Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

davyjones comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Yes, many times. It's called high doses of psylocybin. A hell of a drug!

birdingnut replies on Apr 1, 2018:

Many people teleport. Grow up. Link to other agnostic.com members telling about their teleportation experiences: https://agnostic.com/discussion/5367/i-am-curious-if-anyone-here-believes-in-actual-physical-body-car-etc-teleportation-do-you-belie

Walking to work I'm approached by an woman with a pamphlet.

birdingnut comments on Mar 31, 2018:

"...and the full moon?" Doesn't sound like a standard Christian thing.

birdingnut replies on Apr 1, 2018:

@Orangepeels LOL! I had forgotten that, since I have never paid any attention to religious holidays..probably more from being dyslexic and partially transmale than skepticism. Celebrations and official holidays annoyed me because people celebrate most holidays by eating, and I had to buy the groceries, cook the food, and entertain relatives...which I GREATLY resented.The dyslexia makes me not notice, or remember, numbers/dates.

Being that April Fools day is tomorrw I thought this would be a good time for this.

birdingnut comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Hilarious! I tweeted the link to the video.

birdingnut replies on Apr 1, 2018:

@valentine4real Oh, I don't doubt those healing stories, because I've witnessed it many times myself, know the people who were healed so I knew it wasn't fake, and have even done it myself. However, I thought it happened because I used "Jesus' name" and that it was "god's power" but now I see that anyone can do that. In fact the Bible verse where Jesus said that "whosoever" tells a mountain to throw itself into the sea, if they believe, it will obey them, it will (Mark 11:23) uses a pronoun that is all inclusive..if anyone or anyTHING tells the mountain, and the word translated "believe" also means both consciously and SUBconsciously.

Why do theists believe in their book without reading every book?

birdingnut comments on Mar 31, 2018:

They don't even read their own Bible, much less any other book.

birdingnut replies on Apr 1, 2018:

@GeorgeBedford I began reading through the entire Bible when I was eight, even though my missionary parents weren't particularly religious, being United Methodists. I read it so many times I almost had it memorized. After I began reading it in the original Hebrew and Greek, I realized that 99% of what I'd been taught in church wasn't in the Bible anyway. I felt relieved when I read the Sumerian texts and saw that the Bible was copied from them.

I am curious if anyone here believes in actual physical (body, car, etc) teleportation?

Mantra comments on Nov 27, 2017:

I believe it's possible. I've read a story about it. Funny thing I just saw this article this morning: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-teleportation-really-works-physics-2017-11 Have you read any of Greene's books?

birdingnut replies on Apr 1, 2018:

@Issa Yes..I noticed that a lot of Bible verses changed, as well as movie lines. It disturbed me until I decided that most people didn't notice, and it didn't seem to do any real harm.

I am curious if anyone here believes in actual physical (body, car, etc) teleportation?

Mantra comments on Nov 27, 2017:

I believe it's possible. I've read a story about it. Funny thing I just saw this article this morning: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-teleportation-really-works-physics-2017-11 Have you read any of Greene's books?

birdingnut replies on Apr 1, 2018:

@Issa Yeah..although I was teleporting routinely, I couldn't do it deliberately either.

Just for fun

birdingnut comments on Apr 1, 2018:

I am a distant relative of Pablo Picasso, through my dad's family.

birdingnut replies on Apr 1, 2018:

@LJ49 It's a commissioned mural that my daughter was asked to do to promote Kentucky, so she decided to do it showing antique, discontinued whiskey bottles at the location of the original brewery in Cynthiana, to celebrate their role in Kentucky.

Just for fun

birdingnut comments on Apr 1, 2018:

I am a distant relative of Pablo Picasso, through my dad's family.

birdingnut replies on Apr 1, 2018:

@LJ49 Ironically, my brother, a niece, and I are artists. My daughter is a full-time, professional artist in Lexington, KY. She even resembles Pablo when he was her age. Here she's posing by a detail of a commissioned mural in Cynthiana, KY.

How does someone create an atheist wedding.

Wisewoman3 comments on Mar 31, 2018:

You can easily create any kind of wedding that you want. My daughter who is pagan and my so in law, who is Jewish, had a beautiful wedding at an inn built in the late 1700's in October. They wrote thier own vows, had a female, lesbian rabbi, and a pagan priestess. I cast a circle and they had a ...

birdingnut replies on Apr 1, 2018:

What SHE said..

Are you a "hint" dropper in life/relationships?

birdingnut comments on Mar 31, 2018:

Women, especially feel it's rude to come out and say something, believing men will pick up on their subtle hints, as they would do. But men don't. I'm as clueless as cis males, however, and usually advise people to spell things out for me.

birdingnut replies on Apr 1, 2018:

@Crimson67 Masculine women are like men that way. I'm highly masculine, so need things to be spelled out. By "women" I meant cis, hetero women, heavy in female traits. Like most of the women I know in the US. Since high IQ creative people are mostly androgynous (mixed gender traits) and atheists have higher than average IQs, a high percentage of agnostic members are androgynous.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

AmyLF comments on Mar 29, 2018:

I've heard and read about things like this but it's outside the realm of my actual experience and I haven't seen anything produced to support it being an actual thing. Freak accident avoidance and loosing track of time in transit covers most of this. I cant say this is utterly impossible for the ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 31, 2018:

@AmyLF I was being attacked and mocked viciously. If they'd simply said they didn't believe in something I mentioned, then no problem. It was the incredible nastiness. I began blocking the worst of the trolls, and I am considering leaving as well. I hate rude, jeering people no matter their beliefs, and sure wouldn't want to date ANY of them.

So tired of being alone on the weekends.

MarvelAnn comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Too bad we are so far apart. I'm in the same boat. We could binge watch together! Last weekend I binged Atypical. I really like the Hulu and Netflix original shows. I wish they had more of the old '80s movies.

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

I LOVE Atypical.

Do you find that the stronger you become (as you are older and less accommodating) that people ...

sassygirl3869 comments on Mar 30, 2018:

No real friends should remain friends. I did lose a good friend to her obsession with her Catholic Church though.

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

Naw..I dumped most of my white evangelical friends after they started posting hate memes attacking minorities during the 2016 election. It was great to free up my Facebook page. But I also block a lot of rude trolls on this website also.

Do you believe in freedom of speech?

PeppermintDreads comments on Mar 30, 2018:

To a certain extent. There’s free speech and then there’s hate-mongering. You can be a fucktard neo-Nazi, skinhead asswipe. And you can talk about your beliefs with other asswipes. But when you start rallying those other asswipes up for the sole purpose of causing harm to others, your right ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

Agreed!

Do you believe in freedom of speech?

KKGator comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Of course I believe in Freedom of Speech. I also believe that whatever anyone chooses to say, has consequences. Whether they are intended or not, better be prepared to deal with them. Most people don't realize that the First Amendment only guarantees that the government can't retaliate against ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

What she said..

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

NicoleCadmium comments on Mar 29, 2018:

It'd be interesting to see what third party accounts were. Particularly the guys in the truck in the near miss incident. If they saw your vehicle disappear from in front of and reappear behind theirs, that would be very interesting indeed. I'm not going to mock or pour scorn, but a more likely ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

@NicoleCadmium LOL! No it happened, and much more stuff than that, which I now see I don't dare print here. Many people here seem so incredibly closed minded. You do know that time and space are imaginary..they don't exist. We are really energy. All is illusion..we are NOT solid. I'm getting really tired of this website now.

"Be fruitful and multiply": Why the Abrahamic religions are winning the evolutionary race.

sassygirl3869 comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Jewish families are usually smaller these days. Its the fundamentalist Christians and Muslims whose numbers keep going up.

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

White evangelicals have a birth rate that's 15-20% higher than other whites in the population. Yikes.

Quantum physics proves that there IS an afterlife, claims scientist | Daily Mail Online

TjallTjall comments on Mar 30, 2018:

It reeks of pseudo-science New Age nonsense.

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

I couldn't open the link, but of course everything, including you, is made of energy, which can't be created or destroyed, and time and space are only an illusion. We have always existed and will always exist in some energy form.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Davesnothere comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Every notion you have proposed has superior explanations involving our brains and human perception. Occams razor.

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

@Davesnothere They weren't speed records at all..somehow we were going through some sort of time compression, because the trip seemed to take the full amount of time, but only 20 minutes passed. Yet we passed every exit we were supposed to pass. I wasn't asking you to believe it..most of the things I've seen and experienced the people here wouldn't believe anyway..this is one of the mildest things I could think of. But people here don't seem much different than the alt-right after all, yelling "fake news" about anything they've not personally experienced. Many people on this website are starting to seriously annoy me, and I'm changing my mind about this place.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Leafhead comments on Mar 29, 2018:

I used to go on Astral journeys in my younger days, in my sleep. The thing that made these "dreams" different was 1. Their basis in reality, except I could fly. 2. I could easily retrace flights through old neighborhoods, on foot a day or so later and and note every difference and detail as I...

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

@marga I've had several astral projection trips, but those were also random and unexpected. It was fun though.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

AmyLF comments on Mar 29, 2018:

I've heard and read about things like this but it's outside the realm of my actual experience and I haven't seen anything produced to support it being an actual thing. Freak accident avoidance and loosing track of time in transit covers most of this. I cant say this is utterly impossible for the ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

I can understand that, but I've experienced and seen far weirder stuff than this. I was just putting this out to see how this bunch reacted, being as they're supposed to be more intelligent, but I see that they're not much different than the general population. Many yell "fake news!" about anything they've not see. I'm considering dropping this website now..too many people acting alt-right. The reason I came here in the first place was to escape that sort of closed mind.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Wafflestomp comments on Mar 29, 2018:

So, get a dash cam. Get back to us.

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

@Wafflestomp Those incidents happened so randomly it would highly unlikely that someone would be wearing one when they teleported. I get the impression that strong emotion caused it, since I thought was going to die when the truck was coming right at me. But on the other times, we were just traveling..nothing exciting about it. After I realized I'd been teleporting I tried to remember if we'd skipped over anything coming back from Louisville when we made it in 20 minutes instead of several hours, but it seemed like we'd passed everything the same.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

godef comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Man, wha' chit you on? It must be good!

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

@Donto101 Move along, troll. You're just an "alt-right" person who yells "fake news" at anything you haven't personally experienced or seen.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

NicoleCadmium comments on Mar 29, 2018:

It'd be interesting to see what third party accounts were. Particularly the guys in the truck in the near miss incident. If they saw your vehicle disappear from in front of and reappear behind theirs, that would be very interesting indeed. I'm not going to mock or pour scorn, but a more likely ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

@NicoleCadmium No, it really happened. And I have numerous witnesses for numerous occasions. But who cares what you think? On this forum, it's like the alt-right, with people yelling "fake news!" at anything they don't personally know about.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

NicoleCadmium comments on Mar 29, 2018:

It'd be interesting to see what third party accounts were. Particularly the guys in the truck in the near miss incident. If they saw your vehicle disappear from in front of and reappear behind theirs, that would be very interesting indeed. I'm not going to mock or pour scorn, but a more likely ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

@SkotlandSkye Move along, troll. You're just an "alt-right" person who yells "fake news" at anything you haven't personally experienced or seen.

You died, I lived, god is good!

Rudy1962 comments on Mar 30, 2018:

It is annoying. They either can't or won't do any critical thinking to see their obvious hypocrisy

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

Thinking for oneself is scary..

More birds near where I live in Songkhla, Thailand 1.

walklightly comments on Mar 30, 2018:

gorgeous! you take the best bird pics, birdingnut! i especially love - because they make me smile - the juvies. also: i wasn't aware that the brahminy kite's habitat is so widespread, all over southeast asia & australia.

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

Thanks! I first saw Brahminy Kites in Australia, on North Stradbroke Island. I was confused at first, thinking I was seeing a sort of bald eagle. I still see them as sort of fake bald eagles.

When considering romantic prospects, what do you consider most important?

Remi comments on Mar 30, 2018:

I think we are all too quick to write people off as soon as we spot a "disqualifier." We don't get to know anyone anymore because there are endless menus of other people to choose from. I've met people I've not really been attracted to at all but as I got to know them became very attracted to them ....

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

Nevertheless, no matter HOW nice the guy is, I'd never date someone of another race, someone who smokes, eats all meat, eats junk food, doesn't care about the environment, never exercises, never reads, eats junk food, hunts, golfs, goes fishing, or is a Conservative.Just for starters. Cis, hetero men usually just date which ever woman looks the best. Women have to have someone who will treat them as an equal and will fit into their lifestyles.

Wonderful a bird group

starstorms2061 comments on Mar 29, 2018:

i love all kinds of birds~

birdingnut replies on Mar 30, 2018:

A birder means that you have bird feeders, use binoculars or birding cameras, know the different local species, etc. I once had a would-be boyfriend who claimed to "watch birds," by which I knew he didn't. At that moment, a hummingbird came to the hummer feeder and he yelled, "Look at that tiny bird!!" I had to work to keep a straight face.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

dahermit comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Ramblings of either a mentally ill person or someone who likes to make-up fiction. As for ESP, scientific tests of such, have always shown it to be non-existant.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

@dahermit So Einstein was wrong about us being made of energy, and time and space not existing? And people with missing limbs who control bionic limbs with their minds are "faking?" Oh, brother. I was wrong about atheists being so intelligent. This site is seriously starting to annoy me. Many people here who seem to know little about time and space, yet making declarations about my own experiences being true of not. Whatever. Your opinion doesn't matter to me.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

NicoleCadmium comments on Mar 29, 2018:

It'd be interesting to see what third party accounts were. Particularly the guys in the truck in the near miss incident. If they saw your vehicle disappear from in front of and reappear behind theirs, that would be very interesting indeed. I'm not going to mock or pour scorn, but a more likely ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

@SkotlandSkye Right. I was there, I have witnesses. You know nothing about it. And your opinion means nothing to me. You can't even "prove" you exist, much less anything about someone else.

Sexuality Lables

Jakebot comments on Mar 29, 2018:

I can't really wrap my mind around the fact that some people identify with a sex that they were not born with unless they are to wear the description of gay or lesbian. At the same time, I have read that throughout medical history there have been several hermaphrodite births where the doctor took it...

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

Yup. People often can't imagine anything they haven't personally experienced. I've never experienced being black, for instance, but I don't claim that being black is all in their heads because I've never been black. I can always tell who is cis hetero because of their declarations that such things as trans people are silly. It's not something they can conceive for themselves since they comfortable with their own birth gender identities.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Clare comments on Mar 29, 2018:

I own some properties on Mars I'll sell to you dirt cheap, really some prime land. You can teleport and go see it. I'll give you its location when the money is in my account. Thank You in advance.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

@Clare If people could teleport deliberately, then they could test it. I didn't know I was doing it - it just happened. With the car routinely taking only minutes for a trip of several hours, I didn't even realized it was happening until I got a new car and suddenly, I couldn't do it anymore.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

bolshevik41 comments on Mar 29, 2018:

LSD?

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

My husband and I were religious at the time and neither of us took anything, and even ate health food. The stories are true, and I had multiple witnesses. We are all made of energy, and time and space don't really exist, or else Einstein was wrong. There isn't anything solid in actuality.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

davyjones comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Yes, many times. It's called high doses of psylocybin. A hell of a drug!

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

In my case I wasn't on drugs. My husband and I were religious at the time and neither of us took anything, and even ate health food. The stories are true, and I had multiple witnesses. We are all made of energy, and time and space don't really exist, or else Einstein was wrong. There isn't anything solid in actuality.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

jperlow comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Teleportation is theoretically possible due to the current research into quantum entanglement. But so far it has only been done with single atoms that are very close to each other (I think feet away) and it requires a very large amount of power to do. Artificial wormholes are also possible but ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

Yeah..a lot of things have been called "impossible" but they happen anyway. I experienced teleportation routinely when I didn't realize I was doing it. I wish I could do it deliberately. What surprised me is that so many friends and relatives over the years have reported similar experiences.How can you "test" something that happens randomly? You can't. Yet I had many witnesses..my husband was with me several times when our car teleported to our destination city in ten minutes intsead of several hours, and I drove to nearby cities in minutes instead of hours for YEARS. It wasn't some one-time thing. My dad even timed me on one trip, before I realized I was doing it. He said it was impossible.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Davesnothere comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Every notion you have proposed has superior explanations involving our brains and human perception. Occams razor.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

@Davesnothere Like I said, I was only informing you. Whether or not YOU think it's possible doesn't matter to me. Can you even prove you exist? NO. But you know you do, since you're experiencing it, as well as those around you. I've seen stuff far more fantastic than that, but you'd have to believe in Einstein when he said time and space don't really exist except in our minds, and that matter is really energy, plus all things are possible because of the multiverse. Your opinion means nothing to me.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Carolina64 comments on Mar 29, 2018:

It is the silly, random and fun blog ? It's fulfilled all three..

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

No, all the stories are true, and I had multiple witnesses. We are all made of energy, and time and space don't really exist, or else Einstein was wrong. There isn't anything solid in actuality.

What's the strangest experience you've had? Or the strangest thing you've seen?

birdingnut comments on Mar 29, 2018:

I have had many teleporation experiences but only a few times when I was aware it was happening. Several times, my husband and I started out on four-hour trips to another state, and a few minutes after getting on the interstate, we'd see the exit sign for the town where we were going. We'd just ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

@ClaytonE83 Not true. Neither my husband nor I took drugs (we were also religious at the time) and my husband was with me several times when the car teleported in ten minutes to a city several hours away, and I drove to Louiville and Cincinnati for years in 20-40 minutes. My dad even timed me once, running out and yelling at me that I had to have been going over 120 mph to get home after calling from my sister's house in Louisville. I just told him I'd also stopped for gas! I was disappointed when I got a newer car with a working speedometer, because the trips returned to being several hours apiece. As Einstein says, we are really made of energy, and time and space only exist in our minds.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Clare comments on Mar 29, 2018:

I own some properties on Mars I'll sell to you dirt cheap, really some prime land. You can teleport and go see it. I'll give you its location when the money is in my account. Thank You in advance.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

Really? So, according to you, Einstein was wrong about us being made of energy, and time and space not existing. And people with missing limbs who control bionic limbs with their minds are "fake news?" Oh, brother. I was wrong about atheists being so intelligent.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

RoboGraham comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Extrasensory perception has been thoroughly proven beyond any shadow of doubt to be absolutely true by advanced pseudoscience.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

So Einstein was wrong about us being made of energy, and time and space not existing? And people with missing limbs who control bionic limbs with their minds are also fake Oh, brother. I was wrong about atheists being so intelligent.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

SkotlandSkye comments on Mar 29, 2018:

We've been looking for answers in Alderaan places....

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

Really? My husband was with me several times when our trips of several hours ended in ten minutes. Also, I drove to cities several hours away in 20-40 minutes for YEARS, not days. And my dad even timed me once and yelled at me that it was impossible for me to get home that fast after calling from my sister's house in Louisville. I just told him I'd also stopped for gas. It was disappointing to have to take hours instead of minutes once I got a better car with a working speedometer. And the same thing happened with my daughter. But I didn't tell about it for others to decide if it happened or not..it DID happen. I don't really care what YOU think.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Davesnothere comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Every notion you have proposed has superior explanations involving our brains and human perception. Occams razor.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

Really? My husband was with me several times when our trips of several hours ended in ten minutes. Also, I drove to cities several hours away in 20-40 minutes for YEARS, not days. And my dad even timed me once and yelled at me that it was impossible for me to get home that fast after calling from my sister's house in Louisville. I just told him I'd also stopped for gas. It was disappointing to have to take hours instead of minutes once I got a better car with a working speedometer. And the same thing happened with my daughter. But I didn't tell about it for others to decide if it happened or not..it DID happen. I don't really care what YOU think.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

MartinG comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Astral projection? I read studies on it. Not sure if I've done it but I'm open to the possibilities. After the Stargate program failed I understand the government moved to astral projection projects with some success. Just some reading i did, I won't argue about it.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

Not astral projection..our car physically transported instantly from one place to the other. Astral is when you float out of your body and go other places. I only did that once.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

arnies comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Teleportation of a human would require very substantial evidence. Matter does not simply become energy and vice versa. It requires very specific circumstances for this to occur. from wikipedia... Nuclear forces (also known as nuclear ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

Oh, brother. All that stuff and yet I was there and so was my husband, and my dad also timed me coming from Louisville, and yelled at me..said I had to have been going over 120 mph to get home that fast after calling from my sister's house in Louisville. I just told him I also stopped for gas. But I didn't tell the stories for other people to sit around and decide IF they happened. They did happen, and I not only had witnesses, but knew people who also had similar experiences.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Nickbeee comments on Mar 29, 2018:

I have recently mapped my own neurology after years of struggle. I have proved to be right and after brain scans will now get help. The brain is incredibly complex & literally any subjective experience is possible. That does not mean it definitely happened. I see a lot of lights amongst other stuff ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

LOL! My husband was with me several times when the car teleported to where we were going, but he just shrugged, being used to me being a psychic and doing things he couldn't explain. As for getting to cities several hours away in only minutes, my dad timed me once, then yelled at me, saying I'd have to have been going 120 mph to make it home that fast after calling from my sister's house in Louisville. I told him I'd also stopped for gas.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Wafflestomp comments on Mar 29, 2018:

So, get a dash cam. Get back to us.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

LOL! I live in Thailand now..my car has been a motorbike. But these incidents happened mostly during the 1980s and 90s.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

NicoleCadmium comments on Mar 29, 2018:

It'd be interesting to see what third party accounts were. Particularly the guys in the truck in the near miss incident. If they saw your vehicle disappear from in front of and reappear behind theirs, that would be very interesting indeed. I'm not going to mock or pour scorn, but a more likely ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

This went on for several years. My dad even screamed at me because I called him from my sister's house in Louisville before leaving for home, then arrived in 40 minutes, including stopping for gas. My dad said I'd have to have driven 120 mph even if I hadn't stopped for gas. Once I had a working speedometer, the journey went back to being several hours, and the same for my daughter.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

dahermit comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Ramblings of either a mentally ill person or someone who likes to make-up fiction. As for ESP, scientific tests of such, have always shown it to be non-existant.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

LOL! So Einstein was wrong about us being made of energy, and time and space not existing? And people with missing limbs who control bionic limbs with their minds are "non-existantent?" Oh, brother. I was wrong about atheists being so intelligent.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

jperlow comments on Mar 29, 2018:

how is this nonsense not the same as religion?

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

Um..because we are all made of energy, and time and space don't really exist, or else Einstein was wrong. There isn't anything solid in actuality.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Robotbuilder comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Wow, far out, man. That's really cosmic. Now don't Bogart that doobie; pass it on down. ;) Seriously, there are a lot of fun stories about the subject, but there has been nothing to quantify it. Whenever science steps in, and sets up controls, suddenly paranormal effects jump out the window....

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

Except that, for years, my daughter and I ghosted to nearby cities in minutes, and my dad even screamed at me once when I called him from my sister's house in Louisville then 20 minutes later I pulled into the driveway, at our farm near Morehead, KY. My dad said I'd have to have traveled at over 120 mph to be back already. I said I'd also stopped for gas. My husband was with me with several of the teleportations in the car, so I have a witness to that one also. But, like the alt-right, anyone can yell FAKE NEWS at anything with which they don't agree, so believe whatever you like.

Have you ever teleported, or known someone who did?

Marz comments on Mar 29, 2018:

The mind is far from a perfect organ. Perception too often replaces reality. Teleportation is pure fantasy for simple fact that a human cannot be torn down to the atom and reassembled.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

So you're saying we AREN'T made of energy, and that time and space really exist? LOL! I guess old Einstein had it wrong.

I did a dumb.

birdingnut comments on Mar 29, 2018:

It's better for your teeth than most toothpastes, which are filled with dangerous sweeteners and poisonous flouride. This is why the FDA requires a poison warning on every tube of fluoride toothpaste now sold in the US. Risks from ingesting fluoride toothpaste include permanent tooth ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

@RavenCT Go ahead and use whatever Big Pharm products you like. Not my teeth.

I did a dumb.

birdingnut comments on Mar 29, 2018:

It's better for your teeth than most toothpastes, which are filled with dangerous sweeteners and poisonous flouride. This is why the FDA requires a poison warning on every tube of fluoride toothpaste now sold in the US. Risks from ingesting fluoride toothpaste include permanent tooth ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

@RavenCT Most of the toothpaste on the market contains fluoride and/or glycerin. Fluoride is a toxic substance, linked to numerous health problems, including hormonal imbalances and hip fractures. While many dentists will claim it helps prevent cavities, it actually causes more problems. Fluoride makes the bones and teeth more brittle, which leads to fractures and weak enamel of the teeth. It can also cause fluorosis, which is a discoloration of the tooth enamel. Glycerin is another common ingredient in toothpaste, and it can also cause dental health issues. Glycerin can be made from lard, corn or biodiesel processing. Which type of glycerin is in your toothpaste depends on who manufactured it. Glycerin is an oily substance that attracts moisture. Glycerin will leave a film over the teeth, which could prevent the teeth from becoming harder or stronger. It is also a highly sweetened liquid, which could be harmful to the body. Other ingredients in toothpaste, such as hydrated silica, are abrasive and can wear down tooth enamel.

How would you like to identify yourself

birdingnut comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I still believe in a Higher Self, Source energy, reincarnation, etc. I just don't think the Biblical Hebrew "god" exists, since the god is apparently copied from "Anu," the leader of the Sumerians, as written about in the Sumerian texts.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

@ChasTurner So, you're saying that Einstein is a liar..we aren't made of energy, which can't be destroyed or created, and that, because we are made of energy, we have always existed and will always exist in some form? LOL! You just proved my point. No listening to facts any more than the alt-right.

Do liberals tend to be more tolerant, open, and thoughtful or are they often just as intolerant, ...

wjgonzalez comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I have had equally bone headed arguments with liberals, as with conservatives. Liberals can be equally anti science (or even worse) as conservatives.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

@Hugh I have. Plenty of people here who stoutly maintain that there is nothing after death, no esp, nothing but what you can see and touch, LOL! If I ask them what they think is making brain wave-controlled bionic limbs move, or about all the research done on 2-6 year old children worldwide who accurately remember details and conversations from past lives, they just get angry

Watched "The 5th Element" again recently.

Hicks66 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I liked it for the showcase of Jean "Moebius" Giraud's artwork. Scenes looked as if ripped from the pages of Heavy Metal. And Luc Besson has always been a director that I pay attention to.

birdingnut replies on Mar 29, 2018:

However, if you are a Robert A. Heinlein fan, you'll see how much the Fifth Element universe copies a typical Heinlein universe, with the flying cabs, tiny automatic apartments, the protagonist having a cat and a bad past romance, his falling for a dangerous, red-haired woman who is more than she seems, funny one-liners, imaginative aliens, etc.

Are you a jealous person ?

birdingnut comments on Mar 28, 2018:

Sadly, no. I'm so male in traits, I'm more like a cis hetero guy in that respect, who are often known to share lovers, so lack the female outrage needed to kick cheaters to the curb. This is a bad trait for a female, since it leaves her at risk from badly behaving spouses, who then feel free to ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 28, 2018:

@Anonbene I did..my ex came out as nonbinary female about six years after our divorce in 2010. He/she was perfect for me, but sadly, if I wasn't jealous, being partially transmale, she/he sure was! Insane jealousy-of my job, anything that took my attention from my ex-is why I left the marriage and moved to Thailand.

When considering romantic prospects, what do you consider most important?

CallMeDave comments on Mar 28, 2018:

6 and 5 but none of these are on my list. This list comes across as pretentious to me. Elitist.

birdingnut replies on Mar 28, 2018:

It's mostly for females, since most males care more about a woman's looks, and age.

You're on a long flight next to a believer who wants to talk deeply about their faith/proselytize.

Spinliesel comments on Mar 27, 2018:

Oh, I should be so lucky. I will start on the whole Nrse mythology, from Yggdrasil and the eight worlds right through Odin and his quest for knowledge. Their eyes will flow over when i tell them how Odin hung himeslef from a tree, upside down and sacrificed one of his eyes to be able to learn the ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 28, 2018:

You sound like someone I'd like to travel with, just for the stories!

Name your five favorite painters of the twentieth century

birdingnut comments on Mar 27, 2018:

Frida Kahlo, Andrew Wyeth, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Grant Wood

birdingnut replies on Mar 28, 2018:

@KurtZeller Sort of..he's my hero in architecture. I'm related to Pablo Picasso through my dad, and my daughter is a professional artist who looks like his clone when he was seventeen!

Mike Pence doesn't get enough play in memes..... So here's one about his wife.

ballou comments on Mar 27, 2018:

He, uh, he uh, he uh look-a like-a man!

birdingnut replies on Mar 27, 2018:

@balou Nope never have watched it, although I read the magazine while growing up, but I am partially transmale with several close transwoman and transmale friends.Before the LGBTQ community started standing up for itself, they were considered fair game to ridicule in movies, TV, comedy, etc. Now, not so much. Kind of like how racist and gay jokes are now considered gauche..

Mike Pence doesn't get enough play in memes..... So here's one about his wife.

ballou comments on Mar 27, 2018:

He, uh, he uh, he uh look-a like-a man!

birdingnut replies on Mar 27, 2018:

Careful. Comment could be considered transphobic..implying that women who look mannish are inherently ugly or unnatural. There are many cis normal women who look mannish and many feminine males, but no need to ridicule either..

If you met someone here who seems compatible, and a few dates show that you have chemistry, how far ...

LadyAlyxandrea comments on Mar 27, 2018:

I'm so desperate to leave kansas if a stranger in a van offered to take me to Canada if I help him find his puppy I'd climb in.

birdingnut replies on Mar 27, 2018:

If I lived in Kansas, I'd feel the same. I used to play mental tricks to keep from going nuts with boredom when driving across Kansas, even though it's beautiful in its own way, with cool Harris Hawks and dark morph Red-tailed Hawks, called Harlan's Hawks, on top of telephone poles every mile or so.

Happiness

cava comments on Mar 26, 2018:

" ... 40% of highly religious U.S. adults describe themselves as “very happy,” compared with 29% of those who are less religious" PEW Research 2016 http://www.pewforum.org/2016/04/12/religion-in-everyday-life/

birdingnut replies on Mar 27, 2018:

@resserts Agnostics and atheists are statiscally higher IQ than the general population, which also makes them more aware of societal and environmental issues, and more likely to be activists. Also they are less likely to gorge on junk food and watch junk TV all day, as most people do, which seems to keep them happy.

I recently watched a documentary regarding (in this instance) American men choosing to marry ...

birdingnut comments on Mar 26, 2018:

Old, fat, ugly Caucasian foreign men come to Thailand all the time to get pretty young women for wives or girlfriends, and to live with them on their family land for free. They don't realize that even flirting a lot with a Thai girl is like proposing to her, indicating that they are taking ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 27, 2018:

@Freedompath Thai women fill many traditionally male-dominated jobs. I see them working as engineers at construction sites, doctors, dentists, generals in the military, etc., and almost every Thai woman has a side business of some sort, selling something. They are highly resourceful and usually also fit and shockingly strong.

What are you reading currently? Recommend it?

birdingnut comments on Mar 26, 2018:

As of yesterday, The Help. I love it, and recommend it.

birdingnut replies on Mar 27, 2018:

@Deb57 It's amazing how closely the movie follows the book..I've not cringed once while reading the book.

Dating on this site

Chefedone comments on Mar 25, 2018:

It seems to me let no one cuz even interested in dating. It's more about asking questions and certain topics. I haven't been approached it all.

birdingnut replies on Mar 26, 2018:

@BeeHappy Yes, most creative, high IQ people are androgyne..with mixed gender traits. Since atheists average higher IQs than the general population, most people here are probably in that category. You do realize we are on a gender spectrum..the people are the far ends of the spectrum..the most most macho males and femme females, are the most successful at procreating. But statistically, they have the lowest IQs. The more the gender marker slides toward the middle of the spectrum..closer to being androgynous, the (statistically) higher the IQ, but usually these people are so busy pursuing careers, etc., that procreating is lower in their priorities. Highly talented directors, actors, writers, artists, etc. often don't sustain long term relationships.

Dating on this site

Chefedone comments on Mar 25, 2018:

It seems to me let no one cuz even interested in dating. It's more about asking questions and certain topics. I haven't been approached it all.

birdingnut replies on Mar 25, 2018:

The way it usually works is that hetero men have conversations with women, and when a woman interests him, the man privately messages her. Any woman who approaches YOU would have aggressive male traits that make them want to be the pursuer.

Need something to cuddle and give you love, but have little time and are on a budget?

LeighShelton comments on Mar 25, 2018:

I think rats make the best pets of that kind of size

birdingnut replies on Mar 25, 2018:

I love rats also and even used to breed hooded rats, but they urinate continuously while dropping feces pellets, and their cages always stink. You have to wash your clothing after playing with them. Guinea pigs, however, can be held without their making a smelly mess, as long as you put them back in the cage occasionally to relieve themselves, and they'll whistle to greet you.

Are you a Debbie Downer?

Donotbelieve comments on Mar 25, 2018:

I don't think that's being a Debbie Downer. My communications with you have led to positive outcomes. I think you're more of a Nancy NoNonsense, Franny Fuckoff, or a Rheanna Realist.

birdingnut replies on Mar 25, 2018:

LOL! I definitely qualify for those..especially the Franny one!

Not one prayer was said.

birdingnut comments on Mar 25, 2018:

Like it says in quantum physics, nothing happens that isn't imagined first. You wanted it, and the universe provided it, since you weren't offering resistance to the idea. Physics indicates that we are participating in creating our own universes/reality. “I regard consciousness as fundamental ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 25, 2018:

@Stevil Here ya go! Here's what she looks like today, at age 77 years old

What kind of snob are you?

Redcupcoffee comments on Feb 6, 2018:

Fashion is a must. The way you appear in the world says a lot about you. I think it's important to keep up with age-appropriate trends and dress for your body shape. Art is, well, just good fucking taste.

birdingnut replies on Mar 25, 2018:

@Redcupcoffee When I look at any creative art..sculptures, paintings, whatever, I feel like I'm in the Being John Malkovich movie, that I'm in the minds of the artists, seeing the world through their eyes, having "sex" with the art..birthing an entirely new creation by processing it though my eyes and imagination. I stare at great art until I cry with strong emotion.

How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of ‘Race’ [nytimes.com]

marga comments on Mar 24, 2018:

The link doesn't work.

birdingnut replies on Mar 25, 2018:

EdEarl's link works.

What do you do with the hours between midnight and 2 am when sleep is elusive ?

birdingnut comments on Mar 25, 2018:

If I'm up that late I'm either sewing or reading an absorbing Kindle book. I was up that late last night reading the Kindle book, The Help, after watching the movie on Netflix two days ago. It took me two days to decide to buy the novel, because of the high Kindle price.

birdingnut replies on Mar 25, 2018:

@Katastrophe1969 Excellent writing. I was so absorbed I didn't notice the time until it was past 2 AM.

Greatest Story Ever Told???

birdingnut comments on Mar 24, 2018:

I suppose people could consider it a great "story" if it wasn't so gruesome..all that bloody crudifiction, torture, and the idea that a god would inflict that kind of suffering on anyone, especially another god/son, seems ludicrously evil.

birdingnut replies on Mar 25, 2018:

@Shawappa44820 LOL! At least the movie is entertaining.

Feeling a bit lost in many ways.

Clare comments on Mar 23, 2018:

When I came home from Germany, I pretty much felt the same way. I was use to major transit systems, it was so cheap you could go anywhere, I missed the people, they were so friendly and kind and helpful. Yeah it took awhile to adjust. I know your going to feel home sick, but it will pass.

birdingnut replies on Mar 24, 2018:

@YamaBlonde ?? Sorry..lost me in translation. I don't use the English words for rubbish bin because that doesn't come up when I'm talking to a tourist. if I do mention it, it's in Thai. I'm having increasing problems speaking English on the rare occasions I'm with an expat who speaks it.

Cis, hetero men: how to have women fighting over you: 1.

SamKerry comments on Mar 24, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWUe2wkz1Q

birdingnut replies on Mar 24, 2018:

Impressive! Who'da thunk it?!

Cis, hetero men: how to have women fighting over you: 1.

Rufus_Maximus comments on Mar 24, 2018:

I was really into ballroom and modern smooth but my gown seemed to put women off...

birdingnut replies on Mar 24, 2018:

@Donotbelieve They ARE attractive, but they tower over me..usually close to six feet tall, dazzling beautiful, with perfect make up and glossy long hair, and much more feminine than I am. One of my private ESL students was a kathoey, and she flirted with me, leaning in and putting her hand on my knee. I nearly jumped out of my skin because back then I wasn't on derris scandens (the Thai herb that blends my gender modes) yet and the male part of me was dominant and I was so attracted I almost swallowed my tongue. I hate that part of being male..being affected by women like that.Thankfully, the Thai herb, derris scandens (can be bought on amazon.com as well) keeps me safely androgynous..no reactions.

"Cognitive bias occurs when we make subjective assumptions about people or situations based on our ...

birdingnut comments on Mar 23, 2018:

Yup. That's how I know someone is cis hetero, for instance, because they simply can't grasp the concept of someone having a different gender identity than that of their birth bodies. They also claim that gay people have a "choice" and "should" choose to not be gay. This shows they can't conceive ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 24, 2018:

@Angelface People can't help how they feel, and many trans people feel angry and dismissed by others. I didn't realize I was partially transmale until 2014, or that it was why I was always angry. My male side felt insulted by my female label and pronouns, and felt invisible. Once I acknowledged it, the anger left, since I accepted myself.

Cis, hetero men: how to have women fighting over you: 1.

SilverDollarJedi comments on Mar 24, 2018:

I don't know about all this. First of all who says every guy wants girls fighting over them? Who in the wold would want such a headache? lol And these "male traits" you speak of if you ask me are learned behaviors. That does not define being a male. I suppose it is somewhat a matter of opinion but ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 24, 2018:

@SilverDollarJedi Look, don't bother to lecture me. I have studied this for years and am myself a partial trans male. I can be in a "male mode" or a "female mode" with the perspectives of each gender. I used not realize I was doing this, and didn't remember what happened when I was in one gender mode when in another. I finally learned to take derris scandens to blend my gender modes so now see myself as a mix. I know what I am like and what it feels like. You can stick to your theories and see how well it works with women when you expect THEM to conform to YOU. How many books and articles on gender have you read? None, I'm guessing. Here's a link to high IQ creative people's gender traits: The Complexity of the Creative Personality http://blogs.psychcentral.com/creative-mind/2011/02/the-complexity-of-the-creative-personality/#.WrZzNHHfVxw.twitter

Cis, hetero men: how to have women fighting over you: 1.

bubinf comments on Mar 24, 2018:

NO, no... Sorry not true. It's like having a car with a great engine, amazing interior, and exilent paint job. Without tires, it is great. You still have to hold a conversation, be sociable, and more. I dance! Both ballroom and socially. Massages, I toke a few classes. And yes, I respect women....

birdingnut replies on Mar 24, 2018:

Those will get the fish on the hook, but it's up to you to land them. When they come around, if they laugh at your jokes, and push their hair back coyly, they like you. You can then ask them if they'd have coffee with you sometime.

Cis, hetero men: how to have women fighting over you: 1.

Novelty comments on Mar 24, 2018:

I needed to read this when I was 19, but now I'm old, divorced, bitter, and could not find a shit to give about what a woman thinks of me. Don't get me wrong; I do have a lot of female friends, but I'll run like hell at the slightest whiff of infatuation, it's fucking poison. When I was married I ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 24, 2018:

My ex and I exchanged foot rubs, but he insisted on giving me a two hour foot rub every night! He also did face massages, being licensed in both foot and face massage.

Cis, hetero men: how to have women fighting over you: 1.

SilverDollarJedi comments on Mar 24, 2018:

I don't know about all this. First of all who says every guy wants girls fighting over them? Who in the wold would want such a headache? lol And these "male traits" you speak of if you ask me are learned behaviors. That does not define being a male. I suppose it is somewhat a matter of opinion but ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 24, 2018:

LOL! You are talking like a typical male heavy in female traits, who doesn't understand that gender isn't some "box," but a spectrum. Females are the choosy, picky ones, selecting the best male for her, that will bring the most to the table. Males are the pursuers. You might want to rethink your (very female) idea that a romantic partner must change for you. Most women won't give you a second chance if you mess up even once. Men are the beggars, and women are the choosers. You make us happy, or you're out. Only heavily male women act like men and become besotted with partners, allowing them to lead. Studies show that males and females at the far end of the gender trait spectrum..the most macho males and the most femme females, are the most successful at producing progeny. But they also, statistically, have the lowest IQs. The creative high IQ people are mostly androgyne..mixed gender traits. However these people seldom are able to have successful long term reationships because the men don't have the male instincts to obey women. When psychologist John Gottman, a famous 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.

Cis, hetero men: how to have women fighting over you: 1.

Rufus_Maximus comments on Mar 24, 2018:

I was really into ballroom and modern smooth but my gown seemed to put women off...

birdingnut replies on Mar 24, 2018:

@SweetHarp Me, too. Whenever I talk to a beautiful Thai lady boy I feel dowdy and inferior.

Did any of your university professors bully you in class, give unfair grades, or target you in ...

Lingering comments on Mar 18, 2018:

Geez. where do you go to school? incest jokes in class should be reported to the universitys office of equity or title ix coordinator.

birdingnut replies on Mar 24, 2018:

I used the threat of reporting him to make him stop telling the disgusting jokes and wasting our time, so he tried to take revenge by pulling a sudden test covering about 20 pages of complex learning theories, and using reverse logic and backward type questions to confuse me, since he somehow realized I'm dyslexic. I thwarted him by speed-reading those text pages, thus giving me photographic memory of them. During the test I worked hard to unravel the backward question logic, i.e. which learning theories weren't used to prove this premise in 1987, etc. In the end, I was the only one who got 100% correct on the test, but the rest of the class didn't get above 50% and he had to have a double Bell Curve for anyone to pass. The students were furious with him, he was embarrassed, and he stopped harassing me. A couple of years later I was in the building to pick up some papers and this prof rushed out to introduce me to a couple of his friends as though I were a celebrity, saying, "Here's the one I was telling about!" and they looked at me in awe.

He has a point

birdingnut comments on Mar 22, 2018:

LOL! But of course, the actual Clinton investigation was for lying on a deposition. Since Bill regularly informed the Chinese agent of what transpired in white house meetings, Bill would have been impeached for treason also, if he hadn't immediately had a "Wag the Dog" scandal with Mona, to distract...

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

@WizardBill Whatever. I don't like arguing with fake news alt-right any more than I do with you. You seem the same sort. You only believe something you've personally encountered, but apparently you've not encountered very much. I'm done.

Feeling a bit lost in many ways.

Clare comments on Mar 23, 2018:

When I came home from Germany, I pretty much felt the same way. I was use to major transit systems, it was so cheap you could go anywhere, I missed the people, they were so friendly and kind and helpful. Yeah it took awhile to adjust. I know your going to feel home sick, but it will pass.

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

@YamaBlonde From living in Thailand and watching the British SkyNews international channel, having British and Australian friends, I also have started using non-American terms. I now say "lift," and "holiday," etc.

Smashed my finger in a door today.

birdingnut comments on Mar 23, 2018:

I'm surprised teachers stay at their jobs at all, with the low pay and lack of respect for their work.

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

@Varn I only taught because it was the only work I would do, or was interested in. But I couldn't make a living at it. I could only teach because my husband made a lot of money and I lived on the family farm. After trying it, I stopped teaching public school and only taught university adjunct classes since public schools required teachers to work for free most weekends and after school, and any students could accuse any teacher of anything, if they became angry with the teacher.

Have you ever cheated on an exam? Do you think cheating in a test is moral?

birdingnut comments on Mar 23, 2018:

I don't believe in exams or tests. I think the public school system is destructive, and purposely ineffective, to make more obedient factory workers. Studies show that in classes with only five students to a teacher, for only two hours a day, students were able to advance an entire grade every ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

@marmot84 No, I totally disagree with the entire public school system. And those who endorse it.

He has a point

birdingnut comments on Mar 22, 2018:

LOL! But of course, the actual Clinton investigation was for lying on a deposition. Since Bill regularly informed the Chinese agent of what transpired in white house meetings, Bill would have been impeached for treason also, if he hadn't immediately had a "Wag the Dog" scandal with Mona, to distract...

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

@WizardBill Not my problem, Mr. "fake news." If you don't know about this stuff, it just shows you don't know about older news. You sound just like a typical Trumpite..nothing you don't know about personally exists. Brother.

He has a point

birdingnut comments on Mar 22, 2018:

LOL! But of course, the actual Clinton investigation was for lying on a deposition. Since Bill regularly informed the Chinese agent of what transpired in white house meetings, Bill would have been impeached for treason also, if he hadn't immediately had a "Wag the Dog" scandal with Mona, to distract...

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

@Donto101 Well, I was there when this stuff happened. It was even mentioned in TV knews, but then everyone rushed to go on about Mona and scandal. The Clintons were up to so much evil back then that we used to joke that the would-be Clinton whistle blowers who kept ending up dead had caught the "Arkansas flu." Where we lived in eastern KY, locals called Bill Clinton the "white drug lord" since illegal drugs went through him. People in Haiti told me the same thing, and that the Clintons had turned Haiti into a drug smuggling spot.

What type of area and housing do you prefer to live in?

Southernbreeze comments on Mar 23, 2018:

I have been doing lots of research I'm very interested on entertaining the possibility of relocating to Thailand.. the food & ladyboys look plentiful there...

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

You do realize that kathoey (lady boys) don't identify as females, but are gay men who dress in drag for the sex trade, mostly with Caucasian men sexual tourists. Normally, gay men who like to dress in drag have regular jobs and businesses. The whole sex trade thing was started in Pattaya for US military personnel who were demanding prostitutes. The local leaders began drafting poor farmers' daughters to do sex work by lending their families money then demanding their daughters to pay it off. That is still happening today and if you participated, you would be continuing the "ugly American" exploitation stereotype.

He has a point

birdingnut comments on Mar 22, 2018:

LOL! But of course, the actual Clinton investigation was for lying on a deposition. Since Bill regularly informed the Chinese agent of what transpired in white house meetings, Bill would have been impeached for treason also, if he hadn't immediately had a "Wag the Dog" scandal with Mona, to distract...

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

@Donto101 Wow. And now you're going to say the Haiti embargo didn't happen, and all my Haitian friends dead. Sickening. You are just like the alt-right..fake news, fake news. How about the woman who reported being RAPED by Bill when he was still AK governor? Next, you'll say you didn't "read" about it so it didn't happen, You're as bad as a Trumpite.

Have you ever cheated on an exam? Do you think cheating in a test is moral?

birdingnut comments on Mar 23, 2018:

I don't believe in exams or tests. I think the public school system is destructive, and purposely ineffective, to make more obedient factory workers. Studies show that in classes with only five students to a teacher, for only two hours a day, students were able to advance an entire grade every ...

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

@marmot84 LOL! That's because you're thinking in a public school box. In experimental schools I've taught in, students do self-directed work, much as my kids did while being home schooled, and what we mission kids did in Haiti growing up. When kids are allowed to work at their own speed, not held back by the rest of the class they can zip through an entire grade in no time. In one school, even middle school kids were allowed to take college classes and they did perfectly well, as my kids did also. When I was in 8th grade, I tested at a junior in college level in the college tests. My kids both tested able to enter teacher school when they were ten, according the college tests they took.

What type of area and housing do you prefer to live in?

Southernbreeze comments on Mar 23, 2018:

Retirement visa perminent & how bout health care.. Retirement visa have to leave the country often.

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

No need for it, although they have universal health care here for people who work in Thailand. I mean the health care prices are so ridiculously low they are far below any US deductible, and all the doctors are given the same medical training as US doctors. Right now some people in the government are trying to get cannabis legal here, since it grows wild here and people already (illegally) use it to cure cancer and other problems.

What type of area and housing do you prefer to live in?

Southernbreeze comments on Mar 23, 2018:

How bout the humidity & mosquitoes...

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

Are you talking to me? I live on a peninsula, with the ocean on two sides and Songkha Lake on the other, with an cross sea breeze..no mosquitoes. It's usually about 84 degrees and sunny..perfect weather, and if there's humidity I can't tell.

What gets you creativity flowing? And what do you create?

birdingnut comments on Mar 23, 2018:

Writing, art, building invention prototypes, music, inventing new learning games on the fly.

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

@Leon Well, I am on one medicinal oil right now you might like. Might be non-legal where you live, however. CBD oil works almost as well, I read.

Most attractive actor/actress? Or other well known face.

birdingnut comments on Mar 23, 2018:

Males: Chris Hemsworth, in Ghostbusters only. Females: Yvonne Strahovski Androgynous: Katherine Moennig, in Ray Donovan more than The L Word.

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

@Akfishlady Yvonne was the secret agent love interest in the Chuck series. Chris Hemsworth plays Thor, the Marvel Comics superhero, but I don't like the muscle bulk he puts on for those movies, plus he's not funny in them. I've have a super crush on Katherine, since The L Word series, but I like her even more in Ray Donovan.

Most attractive actor/actress? Or other well known face.

birdingnut comments on Mar 23, 2018:

Males: Chris Hemsworth, in Ghostbusters only. Females: Yvonne Strahovski Androgynous: Katherine Moennig, in Ray Donovan more than The L Word.

birdingnut replies on Mar 23, 2018:

@Akfishlady Christ Hemsworth as he appeared in Ghostbusters (in the movie the glasses frames were empty-he told his female employer he bought them to look "smart."), Yvonne as she appears now, and Katherine, as she appears in the Ray Donovan series.