejas comments on Feb 14, 2022:

She didn't delete her post, its still there for everyone to see. When someone blocks you it hides their posts to you.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 14, 2022:

@itsmedammit, @Tejas See? I bet they have succeeded in cowing you as well as most of the other men to not dare to buck the sisterhood on Agnostic.

So this group goes a month without any new posts, until Mary Christmas, aka Proud Merrie, posts a ...

Tejas comments on Feb 14, 2022:

She didn't delete her post, its still there for everyone to see. When someone blocks you it hides their posts to you.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 14, 2022:

@itsmedammit Suit yourself. I will not let misandrist women like Merrie bully me into shutting up about her behavior and attitude towards men that disagree with her. I wouldn't be surprised if she is talking shit about me behind my back in her post that I can no longer read or comment in. Why don't you tell HER to let it go or move on? Didn't think you would..., few women have the guts to openly buck another member of the sisterhood. And so I guessed wrong about your position on the past squabble with someone, whoop-tee-freakin'-doo? Something I bet lots of people on here have done when they checked in with another member of Agnostic for an opinion.... I had no need to block her, as I can defend myself just fine one on one in a thread where I am allowed to comment. Guess she couldn't take it, but I was just getting warmed up and having plenty of fun. As to your ? about high school, no, this is an internet community, with its share of factionalism and taboo subjects which few are willing to discuss openly and honestly, such as misandry by some of its members, so I suppose in some ways, it isn't much more evolved than high school....

So this group goes a month without any new posts, until Mary Christmas, aka Proud Merrie, posts a ...

Tejas comments on Feb 14, 2022:

She didn't delete her post, its still there for everyone to see. When someone blocks you it hides their posts to you.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 14, 2022:

Ok, that's what I suspected. It figures she did that, can't handle me being able to defend myself on there. I hope someone has the guts to defend me if she talks shit about me on that thread, but I won't hold my breath. I let racocn08 know about the situation, so he can report to me about it. Typically gutless of her... So then, she can't see this post. Wonder which of her gal pals will be reporting about it to her, hee, hee.....? You have any opinion on the matter, Jeff?

I don't know if or who has blocked me, just who I have blocked.

FvckY0u comments on Jan 29, 2022:

I don't care about changing the world. I'm good with arguing with people still at my age so I've not blocked anyone. I don't see a point in it unless they are harassing me. But if I were 67 I'd probably rather block someone that argue with them.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 13, 2022:

I'm with you, I love verbal combat, and am told I can hold my own with the best of them, including lawyers, who are paid to argue, lol....

Hey you guys! Good to see this group is still up and running.

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 13, 2022:

It's still here, but it's pretty dead most of the time. Probably because most people got tired of being slammed and blamed for any dating woes that they posted about here, so they either left the group or decided to keep their dating experiences to themselves. You are no longer the moderator, Mary, ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 13, 2022:

@MaryChristmas Block me, don't block me, I don't give a rat's ass. I'm having fun as it is.....

Hey you guys! Good to see this group is still up and running.

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 13, 2022:

It's still here, but it's pretty dead most of the time. Probably because most people got tired of being slammed and blamed for any dating woes that they posted about here, so they either left the group or decided to keep their dating experiences to themselves. You are no longer the moderator, Mary, ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 13, 2022:

@MaryChristmas Well congrats on the wedding. Guess it proves there is someone for everyone, lol...maybe even me AGAIN, someday. As I have only been married and widowed once, in my only LTR, which is a record that most divorced people should envy and that few on here can match, being one for one on LTRs. It just shows I am fairly unique and have high standards as well.

Hey you guys! Good to see this group is still up and running.

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 13, 2022:

It's still here, but it's pretty dead most of the time. Probably because most people got tired of being slammed and blamed for any dating woes that they posted about here, so they either left the group or decided to keep their dating experiences to themselves. You are no longer the moderator, Mary, ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 13, 2022:

@MaryChristmas Looks like I struck a nerve, Merrie. I will edit to my heart's content, as there are no rules against it. You can always block me, since you dislike me so much, but I will not give you the satisfaction of me blocking first or giving you the last word. I don't cave easily and can do verbal combat with the best of them, hee hee.... If the parties I mentioned don't like my referring to them, they will let me know. They don't need you speaking for them. If they don't like it, I will make my apologies to them privately, not to you, as it's none of your damn business... Do you always say " Buh-bye" and then NOT go away, lol? Sounds to me like you just can't stand not having control over me....

Hey you guys! Good to see this group is still up and running.

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 13, 2022:

It's still here, but it's pretty dead most of the time. Probably because most people got tired of being slammed and blamed for any dating woes that they posted about here, so they either left the group or decided to keep their dating experiences to themselves. You are no longer the moderator, Mary, ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 13, 2022:

@MaryChristmas Your opinion and perspective, Merry. I still have my friends on Agnostic, male and female, who don't agree with you about me, so you can shove your judgement. Block me or not, I won't take any crap from you or any of the other women on here who are so quick to call men incels whenever we cross you. And as far as dating woes, I have dated two women for six months each during three years active on Match. Each ended amicably and by mutual agreement, so that disproves your reach of calling me an incel. What can you say about your own behavior and track record with dating? Care to match me? racocn and Sticks don't agree with you and the rest of the incel-labelling women on here that are your pals and have privately said so plenty of times to me, among other friends of mine on here, such as Pralina and Hippie Chick on the female side, and several others I could name from both genders, so stuff it.... The fact is, as plenty of other men on here have said, is that many women, like you, are not able to accept or deal with any general criticisms of other women or the sisterhood in general, so they attack all men who make those criticisms and are quick to label them misogynist, incel, or both. By doing so, you only show your own weakness and insecurity. If anything, you are guilty of misandry.... Sucks for you to not be in charge anymore, but you're the one, unlike me, who chose to leave here...

Hey you guys! Good to see this group is still up and running.

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 13, 2022:

It's still here, but it's pretty dead most of the time. Probably because most people got tired of being slammed and blamed for any dating woes that they posted about here, so they either left the group or decided to keep their dating experiences to themselves. You are no longer the moderator, Mary, ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 13, 2022:

@MaryChristmas I will hold it, but I don't need to block you. You never apologized for banning me, so I don't owe you squat, much less forgiveness. I'm just glad you are no longer able to exercise being power-mad or abuse your past authority. I don't need no stinking mods to protect me nor a block to deal with people like you. All I need is free reign to give it back better than I get.

Christina Wallace: How to stop swiping and find your person on dating apps | TED Talk

Sticks48 comments on Feb 12, 2022:

I prefer the organic way of meeting women. I don't think most people are very honest about themselves in print., and if you meet someone who lives very far away, which l have on this site, that creates a whole new set of problems. It is not for me.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 12, 2022:

@Sticks48 I'm not as comfortable with or into bar people as you, but then again, I don't drink and never enter bars except for live music or to sing karaoke, so we are different that way. I have seldom ever met any compatible women, at least for me, at bars since I became middle aged and quit drinking, so we each need to go with what works for and is comfortable for each of us. I do agree with you that bar people often seem to be more open and " real" about who they are than people who won't go to bars. Those people, in my experience, tend to be rather pretentious and snobby, but sometimes they have way more in common with me than the typical women, like barflies, that I commonly run into at bars. The women who regularly go to bars just don't seem to have compatible qualities for me.

Christina Wallace: How to stop swiping and find your person on dating apps | TED Talk

Sticks48 comments on Feb 12, 2022:

I prefer the organic way of meeting women. I don't think most people are very honest about themselves in print., and if you meet someone who lives very far away, which l have on this site, that creates a whole new set of problems. It is not for me.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 12, 2022:

@Sticks48 And because of how low and scattered the membership of this site is, LD relationships are the only options available, unless you either live in a very secular part of the US or in a very large metro area. I live in neither of those, like most of the members here, so it's either a paid site like Match, or nothing... And you are so right about being up front about who you are in your profile. Because if you aren't, you are simply delaying the rejection until a bit later, rather than right off the bat. I would rather have my rejection right off the bat than after some pointless messaging or even an in person meeting, if there is incompatibility on something basic like politics, religion, kids situation, or drinking habits, or country music, for that matter..

Christina Wallace: How to stop swiping and find your person on dating apps | TED Talk

bobwjr comments on Feb 12, 2022:

Gave up

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 12, 2022:

I hear ya. I have wanted to give up a few times now, out of three years active on Match. Online dating is mostly an emotional rollercoaster, in which things can radically change, for better or worse, on a dime, so quickly. I think the only way to stick with it is to somehow have low expectations without somehow also coming off as pessimistic or negative. Much easier said than done...

Christina Wallace: How to stop swiping and find your person on dating apps | TED Talk

azzow2 comments on Feb 12, 2022:

I am still not convinced that the effort is worth the reward. It seems that most people are superficial and that nobody takes time out to get to know each other.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 12, 2022:

Research studies on online dating have always borne these points out, arrow. Both men and women focus pretty much on the most attractive looking people, based on their profile photos, and ignore the rest of the person's qualities, traits, or profile info...

Christina Wallace: How to stop swiping and find your person on dating apps | TED Talk

Sticks48 comments on Feb 12, 2022:

I prefer the organic way of meeting women. I don't think most people are very honest about themselves in print., and if you meet someone who lives very far away, which l have on this site, that creates a whole new set of problems. It is not for me.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 12, 2022:

I think you and arrow are both right, but I have no choice. My networks for meeting women organically are pathetic or non-existent, so I have no choice but to use online dating. A woman I was really interested in, but ended up mutually rejecting-because she was a Trumper and also loved country music- asked me if I had ever considered using a local matchmaking service, but I had already heard stories from other women on Match that said it was a scam and so I told the woman I had looked into it, but did not feel it was worthwhile. This latest woman was the latest of several I have run across on Match that list their political affiliation as Moderate, even tho they are really conservative Trumpers, probably because they are embarrassed or afraid of being rejected if they were open about it in their profiles. I told her it might be a good idea to state her political position openly in her profile, as well as saying how she loves country music. She said she might do so. I don't see why people hold back stuff like that and waste both their time and that of others by attracting incompatible people.

Study: Black and Latino Churchgoers Turning to Pastors for Mental Health Services

jlynn37 comments on Feb 11, 2022:

I would say that the primary reason for this is financial.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 11, 2022:

That could well be true in many cases. Some folks are too poor or without decent insurance coverage for mental health services, so they go to clergy instead. But that is still a lame excuse for many people as most poor folks qualify for Medicaid, which does cover mental health services, plus, for the working poor without mental health coverage there are often publicly funded mental health clinics that operate with a sliding fee scale to be able to serve the working poor or those without insurance coverage.

Our friend @sookiesue has returned.

Sookiesue comments on Feb 11, 2022:

Aw…. such a shame so many friends have left. We do have a large bunch of us on the face place…. but the religious folks make it shitty at times. I am glad you are all still here! I hope everyone is healthy and happy! Thank you all! Maybe with less members I won’t get blocked so much! ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 11, 2022:

@Sookiesue Beats me. Jo also blocked me on FB, besides banning me, and was too chickenshit to even notify me or inform me why she booted me. I had a third party, another member of the FB group reach out to ask her and she simply told them it was a "boundary issue" and would not elaborate further. She is a crazy bitch and I'm not surprised she got banned from Agnostic. Obviously power goes to her head and it's silly that she has all the power over the Agnostic FB group. Since she has me blocked on FB, I can't ask her why she booted me.

Our friend @sookiesue has returned.

Sookiesue comments on Feb 11, 2022:

Aw…. such a shame so many friends have left. We do have a large bunch of us on the face place…. but the religious folks make it shitty at times. I am glad you are all still here! I hope everyone is healthy and happy! Thank you all! Maybe with less members I won’t get blocked so much! ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 11, 2022:

Funny you should bring up blocking and the FB group for people who left Agnostic. I was on there for a few weeks before Jo Slaight, who got banned from here long ago, went on a power trip and banned me from the FB group. So now I am either stuck with just this site or having no place to interact with non =-believers.

Republican Party is coming apart. [youtu.be]

LucyLoohoo comments on Feb 8, 2022:

We can only hope!

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 10, 2022:

@LucyLoohoo Suit yourself, as my grandpa used to say....

Republican Party is coming apart. [youtu.be]

LucyLoohoo comments on Feb 8, 2022:

We can only hope!

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 9, 2022:

@CuddyCruiser Hope is an illusion that keeps people trapped in the habit of voting within the duopoly and thinking that simply voting and electing corporate Dems is ever going to change or improve anything....

I might catch some shit for this.

Pralina1 comments on Feb 6, 2022:

Point is not what she did Point is u are not in love w her If u were , nothing will had matter much I think And that’s alright to not be in love Now , I am gonna give Joan a pass , she knows her son for 30 yrs , she knows u for few weeks ? Yes the son is an adult , but maybe she did not ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 7, 2022:

@twill You have been proven right about Joan. She should have and easily could have, interrupted her convo with the son to tell him she would call him right back, filled you in on what was happening, so that you could leave gracefully, and then called him back right after that. It's not like the lad was in the middle of a heart attack or being attacked by robbers. And Pralina was wrong to inject or imply that your interest in Joan was all about sex. Like I said earlier, it was about basic respect, which I think we deserve from our dating partners from day one, not something we only earn from them months or years later after they decide we are worth it. Like Pralina, I chose not to have kids, not because I'm lazy and selfish, but because I was terrified about how poor a parent I would end up being based on my own lousy role models. I didn't do it out of selfishness and I proved my bona fides on not being selfish during the last six years of my late wife's life while being her caregiver and later looking after her during her dementia illness. So I am no more or less selfish than people with kids, and I proved it, whether they give me credit for it or not.

I might catch some shit for this.

skado comments on Feb 6, 2022:

What do you want out of your association with this woman? What’s your motivation for spending time with her?

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 6, 2022:

@twill Best of luck either way, man....

I might catch some shit for this.

Secretguy comments on Feb 6, 2022:

I don't do online dating, but if I did, as soon as I saw "my kids are my life"....NEXT.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 6, 2022:

@Secretguy Same with me and my late wife. I really lucked out in meeting such an outlier from the local dating pool when I met her back in 1995. I had no idea back then that I would be widowed at my age and be treated as such a freak by so much of the present dating pool for being childfree... Esp. because at my age, you would think it would no longer matter to most women. I have been proven so wrong about that....

I might catch some shit for this.

skado comments on Feb 6, 2022:

What do you want out of your association with this woman? What’s your motivation for spending time with her?

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 6, 2022:

@twill Actually, it boils down to two ?s. What does she want at this point and what do you want regarding her, in the face of her wishes concerning you?

I might catch some shit for this.

skado comments on Feb 6, 2022:

What do you want out of your association with this woman? What’s your motivation for spending time with her?

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 6, 2022:

@twill skado's right. You now know what you want, time to find out what she is still up for and then make your decision, keep seeing her in some more limited capacity, or cut her loose. At this point, she appears to be pretty ambivalent or apathetic about it, so I expect you will likely move on to someone else that offers at least a FWB, if not an actual dating relationship. I'll be surprised if she even wants to continue as FWB.

I might catch some shit for this.

skado comments on Feb 6, 2022:

What do you want out of your association with this woman? What’s your motivation for spending time with her?

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 6, 2022:

Precisely the point and the real issue to be settled.

I might catch some shit for this.

Secretguy comments on Feb 6, 2022:

I don't do online dating, but if I did, as soon as I saw "my kids are my life"....NEXT.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 6, 2022:

You got it bro, as soon as I see a tipoff that the woman is very family or kid oriented, it's on to the next profile. However, in my Iowa dating pool, where Midwest, outdated family values are king, that eliminates about 90% of the dating pool from consideration. What's confounding is that, even among the women WITHOUT kids, the consensus is that for some reason they also only want men with kids. WTF is that about, besides being sort of hypocritical? You live in LA, so I can only guess if being very family-oriented is as predominant as it is here. My only guess as to why so many women without kids are only seeking men with kids, is that they are simply conformists who drink the Kool-Aid of their fellow single women and assume they need to follow the pack and seek the same family men with kids as their sisterhood dictates.

I might catch some shit for this.

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 6, 2022:

This is why when I see a dating profile where the woman either has a few or more pics of their kids and grandkids, or says in their profile essay that they are " family-oriented", I move on. I won't put up with that kind of shit like you did. I can understand and accept that their family will always...

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 6, 2022:

@twill I think you have her sized up pretty well. The ? now is how do you want to proceed with her. I can't speak for you and am probably too different from you to advise what might be satisfactory for you. I think you said something very telling and insightful, where you said she maybe just wants a "man to be around" for sex and companionship when she feels like having you and it. Sure sounds to me more like a FWB than a normal dating relationship...

The last 2 paragraphs are important to understand.

BufftonBeotch comments on Feb 6, 2022:

Nearly always the unvaxed. Which is mostly republicans. This is enough to swing elections in several states. How many times do you stop the neighbor's kid from running into traffic when they also torture animals?

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 6, 2022:

If only they didn't breed in much greater numbers than the more sensible people, because that tends to make a wash of the numbers they lose to Covid...

So.

anglophone comments on Feb 4, 2022:

This from perhaps one of the most technology advanced countries in the world and one of the most morally backward countries of the world. Thank you for your sharing of yourself like that.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 4, 2022:

Tech advanced and morally bankrupt, along with the most corrupt political system of any first world country, a total plutocracy or oligarchy.

Notice the difference ?

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 3, 2022:

The diff is that Trumpers are white and racist, while his critics are of all colors and have some intelligence. And as far as the tiny numbers of blacks that support Trump, well, there's no accounting for stupid....

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 3, 2022:

@HippieChick58 No doubt it's always one of the three, except for selfish rich blacks like Herman Cain, who support Repubs because they are greedheads.

Oklahoma lawmaker wants to fire teachers who offend students' religious beliefs

linxminx comments on Feb 1, 2022:

It's here. Already. The stupidity and nonsense. It's here. I'm currently dealing with this... -President of the college tells me to propose a new major, which I do. -A student enrolls at the college in anticipation of this new major. -18 months later the new major proposal is denied. -I'm ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 1, 2022:

Don't you just love admins that are both chickenshit about standing up to students and parents, but are also sexist?

Oklahoma lawmaker wants to fire teachers who offend students' religious beliefs

anglophone comments on Feb 1, 2022:

What about permanently excluding any student that violates the religious beliefs of any other student? The great quantity of stupidity among Oklahoma's lawmakers is truly monumental.

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 1, 2022:

That's probably because the majority of the lawmakers are willfully ignorant and very religious.

The original strain.

Petter comments on Jan 31, 2022:

The only major question remaining is "How lethal is it?"

TomMcGiverin replies on Feb 1, 2022:

@Scott321 The two graph lines actually look pretty close together, so I wouldn't make that big a deal about one variant over the other.

Priorities for next 14 days : No matter what , making sure I have no wear down panties on and ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 30, 2022:

I have no doubt you felt as bad as this poor dog, but I'm sure you still looked much better than the pooch. Sorry you went thru this.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 30, 2022:

@Pralina1 Never have had a kidney stone nor diverticulitus, and hope I never do. Family members have had one or the other and they sound terrible.

Today I realized that matchmakers are still a thing.

Mitch07102 comments on Jan 30, 2022:

In a world of social media and large numbers of shared-interest sites, matchmakers seem to have limited utility. I would be skeptical.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 30, 2022:

The skepticism is warranted, but one should also be wary of internet paths of connecting with potential matches, since there is so much lying and misrepresentation on there as well. On the net, you can pretend to be whatever you want, and no one can usually verify who someone is until they meet up with them offline or get enough truthful info to get a background check thru law enforcement or an agency or company that does those checks.

Today I realized that matchmakers are still a thing.

racocn8 comments on Jan 29, 2022:

I tried a match service. It was pricey, and I tried to get a guarantee added to the contract. They agreed. That should have been a red flag, but hope easily blinds one to such things. This group had a suite in a high rise, furniture, staff, computers, videos, files, the whole nine yards. After a ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 30, 2022:

Glad she got the horrible death she deserved, since there is no afterlife for her to face justice in...

Today I realized that matchmakers are still a thing.

BufftonBeotch comments on Jan 29, 2022:

I'd like someone just to watch some movies or Ozark with go out to dinner at some places with someone who had an adventurous mouth. Maybe even do some bumpety bump now and then. I do not want a long term person sharing space ever again. I just can't see that as being a thing I ever want again....

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 30, 2022:

@BufftonBeotch As far as Allen Ginsberg, probably just as well that you never had sex with him, as I heard he swung gay rather than straight..

Today I realized that matchmakers are still a thing.

BufftonBeotch comments on Jan 29, 2022:

I'd like someone just to watch some movies or Ozark with go out to dinner at some places with someone who had an adventurous mouth. Maybe even do some bumpety bump now and then. I do not want a long term person sharing space ever again. I just can't see that as being a thing I ever want again....

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 30, 2022:

@BufftonBeotch To each their own as far as culture and entertainment. I still don't see why my reply rates laughter on your part, Lori, but I guess that's the context gap with emoji and net discussion.

Today I realized that matchmakers are still a thing.

BufftonBeotch comments on Jan 29, 2022:

I'd like someone just to watch some movies or Ozark with go out to dinner at some places with someone who had an adventurous mouth. Maybe even do some bumpety bump now and then. I do not want a long term person sharing space ever again. I just can't see that as being a thing I ever want again....

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 29, 2022:

I can relate to and share some of your sentiments, but my one LTR was a long and happy marriage, so I don't have all that negative baggage about relationships. I would like another regular companion who would become my second life partner, but that would not necessarily involve living together in the next few or even several years. And I definitely don't need or even want to get married again unless the woman really wants it and is worth compromising on that as her dealbreaker. And since I am not interested in someone who is strongly religious, that is not likely to come up as any woman's dealbreaker.

Gov tells Bette Midler to kiss dog’s ‘heinie’ - and shows it

nogod4me comments on Jan 29, 2022:

Funny, all that did was prove Bette Midler's point.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 29, 2022:

I hate it when Repub pols are rewarded by playing to the rednecks in their states. Mainly because I hate rednecks and their whole country music, lowlife culture. It's bad enough living in Iowa, but Texas, Florida, the rest of the South, and esp. WV, would all be worse..

Getting a foot of snow here crazy

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 29, 2022:

You are right, doesn't snow in Delaware a whole lot. My boys got plenty in Philadelphia. I moved to Chicago this year, so, snow is common. When I lived in South Central Pennsylvania (Lancaster, York, Gettysburg) we got a fair amount of snow.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 29, 2022:

@Beowulfsfriend It seems to me the Amish are ok with tech as long as it doesn't disrupt or undermine their family and societal structure as well as their traditions. I admire the way they bend tech to meet their wishes, and needs, all very mindfully, rather than be seduced or enslaved to its temptations.

Lawrence Welk thought the refrain "Sweet Jesus" made it a modern hymn.

BufftonBeotch comments on Jan 28, 2022:

I had the youth choir director at the church to which I was dragged convinced "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night was a christian song for years. I was sort of a rotten kid.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 28, 2022:

@Gwendolyn2018 Doesn't surprise me that he liked hers the best.

Lawrence Welk thought the refrain "Sweet Jesus" made it a modern hymn.

BufftonBeotch comments on Jan 28, 2022:

I had the youth choir director at the church to which I was dragged convinced "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night was a christian song for years. I was sort of a rotten kid.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 28, 2022:

@Gwendolyn2018 Next to Cohen himself, Lang's version is my favorite of all the covers. It's appropriate that she was chosen by his son to sing it at his memorial concert years ago.

Entitled white mentality uses language divisiveness to hoard power.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 27, 2022:

The moral here is "Mind your own damned business"...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 27, 2022:

@AnonySchmoose Also a good policy as well.....

Those mocking and celebrating the deaths of the un-vaxxed. What you going to do about this guy?

rogerbenham comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Declaration: I am unvaxed. I never feared Covid. My doctor warned me it would kill me because I've had a cardiac arrest. But when one has died, one usually no longer fears death. I don't. My reason against the vax was that I did not want to be a guinea pig for a trial. I decided that I'd wait about...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 27, 2022:

I totally agree with you about 9-11 and I only trust our government as far as I can throw it, but in the case of Covid, since it doesn't discriminate against the rich and powerful, I do think the fed government is telling the truth about the dangers of it and the need for vaccination. It does the ruling class no good if this turns into The Black Plague again and kills off lots of them.

Who will replace Justice Breyer?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 26, 2022:

I would prefer someone a lot more progressive than Obama.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 27, 2022:

It'll never happen. Both parties only pick Justices who are corporatists.

Has anyone else found this sitehttps://atheist.social/popular ?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 24, 2022:

I wonder if it has any members in central Iowa? Maybe it might some day have enough members to offer real opportunities to meet other singles who are non-believers that actually live nearby us, unlike this site.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 24, 2022:

@azzow2 I wouldn't put much faith or hope in word of mouth advertising for the site. It never worked for this site after the admin. gave up on promoting it with FB ads, and for that matter I tried talking up the site to a bunch of people in my area that were members of the local atheists group. And not a single person joined later on after that from my area. I tried doing a search on this new site for members in the Des Moines Iowa area and got no results. Also, Aaron, I have no interest in finding a "Miss Right Now"....different strokes for different folks...

Hell, even a cat is too much commitment for me.

Sticks48 comments on Jan 18, 2022:

I actually had a pet orange for over 20 years. It finally started crumbling to dust. I miss that orange. ☹

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 22, 2022:

At least it was low maintainence, for a musician on the road, it sounds ideal....

The Last Resort (2013 Remaster) - YouTube

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 18, 2022:

I actually heard a guy sing this recently at karaoke. What a powerful song! I never had even heard of it before. Don Henley with another songwriting gem. Reminds me of another one of his masterful downbeat songs, A Month Of Sundays, about the demise of family farms.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 19, 2022:

@MerlinZap My favorite song of his solo career is The End Of The Innocence, a meditation on the Reagan years, that he co-wrote with Bruce Hornsby... Second favorite is Heart Of The Matter..

It is Janis Joplin's birthday.

LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 19, 2022:

And "Bobby McGee"!

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 19, 2022:

I have so always hated that song, and wish that I didn't have to hear the hicks at karaoke sing it so often. Undoubtedly, it's the only Janis song they know, outside of maybe also Mercedes Benz, which is just a throwaway a cappella song that is also country style.

I have been talking to a social worker over the past several weeks.

Julie808 comments on Jan 16, 2022:

117 - no wonder I prefer to be a hermit - haha! I think I rejected permission for the cookies and the test still worked.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 17, 2022:

I had less luck. After answering the last ?, it required me to disable my ad blocker to get my result. I didn't want to allow ads, so I don't know my score.

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Castlepaloma comments on Jan 15, 2022:

IN my OFFENSE Did a check list #YES ...Unvaccinated Canadian and brave and proud of it #Racist, NO. ...Was married to an Aztec Mexican and have a daughter from her. Most girlfriends in my lifetime were non white and friends. Traveled 6 continent's. # Misogynistic. NO... Once thought I ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 17, 2022:

TMI.... Silly me. I thought life stories were only shared in special AA meetings.