That's adorable, man. Yea, I think we have opossums but, we call them possums because opossums sounds weird to say. I've had a pet deer and a pet squirrel over the years. I had a teacher who had a pet racoon. I've met people with wolves. They can all make good pets but, don't expect them to be civil with you if you…

That sounds completely fair to me. There's just…a sort of atmosphere here. Our evening news scares people. It's not violent media that inspires this, it's violent news and a sense of helplessness. I'll blame the government a bit. Our form of capitalism isn't one that is simply a reward for contributing to society,…

The bar for being an intellectual is quite low these days.
You pretty much just have to say during a discussion, "I believe this thing, but also…"
It's been three hours and I've been drinking and reading other comments. I remember siding with you on the argument but, what stuck out to me the most was the Sylvester level…

…then, I have failed.

Possums are also affected by the societal environment here. They tend to get shot so…they're a little bitchy towards humans.

Are you guys still allowed to own a gun if you're a farmer and have to protect livestock and shit like that?
I'm in the middle on this issue. Now that I think about it, we should probably only allow hunting rifles, have them registered, and limit the amount of ammunition you can buy for it. I'm fine with people hunting…

I also think we shouldn't allow open carry licenses unless that person has a justifiable reason to feel that it's necessary. I can understand with people like Trace Atkins and Plaxico Burress. They both got in trouble, Atkins for having a loaded gun on his tour bus, Plaxico for accidentally shooting himself in the leg…

Did you grow up in the 90's?

I'm fine with the tv spying on me. It's the computer I would be worried about.

Oh yea, I haven't heard one good thing about Chantix. Doesn't it make you vomit every time you smoke?
And, we all have dumb origin stories, it seems. The number one cause of smoking in my group of friends seems to be as an excuse to take a break from work every now and again. To me, it seems much more habitual than it…

I've always found it darkly hilarious that every time someone suggests, not taking all guns away, just mental evaluations and background checks before someone can own a gun, the response from the NRA types is "they're coming for our guns!!!".

I don't have to go outside. I light up right in front of them…wish they could see me do it, too.

I'm not saying the book is pure and just. It's just that…those are actual things that their messiah said. Again, the religion isn't perfect but, blaming the religion is a bit silly when those people are actively ignoring the peaceful passages and embracing the hateful ones.
I'm not going to blame a book, I'm going to…

…If you had said that out loud, you would have spit all over this person.

Let's see. In the Egyptian Black Mass experiment, killing the first born sons was shown to work for…like an hour. The subjects changed their mind, so we ended up having to drown them. Results: Inconclusive."

Right. They're like that guy who's arguing the same point as you but, they're just so goddamn obnoxious that you want to distance yourself from that argument.

It really does seem like he's running psychological tests on everybody in the bible. Like, just putting us in various situations and sitting up there in his lab coat, taking notes.

Good point, actually.
Hmmm….I suppose I could say that Jesus may have been symbolic of humanity helping each other?
Like,
God helps those who help themselves. Those who are capable of helping themselves should help others. In my opinion, those books weren't about an actual bearded, space judge. God was more symbolic of…

Seriously, there's not a person of sound mind over the age of ten who thinks cigarettes are safe anymore. Some of us still smoke but, literally nobody is on the other side of this argument. There's definitely still work that needs to be done when it comes to secondhand smoke and smoking in your car with infants in the…

(sigh)
Youtube has already covered that.
https://www.youtube.com/wat…