I haven't been on AG very much.

zeuser comments on May 14, 2019:

Brings back memories, I went to grad school in Philly, lived in center city. Here's an idea for a tour - show people all the places you can park on the street without getting a ticket. Granted, it would be a short tour, but use the idea if you think it might work! Good luck on your new gig. 😁

Pants love them or hate them

zeuser comments on May 14, 2019:

I oughta cuff you around for these, but you've got a leg up on me, so it would be a waist of time.

On the Eve of a Hearing, Trump Lawyers Tell Judge They Aren’t Happy About Fast-Tracked Subpoena ...

zeuser comments on May 14, 2019:

Said the judge, "Wow, sucks to be you, doesn't it?" Haaahahaha

The practice is abhorrent.

zeuser comments on May 14, 2019:

Every day I think this, this is the rock bottom. Then something like this comes up the next day. It is beyond disgusting. I can't even come up with words that are close to describing how despicable this is.

In my youth, my folks believed Jesus was in the wood grain patterns on the bathroom door.

zeuser comments on May 14, 2019:

Well, now think about it. He was supposedly a carpenter. He got nailed to two piece of wood. And when Mary Magdelene was around, he usually popped a woody. I can see it. LOL

Trump Tower Is Now One of NYC's Least-Desirable Luxury Buildings [bloomberg.

zeuser comments on May 14, 2019:

I just spent the last 5 minutes looking around for a fuck to give, couldn't find a single one.

If you don’t get this one...

zeuser comments on May 14, 2019:

Two-fer!

Activewear for gay guys???

zeuser comments on May 13, 2019:

Buy 3, get a free tube of Astro-Glide.

BecauseDrugs

zeuser comments on May 13, 2019:

Not walk. Sort of, I dunno, trundle.

Hate to get "religulous...but good ol' wikileaks...they confirmed it... [huffpost.com]

zeuser comments on May 13, 2019:

Yep, that's him all right!

Bill Nye the meltdown guy. They finally broke him. [vimeo.com]

zeuser comments on May 13, 2019:

To communicate with ignorant, vulgar morons you need to speak in the language of ignorant, vulgar morons.

What is your opinion on Catholic schools? Are they forms of modern brainwashing?

zeuser comments on May 13, 2019:

I attended catholic schools for grades 7-12, and then attended a Jesuit university. It was mostly peer-pressure indoctrination and the dissemination of dogma, not so much brainwashing. In fact, the theology and philosophy I learned in college galvanized my atheism. Now some kids take this more seriously than others, but while my folks both attended church regularly, they weren't deeply doctrinaire. Other kids I knew weren't that lucky, and you could call what they went through brainwashing. But I wouldn't call it a blanket truth.

I don't talk about it much, but mother's day is kinda hard for me.

zeuser comments on May 12, 2019:

Awww, man. Of course you love them. I've got nothing for you but a big ass virtual hug.

Emotionally-stunted men

zeuser comments on May 12, 2019:

If you fish in the same pond and use the same bait you'll catch the same kind of fish, over and over. Sometimes when you change your fishing hole and go with another kind of bait you don't catch anything at all, so there's a risk involved. But it sounds like even you think it's time for something different. Don't give up! Good luck, LH.

Rare photo ...

zeuser comments on May 12, 2019:

It looks tricky, but this bigoted old dickhead pulled it off!

War just ahead !?!

zeuser comments on May 11, 2019:

This is just stupid enough to be a plausible strategy concocted by our orange Einstein. 🙄

What a waste of a banana

zeuser comments on May 11, 2019:

We all like bananas because they have "a peel".

You think your job sucks....

zeuser comments on May 10, 2019:

Well at least you always know what your temperature is. If that helps, I guess. LOL

Walked right into it

zeuser comments on May 10, 2019:

That is meta-humor good. Respect.

I am interested in opinions on this statement.

zeuser comments on May 10, 2019:

I think it is more nuanced. We are not all born atheist, we are all born with no preconceived existential philosophy. Indoctrination by a wide range of religious beliefs indeed occurs, but remember, religions categorize *each other* as outsiders, including atheists. Even then, I don't get the sense that all religions hold antipathy towards atheists - some are quite accepting, for example universalist unitarians or buddhists - OR other religious beliefs. The thing that casts people of different beliefs or flavors of non-belief as *the other* is the severity of the dogma in any given religious or philosophical sect. Most organized religions grew simply as a means of controlling other people, and dogma, completely human-made, is the mechanism used to disseminate and harden that control, including demonization of the other, believers in other religious traditions and non-believers alike. It's not necessarily a false statement, it's just so sweeping as to ignore the complexity of the dynamics and motivations of various religious sects. IMHO, of course, worth every penny you paid for it. 8-)

Trump's campaign is actively seeking assistance from a foreign government. [nytimes.com]

zeuser comments on May 10, 2019:

We need to start prosecuting the thugs who are violating all kinds of laws with absolute arrogant impunity. Sticking Rudy in the can would be a good start, but once one of these mafioso wingnuts falls (and one will), they'll all start singing like canaries and eventually will all do hard time.

'To the person who uses metal straws to save fish but consumes animals, I’d like to say thank you.

zeuser comments on May 10, 2019:

We each need to do the best we can with what we have to work with. Great post.

The funniest awards speech - ever - Spike Milligan [youtube.com]

zeuser comments on May 10, 2019:

That's hilarious!

Have we become a nation of assholes who put a blind eye to all the atrocities and dictatorial ...

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

The sad truth is that way too many people have absolutely no inkling of the damage this idiot is perpetrating. And a fair piece of those believe the propaganda.

Are you ready kids? It was a busy day.

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

All true. All very depressing.

Burr holds firm despite GOP anger over Don Jr.

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

Burr is a putz. This has to be a ruse of some sort.

That being the case, they won't need to go to Maury.

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

Ouch. Get the DNA done pal!

Smarter than your average bear.

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

Dogs have always been easy marks for bribery. It's the entire basis for their domestication. If bears have figured this out, what else did they figure out? 🤣

When a President Can't Be Taken at His Word [time.com]

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

Shamelessness as a political strategy. What scares me is that it seems to be wildly successful so far.

He has his priorities.

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

Too true to be really funny.

Funny photo of the day

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

Pure instinct.

"Executive Privilege" doesn't apply to New York State tax returns: [motherjones.com]

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

I heard about this. I like it.

Arizona bill passed deeming pornography a health crisis.

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

Shit like this rubs me the wrong way, you know?

Hello.

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

See, now if we had a big beautiful wall.....

Cops to Florida woman: ‘Do you have anything else?

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

This is the Florida version of putting a tiger in your tank.

Sometimes its tempting to focus on just the one person - its easier mentally.

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

String 'em all up!

Seen at Lowe's Home Improvement (2501 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans).

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

If I ever run into this guy, he eats and drinks on me.

Y'all I am in a mood 🤣🤣🤣

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

I'm up for the pajama party. Um, so to speak.

I just watched Rachel Maddow interview of Kamala Harris.

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

I'd like to see her cross examine the talking yam, just once.

I am not sure if I posted this story previously.

zeuser comments on May 9, 2019:

He has so many Achilles heels the Achilles people are suing for trademark infringement.

Look what I got today! Sexy, huh?

zeuser comments on May 8, 2019:

Hang in there, hon. If you try to rush it, you are your own worst enemy. Good chance to exercise your patience. I know it's tough.

Seeing that we are all atheists agnostics what makes a person choose good over evil?

zeuser comments on May 8, 2019:

In my view, evil means actions based solely on the self with no regard of the effect your actions may have on others. Pure evil means actions that are designed to deliberately have a negative effect on others.

How do you de-stress?

zeuser comments on May 8, 2019:

Talking to friends really helps me. Of course, most of my friends like to go to bars, so that's a factor worth noting. Nothing lasts, however, until you completely disengage from the source of the stress, at least for a while.

Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses

zeuser comments on May 8, 2019:

The dominoes are starting to fall. Barr will soon be held in contempt. Majority leader Pelosi is floating the idea of jailing Mnuchin. The White House is asserting executive privilege over the entire Mueller report even though most of it has been made public (this didn't work for Nixon). I believe that at least impeachment hearings are around the corner. This is a sad time in the history of the republic.

Took me long enough. I was beginning to think it wasn't ever gonna happen.

zeuser comments on May 8, 2019:

It's not supposed to be easy! Congratulations! 😊

Always, the context is important

zeuser comments on May 7, 2019:

Or pure horseshit. They left that one out.

So, an acquaintance that you run into every week posts THIS; "Muslims HATE pork, beer, bikinis, ...

zeuser comments on May 6, 2019:

Arguing with bigotry using facts and logic is a losing proposition. I have unfriended people with a similar points of view, on social media and in person. At one point of my life, I'd just ignore and pretend nothing was said, but I find I can't do that anymore.

Perhaps atheists need religion to exist to justify their position.

zeuser comments on May 5, 2019:

Without any religion, everybody would be an atheist by default, no? Did I miss something, or is there more context to this than I can detect?

I work in retail.

zeuser comments on May 5, 2019:

Maybe "Have a gesundheit day"? Seriously, if it sets you off, that's too bad. How much do you need this job? I'd blow it off if I were you, but it's up to you.

I am with my family for the weekend, for my younger brother's graduation.

zeuser comments on May 5, 2019:

Well that was a dick move. Blow it off for your brother's sake, and text them to text you back when they get there. If they don't do it, go to a bar. 8-)

"When did I realize I was God?

zeuser comments on May 4, 2019:

Great quote from one of my top ten movies of all time. "I look in a mirror at myself in a mirror, watching myself watching myself watching myself. I smile, I smile, I smile."

How are you all doing today?

zeuser comments on May 4, 2019:

You are such a sweetheart! I am doing well. My biggest challenge is keeping up with my 94 year old dad who lives about 500 miles north of me by himself. I am his last family still alive. I hope you are doing well too. 😊

Morality is not contingent on knowing right from wrong.

zeuser comments on May 3, 2019:

You've got it right. You have no control over how you feel. You feel how you feel, morality doesn't come into it. What you do is indeed what you can control. Behaviors are learned. Good luck on your personal journey, don't give up! You need to get through a lot of no's to get to your yes. 😊

Definitely not going there

zeuser comments on May 3, 2019:

Awww.

More obscene actions from the Trump administration.

zeuser comments on May 3, 2019:

Straight out of the GOP playbook, page 13, "Always make things worse for the most vulnerable people because they can't fight back." Dickheads.

First Confession The new priest is nervous about hearing confessions for the first time, so he ...

zeuser comments on May 2, 2019:

My contempt for confession started my journey to complete atheism. So in a sense it did me some good, but that's a stretch.

AG Barr got his filthy ASS handed to him today.

zeuser comments on May 2, 2019:

All part of the strategy to run out the clock until after the next election. All we got left is impeachment, and the sooner the better. Even if the senate can't get to 2/3, it'll force his collaborators to go on record.

[facebook.com] This is a children's book?

zeuser comments on May 2, 2019:

Sally sounded like she had a little bit of an attitude, but in the end, she got her 3 way.

Oh Yes! and I don't even like Hillary. :)

zeuser comments on May 1, 2019:

Good point.

Barr splutters, deflects in viral questioning by Kamala Harris [sfgate.

zeuser comments on May 1, 2019:

Sweet!! I reeeeally like Senator Harris. I'd love to see the talking yam onstage with her in a debate, wouldn't you? Cmon, you know you would. 😉

After three visits with each other last year, two in Michigan and one in Kentucky, @EllenDale and I ...

zeuser comments on May 1, 2019:

Good luck, you two crazy kids! 💙

How to advertise your religion...

zeuser comments on May 1, 2019:

Too bad all the millennials are running away from churches as fast as they can. Only so many clueless twats they can stand.

Queer actresses Ashley Benson and Cara Delevinsgne told "Many strong religious would take you back ...

zeuser comments on May 1, 2019:

Oh FFS. Just the right response from Ms. Cara.

What specifically happened that made you turn into an atheist/ nonbeliever?

zeuser comments on May 1, 2019:

The "sacrament" of confession. That I needed to tell some guy in a dark room how many times I rubbed one of out I'd go to hell , that made the adolescent me start to reconsider the nature of sin, and once you pull that first thread it all starts to unravel. It all came together when I heard this answer from a personal hero of mine, Linus Pauling. They asked him what he believes, he said "I believe that all complicated phenomena can be explained using simple scientific principles." That resonated with me, and still does 45 years later.

How much did Trump pay Barr to dissemble and obfuscate? 5 million? 10 million? 20 million?

zeuser comments on May 1, 2019:

I hope it was a high number. The talking yam will stiff him, just like he stiffs everyone else, if this is a payoff arrangement.

I feel pretty lonely.

zeuser comments on May 1, 2019:

You can't go wrong sticking with the pooch.

Not what you thought, huh? Hehehe...😜

zeuser comments on May 1, 2019:

You're not the only one, either. 8-)

Jeepers .

zeuser comments on May 1, 2019:

You mean like your post?

Robert Reich - Congress should be ready to arrest Barr if he defies subpoena - or risk the end of ...

zeuser comments on May 1, 2019:

Frog march that fat toady to the house hoosegow!

This bumper sticker raises so many questions. What would a 2000-year-old Jesus look like?

zeuser comments on Apr 30, 2019:

He'd still get nailed. Heh.

Single man, looking for life partner.

zeuser comments on Apr 30, 2019:

Quite a catch.Yuck.

I intend to live forever, or die trying....Groucho Marx.

zeuser comments on Apr 30, 2019:

"These are my principles. And if you don't like them, well, I have others." The one, the only....

Well, that's redundant.

zeuser comments on Apr 30, 2019:

This is why using irony on some people is a waste of time.

What is with this Atheist/Agnostic divide stuff lately.

zeuser comments on Apr 29, 2019:

Labels are bullshit. Arguing about labels means arguing about bullshit. It's discouraging that non - believes can and do fall into the same traps and patterns as believers. If you know yourself and stay true to that, why the fuck does what others believe, or how they describe themselves, make any difference? SMH 🙄

Trump has passed the 10,000 mark for number of falsehoods.

zeuser comments on Apr 29, 2019:

If the point system at liars.com is similar to ours, he's a level 7 there. Heh. Yeah, I know, funny /not funny.

I'm sure I only need one guess... [blogs.edweek.org] I'm detecting a pattern here (sarcasm)

zeuser comments on Apr 29, 2019:

Hey, a bigot has got to bigot, you know?

Nope, you're stuck with it now, buddy.

zeuser comments on Apr 29, 2019:

Awww!

If this has been posted here today then I missed it.

zeuser comments on Apr 29, 2019:

I don't think he's fundamentally capable of telling the truth, he just can't do it. His biggest problem: to continuously always top himself he has to reach for bigger and bigger lies. His followers don't care, and you're right, a lot of them actually believe his horseshit.

So instead of wasting my time going to church today I picked up my yard

zeuser comments on Apr 28, 2019:

I went to my favorite bar and watched the canes beat the islanders, and flirted with my bartender. 8-)

2 Weeks on "Plenty Of Fish"

zeuser comments on Apr 28, 2019:

After my divorce, about 9 and a half years ago, I tried both POF and Match. All told I think I had 3 dates, none of which was a second date. Women I was interested in online were generally not interested in me, pretty much like in real life. So I stopped. I did get a date recently on Tinder. Sweet woman, very cute and intelligent, but way too young for me and we both knew it. I've had much better results the old fashioned way. I'm not breaking any records, but it passes the time every so often. It's a crap shoot no matter how you do it.

How many members on here are openly atheists in the bible belt? And are you treated differently?

zeuser comments on Apr 28, 2019:

Granted I live in one of the urban centers of North Kackalacky (the Raleigh area), but I'm surprised by how many people sheepishly say "me too" when I open the door with my admission. Some people say they'll pray for me. (How's that working out for y'all?) Every so often I see someone in the rearview mirror at a stoplight shaking their head and frowning at my Darwin fish. I generally only talk about it when asked, and steer clear of zealots, but I never shy away from admitting it.

Do you sing in the car?

zeuser comments on Apr 28, 2019:

Not only that, I'm the steering wheel percussionist at stoplights.

Despite being atheist, im pretty sure I 100% believe in Tarot cards.

zeuser comments on Apr 28, 2019:

People are wired to detect patterns, even when patterns don't exist. Whether it's Tarot cards, tea leaves, planetary motion, reading entrails or casting wands, people see things in the patterns, and those usually reflect a hopeful desire in the pattern reader being "confirmed" by the pattern. As a tool for intelligent introspection, Tarot cards are as good a device to focus attention inward as anything else. But that's all they are. Good luck in your endeavors.

Her ex is crazy 🤣😂😅

zeuser comments on Apr 28, 2019:

Be careful, he may have a glue gun!

These were on my Facebook feed and were too good not to share, imho

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

Eww.

Trump is facing impeachment.

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

I usually don't like to double comment, but did y'all see this? There's trouble in 2nd amendment land. So long Ollie! https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/26/politics/nra-extortion-pressure-to-resign/index.html

I am an atheist.

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

Not sure if this helps, but all experiences are useful, if not immediately then eventually. Negative experiences are often more instructive than positive ones, and positive experience can also lead to net negative results. I took a job for at a cable tv corporate HQ, strictly for the money, that turned out to be hell on earth, and my position was eliminated in a corporate takeover right after my then wife was laid off. At the time, we had little one year old girl and no prospects. We moved cross-country , both found work, and I lasted 28 years at a great job here. It doesn't always work out that way, but you never know. You don't lose unless you quit, but I think you know that already. Best of luck to you, hon. I'm betting you'll land on your feet. 8-)

Hi I'm thinking of get a tattoo.

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

I don't have any or anticipate getting any, but get one if you want to. But you can't go wrong with using a symbol of comic book mythology.

If I was to make a sculpture of a half naked, bleeding woman, nailed to a cross and distributing a ...

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

Well, I wouldn't. However, you may have the marketing skills to make a buck with it, so don't let my opinion stop you. 8-)

400-year-old Bible stolen from US found in Netherlands

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

Well, one religion with a zillion flavors, each of which detests the other flavors. That's in the book, too.

I just wanted to get some other opinions on this.

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

This characteristic is not limited to spiritual non denominational types. There are plenty of people who have very strong opinions based on nothing who like to appear reasonable, but will not abide any difference of opinion. Usually, logic is not involved, let alone evidence. Here are some steps to take: don't engage with them, get the hell out of earshot - and stay there.

Trump is facing impeachment.

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

To Wayne and your fellow thugs: Thoughts and prayers. Hey, why don't you guys ask the Russians for 60 or 70 million more dollars like you've been doing all along? Things getting a little hot on that trail for you, you asswipes?

Daaaamn Grandpa..

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

Don't get close enough to take a whiff, kid, you'll regret it!

I crave star damage...and vitamin D. Yet, the clouds persist today. Maybe tomorrow!

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

Gonna be sunny with a high of 73 today in here North Kackalacky. I'll probably get some star damage this afternoon.

Read, read, read.

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

Good writing comes from effective revisions, and if your lucky, from the advice of a good editor. I think it was Hemingway who said something like "All first drafts are shit." Seeing how writers who you like handle certain things can be very educational, but you do have to do it the way you think is best, or risk becoming derivative. Derivative is good in genre fiction, though, so there is that.

Needs to shave.

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

At least his balls can't shrink all that much.

[facebook.com] At a theater near you

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

The screening questions are very thorough.

If a wife do the shopping with the husband!

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

This is nostalgic. Heh.

"This is the end of my presidency, I'm fucked." Okay, but when is the ACTUAL end?

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

The impeachment hearings alone are worth the price of admission. I hope they at least do that. Ideally, public officials should do things because they are the right thing to do, not because of some political calculus.

I love Twitter The White House posted a Happy Birthday to Melania - just sitting alone on a sofa ...

zeuser comments on Apr 27, 2019:

"I brought you that Russian sausage you like so much for your birthday."