Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 90316 Location: Formerly Known As 24
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:44 am Post subject:
The arc of the universe is not moral, and bends towards cycles of creation and destruction. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
Joined: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 67998 Location: In a world where admitting to not knowing something is considered a great way to learn.
Posted: Tue May 03, 2022 10:17 am Post subject:
WOMEN IN CRISIS
Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning Roe vs Wade. A woman should have the right to terminate her pregnancy. The right to choose should not be governed.
LINK _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning Roe vs Wade. A woman should have the right to terminate her pregnancy. The right to choose should not be governed.
Human might have lived in a pride like lions head by one alpha male or one group of alpha males. That’s why women menstrual period sync when live together. Monogamy is a learned behavior
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 19877 Location: Prarie & Manchester, high above the western sideline
Posted: Sat May 14, 2022 2:32 am Post subject:
i have developed a contempt for white guys who are not from hawaii, but love hawaii, talk about hawaii, and spend a lot of time in hawaii. i have never been to hawaii and have no desire to go. _________________ http://chickhearn.ytmnd.com/
Joined: 15 Sep 2012 Posts: 29586 Location: La La Land
Posted: Sat May 14, 2022 7:31 am Post subject:
C M B wrote:
i have developed a contempt for white guys who are not from hawaii, but love hawaii, talk about hawaii, and spend a lot of time in hawaii. i have never been to hawaii and have no desire to go.
As a LA resident I rarely feel the desire to vacation. Particularly in the states. The list of US places I could find more enjoyment in than here is … small.
But I would put Maui in Hawaii on that list. I wouldn’t want to live there. But vacation for a week? Sure. And I’m an AA, I’m not white.
There is a level of peace, sunshine, clear warm ocean water, and serenity someone can achieve there, which is difficult to get the same here in the TMZ.
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 90316 Location: Formerly Known As 24
Posted: Sat May 14, 2022 9:10 am Post subject:
kikanga wrote:
Omar Little wrote:
The arc of the universe is not moral, and bends towards cycles of creation and destruction.
That’s interesting. I would love to know more on your perspective.
Do you believe in fate? Or things being pre-destined?
Or do you subscribe exclusively to causation?
I'm what I would call a hopeful skeptic. I don't tend to believe in things for which there is no compelling evidence, like a higher power or fate, but I do believe in our ability as beings with abstract sentience to rise above our evolutionary drives and create meaningful existences. I don't find that I require an afterlife to want to be a "good" person. In my experience, afterlives and other "created facts" are always part of controlling people by both assuaging and using their fear of mortality, from the first guy who figured out he could "know" that lightning was a sign of anger from the gods and that he could tell people how to fix that (which just happened to supply him power and wealth) to the current people who tell me what Jesus or Allah or whomever wants (with the same coincidental byproduct).
That said, I'm not at all shocked by the fact that appealing to people's animal nature is more effective, and I have no illusions that our universe is perpetual. Life is a gift, but not a fair one beyond what we can do with that for each other, and I'm OK with that. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
This video doesn't necessarily objectify women. For all we know, they were doing interpretive dance and modeling to the music -- that's art. Objectification exists only where it is perceived by the actor in question. There are even some strippers who like their job (up to a point) and state that they don't feel objectified at all and are able to tune the patrons completely out. Who is an observer to say otherwise?
This video is a work of art. Always has been. Schwing.
Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 8451 Location: Santa Monica
Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 1:15 am Post subject:
When it comes to whether things are pre-destined, I believe that certain people are destined to do great things, but that they have to make it happen. I'm sure there are plenty of people who were "supposed" to do great or impressive things, but for whatever reason, they didn't see it through.
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 52702 Location: Making a safety stop at 15 feet.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 7:40 am Post subject:
C M B wrote:
Gaudi's buildings are the ugliest in Barcelona.
You sayin' Gaudi is gaudy? _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 19877 Location: Prarie & Manchester, high above the western sideline
Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 1:32 pm Post subject:
Cutheon wrote:
C M B wrote:
Gaudi's buildings are the ugliest in Barcelona.
Tell me you aren't including La Sagrada Familia in this.
It's the centerpiece of my gripe. I saw most of his other notable works in the city over the past week here, and kept asking myself if I was the one taking crazy pills. After having paid my eE28 x2 entry fee, and after about 15 minutes inside the templo stewing over yet more of my money lost to the Gaudi scam, I had to hit the ol' controversial thread. There are so many sublime gothic, baroque,and art nouveau buildings in this city (and everywhere else in Spain) and they all dwarf Gaudi's melted ice cream steez, yet those places aren't overrun with insta selfie hos.
otoh Spain is a stunning country. Absolutely breathtaking in so many ways. _________________ http://chickhearn.ytmnd.com/
Joined: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 67998 Location: In a world where admitting to not knowing something is considered a great way to learn.
Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 11:45 am Post subject:
Gun control laws. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.
Locking doors at schools. That presents an evacuation problem in the case of fire. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 19877 Location: Prarie & Manchester, high above the western sideline
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:12 am Post subject:
The nations of the world need to pool all of their resources for the commission of a global june bug genocide. These good for nothing b!tches wake up, f___, fly up and hit you in the lips in the dark of night, and then die a week later. _________________ http://chickhearn.ytmnd.com/
Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 6352 Location: The Titanic that is the USA
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:03 pm Post subject:
C M B wrote:
The nations of the world need to pool all of their resources for the commission of a global june bug genocide. These good for nothing b!tches wake up, f___, fly up and hit you in the lips in the dark of night, and then die a week later.
Where do I sign up for this? _________________ You are under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously. - Richard Feynman
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