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ThunderSizzle 4 points ago +4 / -0

It started when the Jews convinced Martin Luther the Church had the wrong Bible because it didn't match the Jewish version that was created after Jesus died...

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ThunderSizzle 10 points ago +10 / -0

Worst part is they probably but all their coffee from Costco, taint it a bit, and then rebag it at 300% markup.

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ThunderSizzle 1 point ago +1 / -0

Stupid thought: consider solar panels and some electric transportation. Electric cars are out of my price range as a luxury, but if gas is $10+/gal, electric cars can make sense...if there's a way to charge them.

If gas surges, so will electricity.

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ThunderSizzle 3 points ago +3 / -0

If peace in the ME is Israel and Saudis removing Iran, I ain't going to be upset.

No more Iran terrorists, no more infinite defense money for Israel. Saudis and Israel are buddy buddy, so that'll be peaceful enough I think.

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ThunderSizzle 1 point ago +1 / -0

No, not unactionable. You aren't acting attractive. Not with this attitude.

If you are supposed to have a spouse, you will find one, but you will miss with this attitude. And perhaps you already have missed several attempts with this jated attitude. Want something actionable?

  1. Find God. Love God. Sacrifice yourself for God. That's your primary vocation. Go to a conservative church and put your faith in God. Become friends with the priest and other men there.

  2. You will find a joy when you place yourself in God. With that joy, review your conscience. Examine yourself, and determine if you are worthy to be a spouse. If there is any reason you aren't, fix whatever is wrong via discipline. Train yourself. No porn. No jacking off. Cut those out. Exercise and be healthy.

  3. Focus on a good career to offer a basic foundation for a family. You don't need to be rich, but you need to make enough to be a breadwinner. Families are much happier long term if the wife doesn't need to work.

  4. Be active in the church and nearby churches. Volunteer and sacrifice for others, especially in events where woman your age might as be attending. This is a much better place to find a spouse than a bar.

  5. Consider some online dating, but I wouldn't advise this without a strong foundation.

10 years ago, I might've felt like you. Now I'm married with kids.

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ThunderSizzle 6 points ago +6 / -0

Do some soul searching and find God.

Be a man worthy of Christ, and then you'll be a man worthy of Christ's goal for you. If that vocation is marriage, God will provide a spouse. By living a life of Christ seeking a spouse, you might just find one.

No woman worth having will only seek your money. Be a good man, and be a good provider, and you'll become attractive to the right women.

Divorce is evil, but evil upon evil or to stop evil isn't good or holy. Revenge is anti-Christ.

Material wealth is fleeting. Happy are those who are poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of God. Don't seek or envy materials - do not place them above the Lord God, for that is just having an idol.

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ThunderSizzle 3 points ago +3 / -0

The Incarnation means everything, and without it Easter is nothing. Easter means everything, and without it, the Incarnation would've been something entirely different.

Both are High Feast Days with their own preparation periods and celebration time, because of how important both are. Without both, humanity is damned.

Philippians 2 sums it up perfectly well.

It does pain me that secular world doesn't recognize Easter in a similar way as Christmas.

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ThunderSizzle 2 points ago +2 / -0

That just goes to show how much inflation we've has since leaving the 1916.

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ThunderSizzle 5 points ago +5 / -0

How about we deflate the economy so a dollar can buy things again...

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ThunderSizzle 1 point ago +1 / -0

That has a lot less to do with SATA than SSD vs spinning disk.

Make a spinning disc connect via NVMe, and it'll be just as ow as that laptop.

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ThunderSizzle 1 point ago +1 / -0

If that happens, the pirating community will just win. No one will trust any other of thr big companies

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ThunderSizzle 13 points ago +13 / -0

Google controls Chromium, which means they control all decisions that impact Chromium, including web standards or browser features. Chromium-based browsers have to either deal with it and include Google's changes, or keep a perpetual fork.

Google's decision to remove Manifest 2 extensions, or that Chrome Extensions have to go through the Google Chrome Extension Store is a method that Google uses to control the browser and ensure that ad-blockers and malware blockers become more insufficient.

Aka, Google is working to make it so that adblockers don't work, and no Chrome alternative has tried competing with a seperate extension store except Firefox. And Firefox is controlled opposition.

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ThunderSizzle 0 points ago +0 / -0

I pretty much agree with you, and that $152 doesn't represent myself at all because I'm too frugal. But, I'm curious how this breaks down.

Family of 4 goes to Raya and the Last Dragon for a evening viewing tonight - assuming 2 teenagers. That's $12/ticket at a nearly AMC classic, with another $13 in taxes/fees, bringing it to $60. Assume we get 2 large popcorns and 4 drinks - that's $46 + $5 in taxes/fees, bringing it to $110 or so.

Let's assume this is a really stupid family, and the teens each get a candy snack - that brings it to $120 total. Which is insane. No wonder movie theaters are dieing.

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ThunderSizzle 6 points ago +6 / -0

For example, some pricing:

Projector: ARTlii HD Projector 1080P - $120 AVR: Denon AVR-S960H - $700 (probably can find a cheaper one) Front Speakers: Polk S15 front speakers - $230 Subwoofer: Polk HTS 10 - $350 Total: $1400

Average family movie theater trip cost: ~$152, including tickets/snacks/drinks. That's 9 visits before you saved enough money to justify a basic home theater.