Why does the FDA take so long to protect us from bad drugs?

SkotlandSkye comments on Sep 17, 2018:

because, ultimately, it's not the government's job.....and it's time that people stop relying on and believing that the government is here to help.

genessa replies on Sep 18, 2018:

@SkotlandSkye STOLEN via taxes? oh i see, privatize everything so only those who can afford to pay get their roads fixed. taxes are not theft. how they're used is another story. and privatized companies don't fire their employees for not performing to standards acceptable to the customers, just for not performing to standards that make the company money. libertarians, FEH! hahaha to your whole concept, a big fat resounding sincere and hearty NO. g

I have a thought about intelligence and being smart.

genessa comments on Sep 18, 2018:

good definition of smart. the definition of intelligence, not so much. g

genessa replies on Sep 18, 2018:

@Boatsailor my mind doesn't toss iq around a lot anymore. i am not sure what it measures. if it's intelligence, as claimed, what kind of intelligence is it? g

What physics or physical law(s), principle(s) or relationship(s) determine the value of the physical...

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

they are what they are. are you really asking why they are what they are, or how we KNOW they are what they are? to the first question, i repeat, they are what they are. to the latter, i reply, sorry, i watch the science channel and i love it but a lot of it falls out of my head when the show's ...

genessa replies on Sep 18, 2018:

@johnprytz someone might... IF (and it's a big if, not just on this page) there is a currently knowable calculation. just as infinity works in both directions, there is the possibility that a was caused by b so we want to know what caused b, and b was caused by c, and we'll run out of alphabet before we run out of answers because the answers just keep going back. so the calculation might be r divided by s, but then you're left with what caused r and what caused s. it's like those mirrors within mirrors. i'm not saying it's not worth knowing, or trying to know. i'm saying don't let your disappointment overwhelm you if it turns out there is no end to it. g

At what point did you realize you weren't compatible with the ideals of your contemporaries?

genessa comments on Sep 18, 2018:

my contemporaries? i didn't know the ideals, if any, of my contemporaries. i was pretty much a loner, not always by choice. i realize there were no gods at age 15, but it wasn't a traumatic experiences. it didn't make me any lonelier, or make me stand out in any new way. i was not raised in a ...

genessa replies on Sep 18, 2018:

@Rabbittarius no problem. we're all pretty different, aren't we? and yet we are alike in more ways than we are different. g

Why does the FDA take so long to protect us from bad drugs?

SkotlandSkye comments on Sep 17, 2018:

because, ultimately, it's not the government's job.....and it's time that people stop relying on and believing that the government is here to help.

genessa replies on Sep 18, 2018:

@SkotlandSkye that is true in and of itself but ridiculous presented as to an answer to why the fda, whose job IS to decide what is safe and what is poisonous, doesn't do its job. g

Seeing a lot of defensive comments from men on Kavanaugh's supposed behavior, from apologies, to ...

Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2018:

He should decline the nomination if he had any real integrity.

genessa replies on Sep 18, 2018:

he hasn't even got rubber integrity. g

I just heard a little mozart in a tv commercial and it was nice to hear mozart but not THAT way.

JK666 comments on Sep 18, 2018:

What of Mozart was being sung by her? Inquiring minds want to know.

genessa replies on Sep 18, 2018:

it's the queen of the night's song, from the magic flute. g

The Middle Way Society: Agnosticism

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

i agree that extremism should be rejected, but i do not always agree about what constitutes extremism. there are people for whom health care for everyone is extremism. that's not how i view it, and i do not view myself as an extremist. there are also those who think that saying "nazis are bad" is...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay i am not talking about people who can't pay. doctors on salary at clinics or hospitals get paid whether they treat a medicare or medicaid patient or a rich person with private insurance. some of them (and the nurses, and the other staff) are noticeably ruder to medicare and medicaid patients. i switched hospitals partly because of how badly i was treated at one. helping people isn't about giving them everything they want. it's about making sure people get what they NEED. g

Interesting is listening to others ideas for their position on abortion

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

i have no position on abortion. nobody likes abortion, not even abortion doctors, who would probably rather be delivering babies. my position isn't on abortion. it's on choice. if it's not your body, it's not your choice. if it is your body, it is your choice. that's my position. g

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@ladyprof70 i think walz is standup too. i think he is slightly naive in thinking that bipartisan action is still possible in today's america, but he means well. that's more than i can say for johnson. as for walker, i will become very rude if i have to describe walker! FEH! anyway, i voted, in the primary, for lori swanson. erin murphy would've been my first choice. walz was third on my list, but no WAY will i EVER vote for a republican. i don't hate walz. i just really liked swanson (and then there is the bipartisan thing). g

What do you think about expanding the Supplemental Nutrition assistance program to cover every one ...

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

i guess i'm not average. i have been receiving about $180 a month for food, but it's being cut because i provide services instead of paying cash for rent now. anyway not everyone needs snap benefits. there is no reason to give food support to people who have bank accounts in the cayman islands....

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Nos2342 i don't know. i am still thinking about how it could work fairly. i honestly have not decided what i think. g

What do you think about expanding the Supplemental Nutrition assistance program to cover every one ...

Renickulous comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Why? Those are socialst programs to help people who have alot of money trouble and need help. Redistributing money for everyone's convenience is a bad idea.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Renickulous sorry, but that's just plain arrogant. i've spent my LIFE studying the holocaust and herr hitler, and you suggest i go read about him. and what you describe is hitlerian all right but it's NOT SOCIALISM. that's your definition. it's not the real definition. yes your personal experience trumps the experiences of millions of other people. and that's how insurance WORKS! ALL insurance, not just that purchased under the affordable care act. omg the ignorance and the arrogance. sorry, but when you tell me to go read about hitler and then tell me that what he did was socialism... feh. you go read about him. try not to read about him in a comic book, okay? g

Interesting is listening to others ideas for their position on abortion

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

i have no position on abortion. nobody likes abortion, not even abortion doctors, who would probably rather be delivering babies. my position isn't on abortion. it's on choice. if it's not your body, it's not your choice. if it is your body, it is your choice. that's my position. g

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@ladyprof70 walker needs to walk, and if he won't walk, help him along with a boot in the booty. we're losing dayton (whom i met on labor day -- great guy!) and the battle will be between tim walz (not my first choice but i sure am going to vote for him) and jeff johnson, for whom i might vote if i had a lobotomy. i am not planning to get a lobotomy. g

Interesting is listening to others ideas for their position on abortion

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

i have no position on abortion. nobody likes abortion, not even abortion doctors, who would probably rather be delivering babies. my position isn't on abortion. it's on choice. if it's not your body, it's not your choice. if it is your body, it is your choice. that's my position. g

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@ladyprof70 well howdy do, neighbor! g

I want to explore a touchy topic.

djswan comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Blame men. And I have. But women have foul mouths as well.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

what have foul mouths got to do with it? plenty of people have foul mouths and do not enslave, murder or rape anyone! g

Interesting is listening to others ideas for their position on abortion

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

i have no position on abortion. nobody likes abortion, not even abortion doctors, who would probably rather be delivering babies. my position isn't on abortion. it's on choice. if it's not your body, it's not your choice. if it is your body, it is your choice. that's my position. g

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@ladyprof70 i live in the upper midwest! i'm your next-door neighbor, in minnesota. of course that imaginary border can make quite a difference. g

Being Jewish

godef comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Excuse me if this sounds ignorant, but if you consider yourself atheist, can you still be called a Jew? I was raised Catholic, but don't consider myself to be Catholic now.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

by the way, don't feel ignorant. lots of people don't understand this. i met an evangelical christian who didn't even know jews don't believe jesus is divine and that judaism has nothing to do with jesus (i didn't explode her head with the possibility he never even existed). i will add to what i said above that although jewishness isn't a race, there is a disease that only jews get, so there is definitely a genetic component at play, at least for ashkenazic jews. it's called tay-sachs disease and it's a real thing. g

Being Jewish

godef comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Excuse me if this sounds ignorant, but if you consider yourself atheist, can you still be called a Jew? I was raised Catholic, but don't consider myself to be Catholic now.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

judaism is a religion. jewishness is a cultural identity. someone just called me racist for saying that. i am not saying jewishness is a race. (physically there is no such thing as race; it's a social construct.) i am saying it is an ethnicity and a culture -- more than one culture, actually, since the sephardic jews and the ashkenazic jews have quite different customs. i am jewish. i believe there are no gods. therefore it is possible to be jewish and an atheist! g

What do you think about expanding the Supplemental Nutrition assistance program to cover every one ...

Renickulous comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Why? Those are socialst programs to help people who have alot of money trouble and need help. Redistributing money for everyone's convenience is a bad idea.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Renickulous hitler did not preach socialism. and socialism isn't halfway to communism any more than being a woman is halfway to being pregnant! obamacare was a socialist move all right, and it helped millions of people (and frankly, i say fuck the medical insurance companies. they're not agencies. they're corporations. they don't exist to help anyone. they exist to squeeze the last dime out of everyone.) your statement that it hurt the population is not factual. you're entitled to your opinion, but obamacare is still saving lives. g

Interesting is listening to others ideas for their position on abortion

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

i have no position on abortion. nobody likes abortion, not even abortion doctors, who would probably rather be delivering babies. my position isn't on abortion. it's on choice. if it's not your body, it's not your choice. if it is your body, it is your choice. that's my position. g

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@ladyprof70 that is not how it works where i live, or have lived for the past couple decades. i see doctors at clinics and hospitals, not private practice. where i go, they are all salaried. i think most people who have abortions do so at a clinic or a hospital. good point about delivery, though. g

This is the opening to a piece I wrote shortly after the Bowe Bergdahl affair hit the airways.

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

it has promise. palate, by the way, not palette. two different words. g

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Lincoln55 :-)) former english teacher and magazine editor here. i can't help myself! i wasn't proofreading or anything. and i am please to say that is the only booboo that jumped out at me :-)) i meant what i said about having promise, too. g

What do you think about expanding the Supplemental Nutrition assistance program to cover every one ...

Renickulous comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Why? Those are socialst programs to help people who have alot of money trouble and need help. Redistributing money for everyone's convenience is a bad idea.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Renickulous sorry, but germany in 1944 was NOT socialist. soviet russia was communist. communism has a completely different role for the government to play than socialism does (and i remind everyone that democracy is a political system and socialism is an economic system; they are compatible, which is more than i can say for democracy and rampant capitalism). socialism has killed NOBODY. dictators have, whether their economic systems were communist or nazi (yes, the word socialist is in the acronym but that is misleading; naziism was not socialism!) if those are the lessons you have learned about socialism, you still do not know what socialism is and your lessons need to be discarded in favor of better lessons. g

What do you think about expanding the Supplemental Nutrition assistance program to cover every one ...

Renickulous comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Why? Those are socialst programs to help people who have alot of money trouble and need help. Redistributing money for everyone's convenience is a bad idea.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

at the moment, money is being redistributed for the convenience of those who do not need it, and in fact do not even pay the taxes on it that they should. redistribution in and of itself isn't a bad thing; that is what taxes are FOR. it should be sensible and compassionate, though. it makes no sense to take money from the poor and give it to the rich. g

The Middle Way Society: Agnosticism

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

i agree that extremism should be rejected, but i do not always agree about what constitutes extremism. there are people for whom health care for everyone is extremism. that's not how i view it, and i do not view myself as an extremist. there are also those who think that saying "nazis are bad" is...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay my objection to that includes the very real possibility that this method of prediction will be, maybe already is, abused. there is already unequal treatment in some places of people on medicaid. i am not talking about what medicaid does or does not pay for. i am talking about whether a doctor will treat a poor patient with the same respect afforded a rich one. i have seen this with my own eyes. g

Why would a Muslim join this website looking to date Atheist women?

powder comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Probably think they have loose morals as us atheists have no morals and are sex fiends, didn't you know? You will also find Christian ones and Jewish too, the 3 stooge Abrahamic trio.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@powder it certainly sounds like an oxymoron, but while judaism is a religion, jewishness is a cultural identity, so the seeming oxymoron isn't actually one. i said nothing about race. there is no such physical thing as race, but thanks for assuming i might be a racist. i have no idea how many female moyels there are. i know a lot of female rabbis. i have not counted them. there are different branches of judaism. reform and conservative judaism has by and large changed the prayer books so that god has no gender, and women are not chattel in those branches. they represent by far the majority of jews in america. g

The Middle Way Society: Agnosticism

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

i agree that extremism should be rejected, but i do not always agree about what constitutes extremism. there are people for whom health care for everyone is extremism. that's not how i view it, and i do not view myself as an extremist. there are also those who think that saying "nazis are bad" is...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay okay i understand what you mean by spectrum now. i now also understand what you mean about healthcare but i disagree. you cannot predict who is going to waste what is given. you can't just say "i think this person will abuse his body anyway so fuck 'im." that is against the hypocratic oath, for one thing, and it's not fair (or even logical) for another. doctors are not judges, and doctors need to be allowed to help people. g

The Middle Way Society: Agnosticism

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

i agree that extremism should be rejected, but i do not always agree about what constitutes extremism. there are people for whom health care for everyone is extremism. that's not how i view it, and i do not view myself as an extremist. there are also those who think that saying "nazis are bad" is...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay everything falls on SOME spectrum. i am not sure what you mean by your comments about health care. i think everyone deserves to be taken care of according to their needs. no one deserves to die so an insurance company gets a profit. and while we're at it, employers do not get to control how an employee spends his/her salary, so why should they control how the employee spends his/her health insurance? g

Why would a Muslim join this website looking to date Atheist women?

powder comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Probably think they have loose morals as us atheists have no morals and are sex fiends, didn't you know? You will also find Christian ones and Jewish too, the 3 stooge Abrahamic trio.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

actually, jews do not consider atheist women whores, and there are jewish atheists. i am one. atheism is not a dealbreaker in judaism. taking on another god is -- so becoming christian or musli would be a dealbreaker, but not believing there is any such thing as a god is not. i don't know where you get your information, that you speculate so confidently that a jewish man would automatically think that atheists have no morals and are sex fiends. i never heard that in any synagogue or jewish household, or from any jews. EVER. christians... different story altogether. christians are always telling me i can't possibly be a good person because i don't obey their imaginary god. i actually don't obey ANYONE's imaginary god (and all gods are imaginary). g

Does anyone else here read the actual arguments made by atheists/naturalists set forth on sites like...

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

not me! oddly enough (maybe) i don't feel the need to read about atheism. i am pretty confident there are no gods, i don't need to find out how to convince others there are no gods, since that's none of my business, and despite being delighted to have found this site, in general i don't think too ...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@PolyWolf um, when i realized there were no gods, i do believe logic WAS involved. that was a long time ago. i do examine my beliefs (not just on this topic) periodically but on the other hand i don't feel the need to reinvent the wheel. the "some philosophers" who don't believe it is possible to be rationally atheist are not the philosophers who impress me! g

I understand that our pointage may change because some things are reviewed, but i am wondering how ...

AnneWimsey comments on Sep 17, 2018:

I have never heard of anyone losing points on here...is your math correct? Oh, and you are the only one I know of that concerned with points......maybe some counseling for that OCD?

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@AnneWimsey wow, someone actually forced you to participate in this conversation? i am so sorry! shall i call the police? do you know where you're being held captive? g

Job satisfaction.

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

i have done both. now i am older, and disabled to the extent that i cannot keep a job. i think most people go through both. if you're young, it's like paying your dues. you can take steps to move up, or out. if you're older, it feels more hopeless sometimes. g

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Crow616 thanks, but it's not a temporary disability. plus i am past retirement age anyway now. but i do thank you for the thought. g

A destiny for mankind: Non-human Intelligence is with us.

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

well, it's fanciful enough, but not especially likely. (if it did happen, it is also unlikely that either extreme would be the result; it would probably be quite mundane. it would come upon us as the internet itself did, and we would be well used to it without really thinking about it.) g

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Avicenna i'm not holding my breath. g

Let's make an anti- bucket list, comment something you'll never do again. ??

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

i do not think i'll be able to keep this on my anti-bucket list. i've always said no surgery ever again, but tomorrow i have an endometrial biopsy (which is not surgery per se) to find out whether i have uterine cancer. if i do, then i may need surgery. what can i do to keep this on my ...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

i suppose since i brought it up, an update is appropriate. i could not have my endometrial biopsy today because when i got to the hospital i found that the doctor had been called away to do an emergency c-section. so i am rescheduled for wednesday (with a different doctor; i have not met either of them, so i don't care one way or the other). g

I understand that our pointage may change because some things are reviewed, but i am wondering how ...

242Foxtrot comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Perhaps another member threw the red challenge flag? Seriously, I have no idea. I like the point system because it really does weed out, or at least identify, the trolls and spammers.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Byrdsfan i'd kill for either weight at this point! g

In light of a recent discussion about what women want... [bryanreeves.com]

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

how can anyone purport to know what half the population, as a unit, wants? i don't care what it is, how sensible or nonsensical the thing itself may be that women supposedly want. the concept ITSELF is nonsensical. g

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Emerald i think i'll generalize about what men want: they want to know what women want rofl rofl! g

I understand that our pointage may change because some things are reviewed, but i am wondering how ...

242Foxtrot comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Perhaps another member threw the red challenge flag? Seriously, I have no idea. I like the point system because it really does weed out, or at least identify, the trolls and spammers.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

hmm, i have no way of knowing if a post or comment of mine has been deleted (by the system), or why. if that's the cause, i guess i'll never know. i don't mind the point system. it is what it is. i suppose for some it is a motivation to participate. i like participating anyway, but the level IS right there at the top of the page, next to my face, so i am bound to notice it lol. it doesn't bother me. i might even like it! g

I understand that our pointage may change because some things are reviewed, but i am wondering how ...

AnneWimsey comments on Sep 17, 2018:

I have never heard of anyone losing points on here...is your math correct? Oh, and you are the only one I know of that concerned with points......maybe some counseling for that OCD?

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

seriously? i NOTICE that i go from 7 to 7.1 and then go back to 7 without the .1 and that is ocd? it isn't about math. i can see when a digit changes, and being able to see it doesn't make me obsessive. did you read the part about "it's not important but i'm curious"? since when is curiosity a bad thing? how about some counseling for that tendency to jump on someone for no reason, diagnose them without evidence and display contempt for a simple question? g

What do you think is the worst TV commercial running right now?

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

there are way too many that are way to bad there's the trumpbear ad, of course, and the proactive ads that last what, two or three minutes? but my current unfavorite is the one for some product that purports to remove undereye bags. it's not just that it probably doesn't work. it's that it's ...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Lavergne i heard about that! but at least prep h didn't advertise that use on tv! g

A question about humanity

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

no, not directly beforehand. there was a long, long process of evolution between fish coming slowly onto land and small mammals developing slowly into primates. that latter procedure wouldn't even have happened (maybe) had the dinosaurs not become extinct,probably because of the meteor strike at ...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@LucyLoohoo i had only made one comment. can you be more specific? (and there was more than one reason small mammals managed well; thanks for mentioning one i had forgotten, as that is also important.) conditions in africa may have been optimal for primate evolution but for one exception, but it was a big exception (with sharp teeth, as portrayed). g

A destiny for mankind: Non-human Intelligence is with us.

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

well, it's fanciful enough, but not especially likely. (if it did happen, it is also unlikely that either extreme would be the result; it would probably be quite mundane. it would come upon us as the internet itself did, and we would be well used to it without really thinking about it.) g

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Avicenna there is danger in every advance, including but not limited to buying a new pair of shoes (ouch). i still think it is fanciful to imagine that a sentient computer would automatically plot to kill its humans. garbage in, garbage out still applies. g

A question about humanity

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

no, not directly beforehand. there was a long, long process of evolution between fish coming slowly onto land and small mammals developing slowly into primates. that latter procedure wouldn't even have happened (maybe) had the dinosaurs not become extinct,probably because of the meteor strike at ...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@LucyLoohoo well, we'll never know without building a time machine, but it's a very STRONG maybe! the small mammals in the dinosaurs' time had no advantage to gain by increasing in size, or anything else but speed and diversity of diet. since the dnos died largely because their food source was destroyed, diversity of diet was a major reason the small mammals lived! without the dinos, it was no longer advantageous to be small, and the predatory field was open for larger beasts to rule, so they became those beasts. it's a very VERY strong maybe! g

I was listening to a series of shows about the nuremburg trials, and i heard something that sounded ...

BD66 comments on Sep 17, 2018:

A nazi used the word "tender" (in German of course). Trump used the word "tender" (in English of course). That proves Trump is a nazi! How can you argue with logic like that!

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

oh okay, funnily enough i don't remember saying that the use of this one word made trump a nazi, but you obviously have some magic ability to tell me what i said even when i didn't say it. yes, obviously his use of the phrase, in translation, makes him a nazi. that's exactly what i said... if you're hallucinating. noting one similarity is not the same thing as saying it's the ONLY similarity, and making an observation is not the same as declaring a "proof.": but hey, if i said trump and hitler both had venereal disease, which was certainly true in hitler's case and COULD be true in trump's case, you'd tell me that i was ridiculous because their both having vd doesn't make trump a nazi. your intellectual prowess is stunning. it's stupid, but i am stunned by it. g

What physics or physical law(s), principle(s) or relationship(s) determine the value of the physical...

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

they are what they are. are you really asking why they are what they are, or how we KNOW they are what they are? to the first question, i repeat, they are what they are. to the latter, i reply, sorry, i watch the science channel and i love it but a lot of it falls out of my head when the show's ...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@johnprytz i don't know that there IS an answer. if there is, i am afraid i don't know it. g

How do you respond when a loved one asks you to pray for them?

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

i have to say, not in direct response to your question but in response to a response that for some reason has no reply button on it, that when i have a problem and i communicate it, i really hate when people say they're sure everything will be fine. how do they know? i mean, if it's obviously a ...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Darius77 i try to find a way to be comforting without lying to them :-)) g

How do you respond when a loved one asks you to pray for them?

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

i have to say, not in direct response to your question but in response to a response that for some reason has no reply button on it, that when i have a problem and i communicate it, i really hate when people say they're sure everything will be fine. how do they know? i mean, if it's obviously a ...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Darius77 because i would find it the opposite of comforting, i cannot say "it's going to be all right" (except perhaps to a child). i do try to be comforting. i just can't be comforting with THAT assurance. g

Please Help Me Not Call My Doctor a Pompous Bloviating Ass

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

on march 10, 1995, my father felt sick so my mother took him to the e.r. on the way, he told her "i feel so sick i could die." he was 71 years old and had had a massive heart attack 13 years earlier, requiring triple bypass heart surgery. his heart was still not right by any means. at the e.r. ...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@irascible i wasn't there, so i cannot say what my mother did or said, or whether my dad was even well enough to advocate for himself. his age alone should have prompted an ekg. g

Please Help Me Not Call My Doctor a Pompous Bloviating Ass

LionMousePudding comments on Sep 17, 2018:

..He literally said the only bacterial ENT infections people can get are strep and ‘pneumonia,’ as though pneumonia were a bacterium ??????

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

where did he go to med school... sears? g

Always interesting to see the latest in psychology regarding women's thoughts.

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

1. measuring how often women think about sex. first of all, the size of the sample, which is extremely important, is not mentioned. second of all, women who take part in this study are already thinking about sex to the extent that they agree to do the study, and not every woman would be interested...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@CoastRiderBill oh that! i am not a peer (and i am not referring to the british government lol). my review is strictly personal! g

Always interesting to see the latest in psychology regarding women's thoughts.

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

1. measuring how often women think about sex. first of all, the size of the sample, which is extremely important, is not mentioned. second of all, women who take part in this study are already thinking about sex to the extent that they agree to do the study, and not every woman would be interested...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@CoastRiderBill criticism of all research? well, not from me. and it never hurts to read these things. i would still like to know what kind of sample it was. studies i read generally reveal that. g

Most people here seem to tolerate disagreement to a reasonable extent.

Paul4747 comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Some people take a disagreement as a personal attack, especially if their minds are already made up. (Example- the Current Occupant in Washington DC.) They don't want to consider why they might be wrong, or why they might need to refine their ideas, they just want people to agree with them. And when...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

the funny thing is, his post says he is interested in hearing everyone's ideas. this is egregiously untrue lol g

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Inbreeding magnifies genetic defects.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

safe sex means no breeding, in or otherwise. g

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

Hellno comments on Aug 31, 2018:

God populated the world through incest, ok with him. Makes me feel nauseated, inner moral code says no to incest.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

god (fictional character of course) was just fine with lot's daughters getting him drunk and raping him in order to repopulate the world, as they saw it. then, this god was a funny character all around. g

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

i don't see it as a moral issue. it was presented (eons ago) as a moral issue because god was obviously punishing people who slept with close relations (genetically punishing them, right?) but safe sex, and we're talking adults... it makes people cringe. it makes ME cringe. but on a moral level,...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

p.s. i do wonder what you mean by christian influence. the taboo dates back WELL before christianity!

Let's make an anti- bucket list, comment something you'll never do again. ??

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

i do not think i'll be able to keep this on my anti-bucket list. i've always said no surgery ever again, but tomorrow i have an endometrial biopsy (which is not surgery per se) to find out whether i have uterine cancer. if i do, then i may need surgery. what can i do to keep this on my ...

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@MissKathleen if i go vegan i will die. i am diabetic. my mother took des when she was pregnant with me. if i have uterine cancer it is likely because of that, not because of my diet, which is virtually sugar-free. i already eat the things you mention. i will adjust my diet more if necessary but i do not believe veganism is healthy. every single vegan i have personally known, without exception, has become ill and gone back to eating small portions at least of fish, certainly ovo-lacto if they remained vegetarian. not a single one escaped illness, and it was always after they'd been gone vegan. i appreciate your concern and your advice but that just isn't going to happen. g

Most people here seem to tolerate disagreement to a reasonable extent.

Tony80223 comments on Sep 17, 2018:

I tend to stay clear of controversial topics....? sometimes. I have pretty firm convictions and thoughts but we live in a polarized society these days, people have lost their ability to disagree. Even the slightest of discussion has everybody drawing their swords, I prefer to not engage.

genessa replies on Sep 17, 2018:

that is a perfectly reasonable stance. i, on the other hand, am here to engage, so i could not take that stance myself. you are certainly right that people have lost their ability to disagree. it's alarming! g

Interesting is listening to others ideas for their position on abortion

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

i have no position on abortion. nobody likes abortion, not even abortion doctors, who would probably rather be delivering babies. my position isn't on abortion. it's on choice. if it's not your body, it's not your choice. if it is your body, it is your choice. that's my position. g

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@onan180 i will deal with your points and statements one by one so pardon me for pasting them here. my answers are in parentheses following your statements. it seems the narrative for abortion is (wrong. it is my narrative for choice, or it would be if you got it right, but you have not got it right.) 1) your body your choice (my right to swing my arm ends at your nose. to that extent my body is my choice.) 2) Its not a baby because it can't live outside the mothers womb (i didn't say that. viability is one factor. you have simplified incorrectly.) 3) questions the timeline of when does life begin (wrong. i question the timeline of when human sentient life begins) 4) nobody wants abortion really (true, but you're going to pretend someone actually want it, aren't you?) 1) "your body your choice". "nobody can tell me what I can do with my body" this narrative is championed by supporters everyday. (who cares? i am not saying it because someone else said it.) here is the contradiction...... if nobody can tell you what you can do with your body then why do you accept the date imposed by others in which you "cannot" terminate ? therefore blindly accepting what others are telling you what you can do with your body? (sorry, but your characterization of my BLINDLY accepting what others are telling me is a BLIND characterization. there does come a point before birth where a fetus is sentient and viable and that is the equivalent of there now being two humans involved. the mother, i feel, not because someone told me, either, should take precedence, but a sentient, viable baby must also be considered. that is why there is a date -- not agreed on by everyone, and sometimes decided quite deliberately to prevent most abortions rather than in a manner that protects a sentient, viable baby -- past which abortion must be given more serious restrictions than earlier abortions, when the fetus is indeed just a clump of cells.) 2) its not a baby.. I can think of a lot of negative things people are capable of doing when the identity of humanity is removed.. slavery for hundreds of years would be one of them. its amazing what people can do to other people if the narrative is right and taught to their children. (this is a false conflation and shame on your for evoking it.) 3) questions of timeline when life begins. I think we can agree that the millions of abortions performed over the years if left to continue in the time of development to term would be apart of the population today and some would be on this blog. we are all in a state of existence and change from conception to death we are changing. look in the mirror and ask yourself when did your existence begin ? you know the answer and so do I. and the truth knows. (the truth is not a ...

Let's get something straight about this Kavanope situation.

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

"the democrats" didn't have this back in july. ford wrote to her congresswoman. i don't know how long it was, then, before the congresswoman gave it to feinstein. feinstein knew ford wanted to remain anonymous, and she did something so very few people do: THINK. she thought. then she decided ...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@KKGator obviously. in fact i can't help wondering why you would post for comment here if you get mad when people don't agree with you. i wasn't due in my disagreement. you can disagree without calling out horseshit and not giving a flying rat's ass what someone thinks of you. as it happens, i don't give a flying rat's ass whether or not you care what i think of you, but that's neither here nor there. bye bye to you as well. g

Let's get something straight about this Kavanope situation.

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

"the democrats" didn't have this back in july. ford wrote to her congresswoman. i don't know how long it was, then, before the congresswoman gave it to feinstein. feinstein knew ford wanted to remain anonymous, and she did something so very few people do: THINK. she thought. then she decided ...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@KKGator well you obviously know exactly what is on people's minds regardless of whether they know, themselves. judging without knowing all the facts is obviously a joy of some kind. it's a joy i don't feel. g

Question. I have different fetishes. How do I bring it up in conversation?

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

you just did :-)) but i think it doesn't need to come up in conversation until it becomes applicable to the situation or is about to be, or could potentially be. it depends on what the fetish is. if it's something that applies only during sex, you might want to wait until you have both agreed, ...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@PaulHorton i think you need not bring it up (unless the topic drifts that way) unless it looks as if there will be a physical relationship. then i'd just say it like you just did to us. simple, straight, clear :-)) g

Books Better the 2nd Time?

escapetypist comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I was saddened to see schools pushing more non-fiction on students. Times may have changed but the themes of free will, social pressures, ethical dilemmas, human condition, and gender roles remain the same. If we don't encourage reading the classics, we may soon lose the writers who will write ...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@FredTheBiped he was witty and there is some truth in it, but the fault lies with the label, not always with the books. g

Let's make an anti- bucket list, comment something you'll never do again. ??

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

i do not think i'll be able to keep this on my anti-bucket list. i've always said no surgery ever again, but tomorrow i have an endometrial biopsy (which is not surgery per se) to find out whether i have uterine cancer. if i do, then i may need surgery. what can i do to keep this on my ...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@ProudMary lol the last time i tried this, the doctor stopped before finishing because my screaming was bothering her. i didn't ask her to stop and i didn't know i was screaming. if she had finished, i'd have known four years ago! g

Does the lack of ANY bio seem suspect to anyone else? Just curious.

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

no. some people take the time to figure out whether they're staying before committing with a bio. g

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@jniece well that is odd, but you didn't actually mention that until now. anyway, some people are slower than others. the bottom line is, we can't guess why someone came and went, and why they didn't leave much of a mark meanwhile. g

“Either God wants to get rid of evil, but he can’t; or God can, but he doesn’t want to; or God...

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

this has been posted here many times and it proves nothing. there is no god but this isn't what proves it. all this proves is that those who believe in a god need to make their definitions clearer. there is no proof that there is no god. there doesn't need to be proof; you can't prove a ...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@WilliamFleming i don't need to read an article about proving a negative, but thanks. g

So...do doctors cure people or do prayers cure people...

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

do you really not know? g

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@Dragoria it's just superstition. g

What kind of humour do you like ??

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

i like humor that is more or less insane. g

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@Fibonacci1618 i don't know who he is. g

“Either God wants to get rid of evil, but he can’t; or God can, but he doesn’t want to; or God...

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

this has been posted here many times and it proves nothing. there is no god but this isn't what proves it. all this proves is that those who believe in a god need to make their definitions clearer. there is no proof that there is no god. there doesn't need to be proof; you can't prove a ...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@WilliamFleming if you see the tooth fairy please tell her she owes me a quarter, plus a lot of interest. g

What kind of humour do you like ??

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

i like humor that is more or less insane. g

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@Fibonacci1618 the writings of doug adams. the standup of robin williams. for two of many. the writings of s j perelman and h h munro (saki) for two more. the marx brothers, for three or four more. g

I always questioned the Christian right, but now that they support this adulterer, lying, greedy ...

Tominator comments on Sep 16, 2018:

I know one very christian Trump supporter that is truly disgusted with the things he does but still supports him because of the very real chance that he will end abortion. Looking at it from her view, murder of those unborn babies is much worse than lying, than womanizing, embezzlement, the national...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@Tominator indeed. g

What if you could know...?

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

i would like to know if anyone will read my writing. g

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@BoingoOingo42 i am well published (offline, and later online) and underpaid lol. some of my writings can be found at http://sh1.webring.com/people/wg/genessa/writingslist,htm but the links are all wrong. they can be decoded, so to speak. the file names are all correct so just put them in place of writingslist.htm in the original url. here is an article i wrote a long time ago: http://www.insidefilm.com/shakespeare.html g

I always questioned the Christian right, but now that they support this adulterer, lying, greedy ...

Tominator comments on Sep 16, 2018:

I know one very christian Trump supporter that is truly disgusted with the things he does but still supports him because of the very real chance that he will end abortion. Looking at it from her view, murder of those unborn babies is much worse than lying, than womanizing, embezzlement, the national...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@Tominator murder is a legal term. abortion is legal in the usa. therefore no matter what one thinks of it, it cannot be murder. life... is ill-defined by most people who use the word. a tree is alive too. so we need to say human life. but a sperm is alive too. so then we might say sentient human life. a fetus is not sentient in the first trimester; it has nerve endings but they're not functional. almost all abortions happen in the first trimester. sentient human life doesn't begin that early. then there is the issue of viability. a first-trimester fetus isn't viable, either. it's a clump of cells, not a person. g

Briggs-Meyer test

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

welll, for one thing, it's briggs-myers. nobody is all one thing. in a combination with just initials, there is no ratio. there are characteristics not included in the test. in addition, no one behaves the same way in all circumstances. do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your own...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

also: "fairy tales can come true... it can happen to you... if you're jung at heart...." g

I have to remind myself of this fairly often... Easy thing to forget or push aside.

Mike1947 comments on Sep 16, 2018:

We have book,magazines and other means of storing information,but experiences seem to be the only way we humans learn skills.Yes,we will fail,but isn't life full of failures at some point? Failing health,ambitions,but we persevere somehow.....

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

not to play devil's advocate (english is SO full of religious references!) but i learned how to sew by reading the adventures of huckleberry finn, and i learned how to play marbles by reading seymour: an introduction. g

Competition: healthy or not?

genessa comments on Sep 16, 2018:

in what way is it even a competition? in a competition there are winners and losers. here, no one loses points when you gain them, or even fails to win them when you gain them. we're not competing for the points. we're being rewarded for our activity, independently of each other's rewards. that ...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@Akfishlady lol it's an illusion. it's just a reward system for your contributions. you want to be rewarded a lot and fast? hurry! you just want to participate at your own rate, like most of us i think? do what you do and don't worry about the points, and you still won't be giving them up, because they'll eventually come to you. there is no deadline. g

MAGA: No one knows exactly what that is except perhaps a marketing slogan .

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

1. i haven't seen any extreme liberals threaten to leave. i actually haven't even seen any extreme liberals. 2. and 4. i'm with ya. 3. don't lump religious extremists and israel supporters together, and learn a little middle eastern history. 5. we may not agree about which networks are okay,...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@twill you want me to give you, here, the history of israel from the turn of the 19th/20th century through the present, and thanks for nothing because i suggested you look it up? your answer shows you know zip. but i will tell you a tiny part of it. the british mandate set aside a bit of land, slightly larger than israel is now, for the jews, and a HUGE bit of land, mostly comprised of what had previously been transjordan, for the palestinians. teeny and huge. the palestinians complained so the mandate took a sliver from then-israel and added it to transjordan, which was renamed jordan. transjordan already had a population, as did israel, but that mattered little to the british. anyway, israel's population included arabs/palestinians and more and more jews as they arrived. the neighboring arab nations were outraged that jews were coming, and told the palestinians in israel that the jews were planning to murder them. in fact, israel had invited them to stay. those who did are full citizens, and some even serve in the knesset (parliament) to this day (not the same individuals, obviously). the palestinians believed their arab neighbors and fled to jordan, the land set aside for them. the jordanians rejected them. now the palestinians were homeless. so whom should they blame, the jews who said "stay and be israelis"or the jordanians who said "yeah this is supposed to be your land too but stay out anyway"? that's a SLIVER of the history you apparently do not know. if you don't want to know more, that's your business, but then don't make judgments based on what you don't know. if you DO want to know more, the information is available. there is a lot of it. you can find it. it's totally up to you. g

This site asked me what my position is in my beliefs.

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

i don't think about any gods. well, sometimes i think fondly of prometheus, but he was a titan. you may think i am being facetious here but i honestly don't think about what god might be because i am pretty darned sure there is no such thing. so why should i wonder what it is? it isn't part of ...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@onan180 and what i am conveying is that people who know there is no god do not try to picture a god. g

Will things in the world continue to get better?

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

how can they continue to get better when at the moment they're getting worse? g

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@Marine we're working on that... at least i hope we are. g

Don't. You. Hate. When. People. Post. Like. This. why do they do it?

MichaelSpinler comments on Sep 16, 2018:

because this is an informal chat area. i look at content, rather than grading there grammar.

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

i find it very hard to look at the content When. It. Is. Typed. Like. This. g

MAGA: No one knows exactly what that is except perhaps a marketing slogan .

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

1. i haven't seen any extreme liberals threaten to leave. i actually haven't even seen any extreme liberals. 2. and 4. i'm with ya. 3. don't lump religious extremists and israel supporters together, and learn a little middle eastern history. 5. we may not agree about which networks are okay,...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@twill and some aren't stupid and you sure do like to generalize. the history bit... that's still out there to be learned. if you're interested enough to comment you could find the interest to learn it. g

Don't. You. Hate. When. People. Post. Like. This. why do they do it?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

Your example is much like texting which I absolutely hate. People are like that today and it's not just kids. My grown daughters can text you a letter. Why not e-mail me a letter instead. People today would rather text a job interview.

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@Avicenna lol (oops sorry). i will do stuff like lol and omg, but r u and y and all that shorthand -- uh-uh. nope. not for me, and it hate seeing it too. g

I have blocked my third user.

TheGreatShadow comments on Sep 16, 2018:

I don't know why some people need to be so sensitive. I just scroll past if it makes me mad. The only time I ever blocked anyone was on FB. I did that for legal reasons tho.

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@TheGreatShadow i have the same reason and it's not working. i may or may not still get notified (too early to tell) but the posts that led me to block are still there, and i can still see profiles of blocked people. i know the admin explanation does not mention being unable to see the profile, but it does indicate that we couldn't see each other's posts, and yet there they are. so now i am disgruntled. g

Interesting is listening to others ideas for their position on abortion

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

i have no position on abortion. nobody likes abortion, not even abortion doctors, who would probably rather be delivering babies. my position isn't on abortion. it's on choice. if it's not your body, it's not your choice. if it is your body, it is your choice. that's my position. g

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@onan180 1. no one is making the doctors perform abortions. correct. they do it because women need abortions sometimes. you doubt that some people do things they'd prefer not to have to do because it's the right thing to do? no one likes to amputate limbs either. should everyone who needs an amputation be left to die because the doctor would rather be doing a different procedure? 2. your body your choice is exactly what it says, nothing misleading about it. the arbitrariness of the line after which you cannot terminate in some states, and cannot terminate unless the life of the mother is in danger in other states, is due to the stupidity or worse of legislators. the logical line is NOT arbitrary. it depends on the viability of the baby: when its lungs, for example, have a change of supporting it outside of the mother's body. there is nothing whatsoever arbitrary about that. do not confuse legislative and political reasons for medical reasons. 3. apparently you're buying into a narrative that has nothing to do with facts. 4. doctors are making money performing abortions? the doctors who are performing abortions are not ONLY performing abortions, and they are not making money PER abortion. they are salaried. they do not have to perform abortions. they do it because and when it's necessary. now, if abortion were illegal, THEN doctors would be making money performing abortions. you'd have to be making secret arrangements and handing over money to some doctor who might or might not even BE a doctor, and you might die from the procedure, but hey, it's minimally safer than doing it yourself with a coat hanger, right? but as the law stands now, in places where the constitution is honored, doctors are making no extra money from abortions. they're making their salaries for being doctors. getting your facts straight is a helpful thing. try it some time. g

I've come to realization that it doesn't matter to anyone but yourself when you say today is the day...

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

everyone wants to break me (or you) emotionally and mentally? i don't think for an instant that most people, even among those who know me, have designs, good OR evil, on my emotions or mental state, but those who do mostly mean me no harm and i don't hang out with those who do mean me harm. people...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@JosephMelton we're not mindreaders. all we can see is you maybe planning to be sober and applying for a job, which without further information sounds good, then you saying no to sobriety and maybe no to the job. no explanation. no description. just sober and working vs drunk or stoned and not working. we're supposed to GUESS the job is a dead end? then why are you considering that job? and if you're considering it because you really need a job, then why are you rejecting an imperfect job? so do what you want. it is impossible to comment when you don't tell enough of the story for us to know what is on your mind. maybe someone else will play guessing games with you. i'm done. g

Orange Blossom Special - Doug Kershaw (Fiddlers Three) - YouTube

Marionville comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Wonderful fiddle playing....and hip and other movements....wow he’s a human dynamo!

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

i agree! and i think he singlehandedly supported the bow industry! g

What happens to your spirt / mind when you die?

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

no one knows for sure and anyone who says they know is operating on some kind of faith -- their own, if they believe what they're saying, or yours, if you believe what they're saying. now some stuff we DO know. we know you don't turn into a unicorn and gallop away, for example. we have good ...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@tshaaj you can't see who? rofl! g

What's the silliest thing you've ever said to another person?

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

i am told that when i was about nine, i assured an adult that i was "young for my age." g

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@ValJ as well as light for my weight :-)) g

I've come to realization that it doesn't matter to anyone but yourself when you say today is the day...

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

everyone wants to break me (or you) emotionally and mentally? i don't think for an instant that most people, even among those who know me, have designs, good OR evil, on my emotions or mental state, but those who do mostly mean me no harm and i don't hang out with those who do mean me harm. people...

genessa replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@JosephMelton that is your choice, but now i know who is out to get you: YOU are. g

I have blocked my third user.

Umbral comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I have a hyper sensitive troll alert and tend to block early rather than engage further. It just keeps it fun and interesting, which is why I'm here or in any community type space online. I don't always though. Sometimes I just get a sense that there's a reason not to block in there somewhere.

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

yeah it's a fine line, isn't it? i usually hang on longer than i should. i was pretty fast with the one i blocked tonight. i don't waste my time on people who call me names. g

What happens to your spirt / mind when you die?

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

no one knows for sure and anyone who says they know is operating on some kind of faith -- their own, if they believe what they're saying, or yours, if you believe what they're saying. now some stuff we DO know. we know you don't turn into a unicorn and gallop away, for example. we have good ...

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@GlyndonD well i don't accept it, on the basis that you clearly do NOT understand what i am saying. i say this based on your assertions that i have said certain things that not only have i not said but the opposite of what i've said. so you think i need not explain myself anymore. good for you. i think i shouldn't bother, but for different reasons. g

How to get people to like you

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

i have no interest in getting people to like me. i have an interest in being the best me i can be. if people like me for that, fabulous! if people want me to be someone else so they can like me, they'd better go find someone else. g

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@JackPedigo well, that's not what i mean by be yourself, unless you're bipolar too. if you have normal control over your conduct, just don't pretend to be who you're not, and don't pretend not to be who you are. that doesn't mean you have to shout out "you're ugly" whenever you see an unattractive person. that's not the same thing. as for the "some" for whom it works, what do you mean that "we," as opposed to the "some," live in a society? everyone does! and you don't have to fit in to the extent that you're not even you. what you heard about showing your emotions and too bad about others is NOT what being yourself means. there is an in-between, you know! g

How to get people to like you

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

i have no interest in getting people to like me. i have an interest in being the best me i can be. if people like me for that, fabulous! if people want me to be someone else so they can like me, they'd better go find someone else. g

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@JackPedigo that's different from getting people to like you. my advice stands: be yourself. g

Don't. You. Hate. When. People. Post. Like. This. why do they do it?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

Your example is much like texting which I absolutely hate. People are like that today and it's not just kids. My grown daughters can text you a letter. Why not e-mail me a letter instead. People today would rather text a job interview.

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

i refuse to text. i just refuse. i don't even check my texts. if someone knows my phone number they can CALL me. g

I've come to realization that it doesn't matter to anyone but yourself when you say today is the day...

genessa comments on Sep 15, 2018:

everyone wants to break me (or you) emotionally and mentally? i don't think for an instant that most people, even among those who know me, have designs, good OR evil, on my emotions or mental state, but those who do mostly mean me no harm and i don't hang out with those who do mean me harm. people...

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@JosephMelton if you don't go through with that sober thing, there is a good chance the job thing won't go through with you :-(( g

I have blocked my third user.

weeman comments on Sep 15, 2018:

psshhhht amateur up to 19 now though to be fair 5 or 6 are blocked purely because i thought they were scammers 3 are blocked because their content just didnt interest me and the rest are blocked because lifes short and im fairly bad at arguing so rather than get personal save us both the trouble and...

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

wow i just checked. i've been here almost two weeks! how time flies! i wasn't even sure if it'd been ONE week yet! g

I have blocked my third user.

weeman comments on Sep 15, 2018:

psshhhht amateur up to 19 now though to be fair 5 or 6 are blocked purely because i thought they were scammers 3 are blocked because their content just didnt interest me and the rest are blocked because lifes short and im fairly bad at arguing so rather than get personal save us both the trouble and...

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

lol i AM an amateur, or at least a noob. i forget whether i've been here a whole week yet. g

I have blocked my third user.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

It reminds me of talking Trump but his supporters cannot talk Trump. All you get back is Hillary and Obama. I even had one go into great lengths about AIG at one point. I had no idea what he was talking about. Isn't that an insurance company?

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

last time i looked it was! weirder and weirder. yeah, the old change-the-subject ploy. if you don't know what you're talking about, attack someone, quick! they do that. g

I have blocked my third user.

evergreen comments on Sep 15, 2018:

whatever floats your personal boat !

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@evergreen as always :-)) g

I have blocked my third user.

evergreen comments on Sep 15, 2018:

whatever floats your personal boat !

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@evergreen i'm not trying to justify it! i was just responding to what i thought was your implication that it might give me some kind of pleasure to block people. g

I have blocked my third user.

evergreen comments on Sep 15, 2018:

whatever floats your personal boat !

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

it would float my boat not to have to block anyone. i am interested in opinions, even those that differ from mine. i am less interested in pugnacity, rudeness and false assumptions (even false accusations). i didn't block these people for pleasure. i blocked them so they would not interfere with my enjoyment of this site. g

I have genre dreams. do you?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I see certain anxieties here that we all might have. Some do not admit it. Did you come from a large family? Does your mother have something to do with many children? Surely you are out of place here, and the possibility of someone else in your room might make you wonder if you are going to be ...

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@DenoPenno yep, whether we want it to or not! g

Don't. You. Hate. When. People. Post. Like. This. why do they do it?

magicwatch comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I agree, but when I went to school we used a pen and paper and we were taught how to spell correctly.

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@magicwatch there is little accommodation, even these days, for southpaws. i am righthanded for tools (forks, pens) but lefthanded for some (dealing cards, opening bottle or jars, many cooking motions that don't require tools) and ambidextrous for others. it's weird. g

Neil young - old man - youtube

ReadyforaChange comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I remember this on an old 8-track. Wow, back in time...love it!

genessa replies on Sep 15, 2018:

eight track, lol! i have seen/heard him do this in concert so many times. he is one of the few performers i've seen enough times to lose count (but not lose interest). g