Bloody Norah, wish my Printer-Scanner was working.

PadraicM comments on Dec 5, 2020:

With balls like that, how do they walk around?

Triphid replies on Dec 5, 2020:

When I a child we lived behind a Catholic School with a Church beside it, the Priest was a HUGE bloke, about as round as he was tall, when he walked his gait was kind of like what you'd imagine a duck's would be if it had a dozen bowling balls stuck up its arse, hence we kids all called him 'Father Heavy Nuts.' And boy did that get him stirred up.

Bloody Norah, wish my Printer-Scanner was working.

Jolanta comments on Dec 5, 2020:

Why don't you send them a not, put it in the parish letterbox and tell them to stick it where the sun does not shine.

Triphid replies on Dec 5, 2020:

Since their pretty little envelope is decorated with a return address and a picture of the Protector Of Paedophile Employees on it and NO stamp, I intend to send it to them this a.m. with my little note saying " Sorry but all out of I don't give a shit/s so please accept this IOU for 1 Billion Go Fuck Yourselves instead."

Bloody Norah, wish my Printer-Scanner was working.

creative51 comments on Dec 5, 2020:

Hey you are lucky. He could have asked for a new Boeing 747 to fly so he could attend to his flock.

Triphid replies on Dec 5, 2020:

We already have a "Flying Padre" out here in the Aussie Outback but Sky Daddy kind of forgot to give him actual wings so the poor little 'Tithe Collector' has to make do with a dreary little twin-engine 4 seater instead, sad isn't it (NOT)?

How the Supreme Court Champions 'Religious Liberty' - The Atlantic

Triphid comments on Dec 5, 2020:

So, and correct me if I'm wrong, in the United States of Absurdity Religious Freedom tops the Health, Safety and Ultimate Survival of every single American? Jeez Louise, I'm so glad I do NO live in the U.S.A.

Triphid replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@anglophone Go for it.

Bloody Norah, wish my Printer-Scanner was working.

redhog comments on Dec 4, 2020:

First off. Fuck them and the Mercedes they rode in on. Second whats your printer doing?

Triphid replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@redhog No, not all that often I think. Hopefully I can save up and get a new one sometime.

Bloody Norah, wish my Printer-Scanner was working.

redhog comments on Dec 4, 2020:

First off. Fuck them and the Mercedes they rode in on. Second whats your printer doing?

Triphid replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@redhog Had a power surge about 5 weeks or more ago, luckily the computer was being cleaned ( getting rid of accumulated dust and fluff) so it wasn't hooked to power but the printer still was. It got fried, my fault I didn't put a Surge Protector between it and the wall socket like I've done with everything else.

Made my first fire in my fireplace! Needed a friend’s coaching since it’s been 45 years since I ...

Ohub comments on Dec 1, 2020:

This is lovely ! Nothing better than a toasty fire on a cold day......

Triphid replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@UUNJ I just use one those carving forks with an extra long handle.

Bloody Norah, wish my Printer-Scanner was working.

redhog comments on Dec 4, 2020:

First off. Fuck them and the Mercedes they rode in on. Second whats your printer doing?

Triphid replies on Dec 5, 2020:

It's totally cactus extinctus fuctus.

Bloody Norah, wish my Printer-Scanner was working.

bobwjr comments on Dec 4, 2020:

Sure

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Yep and IF my printer/scanner was working I'd have posted a copy of their ;plea' for all to see.

Re-worked my Anti-Tomcat pissing formula last Tuesday using both advice and a formula gained from a ...

Cyklone comments on Dec 3, 2020:

I use a .177 calbre air powered slug travelling at 300 metres per second. Far less preparation involved. 😁

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Cyklone 50 easy pumps of the lever and the tank was full, it had a switch valve on the side so you select and set the firing pressure as well. No joke here either, but I could kill a fox, rabbit or feral cat at 30 yards using it.

Bloody Norah, wish my Printer-Scanner was working.

Lorajay comments on Dec 4, 2020:

WOW just WOW, in America it's illegal to use a mailbox for anything other than stamped mail. Does Australia have any such prohibition?

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

LOL, is the Catholic Church in for a really nice surprise (????) when their mail arrives next week with their envelope sealed and returned. Inside it they will find my little note saying, "Sorry, All out I don't give a shit/s," but please accept this IOU for 1 Billion " Go fuck yourselves."

Bloody Norah, wish my Printer-Scanner was working.

Lorajay comments on Dec 4, 2020:

WOW just WOW, in America it's illegal to use a mailbox for anything other than stamped mail. Does Australia have any such prohibition?

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Cyklone I got into a wee bit of trouble about 8 years ago when I put up sign that said " Junk Mail Delivers may buried or eaten depending on the appetite of my dog." Those poor little Snot-suckers complained to the local Council and I was ORDERED to take the sign down.

Bloody Norah, wish my Printer-Scanner was working.

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Dec 4, 2020:

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW......that's such a shame..........................

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Yup, my heart bleeds for those little Priests, oops sorry my tit was leaking....LOL

My 'guest', friend, free-ranging house-guest, Joanna the Goanna, pictured on the left and one of her...

Zoohome comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Joanna is pretty cool looking. I do not have seen one in person. Speaking of the ancestors, I think the left one screwed the right... just saying. Lol

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Zoohome Henry turned 7 last month but at times we get the impression that his mind belies his age.

Made my first fire in my fireplace! Needed a friend’s coaching since it’s been 45 years since I ...

Ohub comments on Dec 1, 2020:

This is lovely ! Nothing better than a toasty fire on a cold day......

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@UUNJ Don't forget to add a sprinkle of salt, the same of pepper as well. My favourite with them is add a generous handful of shredded Parmesan cheese over them while they are still hot as well. Oh and toast done over the hot coals is way, way better than in a toaster btw.

Just a proposal/suggestion here but, why don't we make things just a little bit more interesting?

evidentialist comments on Dec 4, 2020:

I fully expect to be taken off the list of the living long before I make it to level 9, so I'll have to settle for my score of babies eaten for my elite status.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@evidentialist well, slow down a bit, I'm only 13 years behind you.

Just a proposal/suggestion here but, why don't we make things just a little bit more interesting?

evidentialist comments on Dec 4, 2020:

I fully expect to be taken off the list of the living long before I make it to level 9, so I'll have to settle for my score of babies eaten for my elite status.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Sadly M8, we all have to drop off the perch sometime, here's hoping you get to Level 9 long, long before you drop off the perch.

Just a proposal/suggestion here but, why don't we make things just a little bit more interesting?

glennlab comments on Dec 4, 2020:

that last 800,000 points takes forever. I've still got over 400,000 to go.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Sticks48 Well then why bother responding? Oh, does that also give you more points as well perhaps?

[cnn.com]. Supreme Court rules for religion and against public health. CNN

linxminx comments on Dec 3, 2020:

The US Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." Like it or not, religions and their members have the freedom to meet, worship, catch Covid, and die, and government cannot restrict or regulate this. On...

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Alienbeing Then try and see from my point of view as an outsider, Non American. I.e. IT IS Constitutionally PERMITTED for 'God-mobsters to gather, infect each other and thus, infect EVERYONE else SINCE it IS their Religious Right, Constitutionally to do so. ergo, those who ARE NOT amongst the 'flock' have NO Constitutional Right to EXPECT to be protected from THEIR rank stupidity, hence, Constitutionally speaking, they CAN go Fuck Themselves, Constitutionally.

Just a proposal/suggestion here but, why don't we make things just a little bit more interesting?

glennlab comments on Dec 4, 2020:

that last 800,000 points takes forever. I've still got over 400,000 to go.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Sticks48 Well, personally I'm not here merely to chase and gain points, I'm here for the Community and the conversations, etc.

Canadian Churchgoers Cry Foul After Receiving Fine for Violating Large Group Ban | Val Wilde | ...

Jolanta comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Don't they know that it is okay for them to pray at home to their hearts content.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

They most probably know that BUT also know that their 'Tithe Collector' won't be able to send out the Collection Plate IF they stay home.

Right-Wing Group: How Dare “Young Sheldon” Compare God to an “Invisible Monkey”! | Hemant ...

Budgie comments on Dec 4, 2020:

There are any number of TV shows that are all based on the belief in a sky daddy. That you need to accept the sky daddy and love him regardless of the horrible things he does to you. We sound like we are back in the days of Mary Whitehouse who used to sit and watch shows just to be able to ...

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Yep, and she's been replaced by the One Million Christian Moms, who, btw is just ONE Mom pretending to be a Million.

Hey, just out of curiosity, has there been a mini-rapture and no-one has bothered to tell my ...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Dec 3, 2020:

ENJOY!!!!!!

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Lilac-JadeCanada Love them, over here we call the Barf Bucket a Chunder Bucket and barfing " Calling out to George."

Just a proposal/suggestion here but, why don't we make things just a little bit more interesting?

glennlab comments on Dec 4, 2020:

that last 800,000 points takes forever. I've still got over 400,000 to go.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@glennlab Yeah, that's why my proposal/suggestion was put forward, i.e. to add a bit of interest, fun, etc, etc, rather than just a mere sudden cessation. And, plus we all know how the God-mobsters feel and react to the '666' might cause them to get a wee bit more 'hot under the collars as well.'

Hey, just out of curiosity, has there been a mini-rapture and no-one has bothered to tell my ...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Dec 3, 2020:

ENJOY!!!!!!

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Lilac-JadeCanada Oh yeah, I sure do and have always gotten the picture that's for certain. But, instead a mere "eeeew' icon/emoji or whatever they are called I think an "up-Chuck/Vomit one" would be far more appropriate given some the utterly Gastric Purgative, emetic garbage that some seem to want us to swallow from time to time.

[cnn.com]. Supreme Court rules for religion and against public health. CNN

linxminx comments on Dec 3, 2020:

The US Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." Like it or not, religions and their members have the freedom to meet, worship, catch Covid, and die, and government cannot restrict or regulate this. On...

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

So, in that case and considering the Constitution of the U.S., religions have the RIGHT to be the great Spreaders of Covod-19 and the rest of the country and world can simply "Go fuck themselves."

Just a proposal/suggestion here but, why don't we make things just a little bit more interesting?

glennlab comments on Dec 4, 2020:

that last 800,000 points takes forever. I've still got over 400,000 to go.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Yep, I'm on 8.6, no idea how many points left to go, but I'm in no extreme hurry either.

Just a proposal/suggestion here but, why don't we make things just a little bit more interesting?

ToakReon comments on Dec 4, 2020:

Er... WHY?

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Just for the fun/heck of it, that's why.

Megachurch pastor dies of COVID-19 after church reopens - Los Angeles Times

MrDragon comments on Dec 4, 2020:

Well, God didn't protect his ass. I am glad that we use common sense. We'll be living a lot longer than those fuck wits.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Sadly and unfortunately, imo, 'common sense' ain't all that 'common' when it comes to dip-shit dick-wads like that.

No child should be discriminated against!! [secularism.org.uk]

Thirst2learn comments on Dec 3, 2020:

The solution is to stop paying taxes. Of course, you lefties love paying taxes, as long as its someone else's money.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex Hey, here in Australia he'd most likely be classified as a "Dole Bludger" imo.

No child should be discriminated against!! [secularism.org.uk]

Thirst2learn comments on Dec 3, 2020:

The solution is to stop paying taxes. Of course, you lefties love paying taxes, as long as its someone else's money.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Shit a brick, WHERE is the 'Face-Palm icon/emoji when you REALLY need it? In my HONEST opinion, this dip-shit, dick-wad deserves them in SPADES. And, speaking of Spades, I'll leave it up to you guess what, how and where I'd like to give one.

Hey, just out of curiosity, has there been a mini-rapture and no-one has bothered to tell my ...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Dec 3, 2020:

ENJOY!!!!!!

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Lilac-JadeCanada Well, people often comment on how often I wash and scrub my hands, a throw-back I suppose to my nursing days. Me, I hate even thinking I might just have the merest whiff of B.O. so I take at least 2-3 showers per day, will NOT leave the house to go shopping, etc, etc, UNLESS I have showered, shaved, used deodorant and put on CLEAN clothes. Btw, Evangelidiot once proudly told me, quote, " I wash my laundry when I have a shower or a bath because it saves water and I don't use a clothes line to hang them out to dry, I just drape them over the ends of chairs, tables and the bed." Oh, and he also, quote, "Refuses to use soap because God did NOT create soap, man did."

Re-worked my Anti-Tomcat pissing formula last Tuesday using both advice and a formula gained from a ...

Cyklone comments on Dec 3, 2020:

I use a .177 calbre air powered slug travelling at 300 metres per second. Far less preparation involved. 😁

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Cyklone Oh yeah had a nice one back in the 70's, a German made one with a cylinder to hold air compressed by pumping a lever under the stock. You could regulate the pressure used for each shot, maximum pressure could send the .177 LEAD slug through a corrugated iron water tank with ease. It cost me $80.00 and I think the brand was either Erma or Irma. No breaking it at breach either, a kind of bolt action instead.

Hey, just out of curiosity, has there been a mini-rapture and no-one has bothered to tell my ...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Dec 3, 2020:

ENJOY!!!!!!

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Lilac-JadeCanada Sorry about upsetting you and your stomach, I do, most sincerely, apologise for doing that.

Re-worked my Anti-Tomcat pissing formula last Tuesday using both advice and a formula gained from a ...

Cyklone comments on Dec 3, 2020:

I use a .177 calbre air powered slug travelling at 300 metres per second. Far less preparation involved. 😁

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

I would as well, but it's illegal to own and use one in town these days unfortunately. If it weren't I'd be doing something about those 'feathered rats' as well as the stray cats. But my spray worked well about 1.30am this morning, score now stands at Sprays-2, Tomcats- full bladders.

Christians: "You're atheist because you're just angry at / bitter toward / afraid of / hate god.

David1955 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

True. I'm also livid at Santa Klaus, ropeable at the Easter Bunny, apoplectic towards the tooth fairy, and if I get my hands on the flying spaghetti monster he's going to get it good. Funny really, since it's religious believers who are the ones who are scared of their imaginary god. Emotional ...

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Yep, Dodge means - to avoid at all costs, Holden, now a defunct Automobile Company here, means, "Hold'en together," "Hold'en up traffic 'cause it's broken down again" or " Don't wind down ALL the windows because they're Hold'en the roof on."

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

PadraicM comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Freedom of speech, in the USA, is only guaranteed from the government. Individuals don't have to give that leeway to others. And one thing we know about corporations from FEC v. Citizens United is that corporations are people too, able to enjoy the rights afforded to all people.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Sticks48 I know that BUT I cannot be accused of being insulting, etc, etc, IF I use the words "In my Opinion" since an opinion IS not an actual statement under the Laws here in Australia.

Hey, just out of curiosity, has there been a mini-rapture and no-one has bothered to tell my ...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Dec 3, 2020:

ENJOY!!!!!!

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Lilac-JadeCanada With his rather rank and continuous body odour, penchant for ALWAYS being absolutely knowing everything and anything even when he has gotten something 100% wrong, like for example, his plan to build and use a Steam-powered Generator system to make his electricity costs lower by using Mains electricity to to produce the steam. Btw, he told a few months ago that " He IS ONLY permitted to attend services at the church he goes IF he bathes right before he leaves home." Since, in his own words here, " I only bathe or shower every second or third week," I doubt if Sky Daddy would have him and his very noticeable stink anyway.

Are Twitter and Facebook's new "Hate Speech" rules fair?

PadraicM comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Freedom of speech, in the USA, is only guaranteed from the government. Individuals don't have to give that leeway to others. And one thing we know about corporations from FEC v. Citizens United is that corporations are people too, able to enjoy the rights afforded to all people.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Sticks48 I think that, should you care to read it, The International Bill of Human Rights also grants the Freedom of Speech.

Hey, just out of curiosity, has there been a mini-rapture and no-one has bothered to tell my ...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Dec 3, 2020:

ENJOY!!!!!!

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Oh no worries on that point we ALL are enjoying it immensely. Day 7, and still noticeable by his absence.

Christians: "You're atheist because you're just angry at / bitter toward / afraid of / hate god.

DaganCurie comments on Dec 3, 2020:

We should turn it around completely. "You're blissfully smug because you are angry/bitter/afraid of/hate logic and reasoning."

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles I was being somewhat sarcastic btw.

What is your all-time favorite animal?

EyesThatSmile comments on Dec 2, 2020:

What? Nobody said a cougar?👵🏻 (Wink, wink). In all seriousness... I have too many favorites to count, but for tonight I will say birds. The Swallow-tailed Kite is beautiful, and then the titmouse and the Magnificent Frigate Bird.

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@EyesThatSmile I know what a Frigate bird is btw.

My 'guest', friend, free-ranging house-guest, Joanna the Goanna, pictured on the left and one of her...

Zoohome comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Joanna is pretty cool looking. I do not have seen one in person. Speaking of the ancestors, I think the left one screwed the right... just saying. Lol

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@Zoohome I was lucky to get photo I posted of her, as soon as she sees anything that looks like a camera she vanishes, the same happens with Henry these days as well.

Megachurch pastor dies of COVID-19 after church reopens - Los Angeles Times

xenoview comments on Dec 4, 2020:

Will his church learn from his death?

Triphid replies on Dec 4, 2020:

About the same chance of that happening as there is of the Pope de-converting.

Religion explained.

Fred_Snerd comments on Dec 3, 2020:

I feel that way about business and politics as well. Along with religion, it's a trifecta of authoritarianism.

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@Hages Yes and No imo, since religion IS the tool used in many forms of both Politics and Government these days so it so often seems and, with considering the 3 main Abrahamic Religions, it is the sole basis for their business Enterprises.

Christians: "You're atheist because you're just angry at / bitter toward / afraid of / hate god.

CuddyCruiser comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Mmmm......Bitter toward?.....afraid of? Are any atheists on here “Afraid of God”? Christians are the ones who are. After all why do they say that they are “God Fearing”?

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Yes, so very often I've heard the Faithfools spout out that tired old phrase of theirs. Yet, when I've asked them Why they are so 'fearful' of this loving Gawd of theirs all they can reply is that " They live in fear of loosing his undying love for them." They do little more than shake their somewhat empty heads when I say, " But IF this God you worship has UNDYING love for you then why would it stop loving you in the first place?"

Christians: "You're atheist because you're just angry at / bitter toward / afraid of / hate god.

David1955 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

True. I'm also livid at Santa Klaus, ropeable at the Easter Bunny, apoplectic towards the tooth fairy, and if I get my hands on the flying spaghetti monster he's going to get it good. Funny really, since it's religious believers who are the ones who are scared of their imaginary god. Emotional ...

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@GeorgeRocheleau You must've got one of the very ones then.

Worst Bible Passages

erodednotion comments on Nov 30, 2020:

Leviticus 25:44-46 Explicitly condones slavery

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@Mvtt Ah but, in our own thoughts we are FREE are we not? We, as Atheists/Agnostics ARE Free to think as we will, be as we wish, etc, etc, and in some cases, even stand up and be counted as being on the side of Logic, Reasoning and Truth over Superstition, Rituals, Misogyny, Brutality, Cruelty, etc, etc.

What is your all-time favorite animal?

LimeySteve comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Cows. Specifically Tenderloin. :-)

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@azzow2 Neither is a nice T-bone or a good chunk of Roast Beef either imo.

What is your all-time favorite animal?

EyesThatSmile comments on Dec 2, 2020:

What? Nobody said a cougar?👵🏻 (Wink, wink). In all seriousness... I have too many favorites to count, but for tonight I will say birds. The Swallow-tailed Kite is beautiful, and then the titmouse and the Magnificent Frigate Bird.

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Hmmm, titmice, now that stirs the somewhat weird imagination I have....LOL. As for the 'Frigate bird,' well I suppose my Peach-face parrot could easily be called that since she has learned a new phrase, from me swearing when something goes wrong, i.e. she says quite clearly now "Frig it," LOL.

Christians: "You're atheist because you're just angry at / bitter toward / afraid of / hate god.

DaganCurie comments on Dec 3, 2020:

We should turn it around completely. "You're blissfully smug because you are angry/bitter/afraid of/hate logic and reasoning."

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Nice idea but it might well be well beyond their extremely limited capacities of comprehension I think. Since it HAS taken them 2,000 years to 'advance beyond wiping their arses with their fingers and then licking their fingers to clean them imo.

Christians: "You're atheist because you're just angry at / bitter toward / afraid of / hate god.

David1955 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

True. I'm also livid at Santa Klaus, ropeable at the Easter Bunny, apoplectic towards the tooth fairy, and if I get my hands on the flying spaghetti monster he's going to get it good. Funny really, since it's religious believers who are the ones who are scared of their imaginary god. Emotional ...

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@David1955 ONLY after the local anaesthetics wore off though.

Christians: "You're atheist because you're just angry at / bitter toward / afraid of / hate god.

David1955 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

True. I'm also livid at Santa Klaus, ropeable at the Easter Bunny, apoplectic towards the tooth fairy, and if I get my hands on the flying spaghetti monster he's going to get it good. Funny really, since it's religious believers who are the ones who are scared of their imaginary god. Emotional ...

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@GeorgeRocheleau I feel your pain. You know what FORD means here in Australia, Fix Or Repair Daily, Full of Rusty Dents, Found on Rubbish Dumps.

Worst Bible Passages

CuddyCruiser comments on Dec 1, 2020:

The whole book is a crock of shit. I also read the Satanic Bible by Anton Lavey and thought that was just as dumb but a little more funny.

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@bbyrd009 Hey, being one who has a ThD I have actually read that load of codswallop from cover to cover, word by word, sentence by sentence, etc, etc, through more times that I care to count. It IS 100% unadulterated, Crapola, Garbage, Codswallop of the highest order bar none.

Savory could be the new old aphrodisiac. [theepicentre.com]

Triphid comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Sorry but there are no such things as Aphrodisiacs. That same scam has been running for countless millenia, everything from Rhino horns, raw Goat Testicles, sniffing or drinking (YUKKK) a womans urine/mans urine for women and even down to going so far as making infusions (teas) using animal ...

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@azzow2 Even with using Ginseng it has been shown in countless tests to be not much more than a placebo effect at best.

My 'guest', friend, free-ranging house-guest, Joanna the Goanna, pictured on the left and one of her...

Zoohome comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Joanna is pretty cool looking. I do not have seen one in person. Speaking of the ancestors, I think the left one screwed the right... just saying. Lol

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@Zoohome Yes I know but she deserves it, since with her badly injured right hind foot and toes she'd have died long before now if she hadn't 'adopted' me and my home. In the 8 years she's been here the snail populations in my gardens have dropped below zero as they have in the gardens around the neighbourhood, mice populations are almost about at the same level as well. Plus Joanna and my nephew, Henry, have become really great friends. It's quite fun when Henry arrives and shouts "I'm Here," at my front gate and to see Joanna do her impression of the 'gimpy style' 4 minute mile in a race to beat Henry to my front door so he can sit down, let her climb up on his lap so he can pat her and make a fuss of her.

Frozen Bird Found in Siberia is 46,000 Years Old

Wisterious comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Wow, wow, wow. As glaciers melt, I wonder how many more treasures will be found.

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Blimey, imagine the up-roar IF they were to find a a frozen boat, even a very small one? The Faithfools would be dancing around yelling, " We've found Noah's Ark, We've found Noah's Ark."

Frozen Bird Found in Siberia is 46,000 Years Old

t1nick comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Cool. e are going to find more such as the ice sheets melt back due to global warming

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Hey, maybe that Ice-man they found years ago in the Alps was really Noah in disguise as well.....LOL.

Worst Bible Passages

PadraicM comments on Nov 30, 2020:

So many viable candidates, so little time.

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@PadraicM Like it, then feel most free to use it as well.

Well, it seems my nephew, Henry's sense of humour and timing has gone to the next stage.

TheoryNumber3 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Your family sounds like fun. Urine good company

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Actually we are not related by either blood nor marriage but they ARE my family as far as I am concerned and in their opinions as well. What remains of my blood related family I had chosen to sever ALL contact with about 15+ years ago after they stated that " I did nothing for either them nor my daughter when my daughter, Lorrae, was battling Lymphatic cancer in 2000-2001." I don't what exactly they'd call being at Lorrae's side 24/7 from January, 2000 to January, 7th. 2001when she lost her fight to live at the tender age of 16. But Henry's Mum, Naomi has no siblings, Henry's Dad has only a sister, Samantha, a real riot of a person and personality I might add, and is in a Same-Sex Marriage where both partners now have a child of their own as well. Naomi was a good school friend of Lorrae, Naomi lost her Mum to cancer, after battling it for 20 years +, when Henry was just 3 years old so when Henry arrived on the scene I was kindly asked to be his one and only Uncle which, in their words, " Made me a family member as well." You can guess how my eyes became clouded over with tears of joy and honour upon hearing that.

Christians: "You're atheist because you're just angry at / bitter toward / afraid of / hate god.

OldMetalHead comments on Dec 3, 2020:

The same way I'm angry with Santa for not bringing me a bike when I was 8.

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Yeah me too, only I wanted Rachel Welch on my 18th. Christmas and I'm still waiting....LOL.

Christians: "You're atheist because you're just angry at / bitter toward / afraid of / hate god.

David1955 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

True. I'm also livid at Santa Klaus, ropeable at the Easter Bunny, apoplectic towards the tooth fairy, and if I get my hands on the flying spaghetti monster he's going to get it good. Funny really, since it's religious believers who are the ones who are scared of their imaginary god. Emotional ...

Triphid replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Wanna talk about being pissed off at the Tooth Fairy, I had 2 teeth pulled out this time last year and I'm STILL waiting for the money.

Worst Bible Passages

xenoview comments on Nov 30, 2020:

The whole damn bible is bad fiction.

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex Yep and not enough Garbage Collections around to get rid of it.

Worst Bible Passages

erodednotion comments on Nov 30, 2020:

Leviticus 25:44-46 Explicitly condones slavery

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2020:

@Mvtt Did we abolish slavery as such OR did we merely rename it as Earning a wage so the Boss/Bosses/Owners can get even richer?

Worst Bible Passages

PadraicM comments on Nov 30, 2020:

So many viable candidates, so little time.

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2020:

Or, in other words, "So much shit and too small a shovel."

Worst Bible Passages

Tinocca comments on Dec 1, 2020:

Too many to choose. Here is a quick reference aid for you.

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2020:

Hey it IS a perfectly accurate book for killing creepie-crawlies as they cross the floor when dropped on them from a height of about 18' to 2' directly above them....LOL.

My 'guest', friend, free-ranging house-guest, Joanna the Goanna, pictured on the left and one of her...

Heidi68 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Joanna is beautiful!

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2020:

Yep, she is in her own way, but there is ONE rule here in the Aussie outback regarding goannas, If you see a goanna heading towards you in hurry, DO NOT stand still, they will perceive you as being similar to a tree or post and using their very sharp claws will climb up you as means of escape to safety. Now that Joanna is a fully grown adult her claws are roughly the size of those you'd find on a large parrot and are as sharp as razors.

Made my first fire in my fireplace! Needed a friend’s coaching since it’s been 45 years since I ...

Triphid comments on Dec 1, 2020:

A little hint/clue from one has had the 'honour' of being 'Chief of Starting Wood-burning Heaters/Fireplaces' for longer than he can remember and still uses one to warm the house in winter every year. A) Ensure that there is free air circulation both around the base of the fire and from underneath ...

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2020:

@UUNJ No problems, always only to happy to share the knowledge I've gained over the years with anyone who wants or needs it.

My 'guest', friend, free-ranging house-guest, Joanna the Goanna, pictured on the left and one of her...

Zoohome comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Joanna is pretty cool looking. I do not have seen one in person. Speaking of the ancestors, I think the left one screwed the right... just saying. Lol

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2020:

The one on the right is from the Era of Australian Mega-Fauna, skeletal remains that have been found estimate their sizes as being anywhere from 3.5 metres to 4 or 5 metres in length, larger in fact than the modern day close relatives of the Australian goanna, the Komodo Dragons. 'Little' Joanna is now measuring out at a nice 6' 3 and a half inches from nose tip to tail tip where, when she first 'adopted' my home and I she was just a mere 12 and a half inches long, very, very thin to the point of being almost skin and bone and weighed about 1 and a half pounds. Her' favourite foods, besides sparrows eggs, sparrows ( young and old), grasshoppers, beetles, snails, mice, etc, that she catches for herself are raw or cooked Sausages, hard-boiled eggs, over-ripe fruits, over-ripe tomatoes, shredded carrots, green peas and beans ( raw of course) plus, when she expects it, her morning dish of warm milk.

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JazznBlues comments on Dec 2, 2020:

So much corruption

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2020:

@Lilac-JadeCanada Excellent.

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JazznBlues comments on Dec 2, 2020:

So much corruption

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2020:

@Lilac-JadeCanada Spread the word, spread it far and wide.

Pastor: After God Overturns the Election Results, Atheists Will Finally Convert | Hemant Mehta | ...

anglophone comments on Dec 1, 2020:

I wonder if there is a spare bed for him at the local madhouse.

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2020:

Yep, plenty of spare rooms at Parliament House in Canberra I reckon, he'd feel right at home with all the other 'galahs' there.

Pastor: After God Overturns the Election Results, Atheists Will Finally Convert | Hemant Mehta | ...

icolan comments on Dec 1, 2020:

I'm pretty sure there are people in white coats looking for him with a long sleeved jacket that buckles in the back.

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2020:

"They're coming to take him away, hee, hee ha, ha, ho, ho, to the Funny Farm....." as the song goes.

Made my first fire in my fireplace! Needed a friend’s coaching since it’s been 45 years since I ...

Transition1 comments on Dec 1, 2020:

Nice! I used to have one similar to that...😎

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2020:

@UUNJ Sorry, no ideas on that one, mine has no fan system, it just pumps out heat by itself.

Made my first fire in my fireplace! Needed a friend’s coaching since it’s been 45 years since I ...

Ohub comments on Dec 1, 2020:

This is lovely ! Nothing better than a toasty fire on a cold day......

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2020:

And spuds (potatoes) wrapped in aluminium foil and cooked in the hot coals as a snack with heaps of butter over them when cooked.

Of all the very strange things that believers tend to believe about Atheists, the baby eating belief...

KKGator comments on Dec 1, 2020:

The marinade is important. Vinegar-based is best. Roast low and slow. 😉

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2020:

Yum, nothing nicer to the taste buds than a fresh young Christian baby, wrapped in Aluminium foil, lathered in butter, garlic and onion then slowly cooked under a bed of hot coals. And do NOT forget a nice bottle of Chianti to wash it down as well.

Pope installs new cardinals, including first African-American

CuddyCruiser comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Rearranged it says pedo (pedophile}

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2020:

@TimeOutForMe Feel most welcome and free to use it everywhere and anywhere you like.

"“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade...

xenoview comments on Nov 30, 2020:

I think science will find there is nothing to study with the non-physical.

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

@powder Imo, Tesla WAS a Genius well beyond his time, he suffered very deeply under the derisions, etc, casts upon by Edison, hence he went, as history shows well, in to seclusion, etc, etc. If it were NOT for Tesla and his discovery of Alternating Current over Direct Current, for example, WHERE do Americans, etc, think they'd be now?

"“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade...

xenoview comments on Nov 30, 2020:

I think science will find there is nothing to study with the non-physical.

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

@xenoview Try possibilities for starters, e.g. FTL travel, Matter-Energy - Matter transportation, why the Earth merely orbits a far, far bigger object, the sun, instead of being pulled into it by its far greater gravitational forces, etc, etc.

Survey: Americans Are Increasingly Okay With Churches Defying COVID Restrictions | Beth Stoneburner ...

creative51 comments on Nov 30, 2020:

Survey - Americans are increasingly becoming fools!

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

IMO, I think it has been on-going for many, many decades.

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Mvtt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

Humanity’s first and worst explanation. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

And let's not forget Gawd created plants and trees BEFORE he created the sun as well.

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BestWithoutGods comments on Nov 30, 2020:

Lot's daughters getting pregnant by making their father get drunk and having sex with him. 🤢🤮🤮

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

And don't forget Jonah surviving in the belly of a whale, blimey even Captain Ahab couldn't manage that and he was Captain of a Whaling ship, fictional of course just as the entire Goat-Herders Guide to the Galaxy is as well.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses Are About to Lose Their Tax-Exempt Status in Australia | Hemant Mehta | ...

Mvtt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

Here is the list of all institutions who did join the national redress scheme. Reckon many more religious institutions could be added. https://www.nationalredress.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/institutions-have-joined-scheme-declaration-16-17.pdf

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

Is it just me or is it that the Seventh Day Adventists are missing from the list as well as the Jehohav's Witlesses?

The Jehovah’s Witnesses Are About to Lose Their Tax-Exempt Status in Australia | Hemant Mehta | ...

xenoview comments on Nov 30, 2020:

About damn time religion pays taxes like everyone else. Why is there some much child abuse in religion?

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

I tend to think that their idea/ethos may be due to the belief instilled into the congregations that " since the 'Tithe Collectors ( aka Priests and the like) are the Representatives of Gawd/Jeebus then they can do NO wrong.'

Seems a similar experience to those who just got released from prison, or escaped an authoritarian ...

Triphid comments on Nov 30, 2020:

What has happened to the old Aussie ethos of Mateship and standing together through adversity, the All for one and One for All ideology that grew from when we told Mother (???) England " No more ships loaded down with Convicts." It seems to me that it has morphed/mutated into " All for me and ...

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

@powder Try from as far back as the late 1914-1920's and then on to the post-WWII era as well. I HAD, and HAD being, sadly, the operative word here, 1 Uncle, Dave, who served both at Tobruk and then in Europe, then there was also my maternal Uncle, Arthur, who served in the Pacific Theatre in WWII. Uncle Art spent time in a Japanese P.O.W. camp UNTIL there was a mass up-rising and escape then he went on to fight in New Guinea and all through the islands as well. I'll refrain from giving an in-depth description of what our boys thought of the American G.I's. but suffice it to say that the G.I. stood for 'Grand Idiots' in the minds of Aussie soldiers and they also had a saying that, " Send in 10 Yanks and you MIGHT be lucky to get 1 Yank back alive and 1 dead Jap, send in 10 Aussies and you'll get 10 Aussies back and NO living Japs." Btw, Uncle Dave and his fellow Rats of Tobruk all had a similar saying and respect for their English Leaders as well.

A controversial and graphic social media post by a senior Chinese official is being described as an ...

Triphid comments on Nov 30, 2020:

I'd have no doubts what so ever that Child Abuse runs rampant through Red China.

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

@anglophone Yes, imo, it looks very much like they are setting up to make a Chinese Empire as well.

Seems a similar experience to those who just got released from prison, or escaped an authoritarian ...

Triphid comments on Nov 30, 2020:

What has happened to the old Aussie ethos of Mateship and standing together through adversity, the All for one and One for All ideology that grew from when we told Mother (???) England " No more ships loaded down with Convicts." It seems to me that it has morphed/mutated into " All for me and ...

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

@powder I tend to think that they'd at least 100% pissed off at how the whole country and its people are these days, let alone the Governments, etc, etc. THEY put their lives on the line for us and what have done in return for them that TRULY matters, imo, Sweet Fuck ALL.

Although I don't believe the world is ending soon , I believe there's a God, a force that has power ...

Rufus_Maximus comments on Nov 13, 2020:

I don't believe we have power over animals, rather we have climbed above most of them in the food chain. I think the same mechanism that allowed us to "dominate" most animals, survival of the fittest, still has dominion over us. Coronavirus is a rather elegant reminder that other life-forms can ...

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

Imo, WE like to THINK we have ascended above most of them on the 'food chain' but the fact/s are that IS only an illusion. When you look at it, in reality what we choose to call the 'baser animals' have adapted evolved and learned to live WITHIN their environment/s, ecosystems, etc, etc, whereas Humans MUST alter, often drastically, the environment/s and ecosystem/s solely to suit themselves and themselves alone.

I’m an atheist, but I can’t wait to get back to church

Fernapple comments on Nov 29, 2020:

I don't think that the article is really pro-religion, she no where says that she is giving up atheism. It is only really in praise of medieval architecture.

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

@Fernapple Yes, the design work and dressing of stone etc, was done by Stone Masons and Builders BUT as is always the case, the hard slog and dangerous work was ALWAYS left to and done by the serfs and peasants whose lives were considered far less of a value btw.

China refuses to apologise for doctored image of Australian soldier tweeted by government official

FrayedBear comments on Nov 30, 2020:

I'm sure the Dalai Lama, exiled Tibetans, Uyghurs, Taiwanese First Peoples and many others have opinions of Chinese being like blackened pots calling out the kettle. Mind you Morrison is no better when you look at Australian HR records on First Peoples, Refugees & the lack of rights of all ...

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

@powder Yes but 'Aunty ScumMO' was so far up tRump's arse that he didn't do that lest he cop the wrath of the Spoiled Child in the White House. Though I still stand firmly that We, the Peoples of Australia, need to have guts and balls to tell ANY country wanting to buy our exports that WE set the price and NOT them.

Arkansas Lawmakers File Bill to Ban Most Abortions and Imprison Abortion Doctors | Hemant Mehta | ...

redhog comments on Nov 29, 2020:

I dunno about the scotus. Most of the Trump appointees have ruled against the religious right multiple times. As far as the story.... yup thats Arkansas for ya

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2020:

@redhog You mean Kensturkey as in the Turkey plucked and stuffed by Ken Ham don't you?

Arkansas Lawmakers File Bill to Ban Most Abortions and Imprison Abortion Doctors | Hemant Mehta | ...

redhog comments on Nov 29, 2020:

I dunno about the scotus. Most of the Trump appointees have ruled against the religious right multiple times. As far as the story.... yup thats Arkansas for ya

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2020:

Perhaps it might be a good idea to re-spell Arkansas as being Arkansarse just like Texarse.

Now we count deaths when not an active case [abc.net.au]

Triphid comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Well, speaking from a Medical Stand point here, any DEATH resulting from a post-infection stand point should be counted, once confirmed by means of a Postmortem examination, as is legally required by Law when an unexpected death occurs OUTSIDE of a hospital, as a death resultant from a C-19 ...

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2020:

@powder Well, I did not have T.B. as a child/infant. Actually I had bouts of Lobal Pneumonia from the age of 7 months right through until I was about 10-11 years old which, btw, are already well recorded in my Medical notes and history. These caused scarring to my lungs, then in the 80's both a work-mate and were swamped by leaking Anhydrous Ammonia from a Railway tanker on a train we examining and doing running repairs to. Yes, I have some slight breathing troubles from time to time, more than likely, from both, however IF I were to become infected with C-19, survive and later die as a resultant caused by/from the C-19 directly then it would be recorded as being resultant from the initial C-19 infection and not as a result of any underlying previous cause.

I read a New York Times article today about displaced families who are homeless due to the pandemic.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 29, 2020:

That falls under the category of Thoughts and Prayers. They think if they turn it over to their imaginary god that their duty is done and they have "helped". It makes them feel good and lets them do nothing. Yes, it is stupid as hell. And yes, makes me mad as hell, too.

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2020:

"Thoughts and Prayers," about as useful, imo, as pissing on a blazing house in the hope of extinguishing it.

Now we count deaths when not an active case [abc.net.au]

Triphid comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Well, speaking from a Medical Stand point here, any DEATH resulting from a post-infection stand point should be counted, once confirmed by means of a Postmortem examination, as is legally required by Law when an unexpected death occurs OUTSIDE of a hospital, as a death resultant from a C-19 ...

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2020:

@powder Yes, Age, status of Health, predispositions to Illnesses and the like all are taken into account as well. But, let loose something as virulent as C-19 and ALL HELL does break loose.

Opinion: Supreme Court's scientifically illiterate decision will cost lives - CNN

Silver1wun comments on Nov 28, 2020:

American citizens are entitled to EQUAL PROTECTION AND EQUAL APPLICATION of our laws. I'm no fan of ANY religion, Utopian ideology or political party.(I repeat myself) That said, if any large gatherings are to be prohibited on an 'emergency' basis, then ALL of them should be. The First ...

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2020:

@Silver1wun Hang on a minute there. Exactly where and WHEN did the U.S. join in with the Allies in WWI, about late 1917-early 1918 I seem to remember, A.N.Z.A.Cs were in from 1915 in Gallipoli and some were over in Europe as early as 1914 at THE BEGINNING btw. Your lot ONLY joined in WWII AFTER the Japs bombed Pearl Harbour and the main concentration of your efforts were in the Pacific Theatre, a little in the African Front against Rommel and his Afrika Corps until the front was opened into Italy via Sicily then when the Normandy Invasions started. Btw, WWII started in 1939 in actual fact, not AFTER Pearl Harbour and Aussies and other Commonwealth Forces were ALREADY fighting from the beginning btw. Read a bit of ACTUAL History for a change please.

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

Cyklone comments on Nov 29, 2020:

I've seen a lot of turkeys that couldn't fly. US's fearless (🤣) leader is one, but he should definitely try, from a high building. Our leader is another.

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2020:

@Holysocks When it comes to 'Aunty ScumMo,' Australian Prime Minister, a crash helmet made from Kleenex would much preferred imo.

This is something we all wait for

resserts comments on Nov 29, 2020:

I'm looking forward to "Donald" being a different kind of fowl: a jailbird.

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2020:

@RoyMillar Me too, and I'd love to know where to send him peanuts as well, stale, soggy ones btw of course.

This is something we all wait for

DenoPenno comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Perfect. I'll go with this one but I bet Corona Beer took a big hit because of the virus.

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2020:

Actually, going on items I've seen and read, Corona Beer sales have gone through the roof so to speak even though, it seems, some idiots decided to rid themselves of ANY Corona named products they had, cigars included.

Generation Atheist, a Book About Going from Godly to Godless, is Free This Weekend | Hemant Mehta | ...

Triphid comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Interested in reading it where can I request this free copy from and how can I request it.

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2020:

@OldMetalHead Thanks for that, don't have nor want an Amazon Account though.