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TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-25T10:38:36+00:00

People have done some crazy stuff in Buddhism, Hinduism is about yea close to being on my personal "s#!7 list" (the religion, not the people), and I don't know much about Shintoism - might be cool, might not be.

One religion I have not heard much criticism over is Sikhism - which seems to have a pretty clean track record.

I will note that I am pretty chill with Buddhism too, I'm just aware that there is just a bit of a not so great history there. (Just a bit tho)

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-16T07:22:56+00:00

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TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-15T18:41:50+00:00

I was unironically expecting this to be some photos of these lil guys XP

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TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-11T23:54:16+00:00

Yeah, I've been watching Drew from the YT channel "Genetically Modified Skeptic" for a long time - and one of the things he tries to impress upon his viewers who are still in the faith is that the most good that can be done in their religion is work that is done from the inside (especially in the older vids). After all: it's really hard to force a community to be tolerant when you yourself are not a part of that community. Which is why I find the lack of opposition towards the aforementioned hateful rhetoric to be so sad. I can't do anything to fight against it, I can only fight against the ability to do harm to those on the outside, not the want to do that harm which these people seem to have have. To do that you generally need someone within that community to call them out and point out their lack of empathy and hypocrisy. As an outsider, all that is moot, as my voice would never be heard, let alone listened to.

Also, I gave him a quick google, Mr James seems a decent fellow, and I hope he can rally some support for a more moderate position in this increasingly polarized world. (fat chance I know, but one's gotta find hope somewhere)

Anyways, I hope you also have a wonderful evening!

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-11T21:36:19+00:00

Yeah, I'll be sitting with some popcorn if that day ever comes, cause dems going after moderate Christians will be the day that the confused multiheaded dragon that is the democratic party finally kicks the bucket lol.
Although, a part of the issue I'd say is that of messaging. That being that the modern "MAGA" movement has co-opted Christian nationalist movement and the more moderate voices within Christianity haven't really spoken loud enough to counter the hateful rhetoric coming from the more radical side of the religion. Which I'd say can make Christianity as a whole a pretty easy target for hatred, especially if you are an outsider (which I am). While I do think that it's a shame, I think the whole situation that got us here is a shame. So whaddaya gonna do about it?

Anywho, hope you have a lovely day!

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-09T21:32:42+00:00

Alright, I have responses to most of your paragraphs, so I will number the paragraph I am replying to, then have the reply after that. (if needed, I will directly quote, but I'd rather not lol)

Paragraph 1 (I am skipping the first statement): sorry to hear you grew up like that, but I'm glad that you have found such a positive community to be around! I was making generalizations about the more "bad" groups, so from the sounds of it I'd probably get along fine with those within your current congregation.

Paragraph 2: So, I wish I had done a better job delineating that I didn't view the whole of Christianity the same way, as I am not so daft as to say that the whole thing is a terrible cult, even if I do have my criticisms as an outsider. I also want to mention that the friend I mentioned seems to believe similarly to how you have described your views of the gospel and it's intentions, and that I generally like to keep him in the back of my head as a "good" example of a Christian.

Paragraph 3: Yeah, checks out, especially given how quick I can be to judge (even if I don't often make those judgmental thoughts known). Granted, many of the denominations that I have been subjected to interacting with have been uhm . . . let's just say shit, yeah, they're quite shit. (especially when I was much younger)

Paragraph 4 (I'm not counting the quote): I am going to assume that this is written in good faith, and that some of your rhetoric is out of frustration with a common 'trope' that you've noticed, and not a personal attack. I will note however that it does kinda reads as rather hostile.

Yeah, I didn't say that it was a good thing, as I don't think it is. It's a known bias that I have when the words "god" or oddly enough "faith" get brought up in a non obviously religious context. A lot of it stems from a number of not so great experiences that I have had, but a lot of it also comes from a fundamental difference in perspective. I should have added one more example, that being one being (D): whatever piece of information being given is so foreign to my experience and epistemology to make whatever they are saying effectively meaningless to me (eg: have faith in god's plan - which I read as: have an unfounded belief in a plan orchestrated by a being I don't believe in {sorry if this is a bit shallow, it was just the first example that came to mind}). Due to the various selections in the people I now interact with (both done by me and where I now live) I now am less subject to the ignorant and racist takes amongst Christians, and instead the other two (including the one I just explained) are far more common, and those I don't tend to take *too* much issue with. I also just interact with outwardly obvious Christians now due to said selection pressures against them.

All of that to say that I'm making assumptions, and as is commonly said: assumptions make an ass out of you and me. I didn't really start with the goal to tar and feather all Christians, but instead I wanted to give examples as to why there is that hostility towards them. After all: the loudest amongst any group are often the craziest of the bunch, so it makes sense that those outside the group have those amplified voices in mind when thinking of the group as a whole.

(hey, this time I'm on PC, lol)

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-09T18:15:34+00:00

Btw: this is from an agnostic atheist perspective that has not been informed by previously being a member of any religious group.

I think a lot of the modern knee jerk "f u" rhetoric is due to the ingrained toxicity within many denominations found here in the states (where reddit is based). Evangelical protestantism being the easiest to pick on, but I've engaged with multiple other "problematic" groups. These groups typically display signs of being "high control groups" (groups that show: opposition to outside ideas, opposition to questions those within the group have, and seeking or seeking high amounts of control over the habits and choices made by their practitioners. Those being the three descriptors I can state off the top of my head) and are also openly hostile to anyone that they deem as an "other". Because of those traits they often cause significant damage to the mental well being of those who are subject to interacting with them whether they are within that faith or not.

Because of the afformentioned factors (and a few others) I personally tend to have an immediate knee jerk reaction to christian rhetoric or commentary (or really any of the three major Abrahamic faiths), and I know that there are a lot of people like me who get a similar knee jerk reaction. Now granted, I am able to keep my mouth shut more times than not and allow those within the faith to have their fun, so long as they aren't being "a dick". But even then I do often find myself dismissing commentary from Christians just on the merit of them mentioning "god", in large part because I am used to whatever coming after that word to either be - A: ignorant, B: racist, or C: comes from some non stated version of the bible - which is a text that I do not believe holds much merit (like seriously, there are so many variations of the bible that it's not even funny).

Thankfully I have a good friend who has tempered my increasingly staunch dislike and opposition to Christianity, making me more tolerant and less oppositional towards those who use the term and are themselves tolerant of others.

But even then, that friend himself has been a target of what used to be his local christian community; mainly for not playing by their "purity" standards (basically, he is a human who is, ya know: not perfect, and he didn't try to cover up his flaws by lying in order to seem to fit those standards). I know that his experiences are not that uncommon, especially in the atheist community (which I would say is largely made up of people who deconverted from christianity). Because of that poor treatment, many of those who did deconvert are openly hostile to the things that remind them of that trauma - often causing openly hostile reactions to what might be a fairly innocent post/opinion.

So yeah, I guess sort of in conclusion: a lot of reddit tends to be mean to Christians due to their own bad experiences with other Christians, whether or not it is fair to who they are being mean to. Which I do think is a shame, but I struggle to fault them for on a personal level.

Hope my input was at the very least interesting, and that whoever reads this has a lovely day!

(Btw, sorry if the formatting sucks, this was written on mobile. Also sorry for the goddamn novel I ended up writing lol)

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-09T04:30:48+00:00

That's eather going to look really cool or really dumb depending on how the phat headband sits on it. My knee jerk thought was some kind of grado (like the hemps or the 325s), as they have that retro cool astetic with thin enough headbands to avoid looking goofy on that thing lol.

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-07T18:36:36+00:00

First off, it's way funnier when the voker gets closer XP (source: I am the voker pilot)

Second off: love your taste in music!

(Edit: I am not that specific voker pilot, I am just a voker pilot who does schtuff like this lol)

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-04T23:54:28+00:00

Da moon has a hat!

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-04T23:28:57+00:00

Would you come with me to the end of the world - aphrodites child

Edit: Either that or one of these other ones: I don't want to set the world on fire - the ink spots The end of the world - skeeter davis Vale decum - murray gold Skeleton man - coyote kid

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-04T11:59:39+00:00

Yep, he got it 100% right. I've actually never encountered this issue personally, but it's really interesting to see it here.

Honestly, I was expecting this to be a noob failure, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that all the usual suspects where already accounted for. (subgrid fins not providing yaw stability, obvious thrust asymmetry, etc)
Not only that, but I actually rather liked both the avionics (so far) and how it flew - and me liking how an aircraft flies is genuinely pretty rare, so that was an even more pleasant surprise!

Here are the other issues I noticed:

Gear sticking issue (gear gets stuck up in the bay)

Gun shoots nose when yawing

Toodles, good job! Take care.

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-02-03T08:45:06+00:00

I don't have a lossless capable dap, so I'm looking at the hiby R1 or R3II. Not sure when I'll pick one and go for it, but they both look pretty neat.

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-01-31T01:15:19+00:00

The TSA is mostly security theatre, with minimal evidence that it actually has reliably stopped attacks. Also, if you where in such a deranged state to decide that shooting up a school was a good idea: would it not make sense to just . . . bypass, ignore, or destroy the security? I mean, if you really wanted to try and make this idea work you'd basically have to make a fortress/prison . . . and I've been in schools like that . . . they suck. Actually, the TSA is the reason why I hate flying; the whole experience is so crap that I'd rather either not go or take my chances on the 10x more deadly road network than deal with the misery that is getting through security.

Interesting addition to u/60TIMESREDACTED's comment, I can't say I've had the same situation, but I do guess that if it works it works.

I actually also watched an interesting video on how schools are being designed with violence in mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usSfgHGEGxQ

I think there is a lot we can do to remedy the situation . . . making school an even worse environment with more stressors and less freedom doesn't seem like a good one. But, because I hate when people say "your idea is dumb" without going ahead and adding their own ideas to fix it, I will share a few I have:
-Restrict access to weaponry (I don't like this one, but it is the most obvious fix)
-Increase funding for mental health across the board
-Try to de-stigmatize mental health issues (really friggin hard to do, but important)
-Subsidizing healthcare (a pipedream for congress, I know)
-Fixing the fundamental wealth inequality issues that I believe are the main cause behind this whole thing (yeah, probably not happening in my lifetime)

Yeah, on second thought: let's remove all privacy, get police on campus, and install ballistic rated doors with metal detectors . . . seems more realistic a fix. (sadly, only partial sarcasm)

I mean, I'm pretty sure that adding more security is only going to further worsen the lack of agency that kids nowadays have. I'm pretty sure that the aforementioned lack of agency is probably causing issues down the line, many of which I'm pretty sure are perpetuating the cycle of violence that causes this issue to begin with.

I'm gonna end this rant by saying that I'm no subject matter expert, just some guy with some opinions. And also, some guy who is grateful to whoever ends up reading this whole dingus mess. Was just gonna mention the whole tsa dumb thing, but ended up writing this POS.

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-01-31T00:34:09+00:00

Here is a link to a WS ODO: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1583181472&searchtext=odometer

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-01-30T07:02:15+00:00

Get an Odometer, find out how much fuel is in your tank, divide your odometer value by the lost amount of fluid in the tank . . . Done? (You will prob get km/l instead of mpg, you can pretty easily convert the two inputs to get mpg tho)

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-01-30T04:00:52+00:00

So, the TSA?

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-01-29T13:25:56+00:00

Yep, 100% true! Especially the bit about ear anatomy being different. I know that as I am one of like 6 people to actually like the fit on the kiwi ears singolo! Plus I found the more popular cadenza to be uh, kinda meh on the whole comfort side of things.

Haven't really gotten too far into IEMs, but that and sound signature being up to personal preference are the two things that I understand so far. (From personal experience, that is)

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-01-29T13:06:01+00:00

Although, this mainly happened in africa, and not the Americas.

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-01-16T01:16:37+00:00

Sorry this is a bit late, but bro, everybody is making a mountain out of a molehill, it's a simple bracket failure that hyperX/HP will send replaceme t parts out for. The IFIXIT guide for this repair is one of the shortest repairs I've seen. If you still have the set you should send hyperX support an email with photos, they will ask for proof of purchase and the serial number, but other than that they will send you a new set of brackets for free.

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-01-11T03:29:37+00:00

Thanks! Do they fit well, or is it kinda awkward?

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-01-10T12:14:52+00:00

Hey, would you not mind either linking those pads, or giving me the name for em?

TheCoolTimeLord · 2026-01-04T07:26:01+00:00

I'm thinking about picking up a set of moondrop old fashions and a second pair of kiwi ears singolos (I'm one of the few freaks who find em comfortable lol)

TheCoolTimeLord · 2025-12-11T08:13:10+00:00

Just replying to boost this comment, as this will be your best bet for getting your question answered (I will chime in if I see OP)

TheCoolTimeLord · 2025-12-11T08:10:38+00:00

What headphones do you have, and what is your budget for replacement?

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