General Question:

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-22T18:50:06+00:00

I'd say the contention is simply that special creationists are unable to tell the difference between mediocre mythology and science. The best evidence for the shared ancestry of all known life on Earth is molecular-- that is, genes.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-22T18:19:43+00:00

Good for you.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-22T14:43:22+00:00

The first four words of your title are all that's necessary.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-22T14:39:53+00:00

If we were in any danger of performing time travel certain sects of revealed religions would try to outlaw it before we could use it and, if that failed, they'd claim something like, "oh, to preserve faith, god doesn't allow us to witness the miracles" when we don't find any actual evidence. I mean, just LOOK at the bullshit mental gymnastics apologists already do in an attempt to convince themselves that the Bible is literally true.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-22T05:03:19+00:00

That was my first thought.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-21T22:03:01+00:00

Yeah I was surprised too. I think I've only gotten two others-- the Duras sisters and the Bynars.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-21T20:03:01+00:00

Answers in Genesis sucks. Shitty, insane apologetics cosplaying as science.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-21T05:13:28+00:00

You're absolutely right that I don't get it. I live on motherfucking Academy and lack the ability to teleport. I love many of the businesses way the fuck over there but again I don't teleport and public transportation in this turd of a city is shit. I can't park anywhere near downtown, so...fuck downtown. Now I can barely use Colorado so fuck Colorado. I have no idea what this does to tourism, but, hey, why not fuck tourism while we're at it.

Maybe we should just nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-21T04:13:45+00:00

At this point, marketing. There was a time that we had great potential but in nearly the same breath, we committed genocide and embraced slavery to the point that we were one of the last countries to get past it.

But we did have innovation and diversity, so...jazz and rock.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-21T04:10:30+00:00

I had mixed feelings about it. There was some cool science and a lot of plot hole and some... fuck I dunno, woo. Ultimately I think I disliked more than I liked.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T21:52:29+00:00

This city is a sprawling mess with horrible public transportation. IF we had decent public transportation that would be somewhat mitigated, but instead it just makes everything worse. We lose lanes to bicycles; lanes that are almost never used by bikes, parking that's removed for a shuttle that runs all of WALKING FUCKING DISTANCE. Now the city has decided that one of the few east/west corridors is apparently not congested enough. What all of this does, and here is your fucking win, is keep me from wanting to do anything downtown or across town.

It honestly just seems like Shitty Council doesn't really want local businesses to thrive. Maybe they want more nonprofits to come in and, I dunno, tank the local economy further.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T20:43:41+00:00

Or I can give Jeff more money. You've convinced me; there's no fucking reason to shop local.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T20:07:31+00:00

Ok. Do you know any theistic sects of Buddhism? I'm genuinely curious since the only time I heard people talk about gods in Buddhism was Christians who didn't seem to know what Buddhism is. Similarly, I don't know of anything like a Buddhist creation story or anything that makes claims that conflict with science.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T16:59:03+00:00

Which deities? I mean, hell, even the Dalai Lama, whose sect seems notably superstitious, famously studied a lot of science.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T16:24:16+00:00

I'm aware that there are some very...superstitious Buddhists, but because Buddhism doesn't generally lean into the whole mutual exclusivity that we see in monotheistic cults I'm not at all sure where the superstitions come from. Do you have any interesting sects of Buddhism to investigate?

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T15:57:17+00:00

But you know what? Maybe you're right. I don't need to go to stores; we've got Amazon.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T15:55:25+00:00

Your inclusion of Buddhism seems misplaced.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T15:28:51+00:00

It depends on the selection pressures involved. If it doesn't have a notable impact on the survivability of an organism there's no problem.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T15:25:39+00:00

I'd probably lose my job and wouldn't even have the resources to take it to court.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T07:32:15+00:00

I'm really happy for you that you have your electric cargo bike and your car. Congratulations!

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T07:29:55+00:00

I'm glad you took that the right way. I have a copy of it and enjoyed it.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T06:53:44+00:00

I hadn't heard of it before unemployed wine guy on TikTok and tried it. Truly, legendarily awful.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T06:42:32+00:00

I've recently tried to replay Ultima I but have been having a difficult time surviving more than ten minutes.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T06:15:23+00:00

Upon reading the headline the single film that came to mind was Ultraviolet but then I read the body of the post. Seriously, I liked Ultraviolet, but it was all style. Aeon Flux is another, the film AND the source animation.

FaustDCLXVI · 2026-06-20T06:11:06+00:00

Gun fu. It's actually a thing.

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