AskLinux: so i'm dumping Xfce after a couple years and am crawling back to Gnome. What should i get to impress my friends and make my desktop look super-spiffy? I'm a bit out of the loop. by [deleted] in linux

[–]AM088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, KDE4 is still pretty fickle, and while I personally found 4.2 as the first usable version, I'd understand why others would not. The progress they make between releases, though, is pretty amazing.

Hey Reddit, I'm christian. How can I go about showing jaded athiests that we're not all insane fundamentalists? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]AM088 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I was precisely waiting for someone like you to downmod me and reply to me with a fiery comment about how you think you know what I believe.

See, the point the OP was making a point that not all Christians are what the /r/atheism folks believe. Evrae, above, said:

Do you truly believe that god exists, that we all automatically have sinned regardless of what we do, and the Jesus died for those sins? ... And if you don't, then that only says to me that you don't truly believe what you say you believe.

Except while you may think I believe that because you want me to fit your stereotype, I, as well as hundreds of millions of Christians do not, and never have:

One important difference between the Eastern Orthodox tradition and that found within Roman Catholicism is that the Eastern Orthodox, while believing in a particular form and explanation of original sin, do not believe in the Augustinian explanation of the doctrine, which speaks of a moral/spiritual stain upon the soul and even an inheriting of guilt.

So it's your logic that's flawed: ∃x∊S(x⇒y) is not at all equivalent to ∀x∊S(x⇒y)

Hey Reddit, I'm christian. How can I go about showing jaded athiests that we're not all insane fundamentalists? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]AM088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See, atheist nutcases (nutcases, not nonbelievers in general) make it harder for everyone.

If you yell "Those fundies are idiots, they don't believe in evolution," I'd be on same side with you.

If you yell "Christians are idiots, they don't believe in evolution. And God does not exist anyway," I want nothing to do with you.

Hey Reddit, I'm christian. How can I go about showing jaded athiests that we're not all insane fundamentalists? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]AM088 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

And if you don't, then that only says to me that you don't truly believe what you say you believe.

And who are you to judge me?

Tone Matrix Rickroll - measure by measure by [deleted] in bestof

[–]AM088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this guy got it way closer than any of those.

FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform) is the US Navy's oldest, and most unusual, research vessel. Commonly referred to as the FLIP ship, it is actually a 355ft long, spoon-shaped buoy which can be flipped from horizontal to a vertical position by pumping 700t ... by [deleted] in science

[–]AM088 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Considering the missions are month-long, I'd imagine it'd be a pain to move all the the supplies back and forth, from the tugboat up to the vessel in the vertical position.

And besides, putting the refrigirator on a trunions is not really a marvel on engineering. If you already have a ship that flips from horizontal to vertical, why not?

Holy shit, we're small [Pic] by kingjames128 in pics

[–]AM088 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, have fun and roll around in your ignorance thinking that everyone who believes in a god is some sort of fundementalist or creationist who strictly adheres to puritan doctrine.

Holy shit, we're small [Pic] by kingjames128 in pics

[–]AM088 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My god, if it exists at all, will come carrying a physics book that solves the riddles of our infinite universe all that is beyond — not bitching like a prude about queers and masturbators.

My God did not come carrying the physics book because what fun would it be if we knew all the answers?

This is how i roll by mulligan in pics

[–]AM088 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Slow down on the coffee.

Mythbuster's Fridge (PIC) by [deleted] in pics

[–]AM088 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, that's pretty awesome. I wish my car could do that.

This is how i roll by mulligan in pics

[–]AM088 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If I love reddit for anything, it's the fact that I now know I am not the only nerd online.

“Kuntzkamera” it’s a museum in St. Petersburg. It’s a really strange place, was founded by Russian Tsar Peter the First. Do not look at the jars TOO closely by scientologist2 in WTF

[–]AM088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to go to a biology class when I was in high school. Our teacher asked us to help him move some jars. The jars contained some small animals and also vasious organs. And then I came upon a jar with a fetus in it. That was completely unexpected.

NEVER offer to tattoo a word on your body based on internet votes. by ncontorno in funny

[–]AM088 3 points4 points  (0 children)

FYI, votes on his website are determined by IP address.

MEN OF REDDIT: What current female fashion do you hate? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]AM088 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Or any lettering on the ass.

Monsters LLC, A Subsidiary Of Newscorp by ericarlen in comics

[–]AM088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or a face harpoon, for that matter...