Hey, do you have any idea how many churches those democratic Chinese authorities have torn down over the last six months? The excuses they give are just straight-up ridiculous—like saying a cross is visible from the street and somehow distracting drivers or something. And it doesn’t stop there... they’re actually trying to swap out the Ten Commandments for quotes from—pardon my French—that whole ping pong diplomacy nonsense. They want to scrub the "controversial" parts right out of the Bible 😁 and all that other stuff. Honestly, that one specific part alone is enough reason for me to stay far away. I mean, what kind of attitude do they have toward minorities who aren't causing them any trouble?
If you guys aren't happy with how things work here in the West, feel free to head over to China and enjoy yourselves. You could always just head north to North Korea... though you might not be able to leave once you get there—and hey, at least they still use paper money in North Korea.
Look, us little guys, all we can really do is take things one day at a time focusing on living a bit more intentionally and keeping things simple cutting back on all those useless expenses we don't actually need and honestly—just pausing before hitting "buy" to ask if I actually want the thing 😁 And that’s pretty much the whole game The trick is to save when times are good, not when the COVID-19 recession hits Because once the recession rolls in, that's when you jump in with cash and start buying 😁
My internal hemorrhoids are acting up again—right in the middle of everything But honestly, I’m not even in pain, which is weird I’m just scrolling through these posts and reading everyone's comments... it's like you all act as if you swallowed a live grenade or something For me, I just go to the restroom, see some blood, and that's the whole story It’s been going on for decades now This makes it the fourth time this year alone I keep a log of it and everything
So, does Pilex actually work then???? Man, that stuff is expensive as hell
It’s getting pretty obvious that some subforums are taking themselves way too seriously —honestly, it’s a bit much—while others just seem to have absolutely zero sense of gravity .
Sam Martinez9 said:I think you're being a bit vague here. What does "humanity advancing" actually mean? In what specific sense are we progressing?
That’s the kind of topic you could spend days debating, spinning off into endless tangents without ever landing on a definitive conclusion—mostly because there isn't one.
I remember my grandmother used to slaughter a chicken every Sunday back on the farm. I’ve never slaughtered a chicken in my life, and honestly, if I were forced to, I don't think I could do it. Technological progress has reached a point where most people just grab pre-packaged meals at a Walmart or a Kroger, food that's been processed into shapes that are barely recognizable. Many people haven't just avoided slaughtering a chicken; they've never even seen a live one outside of a nature documentary.
Does that make us more humane?
It doesn't.
Our current way of life is decimating entire species. It's not just about one chicken or the amount of livestock we need to survive; whole varieties of animals and plants are simply vanishing.
And the kicker is, we do this while being fully aware of the consequences.
So, can we really claim that we've become more civilized?
I feel like I'm just collecting points and bans because of you.
Just one more thing... Here's our glorious progress for you: Queen Victoria was terrified of death during childbirth, but Kate and Meghan Markle aren't afraid. See ya.
Sam Martinez9 said:It’s becomes increasingly obvious that technology alone doesn't make us human. There has to be some other ingredient at play here—something more profound than just the tools we use.
The whole thing—technology and humanity—is tightly intertwined... as our species evolves, so does our tech, and vice versa. The idea that we'll be sending a bunch of low-life scavengers to Mars in a few decades—people who would just tear apart any golden "pyramids" they stumble upon just to line their own pockets—is honestly laughable. Whether we're talking about right now or 400 years from now... we should be sending the absolute best of us out into the cosmos.
I just can't wrap my head around anything else. I mean, look at history—scientists used to experiment on themselves, injecting serums or exposing themselves to radiation, all in the name of advancing the human race. The colonists we send to other planets shouldn't be the equivalent of the convicts the British sent to Australia... we need to be sending the finest examples of the human race.
Joseph Bailey41 said:So, you're talking about the Kirk crew being told by the Prime Directive not to meddle in the business of other planets? 😁
—well, there’s a similar vibe in some Eastern philosophies... it reminds me of a wildlife photographer who doesn't want to disturb a group of deer while he's snapping shots, which is totally fair enough
but when you have 2,600 colonists wanting to wipe out an entire forest-world inhabited by 3 million tiny people without any real explanation... other than "hey, we're just aggressive guys who love destruction"... that just doesn't hold water for me.
it's like those two guys on the ship in the first Alien movie, just standing there talking about their paychecks... people don't sign up for a voyage across the stars just for the money; they do it to see the world and maybe find a partner😁 the whole motivation of pure destruction and greed feels incredibly narrow-minded.
Mark Torres14 said:Let’s say humanity runs into an alien intelligence in the near future—something that evolved completely separately from us. That reality would absolutely wreck the scientific establishment. We'd be forced to tear up almost everything we think we know and rebuild our entire worldview from scratch. The real question is: in this hypothetical scenario, which philosophical stances, theories, and methods become totally obsolete? For instance, the idea that "man is the measure of all things" would become just as useless as claiming the Earth is a flat disc.
I feel like this is way too much of a "what if" scenario to even bother debating... it's kind of like saying a small-town high school team from rural Nebraska is going to win the Champions League... I mean, sure, anything is possible, but it's never actually happening. I don't really see why we'd need to change any perspectives in the end. The whole "flat earth" thing is already wrong. And the idea that man is the measure of all things still holds up within our own solar system... regardless of whether some other civilization exists out there or not.
I’ve actually started re-reading this short book by Ursula Le Guin, and I have to say, I'm feeling pretty conflicted—half impressed, half annoyed impressed by the world she built and her prose, but disappointed by the "cheat" of letting creatures like that participate in space exploration in the first place I mean, honestly, I just can't wrap my head around the idea that after discovering something traveling at near light-speed, a bunch of softies would be sent out as "missionaries" to another planet A version featuring some politically correct types who wouldn't even squash an ant—maybe something more like UN peacekeepers getting caught up in messes over in Africa—would be way more believable to me
Total waste of time Honestly, you could stare at a blank wall and have a better experience... that’s coming from someone like me who can sit through a movie for seven days straight without blinking.
Can someone please just delete my username? I was the one who actually kicked off this whole thread about Greta Thunberg I'm totally done with this—I don't want anything to do with it anymore.
I'm not going to dive into any specific case studies regarding the topic in the original post
In my view, we’re looking at a perfect storm of two things—a total lack of understanding regarding how things actually function on the ground in Canada—I mean, honestly, who outside of there could possibly grasp the nuances of how the Federation of Canada seats its constituent groups? It’s a mess where the rights of certain groups are being systematically sidelined—and a sort of rose-colored, romanticized nostalgia for what Canada was like back during the mid-century era, say between 1945 and 1991.
In the current climate of how everything works, calling someone Canadian is practically an insult Mozda it’s like telling a guy from Vukovar he’s just some local from Slavonia—you know, when you're trying to strip away his actual identity
I was actually wondering about this... honestly, today was the first time I ever heard that Tolkien was Catholic... how does that even stay under the radar? I mean, I’ve got at least six or seven of his books sitting on my shelf and I've known who he was since 1997😁 when I first picked up some of his work Today I was reading something else entirely—something totally unrelated—and then Tolkien’s name pops up in a discussion about faith, and it immediately triggered this thought in my head
Someone mentioned something earlier—if it matters for context, which it probably doesn't... yeah... we see it all the time where people claim something isn't relevant to the point, yet they bring it up anyway It’s a bit grim to say, but looking at what’s happening in the world lately... it’s not even about being ashamed of the cross or religious symbols anymore It’s more like... I don't know, maybe I'm just not the smartest guy here, but it feels like everyone is just pivoting toward believing in conspiracies instead