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RE: Opinionated - We don't have a shortage on Cs....

he/she finds you EVEN FUNNIER, than USUAL, tonight, Lee! Keep up the good posting! I NEED my laughs - EVERY DAY!

RE: Opinionated - We don't have a shortage on Cs....

So? Are you trying to tell me you think "I" HAVE a "big" ego? You're entitled to that opinion! "I"don't think so, of course. Mine's only averagely "large". But I WILL admit to being outspoken, and TOUGH to run over! And, as you once told me, I DO have cojones!

And WHO (other than LeeNOTSOCharming [and his alter ego{s}]) have I attacked, "personally"? I post my comments, but they're NOT "personal" (except when I give specific advice to a specific individual). I'm just stating MY thoughts/opinions, same as everybody else. And WHEN was I "harsh", on Miwagi? I think Miwagi is alright, too. AS far as "MORE carefully", EVERYBODY IS more "careful", than ME! As I've said BEFORE, I'll tell God what I think, if I feel He NEEDS to be told! I'm NOT here, for popularity! Whether you (or ANYBODY) likes, or dislikes me, is THEIR problem! "I" couldn't care LESS! I DON'T CARE if somebody GETS "offended", by/at me.To ME, it's actually a beneficial! Of ALL the people I've met, here, there are only a couple that ARE as upfront, and open/honest, as me (I think). Not that others AREN'T being open/honest! But most people DON'T SAY everything that's on their minds! People tend to hold things back! (For WHATEVER reasons.) Whereas I SELDOM do! I AM kinda a bull in a China shop. And THAT UPSETS a lot of people. You being one, apparently! But I AM the way I am, because I CHOOSE to be this way! I HAVE my reasons! And they are sufficient, for me. I'm NOT "tame"! NOT "civilized"! And "I" like me BETTER, that way!

(Oh! I ALMOST forgot! I DO eat bacon! So I GUESS you CAN trust me! )

RE: This site is amazing and great, THE BEST !

I THINK THAT is a matter of opinion, friend! And IF "I" had to chose, "I" WOULD have stopped writing you, TOO!

RE: This site is amazing and great, THE BEST !

THAT'S OBVIOUS! You've been trying to trick SOMEBODY into loving and validating you - EVER SINCE "I" have been here! STILL no luck, I see!

RE: The Best Room:

The BEST room - is the library - FULLY accoutered!

RE: Opinionated - We don't have a shortage on Cs....

ACTUALLY, the rice in your curry is a carbohydrate, which spikes your glucose, and IS MORE likely to make you "fat" and "diabetic", than bacon and eggs! But we ALL have our "delusions"!

RE: Opinionated - We don't have a shortage on Cs....

And WHAT, EXACTLY, is it, you want me to take away from this comment, Rainy? Or are you just telling me (and everybody) what YOUR "value system" is?

RE: For everyone ( please read )

The MOST INAPPROPRIATE nom de plume IN/ON CS! Or MAYBE I SHOULD ASK, The way to WHAT/WHERE? The lunatic asylum? Self-aggrandizement? How to show your prejudice/bias, in 9,999,999 easy lessons? HOW TO BE BEYOND STUPID? ALL THE WAY TO SELF-DELUDED - deaf, dumb, and blind! You SHOULD LEAVE this thread! But do what you like! That's my BEST advice!

RE: For everyone ( please read )

I DON'T feel impelled to add anything!

RE: Opinionated - We don't have a shortage on Cs....

Socrates" I cannot teach anybody, anything! I can only make them think."

What IS it that you're "enlightening" people TO, Miwagi? YOUR thoughts/ideas/opinions? Or you pronouncing yourself THE font of wisdom, these days? And WHY do you suppose YOUR "ways" are LESS "error filled" than everybody else's?

RE: Stefan Molyneux talking facts

If I WAS talking to "myself", Lee, WHY ARE YOU RESPONDING? And IF you don't read my posts, HOW DO YOU "KNOW" They're "long and boring"?

As far as "boring the rest of us with your loony posts", #1. IF you didn't read them, HOW could they "bore" you? #2. You're welcome to call my posts WHATEVER you like! "I" (UNLIKE YOU) support freedom of speech! But IF "MY" posts are "loony", what does that make YOURS? At least mine are constructed in a reasonably well conceived way. Having mostly proper form (sentences, paragraphs, etc.), AND information! NOT just rants, with NO foundation! There IS an internal logic, in mine, that I FAIL to perceive, in yours.

And, as far as "mental illness" is concerned, I've BEEN ADJUDGED (by numerous trained and credentialed psychologists and psychiatrists), over the years, to not only BE "sane", REMARKABLY so, for a person with such a "divergent" perspective, as well as well informed on a wider range of subjects, than most, and in the top 20% (or less) of the general population, in intelligence! NOT "MY" opinion! THEIRS! Stated in official documents! The LOWEST my "IQ" has ever been tested as, is 123. So I'm OKAY, with your "loony"! Would that YOU were AS "loony", as I am!

But PLEASE! Keep your jokes coming! I enjoy the laughter you engender!

RE: How do You like Your marshmallow

I choose "other", because I LIKE my "roasted" marshmallows to be the next thing to "liquid", but I prefer NOT to have them burnt, ot have to pull a "rind" off them. So NONE of your pictures looks like the way I prefer MY marshmallows! But doing it MY way, takes a lot more time. But, IF I'm roasting marshmallows, WHAT'S the hurry?

RE: How do You like Your marshmallow

From YOU, Pat, I would have expected "malebox"!

RE: If You Could Only Pick Two Pills?

Being that you're ANTI-feminist, Lee, WHY would you want to do that? I UNDERSTAND that "femininity" and "feminist" are two different things! But what trait of "womanliness" are ladies lacking, that you would wish them to be MORE "feminine"? Or is it just that you wish they ALL were made from the SAME mold? One that confines them to the roles you THINK they should "BE" in? Personally, "I" LIKE the diversity of women! Gives me a CHOICE, for a female partner! And variety/choice is ALWAYS a good thing! Life would be VERY BORING, if we had NO "choices"!

RE: If You Could Only Pick Two Pills?

You have the conceptual understanding of a gnat! Or maybe a nail, Lee! NONE of the items listed ARE available, through pill! She MIGHT as well have said, of THESE things, which two would you MOST prefer! But she DIDN'T! (Maybe because she found that Meme, with the pills, to illustrate her thought!) I KNOW it may be hard/difficult, for YOU, Lee, but TRY to see MORE than just YOUR "view" of things, once in a while!

Of those offered, I'd chose the $500 per day, and soulmate! But IF I COULD create my own choices, I'd choose perpetual health, and constant happiness. With THOSE two, I could make do with most other situations life might throw at me!

RE: So... Nobody on this Cs Forum can think for themselves - All Sheep.....

I have NO PROBLEM with people disagreeing with me! At least I can deal with them! It's the ones who you CAN'T tell where they stand, or what they meant/want, that "I" have trouble with! I DON'T EXPECT everybody/anybody to agree with me, but I DO like having an idea where you stand, so I can know what I CAN depend on you for! It's the ones that you that DON'T HAVE an opinion of their own that are useless and irritate me.

RE: Humanitarian help needed

You MIGHT use this option. If you're ONLY interested in "spellcheck", it's superfluous, but I have "Dictionary.com" added to my frequently used "Apps" bar. It's a combination Dictionary/Thesaurus, and it doesn't DO spellcheck, per se, but you can check the spelling, and correct it yourself, as you might in a handwritten document. I just like having it handy, for words that I'm unfamiliar with. And the thesaurus function, for when I'm doing my writing.

RE: So... Nobody on this Cs Forum can think for themselves - All Sheep.....

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Pandering - AGAIN, are we, Lee?

RE: Stefan Molyneux talking facts

RE: Stefan Molyneux talking facts

From reading your posts, Lee, IS THERE ANYTHING that DOESN'T disgust you? You seem to find most women disgusting. There goes HALF the world! You think Muslims ARE disgusting. There goes ANOTHER billion or so. You find NON "whites" disgusting. That eliminates another couple of billion people. Is it ANY WONDER that you're a lonely frustrated man, Lee? IF you "liked" ANYBODY, there might be SOMEBODY in this world that could improve your "quality of life"! But you go on being an equal opportunity hater! I understand! Some people just LIKE being miserable, all the time!

RE: For everyone ( please read )

MISdirection, again! I haven't really commented on YOUR issue of Kaylana responding to you! Other than saying it's HER prerogative, to answer, or not answer! What I HAVE commented upon, is YOUR ATTEMPT to MAKE her respond! YOUR "blackmail", that you ATTEMPT to make people BELIEVE is/was HER blackmail! I've been reading Kaylana's posts for a year, now. Sh's ALWAYS been respectful, thoughtful, and given well informed responses. I respect her, VERY MUCH! And, NOW, YOU come along and try to "intimidate" her. Try to dictate to her. Attempt using propaganda "tricks" on her. You don't know me, and I don't know you. But I'm willing to bet "I" KNOW MORE about "language", than you do. It's uses, misuses, and how to manipulate it.

And YES! I WOULD believe that you "see" my comments about this "issue" as "biased"! And I'll ADMIT that I AM biased! I THINK/FEEL that Kaylana IS MUCH MORE open, honest, and straightforward, than YOU are! She DOESN'T "play" with words, like I see YOU doing! My question to YOU, is can you "see" how COMPLETELY "biased" your posts are perceived, by the various other members (INCLUDING me) reading these threads? You should remove the splinter from your own eye, before commenting on the one in MY eye! But no! THEN, you might have to see some things you DON'T WISH to "see"!

RE: For everyone ( please read )

#1. You TRY to present yourself as an erudite, reasonable man, Way! But you make me WONDER about that! A man that CONTINUALLY misspells "Christianity", "Bible", and even his own people's religion, "Muslim", when the CORRECT spelling IS shown to him, repeatedly, does NOT have the appearance of erudition OR intelligence, to ME! I don't know HOW the Dutch spell those words, but, since you're writing your comments/posts in English, I DON'T THINK it matters!

You HAVEN'T asked ME, but "I" DISAGREE with Kaylana! "I" think the "problems" lay in BOTH the ideology AND the people! BOTH Christianity/Christians, AND Islam/Muslims! I have a problem with the fanatics/fanaticism on BOTH sides! But then, as I said before, I have a problem with people that "KNOW" THEY "KNOW"! Of which, you're convincing ME you ARE one of them!

Kaylana's response to you IS/WAS PERFECTLY straight forward and reasonable! If you CHOOSE to NOT "see" it THAT way, then that's YOUR problem! And you TRYING to make it HERS, by way/means of debating "tricks", is NOT worthy of respect! Kaylana gives considered, respectful and reasonable replies! She DOESN'T resort to propaganda techniques, or pejoratives! But that DOESN'T hold true, with ME! So, IF you insist on continuing this line of "attack", take it up with me! IF you refuse to respect Kaylana, I'll START disrespecting YOU, in EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, you're treating her!

Now, it's 2:30 AM, my time, so I'm going to leave you to think it over. It's your choice. You can either accept Kaylana's response, or not. But IF you keep denigrating her/it, I'll take it up with you, tomorrow! So consider your position well.

RE: For everyone ( please read )

#1. It's NOT "MY" issue! I'm NOT the one that didn't answer you! #2. I've been reading Kaylana's posts in the forums for approximately a year, now. And I've NEVER ONCE read an insensitive, unthoughtful, or disrespectful post, from/by her. Her replies are well stated, well considered, and ALWAYS "positive"! IF she chooses to respond, or not respond, to you, I have 999% faith that Kaylana HAS a reason for doing so! And I DON'T FEEL that you have a right to question those reasons! And I ACTUALLY FEEL that you ARE "emotionally blackmailing" HER, into replying to you, in/by YOUR response! Which is WHY I said that "I" FELT you owed her an apology!

As far as my NOT commenting on the "actual" issue, MY issue was your (IMO) DISRESPECTFUL treatment of one of the BEST, MOST POSITIVE contributors, on/to the forums! Your PRESUMPTION to tell another poster WHAT, or WHAT NOT, they ought to do! Since WHEN were YOU appointed God/monitor of the forums? It is NOT your place to instruct another member of the forums on what they should do, or when/what they should say/respond. And IF you wish to continue raising this issue, with ME, I can ALMOST CERTAINLY guarantee that you WON'T "appreciate" the results! But, PLEASE! DO as you wish! I DON'T WISH to impede your folly! I haven't been in a fight for days! And people, here, WILL tell you that I LIKE to "fight", if you'll only ask them!

RE: Choices - a sign of intellect

I may be wrong, on this, Kaylana (I've never read any statistics), but I'm SUPPOSING that that something over 90% of the choices that are made, were THOUGHT TO BE the best options, at the time they were made. (There will ALWAYS be some who intentionally chose "wrong" choices.) I don't think the "criteria" should be "good", or "bad", but whether the person actually considered the choices possible, and choose the one they THOUGHT would have the best/preferable outcome.

As far as one person criticizing another's choice, to me, it's a sign of "disrespect". Or egotism. Which, in a way, to a degree, are similar things. It's a sign that they don't consider that the other person is capable of "thinking" - for themself! And IF you don't allow a person to "think" for themself, then you're encouraging a society of "dependents", of people that can't/don't/won't think for themselves, which is a large step down the path of the demise of the human species. When people stop making choices, they stop trying. And, when they stop trying, they start dying. The ONLY person who ISN'T going to make mistakes, is a person whose NOT DOING anything! So I never worry about making mistakes! As Thomas Edison said, "I haven't failed! I've discovered another way that doesn't work." And IF I KEEP eliminating the ways that DON'T work, EVENTUALLY I'll find a way that DOES work! The road to success is LITTERED with mistakes!

(Oh! And how's that other thing coming along? Are you making any progress on that alternative heat source, yet? We're ALL pulling for you!)

RE: For everyone ( please read )

"emotional blackmail"? I GUESS you COULD view it that way, IF you chose to. But I SERIOUSLY DOUBT you're going to get ANYBODY, HERE, that would agree that Kaylana would EVER consciously try to "impose" her, or ANY opinion, on ANYBODY! She's one of the 2 or 3 MOST open, honest and above board posters on the forums! I THINK you owe her an apology!

RE: For everyone ( please read )

Some people on here say I shouldn't write about religion or politics or history. I like and enjoy reading about history, religion and politics. It interests me and I enjoy learning and finding out new things.

I like information. I want to know and find out how things work and why they are the way there. I like history...Knowing what happened.

I also don't like it when people refuse to read the information I provided but still comment on the topic without knowing anything about it. Especially if they come up with their own "truth" even though all the FACTS and EVIDENCE is right there. Of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion even if it's based on fairytales.

I don't mind different opinions but....too much is too much. Because it's so far from the truth or/and plain stupidity.

Of the two, I MUCH PREFER questions that can't be answered, over answers that can't be questioned! I commend your interest in knowing! Learning is the constant job, of ALL peoples. Or SHOULD be! But I have one problem with the whole concept of "knowing".The ONLY "knowledge" I think I possess is in mathematics. And the ONLY REASON I THINK I have any mathematical knowledge is because I'm familiar with most of the DEFINITIONS, of mathematics. You say you enjoy history. My question is WHAT "HISTORY" do you "KNOW"? I read history because i enjoy reading it, too. But I learned early on, that different people describe the events of "history", differently! Even eyewitnesses often give widely different "views" of what happened, in what order, and why. You can pick and choose amongst "histories", much like you can pick and choose from a variety of cloths! To suit YOUR taste! OR perspective. What you're really describing is your choice of "belief"! NOT "history"! Religion and politics are the two topics it is advised that should not be discussed, in polite company. That's NOT because they are unimportant topics, but because they are so divisive. I hold "beliefs" in both arenas, but I prefer not to get involved in discussions of either, because I KNOW MY beliefs will most likely offend others. So I see nothing to be gained in discussing them, in general conversation.

You say you "DON'T LIKE it when people refuse to read the information I provided but still comment on the topic without knowing anything about it." #1. HOW DO YOU KNOW they didn't/don't read it? #2. What gives you the RIGHT TO PRESUME THEY DON'T "KNOW" ANYTHING about it? And, "Especially if they come up with their own "truth" even though all the FACTS and EVIDENCE is right there." Again, isn't saying that you're presenting ALL the "true" FACTS/EVIDENCE being just a BIT presumptuous? I DOUBT that ANYBODY is familiar with ALL the information written, about ANYTHING! And, even IF they were, THEIR presentation of "facts/evidence" is, I'm inclined to believe, more a matter of THEIR "BELIEFS" about the subject, than "facts/evidence", in truth! "Of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion even if it's based on fairytales." But you OBVIOUSLY haven't learned that one man's truth is another man's fairytale! And his fairytale is another's truth! What IS common "knowledge", today, is OFTEN tomorrow's fairytale! What gives YOU the RIGHT to think that YOU are the sole arbiter of truth/knowledge? By making such a statement, all you're saying is that you have a CLOSED mind, on the topic! And, since YOU state that "everyone is entitled to their own opinion", can I inquire as to your purpose in trying to censor their expression of THEIR "opinion", with your included complains thereon, in this argument of yours? Or is it just that you feel YOUR "opinions" SHOULD take precedence, over theirs? I'll admit that "I" KNOW very little! But, in MY experience, "KNOWING" something IS the biggest block to LEARNING ANYTHING about a subject! MAYBE, IT you "knew" a little LESS, you MIGHT BE ABLE to LEARN a little more!

RE: American Men.....

WE're just trying to save "U", M4!

RE: In Four Words

RE: In Four Words

No! You are BORING!

RE: To start over, at middle age.

When you let it! Personally, I'm 70, going on ??! You're whatever "age" - MENTALLY - that you CHOOSE to be.

As far as picking up and relocating to a new place, Dee, I've been through it several times. NOT ALWAYS through desire (on MY part). The one piece of advice I'll give you, is "DON'T BE "TIMID"! Get involved in things and with the people of your new location! If you can afford to, buy a bunch of hot dogs, or whatever cheap local "fast" food is popular in that area, whip up some potato salad, order a keg of brew, and print up an invite for all your neighbors to come to a BBQ on Saturday! The thing I DISLIKE about modern western culture is the lack of "community" in most population centers, today. People can live next door to someone for 10 years, and not even know their name! When you arrive in a new area, check it out! See if there are any things happening in the area, that pertain to interests of yours! And GO TO them. The "key" (as far as "I" am concerned) is to "get involved", as much as possible, as soon as possible. The MORE "involved" you are, with your new people and places, the less time you'll have, to miss your old friends and environment. And SOON, you'll wake up to find that you have a whole NEW set of friends and activities! Or NEW PEOPLE to share OLD activities WITH! Go explore your new environment! You may find MANY NEW things, you've never known/done before! And LIKE many of them. DON'T BE "afraid" to try new things, pitch in and help, with community projects! It's ALL about "participating"! The MORE you participate, the more you'll get involved with the people and places of your new environment! The MORE new "friends" you'll make. The more activities you'll be invited to. And the less lonely and "outsider" you'll feel! The MORE "interested" you are (in your new environs), the more interesting you'll be TO, and FOR your new "friends"! And the MORE "FUN" you'll have! JMO Happy ADVENTURE!