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"I'm not Christian, but I am fascinated by religion in general, and as much as I have disagreed with konolia on plenty points in the past, I think that the negative and intolerant attitude toward ALL religions really lowers the discourse here. The..." [
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favorited 59 times, recently by paleyellowwithorange, zoomorphic
6 days ago
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"One thing I forgot to mention:
A 12 step slogan that I read once and have often leaned on in my relationship is "HALT" which stands for "Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired". all of these are triggers for our most hurtful behavior...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by chicainthecity, eponymouse, vers
8 days ago
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"Together over 3 years-- not long compared to some of these folks-- however, I have something to contribute.
When we first began dating in June 2003, I wasn't necessarily shopping for a long-term thing. One day in August, he started talking about..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by chicainthecity, eponymouse
8 days ago
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"Its posts like these that drive me closer and closer to becoming a full-fledged member of the Rationalist Jihad.
Why? Because you really can't bear to think that otherwise intelligent people would spend their money on something you think is..." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by sambosambo
3 weeks ago
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"Their gesture isn't about then, it's about now and the situation they are currently in.
Your refusal of it wouldn't be about now, it would be about then, in memory of the person you were then.
The person you are now wants to go on the trip...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Brody's chum
4 weeks ago
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"Wow, there must be something in the water lately.
Really, there is no guarantee that you will ever have a significant relationship. There, I said it. There is no bill of rights that we are swaddled in at birth that guarantees that we will be..." [
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favorited 69 times, recently by oceanview, porn in the woods, MsElaineous, themaskedwonder, elizardbits, umlaut, toastedbeagle, ifjuly, lonefrontranger, Ringo, yohko, prior
Last month
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"I've always hated the Book of Job because I thought the lesson was ruined by letting Job get all his stuff back.
Then I read Jack Miles' interpretation of it in "God: A Biography" in which he demonstrates that the Bible's precedent for..." [
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Last month
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"The week after September 11th, I worked on organizing the Islam section of the used bookstore I worked at, thinking many people in Arizona would want to find out more about a religion that was being mentioned every minute in the news as the cause of..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by nikitabot
Last month
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"You can't do it all. It's great that you see yourself as the kind of person who could or would like to do x, y, and z. In some ways that counts for something, but realistically, you are given 24 hours in a day and and a finite amount of energy to..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by themaskedwonder, chicainthecity
Last month
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"I do not know you and do not wish to sound judgmental, but as my younger sister has gone through a lot of what your girlfriend has, I'd like to offer an alternate point of view.
My sister is 22, and for the past couple of years has been in the..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by jaymzjulian, Haruspex, supercrayon
Last month
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"Contact Compassion and Choices (dot org) to see whether there is a chapter in your area to offer care and advice. While your father may not choose to hasten his death, C&C also offers unique services to make sure that patients' pain is treated..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blindcarboncopy
Last month
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""We are a group of creative and educated people. We are a community of psuedo intellectuals and artists."
Also, as a Greenpoint resident, the idea that someone could add "pseudo-intellectuals" to a list of POSITIVE qualities..." [
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favorited 16 times, recently by grouse
Last month
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"My response was "OMG, so THAT'S how the connection between those two meanings came about... DUH!"
A leap that others seem to be having a hard time with, apparently.
It seems that people are bringing up a lot examples involving youth..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flamk
Last month
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"Exactly, rhymer. The mall is the real "violator". What passes for public space is just a meticulously designed outlet for corporate predation, which contributes nothing to culture or to the needs of the community in proportion to what it..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by dyoneo
2 months ago
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"As a man who has worn makeup for theatre and for occasional personal use, I always feel strangely powerful wearing it. The power to so easily and artfully change your appearance is a psychological wonder (which is why so many women feel so confident..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Coatlicue
2 months ago
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"Yeah, I'm very sex-positive, but I really think that almost all kinks and "fetishes" are the result of hiccups in sexual development, if not outright unresolved issues. It's great that people are able to find others to share them with and..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by ifjuly
2 months ago
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"During my mother's visit to NYC, I tried to take her and her friend to places off the beaten track, but they were more interested in going to the Empire State Building, filming the subway with their camcorder, and recognizing things they'd seen on TV...." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by sondrialiac
2 months ago
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"Matters of lineage aside, judge your teacher as an individual. Based on what you know of this person, do they have something to teach you? That should be all that matters.
By being in a religious community, you do not surrender your instinct..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
2 months ago
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"I plan to always be alone, any accidental long-term relationships are welcome but unnecessary.
As for kids, most of the sane, rational creative people I've known who have thought themselves to be awesome potential parents have been discouraged..." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by Ringo, zueod, hfbellefille, Coatlicue, eponymouse
2 months ago
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"First you need to figure out where you draw the line. This isn't necessarily about joining or becoming anything, it's simply about you taking responsibility for what you consume, making the compromises you think are fair, and basically being able to..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by teststrip, mindless progress
2 months ago
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"It sounds like your empathy is amped up all the way right now. You are trying to understand him from every angle, including the pain he inflicts on himself and his determination to make very permanent decisions based on his feelings. And you're..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by FuzzyVerde
2 months ago
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"Didn't mean to sound like I was tacking the New Testament onto the Tanakh, matteo. Everything you said is correct and I didn't mean to mislead.
I'm just fascinated by the difference it makes when you take the Jewish ordering of the books and then..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by magstheaxe
2 months ago
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"delmoi, Ezekiel sligs a little mud on that concept too:
Ezekiel 20:23-26
God: "Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the desert that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries, because they had not..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by magstheaxe, Monochrome, pandaharma
2 months ago
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"Certain psychedelics done in a certain setting will at least introduce you to what you could be seeing in your everyday life. I know for many people that's an unacceptable answer because of the biases each individual brings to the table, but that is..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by malapropist
3 months ago
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"Achoo.
Wow, caddis, that's a lot of presumptions in one response, not to mention a piping hot crapload of unsolicited ignorance.
I mentioned that I do many for free.
I mentioned that I do not strive to court the attention of the types of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sambosambo
3 months ago
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"Okay, I really did think it was sweet, I loved imagining what it felt like to see the shapes come together, and really her face said it all.
But so many of our private moments are already so public, I really hate this trend. I will go to your..." [
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favorited 16 times, recently by inatizzy
3 months ago
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"My relationship is a lot like yours in this area, with me being the cuckoo and my partner being the concerned voice of reason. He feels sorry for me because I am clearly soft-headed and inequipped to deal with "reality". I feel sorry for..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by interuptus, Eudaimonia
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"...with a million dollars she could do a lot of stuff.
At a certain point in your life, you simply do what you do and are what you are. An old lady is happy with her life and has the agency to keep it the way it is. She grew up in a time when..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by sunshinesky, nasreddin, dog food sugar
3 months ago
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"Between these and SoftPaws, my army of feline drag queens is nearly ready to march. I'm just looking for a really good portable karaoke machine that can be armed with a laser sight...." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by miss-lapin, batmonkey
4 months ago
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"A friend of mine bought every single secondhand paperback copy of "My Antonia" that she could find and gave them as gifts at her wedding-- this was the book that she and the groom had bonded over during their first few dates, and they..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by girlpublisher
4 months ago
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"I actually do appreciate the comment, Ruff. And while I see your point culturally, I also think that most people don't really know why they want the things they want, but that doesn't keep them from attaining or consuming. I want to understand..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by salvia
5 months ago
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"It's not that it's best to keep changing your beliefs, it's that it is best to be able to retain the ability to change them at will. Which is like a muscle that needs to be worked out in order to keep it limber.
Find the soft spots in your logic,..." [
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favorited 19 times, recently by proj08
5 months ago
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"I can exactly relate to this feeling. Try to keep in mind that almost any spiritual path you could choose would be "stealing". Catholicism may feel geographically relevant to you, but Christ is not a European figure.
As for why the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sambosambo
5 months ago
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"Sukiari is just offering one of those contrary points of view we're all supposed to be so grateful for when it comes to matters of violence against grossly misunderstood and incredibly vulnerable individuals.
With that second abortion thread..." [
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6 months ago
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"The reason they will defeat us is that they are too boring for us to really care about until it's too late." [
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6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Plus, he gave up when someone his family got sick.
In other words, he gave the moment real life intruded on his juvenile fantasy. Which is exactly where the real experiment BEGINS for most people.
Barbara E. gets a lot of nagging criticism,..." [
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6 months ago
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"Start your holiday cards, if you do holidays.
Start a project you can chip away at all winter. I'm refurbishing a quilt from my great-grandmother that somehow was passed along to me. And by "refurbishing", I mean sewing everything in..." [
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6 months ago
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"I think the more deliciously vague favorites are, the better off we are. The best argument about them turning mefi into a popularity contest is that no one knows what they mean. They could mean, "me too!" Or they could mean, "You..." [
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6 months ago
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"Rather than this being about meditation, to me it sounds like it's more about your personal philosophy. What does it mean to "waste" something? Is it even possible? If so, is there anything wrong with that?
Once when I asked a..." [
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6 months ago
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"In general, making a cup of tea for yourself is a pleasant ritual with the handy potential side-effect of caffiene and herbal stimulation.
Buy a kind of tea that sounds good to you. Find a fancy teacup and saucer and spoon just for your tea. You..." [
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6 months ago
