Horror movies!!

ZantiMisfit comments on Oct 18, 2018:

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)

brentan replies on Oct 18, 2018:

For some reason, I've never seen it. I watched Leatherface just a few days ago. That was a challenge.

My Birthday is this Saturday.

brentan comments on Oct 17, 2018:

You can't go wrong with a pint of Guinness.

brentan replies on Oct 18, 2018:

@NINAGSPOT You're welcome. I hope you'll reconsider your position. I forgot to say happy birthday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

My Birthday is this Saturday.

Noyi comments on Oct 17, 2018:

You can make your own drink. Try this one. A very small piece of ginger, half of a lemon, half of a cardamom, 4 mint leves and sugar. Add these ingredients in one and a half glass of cold water and blend them in a blender/mixer. You can use a sieve to get the clear juice. If you find it too strong, ...

brentan replies on Oct 18, 2018:

I fear you're taking innocent drinkers down an evil path...

ENTITLEMENT: en-ti-tle-ment.

brentan comments on Oct 17, 2018:

i wonder how much we are really entitled to. Could the haves morally justify letting the have-nots go to blazes?

brentan replies on Oct 18, 2018:

That's the issue but how do you justify it in today's economic climate? I think it can only be understood in terms of the very earliest social communities. What did they do to those perceived as non-contributors, and why?

“No” – Irish Proverb

242Foxtrot comments on Oct 17, 2018:

"Fünf Minuten wird geschissen; wer länger scheißt wird 'rausgeschmissen" German [toilet stall] Proverb

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

I put it into Google Translate and got 'Five minutes is shit; who shits longer is thrown out'. Does it mean you have 5 minutes to shit and then you get thrown out or has it an alternative meaning?

I've been deeply concerned since 'W' that the Republicans not only don't know sheep shit from wild ...

brentan comments on Oct 17, 2018:

My guess is the age of meritocracy is over for the moment and false values are being adopted and shared to overthrow the old way and give power to people who don't deserve it. Religion is one good way to rise to the top without merit, often without any sincerity and loaded with unverifiable ...

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@Tibert Fair enough!

I've been deeply concerned since 'W' that the Republicans not only don't know sheep shit from wild ...

brentan comments on Oct 17, 2018:

My guess is the age of meritocracy is over for the moment and false values are being adopted and shared to overthrow the old way and give power to people who don't deserve it. Religion is one good way to rise to the top without merit, often without any sincerity and loaded with unverifiable ...

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@Tibert And the entrepreneurs of the computer age are worse than those who came before them if we can believe the descriptions of working life in Amazon, Apple's iPhone etc..

If it quacks like a duck

brentan comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Historically, white privilege converts idiocy to intellectualism.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

I'm surprised you said that. But first, those in power can come out with dreadful nonsense and be applauded for it. That was the content of my post. Your comment is different, criticising the equation of white people with the lack of ability to understand. Nonetheless, common sense tells us that if we live in a certain comfortable bubble, it will be very difficult to understand the concerns of people living living outside that bubble. If common sense doesn't tell us, I think the course of history does.

ENTITLEMENT: en-ti-tle-ment.

brentan comments on Oct 17, 2018:

i wonder how much we are really entitled to. Could the haves morally justify letting the have-nots go to blazes?

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@Snickers77 I guess they would be concluding that a lot of people are useless eaters.

ENTITLEMENT: en-ti-tle-ment.

brentan comments on Oct 17, 2018:

i wonder how much we are really entitled to. Could the haves morally justify letting the have-nots go to blazes?

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@Snickers77 I wonder is that a return to evolution instead of civilisation.That must be a big question because civilisation is suspect in terms of social responsibility and evolution can include reciprocity. I read the only reason social welfare was introduced in England in Victorian times was fear of revolution, a la French Revolution. How far will modern legislators push social inequality?

Oscar Wilde.

brentan comments on Oct 17, 2018:

I watched a movie about his life from his time in prison to his death. It is called The Happy Prince with Rupert Everett playing Oscar. A sad film, wonderfully acted.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@Snickers77 I haven't read it since school. Probably didn't understand it then anyway. I must take another look.

Oscar Wilde.

brentan comments on Oct 17, 2018:

I watched a movie about his life from his time in prison to his death. It is called The Happy Prince with Rupert Everett playing Oscar. A sad film, wonderfully acted.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@Snickers77 It's great. Recently I saw A Woman Of No Importance and thoroughly enjoyed that too.

I've been deeply concerned since 'W' that the Republicans not only don't know sheep shit from wild ...

moonmaid comments on Oct 17, 2018:

We live in interesting times..

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

I misunderstood that saying and thought it was a blessing to live in interesting times. I'm not sure what 'interesting' meant to the Chinese, but in my few decades of life, I've seen the strangest things, like the destruction of the power of the Catholic Church in Ireland. I hope things stay interesting.

AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT REVIEWS UNIONS!

altschmerz comments on Oct 17, 2018:

They don’t make presidents like that anymore.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

Such an odd family. The men seemed to be a combination of lousy morals but political insight and decency.

AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT REVIEWS UNIONS!

brentan comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Quit yer bitchin' and wait for the wealth to trickle down.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

Witty! Good one!

Just Finished "Flight Behavior" by Barbara Kingsolver.

brentan comments on Oct 17, 2018:

I must check it out online. I really enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible. Here's a link to a great article she wrote about America under Trump: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/barbara-kingsolver-things-are-changing-and-we-owe-that-to-trump-1.3658759

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

It's called Unsheltered. Here's a little excerpt from the article: Kingsolver explores this through the stories of two families living in the same dilapidated house in two periods – the present and the 1870s – when people are grappling with a loss of control over their destiny. “We had just had this terrible civil war, the country was as polarised as it is now. There was a shortage of generosity, a shortage of everything really. And into this walks Darwin suggesting that even the solid truth of human supremacy is up for debate.” Did she seek out a comparable historical moment to give some hope that upheaval like this is cyclical? “There are many ways in which the crisis of this moment is far beyond anything humans have had to figure out before: we’ve wrecked the planet good and well. This is not the fall of the Roman empire, this is a larger scale.”

Too poor to vote: how Alabama’s ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting | US news ...

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

That's hard to believe. In America, the land of the free. Good grief! I think that article is old so Trump can't be blamed for initiating it.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@genessa Well now - that's that then!

I had to take back my OJ Simpson Halloween costume… the glove didn’t fit.

Leafhead comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Just axe for a bigger one

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

Now that's black humour!

LACKADAISICAL: lack·a·dai·si·cal (adjective): lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly ...

TheDoubter comments on Oct 16, 2018:

often used word

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@TheDoubter Yes but not all of write, or wrote, for a living.

Never trust an introvert ?

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

That reminds me of something I read about inferiority complexes. Apparently Freud meant that people with this complex thought everyone else was inferior to them.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@Bierbasstard Yes, we know, thanks.

Too poor to vote: how Alabama’s ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting | US news ...

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

That's hard to believe. In America, the land of the free. Good grief! I think that article is old so Trump can't be blamed for initiating it.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@genessa Check your last post.

Too poor to vote: how Alabama’s ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting | US news ...

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

That's hard to believe. In America, the land of the free. Good grief! I think that article is old so Trump can't be blamed for initiating it.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@genessa I only discussed the content of the article. Discussing anything related to it would have been fine too. I never made any ad hominem comments at all.

Too poor to vote: how Alabama’s ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting | US news ...

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

That's hard to believe. In America, the land of the free. Good grief! I think that article is old so Trump can't be blamed for initiating it.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@genessa I got the distinct impression you were limiting your comments to just one factor in the article rather than adding to the many factors in it.

Too poor to vote: how Alabama’s ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting | US news ...

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

That's hard to believe. In America, the land of the free. Good grief! I think that article is old so Trump can't be blamed for initiating it.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@genessa I know you posted it lol. I just wasn't convinced you had read it.

Too poor to vote: how Alabama’s ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting | US news ...

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

That's hard to believe. In America, the land of the free. Good grief! I think that article is old so Trump can't be blamed for initiating it.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@genessa Yes, that's the point the article was making.

LACKADAISICAL: lack·a·dai·si·cal (adjective): lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly ...

TheDoubter comments on Oct 16, 2018:

often used word

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

Stop that!

Too poor to vote: how Alabama’s ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting | US news ...

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

That's hard to believe. In America, the land of the free. Good grief! I think that article is old so Trump can't be blamed for initiating it.

brentan replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@genessa The article is about being too poor to vote and the various factors that contribute to that situation.

Too poor to vote: how Alabama’s ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting | US news ...

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

That's hard to believe. In America, the land of the free. Good grief! I think that article is old so Trump can't be blamed for initiating it.

brentan replies on Oct 16, 2018:

I still think it predates Trump. There is mention in the article of some dismantling of the rule for certain crimes but no full removal of it.

The Breakdown: Antifa vs. The Proud Boys [facebook.com]

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

Those Antifa people really get off assuming a justification for their violence!

brentan replies on Oct 16, 2018:

You first.

The Breakdown: Antifa vs. The Proud Boys [facebook.com]

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

Those Antifa people really get off assuming a justification for their violence!

brentan replies on Oct 16, 2018:

What on earth are you smoking?

Music is the best medicine ???

Hathacat comments on Oct 15, 2018:

I wonder if that is all music or just the older stuff.

brentan replies on Oct 15, 2018:

Here's an interesting piece of rap cum hip-hop or vice-versa about a young man dying and thinking back on his life and dreams. It's from an album by The Roots called Undun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQGhUnFnvS4

Just Deserts: [patreon.com]

brentan comments on Oct 15, 2018:

What! No water anywhere!

brentan replies on Oct 15, 2018:

I see you're on Patreon. I'll check it out.

FORTUITOUS: /fôrˈto͞oədəs/: happening by accident or chance rather than design.

brentan comments on Oct 15, 2018:

Nice word. I guess you'd come across it a lot in older books and movies about older times, like Charles Dickens movies.

brentan replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@orange_girl You're brave. I never use big words in public after what happened to the guy in the movie Idiocracy.

Where the political parties stand on issues:

brentan comments on Oct 15, 2018:

The Dems look so good I'm at a loss to know how they were defeated! Oh, I forgot, the Electors College.

brentan replies on Oct 15, 2018:

In this situation where the Electors College changed the will of the people, were they protecting the public from Clinton? If not, what could be the purpose of their vote in this situation?

RODOMONTADE. - Noun....extravagant boasting, inflated talk or behaviour, bragging.

Charlene comments on Oct 15, 2018:

Theresa May?

brentan replies on Oct 15, 2018:

I think there must be a word for pretending things are under control while there's mayhem going on in the background.

It's tuesday

sargentpepper comments on Oct 14, 2018:

is anyone that old still alive

brentan replies on Oct 14, 2018:

I am but I realise I'm doing wrong. I'm afraid of 'that bourn from which no traveller return'.

I AM NOT CONDONING THIS! but it's interesting. Normalizing Pedophilia [youtube.com]

AtheistReader comments on Oct 13, 2018:

Human sexuality is interesting precisely because it is so intertwined with our libido, emotions, and religious and moral inhibitors. DSM 3 used to categorize homosexuality as a paraphilic disorder. Our (more or less) acceptance of homosexuality in modern times would have scandalized our own ...

brentan replies on Oct 13, 2018:

@Science-guy And it seems to be the same thing with morality.

I AM NOT CONDONING THIS! but it's interesting. Normalizing Pedophilia [youtube.com]

Science-guy comments on Oct 13, 2018:

If her stats are accurate, I had no idea it was so “prevalent” in the world.

brentan replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Yes, that might have been a small percentage but nonetheless a very big number. I would like to think most of these people are non-offenders but who knows? She didn't get into that.

PARVENU.

brentan comments on Oct 13, 2018:

You can tell when they dunk their biscuits in their tea.

brentan replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Too true. I've got decades of experience but it still happens.

PARVENU.

brentan comments on Oct 13, 2018:

You can tell when they dunk their biscuits in their tea.

brentan replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Me too, especially ginger nuts.

Speaking of living art....

brentan comments on Oct 12, 2018:

That lovely skin ruined with tattoos.

brentan replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@RobertNappi2 Obviously!

Speaking of living art....

brentan comments on Oct 12, 2018:

That lovely skin ruined with tattoos.

brentan replies on Oct 12, 2018:

Tattoo boo yoo!

What to buy...

brentan comments on Oct 12, 2018:

There is truth on both sides of this one.

brentan replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@ deb57 @Beowulfsfriend I think we would have to take it as a given that no false accusations are made by women. That being simply not possible, men should be careful. The MGTOW group, for one thing, attests to how men feel about their treatment by women. I agree the top priority is to teach men from a young age to behave differently.

Speaking of living art....

brentan comments on Oct 12, 2018:

That lovely skin ruined with tattoos.

brentan replies on Oct 12, 2018:

As if I was offering an objective truth...

Truth as such has no value in itself.

indirect76 comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Truth is mostly worthless.

brentan replies on Oct 11, 2018:

I don't think it's ever been tried. It could be revolutionary.

Ah, yes.

brentan comments on Oct 11, 2018:

But but but.....if she's cold, she's cold, and it's not nice being cold. A compromise with the thermostat might help.

brentan replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@TristanNuvo Yes but in all fairness, I think women in general feel the cold more. At least my ex sure did and she wasn't fooling about it.

TOPIC: have sexist and racist generalizations, blame and anger, directed towards men, black and ...

Trajan61 comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Obama was an arrogant and racist piece piece of shit and that’s what brought about Trumpism. Hell in my home town people were so disgusted after 8 years of that idiot that Trump carried 87% of the vote and he also carried all 77 counties in my state by a confortable margin.

brentan replies on Oct 11, 2018:

I thought it was more a case of Obama the Messiah turning out to be just more of the same.

As a man, it's my job to accomplish two things: 1- Fix things 2- Piss women off by trying to fix ...

chalupacabre comments on Oct 11, 2018:

What about breaking things by fixing things that weren't broken, so you'd have something broke to fix? Or does that fall into category 2?

brentan replies on Oct 11, 2018:

Haha. That sounds like a man's version of Munchhausen By Proxy.

Buena Vista Social Club (full album) [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Oct 10, 2018:

Did you post the wrong video?

brentan replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@DevilMayCare Thanks. That's great music.

RIPARIAN: adjective; relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (such ...

TheDoubter comments on Oct 10, 2018:

not an uncommon word

brentan replies on Oct 10, 2018:

Ah now, that's not fair!

RIPARIAN: adjective; relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (such ...

TheDoubter comments on Oct 10, 2018:

not an uncommon word

brentan replies on Oct 10, 2018:

Huh?

[friendlyatheist.patheos.com] CatholicMoms Defend Kavanaugh- It Can Happen To Our Sons Ad-WTF!!!

Green_eyes comments on Oct 10, 2018:

Exactly why Catholics need birth control

brentan replies on Oct 10, 2018:

Ouch!

PUTO People for the Unethical Treatment of Others AKA GOP

brentan comments on Oct 10, 2018:

I thought it was a male prostitute!

brentan replies on Oct 10, 2018:

One is a person and the other is an organisation.

I fixed something (see picture) that irritated @ProudMary recently: A little girl wanted to know ...

brentan comments on Oct 4, 2018:

Oh, you can't mess with proudmary. She's not common Agnostic folk. Be careful!

brentan replies on Oct 10, 2018:

That comment merits credence.

LOQUACIOUS - Adjective.

brentan comments on Oct 9, 2018:

That's me.

brentan replies on Oct 9, 2018:

@Marionville That's the nicest way of putting it!

I like this type of book !

brentan comments on Oct 9, 2018:

I'll make an appointment right away!

brentan replies on Oct 9, 2018:

@VAL3941 Wow - they provide a lot of services!

So.

brentan comments on Oct 9, 2018:

I don't want an atheist echo chamber. I don't want agnostic-bashing either. There's too much angry venting instead of good argument.

brentan replies on Oct 9, 2018:

@SukiSue Knowledgeable people understand the word argument in context.

I would like to your help on our "new" website domain Humanist.

brentan comments on Oct 6, 2018:

I'm all for it. I think it would help to bridge the divide between those who want to pro-actively work to make the world a better place and those who want to wait for God' Kingdom to do it for them.

brentan replies on Oct 7, 2018:

@JackPedigo For one thing, they might feel their belief in an everlasting life is threatened.

I would like to your help on our "new" website domain Humanist.

brentan comments on Oct 6, 2018:

I'm all for it. I think it would help to bridge the divide between those who want to pro-actively work to make the world a better place and those who want to wait for God' Kingdom to do it for them.

brentan replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@JackPedigo They probably feel they have a lot to lose.

To be or not to be!!!!!

NoMagicCookie comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Classic Shakespeare quote. Each of us must find our own answer to this question. At this time, I am rather fond of life so the current answer is "To be". In my opinion It is often sad when some young (40's and below) people in good physical health decide "not to be" as this outcome ...

brentan replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@NoMagicCookie Thanks a lot!

To be or not to be!!!!!

NoMagicCookie comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Classic Shakespeare quote. Each of us must find our own answer to this question. At this time, I am rather fond of life so the current answer is "To be". In my opinion It is often sad when some young (40's and below) people in good physical health decide "not to be" as this outcome ...

brentan replies on Oct 6, 2018:

It is so very sad. Like Hamlet's predicament, too many serious issues for a developing mind. I tried not to be at 17, botched the attempt and lived very, very grateful ever since.

HOTCHPOTCH.

brentan comments on Oct 6, 2018:

You've got to be coddling me.

brentan replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@Marionville Thank Cod!

Question.

p-nullifidian comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Consider what Christianity might become, were it to morph into the faith of retired Bishop John Shelby Spong, who espouses the following 12 Points of Reform in his book, A New Christianity for a New World: 1. Theism, as a way of defining God, is dead. So most theological God-talk is today ...

brentan replies on Oct 5, 2018:

@Fernapple I would consider the idea of the Logos to be a philosophy rather than a shadow on the wall.

Question.

p-nullifidian comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Consider what Christianity might become, were it to morph into the faith of retired Bishop John Shelby Spong, who espouses the following 12 Points of Reform in his book, A New Christianity for a New World: 1. Theism, as a way of defining God, is dead. So most theological God-talk is today ...

brentan replies on Oct 5, 2018:

@p-nullifidian I just listen in awe to his big brain articulate the most complicated ideas. His articulation allows me to make further steps towards understanding big issues. And myself.

Question.

p-nullifidian comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Consider what Christianity might become, were it to morph into the faith of retired Bishop John Shelby Spong, who espouses the following 12 Points of Reform in his book, A New Christianity for a New World: 1. Theism, as a way of defining God, is dead. So most theological God-talk is today ...

brentan replies on Oct 5, 2018:

I'd love to hear a discussion between him and Jordon Peterson. The new Christianity might centre on the Logos rather than the resurrection and I would like to hear how the implications of that might be brought out in discussion.

Question.

brentan comments on Oct 4, 2018:

I think they are necessary to combat the spiritual malaise in society caused by the spiritual vacuum. I hope they stay in place until viable alternatives are set in place to give meaning to life and reasons to be just.

brentan replies on Oct 5, 2018:

@p-nullifidian So did I, and in the same ways. But my good fortune is not reflected in society at large. For that reason, I would like to see religion have a place in society until secular humanist values have replaced the need for religious values.

I find it to be interesting, from a psychological standpoint, that the people who get the most upset...

brentan comments on Oct 5, 2018:

I wasn't aware of this. Perhaps they do it because they think anger would be counter-productive?

brentan replies on Oct 5, 2018:

@PolyWolf There is something about the status of victimhood that puts those who fight against oppression in a vulnerable position. My guess is it comes from the perception of winners and losers in society. Perhaps it is rooted in the evolutionary process. If this is true, this would place the ‘hysterical’ women fighting for their rights and white men fighting for theirs in the very same position. The very act of fighting back is viewed as the loser attempting to better his/her situation despite being a loser in evolutionary terms. This would be interpreted as a denial of the person’s natural inferiority that needs to be confronted by the dominant hierarchy.

Question.

brentan comments on Oct 4, 2018:

I think they are necessary to combat the spiritual malaise in society caused by the spiritual vacuum. I hope they stay in place until viable alternatives are set in place to give meaning to life and reasons to be just.

brentan replies on Oct 5, 2018:

@genessa We’ve come around again to what words mean and the difference between dictionary definitions and our own interpretations. If I hold to dictionary definitions and they disagree with your interpretation, we have no common basis for discussion. I don’t know what to make of your comment that you don’t believe in religion because as an atheist, I don’t either. As you can probably guess, I’m certainly not angry about religion either.

Question.

brentan comments on Oct 4, 2018:

I think they are necessary to combat the spiritual malaise in society caused by the spiritual vacuum. I hope they stay in place until viable alternatives are set in place to give meaning to life and reasons to be just.

brentan replies on Oct 5, 2018:

@genessa If you know what malaise is, there is no excuse for not understanding spiritual malaise. You might claim that it isn’t an issue or doesn’t exist but you will know what the term means. If you look up spirituality in the dictionary, you won’t find ‘religion light’. The closest you might get is an approach to religion but that won’t necessarily be categorised as light. I never concluded you were ignorant. I do think you are letting your anger at religion dictate meanings to you.

Question.

brentan comments on Oct 4, 2018:

I think they are necessary to combat the spiritual malaise in society caused by the spiritual vacuum. I hope they stay in place until viable alternatives are set in place to give meaning to life and reasons to be just.

brentan replies on Oct 4, 2018:

@genessa I'm not sure I should argue this with someone who doesn't know what malaise is and thinks spirituality is religion light. Words have to be understood to form a basis for discussion.

Bored. playing skyrim listening to deep fat fried podcast

Drsmash253 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Have you tried Shadow of the Tomb Raider yet I just finished it it was majorly awesome

brentan replies on Oct 4, 2018:

@Drsmash253 Thanks - every bit helps!

PERFUNCTORY.

brentan comments on Oct 4, 2018:

Tr........no.

brentan replies on Oct 4, 2018:

I was on auto-pilot!

Hopefully the last time....

Marionville comments on Oct 4, 2018:

My window cleaner is a JW. My husband used to call him Creeping Jesus because he used to just appear in the window with out ringing the doorbell first! Could have caught us doing anything....clothes on or off!

brentan replies on Oct 4, 2018:

I guess he could be a witness to more than his 'truth'.

Bored. playing skyrim listening to deep fat fried podcast

Drsmash253 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Have you tried Shadow of the Tomb Raider yet I just finished it it was majorly awesome

brentan replies on Oct 4, 2018:

@AwesomeAtheist24 I should have been more specifiic - apologies. I'm in the Hidden City in Tombraider.

Bored. playing skyrim listening to deep fat fried podcast

brentan comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Jordon Peterson?

brentan replies on Oct 4, 2018:

Well now! They must be very bad people.

[agnostic.com]

KKGator comments on Oct 3, 2018:

What in the actual fuck is wrong with these women? I am SO sorry you guys get targeted with this bullshit. I wish their punishment was up to me.

brentan replies on Oct 4, 2018:

Social workers are not respected anymore.

I was just thinking about the first time I heard someone wonder how Jesus dying for us could ...

gearl comments on Oct 3, 2018:

This was a doctrine that always bothered me and after I got out and was trying my best to find other "truth" I had some pretty strenuous arguments with several ministers. The more I questioned it and the more these people tried to explain it, the more convinced I became that it was a totally ...

brentan replies on Oct 3, 2018:

That's a solid point, if I understand you correctly. Evolution, which lots of Christian people believe in, rules out Adam. If there's no Adam, there's no need for a propitiatory sacrifice. Jesus would be dying to undo the original sin of an ape.

Bored. playing skyrim listening to deep fat fried podcast

Drsmash253 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Have you tried Shadow of the Tomb Raider yet I just finished it it was majorly awesome

brentan replies on Oct 3, 2018:

I'm in the Hidden City at the moment. I'm struggling with the puzzles and haven't a clue how to craft, have no picklock and no upgrade to my axe. I've no flair for games but love them anyway.

Yes, I can burn the quran the same way I can wipe my ass with the torah and let a dog piss on the ...

brentan comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Maybe keep them for reference?

brentan replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@GodlessWahid666 That's OK, I forgive you!

ROLLICK.

FrayedBear comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Also something that Portsmouth sailors lose there oars out of and then starting shouting "bollucks to these rollocks"? @brentan? ?

brentan replies on Oct 3, 2018:

The starboard cutter will float, sir; her gunwale is all torn away, but there are rollocks enough to pull. - from Percival Keene by Frederick Marryat

Yes, I can burn the quran the same way I can wipe my ass with the torah and let a dog piss on the ...

brentan comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Maybe keep them for reference?

brentan replies on Oct 2, 2018:

Ok, so you're a hardcopy terrorist.

“I believed that if I came forward, my voice would be drowned out by a chorus.

brentan comments on Sep 29, 2018:

This post comfortably omits the fact that societies in general swept crimes under the carpet and women were often the most severe in their treatment of other women.

brentan replies on Oct 2, 2018:

Guilty men can suck it up. The idea that all white men should suck it up is preposterous.

Aerial shots of prehistoric Indian art. [bbc.com]

Happyheretic comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Thank you for posting this. Similar to the art in places like Nazca in Peru which is only visible from the air. This of course was seen as "proof " alien visitors especially by the likes of Erik Von Daniken. No doubt the latest find will give rise to more of the same.

brentan replies on Oct 2, 2018:

I'm seriously considering Graham Hancock's notion that we had a mono-culture before the flood that happened about 14, 000 years ago.

Where is the dating site for grammarian misanthropes?

brentan comments on Oct 1, 2018:

Is this for people who would love to hate grammar mistakes together?

brentan replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@Hellas Well, nobody's perfect. I mean in that Buddhist way where nothing gets up your nose. Keep up the good work!

Where is the dating site for grammarian misanthropes?

brentan comments on Oct 1, 2018:

Is this for people who would love to hate grammar mistakes together?

brentan replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@Hellas No, just a Grammar Nazi lol.

“I believed that if I came forward, my voice would be drowned out by a chorus.

brentan comments on Sep 29, 2018:

This post comfortably omits the fact that societies in general swept crimes under the carpet and women were often the most severe in their treatment of other women.

brentan replies on Oct 1, 2018:

To the cis men... It isn't about all men...'

Life train

brentan comments on Sep 30, 2018:

Are you thinking along the lines of 'when you get there, you aren't really anywhere because you're dead'.

brentan replies on Sep 30, 2018:

That would be a nice surprise.

“I believed that if I came forward, my voice would be drowned out by a chorus.

JimG comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I believe that it's men who need to speak out and everyone who deflects the conversation or shift the blame is complicit. The response prior to mine exemplifies this behavior perfectly. EDIT: I guess I should add indifference to the list of complicit behaviors.

brentan replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@JimG You were quite willing to try to refute when you thought you had an argument. Now you're reduced to using my arguments about you to criticise me. You really have nothing to offer by way of argument. Keep signalling!

“I believed that if I came forward, my voice would be drowned out by a chorus.

brentan comments on Sep 29, 2018:

This post comfortably omits the fact that societies in general swept crimes under the carpet and women were often the most severe in their treatment of other women.

brentan replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@kmdskit3 What you call whataboutism is a direct response to the idea that (cis) men in general, and men only, are guilty of this wrongdoing.So it was a pertinent comment.

“I believed that if I came forward, my voice would be drowned out by a chorus.

brentan comments on Sep 29, 2018:

This post comfortably omits the fact that societies in general swept crimes under the carpet and women were often the most severe in their treatment of other women.

brentan replies on Sep 29, 2018:

The post was not written to justify anything, rather to try to understand it. That interpretation was misapplied by the other person. The comment about women's maltreatment of women is a historical truth and not a myth. The fact that men ruled societies in no way excuses the unjust behaviour of women.

“I believed that if I came forward, my voice would be drowned out by a chorus.

JimG comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I believe that it's men who need to speak out and everyone who deflects the conversation or shift the blame is complicit. The response prior to mine exemplifies this behavior perfectly. EDIT: I guess I should add indifference to the list of complicit behaviors.

brentan replies on Sep 29, 2018:

I guess you have nothing after all!

“I believed that if I came forward, my voice would be drowned out by a chorus.

JimG comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I believe that it's men who need to speak out and everyone who deflects the conversation or shift the blame is complicit. The response prior to mine exemplifies this behavior perfectly. EDIT: I guess I should add indifference to the list of complicit behaviors.

brentan replies on Sep 29, 2018:

I guess a narrow, simplified version of history is more suitable to the SJW mentality along with virtue-signallers. SJW beliefs seem to trump facts and always create a fascist response to attempts to understand our society in an objective way. Flag-waving, mansplaining, judgemental and condemnatory statements like those posted above just seem to imply a neurotic personality unable to handle a different opinion.

The future female Catholic Pope should have full sexual freedom.

SkotlandSkye comments on Sep 29, 2018:

A good poll choice would read: The Catholic Church will die out soon and the position of "Pope" will cease

brentan replies on Sep 29, 2018:

Come on now - credit where it's due. They put on a really good show.

The future female Catholic Pope should have full sexual freedom.

SkotlandSkye comments on Sep 29, 2018:

A good poll choice would read: The Catholic Church will die out soon and the position of "Pope" will cease

brentan replies on Sep 29, 2018:

Milo was more interested in their fashion sense.

The future female Catholic Pope should have full sexual freedom.

SkotlandSkye comments on Sep 29, 2018:

A good poll choice would read: The Catholic Church will die out soon and the position of "Pope" will cease

brentan replies on Sep 29, 2018:

I thought like that too until Milo explained to me what the Catholic Church brought to the world.

Lock the Door and Turn Up the Music [goo.gl]

brentan comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I didn't understand that at all!

brentan replies on Sep 29, 2018:

Charming!

I've asked this question in a different forum, and the answers were interesting.

Jaydee123 comments on Sep 28, 2018:

Dont send dick picks or cock shots within the first 5 minutes ...Excuse the terminology. I really dont get the mindset! I mean , if I met a guy in the pub and he dropped his pants within a few sentences...I would probably fall about the floor laughing In addition, being a nurse of 34 years...I ...

brentan replies on Sep 28, 2018:

Now that I know you're a nurse, can I send a dick pic just to get your professional opinion?

I've asked this question in a different forum, and the answers were interesting.

brentan comments on Sep 28, 2018:

Me too. 25 years married and separated about 3 years. I've no idea how to behave but I have read that I would walk a tightrope between being a gentlemen and recognising women's equality. I've never had to give the new rules a try because I don't know where available women my age are in the real ...

brentan replies on Sep 28, 2018:

I think men are still expected to make the first move. Then the woman makes a judgement call on that move. My guess is the move is aggressive if she doesn't want it and manly if she does.

Some People Are Always Angry and Look For Conflict.......

KateZilla comments on Sep 28, 2018:

True but don't ya just want to slap them silly sometimes

brentan replies on Sep 28, 2018:

It happens with me on days when I'm not feeling good about myself.

A great piece of music if you can try to forget that it was played in Apocalypse Now! Wagner.

KateZilla comments on Sep 28, 2018:

It is wonderful and Apocalypse Now used it well.

brentan replies on Sep 28, 2018:

It was a surreal moment. I always thought of Apocalypse Now as art, not just a movie.