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Suicide- thoughts?

jacpod comments on Jun 26, 2018:

I have made many attempts as a younger person I seem to have a good life now and it is far from my mind though I can still remember every detail of my dates with death and being hospitalised and stomach pumped - I am 70 now and have left a lot of my past behind which helped. especially as I have forgotten most of it.

Almost A Nazi Salute.

jacpod comments on Jun 26, 2018:

yes but it is funny and she does share some aspects of the 'n' word- May is conducting a pretty awful campaign against homeless jobless and the people too ill to work sanctions can mean people die with no food in the cupboard.Also we have the Grenfell Towers blaze fiasco not yet addressed not even for the other tower blocks that have the same cheapo non foreproof cladding. She is no angel and I am pretty glad to see her lampooned she deserves some derision.

I make costumes!!! I'm the weirdo in the green skirt.

jacpod comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Nice = love it you look gorgeous and your friend too.

Does anyone on here sell any of their art?

jacpod comments on Jun 26, 2018:

No, I just fiddle about and enjoy myself I rarely even show what I have done unless its for a group exhibition - Someone once said to me in the presence of another who had asked, if she could have her artwork ,- yes why not I am done with it? I do like people being able to make a living out of selling their art but it doesn't interest me at all so I go back to fiddling at anything really. I made a witch for halloween - we have a parade and bonfire here she is life sized modelled on me (but I secretly think she looks like my mum) I took the witch in a wheel chair and it really scared the folks who looked to see who was in it.

Facebook Fundraiser For Separated Immigrant Families Raises $12 Million In 5 Days [opb.org]

jacpod comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Great stuff! good hearted folk of the U.S

On I Love You.

jacpod comments on Jun 25, 2018:

wow that is a nice letter!

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

jacpod comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I would wish to be as kind as this but somehow cant quite make it.

Does anyone believe that theists are generally honest and sincere in their claims?

jacpod comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I live in Northern Ireland still a very religious place , still pretty much divided especially at parade times - I have never had a god and nobody seems to care enough about English people to bother about what we think or dis/believe in. We are in a minority and dont count which is nice. I have met some people here who have been very beautiful and very religious and others who are not, so I think it depends upon the temperament of the person and their personal values more than the actual religiosity. I have met in the past beautiful nuns and horrible ones and vice versa with protestants - I don't know that there is a rule about it - seems to me people are just how they come.

I happened to see this today and while I don’t know much about multiple personality disorder, it ...

jacpod comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I have D.I.D and it isnt an urban myth where i live - Its unusual but real enough as I can testify - It is supposed to be rare but it exists - I was diagnosed by someone in Australia who happened to be visiting Northern Ireland and had the know-how , and also by two other Psychiatrists and a Psychologist. It isnt really fun to have it because the triggers for alters are not induced my me but by others so it can be pretty frightening - It mainly occurs but not always from childhood abuse at an early age we form different alters to deal with different situations and then get stuck with it . Both my parents were abusive so it isnt surprising to me that I have this dx. Now I am 70 the effect is wearing off somewha,t which is a relief but I can still be triggered by people who treat me like a child or being told off. I dont mind 'multiple' jokes , quite like them as long as they aren't offensive. It was harder to cope with before I grew up because people kept thinking I was lying when it wasnt me- also personal pronouns become difficult.

Agnostic vs Athiest

jacpod comments on Jun 25, 2018:

It drives me crazy that it drives people crazy! what part of no god at the moment probably not ever isnt enough? There are so many people who angst and quarrel over wording - it must be a favourite pastime - I have never ever had a god not even thor or odin I am godless, In every moment of m 70 years plus I have not had a god I call myself godless so I dont get into this crazy going nowhere debate that goes on and on and on.......

Tory Scum!

jacpod comments on Jun 25, 2018:

No! bad plan! Plan B You do it first and see how you get on - just to check it out!

Are Liberals Progressive? [dandelionsalad.wordpress.com]

jacpod comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I think your definition of liberals and ours in the U.K are diffreent I dont know how but I think they are so anyone who can enlighten me please do!

Photo I took today.

jacpod comments on Jun 25, 2018:

beautiful, scotland and the lake district here look a bit like this too.

Former photo editor..... ask me anything.

jacpod comments on Jun 25, 2018:

150?

Just finished this drawing, pencil on bristol paper, its prep for an upcoming tattoo appt

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

ooohh sort of nice, well executed, sort of scary well done ! but that head when alive really needed to go to the dentist

Do we really have the right to believe whatever we want?

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

yes so long as we don't push it on to anyone else - I keep my beliefs very close to my chest. And my mouth zipped. iIs only my business. Having said that I probably don't have many beliefs at all . Life just seems to come at me at such speed there isnt much time to form a belief. Probably just a hope, - Like the soup will be edible!

Most admired human being in your lifetime

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Noam Chomsky. he is just so authentic and wise, but mainly speaks so well.

A Jury May Have Sentenced a Man to Death Because He’s Gay. And the Justices Don’t Care.

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Blimey! U.S really is down the tubes!

What life-altering thing should every human ideally get to experience at least once in their ...

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Near death experience - I have had a few first was double pneumonia with measles @ four years old and then several suicide attempts I also had an ectopic pregnancy that came to a head on New Years eve - So no-one to see me till the morning and very few surgeons around getting to hospital was farcical as we kept getting different information about what hospital to go to.

Do You Have A Close Friend Or BFF You Can Count On Through Good Times And Bad Times?

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

yes I do - he is awesome - about as insecure as me and very kind as I hope I am to him too.

Who Has Daddy Issues?

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

My father was in two halves - one a kind gentle man who taught me to read at an early age so I had a way of being unseen by my Bi-polar, mainly manic mother. the other half of him was as an abuser and I have never forgiven either of them. Dead now but cant seem to forget them .

I am an artist, and I feel like my relationship with art has always been the most reliably relevant ...

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

I really like your post I have a first in fine and applied arts, not sure I have done much with it - seriously enjoyed my course and it made me very happy, and i am always fiddling with all kinds of projects - I don't love people who betray me, mainly because I think I don't need it in my life as I can do my own things - garden, build willow structures, have fun with people I trust etc. I think I probably only need a few people in my life whom I can love and be loved by. I had a hard time as a child in an abusive family and since then don't let anyone in who could disrupt my equilibrium.

Socialist vs. Socialism?

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

I am not really following your logic. I am a socialist and my labour party are the party of socialism which crudely put is "one person one dinner no one has two dinners till everyone has had one dinner"

Is Panentheism a viable position to take?

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

these really are questions you need to weigh up for yourself because they are personal to hte answerer I have never had any religion/god so cannot help you decide between definitions - I dont do definitions i am just godless

Self Discovery

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Being born to atheist parents? No one ever needed me to have a god so I didn't need one.

Made this Shelf clock yesterday 8 x 10

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

whooohh! very very nice wot no dragon there really should be a dragon in amongst them.

Have you had less than stellar experiences with therapists?

jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

I feel like the wide mouthed tree frog - "Oh you don't see many of those! " I was a Counsellor for many years Rogerian and also did Person Centred Creative Expressive Therapy with Natalie Rogers (Carl Rogers daughter) in California - and was a lecturer in PC Counselling -I actually haven't a baldie whether any one transformed themselves or not - although you do see people grow and change but that might not be their reality - not because there was a time limit but more because it was private to them why they decided to stop counselling - I did get some bouquets and hugs and not many brickbats and I was hit by a client once so I presume that might have meant I wasn't up to scratch for them . I had an amazing tutor and seriously good supervisor of my work, so hopefully not too much damage done!

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jacpod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

I love love love it thank you !!!

Atheism vs. Agnosticism: What do they mean?

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

I usually reply to these 'word meaning' posts, --- I was born godless, raised godless, still godless, - Call me whatever you want except too late for my dinner; and I never think about god questions till someone else brings it up and then I wish they hadn't as its totally gobbledegooky meaninglessnessing to me

2018 summed up succinctly.

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

OOOh! damned if you do, and damned if you don't - I think eventually we will run out of the energy for anger, and maybe realise there is simply nothing much to be done about it all , except ride out the storm - I have taken to seriously looking after myself not doing anything I don't want to do and eating soft dough peanut cookies. We are babysitting Trump for a bit over here so as long as he doesn't mismake himself overly much with the royals -you'll get a break

Why is person A a believer, but person B is an atheist?

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Sometimes I wonder about the nature/nurture element of it as we all have free choice if we choose to employ it - I think for myself it was the chances in my life that opened for me and others that closed - Also I was born into a family of atheists shortly after WW2 ended and it was a great time - People around me were kind especially when rationing was ending and I do remember vividly sweets coming off ration- At the time I was going to work it was a sellers market I could walk into a job on Monday and have a new one the next week . So its a lottery how old you are what society is up to who is president of the U.S and what our stinky government is up to with brexit deals - very little of it seems anything other than a lottery.

Lovely to find a community of like-minded beautiful intelligent people! This makes me super duper ...

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Thanks for the compliment & you're very welcome -

Good Afternoon Heathens!

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

good afternoon to you too = we have a Dundalk - in Southern -Ireland

Just wondering what is happening out there...

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Disagree - happiness can run though every particle of misery they arent mutually exclusive everyone who has cried tears of joy even when in pain can understand that feelings dont come singly all the time they are a multiplicity of emotions happiness is often grand its how you value it /view it !

Is neo-liberalism the prevailing orthodoxy of the modern world?

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

I think in the U.K we have a sort of Hokey- Cokey prevailing orthodoxy - In out shake it all about and lie- lie -lie-and thats what its all about!

Do we really have the right to believe whatever we want?

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

I have a friend whose mother is one of the 'we free' ultra ultra protestant sect -she says of her mum; that she think s the moon is made of blue cheese - My friend just puts up with it when she visits and sort of does her duty and sort of does love her mum in a strange sort of way - So I get the feeling its O.K to believe the earth is flat and has four corners because it says so in the bible, But I dont know that anyone else would buy it - in the same way its ok to be pleasantly loony tunes. I cant really relate to rights about facts I remember reading that half of what we think we know right now will be seen to have been untrue within ten years - I dont know if that is true or untrue but it sort of begs some sort of questions about both facts and fictions - moving on - not being set in stone.

Being born into your parent’s religion is the first time you agree to terms and conditions without...

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

yes clever and true! good job for me my parents were not religious.

[facebook.com] If you like puppets

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

I have seen these in Liverpool amazing!

This is an amazing story. [youtube.com]

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

I really relate to this I am so glad to hear this ! It ok not to be ok

Latest.

jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

maybe your split lip helped the effect? It is surely something I envy - the capacity to do this painting - not to airbrushh with split lips.

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jacpod comments on Jun 23, 2018:

exactly!

Isn't the most beautiful part being atheist, the freedom to say I don't know ?

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

I think its the freedom to say I don't care! and also I don't care to talk about it - its so unimportant to me! - tell me a joke!

Dating as an atheist

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

We were pretty godless in england where I was brought up, and pretty reticent about sharing beliefs openly - It wasnt really the done thing, so lots of choice but I never ever even knew a catholic. I think it might be hard to raise children if you have faith /different faiths I am grateful that I escaped those choices.I was born in 1948 post war and I think people just wanted a quiet life and the capacity to buy things.

You catch a religious nut putting a flyer on your car windshield or house door. What do you do?

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

I dont really mind people doing what they have to do as long as it doesn't make a lot of fuss for me - I understand that we are different and have different values and ideals so I would wait till they had gone and then take it down - It would be different if it was a sticker. or if it came with verbals.

Atheists Win Final Judgment Against TX Gov. Who Censored Their Holiday Display – Friendly Atheist

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

wow they must be mad! That is a beautiful display!

What caused or lead to you becoming an Atheist?

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

I always was because my parents wer,e and it isn't of any interest growing up with something unimportant - that doesn't impact your life in any way - its a non issue and for me always has been .the idea that you might ever need a god has been so far out of my consciousness as to be of zero interest. I have mostly met friends who were also atheist but I do have some religious friends but we seem able to laugh about it all - I often get called the wee heathen and I dont mind that at all.

Disillusioned? Why do you feel this way?

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

Me too and I am not American

How do people feel about people who are childless?

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

I cant speak for anyone else but I have to say I personally don't care what anyone else thinks about me and the way that I might live my life. The choice to have children, or not, is a personal one - and no business of anyone else's so they can get on with making their own lives how they want to live them and good luck no matter what they choose. And good luck to all the people who care about how others are choosing to live their lives, its another kind of life choice.

Divorce and kids

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

Same thing happened to me - children of 3 years and 4 years old - they are now 49 and 50 and I am 70 - so something went all right - Yes there is life after divorce - I count myself lucky as I had an interesting life and my children and grandchildren are amazing .

What would you think if a religious person said they did not believe in magic ?

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

That is so funny!

Did you grow up atheist or agnostic?

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

yes - I don't really feel that I dwell on being amongst non- believers, (even though I am) - I feel i am amongst people who are freer to tell their truths show their stuff - reveal themselves because there is no one hassling for a different reality. No I only come to this site, although I have many friends locally who are non believers and we can have a laugh (because I live in Northern Ireland and it gets pretty hot at times with Parades and burning 'Paddy' on enormous bonfires !

Meaning of existence

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

I cant think why my life needs meaning or why I should'nt pick and choose meaningfulness at whim - if I go on a fairground ride I have chosen to have an experience if I choose scrambled eggs on toast over cheese on toast that is meaningful. Sometimes i might choose something meaningless why ever not sometimes I laugh sometimes I cry sometimes I sulk sometimes I sigh its sort of called living.

My daughter did this needlepoint.

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

Cool!

What kind of leftist are you?

jacpod comments on Jun 22, 2018:

lefty anarchist, peaceful except when on demos.

How do you deal with Door-knockers?

jacpod comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Until I lived in sheltered accommodation, my partner and I were living in an isolated cottage - J.W's came one day and they were really 'in need' we let them in and counselled them both for a while My partner and I are both Counsellors and they were extremely troubled, eventually it came out that a bishop had put his 'holy seed' into the mans wife and they were struggling to understand. I ma so glad that I have never ever had a religious bone in my body - let alone holy seed!

Meaning of existence

jacpod comments on Jun 21, 2018:

I sort of think thats a non question you just live and take the consequences of your actions - I can be happy, most of the time, why do you think you might not be able to be?

Why does anyone still use the Myers-Briggs or pay attention to it?

jacpod comments on Jun 21, 2018:

we have known this for a long long time but some people seem to like it - Its like fortune telling people will go - at best its giving people a bit of fun and a notion of how they could live a life as that sort of person at worst its just useless/pointless but who are we to judge someone who looks at their stars in the newspapers every day.

If it is okay to kill animals to eat, is it okay to kill them for sport (fox hunting, grouse ...

jacpod comments on Jun 21, 2018:

You have to make your own mind up about this one as its an individual choice; I am vegan and in thhe world those entertainments do exist and apart from signing petitions not a lot I can do about it .

What books should all atheists read?

jacpod comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Anything - Its funny you reminded me of an encounter in Spain - When Franco died many of us went to Spain to celebrate - my partner and i with two children went to a campsite and politely asked where we should pitch our tent. The owner made this amazing smile and laughed & threw his arms in the air and shouted 'Anarchista!' Anywhere! at all!

What books should all atheists read?

jacpod comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Anything - Its funny you reminded me of an encounter in Spain - When Franco died many of us went to Spain to celebrate - my partner and i with two children went to a campsite and politely asked where we should pitch our tent. The owner made this amazing smile and laughed & threw his arms in the air and shouted 'Anarchista!' Anywhere! at all!

How do you explain to someone else why we should all fundamentally care about each other and our ...

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

I don't know the answer to this as most of our politicians are self-centred with their off shore tax havens etc. I think a lot of us do care about each other but its getting harder here in the U.K as so many people are below the poverty line and homeless. I live in a small seaside town and am not from here (northern Ireland) but the relentless heartlessness of the U.K government is hard to withstand knowing that some child somewhere is living in a dangerous property at fire risk; that the national health service is being run down so that some private company can take over -- the list of heartlessness goes on forever and it grinds you down and seriously I don't know how to help as the help that is needed is just money. I am 70 y.old and have never lived through such discouraging and dangerous times I support a charity by sending money which I get by doing peoples laundry, shopping and ironing, but its a drop in hte ocean compared to what is needed.

Is it wrong to look the other way?

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

I have in the past been inspired by others who have taken up a cause to help and I have joined in but somehow haven't the confidence to weigh in all on my own - I think I'm best at giving kids money for bus fare they have lost etc. When its bullying I don't really have a clue what to do

Does anybody else hate using public bathrooms as well as other people’s bathrooms?

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

depends what the state of them is - I am a frequent pee-er so know all the best lavatory's pretty much everywhere I have ever needed one .

GOP Congressional Candidate Wants Mandatory Prayer In Public School

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

In my childhood I was often told 'I want' doesn't 'get'!

Who is in the wrong here?

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

My daughter doesn't want her childrens' images to be on facebook and I agree with her.

Hallo. New here and no idea how it works! 😀

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Hallo Raker , best way is to dive in I think, look around and see what sort of posts are around and respond to them as you feel like - x.

It's a beautiful Wednesday.❤?

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

So It is my lovely - yea happy solstice its my sons birthday! he will be 49.

Are You Lonely?

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

4 & 5

Will Trump win in 2020?

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

I truly hope not he is the most frightening Bogeyman in hte world for me and he's coming here! Theresa May has invited him despite him separating 6 month old children from their parents and locking them up! If this is not a publicity stunt or even if it is he needs locking away

I know there are several garden sites here, but I consider gardening a craft .

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

I have so far this year only seen cabbage whites. still pretty but would like a bit of variety and donkeys years since I saw a ladybird.

I did this one of Obama a few years back, pencil on 300 series paper

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

wowzer! - (I am fast running our of appreciative words for all you artists.)

Shaming criminals: ...

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Is this about the children at the detentions centre? - Someone really should do something to stop that man!

I hate Trump with every fiber of my being.

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

so do I and I am not american.

Do You know Your Ancestry?

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

the only bit I know is that 'Good King Wenceslasses trusty page' has the same surname as me (french for a political bribe) There are only four people alive in England who have my surname.

How do YOU cope?

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

I think just taking some deep breaths and taking each day at a time with very small steps and maybe writing how you are feeling in a diary plus maybe see a counsellor/therapist for a while but slow and easy dont rush or fall into anything.

Hello. Kinda lost just checking this out I guess.

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Hallo welcome

In the last eighteen months we’ve grown used to government policies decided on a whim, family ...

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

I am in hte U.K. but we are having the same problems as you -useless waste of space our politicians on the right.

Are there any quilters here?

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

I have done some extremely small pieces cot cover etc. Just for something new to go at - I have a city and guilds in patchwork and quilting, but prefer the patchwork.

Mental chatter.

jacpod comments on Jun 20, 2018:

My partner has OCD and thinks over and over so he overthinks - He doesnt know if a door is shut properly so will check it over and over he doesn't know if his'hands are clean enough so he washes them over and over - yes there definitely is a concept called overthinking and I live with someone who has it .

My brother made this a few years before he passed away.

jacpod comments on Jun 19, 2018:

double wow!

Name something your mother always said. ????