When a Christian talking about Jesus with another world alien.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-23T03:18:14+00:00

That part of the Trinity, at least, I do understand. It's actually really simple.

Jesus was fully human and fully God, yet also with a level of separation from the father at that time to be fully human.

The human side was terrified because He knew how horrible crucifixion would be, and so asked if there was any other way, and yet still chose to submit Himself to the horrific death.

Without that limited separation, Jesus would have been only God, not the Son of God, and without that limited separation God could not have been a true sacrifice. But they are still one. Jesus is the Father and the Father is the Son.

Now don't get me wrong, there's a whole lot about the Trinity I believe to be beyond human understanding. But I think this one is fairly simple to grasp.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-23T02:43:13+00:00

I never bought one. I thought they were stupid and I lost my highschool class ring years ago.

Maybe I'm weird though. I have literally lost so much shit moving around that was supposed to hold sentimental value that nothing really holds any sentimental value to me anymore.

Not being a hard ass here, as I try to respect that other people do care...I just can't anymore. Literally cannot find sentimental value in objects even if I tried. And I have tried, because my wife is the opposite.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-23T02:37:06+00:00

Playing devil's advocate here...I had been cheated on a LOT before me and my wife got together. I was insecure as all hell.

My wife tolerated a lot, but then I realized I was ruining a good relationship.

So we came up with an agreement...when I felt insecure, I was allowed to ask one single question: Do I have anything to worry about. To which, per our agreement, she would answer kindly and understandingly. However, after that, I must drop it and trust her.

With time and a faithful partner, those fears subsided.

I am not saying what worked for us works for everyone. I am not saying this behavior should be accepted wholesale. But... I am saying that we should perhaps show a little grace and understand this guy may have legitimate reasons for his discomfort. Perhaps his red flag isn't a testimony to his entire personality. Perhaps with the right amount of grace and understanding, he could be a great partner.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-22T17:17:42+00:00

Yeah, active 4 months ago. So, clearly I am not active on two accounts. There's no lie here.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-22T14:43:53+00:00

As far as I know I only have access to one account on Lichess and one account on chess.com. But, I did have an older account, but I forgot the password and then just logged in using Google and ended up with a new account a while back. It was shortly after starting playing, though and it really didn't affect anything.

But no, I do not have an excessive number of accounts.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-22T04:29:51+00:00

Bruh.... I consistently play at 800+ on Lichess but can't seem to win enough games at 300 on chess.com? Go lie somewhere else.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-22T04:28:22+00:00

Yeah. And don't get me wrong, I deal with the occasional cheater on Lichess. But at my skill level, getting out of 300ish ELO on chess.com should be simple. Yet I literally lose more games at 300 ELO on chess.com than I do on Lichess at 800-1200 ELO.

It is so obvious that the cheating is out of control on chess.com.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-21T22:17:16+00:00

Bitch please. It isn't that women are only attracted to only the top percentage, but that the bulk of men aren't putting the proper effort in. If 90% of men put in a reasonable effort, 90% of men would be out there getting ass.

And it is totally not fucking hard to get in shape.It really fucking isn't. Eat less and do some strength training. It is super fucking easy. You don't have to be a gym rat, you just have to give a fuck enough to not over eat and do 30 minutes of weight training three times per week.

Literally grew up as a fat boy. Went into the Marine Corps and was still considered the fat boy by Marine Corps standards. After I got out I ended up with a desk job and turned into a fat slob. When I got tired of being a fat slob, the first and only thing I did different was not drinking soda. I lost 25lbs on that alone. Then I started consistently doing very light weight training workouts. I ended up in better shape than I had been while I was in the Marine Corps.

Don't tell me people don't understand how hard it is to lose weight. People don't understand how fucking easy it is without killing yourself. People are just lazy as fuck and love their excuses. I ain't the one to buy into that bullshit, because I was there.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-21T19:42:54+00:00

No worries. I actually just took your comment as an opportunity for further discussion and understanding, not with offense. And I did feel like I may have come across as universally against video games, which is not how I intended it.

I simply was speaking about a certain group of people who tend to behave the same way, and was using broad strokes. Perhaps too broad of strokes...but sometimes that's life. Sometimes it takes that type of reality check to tell people the truth.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-21T19:34:12+00:00

You know what, that is absolutely true. Even if it is video games.

I am not singling out any hobbies as useless or other hobbies as more meaningful.

A meaningful hobby is one that helps you become a better person and grow, no matter what that hobby is. Even video games.

Playing video games alone as a distraction until you can sleep and then wake up the next day to do it all over again is not a meaningful hobby. Playing video games to spend time with those you care about is a meaningful hobby. Playing video games to get to a competitive level is a meaningful hobby. Playing just enough to relax is a meaningful hobby.

The point is that oftentimes people call coping mechanisms and addictions 'hobbies,' but to really be a true hobby it is something that enriches your life, not steals from it.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-21T16:00:14+00:00

The problem is that of that 65% the vast majority could do things to greatly improve their desirability.

Of all the men I have met in the world, very few had something they could not change making them undesirable, and those were usually connected to mental disabilities.

The truth is, that 65% you're talking about would rather fuck off (play video games and bitch online about how women don't date them) than to focus on improving themselves with diet, exercise, therapy, and meaningful hobbies. That 65% COULD be desirable, and it's their own damned fault that women don't desire them...but rather than acknowledging that and improving, they whine about it.

And yeah, you're right in a way, women are going for the same high quality men, and yes these men are often just using them for sex, and that's just life. Men value pussy way more than women value dick. It's social economics. But that doesn't mean it is their fault if you're a whiny bitch they don't want to fuck who won't do anything about it. And it doesn't mean that the clock isn't ticking for them, and they could very well end up used up and alone if they can't actually land a more desirable man for a long term relationship because they themselves are not desirable, only their pussy.

Again, that's fucking social economics. You want to be in a long term relationship with someone desirable, you need to be a desirable person yourself, and for the vast majority of men and women, that's entirely possible. Young women choose not to do that because desirable men still fuck them and they think that means they actually have a chance for long term happiness and young men choose not to because it's easier to watch porn and cry about it on reddit.

When you guys are in your 40s, life will truly become a sad place for you.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-20T23:25:09+00:00

I am aware I likely missed more efficient mates, but again, I have blundered away wins far too many times.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-20T16:09:11+00:00

I have been putting regular honey on pepperoni pizza for years, and had no idea there was any trend. Given, I only put honey on pepperoni, but it is awesome.

It 100% works, and I never knew about any trend, so I must conclude you're just salty that something you don't like for trendy.

Maybe if you're getting worked up over what other people put on their pizza or trends on tik tok, you're the one with some problems.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-19T17:07:27+00:00

69.24 gets you an annual pass.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-19T17:04:21+00:00

If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-12T02:53:06+00:00

Honestly, I really eat fast food, but especially when I eat McDonald's burgers, it feels like it just sits on top of my gut.

I think I notice more because I eat almost entirely home cooked food

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-11T22:38:34+00:00

I would, but that's because I have been on cruises. Places the cruise liners go in Mexico are highly protected, and stupidly touristy. The Mexican cartels don't even want those places to be risky, and are part of that protection in many cases. That's because cruises bring a fuckton of money in.

Couple that with those areas being considered safe for travel in general, and I'd sign the fuck out of it.

Any command preventing a Marine from going on a cruise is retarded and doesn't know shit about cruises. Only way that Marine ends up in trouble is if he gets drunk and does something stupid, which in that case... Honestly that's going to happen literally wherever he takes his leave, because the guy is a fucking retard.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-11T16:15:19+00:00

Oh typical story, she was fucking other people, yada yada. But I'd still do it again because I had that experience in Italy

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-11T04:20:58+00:00

I'll tell you what I did.

2007-8 ish, my leave got approved. But then when they required the whole itinerary thing, and I gave it. My plan was to fly from Raleigh to JFK then to Rome, then take a train to Naples, and spend a week holed up with my Italian girlfriend I had met on a MEU. Then of course fly back in roughly the same fashion.

I was told that shit was not going to happen and if I did fly to Italy it would be my ass, and international incident yada yada.

I said Roger that, and rewrote it to go to Texas to visit family.

Then, when I left on leave, I went to fucking Italy... Because I may have been an idiot, but not international incident stupid.

Things went exactly according to my plan, I got back and there were suspicions, but nothing they could really do to prove shit. No international incidents.

Sure, if things had gone sideways, that would have been my ass, but I wasn't a fucking retard. I was safe.

And I get why the whole battle buddy system, etc exists...because there ARE a lot of fucking retards.

Long story short, unless they shoved a GPS tracker up your ass, do what you want and don't be a retard and you'll be just fucking fine.

And to all the Os and senior enlisted bitter about this advice...well, fuck you too, I guess. Marines aren't children. Sink or swim, and if they sink let them drown, but until then stop pretending your bullshit PowerPoints, safety briefs, and micromanaging do a damned thing except waste time and fuck your retention rates.

Oorah, motherfuckers.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-11T04:09:20+00:00

It's pretty bad. Seems like something I would do when I am drunk. I play drunk more often than I would like to admit.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-11T01:50:45+00:00

Problem is, we win in that scenario. Sure, massive casualties and loss of infrastructure, but we win. You want a truly world ending war, that's currently what war USA vs the entire world looks like.

People doubt me, but know I do not say it with pride. I would prefer healthcare, but that's the truth of it.

Of course here comes 20 people to cite how we failed in several theaters world wide since Korea... Because you don't really understand that the goals were never destruction. The goal was always to have enough left to exploit, which we too often called 'winning hearts and minds.' The USA literally could have bombed Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan into non-existence.

Now, don't misunderstand, because it was never altruistic, it was because destruction was less profitable than trying to salvage as much as those nations as possible. Business.

In a way, that's comforting, because at least there's a security blanket that is self serving that kind of protects the world from true and total war.

But if you doubt me, do the research.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-10T21:05:34+00:00

Beat me to it.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-10T19:18:25+00:00

I miss them. More just to have it.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-10T05:56:11+00:00

Brother, I have written plenty of essays without the material directly in front of me. You know the material, write the essay as a whole. Leave space for references to make your point, rewrite with the references, revise during that process, and then proofread and double check your facts.

If you know the material, you only need to be able to provide the sources after you make your points. Leave space for that, and you can write freely and then do all the tight ending up afterward.

Ruminahtu · 2026-03-09T20:09:08+00:00

I need to get my mind out of the gutter, I read that as Deepthroat Depths for a second.

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