You Are FORCED To Watch Corporate Sponsored Content In Airports - YouTube

genessa comments on Nov 13, 2018:

you can lead a traveler to a corporate-sponsored video but you can't make him watch. g

genessa replies on Nov 13, 2018:

@EdEarl correct. and i said it was icky. i don't even watch stuff most people find UNicky. that's me, though. g

Would you stop eating animals if you thought they dream?

genessa comments on Nov 2, 2018:

nope. i know for a fact my dog dreams, as it happens (i don't eat dog, as it also happens) and so do other animals, but humans have teeth and organs designed for meat consumption. our brains evolved as they did at least partly because we as a species began to eat meat. with the orange ass in the ...

genessa replies on Nov 13, 2018:

@BeeHappy mine feel better when i eat some meat. as for our teeth, we are omnivores. we should not have teeth than are the same as strict carnivores OR strict herbivores. g

Donna Zuckerberg: ‘Social media has elevated misogyny to new levels of violence’ | Books | The ...

genessa comments on Nov 13, 2018:

no. i don't agree at all. i think social media has just given it a platform, as it gives everything a platform, including the fight AGAINST misogyny. the right wing has elevated misogyny to new levels of real violence, as if the levels weren't high, real and violent enough before. men are not ...

genessa replies on Nov 13, 2018:

@tnorman1236 for sure -- but it has its counterbalance too. what i mentioned doesn't. g

When teenagers are expected (if not encouraged) to date as many people as they can prior to ...

Marine comments on Nov 9, 2018:

If they need to date that many people they have no idea what they are looking for. I dated two ladies seriously married number two and we are going on 60 years of very happy marriage.

genessa replies on Nov 13, 2018:

@Marine don't be silly. i didn't say teenagers never have sex. i said that dating doesn't automatically mean sex. don't confuse two issues. you said dating. g

Hmm I know dating can be a bit complicated at times but I am just curious to know what are you guy's...

genessa comments on Nov 13, 2018:

three come to mind, which is astonishing since that's not a much smaller number than the number of dates i've actually been on lol. the first two were dates from newspaper ads and the third from an online dating site. 1. he showed up dead drunk and seemed to get drunker as the night wore on, ...

genessa replies on Nov 13, 2018:

@MichelleGar1 had, based on those three experiences and more i'd say my motto, narrowly applied, is "don't fuck him." g

You Are FORCED To Watch Corporate Sponsored Content In Airports - YouTube

genessa comments on Nov 13, 2018:

you can lead a traveler to a corporate-sponsored video but you can't make him watch. g

genessa replies on Nov 13, 2018:

@EdEarl that's not forcing. yes it's icky that it's even there. it's still not forcing. g

As the Christian Church Crumbles, is Humanism Ready to Step Up? - TheHumanist.com

genessa comments on Sep 11, 2018:

i am not sure the church is crumbling. i wouldn't know for sure, since i've never been a christian, but my outside view, such as it is, doesn't show that. as for giving, there are nonreligious human services organizations. some are governmental, others private. yes, i know, SO many are attached ...

genessa replies on Nov 13, 2018:

@Return2Sender i got dragged to a megachurch once. my guy has a friend who is an evangelical and, knowing we're jewish, told us it was a salute to israel. it was in fact a john hagee tribute to islamaphobia. (it was horrifying.) the place was PACKED. maybe some small churches are emptying out. the megas are not. g

My grandpop jack in his wwi uniform g

ValJ comments on Nov 12, 2018:

Who did the drawing?

genessa replies on Nov 12, 2018:

@ValJ oh yes, find it and take care of it, and get it online in case anything happens to the paper. at least it will still exist! g

My grandpop jack in his wwi uniform g

ValJ comments on Nov 12, 2018:

Who did the drawing?

genessa replies on Nov 12, 2018:

me, today! i go to adult daycare because my alzheimer's-stricken guy won't go without me. i'm the vj so it's all good. this morning's activity was coloring. they had veterans day designs (a flag, for example) to color. i didn't want to color so i asked for some blank paper and i drew my grandfather instead. i had the photo on my computer but no eraser at hand so i made his cheek too thin and his jaw too fat and had no way to correct that, or his eyes not looking the right way, but since i generally can't draw to save my life i guess i didn't do too badly lol i should add that i used colored pencils and they were a bit blunt; there was no pencil sharpener either! g

Do you think Trump is credible/believeable?

genessa comments on Nov 11, 2018:

here's a toughie: if you had to believe either that there is a god or that trump tells the truth.... never mind. it's impossible forget i said anything. g

genessa replies on Nov 12, 2018:

@snytiger6 yeah trump might tell the truth when he says excuse me i have to take a crap (less than 10 percent of the time) but i am not interested in finding proof! g

When teenagers are expected (if not encouraged) to date as many people as they can prior to ...

Marine comments on Nov 9, 2018:

If they need to date that many people they have no idea what they are looking for. I dated two ladies seriously married number two and we are going on 60 years of very happy marriage.

genessa replies on Nov 12, 2018:

@Marine not when you're a teen. g

Would like to ask if some women are looking for a nice guy who treats them right how come I never ...

genessa comments on Nov 12, 2018:

i went to check your profile to see if i could find more of a clue than your asking in this post, since the post alone is a bit of a turn-off, not trying to offend but it IS. i was told you are not available. g

genessa replies on Nov 12, 2018:

@Deb57 hard to tell since he seems to have fled. thing is, in case anyone is wondering why calling yourself a nice guy isn't a turn-on to women, it is just one step above "i know how to treat a woman," which implies that all women are the same. presenting yourself as a nice guy means you will appeal to all... and that might be ALL you have to appeal to all. not "reads books," not "plays tennis," not "likes to drink on saturdays," nothing personal, just "nice guy," generic, and why wouldn't a woman just collapse at the very thought of that? g

Would like to ask if some women are looking for a nice guy who treats them right how come I never ...

genessa comments on Nov 12, 2018:

i went to check your profile to see if i could find more of a clue than your asking in this post, since the post alone is a bit of a turn-off, not trying to offend but it IS. i was told you are not available. g

genessa replies on Nov 12, 2018:

@Maiasaura he wanted feedback, just not the kind he got. he wanted "oh baby i'm yours" kind of feedback lol. g

How much weight have you lost and kept off?

genessa comments on Nov 11, 2018:

my response is not as if the question means "ever." i am responding for now. i have recently been ill and lost three pounds. it's not much and i didn't do anything purposefully to lose it; i was sick is all. but it's stayed off even through my recovery (which is not complete). i was sick for ...

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

@EdEarl :-)) g

Maybe aging is a disease and Earth is quarantined, maybe that's the reason aliens don't visit us...

genessa comments on Nov 11, 2018:

and maybe the moon is made of green cheese. every bit as credible. g

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

@MrLizard alien mice like it.... g

What dog breed is your favourite and why?

genessa comments on Nov 11, 2018:

my favorite breed is the border collie, and here is a picture of one i found on the web because i do not have a border collie of my own. my second favorite breed is the shetland sheepdog, and here is a picture of my late great sheltie sarah. i currently have a mixed breed dog, ramona, two years ...

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

@jemzet8 the border collie is amazing. i love my little chi but not for her breed; she just won my heart somehow anyway. but if i was going out to get a doggie, money were no object and a gazillion dogs of all sorts didn't need rescuing, my choice would be a border collie. i went to see sheep trials in wales my first time in that lovely land. a-mazing! g

What dog breed is your favourite and why?

Jaydee123 comments on Nov 11, 2018:

I got chihuahuas...they have an atrocious reputation..but hey ..uf you stuffed me down a hole to chase out rats .....I 'd be a mean mutha too. !! They are ghastly around other dogs ..but brilliant with people...although their reputation is very variable !!

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

my mostly chi (see above) is great with dogs, great with cats, great with humans, not so great being told she can't play with dogs, cats or humans. she is an attention hog! g

What did everyone do 3 minutes ago 11 11 11?

kltuckmn comments on Nov 11, 2018:

I actually did stop and think about those who died during WWI and all others who have given their lives for our way of life.

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

i have every respect for those who gave their lives but i have no illusions either than those who died in wwi (which is not what veteran's day is about) did so for our way of life. they did so for reasons that most people don't even understand, and didn't at the time, either. even if you buy that it was about the assassination of the archduke ferdinand, which is only one small trigger, what has that got to do with our way of life? we can appreciate and respect their sacrifice without making it about something it's not about. g

Okay folks, here's a question to ponder: what's your favorite episode?

MichelleGar1 comments on Nov 10, 2018:

I remember the one where he leaned into a pregnant woman, that one was good!

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

@MichelleGar1 aww, you can't see it then either. well, things do change! we can always hope. g

Okay folks, here's a question to ponder: what's your favorite episode?

MichelleGar1 comments on Nov 10, 2018:

I remember the one where he leaned into a pregnant woman, that one was good!

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

@MichelleGar1 i just did a little search and found that quantum leap is being shown regularly on a channel i don't get called elrey. if you get that, you can see ql on weekdays! one of the episodes it is showing -- tomorrow i think -- is dreams. i think dreams is a favorite with a lot of people because it's spooky, and it is compelling in its way, but it is badly written, and this is all the more unusual because it has a deborah pratt script, and she's usually so good! i mean it's not dreadful or anything, but one line stands out for me, and pardon me, i haven't seen this episode for at least a decade, so i won't get it exactly right, but at one point sam and al are looking at the datebook of the guy into whom sam has leapt, or maybe someone else who's been killed (see, i told you it's been at least a decade) and sam says, of one appointment, that it's with a "japanese bigwig." now, japanese he could tell, perhaps, by the guy's name, but bigwig? how would he know, just from the datebook, unless it said "japanese bigwig"? and if it did, he'd find that odd and say something about it (or al would). so that didn't ring true and threw me off right away. no, i don't look for stuff like that! it just jumped up and hit me! funny how when you love a show, you want all the episodes to be the very best! but i'd watch that episode in an instant if i could only get that channel. g

Scientists get-green light to resurrect the dead with stem cells.

Spinliesel comments on Nov 10, 2018:

So how come I cannot get a reconstituted pancreas to cure my diabetes

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

@Btbd yep. my only point was that this therapy would not work if he were already dead! g

Scientists get-green light to resurrect the dead with stem cells.

Spinliesel comments on Nov 10, 2018:

So how come I cannot get a reconstituted pancreas to cure my diabetes

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

@Btbd a pancreas transplant into a LIVING body is one thing. a dead body would be, how to put it delicately, unreceptive. g

Scientists get-green light to resurrect the dead with stem cells.

genessa comments on Nov 10, 2018:

ridiculous "announcement" and if the question were asked without it, i might be inclined to play, but no, not with even the hint of a presumption that this is true. sorry. g

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

@Slava3 i don't think length and veracity are related lol. g

Is time a real thing or is it simply another way of man controlling the masses.

genessa comments on Nov 10, 2018:

can't time be real AND a way of controlling the masses? but i think the latter is just silly. time was a concept long before there even WERE masses. it's a slightly incorrect concept, since the real thing is time-space. not everything is a conspiracy to control the masses. really. g

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

@darien75 wrong. time is measured for us earthlings by the sun, the rotation and orbit of our planet, yes observed but not controlled by man. our (and others') birth, maturing, death, decacy, all controlled by time but while observed by man, not controlled by man (murderers excluded). appointments do not define time. that's man's use of it, or misuse of it. that isn't the same thing as the concept of time, or even the concept of measuring time. g

Circumcision.

genessa comments on Nov 10, 2018:

i have no dog in this race. i am a woman and i have never had kids, male or female. when i first became aware of this controversy i did some research and this is what i found: there is no consensus on whether there are direct health benefits (or detriments) to circumcision, but most people who ...

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

@Trisexual okay, because you didn't like my answer, i will control which posts i answer based on your preferences.... ...said no one, ever. g

Okay folks, here's a question to ponder: what's your favorite episode?

MichelleGar1 comments on Nov 10, 2018:

I remember the one where he leaned into a pregnant woman, that one was good!

genessa replies on Nov 11, 2018:

@MichelleGar1 it is on some obscure cable network from time to time, very irregularly, and it's one i don't get (i don't get netflix either). i hope you find it! g

Okay folks, here's a question to ponder: what's your favorite episode?

MichelleGar1 comments on Nov 10, 2018:

I remember the one where he leaned into a pregnant woman, that one was good!

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@MichelleGar1 oh and if you're into fan fiction, i started writing some in self-defense back in the day, and i've posted some of it here in this group. g

Okay folks, here's a question to ponder: what's your favorite episode?

MichelleGar1 comments on Nov 10, 2018:

I remember the one where he leaned into a pregnant woman, that one was good!

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@MichelleGar1 i will always be quite fond of it... and of bakula. g

What is your way of coping with trauma and grief of losing someone (in my case a child, a family ...

genessa comments on Nov 6, 2018:

first, please accept my condolences; it is sometimes harder to lose someone this way than to death. second of all, drop that group. it won't help and it will drive you nuts. i have no advice about reunification. it may not be possible. children go their own way and you may never know their ...

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@ForeignNata i suspected as much from what she said about heaven. i am SO sorry. i hope someone, somehow, is able to get to them and show them what's happening to them. it may be too late for the relationship but it might open their eyes. g

Okay folks, here's a question to ponder: what's your favorite episode?

MichelleGar1 comments on Nov 10, 2018:

I remember the one where he leaned into a pregnant woman, that one was good!

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@MichelleGar1 i guess if the series wasn't so full of good episodes we wouldn't be here talking about it, right? i have to say an episode that was pretty good but not one of my favorites at first became meaningful to me in 1995 (which i think is after the series had ended, but it was all over the place in syndication, and i had every episode on tape -- necessary because i lived in japan at the time). it is the episode in which sam leaps into a young erstwhile bank robber whose father has died; his brother wants revenge on those who took the family farm. sam himself is conflicted because he never made it to his own father's funeral, which is the situation for one of the brothers, too, perhaps the one he is inhabiting (it's been a while now and i am working from memory). at any rate, my father died suddenly while i was in japan, and i could not attend his funeral. i was shattered and that episode helped me immensely. i wrote to bakula about it and he sent me back a sympathy card, which was nice of him. g

What is your way of coping with trauma and grief of losing someone (in my case a child, a family ...

genessa comments on Nov 6, 2018:

first, please accept my condolences; it is sometimes harder to lose someone this way than to death. second of all, drop that group. it won't help and it will drive you nuts. i have no advice about reunification. it may not be possible. children go their own way and you may never know their ...

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@ForeignNata she's not by any chance in a cult, is she? because the first thing a cult does is separate its flock from their families and friends, telling them said families and friends are untrustworthy outsiders. g

Circumcision.

genessa comments on Nov 10, 2018:

i have no dog in this race. i am a woman and i have never had kids, male or female. when i first became aware of this controversy i did some research and this is what i found: there is no consensus on whether there are direct health benefits (or detriments) to circumcision, but most people who ...

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@Trisexual the hell it wasn't aimed at me, and the hell you didn't think i was disagreeing with you. and you again assume i have no comprehension or compassion regarding this issue. if you don't want discussion, you won't get any, not from me. i'm done. g

Okay folks, here's a question to ponder: what's your favorite episode?

MichelleGar1 comments on Nov 10, 2018:

I remember the one where he leaned into a pregnant woman, that one was good!

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

oh yeah, you see, that also is one of my faves! it's called eight and a half months. i love how he takes the father's rejection to heart. it always brings me to tears. g

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Once Said Jews, Muslims and Atheists Should Not Be Federal ...

ValJ comments on Nov 10, 2018:

I presume he's anti-everything other than straight, white, christian male. About the same level of impartiality as Kavanaugh ?

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

isn't that a coincidence! i wonder how that happened? g

Circumcision.

genessa comments on Nov 10, 2018:

i have no dog in this race. i am a woman and i have never had kids, male or female. when i first became aware of this controversy i did some research and this is what i found: there is no consensus on whether there are direct health benefits (or detriments) to circumcision, but most people who ...

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@Trisexual obvious to intelligent minds. yes, okay, anyone who disagrees with you must not have an intelligent mind. i know what's obvious. you don't want discussion. you want support. fine. i am glad you're capable of washing your own penis, and of course you were born an adult so it was never an issue. i was so worried. g

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the ...

TheAstroChuck comments on Nov 9, 2018:

It's Republicans not "Republican States" that the problem. There is voter suppression in states that are not deep red.

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck lol that's what i meant! g

I just had to share this, i was arguing religion with my mother and she said i'm not a very good ...

Sharlee comments on Nov 10, 2018:

Ummm..totally optional? You better ask the males in the family about that. Freedom of religion in America? Perhaps, but not freedom from patriarchal rules of oppression.

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@OwlInASack well right! right? especially in a society that thinks it's shocking that i don't wear a bra! g

Circumcision.

genessa comments on Nov 10, 2018:

i have no dog in this race. i am a woman and i have never had kids, male or female. when i first became aware of this controversy i did some research and this is what i found: there is no consensus on whether there are direct health benefits (or detriments) to circumcision, but most people who ...

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@Sunsetmermaid i use libre office, which is a free download. i write articles and essays, stories and poems, do not have a published novel yet. i am working on a novel and a short story collection. oh yeah i have a finished screenplay but no one has purchased it so it's not been made into a movie. i am actually quite well published, but quite poorly paid lol. g

It finally occurred to me that I was trying too hard.

genessa comments on Nov 9, 2018:

you don't have to mute your personality. if you feel you come off too strongly, maybe you ARE trying too hard -- but that's not your personality. that's anxiety. calm down and be yourself and maybe your "self" won't be overwhelming. g

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@WayneDalton lol. the trouble with some folks, and i don't know you so i cannot say, so i am not assuming, but it's important enough to mention, is that they cannot tell the difference between who they are and what their bad habits are. "i smoke -- that's who i am!" would be an example, right? that's not part of one's personality (though it can be so ingrained it seems to be one). so yes, be yourself, but if you think you should change some specific things, don't be afraid to do that for fear of changing your identity. (creative people in particular sometimes have this fear -- like, they're depressed or anxious but afraid that if they go to a shrink they'll lose their creativity. it's not true but it's a common fear.) g

When teenagers are expected (if not encouraged) to date as many people as they can prior to ...

Marine comments on Nov 9, 2018:

If they need to date that many people they have no idea what they are looking for. I dated two ladies seriously married number two and we are going on 60 years of very happy marriage.

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@Marine i guess it depends on your definition of "date." a movie and an ice cream are not the same as a roll in the hay! g

It finally occurred to me that I was trying too hard.

genessa comments on Nov 9, 2018:

you don't have to mute your personality. if you feel you come off too strongly, maybe you ARE trying too hard -- but that's not your personality. that's anxiety. calm down and be yourself and maybe your "self" won't be overwhelming. g

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@WayneDalton well, you can only be who you are! g

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the ...

TheAstroChuck comments on Nov 9, 2018:

It's Republicans not "Republican States" that the problem. There is voter suppression in states that are not deep red.

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck sorry, i meant red in leadership. obviously voter suppression makes some erstwhile blue states red. some of this leadership will change in january. g

When teenagers are expected (if not encouraged) to date as many people as they can prior to ...

Marine comments on Nov 9, 2018:

If they need to date that many people they have no idea what they are looking for. I dated two ladies seriously married number two and we are going on 60 years of very happy marriage.

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

how should a teen be expected to know what s/he is looking for? and who is doing this expecting if not encouraging? g

What is the meaning of life?

DenoPenno comments on Nov 10, 2018:

If I take a biblical approach here can I ask who was the first disease germ? Can they find that germ and did he have a name? Did it take a second germ for there to then be three germs? How many of these did it take to make a virus? How long did it take? I'm taking the Adam and Eve approach to ...

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

chicken and eggwise, it's the egg. something other than a chicken could have laid an egg that was mutated and produced the first chicken. the mutated egg could only have produced what it was bound to produce. so there was a chicken egg before there was a chicken, even though there was something that preceded the egg and laid it; that something was sort of chickenish but not actually a chicken. g

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the ...

TheAstroChuck comments on Nov 9, 2018:

It's Republicans not "Republican States" that the problem. There is voter suppression in states that are not deep red.

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

states that are not red do not have republicans in power to do that. g

I just had to share this, i was arguing religion with my mother and she said i'm not a very good ...

Sharlee comments on Nov 10, 2018:

Ummm..totally optional? You better ask the males in the family about that. Freedom of religion in America? Perhaps, but not freedom from patriarchal rules of oppression.

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

yes, SO different from christianity... NOT! i know muslim women who are not attached to men who require them to wear hijabs. they do it because they choose too. that is not the case for every muslim woman, but promoting freedom both of and from religion cannot involve telling women what to wear or what not to wear, or we're not better than the patriarchs that are still controlling some of them. g

Please give us your feelings about the following, which I gave as a reply in another post.

genessa comments on Nov 9, 2018:

can you be specific? opinions are not allowed WHERE? in what context? of course opinions are allowed -- when they're expressed as opinions and not presented as, or mistaken for, facts. sorry, those phrases don't mean anything to me. the first one could be improved and the second one isn't ...

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@Mcflewster "opinions are not allowed" in the same line IS ditching opinions. also i don't know with whom you agree that it would be rude to ignore or deny someone's opinions; some opinions are ridiculous and should be ignored or denied. you cannot deny that the opinion IS the opinion of the speaker (example: "i think dogs are really martians in disguise and they're all out to kill us" is a ridiculous opinion and should be ignored or denied, but you can't deny that the speaker, if taken seriously, HAS that opinion). opinions based on facts are more valuable than opinions based on nothing, or based on lies. in addition, opinions based on nothing or based on lies will not be as likely to lead to facts (through exploration, experimentation, investigation) as opinions based on facts. g

Is this a good place to meet women

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

you've been here a whole day. i don't know why 100 women have not fallen right into your lap already! it couldn't be that you haven't written a bio and you've made all of two posts, one of which is your verdict on the site based on your lengthy experience here! g

genessa replies on Nov 10, 2018:

@Kristian i am a greeter and i am told several times daily that i am a good one. as for salty, honey, YOU'LL never have a taste. hostile? yeah, check the nearest mirror. g

I am now an Athesit. I renounce my Christianity for Atheism

NoMagicCookie comments on Nov 9, 2018:

Not fond of the term "atheism" as Atheist is not really an "ism". ism is defined as "a distinctive practice, system, or philosophy, typically a political ideology or an artistic movement." Not accepting the faith (belief without evidence) assertion that a god exists hardly qualifies as an ism.

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

that is a very limited definition of "-ism." dictionary dot com widens it: 'a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nouns from verbs ( baptism ); on this model, used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice, state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion or adherence, etc. ( criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism )." i think atheism is, going by that, a perfectly fine ism, and if i have to label myself with regard to my disbelief in any gods, that is the label i choose. g

Thoughts on American Athiest Convention?

genessa comments on Nov 9, 2018:

lol if it's your thing, go (but -- not trying to be grammar nazi but since it's an atheist convention it could matter -- please spell atheist right! you never know who will hold that against you!) me, i don't... convene, ya know? i mean, i am aware that there are no gods. i am also aware that ...

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@Lovemylife1 i approve of curiosity lol. and i just got over five weeks of bronchitis, and when i say over, i mean it's down to a dull roar. you have my sympathy. g

Is this a good place to meet women

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

you've been here a whole day. i don't know why 100 women have not fallen right into your lap already! it couldn't be that you haven't written a bio and you've made all of two posts, one of which is your verdict on the site based on your lengthy experience here! g

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@Kristian oh i'm sorry, were you mistaking my passing interest for concern? i was actually trying to be helpful. i won't make that mistake again. g

Is this a good place to meet women

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

you've been here a whole day. i don't know why 100 women have not fallen right into your lap already! it couldn't be that you haven't written a bio and you've made all of two posts, one of which is your verdict on the site based on your lengthy experience here! g

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@Kristian whatever. wouldn't work for me but luckily for both of us i'm not in the market. g

Is this a good place to meet women

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

you've been here a whole day. i don't know why 100 women have not fallen right into your lap already! it couldn't be that you haven't written a bio and you've made all of two posts, one of which is your verdict on the site based on your lengthy experience here! g

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@Kristian the purpose of a bio is not to tell you about the site. it's to tell the site about you. g

My 25 year old coworker actually complained to her two workers who work nearly every day that she ...

genessa comments on Nov 9, 2018:

she has choices. she can work a full-time job and DO THE DAMNED JOB. she can take a part-time job. she can change her school schedule -- what kind of school, at 25? is she still working on her ged or is she in grad school, and if the latter, what kind of hours does she expect to work in the ...

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@LadyAlyxandrea i wasn't judging. i was asking. there is a difference. my question was bit rude. g

"Who are you?" Phone or computer? There might still be a few PC folk out there too.

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

i use my laptop as if it were a desktop. i do not do things that are typing-intensive on my phone. g

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@IAJO163 ha! my guy richard is like that too. me, it's mostly my eyes. i do play some solitaires on the phone (like on the bus) but everything of importance is done on the computer. g

How many scammers have you met on this site? I would like to hear your stories.

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

lots of trolls but only on erstwhile scammer so far, couldn't quite get that i wasn't interested in being his very close friend after i tell him everything about myself, everything do you hear? everything! this after i had already iterated what my profile already said, that i'm not looking for a ...

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@Cutiebeauty i don't think the guy who bothered me was asking about my past, though that would've been weird too. i remember he wanted to know all my likes and dislikes. how better to say "hey me too" right? he didn't offer any info about himself! g

Please give us your feelings about the following, which I gave as a reply in another post.

genessa comments on Nov 9, 2018:

can you be specific? opinions are not allowed WHERE? in what context? of course opinions are allowed -- when they're expressed as opinions and not presented as, or mistaken for, facts. sorry, those phrases don't mean anything to me. the first one could be improved and the second one isn't ...

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay you will never FIND facts if you don't have opinions. "wow, this looks as if it was caused by that.' "ya think?" "well maybe. let's TEST that." g

Well that's my work's xmas party sorted..in Dublin. Woo hoo! ☃️☃️☃️?

genessa comments on Nov 9, 2018:

i love dublin. yep food prices are high in ireland but i think you can manage a pint. i like the jewish irish museum, myself, and hope it still exists, but just looking at the colorful doorways on the homes and businesses is a trip in and of itself. talk to the people! the people are the ...

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@ValJ that's all the time i had on my first visit (which was part of an eight-week holiday that started in france, went around ireland, then through wales, down to cornwall and then leisurely up to london, where i spent my last two days). i hope you have a great time! g

Well that's my work's xmas party sorted..in Dublin. Woo hoo! ☃️☃️☃️?

genessa comments on Nov 9, 2018:

i love dublin. yep food prices are high in ireland but i think you can manage a pint. i like the jewish irish museum, myself, and hope it still exists, but just looking at the colorful doorways on the homes and businesses is a trip in and of itself. talk to the people! the people are the ...

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@ValJ oh please do! i would be relieved to know if it still existed. it was sorely lacking in funding last time i looked. wait, let me see if i can find its page. look what i found! https://jewishmuseum.ie/ g

I like to eat meat.

JosephHarrison comments on Nov 9, 2018:

Vegans are like evangelical Christians; they're utterly convinced that they're right and that they have a responsibility to show everyone the truth. Including their cats. Which are biologically carnivores. You do you, vegans. But don't try to stop me from eating my chicken jalfrezi tonight. And ...

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@Minta79 you're right, i took you at face value. i am relieved! i would never let my cats outside for the reasons mentioned (and they're all super old now anyway) but i would not presume to try to control what others do, once i've said my piece anyway lol. about vegans: every vegan i have ever known has gotten so ill from their diet that they reverted to semi-vegetarian with just enough animal protein to help them maintain as they should. it wasn't my business; they didn't change because of me. they all chose their paths and they all chose to stop being vegan, quite on their own. i never said "you are sick because you're vegan. cut it out!" but vegans think they should tell everyone else to stop eating meat, eggs, dairy, whatever all else they think makes THEM healthier or better people. if i don't try to change their diets, why should they try to change mine? g

What's your generation? What do you think about the generation before yours?

memorylikeasieve comments on Nov 7, 2018:

GenX. I am tired of the bullshit many Boomers still cling to, especially the fact that they think jobs just grow on fucking trees. I'm more well-disposed to millennials and younger, as long as they grow out the Tumblr phase.

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@ProudMary isn't it? my guy, minnesota born and bred, went hiking on a colorado mountain once and ran into a stranger who lived right around the corner from him! g

What's your generation? What do you think about the generation before yours?

memorylikeasieve comments on Nov 7, 2018:

GenX. I am tired of the bullshit many Boomers still cling to, especially the fact that they think jobs just grow on fucking trees. I'm more well-disposed to millennials and younger, as long as they grow out the Tumblr phase.

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@ProudMary the world keeps getting smaller. g

I like to eat meat.

JosephHarrison comments on Nov 9, 2018:

Vegans are like evangelical Christians; they're utterly convinced that they're right and that they have a responsibility to show everyone the truth. Including their cats. Which are biologically carnivores. You do you, vegans. But don't try to stop me from eating my chicken jalfrezi tonight. And ...

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@Minta79 my cats would be dead by now if they were outdoor cats. just because their ancestors roamed i should expose mine to wild animals, mean humans (especially on hallowe'en), cars, chemicals on lawns and gardens, and all manner of disease (not to mention annoying the crap out of the neighbors and making their indoor cats crazy)? oh, and cats are animals that reproduce. they have sex and make babies. how dare they be neutered to deprive them of that. so i should let them outside to make some feral cats. right. i don't THINK so.

What's your generation? What do you think about the generation before yours?

memorylikeasieve comments on Nov 7, 2018:

GenX. I am tired of the bullshit many Boomers still cling to, especially the fact that they think jobs just grow on fucking trees. I'm more well-disposed to millennials and younger, as long as they grow out the Tumblr phase.

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@ProudMary oh, near elkton? the town famous for not requiring a blood test for a marriage license? that's all i know about that area, if indeed it's even in that area. i was born in philly, i might add! (it's getting so wherever people name, there is a good chance i've lived there or near there!) g

Georgia voters fle for "emergency restraining order" against brian kemp.

Ron_R comments on Nov 8, 2018:

Seems crazy.

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@Ron_R absolutely! i had a feeling we were on the same page :-)) g

HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR So in reference to the future battle of Armageddon that will occur ...

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

i'm not christian so i will hop onto a pinto pony and trot off in the opposite direction. g

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@MezzaVoce i once rode a pinto pony named rosa up a pretty steep welsh hill. i am a timid rider and must have shown my feelings on my face, for the trail leader came up to me and casually said "the pony doesn't want to fall off the mountain either!" that did make me feel better :-)) i was equally gratified, come to think of it, that the trail leader didn't add "and god will watch over you" or recommend that i pray rofl rofl g

Is this a good place to meet women

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

you've been here a whole day. i don't know why 100 women have not fallen right into your lap already! it couldn't be that you haven't written a bio and you've made all of two posts, one of which is your verdict on the site based on your lengthy experience here! g

genessa replies on Nov 9, 2018:

@Kristian you won't commit to writing a bio until you felt out the site, yet you have felt it out enough to decide it is ineffective. part of its effectiveness, of course, depends on how you present yourself, and that includes what's in your bio. g

What's your generation? What do you think about the generation before yours?

memorylikeasieve comments on Nov 7, 2018:

GenX. I am tired of the bullshit many Boomers still cling to, especially the fact that they think jobs just grow on fucking trees. I'm more well-disposed to millennials and younger, as long as they grow out the Tumblr phase.

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@ProudMary i lived in silver spring for a year, west hyattsville for a year one time and another year another time, and bowie for many years. g

What's your generation? What do you think about the generation before yours?

memorylikeasieve comments on Nov 7, 2018:

GenX. I am tired of the bullshit many Boomers still cling to, especially the fact that they think jobs just grow on fucking trees. I'm more well-disposed to millennials and younger, as long as they grow out the Tumblr phase.

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@ProudMary blue state here, just turned bluer :-)) but i'm not FROM here and i've lived a lot of different places. i must have the best friends! g

"I have just unfriended a number of people on facebook that gave a positive response to a meme that ...

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

i don't know what it means. what's jenga? it doesn't LOOK funny but i don't get it. yeah i recognize what the picture is of. no, i don't know what the meme means. g

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@paul1967 okay. well, stupid meme then. not funny. i can see where someone might think it was. i would not agree. g

"Who are you?" Phone or computer? There might still be a few PC folk out there too.

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

i use my laptop as if it were a desktop. i do not do things that are typing-intensive on my phone. g

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@IAJO163 i appreciate the compliment but i am more blind with fat fingers than grounded lol g

Book Recommendations

sfvpool comments on Nov 7, 2018:

I'm now reading, "The Agony and The Ecstasy", by Irving Stone. My favorite book is, "Atlas Shrugged", by Ayn Rand.

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@sfvpool i disagree. i think she has no ethics at all, and her philosophy is not rational egoism; it's just plain selfishness. g

Georgia voters fle for "emergency restraining order" against brian kemp.

Ron_R comments on Nov 8, 2018:

Seems crazy.

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

yes, if you mean kemp. no, if you mean the angry voters. they're not crazy. they want and deserve for their votes to be counted.

Old diseases make a reappearence!

genessa comments on Nov 6, 2018:

thank you, anti-vaxxers. herd immunity IS a thing, whether people like to think of themselves as herd animals or not. not only do old diseases, all but extinct, reappear, but some of them are reappearing in drug-resistant forms. g

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@Marine what do you mean? i assume you're talking to me. did you not understand my response, which was to chastise anti-vaxxers?

This is something that crops up before Christmas in the U.

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

we have charities all over the place (from the u.s.) that go to other continents and provide food and medical relief... but there is a price, and it's not monetary. they evangelize. i was looking for a nonprofit from which to buy some trinket on ebay a couple years ago, by way of donating ...

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@OwlInASack your last paragraph especially: yes, sadly. yes. g

Just saw an interview with a well-known actress who says she's now only taking on "passion ...

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

care to share who it was? g

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

lol i know less about kim catrall than i know about sarah jessica parker so i could not settle a dispute between them. g

Ruth Bader Ginsberg fell last night and broke 3 ribs. Who will President Trump replace her with?

GuitarDoctor comments on Nov 8, 2018:

will Trump replace her with a centrist to heal the nation or will he go full hard right?

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

are you asking in seriousness? trump doesn't want to heal the nation. his boss in russia wants to tear us apart and trump is okay with that. look at the two he's already installed. do you see a centrist in his mind? he won't even choose by himself. he'll get the short list from his alt right friends and pick the one most likely to say you can't say boo to a president because you might distract him from his chocolate ice cream. but there is no indication that she is retiring and she can't be forced out over a few broken ribs. i'd watch out for russian poisoners, though. g

This is something that crops up before Christmas in the U.

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

we have charities all over the place (from the u.s.) that go to other continents and provide food and medical relief... but there is a price, and it's not monetary. they evangelize. i was looking for a nonprofit from which to buy some trinket on ebay a couple years ago, by way of donating ...

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@OwlInASack lol i hide for a couple months at the end of each year. christmas is ubiquitous, and i feel as if it makes me invisible -- not even so much as an atheist but as a jew. did i tell this story here? i was in a car pool in which there was one driver and two passengers who just paid fpr gas instead of driving, so it was always the same car and always the same radio on during the ride. one day during the "holiday season" the radio played a chanukah song. i almost wet myself. that just doesn't happen! so i went into work feeling kind of as if my existence had been acknowledged. i must have looked happy because (if i recall) a coworker asked me why i was so cheerful, and i told her i'd heard a chanukah song on the radio. she frowned and said "if you don't believe in jesus, what have you got to sing about?" i had not told her i was an atheist. she hadn't asked. we weren't close. why would i bring it up for no reason? i also knew she wasn't very bright so i decided to couch my response in terms she could understand, from within her bubble. "his father?" i replied. she frowned again. "you know... god!" she frowned much more deeply at this. then she declared "well, the catholics have been suffering a lot longer than the jews anyway!" and stalked off. i didn't let that ruin my day. i just can't bring myself to give that much power to idiots and pardon me if i have told that story here before; it is often an appropriate tale to tell!. g

Why does Buddhism keep getting associated with Religion when it requires no belief in a Diety?

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

while the buddha was a real person and did not claim to be a god, and is not considered a god, there is prayer involved in buddhism. @mordant has the better answer; i am just adding this one detail lol g

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@mordant hey, i crib from judaism ALL the time! i mean, during my "religious" year (age 14-15) i went to bible study. know what we studied? if a cart and a mule are going one way on a mountain pass and a guy on foot is going the other way, which one should use the inside lane? i forget the answer though.... but there's all this stuff about how to treat each other, and i do NOT mean stoning adulterous women to death (jews don't do that anymore; we tend not to be literalists!) i mean like recycling and helping the poor and feeding the hungry. you don't have to be directed by a deity to do those things, right? g

Why does Buddhism keep getting associated with Religion when it requires no belief in a Diety?

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

while the buddha was a real person and did not claim to be a god, and is not considered a god, there is prayer involved in buddhism. @mordant has the better answer; i am just adding this one detail lol g

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@mordant not to put a damper on the high hopes of erstwhile converts to buddhism, but it's more woo than woo HOO! g

This is something that crops up before Christmas in the U.

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

we have charities all over the place (from the u.s.) that go to other continents and provide food and medical relief... but there is a price, and it's not monetary. they evangelize. i was looking for a nonprofit from which to buy some trinket on ebay a couple years ago, by way of donating ...

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@MrLizard it is true that jews do not proselytize. i mean somewhere in there it is against the rules to do so. (chabad proselytizes, but only to other jews -- you know, stop being reform or conservative and come be orthodox! i think that's different, albeit it gets annoying too.) in fact if someone wants to convert, a rabbi must discourage that person officially three times (and it takes about a year of study anyway). you did the right thing, re the ex-wife; it's what a rabbi would have asked, and done. i am jewish but i am an atheist. i was raised secularly but with a strong ethnocultural identity. i am asked sometimes how i can still call myself jewish if i'm an atheist and i won't answer that here but it is possible and not all that uncommon either. g

This is something that crops up before Christmas in the U.

genessa comments on Nov 8, 2018:

we have charities all over the place (from the u.s.) that go to other continents and provide food and medical relief... but there is a price, and it's not monetary. they evangelize. i was looking for a nonprofit from which to buy some trinket on ebay a couple years ago, by way of donating ...

genessa replies on Nov 8, 2018:

@OwlInASack in origin yes, but it's got christ in the name lol and they sing songs about that other imaginary god, not the main imaginary god... oh i get those imaginary gods confused! g

What's your generation? What do you think about the generation before yours?

memorylikeasieve comments on Nov 7, 2018:

GenX. I am tired of the bullshit many Boomers still cling to, especially the fact that they think jobs just grow on fucking trees. I'm more well-disposed to millennials and younger, as long as they grow out the Tumblr phase.

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

i don't know a boomer who thinks that. g

Why do I keep hearing that voting conservative is good for your money?

BD66 comments on Nov 6, 2018:

Most Democrats want to raise taxes. Here is a summary of the new taxes that went into effect to fund Obamacare: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/020714/new-taxes-under-affordable-care-act.asp Most Republicans want to cut taxes. Here is a summary of the Trump Tax Cuts: ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

@OwlInASack 'blush! g

Why do I keep hearing that voting conservative is good for your money?

BD66 comments on Nov 6, 2018:

Most Democrats want to raise taxes. Here is a summary of the new taxes that went into effect to fund Obamacare: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/020714/new-taxes-under-affordable-care-act.asp Most Republicans want to cut taxes. Here is a summary of the Trump Tax Cuts: ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

@OwlInASack no, i cannot. but my statement still stands. g

Aristotle said "Manly men are attracted to manly things", and the manliest of things are men.

cava comments on Nov 7, 2018:

Well I don't think that a man being attracted to another man is gay, we have cultural ideals and some men look better than others based on what we have learned. The male/male behavior in ancient Athens, and Sparta's upper classes paired young boys with men until they came of age. Pederasty was ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

@KillerQueer yes, they actually were making children. you see, the concept of homosexuality was not the same then as it is now; there wasn't even such a word. we would probably consider them bisexual in a limited way, rather than gay. married men having sex with a shy, not-yet-bearded boy was quite acceptable, as long as they were also having children with their wives. once a boy grew a beard he was no longer fair game, and if he sold his services, that was quite difference. it was supposed to be love, or at least an emotional attachment, not just sex, not even primarily sex, and it didn't make the adult man "gay" -- it was just another beautiful thing he did (yes, it was considered beautiful). what makes you think they were not reproducing? in fact in sparta there was less emphasis on the sexual aspect of the man-boy relationship then, say, in athens, so specifying sparta as the place where reproduction was impeded by these relationships is even less correct on that basis. g

Georgia voters fle for "emergency restraining order" against brian kemp.

jerry99 comments on Nov 7, 2018:

Can you imagine the screaming if this happened in a Dem state and the Repub lost? I wish the Dems would grow a pair!

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

i wish people would stop asking dems to grow a pair! until january we're still in the minority in every branch of government. you wait until then as see if we have... well, actually, balls are very delicate what we need are vaginas! g

Why do I keep hearing that voting conservative is good for your money?

BD66 comments on Nov 6, 2018:

Most Democrats want to raise taxes. Here is a summary of the new taxes that went into effect to fund Obamacare: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/020714/new-taxes-under-affordable-care-act.asp Most Republicans want to cut taxes. Here is a summary of the Trump Tax Cuts: ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

most democrats want to raise taxes... on people who make a shitload of money. that is appropriate. why shouldn't they? the people, on whom they want to raise taxes do not pay their fair share. you mention not getting services. what services to extremely wealthy people need? they do need some. they need bridges that do not collapse under them, and roads in good repair, and airports that are not an embarrassment. they need schools to educate the people who work for them, even though they themselves may prefer private education. they need healthy, productive people to work for them, not people who are starving, or cannot come to work because they can't afford to have their kids looked after, or who come to work sick because they have no health insurance. they need prisons to hold the most violent criminals, and they need courts to figure out who those are, and living conditions that don't turn people desperate enough to have to steal or die, which means we need better and cheaper housing, and health care, and fair laws that do not send people to prison for being poor, or black. all this BENEFITS the wealthy and is well worth the cost in taxes. so yeah, democrats want to raise taxes on such people... but not the poor, not the middle class. saying they want to raise taxes scares people because it sounds as if they want to raise taxes on everyone. everyone should pay their fair share and democrats want that, yes. don't YOU want that? oh and all those time bombs you mentioned? they're not time bombs until republicans plant bombs in them. you own a bunch of patents. good for you. do you own compassion? that's worth more than a bunch of patents. g

15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense - Scientific American

WilliamFleming comments on Nov 7, 2018:

I am fully convinced that evolution is a true theory, however, like all theories, Darwinism does not tell the whole story IMO. I saw nothing about epigenetics in the article. New developments cast doubt on Darwin’s theory in regards to natural selection. Many researchers are saying that ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

@WilliamFleming you're entitled to your perception of the article but i do not share it. i have seen so many bad ones, and although i didn't mention pomposity in my response below, yeah, i've seen that too. i didn't see it here. i found it quite a joy to read! g

Remember these stores?

genessa comments on Nov 7, 2018:

on the flip side, remember that in our lifetimes there was a time when a black person could not sit at a woolworth lunch counter without at best tossed out and at worst harassed and physically abused and THEN tossed out. g

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

@Ray13 oh yes. visible and invisible minorities have similar problems and separate ones too. g

15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense - Scientific American

WilliamFleming comments on Nov 7, 2018:

I am fully convinced that evolution is a true theory, however, like all theories, Darwinism does not tell the whole story IMO. I saw nothing about epigenetics in the article. New developments cast doubt on Darwin’s theory in regards to natural selection. Many researchers are saying that ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

of course darwin didn't tell the whole story. he didn't have the means we have now, and he was fumbing in the dark. he did great with what he had! it's not as if we have the full story now, either. we keep working on it. there is no such thing as knowing everything. there is always more to know. science teachers don't claim to know everything. well, maybe some... they're just people after all! but good science teachers don't pretend we know all. i wouldn't worry about that. g

How annoying is this?

BlueWave comments on Nov 7, 2018:

I think it is wrong to request, in the public forum, information on the conversation with the person who did the blocking. If a friend, through PMing, sends the message content, no harm no foul in my book. I think it is wrong to cut and paste, in the public forum, a conversation wherein one ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

@BlueWave you saw the conversation to which this post refers? okay. i didn't know you were there. i have not been back to see who else was involved. if i replied to something you said there, then yep, you'd be tagged,and i am sorry that i don't remember you from it, but i was focused on getting away from the two in question. it's nothing personal. g

Aristotle said "Manly men are attracted to manly things", and the manliest of things are men.

cava comments on Nov 7, 2018:

Well I don't think that a man being attracted to another man is gay, we have cultural ideals and some men look better than others based on what we have learned. The male/male behavior in ancient Athens, and Sparta's upper classes paired young boys with men until they came of age. Pederasty was ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

@KillerQueer i have not heard this and it doesn't sound realistic. gay men can father children. gay doesn't mean impotent. a lot of the men with younger male lovers were married and had families. g

Mother Jones is pleased with the election results. I am still a grumpypants. What say you?

genessa comments on Nov 7, 2018:

well, i cannot vote because there is no option for having mixed feelings. of course not enough will be done, not immediately, to guarantee an eventual impeachment. however, it is most certainly not business as usual either. we can really block a LOT of bad legislation. all budgetary bills must ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

@ghettophilosopher yes, that is the worst part, and the cabinet appointments too. but we cannot call it a total wash. it's progress. we have a lot of work to do! g

Remember these stores?

genessa comments on Nov 7, 2018:

on the flip side, remember that in our lifetimes there was a time when a black person could not sit at a woolworth lunch counter without at best tossed out and at worst harassed and physically abused and THEN tossed out. g

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

@Ray13 nope, not the only one, but famously one. nope, today is not bigotry-free, but there has still progress, even though some folks are working hard to reverse that. i am sorry for your bad experience. g

How annoying is this?

BlueWave comments on Nov 7, 2018:

I think it is wrong to request, in the public forum, information on the conversation with the person who did the blocking. If a friend, through PMing, sends the message content, no harm no foul in my book. I think it is wrong to cut and paste, in the public forum, a conversation wherein one ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

i will add that it wasn't just curiosity on the part of the blockee, because i was tagged over and over. she obviously wanted to keep the "fight" going, and i very clearly didn't. that's not ME being dramatic lol. g

How annoying is this?

BlueWave comments on Nov 7, 2018:

I think it is wrong to request, in the public forum, information on the conversation with the person who did the blocking. If a friend, through PMing, sends the message content, no harm no foul in my book. I think it is wrong to cut and paste, in the public forum, a conversation wherein one ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

that's odd. i don't think my post here was dramatic at all (i think it was pretty straightforward, actually), and i certainly wasn't dramatic in the post under discussion -- indeed, instead of being dramatic i just left. i decided to share my experience(because the go-between part was so unusual i thought y'all might find it interesting) in a relatively undramatic way. i am very surprised to see you call either my post (which you have seen) or any part of my conversation to which i refer (which i assume, perhaps incorrectly, that you have NOT seen) dramatic. g

The mid term elections won't stop Trump.

genessa comments on Nov 7, 2018:

not so. first of all, although the senate is still in charge of confirming nominees, all budgetary bills have to be initiated in the house, and the bills trump wants will NOT be initiated. yes, he will blame the dems. TOO BAD. and the house committees can investigate trump, demand his taxes, ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

@David1955 nope we haven't yet and we still might not, but this is an inroad. we may not win the war, and we may fall, but this was a kind of battle won, and it will strengthen us for many skirmishes, which we may also win. g

The mid term elections won't stop Trump.

genessa comments on Nov 7, 2018:

not so. first of all, although the senate is still in charge of confirming nominees, all budgetary bills have to be initiated in the house, and the bills trump wants will NOT be initiated. yes, he will blame the dems. TOO BAD. and the house committees can investigate trump, demand his taxes, ...

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

@LetzGetReal i don't happen to have the better part of an hour to devote to this. if you wanted to summarize i could consider it, but no, just on a whim i am not going to sit and stare at this screen to the exclusion of everything else just to see what this guy is talking about (you don't mention that). also i don't understand what "the basic and the interviewer" means. i have some common sense myself, and i don't even know whether you're showing me this to agree, disagree or other (lol) with what i said, but i stand by what i said at any rate. i certainly am not in the market for any apps. g

How Glad Are You That the Midterms Are Over?

PhoebeCat comments on Nov 7, 2018:

Hopefully, there will be a reprieve on polical calls and emails wanting money.

genessa replies on Nov 7, 2018:

not a chance! the presidential election season is starting! it would be nice if the attack ads took a break, though. g