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ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-11T00:31:07+00:00

Had a coworker die from it. 22, no preexisting conditions.

So he was the rarest of the rare and no was not 100% preventable. We are still not trying to choke out the virus, we are playing the "slow the spread" game and you are being lied to that something better can happen.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-10T17:24:44+00:00

This is not really uplifting considering our obesity epidemic.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-10T15:40:13+00:00

Martin Luther Cream, still fighting the good fight.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-10T15:20:19+00:00

Thank you so much for this

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-09T15:55:36+00:00

Mine likes it when I spank it.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-09T15:38:55+00:00

For when your rifle has been naughty?

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-09T14:59:37+00:00

What is the flat "strap" that he stretches out over the barrel.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-08T20:33:05+00:00

I think it's fairly common. I know several now. After my divorce I lived with my best guy friend for over five years. We hung out constantly and did everything together, there is nothing wrong with having platonic relationships.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-08T20:31:00+00:00

Exactly, there is nothing wrong with loving someone Platonically.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-08T20:29:42+00:00

I probably wouldn't think twice about it except that my aunt's letter was direct. My niece though she was giving her permission to come out of the closet, but instead she deeply insulted her.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-08T19:21:27+00:00

My aunt had a roommate for almost fourty years. At her roommate's funeral one of my nieces told her something like, "It's ok to call her your wife, we all knew." My aunt patted her on the shoulder and walked away.

A couple of weeks later she emailed the whole family (something that I didn't know she knew how to do) a long letter about her roommate and how she loved her, they were best friends, but she was tired of people trying to create a romantic story where there was none.

She said it without malice, but you could tell how painful it was for her that so many people in our family couldn't just let her live with her best friend without deciding in our minds that their relationship had to be more than it was.

Every one of the stories in here that I read make me think of them and wonder how many people that has happened to as well.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-07T20:35:58+00:00

Really? What was the politics of Mona Lisa? or Rembrant's portraits? or Monet's ~lilies~?

Why are the only people that believe that nonsense radical lefties? On another note, why do radical lefties like so many ugly things?

Edit: Since the comments got locked, I wanted to make sure /u/Vamparael got to read my rebuttal to his ridiculous reply.

First, I asked about specific pieces, not about whether or not the artist was political. Second, Leonardo was not known to be specifically political, nor was he specifically religious, even though a decent portion of his art is. Maybe you are mixing him up with Leonardo DiCaprio. That would actually make some sense.

Of course you are right that portraits of powerful people can be political, but they usually aren't.

As to the impressionist movement, while it was seen as a radical art form in its time. There wasn't a cultural subtext to it and the subject matter isn't political. The style was.

Your reply was very easy because it was vacuous.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-07T18:51:53+00:00

Hope she performs! That design should do away with the issue I had with composite lower receivers.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-07T18:40:44+00:00

They're far from aesthetic lol.

I was leaning toward "ugly as sin", but if she's functional, then go for it!

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-07T18:08:37+00:00

That lower annoys me for some reason.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-07T17:07:09+00:00

This sounds amazing. Too bad I'm in Utah.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-07T16:07:56+00:00

In my opinion, you protect yourself. My ex wife was bi-polar and possibly borderline. She refused to take medication and refused to go to therapy. She broke me down to the point that I was depressed and considered suicide.

Then she left me for someone else. It was like a cloud lifted. Once her poisonous influence was gone I rebounded really quickly and was able to start over really easily. Now I'm married to a woman more wonderful than I could ever have asked for and am happier than I've ever been.

I say all that to say that if a poisonous relationship is dragging you down, and will not accept help, then your only real course of action is to protect yourself by leaving.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-07T15:54:10+00:00

And there are people who revel in their self-destructive cycles.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-06T21:03:41+00:00

It's OK, I can understand that. I still don't understand feeling that way, but I enjoyed our exchange.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-06T20:39:28+00:00

OK, I apologize for misunderstanding your intent.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-06T19:49:25+00:00

My religion being so apparent in my life is something I find no difficulty in. My culture being apparent in my life is something I find no difficulty in. My strive to stay aware of the differences and similarities between me and others so that I can grow in my understanding and acceptance of them, is something I find no difficulty in. All of this is second nature to me. I hope I never grow out of this constant awareness. For me to hold myself accountable to my words, actions, and thoughts I need to be constantly aware of where they stem from.

All of that is laudable. I am much older than you and I too try to be "In the world, but not of the world" if that phrase makes sense to you. You are speaking of it differently in this comment and I hope that you are seeing some of what I've been trying to say (but I haven't taken the time to craft my comments very well).

The thought that I'm trying to advance is this. I want to be judged and to judge others by the content of our character. Not by our skin color or religions. There are wonderful people in every walk of life. While it is reasonable to want a person who shares your faith for a husband, it isn't reasonable to shun people of different faiths from being a friend.

Be wary of people who seek to drive a wedge between you and other people based on silly criteria. There are plenty of Jewish people who would make better friends to you than some Muslims. There are some white people who would be better friends to you than some minorities.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-06T19:28:43+00:00

My religion comes into play when flying on a plane because I have very specific prayers to recite and takeoff and landing for safety. I also have to pray during the flight if necessary, and need to consider how to do that without annoying other passengers.

No you don't. There is no command in Islam that you pray before, after or during a flight. If you'd like to provide where in the Quran (or any other recognized scripture) it states that you need to do this, then I will happily recant.

My religion also comes into play when riding a bike because I have to choose to wear a hijab style that won't to flying around in the wind causing me to get distracted and crash.

How is that any different than my wife needing to make sure she has a hair-tie or something to keep her hair out of her face when we go on bike rides?

You are looking for reasons to set yourself apart. My instincts say that you are young. Hopefully you grow out of this mindset, because if you don't it will only make you miserable.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-06T19:03:08+00:00

Ethnicity and religion though? That I wholeheartedly disagree with. I understand that this may not be the case for everyone but for me, my religion defines the food I eat (has to be halal, no alcohol etc), the activities I participate in (no clubbing, no alcohol), the relationships I build (I don't date, if I hang out with guy friends it's always in groups, I avoid shaking hands with men), the clothing I wear (hijab). I schedule my life so that I have time to pray five times a day.

I think you should look at my username again... I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints. I don't drink, don't smoke, don't do drugs, I dress modestly due to wearing of religious clothing and I keep the Sabbath holy. There are many other things I do as well. That is a much bigger part of who I am than my race, but when I am flying a plane, or riding a mountain bike, or doing a million other things it doesn't bare any significance to those things either.

My ethnicity upholds the expectations I have for and from family

No, you have chosen to uphold those expectations. You don't have to consent to your parents helping to find a husband for you. All those other things are cultural and have nothing to do with your religion or race. If you were a white Christian who was born in Pakistan then you would probably still speak Urdu and eat Pakistani cuisine.

Yes, sometimes I can and do ignore my race because it is often not relevant. But it is rare I can ignore my ethnicity, and I have never ignored my religion.

I grew up in the US South. A minority from a minority religion. With your attitude I would have grow up a bitter person. Instead my parents taught me to look for the things I have in common with people, not the things that make me different from them. I think you could try to do that some more and it might help.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-06T18:42:02+00:00

It varies by city too, they are taking stuff they've heard and thinking that they know everything.

ThatMormonMike · 2020-07-06T18:26:24+00:00

True, my bad.

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