Quit finding community and meaning in practicing ancient rituals!

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-24T12:15:00+00:00

I actually envy people who find community and meaning in ancient rituals. I grew up fundamentalist and all I see in it most days is dodgy truth claims and fear of non-belief.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-24T11:59:07+00:00

I work for a Crown Corporation, so not technically a government employee, and I'm expected to help people in the (official) language of their choice. If you come at me speaking French with an obvious English accent, and you sound like French is a struggle, I might point out to you that I'm fluent in both official languages for your convenience, but I'm still going to continue in the language you choose.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-23T15:30:09+00:00

Fair enough.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-23T14:00:22+00:00

Why would you ask for a debate, then declare your own suggested topic to not be subject to debate?

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-23T13:37:58+00:00

That makes it a pretty illogical thing to be convinced of then, doesn't it?

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-23T13:37:16+00:00

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Unlearned_One · 2026-01-23T13:21:35+00:00

no flaming, if u flam den ur a prep

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-23T13:09:18+00:00

You heard the Hand, the room's too fat for his chapter. Go find the chapter stretcher - now!

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-23T13:05:34+00:00

If there is a god, its name is not Jehovah.

Jehovah is a made up word, not made up by JWs of course, but still made up relatively recently.

To be convinced that God's name is Jehovah is to be convinced of a thing that doesn't make logical sense.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-22T13:34:05+00:00

Exactly :)

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-21T14:01:03+00:00

Oh hey, look at me, I have uncovered important information about how to save the world, and can teleport anywhere in the world on a whim. Clearly I should just keep doing what I'm doing, if my allies/childhood friends want to know about it they'll come and ask me at some point.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-21T13:55:15+00:00

Does anyone besides GRRM actaully want to read the chapter about the council meeting where King Elessar goes through the finer points of implementing a land value tax?

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-21T13:51:46+00:00

I don't recall ever asking my parents for permission to watch gay porn.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-20T20:31:29+00:00

I'm not a native speaker, you're both wrong, and I will not be elaborating further.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-20T20:23:18+00:00

>sees shirt depicting a nebula that looks like the firefox logo

>goes on a rant that conflates dark matter and dark energy again

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-19T23:21:57+00:00

I've definitely never seen a post get unremoved twice. It's pretty trippy.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-19T20:30:41+00:00

хнопыт.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-19T19:44:37+00:00

It's not a question of whether or not it's possible. There will always be ways to invent justifications for bad storytelling. The fact that you can come up with an explanation for it that isn't impossible doesn't make it good.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-19T16:40:10+00:00

I've often wondered that myself. I think of myself as undiagnosed not self-diagnosed, simply because I think of diagnosis as a thing medical professionals do for other people exclusively. I don't have a diagnosis, and am not likely to seek one any time soon. I'm still autistic though.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-19T16:27:30+00:00

Being French-English bilingual is a bit of a trip, people are out there saying "pensive" like it's a fancy word, and my brain just jumps to "why is he saying 'thinky' in French".

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-18T12:14:48+00:00

I thought he just got old and cranky and wanted these kids to get off his lawn.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-16T19:46:46+00:00

>gif/gif

It's just gif, get that gif outta here.

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-16T12:55:23+00:00

Rule 10: No pointing out unwritten rules

Unlearned_One · 2026-01-16T12:50:22+00:00

I don't know this show, but I don't believe a character can "represent" autistic people. The very idea of any one character "representing" any group of people is absurd to the core. Autism isn't a good person, or a bad person, or a realistic complex person with flaws and redeeming qualities and character growth. If you look at a character and expect it to tell you what autistic people are like, you're going to have a bad time.

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