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Your money or your life?

GeorgeRocheleau comments on Dec 3, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tVzdUczMT0

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

Wasn't the joke that Jack Benny was supposed to be so mean he would actually think about losing his life instead of giving away any money?

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@hippydog Farewell......lol.

What difference? None.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

Well, one group is God's chosen people. I still have a feeling, though, that the atrocities in Palestine are due to a feeling that God has left them to take care of their own survival rather than they are entitled to commit atrocities because God wants them to live on that land.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@THHA I know from the Bible that the Hebrews were racist in their attitude toward the peoples who lived in Canaan. Their god told them to be. That attitude seems to have survived into the time of the Gospels where the negative attitude toward the Samaritans and the general Gentile world is made clear. It seems weird to think that the same Jewish racism is at work in our modern world. Perhaps it is, or perhaps it wouldn’t matter at all who was blocking their way back to the Promised Land and the return to the covenant between them and their god.

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@creative51 I mean equal opportunity. The right of anyone of any sex to enjoy wishful thinking and attribute nasty thoughts to people who disagree with them.

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@creative51 Hey, don't be sexist about this!

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

Dylan1983 comments on Dec 3, 2018:

The mind of a woman is a very curious one.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

Yes indeed. We have to make an educated guess.Or, to stay safe, do nothing. I think, based on what this guy is saying, I would risk asking her if she was still open to a relationship.

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@OpposingOpposum Keep it simple, dude. I'm sure it suits you.

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@hippydog I never called anyone a liar. I said I did not believe you. I believe that you believe what you are saying. Why not agree to differ?

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@hippydog The mistaken belief is what's messed up. Thankfully, it's your problem!

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@creative51 No, you quit, you were responding to me. And feel free to block. There's an epidemic at the moment so you won't be noticed.

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@creative51 Well, you were commenting back to me. Take your attitude and place it where the sun doesn't shine.

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@creative51 You write and you write. I don't believe you. I would feel sorry for you but you're coming across too arrogant for pity.

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@hippydog I would say there is no proof you can provide under these circumstances. You believe it and I accept that you believe it, but I don't believe you in the same way I don't believe people have a personal relationship with God, no matter how passionately they believe it.

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@creative51 I'm not familiar with the notion of untestable evidence.

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known ...

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

What about all our baggage?

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@SukiSue I would say people heal slowly, if at all, and this site is solid proof of it.

SPECULATE ON WHAT THIS MEANS - My ex and I are still friends and frequently go out together.

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I find it very hard to believe in platonic relationships. I think there's something there. If you want her back, maybe you should risk it and propose it to her.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@creative51 I don't believe it. I think you're just codding yourself.

The man who was suing to have his age changed has lost his lawsuit: [rechtspraak.nl]

brentan comments on Dec 3, 2018:

I doubt this was a serious suit. I think he wanted to highlight the transgender issue and all the notions of socially constructed identities. I am keen to read the judge's reasons for rejecting his case.

brentan replies on Dec 3, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay I don't believe it! A man with his status and money? As for the relationship between sex and gender, I think you're saying sex can't be changed but gender can. I understand that as saying your biological sexual designation is fixed but your attitude towards your gender is not. The guy was saying something similar when he said that his age was fixed but his attitude towards it was quite different.

Life is amazing.

Leafhead comments on Dec 2, 2018:

Two years of awful and counting.... C'mon Nov 2020!

brentan replies on Dec 2, 2018:

Remember, life is about enjoying the journey, not the destination!

This is my favorite part of an anonymous soldier's musing.

mordant comments on Dec 2, 2018:

It's great if the life you're given is not one of constant suffering. I have borne witness to people whose suffering is so intense, constant and unremitting that they literally cannot enjoy anything. For such people, death is often the only mercy. My late 2nd wife and my late son fall into that ...

brentan replies on Dec 2, 2018:

I was in a mental hospital for several months while a young man and was sent to what they called one of the 'bad wards' for disobeying an order from a nurse. I saw some lives there that were hard to justify, validate or whatever the right word might be. The picture that stayed with me made it very hard for me to relate to general notions like 'God is love' and 'nature is wonderful'. I was lucky enough to be able to make a ham-fisted attempt at finding meaning in life but some simply cannot.

[friendlyatheist.

Xanadutoo comments on Dec 2, 2018:

No man should be able to make laws that are only appertaining to women and this legislation is from the stone age or Ireland.

brentan replies on Dec 2, 2018:

We've moved on from The Quiet Man.

Christian existential dilemma...

cava comments on Dec 1, 2018:

Christ's words on the cross: "Around the ninth hour, Jesus shouted in a loud voice, saying "Eli Eli lama sabachthani?" which is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" ... It is the only saying that appears in more than one Gospel, and is a quote from Psalms 22:1. This saying is taken by ...

brentan replies on Dec 1, 2018:

Judging by how the psalm continues, it might be a reminder to people that we all have times when we feel abandoned but more reflection will give us a better perspective on life. I must admit, though, that it seems highly unlikely anyone, even a Jesus, might say something like this in the throes of an agonising death.

History or mystery

Jnei comments on Dec 1, 2018:

I personally believe Atlantis is just one of many stories based on the (apparently archetypal) "sunken island/continent" myth (other notable examples include Lemuria, Mu, Rutas, Cantre'r Gwaelod, Lyonesse and Hy-Brassail). These may be have been invented by story-tellers because the concept seems to...

brentan replies on Dec 1, 2018:

I think when they look at Gobekli Teki and Baalbek, they are seeing examples of the pre-flood civilisation before 12000 B.C. Atlantis might be a term used to carry the notion of any particular city that went under the waters of that flood.

What's your favorite brand of watch?

brentan comments on Nov 30, 2018:

I love my Samuel Neverwright. Not reliable but unique.

brentan replies on Nov 30, 2018:

@PolyWolf It's not serious. It's just a play on 'never right', as in my watch is always wrong!

Man-made.....

Heraclitus comments on Nov 30, 2018:

It is not really surprising. There never will be substantial evidence for God/gods. If there was there would be no need for faith.

brentan replies on Nov 30, 2018:

@Realist9 Yes, and then there's the one about the noble Bereans. We were encouraged to be like them but only up to baptism. Then it had to stop.

Noooooo. The creator of Spongebob SquarePants died

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2018:

I loved Sponge Bob's endless optimism and Patrick's ridiculous stupidity. A friend of mine, when we were both Jehovah's Witnesses, told me Sponge Bob and Patrick were not good entertainment for children because there was a homosexual substrate to their conversations. Has anyone ever noticed this ...

brentan replies on Nov 28, 2018:

@Amisja No, you're saying that now. You were being an ass and can't own it. Plus, I asked my question clearly.

This site is distracting.

nvrnuff comments on Nov 28, 2018:

A lesson in how to NOT make friends and influence people.

brentan replies on Nov 28, 2018:

@ponderingatheist People are racing for their safe spaces right now.

Noooooo. The creator of Spongebob SquarePants died

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2018:

I loved Sponge Bob's endless optimism and Patrick's ridiculous stupidity. A friend of mine, when we were both Jehovah's Witnesses, told me Sponge Bob and Patrick were not good entertainment for children because there was a homosexual substrate to their conversations. Has anyone ever noticed this ...

brentan replies on Nov 28, 2018:

@Amisja Cop on to yourself. You were being an ass.

Noooooo. The creator of Spongebob SquarePants died

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2018:

I loved Sponge Bob's endless optimism and Patrick's ridiculous stupidity. A friend of mine, when we were both Jehovah's Witnesses, told me Sponge Bob and Patrick were not good entertainment for children because there was a homosexual substrate to their conversations. Has anyone ever noticed this ...

brentan replies on Nov 28, 2018:

@Amisja You're just being an ass. I wondered was there an undercurrent in the show and I get this irrelevant crap from you.

Noooooo. The creator of Spongebob SquarePants died

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2018:

I loved Sponge Bob's endless optimism and Patrick's ridiculous stupidity. A friend of mine, when we were both Jehovah's Witnesses, told me Sponge Bob and Patrick were not good entertainment for children because there was a homosexual substrate to their conversations. Has anyone ever noticed this ...

brentan replies on Nov 28, 2018:

@Amisja You're just not keeping up, are you?

The thing is, its 13 days UNTIL we get to the shortest day of the year. Dang.

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2018:

I wish I was in a pagan group that celebrated the solstice.

brentan replies on Nov 28, 2018:

@creative51 Good idea - solstice Meetups.

Noooooo. The creator of Spongebob SquarePants died

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2018:

I loved Sponge Bob's endless optimism and Patrick's ridiculous stupidity. A friend of mine, when we were both Jehovah's Witnesses, told me Sponge Bob and Patrick were not good entertainment for children because there was a homosexual substrate to their conversations. Has anyone ever noticed this ...

brentan replies on Nov 28, 2018:

@Amisja Is that a yes?

She was still a schoolgirl when she topped the charts in 1962 with this song, but what a voice! ...

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2018:

For some reason, I'm reminded of Amy Winehouse. I haven't seen a picture of Ena Sharples in many years. A wonderful memory!

brentan replies on Nov 28, 2018:

@Marionville And long-suffering Minnie, if I remember right.

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brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

I really must read The Coddling Of The American Mind by Jonathan Haidt. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/

brentan replies on Nov 28, 2018:

@citronella I'm talking about interacting with people in the normal way, not treating them in any special way. That way they get a chance to face their fears. I'm afraid people with your view do more harm than good.

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ballou comments on Nov 28, 2018:

Carly Simon: Live From Martha's Vineyard is a 1987 HBO concert special featuring Carly Simon recorded live on the shores of Martha's Vineyard. It featured Simon and a live band performing the majority of her Coming Around Again album as well as her classic hits such as "Anticipation", "You're So ...

brentan replies on Nov 28, 2018:

I watched some of those songs from the concert on YouTube. I especially love the one that she added 'The Itsy Bitsy Spider' to the end of the song. I think its Coming Round Again. Wonderful (and beautiful) singer.

Make someone's day... SMILE! ?

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2018:

Bah. Humbug. Snarl.

brentan replies on Nov 28, 2018:

@BeeHappy Ah thanks. I'm getting into Scrooge mode for the season.

This meme took the words right out of my mouth. Why are these people demonized not understood?

brentan comments on Nov 27, 2018:

The problem is America feels it cannot take on all the world's problems anymore.

brentan replies on Nov 27, 2018:

@CommonHuman I think the argument on the other side is that you don't get the chance to do it if you have a weak military. How strong is strong enough, I wonder.

This meme took the words right out of my mouth. Why are these people demonized not understood?

Ktcyan comments on Nov 27, 2018:

We need to quit being the problem of the world. Much of the problems these people face is directly contributed to our interference in their countries due to the War on Drugs. Now we don't take responsibility for it. I totally agree we should help make their home countries more safe so they can ...

brentan replies on Nov 27, 2018:

I think the reason for America's interference has to do with controlling the rest of the world for profit than concerns for anybody's health.

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brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

I really must read The Coddling Of The American Mind by Jonathan Haidt. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/

brentan replies on Nov 27, 2018:

@citronella It would not be possible to run an organisation effectively that catered to every individual's concerns. The chase towards intersectionality may indeed comfort the afflicted (while not helping them at all) but professors complain it is impossible to run courses that challenge students intellectually in a climate of pandering to each individuals fears.

I work in a recycling warehouse remanufacturing printer cartridges.

oldFloyd comments on Nov 27, 2018:

I Read the invocation I don't understand it it sounds pointless

brentan replies on Nov 27, 2018:

I suppose it always reminds them Someone is looking at them Someone they need to for their survival.

Aja Monet is talking about Palestine, but her argument certainly has much wider applications.

brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

It's a case of two peoples behaving like murderous assholes, and one of them has the force of the U.S. behind them.

brentan replies on Nov 27, 2018:

@Closeted Perhaps not, Small point but the links were not there when I made my comment.

[yahoo.com] Christine Blasey Ford is Still Being Threatened.

brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

She should come forward when it happened, not when the guy was applying for a political position. But that's no excuse for harassment. It's like sociopathy has broken out out on the grand scale and people have become tokens of hatred instead of human beings.

brentan replies on Nov 27, 2018:

@Aushra I'm sorry for what happened to you but I can only repeat that 'we see an argument that a case can be made outside the law today for a case that wasn’t made inside the law at an earlier date'. I wonder why no attempt has been made to take him to court these days It's understandable if the statute of limitations is out. Otherwise, I wonder what's up.

Aja Monet is talking about Palestine, but her argument certainly has much wider applications.

brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

It's a case of two peoples behaving like murderous assholes, and one of them has the force of the U.S. behind them.

brentan replies on Nov 27, 2018:

@Closeted I didn't miss the point of the video. I just skipped to the root of the problem.

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brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

I really must read The Coddling Of The American Mind by Jonathan Haidt. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/

brentan replies on Nov 27, 2018:

@citronella Realyy! Here's the crux of the matter for both the mentally ill and university students: 'According to the most-basic tenets of psychology, helping people with anxiety disorders avoid the things they fear is misguided'.

These last 5,000 points is a long stretch!

JimG comments on Nov 26, 2018:

I reached level 8 in August. I'm still not to 8.1, level 8 doesn't seem like it was that tough now. :D

brentan replies on Nov 27, 2018:

@JimG It's right around the corner!

These last 5,000 points is a long stretch!

JimG comments on Nov 26, 2018:

I reached level 8 in August. I'm still not to 8.1, level 8 doesn't seem like it was that tough now. :D

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

Says you, wearing that magical agnostic T-shirt!

Any day can be hard, but I know especially during the holidays.

brentan comments on Nov 24, 2018:

Gosh, I hope that's enough numbers!

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@MST3K Would you believe it, five!

[yahoo.com] Christine Blasey Ford is Still Being Threatened.

brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

She should come forward when it happened, not when the guy was applying for a political position. But that's no excuse for harassment. It's like sociopathy has broken out out on the grand scale and people have become tokens of hatred instead of human beings.

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@Amisja It was a cheap remark. A throwaway ad hominem. Your last comment is a real comment. Heartfelt. I have read quite a lot about the difficulties involved. There has been a push lately to allow social emotion to supersede the process of law and I feel sure that everyone would lose if such a thing happened. So I say we cannot claim that the social climate of previous times argued against a legal charge being made back then so we can justify it being made anytime in the future. Even though that isn’t what actually happened. Instead, we see an argument that a case can be made outside the law today for a case that wasn’t made inside the law at an earlier date. I feel her pain. I believe her. But the law must operate on a level higher than my feelings or anyone else’s.

[yahoo.com] Christine Blasey Ford is Still Being Threatened.

brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

She should come forward when it happened, not when the guy was applying for a political position. But that's no excuse for harassment. It's like sociopathy has broken out out on the grand scale and people have become tokens of hatred instead of human beings.

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@Amisja That's a cheap remark. Make a contribution to the discussion.

[yahoo.com] Christine Blasey Ford is Still Being Threatened.

brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

She should come forward when it happened, not when the guy was applying for a political position. But that's no excuse for harassment. It's like sociopathy has broken out out on the grand scale and people have become tokens of hatred instead of human beings.

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@silverotter11 Sorry, that's not good enough - 'she didn't do it ON HER OWN'. She did it, decades later. You'll get no argument about America's rich kids.

In the absence of any empirical rules that apply to everyone, each person is free to form her or his...

brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

One person's human rights stop where they encroach on the rights of another. Preaching might be the act of telling someone to back off. That's as old as the Ten Commandments. If you ask someone to share your values, what is your goal? There was another post about the Dalai Lama's notion of ...

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@jlynn37 I think capital punishment is wrong because there is no opportunity to learn from your crime or to redeem yourself. I think incarceration does harm to the prisoners but they deserve it and it discourages others to commit crime.

In the absence of any empirical rules that apply to everyone, each person is free to form her or his...

brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

One person's human rights stop where they encroach on the rights of another. Preaching might be the act of telling someone to back off. That's as old as the Ten Commandments. If you ask someone to share your values, what is your goal? There was another post about the Dalai Lama's notion of ...

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@jlynn37 But not the harm done to people found guilty of a crime, I hope?

In the absence of any empirical rules that apply to everyone, each person is free to form her or his...

brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

One person's human rights stop where they encroach on the rights of another. Preaching might be the act of telling someone to back off. That's as old as the Ten Commandments. If you ask someone to share your values, what is your goal? There was another post about the Dalai Lama's notion of ...

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@inthecloset I think you're probably right about there no right or wrong, in essence. It must be derived from the survival of the tribe. Survival is a good thing, in the sense that people fight very hard to do it. I think good laws help to do that. I suppose values are along the same line of thinking.

What's your diagnosis?

nvrnuff comments on Nov 26, 2018:

Where does a realist score?

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@daylily OK.........

ETHNOCENTRISM.

brentan comments on Nov 26, 2018:

I think it might be the most natural thing in the world if it starts with a baby thinking the world revolves around it. I learned a new term recently called 'theory of mind'. It's the ability to recognise and understand another's separate being. They say this usually happens by the age of 4. America...

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@Marionville Yes indeed. Key word: travel.

Here was a great reminder for me.

brentan comments on Nov 25, 2018:

I'm reading a book about this very thing right now. It's called The Master And His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist. It's about how the two sides of the brain work with each other and lots of the knowledge about brains has been gleaned from brain damage and illness so it's a real education about how ...

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@Tony80223 It's good to hear you are doing well. What you say about being a better man as a dominant right brain agrees with what I'm reading. It's something like seeing the bigger picture and not being focused on manipulation. I'll check out that book online.

What's your diagnosis?

nvrnuff comments on Nov 26, 2018:

Where does a realist score?

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@nvrnuff Of course it is! What's that?

Does anyone have any views about Brexit?

dan325 comments on Nov 25, 2018:

It appears to be moderately bad for the EU and very bad for Britain. Brexit was an idea that was not well thought out but was approved anyway, by voters who were just fed up with the status quo and threw a non-thinking electoral tantrum that subsequently blew up on them. (This was not unlike what ...

brentan replies on Nov 26, 2018:

@dan325 I'm still uncomfortable with it, Dan. It's like 'let's me a decision about something' and yet it will not really be decided. I'm very wary of second-time referenda because Ireland went into the E.U. on a second referendum and I honestly believe the ploy was that they keep repeating them until we got the answer 'right'.

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brentan comments on Nov 25, 2018:

I hoped this thread would be educational but it was like talking to Christians, all defensiveness and nastiness.

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

@Olnoseven You might be right. Darned if I see the fun in something that takes such comprehensive preparation and involves danger to health. But sorry for being testy and each to their own.

Does anyone have any views about Brexit?

dan325 comments on Nov 25, 2018:

It appears to be moderately bad for the EU and very bad for Britain. Brexit was an idea that was not well thought out but was approved anyway, by voters who were just fed up with the status quo and threw a non-thinking electoral tantrum that subsequently blew up on them. (This was not unlike what ...

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

This is a strange situation where a second referendum would make sense while at the same time devalue the act of having it in the first place.

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brentan comments on Nov 25, 2018:

I hoped this thread would be educational but it was like talking to Christians, all defensiveness and nastiness.

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

@Cutiebeauty We'll agree to differ, I hope.

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brentan comments on Nov 25, 2018:

I hoped this thread would be educational but it was like talking to Christians, all defensiveness and nastiness.

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

@Cutiebeauty Don't be a negative Nelly now. We do have soap and water after the fact. You have the internet at your grasp yet this concept befuddles you? Add to that the defensiveness and complete inability to communicate about the matter. Just like religious folk.

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brentan comments on Nov 25, 2018:

I hoped this thread would be educational but it was like talking to Christians, all defensiveness and nastiness.

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

@Olnoseven Well, it seems quite a few people don't know if the very long, convoluted method needed to be written about online. Some us clean our bums with soap and water and that's it. Perhaps you're not just being defensive about it but like the colon operation, you are very far up your own arse.

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Davekp comments on Nov 25, 2018:

Just gotta' be hygienic.

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

@Olnoseven I'm quite serious. I got some info just now on inner butt cleansing from porn actress: THE WATER ENEMA “Well I don't [clean my ass] in the shower,” Angel begins, insisting the best way to clean your ass prior to anal sex is with a water enema “on a towel on the floor in the bathroom,” where she then proceeds to “empty [her]self into the toilet.” How does a water enema work, exactly? A lot easier than you'd think, plus they're easy and safe to do at home. Starting at the drugstore, purchase yourself a standard water enema kit (which is usually more discretely named 'hot water bottle and syringe kit'. This should include a hot water bottle, a hose, a plug and a rectal tip. When you bring your kit home, fill the hot water bottle with water until it is roughly 90 percent full, which works out to roughly a liter to a liter and a half's worth of liquid. Then, close the bottle with the plug, fasten the hose to the plug (making sure the clamp on the hose is closer toward the bottom and closed) and finally, attach the rectal tip to the bottom of the hose. You might (scratch that, definitely) want to coat the tip in some KY jelly to assist in insertion. Now, head to the bathroom. Hang the hot water bottle (which should have a hook on it) on the showerhead. Then, lay down in the tub (for comfort, place a towel underneath you) and insert the rectal tip into your butt and open the clamp. If the water pressure is too strong, close the clamp, wait, re-open it and let the water work its way through you until the hot water bottle is empty. When empty, the objective here is to keep the water in your body for as long as you can. Three to 15 minutes is great, but this all depends on how often you've done this. When the water is in your body, rotate to help coat the entire colon in water. Then, as Angel so eloquently described earlier: empty yourself into the toilet. https://www.elitedaily.com/dating/properly-clean-ass-anal-sex-porn/1541343

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Davekp comments on Nov 25, 2018:

Just gotta' be hygienic.

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

@Olnoseven I once watched a video of porn actress explaining how she prepares for anal sex. It involved cleansing, diet and time for the body to expel faeces. There was no mention of cleaning inside the butthole.

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Davekp comments on Nov 25, 2018:

Just gotta' be hygienic.

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

@Olnoseven I would like to see a link to how the inside of the butt can be cleaned.

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Davekp comments on Nov 25, 2018:

Just gotta' be hygienic.

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

I'm not sure it's possible. Then your anus could be damaged too.

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thislife comments on Nov 25, 2018:

I didn't read it all, and I don't really know the facts, but it does ring true about all administrations being guilty of the same. Maybe Trump's brazen admission of the motives can help spur the protests that are long overdue?

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

I think you're right about how Trump's extremism has made the problems in politics manifest to any who wish to see it. I think it would such a waste of an opportunity for real change if the people just went back to the same old story.

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SKH78 comments on Nov 25, 2018:

Back in my days of youth, I was often prurient ... but now that I am of "mature" age, those evil urges have calmed down quite a bit.

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

@SKH78 Yes indeed. Nature or nurture. Probably mostly nature. I guess that means that the genes are the tyrants that make us behave like lunatics.

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SKH78 comments on Nov 25, 2018:

Back in my days of youth, I was often prurient ... but now that I am of "mature" age, those evil urges have calmed down quite a bit.

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

The male libido is like being chained to a madman. To have a penis is to be chained to a madman. - attributed to Sophocles, Plato or Socrates.

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Charlene comments on Nov 25, 2018:

I am lasciviously prurient some days...

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

@Charlene While others are at Mass !

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SKH78 comments on Nov 25, 2018:

Back in my days of youth, I was often prurient ... but now that I am of "mature" age, those evil urges have calmed down quite a bit.

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

Haha! Me too. There's a very old saying about the sex drive being a tyrant and old age helps us escape from its clutches. I'll search for it and add it if someone doesn't beat me to it.

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brentan comments on Nov 22, 2018:

The hypothesis would fall apart if the mind is not housed in the brain. That would place consciousness outside the body and the brain would be a tool to access and process thoughts, then storing them at this external location. It may well be that when we die, our processor dies but it wouldn't ...

brentan replies on Nov 25, 2018:

@johnprytz I'll keep it in mind!

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twshield comments on Nov 24, 2018:

You have to look through them as there are a lot but: 1 remember this number skill to help remember a phone number or random number 2 store card skill to make purchases on amazon with my amazon credit card 3 ambient sounds, thunderstorm, rain, ocean, to help my dog sleep 4 short bedtime story ...