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There are so many things in the Christian Bible itself that say that it's all just a myth.
birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Also, the Bible is a poor copy of the Sumerian texts, carved on the Babylonian walls 2000 years before the Bible was written.
Furthermore, the bloodthirsty, revengeful god of blood sacrifices and fire and brimstone is based on "Anu," the alien Sumerian leader.
Link: The origins of human ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
@Agamic Just what I said..the Hebrew god is based on "Anu," the Sumerian leader of an alien race who say they genetically engineered humans by combining their own DNA with that of human apes.
birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Also, the Bible is a poor copy of the Sumerian texts, carved on the Babylonian walls 2000 years before the Bible was written.
Furthermore, the bloodthirsty, revengeful god of blood sacrifices and fire and brimstone is based on "Anu," the alien Sumerian leader.
Link: The origins of human ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
@Agamic Just what I said..the Hebrew god is based on "Anu," the Sumerian leader of an alien race who say they genetically engineered humans by combining their own DNA with that of human apes.
Here is a question for men: how do you react to a woman crying?
JazznBlues comments on Jun 1, 2018:
My ex-wife of 17 years only cried when she was losing an argument and wanted to pull the tear card. Made me a tearful cynic...
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
@JazznBlues It's from evolution; if women stay with men who don't listen to them, she and her children are likely doomed-best to cut her losses early and move on.
Left to themselves, we get men like Trump.
JazznBlues comments on Jun 1, 2018:
My ex-wife of 17 years only cried when she was losing an argument and wanted to pull the tear card. Made me a tearful cynic...
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
@JazznBlues It's from evolution; if women stay with men who don't listen to them, she and her children are likely doomed-best to cut her losses early and move on.
Left to themselves, we get men like Trump.
Is it a comedians job to be vulgar sometimes?
birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Yes, but not calling black people apes. That is never funny.
If you think so, you are also racist.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
@SortaStoic Not regulating, just not accepting their shows. So are you agreeing that it's OK to compare blacks to apes?
birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Yes, but not calling black people apes. That is never funny.
If you think so, you are also racist.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
@SortaStoic Not regulating, just not accepting their shows. So are you agreeing that it's OK to compare blacks to apes?
Is it a comedians job to be vulgar sometimes?
onlyduh comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Yes.
Also. To tell truth to power.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
So, you think comparing a black person to an ape is funny?
onlyduh comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Yes.
Also. To tell truth to power.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
So, you think comparing a black person to an ape is funny?
Is it a comedians job to be vulgar sometimes?
Timmythinks comments on Jun 1, 2018:
I feel comedians are the ones who define boundaries. If they didn't speak to the literal edge of tolerance, how would society know where we are at.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
So, you think comparing a black person to an ape is funny?
Timmythinks comments on Jun 1, 2018:
I feel comedians are the ones who define boundaries. If they didn't speak to the literal edge of tolerance, how would society know where we are at.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
So, you think comparing a black person to an ape is funny?
Is it a comedians job to be vulgar sometimes?
evidentialist comments on Jun 1, 2018:
The comedian's job is to stretch the envelope of social intercourse, to test the waters of the forbidden, and to light fires under the seats of power. To poke fun at me and you. To poke fun at themselves. To scratch the underbelly of society. That they can do this while applying humor to the ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
Hopefully, you don't think comparing a black person to an ape is funny.
evidentialist comments on Jun 1, 2018:
The comedian's job is to stretch the envelope of social intercourse, to test the waters of the forbidden, and to light fires under the seats of power. To poke fun at me and you. To poke fun at themselves. To scratch the underbelly of society. That they can do this while applying humor to the ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
Hopefully, you don't think comparing a black person to an ape is funny.
Is it a comedians job to be vulgar sometimes?
A2Jennifer comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Yes. If it was always between the lines it wouldn’t be funny.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
You think comparing a black person to an ape is funny?
A2Jennifer comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Yes. If it was always between the lines it wouldn’t be funny.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
You think comparing a black person to an ape is funny?
Is it a comedians job to be vulgar sometimes?
MarvelAnn comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Yes. Shock value. They say what we are thinking or are too afraid to say.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
You think comparing a black person to an ape is funny?
MarvelAnn comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Yes. Shock value. They say what we are thinking or are too afraid to say.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
You think comparing a black person to an ape is funny?
Is it a comedians job to be vulgar sometimes?
LeighShelton comments on Jun 1, 2018:
its just the nature of the beast but we are all adults and should know that. remember its just a joke.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
Seriously, you think comparing a black person to an ape is funny?
LeighShelton comments on Jun 1, 2018:
its just the nature of the beast but we are all adults and should know that. remember its just a joke.
birdingnut replies on Jun 2, 2018:
Seriously, you think comparing a black person to an ape is funny?
I've always had a problem with the story of Abraham.
birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:
The Bible is a poor copy of the Sumerian texts, carved on the Babylonian walls 2000 years before the Bible was written.
Furthermore, the bloodthirsty, revengeful god of blood sacrifices and fire and brimstone is based on "Anu," the alien Sumerian leader.
Since the Bible isn't true, why even ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@Nardi Sorry!
I do realize that many people come to this website to finally be able to rant about the stupidity of the Bible and religion, but after a while one wants to hear about something else instead of beating a dead horse.
birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:
The Bible is a poor copy of the Sumerian texts, carved on the Babylonian walls 2000 years before the Bible was written.
Furthermore, the bloodthirsty, revengeful god of blood sacrifices and fire and brimstone is based on "Anu," the alien Sumerian leader.
Since the Bible isn't true, why even ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@Nardi Sorry!
I do realize that many people come to this website to finally be able to rant about the stupidity of the Bible and religion, but after a while one wants to hear about something else instead of beating a dead horse.
“Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! ...
Sooz comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Yeah, but admit it, wouldn't it be kind of fun?
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
I just about to say the same thing!
Sooz comments on Jun 1, 2018:
Yeah, but admit it, wouldn't it be kind of fun?
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
I just about to say the same thing!
SAY THE WORDS: WORDS MATTER
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magicwatch comments on Jun 1, 2018:
this post makes no sense
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
It means to stop whitewashing racism and misogyny.
magicwatch comments on Jun 1, 2018:
this post makes no sense
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
It means to stop whitewashing racism and misogyny.
Here is a question for men: how do you react to a woman crying?
Rugglesby comments on Jun 1, 2018:
My Achilles heel, I cannot say no to a crying woman, I do anything to stop the crying. Long story but it has become part of me, and to be honest, I don't like it.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
Why argue with her? That dooms the relationship.
"John Gottman, a well known marriage researcher, and his colleagues followed 130 newlywed couples for six years to find what marriages succeeded and why. Turns out, happy, stable marriages had one thing in common: The husband was willing to accept his wife's influence.
In contrast, when husbands responded to their wives' complaints by stonewalling or belittling them, the marriage was almost sure to fail: More than four-fifths of those relationships — 81 percent — fell apart."
So they found out that if a man doesn't listen to his wife in everything, the marriage will end.
Rugglesby comments on Jun 1, 2018:
My Achilles heel, I cannot say no to a crying woman, I do anything to stop the crying. Long story but it has become part of me, and to be honest, I don't like it.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
Why argue with her? That dooms the relationship.
"John Gottman, a well known marriage researcher, and his colleagues followed 130 newlywed couples for six years to find what marriages succeeded and why. Turns out, happy, stable marriages had one thing in common: The husband was willing to accept his wife's influence.
In contrast, when husbands responded to their wives' complaints by stonewalling or belittling them, the marriage was almost sure to fail: More than four-fifths of those relationships — 81 percent — fell apart."
So they found out that if a man doesn't listen to his wife in everything, the marriage will end.
Here is a question for men: how do you react to a woman crying?
JazznBlues comments on Jun 1, 2018:
My ex-wife of 17 years only cried when she was losing an argument and wanted to pull the tear card. Made me a tearful cynic...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
Why were you even arguing with her? That dooms the relationship.
"John Gottman, a well known marriage researcher, and his colleagues followed 130 newlywed couples for six years to find what marriages succeeded and why. Turns out, happy, stable marriages had one thing in common: The husband was willing to accept his wife's influence.
In contrast, when husbands responded to their wives' complaints by stonewalling or belittling them, the marriage was almost sure to fail: More than four-fifths of those relationships — 81 percent — fell apart."
So they found out that if a man doesn't listen to his wife in everything, the marriage will end.
JazznBlues comments on Jun 1, 2018:
My ex-wife of 17 years only cried when she was losing an argument and wanted to pull the tear card. Made me a tearful cynic...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
Why were you even arguing with her? That dooms the relationship.
"John Gottman, a well known marriage researcher, and his colleagues followed 130 newlywed couples for six years to find what marriages succeeded and why. Turns out, happy, stable marriages had one thing in common: The husband was willing to accept his wife's influence.
In contrast, when husbands responded to their wives' complaints by stonewalling or belittling them, the marriage was almost sure to fail: More than four-fifths of those relationships — 81 percent — fell apart."
So they found out that if a man doesn't listen to his wife in everything, the marriage will end.
Confused about gender labels?
jaymr_1 comments on May 27, 2018:
Totally agree with your views. We all have some male and female hormones. It is a matter of the ratio of these hormones that make us fee if we are wholly male, female or somewhere in between. But some cultures want clear-cut categorization, other cultures accept the differences.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@Palacinky I usually live in far flung places where I seldom see a white person, so I don't know about tourist, western places like Chiang Mai, and Bangkok. Where I've lived, they were not persecuted, just accepted.
One of my school administrators wore make up, coiffed hair and a glittering female pantsuit, but wore men's shoes and a goatee, yet nobody seemed to think anything of it. Everywhere I've worked there have been transgender teachers and students, and nobody cared.
If one of my students identified as a gender other than the school uniform they were wearing, the other students would inform me before I divided up the classes for contests between the girls and the boys, and I'd count that student as that preferred gender.
But it's the same with acceptance of race, taught by Buddhism; the people accept others but the government persecutes immigrants. I've heard of families up north kicking out transgender children, but it's not been done where I've lived in worked; Lopburi, Lamnarai, Nakhon, and Songkhla.
jaymr_1 comments on May 27, 2018:
Totally agree with your views. We all have some male and female hormones. It is a matter of the ratio of these hormones that make us fee if we are wholly male, female or somewhere in between. But some cultures want clear-cut categorization, other cultures accept the differences.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@Palacinky I usually live in far flung places where I seldom see a white person, so I don't know about tourist, western places like Chiang Mai, and Bangkok. Where I've lived, they were not persecuted, just accepted.
One of my school administrators wore make up, coiffed hair and a glittering female pantsuit, but wore men's shoes and a goatee, yet nobody seemed to think anything of it. Everywhere I've worked there have been transgender teachers and students, and nobody cared.
If one of my students identified as a gender other than the school uniform they were wearing, the other students would inform me before I divided up the classes for contests between the girls and the boys, and I'd count that student as that preferred gender.
But it's the same with acceptance of race, taught by Buddhism; the people accept others but the government persecutes immigrants. I've heard of families up north kicking out transgender children, but it's not been done where I've lived in worked; Lopburi, Lamnarai, Nakhon, and Songkhla.
Confused about gender labels?
jaymr_1 comments on May 27, 2018:
Totally agree with your views. We all have some male and female hormones. It is a matter of the ratio of these hormones that make us fee if we are wholly male, female or somewhere in between. But some cultures want clear-cut categorization, other cultures accept the differences.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@Palacinky Officially they are restricted, but practically, nobody cares about their gender presentation because Thai Buddhism accepts a Third Gender. If there is any persecution it is probably in Bangkok or places with more Western influence.
School officials, teachers, staff in the mall, etc., can present with beards and women's clothing and make up, pretty women can dress and act exactly like men, someone can be half dressed as a man, and half as a woman.
Since the Thai language allows people to label their own gender pronoun with each sentence, you don't have to guess which gender label they identify with. People even change their self-gender labels according to their moods, or circumstances. This is perfect for me, although with derris scandens, I no longer have gender dysphoria.
jaymr_1 comments on May 27, 2018:
Totally agree with your views. We all have some male and female hormones. It is a matter of the ratio of these hormones that make us fee if we are wholly male, female or somewhere in between. But some cultures want clear-cut categorization, other cultures accept the differences.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@Palacinky Officially they are restricted, but practically, nobody cares about their gender presentation because Thai Buddhism accepts a Third Gender. If there is any persecution it is probably in Bangkok or places with more Western influence.
School officials, teachers, staff in the mall, etc., can present with beards and women's clothing and make up, pretty women can dress and act exactly like men, someone can be half dressed as a man, and half as a woman.
Since the Thai language allows people to label their own gender pronoun with each sentence, you don't have to guess which gender label they identify with. People even change their self-gender labels according to their moods, or circumstances. This is perfect for me, although with derris scandens, I no longer have gender dysphoria.
Did you choose a college major because it seemed like a racket?
Jolanta comments on Jun 1, 2018:
I love Thailand. Whenever I have an opportunity I go there. But is your ex the father of your child/children?
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
Yes, I was married to my son and daughter's father for 22 years. I love that you love Thailand. Where have you visited? Hopefully, not just the typical tourist places.
Jolanta comments on Jun 1, 2018:
I love Thailand. Whenever I have an opportunity I go there. But is your ex the father of your child/children?
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
Yes, I was married to my son and daughter's father for 22 years. I love that you love Thailand. Where have you visited? Hopefully, not just the typical tourist places.
Did you choose a college major because it seemed like a racket?
Jolanta comments on Jun 1, 2018:
There must have been something good about it.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@Jolanta Yes, I have a grown son and daughter. I was married to the children's father, a chiropractor, for 22 years.
Jolanta comments on Jun 1, 2018:
There must have been something good about it.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@Jolanta Yes, I have a grown son and daughter. I was married to the children's father, a chiropractor, for 22 years.
Yes "Roseanne" should have been cancelled.
josh_is_exciting comments on May 31, 2018:
When a show is canceled like that because of one cast members stupidity, I think of the other actors and crew who are now out of work. Quite unfortunate.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@dleifallot LOL! I wish Trump would get fired..
josh_is_exciting comments on May 31, 2018:
When a show is canceled like that because of one cast members stupidity, I think of the other actors and crew who are now out of work. Quite unfortunate.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@dleifallot LOL! I wish Trump would get fired..
Congressional Candidate In Virginia Admits He’s A Pedophile | HuffPost
webbew1 comments on Jun 1, 2018:
The fuck is the world coming to? Used to be if you were a sleaze bag ingrate who likes diddling under age kids, you at least had enough sense to shut your goddamn trap about it. So now these losers are starting to think that they can just wear this bullshit like like some kind of badge of honor? ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
Trump set the bar extra low..like, underground.
webbew1 comments on Jun 1, 2018:
The fuck is the world coming to? Used to be if you were a sleaze bag ingrate who likes diddling under age kids, you at least had enough sense to shut your goddamn trap about it. So now these losers are starting to think that they can just wear this bullshit like like some kind of badge of honor? ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
Trump set the bar extra low..like, underground.
Did you choose a college major because it seemed like a racket?
Jolanta comments on Jun 1, 2018:
There must have been something good about it.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
Not really. I had to quit to take care of my parents anyway as they were starting to fail, so started my own real estate investment business, then after they passed away, I moved to Thailand to teach English and ESL for a low salary, but such a low cost of living it was like making 6 K a month in the US.
Jolanta comments on Jun 1, 2018:
There must have been something good about it.
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
Not really. I had to quit to take care of my parents anyway as they were starting to fail, so started my own real estate investment business, then after they passed away, I moved to Thailand to teach English and ESL for a low salary, but such a low cost of living it was like making 6 K a month in the US.
Watching ID’s “Your Worst Nightmare “ would make me swear off dating for good! It’s about ...
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
The only scary close call I had with a date was a second date with the nephew of a lady I knew from church. He was such a gentleman on the first cautious date, I agree to park my truck at his house and ride with him to a movie theater to watch a movie. NEVER do that.
When we returned he decided ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@Wildgreens Strangely, I was totally calm when it happened, which is what saved me. Afterward, I began suffering from ptsd until I began having panic attacks in crowds..a real problem since I was getting my masters at a local university at the time.
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
The only scary close call I had with a date was a second date with the nephew of a lady I knew from church. He was such a gentleman on the first cautious date, I agree to park my truck at his house and ride with him to a movie theater to watch a movie. NEVER do that.
When we returned he decided ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@Wildgreens Strangely, I was totally calm when it happened, which is what saved me. Afterward, I began suffering from ptsd until I began having panic attacks in crowds..a real problem since I was getting my masters at a local university at the time.
Confused about gender labels?
MollyBell comments on May 31, 2018:
Regarding #5:
I don't like the term transwoman or transman, and neither do most of the (many) trans women that I know. It's used by TERFs to devalue the gender of trans people. Transgender is an adjective, and should be used to describe a type of woman or man or person, not combined with a gender...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@MollyBell LOL! You have yourself labeled "transwoman" on your own profile, yet you are condemning me? You sound like a troll.
MollyBell comments on May 31, 2018:
Regarding #5:
I don't like the term transwoman or transman, and neither do most of the (many) trans women that I know. It's used by TERFs to devalue the gender of trans people. Transgender is an adjective, and should be used to describe a type of woman or man or person, not combined with a gender...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
@MollyBell LOL! You have yourself labeled "transwoman" on your own profile, yet you are condemning me? You sound like a troll.
Yes "Roseanne" should have been cancelled.
Stevil comments on May 31, 2018:
I live in a cave. Thought Roseanne was cancelled about 25 years ago. It was even longer since she was funny.
I have no idea what she said but unless she was advocating violence against somebody. Have no problem with anything she might have said. I feel like as an adult at least chronologically I ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
I hope you're joking.
Roseanne said on twitter that Valerie Jarrett, black senior advisor to Pres. Obama, was the product of the "Planet of the Apes" with an Islamist political group, thus calling her an ape.
The View, on the other hand, is a group of ladies who sit around the table discussing current events, and usually showing horror at Trump's latest behaviors. Because they don't worship Trump, Trump followers keep calling for the cancellation of the show.
Stevil comments on May 31, 2018:
I live in a cave. Thought Roseanne was cancelled about 25 years ago. It was even longer since she was funny.
I have no idea what she said but unless she was advocating violence against somebody. Have no problem with anything she might have said. I feel like as an adult at least chronologically I ...
birdingnut replies on Jun 1, 2018:
I hope you're joking.
Roseanne said on twitter that Valerie Jarrett, black senior advisor to Pres. Obama, was the product of the "Planet of the Apes" with an Islamist political group, thus calling her an ape.
The View, on the other hand, is a group of ladies who sit around the table discussing current events, and usually showing horror at Trump's latest behaviors. Because they don't worship Trump, Trump followers keep calling for the cancellation of the show.
Yes "Roseanne" should have been cancelled.
josh_is_exciting comments on May 31, 2018:
When a show is canceled like that because of one cast members stupidity, I think of the other actors and crew who are now out of work. Quite unfortunate.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
Roseanne has been doing controversial, outrageous things like that for decades..the show's producers knew the risk they were taking, but they also hoped to make a lot of money first.
josh_is_exciting comments on May 31, 2018:
When a show is canceled like that because of one cast members stupidity, I think of the other actors and crew who are now out of work. Quite unfortunate.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
Roseanne has been doing controversial, outrageous things like that for decades..the show's producers knew the risk they were taking, but they also hoped to make a lot of money first.
The most chilling four words in a relationship:
"We need to talk."
fathercat comments on May 31, 2018:
I'm always up for that.
But for most men they need to decipher:
She said: you need to listen.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@fathercat It's still better than saying, "Um..I'm late this month.." or "Er..I need a list of your other sexual partners."
fathercat comments on May 31, 2018:
I'm always up for that.
But for most men they need to decipher:
She said: you need to listen.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@fathercat It's still better than saying, "Um..I'm late this month.." or "Er..I need a list of your other sexual partners."
The most chilling four words in a relationship:
"We need to talk."
ProudMerry comments on May 31, 2018:
I thought it was "about that cold sore..."
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
LOL!
ProudMerry comments on May 31, 2018:
I thought it was "about that cold sore..."
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
LOL!
The most chilling four words in a relationship:
"We need to talk."
fathercat comments on May 31, 2018:
I'm always up for that.
But for most men they need to decipher:
She said: you need to listen.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
Wrong. She just said, "You're toast."
fathercat comments on May 31, 2018:
I'm always up for that.
But for most men they need to decipher:
She said: you need to listen.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
Wrong. She just said, "You're toast."
The most chilling four words in a relationship:
"We need to talk."
Xena comments on May 31, 2018:
HA! Mostly it's men who get chilled by the thought of "talking"...or as wimmin call it... communicating
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
That's because men don't usually have "talks" to break up..they typically just act distant, start an affair with someone else, or move out.
Xena comments on May 31, 2018:
HA! Mostly it's men who get chilled by the thought of "talking"...or as wimmin call it... communicating
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
That's because men don't usually have "talks" to break up..they typically just act distant, start an affair with someone else, or move out.
The most chilling four words in a relationship:
"We need to talk."
rsabbatini comments on May 31, 2018:
This is called DR: Discussing the Relationship. It might be a good thing, but only if it is not a terminal talk.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
If it weren't bad, she wouldn't word it that way.
rsabbatini comments on May 31, 2018:
This is called DR: Discussing the Relationship. It might be a good thing, but only if it is not a terminal talk.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
If it weren't bad, she wouldn't word it that way.
Anyone ever had an encounter with a ghost
mordant comments on May 31, 2018:
No. I would argue that no one ever has. But they make nice campfire stories.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
You'd be wrong. Many people have seen them, but in the US, it's considered crazy to believe in them so nobody mentions it, or expects it.
But one of my daughter's friends was visited at her house by a classmate who she didn't know had just been killed in a car accident.
One of my friends also was killed during a mugging, but came back after being "dead" for an hour, able to tell stories about people she'd seen on the other side who had been killed before she'd heard of it.
mordant comments on May 31, 2018:
No. I would argue that no one ever has. But they make nice campfire stories.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
You'd be wrong. Many people have seen them, but in the US, it's considered crazy to believe in them so nobody mentions it, or expects it.
But one of my daughter's friends was visited at her house by a classmate who she didn't know had just been killed in a car accident.
One of my friends also was killed during a mugging, but came back after being "dead" for an hour, able to tell stories about people she'd seen on the other side who had been killed before she'd heard of it.
Confused about gender labels?
MollyBell comments on May 31, 2018:
Regarding #5:
I don't like the term transwoman or transman, and neither do most of the (many) trans women that I know. It's used by TERFs to devalue the gender of trans people. Transgender is an adjective, and should be used to describe a type of woman or man or person, not combined with a gender...
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
I have transgender woman friends, and they refer to themselves as just "women." I am a partial transmale, myself.
This is from BBC: Transgender man/transgender woman
People assigned female at birth but living as a man may describe themselves as a "transgender man", while those assigned male at birth but living as a woman may call themselves a "transgender woman". These terms can be shortened to "trans man" or "trans woman".
Some may also use the acronyms FtM (female-to-male) and MtF (male-to-female). Many prefer simply to be identified simply as a "man" or a "woman".
MollyBell comments on May 31, 2018:
Regarding #5:
I don't like the term transwoman or transman, and neither do most of the (many) trans women that I know. It's used by TERFs to devalue the gender of trans people. Transgender is an adjective, and should be used to describe a type of woman or man or person, not combined with a gender...
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
I have transgender woman friends, and they refer to themselves as just "women." I am a partial transmale, myself.
This is from BBC: Transgender man/transgender woman
People assigned female at birth but living as a man may describe themselves as a "transgender man", while those assigned male at birth but living as a woman may call themselves a "transgender woman". These terms can be shortened to "trans man" or "trans woman".
Some may also use the acronyms FtM (female-to-male) and MtF (male-to-female). Many prefer simply to be identified simply as a "man" or a "woman".
So recently I decided to quit drinking and it's been a hard thing to do I was doing pretty well ...
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
?? I don't get it - can't you get cannabis edibles where you live? No hangover, non-addictive, makes you feel peaceful and happy, and cures cancer among many other things.
What's not to love?
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@mudhen You sound like you work for the Big Pharm, LOL! The US medical society banned cannabis so they could push their own synthetic toxic drugs.
Landmark Study Shows Half of Cancer Patients are Killed by Chemo — NOT Cancer http://thefreethoughtproject.com/chemotherapy-study-cancer-patients/
BBC News - Growing evidence that cannabis oil can cure serious diseases like cancer http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-32020114/can-cannabis-oil-cure-serious-diseases-like-cancer
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
?? I don't get it - can't you get cannabis edibles where you live? No hangover, non-addictive, makes you feel peaceful and happy, and cures cancer among many other things.
What's not to love?
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@mudhen You sound like you work for the Big Pharm, LOL! The US medical society banned cannabis so they could push their own synthetic toxic drugs.
Landmark Study Shows Half of Cancer Patients are Killed by Chemo — NOT Cancer http://thefreethoughtproject.com/chemotherapy-study-cancer-patients/
BBC News - Growing evidence that cannabis oil can cure serious diseases like cancer http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-32020114/can-cannabis-oil-cure-serious-diseases-like-cancer
"In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
mordant comments on May 31, 2018:
Theologically ... the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost is Elizabethan English for the same thing, from the King James Bible mostly) is known as "the Comforter", his role is to indwell believers and provide them with insight, wisdom, comfort, counsel, inspiration and the like. Also he's supposed to "convict" ...
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
Yup..that about covers it. Be advised that these supernatural things actually happen at many of these charismatic services..actual blind people healed, people speaking in languages they never learned, etc. but it's all from the beliefs of the people involved, NOT a god. Everyone has the power to heal, as the "placebo affect" shows.
mordant comments on May 31, 2018:
Theologically ... the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost is Elizabethan English for the same thing, from the King James Bible mostly) is known as "the Comforter", his role is to indwell believers and provide them with insight, wisdom, comfort, counsel, inspiration and the like. Also he's supposed to "convict" ...
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
Yup..that about covers it. Be advised that these supernatural things actually happen at many of these charismatic services..actual blind people healed, people speaking in languages they never learned, etc. but it's all from the beliefs of the people involved, NOT a god. Everyone has the power to heal, as the "placebo affect" shows.
Are you an "overlapper"?
Rugglesby comments on May 31, 2018:
No never, I have found that when a relationship ends, it is smoother if the other person finds a new partner first. Sure, I get pain, but better than the constant aggro from an ex. So I usually stay away from potential relationships until they have moved on.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
I usually help an ex find someone else ASAP, to prevent their trying to reconcile, knowing I'd probably feel sorry for them and let them return.
My male side sees my romantic interest men as "pals," complete with having a hard-wired "bro code," where I have their backs.
Rugglesby comments on May 31, 2018:
No never, I have found that when a relationship ends, it is smoother if the other person finds a new partner first. Sure, I get pain, but better than the constant aggro from an ex. So I usually stay away from potential relationships until they have moved on.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
I usually help an ex find someone else ASAP, to prevent their trying to reconcile, knowing I'd probably feel sorry for them and let them return.
My male side sees my romantic interest men as "pals," complete with having a hard-wired "bro code," where I have their backs.
Well Roseanne did it again, opened her big mouth with a racial slur.
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
Well, Mel Gibson's 2006 drunken tirade against Jews got him blacklisted from the movie business for almost a decade, why not Roseanne?
Gibson has since been allowed back in somewhat but in 2010 he made more racist comments, this time about "niggers." Since there wasn't a lot of press about it, ...
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@Jolanta Sure, because religion makes people so good, LOL!
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
Well, Mel Gibson's 2006 drunken tirade against Jews got him blacklisted from the movie business for almost a decade, why not Roseanne?
Gibson has since been allowed back in somewhat but in 2010 he made more racist comments, this time about "niggers." Since there wasn't a lot of press about it, ...
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@Jolanta Sure, because religion makes people so good, LOL!
Driver Shouts 'Go Back To Your Country Bh' At Asian-American Family | HuffPost
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
Emboldened by Trump, and following his lead..
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@Rideauxb Hate crimes rose the day after Trump was elected, FBI data show http://wapo.st/2pw5NRw?tid=ss_tw=.3da4014857a3
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
Emboldened by Trump, and following his lead..
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@Rideauxb Hate crimes rose the day after Trump was elected, FBI data show http://wapo.st/2pw5NRw?tid=ss_tw=.3da4014857a3
So recently I decided to quit drinking and it's been a hard thing to do I was doing pretty well ...
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
?? I don't get it - can't you get cannabis edibles where you live? No hangover, non-addictive, makes you feel peaceful and happy, and cures cancer among many other things.
What's not to love?
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@mudhen The exact opposite. Alcohol is dangerous, damages the liver and is addictive. Most people drink too much because they are unhappy.
Cannabis HEALS the body, and in older people it actually rejuvenates the brain, it cures a host of serious diseases, including cancer, and it can be taken many ways.
Smoking doesn't do much to cure disease, but there's cannabis oil (which I take for cancer, and the cancer is receding), edibles, and other ways to get it. It's prescribed in hospitals in Spain. It stops pain, calms the mind, and stops depression.
Quote from link:
"Without cannabis, mature and aged mice performed worse on the tests than young mice did. But after the elderly animals were given cannabis THC, their performances improved to the point that they resembled those of young, untreated mice. “The effects were very robust, very profound,” Zimmer says."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/marijuana-may-boost-rather-than-dull-the-elderly-brain/
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
?? I don't get it - can't you get cannabis edibles where you live? No hangover, non-addictive, makes you feel peaceful and happy, and cures cancer among many other things.
What's not to love?
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@mudhen The exact opposite. Alcohol is dangerous, damages the liver and is addictive. Most people drink too much because they are unhappy.
Cannabis HEALS the body, and in older people it actually rejuvenates the brain, it cures a host of serious diseases, including cancer, and it can be taken many ways.
Smoking doesn't do much to cure disease, but there's cannabis oil (which I take for cancer, and the cancer is receding), edibles, and other ways to get it. It's prescribed in hospitals in Spain. It stops pain, calms the mind, and stops depression.
Quote from link:
"Without cannabis, mature and aged mice performed worse on the tests than young mice did. But after the elderly animals were given cannabis THC, their performances improved to the point that they resembled those of young, untreated mice. “The effects were very robust, very profound,” Zimmer says."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/marijuana-may-boost-rather-than-dull-the-elderly-brain/
What is the quickest easiest meal that you make yourself and love?
resserts comments on May 31, 2018:
I sometimes make a really simple dish of my own design that I find quite tasty and nutritious:
- cooked brown rice
- cooked lentils
- raw, diced onion
- raw, diced tomato
- raw, diced green pepper
- raw, diced jalapeño pepper
- finely chopped cilantro
- pressed garlic
- mashed avocado
-...
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
LOL! I'd hate to see your "complicated" meals.
resserts comments on May 31, 2018:
I sometimes make a really simple dish of my own design that I find quite tasty and nutritious:
- cooked brown rice
- cooked lentils
- raw, diced onion
- raw, diced tomato
- raw, diced green pepper
- raw, diced jalapeño pepper
- finely chopped cilantro
- pressed garlic
- mashed avocado
-...
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
LOL! I'd hate to see your "complicated" meals.
So recently I decided to quit drinking and it's been a hard thing to do I was doing pretty well ...
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
?? I don't get it - can't you get cannabis edibles where you live? No hangover, non-addictive, makes you feel peaceful and happy, and cures cancer among many other things.
What's not to love?
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@SeeCanU All that's needed is a vacation to CO, or most people have friends who have friends who know someone.
birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:
?? I don't get it - can't you get cannabis edibles where you live? No hangover, non-addictive, makes you feel peaceful and happy, and cures cancer among many other things.
What's not to love?
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@SeeCanU All that's needed is a vacation to CO, or most people have friends who have friends who know someone.
Angry Young Preacher: The Bible Says Gay People Should Be Executed (Humanely) – Friendly Atheist
slydr68 comments on May 30, 2018:
Is that what Jesus would do?
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
I dunno. Jesus was pretty hard core..he even told that parable about a king having all the people in his kingdom slaughtered who didn't accept him as king.
Luke 19:27 "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.".
slydr68 comments on May 30, 2018:
Is that what Jesus would do?
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
I dunno. Jesus was pretty hard core..he even told that parable about a king having all the people in his kingdom slaughtered who didn't accept him as king.
Luke 19:27 "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.".
Angry Young Preacher: The Bible Says Gay People Should Be Executed (Humanely) – Friendly Atheist
exilesky comments on May 31, 2018:
I believe it also calls for the death penalty for adulterers, and yet nobody would dream of enforcing that.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
Leviticus 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
exilesky comments on May 31, 2018:
I believe it also calls for the death penalty for adulterers, and yet nobody would dream of enforcing that.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
Leviticus 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
I've been a band mom for 6 years and with 2 kids have gone to a LOT of concerts and I will never ...
SocialismWillWin comments on May 31, 2018:
You've... met white people, right?
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
LOL! I was just thinking the same thing.
SocialismWillWin comments on May 31, 2018:
You've... met white people, right?
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
LOL! I was just thinking the same thing.
The Bible - I find the lack of respect people in this room give to the Bible disturbing.
birdingnut comments on May 30, 2018:
You don't seem to know much about the Bible if you are defending it. I hope you read the verses the others are posting since they beat me to it.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@michaelinlivonia Hmm..perhaps I need to use the "block" button again. I usually block all people I wouldn't care to meet in person due to misogyny or anger issues anyway, and of course ALL alt-right people.
birdingnut comments on May 30, 2018:
You don't seem to know much about the Bible if you are defending it. I hope you read the verses the others are posting since they beat me to it.
birdingnut replies on May 31, 2018:
@michaelinlivonia Hmm..perhaps I need to use the "block" button again. I usually block all people I wouldn't care to meet in person due to misogyny or anger issues anyway, and of course ALL alt-right people.
The Bible - I find the lack of respect people in this room give to the Bible disturbing.
filthyMONKEYmen comments on May 30, 2018:
Psalm 137:9
Blessed is the one who takes and dashes your babies against the rock!
birdingnut replies on May 30, 2018:
@patchoullijulie It can be easily googled if you remember even the gist of the verse.
filthyMONKEYmen comments on May 30, 2018:
Psalm 137:9
Blessed is the one who takes and dashes your babies against the rock!
birdingnut replies on May 30, 2018:
@patchoullijulie It can be easily googled if you remember even the gist of the verse.
Politics! if you can direct me to members who want to solidify our group as an effective voting ...
csmhill comments on May 30, 2018:
Roseann????? The irony of how she disgraced the National Anthem and now is accepted by many who criticize others who kneel in valid protest is insane. Her career should have been dead in the water immediately after she butchered the anthem. Again I am disgusted by the evangelist degenerates ...
birdingnut replies on May 30, 2018:
They are two of kind..I wish Trump would be fired for racist tweets as well..
csmhill comments on May 30, 2018:
Roseann????? The irony of how she disgraced the National Anthem and now is accepted by many who criticize others who kneel in valid protest is insane. Her career should have been dead in the water immediately after she butchered the anthem. Again I am disgusted by the evangelist degenerates ...
birdingnut replies on May 30, 2018:
They are two of kind..I wish Trump would be fired for racist tweets as well..
Tonight I emailed and renounced my first university, a strict religious place when I was there.
LucyLoohoo comments on May 29, 2018:
WOW! I'll bet you feel MUCH BETTER about that! Do you suppose they'll put you on their prayer list? Wonder if you'll have to hear from them again?
birdingnut replies on May 29, 2018:
So far, so good. I suspect the poor office girls agree with me, but have to toe the company line.
I say that because two decades ago, I called the Asbury College (now it's a university) office to protest a money appeal and telling them how persecuted I'd felt as a student there.
For instance, when I was caught outside a few minutes past curfew (10 PM) with my boyfriend, I was interrogated and accused of "fornication," for hours by a committee of ten professors, while nobody said anything to my boyfriend (who I later married and he's the father of my two children).
I complained that I had to wear skirts, and wasn't allowed to wear pants even when the temp. dropped to zero, but men were left alone, etc. To my surprise, the sweet young girl on the phone was horrified, said the college wasn't that strict anymore, and apologized on behalf of the college, so I was mollified. At the time.
LucyLoohoo comments on May 29, 2018:
WOW! I'll bet you feel MUCH BETTER about that! Do you suppose they'll put you on their prayer list? Wonder if you'll have to hear from them again?
birdingnut replies on May 29, 2018:
So far, so good. I suspect the poor office girls agree with me, but have to toe the company line.
I say that because two decades ago, I called the Asbury College (now it's a university) office to protest a money appeal and telling them how persecuted I'd felt as a student there.
For instance, when I was caught outside a few minutes past curfew (10 PM) with my boyfriend, I was interrogated and accused of "fornication," for hours by a committee of ten professors, while nobody said anything to my boyfriend (who I later married and he's the father of my two children).
I complained that I had to wear skirts, and wasn't allowed to wear pants even when the temp. dropped to zero, but men were left alone, etc. To my surprise, the sweet young girl on the phone was horrified, said the college wasn't that strict anymore, and apologized on behalf of the college, so I was mollified. At the time.
Achoo! Achoo! Aaaaachhhoo!!!
tallguy241 comments on May 28, 2018:
Chuck Norris
birdingnut replies on May 28, 2018:
That'll do!
tallguy241 comments on May 28, 2018:
Chuck Norris
birdingnut replies on May 28, 2018:
That'll do!
So I recently made the decision to delete all my dating profiles.
birdingnut comments on May 27, 2018:
Hi, Tutank
You will earn more points and help other members get to know you better if you post a recent photo and write an informational profile since that's the first place many people look when they see a new member.
The profile should list your interests and hobbies, what you're hoping to ...
birdingnut replies on May 28, 2018:
@Tutankhamun Your post seems to indicate disappointment with your dating efforts.
birdingnut comments on May 27, 2018:
Hi, Tutank
You will earn more points and help other members get to know you better if you post a recent photo and write an informational profile since that's the first place many people look when they see a new member.
The profile should list your interests and hobbies, what you're hoping to ...
birdingnut replies on May 28, 2018:
@Tutankhamun Your post seems to indicate disappointment with your dating efforts.
Does this make you want to smoke weed?
MrLizard comments on May 28, 2018:
I hate smoke. I want the THC without the inhalation.
birdingnut replies on May 28, 2018:
I take cannabis oil for cancer.
MrLizard comments on May 28, 2018:
I hate smoke. I want the THC without the inhalation.
birdingnut replies on May 28, 2018:
I take cannabis oil for cancer.
"When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving oneself, and always ends up by deceiving ...
Spinliesel comments on May 27, 2018:
You are a cynic, Mr. Wilde
birdingnut replies on May 27, 2018:
I love Harpo Marx's hilarious stories about his perpetual houseguest, Oscar Wilde, in "Harpo Speaks!" - one of the funniest books I've ever read.
Spinliesel comments on May 27, 2018:
You are a cynic, Mr. Wilde
birdingnut replies on May 27, 2018:
I love Harpo Marx's hilarious stories about his perpetual houseguest, Oscar Wilde, in "Harpo Speaks!" - one of the funniest books I've ever read.
Confused about gender labels?
NicoleCadmium comments on May 27, 2018:
I'm afraid that Intersex definition is way off the mark. Someone with complete AIS is classified as intersex, but they will have completely female external genitalia, in spite of having the genetic markers that would normally be found in a male. Someone with complete AIS will have thoroughly female ...
birdingnut replies on May 27, 2018:
Interesting. I'd never heard it being included in the intersex definition. But medical definitions and gender issues get shuffled around as more information is gained.
Wikipedia: Hypospadias can be a symptom or indication of an intersex condition but the presence of hypospadias alone is not enough to classify as intersex. In most cases, hypospadias is not associated with any condition
NicoleCadmium comments on May 27, 2018:
I'm afraid that Intersex definition is way off the mark. Someone with complete AIS is classified as intersex, but they will have completely female external genitalia, in spite of having the genetic markers that would normally be found in a male. Someone with complete AIS will have thoroughly female ...
birdingnut replies on May 27, 2018:
Interesting. I'd never heard it being included in the intersex definition. But medical definitions and gender issues get shuffled around as more information is gained.
Wikipedia: Hypospadias can be a symptom or indication of an intersex condition but the presence of hypospadias alone is not enough to classify as intersex. In most cases, hypospadias is not associated with any condition
Confused about gender labels?
jaymr_1 comments on May 27, 2018:
Totally agree with your views. We all have some male and female hormones. It is a matter of the ratio of these hormones that make us fee if we are wholly male, female or somewhere in between. But some cultures want clear-cut categorization, other cultures accept the differences.
birdingnut replies on May 27, 2018:
Hi, Jaymr and welcome to the website!
When you made that unusually informed comment, I quickly checked your profile but you've not written one yet. If you do, and answer the profile questions you earn website points. When you reach level two you can private email people, but you've made comments, so you already can!
So did you spend time in Asia to realize this? Here in Thailand people can express gender as they choose and nobody cares.
jaymr_1 comments on May 27, 2018:
Totally agree with your views. We all have some male and female hormones. It is a matter of the ratio of these hormones that make us fee if we are wholly male, female or somewhere in between. But some cultures want clear-cut categorization, other cultures accept the differences.
birdingnut replies on May 27, 2018:
Hi, Jaymr and welcome to the website!
When you made that unusually informed comment, I quickly checked your profile but you've not written one yet. If you do, and answer the profile questions you earn website points. When you reach level two you can private email people, but you've made comments, so you already can!
So did you spend time in Asia to realize this? Here in Thailand people can express gender as they choose and nobody cares.
Confused about gender labels?
LucyLoohoo comments on May 27, 2018:
THANK YOU! I love this list and will save it...if you don't mind! I've known several transgender people and know it's a genuine condition and that we ALL need to support them!
birdingnut replies on May 27, 2018:
I'm a partial transmale, but stay androgyne by taking the Thai herb derris scandens.
I'm also nonbinary, since I don't strongly identify with either gender but before I took the derris scandens herb, the male side dominated, so calling me a "girl" or "woman" elicited a feeling of outrage, even though I suppressed it all my life, not knowing why I felt it.
Now I don't care what people call me..
LucyLoohoo comments on May 27, 2018:
THANK YOU! I love this list and will save it...if you don't mind! I've known several transgender people and know it's a genuine condition and that we ALL need to support them!
birdingnut replies on May 27, 2018:
I'm a partial transmale, but stay androgyne by taking the Thai herb derris scandens.
I'm also nonbinary, since I don't strongly identify with either gender but before I took the derris scandens herb, the male side dominated, so calling me a "girl" or "woman" elicited a feeling of outrage, even though I suppressed it all my life, not knowing why I felt it.
Now I don't care what people call me..
"Say Yes To The Dress" makes me laugh.
birdingnut comments on May 26, 2018:
I designed and made my own wedding dress/ballroom dance gown that I used for years afterward. I only paid for the cost of the cloth, that I got on discount at WalMart.
I also had a destination wedding to Sand Key island in FL, so I got married with a few close friends as witnesses among swirling...
birdingnut replies on May 27, 2018:
@bleurowz Thanks!
birdingnut comments on May 26, 2018:
I designed and made my own wedding dress/ballroom dance gown that I used for years afterward. I only paid for the cost of the cloth, that I got on discount at WalMart.
I also had a destination wedding to Sand Key island in FL, so I got married with a few close friends as witnesses among swirling...
birdingnut replies on May 27, 2018:
@bleurowz Thanks!
I shouldn't have to state the obvious, but men on this website who are hoping to date might want to ...
OlderMusicGeek comments on May 26, 2018:
Guess I'm lucky. Been missing those posts or comments!
But yeah. You can disagree, and still do it in a respectful fashion!
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
Because you're male. The misogynistic comments are being made to women.
OlderMusicGeek comments on May 26, 2018:
Guess I'm lucky. Been missing those posts or comments!
But yeah. You can disagree, and still do it in a respectful fashion!
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
Because you're male. The misogynistic comments are being made to women.
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pixiedust comments on May 26, 2018:
Unexpected - the oddest things can be found in YouTube land. I did not find it as funny as the politicians seemed to ... sigh
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
@pixiedust I'm just like a normal female physically, but both sides of my brains were initialized with gender hormones in the third trimester, as everyone's is, but in my case, the male hormones were stronger, due to my brother being born a few months earlier.
You are still thinking of "intersex" which I already explained is when a baby's gender can't be determined from the genitals, because of things like an enlarged clitoris that resembles a penis, or a tiny penis that could be mistaken for a clitoris.
Often, later on, an intersex person will develop secondary characteristics of both genders; i.e. a girl might become hairy and aggressive and a male might develop breasts.
Because of my high levels of testosterone, I have a strong sense of direction, can easily parallel park, am bold and fearless, I am unusually strong, love engineering, physics, astronomy, science, riding motorbikes, breaking horses, and things usually appealing to mostly to males, and women who also have high testosterone levels.
pixiedust comments on May 26, 2018:
Unexpected - the oddest things can be found in YouTube land. I did not find it as funny as the politicians seemed to ... sigh
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
@pixiedust I'm just like a normal female physically, but both sides of my brains were initialized with gender hormones in the third trimester, as everyone's is, but in my case, the male hormones were stronger, due to my brother being born a few months earlier.
You are still thinking of "intersex" which I already explained is when a baby's gender can't be determined from the genitals, because of things like an enlarged clitoris that resembles a penis, or a tiny penis that could be mistaken for a clitoris.
Often, later on, an intersex person will develop secondary characteristics of both genders; i.e. a girl might become hairy and aggressive and a male might develop breasts.
Because of my high levels of testosterone, I have a strong sense of direction, can easily parallel park, am bold and fearless, I am unusually strong, love engineering, physics, astronomy, science, riding motorbikes, breaking horses, and things usually appealing to mostly to males, and women who also have high testosterone levels.
Like @nvrnuff I’m getting a bit disenchanted with this site, and for many of the same reasons.
birdingnut comments on May 26, 2018:
Yeah..I'm planning to switch to Facebook dating when I get back to the US since it's more like a meetup with benefits..letting real people meet at local events of common interest.
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
@KevinTwining It's a cool new concept Zuckerberg is unveiling:
Facebook's New 'Dating' Feature Could Crush Apps Like Tinder https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-dating/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare via @WIRED
birdingnut comments on May 26, 2018:
Yeah..I'm planning to switch to Facebook dating when I get back to the US since it's more like a meetup with benefits..letting real people meet at local events of common interest.
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
@KevinTwining It's a cool new concept Zuckerberg is unveiling:
Facebook's New 'Dating' Feature Could Crush Apps Like Tinder https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-dating/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare via @WIRED
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pixiedust comments on May 26, 2018:
Unexpected - the oddest things can be found in YouTube land. I did not find it as funny as the politicians seemed to ... sigh
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
Don't worry..one thing I found when still gender fluid was that when in female mode I took things seriously, but when I was in male mode I was always laughing and cracking jokes.
My mom and two sisters seldom, if ever, told jokes or laughed, while my brothers never stopped. The women I know who are humorous are also, like me, strong in male characteristics.
pixiedust comments on May 26, 2018:
Unexpected - the oddest things can be found in YouTube land. I did not find it as funny as the politicians seemed to ... sigh
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
Don't worry..one thing I found when still gender fluid was that when in female mode I took things seriously, but when I was in male mode I was always laughing and cracking jokes.
My mom and two sisters seldom, if ever, told jokes or laughed, while my brothers never stopped. The women I know who are humorous are also, like me, strong in male characteristics.
Whether you're agnostic or not, what are your thoughts on reincarnation?
Dave75 comments on May 25, 2018:
Unless there always is the same number of animals in existence wouldn’t it be mathematically impossible? Where would the excess souls go? Where would the new souls come from?
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
@Elusia8 The children who remembered past lives often also remembered being animals and even trees. Some remembered being ghosts between reincarnations and even living on other planets.
Dave75 comments on May 25, 2018:
Unless there always is the same number of animals in existence wouldn’t it be mathematically impossible? Where would the excess souls go? Where would the new souls come from?
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
@Elusia8 The children who remembered past lives often also remembered being animals and even trees. Some remembered being ghosts between reincarnations and even living on other planets.
I was a federal Bridge inspector for the state of New Jersey and the state of Tennessee I fell off a...
birdingnut comments on May 25, 2018:
Hi, Charles, and welcome to the website!
You will earn points and help members get to know you better if you write your profile and answer the profile questions, since that's the first place many people look when they see a new member.
Then you make comments and write your own posts, and when ...
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
@CharlesBeltz Aw, how sweet. But I don't have a US phone; l am currently living in Thailand, and plan to move back to Kentucky when I return to the US. Besides, I don't know anything about you because you didn't write a profile, so I wouldn't anyway. I only date people who are like me and have the same interests.
birdingnut comments on May 25, 2018:
Hi, Charles, and welcome to the website!
You will earn points and help members get to know you better if you write your profile and answer the profile questions, since that's the first place many people look when they see a new member.
Then you make comments and write your own posts, and when ...
birdingnut replies on May 26, 2018:
@CharlesBeltz Aw, how sweet. But I don't have a US phone; l am currently living in Thailand, and plan to move back to Kentucky when I return to the US. Besides, I don't know anything about you because you didn't write a profile, so I wouldn't anyway. I only date people who are like me and have the same interests.
What women want on a first date.. Is it true?
JacarC comments on May 25, 2018:
The insanity of "on-line" "dating."
How can a conversation begin if the expectations of immediate success preclude its starting?
I know using dating sites can help with filtering the ne’r-do-wells. Sorta like Manpower, and other employment agencies. But, most disturbing, they restrict the ...
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
Most/many cis hetero men don't even read women's profiles on dating websites..they just look for a photo of the youngest, prettiest, and often the blondest woman they can find, and shoot her a message of interest.
Most women prefer to be seen as actual people, and hopefully if a man did meet a woman in person he also would spend a bit of time getting to know who she is as a person, asking about her hobbies and discussing nonsexual mutual interests.
JacarC comments on May 25, 2018:
The insanity of "on-line" "dating."
How can a conversation begin if the expectations of immediate success preclude its starting?
I know using dating sites can help with filtering the ne’r-do-wells. Sorta like Manpower, and other employment agencies. But, most disturbing, they restrict the ...
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
Most/many cis hetero men don't even read women's profiles on dating websites..they just look for a photo of the youngest, prettiest, and often the blondest woman they can find, and shoot her a message of interest.
Most women prefer to be seen as actual people, and hopefully if a man did meet a woman in person he also would spend a bit of time getting to know who she is as a person, asking about her hobbies and discussing nonsexual mutual interests.
I shouldn't have to state the obvious, but men on this website who are hoping to date might want to ...
KenG comments on May 25, 2018:
So you want everyone who responds to agree with you? Why?
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
People can respond respectfully and thoughtfully, although many men don't seem to realize it.
The moment someone (usually a male) insults, mocks, denies what I say, demanding links for "proof," then declaring any links "fake," and continuing the attack beyond two exchanges gets blocked.
That person has already shown he is not someone I want to waste time getting to know.
KenG comments on May 25, 2018:
So you want everyone who responds to agree with you? Why?
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
People can respond respectfully and thoughtfully, although many men don't seem to realize it.
The moment someone (usually a male) insults, mocks, denies what I say, demanding links for "proof," then declaring any links "fake," and continuing the attack beyond two exchanges gets blocked.
That person has already shown he is not someone I want to waste time getting to know.
I shouldn't have to state the obvious, but men on this website who are hoping to date might want to ...
CreativelyMe comments on May 25, 2018:
I just blocked m first man because of his ignorant response to this post. So glad to know how to do that now!
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
This is what I warned you about. Once an offender is blocked, the woman who blocked him can no longer "see" anything about that person, so why are you demanding she provide you with a link?
CreativelyMe comments on May 25, 2018:
I just blocked m first man because of his ignorant response to this post. So glad to know how to do that now!
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
This is what I warned you about. Once an offender is blocked, the woman who blocked him can no longer "see" anything about that person, so why are you demanding she provide you with a link?
I shouldn't have to state the obvious, but men on this website who are hoping to date might want to ...
JacarC comments on May 25, 2018:
Please help me understand.
To be clear, there are some who have responded directly to your posts in such ways that you think they have been deliberately condescending to you, and probably women in general.
I do not think you are wrong. I have read other women's post about this.
Please ...
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
First of all, your profile reveals a profound lack of respect for your wife. Who would want to date a man who is out looking around in case his wife dies?
Any condescending comments, aggressive accusations, acting "entitled," demanding "proof" for women's personal experiences, as though women want to comb back through past comments and see what was said before, especially if she's already blocked the offenders and can no longer see the comments.
If you don't know that men do this, then you are not paying attention. I highly suspect you'll soon be blocked, as you seem somewhat clueless about how to treat women.
JacarC comments on May 25, 2018:
Please help me understand.
To be clear, there are some who have responded directly to your posts in such ways that you think they have been deliberately condescending to you, and probably women in general.
I do not think you are wrong. I have read other women's post about this.
Please ...
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
First of all, your profile reveals a profound lack of respect for your wife. Who would want to date a man who is out looking around in case his wife dies?
Any condescending comments, aggressive accusations, acting "entitled," demanding "proof" for women's personal experiences, as though women want to comb back through past comments and see what was said before, especially if she's already blocked the offenders and can no longer see the comments.
If you don't know that men do this, then you are not paying attention. I highly suspect you'll soon be blocked, as you seem somewhat clueless about how to treat women.
I shouldn't have to state the obvious, but men on this website who are hoping to date might want to ...
Lukian comments on May 25, 2018:
let me place this here:
https://www.facebook.com/StrongOpinionsLooselyHeld/videos/846545888860758/
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
LOL! That's the greatest! And so true..a fact that Trump exploited to win the election, of course.
Lukian comments on May 25, 2018:
let me place this here:
https://www.facebook.com/StrongOpinionsLooselyHeld/videos/846545888860758/
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
LOL! That's the greatest! And so true..a fact that Trump exploited to win the election, of course.
Do you ever feel like there is no one else on the same plane of existence as you?
anti-augustine49 comments on May 25, 2018:
Well, only about all the time. Especially when I'm reading in public, I'm engrossed in a paragraph halfway through a page, and people act surprised when I get annoyed with them for interrupting me.
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
You need to learn to perfect the annoyed look, murmuring "Um, hum" distractedly, while glancing constantly at your book, then if they still don't get the hint, excuse yourself and start reading it anyway. I no longer even try to cooperate with time-wasters. I now just say to please excuse me but I'm in the middle of something. and then I return to it.
anti-augustine49 comments on May 25, 2018:
Well, only about all the time. Especially when I'm reading in public, I'm engrossed in a paragraph halfway through a page, and people act surprised when I get annoyed with them for interrupting me.
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
You need to learn to perfect the annoyed look, murmuring "Um, hum" distractedly, while glancing constantly at your book, then if they still don't get the hint, excuse yourself and start reading it anyway. I no longer even try to cooperate with time-wasters. I now just say to please excuse me but I'm in the middle of something. and then I return to it.
Looking at me in another way. Wow this photo makes me look old.
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Hi, Bob, and welcome to the website! Nice profile pic.
You will earn points and help members get to know you better if you write a more informational profile and answer the profile questions, since that's the first place many people look when they see a new member.
Then you make comments and ...
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
@Bobgriffin Maybe you did..most people don't, but I might have forgotten how many there are. I always go straight to the profiles and profile questions whenever someone new appears, because I want some frame of reference.
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Hi, Bob, and welcome to the website! Nice profile pic.
You will earn points and help members get to know you better if you write a more informational profile and answer the profile questions, since that's the first place many people look when they see a new member.
Then you make comments and ...
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
@Bobgriffin Maybe you did..most people don't, but I might have forgotten how many there are. I always go straight to the profiles and profile questions whenever someone new appears, because I want some frame of reference.
If anybody feels they can explain men to me, I'd appreciate that. I need a refresher course.
Coldo comments on May 25, 2018:
Men Are From Mars,Women From Venus.
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
@Faithless1 Not really..it's just that those paradigms apply to mostly cis hetero men and women who are heavy in their birth traits, and only a percentage of the population are in the typical gender binary.
Check the finger lengths..longer ring fingers indicate high infusions of prenatal male hormones, longer index fingers indicate high doses of prenatal female hormones. My ring fingers, to no one's surprise, are longer than my index fingers.
Many male traits are hardwired into my brain from getting high doses of prenatal male hormone, due to my brother being born two months before I was conceived.
Coldo comments on May 25, 2018:
Men Are From Mars,Women From Venus.
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
@Faithless1 Not really..it's just that those paradigms apply to mostly cis hetero men and women who are heavy in their birth traits, and only a percentage of the population are in the typical gender binary.
Check the finger lengths..longer ring fingers indicate high infusions of prenatal male hormones, longer index fingers indicate high doses of prenatal female hormones. My ring fingers, to no one's surprise, are longer than my index fingers.
Many male traits are hardwired into my brain from getting high doses of prenatal male hormone, due to my brother being born two months before I was conceived.
I died laughing when I saw this post—I did level 3 tech support for two years so I particularly ...
Faithless1 comments on May 25, 2018:
Do Americans get to see "The IT Crowd"? Very funny Brit com. "Hello, IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?"
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
I used to watch that on Thai Netflix several years ago, and laugh until I fell down!
Faithless1 comments on May 25, 2018:
Do Americans get to see "The IT Crowd"? Very funny Brit com. "Hello, IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?"
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
I used to watch that on Thai Netflix several years ago, and laugh until I fell down!
If anybody feels they can explain men to me, I'd appreciate that. I need a refresher course.
webbew1 comments on May 25, 2018:
It's very simple: Food, sex, beer, football. In that exact order. Not exaggerating. That's about it.
Your problem is that you're trying to find complexity where there quite simply is none.
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
YUP. You're so right.
webbew1 comments on May 25, 2018:
It's very simple: Food, sex, beer, football. In that exact order. Not exaggerating. That's about it.
Your problem is that you're trying to find complexity where there quite simply is none.
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
YUP. You're so right.
Star Trek fans? [youtu.be]
novoxguy comments on May 25, 2018:
I'm waiting for ST: Discovery to come to one of the channels or services that I already get. I don't need another pay service.
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
It's on Netflix
novoxguy comments on May 25, 2018:
I'm waiting for ST: Discovery to come to one of the channels or services that I already get. I don't need another pay service.
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
It's on Netflix
Can humans think without language? Try it.
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Yup..language limits what people can comprehend.
That's why English is commonly used in science since many languages lack essential concept words. I.e., in Haitian Creole, almost any animal is a "bete," so not a good language for studying entomology, for instance.
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
@novoxguy It's something I read about while at the university..our particular learned languages limit our perceptions of the world. For instance, Thai people have several times the number of colors they commonly name.
Not just blue, but "sky blue," or some other shade. I'll point at what I think of as "red" and the children will call it the Thai word for the color orange-red.
Even Europeans didn't "see" the color blue until fairly recently, thinking of the blue ocean and sky as "clear," instead of the color blue.
Also, just learning to read and write can rewire an adult brain. The rural Haitians couldn't even understand a photograph..to them, it was a blob of color dots, although they tried to humor by pretending to "see" what I told them was there.
Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months https://www.newscientist.com/article/2132589-learning-to-read-and-write-rewires-adult-brain-in-six-months/#.WweTIAgGOmg.twitter
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Yup..language limits what people can comprehend.
That's why English is commonly used in science since many languages lack essential concept words. I.e., in Haitian Creole, almost any animal is a "bete," so not a good language for studying entomology, for instance.
birdingnut replies on May 25, 2018:
@novoxguy It's something I read about while at the university..our particular learned languages limit our perceptions of the world. For instance, Thai people have several times the number of colors they commonly name.
Not just blue, but "sky blue," or some other shade. I'll point at what I think of as "red" and the children will call it the Thai word for the color orange-red.
Even Europeans didn't "see" the color blue until fairly recently, thinking of the blue ocean and sky as "clear," instead of the color blue.
Also, just learning to read and write can rewire an adult brain. The rural Haitians couldn't even understand a photograph..to them, it was a blob of color dots, although they tried to humor by pretending to "see" what I told them was there.
Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months https://www.newscientist.com/article/2132589-learning-to-read-and-write-rewires-adult-brain-in-six-months/#.WweTIAgGOmg.twitter
More Thailand birds I photographed around the Songkhla area.
walklightly comments on May 24, 2018:
the egret - which i call the little cows' friend here - & the swamphen look very familiar, not sure where each originates.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@walklightly When questioning a bird photo's ID, I consulted my Thailand birds field guide, but now I just google photos of the species. Last night I found a photo in my archives I'd labeled a Yellow Heron, even though it didn't look right. I'd attributed the weird color to my messing with RAW settings, but when I checked the pic against google photos, I decided it was a juvenile Cinnamon bittern, which I'd never seen before, so a sort of "lifer!"
walklightly comments on May 24, 2018:
the egret - which i call the little cows' friend here - & the swamphen look very familiar, not sure where each originates.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@walklightly When questioning a bird photo's ID, I consulted my Thailand birds field guide, but now I just google photos of the species. Last night I found a photo in my archives I'd labeled a Yellow Heron, even though it didn't look right. I'd attributed the weird color to my messing with RAW settings, but when I checked the pic against google photos, I decided it was a juvenile Cinnamon bittern, which I'd never seen before, so a sort of "lifer!"
More Thailand birds I photographed around the Songkhla area.
walklightly comments on May 24, 2018:
the egret - which i call the little cows' friend here - & the swamphen look very familiar, not sure where each originates.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
I googled it and the intermediate egret winters in Thailand and nearby countries, but breeds in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China (north to Szechwan, Hunan), Korea, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku), and a few in Indonesia (Java, Sumatra).
The purple swamphen, now renamed the black-backed swamphen breeds mainly in India and Pakistan June-Sept.
walklightly comments on May 24, 2018:
the egret - which i call the little cows' friend here - & the swamphen look very familiar, not sure where each originates.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
I googled it and the intermediate egret winters in Thailand and nearby countries, but breeds in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China (north to Szechwan, Hunan), Korea, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku), and a few in Indonesia (Java, Sumatra).
The purple swamphen, now renamed the black-backed swamphen breeds mainly in India and Pakistan June-Sept.
Do you believe that all non-believers will go to hell?
mordant comments on May 24, 2018:
I do not believe in hell so the question is moot.
Modern fundagelical concepts of eternal perdition owe more to Dante than to the Bible anyway.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
What he said..
mordant comments on May 24, 2018:
I do not believe in hell so the question is moot.
Modern fundagelical concepts of eternal perdition owe more to Dante than to the Bible anyway.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
What he said..
What are you reading?
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Just finished the first book of the "Old Man's War" series, by John Scalzi. He's as good as Robert A. Heinlein, if not better. I reread my favorite book series on Kindle every 8 months or so, including this one.
I'm concurrently reading, and just completing (again) "Bumbling into Body Hair," a ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@GeorgeRocheleau Ah! It costs almost $10. Right now, after not working for over a year, and paying out of my pocket since I got cancer, I'll wait until someone gives me another Amazon gift card, lol!
But thanks for the heads up.
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Just finished the first book of the "Old Man's War" series, by John Scalzi. He's as good as Robert A. Heinlein, if not better. I reread my favorite book series on Kindle every 8 months or so, including this one.
I'm concurrently reading, and just completing (again) "Bumbling into Body Hair," a ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@GeorgeRocheleau Ah! It costs almost $10. Right now, after not working for over a year, and paying out of my pocket since I got cancer, I'll wait until someone gives me another Amazon gift card, lol!
But thanks for the heads up.
Last year, the local Catholic Church here in southern Delaware placed a thousand white crosses on ...
cava comments on May 24, 2018:
It ought to be interesting to see how Ireland's referendum on abortion makes out tomorrow. Their current abortion laws are ludicrous, but Ireland is very Catholic.
The polls suggest it is too close to call but my understanding those for existing laws still hold small margin however there is a ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
All those Catholics who need abortions just go to England to get one, but they shouldn't have to.
cava comments on May 24, 2018:
It ought to be interesting to see how Ireland's referendum on abortion makes out tomorrow. Their current abortion laws are ludicrous, but Ireland is very Catholic.
The polls suggest it is too close to call but my understanding those for existing laws still hold small margin however there is a ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
All those Catholics who need abortions just go to England to get one, but they shouldn't have to.
What's the one thing that should be taught in high school that isn't?
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
All schools should be self-directed.
Students allowed to work at their own rate and pursue passions and interests can zip through a grade every two weeks. Thus students who want to go into science and research can quickly move on to university level classes, while students who prefer working ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@kensmile4u There are many schools that have done this, with wild success, but the US education dept shut it down because it threatened the status quo.
I used to substitute teach, and when I had a 20 minute gap in the silly busy work left by the regular teacher, I'd sneak and teach all the kids, from kindergarten up in the room to read phonetically with Sing, Spell, Read and Write songs and charts, then go ahead and teach the entire class to speed-read, which they all learned effortlessly, even the "special" students.
Most of the students kept quiet about it, so sometimes the sudden ability of pre-schoolers to read was sometimes attributed to the regular teacher and I got away with it .
If the teachers ever found out what I'd done, such as when excited parents and/or teacher's aides began raving about it, the regular teachers would become furious and tell me to never substitute for them again.
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
All schools should be self-directed.
Students allowed to work at their own rate and pursue passions and interests can zip through a grade every two weeks. Thus students who want to go into science and research can quickly move on to university level classes, while students who prefer working ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@kensmile4u There are many schools that have done this, with wild success, but the US education dept shut it down because it threatened the status quo.
I used to substitute teach, and when I had a 20 minute gap in the silly busy work left by the regular teacher, I'd sneak and teach all the kids, from kindergarten up in the room to read phonetically with Sing, Spell, Read and Write songs and charts, then go ahead and teach the entire class to speed-read, which they all learned effortlessly, even the "special" students.
Most of the students kept quiet about it, so sometimes the sudden ability of pre-schoolers to read was sometimes attributed to the regular teacher and I got away with it .
If the teachers ever found out what I'd done, such as when excited parents and/or teacher's aides began raving about it, the regular teachers would become furious and tell me to never substitute for them again.
More Thailand birds I photographed around the Songkhla area.
pixiedust comments on May 24, 2018:
Did you take these pictures yourself?
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@pixiedust Thanks! I have a Canon EOS 7d and use a Canon 200-400mm zoom lens.I started photographing birds once digital cameras improved enough to be useful, and I even moved to Thailand because my Thai university student showed me photos of birds he'd taken here.
pixiedust comments on May 24, 2018:
Did you take these pictures yourself?
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@pixiedust Thanks! I have a Canon EOS 7d and use a Canon 200-400mm zoom lens.I started photographing birds once digital cameras improved enough to be useful, and I even moved to Thailand because my Thai university student showed me photos of birds he'd taken here.
More Thailand birds I photographed around the Songkhla area.
pixiedust comments on May 24, 2018:
Did you take these pictures yourself?
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
Yup.
pixiedust comments on May 24, 2018:
Did you take these pictures yourself?
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
Yup.
Why are so many of the non-religious so militant about it?
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
I'm no longer willing to keep religious and pro-Trump friends on Facebook, once they start posting offensive memes. I usually message them and tell them why, to give them a chance to change if they want.
Only one person, so far, has backed down and reformed, and she's not religious.
My current ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@LucyLoohoo I used to try to present evidence and debate with them here, but turns out most just wanted to yell "fake news!" no matter what links I gave them, or what I said (like the alt-right trolls do), so now I put a disclaimer at the end of posts with controversial content, after listing links, that if anyone trolls me I'll just block them.
That usually works, but some do it anyway, so I do block them.
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
I'm no longer willing to keep religious and pro-Trump friends on Facebook, once they start posting offensive memes. I usually message them and tell them why, to give them a chance to change if they want.
Only one person, so far, has backed down and reformed, and she's not religious.
My current ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@LucyLoohoo I used to try to present evidence and debate with them here, but turns out most just wanted to yell "fake news!" no matter what links I gave them, or what I said (like the alt-right trolls do), so now I put a disclaimer at the end of posts with controversial content, after listing links, that if anyone trolls me I'll just block them.
That usually works, but some do it anyway, so I do block them.
A new friend of mine who is wanting to start up a business in past life regression therapy wants me ...
Ellatynemouth comments on May 24, 2018:
If you're a skeptic you'll be of no use to her. Those kinds of industries rely on customers who are already believers.
What makes me laugh about people who believe they've lived past lives is their grandiosity. Most have either been a Native American warrior, a Titanic survivor or an ancient ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
This a partial list of Kindle books I have on past life research done with children ages 2-6 from all over the world, since the memories of past lives usually fade after that. Both my sister and I were born remembering our last past life, so I took it for granted.
Researchers verified the conversations, incidents, people remembered of the children, even taking them to visit the families where they used to live as adults. The children remembered the adults, recalled specific incidents, and several took police to where they were murdered, then identified the murderer, who admitted it.
True Real Life Stories of Reincarnation: Amazing Past Life Memories, Richard Bullivant,
The Laughing Cherub Guide to Past Life Regression: A Handbook for Real People, by Mary Elizabeth Raines
Reincarnation: Exceptional Cases of Past Life Memories, by Eirik Leivsson
Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation, revised edition, by Ian Stevenson, M.D.
12 Real Life Reincarnation Stories : Global Evidence of Reincarnation and Past Lives, edited by Richard Bullivant
Ellatynemouth comments on May 24, 2018:
If you're a skeptic you'll be of no use to her. Those kinds of industries rely on customers who are already believers.
What makes me laugh about people who believe they've lived past lives is their grandiosity. Most have either been a Native American warrior, a Titanic survivor or an ancient ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
This a partial list of Kindle books I have on past life research done with children ages 2-6 from all over the world, since the memories of past lives usually fade after that. Both my sister and I were born remembering our last past life, so I took it for granted.
Researchers verified the conversations, incidents, people remembered of the children, even taking them to visit the families where they used to live as adults. The children remembered the adults, recalled specific incidents, and several took police to where they were murdered, then identified the murderer, who admitted it.
True Real Life Stories of Reincarnation: Amazing Past Life Memories, Richard Bullivant,
The Laughing Cherub Guide to Past Life Regression: A Handbook for Real People, by Mary Elizabeth Raines
Reincarnation: Exceptional Cases of Past Life Memories, by Eirik Leivsson
Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation, revised edition, by Ian Stevenson, M.D.
12 Real Life Reincarnation Stories : Global Evidence of Reincarnation and Past Lives, edited by Richard Bullivant
If Burma became free of all threats of Islamic terrorism.
Ellatynemouth comments on May 24, 2018:
Do they have a welfare state, what is their health care system like, is there widespread government corruption, what is the general standard of living, is the water safe, is there malaria, what is the climate like, how bad is crime? Etc etc.....
There are so many questions.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
Better for everyone if Americans didn't swarm into undeveloped countries to exploit them.
I hope Cuba is able to keep them out..many birds thought extinct have been seen in the virgin jungles, protected by Castro, who is now my hero for doing that.
Ellatynemouth comments on May 24, 2018:
Do they have a welfare state, what is their health care system like, is there widespread government corruption, what is the general standard of living, is the water safe, is there malaria, what is the climate like, how bad is crime? Etc etc.....
There are so many questions.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
Better for everyone if Americans didn't swarm into undeveloped countries to exploit them.
I hope Cuba is able to keep them out..many birds thought extinct have been seen in the virgin jungles, protected by Castro, who is now my hero for doing that.
If Burma became free of all threats of Islamic terrorism.
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Pros..all those freedom fighters running around in the jungle has kept the tide of polluting, destroying humanity at bay, so that birds and animals long thought extinct have been reported seen there.
Studies show that when there is war, wildlife wins, because farming stops during war, and that's...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@Surfpirate Whoa..
I tweeted the link. Thanks for that.
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Pros..all those freedom fighters running around in the jungle has kept the tide of polluting, destroying humanity at bay, so that birds and animals long thought extinct have been reported seen there.
Studies show that when there is war, wildlife wins, because farming stops during war, and that's...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@Surfpirate Whoa..
I tweeted the link. Thanks for that.
A new friend of mine who is wanting to start up a business in past life regression therapy wants me ...
wordywalt comments on May 24, 2018:
Regression therapy is pure, unadulterated horse manure. Anyone who risks it is simply being stupid.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
This a partial list of Kindle books I have on past life research done with children ages 2-6 from all over the world, since the memories of past lives usually fade after that. Both my sister and I were born remembering our last past life, so I took it for granted.
Researchers verified the conversations, incidents, people remembered of the children, even taking them to visit the families where they used to live as adults. The children remembered the adults, recalled specific incidents, and several took police to where they were murdered, then identified the murderer, who admitted it.
True Real Life Stories of Reincarnation: Amazing Past Life Memories, Richard Bullivant,
The Laughing Cherub Guide to Past Life Regression: A Handbook for Real People, by Mary Elizabeth Raines
Reincarnation: Exceptional Cases of Past Life Memories, by Eirik Leivsson
Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation, revised edition, by Ian Stevenson, M.D.
12 Real Life Reincarnation Stories : Global Evidence of Reincarnation and Past Lives, edited by Richard Bullivant
wordywalt comments on May 24, 2018:
Regression therapy is pure, unadulterated horse manure. Anyone who risks it is simply being stupid.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
This a partial list of Kindle books I have on past life research done with children ages 2-6 from all over the world, since the memories of past lives usually fade after that. Both my sister and I were born remembering our last past life, so I took it for granted.
Researchers verified the conversations, incidents, people remembered of the children, even taking them to visit the families where they used to live as adults. The children remembered the adults, recalled specific incidents, and several took police to where they were murdered, then identified the murderer, who admitted it.
True Real Life Stories of Reincarnation: Amazing Past Life Memories, Richard Bullivant,
The Laughing Cherub Guide to Past Life Regression: A Handbook for Real People, by Mary Elizabeth Raines
Reincarnation: Exceptional Cases of Past Life Memories, by Eirik Leivsson
Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation, revised edition, by Ian Stevenson, M.D.
12 Real Life Reincarnation Stories : Global Evidence of Reincarnation and Past Lives, edited by Richard Bullivant
What are you reading?
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Just finished the first book of the "Old Man's War" series, by John Scalzi. He's as good as Robert A. Heinlein, if not better. I reread my favorite book series on Kindle every 8 months or so, including this one.
I'm concurrently reading, and just completing (again) "Bumbling into Body Hair," a ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@GeorgeRocheleau Ah! Thanks.
Now that I think of it, I did google all of his books before, but this one is only available in audio on Kindle.
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Just finished the first book of the "Old Man's War" series, by John Scalzi. He's as good as Robert A. Heinlein, if not better. I reread my favorite book series on Kindle every 8 months or so, including this one.
I'm concurrently reading, and just completing (again) "Bumbling into Body Hair," a ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@GeorgeRocheleau Ah! Thanks.
Now that I think of it, I did google all of his books before, but this one is only available in audio on Kindle.
Milwaukee Police Release Footage Of Cop Using Taser On Sterling Brown | HuffPost
CraigK comments on May 24, 2018:
No real sympathy for him, parking as he did.
Cops caused all the problem with their need to assert authority. Abusers of power should not have it.
Someone with large income should pay higher fines - equal justice otta be equal hurt. ;)
Well, parking across two handicap spaces otta get great ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
You would like to be tasered and handcuffed for blocking a parking space? You live in a white male bubble of privilege and denial
CraigK comments on May 24, 2018:
No real sympathy for him, parking as he did.
Cops caused all the problem with their need to assert authority. Abusers of power should not have it.
Someone with large income should pay higher fines - equal justice otta be equal hurt. ;)
Well, parking across two handicap spaces otta get great ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
You would like to be tasered and handcuffed for blocking a parking space? You live in a white male bubble of privilege and denial
What are you reading?
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Just finished the first book of the "Old Man's War" series, by John Scalzi. He's as good as Robert A. Heinlein, if not better. I reread my favorite book series on Kindle every 8 months or so, including this one.
I'm concurrently reading, and just completing (again) "Bumbling into Body Hair," a ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@GeorgeRocheleau Yeah, I often think John Scalzi is better than Heinlein, but they are equally good writers- able to draw the reader completely into their universes. However, Heinlein was from a different era, so one has to ignore some flawed science and incest fantasies.
Still, John Scalzi pays him tribute in the back of his novels. What book is called "Redshirts?" Those were the supposedly expendable security personnel routinely killed by random aliens during the original Star Trek series, and spoofed so well in "Galaxy Quest."
birdingnut comments on May 24, 2018:
Just finished the first book of the "Old Man's War" series, by John Scalzi. He's as good as Robert A. Heinlein, if not better. I reread my favorite book series on Kindle every 8 months or so, including this one.
I'm concurrently reading, and just completing (again) "Bumbling into Body Hair," a ...
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@GeorgeRocheleau Yeah, I often think John Scalzi is better than Heinlein, but they are equally good writers- able to draw the reader completely into their universes. However, Heinlein was from a different era, so one has to ignore some flawed science and incest fantasies.
Still, John Scalzi pays him tribute in the back of his novels. What book is called "Redshirts?" Those were the supposedly expendable security personnel routinely killed by random aliens during the original Star Trek series, and spoofed so well in "Galaxy Quest."
A suggestion. If you don’t like what a person is posting, just pass it by...
Paul4747 comments on May 24, 2018:
Oh, that's no fun.
Beyond which, if I post something and I have my head up my bum, I want constructive criticism. I don't need to be flamed, as such, but point out to me what I said and how wrong I was, and I'll change my mind. That's what the scientific method and rational thought are all about....
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@Rideauxb LOL! Frustrated alt-rights who converted to atheism, but don't know how to stop trolling.
Paul4747 comments on May 24, 2018:
Oh, that's no fun.
Beyond which, if I post something and I have my head up my bum, I want constructive criticism. I don't need to be flamed, as such, but point out to me what I said and how wrong I was, and I'll change my mind. That's what the scientific method and rational thought are all about....
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
@Rideauxb LOL! Frustrated alt-rights who converted to atheism, but don't know how to stop trolling.
This photo is 3 years old.
TereRoyal comments on May 23, 2018:
Technically I'm a n idiot, so not sure this is posting.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
To write your own posts, click on the "Post" button seen at the left top of the page, and click on the category you choose.
TereRoyal comments on May 23, 2018:
Technically I'm a n idiot, so not sure this is posting.
birdingnut replies on May 24, 2018:
To write your own posts, click on the "Post" button seen at the left top of the page, and click on the category you choose.
What is the one thing you don't really need?
birdingnut comments on May 22, 2018:
Lots of junk and clutter in your house.
birdingnut replies on May 23, 2018:
@Redcupcoffee Yup..
birdingnut comments on May 22, 2018:
Lots of junk and clutter in your house.
birdingnut replies on May 23, 2018:
@Redcupcoffee Yup..
What is the one thing you don't really need?
birdingnut comments on May 22, 2018:
Lots of junk and clutter in your house.
birdingnut replies on May 23, 2018:
@Jenmcjen I followed the advice of the famous Marie Kondo book, "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing."
She said to go through the house and gather all the objects that are same, and put them in separate piles in one place..a pile of all your shoes, all your pairs of your scissors, etc.
Then select one or two identical items from each pile to keep, and put the rest in donation boxes.
When you want to keep multiple items, such as shoes, choose a few from each shoe genre by picking up each pair of shoes.If you feel a burst of joy, keep it. If nothing happens, then, no matter how much you paid for it, or who gave them to you, put them in in the Goodwill box.
The idea is that the items will be happier if they have a new, useful life, and you don't want to deprive them.
It may take a while to cover the entire house but when you're done the house will be echoing, clean, and easy to maintain. Furthermore, the process has taught you to listen to your inner voice instead of just buying and keeping whatever you see, without finding out if it truly brings you joy.
My daughter did that with me two years ago and I donated more stuff than I thought I even owned, but my house only looked much better, not empty. Now, if something no longer makes me happy, I no longer wait..I just donate it now.
birdingnut comments on May 22, 2018:
Lots of junk and clutter in your house.
birdingnut replies on May 23, 2018:
@Jenmcjen I followed the advice of the famous Marie Kondo book, "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing."
She said to go through the house and gather all the objects that are same, and put them in separate piles in one place..a pile of all your shoes, all your pairs of your scissors, etc.
Then select one or two identical items from each pile to keep, and put the rest in donation boxes.
When you want to keep multiple items, such as shoes, choose a few from each shoe genre by picking up each pair of shoes.If you feel a burst of joy, keep it. If nothing happens, then, no matter how much you paid for it, or who gave them to you, put them in in the Goodwill box.
The idea is that the items will be happier if they have a new, useful life, and you don't want to deprive them.
It may take a while to cover the entire house but when you're done the house will be echoing, clean, and easy to maintain. Furthermore, the process has taught you to listen to your inner voice instead of just buying and keeping whatever you see, without finding out if it truly brings you joy.
My daughter did that with me two years ago and I donated more stuff than I thought I even owned, but my house only looked much better, not empty. Now, if something no longer makes me happy, I no longer wait..I just donate it now.
A few more Thailand birds seen near where I live in Songkhla, Thailand.
pixiedust comments on May 22, 2018:
Wow! Great pictures - lots of diversity. I love the huge feet on the moorhen and the long, slender form of the bittern.
birdingnut replies on May 23, 2018:
Thanks, Pixie!
pixiedust comments on May 22, 2018:
Wow! Great pictures - lots of diversity. I love the huge feet on the moorhen and the long, slender form of the bittern.
birdingnut replies on May 23, 2018:
Thanks, Pixie!
Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth
[newscientist.com]
birdingnut comments on May 22, 2018:
Interesting, but other animals, such as elephants, assist birthing females in similar ways.
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
@Aivery ?? What's that have to do with it?
I was referencing the article, where it claims the bonobos are unique in helping their birthing mothers.
birdingnut comments on May 22, 2018:
Interesting, but other animals, such as elephants, assist birthing females in similar ways.
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
@Aivery ?? What's that have to do with it?
I was referencing the article, where it claims the bonobos are unique in helping their birthing mothers.
Anybody here live near or around St. Louis?
Petter comments on May 22, 2018:
Nooh, but if you happen to be passing by Mojacar.........
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
@Jenmcjen Good idea.
Best to do that when you're still young and adventurous, although I moved to Thailand in 2010, when I was 57 years old.
But in my case, I was born abroad of American parents, taught in Mexico one semester in 2001, and have traveled around the world.
But most US people get jobs, buy houses, get pets, and have kids, soon acquiring too many obligations to do much traveling.
Petter comments on May 22, 2018:
Nooh, but if you happen to be passing by Mojacar.........
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
@Jenmcjen Good idea.
Best to do that when you're still young and adventurous, although I moved to Thailand in 2010, when I was 57 years old.
But in my case, I was born abroad of American parents, taught in Mexico one semester in 2001, and have traveled around the world.
But most US people get jobs, buy houses, get pets, and have kids, soon acquiring too many obligations to do much traveling.
Does anyone else believe that being physically close and emotionally open is the key to a good ...
birdingnut comments on May 22, 2018:
Maybe, but it made little difference in my relationships, which were always cuddly and honest, but never lasted.
A famous study found that the one common denominator in successful, long-term hetero marriages was when the husband listened to and yielded to his wife in all things.
"In John ...
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
@TampaHeathen The study is for cis hetero couples, since few men with high levels of independent female characteristics listen to a woman for long.
It also showed that the moment the husband stonewalled his wife, the clock started ticking down for a break up, and the time until divorce could be accurately predicted..
Few cis hetero women want to be in the dangerous position of being with a man who is looking out for himself first, since they are usually much larger and stronger, unless she has high levels of male characteristics and likes being controlled by her mate.
I was that way, for instance, and kept finding myself in danger from my mates who felt free to do as they pleased .
birdingnut comments on May 22, 2018:
Maybe, but it made little difference in my relationships, which were always cuddly and honest, but never lasted.
A famous study found that the one common denominator in successful, long-term hetero marriages was when the husband listened to and yielded to his wife in all things.
"In John ...
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
@TampaHeathen The study is for cis hetero couples, since few men with high levels of independent female characteristics listen to a woman for long.
It also showed that the moment the husband stonewalled his wife, the clock started ticking down for a break up, and the time until divorce could be accurately predicted..
Few cis hetero women want to be in the dangerous position of being with a man who is looking out for himself first, since they are usually much larger and stronger, unless she has high levels of male characteristics and likes being controlled by her mate.
I was that way, for instance, and kept finding myself in danger from my mates who felt free to do as they pleased .
It's a relief now to openly love the music I prefer.
SamHarrisFan comments on May 22, 2018:
Thanks for sharing, birdingnut. Unfortunately many Christian churches in the evangelical movement have adopted this pseudo-Amish type approach to "the world" and all its evils. By keeping congregants and especially their children in little boxes the can keep the message they preach deep within the ...
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
I ditched both my husband and the church in 1995, so thanks!
SamHarrisFan comments on May 22, 2018:
Thanks for sharing, birdingnut. Unfortunately many Christian churches in the evangelical movement have adopted this pseudo-Amish type approach to "the world" and all its evils. By keeping congregants and especially their children in little boxes the can keep the message they preach deep within the ...
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
I ditched both my husband and the church in 1995, so thanks!
It's a relief now to openly love the music I prefer.
snytiger6 comments on May 22, 2018:
Here you go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
Thanks!
Every Halloween in Lexington, KY, the university arts students group does a Thriller street dance down the middle of the street. It usually almost causes a riot as people struggle to get close enough to see. We'd even climb on each other's shoulders.
snytiger6 comments on May 22, 2018:
Here you go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
Thanks!
Every Halloween in Lexington, KY, the university arts students group does a Thriller street dance down the middle of the street. It usually almost causes a riot as people struggle to get close enough to see. We'd even climb on each other's shoulders.
It's a relief now to openly love the music I prefer.
AwarenessNow comments on May 22, 2018:
Best Beatles cover band I ever heard was in Bangkok. Check out these inmates in the Phillipeans dancing to Thriller https://youtu.be/hMnk7lh9M3o
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
Thanks!
I remember watching this video when it first came out on YouTube.
Many Filipino English teachers are employed in Thailand, since they will work for a much lower salary than native English speakers.
I am stunned by how many of them are incredibly creative, and talented in music and dance, yet don't seemed to value their own abilities...perhaps because such talent so commonplace in the Philippines.
AwarenessNow comments on May 22, 2018:
Best Beatles cover band I ever heard was in Bangkok. Check out these inmates in the Phillipeans dancing to Thriller https://youtu.be/hMnk7lh9M3o
birdingnut replies on May 22, 2018:
Thanks!
I remember watching this video when it first came out on YouTube.
Many Filipino English teachers are employed in Thailand, since they will work for a much lower salary than native English speakers.
I am stunned by how many of them are incredibly creative, and talented in music and dance, yet don't seemed to value their own abilities...perhaps because such talent so commonplace in the Philippines.
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