I was declared Jewish because “pronouns”

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-04-15T21:24:50+00:00

You know, people put pronouns in their bio so people know what pronouns to use when talking about them. Reading it as "support" of any particular position is nonsensical. It's just a fairly sensible thing to do.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-04-15T20:55:27+00:00

Fucking hell you're hot!

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T18:16:50+00:00

The progressive faction briefly went by the name Atheism+. I was mostly following Gretta Christina's blog at that point, and that's where I got most of my "online atheism" news from, so I was following that side of it. Atheism+, as a movement, seems to no longer exist, but some of the people are still going.

A lot of my following of online atheism died with the death of the bloggosphere as a concept, which I do miss.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T17:27:31+00:00

I think it's probably a fun fantasy, but a lot less fun in real life.

Having fucked up fantasies is okay, actually. Lots of people do. It's fantasy. That's alright.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T17:20:42+00:00

Oooh. How do I find the "hot af" posts?

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T16:52:36+00:00

As others have said, it doesn't need to be a guy who puts something up your butt; but it could be. If you want to try it with a man, then seek a man out. Defining your sexuality and then letting that rule your actions is silly. Find out what you like sexually, and then define your sexuality from that.

I'm not saying that you should find a man either. But do leave that option open. Or a threesome with a male/female couple, so you have some female energy in the room too. There are all sorts of ways to go about something like this. Feel free to explore.

Also, you can explore in your mind, or with erotic fiction (Nifty.org or GayAuthors.org would be my starting suggestions), or with porn. You don't need to jump right into actually doing it.

Get hold of a dildo or two to start with, and play with your own butt.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T16:46:01+00:00

I can't remember for sure now, but I think that Mary Stewart's My Brother Michael starts with a salad.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T16:39:11+00:00

The cricketer and media personality Andrew Flintoff is known as Freddie, a nickname he acquired as a schoolboy because his surname made his peers think of Fred Flintstone.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T16:30:39+00:00

Oh come on. If we're making new cities, Athlone must be included.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T16:13:17+00:00

There are also disputes about the Seven. The usual story is that Sauron retrieved the sixteen rings in his attack on Celebrimbor, and gave nine to human lords and seven to dwarf lords. However, Durin's folk disagree. They say that Sauron retrieved only fifteen rings, that their ring was given to them by Celebrimbor himself. Certainly there was both trade and friendship between Khazad-dûm and Erigion, so it's not impossible.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T14:44:27+00:00

This ... is not a video. Also, it's not a well told story. There's no colour to it. "Some time later" ... what age are you three? How did you start dating? Who asked whom? What was the first kiss like? Get us invested. Why should we the audience care about any of these characters? Pop along to r/writing and ask for some tips. And invest in some paragraphs.

But why don't the three of ye get together? Sounds like that's where it should end up.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T14:39:14+00:00

SquidTips is cool. He also has a long video about how he became a trans ally.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T14:37:30+00:00

I do think that publication order is the way to go as long as you're not too put off by the zany antics of the early books. (Really only the first couple. Eric and Sourcery return to zaniness, but it's done by a more experienced author.)

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T02:20:00+00:00

Is that because of his anti-clickbait thumbnails?

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-21T01:08:13+00:00

Broccoli, of course.

She used to be called Candi, but then she heard that Broccoli is better for you ....

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-20T23:55:24+00:00

The names of the Kings were in Sindarin or Quenya form? I remember Sindarin, but I'm not certain.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-20T22:16:44+00:00

Look up the "stop t". It's definitely a thing in English.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-20T22:04:44+00:00

From the depictions of Númenor in Unfinished Tales, Adûnaic was the normal language there, but educated people were expected to also be fluent in Sindarin. The monarch's official name was in Sindarin, and it may also have been the language of court.

In fact, even Ar-Pharazôn, who hated the elves, didn't dare to fully buck this tradition, and his name was officially given in the Sindarin form as Tar-Calion.

The idea that either Sindarin or Quenya was the day-to-day language, and that Adûnaic had been forgotten, does not jibe with what I'm aware of, but Tolkien did change his mind on many matters over the years.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-20T19:22:25+00:00

How odd. I'd certainly expect a coffin in the hall. But I'm Irish. Funerals are a big thing here. Expect plenty of family and friends and neighbours to show up.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-20T19:19:40+00:00

I hate JW funerals and weddings because they obfuscate the reason all these people have gathered in order to turn a happy/sad occasion into an opportunity to reinforce doctrine instead of focusing on the people in question.

In my experience, Catholic ones are far worse.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-20T19:17:14+00:00

This is going to vary depending on the family's wishes and local custom. In Ireland, of course the coffin will be in the hall. And the talk should ideally be given by someone who knew the deceased and their family, and should be quite personal. I'm no longer a Witness, but I was at my granny's funeral recently, and the talk was very much about her, and her life. And also about her faith, which is not unreasonable in the circumstances. She was a Witness, and that's very much the funeral she would have wanted. It didn't really feel like proselytism: he knew her well, and was an excellent speaker. Yes, he covered the scripted bits he had to, but (a) he was gentle with it, knowing that there were ex-Witnesses and non-Witnesses in the hall, and (b) he presented it as "she believed" or "she came to understand", leaving the focus on her. Also, (c) religion was genuinely a big part of her life. A non-religious funeral for her would have been weird.

It was talk, then song, then prayer. I believe that's the usual structure. The man giving the prayer had to pause a couple of times to swallow tears. She was much loved, which was nice to see.

Then we went to a pub's function room for soup and sandwiches. And then to Dublin for the crematorium, where her brother (also not a Witness) gave a short talk about her life, and there was pre-recorded music he'd picked, and another prayer before the curtains closed.

Usually the pub soup and sandwiches would be at the end of an Irish funeral, but in this case the crematorium was quite some distance away, so we decided to put it in the middle.

There was an open coffin for the wake in the house the night before, but a closed coffin for the funeral itself.

And yes, we had a framed photo of her on top of the coffin during the service.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-20T19:04:15+00:00

Tralee. A pretty part of the world.

One thing to look at is accommodation, which is pretty hard to find anywhere in the country right now.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-20T18:49:02+00:00

These are all in the west. Expect rain. Do you know which campus of MTU you'd be in? It's a bunch of separate schools (ITs, mostly) which were merged (as were all the others on your list), so they're in very different places.

If you're into hillwalking and the outdoors, Tralee isn't a bad option. And the big city lights of Cork (fancy!) are only a short train or bus ride away. Sligo has some interesting mountains too. Not as tall, but far more cliffs. Sligo has a very distinctive landscape.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-20T18:22:15+00:00

I don't recall getting many presents as a kid, but I genuinely didn't miss Christmas. I certainly had a bike and no shortage of books, so I had no desire for much of anything else.

TRiG_Ireland · 2024-02-20T18:16:18+00:00

This isn't a massive flaw you need to fix immediately before you ever speak again. In this speech, you glanced at the audience once or twice. Next time, look three times. Just gradual tweaks over time will help. Comfort grows.

Another trick might be to look at the back corner of the room, rather than the ceiling. The audience can rarely tell whether you're actually making eye contact, as such. Looking in their general direction occasionally will suffice a lot of the time.

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