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Why is it that men can straight up tell you they aren’t attracted to you.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 27, 2020:

Not me. If I'm not physically attracted, there's not going to be any sex. Maybe you are unwantingly attracting selfish, shallow men. Not all of us are that way.

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 2, 2021:

@racocn8 I get that. I still resent being judged as equally guilty as the other men she has encountered simply based on my gender, no matter how different I may be from said men... Also, when I disputed her assertion on this thread, she more or less accused me of lying about myself, and I rightfully resent that as well.

Trump 'diehards' threatening to 'kill all the D.

racocn8 comments on Jan 2, 2021:

Can we just spray blue paint from the rooftops so they'll kill each other?

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 2, 2021:

I really like that thought.

A Happy New Year’s day public service announcement for the Single Ladies here who might have a ...

seattlepanda comments on Jan 1, 2021:

So he's advertising...so what?...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 2, 2021:

Because in commercial product ads any adult with a room temp IQ knows and expects a fair amount of deception and exaggeration. In personal ads and dating profiles, we are dealing with affairs of the heart involving many sincere, honest people. In my mind, they deserve better than the usual lies of advertising and I don't accept or buy into excusing the liars who play the dating game as blameless or justified in their deceptions. They are nasty people who deserve scorn and condemnation, not a shrug and a "So what?" attitude that lets them off the hook for their amoral choices.

A Happy New Year’s day public service announcement for the Single Ladies here who might have a ...

seattlepanda comments on Jan 1, 2021:

So he's advertising...so what?...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 2, 2021:

@Soarfeet That is the definition of arrogance. It's the same as someone using profile photos that are fake or way outdated to inflate their attractiveness, then meeting the other person in real life and saying, "Well, this is all about advertising and it worked well enough to get you to meet me". In his case, I assume the lying is about his financial situation, education and employment, right?

A Happy New Year’s day public service announcement for the Single Ladies here who might have a ...

seattlepanda comments on Jan 1, 2021:

So he's advertising...so what?...

TomMcGiverin replies on Jan 2, 2021:

Do tell....

Trump continues to shoot for a civil war starting on January 6, calling his brownshirts to ...

davknight comments on Dec 31, 2020:

Watch him resign when the coup fails!

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 31, 2020:

If the coup fails, he will resign and have Pence pardon him just in time before Biden is inaugurated.

Why is it that men can straight up tell you they aren’t attracted to you.

Deb57 comments on Dec 28, 2020:

For some men, the only requirement for a one night stand is that she have a pulse. And sometimes even that is negotiable.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 29, 2020:

@Marcie1974 I'm saying it may be more common in the men of your generation than mine.

Why is it that men can straight up tell you they aren’t attracted to you.

Deb57 comments on Dec 28, 2020:

For some men, the only requirement for a one night stand is that she have a pulse. And sometimes even that is negotiable.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 29, 2020:

@Marcie1974 And maybe most or all of them are telling the truth. Notice that almost all of them are much older than you. Maybe the men of your generation are mostly dogs, and the men of my generation aren't, at least not as often. Your experience could be age or generationally- related.

Again the Republicans are giving us a monumental national debt along with reduced taxes to the rich ...

Barnie2years comments on Dec 28, 2020:

Happens every time. Republicans trash the economy, the Democrats take the hard steps necessary to get it back on track. Then the Republicans come along and lie that they can make the hard go away and the cycle starts again.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 28, 2020:

Most people are idiots and fall for the lies every time. But never forget that both of the major parties collude to keep crashing the economy together and then right it again over and over while they keep starting wars of choice. It's all Kabuki theater to look like two opposing parties while the same ruling class that both serve keeps benefitting each cycle.

"The 1990s original had audiences entranced by a seductive Southerner, Clinton, who under the ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 28, 2020:

Sums it up quite well, how if you keep settling for the lesser evil, the evil keeps getting worse over time. Also a great description of how the duopoly works.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 28, 2020:

@WilliamCharles Telling truth to power, about power, usually means making you poorer and opening your reputation to attack as a kook or at least disloyal to America.

Why is it that men can straight up tell you they aren’t attracted to you.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 27, 2020:

Not me. If I'm not physically attracted, there's not going to be any sex. Maybe you are unwantingly attracting selfish, shallow men. Not all of us are that way.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 27, 2020:

@Marcie1974 Well I am now 62 years old and have never lied or played games to get blown or have sex. You will either believe me or not. I know who I am and so did my late wife I was with for 22 years. Maybe your cynicism about men in general is a turn off to the truly good guys out there and is getting in your way.

Why is it that men can straight up tell you they aren’t attracted to you.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 27, 2020:

Not me. If I'm not physically attracted, there's not going to be any sex. Maybe you are unwantingly attracting selfish, shallow men. Not all of us are that way.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 27, 2020:

@Marcie1974 Maybe most men are that way, I have no way of knowing as I am a straight male. You seem to be implying that I am lying about myself and I resent that, Marcie.

Why is it that men can straight up tell you they aren’t attracted to you.

MerlinZap comments on Dec 27, 2020:

Marcie, (was my Mothers name), you're hanging out with the wrong men.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 27, 2020:

@Marcie1974 You're a lot younger than me, so a lot of it could be simply the men of your age group. Maybe, compared to my age, they are simply more horny and selfish than men my age. Or not.

Why is it that men can straight up tell you they aren’t attracted to you.

resserts comments on Dec 27, 2020:

I don't relate to their sentiment. I've never felt like sleeping with anyone for whom I felt no attraction. I've gone very long stretches without having sex and was no worse for it, but a friend of mine has told me that he goes a little crazy when he's been celibate too long. Maybe that's what's ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 27, 2020:

Sounds right. I guess we are rare exceptions.

BREAKING NEWS.

powder comments on Dec 26, 2020:

Betcha won't be blocking bills that benefit Israel

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 27, 2020:

Nor bills that provide corporate welfare or fund the MIC. No austerity for those programs.

Mike Pence, Ignoring the Bible, Mocks Democrats for Wanting to Help the Poor | Beth Stoneburner | ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 24, 2020:

Cut taxes on the rich, gut regulations, and advance freedom (all for the rich only). Provides more freedom for the poor to get poorer, while the rich get richer and the poor are free to sleep under bridges or, better yet, die quietly in the gutter or under bridges. Amazing so many working poor ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 24, 2020:

@Barnie2years The whole anti-socialist message of Christianity to accept your lot of being poor or a powerless peasant is a big part of why I moved on from being a believer in Christianity.

[news.yahoo.com] What Biden's cabinet picks signal about his presidency?

mcgeo52 comments on Dec 21, 2020:

Diversity is good, but from a policy standpoint it looks like four more years of the same centrist, corporate Democratic BS that brought us Donald Trump. Biden and the DNC don't get it. The wealth disparity in this country is setting the stage for a fascist takeover, just like Germany in the ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 22, 2020:

@TheGreatShadow I live in the US and we have no representation in our federal govt. as both major parties are conservative and bought off by the same people and corporations. Wish we had a Euro type parlimentary system.

[news.yahoo.com] What Biden's cabinet picks signal about his presidency?

mcgeo52 comments on Dec 21, 2020:

Diversity is good, but from a policy standpoint it looks like four more years of the same centrist, corporate Democratic BS that brought us Donald Trump. Biden and the DNC don't get it. The wealth disparity in this country is setting the stage for a fascist takeover, just like Germany in the ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 22, 2020:

Like that's gonna happen...

"You've got the wrong house": Video shows Chicago police handcuffing innocent naked woman during ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Dec 18, 2020:

And, sadly, the mayor tried to keep it hushed up as well.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 21, 2020:

Very ironic, considering that the mayor is also a black woman.

GOP lawmaker twice blocks up-or-down vote on $1,200 stimulus checks

Barnie2years comments on Dec 20, 2020:

He’s a millionaire, $1,200 to him is pocket change. And yet he’s afraid that people who can’t pay their rent or electric bill will stop working if they get that check. Until Republican masses figure out their representatives would rather see them starve than pay higher taxes on the money they...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 20, 2020:

No shit. He brings new lows to the term niggardly.

What Kinda Funeral Do Atheist Have?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 20, 2020:

For most atheists, it's a secular memorial service at a Unitarian church. Problem solved.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 20, 2020:

@Canndue They call it a worship service, but there's no God talk and the sermons and readings are more about philosophy and meditation type stuff. A New Agey person would be right at home.

Girls. Always keep this in mind when you're searching for that particular, elusive male. ....

BitFlipper comments on Dec 19, 2020:

I actually spend a lot of time thinking. But, I can imagine women spend even more time thinking. They just don't think about me.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 20, 2020:

I also spend a lot of time thinking, but then again, I've never been a typical or stereotypical male.

What Kinda Funeral Do Atheist Have?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 20, 2020:

For most atheists, it's a secular memorial service at a Unitarian church. Problem solved.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 20, 2020:

@Canndue More personal, friendly, and less sterile than a funeral home. A lot of times the dead person never attended there for years, if ever. The connection to the church is sometimes solely thru the dead person's friends or family. You wouldn't understand it if you'd never been to a Unitarian memorial service or been to a Unitarian church. It's a secular version of a church that people go to so they can have more of a community than they would ever get from an Atheists And Freethinkers group.

Watch These Megachurch Pastors Praise Each Other in a Huge Christian Circle Jerk | Hemant Mehta | ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Circle jerking by a circle of jerks.. I used to work with a group that included a couple suck up yes men accompanied by the two managers that verbally sucked each other off. It really was a verbal circle jerk each time I was forced to attend a staff meeting. Truly nauseating.. Most toxic workplace ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 20, 2020:

@Eazyduzzit I think a lot of us have. I used to have fantasies of killing him and getting away with it, totally uncharacteristic of me. Even years after leaving that job, I would still have dreams in which I was forced to temporarily come back and work at that job. Talk about dreaming that you've gone to hell...

‘I am not ashamed of what I did’: Proud Boys leader admits burning church’s Black Lives Matter...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Racist jackass... Too bad people on the left are pretty much non-violent and very unlikely to come after him. Unfortunately those on the right have no qualms about using violence as they think might makes right. In fact, it's one of the few things they respect.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 19, 2020:

@creative51 I am skeptical and suspicious of that assumption, mainly because the government in the US has a long, sordid history of using undercover agents pretending to be leftists in order to commit violence and use that to discredit and turn the public against leftists. This began happening long before the 1960s and these programs of infiltration and falsely crediting groups with violence has only been used against the left in the US, not against the right. That's because the government is way more opposed to leftist groups in the US than they are of the right.

‘I am not ashamed of what I did’: Proud Boys leader admits burning church’s Black Lives Matter...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Racist jackass... Too bad people on the left are pretty much non-violent and very unlikely to come after him. Unfortunately those on the right have no qualms about using violence as they think might makes right. In fact, it's one of the few things they respect.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@creative51 The diff is that people on the left willing to use violence to further political ends pretty well dried up by the end of the 70s, while on the right it has only continued to grow as a larger and larger part of the people on the right. For a while in the 90s, and maybe during the Obama admin., the feds seemed to try to to stop it. But with Trump, these groups and right wing violence have been actively encouraged.

Watch These Megachurch Pastors Praise Each Other in a Huge Christian Circle Jerk | Hemant Mehta | ...

linxminx comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Belief and faith are commodities that are sold by these marketing hacks with their infomercial stages and media blitzes, taking advantage of the masses to fill their egos and their pockets. It's amazing how many people fall for this.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 18, 2020:

Not amazing to me. Barnum said it decades ago, one born every minute..

This morning I got the immuno therapy drugs casirivimab and imdevimab by Regernon, delivered by IV ...

sassygirl3869 comments on Dec 17, 2020:

Sorry to hear you have Covid. Did they trace where it derived from?

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 17, 2020:

No and I'll probably never find out. My best guess is a woman I shared an exercise room with on Sat. afternoon for about 20 min. without either of us wearing masks. I started feeling sick around noon the next day. Some people tell me that's too soon for the exposure to have been on Sat., some say it isn't. It really doesn't matter as I don't know the identity of the woman so I can't contact her to find out if she had Covid or has gotten sick.

None of us are perfect, but many of us try. [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 15, 2020:

First world problems experienced by privileged entitled white people. These women's characters are the British version of the Dem voters who rejected Bernie, yet they are all in on PC and multiculturalism. My response to them is "Suck it if you feel bad". You deserve to...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@Lorajay The left needs their own party, not the Dems. "Compromising" with them has only led to the party moving more and more to the right since the mid 1980s. The only thing that might move them back to the left is finding that the left has abandoned or credibly threatens to abandon them with a viable third party. Then they would move to the left, maybe, since they would no longer have a chance of winning prez elections. But I am doubtful that they really care anymore as long as they keep getting all the corporate campaign money. Do you really still believe that winning matters to the Dem leaders more than the corporate donations and stopping progressives from ever taking over the party? Because I haven't believed that for more than a decade.

A very interesting point.

yvilletom comments on Dec 15, 2020:

But what’s called American democracy is actually American oligarchy. That’s a very few ruling very many. Nationally, 536 rule about 330 million.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@yvilletom You're right. The vast majority of them are millionaires, all of them with the best insurance, healthcare and pensions of any Americans who are not part of the oligarchy. Those things by themselves make them completely out of touch, with a few exceptions, from normal Americans who have to worry about paying the bills, getting evicted, etc. Then, when you add to it the fact that almost all of them take PAC money and sell themselves to big donors, almost none of them really represent the peasants and actually care about serving their interests.

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TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Right wing hate radio.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@kmaz Right wing hate radio appeals to people because, at some level, they know that the economy is rigged and that the government as it is, a corrupted plutocracy, is not on their side. Right wing radio acknowledges their grievances about a system that is rigged against them and offers a convenient scapegoat, namely rich and upper middle class liberals, the Dem Party, and racial minorities as well as queer people. Liberal mass media (there really is no Left wing mass media in the US, other than those programs like Democracy Now!, on FSTV or the internet) does not address the grievances of working class or poor people about a rigged economy or a plutocracy. Instead, it scapegoats the Repubs, bigots, and religious conservatives. None of these groups, esp. the latter two, have that much power in the system. Even the Repubs only are as powerful as they are because of the collusion of establishment Dems in congress. Since both right wing radio and liberal media, like NPR, CNN, and, worst of all, MSNBC, use scapegoating of groups that are mostly not part of the plutocracy, it's not surprising that people in the lower classes, who are the majority of talk radio's audience, choose the viewpoint that at least addresses their grievances and lets them channel their anger at being powerless and victimized by a government that doesn't care about them. I bet most of them are like Blue-No-Matter-Who Dem voters, they vote for any Repub not because they think they are on their side economically, but because it gives them a chance to vote against and stick it to those liberals in the higher classes who look down on them and to those minorities they blame for stealing their chance to advance in the class system.

The Results Are In: A Record-Breaking 334 LGBTQ+ Politicians Were Elected in 2020 | them.

powder comments on Dec 14, 2020:

As long as they are secular and represent their constituents well.............does it matter if they are black, blue, brindle or fuck goats? Don't think it does. This is what they call identity politics rather than ideology driven. Good in one way that minorities feel empowered but prefer that ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 15, 2020:

Well said. ID politics is a bullshit distraction to make the peasants think they are represented by people who share their values and policy positions, when they don't. If pols represent Wall Street, corporate America, the MIC, and the for-profit healthcare industry, they are class enemies of the masses and it doesn't matter if they are a green-skinned trisexual. For example, people assumed, wrongly, that Bill Clinton would be on the side of working people and the poor because he grew up as white trash. The also assumed that Obama would be on the side of poor and working class whites, as well as working class and poor minorities, because he was half black and had experienced prejudice. So wrong about both of them.

Yoo go uhway!!!!

Spudgun comments on Dec 14, 2020:

That's a very selfish cat!

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 15, 2020:

I used to have a neighbor whose cat went thru the same routine every winter to cope with the stress of not going outside. He would push the other cats away from the food bowls, eat all the food, get fat as a pig, and also lay on the heating vents to soak up all the heat. He was the definition of selfish.

How did the treatment of Native Americans leave a moral stain on the United States?

The-Krzyz comments on Dec 12, 2020:

“Did?” DID?!?! Try “does.”

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2020:

Same with slavery and blacks. Still does to this day.

My question is, how do you know, unless told, someone is gay?

powder comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Time to print up "I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body" and vici verca T-shirts. Wonder how they would react.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2020:

You're a naughty one..

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@JeffMurray Time to block, asshole...

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@JeffMurray I live in a red state, so I'll vote for a progressive in a general whenever there is one, as my vote won't make any diff most of the time. Believe what you want about non-voters and poor people. I think you are a smug elitist.

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@JeffMurray What Robo just said. The current non-voters can be motivated to vote for progressives, esp. in a general election, if the candidate is trustworthy, exciting, and promising significant change for them. If a major party nominates such people, they will win because of the usual non-voters turning out for them. Your reasoning is just rationalization that the major parties use to justify and excuse their corruption and opposition to progressives. Deep down, the corporate media and the Dem Party know that progressives can win general elections, but they say otherwise so they can keep shitting on them and never have to stand up for the working class instead of the donor class.

So there was a positive COVID-19 case at my wife’s job (she works in a daycare, a kid had tested ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Pretty much explains the exponential rise of cases.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2020:

Also explains why they have been able to control the virus way better in Europe, with single payer health care for all and paid sick leave for all so people can stay home to avoid spreading the virus and still have income to survive. But our government and economic system see the peasants as all expendable and not worth supporting with income and health care unless they are able to work and create profits for the ruling class. Sometimes I'm amazed that Social Security and Medicare are still around, since our seniors are no longer working for the man to create wealth for them, so they may as well be dead and broke before they die. Except that a lot of them still are working because they are too poor to retire...

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@RoboGraham Exactly. We had 80 million eligible voters this time who sat it out. While nominating someone like Bernie might have lost ten or twenty million off the Dem side, he would have more than made up for that by drawing two or three times that number of votes from non-voters, which would have meant a landslide for Bernie, rather than a narrow victory for Biden. But the DNC really doesn't care about winning and will always go for a squeaker win with a neoliberal corporatist centrist than allow a landslide for a progressive. The Dem Party is useless and hostile to progressives and it's time more of us realized that.

REPORT FROM A RED STATE: Button 2 on my car radio is set to the local Fox News station.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2020:

Florida is, no doubt, a crazy state. Maybe because you have everything from the crackers, to the Cubans, and finally all the transplants from the Northeast. Such a varied group of cultures and ideologies. Like Cali, it's very diverse.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 10, 2020:

@mischl I'm sure that group exists in Florida. The ? is, same as here in Iowa, will they get fed up with all the backwardness in most of the state and leave for one of the more progressive parts of the country or not? If they leave, Florida will not change. Here in Iowa, the progressive types either leave or move to one of the university towns so they are not surrounded by ignorance and conservatives.

The next pandemic will be in mental health

nicknotes comments on Dec 10, 2020:

I'm 78 years old. When I was younger it seemed to me that people were smarter and mentally sound. Now in my 70s people seem dumb and unhinged. Is it something in the food or water?

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 10, 2020:

I blame it on our worsening educational system and the corporate media after the monopolization process of mass media that began in the 1970s. The educational system for those who don't go to college has long been geared to educate people just enough to run the machines, so to speak, but not enough to become informed, educated citizens who could intelligently critique and challenge their government or the capitalist system. The colleges also cooperate in this indoctrination by teaching most of their graduates to sell out to the system and become willing members of the coordinator class and spend their careers keeping the working class in line while opposing any reform of the system in favor of the working class and the poor.

Woke imperialism à la a Bennington ad.

KKGator comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, FFS! No one is ever happy. Nothing is ever good enough. Given the monumental clusterfuck of the last four years, I'm not about to start complaining about the administration that hasn't even been sworn in yet. People make me so fucking tired. 🙄

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 10, 2020:

@RoboGraham As will I.

Woke imperialism à la a Bennington ad.

KKGator comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, FFS! No one is ever happy. Nothing is ever good enough. Given the monumental clusterfuck of the last four years, I'm not about to start complaining about the administration that hasn't even been sworn in yet. People make me so fucking tired. 🙄

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 10, 2020:

@RoboGraham The complaining will make no difference. Biden doesn't need the left now that he's been elected. Rham spelled out that truth long ago, calling progressives retards. Once Bernie was stopped, the neoliberal centrists had won and after that they have no need to listen to progressives. We need our own party.

Do you think the Pandemic will change the way we shop permanently?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

I will always continue to do a fair amount of in person shopping, esp. for clothing and food, because I want to see in person what I'm buying, as well as the convenience and savings, as long as stores continue to allow in person shopping. With clothing I always want to be able to try things on to be...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@Leelu DaiseyMae blocked me, but Leelu can't resist the last word.....

Do you think the Pandemic will change the way we shop permanently?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

I will always continue to do a fair amount of in person shopping, esp. for clothing and food, because I want to see in person what I'm buying, as well as the convenience and savings, as long as stores continue to allow in person shopping. With clothing I always want to be able to try things on to be...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@Leelu Whatever. Like your words really hurt me. I won't be bullied by the self-appointed gender police.. I won't kiss ass to women on this site to be liked or popular, nor should you do that to be the same with men on here.

Pretty funny ad for match.com [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Maybe the morals of the story are that there is a match for everyone and people get the partners they deserve.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@DaisyMaeNot Think what you like. You can always block me or delete the thread if you feel so mistreated.. Maybe you take yourself too seriously.

Do you think the Pandemic will change the way we shop permanently?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

I will always continue to do a fair amount of in person shopping, esp. for clothing and food, because I want to see in person what I'm buying, as well as the convenience and savings, as long as stores continue to allow in person shopping. With clothing I always want to be able to try things on to be...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@Leelu Whatever. Sometimes the truth hurts. Maybe you should join DaisyMaeNot over on the the Online Dating group so you can both bash me for being honest. I'll say what I want. If you don't like it, block me or fuck off..

Pretty funny ad for match.com [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Maybe the morals of the story are that there is a match for everyone and people get the partners they deserve.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@DaisyMaeNot Probably not. I haven't had a conversation with you about it in person or by phone, so I don't really know enough details and info. Mind your own business, maybe, rather than being the group police? How do I know you're not lying any more than you know if I am? Quit trying to judge or decide whose experience or opinions are valid or not. You are not authorized to judge that or decide who is allowed to be in this group and post comments or not. If you think you are, maybe you should ask to be a mod for the group. Until then, get off my back... Might also try spelling my name correctly...

Pretty funny ad for match.com [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Maybe the morals of the story are that there is a match for everyone and people get the partners they deserve.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@DaisyMaeNot Suit yourself. I tell it like it is based on my experience and that of those I know. I will continue to speak it on this site and if you don't like it you can block me.

Pretty funny ad for match.com [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Maybe the morals of the story are that there is a match for everyone and people get the partners they deserve.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@DaisyMaeNot Yup, need further explanation? I'm talking about people in general, not 2020 and Satan.

Love This. What do you think?

Alienbeing comments on Dec 3, 2020:

The "best" comment I ever heard/saw was several years ago when a man about 70 years old said to a TV interviewer (this is really true) "I want the Government to keep their hands off my Social Security".

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Some people's ignorance and stupidity know no bounds...

Biden economic team: Straight from Wall Street President-elect Joe Biden announced the second ...

Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Dec 1, 2020:

...but he's appointing a lot of women and minorities! They will be LGBTQ flag draped bombs!!! Why do you hate women and gay people? < sarcasm >

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 1, 2020:

Same as the old bullshit accusations of racism against lefties like me for bashing Obama from the left, rather than the more likely racists bashing him from the right.

I read a New York Times article today about displaced families who are homeless due to the pandemic.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 29, 2020:

That falls under the category of Thoughts and Prayers. They think if they turn it over to their imaginary god that their duty is done and they have "helped". It makes them feel good and lets them do nothing. Yes, it is stupid as hell. And yes, makes me mad as hell, too.

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 29, 2020:

Thoughts and Prayers is a bullshit way for them to absolve themselves of any guilt or responsibility for not getting involved with helping others in need, even if it's indirectly by supporting government or non-profit programs to help those in need. Heaven forbid they should feel an obligation to donate money towards those non-profits or pay a tiny bit more in taxes to support government programs.

The French government is attempting to push through an authoritarian measure to restrict the filming...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2020:

I'm in favor of body cams and independent access of the videos. The "If they have nothing to hide" argument is based on the false premise -- if someone has something they would rather not make public the MUST be doing something wrong. :O

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 29, 2020:

@dermot235 I'm not saying they SHOULD leave, I am saying that in most cases they WILL leave. Because that, my friend is human nature. Most people take the path of least resistance, rather than courageously and selflessly doing the right thing. My guess is that in most police departments that are corrupt and filled with mostly racist cops, the good ones will either keep quiet or transfer to another department somewhere else where they can be good cops or have better conditions to work in. That may sound cynical, but that explains why we have so many police departments were things remain bad, because the good cops who do the right thing are outnumbered by bad cops.

The French government is attempting to push through an authoritarian measure to restrict the filming...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2020:

I'm in favor of body cams and independent access of the videos. The "If they have nothing to hide" argument is based on the false premise -- if someone has something they would rather not make public the MUST be doing something wrong. :O

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 29, 2020:

@RoboGraham That's a nice sentiment, but not likely to happen very often, esp. in departments where the brass are racist themselves. My guess is that most cops will not choose to be profiles in courage if they are part of the rank and file, esp. in cities where the job is already dangerous and stressful. They will instead usually choose to just relocate to another place where the job is easier and racism is not as prevalent in the department.

Getting back in the dating game. The search is daunting. What dating sites are recommended?

UUNJ comments on Nov 28, 2020:

I’ve been on Match 3 years and only got a couple of dates, all miserable. I’ve dated 3 people on this site. I’m also on Spiritual Singles but guess I’m not vegan or green enough for that audience.

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 29, 2020:

@UUNJ Tomaeto, tomato... If you are a female seeking a male and most of the men are in that category, it means that you usually have to be in the same category as those men, or else your pickings will be slim..

The French government is attempting to push through an authoritarian measure to restrict the filming...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2020:

I'm in favor of body cams and independent access of the videos. The "If they have nothing to hide" argument is based on the false premise -- if someone has something they would rather not make public the MUST be doing something wrong. :O

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 29, 2020:

@dermot235 It's the same as racist cops murdering black people in the US. The solution to the problem is for cops to stop their brutality. That will end the harrassment and intimidation of cops by the public, not the prohibition of monitoring the cops. No justice, no peace... The choice is theirs and the ball is in their court. If the police departments will not get rid of their racist cops and the racism in their departments, then they deserve the hassle the cops are getting, at least on a collective level. If individual cops don't like being punished for the sins of their dept. or fellow cops, maybe they chose the wrong job.

Getting back in the dating game. The search is daunting. What dating sites are recommended?

UUNJ comments on Nov 28, 2020:

I’ve been on Match 3 years and only got a couple of dates, all miserable. I’ve dated 3 people on this site. I’m also on Spiritual Singles but guess I’m not vegan or green enough for that audience.