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ALTRUISTIC HORSES?
Hellbent comments on Feb 25, 2018:
What a great story!! Pardon my ignorance on one point though: I'm not familiar with the term "racking horse". What does it mean?
birdingnut replies on Feb 26, 2018:
@Hellbent They aren't known for it, but our Walking Horses were good jumpers on the trail also. They weren't as altruistic and intelligent as the mustang-mix racking horses, but I could ride and drive them with my mind, telling them which gait to change to..rack, pace, running walk, etc. while driving, while leaving the lines loose.
The pic is me jumping a log with Banjo, a Walking Horse that had been abused by a trainer and was so terrified of people he shook until he rattled if I even picked up a broom near him, and it took a year before I could safely go trail riding with him.
Hellbent comments on Feb 25, 2018:
What a great story!! Pardon my ignorance on one point though: I'm not familiar with the term "racking horse". What does it mean?
birdingnut replies on Feb 26, 2018:
@Hellbent They aren't known for it, but our Walking Horses were good jumpers on the trail also. They weren't as altruistic and intelligent as the mustang-mix racking horses, but I could ride and drive them with my mind, telling them which gait to change to..rack, pace, running walk, etc. while driving, while leaving the lines loose.
The pic is me jumping a log with Banjo, a Walking Horse that had been abused by a trainer and was so terrified of people he shook until he rattled if I even picked up a broom near him, and it took a year before I could safely go trail riding with him.
ALTRUISTIC HORSES?
Hellbent comments on Feb 25, 2018:
What a great story!! Pardon my ignorance on one point though: I'm not familiar with the term "racking horse". What does it mean?
birdingnut replies on Feb 26, 2018:
@Hellbent It's an extended walk where the long hind legs reach under the horse and pass the front legs, allowing for this sliding, extended four-beat gait of about 10-20 mph..very smooth. I loved my Walking Horses, but they have sharp withers and a narrow body, making them too uncomfortable to ride bareback, so I always had to use saddles with them, or drove them in a cart. Pic is of my Walking Horse, Levi, being driven between lakes near Morehead, KY
Hellbent comments on Feb 25, 2018:
What a great story!! Pardon my ignorance on one point though: I'm not familiar with the term "racking horse". What does it mean?
birdingnut replies on Feb 26, 2018:
@Hellbent It's an extended walk where the long hind legs reach under the horse and pass the front legs, allowing for this sliding, extended four-beat gait of about 10-20 mph..very smooth. I loved my Walking Horses, but they have sharp withers and a narrow body, making them too uncomfortable to ride bareback, so I always had to use saddles with them, or drove them in a cart. Pic is of my Walking Horse, Levi, being driven between lakes near Morehead, KY
ALTRUISTIC HORSES?
Hellbent comments on Feb 25, 2018:
What a great story!! Pardon my ignorance on one point though: I'm not familiar with the term "racking horse". What does it mean?
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
It's a "gaited horse"-a four-beat gait where each foot hits the ground at a different time, in the order of a horse's walking gait, but at high speed. I called Whistle that name because he went so fast, on the steepest, muddiest trails over the hills, so fast that my ears whistled. He never slipped and could jump anything.
All my videos of Whistle are from old technology, so here's a video of racking stallion I grabbed off YouTube, since that horse moves like Whistle did-throwing out his feet, except that Whistle didn't snort as he moved. It's a gait so smooth, I could carry a full glass of water while he did it, and I seldom used a saddle or bridle on him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyA_pSI5hA8
Hellbent comments on Feb 25, 2018:
What a great story!! Pardon my ignorance on one point though: I'm not familiar with the term "racking horse". What does it mean?
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
It's a "gaited horse"-a four-beat gait where each foot hits the ground at a different time, in the order of a horse's walking gait, but at high speed. I called Whistle that name because he went so fast, on the steepest, muddiest trails over the hills, so fast that my ears whistled. He never slipped and could jump anything.
All my videos of Whistle are from old technology, so here's a video of racking stallion I grabbed off YouTube, since that horse moves like Whistle did-throwing out his feet, except that Whistle didn't snort as he moved. It's a gait so smooth, I could carry a full glass of water while he did it, and I seldom used a saddle or bridle on him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyA_pSI5hA8
What books are you all reading right now?
birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:
I'm reading several books concurrently, for the umpteenth time, depending on which device I'm using, or if I'm reading off line or not.
The Misha Burkett Catskinner series.
The Persian Boy, by Mary Renault
Manning Up, by Zander Kieg
The James Herriot series
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
@Hellbent I just read your bio, and now I think you should write your own autobiography, LOL! I'm writing a short memoir of growing up with my Haitian mustangs, although I'm not sure who would care. Just for me, if nobody else.
birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:
I'm reading several books concurrently, for the umpteenth time, depending on which device I'm using, or if I'm reading off line or not.
The Misha Burkett Catskinner series.
The Persian Boy, by Mary Renault
Manning Up, by Zander Kieg
The James Herriot series
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
@Hellbent I just read your bio, and now I think you should write your own autobiography, LOL! I'm writing a short memoir of growing up with my Haitian mustangs, although I'm not sure who would care. Just for me, if nobody else.
What books are you all reading right now?
birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:
I'm reading several books concurrently, for the umpteenth time, depending on which device I'm using, or if I'm reading off line or not.
The Misha Burkett Catskinner series.
The Persian Boy, by Mary Renault
Manning Up, by Zander Kieg
The James Herriot series
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
@Hellbent If you like Mary, you'll LOVE them. I am shaken whenever I reread Jeannette's autobiographical, The Glass Castle, as well as her grandmother's life story, Half Broke Horses.
birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:
I'm reading several books concurrently, for the umpteenth time, depending on which device I'm using, or if I'm reading off line or not.
The Misha Burkett Catskinner series.
The Persian Boy, by Mary Renault
Manning Up, by Zander Kieg
The James Herriot series
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
@Hellbent If you like Mary, you'll LOVE them. I am shaken whenever I reread Jeannette's autobiographical, The Glass Castle, as well as her grandmother's life story, Half Broke Horses.
What books are you all reading right now?
birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:
I'm reading several books concurrently, for the umpteenth time, depending on which device I'm using, or if I'm reading off line or not.
The Misha Burkett Catskinner series.
The Persian Boy, by Mary Renault
Manning Up, by Zander Kieg
The James Herriot series
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
@Hellbent I've been reading her for over a decade, and think she's great. But other historical writers are as good, or better, such as Jeannette Walls, and Laura Hillenbrand,
birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:
I'm reading several books concurrently, for the umpteenth time, depending on which device I'm using, or if I'm reading off line or not.
The Misha Burkett Catskinner series.
The Persian Boy, by Mary Renault
Manning Up, by Zander Kieg
The James Herriot series
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
@Hellbent I've been reading her for over a decade, and think she's great. But other historical writers are as good, or better, such as Jeannette Walls, and Laura Hillenbrand,
Have you been successful in dating using this app/website?
GipsyOfNewSpain comments on Feb 25, 2018:
I can find dates outside my computer... here I am a Virgin and it does pleases me. I am here for other things but I won't turn down a lady... it is not in my nature. But I am losing friends faster I can make new ones. If that answer your question... but I truthfully hope a "group" from this site ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
"Turn down a lady?" That seems to imply you are waiting for some masculine, aggressive woman to chase after YOU, a male!
I think I see the problem.
ASK SOMEONE OUT.
GipsyOfNewSpain comments on Feb 25, 2018:
I can find dates outside my computer... here I am a Virgin and it does pleases me. I am here for other things but I won't turn down a lady... it is not in my nature. But I am losing friends faster I can make new ones. If that answer your question... but I truthfully hope a "group" from this site ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
"Turn down a lady?" That seems to imply you are waiting for some masculine, aggressive woman to chase after YOU, a male!
I think I see the problem.
ASK SOMEONE OUT.
What were 1-3 of the most interesting part-time jobs you ever held in your life?
Savage comments on Feb 24, 2018:
As an extra on Octopussy
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
Cool! Which scenes? Which countries?
Savage comments on Feb 24, 2018:
As an extra on Octopussy
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
Cool! Which scenes? Which countries?
What is something you should never say to the opposite sex?
Rugglesby comments on Feb 25, 2018:
for starters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ3SC-gVvy0
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Good one!
Rugglesby comments on Feb 25, 2018:
for starters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ3SC-gVvy0
birdingnut replies on Feb 25, 2018:
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Good one!
Is it correct to debate someone who is fond of using bible as his source reference?
HC1970FL comments on Feb 24, 2018:
If the bible is their only source of reference, they might as well use the Harry Potter series as their source of magic.
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
Aw, c'mon. I'd love to discuss Harry Potter with anyone, anytime. LOVE it! And J.K. Rowling for being such a delightful, C.S. Lewis-style writer! (U)
HC1970FL comments on Feb 24, 2018:
If the bible is their only source of reference, they might as well use the Harry Potter series as their source of magic.
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
Aw, c'mon. I'd love to discuss Harry Potter with anyone, anytime. LOVE it! And J.K. Rowling for being such a delightful, C.S. Lewis-style writer! (U)
Spring is coming! What do you most look forward to?
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
It's summer year around in southern Thailand.
Flowers and flowering trees seen along side streets near me.
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@silvereyes There has always been a 60 yr old cap for regular teachers but foreign ESL teachers were given a pass. But recently, they changed the law to include all teachers.
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
It's summer year around in southern Thailand.
Flowers and flowering trees seen along side streets near me.
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@silvereyes There has always been a 60 yr old cap for regular teachers but foreign ESL teachers were given a pass. But recently, they changed the law to include all teachers.
My mom has cancer.
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
The only words of encouragement I can give is that high THC cannabis oil has been reported effective in treating cancer.
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@Annaleda Smoking cannabis doesn't stop cancer..one is supposed to take large amounts of concentrated, high THC cannabis oil. They say to take a gram of oil a day for 60 days, but even taking a moderate amount of oil several times a day helps.
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
The only words of encouragement I can give is that high THC cannabis oil has been reported effective in treating cancer.
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@Annaleda Smoking cannabis doesn't stop cancer..one is supposed to take large amounts of concentrated, high THC cannabis oil. They say to take a gram of oil a day for 60 days, but even taking a moderate amount of oil several times a day helps.
What is the worst purchase you’ve ever made?
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
I currently live in Thailand with little access to books in English,
Many Kindle books I've bought turned out to be boring after all, and I either stopped reading them, or never read them again.
Having a Kindle reader and simply "borrowing" ebooks from Amazon Kindle could have been better, but...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@ArashL Yes, I have a 2014 Galaxy Note 10.1, Thai version.
Lately, the tablet's Kindle app has been acting up, blocking me from uploaded books while I'm reading offline.
I called the Thai Sansung techs once and not only did nobody speak English-including the "English speakers" on the robo voice, when I pressed the number for an English-speaking tech person, nobody answered. But I can try again.
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
I currently live in Thailand with little access to books in English,
Many Kindle books I've bought turned out to be boring after all, and I either stopped reading them, or never read them again.
Having a Kindle reader and simply "borrowing" ebooks from Amazon Kindle could have been better, but...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@ArashL Yes, I have a 2014 Galaxy Note 10.1, Thai version.
Lately, the tablet's Kindle app has been acting up, blocking me from uploaded books while I'm reading offline.
I called the Thai Sansung techs once and not only did nobody speak English-including the "English speakers" on the robo voice, when I pressed the number for an English-speaking tech person, nobody answered. But I can try again.
Spring is coming! What do you most look forward to?
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
It's summer year around in southern Thailand.
Flowers and flowering trees seen along side streets near me.
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@silvereyes One of my Thai Morehead State University students showed me photos of birds he'd taken in Sataburi, Thailand, and I vowed to go there. So, in 2010, after a divorce, and after my parents had just passed away, and both kids were grown and gone, I found a teaching job in Saraburi, Thailand, and moved here in 2010. Since, I've lived in several places, but Songkhla is the best place so far. I have to leave now, though, since they changed the Thai law, so that I've aged out of the allowed age for foreign teachers.
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
It's summer year around in southern Thailand.
Flowers and flowering trees seen along side streets near me.
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@silvereyes One of my Thai Morehead State University students showed me photos of birds he'd taken in Sataburi, Thailand, and I vowed to go there. So, in 2010, after a divorce, and after my parents had just passed away, and both kids were grown and gone, I found a teaching job in Saraburi, Thailand, and moved here in 2010. Since, I've lived in several places, but Songkhla is the best place so far. I have to leave now, though, since they changed the Thai law, so that I've aged out of the allowed age for foreign teachers.
Can you fall in love with someone who you've never met in person?
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
Sure, because "falling in love" is a male trait, and males are attracted to females by their appearance. Besotted males in love serve an evolutionary purpose as this keeps them with one woman long enough to help raise his progeny, increasing their children's chance of success.
Women with strong ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@silvereyes Women falling in love could be fatal. I was nearly killed several times because of my male "bro" code, where I felt loyal to my male "pal." My more female friends would never have dated those men in the first place, and even warned me!
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
Sure, because "falling in love" is a male trait, and males are attracted to females by their appearance. Besotted males in love serve an evolutionary purpose as this keeps them with one woman long enough to help raise his progeny, increasing their children's chance of success.
Women with strong ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@silvereyes Women falling in love could be fatal. I was nearly killed several times because of my male "bro" code, where I felt loyal to my male "pal." My more female friends would never have dated those men in the first place, and even warned me!
What were 1-3 of the most interesting part-time jobs you ever held in your life?
ipdg77 comments on Feb 24, 2018:
1. I spent a summer working on a summer camp in upstate New York, I'm from the UK so it was on a student exchange. I met Dr Who's granddaughter, went to the NY Giants training camp, saw Motley Crue & Whitesnake at Madison Sq Garden, was one of 13 that got into a Honda Civic to drive to the local bar...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
Wow..you've done some things in the US I've never done! And I'm American!
ipdg77 comments on Feb 24, 2018:
1. I spent a summer working on a summer camp in upstate New York, I'm from the UK so it was on a student exchange. I met Dr Who's granddaughter, went to the NY Giants training camp, saw Motley Crue & Whitesnake at Madison Sq Garden, was one of 13 that got into a Honda Civic to drive to the local bar...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
Wow..you've done some things in the US I've never done! And I'm American!
What's the best way to get into a woman's heart (if ya know what I mean).
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
If you mean on this website, it would help to post a photo of yourself, complete your profile, tell what kind of person you'd like to meet, and join conversations in a polite, kind, respectful, humorous manner.
If someone interests you, you can read her profile, find out where she lives and what...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@atheist Gross. Now I'll block you. I was giving you the benefit of a doubt.
birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:
If you mean on this website, it would help to post a photo of yourself, complete your profile, tell what kind of person you'd like to meet, and join conversations in a polite, kind, respectful, humorous manner.
If someone interests you, you can read her profile, find out where she lives and what...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@atheist Gross. Now I'll block you. I was giving you the benefit of a doubt.
How often do you view porn?
RobH86 comments on Feb 23, 2018:
I watched an uncut porn film once. Turned out that the guy did actually fix the washing machine after all
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
HAHAHAHAHA
Actually that would make the guy seem more attractive to me..
RobH86 comments on Feb 23, 2018:
I watched an uncut porn film once. Turned out that the guy did actually fix the washing machine after all
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
HAHAHAHAHA
Actually that would make the guy seem more attractive to me..
How often do you view porn?
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Um..NEVER, unless it's part of the story, without prurient intent.
I'm demisexual, so even the thought of sex can make me feel disgusted and nauseated, unless I've been with someone over a year and the "demi" part of my label kicks in.
Once I bond with partners, they have a new problem..I'm ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@SamL Although having a high libido is common with demisexuals and other categories on the asexual spectrum, many have very weak, or NO libidos. I suspect it's from mixed genders/hormones conflicting with each other, and canceling each other out.
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Um..NEVER, unless it's part of the story, without prurient intent.
I'm demisexual, so even the thought of sex can make me feel disgusted and nauseated, unless I've been with someone over a year and the "demi" part of my label kicks in.
Once I bond with partners, they have a new problem..I'm ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@SamL Although having a high libido is common with demisexuals and other categories on the asexual spectrum, many have very weak, or NO libidos. I suspect it's from mixed genders/hormones conflicting with each other, and canceling each other out.
Gymnast Who Exposed Larry Nassar Says Church Isn’t Safe for Assault Victims February 4, 2018 by ...
birdingnut comments on Feb 9, 2018:
Yeah..and they're NO GOOD at marriage counseling either.
No matter what, the solution is for the wife to be more obedient and to "love and forgive" her abusive and/or cheating husband. It's all about passive submission to the will of men, sweeping things under the rug, victim blaming.
After ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@Lewellyn3 I wasn't staying with him out of nobility, but because, as a female with male traits, I had no proper female boundaries. I was like males are with other male pals- very "whatever" about his disrespect, kept giving him second chances, etc., because I didn't have the female instincts to put his stuff on the lawn and change the locks, as a normal female would have done.
birdingnut comments on Feb 9, 2018:
Yeah..and they're NO GOOD at marriage counseling either.
No matter what, the solution is for the wife to be more obedient and to "love and forgive" her abusive and/or cheating husband. It's all about passive submission to the will of men, sweeping things under the rug, victim blaming.
After ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@Lewellyn3 I wasn't staying with him out of nobility, but because, as a female with male traits, I had no proper female boundaries. I was like males are with other male pals- very "whatever" about his disrespect, kept giving him second chances, etc., because I didn't have the female instincts to put his stuff on the lawn and change the locks, as a normal female would have done.
SURPRISINGLY SMART?
Hominid comments on Feb 22, 2018:
I remember the documentaries from decades ago that made a big thing about this discovery. Nowadays, it's common to see reports of various biological life forms using tools to get food. Even fish that spit out rocks to crack the exoskeletons of crabs and such. Still, our understanding of our ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
Yup..I think that crow is smarter than I am.
Hominid comments on Feb 22, 2018:
I remember the documentaries from decades ago that made a big thing about this discovery. Nowadays, it's common to see reports of various biological life forms using tools to get food. Even fish that spit out rocks to crack the exoskeletons of crabs and such. Still, our understanding of our ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
Yup..I think that crow is smarter than I am.
There's lots to complain about okcupid and such dating sites but I'm REALLY glad they include ...
Rugglesby comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Distance is a problem, but in all honesty, if there were a dozen ladies on this site, with extreme compatibility with me, ob my doorstep, I do not think things would change. I am set in my ways, they would be set in their ways, I think as we get older, it is less likely we can partner up ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@Blindbird I don't do casual sex..at ALL. I'm demisexual and even talking about it can make me lose my appetite. GROSS
Rugglesby comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Distance is a problem, but in all honesty, if there were a dozen ladies on this site, with extreme compatibility with me, ob my doorstep, I do not think things would change. I am set in my ways, they would be set in their ways, I think as we get older, it is less likely we can partner up ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@Blindbird I don't do casual sex..at ALL. I'm demisexual and even talking about it can make me lose my appetite. GROSS
There's lots to complain about okcupid and such dating sites but I'm REALLY glad they include ...
geko comments on Feb 23, 2018:
I didn't realize this was a dating site at first. My intent was to find like minded people to chat with. So far it's been okay...I'm not really looking to date anyhow..
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@Blindbird In the end, there's usually only a short "sweet spot" in new relationships where you actually do nonsexual things together; talk, laugh, go places together, and have fun, but the men are always trying to steer it toward sex and/or a commitment, so sooner or later it's time to move on.
geko comments on Feb 23, 2018:
I didn't realize this was a dating site at first. My intent was to find like minded people to chat with. So far it's been okay...I'm not really looking to date anyhow..
birdingnut replies on Feb 24, 2018:
@Blindbird In the end, there's usually only a short "sweet spot" in new relationships where you actually do nonsexual things together; talk, laugh, go places together, and have fun, but the men are always trying to steer it toward sex and/or a commitment, so sooner or later it's time to move on.
Is it just me or is there some amazing women on this site?
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Because this is an agnostic website and studies show that agnostics statistically have higher IQs than the average population, you will naturally meet more intelligent women.
Be advised that studies also associate creative high IQ with androgyny..so many women here will also have mixed gender ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Ride_Captain Exactly. High creativity/high IQ is also associated with mental issues such as depression, anxiety, etc.
The Debbie Downers are often being overwhelmed with different perspectives of the issues. Instead of just accepting the status quo, they know too much. Like, instead of mindlessly sucking down sodas, for instance, many see how the chemicals and sweeteners are harming people's health, etc.
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Because this is an agnostic website and studies show that agnostics statistically have higher IQs than the average population, you will naturally meet more intelligent women.
Be advised that studies also associate creative high IQ with androgyny..so many women here will also have mixed gender ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Ride_Captain Exactly. High creativity/high IQ is also associated with mental issues such as depression, anxiety, etc.
The Debbie Downers are often being overwhelmed with different perspectives of the issues. Instead of just accepting the status quo, they know too much. Like, instead of mindlessly sucking down sodas, for instance, many see how the chemicals and sweeteners are harming people's health, etc.
When Considering A Relationship With Someone, How Important Is The Person's Annual Income ?
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Any female who DOESN'T take income into consideration when considering being with a male is just asking for trouble. Unless, that is, she is financially independent and is taking on the lover for other reasons.
Men typically only care about a potential female mate being attractive, young, ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@twshield Perhaps you are the type of man "real" women would avoid, if that's what you think. Lucky for you, there are many male-ish females who act like males and cling to men, forgiving them anything, are needy, etc. These are typically the women who are cheated on or abused because the "real" women, with strong female traits, would never date such men in the FIRST place.
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Any female who DOESN'T take income into consideration when considering being with a male is just asking for trouble. Unless, that is, she is financially independent and is taking on the lover for other reasons.
Men typically only care about a potential female mate being attractive, young, ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@twshield Perhaps you are the type of man "real" women would avoid, if that's what you think. Lucky for you, there are many male-ish females who act like males and cling to men, forgiving them anything, are needy, etc. These are typically the women who are cheated on or abused because the "real" women, with strong female traits, would never date such men in the FIRST place.
When Considering A Relationship With Someone, How Important Is The Person's Annual Income ?
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Any female who DOESN'T take income into consideration when considering being with a male is just asking for trouble. Unless, that is, she is financially independent and is taking on the lover for other reasons.
Men typically only care about a potential female mate being attractive, young, ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@twshield NOT TRUE.
Men will stray even if they are married to some male-ish female with a strong male libido who enjoys wild sex with her spouse. I should know, being partially transmale. The only thing that keeps them faithful is if they are with a "real" female with strong female traits.
Those types of women instinctively train their males to obey them by withdrawing attention from lovers the moment they start disrespecting them. Men who even ogle women in passing will likely find their stuff on the lawn and the house locks changed.
End of problem..before it even begins.
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Any female who DOESN'T take income into consideration when considering being with a male is just asking for trouble. Unless, that is, she is financially independent and is taking on the lover for other reasons.
Men typically only care about a potential female mate being attractive, young, ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@twshield NOT TRUE.
Men will stray even if they are married to some male-ish female with a strong male libido who enjoys wild sex with her spouse. I should know, being partially transmale. The only thing that keeps them faithful is if they are with a "real" female with strong female traits.
Those types of women instinctively train their males to obey them by withdrawing attention from lovers the moment they start disrespecting them. Men who even ogle women in passing will likely find their stuff on the lawn and the house locks changed.
End of problem..before it even begins.
There's lots to complain about okcupid and such dating sites but I'm REALLY glad they include ...
geko comments on Feb 23, 2018:
I didn't realize this was a dating site at first. My intent was to find like minded people to chat with. So far it's been okay...I'm not really looking to date anyhow..
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
Most "dating" websites are really "hook up" websites, with men looking for quick, easy, free sex with gullible females who often feel obliged to put out just because someone paid for her coffee and bagel. The females often are dreaming of meeting "The One" and visualize white picket fences and babies, while most of the men only want to know how quickly they can seduce them.
geko comments on Feb 23, 2018:
I didn't realize this was a dating site at first. My intent was to find like minded people to chat with. So far it's been okay...I'm not really looking to date anyhow..
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
Most "dating" websites are really "hook up" websites, with men looking for quick, easy, free sex with gullible females who often feel obliged to put out just because someone paid for her coffee and bagel. The females often are dreaming of meeting "The One" and visualize white picket fences and babies, while most of the men only want to know how quickly they can seduce them.
There's lots to complain about okcupid and such dating sites but I'm REALLY glad they include ...
AxeElf comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Hey, if I've paid the hooker in good faith, then yes, she owes me sex.
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
Which is why I'm all for decriminalizing prostitution. Conventional women who object simply don't realize the twisted depths of male lust, or what they are capable of demanding, to "get them off."
As far as I'm concerned, the prostitutes willing to do all those disgusting things, and even enjoy it, are angels, and NOT competing with conventional women. Many sex workers are bisexual, transgender, or otherwise mixed gender, with a high testosterone level, hence their willingness to do it.
AxeElf comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Hey, if I've paid the hooker in good faith, then yes, she owes me sex.
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
Which is why I'm all for decriminalizing prostitution. Conventional women who object simply don't realize the twisted depths of male lust, or what they are capable of demanding, to "get them off."
As far as I'm concerned, the prostitutes willing to do all those disgusting things, and even enjoy it, are angels, and NOT competing with conventional women. Many sex workers are bisexual, transgender, or otherwise mixed gender, with a high testosterone level, hence their willingness to do it.
There's lots to complain about okcupid and such dating sites but I'm REALLY glad they include ...
Rugglesby comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Distance is a problem, but in all honesty, if there were a dozen ladies on this site, with extreme compatibility with me, ob my doorstep, I do not think things would change. I am set in my ways, they would be set in their ways, I think as we get older, it is less likely we can partner up ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Blindbird AMEN. And pawing at me could be dangerous for the man. I also don't hesitate to file charges when assaulted, so I'm not a good bet if someone is looking for a hook up.
Rugglesby comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Distance is a problem, but in all honesty, if there were a dozen ladies on this site, with extreme compatibility with me, ob my doorstep, I do not think things would change. I am set in my ways, they would be set in their ways, I think as we get older, it is less likely we can partner up ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Blindbird AMEN. And pawing at me could be dangerous for the man. I also don't hesitate to file charges when assaulted, so I'm not a good bet if someone is looking for a hook up.
When Considering A Relationship With Someone, How Important Is The Person's Annual Income ?
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Any female who DOESN'T take income into consideration when considering being with a male is just asking for trouble. Unless, that is, she is financially independent and is taking on the lover for other reasons.
Men typically only care about a potential female mate being attractive, young, ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@twshield You must realize that cis hetero women are NOT like men, and have no comprehension of male lust.
Typically, most women tolerate sex so they can get what they really want..affection, financial support, and protection. Most women would MUCH prefer to cuddle, go on a romantic picnic to a lake, be shown tokens of affection, like her guy picking flowers for her, or buying her something they knew she'd like, just to make her happy.
They don't want to "put out," and if they get the idea that that's all their men want, they will likely dump them. Most married women I know complain about their sex fiend husbands if they have sex more than a few times a month.
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
Any female who DOESN'T take income into consideration when considering being with a male is just asking for trouble. Unless, that is, she is financially independent and is taking on the lover for other reasons.
Men typically only care about a potential female mate being attractive, young, ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@twshield You must realize that cis hetero women are NOT like men, and have no comprehension of male lust.
Typically, most women tolerate sex so they can get what they really want..affection, financial support, and protection. Most women would MUCH prefer to cuddle, go on a romantic picnic to a lake, be shown tokens of affection, like her guy picking flowers for her, or buying her something they knew she'd like, just to make her happy.
They don't want to "put out," and if they get the idea that that's all their men want, they will likely dump them. Most married women I know complain about their sex fiend husbands if they have sex more than a few times a month.
Hi.
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
TOTALLY awesome! Hope you post photos of all of them. Do you show all the dogs, or do you breed the Afghans?
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Liebran Beautiful dogs, and conure!
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
TOTALLY awesome! Hope you post photos of all of them. Do you show all the dogs, or do you breed the Afghans?
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Liebran Beautiful dogs, and conure!
Arming public school teachers.
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
NO. It's just crazy Trump shilling for the NRA, who pays him millions in kickbacks for endorsements.
It's insane, when other countries that passed sensible gun laws stopped mass shootings. The GOP has the silly alt-right by the nose, using religion.
Australia hasn't had a fatal mass shooting ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@dahermit Shill: an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others. I.e., when high school shooting survivors met with Trump and asked him to pass sensible gun laws, he told them he wanted to arm the teachers instead. He takes money from the NRA, so promotes their agenda.
To quote from the article link I just posted, "President Trump, in a pro-forma public statement on the Parkland, Fla., shooting, ordered flags on government buildings to be flown at half-mast through Monday, but didn't call for any reconsideration of the nation's inexcusably lax gun laws. Last February, he scrapped an Obama-era regulation making it tougher for people with mental illnesses to buy a gun.
The 2016 election marked a high point in electoral spending by the NRA and its affiliate, the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, with donations totaling $54 million. Much of that was devoted to the presidential campaign. The total so far this year comes to only $1.65 million, though the campaign season has not quite begun and the candidate roster for November is still in flux."
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
NO. It's just crazy Trump shilling for the NRA, who pays him millions in kickbacks for endorsements.
It's insane, when other countries that passed sensible gun laws stopped mass shootings. The GOP has the silly alt-right by the nose, using religion.
Australia hasn't had a fatal mass shooting ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@dahermit Shill: an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others. I.e., when high school shooting survivors met with Trump and asked him to pass sensible gun laws, he told them he wanted to arm the teachers instead. He takes money from the NRA, so promotes their agenda.
To quote from the article link I just posted, "President Trump, in a pro-forma public statement on the Parkland, Fla., shooting, ordered flags on government buildings to be flown at half-mast through Monday, but didn't call for any reconsideration of the nation's inexcusably lax gun laws. Last February, he scrapped an Obama-era regulation making it tougher for people with mental illnesses to buy a gun.
The 2016 election marked a high point in electoral spending by the NRA and its affiliate, the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, with donations totaling $54 million. Much of that was devoted to the presidential campaign. The total so far this year comes to only $1.65 million, though the campaign season has not quite begun and the candidate roster for November is still in flux."
Do you embrace simplicity in your life?
Naeem comments on Feb 22, 2018:
Every time I move from a country to another, I travel only with a bag of clothes and the most valuable things I leave behind that I regret not taking with me are my books!
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Rugglesby I have an entire library of Kindle books..no book luggage at all!
Naeem comments on Feb 22, 2018:
Every time I move from a country to another, I travel only with a bag of clothes and the most valuable things I leave behind that I regret not taking with me are my books!
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Rugglesby I have an entire library of Kindle books..no book luggage at all!
SMART DOGS, UNREASONABLE KIDS
My Australian Blue Heeler was the most intelligent, independent ...
Dick_Martin comments on Feb 23, 2018:
We had a cat that was mystical in some regards. For instance, she never, ever got on a bed. Except when someone was sick. She'd get up go to a kid's bedroom and climb on the bed. Within an hour we'd be cleaing up vomit and that kid would be in bed. The cat would stay there, on the foot of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@atheist The article was simply reporting what people were saying about the cat, not claiming that it is an actual "miracle," whatever that means. All science is a miracle to someone, but of course there's the energy element.
We are all made of energy, which can't be created or destroyed, so have always existed and will always exist in some energy form.
And we all contribute to creating our own universe.
“I regard consciousness as fundamental and matter as derivative from consciousness." – Max Planck, theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics
Dick_Martin comments on Feb 23, 2018:
We had a cat that was mystical in some regards. For instance, she never, ever got on a bed. Except when someone was sick. She'd get up go to a kid's bedroom and climb on the bed. Within an hour we'd be cleaing up vomit and that kid would be in bed. The cat would stay there, on the foot of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@atheist The article was simply reporting what people were saying about the cat, not claiming that it is an actual "miracle," whatever that means. All science is a miracle to someone, but of course there's the energy element.
We are all made of energy, which can't be created or destroyed, so have always existed and will always exist in some energy form.
And we all contribute to creating our own universe.
“I regard consciousness as fundamental and matter as derivative from consciousness." – Max Planck, theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics
SMART DOGS, UNREASONABLE KIDS
My Australian Blue Heeler was the most intelligent, independent ...
Dick_Martin comments on Feb 23, 2018:
We had a cat that was mystical in some regards. For instance, she never, ever got on a bed. Except when someone was sick. She'd get up go to a kid's bedroom and climb on the bed. Within an hour we'd be cleaing up vomit and that kid would be in bed. The cat would stay there, on the foot of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@atheist People near death have drops in body temperature, their urine changes color, many changes take place, and no doubt the cat can pick up on it. That's why people who have seizures often keep dogs, or other pets, that signal them up to 30 minutes before an episode so they can lie down.
Dick_Martin comments on Feb 23, 2018:
We had a cat that was mystical in some regards. For instance, she never, ever got on a bed. Except when someone was sick. She'd get up go to a kid's bedroom and climb on the bed. Within an hour we'd be cleaing up vomit and that kid would be in bed. The cat would stay there, on the foot of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@atheist People near death have drops in body temperature, their urine changes color, many changes take place, and no doubt the cat can pick up on it. That's why people who have seizures often keep dogs, or other pets, that signal them up to 30 minutes before an episode so they can lie down.
God was looking out for me this morning.
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
That reminds me of an incident that happened when I was a missionary kid in Haiti.
I was riding my horse along a grassy trail through a field, when a Haitian kid, hoping for bribe money, threw himself down in the middle of the trail in front of me and began howling and wailing for help, that I ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Rugglesby We both collapsed laughing, then went our ways, but another time, some guy did tell my parents I'd run over them with the horse, demanding money. Some other people jumped in calling him a liar and that ended it.
birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:
That reminds me of an incident that happened when I was a missionary kid in Haiti.
I was riding my horse along a grassy trail through a field, when a Haitian kid, hoping for bribe money, threw himself down in the middle of the trail in front of me and began howling and wailing for help, that I ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Rugglesby We both collapsed laughing, then went our ways, but another time, some guy did tell my parents I'd run over them with the horse, demanding money. Some other people jumped in calling him a liar and that ended it.
SMART DOGS, UNREASONABLE KIDS
My Australian Blue Heeler was the most intelligent, independent ...
Dick_Martin comments on Feb 23, 2018:
We had a cat that was mystical in some regards. For instance, she never, ever got on a bed. Except when someone was sick. She'd get up go to a kid's bedroom and climb on the bed. Within an hour we'd be cleaing up vomit and that kid would be in bed. The cat would stay there, on the foot of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
I've read about cats in nursing homes that did that before people died.
'Miracle' cat predicts deaths of 100 people in nursing home http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/miracle-cat-predicts-deaths-100-5365056#ICID=sharebar_twitter
Dick_Martin comments on Feb 23, 2018:
We had a cat that was mystical in some regards. For instance, she never, ever got on a bed. Except when someone was sick. She'd get up go to a kid's bedroom and climb on the bed. Within an hour we'd be cleaing up vomit and that kid would be in bed. The cat would stay there, on the foot of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
I've read about cats in nursing homes that did that before people died.
'Miracle' cat predicts deaths of 100 people in nursing home http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/miracle-cat-predicts-deaths-100-5365056#ICID=sharebar_twitter
Arming public school teachers.
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
NO. It's just crazy Trump shilling for the NRA, who pays him millions in kickbacks for endorsements.
It's insane, when other countries that passed sensible gun laws stopped mass shootings. The GOP has the silly alt-right by the nose, using religion.
Australia hasn't had a fatal mass shooting ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@dahermit "Trump doesn't want to risk disturbing the NRA, which spent more than $30 million in 2016 to support him and defeat his opponent, Hillary Clinton. (These figures come from the Center for Responsive Politics.)"
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-nra-politicians-20180215-story.html
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
NO. It's just crazy Trump shilling for the NRA, who pays him millions in kickbacks for endorsements.
It's insane, when other countries that passed sensible gun laws stopped mass shootings. The GOP has the silly alt-right by the nose, using religion.
Australia hasn't had a fatal mass shooting ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@dahermit "Trump doesn't want to risk disturbing the NRA, which spent more than $30 million in 2016 to support him and defeat his opponent, Hillary Clinton. (These figures come from the Center for Responsive Politics.)"
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-nra-politicians-20180215-story.html
Arming public school teachers.
andygee comments on Feb 22, 2018:
I support the right to arm bears.
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Taijiguy LOL! You sound like a Trump person! The US has one of the highest rates of death by firearm in the developed world, according to World Health Organization data. https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/americas/us-gun-statistics/index.html
andygee comments on Feb 22, 2018:
I support the right to arm bears.
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Taijiguy LOL! You sound like a Trump person! The US has one of the highest rates of death by firearm in the developed world, according to World Health Organization data. https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/americas/us-gun-statistics/index.html
What is the worst place someone could ask you on a date?
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
Anywhere I didn't like, I'd turn him down, or make my own suggestion.
I usually am the one who decides where to go anyway, and they have to ask three days ahead, or I'm sorry, but I already have plans. Doesn't matter to me if I go out with them or not.
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Pastor_Dan LOL! If you were in Songkhla, Thailand, I'd make an exception..and suggest we meet at Samila Beach!
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
Anywhere I didn't like, I'd turn him down, or make my own suggestion.
I usually am the one who decides where to go anyway, and they have to ask three days ahead, or I'm sorry, but I already have plans. Doesn't matter to me if I go out with them or not.
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
@Pastor_Dan LOL! If you were in Songkhla, Thailand, I'd make an exception..and suggest we meet at Samila Beach!
A friend told me today that I am vibrant. I wonder, what does that mean?
Hellbent comments on Feb 22, 2018:
I once thought that a woman had said to me"You're rather vibrant" but it turned out she had said "I'd rather have a vibrator".
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
HAHAHAHAHAHA..
Good one. :D
Hellbent comments on Feb 22, 2018:
I once thought that a woman had said to me"You're rather vibrant" but it turned out she had said "I'd rather have a vibrator".
birdingnut replies on Feb 23, 2018:
HAHAHAHAHAHA..
Good one. :D
Arming public school teachers.
andygee comments on Feb 22, 2018:
I support the right to arm bears.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
Australia hasn't had a fatal mass shooting since 1996. Here's what it did https://usat.ly/2o8Sp4n via @usatoday
andygee comments on Feb 22, 2018:
I support the right to arm bears.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
Australia hasn't had a fatal mass shooting since 1996. Here's what it did https://usat.ly/2o8Sp4n via @usatoday
What 3-8 traits do you value most in a potential lifetime partner?
Pastor_Dan comments on Feb 22, 2018:
It's easier to list what I'm not. I'll put it in order you chose.
I'm not...
well-dressed (but have three suits) :-)
fastidious, not a chance...well, if it's important. :-(
family-oriented, well, I remember some of their names.
independent? hell no - It has no meaning anyway
Isn't Birding on ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
LOL! I guess birding doesn't qualify as a character trait.
Besides, a real birder might compete with me, like what happened once when I went with a small birding group from the school where I was teaching in Saraburi, Thailand. The driver of the car was from Mayanmar, and when I got a photo in the jungle of a rare bird that he'd missed, he drove off without me!
Pastor_Dan comments on Feb 22, 2018:
It's easier to list what I'm not. I'll put it in order you chose.
I'm not...
well-dressed (but have three suits) :-)
fastidious, not a chance...well, if it's important. :-(
family-oriented, well, I remember some of their names.
independent? hell no - It has no meaning anyway
Isn't Birding on ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
LOL! I guess birding doesn't qualify as a character trait.
Besides, a real birder might compete with me, like what happened once when I went with a small birding group from the school where I was teaching in Saraburi, Thailand. The driver of the car was from Mayanmar, and when I got a photo in the jungle of a rare bird that he'd missed, he drove off without me!
What 3-8 traits do you value most in a potential lifetime partner?
PeppermintDreads comments on Feb 22, 2018:
Be a straight dude, must love dogs, must not smoke or use any kind of drugs, no kids, be intelligent, not into religion, be nerdy, be dry/sarcastic/snarky.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
Shouldn't be difficult to find someone like that here, LOL!
PeppermintDreads comments on Feb 22, 2018:
Be a straight dude, must love dogs, must not smoke or use any kind of drugs, no kids, be intelligent, not into religion, be nerdy, be dry/sarcastic/snarky.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
Shouldn't be difficult to find someone like that here, LOL!
SURPRISINGLY SMART?
buck1977 comments on Feb 22, 2018:
How have you determined that animals are "not supposed to be able to do" something?
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
It changes all the time with scientists, but people who know animals, and have pets often realize that all animals can read your mind, and communicate with other animals and with you. Even insects are that way, but when I've tried to tell stories I've observed about them, someone usually starts in about how insects are too stupid to know anything.
buck1977 comments on Feb 22, 2018:
How have you determined that animals are "not supposed to be able to do" something?
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
It changes all the time with scientists, but people who know animals, and have pets often realize that all animals can read your mind, and communicate with other animals and with you. Even insects are that way, but when I've tried to tell stories I've observed about them, someone usually starts in about how insects are too stupid to know anything.
I find it odd that there aren't a bunch of religious people on here trying to convert us to ...
Rugglesby comments on Feb 22, 2018:
So, who is up for the new bible reading group?
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
I thought about saying that myself, LOL!
Rugglesby comments on Feb 22, 2018:
So, who is up for the new bible reading group?
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
I thought about saying that myself, LOL!
SURPRISINGLY SMART?
hlfsousa comments on Feb 22, 2018:
No, I am yet to see a smart religious animal.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
@hlfsousa LOL!
hlfsousa comments on Feb 22, 2018:
No, I am yet to see a smart religious animal.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
@hlfsousa LOL!
SURPRISINGLY SMART?
hlfsousa comments on Feb 22, 2018:
No, I am yet to see a smart religious animal.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
..of any species, even human, LOL!
hlfsousa comments on Feb 22, 2018:
No, I am yet to see a smart religious animal.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
..of any species, even human, LOL!
I am seriously considering building a "church style" building on my place complete with steeple and ...
birdingnut comments on Feb 21, 2018:
?? Why bother? I leave them alone and don't really care what others believe as long as they let me do the same.
I seldom see Christians in Thailand, and I also don't care what the Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists believe.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
@misstuffy It could also be a strong turn-off, as it would be for me. I don't mind glittering Buddhist temples but most US churches give me negative vibes.
birdingnut comments on Feb 21, 2018:
?? Why bother? I leave them alone and don't really care what others believe as long as they let me do the same.
I seldom see Christians in Thailand, and I also don't care what the Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists believe.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
@misstuffy It could also be a strong turn-off, as it would be for me. I don't mind glittering Buddhist temples but most US churches give me negative vibes.
I decided to give the community a little more insight into myself.
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
?? I'm not sure why you wrote this treatise, but if you want to impress the ladies, try humor, listening to them, asking relevant questions to show interest, and if you live nearby, inviting a lady who attracts you to meet for coffee.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
@Meiliken The way it usually works is that men to pursue women and to have to live up to their standards. But there are plenty of male-ish women who might want someone with more female traits, who want females to pursue them instead. Both my brothers were that way..too female in traits to chase anyone.
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
?? I'm not sure why you wrote this treatise, but if you want to impress the ladies, try humor, listening to them, asking relevant questions to show interest, and if you live nearby, inviting a lady who attracts you to meet for coffee.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
@Meiliken The way it usually works is that men to pursue women and to have to live up to their standards. But there are plenty of male-ish women who might want someone with more female traits, who want females to pursue them instead. Both my brothers were that way..too female in traits to chase anyone.
I decided to give the community a little more insight into myself.
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
?? I'm not sure why you wrote this treatise, but if you want to impress the ladies, try humor, listening to them, asking relevant questions to show interest, and if you live nearby, inviting a lady who attracts you to meet for coffee.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
@Meiliken Because it's not something people normally do. If your motivation is to inspire a woman to message you and try to get together with you, I suppose it could work with the right person, but not the usual way men meet women.
birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:
?? I'm not sure why you wrote this treatise, but if you want to impress the ladies, try humor, listening to them, asking relevant questions to show interest, and if you live nearby, inviting a lady who attracts you to meet for coffee.
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
@Meiliken Because it's not something people normally do. If your motivation is to inspire a woman to message you and try to get together with you, I suppose it could work with the right person, but not the usual way men meet women.
What were 1-3 of the most interesting part-time jobs you ever held in your life?
RavenCT comments on Feb 21, 2018:
You have great stories!
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
Thanks! I suppose it comes from living for over six decades, in many places, LOL!
RavenCT comments on Feb 21, 2018:
You have great stories!
birdingnut replies on Feb 22, 2018:
Thanks! I suppose it comes from living for over six decades, in many places, LOL!
What 3-8 traits do you value most in a potential lifetime partner?
evestrat comments on Feb 21, 2018:
1. Intellectual. I adore intelligence ... it's a turn on
2. Witty -- dry sense of humor is best; they at least smile at some of my dorky jokes and puns ... I'm hooked
3. Kind/Respectful
4. Engages in Reciprocity, and understands why this is important
5. Liberal, or at the "left-side of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
Love your list!
evestrat comments on Feb 21, 2018:
1. Intellectual. I adore intelligence ... it's a turn on
2. Witty -- dry sense of humor is best; they at least smile at some of my dorky jokes and puns ... I'm hooked
3. Kind/Respectful
4. Engages in Reciprocity, and understands why this is important
5. Liberal, or at the "left-side of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
Love your list!
Christian Wife Swappers Preach The Word Of God Through Swinging - YouTube
birdingnut comments on Feb 21, 2018:
Looks like a bunch of white trash to me. Who cares?
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
@FrayedBear Yup. I'm not against "swinging" per say, but where I lived, in eastern KY, there were types of people who seemed to lack any self respect.
birdingnut comments on Feb 21, 2018:
Looks like a bunch of white trash to me. Who cares?
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
@FrayedBear Yup. I'm not against "swinging" per say, but where I lived, in eastern KY, there were types of people who seemed to lack any self respect.
Near-death experiences: inside the scientific search for the afterlife
birdingnut comments on Feb 21, 2018:
You don't have to be near death to experience that. I was stressed because I didn't want to get married, but as my wedding day approached I had a sort of "dream" where I left my body and floated up through the ceiling, went off with my friends I'd known forever, into a peaceful, wilderness place. ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
@ZebZaman Sadly, I went ahead with it. I didn't know at the time that I'm androgyne, and partially transmale. I saw Jim as my peer, my male pal, not a romantic partner. He was a horrible husband, but a proper woman would have had him well in hand. I divorced him later, but at least I got two children from it.
birdingnut comments on Feb 21, 2018:
You don't have to be near death to experience that. I was stressed because I didn't want to get married, but as my wedding day approached I had a sort of "dream" where I left my body and floated up through the ceiling, went off with my friends I'd known forever, into a peaceful, wilderness place. ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
@ZebZaman Sadly, I went ahead with it. I didn't know at the time that I'm androgyne, and partially transmale. I saw Jim as my peer, my male pal, not a romantic partner. He was a horrible husband, but a proper woman would have had him well in hand. I divorced him later, but at least I got two children from it.
Has anyone else been discriminated against just for being atheist/agnostic/etc?
001_Cynthia comments on Feb 21, 2018:
I once had a friend for 7 years from work. With time, she became more and more into her Christianity. Although she had been married five different times in her young life and even had men over her home (they'd sleep over many times) around her daughters when she was dating various men, she still ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
LOL! Good riddance. I think I'd have told her that even if I wasn't an nonbeliever, just to get rid of a control freak.
001_Cynthia comments on Feb 21, 2018:
I once had a friend for 7 years from work. With time, she became more and more into her Christianity. Although she had been married five different times in her young life and even had men over her home (they'd sleep over many times) around her daughters when she was dating various men, she still ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
LOL! Good riddance. I think I'd have told her that even if I wasn't an nonbeliever, just to get rid of a control freak.
Has anyone else been discriminated against just for being atheist/agnostic/etc?
Reignmond comments on Feb 20, 2018:
I have a job with a rural Georgia county. Some were shocked to find out that I am an Atheist, but I never experienced discrimination.
I have had a bunch of girlfriends over the years that expected me to convert. But when I didn't, they dumped me.
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
Good riddance. The religious ones tend to be more critical, controlling. I think. Maybe that's just female nature.
Reignmond comments on Feb 20, 2018:
I have a job with a rural Georgia county. Some were shocked to find out that I am an Atheist, but I never experienced discrimination.
I have had a bunch of girlfriends over the years that expected me to convert. But when I didn't, they dumped me.
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
Good riddance. The religious ones tend to be more critical, controlling. I think. Maybe that's just female nature.
If you could go back in time and change only one thing, would you?
dahermit comments on Feb 20, 2018:
I would never get married. Courting behavior is pleasant enough, but marriage changes everything and is not all that pleasant. I would have gotten a vasectomy and lived out my life as a serial monogamist with no more than a one-year long relationships. I remember the '60's song..."We will live ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
Sadly, I'd never have gotten married or had my kids, so it's a good thing I can't change the past.
dahermit comments on Feb 20, 2018:
I would never get married. Courting behavior is pleasant enough, but marriage changes everything and is not all that pleasant. I would have gotten a vasectomy and lived out my life as a serial monogamist with no more than a one-year long relationships. I remember the '60's song..."We will live ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
Sadly, I'd never have gotten married or had my kids, so it's a good thing I can't change the past.
If you could just pick up and move today where would you move to?
birdingnut comments on Feb 20, 2018:
If I could, or if I "should?" I should move to Lexington, KY, as planned, but I only want to live here.
Sidney, if I had the income/means.
Belize, if I had a birding companion, for safety.
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
@Anonbene Sure, if you stay with people, but I tend to head alone into remote wilderness areas to go birding, with heavy, expensive camera equipment, and S. American is notorious for bandits. I taught in Mexico for a semester in 2001, and one of our aquaintances, driving ten minutes behind us to Kino, were killed by bandits, after we'd passed the fake road blockade with our 4-wheel drive SUV.
birdingnut comments on Feb 20, 2018:
If I could, or if I "should?" I should move to Lexington, KY, as planned, but I only want to live here.
Sidney, if I had the income/means.
Belize, if I had a birding companion, for safety.
birdingnut replies on Feb 21, 2018:
@Anonbene Sure, if you stay with people, but I tend to head alone into remote wilderness areas to go birding, with heavy, expensive camera equipment, and S. American is notorious for bandits. I taught in Mexico for a semester in 2001, and one of our aquaintances, driving ten minutes behind us to Kino, were killed by bandits, after we'd passed the fake road blockade with our 4-wheel drive SUV.
"Try to be happy while living, for you're a long time dead."
Old Scottish proverb
birdingnut comments on Feb 20, 2018:
I dunno. We're ultimately made of energy according to Einstein's formula, and since energy can't be created or destroyed, we have always existed and will always exist in some energy form. I think we're just on to another life.
I was born with past life memories, as was my younger sister, who kept...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@Hominid OK, I wrote down a few titles of past life research book I own on Kindle, that I already posted here on other comments, but couldn't find again.
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
birdingnut comments on Feb 20, 2018:
I dunno. We're ultimately made of energy according to Einstein's formula, and since energy can't be created or destroyed, we have always existed and will always exist in some energy form. I think we're just on to another life.
I was born with past life memories, as was my younger sister, who kept...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@Hominid OK, I wrote down a few titles of past life research book I own on Kindle, that I already posted here on other comments, but couldn't find again.
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
"Try to be happy while living, for you're a long time dead."
Old Scottish proverb
birdingnut comments on Feb 20, 2018:
I dunno. We're ultimately made of energy according to Einstein's formula, and since energy can't be created or destroyed, we have always existed and will always exist in some energy form. I think we're just on to another life.
I was born with past life memories, as was my younger sister, who kept...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@Hominid (sigh) I have on several occasions listed my sources, and it took a lot of time to write it all down, just from my own research collection. Try google.
birdingnut comments on Feb 20, 2018:
I dunno. We're ultimately made of energy according to Einstein's formula, and since energy can't be created or destroyed, we have always existed and will always exist in some energy form. I think we're just on to another life.
I was born with past life memories, as was my younger sister, who kept...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@Hominid (sigh) I have on several occasions listed my sources, and it took a lot of time to write it all down, just from my own research collection. Try google.
My best girls! They're making sure those deer don't try anything funny.
birdingnut comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Aw! You're making me miss the Australian Blue Heelers of my past.
2004 I am riding my TN Walking Horse, Banjo, with new Blue Heeler pup, Naomi, Soldier, KY.
I thought the homemade coon hunting sign was hilarious. Many people in that area owned Walker coon hounds and regularly went hunting all ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@Insectra Thanks!
birdingnut comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Aw! You're making me miss the Australian Blue Heelers of my past.
2004 I am riding my TN Walking Horse, Banjo, with new Blue Heeler pup, Naomi, Soldier, KY.
I thought the homemade coon hunting sign was hilarious. Many people in that area owned Walker coon hounds and regularly went hunting all ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@Insectra Thanks!
Unusual expressions.
birdingnut comments on Feb 17, 2018:
An eastern KY hillbilly neighbor used to say he was born "so far up the holler they had to pipe in sunshine."
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@PappyOnWings Another one he said was "Not enough room in here to sling a cat."
He also never called the police if there was trouble. He once caught his middle school daughter in bed with the married neighbor, so he just got his shotgun, went over, and pointed it at the man's head, quietly stating that he'd better not even "catch wind" of anything going on between them again.
Hey, presto, no more trouble.
birdingnut comments on Feb 17, 2018:
An eastern KY hillbilly neighbor used to say he was born "so far up the holler they had to pipe in sunshine."
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@PappyOnWings Another one he said was "Not enough room in here to sling a cat."
He also never called the police if there was trouble. He once caught his middle school daughter in bed with the married neighbor, so he just got his shotgun, went over, and pointed it at the man's head, quietly stating that he'd better not even "catch wind" of anything going on between them again.
Hey, presto, no more trouble.
I didn't figure I'd encounter trolls on this site.
AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Oh, sweetie, there is more than one. Smartass-ism is fine by me, what i look for are the posts that require you to posit the existence of a supreme being in order to discuss the ostensible question........fun fun fun!
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
I ignore all posts that assume the existence of God and Jesus, and the Bible as being literally true, and to be obeyed. Such ignorance doesn't need to be dignified with an answer.
AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Oh, sweetie, there is more than one. Smartass-ism is fine by me, what i look for are the posts that require you to posit the existence of a supreme being in order to discuss the ostensible question........fun fun fun!
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
I ignore all posts that assume the existence of God and Jesus, and the Bible as being literally true, and to be obeyed. Such ignorance doesn't need to be dignified with an answer.
I didn't figure I'd encounter trolls on this site.
Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Feb 20, 2018:
I didn't think one of them was a troll, but I might be changing my mind lol
Trolls offer no evidence and offer nothing but opinion. Kind of like alt facts. They deflect and veer off topic. When presented with evidence that goes against their opinion, they poo poo it and double down.
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
Yeah, good troll definition. I had to block one troll and warned several others, so they backed down, luckily, before I had to block them. I don't mind someone respectfully giving a different point of view, backed up with facts, but for someone to start by quoting Fox News and assuming he's right because he's a white male, signals ignorance and the wish to make trouble.
Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Feb 20, 2018:
I didn't think one of them was a troll, but I might be changing my mind lol
Trolls offer no evidence and offer nothing but opinion. Kind of like alt facts. They deflect and veer off topic. When presented with evidence that goes against their opinion, they poo poo it and double down.
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
Yeah, good troll definition. I had to block one troll and warned several others, so they backed down, luckily, before I had to block them. I don't mind someone respectfully giving a different point of view, backed up with facts, but for someone to start by quoting Fox News and assuming he's right because he's a white male, signals ignorance and the wish to make trouble.
I didn't figure I'd encounter trolls on this site.
MichaelSpinler comments on Feb 20, 2018:
there is no escape from the trolls, it is reduced on this site, i have had to block a few already
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@PeppermintDreads I blocked one last night.
MichaelSpinler comments on Feb 20, 2018:
there is no escape from the trolls, it is reduced on this site, i have had to block a few already
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@PeppermintDreads I blocked one last night.
What is it you like about Agnostic.com
btroje comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Asportuality is a definite asset. I like how the Groups have helped distill certain interests of the people visiting here. I have learned a lot about philosophy to which I never as exposed. And just the general mix of things
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@btroje Good one! Another "first use" observation, for me.
btroje comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Asportuality is a definite asset. I like how the Groups have helped distill certain interests of the people visiting here. I have learned a lot about philosophy to which I never as exposed. And just the general mix of things
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@btroje Good one! Another "first use" observation, for me.
What is it you like about Agnostic.com
btroje comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Asportuality is a definite asset. I like how the Groups have helped distill certain interests of the people visiting here. I have learned a lot about philosophy to which I never as exposed. And just the general mix of things
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@btroje Nope! It does exist, but the first time I've seen it being used. Good guess, though, to add the "a" prefix to make it null, as in "asexual."
btroje comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Asportuality is a definite asset. I like how the Groups have helped distill certain interests of the people visiting here. I have learned a lot about philosophy to which I never as exposed. And just the general mix of things
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@btroje Nope! It does exist, but the first time I've seen it being used. Good guess, though, to add the "a" prefix to make it null, as in "asexual."
If man doesn't exist does the the universe exist?
Charlene comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Of course it exists..just because you or humanity no longer exist does not mean the universe ceases to exist..the cosmos is not dependent on our perceiving it.and yes the tree fell And made noise..and yes bears shit in the woods.
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
Nope..numerous experiments prove that reality is determined by the observer. Experiments also show that photons can predict what we WILL observe, and change to that reality before you do observe it...in the case of light particles it can happen millions of years in advance.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3107996/Our-entire-lives-ILLUSION-New-test-backs-theory-reality-doesn-t-exist-look-it.html
Charlene comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Of course it exists..just because you or humanity no longer exist does not mean the universe ceases to exist..the cosmos is not dependent on our perceiving it.and yes the tree fell And made noise..and yes bears shit in the woods.
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
Nope..numerous experiments prove that reality is determined by the observer. Experiments also show that photons can predict what we WILL observe, and change to that reality before you do observe it...in the case of light particles it can happen millions of years in advance.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3107996/Our-entire-lives-ILLUSION-New-test-backs-theory-reality-doesn-t-exist-look-it.html
What is it you like about Agnostic.com
Naeem comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Discussions are respectful, people are smart and funny mostly, and it's hard to encounter a rude or an ignorant person!
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
I have, but I blocked one, ignored the other.
Naeem comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Discussions are respectful, people are smart and funny mostly, and it's hard to encounter a rude or an ignorant person!
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
I have, but I blocked one, ignored the other.
What is it you like about Agnostic.com
btroje comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Asportuality is a definite asset. I like how the Groups have helped distill certain interests of the people visiting here. I have learned a lot about philosophy to which I never as exposed. And just the general mix of things
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
LOL! You're the first person I've ever seen using the word "asportuality!"
btroje comments on Feb 20, 2018:
Asportuality is a definite asset. I like how the Groups have helped distill certain interests of the people visiting here. I have learned a lot about philosophy to which I never as exposed. And just the general mix of things
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
LOL! You're the first person I've ever seen using the word "asportuality!"
Weird?
NerdyOkieDude comments on Feb 20, 2018:
This scene popped into my head. I was single in my late 30s. But I haven't been "thin" since my early 20s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUxS5wEVfGw
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@NerdyOkieDude I loved Seinfeld, but most of the time I couldn't finish watching the episodes because I knew they were going to ruin some poor immigrant or handicapped person's life out of pure self-indulgence. The only episode I watched without cringing was the last one, where they all got theirs for their treatment of others, yet remained unabashedly snarky, even in prison, LOL!
Still my favorite one.
NerdyOkieDude comments on Feb 20, 2018:
This scene popped into my head. I was single in my late 30s. But I haven't been "thin" since my early 20s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUxS5wEVfGw
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@NerdyOkieDude I loved Seinfeld, but most of the time I couldn't finish watching the episodes because I knew they were going to ruin some poor immigrant or handicapped person's life out of pure self-indulgence. The only episode I watched without cringing was the last one, where they all got theirs for their treatment of others, yet remained unabashedly snarky, even in prison, LOL!
Still my favorite one.
Favourite Book Genre?
birdingnut comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Sci-fi, of the John Scalzi, Robert A. Heinlein kind, where there is a fun plot and plenty of character in the characters.
Next favorites, autobiographies/biographies of interesting people, including slave narratives, American Indian captive stories, LGBTQ people, famous people, fictional ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@buzz13 I found both Joe Haldeman and John Scalzi through following a Twitter service that suggested new books, gave reviews, and both of them were under the heading,"Authors to read if you miss Robert A. Heinlein."
I think John Scalzi is as good, if not better, and reread his books as often as Heinlein's.
birdingnut comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Sci-fi, of the John Scalzi, Robert A. Heinlein kind, where there is a fun plot and plenty of character in the characters.
Next favorites, autobiographies/biographies of interesting people, including slave narratives, American Indian captive stories, LGBTQ people, famous people, fictional ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@buzz13 I found both Joe Haldeman and John Scalzi through following a Twitter service that suggested new books, gave reviews, and both of them were under the heading,"Authors to read if you miss Robert A. Heinlein."
I think John Scalzi is as good, if not better, and reread his books as often as Heinlein's.
Do you try to avoid chemicals in products you use?
Lysistrata comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Vegan whole food.
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@Fanburger I only have home grown local product, and the oil prepared at home, so no chemicals.
Lysistrata comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Vegan whole food.
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@Fanburger I only have home grown local product, and the oil prepared at home, so no chemicals.
Chris Rock - Black People VS. Niggaz (Bring the Pain 1996) - YouTube
birdingnut comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Wow.
You sound like a Trump-loving white evangelical southerner, like where I lived in eastern KY for 27 years. Bet you own a MAGA cap, LOL!
I love Chris Rock, and what he says on this video applies to white trash Americans as well, as he said. He has a right to complain about his own race, ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@jayneonacobb (sigh) The two parties used to stand for the opposite idealogies, but switched places.
Republican leader Teddy Roosevelt was both a progressive who championed Unions and protected the workers and children, and an Imperialist..bullying and threatening other countries, like Columbia, to further his canal agenda. He was also a racist, who claimed that developed, white race countries are superior to non-white nations. He was very Trump-like in many way, but was a fierce (though reckless) fighter as a soldier, and also helped the poor and Unions, which of course Trump doesn't do.
In what possible way were you supporting equality? Nevermind. Whatever, Dude. I've argued with enough Trump followers to know that reason makes no difference to them. They seldom read, they mostly Fox News, so only know the party line.
birdingnut comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Wow.
You sound like a Trump-loving white evangelical southerner, like where I lived in eastern KY for 27 years. Bet you own a MAGA cap, LOL!
I love Chris Rock, and what he says on this video applies to white trash Americans as well, as he said. He has a right to complain about his own race, ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@jayneonacobb (sigh) The two parties used to stand for the opposite idealogies, but switched places.
Republican leader Teddy Roosevelt was both a progressive who championed Unions and protected the workers and children, and an Imperialist..bullying and threatening other countries, like Columbia, to further his canal agenda. He was also a racist, who claimed that developed, white race countries are superior to non-white nations. He was very Trump-like in many way, but was a fierce (though reckless) fighter as a soldier, and also helped the poor and Unions, which of course Trump doesn't do.
In what possible way were you supporting equality? Nevermind. Whatever, Dude. I've argued with enough Trump followers to know that reason makes no difference to them. They seldom read, they mostly Fox News, so only know the party line.
When a person cheat, do you look for revenge or do you just let it go?
birdingnut comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Sadly, I have so many male traits, including being a partial transmale, I have trouble reacting to cheating partners. I just don't care. This is a bad thing, as female usually get jealous, take revenge on partners with roaming eyes, and keep them honest, while I did nothing. So my partners were soon...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@ollieberry When women started working and no longer were dependent on men to survive, they began demanding fidelity. Now, instead of having a side chick as many/most men still do in countries around the world, US men have to pretend they are faithful, getting special phones that hide girls' numbers, covering their tracks, lying, etc., when before cheating just came with the territory. Anyone who has read novels from the 19th and early 20th centuries knows that mistresses were considered normal.
birdingnut comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Sadly, I have so many male traits, including being a partial transmale, I have trouble reacting to cheating partners. I just don't care. This is a bad thing, as female usually get jealous, take revenge on partners with roaming eyes, and keep them honest, while I did nothing. So my partners were soon...
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@ollieberry When women started working and no longer were dependent on men to survive, they began demanding fidelity. Now, instead of having a side chick as many/most men still do in countries around the world, US men have to pretend they are faithful, getting special phones that hide girls' numbers, covering their tracks, lying, etc., when before cheating just came with the territory. Anyone who has read novels from the 19th and early 20th centuries knows that mistresses were considered normal.
How to respond to the "God is energy" belief/claim.
birdingnut comments on Feb 14, 2018:
?? If there is a "god" it would be energy, or from a higher dimension, since we can't see it.
People constantly attribute things that happen because of energy to "god" anyway, which is where the idea came from, probably.
Or from being overawed by aliens, as the Sumerian texts allege.
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@LimitedLight I don't really care. Whatever, dude.
birdingnut comments on Feb 14, 2018:
?? If there is a "god" it would be energy, or from a higher dimension, since we can't see it.
People constantly attribute things that happen because of energy to "god" anyway, which is where the idea came from, probably.
Or from being overawed by aliens, as the Sumerian texts allege.
birdingnut replies on Feb 20, 2018:
@LimitedLight I don't really care. Whatever, dude.
Is it just me, or does it seem like the more religious someone is, the more they seem to fear death?
ronnie40356 comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Shortly after my daughter died i was floundering around looking for comfort and relief from the grief. I knew I would never see her again. I attended a Survivors of Suicide meeting and basically asked the question you just asked; "If you believe in life after death and that your loved ones are in ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
I began to question Christianity when my premature newborn son nearly died, and Christian relatives began sending me "comforting" letters saying such drivel as "God must love you very much to test your faith like that. He's just trying to make you better!"
I was so religious at the time I actually believed them and immediately put "God" on my number one hit list. I thought that if God was in ANY way responsible for my son's suffering I would kill God if that was the last thing I did.
Later, I learned my son was born prematurely because I had a tilted uterus, so it had nothing to do with "God," just genetics.
ronnie40356 comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Shortly after my daughter died i was floundering around looking for comfort and relief from the grief. I knew I would never see her again. I attended a Survivors of Suicide meeting and basically asked the question you just asked; "If you believe in life after death and that your loved ones are in ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
I began to question Christianity when my premature newborn son nearly died, and Christian relatives began sending me "comforting" letters saying such drivel as "God must love you very much to test your faith like that. He's just trying to make you better!"
I was so religious at the time I actually believed them and immediately put "God" on my number one hit list. I thought that if God was in ANY way responsible for my son's suffering I would kill God if that was the last thing I did.
Later, I learned my son was born prematurely because I had a tilted uterus, so it had nothing to do with "God," just genetics.
What is an internet troll?
Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Feb 19, 2018:
I don't know what interactions you have had with others, but in my interactions with you I haven't thought you were a troll. You did veer off the subject a bit, but the comments were still "in the ballpark" at least. You also seem to have a win-lose attitude when you said you "wrecked me" in the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@jayneonacobb To me, you seem like any other alt-right troll I came to this website to escape. I just try to avoid you.
Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Feb 19, 2018:
I don't know what interactions you have had with others, but in my interactions with you I haven't thought you were a troll. You did veer off the subject a bit, but the comments were still "in the ballpark" at least. You also seem to have a win-lose attitude when you said you "wrecked me" in the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@jayneonacobb To me, you seem like any other alt-right troll I came to this website to escape. I just try to avoid you.
Would you deny someone a date if they were wearing something you didn't like?
EmeraldJewel comments on Feb 19, 2018:
As long as the shirt didn’t real: “ wwjd.” Something like that would turn me off.
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@Meep70 Yeah..I like that part in the Bible where Jesus allegedly tossed the cheating "bank "lenders out of the temple. That's something I wish the US had done in 2008.
EmeraldJewel comments on Feb 19, 2018:
As long as the shirt didn’t real: “ wwjd.” Something like that would turn me off.
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@Meep70 Yeah..I like that part in the Bible where Jesus allegedly tossed the cheating "bank "lenders out of the temple. That's something I wish the US had done in 2008.
CDC Scientists Plea to Congress: Let Us Research Gun Violence
birdingnut comments on Feb 19, 2018:
The GOP are getting huge NRA bribes, so why should they care?
Secret Service To Save Millions By Protecting President With Thoughts And Prayers Instead http://www.breakingburgh.com/secret-service-save-millions-protecting-president-thoughts-prayers-instead/
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@Lewellyn3 The Dems were in the majority for three months during Obama's presidency..not enough time to pass gun regulations, LOL!
birdingnut comments on Feb 19, 2018:
The GOP are getting huge NRA bribes, so why should they care?
Secret Service To Save Millions By Protecting President With Thoughts And Prayers Instead http://www.breakingburgh.com/secret-service-save-millions-protecting-president-thoughts-prayers-instead/
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@Lewellyn3 The Dems were in the majority for three months during Obama's presidency..not enough time to pass gun regulations, LOL!
Been there!
BobMcDowell comments on Feb 19, 2018:
I went to a singles-group meeting/dinner for folk over 55 during my winter in Florida...about 16 people were there. When one lady stood up and said "I'll give the blessing" everyone, but me, stood up and bowed their heads. These were people from all over the US and Canada. I sat there and looked...
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
But if any ladies present agreed with you, although they'd bowed to peer pressure, now they know who you are.
BobMcDowell comments on Feb 19, 2018:
I went to a singles-group meeting/dinner for folk over 55 during my winter in Florida...about 16 people were there. When one lady stood up and said "I'll give the blessing" everyone, but me, stood up and bowed their heads. These were people from all over the US and Canada. I sat there and looked...
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
But if any ladies present agreed with you, although they'd bowed to peer pressure, now they know who you are.
Are you getting any?
Lisav1961 comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Any what?
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
Sex. I think that's pretty much what most cis hetero men want from women. Ew.
Lisav1961 comments on Feb 19, 2018:
Any what?
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
Sex. I think that's pretty much what most cis hetero men want from women. Ew.
On this President's Day, I honor 44 of our 45 Presidents.
andygee comments on Feb 19, 2018:
You're honoring Tyler, Grant, W, and Johnson? That's mighty magnanimous of you!
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@LimeySteve Hmm...Trump pales compares to the racist, murdering Andrew Jackson who first used the friendly Cherokee tribes to win the victories that got him elected (he even adopted a Cherokee baby) then not only turned on the Cherokee and slaughtered them, he rounded up the rest and sent them on the Trail of Tears to die on the way, to open up their land to gold miners.
andygee comments on Feb 19, 2018:
You're honoring Tyler, Grant, W, and Johnson? That's mighty magnanimous of you!
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@LimeySteve Hmm...Trump pales compares to the racist, murdering Andrew Jackson who first used the friendly Cherokee tribes to win the victories that got him elected (he even adopted a Cherokee baby) then not only turned on the Cherokee and slaughtered them, he rounded up the rest and sent them on the Trail of Tears to die on the way, to open up their land to gold miners.
I’ve noticed something on here.
Xenocat comments on Feb 19, 2018:
This is just a theory, but:
Conservatives resist change, they want the status quo to stay as it is (mainly because they want to stay in power). Religion does the same thing.
I do respect (and follow) the ideals that religion claims to promote: compassion, but the institution of religion ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@jayneonacobb Weird that you're on an atheist website when so much of the Conservative agenda subcribe to comes from patriarchal religion. Women are property, so it's OK to sexually assault them and lie about it (Trump, many Republicans, and all the white evangelicals -85%-who voted for Trump) while claiming to be "family men." It's sickening. Also, Australia put in gun laws after school shooting and haven't had any since.
The US is so bloody that the international news commentators I watch here in Thailand roll their eyes when another US school shooting happens, and joke about the "thoughts and prayers" sure to be promised by the GOP (instead of passing sensible gun laws), while showing the NRA bribery statistics on the split screen. If you are a part of that culture, I'm wondering about your belief in human values.
School shootings, again: America seems unable to solve a scourge that exists nowhere else https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21737061-there-nothing-surprising-article-unfortunately-america-seems-unable-solve via @TheEconomist
Xenocat comments on Feb 19, 2018:
This is just a theory, but:
Conservatives resist change, they want the status quo to stay as it is (mainly because they want to stay in power). Religion does the same thing.
I do respect (and follow) the ideals that religion claims to promote: compassion, but the institution of religion ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@jayneonacobb Weird that you're on an atheist website when so much of the Conservative agenda subcribe to comes from patriarchal religion. Women are property, so it's OK to sexually assault them and lie about it (Trump, many Republicans, and all the white evangelicals -85%-who voted for Trump) while claiming to be "family men." It's sickening. Also, Australia put in gun laws after school shooting and haven't had any since.
The US is so bloody that the international news commentators I watch here in Thailand roll their eyes when another US school shooting happens, and joke about the "thoughts and prayers" sure to be promised by the GOP (instead of passing sensible gun laws), while showing the NRA bribery statistics on the split screen. If you are a part of that culture, I'm wondering about your belief in human values.
School shootings, again: America seems unable to solve a scourge that exists nowhere else https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21737061-there-nothing-surprising-article-unfortunately-america-seems-unable-solve via @TheEconomist
I've owned horses since I inherited my brother's half broke Haitian mustang stallion, Lightning, ...
RavenCT comments on Feb 14, 2018:
Lucky you!
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
Thanks! I really was lucky to grow up with horses in the tropics where taking care of them was so easy..just tether them out to graze! No shoes, no worming, no grain, no buying hay, etc. And my sensible horses never spooked and were highly intelligent.
RavenCT comments on Feb 14, 2018:
Lucky you!
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
Thanks! I really was lucky to grow up with horses in the tropics where taking care of them was so easy..just tether them out to graze! No shoes, no worming, no grain, no buying hay, etc. And my sensible horses never spooked and were highly intelligent.
CDC Scientists Plea to Congress: Let Us Research Gun Violence
birdingnut comments on Feb 19, 2018:
The GOP are getting huge NRA bribes, so why should they care?
Secret Service To Save Millions By Protecting President With Thoughts And Prayers Instead http://www.breakingburgh.com/secret-service-save-millions-protecting-president-thoughts-prayers-instead/
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@jayneonacobb Whoa! You sound like a white evangelical Trump person.
birdingnut comments on Feb 19, 2018:
The GOP are getting huge NRA bribes, so why should they care?
Secret Service To Save Millions By Protecting President With Thoughts And Prayers Instead http://www.breakingburgh.com/secret-service-save-millions-protecting-president-thoughts-prayers-instead/
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@jayneonacobb Whoa! You sound like a white evangelical Trump person.
How to respond to the "God is energy" belief/claim.
birdingnut comments on Feb 14, 2018:
?? If there is a "god" it would be energy, or from a higher dimension, since we can't see it.
People constantly attribute things that happen because of energy to "god" anyway, which is where the idea came from, probably.
Or from being overawed by aliens, as the Sumerian texts allege.
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@LimitedLight The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts http://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-folklore/origins-human-beings-according-ancient-sumerian-texts-0065?
birdingnut comments on Feb 14, 2018:
?? If there is a "god" it would be energy, or from a higher dimension, since we can't see it.
People constantly attribute things that happen because of energy to "god" anyway, which is where the idea came from, probably.
Or from being overawed by aliens, as the Sumerian texts allege.
birdingnut replies on Feb 19, 2018:
@LimitedLight The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts http://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-folklore/origins-human-beings-according-ancient-sumerian-texts-0065?
I’ve been on this site almost a week now, and haven’t received a single unsolicited dick pic so ...
SteveB comments on Dec 26, 2017:
As @bingst said, there is a whole thread on this topic on this site. Most of us who responded there don't get the whole dick pic thing.
I can't imagine that would get someone very far. I mean I've never heard of anyone saying, "Gosh, I really like her, I think I'll send her this random ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
@KKGator He doesn't understand why women are picky about dating accomplished men only.
SteveB comments on Dec 26, 2017:
As @bingst said, there is a whole thread on this topic on this site. Most of us who responded there don't get the whole dick pic thing.
I can't imagine that would get someone very far. I mean I've never heard of anyone saying, "Gosh, I really like her, I think I'll send her this random ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
@KKGator He doesn't understand why women are picky about dating accomplished men only.
Can someone recommend a good movie to watch on Netflix or Hulu tonight.
evestrat comments on Feb 17, 2018:
*Altered Carbon* if you are into Netflix TV shows ... so good!
Also watched *The Cloverfield Paradox* ... I enjoyed it -- touch of campy humor with the sci-fi content ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
@SteveB Oh, it gets a LOT worse than just his walking into a bordello. Think total frontal nudity, sex scenes, slasher killings, blood everywhere, etc.
evestrat comments on Feb 17, 2018:
*Altered Carbon* if you are into Netflix TV shows ... so good!
Also watched *The Cloverfield Paradox* ... I enjoyed it -- touch of campy humor with the sci-fi content ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
@SteveB Oh, it gets a LOT worse than just his walking into a bordello. Think total frontal nudity, sex scenes, slasher killings, blood everywhere, etc.
Unusual expressions.
birdingnut comments on Feb 17, 2018:
An eastern KY hillbilly neighbor used to say he was born "so far up the holler they had to pipe in sunshine."
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
@PappyOnWings Yeah, he only attended public school until he was 12, then had to repair car engines to support the family, so his hillbilly speech was little altered by standardized English. I wrote down pages of his ancient hill sayings, but my journals are in the US somewhere.
birdingnut comments on Feb 17, 2018:
An eastern KY hillbilly neighbor used to say he was born "so far up the holler they had to pipe in sunshine."
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
@PappyOnWings Yeah, he only attended public school until he was 12, then had to repair car engines to support the family, so his hillbilly speech was little altered by standardized English. I wrote down pages of his ancient hill sayings, but my journals are in the US somewhere.
Can you give a brief review of a favorite, but perhaps little known, book you frequently reread?
Condor5 comments on Feb 18, 2018:
Two Years Before The Mast: Richard Henry Dana.
TYBTM is an account of Dana's time as a common sailor "before the mast," living and working on a hide ship plying the coastal waters of California in the 1830's collecting cowhides for the shoe business in Boston. Dana chronicles the hardships of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
@Condor5 I've read similar books, such Herman Melville's Billy Bud, so wasn't sure, but I just now read a summary of Two Years Before The Mast, and now I remember it. I read them back in my late teens.
Condor5 comments on Feb 18, 2018:
Two Years Before The Mast: Richard Henry Dana.
TYBTM is an account of Dana's time as a common sailor "before the mast," living and working on a hide ship plying the coastal waters of California in the 1830's collecting cowhides for the shoe business in Boston. Dana chronicles the hardships of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
@Condor5 I've read similar books, such Herman Melville's Billy Bud, so wasn't sure, but I just now read a summary of Two Years Before The Mast, and now I remember it. I read them back in my late teens.
I am the beloved choice of mate for an umbrella cockatoo and an african grey parrot.
walklightly comments on Feb 17, 2018:
Is the cockatoo native to where you live, or an australian one? & do they fly freely, or do you keep them in an aviary?
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
@walklightly The only birds in North American of the parrot species were the Carolina Parakeets, which American settlers slaughtered into extinction, along with passenger pigeons. Later on, escaped pet South American parrots, such as Quaker Parrots, have taken hold enough to establish feral colonies in several states, and many other tropical species live around large CA and FL urban areas, but don't represent a threat to native wildlife or crops. Cockatoos are only found in your part of the world..Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, etc.
walklightly comments on Feb 17, 2018:
Is the cockatoo native to where you live, or an australian one? & do they fly freely, or do you keep them in an aviary?
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
@walklightly The only birds in North American of the parrot species were the Carolina Parakeets, which American settlers slaughtered into extinction, along with passenger pigeons. Later on, escaped pet South American parrots, such as Quaker Parrots, have taken hold enough to establish feral colonies in several states, and many other tropical species live around large CA and FL urban areas, but don't represent a threat to native wildlife or crops. Cockatoos are only found in your part of the world..Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, etc.
If you've watched it, what did you think of the first season of Netflix's new series, Altered ...
RedskyRiver comments on Feb 18, 2018:
I really enjoyed it. Especially the "Poe" AI. I agree it had a very Blade Runner feel.
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
I think Chris Conner almost stole the show with his Poe AI hotel character! I LOVED it, despite the tendency for the plot to lapse into emotional sappiness at times.
RedskyRiver comments on Feb 18, 2018:
I really enjoyed it. Especially the "Poe" AI. I agree it had a very Blade Runner feel.
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
I think Chris Conner almost stole the show with his Poe AI hotel character! I LOVED it, despite the tendency for the plot to lapse into emotional sappiness at times.
Can you give a brief review of a favorite, but perhaps little known, book you frequently reread?
Condor5 comments on Feb 18, 2018:
Two Years Before The Mast: Richard Henry Dana.
TYBTM is an account of Dana's time as a common sailor "before the mast," living and working on a hide ship plying the coastal waters of California in the 1830's collecting cowhides for the shoe business in Boston. Dana chronicles the hardships of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
I think I read that one, but maybe not, since I don't remember details from it.
Condor5 comments on Feb 18, 2018:
Two Years Before The Mast: Richard Henry Dana.
TYBTM is an account of Dana's time as a common sailor "before the mast," living and working on a hide ship plying the coastal waters of California in the 1830's collecting cowhides for the shoe business in Boston. Dana chronicles the hardships of the ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 18, 2018:
I think I read that one, but maybe not, since I don't remember details from it.
This could go for either gender. :) Just a great one liner, had to share
phxbillcee comments on Feb 1, 2018:
This guy is hilarious. If you don't mind some "sick" jokes, see his Netflix special "Thoughts & Prayers". I miss his Comedy Central show.
birdingnut replies on Feb 17, 2018:
Yeah, I've watched that one several times on Netflix.
phxbillcee comments on Feb 1, 2018:
This guy is hilarious. If you don't mind some "sick" jokes, see his Netflix special "Thoughts & Prayers". I miss his Comedy Central show.
birdingnut replies on Feb 17, 2018:
Yeah, I've watched that one several times on Netflix.
Can someone recommend a good movie to watch on Netflix or Hulu tonight.
evestrat comments on Feb 17, 2018:
*Altered Carbon* if you are into Netflix TV shows ... so good!
Also watched *The Cloverfield Paradox* ... I enjoyed it -- touch of campy humor with the sci-fi content ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 17, 2018:
Yeah, I loved those also. "That's my FUCKING ARM!"
evestrat comments on Feb 17, 2018:
*Altered Carbon* if you are into Netflix TV shows ... so good!
Also watched *The Cloverfield Paradox* ... I enjoyed it -- touch of campy humor with the sci-fi content ...
birdingnut replies on Feb 17, 2018:
Yeah, I loved those also. "That's my FUCKING ARM!"
What would you never pay for?
Treasurehunter comments on Feb 17, 2018:
Sex. Legalised prostitution as in marriage or common prostitution. I think prostitution should be made legal and decriminalised.
birdingnut replies on Feb 17, 2018:
That's right..contrary to popular opinion, those intrepid ladies are putting up with, and satisfying, a plethora of pervy behavior and weird fantasies that would make most wives run for their lives. Most women can't begin to imagine the depth of most men's lust and capacity for crude behavior.
Treasurehunter comments on Feb 17, 2018:
Sex. Legalised prostitution as in marriage or common prostitution. I think prostitution should be made legal and decriminalised.
birdingnut replies on Feb 17, 2018:
That's right..contrary to popular opinion, those intrepid ladies are putting up with, and satisfying, a plethora of pervy behavior and weird fantasies that would make most wives run for their lives. Most women can't begin to imagine the depth of most men's lust and capacity for crude behavior.
What would you never pay for?
Akfishlady comments on Feb 17, 2018:
Sex. although I have paid for it in many other ways. Just not with the mighty dollar.
birdingnut replies on Feb 17, 2018:
@Blindbird Women bargain for sex..I'll do this gross stuff if you will take care of me, give me your married-to-white-male status, give me children, seem to be my protector, turn over your income, do what I say.
Of course once the deal is sealed, typically, special sex favors, like BJs, get relegated to birthdays only, and sex becomes as infrequent as can be tolerated.
Most married women I knew complained about their annoying husbands wanting sex more than twice a month.
Akfishlady comments on Feb 17, 2018:
Sex. although I have paid for it in many other ways. Just not with the mighty dollar.
birdingnut replies on Feb 17, 2018:
@Blindbird Women bargain for sex..I'll do this gross stuff if you will take care of me, give me your married-to-white-male status, give me children, seem to be my protector, turn over your income, do what I say.
Of course once the deal is sealed, typically, special sex favors, like BJs, get relegated to birthdays only, and sex becomes as infrequent as can be tolerated.
Most married women I knew complained about their annoying husbands wanting sex more than twice a month.
Can you give a brief review of a favorite, but perhaps little known, book you frequently reread?
Benthoven comments on Feb 17, 2018:
One of my favorite books is from C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy.
First of all, it played with my boyhood dreams. Shasta, the main character has a horrible father, runs away, discovers that he was adopted, and his real father was a king. In the process, he meets Aslan, one...
birdingnut replies on Feb 17, 2018:
@Benthoven Same here, which is why I switched my C.S. Lewis favorite book to Till We Have Faces, since it not only makes no reference to Christianity, but implies that we are the actual "gods" running our lives. I recently reread it and it gave me chills.
Benthoven comments on Feb 17, 2018:
One of my favorite books is from C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy.
First of all, it played with my boyhood dreams. Shasta, the main character has a horrible father, runs away, discovers that he was adopted, and his real father was a king. In the process, he meets Aslan, one...
birdingnut replies on Feb 17, 2018:
@Benthoven Same here, which is why I switched my C.S. Lewis favorite book to Till We Have Faces, since it not only makes no reference to Christianity, but implies that we are the actual "gods" running our lives. I recently reread it and it gave me chills.
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