I am now pretty curious as to what the ultimate step is, then. What the heck comes after suicide ideology?

For me it was the realization that I have more empathy than god does. How could I worship an ostensible creator who has made it clear that certain kinds of people are abominable just for existing as it made them, and that also gave us minds to think about that kind of thing? When I asked other christians, the answers…

Atheism is the lack of belief in a god. Agnosticism is the position that we cannot know whether there is a god. I would posit that most atheists are agnostic atheists. At the same time, many Christians are gnostic theists, as in, they believe they can know there is a god and that they believe in it. Theism/atheism and…

Damn. That was cold-blooded and I love it! He probably choked on those words, and his rabid fan base surely is seething that he named them. Then again, he “we’d” his way out of it, so maybe they think it’s coming from “the establishment” and not him personally. Not that I can see him personally denouncing white…

I was waiting for sex robots to render *men* utterly redundant. I feel like these kinds of guys would be so angry if women had alternatives to human men. Regular folk would get over it but these hateflakes would be pissed off because white women can’t BREED with a sex robot to keep the hatefully-indoctrinated…

They are so no true Scotsman about this. Ugh. I just can’t even with this garbage.

Aww HELL naw.

So is this like, secular animism? It really is very calming sometimes. I used to feel bad, as if I were still acting out my Christian programming of prayer, but you’re right: these sort of random, meaningless prayers can be so soothing when I’m anxious, as if I am exerting some tiny force of will.

Why thank you!

Wow, that sounds pretty nice. I also have pets, and thankfully water and trash are included. No yard as such. We have a courtyard that is about 60% concrete and 40% rocks. It’s in a poor neighborhood but the community in the complex (12 1-2 bedroom apartments) is pretty great. We have monthly barbecues and spend a lot…

Thank you for the hugs. <3 I’m thankful that I did not get dragged through the mud in any public fashion, and I feel horrible for those victims who do. I’m grateful for the people I had in my life who were there for me during that time, and I pay that forward whenever I can, because no victim should be without support…

Haha, I’m paying the same for a little apartment in Vegas right now! It’s small but I’m loving it. A whole house though, eh? Even a small one at 475 a month would be pretty nice (I hope!). Do you have a yard or anything? I’m very interested to know what that amount will get where you are vs here.

I am there, just tell me when and give me the mailing addy.

Ugh, that is so despicable jfc.

If I were ever raped again I wouldn’t report it. I did once, in my 20s, to a police man who was sure it wasn’t true because I had previously had consensual sex with the guy and I wasn’t bruised or beat up or bleeding, plus come on, lots of people like getting choked during sex and if they really mean no they will…

I’m also not religious, but I do have a habit of praying directly to whatever I’m addressing, like “Please, old lasagne in a tin pan, don’t give me food poisoning” or “Please be cloudy today, sky”. I might have to start praying to strokes to start striking folk. It is never as good as praying was with true belief, but…

Why did I click that, tho? I want to ask my mom about this because she is a reverend and might know about gracism (jfc what a word!), but on the other hand I don’t want to introduce her to some crazy fucking new concept that she might think is great to pass on to the white christians in her life.

The cost of living there is ridic. I lived there in 1999-2000 and stayed in grimy hotels and pretty okay hostels the whole time. I went apartment hunting and ran across ads for stuff like studio apartment, shared bath, no proper kitchen, $2000 a month. I can only imagine what it’s like now!

High fucking five. I’m not alone on burn ward patrol for small assholes.

You’re very kind, Rooo. Six months of social media not-having seems pretty light for people who poured boiling water on a fellow child’s face. And you KNOW they were careful not to spill any on themselves. I feel like six months of having to read to burn victims or something is more appropriate. Maybe when they hear…