Have more republicans (vs Democrats) died of COVID?

barjoe comments on Jan 3, 2022:

I haven't seen those actual statistics. I will say that early in the pandemic when blue states had more Covid cases and deaths, piece of shit Republicans blamed Democrats. Now that red states have more Covid cases and deaths, piece of shit Republicans blame Democrats.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

You really don't see a difference between those two things?

Hi all. Newbie here, first post. What is your greatest fear?

snytiger6 comments on Jan 3, 2022:

My greatest fear is that the U.S. will soon no longer have a democracy, because the republicans will whine whenever they lose that "the election was rigged", and even though they have no evidence people will believe then and work to undermine democracy.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

The Center for Systemic Peace has already downgraded the United States and no longer classifies it as a democracy as of 11 months ago... Don't know how much stock you put in them, but we definitely don't have completely fair elections. Every Republican state has been purging voters and enacting voting restrictions not to mention gerrymandering the fuck out of the states for decades. https://www.systemicpeace.org/

Hi all. Newbie here, first post. What is your greatest fear?

anglophone comments on Jan 3, 2022:

The Idiot And Malevolent Brigade winning control of even more legislatures around the world. Mayhem, shootings, rapes and murder will be de rigeur as part of that process.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

@Organist1 Secession seems most unrealistic to me as well. Not only does it seem that secession is not a possible legal remedy, but also that a state can't even bring suit where that could be the outcome. Look at the nightmare that is Brexit and tell me even if it was legally possible how it could be actually realized * within * a country. It's fun to theorize not being part of the same country as Texas, but it's just not possible.

Hi all. Newbie here, first post. What is your greatest fear?

anglophone comments on Jan 3, 2022:

The Idiot And Malevolent Brigade winning control of even more legislatures around the world. Mayhem, shootings, rapes and murder will be de rigeur as part of that process.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

@Organist1 Civil War seems like it would be geographically difficult. * Not to mention the police force and military would seem to have to take a side. They couldn't let people run around killing their political opponents. * We live amongst one another now, not like the North and South in the first civil war. It seems much more likely to me that the one of the next two times Republicans gain power, our failing democracy finishes its decent into authoritarian rule, and no one in the world inside or outside the US will be able to stop it. Actually, I can't think of anything * other * than that happening. Hopefully I'll be gone by that time, but I doubt it.

Why are there so many inactive groups?

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 3, 2022:

New features are likely never going to come. Admin has been MIA for a long time now.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

@Organist1 This site doesn't make any money and they have more important shit to do? Honestly, I don't know.

Just over 6 months ago I decided to sign up for the Crypto.

callmedubious comments on Jan 3, 2022:

anyone who thinks that govts are going to just stand by & allow their fiat currencies(which is all that keeps them in power) to be usurped by a serious contender is an idiot.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 3, 2022:

El Salvador already made Bitcoin a national currency... Furthermore, crypto has been around for a long time and the government is collecting tax on both earnings from and payments with crypto, so I'm not sure exactly you think their problem is.

Just over 6 months ago I decided to sign up for the Crypto.

JennyRad comments on Jan 2, 2022:

This looks like an advertisement.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 2, 2022:

@JennyRad That's not me at all. To care about who makes an argument is inherently fallacious. When you said it looked like an ad (which means you may have found it enticing or persuasive as ads tend to be) I figured if you knew it was a hand written account of a real person's experience with a company and coin, it may put your mind at ease of the mistrust people generally have of advertisements. Seems like they just flat out told me to fuck myself in code. I was planning on responding to them in 6-12 months with the price of the coin and what the value of the portfolio would be if they had invested when I posted.

Just over 6 months ago I decided to sign up for the Crypto.

JennyRad comments on Jan 2, 2022:

This looks like an advertisement.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 2, 2022:

@JennyRad The other two seemed like a waste of time. For some reason you seem more open to the possibility. If not that's cool. Sorry.

Just over 6 months ago I decided to sign up for the Crypto.

JennyRad comments on Jan 2, 2022:

This looks like an advertisement.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 2, 2022:

@JennyRad El Salvador made Bitcoin its national currency. It's an amazing tool for correcting runaway inflation. It's a decentralized currency that is not subject to international politics like governmental currencies are. It's NOT going away. The only question is, are you going to get in before everyone realizes this is a real thing? You really think bubbles like the corrupt, deregulated housing market and car loan market are a safer bet? Even if it's a bubble, which I think * real * coins aren't, there's still money to be made at no greater risk than the markets people invest in in the US. Talk to be about 2008 and how stable and safe "normal" investing is.

Just over 6 months ago I decided to sign up for the Crypto.

JennyRad comments on Jan 2, 2022:

This looks like an advertisement.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 2, 2022:

Nope. It's me, talking about one of the best financial decisions I've ever made. Wishing I would have gotten in earlier, but happy I got in. Is that not what this group is for, cause it just seems like people are shitting on me for sharing.

The movie "Don't Look Up" impressed me, sort puts things in perspective if you take it at face ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 1, 2022:

The scientific community has been warning about the coming disasters of global warming for decades and yet there are still tens of millions of people that don't even believe it exists...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 1, 2022:

@Kempster45 No, I was talking about real world. Look back. I said global warming, not asteroid. But any fail-safe that may have been / should have been in place to prevent the citizens from ignoring the warnings about global warming have obviously failed.

The movie "Don't Look Up" impressed me, sort puts things in perspective if you take it at face ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 1, 2022:

The scientific community has been warning about the coming disasters of global warming for decades and yet there are still tens of millions of people that don't even believe it exists...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 1, 2022:

@Kempster45 Not really a fail-safe if it failed though, right?

Next question: Any success stories between people on this site?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 31, 2021:

Only one that I know of...

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 1, 2022:

@JennyRad Who are the smart conservatives? I'm thinking, but I can't come up with one.

My dating profile says I'm liberal and that Trump followers need not apply.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 31, 2021:

I'm the same way, but get zero pushback. But that's probably because there are zero people interested in me, thus, none for whom that ban could matter.

ChestRockfield replies on Jan 1, 2022:

@JennyRad Oh, yeah, I don't mention anything like that.

Next question: Any success stories between people on this site?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 31, 2021:

Only one that I know of...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 31, 2021:

@JennyRad There is a small faction on this site that's really dumb. There's a group of anti-vaxxers and a group of conservatives, the venn diagram for which is probably a circle, that severely drags down the average IQ. But I've also interacted with some of the most intelligent people I've ever talked to here.

My dating profile says I'm liberal and that Trump followers need not apply.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 31, 2021:

I'm the same way, but get zero pushback. But that's probably because there are zero people interested in me, thus, none for whom that ban could matter.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 31, 2021:

@JennyRad Thanks. I don't know. I am not shy about my deal breakers though, so that probably doesn't help matters. My cousin got me to sign up for Tinder a few years ago and I literally never matched with a single profile that wasn't a bot (a computer profile that only tries to get you to go to paid porn sites).

She's got a point.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 29, 2021:

That's because Barron and Tiffany hang out with people that are too old for Trump. He likes to rape 16 year old girls...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 30, 2021:

@JennyRad Probably. I didn't remember, but he's a disgusting pile of shit, so nothing would ever surprise me.

I have a fake COVID-19 vaccine card.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2021:

So does this person think Biden is making money off those fake vaccination cards or what? Make your own decisions but do not get involved in forgery or fraud. Wait. I posted and had to come back. This woman is fed up with Omicon. Has it been around that long? Not really. Mutation does strange ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 29, 2021:

@Castlepaloma Is English a subsequent language? No one is forcing you to get it...

I have a fake COVID-19 vaccine card.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2021:

So does this person think Biden is making money off those fake vaccination cards or what? Make your own decisions but do not get involved in forgery or fraud. Wait. I posted and had to come back. This woman is fed up with Omicon. Has it been around that long? Not really. Mutation does strange ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 29, 2021:

@Castlepaloma We can (and probably will) all catch it while vaccinated, but with statistically lighter symptoms and other stated benefits above. You have never made a rational, reasonable argument against vaccination.

I have a fake COVID-19 vaccine card.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2021:

So does this person think Biden is making money off those fake vaccination cards or what? Make your own decisions but do not get involved in forgery or fraud. Wait. I posted and had to come back. This woman is fed up with Omicon. Has it been around that long? Not really. Mutation does strange ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 29, 2021:

@Castlepaloma A. It's likely less dangerous to catch covid from a vaccinated person than an unvaccinated person because of viral count, viral load, and incubation time/ mutation likelihood. B. At least the vaccinated are doing their part to reduce risk for others in the society. If you're not willing to do your part to protect others in a society, why should you get to participate in that society? C. I don't know why you make the same stupid fuckin' arguments over and over. Are you so dense that you can't learn why your arguments are wrong even after people detail the reasons for you?

@barjoe Whatever post you responded to me on, I can't see. Also can't message you directly.

barjoe comments on Dec 28, 2021:

Why is that? Did you block another person in the thread? Don't know why you can't DM me.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 28, 2021:

Do your parameters say only women maybe? The only button when you look at your profile is follow. Whose thread? I'll look and see if I can see them to know if I'm blocked.

There’s a limit to how nice one can be.

barjoe comments on Dec 28, 2021:

It's nice to be nice. To the nice.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 28, 2021:

@Fernapple Niceness is the facade people show until an opportunity beneficial enough to fuck you over presents itself. Goodness is how high that threshold is.

What would it matter if realization was preconscious?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 26, 2021:

It only suggests that * if * there was ever also organisms that didn't have said lag, no?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 28, 2021:

@surrealhoax Either way, I'd be happy to help you find what you're looking for or share my understanding of it as a sort of TLDR situation, but currently, I'm not exactly sure what it is you want more information on.

What is the terminology for someone that is no longer your friend?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 27, 2021:

Enemy?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 27, 2021:

@azzow2 The only * former * friends I have did me dirty in some way and have moved themselves into the enemy category. Someone who I just lost touch with would be estranged perhaps?

Liz Cheney just 'let the cat out of the bag' about the possibility of a criminal referral coming for...

St-Sinner comments on Dec 27, 2021:

Do we really believe anybody will be able to touch Teflon Trump? It has been 5 years and 50 years before that... nobody has been able to touch Trump. An article mentioned recently that at any time Trump has about 5,000 lawsuits going and he is the plaintiff in most. I don't see even with the might ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 27, 2021:

Agreed. Been saying it forever. We will never see Trump (or any former president) behind bars.

What would it matter if realization was preconscious?

Sofabeast comments on Dec 26, 2021:

At the moment we simply do not know. It may even be different for male and female brains.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 27, 2021:

The amount of lag? If lag exists or not in one? Very curious what your comment is referring to.

What would it matter if realization was preconscious?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 26, 2021:

It only suggests that * if * there was ever also organisms that didn't have said lag, no?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 27, 2021:

@surrealhoax On free will in general, or on your statement about lag specifically?

What would it matter if realization was preconscious?

racocn8 comments on Dec 26, 2021:

That is like Sam Harris's argument against Free Will. Hard to argue with science...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 27, 2021:

@surrealhoax How exactly is a singular choice an ongoing process?

What would it matter if realization was preconscious?

racocn8 comments on Dec 26, 2021:

That is like Sam Harris's argument against Free Will. Hard to argue with science...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 27, 2021:

@racocn8 My point exactly. I don't think that's just something he assumes. I think he lays out a very clear argument why that must necessarily be the case.

What would it matter if realization was preconscious?

racocn8 comments on Dec 26, 2021:

That is like Sam Harris's argument against Free Will. Hard to argue with science...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 26, 2021:

@racocn8 I am very aware of Harris' argument, however I do not think it is a simple assumption that free will requires origination in conscious thought.

What would it matter if realization was preconscious?

racocn8 comments on Dec 26, 2021:

That is like Sam Harris's argument against Free Will. Hard to argue with science...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 26, 2021:

Er, not as much. To claim there's an evolutionarily derived predisposition to such a lag assumes there were organisms that didn't have said lag. Without such a lag, it would be possible for those organisms to have free will...

What would it matter if realization was preconscious?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 26, 2021:

It only suggests that * if * there was ever also organisms that didn't have said lag, no?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 26, 2021:

@surrealhoax But your statement assumes it's already known that there was organisms without said lag. There are huge implications to such an assumption. You don't think it would sound as though I'm assuming there were ancestors of homo sapiens that had 6 fingers if I said humans had an evolutionarily derived predisposition to 5 fingers instead of 6?

Don't Look Up.

Lorajay comments on Dec 26, 2021:

It is frightening, unbelievable and hilarious. Has anyone watched Belfast yet? I really want to watch it because the trailers are fantastic but I need to find some people to watch it with since it costs 20 to rent.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 26, 2021:

$20 to rent?! Geez, that should be the cost to own.

Some of the loony members of this forum seem to think that everything is black or white but the ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 24, 2021:

There is plenty of evidence out there. Whether or not you are smart enough to parse good information from bad is another story. This person obviously can't. Who knows if that person is even real or a surgeon, but that * still * doesn't mean anything. I've been working in hospitals for almost 2 ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 25, 2021:

@AnneWimsey Exactly. The median point is obviously different for different professions, but there's likely dumb * everythings. * Except maybe astrophysicists? I've only met one, and know of a few more, and can't really conceptualize how they could be stupid, but I'm probably wrong.

Opinion | Allowing abortion before 15 weeks, and barring it after, would be in line with the ...

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 31, 2021:

How about if men are only allowed 30-second erections? Because control of other's bodies is Important!!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 24, 2021:

@AtheistInNC Recognizing real would events and adjusting my beliefs accordingly doesn't make it awful, it just means I'm not a myopic idiot. * You're * the one that made ridiculous claims you couldn't support.

[youtu.be] JP is always funny, can women really compete with men in all sports, be honest?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 24, 2021:

JP is kind of a douche, but I'll admit he's kind of funny in his delivery and he does make some good points in the process. My take: * If we're going to continue competing in sporting events like any of that shit matters for any reason... * If there is an advantage for one ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 24, 2021:

@Castlepaloma The idea of competition for monetary prizes is pretty fuckin' stupid if you ask me. Humans are on a clock. Now I personally don't give s shit because I think humans, collectively, are terrible vile creatures and having them contained on Earth until they or it dies is probably a good thing, but for the rest of the world that thinks humans are amazing, maybe we should be encouraging competition, awarding prizes, and idolizing scientists because they're the only ones that can possibly prevent human extinction.

[youtu.be] JP is always funny, can women really compete with men in all sports, be honest?

ChurchLess comments on Dec 24, 2021:

I long time lady friend of mine's, son, announced he was gay at the age of 12 & later transgender at the age of 15. He/she is now in his mid twenties. I don't know whether he/she has had "the" operation. I have no idea how I would handle an offspring of mine if I was placed in that situation,

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 24, 2021:

You could be better than that. It may not be what * you * envisioned for your child, but luckily, it's not your life. Be supportive, because regardless, it's gotta be a super tough road for them. Anyway, that's not what's really at issue here. The discussion is whether people born one sex and living as the gender associated with it at birth for many years can transition genders and compete with members of the sex they were not born as.

This hypocrite has plenty of company with many on this site.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

They're already refusing a facet of healthcare, so not really all that hypocritical. Also, notice, they're * asking * the dumb fuckin' anti-vaxxers to stay home, not banning them from seeking help.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 23, 2021:

@Tejas Eating meat and fighting dogs aren't the * same * but they are * similar * in a lot of ways depending on where and how you get your meat. But if we can't debate in a civil way, (read: if you're too much of an idiot to be able to support your claims and just resort to name calling when I own the fuck out of you) there really isn't any reason we should have to interact with each other at all.

This hypocrite has plenty of company with many on this site.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

They're already refusing a facet of healthcare, so not really all that hypocritical. Also, notice, they're * asking * the dumb fuckin' anti-vaxxers to stay home, not banning them from seeking help.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 22, 2021:

@Tejas Because I have facts and statistics that don't line up with your feelings? Yeah, I can see how that would be a problem for illogical people that have been trapped in a Fox News echo chamber...

This hypocrite has plenty of company with many on this site.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

They're already refusing a facet of healthcare, so not really all that hypocritical. Also, notice, they're * asking * the dumb fuckin' anti-vaxxers to stay home, not banning them from seeking help.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 22, 2021:

@Tejas That's where you're wrong. You're assessment of the negative effects of being an anti-vaxxer is woefully inadequate and very myopic. 1. The vaccine can severely lessen the negative effects of covid, not just whether or not the infected person will die. This can drastically decrease strain on the healthcare system, conserve medical supplies, increase availability of care for those that need it for conditions there * isn't * a free available shot to reduce likelihood of needing inpatient care for. 2. Depending on speed of replication, a vaccinated person will likely have the virus for a shorter period of time before the body fights it off. This results in several benefits to society: 2.a. a shorter time in the infected before recovery means less time during which they can infect others. 2.b. a shorter time in the infected before recovery means less time during which the virus can mutate during replication. 2.c. a shorter time in the infected before recovery generally means a lower viral count in the body. 2.d. a lower circulating viral count when a person infects another could mean a lower viral load with which they are infected, in turn lowering the negative effects. There's plenty more I could write on the subject, but honestly, if that's not enough, likely nothing will be enough to convince you of the importance/benefits. So even if the vaccinated are spreading it more, which it debatable but unlikely something that can be proved, it * is * likely that the virus spread from and to vaccinated people is insignificant when assessing societal harm. Last variant it was consistently that 93-97 percent of people in the ICU w Covid were unvaccinated. Obviously this variant is too new to have reliable data, but the first person to die of it here * was * an anti-vaxxer...

Opinion | Allowing abortion before 15 weeks, and barring it after, would be in line with the ...

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 31, 2021:

How about if men are only allowed 30-second erections? Because control of other's bodies is Important!!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@AtheistInNC Exactly, statutory RAPE. I said raped. You said no man was raped. And you DID essentially say he was asking for it!! "And if you try to use the word 'male' rather than man, the kid was technically raped due to his age, but there is a theory that he was a willing participant. I doubt you will be able to prove otherwise with actual facts, and not heresay." "implies non-consent. You lead with 'Even if the child is willing ...'" I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, you can be willing AND STILL BE RAPED IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CONSENT. Jesus fucking christ, this is like pulling teeth. How the fuck do you not know this shit? You are downplaying CHILD RAPE by saying it was * technically * rape, but that he was a willing participant and that I likely couldn't prove he wasn't!! What the fuck kind of double standard, rape apologist shit is that? Are you fucking serious?! The KID was fucking TWELVE GOD DAMNED YEARS OLD. You would NEVER fucking say that about a 12 year old girl that got raped by her male teacher. (And if you would, you're fucking disgusting.)

This hypocrite has plenty of company with many on this site.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

They're already refusing a facet of healthcare, so not really all that hypocritical. Also, notice, they're * asking * the dumb fuckin' anti-vaxxers to stay home, not banning them from seeking help.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@Tejas Being of a certain race, ethnicity, or heritage is arbitrary and unchangeable. Being an anti-vaxxer that causes the death and suffering of others is not arbitrary and can be changed. If you can't understand that, * that's * why you think something as stupid as my 'statement is nazi like'.

This hypocrite has plenty of company with many on this site.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

They're already refusing a facet of healthcare, so not really all that hypocritical. Also, notice, they're * asking * the dumb fuckin' anti-vaxxers to stay home, not banning them from seeking help.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@Tejas That's because you don't understand the difference between arbitrary and non-arbitrary.

This hypocrite has plenty of company with many on this site.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

They're already refusing a facet of healthcare, so not really all that hypocritical. Also, notice, they're * asking * the dumb fuckin' anti-vaxxers to stay home, not banning them from seeking help.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@rainmanjr Don't get me wrong, I * want * all anti-vaxxers to die at home, as soon as possible.

Sarah Palin Suggests She’d Rather Die Than Get the COVID Vaccine During an appearance at the ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Sarah Palin dying of covid would be an amazing Christmas present!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@Castlepaloma I disagree. People who urge their followers, (especially when those followers tend toward being elderly, immunocompromised, and rife with comorbidities) to not take a medication that is clinically proven to reduce the likelihood of death and serious illness is, to all rational intelligent people, responsible for the deaths of a lot of people.

Sarah Palin Suggests She’d Rather Die Than Get the COVID Vaccine During an appearance at the ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Sarah Palin dying of covid would be an amazing Christmas present!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@Castlepaloma Again, don't know what you're trying to say, but my life is already fucked up and I wouldn't lose a wink of fuckin' sleep by killing someone who was committing genocide.

Sarah Palin Suggests She’d Rather Die Than Get the COVID Vaccine During an appearance at the ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Sarah Palin dying of covid would be an amazing Christmas present!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@Castlepaloma You're still a shitty person if you could see someone murdering the fuck out of millions of people for the dumb fucking reason that their mothers were Jewish and think, I probably don't know enough about this yet, I'll reserve judgment. The rest of your post is unreadable. Don't have any clue what the fuck you're trying to say and honestly can't invest any more time to try to figure it out.

Sarah Palin Suggests She’d Rather Die Than Get the COVID Vaccine During an appearance at the ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Sarah Palin dying of covid would be an amazing Christmas present!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@Castlepaloma That's the dumbest fuckin thing I've ever heard. You're totally fine not killing someone that's committing genocide of an entire group of people? There's that Teflon coating you get from begin the whitest motherfucker with a penis, again. Maybe if you were ever at the receiving end of something like that, or had the compassion and empathy to imagine what it would be like if you were, you wouldn't say such stupid fuckin' shit all the time. You know a while back I felt kinda bad for being rude to you because on the surface you seem to be cordial, but you say the most awful fuckin' shit and hold the most terrible ideas in your head I just can't feel bad about it.

Sarah Palin Suggests She’d Rather Die Than Get the COVID Vaccine During an appearance at the ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Sarah Palin dying of covid would be an amazing Christmas present!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@Castlepaloma So the allied powers that fought to eliminate Nazis from the world are akin to the mentally ill? You think it's a notion of the mentally ill to want to eliminate racism and fascism from our society? That says a tremendous amount about you. I don't think I can converse with you any longer. Apparently being a covid anti-vaxxer isn't even close to your worst quality.

This hypocrite has plenty of company with many on this site.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

They're already refusing a facet of healthcare, so not really all that hypocritical. Also, notice, they're * asking * the dumb fuckin' anti-vaxxers to stay home, not banning them from seeking help.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@Tejas Are you vaccinated?

Sarah Palin Suggests She’d Rather Die Than Get the COVID Vaccine During an appearance at the ...

Charlene comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Yup, what are the odds she's Already Vaxxed and Boostered?..I don't think the Bookies would take those odds..lololololololololol

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 20, 2021:

@Castlepaloma I'm sure we could get a collection together to pay you to infect yourself with covid. You may not die, but it would be worth the money to see.

Sarah Palin Suggests She’d Rather Die Than Get the COVID Vaccine During an appearance at the ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Sarah Palin dying of covid would be an amazing Christmas present!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 20, 2021:

@Castlepaloma That's stupid. Would you also have said live and let live as Hitler was rolling across Europe? Palin is dangerous to society at large. Her death would protect more lives than if she stays alive being the pile of shit she is. And you really think the KKK staying alive and active (and * mostly * ignored) is better than them being gone? I bet all the victims of hate crimes caused by their members or their message would love to tell you what a stupid fuckin' position it is you hold. I guess being a white ass man provides you the breathing room to believe all kinds of dumb fuckin' shit. You're just as fuckin' bad as Palin, you just don't have her megaphone.

Sarah Palin Suggests She’d Rather Die Than Get the COVID Vaccine During an appearance at the ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Sarah Palin dying of covid would be an amazing Christmas present!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 20, 2021:

@Castlepaloma I have compassion for the multitude of people that will be harmed by her continued existence. * That's * the difference between the usefulness and deservedness of our compassion.

Sarah Palin Suggests She’d Rather Die Than Get the COVID Vaccine During an appearance at the ...

Castlepaloma comments on Dec 20, 2021:

That's not fair using Sarah Palin as someone to represent a vaccines for people finding vaccines too unhealthy to put into their own bodies, which is in fact is their ultimate choice and human right to do so, by law and self evidences. You don't want Christians forcing you to worshipping God, do ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 20, 2021:

@Castlepaloma Are you that dumb that you think aggregate numbers prove your outlandish claims? You have to take so many other things into account like population density, social interaction, times of vaccinations vs times of deaths, etc. Keep saying dumb, harmful shit and people will continue to tell you what a fuckin' idiot you are. Please move to Africa, preferably somewhere without cell service or wifi so the world doesn't have to hear your brand of idiocy any more.

Sarah Palin Suggests She’d Rather Die Than Get the COVID Vaccine During an appearance at the ...

Castlepaloma comments on Dec 20, 2021:

That's not fair using Sarah Palin as someone to represent a vaccines for people finding vaccines too unhealthy to put into their own bodies, which is in fact is their ultimate choice and human right to do so, by law and self evidences. You don't want Christians forcing you to worshipping God, do ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 20, 2021:

Dude, what the fuck, no one is * forcing * people to get vaccines. Mandates simply mean you can't participate fully in society if you don't participate in the protection of that society. We've had them for many diseases for many years.

Question am I Agnostic?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 18, 2021:

You will never find a consensus on this site for the definitions of 'atheist' and 'agnostic'. You can listen to others' explanations but then you'll have to make up your own mind how you want to use those terms. The downside of that is that others still won't know what you mean when you use them. ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 20, 2021:

@Macjazz Bro, you're the one that interjected and told me I was wrong. Now all of a sudden it's a waste of time when there's a shit ton of evidence you don't know what the fuck you're talking about?

Question am I Agnostic?

UUNJ comments on Dec 18, 2021:

IMO, an atheist is convinced there is no God (or gods), while an agnostic leaves the door open for something beyond humanity. I am a religious, non-theist, humanist because I enjoy the community and learning opportunities of my UU congregation, I don’t believe in higher powers, and I believe ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 20, 2021:

@UUNJ You're thinking of it like breeders breed dogs, with intention, for the purposes of changing the dog's appearance or temperament. This is not what is meant in the realm of evolutionary biology. There is no intention or puppet master. Simply put, things that provide an advantage are passed on to successive generations. So it is not * my * premise that humans are bred to, it is billions of years of evolution that has blindly dictated that at the genetic level, greed and selfishness are winning traits. What's readily apparent, however, is that humans have an extraordinary ability to harness the power of selfishness and greed to consume and destroy like no other species ever has on this planet. It may be an uncomfortable realization, but I don't really see how anyone can deny this with any level of intellectual honesty.

Question am I Agnostic?

Eazyduzzit comments on Dec 17, 2021:

To me it’s not about what I’d rather believe. It’s about what’s true.I’ve never seen any evidence for a god, so I’m an atheist. I know there’s no way to prove there’s not some god living on another planet somewhere, so since I have no way of knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt, I’m ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 19, 2021:

@twill Nope. Both right here on Earth...

Question am I Agnostic?

UUNJ comments on Dec 18, 2021:

IMO, an atheist is convinced there is no God (or gods), while an agnostic leaves the door open for something beyond humanity. I am a religious, non-theist, humanist because I enjoy the community and learning opportunities of my UU congregation, I don’t believe in higher powers, and I believe ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 19, 2021:

From where do you believe the inherent goodness of humans comes from? Evolutionarily we've had selfishness and greed bred into us for literally billions of years. If you don't belive in higher powers, what is the intervening force that overrides our evolution and makes us inherently good??

Question am I Agnostic?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 18, 2021:

You will never find a consensus on this site for the definitions of 'atheist' and 'agnostic'. You can listen to others' explanations but then you'll have to make up your own mind how you want to use those terms. The downside of that is that others still won't know what you mean when you use them. ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 19, 2021:

@Macjazz Man, this doesn't even seem to be a 'who could be right' situation, I actually haven't found * any * sources that support your claim. Do you have any you could share because there seem to be countless that support my definitions.

If you needed a little pick-me-up today, here it is.

Organist1 comments on Dec 19, 2021:

Yes, except we don't know how far it will mutate inside them, and then what? Will the vaccines be totally useless then? Stupid idiots! I don't think the a-hole Republicans knew they would be killing off their own, so it's kind of satisfying, but viruses out-of-control scare me, too.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 19, 2021:

@Organist1 I was thinking about it more and to be fair, the vaccines do more to prevent serious illness and death than infection, so people who take the vaccine could possibly be * more * to blame for mutations, I'm honestly not sure. Scientists and researchers would have to run the numbers, because unlike dumb fuckin' Republicans, I don't pretend to know more than the people who have dedicated their entire lives to this. Either way, the point is we should revel in anything that kills significantly more Republicans than Democrats!!

Question am I Agnostic?

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 18, 2021:

You will never find a consensus on this site for the definitions of 'atheist' and 'agnostic'. You can listen to others' explanations but then you'll have to make up your own mind how you want to use those terms. The downside of that is that others still won't know what you mean when you use them. ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 19, 2021:

@Macjazz This is precisely what I was taking about. We will never reach a consensus on the definitions. Maybe how you define 'atheist' and 'agnostic' (some flimsy definitions I've heard claim agnosticism is a 'watered down' version of atheism, is that you?) that would be the case, but from everything I've read and the multitude of sources I've checked, my above definitions make the most sense. Here is just a tiny, tiny, tiny percentage of resources that agree with me and disagree with you, all from just the first page of responses from the Google search: what's the difference between atheist and agnostic https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/07/believe#:~:text=Technically%2C%20an%20atheist%20is%20someone,know%20whether%20a%20god%20exists. https://www.dictionary.com/e/atheism-agnosticism/ https://www.learnreligions.com/atheist-vs-agnostic-whats-the-difference-248040 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/ https://www.diffen.com/difference/Agnostic_vs_Atheist https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_atheism https://people.howstuffworks.com/agnosticism-atheism.htm

If you needed a little pick-me-up today, here it is.

Organist1 comments on Dec 19, 2021:

Yes, except we don't know how far it will mutate inside them, and then what? Will the vaccines be totally useless then? Stupid idiots! I don't think the a-hole Republicans knew they would be killing off their own, so it's kind of satisfying, but viruses out-of-control scare me, too.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 19, 2021:

That shouldn't really be a concern that outweighs the death of tons of Republicans. Humans are not the only species that can get Covid. They said 80% of deer have it. Who knows what else. It's going to be spreading and mutating forever. The only hope is that our scientists can keep up with boosters that prevent death in smart people that take them, while allowing dumb fuckin' Republicans to continue to die off.

Heck, this one got me thinking... Is intelligence really simply an accident of evolution?

Buttercup comments on Dec 19, 2021:

It is an accurate quote and many successful organisms aren't intelligent.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 19, 2021:

Odd. I thought it was referring to intra-species intelligence, now I'm not sure.

I have NEVER said "Happy Holidays", I've ALWAYS said "Merry Christmas", but not anymore, I swear ...

Holysocks comments on Dec 19, 2021:

My first instinct is to tell everyone to leave me the hell alone. After that, if they have any holiday wishes for me, I simply say 'You too'

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 19, 2021:

That's a good idea...

[youtu.be] Now a second life jacket must be used or you are not fully protected.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 18, 2021:

Once again, you are 100% correct. Don't get a vaccine, hang out with people who have covid, and prove to us all how stupid we are for recommending these useless vaccines!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Castlepaloma "contagious like smoking" That's all I need to hear to realize I'm wasting my time talking to you.

Question am I Agnostic?

Word comments on Dec 17, 2021:

You be your own God and believe in yourself. I am not implying you should take up an irrational notion that you can hop off the ground, magically transform and turn into a plate full helping of pasta in the sky with meatballs. I am not implying that you should do like Masonic lodge secret ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Word Yup, that was the proper takeaway...

[youtu.be] Now a second life jacket must be used or you are not fully protected.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 18, 2021:

Once again, you are 100% correct. Don't get a vaccine, hang out with people who have covid, and prove to us all how stupid we are for recommending these useless vaccines!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Castlepaloma Wait, you think there are * more * deaths than there would have been if we didn't have a vaccine? https://youtu.be/iJaLYiYnvIA

Question am I Agnostic?

Word comments on Dec 17, 2021:

You be your own God and believe in yourself. I am not implying you should take up an irrational notion that you can hop off the ground, magically transform and turn into a plate full helping of pasta in the sky with meatballs. I am not implying that you should do like Masonic lodge secret ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Word https://youtu.be/5hfYJsQAhl0 There's so many things wrong with that post (not including the horrific grammar and typos that make it difficult to make sense of on their own) that I simply can't begin to invest time now to point them out.

[youtu.be] Now a second life jacket must be used or you are not fully protected.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 18, 2021:

Once again, you are 100% correct. Don't get a vaccine, hang out with people who have covid, and prove to us all how stupid we are for recommending these useless vaccines!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Castlepaloma Are those other conditions communicable? In 2018 TB was the deadliest, vaccine-preventable disease in the world, by a HUGE margin (a death rate with a factor over 12 by comparison with the second deadliest disease). It infected 10 million and killed about a million and a half. Then Covid came. With a yearly average of 137 million cases and 2.67 million deaths, there's no comparison. It's so much more infectious and while not as lethal per case, it's way more deadly to the population at large. So no, there aren't more deaths from 'greater conditions' that could have been prevented. But I guess you wouldn't know that because you didn't personally witness any of those millions of people die.

[youtu.be] Now a second life jacket must be used or you are not fully protected.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 18, 2021:

Once again, you are 100% correct. Don't get a vaccine, hang out with people who have covid, and prove to us all how stupid we are for recommending these useless vaccines!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Castlepaloma So if Castle doesn't experience something personally, it must not exist? The thinking of a child everyone. Do you think the 5.34 million global deaths are made up? You know you sound fuckin' crazy, right?

Question am I Agnostic?

David1955 comments on Dec 17, 2021:

Ask yourself a question: 'Am I agnostic about all gods ever created by humans, and I mean equally agnostic about all?' If your answer is that you just don't believe in all those thousands of gods, then just throw in the god you just happened to be born into and call yourself an atheist. People might...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Mizbecca Woah, just like politics? There are some political positions that are patently false, like trickle down economics. We know that's total bullshit.

Question am I Agnostic?

xenoview comments on Dec 17, 2021:

Welcome! If you have no knowledge that any gods exist, then you are agnostic. If you have a lack of belief any gods exist, then you are an atheist.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Mizbecca I'm both too. A lot of us here are.

Question am I Agnostic?

Word comments on Dec 17, 2021:

You be your own God and believe in yourself. I am not implying you should take up an irrational notion that you can hop off the ground, magically transform and turn into a plate full helping of pasta in the sky with meatballs. I am not implying that you should do like Masonic lodge secret ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Mizbecca Or you can recognize that you are not a "style of god" as that is nonsense. You are a cog in a pointless machine that accidentally got turned on in a tiny corner of the universe that doesn't matter at all. Starting there really helps keep a lot of other shit in check.

Opinion | Allowing abortion before 15 weeks, and barring it after, would be in line with the ...

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 31, 2021:

How about if men are only allowed 30-second erections? Because control of other's bodies is Important!!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@AtheistInNC You really didn't know I was going to be a able to make you look foolish with that claim of yours?? https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/11/woman-who-impregnated-self-with-stolen-semen-from-billionaire-wins-child-support-battle/ Never met the man, never had sex with him, admitted it in court on the record, stole his sperm without his knowledge or consent, impregnated herself, then fuckin' * SUED HIM * ** AND WON!! ** Even if the child was willing, it doesn't mean he wasn't raped. Would you make that same argument if it was a female student? You'd actually say a 12 year old GIRL was * asking for it, * cause if you would, that's disgusting and you should be ashamed.

Found a great pro-Ecology post on Facebook.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 18, 2021:

The first one is true, until you realize no one is ever going to listen, so you give up and do whatever the fuck you want. Their children, not yours cause you didn't have any, will be stuck playing all the consequences. To bad for them.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Robecology Oh, for sure, if that. Being selfish, destructive consumers is literally bred into our DNA. No amount of education was ever going to or ever will save us from the path we're on. I'd say, 'Woo-hoo Ohio!' but it's an accident I'm here, so it's hard to take pride in something like that. The flip side of that coin is that I don't have to really be ashamed that I have a ton of piece of shit Trump voters for neighbors.

Hi. So, I posted this: "Hello, Nonbelievers! Where do you meet?

Organist1 comments on Dec 18, 2021:

Crash a wedding! Or how about this: If you subscribe to Meetups, they have a number of social events, depending on you area. I know it's hard to find prospective dates, especially in a pandemic. I've gotten on a couple of dating sites and met people that way, just nothing permanent. They were fun ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Organist1 Just joshin' ya. I think it would have been funnier if it was a drum circle and I said that you'd have to sleep with someone that smells like patchouli, but alas, you make the joke that's available to you. I play trumpet, well, used to. Was in the marching band and everything and loved it, so I'm familiar. They say trumpet players make the best kissers...

Hi. So, I posted this: "Hello, Nonbelievers! Where do you meet?

Organist1 comments on Dec 18, 2021:

Crash a wedding! Or how about this: If you subscribe to Meetups, they have a number of social events, depending on you area. I know it's hard to find prospective dates, especially in a pandemic. I've gotten on a couple of dating sites and met people that way, just nothing permanent. They were fun ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

The only problem with meeting people in a guitar circle is that you end up fucking people that play in guitar circles. 🤣

Meet the man who accidentally started an assassin hiring website | Life and style | The Guardian

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 18, 2021:

“So far, nearly 150 lives have been saved as a direct result of the site and my actions.” I think someone is patting himself on the back a little too hard here. Do we really think people who do a * Google search * for a hitman are really all people who would eventually find someone to provide...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Barnie2years Kinda my point. If you're * that * stupid, you probably don't pose any real threat.

Opinion | Allowing abortion before 15 weeks, and barring it after, would be in line with the ...

Freespirit64 comments on Oct 31, 2021:

I wish the discourse over the fact that men cause pregnancy and that they need to take responsibility for their emissions was as long as this one....alas....

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 18, 2021:

@Freespirit64 1. I want * all * fetuses to be aborted, so don't threaten me with a good time. 2. That's a nonsensical argument for two reasons: a. It's like saying all peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are caused by jelly because you have to have jelly (sperm) even though you necessarily need the peanut butter (egg) and the bread (womb) as well. Even if you still want to illogically claim the pregnancy is the man's fault, the baby would still be the woman's fault, because she's the only one that can choose to bake the bread or take it out of the oven. b. Women have raped men. More often than not it's an older woman sleeping with an underage boy, but that fact still remains. Women have also stolen semen from men with the express purpose of using it to get pregnant. For these reasons, even if you can't see why your argument is nonsensical because of a, you should still be able to realize that it's wrong because of b. 3. Who * cares * who's "fault" it is. That seems like a dumb thing to concentrate on. Let's stick to the facts that matter. Women should have bodily autonomy all the time, no matter what. Any woman should be allowed to abort any fetus at any time for any or no reason whatsoever because to put restrictions on that destroys bodily autonomy. Period. Anything else is just distraction and opens you up to counterargument. I can't think of, nor ever been presented with, a logical counterargument to 'people * should * have bodily autonomy'. The only thing opponents have is examples of other areas where we don't have bodily autonomy, but that's not an argument we should * lose * more autonomy, but rather an argument where we should gain more.

Yes! Please!

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 17, 2021:

Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas is the best selling Christmas album OF ALL TIME. It's incredible. If you can't see why, * she's * not the problem...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 17, 2021:

@MichelleGar1 All people are horrible.

Christmas is upon me again.

MacStriker comments on Dec 17, 2021:

I feel writing is cathartic and helps me vent as well, i keep most of it to myself, something to reread the next day or a slightly longer passage of time to gage how/if I still feel the same. There is nothing wrong with finding joy in the simplicity of things (weed, good food). As i've aged, ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 17, 2021:

@Willow_Wisp My woes are certainly not limited to "I'm all alone" but they sure doesn't help. At this point, however, it seems as though if I like someone enough to want to date them, I probably like them too much to inflict myself on them. Ideally someone with more technical ability and motivation to do anything will create a dating site for suicidal people. Not that I'd find someone there, but at least it would seem like it was possible again.

Christmas is upon me again.

MacStriker comments on Dec 17, 2021:

I feel writing is cathartic and helps me vent as well, i keep most of it to myself, something to reread the next day or a slightly longer passage of time to gage how/if I still feel the same. There is nothing wrong with finding joy in the simplicity of things (weed, good food). As i've aged, ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 17, 2021:

@Willow_Wisp Would you be a victim, or a champion advocating for the cessation of suffering?

Christmas is upon me again.

MacStriker comments on Dec 17, 2021:

I feel writing is cathartic and helps me vent as well, i keep most of it to myself, something to reread the next day or a slightly longer passage of time to gage how/if I still feel the same. There is nothing wrong with finding joy in the simplicity of things (weed, good food). As i've aged, ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 17, 2021:

@Willow_Wisp I can't regret not seeing Trump in prison, not that any part of me thinks he'll do a single minute of time for all of the horrible, borderline-treasonous things he's done, if I'm dead, and I don't think the amount of suffering I'll experience in the interim would be worth it even if he did. I have no bucket list. I have no reason I want to stay alive. I only seem to have a strong enough aversion to suicide that I'm stuck here still. As my circumstances worsen or my barriers are alleviated, I assume I'll reach a point where this is no longer the case.

Christmas is upon me again.

MacStriker comments on Dec 17, 2021:

I feel writing is cathartic and helps me vent as well, i keep most of it to myself, something to reread the next day or a slightly longer passage of time to gage how/if I still feel the same. There is nothing wrong with finding joy in the simplicity of things (weed, good food). As i've aged, ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 17, 2021:

@Willow_Wisp Agreed. I also think that being happy alone stuff is nonsense. Life is completely unimportant and fun experiences are the only mitigating factors to a life of pain and misery. Without someone to share them with or reminisce about them with they are utterly useless to me. What am I going to do, go on vacation by myself, be sad and alone there with no one to do activities with, then remember the experience of being sad and alone in a different country instead of sad and alone at home? Who the fuck needs that? And how is any of that better than just being dead where you can't feel sad or alone, ever?

Opinion | Allowing abortion before 15 weeks, and barring it after, would be in line with the ...

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 31, 2021:

How about if men are only allowed 30-second erections? Because control of other's bodies is Important!!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 16, 2021:

@AtheistInNC Because no man has ever had his semen stolen and no man has ever been raped? *cough* Mary Kay Letourneau. *cough* Even if you wanted to say all pregnancies from consensual sex were "the man's fault" (which is also ridiculous because you need an ovulating woman for a man's sperm to create a zygote, and she needs to have a hospitable womb for implantation) that still doesn't account for women obtaining sperm in other ways and impregnating herself which in no logical, rational way could be a man's fault.

Opinion | Allowing abortion before 15 weeks, and barring it after, would be in line with the ...

Freespirit64 comments on Oct 31, 2021:

I wish the discourse over the fact that men cause pregnancy and that they need to take responsibility for their emissions was as long as this one....alas....

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 15, 2021:

@Leelu @Freespirit64 It's good to know that zero women ever in the history of mankind have every stolen semen, or raped a man.

Opinion | Allowing abortion before 15 weeks, and barring it after, would be in line with the ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Oct 31, 2021:

If these shitty laws included making men pony up child support at 6 weeks, they would vanish.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 15, 2021:

@AtheistInNC As much as I'm for eliminating abortion bans, I don't think that would work. The lawmakers and courts have leaned hard against men's rights in this arena, so there's no reason to think a little more anti-mens'-rights would change anything.

Opinion | Allowing abortion before 15 weeks, and barring it after, would be in line with the ...

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 31, 2021:

How about if men are only allowed 30-second erections? Because control of other's bodies is Important!!!!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 15, 2021:

@AtheistInNC Well, that's kind of a silly statement.

Opinion | Allowing abortion before 15 weeks, and barring it after, would be in line with the ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 31, 2021:

A basic claim of the idiots is that abortion is being used as birth control. Those people's parents should have used a condom.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 15, 2021:

Or had an abortion. 😝

Should the financial institutions closely tied to extremist Christian nationalism movement be ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 15, 2021:

What collateral "damage" could there be, other seditionists might get hurt too? How is that not all good news?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 15, 2021:

@domos Why should we care? If they want to be tax exempt, then those operations should be completely divorced from their religion, * ya know if the goal was actually helping people not proselytizing... * Also, any group getting tax exempt status (which I personally think should be zero) should be completely transparent, have limits on employee compensation packages, have tons of oversight and zero influential political or religious ties. If there were no tax exemptions for anyone or anything, there would be no tax loopholes for anyone to exploit, which could both lower the tax rate and provide tons of social programs so people wouldn't need to rely on charities.

"Dash for Cash" stunt demeans teachers, critics say

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 14, 2021:

And @TheMiddleWay wonders why I hate humans. They are greedy, shitty, awful creatures.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 15, 2021:

@TheMiddleWay But that's my point, humans * can't * behave in a manner that's sustainable. Even if some try, others will exploit it as a weakness, take advantage, and their greed will cause them to capitalize on it. And it's not like it's just going to be a switch that gets flipped (barring an extinction-level event first) and the shit's uninhabitable, it's likely going to be a progressive, exponential decline into unimaginable suffering for humans and animals alike. That, however, is not to say that we * owe * anything per se, but our behavior is definitionally greedy. Somewhere along the way there were mutations or many generations of advantages from greed bred into humans and the ability to exploit it in an unparalleled, and since unduplicated, way. Like I said, I'm not saying it's our fault, and before this goes down the rabbit hole, I'll concede now that if there is an objective morality it's currently unknown and probably unknowable, but without going that far, I think that these natural processes that honed and amplified greed and selfishness produced a shit-awful species. I would like to add, again, that pretty much all of my other stances on things were formulated * before * I realized just how awful humans are, so your claim that my worldview is so much different than yours * because * of this is inaccurate. If there's one thing I could get you to understand from all this, it's that.

"Dash for Cash" stunt demeans teachers, critics say

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 14, 2021:

And @TheMiddleWay wonders why I hate humans. They are greedy, shitty, awful creatures.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 14, 2021:

@TheMiddleWay You may have missed the parameters and the fact that the condemnation is for humans collectively. By these parameters, I consider myself awful, too. I produce a bunch of trash, I drive a sports car, I eat meat, etc. and I'm still not a tenth as bad for the environment as anyone that had a kid. Do I think almost every human severely negatively impacts the planet? Yes. Do I think we've constructed a framework in which it's next to impossible to live a "normal" life without behaving awfully? Also yes. I don't blame each individual personally, but collectively, we're trash.

"Dash for Cash" stunt demeans teachers, critics say

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 14, 2021:

And @TheMiddleWay wonders why I hate humans. They are greedy, shitty, awful creatures.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 14, 2021:

@TheMiddleWay There is likely an INFINITESIMALLY small portion of the population that lives in harmony with mankind and their environment at large. I personally know or know of zero people who * wouldn't * be classified as awful. I'm sure there may be some, but it would be such a small percentage it couldn't possibly be redeeming for humans collectively.

I WISH EVERYONE a HAPPY HOLIDAY with THEIR FAMILY this CHRISTMAS at least UNDER A TREE.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 12, 2021:

You should lead by example and visit with a many people as you possibly can. Maybe bring get well cards directly to all the patients that are positive for Covid, but never with one of those liberal hoax masks that only serve to mock your immune system by claiming it needs help!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2021:

@Castlepaloma What are you afraid of? Your immune system is better than a vaccine!! Wouldn't it really stick it to all those filthy, stupid liberals if you got covid as an unvaccinated person and ended up even healthier on the other side? Man would they look stupid with all that egg on their smug stupid little faces. You should also see if you could catch measles from an anti-vaxxer co-op so you can earn the superior immunity from beating the disease with your better-than-a-vaccine immune system... that is unless your mom was a scaredy cat and forced one of those anti-freedom vaccinations on you when you were a kid. I bet you can go to bug chasing forums to find parties where you can really show off how much better immune systems are than modern medicine! Make us all look like fools.

Thats how it starts

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2021:

Was there a mass shooting in Australia? Don't know how that would invalidate it as an example though. They imposed restrictions and then didn't have a mass shooting for a quarter century whereas we have them damn near every day.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2021:

@Tejas They won't need emblems when they all die off from all the diseases they won't protect themselves from.

I WISH EVERYONE a HAPPY HOLIDAY with THEIR FAMILY this CHRISTMAS at least UNDER A TREE.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 12, 2021:

You should lead by example and visit with a many people as you possibly can. Maybe bring get well cards directly to all the patients that are positive for Covid, but never with one of those liberal hoax masks that only serve to mock your immune system by claiming it needs help!

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2021:

@Castlepaloma "people are dying of heart disease a 100 times greater than covid deaths, since covid started vaccines" I don't think this says what you think it says. Ha ha ha ha. "Don't know of anyone in my area or family who died of covid death to give an ampathy card to." I don't want you to visit the dead, I want you to hang out with the infected and breathing and give them big long hugs.

Seems to me that in the opinion of many on this board, women have Bodily Autonomy when it comes to ...

xenoview comments on Dec 7, 2021:

I believe a woman has a right to choose to have an abortion. I'm vaccinated and plan to get the booster shot soon as I can. I think everyone should get vaccinated to help end covid.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2021:

@TheMiddleWay Well, you're all kinds of wrong. As I stated in my previous comment, believing one thing about a topic does not necessarily have to inform your beliefs on another. To conclude that it does, and the project that onto someone else, even after they've already told you that's not the case, is the myopic thinking of a child. You also mischaracterized my position as wanting to eliminate humans which still implies actively killing self-sustaining living people. Furthermore, in case you were unaware, I am not a god who can dictate a command and have it followed and I clearly stated that I think women should be able to choose to do whatever they want, so obviously that doesn't equate to advocating the elimination and extinction of humans. To anyone else reading who doesn't jump to conclusions or pretend they know everything that's in someone else's head, my thoughts on abortion were formed MANY years before my disdain for humans, so it is necessarily impossible that my thinking humans should stop having babies is the reason I think women should be allowed to have control over their bodies. And I don't think I have to say this, because it seems pretty self-evident to anyone who's not clearly blinded by the moral implications of this topic to the point that they can't stop making illogical arguments in defense of the pro-life position, but if my thoughts on reproductive rights were * actually * informed by my thoughts on humans in general, it seems my position would be anti-choice through forced sterilization. The MiddleWay has fallen asleep at the wheel and veered far to the right and can no longer even * see * the middle in a rational light.

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ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2021:

Was there a mass shooting in Australia? Don't know how that would invalidate it as an example though. They imposed restrictions and then didn't have a mass shooting for a quarter century whereas we have them damn near every day.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2021:

@Tejas How is that not something people who advocate for gun control would like?

Seems to me that in the opinion of many on this board, women have Bodily Autonomy when it comes to ...

xenoview comments on Dec 7, 2021:

I believe a woman has a right to choose to have an abortion. I'm vaccinated and plan to get the booster shot soon as I can. I think everyone should get vaccinated to help end covid.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2021:

@TheMiddleWay Who the fuck is talking about genocide? See, this is the ridiculous, nonsensical, illogical shit you've been doing since you started talking about abortion. And again you conflated arbitrary and non-arbitrary reasoning. Man overboard.