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confused2
Aug 29, 2019 01:19 AM
Greta Thunberg. This is a post on Random thoughts/Comments and isn't backed by the research I would put into a thread O/P. I do think we are heading for something 'apocalyptic' but not quite directly for the reason she gives. The apocalypse I see is the bugs in a bottle problem where the population expands until all resources are consumed - the population doesn't stabilise at that point - it crashes 'apocalyptically'. Climate change as a consequence of consumption without regard to the future is as much a symptom as a cause.
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Leigha
Sep 1, 2019 08:43 PM
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Thinking of going to the movies later with a friend, unfortunately...his taste in movies aren't quite mine. He told me that it's my ''turn'' to compromise. Why do I get the feeling we'll end up seeing 47 Meters? 
ETA, no movie today. Pouring rain and decided to go out to dinner, instead. Just as well, I don't really like wasting money to see ''any'' movie.
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Leigha
Sep 2, 2019 05:39 PM
My heart hurts for the Bahamas...It's just unreal...the weather station is showing footage of neighborhoods and the airport, and it looks like the middle of the ocean, that is how much water has moved through. It's hard to tell where the ocean actually begins and ends. 
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confused2
Sep 4, 2019 08:40 PM
I think empathy might follow an inverse square law. One rat slowly drowning in my house overshadowed everything else happening in the world.
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Leigha
Sep 5, 2019 03:10 AM
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I really wish that name calling wasn't so common on here...it really ruins good discussions/threads. Of course, spirited/heated debates sometimes happen...maybe ad homs are to be expected now and again, but calling someone a ''piece of shit?'' Repeatedly? Sigh.
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Zinjanthropos
Sep 5, 2019 02:04 PM
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(Sep 5, 2019 03:10 AM)Leigha Wrote: I really wish that name calling wasn't so common on here...it really ruins good discussions/threads. Of course, spirited/heated debates sometimes happen...maybe ad homs are to be expected now and again, but calling someone a ''piece of shit?'' Repeatedly? Sigh.
Could it be that ad homs, insults and profanity directed at you are a sign you’ve won the argument or made a good point ? 
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Secular Sanity
Sep 5, 2019 02:57 PM
(Sep 4, 2019 08:40 PM)confused2 Wrote: I think empathy might follow an inverse square law. One rat slowly drowning in my house overshadowed everything else happening in the world.
Aww, poor little thing. Remember my story about my youngest son rescuing a mouse? Well, my oldest is completely different. He caught a skunk in a trap. A hippie guy asked him what he was going to do with it. He said that he was going to shoot it. The guy said, "Aww, don’t kill it. They’re really good for the environment." My son said, "Well, you’re more than welcome to take it with you. You can even keep the cage." He said, "Oh, hell no!"
My youngest son finally had his first MMA fight in the states. This was the first one that I could attend without having to wear hijab. The first few fights were a little bloodier than I anticipated. I started getting emotional and tearing up. I had to leave the building a couple of times before his fight. I felt a little better when he walked out with confidence to Back to the Hotel but the referee was in my way and I couldn’t tell who was on top. The guy next to me said, "Don’t worry. Your son is on top and they’re going to call the fight any minute now." A TKO in the first round and no one was injured. Yay! All around good sportsmanship, too. Eleven of his friends came to support him and there was a great after party. He loved it and received his first paycheck. Very stressful, though.
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Syne
Sep 5, 2019 10:50 PM
(Sep 5, 2019 03:10 AM)Leigha Wrote: I really wish that name calling wasn't so common on here...it really ruins good discussions/threads. Of course, spirited/heated debates sometimes happen...maybe ad homs are to be expected now and again, but calling someone a ''piece of shit?'' Repeatedly? Sigh.
As usual, you cite the reply in kind to name-calling, instead of the one who always starts it. 
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Leigha
Sep 5, 2019 11:10 PM
(Sep 5, 2019 10:50 PM)Syne Wrote: (Sep 5, 2019 03:10 AM)Leigha Wrote: I really wish that name calling wasn't so common on here...it really ruins good discussions/threads. Of course, spirited/heated debates sometimes happen...maybe ad homs are to be expected now and again, but calling someone a ''piece of shit?'' Repeatedly? Sigh.
As usual, you cite the reply in kind to name-calling, instead of the one who always starts it. But, you don't have to continue it.  For even yourself, like just to hold back and not react like that...sometimes, that feels better, in the end.
I should go back and see when this history started between you two. lol I feel like I've missed something...
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Syne
Sep 5, 2019 11:34 PM
(Sep 5, 2019 11:10 PM)Leigha Wrote: (Sep 5, 2019 10:50 PM)Syne Wrote: (Sep 5, 2019 03:10 AM)Leigha Wrote: I really wish that name calling wasn't so common on here...it really ruins good discussions/threads. Of course, spirited/heated debates sometimes happen...maybe ad homs are to be expected now and again, but calling someone a ''piece of shit?'' Repeatedly? Sigh.
As usual, you cite the reply in kind to name-calling, instead of the one who always starts it. But, you don't have to continue it. For even yourself, like just to hold back and not react like that...sometimes, that feels better, in the end.
I should go back and see when this history started between you two. lol I feel like I've missed something...
I've tried that, and it never did stem the tide of hatred spewing from him...because he always starts it, with little to no provocation. And why is it incumbent upon me to stop it anyway. Why is MR especially incapable of not STARTING the name-calling, and why do you accept that? Is it because he's gay? Because you like him and you have a double standard? Or that I consistently reply in a more measured fashion while he doesn't?
The history is that MR has a deep-seated hatred for me because I simply disagree with him. And disagreeing with MR leads to him attacking the person, and if you stand up to his bullshit, he just starts spewing insults.
And this community largely enables and reinforces his behavior, by ignoring his name-calling and often tacitly agreeing with it. The only way to stop bad behavior, without moderation, is for the community to decide that certain behavior is unacceptable FROM ANYONE. Not just from people you dislike. And consistently calling it out as bad behavior.
Personally, I don't think the people around here have the wherewithal to do so. They like the comfort of their own biased bubble, and MR is their guard dog. If people cared if their own dog barked, they would train it not to.
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