Live and Let Live... ❤️

Fernapple comments on Oct 22, 2021:

I respect any opinion, that I think is worth arguing with. LOL

if Potential Spam calls back I'm gonna ask 'em out.

Fernapple comments on Oct 22, 2021:

I also find that sympathy works well. Express the deepest concern for their health and wellbeing, and then point out the existential horrors of mortality, and the dismal consequences of spending your life in a dead end job, especially when viewed for the perspective of a deathbed. ( A few comments about eternity and the nature of Kali, the dark goddess, and the inescapable vastness of her dark all enveloping cloak, usually help. )

3 reasons why Donald Trump's new social media company is doomed to fail [cnn.com]

Fernapple comments on Oct 22, 2021:

It will fail because of Trump, his retail businesses failed, his hotels failed, his presidency failed, his golf courses failed, his golfing career failed, his attempts to be a global statesman failed, his marriage failed, his attempts to crush global warming science failed, his attempts to down play the virus failed, and his law suits have failed. Do you see a trend here?

Excerpts from Thomas M.

Fernapple comments on Oct 22, 2021:

Why would a relativist be defending " established knowledge" surely established knowledge is as far away from relativism as you can get. Seems ironic.

Elephants are rapidly evolving without tusks to escape ivory poachers, study finds [abc.net.au]

Fernapple comments on Oct 22, 2021:

And fish are evolving smaller bodies, so that they can squeeze through the holes in fishing nets. Though of course, according to creationists, nobody has ever seen an example of evolution.

Some of us are so easily misled.

Fernapple comments on Oct 22, 2021:

No the wine only promises to put you in direct physical contact with Jesus. Fails on that promise too, but there you go.

Optimism is hope plus action.

Fernapple comments on Oct 21, 2021:

No. I think that it is more often, hope plus inaction. If you want things done, get an OC pessimist every time.

Sometimes the little details make all the difference.

Fernapple comments on Oct 21, 2021:

I wonder what is on the front ?

I live in the country and today I drove the 12 miles needed to pick up my dog from the groomer.

Fernapple comments on Oct 21, 2021:

Sound amazing. But sorry the link does not seem to work.

It has taken me 3 weeks and lots of paid and friendly help to consolidate my husband's 30x30 shop ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 21, 2021:

Looks like a lovely place to stay, I would book in there.

I am sick and tired of being told I must understand Trump voters.

Fernapple comments on Oct 21, 2021:

You wrote. "To me, they are selfish, ignorant and mean." I think that you understand them perfectly, I don't see the problem.

The NDE Zone: Connected by the Light from the Cosmic to the Subatomic | Mark Anthony

Fernapple comments on Oct 20, 2021:

New age twaddle. Sometimes I wish I was ten again too, but then I think that it is still better to live my age.

October fun

Fernapple comments on Oct 20, 2021:

I like the "Cool wind in my hair." one. That's how I would like to picture the you.

While you're agnostic/atheist, if someone religious shares, say, the same political views as you, ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 20, 2021:

Hard not to. Especially, since I must, just by chance, work together with many religious people all the time, without even knowing their religion or not. Given that, it would be hard to break off, if I did at a later date find out their religion, and unfair double values to refuse if I did know their religion at the start.

Don't know whether to laugh, cry, get truly enraged and go hunt the little mongrels down or what.

Fernapple comments on Oct 20, 2021:

Tow-rags not toe-rags. I am not a spelling fascist, but it just gives me an excuse to tell the amusing story of the words origins. It seems that a, tow-rag, was a piece of waste rag or rope you would use to wipe your bum on shipboard, when toilet paper was scarce, ( or as worn by ladies once per month). You then dropped it over the side attached to a line, to wash it through in the sea ready for the next use.

quit chasin normal....it's a myth

Fernapple comments on Oct 20, 2021:

When I was young, I wanted to be a great eccentric. So I did my best. When I was mature, I knew that I had failed and had just become the village idiot. Now I am old, I am OK with that. Since I now know that all the worlds great eccentrics really wanted to be the village idiot, all the time. Free and unburdened with the tasks of greatness.

This was written several year back by a FB friend.

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2021:

Every truth can be rediscovered, but every lie has to be a new invention, and can never be reinvented when it is lost.

I think I'll put this under health and happiness.

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2021:

"Our list of allies grows thin." J. R. Tolkien.

I was taken with this photo of the moon dressed as Saturn, as seen on facebook.

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2021:

Clever idea someone had, and good timing.

Another Xtion asshole who doesn't understand his book's main character.

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2021:

Come on. According to the Bible, which admittedly is not very reliable, this Jesus character kept a harem of twelve male lovers, who followed him around everywhere, and were told to love him only. You talk about misreading a book, even a work of fiction deserves, a more frank and honest interpretation than this Xtion gives it.

In a previous posting on whether people.

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2021:

Tell me where there is a better site with less nonsense, and I will go to it.

That tiny little town on the south coast of Crete, called Ierapetra, was where my husband and I ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 18, 2021:

Crete is lovely, though I only know the area round Rethimno.

Looks like the post about victimhood being a trend has been taken down.

Fernapple comments on Oct 18, 2021:

Often his posts, are I think, laid as traps, trying to get members to approve of things quickly without thinking them through, so that he can then call them out. Small minded immature sport perhaps. I was blocked by him too, though he must have unblocked me later. Mind you, unlike you, I was a little rude. I asked him. "Why are all your posts quotes, don't you have any ideas of your own ?"

In the culture of victimhood, being a victim is well recognized.

Fernapple comments on Oct 17, 2021:

There is I think some truth in that, but it is far too oversimplified, becoming a straw man view of public opinion, which is far more complex than that. It reads like the outpourings of an author with an 'issue' to grind.

Gym membership or Work out at home?

Fernapple comments on Oct 15, 2021:

bike.

Religious doctrine is such a malleable thing, you can basically spin anything in whatever direction ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Its all about fake authority. You can spin it anyway you want, and then claim that you have the authority of a holy book, holy man with sacred vision, holy laws, tradition, god, gods, our culture, the spirit of art, national pride, or any other thing which poses as having authority, but has done nothing to justify that authority, by actually providing good reasons. And as long as, even a few people, are prepared to bow to your borrowed fake authority, you can get away with anything.

I recently severed my relationship with amazon.

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2021:

You will soon experience a big wealth spike. ( When you stop spending on things you don't really need. ) Years ago I signed up for Amazon to buy a book, then I lost my password, so I tried to use their recovery procedure to get it back, without success. So then I tried to open a new account and they flagged me as a fraud, and barred me. But now ten years or more down the line, they are no longer honest booksellers anymore, and I have probably saved enough money by not buying their rubbish, to pay for my next good holiday. Big win. PS. there are still a lot of real and good bookshops, who sell online.

One of my old doodles

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Very Picasso.

Two things that got me upset w my self yesterday , and I am not even sure yet what the hell is ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2021:

I think that you should remember that number one has to come first, not because it is good to be selfish, but because those who do not look after themselves well enough, are never in any state to take care of others. So most of all, remember that asking for six good hours sleep is not something to feel guilty about.

What are the benefits to this behavior?

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2021:

If they can keep you slaving FOREVER, it saves them having to interview and/or train new people.

MORE BULLSHIT FROM THE CONSERVATIVE CROWD

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Sorry, I can not see a link.

How many times a month, do you as an agnostic, answer to a point of an argument or to a direct ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 13, 2021:

I always start with. "I don't know." as the default, because in most cases I think that that is the most honest and accurate answer, and that it is that basic level of, honesty, which makes most of the sceptical ideologies better than theist ones. I probably don't lie that often these days, since now that I am retired and post self employed, I chose not to mix with people I would feel the need to lie to, any longer.

The Dark World of New Age Gurus

Fernapple comments on Oct 13, 2021:

It would be nice to think this may be preaching to the converted here, but sadly even here you can encounter a few people quoting new age ideology, and even attempting to promote it. It is all too easy to find people everywhere, who have not yet matured to the point where they understand the first and most important stage of growing up, which is. "I want", is not the same as "its true".

10 Reasons to Wear a Mask

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2021:

Besides they make a great fashion statement.

10 Reasons to Wear a Mask

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2021:

You should wear them all the time, corona virus or not, there are lots of other infections out there, humans are probably the dirtiest species on the planet, (we have the most diseases ) and the mouth is our dirtiest part. A no brainer as they say.

The reason Tinker Bell didn’t have a tail was to make the story more realistic.

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2021:

Groan.

'More racist than smart': Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for misspelling 'Columbus Day' ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2021:

There are at least three different correct spellings to choose from. The Italian Columbo, the English Columbus, or the one he preferred Colon ( yes really ). Though he did not always use the same variation himself.

Boredom:

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2021:

I like to lower the car window, when I am passing perfect strangers, lean out for a second or two, and call out. "Hey, long time no see, how you doin', really should catch up, but anyway I will see you this weekend. See you soon !" And drive off. Sometimes I like to address small children who are obviously out with their mothers, give them my best cheesy grin, and say. "Wow! Are you having a lovely day out with Grandma' then. "

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things he has not, but rejoices for those which he ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2021:

And a happy one.

Let me paraphrase an absolutely true statement by Adam Schiff: It is not true that power ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2021:

And if the desire to seek power, is often driven by the desire for the fruits of corruption, or the sort of things that can also come from corruption. Then you would expect there to be a more than average number of corrupt people in power. No proof offered. Just saying, you can make your own judgment on it.

Gently used…

Fernapple comments on Oct 11, 2021:

Why does he not need it any longer ? Where did he put her ? Has she been seen recently ?

[activistpost.com] Sports, The Greatest Hypnotic Distraction?

Fernapple comments on Oct 11, 2021:

Yep. Sports, arts, nationalism, there are lots of pseudo religions out there designed to reprogram the population in to acceptance, and compliance.

One of the things no one tells you about ageing is that it is such a nice change from being young.

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Life was horrible when young, I am now far happier, fitter, more active and finding it far more rewarding than I ever did until I turned fifty at least. But it probably depends a lot on the individual, many no doubt find the opposite.

I can't seem to make pancakes anymore.

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2021:

You did not commit the cardinal sin of washing your pan with soap, did you ?

Fast Fashion Is Hot Garbage | Climate Town [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Important article, though I think that the title will not get many people here reading it. In many cases I think it will be preaching to the converted here though, not buying into religion, generally means being able to see through most religions, including the fashion religion.

My neighbor was afraid to grow a fruit tree. I told him to grow a pear.

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2021:

He could grow too two.

You know you are!

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2021:

We all have assholes, and they are all full of s##t, but prove that we have a soul and are full of God, and you will deserve a Nobel.

I took a drive with a friend up to visit with a 93 year old lady living in a remote cabin up in ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2021:

What a perfect day.

Individuals have the right to chose to not suffer, and NO government should have the power to make a...

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2021:

Yes, and no country should be in the business of enforcing theologically derived laws, but most of them are.

New Rule: The Slow-Moving Coup | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2021:

Speaking as an outsider, who can only address the big picture, because I do not know the detail. I still think that the USA and its democracy, which has survived so much and climbed so many hurdles in its history, are stronger and better than that, and I hope I am not wrong. But if I am. "Goodbye, its been nice knowing you, should have listened to Bill."

GILL DEFICIT Drop a goat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2021:

Very good yes.

Individuals have the right to chose to not suffer, and NO government should have the power to make a...

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2021:

I fail to see what this has to do with an Escooter accident. I think that Yahoo has moved on, and the link does not work anymore.

Dog Bless, Alice and her Air Horns. LOL

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2021:

Be very kind and sympathetic, tell them how short life is, and how sad you feel for them being stuck in a dead end job with no future, and in the end nothing to look back upon. Then say. I will think of you whenever I see someone sad and unhappy, or I am sad and unhappy, to remember it could always be worse.

My Bio Has Disappeared

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2021:

No, mine is still there. Very strange. If you made an alteration, did you remember to press"submit". That or something like that is the best I can think of.

In the 1980s, musician Daryl Davis set out to understand the Ku Klux Klan.

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2021:

You can do a lot with patience, its the most powerful thing there is. Wish I had some.

Because they're stupid. Why would some Americans rather risk death than get the vaccine?

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2021:

No sadly, they are not stupid, they are failed by the education system, which should have provided them with the tools needed to deal with real life, but failed to do so.

Slavery in the Bible There are 4 types of slavery referenced in the bible: INTRODUCTION  ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2021:

No information is useful in deconverting the religious. They have no interest in information. Everyone has to find their own path out, and finding an interest in information is one of the last stages, after people escape.

Freeman Dyson - Can Science Deal with God? - YouTube

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2021:

Yes of course religion is a branch of literature. Mein Kampf was a work of literature, and fascism was a religion, Matthew Hopkins's 1647 book The Discovery of Witches, was a work of literature, and torturing, burning and hanging people was religion. Literature is just the unregulated, and often dangerous dribble of often anti social ( Being anti social is a good motivation to write. ) people. Literature is dangerous, because, just like religion, it has no need to justify itself against any standard of epistemology or evidence.

Aaahhh, what say you, grasshopper?

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2021:

I would say that morals and aesthetic values are the same, because good taste (aesthetic) and the wisdom which makes morals ( good morals ), are both based on learning to value the search for objective truth. Prove me wrong.

Aaahhh, what say you, grasshopper?

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2021:

I would not crush either. Even insects in my house are shown the way out, not killed.

Keep your eyes on these 9 electric truck and van companies | GreenBiz

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2021:

It will probably be easier to bring them in in Europe, where range is less of an issue, than in the US. I would love to get my hands on one, it it is going to be a long time before the price comes down even here.

I'm wondering just what he doesn't know how to do?

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2021:

Sounds like a good bet.

I often see posts containing questions about various aspects of Jesus's Christ's acts and teachings ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2021:

I have heard people make a case for many different possibilities about Jesus, such as. He was real but not the myths attached to him, he was real but the stories are a result of poor copy and translation, he is a made up fictional persona, (Perhaps made up by pro-Roman Jews, in a pro-Roman conspiracy.) Jesus is a common name and therefore he may be an amalgam of stories originally told about several people, he was a mythical figure combining stories about several earlier gods, he was an allegorical figure, or several combinations of all of those. The one thing that all the people making cases for all the different Jesus figures have in common is, that none of them have any real evidence, since there is no good evidence surviving and all conclusions therefore are merely speculative. Great fun, but still speculative. The only evidence we have comes from a few very dubious books called the gospels, of which there are about forty, most of which tell quite different stories, ( even the four in the Bible, ) and all of the surviving are obviously derived from earlier works, and we do not have any of the earliest. The authors are unknown, Mat, Mark, Luke and John are known to be names attached to the texts much later, for no good reason, and they are all in conflict with the writings of St Paul, who may just be, the closest we have to a real commentator from near the time, but who does not seem to know anything about the gospels, and had lots of possible reasons to lie.

“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism.

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2021:

Wise.

Historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect African children [bbc.com]

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2021:

You never seem to hear these things on the main news feeds.

Anybody care about a missing blonde over all the other people who are missing in the country, world?

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2021:

What missing blond ?

Rules for living

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2021:

When punishing kids. Tell them that someone, posted something really nasty about them on the media. And watch them get ever more frustrated as they try to find it.

Survey: Nearly 40% of Black Atheists Hide Their Beliefs from Their Families | Hemant Mehta | ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2021:

Can't really answer, since I don't have an immediate family.

In a week where the RC church has been revealed to have haver abused a third of a million kids in ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2021:

Of course the film company offered to pay to bus the protesters in, at the very least. Nothing like a good loud protest to get a bit of publicity for your movie.

Religions are not about finding truth—they are about defending lies.

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2021:

We have science, maths, personal experience and philosophy when we want to find truth, religion has to find a place in the market, and as long as there is a demand for lies, what else is there for it to do.

Happy 5th year anniversary to agnostic.

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2021:

A great creation which does a lot for the community.

[rsn.org] Stop Calling the Military Budget a 'Defense' Budget

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2021:

Beware of anything which requires a new name.

The Roman Catholic Church is still doing too little too late to address its own evil.

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2021:

Cos' see if you took out all the evil, there would not be much left, not even shadow play of a religion like a Church Of England.

Fuck off Uber & Lyft with your in-vehicle face recognition\ analysis linked advertising ?

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2021:

Don't knock it until you tried it. Get in the cab with no trousers and wearing a big plastic strap on, and see what they offer you then.

Mineral deficiency.

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2021:

My guess would be, true.

One of my previous Birthday Begging Videos did garner me a lovely card from a member, but a million ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2021:

Happy birthday.

Have them?, most of those assholes can't even spell them

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2021:

I can spell them, T H E M , go on, lets try a harder one. What have you got.

[grist.

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2021:

In the UK things are a little different, we have been more intensively peopled and agricultural for a long time. There has especially in England, been very little truly wild land for centuries. So that the hunting, shooting, fishing movement has been a major contributer to conservation for a long time. They made a lot of bad judgments in the past, especially the nineteenth century, such as nearly exterminating many predators. But while I do not care for it any longer myself, I have to recognize that a lot of our few and scattered wilderness areas, in a very heavily cultivated land, only continued to exist down the centuries because people wanted sport. But perhaps happily things have moved on, and today conservation movements, now probably have more disposable wealth than field sports do, the bird society, RSPB, for example, is today a major land owner.

You've heard about "there is no "I" in Team. Well....that's not exactly correct;

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2021:

Yes but its the negative part.

Alex Jones, liar and shit-stirrer, has lost his case in court: [bbc.com] .

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2021:

Will not matter to the faithful how many times he may have been discredited, sadly. Sheep are not into credibility, in a big way.

Ways to mess with the religious bastards.

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2021:

"Mom" had fun with that.

Expectation vs.

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2021:

To Amazon's computer, world globe, and glass globe, both contain the word globe, so that must be the next best substitute, right. LOL

Golfers attacked at Alabama course by people in camouflage [apnews.com]

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2021:

Maybe they were the taste police, objecting to golf fashion.

Today's reminder of the need for kindness and wisdom.

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2021:

If we all did that.

Hmmm, Marilyn had attributes that overcame her untoned tummy and touching thighs.

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2021:

You certainly don't have to be skinny to be charming, attractive and sexy. And I don't know what women would think about the violinist, but well you decide. This one comes with music, enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uYVnqOdr9s=RD-uYVnqOdr9s=1

The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2021:

Or. The secret of change, is accepting when you need to in the first place, but not changing for changes sake.

Favorite philosopher

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2021:

Hello and welcome to the site. If I may though I would say that I think that, Socrates and Plato are in many ways just about the same one, there are few surviving Socratic ideas which do not come through Plato, ( A few poor quality ones from Xenophon and one or two others, but not many. ) I think that Aristotle would have been a better alternative, and would have got my vote.

Petty little twit.

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2021:

I had a colonoscopy many years ago, in the UK, and was not offered anything at all, even as an option.

LET'S STOP THE PLEASANT EUPHEMISMS: They aren't "anti-Vax.

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2021:

I don't disagree, but you have to also grant that a lot of them are victims of disinformation, pedaled by exploiters, which they have not been given the education to see through.

This report will stir the cockles of many hearts. Let's find out who and why?

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2021:

Eliminate the competition for the Russian Orthodox Church, which is deeply wedded to the Russian state.

One of my friends runs the site for a political candidate and he posts some pretty good memes from ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 1, 2021:

In other words. "Just stop it, b####r off and do something else."

We know our dogs have extraordinary senses…but can they sense the presence of a ghost?

Fernapple comments on Oct 1, 2021:

Dogs have better senses than us. So they can sense things we can't, (having been around dogs, I have observed that first hand ). But that just means there may be something there I can't sense, it is a god of the gaps argument to just drop "ghosts" into the hole. It is just an unknown.

Hello friends I am new :)

Fernapple comments on Oct 1, 2021:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site. Do your bio asap. and get stuck in you soon reap the benefits, look at the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone.

If your going to have a tragedy, make sure it's a good one.

Fernapple comments on Oct 1, 2021:

But that is easy, anyone can make a good tragedy. But having a good comedy, now that takes skill and effort.

I was as pure as the driven snow before I got here.

Fernapple comments on Oct 1, 2021:

Yes but you are having fun now, are you not ?

People can change.

Fernapple comments on Oct 1, 2021:

Agreed, I don't really see how you can take someones nationality away, anyway, especially without a day in court. Surely if she has done something wrong, she should be encouraged to come back and face trial, everyone is entitled to a day in court if there are charges to answer. While if there are only vague doubts about her, she can surely be watched more easily at home, as many are, and arrested if solid evidence of crimes comes to light.

Is this art or thievery? [koco.com]

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2021:

I can not get this content in the UK. But if it refers to what I think it does. Then I will say that, if you get fooled by or trapped into religion, even the religion called art, then you are going to be fleeced. There is no other outcome.

I guess I could have put this under religion and spirituality but it seems really much more random ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2021:

Or you can just accept, that if the Last Supper ever happened at all. That it was just a bloke, telling his mates, that he would still be there in memory ( or spirit ) with them, whenever they broke bread and took wine together. Which is actually rather profound and sweet, and a natural act of friendship. So that making it a ritual where payed professional con - artists make mumbo-jumbo out of it to fleece the innocent, really is a travesty.

We must all fight the good fight, each and every day.

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2021:

If we all did that, we would not need religions or nation states anyway.

"They are much too rash and reckless, tempting God and disregarding everything which might ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2021:

Founder of all the whole non Roman church systems, including all the churches of the anti-virus crowd.