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JackPedigo comments on Sep 8, 2021:

One major problem I see is that the 'box' frames a certain set of ideals and way of thinking. But, when one steps outside one box one often steps inside another. I have rejected many past 'norms' but have developed another set. That will change, hopefully, until the end but the new boxes will become...

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2021:

I sense a shift on the meaning of the word "box" here. "To think outside the box" is a colocation, and @Marionville has in my view given an accurate description of the meaning of that colocation. When it comes to the shift from Newtonian mechanics to the Theory of General Relativity, the latter includes the former, and so it cannot be described as stepping outside one box and into another box. When it comes to ideals, my guess is that you are talking about values and possibly aspirations. I see those as being those things each individual regards as being important to themselves. It could be choices of food, sexual partner or political party for example. I can see an application of the boxes idea in this context: switching from one religion to another or abandoning religion altogether. My own atheism box is bounded by the walls (if you can call it that) of the Scientific Method. P.S. Thanks for the link. :)

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KateOahu comments on Sep 7, 2021:

COMpelled.

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2021:

@MsKathleen By a PROpeller! ;)

What is the next number in this series? -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, ...

Willow_Wisp comments on Sep 8, 2021:

-1, 3, 1, -1, 3, the next numbers -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, and so forth and so on.... Three follows -1, and 1 follows 3 otherwise there's no progression in my solution which is a valid assumption considering the ...

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2021:

@Willow_Wisp Sorry, not my poll, not my monkeys, not my circus. Perhaps @waitingforgodo would like to add his 31 cents' worth to the discussion.

What is the next number in this series? -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, ...

Willow_Wisp comments on Sep 8, 2021:

-1, 3, 1, -1, 3, the next numbers -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, and so forth and so on.... Three follows -1, and 1 follows 3 otherwise there's no progression in my solution which is a valid assumption considering the ...

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2021:

@Willow_Wisp Um, when did negative 1 equal 7? Are you speaking octal? Fiat? Hold En? De Troit? Trouvé's tricycle?

What is the next number in this series? -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, ...

Willow_Wisp comments on Sep 8, 2021:

-1, 3, 1, -1, 3, the next numbers -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, and so forth and so on.... Three follows -1, and 1 follows 3 otherwise there's no progression in my solution which is a valid assumption considering the ...

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2021:

@Willow_Wisp You want the algorithm? Easy! Take any number of the form 3+6n, n being a non-negative integer, and count the number of iterations of the Collatz function to arrive at 1. As the lighthouse said to the warship: "Your move!". ;)

What is the next number in this series? -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, ...

Willow_Wisp comments on Sep 8, 2021:

-1, 3, 1, -1, 3, the next numbers -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, and so forth and so on.... Three follows -1, and 1 follows 3 otherwise there's no progression in my solution which is a valid assumption considering the ...

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2021:

@Willow_Wisp I find it odd that you should say that there are no even numbers in my sequence. Perhaps ternary sequences are more to your taste? ;) Oh, of kiss: "Keep It Simple, Sweetheart". And now I am about to be exceedingly rude: the simplest design of the Tay Rail Bridge did not seem to work so well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Bridge_disaster (On a personal note, I once lived not far from the location of that sad event.)

What is the next number in this series? -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, ...

Willow_Wisp comments on Sep 8, 2021:

-1, 3, 1, -1, 3, the next numbers -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, 1, -1, 3, and so forth and so on.... Three follows -1, and 1 follows 3 otherwise there's no progression in my solution which is a valid assumption considering the ...

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2021:

Harrumph! You ASSume that the information given is complete. (To ASSume, to make an ass out of you and me). Prove me wrong. ;) More seriously, the sequence 7,10,17,7,111,26,34,16,24,32,107,14,14,22 ... 41,41,134,134,41,41 ...arises naturally from observations on the Collatz Conjecture.

The description of the FreeThinkers group includes the words ".

Marionville comments on Sep 8, 2021:

I’ve always understood the expression “thinking outside the box” to mean looking beyond the already known and accepted models in any sphere of human endeavour to find better or improved ones, or to find solutions to problems hitherto insoluble. In other words looking at things with a ...

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2021:

@Marionville Everybody brings their own strengths to the world, and you are no exception. :)

The description of the FreeThinkers group includes the words ".

Marionville comments on Sep 8, 2021:

I’ve always understood the expression “thinking outside the box” to mean looking beyond the already known and accepted models in any sphere of human endeavour to find better or improved ones, or to find solutions to problems hitherto insoluble. In other words looking at things with a ...

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2021:

P.S. The endeavour of mathematics includes looking for solutions to problems. Recent successes include the four colour theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem. As I understand it, the Collatz Conjecture still awaits proof, but Terence Tao may be onto something in that regard.

The description of the FreeThinkers group includes the words ".

Marionville comments on Sep 8, 2021:

I’ve always understood the expression “thinking outside the box” to mean looking beyond the already known and accepted models in any sphere of human endeavour to find better or improved ones, or to find solutions to problems hitherto insoluble. In other words looking at things with a ...

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2021:

To misquote Telly Savalas "Ma'am, I like your style".

The description of the FreeThinkers group includes the words ".

KateOahu comments on Sep 7, 2021:

COMpelled.

anglophone replies on Sep 7, 2021:

PROpelled! ;)

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powder comments on Sep 7, 2021:

I think the main boxes are human doctrine; rules and laws we devise for human groups. Science also has a doctrine, with those thinking outside that box the ones who make strides like your Tesla's and Einstein's. Culture and society have norms and to think of solutions outside those norms, societal...

anglophone replies on Sep 7, 2021:

@powder I have a different perspective on Einstein's thinking in the example that you give. He was faced with the issue of the failure of the Michelson-Morley experiment and the need to comes up with an explanation, no matter outlandish it seemed at the time, to explain the observed behaviour of light. For me, his genius was to overturn the Newtonian view of time.

The description of the FreeThinkers group includes the words ".

powder comments on Sep 7, 2021:

I think the main boxes are human doctrine; rules and laws we devise for human groups. Science also has a doctrine, with those thinking outside that box the ones who make strides like your Tesla's and Einstein's. Culture and society have norms and to think of solutions outside those norms, societal...

anglophone replies on Sep 7, 2021:

Would it be reasonable to assign the phrase "critical thinking" to what you describe? I am thinking here of the willingness to challenge received opinion in whatever discipline is being discussed at the time.

The Ring of Fire - Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Horse Dewormer Poisonings Are Fake News ...

Redheadedgammy comments on Sep 7, 2021:

I just cannot listen to horse face bitch one more time! Somebody please take this bitch out!!!!

anglophone replies on Sep 7, 2021:

@dalefvictor What? Devaluation? What was that about a fistful of dollars? ;)

The Ring of Fire - Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Horse Dewormer Poisonings Are Fake News ...

Redheadedgammy comments on Sep 7, 2021:

I just cannot listen to horse face bitch one more time! Somebody please take this bitch out!!!!

anglophone replies on Sep 7, 2021:

@BirdMan1 I stand corrected. She is in urgent need of having some sense knocked into her.

Angry Christian Mom Boycotts Sonic Drive-In Over Harmless “Bra” Joke | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

Canndue comments on Sep 4, 2021:

She’s was voted “most likely to get undressed in the dark”….never had an orgasm…

anglophone replies on Sep 7, 2021:

Keep your hands off my clitoris!

The Ring of Fire - Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Horse Dewormer Poisonings Are Fake News ...

Redheadedgammy comments on Sep 7, 2021:

I just cannot listen to horse face bitch one more time! Somebody please take this bitch out!!!!

anglophone replies on Sep 7, 2021:

@Charlene A horse whip on a horse face? Neigh! ;)

The Ring of Fire - Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Horse Dewormer Poisonings Are Fake News ...

Redheadedgammy comments on Sep 7, 2021:

I just cannot listen to horse face bitch one more time! Somebody please take this bitch out!!!!

anglophone replies on Sep 7, 2021:

A repeated slapping across the face until she comes to her senses would be okay by me.

I was just contacted by someone who said that they were from Amazon and that someone had used my ...

anglophone comments on Sep 6, 2021:

I would cheerfully poke the eyes out of such people and castrate them at the same time, *without* any anaesthetic.

anglophone replies on Sep 7, 2021:

@Tejas What those vile little shits do to their victims is itself quite barbaric. I make no apology for wishing to give them their just desserts.

13. Not enough! 😆

The-Krzyz comments on Sep 6, 2021:

Thirteen of these, but I’ve come to prefer more out-of-the-way places and a nice stretch of countryside. Big-city culture is getting too homogenized. Last time I was in Paris, for example, it’s charms seemed lost in the frantic bustle, and I felt so much more relaxed and open to new experiences ...

anglophone replies on Sep 6, 2021:

I find very little difference between London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Sydney, Athens and Perth. The charm is elsewhere: Faro, Piriac-sur-mer, The Lynd, Hay-on-Wye, Oban.

Pastor Bob Enyart, Who Mocked AIDS Victims and Spread COVID Lies, Now Has COVID | Hemant Mehta | ...

Barnie2years comments on Sep 6, 2021:

Hope he at least has it bad enough to be a little smarter afterwards.

anglophone replies on Sep 6, 2021:

I very much doubt that he is capable of learning anything - he is too wrapped up in his own hateful world of delusion.

Every form of god divided and still dividing people.

BufftonBeotch comments on Sep 5, 2021:

I am continually bemused by the number of uneducated right wing xtians who have no clue that Islam is just another Abrahamic religion. They think Allah is a completely different made up woo. And I tell them they like Mary even more than the Catholics do.

anglophone replies on Sep 5, 2021:

Such shit-for-brains people are incapable of either learning or thinking.

A right-angled isosceles triangle is squared on the hypotenuse and on each of the other two sides.

anglophone comments on Sep 5, 2021:

9. Without loss of generality, assume the two short sides each have length 1. The hypotenuse has length sqrt(2). The area of the triangle is 1/2. The areas of the three resulting squares is 1, 1 and 2. The area of the resulting figure is 0.5+1+1+2 = 4.5 . 4.5/0.5 = 9. Q.E.D.

anglophone replies on Sep 5, 2021:

@waitingforgodo Okay, ancient Sanskrit it is then. I had wondered about using Linear B, but then I thought better of it.

A right-angled isosceles triangle is squared on the hypotenuse and on each of the other two sides.

anglophone comments on Sep 5, 2021:

9. Without loss of generality, assume the two short sides each have length 1. The hypotenuse has length sqrt(2). The area of the triangle is 1/2. The areas of the three resulting squares is 1, 1 and 2. The area of the resulting figure is 0.5+1+1+2 = 4.5 . 4.5/0.5 = 9. Q.E.D.

anglophone replies on Sep 5, 2021:

@waitingforgodo Would you prefer me to use traditional Chinese? ;)

Police Steal $87,000 From a Former Marine They Claim was Following a Truck Too Closely The ...

JonnaBononna comments on Sep 5, 2021:

Civil forfeiture. Cops do this in every state but 4- North Carolina, New Mexico, Nebraska and Maine have passed laws against it and only seize assets through criminal law. It's use picked up during the 80s as part of the "war on drugs", though it was used during the prohibition Era as well. It's ...

anglophone replies on Sep 5, 2021:

P.S. The corruption of cops in the U$A is second only to the corruption of cops in Mexico. The corruption of legislatures in the U$A is secondly only to the corruption of legislatures in China.

Police Steal $87,000 From a Former Marine They Claim was Following a Truck Too Closely The ...

JonnaBononna comments on Sep 5, 2021:

Civil forfeiture. Cops do this in every state but 4- North Carolina, New Mexico, Nebraska and Maine have passed laws against it and only seize assets through criminal law. It's use picked up during the 80s as part of the "war on drugs", though it was used during the prohibition Era as well. It's ...

anglophone replies on Sep 5, 2021:

Fuck the U$A.

Just awful clothing design or is she giving a big hint.

dalefvictor comments on Sep 5, 2021:

That is a rocket, right?

anglophone replies on Sep 5, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Don't forget the lube! ;)

Who else thought the battle was over in 1973?

Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 4, 2021:

Not me. It’s a constant struggle for women not to be second class citizens especially when men are running the country.

anglophone replies on Sep 5, 2021:

You put it extremely well.

Angry Christian Mom Boycotts Sonic Drive-In Over Harmless “Bra” Joke | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

Triphid comments on Sep 4, 2021:

In the fevered and deluded mind of Monica ( Moaner) Cole there is this vision of a child becoming traumatized because it's mother didn't have time enough to do her bra before take him/her to school. Wtf is wrong with crazy Chrustian female, would a few doses of Zoloft help I wonder?

anglophone replies on Sep 4, 2021:

She clearly has major issues with her own tits.

Angry Christian Mom Boycotts Sonic Drive-In Over Harmless “Bra” Joke | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

JonnaBononna comments on Sep 4, 2021:

It must be exhausting to always be looking for something to be offended by.

anglophone replies on Sep 4, 2021:

@KKGator Here's hoping.

Online dating: would you meet a grouchy looking person?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 4, 2021:

I admire you for your tenacity. I totally believe some people just don't read, or pay attention to what they read. That was a waste of your time and his. I think your time is more valuable, he sounds like he's just taking up space until he shuffles off this mortal coil.

anglophone replies on Sep 4, 2021:

An alternative word for such people is "oxygen thief".

What's the anonymous anti-abortion tip-line?

Apunzelle comments on Sep 4, 2021:

The site got shut down (for now). **Pro-life abortion-reporting system dropped by website host GoDaddy.com** https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/09/03/pro-life-abortion-reporting-system-dropped-by-website-host-godaddycom/

anglophone replies on Sep 4, 2021:

Bugger it. That means I will now not be able to collect my $10,000 for every woman that I (falsely) report.

A takedown of the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses in Australia by two women who escaped: [abc.net.au]

David1955 comments on Sep 3, 2021:

I was just thinking reading this that one small benefit from this whole horrible COVID business is that God botherers have stopped God bothering at people's doors, least ways that's the case where I live. They used to be walking around regularly, usually receiving a wise crack or two from me for ...

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

Thanks for sharing that. The closest that I can get to your experience is that the JW litter louts stopped putting rubbish in my letter box about 5 years ago for reasons that have to be be explained.

Crazy Q shaman's mother wanted him to hold out, not plea bargain, and wait for tRump's reinstatement...

David1955 comments on Sep 3, 2021:

Crazy doesn't fall far from the tree, does it.

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

No it does not!

Well now, today is great news for one new member but sad for another.

Marionville comments on Sep 3, 2021:

Thanks…I think!

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

I wonder if @Triphid has warned you about the drop bears, bunyips and willy-willies that abound around here.

Trump-loving school board member says it's not her duty to protect kids: 'God decides who lives or ...

bobwjr comments on Sep 3, 2021:

Get her out of there

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

And ban her from every school in the country!

Trump-loving school board member says it's not her duty to protect kids: 'God decides who lives or ...

Marionville comments on Sep 3, 2021:

The stories coming out of some parts of the USA about decisions and attitudes are actually frightening in their fundamentalist and fatalistic rhetoric, It’s hard to believe that 21st century USA is sounding so much like the Puritan England of centuries ago!

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

Which England the Founding Fathers were escaping from!

If it works a good idea

Cast1es comments on Sep 3, 2021:

What I don't understand is men want sex , but they punish the women who are willing to have sex with them . The vast majority can be replaced by a dildo , with a lot less effort and no punishment . Think about it fellows .

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

@Cast1es Yikes! I find that to be very sad.

If it works a good idea

Cast1es comments on Sep 3, 2021:

What I don't understand is men want sex , but they punish the women who are willing to have sex with them . The vast majority can be replaced by a dildo , with a lot less effort and no punishment . Think about it fellows .

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

Ah, but can a dildo give you a decent back rub beforehand? ;)

If it works a good idea

JackPedigo comments on Sep 3, 2021:

We really need to mess with Texass.

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

The assholes that set up that web site need a damn good spanking!

Regarding abortion: This is my secret story.

K9Kohle789 comments on Sep 3, 2021:

When you have a child esp. a male child it's so important to teach him to respect women, never hit a girl or woman and teach them abortions are often a less than perfect choice but it's necessary.

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

@Julie808 Your husband clearly had anger management issues among whatever other issues he had. I am delighted that your son acted as he did to protect you.

Vasectomies needed for all the GOP men in Texas!

anglophone comments on Sep 3, 2021:

Why settle for vasectomies when caputectomies would be much more effective?

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

@bobwjr I guess spaying and neutering means that you don't have to deal with leftover heads.

Anti-vaxxers storm the wrong BBC building in botched U.K. protest [globalnews.ca]

JackPedigo comments on Sep 2, 2021:

Too many idiots have a death wish. Fine let them but their lunacy also affects others who are not afraid of a little shot. Maybe another virus is going around, the trypanophia virus. (fear of needles).

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

@JackPedigo Thanks. :)

Regarding abortion: This is my secret story.

twill comments on Sep 3, 2021:

It is a war on women. Protection of the child and scripture .....not really.

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

It's a war on women by men who are frightened of women and who forget that they are themselves born of women.

Anti-vaxxers storm the wrong BBC building in botched U.K. protest [globalnews.ca]

racocn8 comments on Sep 2, 2021:

Wow, a stampede of fresh meat. Get the body-bags ready. Can't we increase the mortality?

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

I admit it: I am a closet cannibal.

Anti-vaxxers storm the wrong BBC building in botched U.K. protest [globalnews.ca]

JackPedigo comments on Sep 2, 2021:

Too many idiots have a death wish. Fine let them but their lunacy also affects others who are not afraid of a little shot. Maybe another virus is going around, the trypanophia virus. (fear of needles).

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

Trypanophobia - a fear of needles. What phobia word expresses a fear of knowledge?

Anti-vaxxers storm the wrong BBC building in botched U.K. protest [globalnews.ca]

Fernapple comments on Sep 3, 2021:

So anti-vax protesters can't do effective research. Now that is an amazing new development !

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

You have just kicked my grey cell into action. New knowledge can be built on knowledge that has previously been learned. Does reinforcing new ignorance on already existing ignorance work the same way? Might this explain conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers and QAnoners?

Unhinged Karen Goes on INSANE School Board Rant [youtube.]

racocn8 comments on Sep 3, 2021:

This is what low IQ people do with their lives. They know they're low on the spectrum, and the low self-esteem expresses itself in gravitating to cultist behaviors. The cult becomes their support system. Take a good look and try to understand the challenge of governing a population which includes ...

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

The need to contain and control such dangerous idiots is manifest, but I have no real idea as to how to go about doing that.

OF COURSE IT'S UNAPPROVED FOR FIGHTING COVID!!! IT"S A FUCKING HORSE DEWORMER!!! Joe Rogan tests...

BDair comments on Sep 3, 2021:

Ivermectin has been FDA approved for humans for decades. It is the COVID vaccines that do not have FDA 'approval'.

anglophone replies on Sep 3, 2021:

@RussRAB I cannot be doing with engaging with that lamebrain.

Texas Abortion Ban: What It Means and What Happens Next : NPR

Organist1 comments on Sep 2, 2021:

What if women got up en masse and moved to blue states? -Just a thought, since this appears to be a war on women. With republicans, the cruelty is the point. They certainly can't claim to be pro- life. :-P

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2021:

Republicanism is just Sharia under another name.

What are your thoughts on a Perpetual Motion Machine (P.M.M) functioning?

Willow_Wisp comments on Sep 2, 2021:

No

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2021:

@Willow_Wisp I see nothing about extracting energy from such a PMM.

What are your thoughts on a Perpetual Motion Machine (P.M.M) functioning?

racocn8 comments on Sep 2, 2021:

No. However, in my ignorance, I think it may be possible to generate or capture energy from ' space/vacuum ' along the lines of so-called ' zero-point energy. '

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2021:

See my comment about superconductors above.

What are your thoughts on a Perpetual Motion Machine (P.M.M) functioning?

Detritus comments on Sep 2, 2021:

No.

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2021:

See my comment about superconductors above.

What are your thoughts on a Perpetual Motion Machine (P.M.M) functioning?

Willow_Wisp comments on Sep 2, 2021:

No

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2021:

See my comment about superconductors above.

Any one in Texas, do you remember back in the 1950's when one could find fetuses in trash cans and ...

whiskywoman comments on Sep 2, 2021:

I do it was horrible

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2021:

I would cheerfully have all those bastard legislators gang raped from now until Kingdom Come!

I think Texas is eventually going to see a spike in the sale of metal coat-hangers.

anglophone comments on Sep 2, 2021:

So when are the Fuckwits of Texas going to start prosecuting God for all the abortions (a.k.a. miscarriages) that He causes?

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2021:

@Lauren Guilty until proven innocent.

Jasmine Clifford, AKA AntiVaxMomma, Charged With Selling Fake Vaccine Cards

Julie808 comments on Sep 2, 2021:

Here in Hawaii, travelers into the state must submit a vaccination card or a negative test before flying here... yet we are catching travelers using fake cards, arresting them, fining them $2000, before sending them back home to their states. There was a perk for not having to pre-flight test ...

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2021:

I reckon a fine of $5,000,000 and six months in the slammer would be about right for her.

My daughter in law came over wearing a shirt that said: UNMASKED UNMUZZLED UNVACCINATED ...

anglophone comments on Sep 1, 2021:

It's funny how people change their tune when they or their loved ones are dying of Covid-19. Numbskulls the lot of them!

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2021:

@Redheadedgammy I can go with that. The selfishness of such people both astonishes and annoys me.

I think Texas is eventually going to see a spike in the sale of metal coat-hangers.

Jolanta comments on Sep 2, 2021:

That is just horrible. Many women will die.

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2021:

It was a bunch of abortions that passed that abortion bill.

Any one in Texas, do you remember back in the 1950's when one could find fetuses in trash cans and ...

Julie808 comments on Sep 1, 2021:

I hope sex ed and birth control is easily accessible and free, and that rape reports are taken seriously and dealt with strongly, even if marital rape, date rape and incest. The men need to take responsibility for the consequences of their actions too, not just women. In most cases, women aren't ...

anglophone replies on Sep 1, 2021:

Try saying that to the Lunatics-in-Power in Austin. :(

The Supreme Court just allowed Texas to ban nearly all abortion in the state, effectively ...

FrayedBear comments on Sep 1, 2021:

Women will just have to learn to say no & keep their legs closed tight.

anglophone replies on Sep 1, 2021:

Copulate that for a solution!

The Supreme Court just allowed Texas to ban nearly all abortion in the state, effectively ...

LiterateHiker comments on Sep 1, 2021:

I'm furious! This makes me sick. I have voted for Democrats my entire life. Never missed an election. Since my 20s, I have been fighting for women's right to control our own bodies. The fight never ends.

anglophone replies on Sep 1, 2021:

What the numbskulls of Austin fail to realise is that they have just signed the death warrants of many women. Their evil is beyond words.

Any one in Texas, do you remember back in the 1950's when one could find fetuses in trash cans and ...

racocn8 comments on Sep 1, 2021:

Women voted for Donald Trump in 2016 or didn't vote at all. Minorities also withheld their votes for Hillary. The so-called progressives who didn't get their precious Sanders as a candidate stayed away from the polls. A lot of this was orchestrated by Putin's social media bots, but a lot was ...

anglophone replies on Sep 1, 2021:

Five pounds of dry ivermectin shoved up beyond the cervix should do the trick. I have run out of words to express my disgust at the Ratbags of Austin.

Defendants in U.

freedom41 comments on Aug 31, 2021:

That might be a sign that they are all going to jail with no parole.

anglophone replies on Sep 1, 2021:

We can always hope.

I'm a local ICU doctor.

MizJ comments on Aug 31, 2021:

Save your breath and your typing, I have come to the conclusion that trying to save these people is completely futile. The bodies here in Florida are stacking up in refridgerated trucks, and still they don't believe. The price those with sense are paying is less than death, the isolation is ...

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2021:

@MizJ Looking at the USA from my part of the world, the latest bout of The Crazy Years (/pace/ Robert Heinlein) started in 2016 when Donald Trump was elected. I was astonished that the country saw fit to elect such an unfit person to the most powerful position in the Union. Since then, he has led the charge towards insanity, inspiring such groups as QAnon, the Proud Boys, and the anti-vax brigade along the way. He has also polarised American politics. It is a going to take a lot of effort by a lot of people over a long time to reign in the dangerous lunacy unleashed by Trump.

Anyone who says "very strongly" should be shot.

JackPedigo comments on Aug 30, 2021:

Maybe we should have a grammar police group.

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2021:

@JackPedigo Well, I did restrain myself from adding traditional Chinese and Egyptian hieroglyphs. And in the manner of John Cleese' Argument Clinic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDB5gbtaEQ "You want fin? Look in the shark fin soup, you cretin!" ;)

Cougar that was kept as illegal pet removed from NYC home

Willow_Wisp comments on Aug 31, 2021:

Oh a cougar! I was thinking about another kind of cougar.

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2021:

Careful! Your mind is showing! ;)

Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Covid mask and vaccination mandates aren't Christian persecution ...

anglophone comments on Aug 31, 2021:

Christian who claim they are being persecuted have no idea what they are talking about. Perhaps they should try to build a church in present-day Afghanistan!

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2021:

@DenoPenno Good grief! Thinking about it, the microcephalics could well equate face masks with hijabs. Sigh.

GOP Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Candidate Pledges to Forcefully Remove Pro-Mask School Board Members ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Aug 30, 2021:

He really loves being a MANLY MAN, doesn't he?

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2021:

@LucyLoohoo That figures. He is even more defective mentally than I had at first understood.

Anyone who says "very strongly" should be shot.

JackPedigo comments on Aug 30, 2021:

Maybe we should have a grammar police group.

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2021:

@JackPedigo We could adhere to the rules of German, French or Esperanto, I guess.

Judge orders Cinci hospital to treat COVID-19 patient with Ivermectin, despite CDC warnings - Ohio ...

Detritus comments on Aug 31, 2021:

The hospital should simply have his wife transfer him to a facility of her choice where ivermectin can be used. I’m sure that there is a veterinary facility nearby.

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2021:

The first word that came into my mind was "horseshit", not because of your post, but because that is what veterinarians often have to deal with, and it also describes the wife's level of intellect.

When One Believes in Fairy Tales.... [rawstory.com]

Diagoras comments on Aug 31, 2021:

My ex wife was hospitalized with covid and was struggling to breathe for six days straight. She told some of her coworkers who are qanon types she knew covid was real. They claimed the hospital lied to her and she really suffered from something else. There isn't any standard of proof to satisfy the ...

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2021:

400 years ago every village had its idiot. The Internet has turned the world into a global village, and instead of just one idiot, we know have a QAnon of idiots. (Or should that be a Trump of idiots?)

St Paul’s Cathedral.

waitingforgodo comments on Aug 30, 2021:

If it's a ditty you'll be wanting some lyrics. Perhaps a cherihew? Christopher Wren Once now and then Designed churches Stained with smirches

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2021:

Said Sir Christopher Wren: "I'll be out with some men, "If anyone calls, "I'm designing St Paul's."

Anyone who says "very strongly" should be shot.

lerlo comments on Aug 30, 2021:

can we include people who say "yet again?" (again, again)

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2021:

Yet again, Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you somebody who yet again has used the phrase yet again, yet again.

Anyone who says "very strongly" should be shot.

JackPedigo comments on Aug 30, 2021:

Maybe we should have a grammar police group.

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2021:

Ah, but to whose grammar should we adhere?

GOP Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Candidate Pledges to Forcefully Remove Pro-Mask School Board Members ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Aug 30, 2021:

He really loves being a MANLY MAN, doesn't he?

anglophone replies on Aug 30, 2021:

That's no man, even less a manly man. He is an aggressive idiotic bastard.

Anti-vaxxers are fast becoming lemmings to the Covid-19 slaughter.

itsmedammit comments on Aug 30, 2021:

Yeah, I just spoke with the mother of a woman who is in nursing school. The nurse-to-be is trying to avoid vaccination, even at the risk of her new career. Apparently some of the nurses in her class are jumping over the edge.

anglophone replies on Aug 30, 2021:

Sigh.

US judge orders hospital to treat Covid patient with ivermectin [france24.com]

wordywalt comments on Aug 30, 2021:

The hospital should report the judge for possible removal from his position.

anglophone replies on Aug 30, 2021:

It is a sign of the times when a medical ignoramus thinks she knows more about medicine than medical specialists and she can persuade a court to do her bidding.

Former COVID skeptic Marcus Birks dies. [bbc.com]

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 30, 2021:

I am LOVING THIS!!! Keep up the good news!

anglophone replies on Aug 30, 2021:

I can other viruses coming out the wild animal population and evolving to eradicate yet more of the stupid among us.

A few minutes ago, here at work, a gorgeous blondie arrived, wearing a company hi-viz vest, asking ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 30, 2021:

Why, in the UK the churches have been almost completely behind the vax program. Why should it have anything to do with religion anyway, except that, as major social institutions you would expect the churches to be behind any major social project, for the peoples benefit, including their members. You...

anglophone replies on Aug 30, 2021:

@BufftonBeotch Jesus Fucking Christ! No wonder the U$A is going down the gurgler.

Miss. Gov.: South's response to COVID impacted by belief in 'eternal life

CuddyCruiser comments on Aug 29, 2021:

No compassion for fools.

anglophone replies on Aug 30, 2021:

Nor any compassion from me either. If they insist on suiciding through their own ignorance, then there is nothing that anybody can do to help them.

What in the name of all things sane have I done to deserve this?

David1955 comments on Aug 29, 2021:

I don't understand what the use of "Tutor" means here. Do you mean 'Referee" as in give a reference? Also how would one person knowing he has a Doctorate etc be helpful? Surely a credential has to be shown? I don't understand this. Perhaps I lack context.

anglophone replies on Aug 30, 2021:

@David1955 Aha! :)

MAGA Pastor: The Vaccines Will “Quit Working” Because God’s Mad About “Sodomy” | Hemant ...

Babyoda comments on Aug 29, 2021:

He can stick his theories up his a**.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

He can stick a few other things up there as well!

What in the name of all things sane have I done to deserve this?

David1955 comments on Aug 29, 2021:

I don't understand what the use of "Tutor" means here. Do you mean 'Referee" as in give a reference? Also how would one person knowing he has a Doctorate etc be helpful? Surely a credential has to be shown? I don't understand this. Perhaps I lack context.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

I suspect it's a usage that is common in the UK, but perhaps not in Australia. As an educator there I and those around me would recognise the word "tutor" as being largely synonymous with the word "teacher", but typically with small groups of anything from one to 10 people.

In July, McDonald was appointed by DeSantis as part of a closed-door panel on masks in schools.

HippieChick58 comments on Aug 29, 2021:

I hope for him that his malpractice carrier has a sense of humor or they are gonna drop his ass like a hot potato.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

Who the fuck gave him a licence to practice?

What in the name of all things sane have I done to deserve this?

powder comments on Aug 29, 2021:

That money for a certificate only or a trip to the US? If a trip to the US, would do a quick neighbourhood whip round (don't tell him it's a one way ticket though). If not, be a tutor but charge bucketloads. Then have fun messing with his head like he plans to do to others.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

@Triphid **Way** too little. See the draft letter above from A Shyster.

I appreciate all the support I’ve received on here .

anglophone comments on Aug 28, 2021:

The teaching of what to think instead of how to think is done by those who suffer from crippling personal insecurity. At its extreme, that insecurity manifest as being terrified of anybody who thinks or feels differently in any way. The idea that their claims about their god might be wrong frightens...

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

@abyers1970 I see that as merely confirming their mental defectiveness.

Silver lining

OldGoat43 comments on Aug 29, 2021:

This pandemic has shown us how many gullible morons live in this country.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

@FrayedBear See also France.

Silver lining

OldGoat43 comments on Aug 29, 2021:

This pandemic has shown us how many gullible morons live in this country.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

@FrayedBear Nah, I have just not bothered to talk about the numbskulls of other countries.

MS Gov.

CuddyCruiser comments on Aug 29, 2021:

Idiot.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

Not just an idiot, but also a lethally dangerous idiot.

Silver lining

OldGoat43 comments on Aug 29, 2021:

This pandemic has shown us how many gullible morons live in this country.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

The USA does not have a monopoly on culpable idiots, Australia has its fair share.

It time to cut them loose, it's sink or swim time for anti- maskervaxxers.. [rawstory.com]

Organist1 comments on Aug 29, 2021:

I'm frankly fed up with being "nice" to these people! They are killing us and stressing our doctors, nurses, and hospitals to the breaking point.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

I refuse to be nice to any damn fool that threatens the lives of immunocompromised people.

I appreciate all the support I’ve received on here .

Elissa comments on Aug 29, 2021:

Your anger is entirely justified. Try to focus on how much you have gained by deconverting as opposed to how much you missed out on.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

Hear! Hear!

We are a collection of atheists, agnostics and free thinkers many of us are humanitarian and pursue ...

anglophone comments on Aug 28, 2021:

My poultry enjoy their lives while they are alive. I enjoy eating them once I have slaughtered and cooked them. The prevention of suffering to sentient creatures would including banning motorised transport, this to avoid the deaths of billions on insects on windscreens every year, as well as the ...

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

@JeffMurray Sometimes with an orange sauce, sometimes with a plum sauce, and occasionally with a mild mustard sauce. Yum!

Captain Godbotherer Kent Hovid is in the crap again Biblically sanctioned wife beating does not ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 29, 2021:

Yes but the faithful will say. "He is a Christian. Therefore we must forgive him, and remember a sinner returned to the fold, is our most precious gift. Unlike the evil unbelievers, who think that you should be judged by what you really do, not by your praising of the lord."

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

@Fernapple That figures. (And thanks for sharing that part of the mainstream Muslim view.)

Captain Godbotherer Kent Hovid is in the crap again Biblically sanctioned wife beating does not ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 29, 2021:

Yes but the faithful will say. "He is a Christian. Therefore we must forgive him, and remember a sinner returned to the fold, is our most precious gift. Unlike the evil unbelievers, who think that you should be judged by what you really do, not by your praising of the lord."

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

I wonder if a "devout Muslim" would be allowed to get away with such crap.

Doctor who promoted ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment has advised Florida’s governor ...

mcgeo52 comments on Aug 29, 2021:

Ivermectin, appropriately enough, is available as a sheep dip. Just sayin'.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

Method of application: make a solution of 1 pound of Ivermectin per 10 gallons of water, and submerge the whole human subject below the surface of the solution for 5 minutes without any form of breathing apparatus.

Doctor who promoted ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment has advised Florida’s governor ...

Lorajay comments on Aug 28, 2021:

It's really hard to protect people from themselves.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

Specially when those people are utterly determined to accept the lies of dangerous self-promoting lunatics.

I appreciate all the support I’ve received on here .

Jolanta comments on Aug 28, 2021:

You are welcome there. I would not lash out, after all they are in the same boat as you used to be once. Just let them be.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

@Jolanta Thanks for sharing that. Yes, stirring up old bad memories can do that.

We're losing our religion...but where do we go from here? - The Big Smoke

Fernapple comments on Aug 29, 2021:

I agree with you, and would add that, the article also ignores the almost certain direction of religion in the future. As and intellectual method for understanding the world, religion was superseded twenty five centuries or so ago. When people first noticed it had failed to provide a true ...

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2021:

@David1955 As brutal as it may seem, the ignorance enforced by religion raises the level of mortality in its adherents. The "God will protect me from Covid-19" phenomenon is just one example of this. The murder by Catholics of the residents in their "care" homes is a loosely related example. In terms of what do we need to replace religion with, this raises the question of does it need to be replaced by anything. Social association will continue, with or without religious overtones. The dogma of religion may give way to enlightenments brought by the Scientific Method. If there is to be a way forward, I see it as gently coaxing people out of the fears imposed upon them by, to put it crudely, God Mobsters.