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G:830 Ok guys it's a group-come join! What was "The Best" you've ever experienced?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 10, 2019:

X rated

Main page layout evolution You'll now see a gold button if you have new group posts since the ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 10, 2019:

OTBS today my feed seems to be mostly free of spammy garbage from the groups/people that @zster is referring to (I think). I hope it sticks, because it's much better.

It's the truth.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Does anyone think a woman wrote that???????

Republicans Jim Jordan And Mark Meadows Warn Drug Companies Not To Cooperate With Congressional ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Also here's the last 5 days of the DOW pharmaceutical index, as of 4/10 morning

Republicans Jim Jordan And Mark Meadows Warn Drug Companies Not To Cooperate With Congressional ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Of course now that this has come out, stocks will suffer anyhow. Traders are a nervous group. I don't believe for a second that the politicians on both sides aren't engaging in "accident on purpose" targeted leaks. And "insider trading".

How to overcome heartbreaks ?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 9, 2019:

Alcohol or sulleness or both.

Sometimes I forget not everyone understands spoon theory and speaks spoonie, so I get some pretty ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 9, 2019:

Do you have some examples of people who are spooned or whatever? I found this https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/lysander-spooners-moral-theory and this https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/ but I wasn't sure if you were talking about politics or looking for hugs, or something else. This seems like a great example of things that belong in groups.

I was watching a show about the people of Haiti, in particular a mother and her two daughters.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 8, 2019:

I buy lottery tickets on occasion. They aren't my only hope, or my retirement plan, but I can understand wishful thinking. It's horrific when that's literally all you've got left.

Getting spam off my feed

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 8, 2019:

Here's a screen shot

Who knows what you might learn from taking a chance on a conversation with a stranger?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I did this on the subway and got maced.

If you knew of a way to use your estate following your death to greatly benefit humanity would you ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I'm all in favor of slashing the ability to inherit wealth. Many of the taxes that are currently forced on the workers, could be paid by estates instead. Dead people don't need money, and no one is just entitled to get that money after they're gone. Enjoy what you have while you have it, and STFU with trying to run things from beyond the grave, with wills and such.

[yahoo.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Biden was only willing to non consensually "communicate" with women by invading their space/caressing/whatever the heck you call it. He didn't do it to men, and that's paternalism at best, and sexism in the middle, and harassment at the worst. Yeah he's not alone and he's not unusual and he's nowhere near predator level. He's a thoughtless jerk whose behaviors belie his spoken word. So, he's also amassed a huge amount of power over the years, the whole political system is corrupt, and were just choosing between evils here. But I think men are getting better. What's Biden, like a few years older than DT?

Evolutionary changes played a crucial role in industrialization, study finds

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 6, 2019:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lucifer_Principle This guy has some super interesting writings about evolution working on groups/gene pools vs on individuals. Fascinating stuff, but the author himself was obviously a racist who was using his curiosity about why different cultures are the way they are, to fuel his belief system. Hopefully there will be more thoughts on his work, but without the hatred and moral shitshow. Lots of his stuff is available online full text if you're interested.

Too funny but very accurate

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Statistically the dems are run by wealthy families. Maybe the people who post the most crap on Facebook are the people you're talking about.

Someone said that even if you don't believe in God, it is advisable to live your life as if there is...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 5, 2019:

This would lead to all sorts of insanity, like reliance on "thoughts and prayers" instead of action, the general populace consumed by guilt and neuroticism and fear of majik, and diversion of money to "priests" and "shamans" who claim to have the keys to the spirit world. Nah.

Dressing for Brad Pitt?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 5, 2019:

It seems like you're reading an awful lot into this. I'm pretty sure none of us know much about why people make the choices they make, and I'd go out on a limb and say that men seem to be extra clueless about women, as a youngster who's looked to older men for guidance. But anyhow, I don't think any of the women I know are dressing based on what they think about movie celebrities. Me, I'm thinking your elaborate story about Brad Pitt is 100% your own world, so your behavior seems really bizarre to people who live in a different world than you. I can't give any thoughts on transitioning from that one, to this one, but I hope you can figure out how to do it.

Why are sex movies so taboo but horror movies so accepted?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 5, 2019:

Horror/violence: people still leave the theater in an onderly fashion. Sex: People get all turned on and do sex things, and make messes. Add that under our founding puritanical and even later protestant beliefs, public displays of horror violence and miserym are ok, but public displays of anything that involves joy or pleasure, is sinful.

Scrap religion as a charitable purpose, says National Secular Society | Third Sector

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 5, 2019:

Agree with the article

How to keep a relationship: ?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 4, 2019:

Single people know how relationships work!!!

Find agnostic doctor

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 4, 2019:

There are xtains who will only see Drs who agree with them, muslims who do the same, hindus, etc... so join the club, i guess.

I learned the other day that to divorce in China, both wife and husband must agree.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Apr 4, 2019:

So lets have a DMV level hell for marriages too. Brilliant. Fuck those people who seem to have stable lives and commited partnerships.

Never mistake what you do not understand as magic or divine intervention.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Ill drink to that. In fact make it a double!

From outer space, to you: Investigator Says Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' Phone Hacked By Saudis, Suggests ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Also for further evidence, here's a picture of his new gf with Hillary, eating babies and performing satanic rituals.

Cockroach Milk, the new superfood? [npr.org]

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Shrimp are good tho, also crawdads

There are at least a million hate messages against me on Face Book including pages with thousands of...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 31, 2019:

From this post and others youve made, It sounds like you really really like negative attention. For us, it's a nice break from endless memes about loving our inner selves. We can hate you instead, but still feel self superior about not wanting to hurt you, and still love our inner selves in secret. Win win.

WHO ARE YOU?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 31, 2019:

It's surprising how many people define themselves using metaphysical terms like soul or spirit or invoking the names of religious icons.

I posted a question on health and happiness a short while ago, asking for thoughts on incels.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Why does it benefit us? I guess its always nice to have someone who we can look down on.

Male Birth Control Pills --- Now the accusations of, "you lied about being on the pill" will be ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Id advise any women who hears "dont worry babe, im on the pill" to use her own birth control, anyhow.

U.S. churches are costing tax payers $71 billion a year – DeadState

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 31, 2019:

I was just driving by church after church with a handful of cars in the parking lot- enough that they were clearly open for sunday services, but clearly in no way could justify the large building and expense of that church building ... especially since there was one every mile or three. Huge waste of resources, subsidized by you and me.

Yep, its true ladies, I am 5'6".

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 31, 2019:

On the bright side, I hear that women love angry men. Women are complex in that they have a list like "tall dark and handsome", but most people don't realize that they have a master override switch for men with belligerent attitudes. Also, women just love alcoholics so I'm going to work on that part of myself now, k thx

Alex Jones claims psychosis

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 30, 2019:

There's not many ways you can admit to a crime, but still be not guilty. 1- you were justified by self defense. 2- you didn't understand or weren't aware 3- you were out of your mind. Yeah whatever

Inter-racial dating.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 30, 2019:

I was lucky to grow up in a places with lots of different types of people. Gives me way more self awareness when it comes to my way of reacting to potential partners.

Voting with your feet, boycotting with your $ spending choices.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Businesses respond to the money you spend, not what you don't spend. I don't happen to spend money at chickfila et al, but for instance, I don't have an issue with buying things at wallyworld, that I want them to keep carrying, or using Amazon as a platform to buy things from businesses that would be otherwise inaccessible.

Is searching for a person that checks off 6 out of 10 boxes in my book wrong?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 30, 2019:

There was a good study about what makes for lasting partnerships, and basically the study backed up all the myths about compatibility, and also all the myths about about differences. It backed up the ideas about spending time together, and also spending time apart. Because, the study found that the only thing that really mattered, was kindness. You can't have a check list for that. Outside of obvious hard limits like smoking (for some people) or way of life issues, I think you are right... you're never going to create the right list, and you're much more likely to find someone you get along with, by evaluating their "way they are". Which means work, in person. The list is just a vague screening tool.

The Loony Tunes Have Their Say on Public School Education – Christianity Style.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 30, 2019:

I skew right, but that doesn't mean we should selling access to power, to wing nuts of any stripe. It's embarrassing, and we need a new party

ARE THERE NEW PEOPLE GETTING ON HERE TO TROLL? ADVERTISE AND SCAM? SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 30, 2019:

On MeWe theyre everywhere. FB just charges em for the privilege. I'm sure they'll get more numerous here as the site grows, but..., but it looks like the rate of site growth is dropping off, and the daily log ins are decreasing. It'll be interesting to see if the users/admin/coding here can drive off spammers but are also driving off other people, and if that can be corrected or not.

I cannot comprehend the amount of bigotry and intolerance I see among my fellow atheists sometimes.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 30, 2019:

It's amazing, I forget how horrible people are. Heres a recent example https://agnostic.com/discussion/318166/how-to-sell-a-massacre-nras-playbook-revealed for a fun snippet.

I feel like getting a chain around my neck, giving it to a lass and having my face pressed between ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 30, 2019:

I've seen a buddy want to do the same thing, but instead of all that relationship stuff, he wandering around a bar, trying to give his leash to someone/anyone. I hope it goes without saying.... please don't do that.

I'm disappointed that this site is becoming less usable unless you become a member of a particular ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Id like to propose that anyone who posts (groups or forums) more than a post an hour, needs to rank their posts so number one gets released first, number two and hour later, the next an hour after that... And no one can post more than say, 10 things per day. It's incredibly annoying to deal with the groups posts cluttering up the main feed... Totally belies the point of groups... But if we have to know what the cat memes group is up to, at least keep it to a dull roar.

Just curious. Why do people want points here?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 29, 2019:

When you first sign up, you get messages from admin about points and status and levels and privileges . Its not till later you realize how stupid it is. Also admin bothers to maintain a site support forum, but looking back at it, there's post after post about people losing several thousand points at a time (not the little ups and downs that happen when a member quits or such). It sounds like som e off those members are pissed about the points, and some about the lack of response.

Yes you do!

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 29, 2019:

If everyone had happiness, then everyone would be the same- and happiness would become mediocrity. Happiness can't exist without some sense of what misery is all about. For everyone who "deserves" a lifetime of happiness, there has to be someone who has a life time of misery, so that the happy person can feel better about themselves. There is no one who "deserves" that. Self superior new age BS.

If I were single, I would never date a person with tattoos.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 29, 2019:

I simply cannot believe the genius way you managed to get me to click on this. Here I was, all ready to ask you why you felt the need to start a rant about "if I were single", on a site populated by single people (many with tattoos) and then I saw this. Why you clever old bird you. Well done.

Conservative Bible Project aims to rewrite scripture to counter perceived liberal bias - New York ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Me reading the bible: "Wow, you can't make this shit up!" Conservative Xtians: "hold my beer"

Age is irrelevant.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 29, 2019:

And older person posting that gets lots of "feelz". A younger person posting that gets told you can't buy age by going to lots of concerts, though if you do enough drugs you'll look old.

Why do people respond so negatively to beautiful memes?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Im pretty sure most of us have access to facebook if we enjoy that stuff. Some of us want to escape/ do better I was going to try to answer this, about the onslaught (mostly from a few members) of memes on this site in particular, but there are already lots of great answers here. Worth reading, for actual real live people saying things that are relevant to them. I only want to add that so many "feel good" memes are about having low expectations. E.g. "don't try to be a better person, just be who you are." And though it's less common here then FB, I'll double complain about the guilt trips and compliment-fishing. "Share this if you love puppies" or "I bet this picture of my new garden won't get any likes". We're like Catholics wallowing in our misery and mediocraty.

Damn Catholics.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 27, 2019:

People should be thoughtful about their food choices, and local restaurants should accommodate that. We'd all be healthier if that happened. Sorry you personally don't like fish, but this is better than "Cheetos with liquid lunch Fridays" or whatever the food biz would try to get away with if they could. Btw lots of people pack their lunch for money or health or taste reasons. You should try it.

This is to inform as many members of Agnostic that if points are mysteriously removed from your ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 27, 2019:

@steve148 btw id loove to hear about any site with a competent admin, thats not over run with ads and with scammers, isnt heavily moderated by PC police and user lead lynch mobs, and has some semblance of privacy. I can't believe I'm basically saying good things about this site, but here I am. I don't know why admin adds features to this site that don't work, like points that change for no reason, or dating matches that don't makes sense, or agnostic/humanist log ins, or groups that spam other members... But it is what it is. There are some decent pre built social sites that are cheap/free, so the only major overhead would be hiring a good admin team, paying for server space, paying for people to hang out and start in interesting discussions, and paying for advertising. I'm not sure how this site deals with those costs, but it's be great if you find a better version of this site/concept, and let us know.

What’s the world’s worst religion?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 27, 2019:

No way to define "best" or "worst".

[diversityinc.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 26, 2019:

Health care and education have always been used as tools of religious power structures. Just a way of letting political structures and societal structures absolve themselves of responsibility for the most basic of human needs, and foster reliance on the church. It's something good, but with a really ugly twist.

I've been hiking the desert ravine below our Albuquerque, NM, housing subdivision, entering the ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 26, 2019:

Just curious why you picked abq? I have family there, it's a very different world

My first career was as a Licensed Embalmer for well over a thousand individuals.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 26, 2019:

The study of Forensics really needs people with this talent. A valuable contribution, and nothing to do with religion or other people's morals. Thank you for giving that to the rest of us.

My girlfriend and I are both transwomen, she knows that I still have viagra left over from before I ...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 26, 2019:

It soundslike your partner wants to have sex with you. The technical details seem fairly irrelevant if you're both happy and having fun and all that safe sane stuff.

It seems atheists DOMINATE this site, despite the fact it's an agnostic one.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I was going to read that and look for keywords and phrases like "but to be fair..." Or "bringing balance" or even some references to Heidegger or some s hit like that. But my eyes glazed over way too fast. So here's my totally one sided, judgemental af, single solitary thought line. You can't prove that A leads to B, but notB leads to notA. However you can't disprove it either. So yeah, two possibilities exist. But only one can be right. I've made up my mind, and there's not much to talk about. I'm fairly certain there are more people like me.

How to sell a massacre: NRA's playbook, revealed

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 25, 2019:

AJ does some top notch journalism too. It's a cold hard fact that their non english name will be used against them in whitelandia, tho. They do some great investigative reporting.

Who will change your life?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 25, 2019:

Fuark, looking in the mirror, and I see the worst thing thats ever happened to me.

Anyone else seeing members they have blocked?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I'm never quite sure how this whole thing works because it seems like I see different content based on how I'm logged in (agnostic vs humanist), how the person I'm talking to is logged in, if the post is a group post and the person who created it is "sharing" (gag) with the rest of the site, which platform the group/forum content originated on... add that I have no idea how blocking really works or doesn't work, so I'm pretty clueless about how to control my own content or who to respond to about anything, and I'm guessing I'm not alone. That being said, I have a day off and I'm drunk so that also "helps". Also Words with Friends is a fucking mess too.

The biggest aggravation of my life: my family.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 25, 2019:

Tangent: my sister dated a guy who was from a family that sounds kinda like yours. They've gone their separate ways now, for unrelated reasons, but during the time I knew this guy, it was a day after fucking day issue, for this guy, just to try to live a decent life, despite constant interference from his family. I know he was trying hard to be his own person and not let them drag him back into the gutter, to be with "his blood", and I hope he's still succeeding. Humans mostly suck, I hope you escape.

Do you have to prove your worth to someone?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I wouldn t be interested in dating someone who wasn't judging my worth. I know I'm judging theirs.

While Trump & Co.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 25, 2019:

The full JFK report will never be released, and neither will this. I'm not talking conspiracy, I'm just talking security policy. As ironic as it is, given the way security clearances are assigned.

Why I Love Agnostic.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 25, 2019:

@mzbehavin It's ironic that any group that has a underlying exclusionary MGTOW theme (men going their own way), as that group seems to have, devotes so much time and energy to the topic of women. I'm curious, in your estimation, how many of those posts you read, were men, discussing women or feminism?

This morning I was in a car accident.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 25, 2019:

Get a lawyer. It has nothing to do with you or with her. Just her and your insurance companies.

I had a female co-worker offer to help me with a makeover.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 25, 2019:

Women do weird stuff that men don't understand. At all.

Sandy Hook victim's father dies from an apparent suicide - CNN

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 25, 2019:

Lots of reasons people kill themselves.

Trumps Wall is providing security! [huffpost.com]

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 24, 2019:

So "Trump" aka US taxpayers shell out a few bazillion dollars for the wall, and the those pesky illegals (except they're still in Mexico so I'm not sure what pejorative term to use), are selling it to Mexicans for walls around their houses. So we're paying for their wall. I don't think this is how trickle down economics is supposed to work. I miss Reaganomics. It actually worked.

Where did my carefully written post go?

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I'm thinking you posted on humanist but tried to read on agnostic, or visa versa. I'm still trying to figure out how those two sites feed into each other. But I think it's really one database, with two portals. Your permissions on each portal are different (uness you accept the default settings) PLUS if you were responding to someone else's thread who has different settings for each portal, the way you will see their posts, is different on each site. They "own" their posts, so theirmsettings override yours.

We live in barely controlled anarchy.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 24, 2019:

"barely controlled anarchy. No law matters.". Umm.... kill your neighbors? Yeah, Texas is really really horrible compared to <insert list of dept of state travel advisories here>. Live on a houseboat in international waters and become a pirate? Or you could move to Mexico? (Much less drug use, lower cost of living).

Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback.

MarkiusMahamius comments on Mar 24, 2019:

If Americans ate pigeon, horses, and wild pigs, we'd be much better off.

What do you call this thing?