"I heard the news today, oh boy.

Budgie comments on Aug 21, 2021:

Sir PTerry said that a man is not truly dead until his name is no longer spoken. When the ripples from the actions of these men have finally stopped. So while you talk of them and while you embody the best of them they live on.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 21, 2021:

I agree with that. It's like the Mexican Day Of The Dead. After no one who is alive remembers you, only then are you truly dead to the world.

"I heard the news today, oh boy.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 20, 2021:

Thank you for all your supportive reactions. It makes me realize how many of you are much like my old friend and coach, which is always good for me to be reminded of, that I am not alone in being a square peg in a round hole culture, at least where I live and probably also where a lot of, if not all...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@Petter Sad, but true.

"I heard the news today, oh boy.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 20, 2021:

Thank you for all your supportive reactions. It makes me realize how many of you are much like my old friend and coach, which is always good for me to be reminded of, that I am not alone in being a square peg in a round hole culture, at least where I live and probably also where a lot of, if not all...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@Petter You have a point, many Americans are now identifying as non-religious, but I bet you that relatively few of them live in the Midwest and particularly in Iowa in general and esp. where I live. My city has tons of churches, and even a Bible college. Way more churches than bars, which tells you something about the local culture. There is also almost no entertainment here for mature, educated thinking adults, as high school sports are the main entertainment here, same as in some small, rural podunk town. There really is no nightlife here and they roll up the sidewalks at 9 pm., figureatively. They may as well as practically everyone is young families and old retired folks. That is why I drive to Des Moines or West Des Moines for all my entertainment, culture, and seeing my local friends, because they all live there.

"I heard the news today, oh boy.

Mooolah comments on Aug 20, 2021:

How fortunate you were to have such a mentor. We are all flawed in some way. To be a positive influence on a young life is a most valuable gift.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 20, 2021:

It really is and for me, someone like him, a true fellow non-conformist, is very rare in Iowa and the Midwest in general, as the mainstream culture is so militantly about enforced politeness, conformity, etc.

"I heard the news today, oh boy.

Pralina1 comments on Aug 19, 2021:

So he is not really dead Tom , in a way , through u and your actions and your character , part of him will remain alive . And as u passing and sharing his lessons along to others , parts of him will remain alive even longer . I am sorry u feel his loss and the sadness today . 🙁🙁🙁

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 19, 2021:

Thanks Pralina. If I may share a song with you, by one of my old fav bands, The Velvet Underground, I have been thinking of this song all day and evening after I got the news. The song is called Last Night I Said Goodbye To My Friend. It was written and performed, just once, by the three surviving members of the band, just months after the death of their other founding member, when they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1996. Listening to the song on You Tube has always choked me up. I hope the song moves you as well, if you give it a listen. And yes, I agree that none of us is completely dead or gone for good, as long as we are remembered and live on in the hearts, character, etc. of those we have influenced or loved. However, once all of those people are gone, then were truly gone for good and probably forgotten as well, for the most part, with the exception of the famous and infamous.

Not a lot of difference is it

powder comments on Aug 17, 2021:

The difference is the Taliban are the winners.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 19, 2021:

@powder I could be a starry-eyed idealist on this, but I really think the vast majority of eligible voters in America are sick of the corruption of both major parties and have figured out that both of them are only responsive and interested in serving the rich and corporations, and are sick as well of the legalized bribery that is American politics, esp. at the federal level. So if a third party could raise the kind of money that Sanders did, poll as high as he did for their candidate, I think they could convince the voters to drop the duopoly for them, and at least try it for one cycle. Because most voters, esp. the ones who stopped voting, really want a better choice and would risk voting for it if they thought their vote for it would actually make a difference.

Not a lot of difference is it

powder comments on Aug 17, 2021:

The difference is the Taliban are the winners.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@powder I think those are good ideas, and another idea would be supporting single payer healthcare, and campaign finance reform, including overturning Citizen's United with a constitutional amendment, and finally, a wealth tax on the top 1% and Wall Street speculation on stock trading. The third party should couple the wealth tax with a tax reduction for lower classes of Americans and increase the income tax rates back to where they were before Reagan for the top income groups. Of course, the corporate media and both major parties would oppose all this, but those policies would attract a hell of a lot of votes if the public thought the candidates from that party had a chance of winning. Another policy would be lowering the prices of prescription meds for all Americans by allowing importation of drugs from Canada and Europe as well as allowing Medicare to negotiate directly with drug makers on prices for drugs in Medicare drug plans.

Not a lot of difference is it

powder comments on Aug 17, 2021:

The difference is the Taliban are the winners.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@powder I do agree that in America from Trump's term on we will keep getting one-term presidents as the voters ping pong back and forth between the two parties over who controls the federal government, and that is because of how similar the two parties are on the most important policy areas, like war, taxes, corporate rule, etc. The voters are tired of having little real choice between the two major parties on much besides the usual culture wars, and so most voters either drop out of voting or blindly hope that the party out of power at any time would maybe be better than the one in power, so they ping pong back and forth. If a third party was viable enough to raise the money needed, get on TV to run ads thru the whole campaign. etc., I think most voters would gladly give them a try, instead of voting for one of the two major party candidates for prez, but only if some independent polling showed them the third party candidate had a real chance of winning. That would be enough to get most voters to stop choosing the lesser evil and their fear of wasting their vote, etc. which keeps most people from voting their real choice for prez. Of course, ranked choice voting would solve all that, but the two major parties will never allow that in federal elections.

Not a lot of difference is it

powder comments on Aug 17, 2021:

The difference is the Taliban are the winners.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@powder You may have misunderstood me, powder, maybe not. I was trying to say that the Dem Party is pretty likely to lose control of the congress in the next elections, so after that, the Repubs and the Taliban will both be the winners and those in power over the respective countries. I won't be surprised if Biden steps down before his term is up.

Dare to question god's wisdom?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 18, 2021:

It's not about feeling protected, it's because, for many of them, having a gun makes them feel like more of a man....

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@MrDragon Very possible..

Haha!!! Alabama's completely out of ICU beds... pathetic.

hankster comments on Aug 18, 2021:

wow.. not too often you run across someone who's willing to laugh at the sick and dying. they must really be superior to do so.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 18, 2021:

Why be so hard on people like Gwendolyn for being uncaring about the anti-vaxers? They sure as fuck don't care about their effect on us, so let them die...

Dare to question god's wisdom?

MrDragon comments on Aug 18, 2021:

Has nothing to do with god, packing a gun makes them feel like they have a dick and balls.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 18, 2021:

That's what I said below, about at least some of them.

Dare to question god's wisdom?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 18, 2021:

It's not about feeling protected, it's because, for many of them, having a gun makes them feel like more of a man....

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@Mooolah I don't know, but I suppose that women mainly own guns for protection or because they enjoy target shooting.

Not a lot of difference is it

powder comments on Aug 17, 2021:

The difference is the Taliban are the winners.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 18, 2021:

That difference may not last very long, powder...

Perspective

JonnaBononna comments on Aug 17, 2021:

Success for me is being happy- having enough to get by, people who love you and people you love, the ability to do things you love- preferably for work, but at least the free time to do it if not.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 17, 2021:

To me, that sounds like not only a successful life, but also one with a healthy balance. The former is not possible, to me, without the latter.

The covid-19 pandemic in the United States is likely going to have waves of mutation and reinfection...

Notlost comments on Aug 17, 2021:

Even though, and possibly BECAUSE my husband is antimask, antivax, despite the fact that we have grandchildren and children with asthma, I do think we need to heavy-handedly segregate antivaxers. Round em up. Free the children & put the antivaxers in those cages!

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 17, 2021:

@domos You sound like you are in favor of letting the anti vaxers and right wingers hold us hostage against doing the best thing for the public health because they threaten violence against the government and those on the left don't? Man, that sounds a bit like maybe the left should have taken up violence and threats of violence against our corrupt government long ago, if that is what it takes to influence policy...It's interesting that the last times the left threatened or committed violence against the government to influence policy, the 60s thru the early 80s, the federal government quickly moved to crush and sometimes murder them, but if the groups on the right threaten or use violence, the government is either slower to respond, or goes lighter on them, since the 80s. And don't talk about Ruby Ridge or Waco as examples, as Ruby Ridge was one person killed, versus a mass murder of Black Panthers or of the MOVE organization in Philadelphia, and Waco was people being killed by their own leader's actions, not the FBI.

The covid-19 pandemic in the United States is likely going to have waves of mutation and reinfection...

jlynn37 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

I personally believe that segregation of "the other", in the general population, is almost always bad. One can segregate themselves if they choose to do so, which is an individual choice. There are exceptions of course, e.g. prison populations.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 17, 2021:

@domos So maybe they are hoping to commit sort of a genocide against those who are to the left of them politically, even tho it will probably have an equal effect on those from their political side?

To all those democrat supporters whom everytime there is criticism of Biden/ Harris/ Democrats they ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 16, 2021:

I began criticizing Biden as soon as I knew the fix was in with the Dem leaders for him to get the nomination instead of Bernie, so, yes, I was never waiting on this mess to begin criticizing him, esp. with all the campaign promises he has already dropped without even trying to get them passed in ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 17, 2021:

@powder I am. Most people do not have the moral courage to continue to support someone like Bernie, for example, on principle, after they lose a primary race. They just switch to backing the winner, whoever it is, because they care more about supporting the winner on their side, regardless of how corrupt or bad a choice they might be. They keep settling for less and they keep getting worse and worse leaders for their side. And that gets easier and easier to do when you have no real firm principles, and instead have only a principle of Blue No Matter who....

I don't believe in government authority, the only reason I pay any taxes is to avoid jail or being ...

Deb57 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

What a convoluted way of saying you refuse to accept any kind of civic or community responsibility or accountability. All I see from your "stance" is a failure to carry your fair share of the load of humanity.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 16, 2021:

Agreed. That's why I hate Libertarian political philosophy, it's the ultimate form of selfish individualism and seems very immature to me, since selfishness is very natural in very young children and these people seem to have never grown out of it. They want all of their freedoms, but don't want to sacrifice or give anything to the common good, which most adults are mature enough to realize is necessary, unless you are living on your own island,,,,,,

Let's Start "Nation Building" America, Again.

JonnaBononna comments on Aug 16, 2021:

We need to drop imperialism completely. Give all US territories and DC statehood, stop being the world police and cut the "defense" budget by about half. Then we can talk about nation building. But I know, it's a pipe dream. We'll be in another war soon enough.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 16, 2021:

So true! Nation-building is code language or rationalization for imperialism, which the US has been in the business of for most of its existence, following in the footsteps of the British, who taught the practice to our leaders. At least the British learned enough from their mistakes to get out of the practice of imperialism decades ago, but not us..

Let's Start "Nation Building" America, Again.

HankHunter13 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Wow, So Much Positivity. You Can't Piss All Over The Good News, To Me.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 16, 2021:

@JonnaBononna You got it! I am so fucking sick of how deluded Americans are about where our politics stand against Europe or the rest of developed countries that are so-called democracies, where Bernie Sanders, for crying out loud, would be seen as a centrist, not a communist or even a socialist, under Euro standards. But few Americans will ever realize this, as about the only ones who ever actually travel abroad and learn what the rest of the world is like, are the rich, who have a vested interest in our corporate media keeping the rest of America ignorant and gullible for all the lies about America being the best system around. And outside of the rich, the few other Americans who end up traveling abroad and seeing how the rest of the world works, are those career military personnel, and they, like the rich, end up buying all the propaganda the military gives them about how we are the best, etc., since it helps them feel more comfortable and proud of their occupation, instead of living with doubts or guilt, which most people are not strong enough to allow themselves to feel.

Let's Start "Nation Building" America, Again.

WilliamCharles comments on Aug 16, 2021:

An Eisenhower era tax structure would sure help.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 16, 2021:

Can't do that, (sarcasm) or it would be penalizing the job creators, punishing success, etc...

Let's Start "Nation Building" America, Again.

HankHunter13 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Wow, So Much Positivity. You Can't Piss All Over The Good News, To Me.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 16, 2021:

What is your point, that we are overly negative because we don' throw a parade for Biden because he finally finished a withdrawl that Trump had already begun? This war should have ended long ago, while Biden was Obama's VP, so no hero cake for him....Unless one is not cynical enough or brain dead, as I said below, we will begin the next long war soon enough, in a country to be named later...

Let's Start "Nation Building" America, Again.

JonnaBononna comments on Aug 16, 2021:

We never built this nation properly to begin with.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 16, 2021:

No shit..

Afghanistan Irag BushSr BushJr DickCheney MedicareForAll NoMoreEndlessWars

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Simple. Those 45K deaths are of peasants, while the endless wars were for the profits that wars generate for corporations and a few wealthy individuals. The 3000 dead Americans from 9-11 were just an excuse for beginning endless wars, not the real reason for the wars. But the corporate media and the...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 16, 2021:

@HankHunter13 Glad to see you recognize that war is nothing but a racket and all for the benefit of the ruling class and corporations, never for the good of us peasants who are sent to fight it. Too bad the sheeple never catch on to this.

Sunday morning cuteness...Sweet dreams

Spinliesel comments on Aug 15, 2021:

Lots of catnip?

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 15, 2021:

Yup, that cat looks very stoned or buzzed.....

How many of you can be single and happy

Barnie2years comments on Aug 13, 2021:

Define happy? I’m content, and compared to how unhappy I was in my marriages, I consider myself lucky to be single. At this point I can’t imagine subjecting myself to that kind of unhappiness again.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 14, 2021:

One of the best lines I ever read on the subject was on the reality dating show Blind Date, where one of the single women on the show said, "I'd just like to meet someone I didn't want to kill at the end of the day..." Talk about a low bar, lol....

US coronavirus: 'This is starting to look really ominous in the South,' expert says, as US is among ...

bookofmorons comments on Aug 14, 2021:

Is this part of the Make America Great Again strategy? if so it seems to be working

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 14, 2021:

@mischl You are surely joking with you beginning line about Alaska, as I've always heard the ratio of women to men there is extremely low.

US coronavirus: 'This is starting to look really ominous in the South,' expert says, as US is among ...

bookofmorons comments on Aug 14, 2021:

Is this part of the Make America Great Again strategy? if so it seems to be working

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 14, 2021:

@mischl I understand. I might have to move myself if the US splits, as Iowa is a red state. But for me it might be worth moving, if I went somewhere with a better dating pool, lol..

US coronavirus: 'This is starting to look really ominous in the South,' expert says, as US is among ...

bookofmorons comments on Aug 14, 2021:

Is this part of the Make America Great Again strategy? if so it seems to be working

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 14, 2021:

If the South seceded again and we let them go this time, that might make America great again, as far as I'm concerned.

Stupid and religion is a plague. How to tell from the stupid from the smart?

MrDragon comments on Aug 13, 2021:

They are trumptards, and they are selfish, and braindead, and they don't care about anyone and are only focused on their own bellybutton.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 13, 2021:

@CatManDoDeDo I really think that in the case of those elites you are talking about, it is not about intelligence, but about their anger and oppositional defiance of any authority they disagree with. And in that sense, they have the emotional maturity and emotional intelligence of a toddler... "You can't make me!" No, we can't make you, but if you die, that will take care of all of it, won't it?

I'm at a loss on more of these dating profiles. This has to be fake, right?

Lavergne comments on Aug 12, 2021:

I believe he thought he was posting this on Indeed (the job site). He's looking for an employee....with benefits. hahahahaha

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 12, 2021:

Probably like most jobs I had, where the benefits were not so great, lol. Of course, I'm only talking about real employment positions.

I'm at a loss on more of these dating profiles. This has to be fake, right?

Pralina1 comments on Aug 12, 2021:

I wish i was encountering this , preferably in a night that I am off and rested and after coffee 😂 This is at least hilarious . “ bitch , if I am young and healthy and Btwn 29-40 , like hell I need a boss or someone to tell me what time of the day is for work and what time of the night is for...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 12, 2021:

Pralina, you are the queen of the snappy put down! If you were my age, I would have such a crush on you....

I'm at a loss on more of these dating profiles. This has to be fake, right?

dalefvictor comments on Aug 11, 2021:

I am a guy and I would not let an enemy answer this has to be fake, as who in their right mind would give half a good business to someone who may sue them for half of it in the future. At least this is my opinion.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 12, 2021:

A wise answer. Only an idiot would mix his sex life, and romantic life from the git go with his business partnership, with all the potential that the first two could go sour or south, and then endanger his business/work life, ending in losing half or it, if it didn't already fail from the bad working relationship, to the woman...

The FDA is expected to approve covid19 vaccine booster shots for the immunocompromised within the ...

Lauren comments on Aug 11, 2021:

I've been hoping for this. I was vaccinated in February, and a lot of Phfizer materials state a 6-month efficacy before effectiveness diminishes. I got a cold with a bad cough last week, so it's been on my mind.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 12, 2021:

@KKGator I am not immunocompromised, but I got my shots in that same time period, so their effectiveness may run out sometime fall..

P.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2021:

None of us are getting any younger. You are nice looking and seem compatible on your profile info, but you aren't getting any closer to where I live than several hundred miles away from me, so I'll have to pass. Where the hell is Hurst? I have no idea where you live, but I hope your local dating ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 12, 2021:

@SonderOpia I feel your pain, Texas could only be worse than Iowa for a dating pool, unless you like cowboys, rednecks, and asshole Trumpers or religious men. And I thought I had it bad here...

The FDA is expected to approve covid19 vaccine booster shots for the immunocompromised within the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Aug 11, 2021:

I am not immunocompromised, so I am going to wait til it is recommended for everyone to have an additional shot, or maybe if they think the over 60 set should have an additional shot. I am willing to wait for those more in need than I am to have another shot.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 12, 2021:

I'm in the same boar as you, I will wait until my primary doc recommends it. I was vaxed in Mar. April, so my shots should still be effective for a while longer.

I find that it is usually best to date women with low expectations.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2021:

It depends what areas of expectations you are talking about. I don't have high or medium expectations, for example, on how many of my interests they share, as long as they share some of them. I don't expect them to have above average health, since mine isn't either. Same with looks. I don't expect ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 11, 2021:

@hankster Exactly! Save the expectations only for the areas that really matter, not the fantasy wish list, etc...

I find that it is usually best to date women with low expectations.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2021:

It depends what areas of expectations you are talking about. I don't have high or medium expectations, for example, on how many of my interests they share, as long as they share some of them. I don't expect them to have above average health, since mine isn't either. Same with looks. I don't expect ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 11, 2021:

Glad you like it, hankster. As the guy said in Goodfellas, "So, do I amuse you, like a clown?"..... Just messing with ya...

We need a patch. [agnostic.com] .

ADKSparky comments on Aug 11, 2021:

Like a nicotine patch? 🤣

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 11, 2021:

Probably more something more like the Vulcan Mind Meld, from Star Trek...

I'm at a loss on more of these dating profiles. This has to be fake, right?

Detritus comments on Aug 11, 2021:

He might be recruiting for a sex slave ring.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 11, 2021:

That's really not a wild leap, as I have heard that many sex slave rings use ads seeking foreign women to immigrate, promising legit jobs that always turn out to be non existent once the women show up and are captured.

I'm at a loss on more of these dating profiles. This has to be fake, right?

Lauren comments on Aug 11, 2021:

It's odd to consider the women who will find him to be a real catch (and be assured some do). Here's an assignment for an aspiring Nellie Bly.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 11, 2021:

It might make for a good investigative story. He seems to want a serious girlfriend who will also become a business and work partner. And do so fast...If he is sincere, maybe it is more honest and upfront than most single men on dating sites. But I would think most women would see this ad or profile and feel he is putting the cart before the horse and asking for too much too soon from a woman who doesn't know him at all.

Well, I'll be damned (again), Cuomo was finally forced to resign.

ThinkingFree comments on Aug 10, 2021:

Well said, Tom !!!

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 10, 2021:

Thank you, I try...

Well, I'll be damned (again), Cuomo was finally forced to resign.

silverotter11 comments on Aug 10, 2021:

Good post. Too bad he was so old school touchy feelie Italian male. I grew up around guys like that, usually if you put them in their place life goes on. It was clear to me early on the gop party is the worst when it comes to how women and minorities are treated. Remember Phylis Schlafly, she ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 10, 2021:

Makes you wonder sometimes. Those women seem to have no sisterhood loyalty to their gender. I guess if you buy the "rugged individualist" Kool-Aid, enough, you are willing to leave your gender membership behind...

Well, I'll be damned (again), Cuomo was finally forced to resign.

Pralina1 comments on Aug 10, 2021:

🙌🙌🙌

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 10, 2021:

Thanks, Pralina, I try...

Everywhere we go in Italy there are signs similar to this one, taken in a McDonalds.

Canndue comments on Aug 10, 2021:

Well, if the COVID doesn’t get them, that shitty food will, just a little slower…

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 10, 2021:

@Petter Many Americans will gladly eat shit and pay for it. You certainly do with most of the McDonalds menu here in the states, lol....

Atheist Agenda How do they know us so well? PS – Not sure what time 8:80 a.m. is. 😄

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 9, 2021:

Doesn't fit me. I enjoy sleeping late and am too lazy to do all that stuff...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 9, 2021:

@Apunzelle Whatever time that means, you smartass!...

Let's talk about people who describe their STDS on a dating site.

JGal comments on Aug 9, 2021:

I was chatting with a guy who told me he got hep B as a respiratory therapist. That freaked me out. I think that's a forever diagnosis. So yes, a deal breaker.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 9, 2021:

@RonWilliam53 That's what I thought I heard too...

How?

OldMetalHead comments on Aug 9, 2021:

Just a suggestion.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 9, 2021:

Looks like a winner to me. Like Pink Floyd said, "Have a cigar",,,,,

How?

Sticks48 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

Drugs and alcohol?

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 9, 2021:

Spoken like a true musician. So many of your peers seem to have turned to those to cope, tho I'm sure you were offering this tongue in cheek...

How?

TheMiddleWay comments on Aug 9, 2021:

Focus on the small instead of dwelling on the large. The world may be falling apart around me but I will still find happiness in playing an instrument, reading a book, or the company of a friend.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 9, 2021:

Quite true. I feel lately that humankind as a whole is doomed, but there is hope and happiness as well, available for us as individuals.

How?

jlynn37 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

To start with ... "To thine own self be true".

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 9, 2021:

Yup, if you can't accept and like yourself, nobody else will do that either regarding you.

Let's talk about people who describe their STDS on a dating site.

Pralina1 comments on Aug 8, 2021:

Oh hell yeah . I need to see test results b4 he sees my bedroom . Take it or leave it , I don’t care 😂 Deal breaker ? Yes . I have 1000 problems as it is , and I don’t need health to be added . I smoked ciggarets up to 2018( STUPID ) , I already know where my future cancer is coming from ,...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 8, 2021:

@Pralina1 So sorry to hear that. I was assuming it was either that or mental illness. I hope you had a full recovery from the heart attack.

Let's talk about people who describe their STDS on a dating site.

Pralina1 comments on Aug 8, 2021:

Oh hell yeah . I need to see test results b4 he sees my bedroom . Take it or leave it , I don’t care 😂 Deal breaker ? Yes . I have 1000 problems as it is , and I don’t need health to be added . I smoked ciggarets up to 2018( STUPID ) , I already know where my future cancer is coming from ,...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 8, 2021:

What was your MI at 23 refer to? I have a guess, but don't want to assume. BTW, thanks for the hug emoji...

Let's talk about people who describe their STDS on a dating site.

MichelleGar1 comments on Aug 8, 2021:

After a relationship ends I get tested just in case, so far nothing. Happy to be in a healthy, committed relationship with metalhead222 who I met on this site!

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 8, 2021:

I think that is very wise to get tested after a long relationship, esp. if you have any doubts about whether they were faithful to you. I guess I never thought about doing that since I was widowed. Maybe I will go in again for testing if I find someone compatible, but right now, I guess I don't feel much need the way things are going. I probably should anyway, but I would be afraid of going in on my own and getting bad news, with only friends to comfort me.

Where is the best place to meet members of the opposite sex?

bobwjr comments on Jul 29, 2021:

Gave up

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 7, 2021:

At times I feel like giving up, but I dread even more being alone the rest of my life. I got pretty spoiled, I guess, by my late wife before she got ill.

With all the things going on, I thought it would be nice to check up on everyone.

Sticks48 comments on Aug 5, 2021:

Doing well thanks. We are hosting an open mic tonight, and how are you?

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 5, 2021:

@Sticks48 Might hold off on sex til after the surgery and recovery as well. I'm guessing your life is similar enough to mine on the dating front, so that shouldn't be too tough of a wait...

With all the things going on, I thought it would be nice to check up on everyone.

Sticks48 comments on Aug 5, 2021:

Doing well thanks. We are hosting an open mic tonight, and how are you?

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 5, 2021:

@Sticks48 No heavy lifting for you.

I'm 58 and looking for a partner.

Canndue comments on Jul 17, 2021:

For all the lonely men out there, there are just as many lonely women. You can’t catch anything without putting your bait in the water. But if you keep casting in the same pool with only an occasional nibble, try a new pool.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 5, 2021:

@Canndue I don't either, but you are incapable of admitting when you are wrong. You don't know me at all, nor do you know Jack Shitt about my local dating pool, so you have a lot of gall to sit there in your ignorance and judge me, as you have.

I'm 58 and looking for a partner.

Canndue comments on Jul 17, 2021:

For all the lonely men out there, there are just as many lonely women. You can’t catch anything without putting your bait in the water. But if you keep casting in the same pool with only an occasional nibble, try a new pool.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 4, 2021:

@Canndue First of all, I have no idea who Hannah Ferguson is. Secondly, tho you smugly enjoy being critical of me and blaming me for my online dating woes, could it instead really be more of a case of me being too much of a square peg in a round hole dating pool? Because I have had plenty of validation of that from other people from Agnostic.com, both past and present members, who are not active on the forums these days, including Deiter, a former member here who described me as a square peg, etc.. Even tho they are not on this forum to support or stick up for my point on that, it doesn't negate the fact that plenty of people agree with my viewpoint even if they aren't here to dispute your blaming of me. You live in Boston, the land of Blue politics and liberal culture. What the fuck would you know about my local dating pool and trying to find someone compatible in a dating pool where the vast majority would automatically reject most people like you and others from the mainstream culture where you live? You are smugly lucky enough to be part of the mainstream where you live, whether you realize it or not, so have some humility. I doubt you would be so critical if you were single and lived where I do, because you would never agree to live here in the first place, I bet. As for your platitude about find the few attractive features in every women, I assume you are speaking of physical features. I don't want to be crass, but you appear to be average or above average looking, so are you telling me you would settle for a woman who was a 3 or a 4 on the looks scale? I highly doubt it, as few men would with your level of looks, so I reject your platitude there and suspect you are being a hypocrite in your "advice" to me about my standards for attraction. I do however, agree with your generalization about very attractive women, as it matches what most other men have told me about their type, that on the inside they are very unappealing. I have no firsthand experience with them, except for one woman who was a 9, that I met thru a voice personal and was told on the first meeting, directly but kindly, that I was not attractive enough for her standards, but that she would be glad to spend time with me as a friend if I wished that. So I had a great two year friendship with her until not long before I met my late wife. That was the only 9 I ever got to know personally, and I think she was probably quite an exception inside compared to her peers in looks. She happened to be a Christian minister, who knew I was an Agnostic. And she seemed to like my personality just fine, thank you. She left town after her church closed and we lost touch with each other, so you can shove your theory about self-reflection and think about how well you would do in MY dating pool ...

I'm 58 and looking for a partner.

Canndue comments on Jul 17, 2021:

For all the lonely men out there, there are just as many lonely women. You can’t catch anything without putting your bait in the water. But if you keep casting in the same pool with only an occasional nibble, try a new pool.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 4, 2021:

@Canndue I have less than six dealbreakers, but the vast majority of women I encounter on Match seem to have about double that, as far as their hard preferences. So it really doesn't matter if I am pretty open-minded, not if the vast majority of the women in my local dating pool aren't. You combine those two factors with how much I am out of the cultural and lifestyle mainstream of my local area and the Midwest in general, where most everybody is Christian or Catholic, from white conservative families and generally not that open-minded, tolerant or progressive, that is how I end up having to settle for only about 2-3 % of the women being compatible. Because, like most people, I am not willing to settle for someone that is not physically attractive to me. I am a 5-6, and, frankly, women who are less than a 5 are not attractive enough for me to want to date them, no matter how much I might enjoy them as platonic friends. Let's see how much that riles up, like it usually does, our female members. But the brutal fact is that most men and women are the same as me on that. And I have the proof, with how I clearly get more responses to my messaging on Match the lower the women's looks are on the 1-10 scale. Rarely get any replies from the few 8s I ever message, a few more from the 7s, and way more from the 5s and 6s. I call that indisputeable evidence, since all these women are looking at my same profile and I am sending the same kind of message to all of them, save personalized mentions of what their particular profile says. Compromise only works, my friend, if it is practiced on both sides, and most women in my area don't need to compromise much on their preferences that reject me for not being mainstream on culture and lifestyle, because they have more than enough guys who measure up to me on other things, plus being mainstream on culture and lifestyle like these women, to choose from. So why should they be flexible with me when they have plenty of mainstream guys to choose from and they are only looking for mainstream guys, on culture and lifestyle? Because character and heart don't come out very well or clearly until you meet in person or at least do a video chat or phone call. And I usually never get that far or get that chance with women that use a rigid checklist that eliminates me well before that on not having kids, not being Christian or Catholic, not being their lower level of education (even tho I am fine with that), etc.

I'm 58 and looking for a partner.

Canndue comments on Jul 17, 2021:

For all the lonely men out there, there are just as many lonely women. You can’t catch anything without putting your bait in the water. But if you keep casting in the same pool with only an occasional nibble, try a new pool.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 4, 2021:

@Canndue Interesting to me that I answered your ? and then you never replied....

I won't eat 3 items. How about you?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 3, 2021:

Probably half the items on the list are things I won't eat.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 4, 2021:

@BufftonBeotch Extremely picky.

Say Hello to Alice112, the newest christian troll to post a picture in her profile of her big tits.

starwatcher-al comments on Aug 3, 2021:

Has anybody ever met a scammer/troll with small boobs? Didn't think so.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 4, 2021:

Big boobs sell beer, so why would anyone use small boobs to promote an internet romance scam?

Say Hello to Alice112, the newest christian troll to post a picture in her profile of her big tits.

MrDragon comments on Aug 3, 2021:

I think that she's a really a big fat sweaty dude living in his moms basement. You'll notice that all them are from Pennsylvania.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 3, 2021:

@MrDragon Probably. That would be my move if I were living at home with my parent. Stealth moves for everything...

Say Hello to Alice112, the newest christian troll to post a picture in her profile of her big tits.

MrDragon comments on Aug 3, 2021:

I think that she's a really a big fat sweaty dude living in his moms basement. You'll notice that all them are from Pennsylvania.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 3, 2021:

Yeah, but scammers gotta eat too. Got to use whatever works for advertising...

Say Hello to Alice112, the newest christian troll to post a picture in her profile of her big tits.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 3, 2021:

My money says "she" will be gone before the end of the day... At least someone knows how to get the attention of the male audience here, lol.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 3, 2021:

@AmmaRE007 Ha ha, good one.... I look at the whole thing with a chuckle and an eyeroll...

Responsibilities of being a good citizen

LenHazell53 comments on Aug 1, 2021:

I've made the rights AND responsibilities argument for years, but it seems an increasing number of people want all the rights, none of the responsibilities and a denial of those same rights to everyone else. This is their definition of personal freedom ''Do unto others as you assume they would ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 3, 2021:

It's called preemptive oppression.

Thank France backbone and brains about lockdowns A reported 200,000 protesters hit the street ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 2, 2021:

Duplicate post much?

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 2, 2021:

@Castlepaloma Good. A little humility and modesty are always a better look than one of "more of me is better than less".

It’s a shame that the same people that bitch that mask mandates and lockdowns take their freedom ...

Secretguy comments on Aug 2, 2021:

No resources should be wasted on anyone who isn't vaxxed.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 2, 2021:

I wish that hospitals could turn them away and refuse to treat them, but legalities and professional ethics don't allow for that, even tho Bible-thumping pharmacists are allowed to refuse to dispense birth control meds.

Thank France backbone and brains about lockdowns A reported 200,000 protesters hit the street ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 2, 2021:

Duplicate post much?

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 2, 2021:

@Castlepaloma No why would you keep up the duplicate post? To be a troll? To feed your ego? You are just confirming that you are an ass.

Actually dating profile on OKCupid: My self-summary Looking for a casual fling.

RonWilliam53 comments on Aug 1, 2021:

An yet everyone complains about dishonest profiles! He'd do better (maybe)on a hook-up site, though.( please note tongue in cheek)

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 1, 2021:

Exactly, but maybe OK Cupid is a hookup site. I dunno, because I am too old for those sites. I will stick with Match, has lots of people my age, at least for now.

First Date Question

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 31, 2021:

I would never waste my time on a Trumper, once I knew their politics. As for general rules on dating, I usually settle for or initiate a hug at the end of the first in person meeting, which is usually for coffee. I offer to walk them out to their car and do the hug there, if they are comfortable ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 1, 2021:

@K9Kohle789 I think that is very true, Lonnie. Many of Trump's low level aides have realized by now they will not only have a hard time getting sex from most women after being on the Trump team, and those same guys are probably also having a hard time getting new jobs with their Trump history on their resume, so in both cases, these guys are prone to lying about their Trump associations so they can meet their needs for sex or employment. So my advice is don't trust until you have verified.

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Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Aug 1, 2021:

Poor Bean.

TomMcGiverin replies on Aug 1, 2021:

I relate so much to Bean. He's me every time I try to connect with a woman on a dating site who is an 8 on looks. I never have a chance, but I still take a shot at them once in a while, while in the meantime sending almost all of my messages to women who are 6s and 7s in looks.

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DenoPenno comments on Jul 31, 2021:

Delta Variant getting bad in Missouri. I'm fully vaccinated and no longer wear a mask but I have one in my car. If asked to wear it, I will. If this gets worse my corporation will again require us to mask up.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 31, 2021:

@HippieChick58 I'm in the same boat and I live in a city that is extremely red, so I don't trust my neighbors either. Once again, we are on our own if we live in a red state.

Received this latest post on my facebook timeline: People mocking the emotions of cops from January...

think-beyond comments on Jul 30, 2021:

First it's lack of empathy...then the sadists are let loose.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 31, 2021:

Same thing happened in Nazi Germany.

Well I'll be damned.

K9Kohle789 comments on Jul 30, 2021:

I have a date from Match today. We talked on the phone and seem to have a lot of the same likes. Hey I haven't really dated for 20 yrs; should be interesting. I put I don't like straggly beards and he has a short neat one but its 3 colors I think. I haven't been on Match for a long time and it seems...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 31, 2021:

@K9Kohle789 Join the club, Lonnie. Here in Iowa, as I said, the men have to do all the pursuing on sites like Match, at least if they are only average looking like me. For all I know, it could be that some women in my local dating pool actually do make the first move and message some men, but I would bet that only happens if the man is very good looking or the woman is below average looking, so she gets fed up with not getting very many messages from men and decides to take her fate into her own hands. In my experience on Match, for almost four years now, the women who have messaged me first that were not obvious scammers, have almost always been below average looking women like what I already described. And as far as women making the first move when they were average or above average looking women, the women like that I have chatted with on Match have never said they message men first, because they already got so many messages from men that it was overwhelming, so they felt no need to pursue men with initial messaging. My response rate is only about 10% for the first messages I send, and I am probably a lot more selective and personalized in my first messages and who I choose to message than most men. I can only assume it is mostly about my looks not being good enough to compete against the other guys, and also because I don't fit into the preferences of the women I message, regarding their lifestyle, which is usually more mainstream than mine for here, and the mainstream culture they are part of here and I am not. I don't like all that rejection either, but I accept it. As far as the guy's beard, it's interesting that it bothers you and yet you still gave him a chance and met him. It seems to me that many women our age won't accept baldness in an average looking man, maybe they'll accept it if he looks like Shemar Moore with his body, but in my experience, they will simply not even reply to my message if they don't accept baldness. My guess is about 40-50% have this requirement of the man needing a full head of hair, but they will never admit it and put it out there openly in their profile essay, which presently on Match, is the only way you can find that out by viewing their profile. I wish it was in there so I wouldn't waste my time messaging those women.

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HelenRoseBuck comments on Jul 31, 2021:

There are rat finks in church!?

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 31, 2021:

Who would have thought? I already knew there were plenty of jerks and rat finks in any church, Christian or even Unitarian..

Well I'll be damned.

Detritus comments on Jul 30, 2021:

As you said, dating after 40 (20?) is like shopping in a thrift store for the least objectionable shirt that doesnt smell to bad. The questions basically assign people to the size and garment section. You will have no luck looking for a size XXL men’s shirt in the women’s small skirt section.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 30, 2021:

And you will have no luck, only wasted time and grief, messaging women who are shopping with a checklist that you don't fit on or into. One thing that came to mind for me the longer I thought about the format change, was that Match, or any paid dating site, cares way less about whether you successfully find someone to date than they do about how successful they are in getting people to buy paid memberships. Call me cynical, but I think at least part of why they waited so long to restore the profile info on what traits the member was looking for being visible to the profile viewer, was that Match knew that keeping that info hid from the opposite sex viewer of the profile would be less discouraging to potential paid members who don't fit the shopping list of preferred traits that most women are looking for in their local dating pool. And that way the dating site could get more paid memberships from men who had the false hope that them and their traits on the checklist were preferred by more women than was actually the case. It's all about marketing, even if the marketing involves giving people false hope that the dating pool on a site is bigger than it actually is, by keeping old profiles up there long after the member has left the dating site, or by withholding info about the preferences of other members on what traits they are seeking in a partner, to give people with undesired traits thinking that there may be more members interested in them than there actually are for at least that particular dating pool.

Well I'll be damned.

K9Kohle789 comments on Jul 30, 2021:

I have a date from Match today. We talked on the phone and seem to have a lot of the same likes. Hey I haven't really dated for 20 yrs; should be interesting. I put I don't like straggly beards and he has a short neat one but its 3 colors I think. I haven't been on Match for a long time and it seems...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 30, 2021:

Best of luck to you..

Received this latest post on my facebook timeline: People mocking the emotions of cops from January...

AnonySchmoose comments on Jul 30, 2021:

Mockery, lack of empathy, and stupidity were bred into many generations at least since the gilded age. More rich bastards.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 30, 2021:

And we are now into the second Gilded Age...

Received this latest post on my facebook timeline: People mocking the emotions of cops from January...

powder comments on Jul 29, 2021:

Capitalism rewards a lack of empathy. I think that's more to blame, the drive to produce throw away consumer goods to provide instant gratification to me me me. We don't care how it's done; Factory farms etc. Our capitalist measure of success is how much we have compared to others in a totally ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 29, 2021:

Not only capitalism, but our whole corporate media and entertainment industries reinforce the message that fairness, empathy, and compassion for those who are poor is for losers, chumps and whiners who don't appreciate all the opportunity in America to get really rich if you have no empathy and are ruthless enough to become a billionaire like Bezos or Gates, etc. Of course the corporate media and entertainment industries do put on their token displays from time to time of singling out heroes or nice people who act like Good Samaritans or a saint, but most of the time they feed us a steady diet of envy and worship of celebrities and rich people like the Kardashians who are worthless to any real improvement of things, and who if anything are terrible role models of how to live. The idle rich and famous. And not just consumer goods, powder, but also people and relationships are treated as disposable by our corporate media and entertainment industry, in most of the messaging they give us.

I am totally aghast and gobstopped today.

dalefvictor comments on Jul 28, 2021:

My mother did the best she could do. Her side of the family was smart and supportive, my fathers side abusive and alcoholic, they divorced when I was five and my father did work far away. When he showed up things were great, but then we were together for only a week or two a year. The last time I ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 28, 2021:

I can relate. A lot of us came from terrible family situations. It's sad that most Americans are not comfortable with us sharing these kinds of truths with them, as they often react to it by blaming us as being defective or dysfunctional rather than see us as brave and strong to speak our truths. As a result of this, most Americans seem to engage in a group mentality of pretending that all of our families of origin are ideal and happy. It's kind of like the common agreement among white people to deny racism and our history of slavery. Most of us fall into line and abide by it because we don't want to be ostracized or seen as emotionally unstable or mentally ill by bringing up the negative.

Major turnoff: Obvious copy/paste generic greetings. Just...no.

Sticks48 comments on Jul 27, 2021:

I don't know how to copy and paste, so you are safe from me.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 27, 2021:

@Sticks48 Good one. But you seem to have great drumming skills.

Major turnoff: Obvious copy/paste generic greetings. Just...no.

TheoryNumber3 comments on Jul 27, 2021:

Here's the one I love from the dating sites: "I will like to know you more better"

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 27, 2021:

The broken English is always a dead giveaway that it's a scammer or at least someone far away from the US..

Major turnoff: Obvious copy/paste generic greetings. Just...no.

Sticks48 comments on Jul 27, 2021:

I don't know how to copy and paste, so you are safe from me.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 27, 2021:

Neither do I. I am such a dinosaur when it comes to tech. I don't text or own a smartphone. I still have a digital answering machine instead of voice mail, don't want to or ever plan to learn how to text. And I only have Netflix because a friend installed it for me at my apartment using my Wi-Fi on my laptop and connected it to my TV, using his Netflix subscription so it doesn't cost me anything. Otherwise, I never would have gotten it. I am fine with being so last century, because I am still able to communicate as much as I want to with the rest of the world, and I don't have to end up connected 24/7 with everything like most people. Nor do I have to worry about developing all the rude or bad habits of always wanting to be connected to everything on a smartphone, feeling a compulsive need to check for messages and alerts every waking moment, or taking my attention away from a face to face encounter to make sure I'm not missing out on something better socially or some other conversation instead of the one I should be attending to in person. People should quit being so goddamn selfish when they show up or make plans to meet in person. Either commit to be fully present and attentive to that person or else don't make those plans with them or spend time with them if they aren't stimulating or interesting enough to hold your attention when you are with them. The bottom line is, most people I have seen who are embracing the new tech stuff, like smart phones, have ended up becoming more selfish and self-centered, as well as rude and more emotionally dis-connected from others, because the technology encourages it and makes it more easy and convenient to behave that way. And I will not be friends with or date anyone that has gotten caught up in all that. Kind of like alcohol, new tech just brings out more of the inner personality of who people really are, because of tech's convenience and impersonality.

WATCH: Disgraced Fox News host Tucker Carlson called out as 'worst human' during Montana vacation - ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 25, 2021:

You can call someone out in public as long as you don't threaten them physically, don't touch them, and don't follow them once they turn around and walk away from you, since doing the latter could be trumped up as a stalking charge. Of course, it's much sweeter if you record it on video so you can ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 25, 2021:

@BufftonBeotch Yeah, I saw that, typical condescending prick behavior. If Bailey were as much of a thin-skinned pussy as Tucker, he could have sued him for touching him, but Bailey is like me, not enough of a chickenshit to resort to suing someone for touching him. Instead, guys like me and him would prefer that Tucker actually take a swing at us, so that we could legally beat the shit out of him in self defense and put him in the hospital. But I hear you, and I too hope that Tucker eventually touches the wrong guy, someone who is willing to go to jail for beating the shit out of him and is too poor to sue for money. In other words, someone so poor and desperate they have nothing to lose.

Anti-vax Hillsong Church member Stephen Harmon, 34, dies of Covid after posting 'I got 99 problems ...

silverotter11 comments on Jul 24, 2021:

I had read he got covid, had been put on a ventilator and was asking for prayers 'cause he really needs a miracle right about now. My first thought was, Dude!! your god sent it to ya, it's called the vaccine ya fool! So he did not get the miracle he asked for, oiy, always with the conditions and ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 25, 2021:

@SeaGreenEyez So true, all of that. They are dangerous and toxic to our country as a whole. It's ironic that in their minds, they are the most patriotic among us, and yet, to anyone who is rational and sane, they are causing the most harm to others of anyone, as far as immediate harm their health. Short of those that murder in cold blood, they are the most immediate threat we have right now to the health of most people. They are no different than those with HIV in the early days of the AIDS crisis back in the 80s, who would go around knowingly infecting others because they didn't think HIV was deadly or simply didn't care about others. Too bad a lot of our leaders learned nothing from that about how public health trumps individual rights in any sane society.

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anglophone comments on Jul 24, 2021:

Iowa is governed by idiots and the willfully ignorant.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 24, 2021:

With great shame and embarrassment, I must admit you are correct about my lifelong state. We used to have more sanity and even the Repub governor of my youth was a great, progressive leader. That all ended in the 1980s, and for the last twenty years, it has been a one-party state that has become more and more backward and crazy in its ruling party. Among progressives in my state, our nickname has become North Mississippi. Our only hope is that our aging rural population, which is the base and who elects the Repubs in statewide elections, is dying off and eventually the urban population in Iowa will be enough for the Dems to win all statewide elections. But it will take another decade or two, and even then the Repubs will still control the legislature because of how much that favors the rural areas over the cities, same as the US Senate favors the rural, low population states.

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CuddyCruiser comments on Jul 24, 2021:

Blind, brainwashed and dumb is a horrible way to go thru life for any one remotely sane.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@CuddyCruiser It is quite the ride....

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SeaGreenEyez comments on Jul 24, 2021:

When my son was in the 11th grade (waaaaaaaaaaaay after the appropriate time to discuss sex and safe sex) he brought home a "permission slip" to be signed by one of his parents for sex education. As I read the fine print, this "education" was abstinence based. Not even a mention of what to do if ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 24, 2021:

Can't just teach them science and facts, they might just go out and have sex, like they were going to anyway without it......

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CuddyCruiser comments on Jul 24, 2021:

Blind, brainwashed and dumb is a horrible way to go thru life for any one remotely sane.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 24, 2021:

Same as the line from Animal House, "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go thru life, son"...

Anti-vax Hillsong Church member Stephen Harmon, 34, dies of Covid after posting 'I got 99 problems ...

silverotter11 comments on Jul 24, 2021:

I had read he got covid, had been put on a ventilator and was asking for prayers 'cause he really needs a miracle right about now. My first thought was, Dude!! your god sent it to ya, it's called the vaccine ya fool! So he did not get the miracle he asked for, oiy, always with the conditions and ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@HippieChick58 That's the one I was referring to. Some schmucks are too dumb to see when a God might be helping them...They deserve their fate...

Anti-vax Hillsong Church member Stephen Harmon, 34, dies of Covid after posting 'I got 99 problems ...

silverotter11 comments on Jul 24, 2021:

I had read he got covid, had been put on a ventilator and was asking for prayers 'cause he really needs a miracle right about now. My first thought was, Dude!! your god sent it to ya, it's called the vaccine ya fool! So he did not get the miracle he asked for, oiy, always with the conditions and ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 24, 2021:

Kind of like the story of how the man prayed for God to send him help, after which God sent him a few different forms of help, all of which he failed to take advantage of, supposedly because they did not come cloaked in fire or some other clear sign of being from God. After which God pretty much called him a schmuck and an idiot for not recognizing those things as divine help and deserved his fate for not using them.

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freedom41 comments on Jul 22, 2021:

The religious and politicians have something in common. There both 2 faced.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 23, 2021:

And pols who claim to be religious are the worst of them all.

Typical liberal hypocrisy, and political posturing.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 23, 2021:

And of course, CF, your Repub pols are never hypocritical, lying or posturing? Didn't think you would ever admit that about your side. I could go on forever about how much of it your side does...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 23, 2021:

@Captain_Feelgood Time to block you, asshole!

Typical liberal hypocrisy, and political posturing.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 23, 2021:

And of course, CF, your Repub pols are never hypocritical, lying or posturing? Didn't think you would ever admit that about your side. I could go on forever about how much of it your side does...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 23, 2021:

@Captain_Feelgood Libertarian, so what? You still vote Repub every time, I bet. Piss off!

Best definition for religion I've seen...

xenoview comments on Jul 23, 2021:

You can lead a theist to reason, but you can't make him/her think.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 23, 2021:

Good one. It even rhymes with the one about leading a horse to water.

A friend of mine who is a retired doctor, as well as a friend who just began working at a hospice ...

silverotter11 comments on Jul 22, 2021:

It's ironic the gop is always on about rights and freedoms. Then right from jump your gop guv takes away the rights of people in the state to make choices that have proven to save lives. Today was the first time I went to a gathering with a lot of people - there were 20 or so friends gathered at...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 22, 2021:

They are all for rights and freedoms, as long as it's not a woman's right to abortion, or colored people's right to vote, or worker's rights to form a union. I could go on and on, but you all get the point....Rights and freedoms only seem to belong to the rich, corporations, conservatives, and straight white males.

A friend of mine who is a retired doctor, as well as a friend who just began working at a hospice ...

anglophone comments on Jul 22, 2021:

The Repugnicant Party has shown itself to be grossly inadequate when addressing the Covid-19 pandemic. History will not judge it kindly.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jul 22, 2021:

History will probably judge it harshly, but in the short term meantime, I predict the voters in states like mine will be way too forgiving of how badly the Repub Party has mishandled Covid. I so wish the voters in my state would hold Covid Kim, our Repub governor, accountable in a year when she is up for re-election, for her terrible handling of the pandemic. But I know that most of them are dumb as a box of rocks, so she will probably win.