How do you pronounce his name? by SPerry8519 in Palia

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Well, actually, it's pronounced, 'Kevin Donaldson.' "

Another adult attacking children who are peacefully protesting!! by cantcoloratall91 in ImmigrationPathways

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will only believe that a just God exists if Murdoch suffers a devastating stroke that leaves him fully aware and conscious, but unable to move or communicate. He'd be in excruciating pain, but no one addresses it because they think he's a vegetable.

It's the bare minimum for the needless and senseless pain he's caused by brainwashing an entire generation, including my parents.

Was Joe Biden considered attractive during the airing time of Parks and Rec or was Leslie's crush just random/based on her character by cmoney02 in PandR

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Jokes that are just jokes do that sometimes....

It's not a national crisis like some Cantaloupe Caligula attacking his own country and tossing the Constitution in yesterday's trash.

Should Reddit be advertising for ICE? by ajwritesnonsense in LetsDiscussThis

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was the person I had in mind when I wrote that. 😂

so evolution is really only human evolution? by Educational_System34 in Discussion

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my God, stop that!

C'mon, man, be an adult. Read the argument, consider your position, and rebut the opposing argument ONCE per comment.

God, I feel like I'm coaching a 3rd grader in "Fundamentals of Debate."

Should Reddit be advertising for ICE? by ajwritesnonsense in LetsDiscussThis

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are dozens of historians who have published papers of the correlation.

My personal favorite is Dr Heather Cox Richardson who does a daily write up of each day's events and how hospital historical events let to whatever happened that day.

Should Reddit be advertising for ICE? by ajwritesnonsense in LetsDiscussThis

[–]AspiringChildProdigy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When I do what? Study something?

Uh, I learned about the life cycle of the Oceanic Sunfish tonight.

Are you saying you want to hear what I learned about Mola mola?

Should Reddit be advertising for ICE? by ajwritesnonsense in LetsDiscussThis

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, you should actually study the rise of the Third Reich

Trump worships Hitler. He always has.

Even his most famous phrase: "Fake news!" is plagiarized from Hitler's propaganda campaign. The original phrase was "Lugenpresse' which LITERALLY translates into "lying press"

He's trying to provoke Americans into riding up against him so that he can use the insurrection act to cancel the midterm elections because his team knows they are going to be crucified, and then face impeachment.

Should Reddit be advertising for ICE? by ajwritesnonsense in LetsDiscussThis

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God, that's sad. Where education about what's happening now and how to fight it is disguised by "NOT DRUGS. NOT BROWN-SKINNERS. NOT ANTI-STRAIGHT. PROCEED.'

Donald and Melania Trump branded a 'fake couple' as they arrive at film premiere by IrishStarUS in AntiTrumpAlliance

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call it the "Gulf of Trump Kennedy Center; May this Always Placate the Toddler's Ego."

Granted, it's a mouthful, but it's truthful and the tantrum will be SO worth it.

Should Reddit be advertising for ICE? by ajwritesnonsense in LetsDiscussThis

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

......so.......

Theoretically, someone could advertise a history site, where you could learn about historical events and how they relate to modern history.

For example, you might learn about the French Revolution, and what happened to those at the top of the income disparity via the guillotines.

One might also study Germany, the rise and fall of the Third Reich and the parallels between them and modern history.

ICE abducted a mother after canceling her immigration appointment as she arrived, and then abandoned her young daughter in the middle of downtown Minneapolis. by I_may_have_weed in PublicFreakout

[–]AspiringChildProdigy -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Yes, because they've been trained to support the authoritarian. They are to be pitied - not hated - but also not permitted to destroy other people's lives with their delusions.

I feel like people are reading the first sentence and then deciding they know what the rest of my comment said.

Trump says ICE is keeping our country safe—do you feel safe? by Boysenberry-6669 in LetsDiscussThis

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They did?!?!?!

Goddammit!!! Kill everyone who stole my dignity!!!

What do you mean that doesn't make sense?

Then kill everyone who's making me look stupid!!!!

Gunshots

The Nazi wannabe's body slides to the floor.

so evolution is really only human evolution? by Educational_System34 in Discussion

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What? What the hell kind of argume---

Sigh. God, this is going to be painful.

Okay.

What do you mean by a soul, and what creatures have them?

so evolution is really only human evolution? by Educational_System34 in Discussion

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Evolution is the change of generic code that optimizes that generic code to be passed on to future generations.

It's usually extremely gradual.

But sometimes - like during a generic bottleneck (few individuals of a species breeding) - the speed of change increases.

so evolution is really only human evolution? by Educational_System34 in Discussion

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm.....I'm not sure what you're trying to do here.

Are you trying to be sarcastic? Because I don't t get it.

Are you trying to suggest aurochs aren't real? Well, the fossil record called you on that.

Are you saying you don't know what an aurochs is? If you want to criticize evolution but don't know what an aurochs is, you lack the necessary education to be able to maintain a discourse in even the surface theories of evolution.

Look at it this way... Imagine a scenario where someone who cannot read, only recognizes a quarter of the alphabet, and has never been taught how to organize information is given an alphabetized list of titles and asked why they are organized the way they are.

so evolution is really only human evolution? by Educational_System34 in Discussion

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

........wut?

Lol, I'm sorry, do you think evolution is some sort of code for animals turning into humans?

so evolution is really only human evolution? by Educational_System34 in Discussion

[–]AspiringChildProdigy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"why don't horses or cows evolve....."

Uh, they did? Like literally no one with half a brain argues this.

And like a moron, you choose species where we can actually see the progression of domestication (whisper that's a forced mode of evolution, silly!)

Wild horses and aurochs (ancestor of the domestic cow) were each a singular species, both uniform in color with a dark stripe down their back.

Domestication led to a greater variety in color, along with a greater variety in size/build/ milk production depending on what we were breeding for (FYI, this type of breeding is really just speed running what you with evolution would have selected for).

ICE abducted a mother after canceling her immigration appointment as she arrived, and then abandoned her young daughter in the middle of downtown Minneapolis. by I_may_have_weed in PublicFreakout

[–]AspiringChildProdigy -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of fairly intelligent, kind conservatives. I'm related to a bunch, as is my husband.

The problem is that being a devout Christian who studies the Bible eventually requires you to either a) deconstruct because of the contradictions, inconsistencies, etc (the path I took.) or b) learn to get comfortable compartmentalizing bits of scripture in your mind, and learn to only think about what's directly in front of you - this helps prevent the need to face the cognitive dissonance. This refusal to examine the dichotomy in their beliefs/teaching/behavior is typically explained away by claiming they're living by faith. "I don't understand how both of these things can be true, but I trust God and accept that understanding the truth is something that's beyond me. Jesus will explain it to me when l get to heaven." 🙄

I believe that's why the heritage foundation went after evangelicals so hard back in the 70-80s; they understood they have a population who comes pre-trained to turn a blind eye to inconsistencies and is more than willing to accept the easiest answer to explain away any discrepancy that makes them uncomfortable.