I'm not sure if this belongs more in the Politics forum instead of here, but I'll post it in Health ...

onthefire comments on Apr 15, 2021:

In my state (Indiana), it's no longer a mandate. I'm now in the minority for wearing my masks. My business partner was just exposed over the weekend and many of my clients are elderly. I have to be safe. I couldn't bear the thought of getting someone else sick or maybe dead.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 15, 2021:

You are a good and caring man, clearly an exception in your local area. I wish you, your business partner, and your clients the best and hope they can stay healthy.

I'm not sure if this belongs more in the Politics forum instead of here, but I'll post it in Health ...

powder comments on Apr 14, 2021:

This post is sad. Masks are no longer mandated so people are not wearing them. That's the law and if you don't like the law you can vote different law makers in. Are not the wearing of masks weird? I say that because it is not for your benefit, but the perceived benefit of others. Reverse ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 14, 2021:

@powder You make a good point and there are multiple areas where selfishness is causing harm to others and the environment, without the same kind of blaming and PC being thrown at them.

I'm not sure if this belongs more in the Politics forum instead of here, but I'll post it in Health ...

powder comments on Apr 14, 2021:

This post is sad. Masks are no longer mandated so people are not wearing them. That's the law and if you don't like the law you can vote different law makers in. Are not the wearing of masks weird? I say that because it is not for your benefit, but the perceived benefit of others. Reverse ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 14, 2021:

You are free to disagree with me, but young people are making up most of the new cases of the virus, even if they are asymptomatic, and by doing so they are extending the length of the epidemic in the US and the growth of new mutations. I stand by my post.

I'm not sure if this belongs more in the Politics forum instead of here, but I'll post it in Health ...

Zster comments on Apr 14, 2021:

I live in GA. Our governor opened the state in May 2020, outlawed city mask mandates, and required schools open with in person attendance instead of Zoom. In blue counties, you’ll see some masks, esp university counties. In more rural red counties, you’d likely not see any and are very likely to...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 14, 2021:

Getting vaxed will at least protect you against dying or getting seriously ill, but it won't stop the maskholes from infecting you. Too bad you have to depend on the vax to prevent others who don't give a shit about you from killing you or seriously harming your health. But that's how Trumpers are about everything, all about me...

I'm not sure if this belongs more in the Politics forum instead of here, but I'll post it in Health ...

jlynn37 comments on Apr 14, 2021:

I'm in Texas and it is not limited to the young.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 14, 2021:

Right now, where I live, it's just the young, even tho most people here are Trumpers. It seems the older Trump supporters finally started doing the right thing out of sheer self preservation, not because they cared about others. There are exceptions, like the old ladies in my condo community who play cards a couple times a week sitting close together around a table without masks. But no doubt they have all been vaxed by now due to their age. I also see the staff people who work around my community never wearing masks, and they are all older folks too.

Hello I'm new here whats Going on ??

Petter comments on Apr 14, 2021:

**Absolutely Nothing** until we know a bit more about you. No one is going to communicate until you answer a few more details on your profile page. Have a look at mine for an idea. https://agnostic.com/member/Petter

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 14, 2021:

And that's assuming the profile comes off as being a real person instead of a scammer. Looks like she didn't visit your profile, so we may have our answer.

So new to this online dating thing.

Happycanuck comments on Apr 13, 2021:

Ok The person who is a Mensa member is also scary. She is angry that people do not respect her intelligence. She also mentioned that she has trouble meeting men. Talking to her it is apparent why. Run away Run away! I am taking notes, this is just a fascinating experience. Much more to write ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 13, 2021:

@Happycanuck Where I live it is a huge issue with most women who have kids, even grown adult kids who live far away. Most of them have no interest in dating a man without kids because these women are very traditional-minded and family-oriented rather than couple-oriented or independent from their families. There is a huge lack of balance, it seems, with most of these Midwestern women compared to the lifestyles of most women who live on either coast, who maintain connections with their children and grandchildren, but don't make it the center of their lives.

Gwen Shocks a Christian I was in Walmart today and, as is my wont, struck up a conversation with...

TomMcGiverin comments on Apr 13, 2021:

You are such a naughty, mischieveous person. I know I spelled it wrong.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 13, 2021:

@Gwendolyn2018 It wasn't enough to help me get it right, so I gave up after a few attempts. Too lazy to go find a dictionary.

Atheists Will No Longer Have to Swear an Oath to God in Order to Vote in Alabama | Hemant Mehta | ...

Charlene comments on Apr 13, 2021:

That's an important victory, especially in Alabama,the incest capital of the South..

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 13, 2021:

Probably why I always think of banjo music and the movie Deliverance when I think of Alabama and Georgia. Too many rednecks and inbreds...

This happened in the suburb I live in. Police should not have guns. [theguardian.com]

K8TE comments on Apr 12, 2021:

What is it going to take to change this system of police brutality?

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 13, 2021:

@Redheadedgammy That would force the good cops to start putting pressure on the bad ones to either shape up or quit, instead of keeping silent or staying afraid of the bad cops, because it would hit the good cops in the wallet.

So new to this online dating thing.

Happycanuck comments on Apr 13, 2021:

Ok The person who is a Mensa member is also scary. She is angry that people do not respect her intelligence. She also mentioned that she has trouble meeting men. Talking to her it is apparent why. Run away Run away! I am taking notes, this is just a fascinating experience. Much more to write ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 13, 2021:

That's really interesting that the women are bringing up sex first. Here in Iowa, I hear all the time from women how much they hate men bringing up sex first or the men seeming too aggressive on that front. Same with women comfortably talking about possibly agreeing to a FWB. I'm glad that Batch has added a free video chat feature to their site, so that, with Covid, people who have traded messages can video chat to see if there is chemistry or physical attraction beyond looking at photos before they have to risk meeting in person with Covid. Batch has said that they will keep the video chat feature even after Covid settles down. It is available to both paid and free members as long as both people have sent at least one message to the other person.

That's right

Sticks48 comments on Apr 13, 2021:

These religious nut jobs are letting this antimasturbation thing get out of hand!

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 13, 2021:

Your comment makes me imagine Beavis and Butthead snickering about, " He said out of hand,, huh, huh....".

Kidnapped Catholic clergy, including French citizens, held for $1 million ransom in Haiti ...

KKGator comments on Apr 12, 2021:

While this probably makes me a terrible person, I honestly don't care.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 12, 2021:

@KKGator I consider myself to be too sane a person to deliberately visit or move to a place where I know there is great hostility towards people like me. Probably why I never visit the southern US unless it's Atlanta or a part of Florida that has lots of transplants from the Northeast. Everywhere else is, to me, just hostile cracker territory. Hell, I even pretty much stay out of rural Iowa, for the same reasons.

How Men Treat Women They Find Unfuckable

Deb57 comments on Apr 10, 2021:

Recently I had a conversation with a man who made it clear that one of his female friends was not up for consideration as a partner due to her weight. It was a total turn-off at the time, and the more I have thought about how dismissive about this woman he was, for such a shallow reason, the less I...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 12, 2021:

@Deb57 I believe you and your open-mindedness is very admirable. But I think you are quite an anomaly. For every person like you, male or female, I think there are tens or even a hundred that we both would call shallow when it comes to looks. After all the negative experiences you've had with LTR partners, it makes perfect sense that you should only care about character at this point. It shows that you have learned and grown from your mistakes in past choices. Unfortunately, most people, men and women, keep choosing either the same dysfunctional personality type, or even different dysfunctional types, with a different name and package each time. And the common thread in all of it is them, but they will never admit it or seek to change it about themselves. And that's the main reason that in online dating, I go out of my way to put most of my effort and attention towards women that, like me, are widowed. But the problem is that in my age group, they make up only about 20% of the dating pool in my area on Batch. It's probably about the same % with other dating sites, unless you are talking about one that is mostly made up of people much older than me.

I'm certain this is not the first time a human has noticed this, especially during the era before TV...

Krish55 comments on Apr 11, 2021:

Hey I will settle for any kind of date.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 11, 2021:

Ba- dum... rim shot...

The Truth About Vaccines.

Robert_2001 comments on Apr 10, 2021:

Yes, fewer Republicans and Evangelicals would be good for our country. Natural selection at it best.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 11, 2021:

@linxminx I have noticed that too among young people. They know that their risk of getting seriously ill or dying from Covid is very small, so they are being selfish and not taking it very seriously, because, frankly, they don't care how it may affect us older folks. But they should care, because, even among healthy young people, they have a significant risk of heart or lung damage from Covid. Where I live, the young people never started wearing masks until the businesses all began requiring it.

‘We don’t go to church.

anglophone comments on Apr 10, 2021:

The religious guideline provided by the God of the Bible? Hello? Do you really want your daughter to grow up into a genocidal maniac with catastrophic anger management issues? How come Iowa has so many inbreds?

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 11, 2021:

Beats me, but it happens..

" We should have never trusted them" Let us not forget the goal of the left is to make as many ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Apr 10, 2021:

You are so full of shit, I don't know where to begin for arguing with you. Like racocm8 says below, your mangling of the English language makes it pointless anyway.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 10, 2021:

@m16566 Time to block the troll...

The Truth About Vaccines.

Robert_2001 comments on Apr 10, 2021:

Yes, fewer Republicans and Evangelicals would be good for our country. Natural selection at it best.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 10, 2021:

The problem is that their resistance to getting vaxed will hurt the rest of us by allowing mutations that will continue to harm us until the vaccines catch up with the new mutations. This is going to go on for at least another year or two before the vaccines catch up to new mutations.

How Men Treat Women They Find Unfuckable

Deb57 comments on Apr 10, 2021:

Recently I had a conversation with a man who made it clear that one of his female friends was not up for consideration as a partner due to her weight. It was a total turn-off at the time, and the more I have thought about how dismissive about this woman he was, for such a shallow reason, the less I...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 10, 2021:

It has happened plenty to me, Deb. Lots of women are willing to be friends with me, but would never consider dating me because I'm bald, not muscular or athletic, and not rich. Women gain weight with age, men go bald, gain weight, and lose their muscles, the reaction by the respective genders is the same. You become invisible, asexual, and out of consideration sexually and romantically. So, like Sticks says below, it goes both ways, not men doing that more than women do. I think most men and women are pretty much the same in this way and the man you were talking with was just more honest than most people are, of both genders. I still have most of my messages with Batch not even read by the women I reach out to, much less have them view my profile, and it's undoubtedly because they simply look at my main profile pic and conclude I am not attractive-looking enough to even bother reading my message. So much for all the platitudes and cliches I see in women's profiles about how important honesty, integrity, communication, etc. are to them in seeking a partner. Yeah, all those things matter as long as the guy looks and dresses like Brad Pitt and he makes six figures. Having said that, I don't think that having no attraction or interest in dating someone because their looks aren't appealing to you is the same thing as treating them as a non-person. And I have made it clear multiple times that I think you are an attractive woman and a catch. But the generalization holds true for both genders and in online dating almost nobody is on there to meet people for and create platonic friendships. Most of us already have plenty of friends before we brave the harsh world of the dating scene. And we'd better have them if we are not above average looking, because the amount of rejection would be unbearable without the emotional support of some friends to help give us continued validation and reinforcement that we have something to offer others. We enter the dating arena because we want to add something sexual and deeper to our lives than what we have in our existing friendships.

How Men Treat Women They Find Unfuckable

Sticks48 comments on Apr 8, 2021:

It is a two way street. There are are women who think I'm too skinny, some think mI am too bald, or aren't interested because I don't have enough money. I really don't care. Some women find me attractive for whatever reason or reasons and some don't.Too many men and women can't except the fact men ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 8, 2021:

@Sticks48 Best of all, she appears to prefer younger men, lol...

How Men Treat Women They Find Unfuckable

Sticks48 comments on Apr 8, 2021:

It is a two way street. There are are women who think I'm too skinny, some think mI am too bald, or aren't interested because I don't have enough money. I really don't care. Some women find me attractive for whatever reason or reasons and some don't.Too many men and women can't except the fact men ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 8, 2021:

As always, Sticks, word......bravo. My longtime crush among celeb women has always been Susan Sarandon, but nowadays most men my age would probably say she is too old..... but I don't give a rat's ass even tho she's 12 years older than me.

How Men Treat Women They Find Unfuckable

BitFlipper comments on Apr 8, 2021:

The last article I read here was about a woman who complained that a man was attracted to her voice. Let's be honest here - women don't want to be approached by men who aren't studly. I don't talk to women I don't already know because they freak out!

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 8, 2021:

@HippieChick58 You are a rare gem in that respect, Paula. I do find that women here on Agnostic., compared to the mainstream population on sites like Batch, do tend to put more emphasis on brains and heart than looks, but even here there are exceptions, such as when I first joined on here and messaged a handful of women who ranged from average looking to above average looking. And struck out with all of them, never meeting a one of them. My guess is that, because they were all from Iowa, and thus, more part of the mainstream culture than most women on Agnostic, who tend to live in more progressive areas than Iowa, they have the same mindset about looks as the women on Batch in my area. Also, none of them appeared to be that interested in the atheist community in general, as they all left the site for good within a year or so after joining and also never got above level 2, seldom participating in the forums.

So new to this online dating thing.

Happycanuck comments on Apr 4, 2021:

Update. I have 4 ladies, who after talking on line who wish to meet me.Now. 2 on Elite singles, 1 on Match and one on Eharmony. We have all Googled each other. (These days I only have 1 page, used to be more) I find that shows me they are real. Where we live Ontario is now on a 28 day lockdown ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 8, 2021:

Glad to hear you still have a few good prospects. You must have some bucks to pay for three different dating sites, but I suppose it keeps you busy and is an interesting hobby even if you don't find someone. I would be interested in hearing what feedback you are getting from the women on Match about why they are not interested in you for dating. I sometimes ask why to women who reject me as a potential match or view my profile more than once before never replying to my initial message. The reasons are usually helpful and also usually seem genuine rather than a lame excuse. The whole online dating process is a fascinating study in what makes people tick. I can only speak for myself, but personally I am not thick skinned enough to always ask women why they are not interested in me, both because I am not interested in adding to the rejection I already experience and also because in most cases their reasons are not a surprise to me and thus don't add much to my ongoing learning process. I also find it interesting that you haven't said anything about whether your having children has been or not been a reason that women were interested in meeting you for dating. In my experience, esp. with the women who do have kids, that seems to be a pretty common requirement for them as far as who they choose to connect with, even at our age when the kids are all grown and gone in most cases. I continue to find, esp. in my local dating pool, which may be more family-oriented than yours as far as the women and their choices, I continue to pay the price for being child-free by choice, same as I did when I was a young man, by being passed up for family men and guys who want or had kids. It continues to puzzle me why that continues to matter so much to women long after the age where they are done having and raising kids.

How Men Treat Women They Find Unfuckable

Lauren comments on Apr 8, 2021:

In my experience, this is pretty common among both men and women. Perhaps more commonly with narcissists, who always see themselves better than they are anyway? A couple of decades ago I was very ill and, between stress, meds, and immobility, became very heavy. It was stunning how many people ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 8, 2021:

@Lauren Fortunately, only one of them relocated, but, even with him, we stay in touch regularly and I visit him at least a few times a year, since he only lives a few hours away.

How Men Treat Women They Find Unfuckable

TomMcGiverin comments on Apr 8, 2021:

Even tho I am prone to often use the F-word myself, I find the use here of the term unfuckable gratuitously vulgar and somewhat offensive. I wonder if the author is using it purposely to express anger towards men and possibly a bit of misandry on her part. Regardless, I feel it would be more ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 8, 2021:

@HippieChick58 Agreed. I think most of us, male and female, that do not qualify as above average looking, have some anger at how we are treated in our superficial Kardashian society. The fact that I am much older than the author of the article is probably another reason why she chose that word rather than unattractive. When it comes to sex and attraction, I often feel like I am from another planet compared to younger folks today, esp. with their trend towards beginning the dating process with a "sex interview" in which they use that to decide whether to bother going on with the rest of the dating and discovery process, rather than the other way around, as I have always been taught to conduct it.

How Men Treat Women They Find Unfuckable

Lauren comments on Apr 8, 2021:

In my experience, this is pretty common among both men and women. Perhaps more commonly with narcissists, who always see themselves better than they are anyway? A couple of decades ago I was very ill and, between stress, meds, and immobility, became very heavy. It was stunning how many people ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 8, 2021:

The friends that accept and support you no matter what are truly worth their weight in gold. That's why I have done my best to hold onto them and have several that I have known for 30 years or more.

At last some justice in a state not known for it

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 8, 2021:

Thank goodness for that, but I don't think the charges would have stuck and I think the public outcry would have made that a politically volatile conundrum.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 8, 2021:

Maybe she has a case for false arrest..

Hard to believe, I know.

dkp93 comments on Apr 7, 2021:

Really hard to have pity for the willfully ignorant people who continue to send him money.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 7, 2021:

A fool and their money are soon parted, and, in most cases, deservedly so...

My Predictions for Biden’s Probably-Truncated Presidency | Ted Rall's Rallblog

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 6, 2021:

This is obviously a sad, butt hurt Rethuglican moron who drank the damn Koolaid. Biden's doing just fine, it is nice to have a functioning adult back in the WH, we're all getting vaccinated; and Ted Rall can kiss my tiny hiney.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 7, 2021:

I accidentally Liked this comment when I was trying to do the same for the comment below this. Fat-fingered the click. I actually hate neoliberal corporate Dem pols and the DNC that supports and promotes them to the voters more than I do the Repub pols, because the Repub pols are at least somewhat honest about who they are and what they intend to do whenever they get power, mainly gutting regulation of business and corporations, tax cuts for the rich and corporations, oppressing minority groups, screwing workers and busting unions, and promoting more globalization of the economy. Corporate Dems support the same policies, as do their donors, but they lie to the voters and pretend to support unions and workers at election time, then throw them under the bus as soon as the voting is over.

Looks like I got arbitrarily booted out of the Agnostic.

BitFlipper comments on Apr 6, 2021:

What was the exact name of the Facebook group? The one I belong to is still there.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 6, 2021:

@BitFlipper I just did a search on FB and could not find it, probably because I am blocked from it.

White Evangelicals Are Still Major Obstacles in COVID Vaccination Efforts | Beth Stoneburner | ...

racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:

With any luck, the new strains of Covid will exact a heavy toll on the evangelicals, say 4-6 %? Darwin cannot act fast enough on them. If they get 'brain fog', how can anyone tell?

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 6, 2021:

@racocn8 If it weren't for their contributions to virus mutations, I would be fine with letting the virus kill off their numbers, but it isn't that simple.

White Evangelicals Are Still Major Obstacles in COVID Vaccination Efforts | Beth Stoneburner | ...

racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:

With any luck, the new strains of Covid will exact a heavy toll on the evangelicals, say 4-6 %? Darwin cannot act fast enough on them. If they get 'brain fog', how can anyone tell?

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 6, 2021:

Unfortunately, their refusal to be vaccinated will allow the virus to mutate enough times that our present vaccines will become ineffective against it.

Looks like I got arbitrarily booted out of the Agnostic.

BitFlipper comments on Apr 6, 2021:

What was the exact name of the Facebook group? The one I belong to is still there.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 6, 2021:

I'm really not sure and since I am banned, I can't go back and look it up, since the page and group are unavailable to me. I think it was Agnostic Friends. Try messaging Sticks48, as he is still a member of it. You could also try looking up Jo Goodwin Slaight's FB page, which would list it among her FB groups.

Three Agnostics in San Antonio today:

TomMcGiverin comments on Apr 3, 2021:

All of you look great. Who are the other two?

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 6, 2021:

@EyesThatSmile I thought that might be Larry. I hadn't heard of the other guy on here.

Feelings. Nothing more than feelings.

lerlo comments on Apr 2, 2021:

I beg to differ. Nothing better than when two people click.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 4, 2021:

@CurvyWoman And you are overly defensive, also possibly a misandrist. I have as much right to make generalizations about women as you do about men.

Feelings. Nothing more than feelings.

lerlo comments on Apr 2, 2021:

I beg to differ. Nothing better than when two people click.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 3, 2021:

@CurvyWoman You'll have to just take my word for it, but after enough rejection, because men usually have to make the first move so much of the time, whether it's messaging in online dating or approaching a woman in public, even having confidence is pretty hard to do. Esp. if you are at all a sensitive man. And yet, sensitive men make the best partners. So there is the paradox. Women want to meet a man who is confident from the outset, even if he is less likely to be what they need and want for the long haul.

Happy birthday, Abraham Maslov.

TomMcGiverin comments on Apr 3, 2021:

Most people are not aware of this, but Maslow is also largely responsible for designing the AA Twelve Step program for alcoholics. He was involved with the two founders of the program in writing the steps. That program changed the world.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 3, 2021:

@Spinliesel I think you mean save his life?

Feelings. Nothing more than feelings.

lerlo comments on Apr 2, 2021:

I beg to differ. Nothing better than when two people click.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 3, 2021:

@CurvyWoman The problem is that most men dripping with confidence around single women tend to be players and liars, that's why they act so confident and carefree... They have no real feelings about the situation and feel there is nothing to lose, so they don't get nervous or anxious around women. I'm jus' sayin'. Do and think what you want.

Feelings. Nothing more than feelings.

lerlo comments on Apr 2, 2021:

I beg to differ. Nothing better than when two people click.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 3, 2021:

@CurvyWoman I'm around your age, I am honest and kind, also have never lied to or hurt anyone in any dating relationships, so there are some good ones of us around. So never give up hope. I haven't. The downside is that usually we are not as flashy, well-dressed, or confident as the kind of men that usually hurt women, so you have to allow for that.

Star Ship Job

GeorgeRocheleau comments on Apr 3, 2021:

Engering?

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 3, 2021:

The educational systems within the Federation Of Planets ain't what it used to be....

Spent a month getting to know someone who seemed super compatible—interesting conversation, ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 31, 2021:

Sorry it happened. I can relate. I've run across my share of liars and game players in online dating. It goes both ways and in both sexes. If I had my way, everyone would have to have had recent therapy and be moved on from their last LTR before they could use a dating site, but of course, there ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 2, 2021:

@UUNJ After my late wife and I had been dating long enough to begin a physical relationship, we both went together to the county health dept. to be tested for STDs, even tho we both told the other we had not been with anyone for at least a year or more, but both wanted proof. So we both got to hear the other's results together. As Reagan said, " Trust, but verify".

Spent a month getting to know someone who seemed super compatible—interesting conversation, ...

Deb57 comments on Mar 31, 2021:

It's so frustrating. The more time that passes and the more I interact with men, the greater my trust issues become. If I ever do meet a man who doesn't lie, the poor guy won't stand a chance. I really do wish human noses would involuntarily grow when people lie. It would save women so much time.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 2, 2021:

@NoMagicCookie As Sticks48 says, it goes both ways.

Looks like I got arbitrarily booted out of the Agnostic.

glennlab comments on Apr 1, 2021:

Facebook closed several of the agnostic groups. It might not be anything personal.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 1, 2021:

I hadn't thought of that, but I doubt it was FB's doing. The moderator of the group, Jo Slaight, blocked me on FB from being able to message her, even tho I am still allowed on FB for all other groups and able to message other people. So, yes, I do think she personally kicked me out of the group. FB had nothing to do with it. Also, I had another member check on FB to see if the group was still there on FB, and she confirmed it was and that I was no longer listed as a member there.

Looks like I got arbitrarily booted out of the Agnostic.

Tejas comments on Apr 1, 2021:

When I first joined this site it was because it was advertised on Facebook in big atheist groups, it was pretty diverse. Now its just filled with old people who are set in their ways

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 1, 2021:

I'm afraid you're right, and I'm old myself, age 62. I wish it were more like when I joined a few years ago.

Three officers with relaxed body language.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 31, 2021:

I've been watching some of the trial on MSNBC and I have two conclusions from it. One is that if the cop is not convicted of at least one of the charges, then Minneapolis is going to burn, and if it does I really hope that the fires are limited to just the police stations and the courthouse, which ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 1, 2021:

@RonWilliam53 Unfortunately true, and if it wasn't, he would choose protective custody and get it.

Three officers with relaxed body language.

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Apr 1, 2021:

If that bastard gets off, I doubt his life would be worth a plugged nickel.

TomMcGiverin replies on Apr 1, 2021:

I would hope. That would be one vigilante killing I would support. If he walks, he will leave town for good immediately

Three officers with relaxed body language.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 31, 2021:

I've been watching some of the trial on MSNBC and I have two conclusions from it. One is that if the cop is not convicted of at least one of the charges, then Minneapolis is going to burn, and if it does I really hope that the fires are limited to just the police stations and the courthouse, which ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 31, 2021:

@KKGator As the cons in prison are known to say, "An ex cop on their side of the bars, is the gift that just keeps on giving.....". That is a sweet thought you have there...

So new to this online dating thing.

MsHoliday comments on Mar 30, 2021:

Yes, I found that to be a problem as well. At our age women usually outnumber men four to one, so it is not surprising that there are many single women in your area. You will find someone in no time.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 31, 2021:

@MsHoliday I have tried and asked, but they never answered. I have asked other women in the past that were not from a French background and about half the time they answered, the other half blocked me or didn't reply. Not everyone is as helpful and open as you think. The impersonality of online dating makes it very easy to be selfish or callous, not that I stoop to that.

So new to this online dating thing.

Happycanuck comments on Mar 30, 2021:

OK Right now, chatting with 6 ladies actively on line in various ways and one more I met at the dog park, there are also 2 more possibles there, low probability I am thinking. Of the women on line only one does not have a University degree. One Doctorate, 3 Masters, 2 Bachelors. Who knew. Key ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 31, 2021:

No offense, but you appear to be average-looking, and average in other ways, so, based on my experience with dating sites and those of other men I've talked to that are in our looks category, on average you will probably end up meeting about six women in person for each six months on the site. That has been my experience, but yours may be better simply because you live in a better dating pool for non-believers than I do in Iowa. I hope I am right about that last part. Another big factor, at least in my local dating pool, is whether you have kids, even if they are adults and gone, because in my dating pool, it seems like only dads need apply with the vast majority of women I run across, who are divorced with kids. They want someone who matches up with them on both kids and divorce. And it's that last part that confounds me, as a widowed man, that so many of them seem hell-bent on repeating the same choices-dating only fellow divorced people-and expecting different results in their next relationship.

So new to this online dating thing.

MsHoliday comments on Mar 30, 2021:

Yes, I found that to be a problem as well. At our age women usually outnumber men four to one, so it is not surprising that there are many single women in your area. You will find someone in no time.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 31, 2021:

@MsHoliday You are ten years older than me, so that may explain it. I wish that I had four women out there for each of me in my age group. I recently messaged a woman on Batch that was 70, 8 years older than me and at the top of my age range for dating. She also happens to be a French speaker, possibly also French born, and even tho I explained in my message that my late wife was much older than me and that I was emotionally mature for my age, she never replied to me. So one thing to consider is that you might want to try a man or two that is several years younger than you. Because not all of us are immature for our ages or even normally mature for our age. It's also interesting that even tho I have messaged a few French speaking women over the last few years, none of them ever replied to me. I wonder what it is about me that puts them off.

Healthism Is the Bias Many of Us Already Have | SELF

Tejas comments on Mar 31, 2021:

Have you ever heard the saying "you see alot of old people and you see alot of fat people, but you don't see alot of old fat people" ?

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 31, 2021:

@altschmerz There are always exceptions, but they don't disprove the general trend.

Healthism Is the Bias Many of Us Already Have | SELF

Tejas comments on Mar 31, 2021:

Have you ever heard the saying "you see alot of old people and you see alot of fat people, but you don't see alot of old fat people" ?

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 31, 2021:

@altschmerz You are right about all of that. Negative judgement is masked by fake concern. And nobody knows a person's body better than the one living in it, esp. if, like me, that person is a current or former athlete.

So new to this online dating thing.

MsHoliday comments on Mar 30, 2021:

Yes, I found that to be a problem as well. At our age women usually outnumber men four to one, so it is not surprising that there are many single women in your area. You will find someone in no time.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 31, 2021:

I don't know what your age group is, but I can assure you that my age group in my area has normally had way more men than women on Match during the time I have used. it. It's possible that Covid may have recently changed that.

So new to this online dating thing.

RonWilliam53 comments on Mar 30, 2021:

Some dating sites share profiles and are actually co-owned by the same company.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 31, 2021:

Match, Our Time, and another dozen or more sites are all owned by the same conglomerate.

Healthism Is the Bias Many of Us Already Have | SELF

Tejas comments on Mar 31, 2021:

Have you ever heard the saying "you see alot of old people and you see alot of fat people, but you don't see alot of old fat people" ?

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 31, 2021:

Generally true. Most people with obesity also have diabetes and heart problems, if not also lung problems. That's a big part of why most of them don't make it to old age.

Christian Boss-from-Hell Dave Ramsey Will Fire You for Having Pre-Marital Sex | Hemant Mehta | ...

Barnie2years comments on Mar 30, 2021:

If you choose to work for a nut job, expect nut job rules. Why would anyone not indoctrinated into the cult want to work for him in the first place? He can’t possibly pay enough, these religious gurus are generally pretty greedy with their money.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 30, 2021:

I can say from personal experience, that sometimes there are job markets where the best you can do is work for a nutjob, because, as in my case, you are too old for the job market and too expensive for the labor pool you are competing against, as I was as someone nearing age 50 in a college town labor market. Sometimes the only jobs available then are bad jobs for bad employers. And, in those circumstances, you can either put up with it or move away. Driving long distance for a low-paying job isn't worth it either.

This makes sense let them pay

racocn8 comments on Mar 30, 2021:

And that's why 90% rates were entirely appropriate and even then not enough. The rate needs to be tied to their behavior in society, including the ratio of their compensation to the rest of their workforce.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 30, 2021:

So true. If most of them didn't underpay and underbenefit their workers, in other words, exploit them, we wouldn't need as much social spending to help people with social programs.

This makes sense let them pay

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 30, 2021:

it is way past time for the ultra rich to pay their fair share, not only in taxes, but to their employees.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 30, 2021:

@HippieChick58 Quite true. For everybody in the middle class on down, life expectancy has been dropping for the last two decades, as health care becomes more elusive and expensive for everyone below the upper middle class, as well as the stress that the classes below them have been feeling as their real income drops and their jobs have become more endangered or lost, to automation, outsourcing or downsizing. As far as the poor whites who still believe that capitalism is their friend, you can't fix stupid. There are also lots of poor and working class whites who are fine with accepting the injustices of capitalism as long as they have groups to look down on and hate, such as racial minorities and undoc workers, gays, etc. They compensate for being poor and powerless by self-medicating with a false sense of superiority.

This makes sense let them pay

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 30, 2021:

it is way past time for the ultra rich to pay their fair share, not only in taxes, but to their employees.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 30, 2021:

But that would be SOCIALISM.... and long over due. Too many Americans are either brainwashed in fearing socialism or deluded that they will eventually be rich too.

So new to this online dating thing.

sassygirl3869 comments on Mar 30, 2021:

Not hoity toty Steve at all!!!! Worst site I've been on. Not many in my area, no responses in one month and many without photos. Stuck with a 6 month subscription - waste of time and money.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 30, 2021:

I have been sticking with Match, even tho I also tried Our Time, which is owned by the same conglomerate as Match. Our Time seems to be worse than Match and has a much smaller membership pool of women my age in my local area. I have heard from a couple women who have been on Match and Elite Singles, as well as Silver Singles, that those sites are a waste of money and that they have had better results on Match. While Match is far from ideal, I think it's as good as it's going to get for people who are middle-aged or in their early years of being a senior.

Demented Thinking About Joe Biden | Ted Rall's Rallblog

racocn8 comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Ridiculous. The one example given assumed that the subject of eliminating the filibuster isn't highly charged where any slip could be misinterpreted. Biden is infamous for his gaffes, and the scarcity of them is the real headline. Biden's purported dementia has a lot, lot further to go before it ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 30, 2021:

@WilliamCharles You'll never get Bob Wier here on Agnostic to agree with you about Biden's dementia, since he's Biden's buddy and is sold that it's all a stutter.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denounces socialists and praises Biden administration, Democratic Party ...

Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Mar 27, 2021:

Her transformation is complete. I'm more inclined to believe she was always a phony though. Next up is Nina Turner. Mark my words. - No $15 min wage (which is still low) - No M4A - No GND (at least one free from corporations) - No public option - No student debt cancellation "Almost a ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 28, 2021:

@Piece2YourPuzzle She won't ever make it as big as AOC, who is better-looking and more charismatic.

OK, I entered more text.

Happycanuck comments on Mar 28, 2021:

I am starting to get out into the dating world, and this is something I think about a lot. I want to have fun and frolic in my remaining years, not go down someone else's well, so to speak.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 28, 2021:

Your attitude sounds good.

What's the worst chat up line you have ever heard [youtube.com]

Julie808 comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Back in the 70's it was popular to repeat a line in a popular song, "If I said you have a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?" Which would just generate an eye roll from me. Not effective.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 27, 2021:

Agreed, plus I hate country music, of which that song is one, so there's that too. Song was by the inane Bellamy Brothers.

I honestly couldn't make this shit up.

tinkercreek comments on Mar 26, 2021:

I think you pull WAY too much drama into your life, IMHO.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 27, 2021:

@tinkercreek Then maybe you should keep your ignorant opinions of me to yourself. Since you are currently here for community only, exactly how much recent experience have you had with online dating? Maybe you are unqualified to judge me or to comment on this group's subject.

I honestly couldn't make this shit up.

Sticks48 comments on Mar 26, 2021:

No one, not even other women understand women. Just let it go. :)

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 26, 2021:

Thanks Larry, I will do so. I always respect your opinion and admire your style.

Freedom of Speech?

Theresa_N comments on Mar 26, 2021:

It's all precisely the way corporations want it.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 26, 2021:

@redbai You got it asshole, you're blocked..

I honestly couldn't make this shit up.

tinkercreek comments on Mar 26, 2021:

I think you pull WAY too much drama into your life, IMHO.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 26, 2021:

I didn't ask for all that drama. So what exactly is your criticism of me, and how do you think I am to blame for it? Go ahead and explain or justify your opinion of me, tinkercreek.... I eagerly await it, if you care to support your "humble" opinion.... Anybody who's spent much time on dating sites can tell you that there are plenty of people there waiting to bring drama to other members there, whether they want it, as in my case, or not.

I honestly couldn't make this shit up.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 26, 2021:

I think you dodged a bullet as she sounds Republican and batshit crazy.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 26, 2021:

She says that all pols are corrupt and she doesn't vote, even tho she is a citizen and has been here for over 30 years. I agree on the crazy, but I'm not sure I could peg her as a conservative, since she doesn't really ally with the rich either. She just seems to be anti-government, maybe a Libertarian in some ways, I suppose.

Freedom of Speech?

Theresa_N comments on Mar 26, 2021:

It's all precisely the way corporations want it.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 26, 2021:

@redbai You are wrong and I am not going to debate you. Corporations have bought our federal government thru their campaign contributions. Almost no corporations are run in a way to not maximize greed and profit. Their CEOs and boards of directors are legally responsible for maximizing shareholder's profits. You are either incredibly naive, willfully ignorant, or lying by pretending to think that most corporations are good and seek the public welfare. Now, shut up about this with me or I will block you.

Freedom of Speech?

Theresa_N comments on Mar 26, 2021:

It's all precisely the way corporations want it.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 26, 2021:

@redbai Semantics. Corporations are always about max profit and power, so no matter who is running them, they almost always work against the common good and the masses. We need to revoke corporate charters and regulate them more, because right now they own the government, are more powerful than it, and cannot be reformed or controlled by it. They are also unaccountable to the masses.

Freedom of Speech?

Theresa_N comments on Mar 26, 2021:

It's all precisely the way corporations want it.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 26, 2021:

@redbai The corporations don't want dissenting speech against the rich and corporations, which often might include profanity from people on the left, who oppose corporate rule of our country. The speech prohibitions also please the corporation's allies on the right such as social conservatives and the strongly religious.

Documents Show Amazon Is Aware Drivers Pee in Bottles

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Treating employees like animals, or worse, like machines...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 26, 2021:

@WilliamCharles It is a disgrace that OHSA regs have nothing in them about requiring adequate heating and air conditioning in workplaces, much less good ventilation. In America, the only way you are ensured to get them at work is if you have a strong union that can demand decent treatment on that.

Documents Show Amazon Is Aware Drivers Pee in Bottles

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Treating employees like animals, or worse, like machines...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 25, 2021:

@WilliamCharles Ah, the good old days I had working for no benefits as a perma-temp employee of a sweatshop company here in Iowa. They had no air conditioning on the plant floor for the non-office employees, but they did have it in the offices. Such an open, obvious class system there. Also, the plant floor area was barely heated in the winter. They had no machines out there precious or new enough to protect. And yet the guy who owned the company was worth 78 mil.. I always fantasized about killing him. And to boot, he was a huge donor to the state Repub Party and did lots of business with the state selling them land for government buildings and projects. He also openly hired undoc aliens so he could get away with the lowest wages possible for low skill employees. But, of course, he was so politically connected that ICE never raided the place even tho it was an open secret there were illegal aliens working there.

What To Watch for in Biden’s First Press Conference Today | Ted Rall's Rallblog

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2021:

The Katie Halper/Matt Taibbi play-by-play was gold. Some of the live chat comments were hilarious.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 25, 2021:

@WilliamCharles He also made some reference to "120 years ago" as far as when he used to be a senator or when something happened while he was in government.

What To Watch for in Biden’s First Press Conference Today | Ted Rall's Rallblog

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2021:

The Katie Halper/Matt Taibbi play-by-play was gold. Some of the live chat comments were hilarious.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 25, 2021:

@WilliamCharles I agree that there were many times he just threw out meaningless word salads and nobody in the press called him on it. Also there were the many times he did the same as he did in the primary debates of trying to get himself out of a jam by "calling time's up" on himself, and again, nobody calls him on it. And he often does seem confused about where he is, including when he got up and away from the podium for a bit.

What To Watch for in Biden’s First Press Conference Today | Ted Rall's Rallblog

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2021:

The Katie Halper/Matt Taibbi play-by-play was gold. Some of the live chat comments were hilarious.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 25, 2021:

@WilliamCharles It wasn't as entertaining as I'd hoped. I guess I'm too old and serious to see the humor in a drinking game over a press conference. It didn't persuade me at all that he's not having dementia, just affirmed that the press is going to protect him from embarrassment the same way the moderators did during the primary debates.

What To Watch for in Biden’s First Press Conference Today | Ted Rall's Rallblog

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2021:

The Katie Halper/Matt Taibbi play-by-play was gold. Some of the live chat comments were hilarious.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 25, 2021:

I didn't see any of it, could you post a link to it? Were they pointing out obvious dementia on Biden's part?

What To Watch for in Biden’s First Press Conference Today | Ted Rall's Rallblog

Theresa_N comments on Mar 25, 2021:

It will be interesting to see. At least we have someone as vp that is far less likely to have dementia.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 25, 2021:

@WilliamCharles Exactly. Harris will step in as soon as Biden's dementia becomes too visible and unmanageable, then he will step down with a "personal health emergency" which will never mention dementia. I'm sure the reporters today will all play along and stick with softball ?s only.

I just renewed my FFRF membership for a lifetime.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 24, 2021:

What is FFRF?

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 24, 2021:

@HippieChick58 Thanks.

Worth a watch.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 23, 2021:

Tom Arnold was in my high school class (Ottumwa, Iowa 1977) and also played very briefly in a high school rock band with my brother. He was one of the biggest assholes in my class, just as unfunny then as he was later (at least to me and my classmates who walked out on him when he did some standup ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 24, 2021:

@MsHoliday In my opinion, he never had any talent as an actor or comedian. He just knew how use people, like his ex-wife Rosanne Barr and then later his pal Arnold S.. His stealing the money from my brother's band was just a sign of things to come later from him.

As probably you have too, I have noticed that those who create and perform some of the most touching...

ZantiMisfit comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Gone too soon. My favorite Cranberries tune will always be "Ode to my Family."

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 21, 2021:

@EarnestEccentric I cried the first time I heard this song, and still get choked up when I hear it or sing it at karaoke, because it so perfectly captures my feelings about my estrangement with my own family over most of my life.

Joe Biden trips three times while boarding Air Force One - YouTube

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 21, 2021:

I still think he has dementia, but his doctors must be giving him some great drugs to help him function. We'll see if he stays in office for more than another year or two before handing off to Harris. My basis for the dementia claim is that he still won't do a live press conference and take ?s from ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 21, 2021:

@WilliamCharles That's precisely what I suspect. Those kind of drugs probably work for a while, but then the disease catches up and the decline accelerates rapidly.

Tony Perkins Says Biden’s Agenda Is ‘Literally From the Pit of Hell’ [rightwingwatch.org]

Canndue comments on Mar 20, 2021:

Me thinks it is getting near time for the left to be aggressive...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 20, 2021:

Not making excuses, but the problem is whenever the left gets aggressive, so do the cops and military, the same way they should have been on Jan. 6 against the rioters. There will always be a double standard against lefties organizing and taking to the streets. People on the right will always be able to get away with that type of action without crackdowns by the cops and military. We need to be ready for actual war in the streets if we get aggressive, because they are not going to just back down, even if there are tens of millions in the streets. In that situation, they would just crackdown and declare martial law indefinitely.

Tony Perkins Says Biden’s Agenda Is ‘Literally From the Pit of Hell’ [rightwingwatch.org]

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Didn't he star in the movie Psycho? Or is he just psycho?

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 20, 2021:

@Gwendolyn2018 As Gilda Radner's SNL character, Rosanna Danna Danna used to say, "It's always something.."

These Marginal Mennonites are pretty interesting.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 19, 2021:

I I knew a guy from the local Unitarian church that grew up Mennonite. He was pretty cool.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 19, 2021:

@tinkercreek Here's hoping...

Tony Perkins Says Biden’s Agenda Is ‘Literally From the Pit of Hell’ [rightwingwatch.org]

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Didn't he star in the movie Psycho? Or is he just psycho?

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 19, 2021:

@Gwendolyn2018 Happiness is finding someone who shares your kind of crazy, (at least those of us still seeking relationships) or at least matching neuroses.

Tony Perkins Says Biden’s Agenda Is ‘Literally From the Pit of Hell’ [rightwingwatch.org]

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Didn't he star in the movie Psycho? Or is he just psycho?

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 19, 2021:

Good one, Gwen.. As Norman Bates said, " We all go a little mad sometimes"..

Now Is the Time to End the Filibuster By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan President Joe Biden and ...

Sticks48 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

I wish the Dems would grow some balls. Their "Kumbaya" tactics haven't worked in thirty years. McConnell's threats are bullshit. He can't do anymore than he has been doing for years. Run all over that waste of skin.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 19, 2021:

The "Kumbaya tactics", as you put it, are, in my opinion, simply political theater and cover for the Dem leaders in congress to collude and conspire with the Repubs to screw the working class and the rest of us on behalf of the same donor class that both parties serve. Since the 1980s I have seen no evidence to dispute that conclusion.

Got my first Moderna vaccination today, so I’m taking it easy.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 18, 2021:

I got it too today, just by luck. I happened to be home when the pharmacy called because I was on the appt. waiting list and they had some extra shots for people who could get out there in two hours or less. I had just had lunch, but I am drinking the water now because I just exercised. Hopefully ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 19, 2021:

@UUNJ Nothing like that, just my arm starting to hurt at the injection site.

The church of Facebook...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 18, 2021:

Considering the extent that people use it to interact, and the protection they have not being "a content provider," it's more like the telephone company unplugging you because they don't like the conversations you're having.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 19, 2021:

Facebook, like the internet itself, should a government regulated utility.

Massage Parlor shooter was all about guns and God [news.yahoo.com]

Mooolah comments on Mar 17, 2021:

Its not god I fear. It is god's followers. Especially the inbred ones.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 17, 2021:

He does look one degree away from the inbreds in Deliverance.. Hard to tell without an open mouth to see how many teeth he has left.

Massage Parlor shooter was all about guns and God [news.yahoo.com]

Sticks48 comments on Mar 17, 2021:

Now he will be all about being someone's bitch.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 17, 2021:

As the guy said to Peter Gruber in Office Space, "Watch out for your cornhole, man..".

For anti-maskers only.

glennlab comments on Mar 16, 2021:

It has been interesting here in Dallas, almost all the businesses have really stepped up their mask requirements in spite of the state removing the requirement.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 16, 2021:

Sometimes businesses do the right thing by their employees and their customers regardless of what the government does. It's piss poor pitiful when businesses are more civic-minded than their government. I vocally tell businesses what I think regarding Covid precautions and how it influences my decisions as a customer. Interestingly enough, where I live the grocery stores, which were the last businesses to start requiring masks, are still requiring them as far as I can see, even after the state dropped the mask order.

Who would think that if you degrade over 50 % of the population and dis the military and deny the ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 16, 2021:

I have always fantasized about getting the chance to land some verbal licks on asshole Repubs in public, but upon sober reflection, I realize how limited the actual situations might be even if I encountered them at a restaurant. First off, I would undoubtedly get thrown out, permanently banned from ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 16, 2021:

@glennlab Verbal is ok, without threats, as far as legal consequences, but I promise it will result in banning from the business and any businesses that are connected to it.

I'm feeling more & more like a cat since I've retired...

Spudgun comments on Mar 16, 2021:

I've been retired for over ten years, so I don't get that feeling. I didn't even before i retired, I had a job that I really liked doing.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 16, 2021:

You are the rare exception, most people hate or at least dislike their jobs, including me. So glad I lucked out financially and inherited my way into early retirement. I worked, most of the time, only to survive.

When we were shocked by reality, we knew that religion is an illusion, and likewise love is just an ...

dahermit comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Romantic "love" is merely the temporary engagement of consorting pairs (as observed in other higher-order animals). It is how nature gets babies born. If it were anything more than that, then over fifty percent of marriages would not end in divorce. Also, it is notable that most marriages that ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 15, 2021:

It may be rare, but I had one for about 15 years, but then dementia cheated both me and my wife from a much longer happy union. Glad to find out I'm the rare romantic. I suppose that's why I really miss having a partner and am not so bitter and cynical about relationships as most divorced people seem to be, because my one LTR was really positive. Now, talking about the dating game, that's another matter, as it has given me plenty to feel cynical and bitter about, probably because it is mostly filled by divorced people who are mostly bitter and cynical about relationships and love in general. Thus, they play a lot of games, project a lot of their stuff onto other people, and push most people away with their many defenses, at least, those are my theories on why the dating game sucks so much. I have a feeling if the dating sites were just widowed people, things would be much more positive and certainly more kinder.

Whats Time [youtu.be] [youtu.be] [youtu.be] [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 14, 2021:

Time is both an objective reality, measured by the movement of the sun and the moon, and also a subjective experience. They differ widely.

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 14, 2021:

@FearlessFly That's true. Hadn't considered him.

Well none of the ladies on this site who I've messaged have replied back.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 12, 2021:

Join the freakin' club, bro. I struck out with all the few women that were still on this site from my local area soon after I joined three years ago. A couple of them traded messages with me, but I never met any of them in person. Since then, no new women ever joined from my area. I may get bashed ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@editor20 It may not be necessary, but I prefer someone who has most of the same characteristics as me.