Does my old heart good to see that even in the Quake 3 era id were still leaning on Doom in their marketing.
And the instant the lockdown loosens the smallest iota, they'll start right back smugging up how much better Canada is.
displayed elements of far-right and white nationalist extremism
It's really hard to goose-step to "Winter Wrap Up."
If you've ever talked with theist and they've asked you the question of how you as an atheist can possibly be trusted not to be a murdering raping theiving monster with no morals, or better yet, had them openly tell you that if were not for their belief that they would go to hell, they would be doing those things, then you've already glimpsed the animal lurking under the thin veneer of civilization.
Our problem was thinking that was a handful of weirdos we just kept running into, and not sign of something bigger. Even as we simultaneously call humans chimpanzees in suits. Hindsight's 20/20, huh?
The problem is that we vaunted intellectuals lost the most basic thing of all: The theory of mind. You put a little kid in a room with a basket and a dresser, then have a man come in and hide a ball under the basket. Then have a woman come in and move the ball from the basket to the dresser. Then ask the kid where the man will go to look for the ball. The kid will say the dresser because he/she hasn't yet sussed out that other people aren't working with the same info.
The hell of it is, theory of mind covers a lot more than that. To use a computer metaphor, that basic example above is essentially about people not having the same data. Problem is, the software and the hardware platforms are also unique and we forgot (or never realized) that. Whatever part of us lets us keep running our code isn't standard loadout and if anyone without the right (or wrong) wiring who tries it is going to fuck it up. So we saw this whole godless trend exemplified by Internet Atheism and thought "Neat! More people like us!" when they really weren't. So we got blindsided by stuff like Atheism+ and the fuck-your-god-dad atheism that thinks Islam is juuuust fiiiine. And, irony of ironies, we're now in a Hell of our own devising.
I'm not advocating for a return to religion.
I am, and I'm a hardline atheist. The past ten years have solidly convinced me that most people are not cut out for living without a religion - they'll say they don't have one then they'll fit something else into the same slot of their brain and we're no better off.
Worse off, in fact: I'd rather the competing mix of old standards each with established rules and power structures to this morass of new-and-crazy where everyone's looking for - or making - power vacuums to exploit.
At the height of the Evangelical moral panic power I used to make fun of them on accounts with my real name. Today there's an orthodoxy with a priesthood so powerful and a laity so rabid I dare not affix my real name to even mild criticism. If I'm ever found out I'll suffer consequences similar to excommunication at the height of the Dark Ages - not able to interact with others, not able to work, not able to engage in simple commerce. I've been made a member of a church I never signed up for and I will suffer like any other heretic if I botch a shibboleth.
So yeah, please come back Jehovah! I still don't believe in you but boy do I ever need you; you're way more mellow than your replacements.
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
It probably exists, it's just that finding it is the trick.
Oh great, is Indy gonna get shivved on a rope bridge in the first act?
Is that the stick figure one about how a fanbase changes over time?
I'll just put the tard hat on for the evening.
Can I have it when you're done with it?
I wish I had so much free time on my hands that I could get offended over a gibberish term like "Fuzzy-Wuzzy".
Number Two: There is a saying, "The slowest mule is nearest to the whip."
Number Six: And another. "He who digs a pit will one day lie in it."
Country Music TV
What channel is that? It sure ain't CMT, the one that (checks schedule) appears to be running a marathon of sitcom "Last Man Standing".
President Biden wants to change the trajectory of the country.
At this point he only wants someone to change his pants. It's his handlers that are changing the trajectory of the country to match that of an ICBM.
Yes, well, Gamergate was a few basement-dwelling misogynists that also (somehow) got Donald Trump elected.
Was this "the algorithm" too?
he sure didn't do a good job of instilling Christian virtues into his son.
I'd amend that to "any virtues". Hell, even an insufferably smug internet atheist would be a step up.
Don't worry guys, she made a stripping video.
This had better be a Rickroll.
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It's not a Rickroll.
(Summary: Takes off a sweater. Sits in a way even strippers would consider undignified. Doesn't bother to get out of her chair. Grandpa owns a nice tractor, though, because we're recording this in the garage.)
My soul and mustache have been fused with the Serpent of Chaos.
The Matter of France, not the Matter of Britain. The Paladins were Charlemagne's knights.
We have to take advice from somebody.
Why?
Can't think for yourself? So desperate for a scapegoat that you'll grab one from anywhere?
"We have to have somebody." means "We would take anybody." Their specific advice be damned, we need a warm body. Which makes me wonder why Fauci won out over, say, a homeless drunk - clearly he had something they liked, if only the feel of his lips on their asses.
Looking at his history and background, he's the most reliable witness I've seen.
What other "witnesses" (God, what an abuse of a word) did you find less reliable?
Why do you feel qualified to vet the history of medical professionals to determine competency but not qualified to vet what a specific medical professional says?
Did you actually do anything?
Effective April 9 at noon, in-person service is not permitted indoors.
You couldn't even let the poor fuckers have the Friday lunchhour, could you? Nah, fuck that, they're just working class and small business owners. How's Walmart doing?
Every place I've dined since this phase farce entered act 2 has needed a name and a phone number. You have, if needed, records of EVERY PERSON WHO HAS DINED OUT. Do you care to explain what in those massive records of people's movements you found that said restaurants were a threat? Did you even look? No, of course not. Your micropenis got soft so you stuttered your way over to the big ol' shutdown lever and promised us this'd be your last hit, for real this time guys, I got a handle on it now! I just need a little something to take the edge off after the long weekend! But don't worry, I promise I'll feed you back a fraction of your own tax dollars as a nice little stimmy when our popularity goes down. We'll mail it to the empty storefront that used to be YOUR LIFE.
(Sigh.) Meanwhile, the news is breathlessly whining (sorry, "reporting") about the churches with their "superspreader risk" and how they do it week after week with no drop in attendance almost like no one is sick?
You're all rats and the only reason I'm concerned you'll be ousted is because the media's hyping the NDP and I fear your replacements will be worse.
not going to do much about obesity, car crashes, or drug use though.
Especially not when that drug use is going UP with the lockdowns.
(Reads.)
That fence must be a licensed proctologist by now.