The Universal Clock of Aging [nautil.us]

pamagain comments on Jan 26, 2023:

Anyone want to live forever?

pamagain replies on Jan 26, 2023:

@skado I've been thinking about this issue a lot lately because I have at least five intelligent friends who have dementia. Seeing those brilliant, witty, compassionate minds disappearing is making me wonder what I'd do in their case. Here's the thing...in order to qualify under ''death with dignity'' in California, you have to find doctors who will swear you'll die within six months. NOT possible under current medical practice. If you want to spare yourself a horrible end in some ''care facility''....you have to act while you still have the brains to do it...and that won't work under ''dwd'' laws. SUCKS. So...it's back to jumping off a bridge.

The Trump legacy lives on, unfortunately

Garban comments on Jan 26, 2023:

I wonder how many people that voted Republican in 22 knew that their first priority was to cut their social security and Medicare? 🥴🙁

pamagain replies on Jan 26, 2023:

@Garban Don't forget the Pope, etc.

The Trump legacy lives on, unfortunately

Garban comments on Jan 26, 2023:

I wonder how many people that voted Republican in 22 knew that their first priority was to cut their social security and Medicare? 🥴🙁

pamagain replies on Jan 26, 2023:

Oh, you can bet that SOME of them knew....but it's all a big secret, isn't it?

Some people even think that just because you have an understanding of their belief that you support ...

Garban comments on Jan 26, 2023:

People are entitled to their beliefs, however respect is something earned, not passed out like candy on Halloween. Back you beliefs with numbers and logic and maybe it will be worthy of consideration. Until then keep it to yourself and stop trying to push it down the throats of the rest of us.

pamagain replies on Jan 26, 2023:

And that premise is what makes so many Xtians' lives difficult. They can babble their bibble (and have the right to it...under controlled circumstances, of course) but unless they prove their actions in response to their principles....meh! Nothing ''respectable'' about it.

Some people even think that just because you have an understanding of their belief that you support ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 26, 2023:

To me "respecting a right to hold a belief" is a nonsensical statement. It's like saying I respect someone's right to breathe. It's not a thing that anyone can choose or control and it happens naturally, all the time.

pamagain replies on Jan 26, 2023:

Mmmmm....not sure I agree with that last sentence. We all have the power to examine beliefs and choose to disregard them.

In reality, I think we all are.

pamagain comments on Jan 26, 2023:

Wonder why there's no $1,000?

pamagain replies on Jan 26, 2023:

@glennlab Glenn...you always know stuff! Have I asked you this one?......Why is there no official tracking system for ''classified documents?" Shouldn't the group/individual who created the document be responsible to maintaining its security?

The Universal Clock of Aging [nautil.us]

pamagain comments on Jan 26, 2023:

Anyone want to live forever?

pamagain replies on Jan 26, 2023:

@skado Exactly! But..how to judge the right timing? There's the question....

Letters From An American 01/25/2023

pamagain comments on Jan 26, 2023:

Sometimes...we've just got to watch the game play out.

pamagain replies on Jan 26, 2023:

@yvilletom Exactly! Let's see all the vulnerabilities in their ''plan'' before we form a strategy.

"Bless your little pea pickin' heart.

pamagain comments on Jan 26, 2023:

His black & white show was very popular in our house. Shown on a 16-inch screen, of course. (I'm old.)

pamagain replies on Jan 26, 2023:

@AnneWimsey My uncle had a VERY ''gee whizzer" round screen with a magnifying glass you could pull out/push in to make a better image. Woo hoo!

Doomsday Clock 2023 says the world is closer than ever to global catastrophe

pamagain comments on Jan 24, 2023:

I don't know a single friend who disagrees with this....it's a good time to be older! We won't have to see what's going to happen.

pamagain replies on Jan 26, 2023:

@MsKathleen I'm thinking in decades....not months. I HOPE!

Who is getting upset about cartoon candies having gender and being animated?

Dave375 comments on Jan 25, 2023:

Sometimes I wonder whether carlson or jones is the bigger idiot. The far right enjoys making morons extremely wealthy.

pamagain replies on Jan 26, 2023:

And, conversely....making stupid people impoverished.

This is what happens when criminally insane people get hold of guns: [abc.net.au]

Druvius comments on Jan 24, 2023:

No, this is what happens when you combine a country awash in easily obtainable guns with a sick culture that fetishizes guns, violence, and violent retribution.

pamagain replies on Jan 25, 2023:

@anglophone Gotcha'

SIGH! Feels good to be home! What's been going on???

anglophone comments on Jan 23, 2023:

Insurrectionists are being tried and found guilty. Swampy McSwampy continues to embarrass himself. The Rethuglican Party is marching resolutely led by George Santos towards Nazism. Anti-abortionists continue to advance their baleful agenda. In other words, nothing much has changed. (And I ...

pamagain replies on Jan 25, 2023:

@anglophone Not soon enough!

The kid in the backgound tho! 🤣🤣🤣

pamagain comments on Jan 22, 2023:

And just exactly what WAS that meeting's subject???

pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

@Emme Thanks!

This is what happens when criminally insane people get hold of guns: [abc.net.au]

Druvius comments on Jan 24, 2023:

No, this is what happens when you combine a country awash in easily obtainable guns with a sick culture that fetishizes guns, violence, and violent retribution.

pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

@anglophone it's all part of the same ''net,'' isn't it?

SIGH! Feels good to be home! What's been going on???

anglophone comments on Jan 23, 2023:

Insurrectionists are being tried and found guilty. Swampy McSwampy continues to embarrass himself. The Rethuglican Party is marching resolutely led by George Santos towards Nazism. Anti-abortionists continue to advance their baleful agenda. In other words, nothing much has changed. (And I ...

pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

@anglophone He's so damnably BLATANT about it....will he encourage more blatancy among the rest of the GOP? Maybe it'll help disillusion the voters? Maybe I'm too optimistic?

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glennlab comments on Jan 22, 2023:

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pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

@Pralina1 Dunno....I'm just happy to be able to find people and message people and not feel like I've been dumped! Thanks for the chuckles & claps!

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glennlab comments on Jan 22, 2023:

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pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

INTERESTING IMAGE, Glenn! Need bail money? Get any unusual offers?

Please listen to the Atheist hymn. Arseholes [youtube.com]

pamagain comments on Jan 23, 2023:

Am I going deaf? I can't understand the lyrics....

pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

@OldMetalHead Thanks, OMH! Makes a HUGE difference, dunnit?

Please listen to the Atheist hymn. Arseholes [youtube.com]

Castlepaloma comments on Jan 24, 2023:

LOL didn't know there was so many negative songs putting atheism down. It's why I don't belong to any Centroism group, possibly the optimist club. Steve Martin https://youtu.be/xmwAD7nHqaY

pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

Thanks! This one's always been a favorite....I love Steve's expressions!

Please listen to the Atheist hymn. Arseholes [youtube.com]

FvckY0u comments on Jan 24, 2023:

My personal favorite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPOQM5MCpjc

pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

Clapping & dancing!

They may have been speaking it longer but they do it so wrong 🙃

glennlab comments on Jan 24, 2023:

Two great peoples separated only by a common language

pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

So...is their ''royal family" any better than the Pustule's????

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Redheadedgammy comments on Jan 24, 2023:

Hello my friend, I'm so glad to see you are putting points up left and right! So sorry this has happened to you, but as you can see there are many here posting and lifting you back up.

pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

And I'm so VERY grateful! And wondering if anyone else is out there, fuming and wondering what to do.....

Soooo, i have a painful upper molar that needed to be dealt with before my upcoming shoulder ...

Lauren comments on Jan 24, 2023:

omfg, that's awful, you poor thing! Can they still take the right tooth out without rescheduling your surgery?

pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

OK...yours is the first PRACTICAL thought! The rest of us just spew outrage....and empathy....

The brazen liar that is George Santos was clearly emboldened by the shit that spews forth from the ...

joeandbarb comments on Jan 23, 2023:

I look at it this way. The whole world is in the process of getting an enema, Swampy is going to end up in jail, Russia is losing WW3 and we don't even have to lose any soldiers to accomplish it. The voting public has seen the republician party for what it is and they are getting voted out. Slowly ...

pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

@anglophone I soooo hope you're right! We're seeing the weaknesses in our system and hopefully, there's time to patch them. Otherwise, we're screwed. (or...insert your word of choice.)

It seems youngsters get older and older

pamagain comments on Jan 22, 2023:

Glenn (it's Lucyloohoo here)....this happens regularly when I'm at Planned Parenthood. Recently, I made a reference to Robert Redford and a patient said, "I'm sorry but I don't know who that is." SHE'S sorry????

pamagain replies on Jan 24, 2023:

@glennlab Except that we grew up hearing stories about it, right?

The kid in the backgound tho! 🤣🤣🤣

pamagain comments on Jan 22, 2023:

And just exactly what WAS that meeting's subject???

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

@Emme Where do you find this game? In a way, it reminds me of Balderdash...put together the most unlikely tale possible and convince people it's true.

SIGH! Feels good to be home! What's been going on???

anglophone comments on Jan 23, 2023:

Insurrectionists are being tried and found guilty. Swampy McSwampy continues to embarrass himself. The Rethuglican Party is marching resolutely led by George Santos towards Nazism. Anti-abortionists continue to advance their baleful agenda. In other words, nothing much has changed. (And I ...

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

So...same old, same old.....I keep waiting for Santos to FINALLY go over the top! I truly believe he's insane. What do you think?

What percent probability would you assign to the scenario where climate change effects trigger World...

pamagain comments on Jan 22, 2023:

I think there's no question about it! Climate change will make millions of people homeless (think of low-lying areas/atolls/island chains, etc, flooded by rising seas/dying fish) and they'll have to go somewhere. If we think Texans are pissed about immigration now---consider the rest of the world ...

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

@racocn8 How about a virus which quickly sterilizes all humans and leaves the rest of life forms alone??? That could be sweet.

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LiterateHiker comments on Jan 22, 2023:

Welcome back! What an ordeal you had. (scratches head.) I liked your posts.

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

THANK YOU!

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hankster comments on Jan 22, 2023:

you broke it maybe.

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

@anglophone sounds like it.....

It seems youngsters get older and older

pamagain comments on Jan 22, 2023:

Glenn (it's Lucyloohoo here)....this happens regularly when I'm at Planned Parenthood. Recently, I made a reference to Robert Redford and a patient said, "I'm sorry but I don't know who that is." SHE'S sorry????

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

@glennlab Short story but a friend who's well-placed at Warner Bros. got two tickets to the preview of "Elvis" a few months ago. I went with her husband who's mayyyyyybe 35. At one point, I asked how he liked the movie. He said "From an HISTORICAL perspective, it's interesting." Elvis. Historical perspective. Gahhhhhhh.

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glennlab comments on Jan 22, 2023:

07

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

???

SIGH! Feels good to be home! What's been going on???

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 23, 2023:

I saw you just made it back to the Pinata!! WTG! Good to have you back!

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

Thanks, HC! I'm wondering how many others have somehow been locked out! Frustrating as hell, is what it is! Don't know about you but I take the password thing for granted and when I tried to maybe reset it...the system would NOT let me do it!

The kid in the backgound tho! 🤣🤣🤣

pamagain comments on Jan 22, 2023:

And just exactly what WAS that meeting's subject???

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

@glennlab OBVIOUSLY...I'm NOT cool! But it looks FUN!

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Pralina1 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpskjXq/ 🤢🤢🤢

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

Wonder how many laughs he got??

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glennlab comments on Jan 22, 2023:

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pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

Need me to bail you out, Glennsie?

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anglophone comments on Jan 22, 2023:

You made it to Level 4! Congratulations! :)

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

THANKS, Anglo!

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Pralina1 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpsCJ2F/ I am done 😂😂😂

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

CHILL, girlfriend...CHILL!

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glennlab comments on Jan 22, 2023:

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pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

Soooo...the clown got everyone's attention! Thanks, Glenn

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Pralina1 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpsS2xJ/ Well ??

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

Yup[!

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Pralina1 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpsgALE/ It’s true 😂😂😂

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

VERY true!

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Pralina1 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpGLVu6/ This is perfect when u drive alone ( well , or sitting on traffic for 90 minutes . Every day . Each way 🙄

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

thank you thank you thank you!!!

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MichelleGar1 comments on Jan 23, 2023:

Here's some points! I know I'm late but I will help!

pamagain replies on Jan 23, 2023:

Thanks so much!

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HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

I'm so sorry that has happened! I was just thinking I hadn't heard from you in a while.

pamagain replies on Jan 22, 2023:

Then I thought of ''the senate'' but it's invisible to ''new'' members....as is the Pinata.

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HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

I'm so sorry that has happened! I was just thinking I hadn't heard from you in a while.

pamagain replies on Jan 22, 2023:

Thanks, HC....it's frustrating (although I certainly understand it) when you can't actually message anyone (you were my first thought).

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Buttercup comments on Jan 22, 2023:

It would be nice to straighten out but glad you're here

pamagain replies on Jan 22, 2023:

THANKS!

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Organist1 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

Glad you're back!

pamagain replies on Jan 22, 2023:

THANKS!

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Fernapple comments on Jan 22, 2023:

Welcome back, given a like for extra points.

pamagain replies on Jan 22, 2023:

THANKS!

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Marionville comments on Jan 22, 2023:

Wow…how did that happen! If you keep posting we’ll keep liking!

pamagain replies on Jan 22, 2023:

THANKS!

What percent probability would you assign to the scenario where climate change effects trigger World...

Petter comments on Jan 8, 2023:

Forget oil. Water access will be a major trigger, itself caused by a combination of increased demand due to increased population and reduced supply, in specific areas, due to climate change.

pamagain replies on Jan 22, 2023:

Without reliable water, food sources will dry up (pun intentional) and millions will face either growing their own food or stealing it from others.