VIDEO: I cooked potatoes with a portable camping stove and free fuel: wood!

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-03-20T20:24:30+00:00

Wonderful! Nice! I gotta get one and try this, too. Getting a wood burning stove for the house, specifically, is my big expense goal this year.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-03-20T20:22:37+00:00

I am literally thinking about making this very investment. Stove tent, stove. It's on my list.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-03-14T20:58:57+00:00

Yum, dude.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-03-14T20:57:28+00:00

I'm glad you got some answers. What's next?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-03-04T22:53:05+00:00

You should do this for a living, Larry. You have talent. Thank you for the mention, man.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-15T21:52:34+00:00

I love all the head whisker ornamentation.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-10T14:17:30+00:00

I bet there are still forums out there.

I've sort of given up on finding people to share my hobby with on-line. I think I'll just have to quietly enjoy my hobby without people. That's ok. Back in the day, none of this would have existed. Like JoGooD said, maybe it's time to just move off-line, for the most part.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-10T13:30:39+00:00

Welcome, man! It's cool here. Unlike Reddit where many folks stick to individual subs, everyone posts everywhere, basically. It's like a close-knit family that yells at each other sometimes.

Just don't threaten people with literal violence and you should be ok.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-09T22:41:52+00:00

I just report it all. It's ridiculous. One day, some poor guy named Gurpreet Singh or Vikram Gopal or Ahmed Ibrahim or Varghese Thomas or Farokh Irani or Dhiraj Jain is going to actually try to create a legitimate account to talk to us, and he'll be prematurely swatted away.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-09T13:21:37+00:00

Ah, alright. But asexuality has nothing to do with any sexuality. Why would they include it here? Just like being physically inter-sexed has nothing to do with homosexuality. Or gender dysphoria. Thanks for the explanation, though. Too many options now, imho.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-08T19:43:46+00:00

Is it sort of like Workspace or Slack?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-08T18:40:44+00:00

It's absolutely horrifying. It looks like a bomb hit.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-08T18:33:40+00:00

:( Crap. Are you on disability at all? Have you applied?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-08T18:26:54+00:00

Ok... When I was in college "queer" was just a catch-all term for LGB. What the heck is it now?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-08T18:21:49+00:00

I am pretty sure a lot of those tech guys are getting laid off because AI is going to be doing their jobs. Funny how they get laid off just as AI is going public, and being marketed as a cute, fun thing. And being trained on everything we're putting into it.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-08T13:23:59+00:00

I mean, a doctor who focuses on natural / alternative medicine. Some of those guys are good at figuring out what is out of balance in the body and recommending supplements or dietary changes based on that, but it looks like you're already on that path for yourself, anyway. Looks like you've done your research. Are you also on Vitamin D, at all?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-06T21:16:48+00:00

I am so sorry, man. They should have never even put these out on the market if they were this bad. Just tell everyone to chug Vitamin D, and left it alone.

Have you tried a homeopathic doctor?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-06T16:32:58+00:00

I feel like this is going to catch on fire.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-04T21:48:56+00:00

I think it would be helpful to define genocide. Is genocide the physical killing of an entire ethnic group of people? Is genocide the imprisonment of an ethnic group? Forced relocation? Forced language shifts?

Genocide in its most literal break down means "race killing". Not culture killing or language killing, but race killing. I know people sometimes talk about linguistic or cultural genocide, but the term seems to be over-used.

If we can define terms, then we can decide if a term is being used correctly, or if a less intense or more intense word needs to be used instead. This is the problem with post-modernism. Increasingly, words mean what a person wants them to mean subjectively. This makes historical discourse and contemporary dialogue kind of hard.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-04T20:07:13+00:00

A social credit system is coming. It's already here. I would urge everyone to get off of social media, and just stay off the stuff.

Big Brother is already here. Big Brother is social media. I mean, come on, people are getting fired from their jobs over social media posts. That is ridiculous.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-04T19:23:26+00:00

It really blows my mind that this is even a thing. Back when I was growing up, kids would mess around with hair and clothing, but we'd never dream of going on hormones or having surgery. You just muddled through high school, eventually figured out who you were, and life went on. I know I sound like an old fart, but holy cow...

I remember reading some Leslie Feinberg about 17 years ago, and I think we have her to thank for a lot of this. Only, funny thing, as far as I know she never got bottom surgery. Seems like this really began to take off around 2008-2010 or so.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-04T16:20:38+00:00

She always looks kind of dead and angry. You'd think changing her body to what she wants it to be like would make her happy, but she juts looks agitated and cheesed off. I keep hearing from detransitioners that nothing they did made them really happy. They would tell themselves that they were happy, and try to feel happy, but they were always chasing some ideal that never materialized.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-04T14:43:39+00:00

Oh, my gosh, that's really good.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-03T16:53:57+00:00

o_0 Yikes! Did you use any pain killers?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-03T16:48:33+00:00

Good. I'm glad she's suing.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-03T16:14:44+00:00

No, no it's not.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-03T14:46:57+00:00

I mean, right? Why in the world would they not shoot it down the instant they realized what it was?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-03T13:31:37+00:00

"She apparently rescued pigs from slaughter houses and lived with them in a tiny London apartment."

That sounds kind of fun.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-03T13:26:41+00:00

Thank you, Mr. Rogers, for being sane. God bless you.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-03T13:24:21+00:00

Hey, Starlight! Good to meet you! I had no idea Reddit had become so crazy. Sheesh.

It's kind of different here, a bit like 90's internet. People are more expressive and blunt, but it's also pretty close-knit. You'll find a lot of controversial topics, but at least there's freedom to discuss them, disagree, and argue about things. It's a lot more constructive.

It's kind of a like a weird family reunion here everyday.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-02T18:54:27+00:00

This is actually kind of disturbing. It will apparently praise Biden but not Trump, and will insult women but not men. I'm not liking this tech. I never did, honestly, but I can see this technology taking jobs immediately.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-02T13:29:23+00:00

Hey, 420! I'm not much into politics, either. Welcome!

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-01T17:10:13+00:00

That's pretty amazing. Don't even mention what is happening on other subReddits, or they'll shut us down. Well... we'll have a lot more users flocking here, that's for sure!

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-01T16:16:18+00:00

But if the surgery is innately harmful and the tissue in question isn't infected or harboring a tumor, why cut into it? And as the issue is with the person's perception of their naturally male or female body, this seems more like a psychological issue that needs therapy, not a physical one that needs surgery.

I get that this may be a sensitive issue for you, Vulptex. And you have my sympathy and my concern. But honestly, man, look at the de-trans testimonies. And the things that can go wrong with this surgery are startling. Life-changing, but in all the wrong ways. The ones who regret it, regret it big-time, and may even consider killing themselves.

I'm on the fence. I'm not sure that this should be outlawed, but I really don't think a kid should be able to get access to this stuff. If they're not old enough to get a tattoo, get married, consent to sex with an adult, or go to war, they shouldn't be old enough to go on T or E or get top or bottom surgery.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-01T15:14:06+00:00

I'm torn. I definitely feel like no one under 18 should be given opposite-sex hormones or surgery, but 26? I would say, either allow folks to get hormones and eventually surgery at 18, or just ban hormones and bottom surgery all together.

Given how messed up the results of bottom surgery often are (pain, wounds that never heal, weird complications, drainage), maybe no one should be getting this surgery. You can't do to the human body what these surgeons are claiming, anyway. And the ones who regret the surgery regret the $#@! out of it.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-01T15:07:18+00:00

Hey, Tornado!

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-02-01T14:47:09+00:00

Welcome! It's much better here. It's like that table at school where all the weird, smart, interesting kids sat. :) thumbs up

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-29T21:44:02+00:00

mmmmmmm. :D Beef and beef and pub fries. Looks good!

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-28T23:59:33+00:00

What?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-28T17:38:49+00:00

What do you use, then, if you don't mind my asking? Genuinely curious. I use an iPhone and a dumbphone, but the iPhone is pretty much app-free.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-28T13:20:47+00:00

Agreed.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-28T01:25:32+00:00

Don't do it. I've seen the fallout from suicide multiple times, and it's a disaster. It's sad, and it's sad for everyone. Just live, man. Hang in there.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-28T01:09:43+00:00

He. But I completely agree. This is a mess. I hope he doesn't do it. One rash, stupid choice doesn't warrant a second one.

There's a glimmer of hope, though. Even folks who get bottom surgery can do their best to de-transition. I want this guy to know that he's not alone, and he's not beyond help. What this dude needs is a good, strong, positive support system of de-transitioners.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-27T22:56:41+00:00

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-27T20:31:55+00:00

That is incredibly sad.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-27T18:15:32+00:00

You'd think liberals would be furious that a greedy corporation is likely intentionally manipulating a virus to sicken and kill more people just to make money off of patented injections. 20 years ago a liberal would have been rightly furious, and demanding accountability and an investigation. Man, socio-politics has changed.

Moderates and Conservatives. The new Liberals.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-27T12:57:41+00:00

I like Qwant. It seems pretty good, and they claim to respect privacy. It's based in France.

https://www.qwant.com/

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-27T11:44:56+00:00

I'm not surprised. I stopped using them when they began to hide Russian news sources after the invasion. I figured if they could waffle on political neutrality, they could waffle on privacy someday, too.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-26T16:30:45+00:00

I'm sorry, Spiral. The internet has definitely changed over the past few years. I am finding (slowly) that the longer I am off of social media, the less I miss it. I can just enjoy my hobbies without other people. And sometimes come here to just talk about life.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-26T13:47:38+00:00

Dang, that looks good. Good old fashioned cow. No locusts, beetle grubs, crickets, or soy. :)

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-26T00:17:15+00:00

She was likely closer to 14 when she was engaged to Saint Joseph, and closer to 15 when she bore Christ. In pre-diaspora Jewish culture, girls would not have been typically married until they were old enough to have children, and like Jett implied, girls back then developed later. Thanks to all the hormones and junk in our food today, girls as young as 8 begin developing physically, but on a natural, pre-modern diet 13-17 would have been a more realistic age for a young woman to be able to have kids, and hence get engaged.

The engagement period also typically lasted about a year, after which the young man and woman began actually living together as husband and wife.

This all kind of gets implied in the Gospels. The Annunciation happened after she had already been engaged to Saint Joseph, and she was found to be expecting a Son during her engagement period. This would have had to have been a long enough engagement period for her family to notice she was pregnant. It's also shown that a girl of 12 (Jairus' daughter) was still at home, thought of as child, was not engaged, and was not yet married. So 12 is a bit young.

Based on more natural human development and 1st Century Jewish culture, we can infer that Mary was 13-17 when she was engaged and 14-18 when she bore Christ. thumbs up

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-25T21:35:11+00:00

I'm sorry to hear about your father, Jason. That's terrible.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-25T17:30:30+00:00

Well, they're not supposed to be. Problem is, now you have drag queen story hour, kids being taken on field trips to gay bars, and adult sexuality being taught to kids at younger and younger ages. This is all concerning, and tends to point back to the LGBTQ community, even though plenty of LGB people are not on board with this.

I don't think this will impact cross dressing. This is basically about performances, specifically raunchy stage performances where men in drag sing and perform in an explicit or obscene manner. This is not about a man wearing a dress in public as he shops for groceries, gets his car fixed at the shop, and pays his water bill.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-25T16:15:01+00:00

I think that if a few fringe members of the community hadn't gone way, way overboard with "Drag Queen Story Hour" and if we weren't seeing this frantic rush to trans kids, this would never have happened. The extremes are pushing other extremes. Having said that, I agree that drag shows are very... adult. They're obscene, contain enactments of sex acts, raunchy jokes, etc. They're not meant for kids.

This may lead to gay bars who host these shows being limited to 18+ admission. No minor teens, no kids, show your ID at the door.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-25T16:02:09+00:00

That's remarkable, as I have always though that the gamer community was a bit less prone to flying off the handle over rude or possibly offensive speech. Or is every online space just this over-patrolled now?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-25T14:55:34+00:00

Everything is just purging everyone... :( Can't say anything. Can't make a joke. Can't strongly dislike anything. Sheesh.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-25T14:45:41+00:00

That's kind of cool! Thank you!

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-25T13:37:25+00:00

Neat idea, but I'm surprised and a little worried that there's no "about us" info on their site, or any indication of who's running the service.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-25T13:33:35+00:00

I wondered about this. I remember reading a very weird article in early 2021. A 19-year-old girl was having trouble with Covid (some breathing issues), and her mother brought her to the hospital. Once there, she was put on oxygen, and then the hospital decided to put her (the daughter) on a ventilator. The daughter was screaming and crying in terror at the thought of being on a ventilator as she saw this as an indication that she would not recover. The 19-year-old girl was put on a ventilator, and died.

Ok, now... most 19-year-olds can recover just fine from Covid. This girl may have had complications which made her very sick, but still. If she was screaming and crying at the thought of being put on a ventilator, did she really need a ventilator? And why did she die after being put on one? Shouldn't that have helped her?

The whole article was just incredibly messed up.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-23T22:06:39+00:00

They should have just brought back Green's go-go boots and dropped the purple m&m.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-23T14:38:03+00:00

"....and my emoji is 💚."

What?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-22T22:55:53+00:00

Yep, it's insane. I can't even find the search results anymore.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-22T02:13:17+00:00

"Consider this a call for reciprocal violence to be done to the police and their allies. On Friday, January 20th, wherever you are, you are invited to participate in a night of rage in order to honor the memory of our fallen comrade," the group wrote on Twitter, in an apparent violation of the platform’s terms and conditions.

~~~

Wow... ok... that's not a peaceful protest. I really do think the main point of this is to completely destabilize society.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-21T18:47:22+00:00

I believe it. That's basically where we're headed.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-21T13:53:44+00:00

That's exactly how I read it, too. Pokemon, Blue and Gold Version!

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-21T13:40:55+00:00

I don't blame the McDonald's for calling the cops. After watching hours of footage of outraged, unstable customers attack workers over fast food, calling the cops may be the best answer. People go nuts in McDonald's.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-21T13:32:42+00:00

I hated school. The only class I liked was art, and I got a tiny bit into geometry. The rest of it was very difficult to get through. The degree is worth it, though.

Homeschooling might not be a bad idea, so long as the kids aren't too sheltered, and have plenty of opportunities to play with other kids, and have fun and see the world, a bit.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-21T13:27:54+00:00

It seems like all the Covid shots have risks, though I am hearing about this more often as more people get the booster shots. I would avoid the booster shots. If you already have two shots of whatever in your system, just go easy on your body. If you have any boosters in your system, go really, really easy on your body, and don't take any more of these things. This was a massively cruel, greedy medical experiment.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-21T13:26:20+00:00

I'm glad it wasn't too bad for you, man! It seems like obese folks and diabetics had the worse time with it. My 68-year-old Mom caught it, and had it pretty bad. She mercifully survived, though, minus any hospitalization. I have a weird feeling about hospitalizations for this thing. I have heard of 19-year-old kids brought to the hospital for Covid (thank you, media panic), being intubated, and they wind up dying.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-20T23:33:22+00:00

Yeah, don't work out too hard. If you do have at least two doses of this stuff in your system, go easy on your body. No jogging, no sports, no aerobics.

Walking, light stretching, that is it. If you have to climb more than one or two flights of stairs, maybe consider taking the elevator.

There is not a lot of data out there to help people, because the medical establishment does not want to admit that anything is wrong. But based on what we can see here and in the news, intense physical activity can be dangerous for the vaccinated. Don't risk it.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-20T23:21:01+00:00

I went back to work after two weeks in front of the TV, and realized that no one was dropping dead in the streets. Things seemed pretty normal. My co-workers all caught it, and while one or two got long Covid, no one died. I did not see that the panic was proportionate to the reality.

If you're likely to die of pneumonia or the flu, or you're over 60, be careful. Other than that, carry on, basically.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-20T22:45:42+00:00

You know, I would bet almost any amount of money that most of these girls have been molested. There's this intense disassociation with their female bodies thanks to the abuse, and a desire to transform into something else. But instead of addressing this, they get labeled "trans" and put on hormones and sliced up. It's sick. In the 90's way.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-20T22:40:25+00:00

A relative ran into this. She asked a younger (19 or 20) customer for his email address, and he seemed confused. He didn't have one, and never had. I do suspect, though, that e-mail will make a retro comeback, as many young people grow sick of social media. Just like Walkman players, mp3 players, dumb phones, and cassettes. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY2RhHWthXk

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-20T17:47:18+00:00

That's incredibly sad. These poor kids. The adults who push young people (and other adults) into this are morons and creeps.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-19T22:40:45+00:00

Well, that's just cute. They look like a dis-joined Ying Yang.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-19T13:22:44+00:00

Hey, man! Welcome!

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-19T13:19:09+00:00

Oh, I agree. I hate apps. I avoid them as much as I can. And the creepy, constant push to "download the app!" really cheeses me off. I can't even browse Reddit on my phone ( I have a smartphone, too) without an eventual demand to download the app if I want to keep reading.

Apps are spyware.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-18T23:34:06+00:00

Oh, yeah! I got a tiny collection of dumb phones going. They're awesome.

I've also seen Gen Z getting into portable CD players and Walkman players, and that cracks me up. In a good way. These poor kids are so overloaded with flat screens and smartphones that anything with buttons that only does one thing is relaxing for them.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-18T23:27:21+00:00

Hey, John Raymond. I'm not Catholic, but have a lot of love and respect for Catholic Saints and theology. I go to Mass when I can. Good to meet you.

Vatican II has been.... interesting, from what I understand. I think had the Pope just read the Mystery of Fatima when he was supposed to, none of this would have happened.

Prayers for the Church, and for all Christians everywhere. God bless you, man, good to meet you.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-16T22:00:14+00:00

This is why I find federated and decentralized social media so confusing. It's a bit much. I can find my way around a website like this, or a discussion forum, but I can't do all of these separate servers. It's confusing as heck, and just makes me balk. We also need more options for social media that are anonymous. Username and password only. No email linking, no 2fa.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-15T21:08:44+00:00

Interesting, thanks. I might check them out. I guess what I'm looking for is something of a hybrid between e-mail and social, but that may not work very well, or maybe I should just stick with e-mail. Anyway, thanks, I'll look into them.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-15T17:14:41+00:00

Something I've always kind of wanted is a platform that combined social-media like functions with e-mail. So that it's less of a visual over-load, and keeps a lot of the communications as dms / e-mail. Or, maybe, and e-mail that allowed you to use it more like FB, only private. Just wondering.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-15T16:59:50+00:00

I know, right? I get the impression she's lying / exaggerating about a lot of these dates. Perhaps the guy ordered a black coffee and she was internally repulsed but stayed through the date and never called him back. I have a very hard time imagining that any woman is shallow and ridiculous enough that she'd walk out over how a guy takes his coffee. And if she is this particular, she'd be vetting her dates better. "Must use oat milk in every coffee you order".

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-15T15:36:49+00:00

Looking at her Twitter posts, I have a hard time believing that a lot of this is real.

"I went on a first date last night. At the restaurant, he ordered a domestic beer and a steak. I grabbed the bottle of wine I ordered and left immediately."

"Went on a date last night and the guy was mansplaining, an alpha male power move. It reeked of small dick energy so I got up and left."

"Went on a blind date last night, we met at a coffee shop. He ordered his coffee black. I got up and left. Sure sign of a wannabe alpha male who lives at home."

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-14T16:57:39+00:00

Good. I would more than anything like a bill saying that no one is obligated to use anyone's preferred pronouns and that no one can be fired over this issue, either. Maybe that's exactly what this will be.

If I can't bring myself to call a male co-worker "she", I shouldn't be hauled into HR or fired over it. This is a mater of one's medical, biological, and even moral views about sex and reality, and if one feels it's just a flat-out lie to use language this way, they shouldn't be forced to.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-14T15:40:30+00:00

I'm not adverse to setting up separate bathrooms or individual changing rooms for these people, but forcing women and girls to stare at male genitals is just wrong. The irony is that the public's growing frustration and disgust may eventually lead to people getting violent and hurting MTF men, so the whole goal of shoving this down everyone's throats to keep trans people "safe" may in fact backfire.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-14T14:15:39+00:00

Valid question. Which parts of what we would call Ukraine does Russia see as being technically Russia?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-14T14:12:16+00:00

Ah, alright, as long as they're happy and healthy, that's all that matters. Cute cats. They seem snugly. :)

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-14T01:06:35+00:00

"My other experiments followed similar patterns. I couldn’t reduce consumption in three significant areas since I don’t own a car, I was already vegan, and I have no children."

Perhaps this is the goal. No cars, no meat, no baby humans. And no electricity. While a part of me finds projects like this interesting, I can't help but feel that there's an extremist message or end goal here.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-14T00:35:55+00:00

Just wondering, he seems a bit bald between the right eye and the ear, but I could be wrong.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-13T19:49:55+00:00

Sweet little guy. Is his fur ok?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-13T14:17:24+00:00

I have a question. Is Biden hiding something in Ukraine? Because he seems to be absolutely obsessed with that country, and he's spending billions to make sure Russia doesn't take it over. China forcefully took back Hong Kong, we didn't care. India took back Kashmir, we didn't care. Israel keeps chipping away into parts of Syria, and we don't care.

Why is he so obsessed with Ukraine? What's he hiding over there?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-13T00:37:24+00:00

I traveled to Maine this past summer. Rural Maine. And if anyone's every been up there, you know it's the New England approximation of rural Indiana or something. Very down-to-earth, hard-working, moderate-to-conservative folks.

So a town had completely replaced all of the US flags on a public bridge with Pride Progress flags. Every single one. In rural Maine. On a public bridge. I had to kind of stare at the scene and mentally process it. And it's not like some or half of the US flags has been swapped out, every single one was gone.

How is anyone not supposed to interpret that as some kind of a hostile take over? And on a public road?

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-12T18:53:38+00:00

I think most people will be ok. Those who, sadly, seem to be dying in large numbers are young, healthy athletes. Which is especially maddening, as young healthy people were least likely to die of Covid and really didn't need these darn shots. Most people I know who got them seem fine. I know of two vaccine injuries and a possible third, and all of them are pretty messed up. Migraines that never go away, dizzy spells, symptoms that mimic MS, etc. Sheesh.

I'm glad you seem to be ok, though. Just go easy on yourself. The less active a person is, the better chances they seem to have of not experiencing weird problems later.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-11T18:11:28+00:00

I think a good second tactic would be to ban social media. I keep hearing story after story of folks who "realized they were trans" after being told that they were on Reddit, TikTok, Tumblr, etc.

This is good, though. This surgery is not care, it's pretty messed up. You want to cross-dress? That's your call to make. But the number of folks who regret this surgery is staggering. And the stuff that can go wrong is grotesque, and painful to hear about.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-11T15:10:37+00:00

I'm hoping, at this point, that conservative Anglicans just migrate away from this nonsense and join some break away group.

https://www.anglicanchurchinamerica.org/

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-10T17:04:55+00:00

What gets me is that she was fired for using the platform exactly as it was intended; she followed people she agreed with and was terminated for it. That's ridiculous. I would argue that social media is so broken and weaponized, that there's no sense in being on it.

Just stick to anonymous places like this and maybe some weird, hipster sites like "space hey" or something, or an anonymous blog. Using anything as yourself just seems risky. And I agree, it shouldn't be that way. But it is, unfortunately.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-10T13:44:01+00:00

That's pretty cool. Good job, Clouds! You have an impressive amount of technical know-how.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-10T13:31:58+00:00

Well, I think that being offended has become equal to being punched or beaten in some people's minds, which tells you how rarely some of these people get off of social media.

But either there need to be some ground rules about what can and can not get a person fired or (my advice) folks just need to get off of social media until things calm down. Because being fired for following Blaire White of all people is just stupid. So what?

I'm already weirded out that typing something into Facebook or Twitter while you're off the clock and sitting on your couch can get you canned. Your social media life and your work life ought to be separate.

tiny-brown-mug · 2023-01-09T20:50:16+00:00

No, I agree. Something needs to be done here. People have been fired in the US over "offensive" on-line opinions, which is incredibly subjective. Women have been arrested in Europe for saying that men can not be women. It's getting ridiculous.

Maybe have it be very strict; if someone threatens to kill you, physically hurt you, or hurt your family, sure. Prosecute that. If they just have an opinion that you find stupid or ignorant, ignore it and move on with your life. Because this is having real-life consequences, and it's like China's Weibo. Only, according to one user on here, worse.

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