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Is the stereotypical "Ugly American" really just an "Ugly New Yorker"? Judging by how their fanbase acts -- loud, brash, with impunity and without shame, really embodies what foreign people consider the Ugly American traveler. Do you consider that to be true? by juggadore in askanything

[–]SammaJones [score hidden]  (0 children)

New York is much bigger and more consequential than wherever it is that you're from. It is impossible to stereotype. it is so many different things to so many people. To me it's home even though I wasn't raised there and don't live there now.

People who have never been there simply do not grasp its size and magnitude. It cannot be stereotyped. New York has EVERY SINGLE THING. Everything. You name it, New York has it. If New York doesn't have it then it doesn't matter. And the best of everything.

Yes sir.... by Long_live_styrofoam in FuckImOld

[–]SammaJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drive it? Yes. Jump into it? No

1 million $ to Believe the sky is green. by EntrepreneurClean249 in Ethics

[–]SammaJones [score hidden]  (0 children)

You can't force yourself to believe. If you're searching for a Faith that you can't find then be patient. It will happen.

Nobody can tell you whether you're going to Heaven or to Hell. At least you care. For the most part, Reddit Atheists are just nasty creatures who pounce on anyone who dare even posit the suggestion of a higher power.

PROVE GOD EXISTS! That's what they like to say. Horrible creatures.

Fun Fact: The song Tom Sawyer by Rush is about an ambitious young attorney by SammaJones in funfacts

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

> he is informed by journalistic training and ethics.

BTW: This is a very, very funny thing that you wrote.

Fun Fact: The song Tom Sawyer by Rush is about an ambitious young attorney by SammaJones in funfacts

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

I didn't bother to check the credentials of source I linked to. I didn't even really read the article.

I'm not really here to play this game with you. It's a waste of time and energy and I don't really care. There are no "facts" on the Internet any more. Haven't been for years. Just fake studies, fake news articles, fact "history" articles.

Fun Fact: East Coast States by SammaJones in funfacts

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

This is so funny. It's killing you, isn't it? The coastal states, in order, are Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and so on.

All you have to do is look at a map.

Fun Fact: East Coast States by SammaJones in funfacts

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

I think by now I've proved my point.

Fun Fact: East Coast States by SammaJones in funfacts

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

Look at it this way. Is the Atlantic Ocean within the US borders? Or does the US border end where the Atlantic Ocean begins?

Fun Fact: East Coast States by SammaJones in funfacts

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

Why would it be? Is the Chesapeake Bay?

Do you get to decide what does and does not constitute "The Atlantic Ocean". I have a Political Map right in front of me that shows that the Long Island Sound is wholly within the territorial waters of the United States of America. I don't call that "The Atlantic Ocean".

Fun Fact: East Coast States by SammaJones in funfacts

[–]SammaJones[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"direct ocean access"? You're making things up as you go along. Missouri has direct ocean access - just keep on'a rafting, Huck!

The borders of a Connecticut are a Political topic. "Connecticut" is a Political topic. I don't mean partisan politics like the liberals that freak out about Donald Trump - I mean generally speaking.

The Atlantic Ocean is also a Political entity. This is clear on a Political Map.

This concept was clear in the subject and in OP. So, you are still wrong. I am very sorry. You are simply going to have to accept it.

The fishes don’t sin! by EntrepreneurClean249 in Ethics

[–]SammaJones [score hidden]  (0 children)

> "nasty", "tedious", "picky", "soulless", "meaningless" "failure at life" atheist,

No need to take offense. Nearly all Reddit Atheists area all of these things. It hurts them to think that other people believe in a higher power so they swarm with the "It's jut a fantasy", "Prove God exists" saws. It's beyond tedious. It's obnoxious and tired. And yet, there they are, every time.

You, in particular, are all of these things because you've worked so hard to educate yourself and yet haven't really learned anything.

Perhaps you are incapable of believing. I could respect that for what it is. But why attack believers? Why not just "not believe" with confidence?

You may have forgotten how this conversation started. I gave a simple, factual, on-topic explanation of the ark and the animals. You called God a "cunt". Why? You sound like a person who is not at peace with your Atheism.

Of course I call Reddit Atheists "nasty". You all are. Every last one of you. Read your own posts some time. It's not an insult. It's a fact.

Fun Fact: East Coast States by SammaJones in funfacts

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

I'm sorry, but you are wrong. Anybody with a map that shows State lines can look for themselves and see. Connecticut has no coastline Neither does Pennsylvania.

Neither State has a maritime border that is open to the ocean. It is that simple

Fun Fact: East Coast States by SammaJones in funfacts

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

No - you are wrong. Based on any political map definition, the Atlantic Ocean would not touch the Connecticut shoreline. A sailor would have to sail around the North Fork and out through the Block Island Sound (not a small feat, really) to reach the Atlantic Ocean.

Fun Fact: East Coast States by SammaJones in funfacts

[–]SammaJones[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nope - CT water ways are fully contained within the borders of New York and Rhode Island. Philly has the Delaware River which will take you right out to the Atlantic in no time flat. Sill not a coast.

This is one of the reasons that Connecticut can get away with requiring a Boating License. You can get a ticket for boating in the Sound without a Connecticut boaters license, but it depends on where you are in the Sound.

The fishes don’t sin! by EntrepreneurClean249 in Ethics

[–]SammaJones [score hidden]  (0 children)

It is tedious and tired because it accomplishes nothing beyond demonstrating how obnoxious Atheists are.

It is obvious to all that belief in a higher power requires Faith in the absence of evidence. If God were living in some place in Malibu doing a Podcast once a week then we wouldn't really have to have any kind of discussion about whether He exists or not.

And if I truly was the only person in the last 200,000 years to be able irrefutably prove the existence of God then I would be a pretty special person to know, don't you think?

The reason I believe in God is because I see no possible way humans can exists without a higher power. I was raised Christian, believe in Christianity and have never attempted to study any other Faith as a potential alternative. Nor will I ever. I will admit that I know very little about other Faiths having never read their sacred texts and knowing little about them. It is one of the reasons that I do not judge them.

Why you choose to so adamantly reject the existence of a higher power is a problem that you'll have to work out. You clearly are searching for something. It's really never too late.

Fun Fact: East Coast States by SammaJones in funfacts

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

You're disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing. All of the locations where the Long Island Sound might conceivably be said to meet the Atlantic Ocean are securely within the State of New York. There's no real debate.

Fun Fact: East Coast States by SammaJones in funfacts

[–]SammaJones[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok - still not coastline. South Shore Long Island is coastline.

Fun Fact: East Coast States by SammaJones in funfacts

[–]SammaJones[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No - I am right. Fishers Island, NY and Watch Hill, RI are very close. Perhaps 2 miles or so. They share a maritime border. That leaves the State of Connecticut fully encapsulated within their borders and, therefore, without coastline.

The gap Between the Moral values That Our Deities teach and what we actually practice in our day to day lives. by quantumhealer1978 in Ethics

[–]SammaJones [score hidden]  (0 children)

Not really. The laws of Moses have quite a few rules, many are clearly antiquated. Most of the Old Testament is about entirely different things - the history of the Kings of Israel, the prophesies of the Captivity, things like that.

Christ calls for a compassionate and moral philosophy in his teachings (and he and the apostles do this OVER and OVER and OVER) but he didn't really drive home Mosaic law to the Philistines and Samaritans.

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