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Tias posted:Hey, so, a lot of U.S. goons in here, clearly, but aren't a lot of you in Germany as well? I was wondering where in the world people in this thread are located. Obviously you don't have to answer, it's a private matter etc. etc. but I thought it could be cool to know the relative distance between us. I'm in the UK, quite near London. I have easy access to a spectacular cathedral which is very beautiful and serene.
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Dropping in with a book reccomendation: Karl Marlantes' What it is Like to Go to War is incredible and good to have around to loan out to anyone struggling with the aftermath of being in one.
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Jan 22, 2018 12:36
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HopperUK posted:I'm in the UK, quite near London. I have easy access to a spectacular cathedral which is very beautiful and serene. I might be seeing HEY GAL in London, perhaps you can pop by? shame on an IGA posted:Dropping in with a book reccomendation: Karl Marlantes' What it is Like to Go to War is incredible and good to have around to loan out to anyone struggling with the aftermath of being in one. If we're talking Marlantes, Firebase: Matterhorn is an amazing vietnam story.
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Jan 22, 2018 13:29
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Tias posted:Hey, so, a lot of U.S. goons in here, clearly, but aren't a lot of you in Germany as well? I was wondering where in the world people in this thread are located. Obviously you don't have to answer, it's a private matter etc. etc. but I thought it could be cool to know the relative distance between us. Yeah, I'm (back) in southern Germany now too 
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Jan 22, 2018 13:39
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Tias posted:I might be seeing HEY GAL in London, perhaps you can pop by? Drop me a PM near the time and I'll see how it looks, sure
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Jan 22, 2018 13:40
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Pellisworth posted:Shameless derail: what are your favorite local or traditional liturgical dishes, dear Christianity thread? I don't really care about cake, so Anglicanism has little to offer me. The Presbyterian church I went to growing up did Sunday lunches, tailored to the tastes of elderly Scots. The smell of mince cooking always reminds me of Sunday School.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:https://twitter.com/austinruse/status/954797316887711744
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It's great that they make it really clear they're wicked heretics in it only for temporal power and wealth.
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Jan 22, 2018 21:26
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Night10194 posted:It's great that they make it really clear they're wicked heretics in it only for temporal power and wealth.
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I mean, I'm not as vigilant in my reading in the last few years as I should be since I briefly flirted with getting out of religious studies (I've decided I'm going to get back in, instead), but if I remember right the whole 'Making my father's house into a den of thieves' is pretty much the only thing that made Christ, the Prince of Peace, mad enough to just take a whip to some folks.
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Jan 22, 2018 21:47
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can somebody translate this from American politics into something that actually makes sense for me
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System Metternich posted:can somebody translate this from American politics into something that actually makes sense for me He's saying he'll still fervantly support the president despite him having committed adultery multiple times and having paid hush money because at least Trump didn't sleep with another man or kill the girl after, while saying that sleeping with another man or killing the girl are the only standards of 'morality' he'd withdraw support for.
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Jan 22, 2018 22:32
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Night10194 posted:He's saying he'll still fervantly support the president despite him having committed adultery multiple times and having paid hush money because at least Trump didn't sleep with another man or kill the girl after, while saying that sleeping with another man or killing the girl are the only standards of 'morality' he'd withdraw support for. Wtf  Thanks, I guess 
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Jan 22, 2018 22:43
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System Metternich posted:Wtf 'Caught with a dead girl or live boy' are a joking bit of slang for things that can end a male politician's career instantly in the US. Given the Evangelical Right was 100% behind a credibly accused pedophile in Alabama (who thankfully still ate poo poo in the election) I'm not 100% sure that a dead girl or whatever would actually do it with them anymore. There's a lot of interesting polling showing that since a certain orange jerk because President, they've suddenly totally flipped around on if it's okay for a leader to be 'immoral'.
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Jan 22, 2018 22:53
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Night10194 posted:Given the Evangelical Right was 100% behind a credibly accused pedophile in Alabama (who thankfully still ate poo poo in the election) I'm not 100% sure that a dead girl or whatever would actually do it with them anymore.
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Jan 22, 2018 22:54
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"The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy" was a quote from a Louisiana governor back in the eighties, it's become a stock phrase for American political pundits. The sentiment he's expressing is of course super gross but the phrasing isn't original.
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Jan 22, 2018 22:55
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System Metternich posted:American politics ...something that actually makes sense
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Jan 22, 2018 22:57
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P-Mack posted:"The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy" was a quote from a Louisiana governor back in the eighties, it's become a stock phrase for American political pundits. The governor in question being Edwin Edwards, who was extremely quotable. In the same elect8on, he said his opponent was so dumb, it took him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes.
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Jan 22, 2018 23:02
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Epicurius posted:The governor in question being Edwin Edwards, who was extremely quotable. In the same elect8on, he said his opponent was so dumb, it took him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes.
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Jan 22, 2018 23:08
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HEY GUNS posted:people from the US southern states have a way with words Another bit of Southern lingo you'll run into on occasion: "Bless your heart!" This roughly translates to "gently caress you."
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Jan 22, 2018 23:42
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I like the GBS way of saying gently caress you, which is 'Namaste'
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Jan 23, 2018 00:17
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Night10194 posted:There's a lot of interesting polling showing that since a certain orange jerk because President, they've suddenly totally flipped around on if it's okay for a leader to be 'immoral'. Most hardcore Calvinists I know think Trump is on the bullet train to hell. They've just started up with the "sometimes God appoints wicked rulers to do good" thing (Obama was also a wicked ruler but he was God's judgment on the US, ofc.)
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The Phlegmatist posted:Most hardcore Calvinists I know think Trump is on the bullet train to hell. They've just started up with the "sometimes God appoints wicked rulers to do good" thing (Obama was also a wicked ruler but he was God's judgment on the US, ofc.) Whenever I see this justification I'm reminded that the role he uses 'wicked' people in in the Old Testament is usually 'the iron rod of my anger', as you say in the parenthetical.
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Jan 23, 2018 15:45
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there's a certain argument that trump is God's judgement on america but not in the way they're thinking
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The Phlegmatist posted:Most hardcore Calvinists I know think Trump is on the bullet train to hell. They've just started up with the "sometimes God appoints wicked rulers to do good" thing (Obama was also a wicked ruler but he was God's judgment on the US, ofc.) Well, right, but with Obama it was "we must not elect this wicked man, lest God punish us" and now it's "we had to elect this wicked man, lest God punish us", and you'd think God could appoint a wicked Democrat to do good as easily as a wicked Republican, right? (You'd think.) Night10194 posted:Whenever I see this justification I'm reminded that the role he uses 'wicked' people in in the Old Testament is usually 'the iron rod of my anger', as you say in the parenthetical. I am not convinced that this isn't the case. I know the US isn't God's chosen nation and I certainly don't think it was mentioned in the Bible. I don't think the Constitution was divinely inspired, either. But I do think God intervenes in the fate of nations as much as he does in the fate of people (and that that's "often", to forestall the inevitable, "so, not at all, then?"), and giving a country a wicked ruler is kind of a recurring theme in the Bible!
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They believe in a god so weak he can be contained by their magic spells. I mean, that's what prosperity gospel is, at its heart. Magic. "Incant the right words, make a sacrifice, and enact your will thus that you will have temporal wealth and prosper and also be saved."
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Night10194 posted:They believe in a god so weak he can be contained by their magic spells. "For it harmeth none, give me thou seed money." Thirteen Orphans fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Jan 23, 2018 |
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Night10194 posted:They believe in a god so weak he can be contained by their magic spells. I've posted it in this thread before (or maybe the last) but it's bizarre how people who think Dungeons and Dragons is witchcraft are okay with practicing theurgy as long as it has a thin Christian veneer. Name it and claim it!
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Jan 24, 2018 01:08
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I've played D&D before, and I would consider doing so again. I've even gone so far as to be a DM one time!
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My parents never read to me but they did let me look at their AD&D Monster Manual. I saw cartoon dryad breasts too young. 
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Jan 24, 2018 02:43
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help, there's a buffalo herd outside my office
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Jan 24, 2018 21:57
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the campus sits next to a small lake, the tribe's buffalo herd is in a pasture across the lake but there is not a fence in the lake the lake is frozen and some of them decided to wander across the lake and hang out on campus buffalo can be really aggressive so there's a minor crisis going on as the buffalo ranch staff try to figure out how to get them off campus and make sure they don't cross back edit: this was this morning, before they invaded campus 
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Jan 24, 2018 22:02
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post closeups of the herd are they at your window itself?
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Jan 24, 2018 22:35
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CountFosco posted:I've played D&D before, and I would consider doing so again. I've even gone so far as to be a DM one time!
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HEY GUNS posted:post closeups of the herd I don't think so, I'm in class and just got the email notification. I'm exaggerating a bit, but there are a few animals on campus somewhere.
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Jan 24, 2018 23:07
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#justpellisworththings
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HEY GUNS posted:#justpellisworththings Like you never got a text message closing the library because a six foot gator got inside when you were in college.
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Cythereal posted:Like you never got a text message closing the library because a six foot gator got inside when you were in college.
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HEY GUNS posted:I'm going to run an RPG online at some ill-defined point in the future, it'll involve occultism and weird history, you're welcome if you want Provided the time zones line up I'd be into that. One of the nerdiest things I've ever done was alpha-test an RPG that a friend of mine invented herself.
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CountFosco posted:Provided the time zones line up I'd be into that. One of the nerdiest things I've ever done was alpha-test an RPG that a friend of mine invented herself.
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