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| Topic | What's a relatively common food you've never had? |
| Lirishae 01/21/21 7:37:46 PM #9 | Metalsonic66 posted... I really want to try haggis.That is the one thing my husband didn't have me try when we went to visit his family in Scotland a few years ago, haha. He tells me it's good when it's prepared right though. --- "Little scratches on people's hearts will be gone if they pat them from behind, but the humans don't know that." -Li'l Cactus 3DS FC: 0619-3174-3155 |
| Topic | My lying employee is afraid of good things. |
| Lirishae 01/21/21 7:33:09 PM #5 | Dunno if the story is true, but that is in fact a very real thing. I have also known someone with a background of abuse conditioned to lie as their first reflex, and sometimes struggles to be honest because they subconsciously connect "telling the truth" with "danger." --- "Little scratches on people's hearts will be gone if they pat them from behind, but the humans don't know that." -Li'l Cactus 3DS FC: 0619-3174-3155 |
| Topic | I don't really get the "wrong side of history" phrase |
| Lirishae 01/21/21 10:30:52 AM #22 | Zeus posted... That's because the "right side" and "wrong side" of history are just meaningless slogans used to win over gullible idiots. Within any given moment, there's obviously never going to be any indication what might be considered right or wrong in the future. However, more importantly, it's used as a claim that one side or the other will win, which is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.The history of human civilization strongly suggests that future generations will view morality through the lens of reducing suffering. Therefore, being on the "right side of history" is adopting viewpoints aimed to reduce suffering. I'm quite certain that many things people today don't bat an eyelid at today, such as capital punishment and prolonged periods of solitary confinement, will someday be regarded as utterly barbaric and signs of a much less enlightened time. Zeus posted... It's also worth noting that "progress" is a largely meaningless buzzword as well. There are certain limited applications where there's a finite end goal in mind, but usually people use it in vague, nonsensical ways.If you're a healthy, straight white male with comfortable amounts of disposable income and no empathy toward those who suffer things you apparently cannot understand, I suppose "progress" would be a meaningless word, yes. Zeus posted... Really moving the goalposts there. There are only a handful of things that are universally recognized as being bad and, throughout history, even some of the most deplorable acts were praised.... and, honestly, there's a VERY good likelihood that some acts we consider terrible today may wind up being condoned again in the future because we are starting to put more and more power into government. When you give too much power to government, horrible things inevitably happen.Dude, right-wingers are the biggest cheerleaders of big government there is. Invading and bombing other countries, mass surveillance, warrant-less searches, civil asset forfeiture, police murdering unarmed civilians--THAT is big government. Giving money to poor people instead of rich people is not big government; that's government actually doing its job. --- "Little scratches on people's hearts will be gone if they pat them from behind, but the humans don't know that." -Li'l Cactus 3DS FC: 0619-3174-3155 |
| Topic | Have you noticed that nobody cares about radical Islam anymore? |
| Lirishae 01/20/21 5:54:56 PM #16 | Zeus posted... The attacks overseas are still happening, they just haven't been getting as much coverage because the media has shifted its focus (probably because they realize they had been indirectly supporting Trump).No, the media shifted coverage because the US has been supporting Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. --- "Little scratches on people's hearts will be gone if they pat them from behind, but the humans don't know that." -Li'l Cactus 3DS FC: 0619-3174-3155 |
| Topic | idk what the strong anti-trump people will do their lives now |
| Lirishae 01/20/21 3:31:26 PM #13 | Unless he gets convicted and barred from holding public office ever again, which could very well happen now that McConnell's open to it. --- "Little scratches on people's hearts will be gone if they pat them from behind, but the humans don't know that." -Li'l Cactus 3DS FC: 0619-3174-3155 |
| Topic | Trump is FINALLY out of office |
| Lirishae 01/20/21 3:28:50 PM #133 | adjl posted... You seem very keen on this concept of "assimilating to American values," but I've yet to see you elaborate on it. What, exactly, does that mean?It means everyone being indoctrinated in right-wing American propaganda so that there's no more scary evil socialists speaking out against the plutocratic overlords manipulating his worldview for their own gain. --- "Little scratches on people's hearts will be gone if they pat them from behind, but the humans don't know that." -Li'l Cactus 3DS FC: 0619-3174-3155 |
| Topic | FBI says the proud boys intended to kill Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi |
| Lirishae 01/16/21 3:14:54 AM #8 | Trumpers are so far down the rabbit hole that I really don't know if there's an off-ramp back to reality for them anymore. --- "Little scratches on people's hearts will be gone if they pat them from behind, but the humans don't know that." -Li'l Cactus 3DS FC: 0619-3174-3155 |
| Topic | Are you still social distancing? |
| Lirishae 01/16/21 3:07:59 AM #12 | Raddest_Chad posted... Unless you're all pressed up like a bunch of fucking nutcases, it really doesn't do much if everyone has a mask on.Neither masks nor social distancing alone will 100% prevent the spread of the virus. Wearing masks and social distancing simultaneously will significantly reduce the spread of COVID but not 100% eliminate it. According the CDC, 59% of all COVID-19 cases were spread from people with no symptoms, killing approximately ~230,000 people of the current 400,000+ currently dead in the US and over 2000 of the 4000+ Americans who are dying every single day. This is why everyone needs to do their part wearing masks and socially distancing, even if they're young and feel fine. --- "Little scratches on people's hearts will be gone if they pat them from behind, but the humans don't know that." -Li'l Cactus 3DS FC: 0619-3174-3155 |
| Topic | Being Socially Inept fucking SUCKS. |
| Lirishae 01/16/21 2:50:26 AM #19 | It does suck, but take heart: you're not doomed to be socially inept forever. I know autism makes things much more difficult, but social skills are still things that you can get better at with study and practice. Do those four people you mentioned have a circle of friends you could hang out with and game/watch movies together? I have autistic siblings, and this helped them tremendously with building social skills and confidence. Also, there's a lot of help available specifically geared to helping people with autism improve their social skills. Sorry I don't have any links handy at the moment, but I can help you later if you can't find any. --- "Little scratches on people's hearts will be gone if they pat them from behind, but the humans don't know that." -Li'l Cactus 3DS FC: 0619-3174-3155 |
| Topic | FBI says the proud boys intended to kill Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi |
| Lirishae 01/16/21 2:31:57 AM #3 | Because Trump convinced them that Pence could singlehandedly overturn the election result, and when he tried to explain to everyone that he can't the cult turned on him. --- "Little scratches on people's hearts will be gone if they pat them from behind, but the humans don't know that." -Li'l Cactus 3DS FC: 0619-3174-3155 |
| Topic | Some people eat food to just keep being alive |
| Lirishae 01/15/21 5:35:37 AM #8 | fishy071 posted... I'm one of those who only eat to live. I hate eating because I get nausea and upset stomach a lot. Eating is stressful for me, and there have been times when I would rather die than eat.Have you ever tried doing an elimination diet? I used to have the same problem, until I nixed gluten, dairy, eggs, corn and soy from my diet. --- "Little scratches on people's hearts will be gone if they pat them from behind, but the humans don't know that." -Li'l Cactus 3DS FC: 0619-3174-3155 |
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