Yeah, his definition is exactly the stereotype many Christians have (and push) about atheists. All being an atheists means is that a person doesn’t believe in a god, no more, no less. An atheist might be very interested in the hard sciences, and think the universe is an ordered, structured place. Another atheist might…

“Don’t play on your phone: “

I think most people who become atheists go through an angry period, I myself did many years ago. Some never grow out of it. For many I think it’s because they felt they were lied to their whole lives. I didn’t grow up in a hyper-religious family, so it wasn’t a huge issue for me.

“Are you raising your children to be atheist or agnostic? Atheists are openly hostile towards religion. Agnostics just don’t believe in any god.”

I’m glad to see more and more articles related to atheists or the non-religious on this site.

I’m also a person who has zero awareness of fashion trends. I wore jean shorts unironically until 2008 or 2009 because no one ever told me I wasn’t supposed to be wearing them. It wasn’t until a company outing to a baseball game when a coworker expressed his shock that I was wearing “jorts”; that was also the first…

This list suffers from a distinct lack of “Trading Places”.

Is that also something? I haven’t heard of that either. 

I’m 39 years old, which means I was 25 in 2008. I don’t ever remember hearing the word twee then or now. 

I occasionally reread books, but that’s the rare exception, not the rule. I imagine that’s the same for most people. Even if I really love a book, time is a finite resource, and a book is a relatively big time commitment. I’d generally rather use that time to try and find another great book. I have a few that I’m…

I don’t care if people park in front of my house because I don’t own the road. One thing that does bother me is when someone parks smack dab in the middle of the area in front of my house, and it doesn’t leave room for another car to park behind them. 

Ooh, I have a few more.

I used to hoard every book I ever purchased, and then realized that all they were doing was taking up valuable space in my house. I then purged any book that didn’t have an obvious reason I might refer to it again, or sentimental value to me. I was a holdout with e-books for a long time, but eventually became a…

“What is this obsession people have with books? They put them in their houses like they’re trophies. What do you need it for after you read it?”

I have a tempurpedic brand foam mattress and the manufacturer does not recommend rotating. I’d imagine it’s similar for other brands as well. As far as dust mites, that’s a good question, but I don’t see why it would be less likely. I’d have to think most of the dust mites live in the fabric covering on the mattress,…

I just like talking about guitar any chance I get :) I don’t see many of the people I used to play music with very often anymore. My wife and I both love music and share very similar tastes in it, but she’s not a guitar player or musician, so her eyes gloss over when I start talking about the difference between a…

Regarding support for the mattress, you may be able to improve your current bed. We bought a new bedroom set early in 2021. The bed is a wood frame with wood slats running across. About six months after buying it we decided to buy a memory foam mattress. I read tempur pedic’s website, and the slats on are frame were…

I’m sure we talked about how it’s easier to learn barre chords higher up the neck, an A at the 5th fret for example. That said, the first fret is absolutely the hardest because there is no “0" fret to help out, just the nut. You could put a capo on the first fret and just play your F at the second fret. I’m not sure…

Guitar Center is good for purchasing, but I agree, I wouldn’t give them a guitar to work on. Many years ago I bought a Les Paul Studio from Musician’s Friend. It had a wiring issue within the first year, so I brought it to a local music store that was an “authorized Gibson repair shop”. The guy there was not the…

Hey, we talked about this before. Did you try out that “little F” yet?