He did that

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 24, 2021:

People still believe the president is responsible for this?

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 25, 2021:

@Ello Are you suggesting that Biden influenced the price of gas in that way? Please provide the evidence.

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lerlo comments on Aug 24, 2021:

While it certainly helps to have lived in a person's shoes (unless you've experienced discrimination in any form you really can't understand the feeling), under this theory, no history "expert" or professor could be such because they never lived in 1776 or 1492. So while I agree that it is also ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

@lerlo There are other implications as well that highlight how offensive the statement was like the fact that it completely downplays the countless hours these dancers had practiced by claiming most of their talent was innate because of their skin color. It also suggests that if white people had the same base level of skill that black people were born with they would be better dancers than black people. There were others that came to light during the discussion, too, but she couldn't see reason.

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lerlo comments on Aug 24, 2021:

While it certainly helps to have lived in a person's shoes (unless you've experienced discrimination in any form you really can't understand the feeling), under this theory, no history "expert" or professor could be such because they never lived in 1776 or 1492. So while I agree that it is also ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

@lerlo "(e.g. "they're only a good dancer because they're black" - a real statement made by a different coworker)."

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ChestRockfield comments on Aug 22, 2021:

Hopefully too much and they all keep dying.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

@TheoryNumber3 I have emotions, I just do my best not to let them inform my beliefs and decisions. Basing [some] beliefs on emotion usually results in tensions and hypocritical behaviors.

He did that

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 24, 2021:

People still believe the president is responsible for this?

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz It's probably true that it cures Covid and that those damn dirty liberal elite assholes just want to keep it a secret so that the big drug companies can make a ton of money and host more baby eating parties. So go ahead and show them you don't need a vaccine because you have horse worm pills! #NotMedicalAdvice

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lerlo comments on Aug 24, 2021:

While it certainly helps to have lived in a person's shoes (unless you've experienced discrimination in any form you really can't understand the feeling), under this theory, no history "expert" or professor could be such because they never lived in 1776 or 1492. So while I agree that it is also ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

@lerlo That makes it perfectly clear now. Thank you for the reply. And I'd certainly agree it wasn't * meant * to be racist, but looking at objectively one could see how it was. When I pointed out how that other comment about black people dancing was racist, that other nurse was shocked. She thought there was no way it could be racist because she thought "it was so complimentary to black people". Just because she didn't know it, and couldn't understand why when it was explained to her, and thus, didn't intend for it to be racist, doesn't mean it wasn't, in fact, a SUPER racist thing to say.

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Petter comments on Aug 24, 2021:

It's not racist, it's ignorant. It's like saying that any Italian can make a better pasta dish than a non-Italian master chef!

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

@barjoe Well my position is that anytime X simply because of skin color, it's most likely racist. (I say most likely because you could intentionally finish that sentence in a way that wasn't racist.)

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Beowulfsfriend comments on Aug 24, 2021:

It's possible. I would bet good money on some kind of life being out there. The universe is what? 12 billion years oldish and look at Earth; it us quite possible that many living things have come and gone through out the universe. And then, there is the possibility of a multiverse.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

@barjoe Oh, cause you said you wished we weren't. I think I get what you mean now.

He did that

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 24, 2021:

People still believe the president is responsible for this?

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz I hadn't heard that one! Wow.

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Petter comments on Aug 24, 2021:

It's not racist, it's ignorant. It's like saying that any Italian can make a better pasta dish than a non-Italian master chef!

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

Why can't it be both?

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Petter comments on Aug 24, 2021:

Seeing racism in everything is often a sign of being racist. If a South African bushman, or an Australian aboriginal, claims to be better suited to survival in semi-desert than a white city dweller, he is not being racist, merely factual. However, there ***are*** some white city dwellers who are ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

Those aren't the same thing at all. The "bushman" is the part that makes them the expert, not their race. You actually didn't even denote race in your example. Why exactly couldn't a white person be a "South African bushman"? I think South Africa is like 10% white, so there's no reason they couldn't be. Similarly, the "city dweller" is the informative part, not the "white". * Would a black city dweller fare any better because he was black? * See? So these examples are not analogous to what we were discussing. It is not "merely factual" that one's skin color makes them more knowledgeable about African-American studies. And there is zero truth to the claim that noticing racism is an indication one is racist. Do you think noticing other things makes you those things too? Does noticing child abuse mean you're an abuser? Does noticing alcoholism mean you're an alcoholic?

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Beowulfsfriend comments on Aug 24, 2021:

It's possible. I would bet good money on some kind of life being out there. The universe is what? 12 billion years oldish and look at Earth; it us quite possible that many living things have come and gone through out the universe. And then, there is the possibility of a multiverse.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

@barjoe Why would it matter if you weren't actually real?

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Beowulfsfriend comments on Aug 24, 2021:

It's possible. I would bet good money on some kind of life being out there. The universe is what? 12 billion years oldish and look at Earth; it us quite possible that many living things have come and gone through out the universe. And then, there is the possibility of a multiverse.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

@barjoe Have you heard that theory before? Initially it sounds like nonsense, but it makes a very interesting point.

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lerlo comments on Aug 24, 2021:

While it certainly helps to have lived in a person's shoes (unless you've experienced discrimination in any form you really can't understand the feeling), under this theory, no history "expert" or professor could be such because they never lived in 1776 or 1492. So while I agree that it is also ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

I think I got everything you were saying, the conjunction 'it also may' confused me a bit though. The restrictions we could place on things could get out of control. You can't be a lactation specialist unless you're a woman... who has had a baby... who nursed? Astrophysicists aren't experts on space if they're not also astronauts? Wait, can only hermaphrodites be gender reassignment surgeons? You wouldn't want someone who * wasn't * an expert performing a major surgery on you, right?

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Beowulfsfriend comments on Aug 24, 2021:

It's possible. I would bet good money on some kind of life being out there. The universe is what? 12 billion years oldish and look at Earth; it us quite possible that many living things have come and gone through out the universe. And then, there is the possibility of a multiverse.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

@barjoe That's a bold statement. How could you possibly make that claim?

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Beowulfsfriend comments on Aug 24, 2021:

It's possible. I would bet good money on some kind of life being out there. The universe is what? 12 billion years oldish and look at Earth; it us quite possible that many living things have come and gone through out the universe. And then, there is the possibility of a multiverse.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 24, 2021:

And the possibility that we're in a simulation...

Conservative radio host, Phil Valentine, who regretted vaccine skepticism dies of COVID What does...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 22, 2021:

Hopefully too much and they all keep dying.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 23, 2021:

@TheoryNumber3 I don't think I'd agree with that. They may be acting in a manner congruent with their beliefs, but that's not necessarily * logical. * If I believed black people are inferior because they have darker skin, I may treat black people poorly as a result. That would be consistent with my beliefs, but in no way logical. That said, we're not * all * emotional creatures. I strive to base all my beliefs/decisions on logic and reason.

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JackPedigo comments on Aug 22, 2021:

Watching people die doesn't seem to even get through to those people.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 23, 2021:

@JackPedigo I'm sure you have. There are covid positive covid deniers everywhere.

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ChestRockfield comments on Aug 22, 2021:

Hopefully too much and they all keep dying.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 23, 2021:

@TheoryNumber3 Having a hard time not seeing a circular argument there. In this context, isn't getting past their stubbornness to objectively evaluate facts the definition of reasonable making your statement: they have the capacity for reason if they could be reasonable? And the reverse of it: considering they still aren't reasonable, they probably don't have the capacity for reason? Maybe I'm wrong, but that's how it's sounding in my head.

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JackPedigo comments on Aug 22, 2021:

Watching people die doesn't seem to even get through to those people.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 23, 2021:

@JackPedigo Yup, you just heard it here a few days ago.

For fuck sake.

AnneWimsey comments on May 29, 2021:

Too bad all you care about is your portfolio......lead in pipes, collapsing bridges, too bad so sad..... Becuz FDR did the same thing & the country has never been more prosperous nor productive since,but hey, never look back & learn

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@Mooolah Not a dig at all. I was recently made aware that people think I'm incredibly weird because none of my beliefs/convictions are rooted in emotion. Even my reasoning for why I love cats is all logic (save for the fact that I think they're adorable, then again, puppies are cute and I want nothing to do with their high-maintenance asses). But I strive to make sure all of my beliefs are logical and consistent. If I find (or have pointed out to me) a tension in my beliefs, I examine them, debate with myself (or ask help from others) and amend my position(s) to resolve it. So maybe some would find what I said to be mean because I'm attempting to get you to behave like me, but since I think everyone should, I meant it in a nice way. What that boils down to is that you shouldn't let * wanting * to believe something override your inability to rationally justify holding said belief. (e.g. There are people that * want * to believe the color of their skin makes them better than others, but there is no rational reason to believe that, so that belief * should * be abandoned.) That said, it's very possible I'm confusing one Republican or anti-vaxxer's previous statements with another's here or there, so I can't claim to know much about the Captain's history, but just by virtue of this OP alone, he's making what is very likely an idiotic standalone statement, that could likely get way dumber if viewed with the backdrop of former claims. Now you can disagree with that if you'd like, and that he's actually really intelligent and well-read, but are you sure you can justify that belief? I'd be willing to bet I can justify mine. "But then this happened."

It's Friday night.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 22, 2021:

I think that rule is dead. We ran an experiment with full on dick and labia and no deletion...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@mischl Hot Hunks. Over 2 weeks ago. "I posted this on the sexy pictures group and it got deleted, is it because it's a naked man not a ..."

For fuck sake.

AnneWimsey comments on May 29, 2021:

Too bad all you care about is your portfolio......lead in pipes, collapsing bridges, too bad so sad..... Becuz FDR did the same thing & the country has never been more prosperous nor productive since,but hey, never look back & learn

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@Mooolah So while I basically agree with that as well, the well-read and intelligent qualities would preclude someone * still * holding those opinions and values * after * it has been pointed out how/why they are wrong. That's why you're at a loss, because you can't rationally reconcile those two things.

Any Divergent fans?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 22, 2021:

Don't think that's her...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@RobertNappi2 Look at her birthmarks. They don't match at all.

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xenoview comments on Aug 22, 2021:

Evidence that a spiritual being exist.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@Fernapple Especially the one after the end of the comment. That one is the most functional.

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rainmanjr comments on Aug 21, 2021:

Diabetes made me drop 3 waist sizes. I would suggest to avoid the unfortunate aspect by not taking care of them. Do your shift and go home.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 21, 2021:

@rainmanjr I wish it worked like that. I am 0% in control of the patients that come to me. Refusing care to someone I'm tasked with caring for would immediately result in the loss of my job and most likely result in the loss of my license. Which is why we hate anti-vaxxers that much more. They can refuse to care for others and we have to rescue them, if we refuse to care for them, we lose everything we have.

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rainmanjr comments on Aug 21, 2021:

Diabetes made me drop 3 waist sizes. I would suggest to avoid the unfortunate aspect by not taking care of them. Do your shift and go home.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 21, 2021:

How do you suppose I can work my shift without doing my job? 😛

George Takei as usual, has been sticking his foot in his mouth since he contracted Trump Derangement...

Pralina1 comments on Aug 21, 2021:

Oh dear gods , another one . Ok . Here we are 45 yr old , CHF , CAD , COPD . Presenting to ER w COPD Exacerbation , severe pulmonary edema , elevated troponin and I need to intubate . Fully vaccinated and covid neg . 45 yr old , no previous PMH , slightly overweight , presenting to ER w severe ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 21, 2021:

I agree with you and Takei. For my entire career I've always been the caregiver that would tell others I didn't want to know about what a patient had done (like the prisoners) or their ability to pay (because some would complain about being bossed around by the indigent) I just wanted to do my best to care for my patients from the moment I got them until they left my care. I have actually gotten in trouble for not catering to someone the hospital told me was a "VIP", and I did my best for the people that would never pay a single dime of their bill because that's what I signed up for, and I wasn't going to let some unrelated nonsense dictate how I prioritized my care. But this, is different. People don't really see how their own weight gain negatively impacts the system. Same with smoking or drinking or even drug use sometimes. And generally, I think others view them in the same light because we all have and need vices in this life to get by without walking into the ocean. But when something like this happens, and there's a free, low-time-investment action you can take to do your part, it's a big fuck you to the entire system and everyone else pitching in to fight a common enemy. They're actually teaming up with the enemy and fighting against mankind by helping to spread the virus, helping it to mutate, wasting resources, and placing so much unnecessary stress on the Healthcare system and its workers that it breaks or comes real damn close. I'm kinda confused why anyone is surprised we don't * want * to take care of someone who was just fighting against us... even though, unfortunately, we will.

Logic puzzle; You are involved in a 3 person duel.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 19, 2021:

You obviously have to shoot at the 100% shooter...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@273kelvin As my 5th grade gym teacher Mr. Namosnick repeatedly exclaimed, "Say what you mean and mean what you say, because if you don't say what you mean, no one will know what you meant to say!" Very specific language is crucial in riddles and logic puzzles. You could have very easily worded it in a manner that did not force your audience to disobey your commands in order to get the correct answer. (Notice how my answer was as correct as it could be given your parameters because I said I would shoot at the 100%, but recognized missing was the best thing that could happen.) I took a stab at it. It probably needs some polishing, but at least it doesn't ask the impossible. You are involved in a 3 person duel. The participants have all agreed it would be fair that the less accurate you are, the earlier in the order you get to shoot. * Finally, your historically terrible aim has done something besides earn you ridicule. * So of the 3, you, with your 33% accuracy, get to go first, followed by someone who hits 50% of the time, and finally the crack shot who never misses. All hits are fatal, so you either miss, or you hit and kill your target. Your intention is to overcome the stigma of being a lousy shooter and be the only one that walks away from this duel. You'll show 'em it ain't only about good aim. Well, it's that time, and you're up! What do you do?

For fuck sake.

AnneWimsey comments on May 29, 2021:

Too bad all you care about is your portfolio......lead in pipes, collapsing bridges, too bad so sad..... Becuz FDR did the same thing & the country has never been more prosperous nor productive since,but hey, never look back & learn

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@Mooolah While I agree with most of your points, anyone who doesn't understand the dangers of unchecked capitalism, in my humble opinion, is an idiot. But his positions on things like that aren't why I think he's an idiot, it's his inability to separate fact from fiction. To think Biden, who wants to finally spend money on infrastructure which most politicians shy away from because "it's not sexy", spends more frivolously than Trump, makes you an idiot.

For fuck sake.

AnneWimsey comments on May 29, 2021:

Too bad all you care about is your portfolio......lead in pipes, collapsing bridges, too bad so sad..... Becuz FDR did the same thing & the country has never been more prosperous nor productive since,but hey, never look back & learn

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@Mooolah Do you think * all * things are okay to say?

Logic puzzle; You are involved in a 3 person duel.

MerlinZap comments on Aug 19, 2021:

How many bullets are in the gun?

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@MerlinZap You were supposed to display your logic skills, not your ego.

Logic puzzle; You are involved in a 3 person duel.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 19, 2021:

You obviously have to shoot at the 100% shooter...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@273kelvin "Each shooter takes turns to fire at one of their opponents."

Logic puzzle; You are involved in a 3 person duel.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 19, 2021:

You obviously have to shoot at the 100% shooter...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@273kelvin Of course we could, but that wasn't an option given the way you stated the parameters.

Logic puzzle; You are involved in a 3 person duel.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 19, 2021:

You obviously have to shoot at the 100% shooter...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@273kelvin That wasn't an option. "Each shooter takes turns to fire * at * one of their opponents. Starting with the worst, that's you who will only hit the target 1 in 3 times." [Emphasis mine] If you could intentionally miss, you wouldn't necessarily hit your target 33% of the time.

Logic puzzle; You are involved in a 3 person duel.

MerlinZap comments on Aug 19, 2021:

How many bullets are in the gun?

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 20, 2021:

That shouldn't change your answer.

Logic puzzle; You are involved in a 3 person duel.

mischl comments on Aug 19, 2021:

If I'm the crack shot and I take out the opponent who kills 50% of the time, then isn't my chance of survival 66%?

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 19, 2021:

@mischl Oh, this is purely a logic puzzle. You could replace shooting with anything else and it would be the same. Try not to get bogged down in distractions of reality.

Logic puzzle; You are involved in a 3 person duel.

mischl comments on Aug 19, 2021:

If I'm the crack shot and I take out the opponent who kills 50% of the time, then isn't my chance of survival 66%?

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 19, 2021:

@mischl If you want the correct answer, look at my comment below... even though the OP said I was wrong.

Logic puzzle; You are involved in a 3 person duel.

mischl comments on Aug 19, 2021:

If I'm the crack shot and I take out the opponent who kills 50% of the time, then isn't my chance of survival 66%?

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 19, 2021:

You are the 33% shooter...

Logic puzzle; You are involved in a 3 person duel.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 19, 2021:

You obviously have to shoot at the 100% shooter...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 19, 2021:

@273kelvin That's the only person you can shoot at. If you shoot at the 50% and hit, the 100% kills you. If you shoot at the 50% and miss, the 50% will have to shoot at the 100% because if he doesn't, the 100% will kill him and risk a shot from the 33% instead of the 50%. Your best hope is that you aim at the 100% and miss because that guarantees you get to shoot again before you get shot at or killed. I think * you * need to examine the possible outcomes more.

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@Flowerwall Pleads to stay on topic. Immediately changes topics. I'm done with you. I think anyone reading has a good understanding how worthless your arguments are by now.

Let me get this right?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

I've been saying the same thing as the first part of this post for years. Democrats need to start playing the game like the Republicans if they ever want to get important shit done.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@LucyLoohoo It's a lot harder of a choice than you make it seem. Going high and losing with integrity may not hurt some, but for the people that Republicans want to take health care away from, it may be the difference between life and death.

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@Flowerwall 1. We don't need to read minds, just the words you write. You essentially * did * say it. Are you so used to bullshit falling out of your mouth you don't even remember what you said a couple posts ago? Here's a refresher, "You work with police brutality so you see it everywhere. It's not an accurate reflection of reality, however." You told her what she sees isn't reality because she lives it every day. 2. Again with the nonsensical hurdles. Your parameters make no sense. Obviously guns get into criminals hands in many different ways, so it's idiotic to say you can't enact any gun control measures until you get all the guns away from criminals when criminals can continue to get guns that are still available without restriction. * Do you really not get how stupid that is? Do you really not get how stupid you look saying it? * And get the drugs out? Who are you, Nixon? You realize that was one of the biggest fuckin' failures in American history, right? If it still think we can "get the drugs out" you may just be the dumbest person I've ever talked to. 3. Who the fuck ever said no guns? That aside, no one knows what the fuck you're trying to say. Apparently you're just trying to change the subject because I tore your argument to shreds. You claimed gun control wouldn't work. I asked you for your evidence because everywhere around the world it does. You started taking about police responding to someone getting pushed out a window. You sound like a fuckin' idiot. Stay on topic and present your evidence, or shut the fuck up.

Haha!!! Alabama's completely out of ICU beds... pathetic.

abyers1970 comments on Aug 18, 2021:

Not funny at all. I just had covid and had to wait 10 hours to get a bed and it was miserable. Making fun of people in pain is pathetic

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@Dyl1983 Sorry, that wasn't to you.

Haha!!! Alabama's completely out of ICU beds... pathetic.

Scott321 comments on Aug 18, 2021:

There are good people in Alabama who don’t deserve this nightmare. The Huntsville area was great and has a cool Space Center rivaling KSC in Florida. It does feature Redstone and von Braun, a beneficiary of Paperclip.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@Scott321 Good point. That part sucks.

Everyone throughout history has far more in common than we do our differences.

Word comments on Aug 18, 2021:

And does that mean Jesus the Christ is some where between Alexander the great and minnie the pooh?

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

I think he goes by "The Late JC" now.

Haha!!! Alabama's completely out of ICU beds... pathetic.

Canndue comments on Aug 18, 2021:

Start by putting the anti-vaccine patients out on the lawn

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

That * should * be an option. Hell, that should be the policy even if we don't need beds.

Haha!!! Alabama's completely out of ICU beds... pathetic.

abyers1970 comments on Aug 18, 2021:

Not funny at all. I just had covid and had to wait 10 hours to get a bed and it was miserable. Making fun of people in pain is pathetic

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

Are you vaccinated?

Haha!!! Alabama's completely out of ICU beds... pathetic.

Scott321 comments on Aug 18, 2021:

There are good people in Alabama who don’t deserve this nightmare. The Huntsville area was great and has a cool Space Center rivaling KSC in Florida. It does feature Redstone and von Braun, a beneficiary of Paperclip.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

The good people in Alabama are probably vaccinated and will likely be just fine.

Tom Brady has a $50 million contract over 2 years. Why does anybody need 25 million dollars a year?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 16, 2021:

It has nothing to do with need. You make more money than you need, too. The fact of the matter is supreme athletes get paid handsomely because they are the key to revenue production. If they all made no more than $100,000 that would mean the owners were making hundreds of millions more than ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@lerlo So you're saying it can only mean one thing? Okay, we'll all assume you were saying that because none of the NFL owners are black and many of the players are, the money could be more responsibly used by the owners. Very cool of you to say. (Maybe you should have just explained what you meant when someone pointed out that it was very ambiguous. I doubt I'm the only one that took that as an admission you are a racist.) Also, you ignored ALL of the rest of my reply, so I'll take that as an admission you were talking nonsense and I proved you wrong.

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@SeaGreenEyez Don't you love how he asked an irrelevant question about whether you had lived in the inner city, apparently attempting to set up a version of an Ad Hominem (you're * too far removed * from the problem to have a valid argument) only to be made to look like an idiot because of the assumptions he made about you, then tried to recover with an Ad Hominem anyway (you're * too close * to the problem, so your argument must be biased)? Like bronze tools to australopithecus it appears logic and reason are two tools he does not have access to.

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@Flowerwall I don't know what you're confused about. We have almost no restrictions on guns and we have the highest rate of gun deaths and mass shootings among advanced liberal democracies. Other countries that have enacted varying degrees of gun control have reduced those statistics, i.e. gun control has worked in countries all over the globe. If you're making the assertive claim that gun control will not do anything to reduce gun violence or mass shootings in the US, you should be able to support that claim considering all available evidence suggests the contrary. That would be like me saying if I jumped off a building I would float to the ground safely and you would reply that everyone else who has ever jumped off a building succumbed to gravity and was injured or died and that I would need to provide some evidence that my assertive claim had merit (or prove it by jumping off a building). https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/12/4/9850572/gun-control-us-japan-switzerland-uk-canada https://www.vox.com/2016/2/29/11120184/gun-control-study-international-evidence

Tom Brady has a $50 million contract over 2 years. Why does anybody need 25 million dollars a year?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 16, 2021:

It has nothing to do with need. You make more money than you need, too. The fact of the matter is supreme athletes get paid handsomely because they are the key to revenue production. If they all made no more than $100,000 that would mean the owners were making hundreds of millions more than ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 18, 2021:

@lerlo 🦗🦗

Tom Brady has a $50 million contract over 2 years. Why does anybody need 25 million dollars a year?

FearlessFly comments on Aug 16, 2021:

What is a US dollar bill worth ? It is worth WHATEVER someone is willing to give you/me for it. :P btw, ANYONE who buys ticket(s) or buys products advertised on the broadcast(s) is part of the problem.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 17, 2021:

@FearlessFly I'm not sure what I was asking came across. You said anyone who buys an advertised product is part of the problem. I was asking if that included people who were already loyal customers who weren't even aware the product was advertised (possibly because they don't watch sports).

Tom Brady has a $50 million contract over 2 years. Why does anybody need 25 million dollars a year?

FearlessFly comments on Aug 16, 2021:

What is a US dollar bill worth ? It is worth WHATEVER someone is willing to give you/me for it. :P btw, ANYONE who buys ticket(s) or buys products advertised on the broadcast(s) is part of the problem.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 17, 2021:

I * almost * completely agree. Would you include someone who was a long-standing customer of a product who was unaware that product was even advertised during the game?

Tom Brady has a $50 million contract over 2 years. Why does anybody need 25 million dollars a year?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 16, 2021:

It has nothing to do with need. You make more money than you need, too. The fact of the matter is supreme athletes get paid handsomely because they are the key to revenue production. If they all made no more than $100,000 that would mean the owners were making hundreds of millions more than ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 17, 2021:

@lerlo Aren't you the little pot calling the kettle black? You can judge that other people make more than they need but clutch your pearls when someone says it about you? You're using a smart phone/computer to comment on nonsense in your leisure time, so it's almost guaranteed that you make more money than you * need. * That aside, you think Super Bowl commercials cost a million dollars? And you think they cost a million dollars because the money is needed to pay the athletes? 🤣 Super Bowl commercials cost $5.5 million/30 seconds because that's what advertisers will pay. Period. The broadcaster of the Super Bowl opens bidding at whatever price they want based on history and their own market analysis, and advertisers pony up and pick their slots. As the more desirable spots get filled the price may drop slightly or if advertisers aren't paying the initial asking price it will drop as well, but if the players only made $100k, the price wouldn't be any different. Also, what's this shit about "money can be better spent by owners"? What in the world do you mean by that?

But then this happened.

Lorajay comments on Aug 16, 2021:

You are being silly. Covid is the only disease listed that can be aerosolized. Since a good mask worn properly by the server means myself as a vaccinated person is fairly safe from an unvaccinated server. Since Oklahoma has an average of 2,500 new cases every day thanks to the Delta variant, I ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 16, 2021:

Anti-vaxxers are such fuckin' idiots.

To all those democrat supporters whom everytime there is criticism of Biden/ Harris/ Democrats they ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Goerge Bush, Rumsfeld, Chency, and Trump bear primary responsibility for what occurred.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 16, 2021:

I love how Republicans can fuck something sideways for 20 years and then be like, "It's all the Dems fault!!"

Let me get this right?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

I've been saying the same thing as the first part of this post for years. Democrats need to start playing the game like the Republicans if they ever want to get important shit done.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 16, 2021:

@LucyLoohoo Is it? If you don't get to win and you can't effect change, how much does it matter that you went high?

Irony By definition I am an anti-vaxxer.

Rignor comments on Aug 15, 2021:

So by this thought I’ll point this out… the vaccine mandates are being misinterpreted. There is no mandate that everyone MUST get the vaccine. However, if someone wants to participate in society, the mandates require those who want to participate be vaccinated. If someone does not consent, they ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 16, 2021:

@powder They've know this for a while, and I've been cheering it on. Anti-vaxxers don't deserve herd immunity provided by people willing to vaccinate.

Irony By definition I am an anti-vaxxer.

Dhiltong comments on Aug 15, 2021:

It's because of all you pro-consenters we may never get out of this fucking COVID mess........Thanks alot........

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@bbyrd009 What are you trying to say with that picture about polio? I'm assuming because you said "vaccines are a joke" that you believe the polio vaccine didn't eradicate polio, but rather the reduction of DDT usage?

Irony By definition I am an anti-vaxxer.

Dhiltong comments on Aug 15, 2021:

It's because of all you pro-consenters we may never get out of this fucking COVID mess........Thanks alot........

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@bbyrd009 He already said in the OP he believes vaccines can be effective and valuable. I know you're one of the few on his side of the midline, but I don't think he really wants his views mixed up with bat-shit-crazy sentences like, "vaccines are a joke, which im pretty sure you have already figured out".

Irony By definition I am an anti-vaxxer.

Rignor comments on Aug 15, 2021:

So by this thought I’ll point this out… the vaccine mandates are being misinterpreted. There is no mandate that everyone MUST get the vaccine. However, if someone wants to participate in society, the mandates require those who want to participate be vaccinated. If someone does not consent, they ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@powder The people whining about vaccines being required for stuff were the same people that were bitching about mask mandates and stay at home orders. They can't have it both ways. The vaccine is how we move past the more restrictive measures. Now all of a sudden you want to support other mandates? Why should we trust you people now when you wouldn't do your part before?

Irony By definition I am an anti-vaxxer.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

So if you're pro-Republican candidate X, that means you think it should be mandated that they be put in office? If I support the availability and consumption of meat, does that mean I think everyone should be mandated to buy it? Eat it? If I'm pro-abortion, does that mean I think it should be ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@powder Can't imagine a context where it would matter in a court of law; it's not a legal term nor does it have legal implications or legal remedies. Someone could * say * it, but then again, someone could say * anything * in court.

Irony By definition I am an anti-vaxxer.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

So if you're pro-Republican candidate X, that means you think it should be mandated that they be put in office? If I support the availability and consumption of meat, does that mean I think everyone should be mandated to buy it? Eat it? If I'm pro-abortion, does that mean I think it should be ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@powder Actuality, the more I think about it, the more I just think that's an incorrect definition. I don't know anyone who thinks all (or even any) vaccinations should be mandatory for all people.

Irony By definition I am an anti-vaxxer.

Rignor comments on Aug 15, 2021:

So by this thought I’ll point this out… the vaccine mandates are being misinterpreted. There is no mandate that everyone MUST get the vaccine. However, if someone wants to participate in society, the mandates require those who want to participate be vaccinated. If someone does not consent, they ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@powder There were. Where were you when that happened?

Irony By definition I am an anti-vaxxer.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

So if you're pro-Republican candidate X, that means you think it should be mandated that they be put in office? If I support the availability and consumption of meat, does that mean I think everyone should be mandated to buy it? Eat it? If I'm pro-abortion, does that mean I think it should be ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@powder Well, I'll give you that that definition is far too broad to actually convey specific information.

Irony By definition I am an anti-vaxxer.

Rignor comments on Aug 15, 2021:

So by this thought I’ll point this out… the vaccine mandates are being misinterpreted. There is no mandate that everyone MUST get the vaccine. However, if someone wants to participate in society, the mandates require those who want to participate be vaccinated. If someone does not consent, they ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@powder "But that would be an infringement of workers rights I suppose. Easier to mandate and enforce vaccine's than masks, washing and gloves." 100% incorrect. The company I work for has mandated masks for employees, and I doubt they will ever rescind it. A company can make whatever rules they want for their employees and customers. You don't * have * to eat there, so it doesn't really matter what you want the employees to do. Don't like they're not wearing masks, take your ass somewhere else. No restaurant in your area requires masks, learn how to cook. As for your dickhead analogy: There are mandates and laws for driving too. And if they don't follow those mandates, they * will * get banned from the road. No one is forcing you to get the shot, so don't get it if you don't want to. But you can't blame society for trying to protect itself from dickheads like you, just like you wouldn't blame it for taking away the license or jailing someone who won't stop driving drunk.

I Don't Believe In Souls Or Spirits I don't have a soul, I am a soulless being.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

I don't think too many people here would think that is strange...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@AtheistForLife Which aren't hardly any people here. There's an occasional religious nut job that signs up to try to preach, but it doesn't take long for them to realize it ain't that kind of room and leave.

Members, look at it objectively, let not overly patriotism or jingoism drive your opinion.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

The winners and losers of wars are not countries, they're individuals, and I'd be willing to bet for every single war you say America lost there were Americans who won.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@St-Sinner Basically. Defense contractors. Weapons manufacturers. Stock holders that may have gotten some inside information. Non "little guys".

Greed and Consumption: Why the World is Burning Global warming is, in large part, the outcome of ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

A simple search proves this theory incorrect. The author misplaced blame on * capitalistic * consumers instead of simply consumers. By looking at total carbon emissions and carbon emissions per capita, you see non-capitalistic nations at or near the top of both lists. If it were capitalism, ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@William_Mary I don't think you get what I'm saying. I absolutely agree with the premise, I'm just saying the very existence of selfish, greedy humans is the reason we're in the situation we're in and any modifiers you place on those humans only detracts from the root cause. It would be like saying * brown * cows produce methane. While that is true, it is misleading because * all * cows produce methane.

Greed and Consumption: Why the World is Burning Global warming is, in large part, the outcome of ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

A simple search proves this theory incorrect. The author misplaced blame on * capitalistic * consumers instead of simply consumers. By looking at total carbon emissions and carbon emissions per capita, you see non-capitalistic nations at or near the top of both lists. If it were capitalism, ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@William_Mary If the author is using that generic of a definition of capitalism then the word is essentially meaningless in this context and my original point still stands. They didn't need to say * capitalistic * consumers when they could have just said consumers.

Greed and Consumption: Why the World is Burning Global warming is, in large part, the outcome of ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

A simple search proves this theory incorrect. The author misplaced blame on * capitalistic * consumers instead of simply consumers. By looking at total carbon emissions and carbon emissions per capita, you see non-capitalistic nations at or near the top of both lists. If it were capitalism, ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@William_Mary How so?

Members, look at it objectively, let not overly patriotism or jingoism drive your opinion.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

The winners and losers of wars are not countries, they're individuals, and I'd be willing to bet for every single war you say America lost there were Americans who won.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@St-Sinner No, the rich people who get richer no matter which side "wins".

Let Me Clarify Somethings When I say I don't believe God exists as even a remote possibilty, I am...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2021:

Many here do not agree with your definition of agnosticism. To us, it doesn't mean we think there's a possibility per se, it simply means we know we can't know whether or not got exists. Furthermore, being agnostic doesn't preclude us from being atheistic as well. I am an atheist because I do not ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@AtheistForLife Thought I just did... Recognition that one cannot know whether or not a god exists.

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@Flowerwall How do you explain why it has worked in other advanced liberal democracies?

Have you seen the latest Ivermectin study ?

FearlessFly comments on Aug 14, 2021:

. . . anticipating comment(s) from @BDair and/or @Wildgreens : Did they subject it to Vitamin D + Zinc + garlic + only stir the mixture clockwise + inject it only during a full moon? I mean everyone knows if you don't do all of those the mixture doesn't work. This is another useless study paid ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@FrayedBear I didn't say specific people or groups, I said arbitrary and specific reasons. * Reading comprehension is a real thing. * Most of those other groups you mentioned would also classify as arbitrary as they are designated by "non-modifiable" characteristics. Too bad about the boots. I guess you, being much more fit than I, will have to continue to lick the shit off yourself.

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

yvilletom comments on Aug 13, 2021:

What happens if all that doesn’t happen?

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@yvilletom Kinda jealous of how easily you got him to shut up. I'm impressed.

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@Flowerwall I stopped watching that nonsense propaganda when he said "very rare mass shooting". There are routinely more mass shootings than there are days in the year, i.e. we average more than one mass shooting PER DAY. We have had 7,500-11,00 gun murders per year since [at least] 2012.

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@Flowerwall Like I said, my replies aren't for you; don't give a fuck what you think of me. In my eyes, you're nothing but a dumb, Trump-loving, anti-vaxing cunt. You have shit reasoning skills and resort to nonsensical talking points that fool only the lowest common denominators in our society.

Have you seen the latest Ivermectin study ?

FearlessFly comments on Aug 14, 2021:

. . . anticipating comment(s) from @BDair and/or @Wildgreens : Did they subject it to Vitamin D + Zinc + garlic + only stir the mixture clockwise + inject it only during a full moon? I mean everyone knows if you don't do all of those the mixture doesn't work. This is another useless study paid ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 15, 2021:

@FrayedBear You can't tell the difference between hating someone for an arbitrary reason and hating someone for the very specific reason that they are dangerous to society at large? Thems some piss poor reasoning skills ya got right there...

Have you seen the latest Ivermectin study ?

FearlessFly comments on Aug 14, 2021:

. . . anticipating comment(s) from @BDair and/or @Wildgreens : Did they subject it to Vitamin D + Zinc + garlic + only stir the mixture clockwise + inject it only during a full moon? I mean everyone knows if you don't do all of those the mixture doesn't work. This is another useless study paid ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 14, 2021:

@FearlessFly That's irrelevant [to me]. Trump is vaccinated, but his misinformation has caused the deaths of countless people. If Hitler didn't * actually * believe Jewish people deserved to die, would that make him any less terrible?

@admin, This poster (Atheist_News) is spamming it's own program. Isn't spam a no-no here?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 14, 2021:

Other people have said @admin left the building. I think they're right...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 14, 2021:

@UrsiMajor suicidal doesn't mean stupid. 😔

Have you seen the latest Ivermectin study ?

FearlessFly comments on Aug 14, 2021:

. . . anticipating comment(s) from @BDair and/or @Wildgreens : Did they subject it to Vitamin D + Zinc + garlic + only stir the mixture clockwise + inject it only during a full moon? I mean everyone knows if you don't do all of those the mixture doesn't work. This is another useless study paid ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 14, 2021:

I want those two to die of covid SO BAD! Who knows how many people could be saved in the future by their deaths.

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 14, 2021:

@SeaGreenEyez I didn't know that trying to ask an irrelevant gotcha question that inadvertently elicits an answer that makes you look like an unbelievable douche bag who has to eat his own words made a sound, but there it is. Huh. Learn something new every day.

@admin, This poster (Atheist_News) is spamming it's own program. Isn't spam a no-no here?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 14, 2021:

Other people have said @admin left the building. I think they're right...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 14, 2021:

@UrsiMajor Where's the dating site for suicidal atheists already?

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 14, 2021:

@Flowerwall Another irrelevant question. You're trying to elicit anecdotal evidence/experience (in the hopes of using that against her??) as if that is at all relevant to the formulation of a sound and valid argument. Guess I was right about you not being able to debate your way out of paper bag...

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 14, 2021:

@Flowerwall I don't know if the reward led to arrests, but how is that relevant? Just like always you set up nonsensical hurdles we need to jump with arbitrary numbers before we can talk about gun control. Our claim "Now, in the wake of a tragedy, is not the time to talk about gun control". You just think of another problem and pull the number 75% out of your ass and say that's what we need before a gun control discussion. And even if we got there, you and your ilk would just set up another hurdle that is completely irrelevant. I showed you other advanced liberal democracies have done it and you ignored the facts of the matter because you want to stay ignorant and comfortable in your echo chamber. And of course I wasn't there, that's why I used an if/then statement based on what you told me. And it's still true. No one should lose on that side of the debate unless they're uninformed, moronic, or both. You still haven't admitted the deaths you posted about have absolutely nothing to do with defunding police, but that's not at all surprising. Finally, I don't care how I come across to idiots. Me proving you wrong isn't for you, it's for people on the fence that still have a chance at being able to evaluate arguments and separate good ones from bad ones. If a 'fuck' derails them so bad they can't remain objective, they were bound to fail anyway. So, to that end, you're a fuckin' idiot.

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 14, 2021:

@Flowerwall 1. If you lost the gun debate to someone who simply said "then criminals will be the only people with guns," that speaks more to how poorly you debate than anything else. Also, you * can * reduce the number of guns and put restrictions on how they can be sold and owned, etc. To claim it's impossible is idiotic and patently false considering advanced liberal democracies elsewhere in the world have done it with great success. Furthermore, how fuckin' stupid is the claim, "Well, if we can't get guns away from every single bad guy, then why even try to do anything at all?" We can't eliminate every drunk-driving death, but we have laws in place to try. We can't keep every single child from being kidnapped and never returned, but we still send out Amber alerts. Plus a million more examples that if you're too dumb to think of on your own, you're probably too fuckin' stupid to recognize defeats your argument if you read them. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/15/so-america-this-is-how-you-do-gun-control 2. I LOVE how you conveniently ignored the part where I made you look like a completely uninformed buffoon with the regurgitated nonsense you saw in your echo chamber on Facebook. Really, you can't admit you're wrong about anything? 3. Drug deaths * are * on the rise, and that's precisely one of the things that could be helped with funds reallocated from the police to other social services. If you looked at the data honestly, you'd know that harsher penalties and police enforcement doesn't do any good while actual programs for addiction and decriminalization work wonders. But I guess if you're a hammer-wielding Republican moron, everything's a nail. * That's the saying, right? *

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 14, 2021:

@Flowerwall 1. There * IS * a $100k reward for info leading to an arrest in the murder of these children. 2. How you could watch that and NOT see that the problem is an unbelievable lack of gun control is fuckin' bewildering. They even spelled it out for you and you just remained willfully ignorant, especially considering... 3. The "defund the police" budget cuts/reallocation of funds hasn't even been approved, let alone implemented, so it can in no way be blamed for the killings. You are so fuckin' surrounded in your echo chamber you can't see the truth staring you right in the face. Fuck, if you weren't so god-damned blind, you'd probably be a Democrat. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/05/18/fact-check-budget-cuts-st-louis-police-dept-not-approved-yet/5056752001/

Is it fair to defund local police depts in order to later request federal assistance with law ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

We can wait and see how defeunding local schools in Florida so the federal government has to step in goes... At least the goal of defunding the police is to * save * lives, not kill children, but a Republican may not be able to see that difference as the lives being saved have brown skin around ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 13, 2021:

Here's another for you @SeaGreenEyez

Comebacks... lol

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2021:

Here's my response to Jester from the other day.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 13, 2021:

@SeaGreenEyez I say something worth reading every once in a while. 😉

Over zealous prov-vax proponents remind me a lot of theists.

barjoe comments on Aug 11, 2021:

I'm one of those pro-vax proponents. The people screaming about their freedoms, my body choice, are all a bunch of fucking morons who are preventing the eradication of this virus. It should be made compulsory for admission to school, places of business and the military. The antivaxxers are the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 12, 2021:

@powder I'm 100% not saying it should be forced on people (remember, I love that anti-vaxxers are dropping like flies and want to ride this trend to thin the herd of as many of them as possible), but businesses denying use of their services to the unvaccinated is completely in their purview. Schools mandating masks and vaccines, when available, to children? I'm behind that too. One's belief that they had covid (which they may not have) and that their immune response is sufficient (which it may not be, plenty of people have gotten it again) is not good enough. And the numbers don't support that either. If 97% of people that need hospitalization and die are unvaccinated, then the vaccine is obviously more beneficial than whatever natural immunities and prevention methods people think will work. We know that people can get infected after the shot and after having had covid, yet the shot keeps people alive and home at an astronomically higher rate.

Over zealous prov-vax proponents remind me a lot of theists.

Charles1971 comments on Aug 11, 2021:

I agree. The pro-vaxers and the scientists and the CDC and the doctors want to encourage everyone to get vaccinated in order to reduce or eliminate the threat of Covid and bring an end to shutdowns and travel restrictions and save lives. How dare they! They are stomping on the rights of the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 12, 2021:

@Charles1971 I laughed aloud to this comment because I was thinking the exact same thing when I read "fucking Nazis".

Over zealous prov-vax proponents remind me a lot of theists.

barjoe comments on Aug 11, 2021:

I'm one of those pro-vax proponents. The people screaming about their freedoms, my body choice, are all a bunch of fucking morons who are preventing the eradication of this virus. It should be made compulsory for admission to school, places of business and the military. The antivaxxers are the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 12, 2021:

@powder I'm not "fine" with a loose definition of vaccine, I'm saying it doesn't matter what you call it so the definition is irrelevant. There are plenty of people who got covid twice, so you thinking you had a "robust enough" reaction means fuck all. As for masks, hygiene, and distancing, you dumb fuckin' anti-vaxxers wouldn't even do that when it was asked of you, so you don't get to claim that's a possible solution now. You and the rest of the anti-vaxxers are dumb fucking cunts and I hope you all get covid and die so you can't cause problems like this next pandemic.

Over zealous prov-vax proponents remind me a lot of theists.

barjoe comments on Aug 11, 2021:

I'm one of those pro-vax proponents. The people screaming about their freedoms, my body choice, are all a bunch of fucking morons who are preventing the eradication of this virus. It should be made compulsory for admission to school, places of business and the military. The antivaxxers are the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 12, 2021:

@powder Whether or not you want to or technically can call it a vaccine is irrelevant. The facts are these: -the shot reduces the likelihood that one will have severe symptoms - the shot reduces how sick you get if you even get infected, thus, it likely reduces the viral load you shed thereby reducing how sick people get that catch it from you - the people that can get vaccinated and don't are making it way worse for those that can't but want to which shows what selfish cunts those people are - all anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers are dirty stupid cunts, not necessarily everyone that is unvaccinated - it is sad when someone who is doing everything they can to protect themselves and others dies, but luckily over 97% of those needing hospitalization are unvaccinated and an even higher percentage of those dying are unvaccinated - I will always cheer on the death of dirty stupid cunts

Over zealous prov-vax proponents remind me a lot of theists.

barjoe comments on Aug 11, 2021:

I'm one of those pro-vax proponents. The people screaming about their freedoms, my body choice, are all a bunch of fucking morons who are preventing the eradication of this virus. It should be made compulsory for admission to school, places of business and the military. The antivaxxers are the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 11, 2021:

@powder Claiming you want no one to die while being an anti-vaxxer is like claiming you want to protect children while donating money to the Catholic archdiocese who use funds to allow pedophile priests escape prosecution. Actions speak louder than words and your actions say you want a lot of people to die of covid and more to die of the next pandemic disease.

I am ditting alone in my living room, watching tv and listening to old music as tears slowly leak ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 11, 2021:

I'm just a little past that. Quite sure it won't and wondering when it will be over already. Sorry. This shit sucks.

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 11, 2021:

@powder I haven't had TV for over 5 years.

Over zealous prov-vax proponents remind me a lot of theists.

barjoe comments on Aug 11, 2021:

I'm one of those pro-vax proponents. The people screaming about their freedoms, my body choice, are all a bunch of fucking morons who are preventing the eradication of this virus. It should be made compulsory for admission to school, places of business and the military. The antivaxxers are the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 11, 2021:

@powder If you think wanting someone dead for an arbitrary reason like heritage or skin color is the same thing as wanting people to die for the very specific non-arbitrary reason that their idiocy is going to exacerbate death for many more people in the future then you have such poor reasoning skills I couldn't possibly help you.

Over zealous prov-vax proponents remind me a lot of theists.

barjoe comments on Aug 11, 2021:

I'm one of those pro-vax proponents. The people screaming about their freedoms, my body choice, are all a bunch of fucking morons who are preventing the eradication of this virus. It should be made compulsory for admission to school, places of business and the military. The antivaxxers are the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Aug 11, 2021:

@powder People also believe that people with darker skin are inferior. Should we be fine with that belief? People believe Jews should be gassed to death. That something we should just be fine with as an equally valid but different opinion? As for vaccines, should we let children go unvaccinated for measles and polio because their parents believe the vaccines are less effective than herd immunity or large amounts of organic vegetables in the diet? Beliefs are not equal to facts. As for mandating the vaccine, I'm fine with it being personal choice now that the data is showing 97+% of people dying are anti-vaxxers. Let them all die now so they won't be as harmful to society at large when the next pandemic starts.