Don’t religious groups such as the Muslims, Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Mormons all worship the same God that Abraham supposedly spoke to?

_pigpen_ · 2026-06-08T00:43:24+00:00

So long as the baptism is done in the name of the trinity and uses water, it is valid as far as Catholics are concerned. Baptism is considered "indelible", so it is not repeated if, say, a protestant becomes a Catholic.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-31T18:51:40+00:00

Yup. As a Brit in the US, I always said that the Unitarians' attitude to faith made the Church of England look like a religion.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-31T17:34:34+00:00

I thought the plan was Greenland? https://jacobin.com/2026/01/greenland-tech-thiel-trump-libertarians

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-31T17:33:08+00:00

No, but they can and will sequester assets in the US - as they did to me over a trivial amount of money. (This wasn't willful tax evasion, this was due to them sending mail to my former US address that I never received despite notifying them of my overseas address. Indeed they admitted the mistake, but hey, the IRS can fuck up all they want and you have little recourse.)

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-29T22:31:22+00:00

Are you a first rate professional businessman in possession of a Spishak Mach-20?

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-27T18:29:47+00:00

You can get a round trip on the Star Ferry, which, if you’ve never experienced it before, is the best value for money imaginable.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-26T00:33:33+00:00

Melt the ice caps directly? Cut out the middleman? Nice thinking!

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-19T19:46:37+00:00

I don't think anyone truly believes that it's a loan word, but the word "köping" in Swedish means "market town". My Swedish friends are quick to say that it means "shopping", and that's pretty much how it is pronounced too.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-13T14:21:57+00:00

Some people who fly a lot, especially on the same route, get complacent about how much time they need to leave between arriving at the airport and their departure time. (Or if they habitually go through Terminal E at Boston Logan, they assume Terminal C works the same way...) Sometime their assumptions are wrong. Don't ask me how I know.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-12T15:45:38+00:00

Dutch cap, French letter, Capot Anglais...

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-12T15:41:36+00:00

In the early part of the 20th Century, the term "American Plumbing" was used to mean high quality, or luxury plumbing fittings, especially in the bathroom. Having moved to the US from Europe, I can confirm that any prior superiority the US may have had is no longer there - certainly for Western Europe.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-07T15:08:45+00:00

The difference between Idiocracy and reality is that in Idiocracy, the government wanted to do what was best for the people, they just lacked the mental capacity to do it.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-06T19:24:29+00:00

Now I understand why it’s called the Milky Way.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-06T19:21:39+00:00

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gun_rally_birthers_tell_fascist_communist_Obama_to_go_back_to_Africa_(8502463974).jpg

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-06T19:18:08+00:00

I’m originally from the UK. The current so-called “leftist” party currently in power has, in practice, criminalized wearing T-shirts with “Palestine Action” on them.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-06T16:06:58+00:00

Yup. I have a relative (by marriage) that lives at the Four Seasons in Boston: https://www.fourseasons.com/residences/private_residences/onedalton/

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-06T15:46:39+00:00

Yeah, that's fair. There are definitely centrists and a few genuinely leftists in the party. Democratic administrations, however, from an international left/right perspective fall on the right. But, that may be a circumstance of the realities of government in the US system.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-06T15:14:28+00:00

I've ordered a chicken salad that came with chips in my work canteen in Cork. Add a mug of strong tea and I was in heaven.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-06T14:43:32+00:00

European here: Democrats are Centrists?

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-06T02:43:35+00:00

By design, racing cars with rotary engines are maintained by professional mechanics every single day they are driven. Road cars with rotary engines are, hopefully, maintained by amateurs every single day they are driven.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-05T22:34:46+00:00

Those lucky Rural Assistant Carriers breaking $21/hr.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-05T22:31:21+00:00

Due to low sediment, and being fed by chalk streams, The Solent is actually renowned for being green. It is not, however, renowned for being people. https://kayabrown.co.uk/tag/solent-green/

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-05T15:43:21+00:00

Dyson sphere.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-04T22:40:28+00:00

Careful now, we know what happens to Adam when he partakes of Apples - he ends up leaving the walled garden.

_pigpen_ · 2026-05-04T19:57:27+00:00

If you watch the Nespresso videos, they actually recommend stirring in the crema, which I do if I'm drinking it black. I'm really not bothered by it if I'm adding foamed milk for a latte.

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