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Sir Rolo posted:Didn't realize atheism was still so massively unpopular in America. It is, and depending on where you live, its a pretty unpopular thing to be vocal about and you will get questions about your morals and lack thereof decently often. Now, this is not really all that big of a deal, but you can see how reddit atheists get their fuel if they are from the bible belt or other conservative areas and do legitimately get harassed by family and friends for not being religious.
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WoodrowSkillson posted:It is, and depending on where you live, its a pretty unpopular thing to be vocal about and you will get questions about your morals and lack thereof decently often. Now, this is not really all that big of a deal, but you can see how reddit atheists get their fuel if they are from the bible belt or other conservative areas and do legitimately get harassed by family and friends for not being religious. Yeah, I've had more than a little of this, and in a NE US city. One time I got into a discussion with someone in which they asked me what my "purpose" in life was. I could only explain that I felt life had no inherent purpose beyond the biological foundations already extant. This was followed by telling me it was because I don't believe in God, and that if I believed in God I would serve Him and my purpose would be to go to Heaven. It was weird, because I wasn't sure what she expected me to say, exactly. I wasn't about to start believing in God, and I wasn't about to attack her beliefs to feel righteous in my own. So I just shrugged.
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Brawnfire posted:Yeah, I've had more than a little of this, and in a NE US city. One time I got into a discussion with someone in which they asked me what my "purpose" in life was. I could only explain that I felt life had no inherent purpose beyond the biological foundations already extant. This was followed by telling me it was because I don't believe in God, and that if I believed in God I would serve Him and my purpose would be to go to Heaven. It was weird, because I wasn't sure what she expected me to say, exactly. I wasn't about to start believing in God, and I wasn't about to attack her beliefs to feel righteous in my own. Isn't saying your "purpose" is to go to heaven the saddest thing ever? Like, there's nothing you can hope to accomplish in life, so you're just waiting to die for something good to happen? This manages to be both anti-human and anti-Christian.
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Jurgan posted:Isn't saying your "purpose" is to go to heaven the saddest thing ever? Like, there's nothing you can hope to accomplish in life, so you're just waiting to die for something good to happen? This manages to be both anti-human and anti-Christian. I'm not sure if it's better or worse than "I'm part of a convoluted and incomprehensible divine plan"
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May 27, 2014 18:09
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seiferguy posted:Could be both! I'm 260 years old and was personally vaccinated for smallpox by Edward Jenner. Take that, ant-vaccers! 
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May 27, 2014 18:29
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seiferguy posted:Could be both! No one could possibly believe this. I think anti-vaxxers are morons but I refuse to believe that there's any more than two dozen of them that buy this. I like that they don't cite a single thing in this that would make Rogers a liberal. MisterBadIdea fucked around with this message at 20:43 on May 27, 2014 |
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May 27, 2014 20:06
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IceAgeComing posted:
Ants don't get vaccinated. There are no autistic ants. Makes you think...
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seiferguy posted:Could be both! Yes, but he was a wizard, so...
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May 27, 2014 20:48
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seiferguy posted:Could be both! I'm surprised this didn't use the Count of St. Germain. That's TWO people who lived past 200 years! So my kid doesn't need a mumps shot!
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MisterBadIdea posted:I like that they don't cite a single thing in this that would make Rogers a liberal. I just did a quick search and the only people claiming that he is liberal are conservative websites that point to the fact that he subscribed to the young turks and he didn't mention god in his manifesto. Because for some reason those make you liberal because everyone knows there are no religious liberals and you can't just subscribe to a youtube channel for the hell of it.
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MisterBadIdea posted:I like that they don't cite a single thing in this that would make Rogers a liberal. Um, Hollywood father.
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May 28, 2014 00:24
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MisterBadIdea posted:I like that they don't cite a single thing in this that would make Rogers a liberal. He murdered people and only liberals are depraved enough to murder people therefore he's a liberal. -Actual logic my dad has used in our dinner table arguments in the past.
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Guys I drink a fifth of wisky every day. Did I mention I'm a thousand?
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Out of curiosity, I did a Google search to see the lengths people will go to blame atrocities on anyone but conservatives. And naturally, I didn't have to look far:quote:Why do Drunk Democrats, still try to align Liberal Timothy McVeigh with Conservatives ? quote:What horrible events from growing up could possibly tip a kid to blow up a Federal Building killing innocent men, women and children? In looking at the early years of Timothy McVeigh, the inescapable conclusion is his being raised by two of the most violent elements of our society: Democrats and Unions. quote:While liberal news outlets such as MSNBC were cynically exploiting the April 19 anniversary of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing by attempting to tie the terrorist attack to the anti-government sentiments of the modern-day Tea Party movement, investigative reporter Jayna Davis was setting the record straight in an exclusive interview on the AIM radio show, Take AIM. The Oklahoma City bombing was an Arab/Muslim terrorist attack on the United States, she says.
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May 28, 2014 01:38
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Extramarital affair - 2% more likely. Sampling error/trolling, or genuine sentiment?
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I got a great one today.  I got this from a PA when I went in for a check up
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Cruel and Unusual posted:Extramarital affair - 2% more likely. Sampling error/trolling, or genuine sentiment? Welp the philandering is out in the open now so at least he won't be run out of office in disgrace over it halfway through his term.
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Also, it makes the candidate marginally more likely to be Bill Clinton.
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Sir Rolo posted:Unrelated: The way this graph is formatted bothers me so drat much. PUT NEUTRAL IN THE loving MIDDLE YOU TWITS
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I dunno, I think I'd appreciate a president who had an extramarital affair and was up-front about it, it would make me feel like they were more... human? Susceptible to error, but willing to rectify it? I know my own marriage hasn't always been a good, solid Christian one, so presidents who play that part make me feel almost condescended to. I like people who are more "real" in political positions.
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Cruel and Unusual posted:Extramarital affair - 2% more likely. Sampling error/trolling, or genuine sentiment? I can sort of see being suspicious of a man who is incredibly driven to acquire power over others, but "getting a bunch of crazy sex" does not appear anywhere on the list of things he would like to do with that power. A guy like that is probably either a saint or some kind of deeply ruthless motherfucker.
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Thermos H Christ posted:I can sort of see being suspicious of a man who is incredibly driven to acquire power over others, but "getting a bunch of crazy sex" does not appear anywhere on the list of things he would like to do with that power. A guy like that is probably either a saint or some kind of deeply ruthless motherfucker. No, the deeply ruthless motherfucker is still gonna have his affair, he'll just kill the girl to keep it quiet.
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I have to stop reading my local news personality's FB pages (a public page):
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An oldie but goodie: Thanks Obama. 
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Hundreds of thousands of people dead in 2011 thanks to Obama's invention: health care
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Mo_Steel posted:An oldie but goodie: I'll have to dig through my old posts but I did an effort post on this. Malpractice used to be a major problem. The medical industry, especially anesthesiologists, acted like adults, made some common sense reforms and now the number of deaths is far lower. vyelkin posted:Well, the first and foremost rebuttal should be that gun control isn't simply about murder but also about suicide and accident prevention. Walter posted:Okay, first, all data was found here. Dr. Arbitrary posted:The 195 Thousand figure is from a 2004 study by Healthgrades a private company that rates hospitals. So look at these two, we had a huge public health problem. We did a lot of research, developed programs and increased education. Over time the problem got fixed. Let's do that with gun violence! Dr. Arbitrary fucked around with this message at 04:54 on May 28, 2014 |
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I think someone pointed out that they left handguns out as it dwarfs the rest.
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Save that graphic as the right has been pushing Tort Reform(stop suing my doctor friends QQ)
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:I got a great one today. This is the craziest thing I've seen so far. I'm vegetarian and all but limit my cheese? No thanks. edit: Wait, what? Why would you encourage tempeh, but discourage soy/edamame Pong Daddy fucked around with this message at 05:04 on May 28, 2014 |
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Pong Daddy posted:This is the craziest thing I've seen so far. I'm vegetarian and all but limit my cheese? No thanks. I'm guessing that organic tempeh won't be GMO. That's probably the entire reason soy is discouraged.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:I got a great one today. What is a PA? Please tell me it's not a health certification.
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Discendo Vox posted:What is a PA? Please tell me it's not a health certification. Physician Assistant, similar to an Advanced Practice Nurse. A mid-level practitioner(between nurse and doctor) I may be wrong, I didn't work in licensing for long.
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Cruel and Unusual posted:Extramarital affair - 2% more likely. Sampling error/trolling, or genuine sentiment? I'd wager 50/50 split between the two if they used a low-annoyance method of sampling. There's people who won't give legitimate survey answers no matter what the stakes, but there are plenty of people who go, "yeah, the president having an affair is awesome. It A. legitimizes my own desires, B. proves he's a go-getter who doesn't stop, or C. proves he's a strong manly man who will work like a man in Washington. People have really dumb reasons for believing things. But there's no way that's only sampling.
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seiferguy posted:Could be both! It's worth noting that the Bible contains characters who lived to be 700-900 years old, which is also the type of stuff the readers of these memes believe. (at least in Oregon's case, I've read that many anti-vaxxers are Christian wackos)
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:I'm not sure if it's better or worse than "I'm part of a convoluted and incomprehensible divine plan" Easy: we are here to be greedily digested by an amoral universe. VitalSigns posted:Hundreds of thousands of people dead in 2011 thanks to Obama's invention: health care Had a friend visiting from Canada ask, in pure innocence coming from an outsider perspective, why everyone hates Obama. Guy form my hometown (who has somewhat but not irredeemably absorbed some of the "mah guns!" rhetoric) stammered in surprise a minute, finally said something like "oh, he passes all these lovely laws!" She followed up, not at all realizing she was shattering the fantasy: "Oh, like what?" Later I explained to her the Sitch, but for the moment it was a pretty funny and awkward moment of all eyes being torn from the pool. Solution to the populism problem: invite naïve foreigners to hang out more. Lemma fucked around with this message at 08:45 on May 28, 2014 |
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Nibbles141 posted:I think someone pointed out that they left handguns out as it dwarfs the rest. If you check the statistics, you'll be surprised to note that 496 represents every single bludgeoning death in the year 2011, with weapons ranging from baseball bats to bricks, all represented by that hammer. So, they made sure that only killing with a specific type of rifle was counted, but for some reason were peachy keen to lump every single bludgeoning death under "hammers" and every stabbing under "kitchen knives". Gee, I wonder why they feel that sort of selective specificity would be necessary.
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Fulchrum posted:If you check the statistics, you'll be surprised to note that 496 represents every single bludgeoning death in the year 2011, with weapons ranging from baseball bats to bricks, all represented by that hammer. So, they made sure that only killing with a specific type of rifle was counted, but for some reason were peachy keen to lump every single bludgeoning death under "hammers" and every stabbing under "kitchen knives". Gee, I wonder why they feel that sort of selective specificity would be necessary. The FBI has a nice break down of all the weapons in homicides and breaks the numbers down by weapon to a pretty detailed degree. The "guns" quoted there isn't even all "long guns" it's just rifles. Shotguns (using 2011 numbers which is where that image get's it's number from) are a further 356 deaths. Hilariously though there are options for both "other guns" and "Not specified" on the list. So as others have said, they no only left out handguns (6,220 deaths that year) but also 3 more categories that had higher death counts. That's about as dishonest as you can get. This is also just homicides and doesn't include any other incidents of violent crime where a gun or other weapon is used. Others have posted those number though and it's pretty clear that you have to lie to try and make guns seem that harmless compared to everything else. Link to page: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8 EDIT: Page for general violent crime stats: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/violent-crime/murder Crain fucked around with this message at 14:23 on May 28, 2014 |
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Brawnfire posted:I dunno, I think I'd appreciate a president who had an extramarital affair and was up-front about it, it would make me feel like they were more... human? Susceptible to error, but willing to rectify it? I know my own marriage hasn't always been a good, solid Christian one, so presidents who play that part make me feel almost condescended to. I like people who are more "real" in political positions. I remember hearing a report when the Clinton Got a Blowjob scandal was in full force that some reporters were asking other nations' people what they thought about it. The thing that sticks in my mind was a bunch of Russians saying they wished that their president did that sort of thing. They were stuck with a stodgy old guy that didn't do much while Clinton was still young and energetic enough to have an active sex life. Similarly I remember radio shows going over sets of drug habits and pointing out that a lot of leaders that Americans think were pretty damned good had some...uh...habits...or used drugs when they were younger. This expectation of total moral purity in politicians is insane.
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