Law enforcement officials came across a staggering find after being tipped off about possible drug-dealing: dozens of dog-food-size bags of psychedelic mushrooms worth an estimated $8.5 million at a home in rural Connecticut.
The reality of the situation is that a movement is full of factions. People aren’t a monolith and they think differently and feel differently. Jk Rowling considers herself a feminist, and she is an iteration of what a feminist can look like sadly.
Think of religious sects, they all fall under the same umbrella of Christianity or Judaism or what have you, but have radically different beliefs and feelings.
They get involved in protests and push their agendas just like any other group of people.
Or tankies! They fucking suuuuuuck and they are communist! I like communism by the way, but tankies can eat and then shit out some Lego blocks.
Roman’s left their names all over the place as tourists, ancient Egyptian workers left graffiti at their worksites, and Pompeii basically used walls as message boards.
I’m conflicted, on one hand I love that people want to leave a trace of themselves behind. That feels beautiful in a way, even if I think the message they leave is silly. It also leaves something for our ancestors to hopefully find if something happens, and that’s delightful to think about.
On the other hand, I loath selfish entitled people.
I feel like it would be better to phrase that as you found them uninteresting.
Or did you mean they are un-interesting in a way most of society would say someone is uninteresting. Like they aren’t interesting because they don’t follow sports or TV shows? Or they only talk about work or kids? Those people can still be interesting, just to different types of people.
They may not be interested in being interesting for other people?
I went from 160 at the start of the pandemic to 115 now, and I’m freezing all the time. I double up on socks and a long sleeve undershirt lol. Summer was great when we got into the 90s and it wasn’t too windy, I could enjoy the clothes I can fit in now!
You realize that Jews, the people who wrote the Hebrew Bible that makes up what Christians call the old Testament, didn’t and do not believe in original sin? That’s a later christian invention, doesn’t even go back to Jesus.
I prefer to read the Abrahamic religious books as a legendary/mythological account of history, not outright historical. The people who wrote these books had an agenda to push and by studying it we can get an idea of what their intentions were in wrtiting them down. You can’t fully understand some of the stories in the Bible if you don’t have some understanding of the culture and history and beliefs of the people that wrote them. Context is vital.
I’d love to hear how you think it would change my life? It’s fun to get different perspectives.
I’ve always hated the idea of original/inherited sin. It’s such a cruel idea to me.
Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving straight to the shore to play guitar, watch the waves and enjoy the beauty of the morning. “And it felt more spiritual than any time I set foot in a church,” he recalled....
I think not having it recorded in any way is worse. At least if something is recorded you can examine and study and compare the accounts to get an inkling of what may have actually happened or see where the truth has been stretched.
I take issue with describing Josephus as a part of the ‘losing’ side. Josephus had defected and was working as an interpretor for Titus while Titus was conducting the seige on Jerusalem in 70 AD. He took on the Roman emperor’s family name, Flavius. He firmly sits on the ‘winning’ side, with the Romans.
Plus later on Christian’s were the ones copying his books, not Jews, since he was viewed as a turncoat by his own people. So his books were preserved by the ‘winning’ side as well.
Not saying he should be completely disregarded or written off as a historian, just that he wasn’t part of any ‘losing’ side of history.
Asked me of I was emo in front of the whole classroom. I couldn’t figure out how to respond and everyone kind of didn’t like me after that. Only a 2 week summer course in 10th grade, thank goodness. I’m really awkward and quiet, and I hesitated/struggled to meet her eyes for a ‘get to know your classmates’ game on the first day and I think she just hated me from there. I can be debilitatingly shy sometimes and can come off as stand offish, but still, I don’t think I really deserved all that I got those 2 weeks.
She took our pictures and had us use photoshop to make them reflect into a funny alien face and everyone laughed the most at mine. Didn’t feel like a laughing with me kind of way, but I can be over sensitive. I get flashbacks of how I felt in that moment. Blegh.
A YouTube prankster who was shot by one his targets told jurors Tuesday he had no inkling he had scared or angered the man who fired on him as the prank was recorded....
Life on this rock isn’t precious. It’s not special. And if you do dumb things that put that little worthless streak of existence your parents blessed you with at risk, that’s not my problem and it’s not my fault if you don’t protect it.
What? How is being born a blessing if being alive is worthless and not worth viewing as precious? You just are, you aren’t blessed/gifted with existence.
I’m just saying your comment doesn’t make sense. You are saying that a parent blesses a child by giving them, or bringing them into, a worthless streak of existence that should not be considered special or precious.
How is that a blessing? That sucks. Your parents suck donkey dick. Parents that teach their children that kind of thing suck donkey dick.
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Millions of dollars of psychedelic mushrooms seized in a Connecticut bust (apnews.com)
Law enforcement officials came across a staggering find after being tipped off about possible drug-dealing: dozens of dog-food-size bags of psychedelic mushrooms worth an estimated $8.5 million at a home in rural Connecticut.
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America's nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don't like organized religion (apnews.com)
Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving straight to the shore to play guitar, watch the waves and enjoy the beauty of the morning. “And it felt more spiritual than any time I set foot in a church,” he recalled....
Did today's alert seem a little off to anyone else? (startrek.website)
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Does it not pierce thine very heart? (startrek.website)
What was one thing your teacher did that you still can't forgive them for?
This isn't theft of need. A more insidious type of crime is pushing some stores to close (www.cnn.com)
YouTube prankster says he had no idea he was scaring man who shot him (www.nbcwashington.com)
A YouTube prankster who was shot by one his targets told jurors Tuesday he had no inkling he had scared or angered the man who fired on him as the prank was recorded....
Most Metal Stage of the Pandemic (lemmy.world)
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