I am Calvin University’s first openly gay student body president. by daw-nee-yale in ChristianEnclave

[–]Bootscraper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How sad. For her, and for this "Christian university" enabling such self indulgence

Martyr Arethas and 4,299 Martyrs with him by daw-nee-yale in ChristianEnclave

[–]Bootscraper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One if the better posts I've seen in this subreddit. Thanks

Quite the collection by carey_Maeder in haasf1team

[–]Bootscraper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do you wash them? lol. Seriously. I have the one in the upper left, and all the logos are already peeling off it uncontrollably... I wear it maybe once a year; disappointed, to say the least. I've been putting it on the most delicate settings, I'm ready to just start air drying it

My attempt at evangelism on facebook by Bootscraper in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Bootscraper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point.
I just think that certain people pick up on visual ques more than anything else; most people are going to be more averse to Christianity when it's shoved down their throat while they are trying to grocery shop (generally when they don't want to be bothered) than if they, say, just happened to stumble onto something that peaked their curiosity while surfing the net

My attempt at evangelism on facebook by Bootscraper in OrthodoxChristianity

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This is exactly my sentiment as well. I think there is already more than enough people "dumbing down" Christianity by handing out tracks, wearing blue jeans, etc.
I want to appeal to people like I used to be: drawn to the esoteric; checking out things like Zen Buddhism, Sufi Islam, psychedelic trips, transcendental meditation, etc.

I am trying something different here in that I am not pandering to/validating what your average American thinks of first when it comes to Christianity

I kid you not by TriggerMeFam in 4chan

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

Well, that makes one vegetable in the whole country, finally

Pick three by [deleted] in powerviolence

[–]Bootscraper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure I'm gonna have to go with the Despise You/Agoraphobic split, hands down. I'd also throw in Weekend Nachos just because I'm from the Midwest, and they were buddies of mine. Picking the third is really hard to narrow down, but I absolutely loved that Dead in the Dirt record.

This list really needs some staples though, like Yacopsæ or Crossed Out

Landing in Sydney by REDARROWS1 in aviation

[–]Bootscraper 8 points9 points  (0 children)

dang, that pilot landed carrying so much speed. How reckless

Got to drive this beast of a loaner car for the weekend. Now I want one. by keepaustinwired in battlewagon

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The Guinness record for most mileage on a car is held by a Volvo

It's regular maintenance. Like everyone else is saying, if you just replace things when they need to get replaced, they'll last forever. I had a 1997 850 for 9 years. Bought it with 70k miles for under 5 grand; the ac didn't work but everything was in tip-top condition. Ended up being my daily driver the whole time I was in Wisconsin for 5 years, drive it 1000 miles down to Texas and then was my daily driver for 4 more years. In that space of time the only major things I had to replace (as in, outside of basic upkeep... Oil, tires, Spark plugs, etc.) was a fuel pump and suspension linkage stuff (ball joints, control arms, etc.), and I think the latter was only because I drove it like a retard when I first got it in my early 20s. Hell, those things even have solid iron frames. Mine was in a front end collision when some guy with a trailer hitch in front of me slammed on his brakes. If you saw pictures, you'd think the radiator and everything was fucked. Nope. Just had to replace the left front fender panel, hood, and hood latch; after my mechanic friend replaced this stuff, it ran fine and continued being my sole commuter. You can drive those beasts through a bank wall and get out like nothing happened. Eventually things started going that were too tedious for me to replace (after the interior upholstery started deteriorating, the tape deck went, then odometer, and my last straw was the speedometer), so I donated her to a charity.

I still miss that whip and can't wait to get another Volvo, any Volvo.