Life & lemons...

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

You didn't want to make Al Swearengen unhappy.

Mass telepathy against Brexit

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Be Bold For Britain.

What are your thoughts on incels?

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

It's a pity people are stripped of their humanity when they are labeled.

I hope I don't have to worry about any of you guys, but just a reminder.

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

I'm sure that must be a huge loss. Your situation brings home the argument that's raging nowadays about feelings versus free speech. I think free speech trumps feelings every time because even though individuals suffer from the free speech of others, society suffers if free speech is forbidden.

Church Bells

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

They don't do it in Ireland anymore, at least not in the cities. I noticed it when I was in Spain and thought it was very weird. I wasn't really bothered by it because it's quaint and seems seriously bound up in their culture. I'm sure the fact that I was going home in a couple of weeks helped too.

Calm down, this is strictly for laughs. It is not a political statement.

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

I guess the people who say 'y'all' know which bathroom to use.

Expecting life to make sense is the supreme lost cause

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

There does seem to be a lot more to life than rationality.

BBC - Future - Are we close to solving the puzzle of consciousness?

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

I think we won't get close to understanding consciousness so long as we think it actually resides in the brain.

Who do you admire the most and in what ways does that person inspire you and what do they inspire ...

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Jordan Peterson. He inspires me to take responsibility for things under my control and be steadfast in the face of adversity.

Rammstein - Rosenrot [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

I'm not sure what they did, but at least they felt sorry about it.

Philosophy

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Seriously..wth is happening with the dropdowns?

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

I won't believe til I see it. Now they're seriously going for remaining in the Customs Union.

It’s an annoyance

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

He looks like a wrong 'un.

my noise, your mind

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Or get something to stand up.

Is this editorial cartoon ironical or what? In the land of the free. [anticap.files.wordpress.com]

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

But who holds the spirit of Old Albion In the days of freedom's fright?

I came into existence by happenstance with an indeterminant probability and I will die by ...

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

OK.

Especially after a glass of wine:

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

That's a monstrous thing to do. You're supposed to talk about the cost of living and vacations.

Celcius v US..

brentan comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Thank goodness the kettle knows how to do it!

Proverbs 26:4-5 (NRSV): Do not answer fools according to their folly, or you will be a fool ...

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

That's a good one. I read a couple of explanations jumping through hoops to make sense of it.

Maybe I should go to church tomorrow

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Nah.

What would convince me that a particular religion was worth investigating?

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

I had to tell a JW elder that I didn't believe the religion showed any sign of holy spirit at work in it. After leaving the JW religion and having a look around, I came to the conclusion that holy spirit never came to any Christians anywhere and became an agnostic.

What did they do with the rest of the organs?

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

If only Isis had known.

F^n autocorrect!

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

That's really good!

I was 8 in 1960 and 18 in 1970.

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

I was 6 in 1960. I didn't have strict RC parents but society in Ireland was strictly RC so we were limited in what we could do and think. I never would have thought in my wildest dreams how much things could change. Welcome to the forum.

I'm kinda new here. From your perspective, what's the purpose of this platform?

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

We're not sure at the moment.

Is all about ass

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

I'm depressed - everything is reduced to the lowest common denominator.

Identity politics It seems to be the trend now that everyone is group.

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

There's power in numbers. You don't even have to be right. You can be 'democratically' right. All you need to do to justify behaving badly is to pretend you're the victim while you're being an ass. And then your buddies will back you up.

How can someone be agnostic and a believer both?

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

I think it can be something just read or a change of mood. Technically, I guess you can't, unless you can be an inconsistent agnostic.

The answer you seek is too complex but that doesn’t mean it is divinely miraculous !

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Yes, maybe God should just be a placemat for' what we don't know'.

Just one of these jokes would suck

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

There's a trinity of fun going on in that place.

Love this.

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Seriously black humour.

Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

I know it well from David Bowie's Station to Station album. I always assumed he wrote it. His version is a bit faster.

Living the illuminated life

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

It's important and usually unpleasant but I feel the urge to do it. I wonder why because I'm not trying to qualify for heaven anymore. So I guess it's just the right thing to do and/or force of habit..

The measure of a man

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

A righteous judge!

That's the way life is

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Now you tell me!

So I've been knee deep in learning my new studio software (Sonar Platinum).

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

That looks great fun. Drag and drop sounds, who'd have thunk it?

I am who my brain says I am.

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

That's that then!

Very very very funny!!! [facebook.com]

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Oh gosh, that was delightful! Priceless!

Does anyone have any thoughts on William Lane Craig?

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

He can argue well and persuasively. That's the trouble with discussions. The person who is most persuasive can be wrong.

Can he please come back from the dead then?

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Now there's a guy who knew white people had rights!

Charges were dropped against Jussie Smollett because he's a secret space alien who threatened to ...

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

So he wasn't even charged for wasting police time? Lucky lad!

The truth can sometimes be the wrong way to go.

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

So harsh, so true at times.

Bad word Warning Ceelo Green F$k You [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

That's great fun. I didn't know there was a video. I had only seen it done in Darryl's House.

Woodstock 50.

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Pity they can't get Ten Years After to play fifty years after.

Honesty . . . .

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

She played well at first by converting a weakness into a virtue and then totally messed up. It's only supposed to be a game.

You say you do not believe in God but you act as tho God exists. A key truth in the world.

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Did you get that from Jordan Peterson? But do we only behave decently because of commands from a god or is it out of a sense of responsibility?

A great awakening.. Who's part of the Revolution with me?

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

High time for a change, let's go!

Word nerds unite (stole this from someone on here a while back)

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Go down literate.

What matters most in life ...

brentan comments on Mar 30, 2019:

From the mouths of babes and puddytats.

Seinabo Sey - I Owe You Nothing [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

The guys look like all the life has been taken out of them.

Need to find someone who’s a successful adult ?

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

No, not me.

Janis Joplin - Maybe - YouTube

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Excellent!

Occupied Northern Ireland

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

I think Britain would love to see NI go back to Ireland. It costs them a fortune. Now that Brexit has fomented talk of unification, the question is does Ireland want it, and also can it afford it?

Sometimes the sun can cast unintended shadows

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

The shadow of intent.

Brokeback Jeebus Botticelli style

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

'Good Gulf' indded!

Okay this is the first time its happened to me but not to others.

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Sadly, you're right. It's safer not to engage.

Hello everyone

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Hello. Welcome to the forum.

I am too old to worry about who likes me and who dislikes me.

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Well now, ain't you the tough cookie!

What Kind of Times Are These BY ADRIENNE RICH There's a place between two stands of trees where ...

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

There's a lot there but I can't quite put my finger on the heart of it. I think that's a reference to The Cherry Orchard but there's more going on than just the loss of an idyllic orchard. Maybe trees are a placemat for a more tragic loss, a kind of bait and switch.

Are you a Hippie 4 Life?

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Ladies of the Canyon.

How it should have ended.

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

I'm not reading that now!

U2- I still haven't found what I'm looking for. [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

That was a good one.

Does this apply to YOU? Mabe only a few?

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Because you're a bad egg who just wants to sin, sin, sin.

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

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Taking the commie out of Jesus.

I'm looking for a cherry here

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

I thought you are here for community!

Perfect date?

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

He might be very nice, just a bit of an Aspie.

Any successful stories of people who connected here?

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

They would probably kill each other.

I sometimes wonder how much more elevated my consciousness might be if I didn’t need to waste a ...

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

I think philosophy is a good replacement for religion.

Good morning,je t' aime😍😊,ngo oi lei,mahal kita,i love you!

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Oops!

A 50-Year Occupation: Israel’s Six-Day War Started With a Lie

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

I think they lost all faith in their god after WW2. If they did believe him, and had any belief in the Mosaic Covenant, they would fear what's coming down the pike for breaking the rules of the covenant.

I left one evil world to live in another. The universe is dominated by evil.

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

It certainly outweighs the good. But I hope you're just in a bad mood and you see the good when it passes.

Agnosticism is not the same as atheism.

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

I'm always interested. I think the atheists often forget what site they are on.

Sick again..

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

They're always picking on Jordan Peterson.

Always plenty of Trump bullshit

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

All that will be forgiven when he gets the infrastructure plan going.

Sorry about the quality. I took this on my cell phone a few days ago and then cropped it.

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Shimmering gold!

Really it is😊

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Yes indeed, and the darkest part is just before the dawn. OK, it isn't really.

Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon singing the duet Parigi, O Cara from La Traviata [youtube.

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

That was terrific!

It’s time!!

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

It won't be easy to see Jesus coming in those clouds.

And more than many....

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Tis true.

Price Tag ,Jessi-J. feat. B.o.B. ,[youtube.com]

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

She was great.

Even cats have to go generic

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

They probably place it at the checkouts.

Rhett Butler would have approved

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Frankly, my dear....

Positive Messages for Academics

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Protest first. Party later. Then study.

Each and everyone of us in the picture is under death threats for speaking our mind.

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Dreadful for them and such a pity to see the BBC has lost its good name.

By the oozing Granta along the rushy fen We dare not ride our bicycles for fear of little men ...

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

That's really good!

This is mine 😀😊😅🤣😂

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

A safe space for traumatised puddytat.

What's for lunch?

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

He was a mean old man. Thank goodness his son didn't turn out like him.

False prophets for self-profit..

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

Ya gotta have faith! Darn atheistic hospital patients! Benny can't help them.

This is just one on a long list of grammatical grievances.

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

I don't mind too much because maybe we're experiencing the language in transition. In my own situation, I write the best English I can. When I was in school, grammar was a very serious part of the English class.

Intermission If I had bare-ass pics of Jason Momoa, I would absolutely fucking post them.

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

For shame!!!

@admin When a post is either reported or when one of your nuns delete it, why don't we get a ...

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

Virtue-signallers. How could anyone refuse them?

Be selective in your battles; sometimes peace is better than being right. True for men and women.

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

Oh, I suppose you're right. Reluctant agreement.

Today's cheese. ???

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

I know you know that's terrible!

"Mercier and Sperber (in their book Enigma of Reason) proposed a novel theory of human ...

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

Nowadays the argument would be you're hurting my feelings if you disagree with me.

Trump suggests machine guns would deter immigrants better than a wall

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

Imagine an America where the guns were pointed at American citizens who wanted to leave the country. I guess that's Dickish.

I am NOT a loser … I'm a writer.

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

LOL. I guess the difference is whether you get published or not. But it's cruel anyway.

I can't decide if I want Vodka and tonic, Vodka and orange juice, or Vodka and tomato juice.

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

Brave man. I put Coke in mine.

I would substitute psyche for the soul.

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

If that's all our souls wanted, we would be fine. But add ego to the mix and helping the suffering soul gets complicated.

Today I spent the sunny hours doing shopping and other business.

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

That's a beautiful place.

Sex with animals: Bestiality bill signed by Kentucky governor

brentan comments on Mar 28, 2019:

It's probably a good idea couched in a bad mindset. In other words, I'm not sure their concern is animal cruelty.