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Come and get it y’all! I put the “hot” in psychotic.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 23, 2022:

Unfortunately, the last two times I've been to my local senior center for lunch, our two resident MAGA guys haven't been there. Otherwise, I would fix her up with a double date. They would all deserve each other in a threesome..... That is, assuming Trumpers do threesomes with two guys....

Colorado Lawmaker Leaves Republican Party Over Trump and 2020 Election Lies

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 23, 2022:

Welcome his votes on climate change and his voice on accepting election results and condemning the insurrection, but no hero cake for him, since he will still be backing most of the Repub agenda.

OK GOP candidate Scott Esk still wants gay people stoned to death

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 23, 2022:

If only stoning were the punishment for being an asshole bigot ignoramus....

Wow.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 23, 2022:

That's like saying I haven't cheated on my taxes for the last year, so why should I have to pay penalties on the past years that I did?

Atheists are nicer to Christians compared to the other way around if their religious identity is ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 23, 2022:

Well, duh. They are in the majority and have the backing of all kinds of social institutions, including the government, so no wonder they feel superior and arrogant, feeling that their bigotry and bias is justified. Any minority group in a society is inclined to behave deferentially or respectfully towards the majority group in order to avoid conflict and negative consequences from the majority group. It's the same reason black folks never made trouble in my small, lily white Iowa town where I grew up. As one of the few blacks told me, " It's not that we're happy with how things are, it's just that we're so outnumbered and powerless, that there's no point in making trouble or raising a fuss, because they would just crush us"...

The Founding Fathers Were Not Gods | Full Frontal on TBS - YouTube

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 23, 2022:

I'm so pissed that this show got cancelled!

Come and get it y’all! I put the “hot” in psychotic.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 23, 2022:

I'm sure she won't, just stroll on in and let the red hat MAGAs fight over her! And yet Donald wouldn't touch her with a ten foot pole, just laugh at her behind her back, with her never catching on to the contempt he feels for her kind.... Soon to appear with Jordan Klepper on the next episode of The Daily Show....

It is time to end the segregation, eliminate all private schools.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 23, 2022:

We seemed, at least for a while, to fix the problem of school segregation by race, but we never did by class. It sure would solve a lot of social problems if we did what Finland did there, along with all the other socialist and economic reforms and programs. But their system is not totally corrupted and run by money, so until that changes, it's a pipe dream..

“Yes I took 2 bites out of your sandwich when you weren’t looking. And I’d do it again!

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 23, 2022:

Defiant, remorseless cat giving the hooman the raspberry....

Ok... maybe the guys can answer this. What's the deal with the dead fish?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 22, 2022:

It's very interesting to see how this post has provoked a very good discussion, much better than usual lately on the subject of dating, and even brought in some people I have argued with passionately recently, without doing so here, as well as some people I have blocked or been blocked by long ago. It would be nice if this happened more often. Damn, there I go breaking my habit and being an optimistic for once. Hope I'm right about the positive change of pace.

I’ve often wondered about this issue.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 22, 2022:

Gross and offensive all around, except maybe the nipples, lol..

Seems we have a bit of a knife problem in the UK. [cnn.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 22, 2022:

I would gladly trade the knife problem there for our gun problem here. At least they don't have the frequent mass killings like here. And it's impossible to kill two dozen people in a matter of a few minutes with a knife, or in any short amount of time, unless all the victims are trapped with the killer and can't escape. Very unlikely still, since several of them could easily rush and overpower the killer.

Ok... maybe the guys can answer this. What's the deal with the dead fish?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 22, 2022:

Who knows? Obviously they are not aware of how many women on dating sites are not interested in men who have hunting and fishing as their main interests, but of course there are exceptions and it may vary drastically based on which area dating pool you are talking about for that site. For example, the OP lives in the Chicago area, very urban compared to where I live, which is a much smaller metro area, and the vast majority of women in my local dating pool grew up in rural areas, where hunting and fishing are very popular with men, as well as fishing being popular with a lot of women in my local dating pool. I esp. see this with women who never went past high school for education and are probably working class or working poor for their economic class. Hunting and fishing are popular among rural men, as well as lower income folks, because it provides free or extra food, and is a low cost form of recreation as well, same as camping, also popular with most women in my dating pool, esp. the ones with lower education levels and financial levels. Or the men may be aware of how this comes across to women like the OP, but simply don't care, because she is not the kind of woman they want anyway. They want someone who grew up in a rural area and a working class or lower income family that is more likely to share their interests, culture, education level, etc. The OP appears to be more of an college-educated, higher income level city slicker, not their type to begin with, so why would they give a fuck what her kind thinks about the fish pic?

Kitty thinks she can get petted when I am out side of the greenhouse window.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 20, 2022:

Cats don't comprehend that something they can see thru is a barrier.

Saying your anti mandate, is like the same as, saying your anti vaxxers.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 20, 2022:

Your false equivalencies are laughable...

Why does my Oliver have to look like this?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 20, 2022:

Oliver is cute just the way he is. Why ask why?

A “Mortality Gap” – Republicans Are Dying at a Higher Rate Than Democrats There it is in ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 20, 2022:

Good. Let them have their Darwin Awards, riddance......., as my late wife would say, and hope it improves our politics..

Overlapping interests: A crook attacks the legal system that would hold him accountable.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 19, 2022:

Shameless, lying fucking hypocrites, every one of them! That summarizes the whole party, esp. the pols in it, in a nutshell...

Something to think about. [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 19, 2022:

I wish sometime he would be a little more correct or accurate in his videos and say " I'm going to talk a little bit about...." rather than " we are going to talk about". I know it's nitpicking, but I really value honesty and transparency. I know he is trying to be friendly, colloquial, and Southern, but it just kind of irritates me, esp. when other people do it, usually in a condescending manner.... As to the point of the video, the pursuit of the wolf, or in this case, the insurrectionists, including the people at the top that plotted it, means nothing unless all or at least most of the plotters, as well as the followers, are punished severely for it, not just investigated and charged.. Anything less means it will happen again, and likely very soon. And very likely succeed next time...

The Texas Christian Taliban are at it again.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 19, 2022:

Insecure, bullying theocratic fascist assholes, forcing their will on everybody else so they can feel more secure and superior for who they think they are..... Gilead, here we come... That shit should never have a place in public schools, but until we get a new SC, it will be allowed everywhere..

An open letter to white evangelicals: We’re done with you.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 19, 2022:

This was posted recently by someone else on this site.

I’m scratching my head on this one.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 18, 2022:

Nice to see I'm not getting the usual male-bashing, blame on me personally for my dating woes, and the other shit I would always see in discussions like these from Deb57, Gwendolyn 2018, and other women on here. Finally, the truth about how online dating is way more stacked against men finally is getting thru and being seen.

I’m scratching my head on this one.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 18, 2022:

Geez, the article was little more than a blurb. You're right, Druvious, this was embarrassing for something in a magazine.

I’m scratching my head on this one.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 18, 2022:

The 62% stat sure seems correct to me, as I have tested my local dating pool on Match by making up a dummy female profile with similar traits to mine, and then doing a search on the site. I found that there were two to three men on the site for every woman on the site in my age group and local area. Way too much competition for most men to have a chance of finding a compatible and acceptable partner. And most of the women on dating sites know this, so they are raising their standards, often to ridiculous levels, since they can do so and still get tons of interest, since they have the pick of the litter. And a man can be emotionally healthy as all get out, as well have great relationship skills and reasonable standards for women they date, but it will make no difference if his looks are not competitive with the other men in his online dating pool and the women in his dating pool prefer men with more money than him as well. I think the loneliness and unhappiness of both men and women in the online dating game is related to unrealistic expectations on the part of both genders, but in the case of men, it is the greater competition they face as well as the likely fact that in the age groups over 50, women are usually way more ambivalent than men about finding a partner and that probably explains why many women, way more than men, choose to drop out of the dating game or give up rather than keep trying to find a partner. Thus, way more men remain in the dating game than women in the over 50 age groups and that is never likely to change. Which may mean, that my only hope is to wait it out, until most of my male age cohorts in the local dating pool die off, and then be able to finally have a more level gender ratio of men to women on dating sites. But I'm really not interested in waiting another ten years and going it alone until then. If my late wife hadn't developed dementia, even tho she was much older than me, I would still probably be happily married and with her for another five years from now, instead of having become widowed five years ago. And wouldn't have been facing this online dating shit like I have been for the last few years. So yeah, life sure as fuck isn't fair...

Kitty has something on his mind….

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 17, 2022:

Beware the tiny black cat, like most other black cats, quietly plotting world domination...

Boston Children's Hospital Staff Under Death Threats Over Child Transgender Rumors NBC News is ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 17, 2022:

Like you say, you can't outlaw hate or ignorance, just like the old saying that you can't legislate morality, tho the modern Repubs sure seem bent on doing that. But, like you say at the end of your post, you can outlaw behavior, and fortunately, for now at least, those behaviors are illegal.

Now that we are approaching the possible demise of Agnostic.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 17, 2022:

I hope you stay until the end. I have enjoyed your posts, comments and PMs you have shared with me.

Another story is about someone who I had met a few years ago on a dating app.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 16, 2022:

I wouldn't count on it. Once people leave this site, it's usually for good, since they realize that local dating options don't exist, and they usually come here, at least initially, for dating. If they don't decide to stay, after that, for the community, they aren't coming back. I suggest you stick with the regular dating sites and give up on ever meeting anyone to date from Agnostic.com. I hope you run across her on a conventional dating site.

Online dating app story.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 16, 2022:

I've been there. You ran across one of many game-playing singles on the dating sites. I'm sure there are men doing the same thing. Lots of game players are good at coming off as sincere, honest people in their profiles and messaging, until the moment of truth comes where they either want to meet you or not. Personally, I wouldn't have seen the encounter as awkward and would have just told her off if she dared to come near me or try to talk to me there. But I love confrontation, you may differ from me on that. I like to shock people like her who expect I will be too embarrassed at their rejection of me to confront them.

Former Trump Press Secretary’s Sister Launching Dating App for MAGAs Former Trump Press ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 16, 2022:

Read a couple articles online about her app, and, as you'd expect, the promos for it make fun of stereotypical liberal men as being bad dates, etc. But of course, if any of the right wingers heard any of our jokes here, they would be extremely butt hurt and scream hate speech, etc. They can give it, but they never can take it in return..

Anyone find it strange that Trump gets raided and they find boxes of documents.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 15, 2022:

He took them to sell later to foreign governments. It's all about greed and getting money from whatever he can.

Former Trump Press Secretary’s Sister Launching Dating App for MAGAs Former Trump Press ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 15, 2022:

I know two MAGA types at my local senior center that appear to be single. I'll need to tell them about this..

Isn't that the truth?????

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 14, 2022:

Not just in the dating game. Sometimes I meet other guys, as well as women, and I take an instant dislike to them. Like the old joke that politician Bob Dole, the funniest pol I ever heard in my life used to say, about another pol Phil Gramm, that people took an instant dislike to Gramm. When Dole was asked why that was, by Gramm, Dole said " It saves time"....

Say it loud!

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2022:

You and I may think so, but to the ignoramuses that run our country and their followers who deny science, we will only waste our time and breath by telling them it's not a valid argument.

Oh dear.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2022:

Blocked him long ago, welcome to the club.

New Rule: F tha Casting Police | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2022:

I don't always agree with Maher, but I usually do when he criticizes cases of PC running amok, because it really does get out of hand a lot these days. And when it does, it becomes way too much of a useful distraction for the corporate media and the Dem Party to take away all attention and energy from the class warfare constantly going on against the 99% and leaves no room for the 99% to notice and think about fighting back against the 1%. It lets the Dem Party off the hook for selling us out and seduces voters into thinking the Dems really are on our side and are actually doing something on our behalf, when the reality is they really don't give a shit and are just posturing for the voters because an election is coming up.

Did anyone have evidence of violations of the Espionage Act for their August bingo card?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2022:

If there were any justice in this world, which there usually isn't, Trump would be treated like Assange has been regarding espionage, etc., but he won't be. Justice would be Assange never having been charged in the first place.

Granted I don't even look that normal.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2022:

I talk to cats and am proud of it. Some of them may well be smarter than lots of humans.

Choking hazard 😃

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2022:

Repubs are incapable of feeling shame, unless it's about getting caught at something criminal, and also immune to admitting hypocrisy, no matter how clear and obvious it is..

FBI Searched Mar-a-Lago Looking for Classified Nuclear Weapons Documents The Washington Post ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 12, 2022:

Let Russia and Putin have him, as long as he's not able to bring any classified docs with him.

Here is an interesting question (probably asked by an American person) and a few Brits responded.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2022:

Religiosity in America, the same as racism, has been promoted for political and economic purposes, as it keeps the lower classes divided and thus protects the rich from revolution, or even any radical pushback against the class warfare that has been going on forever on the part of the rich against everyone else.

Here is an interesting question (probably asked by an American person) and a few Brits responded.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2022:

I wish the US was much more like the UK in these ways. It sounds so much more sensible and civilized.

Every since Trump left office he has been political fund raising.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2022:

As long as the small fish suckers keep sending him money, why should he stop?

Wolff Responds: Class War and Inflation - YouTube

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2022:

I wish everyone who votes were required to take a course in simple economics, and learn these things, instead of just relying on campaign ads and the corporate mass media, where in both of those they get hit with the usual Trickle Down and Chicago School versions of economics, both of which encourage them to vote against their own economic interests. As long as most voters remain ignorant of these things, we will continue to get the same economic policies from both major parties, and the 1% will continue to rob us, with the class war going in one direction only and being fought by just one side.

Who was it, Donald. Hilarious ad by Lincoln Project!!!!!! [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2022:

The whispering voices and the paranoia in the video remind me of the old satirical comedy sitcom, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, where the opening title credits would be of her inner voices calling her name, as they did later in the series where she finally went completely nuts and ended up in a mental hospital. I would love to see Trump kill himself or end up in some kind of institution, preferably a non-white collar one, but I won't hold my breath.... He'll never kill himself because he has too much ego and self worship to do that.

This is one of the things I don't miss pre internet, What are others you don't miss?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2022:

I also remember how calling the movie theater for the new movie times always ended in a recorded message and never being able to talk to a real person for any details or additional info.

This is one of the things I don't miss pre internet, What are others you don't miss?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2022:

Well, one thing that was really bad and frustrating before the net, was weekly listings for karaoke (my main hobby) and live music, another big interest of mine. We had to depend on posted fliers for live band concerts, or else depend on the local newspaper's weekly entertainment section, which came out each Wed. or Thur., can't remember which. And the listings for either one, karaoke or live bands, were notoriously inaccurate or out of date, because the newspaper depended on the bar owner, not the entertainment provider, to update or correct the listings. And the bar owners often didn't care much about doing that or keeping their listings up to date or accurate. So, a lot like today, you needed to call the venue and confirm the event before going to it that date. But now, with FB and the net, you can look up info on the event up to the last minute, for cancellations or changes, which are usually posted promptly and accurately. And that is way better than the old days, when you had no choice but to call the venue for info about an event, and never get anyone on the phone, even if they were open at the time, or worse, play phone tag trying to get a call back from them if you couldn't call when they were open for business.

Private prisons: [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2022:

Such things should never have been allowed, as they are not accountable under the law or to the public the same as public ones, and the profit motive corrupts not only them, but the criminal justice system as well.

"After calling for Hillary Clinton to be jailed, in 2018 Trump signed a law that stiffened the ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2022:

Typical hypocrisy for him.

Reality check: Kevin McCarthy @GOPLeader "Criminals run rampant across our cities but Garland’s...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2022:

Until this action, Garland has lost my trust, now I am waiting to see how far he actually goes with it, but I'm not holding my breath. I have no faith in Biden or the Dems to actually go far enough with Trump. Instead, I think they are just mostly using this to influence the midterm elections and then will let things go with Trump after that.

Been on this site for several years.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2022:

I will comment anyway, and if you don't like it, you can shove it. I assume you are talking about me, as well as other men, and you are one arrogant ass to judge me without knowing me at all, as you say. My late wife obviously didn't think I was an asshole and neither do my longtime friends. They all knew and know me way better than you, so STFU! You also don't live in my area, and therefore know nothing about my local dating pool. Your arrogance is matched only by your ignorance of the things you feel you know enough about to judge others on. As I've said before on these boards, it's no mystery why there is so little discussion in recent months from members about their actual dating experiences, outside of posting very safely about funny or silly memes or experiences with foolish people on dating sites. And it's all because of how people get treated if they have the courage to be honest about bad experiences with online dating or IRL dating that involve any negative emotions or experiences, and how when they do share them here, they always get bashed and negatively judged by people like you. So congrats, you have helped ruin what used to be a useful, active, supportive, and sometimes helpful and informative forum for single members. I hope you are proud of what you and others like you have accomplished. Nobody ever disputes what I have said about what has happened to discussions of dating on these forums, and I can only take that as proof that I am right about that and that they agree with me, but aren't willing to open themselves up to criticism about it from people like you.

FBI just picked up PA Representative Scott Perry’s cell phone today while he was at the beach with...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2022:

I too would love to see that, but I won't hold my breath...

This would be comical if not for the fact that it represents the true feelings of a significant ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2022:

I don't think an ironclad case will make any difference. The Trumpers don't want to hear about evidence, the law or truth. They will start civil war no matter what happens once they think he is being shafted. And he will never be convicted anyway, no matter what the evidence, as he will demand a jury trial and all they need is to get one MAGA person on the jury, and they will hang it, resulting in a mistrial and enough delay that by the time he might get convicted, by some miracle, there will be a new Repub president in 2024 to pardon him, assuming we are talking a federal case. He already got a break in NY, a blue state where it looked like they had plenty of evidence for a criminal case for financial crimes, but the state AG decided not to prosecute, or maybe it was a federal case in that state. Anyway, he is in the clear for that. And in any red state that somehow goes after him on state charges, all he has to do there is get a pardon from that state's governor after being convicted. Bottom line, he will never see prison, because in two years, the Repubs will run it all in DC. A lot of the MAGAs are pretty thick, but it's not like they are going to be wearing their red hats at jury selection, and they will all be coached beforehand on how to lie during the jury selection, Trump's cronies will make sure of that. They are good at covering up things, including jury tampering...

A NC high school football coach is converting kids to Christianity