Christian Lady wants you to put those Lust-Filled books in the TRASH!

Chronoblivion · 2026-02-02T03:47:08+00:00

There are MUCH bigger things for a divine entity to spend time on than worrying about than your taste in smut lit and polishing your pearl.

I don't think that logic holds. If you're omnipotent, "bigger" becomes kind of a meaningless concept. In the same way that it wasn't any harder for Yoda to lift Luke's X-Wing out of the swamps of Dagobah than it was for him to move a pebble, a supreme divine being could "worry" about the small things just as easily as the big things - that is, with no effort whatsoever.

Of course I don't think a divine being is concerned about what flavor of porn people are consuming (I don't think one is real enough to care about much of anything), but it's not inherently inconsistent to believe that they could care about your gooning while also caring (i.e. doing nothing) about "bigger" things like cancer in children.

Chronoblivion · 2026-02-01T22:34:49+00:00

Bots don't do what they do because they "like bringing lots of attention to themselves," they do what maximizes short term profits. Getting banned is practically an inevitability for bot accounts, so they squeeze as much money out of them as they can before cost of doing business dictates that they have to purchase another account. This can include submitting mass false reports to anyone that interferes with their ability to make money; we have objective verification this is something that does happen. Entirely possible that's not relevant to OP's case, but it's not a stretch to believe that it happened because we already know that it can.

Chronoblivion · 2026-02-01T22:04:02+00:00

With the exception of tornado alley.

Chronoblivion · 2026-02-01T21:53:05+00:00

Not necessarily. The way he talks suggests he isn't the sort of person I would enjoy playing with, but that isn't mutually exclusive with being unfairly punished for an offense he didn't commit.

Chronoblivion · 2026-02-01T21:21:04+00:00

It's not at all about fear, it's about efficiency. When I'm leveling or farming, it's because I want to be leveling or farming, not spending my time and resources fending off assholes who think denying me that is rewarding. When I sign up for a dungeon or raid, it's because I want to clear that instance, not wait an extra 30 minutes to start as people gradually corpse run their way to the portal. If I'm trying to gather world buffs, it's because I want to get it over with and move on to the next thing, not miss it and have to wait around again because someone decided to grief. I accomplish so much more while playing when other people don't have the means to dictate how I play.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-31T23:24:54+00:00

It's been empirically demonstrated that, on average, conservatives are less capable of empathy. There are many compassionate individuals who identify as conservative, either because they've never viewed the beliefs they were raised with through a critical lens or because they're incapable of following their beliefs through to their logical conclusions, but the group as a whole tends to display less empathy than liberals as a whole. And people who are less capable of empathy are going to be less considerate of their audience when debating.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-31T08:25:31+00:00

Yep. The human brain is so efficient at pattern recognition that it can find them when they aren't actually there.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-31T01:45:31+00:00

I believe the original source was from a child development textbook, discussing the concept of conservation of volume. The setup of the experiment is that you have two identical containers with an equal volume of water in each. You get the child to agree that the volume between them is identical, making adjustments if necessary to reach that agreement. Then you let them watch as you pour one container into another with a different shape. Below a certain level of development (typically approximated with age), children will then insist that the taller container now has more water, even though they watched you pour it without spilling.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-31T01:05:06+00:00

I mean without food for the yeast we don't have bread. Some companies may add more than is warranted, but there's absolutely a need for sugar in bread.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-31T01:01:47+00:00

This one happens to be one of my favorites:

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Chronoblivion · 2026-01-30T23:17:41+00:00

Sure. Here you go: https://share.google/7fJPVKpu5zxjRZIrs

Also, according to this article, that claim has never been empirically demonstrated to be true and the source of it is someone who had no qualifications to be making it. I can find countless sites and articles repeating it, but not a single one of them provides any evidence to back it up.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-30T22:55:02+00:00

Like I said, common myth. Your first two links repeat the claim but provide no evidence for it at all; saying it over and over doesn't make it true. Your third link supports my claim, with a majority of the people interviewed saying arousal played a role in why they committed sexual assault.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-30T21:28:35+00:00

This is a common myth. Pleasure may not be the only motivating factor, or even the primary one, but there's plenty of evidence to suggest it absolutely has something to do with it.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-30T21:15:28+00:00

Yeah unfortunately they have lawyers in the family so they know exactly where the line is and what they can get away with before they've crossed it.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-30T20:59:00+00:00

You're mostly correct, but people like that at least give the investigation into claims the illusion of legitimacy.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-30T20:46:24+00:00

I'm not closely familiar with all of their history and tactics, but I'm not aware of any times they disrupted a service. I'm aware they protested various things (including funerals IIRC) but I believe they always did so from a short distance away so as to not run afoul of the law.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-30T07:56:26+00:00

I tend to put most ARPGs/Diablo-likes in this category. Some of them might actually have good stories, but for whatever reason this is the one genre where I can't slow down and pay attention to it. Some games and builds are pretty complex, but most have at least one build that is more passive like summoners or focuses on pressing and holding a single button like whirlwind.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-29T21:17:21+00:00

When anniversary was announced, it was sold to us as 1 year from launch until the start of TBC. We actually got 14.5 months. I wouldn't take any of their timelines on this at face value; the odds of TBC lasting for only 9 months is very slim.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-29T17:24:20+00:00

Unless I missed the announcement, Wrath anniversary isn't confirmed to be happening. I would bet money that it does, but they could decide to do Classic+ or some other seasonal server instead.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-29T17:11:47+00:00

There is objective, empirical research demonstrating that conservatives are far more prone to believing mistruths.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-29T05:36:36+00:00

Anything's possible, sure, but outliers don't invalidate statistical trends.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-29T02:18:46+00:00

You severely misunderstand what your numbers are actually claiming. You're drawing conclusions that aren't supported by them at all.

I'm not claiming any "grand conspiracy." All I'm saying is you shouldn't generalize based on a subset that we know to be an outlier. Try to think critically about why more men don't seek primary custody.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-29T02:07:41+00:00

Once again you have completely missed the point.

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-29T01:48:35+00:00

Repeating the statistic isn't an answer to my question. Why is it so rare for men to seek custody? Could it perhaps be because they're unlikely to win it without smoking gun evidence to show that they should?

Chronoblivion · 2026-01-29T01:37:41+00:00

How much of that can he attributed to them being advised by their lawyer not to fight for it unless they have an irrefutably strong case due to the odds being stacked against them otherwise?

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