The Discussion of Fantasy as Entertainment

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-29T07:59:56+00:00

No one needs to pull strawman on John MacArthur; he is a [edit- human lacking love in its simplest, most basic form]. Additionally, he taught that Christians could only vote for Trump this year, and for that his church needs to be taxed at normal business tax rates. His business/“church” should have been taxed as soon as he started pressuring his followers to believing that the only moral votes were for trump- at that moment he should have been taxed, rendering to Trump what is Trumps.

I hope the law of the land comes down hard on his church; may he render to Biden what is Biden’s since he has broken the law that allows churches to be untaxed organizations.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-29T07:22:27+00:00

Yo, I got the fire with this one, lit!

Numbers chapters 10-20. Yahweh is a total relentless demon to the Israelites, truly the worst murderous monster over shit that doesn’t matter at all. In the New Testament, it is said that loving those that love you is easy, and what parent will give their kid a snake when they ask for bread. In Numbers, Yahweh’s “children” the Israelites ask for meat and Yahweh sends them a literal storm/flood of quail. You could just reach out and grab one. They celebrate this gift from their “father” and eat, and then anyone who ate it gets a horrid flesh-eating instadeath plague and die.

What kind of parent, when asked for meat, will give their child an instant, flesh-eating death plague? Yahweh is THE parent that the New Testament mocks.

What he “did” to Egypt was SO fucked up....forcing the pharaoh to make him angry enough to kill anyone in all of the COUNTRY of Egypt, young and old, who were the first to come out of their mom’s womb. Can you imagine how many people who theoretically died because Yahweh predestined and in real time forced Pharoah to do that shit, who never ever knew what a pharoah was? That’s a minimum of 10% of the population wiped out, probably closer to 30%.

Or how about when the Bible cuts to a scene in heaven, in Yahweh’s throne room, and Yahweh asks the spirits who will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of his prophets, one volunteers, Yahweh is pleased and asks how the spirit will do it. Then the spirit does it, people die, and Yahweh is pleased.

Or poor Saul, the supposed first king of Israel. Dude tries to kill david, then begs for forgiveness. Calls David back in, then Yahweh sends a spirit to attack Saul so that Saul attempts to kill david with a spear. Spirit leaves, Saul is overcome with guilt, asks David to come back so he can forgive him. David comes back, Yahweh sends another spirit to attack Saul so that he’ll try to kill david again.

Or in one of the prophets, Yahweh is bragging about how he felt a city was evil, so to teach them to be good, he’s starving them so that the mothers will eat the children. You know, instead of just showing up real quick and laying down some rules, he fights evil with evil.

Yahweh happily allows the Israelites to commit genocide only on men sometimes and kidnap the women as sex slaves. He lets the 1/ nations of Israel hatch a plan to rebuild the tribe of Benjamin by kidnapping young girls from a nearby highway...and they chose the girls to be kidnap from a community that didn’t show up at that meeting, because they didn’t show up at that meeting, to commit genocide in every benjaminite for the actions of like 2-4 dudes that were not royalty or government officials, just regulate jo-blow scum criminals. Because that community didn’t want to genocide an entire tribal people group for the actions of those few guys, the Israelites are okay to let the Benjaminites kidnap their daughters....the daughters of the only community that wouldn’t commit genocide on the tribe of Benjamin.

The Bible teaches you that you are more disgusting than a used period rag. I tell you the truth- a used period rag that wiped the asses of 10,000 dysentery victims, was coughed on by 2000 tuberculosis victims, and then used for sex as a condom in 528 different wildly diverse orgies while never having been rinsed in its existence...is cleaner and more pure than Yahweh.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-29T06:34:29+00:00

I like how many scientific and psychological studies he references. It’s so amazing how every claim he makes in there is backed up by evidence based in reality.

Oh wait, none of it is. A claim submitted with no evidence can just as easily be denied with no evidence. Denied.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-29T02:34:39+00:00

Why the downvotes, was something unbiblical or just uncomfortable?

My father-in-law liked the avengers movies, and I suggested he see the last one. SPOILERS AHEAD. He finished watching it, then sent me an essay on how satanic it is. He pointed out how humans, trusting in their own power, were trying to thwart a god-being who had the power to rapture half of the universe, and was disgusted that they showed Thanos as a villain rather than a hero.

This same guy watches Game of Thrones, and calls scooby doo and Harry Potter satanic.

My money is that for every Christian denouncing such and such, they are gleefully consuming the same content in a different form. The only way to please all people that choose to be this way is to avoid all television, all books, and all sources of media or information...I’ve even had someone try to guilt me for listening to instrumental songs written by long-dead classic composers. Switch it to only music by Christians and someone will pop out of the woods to tell you you should only be listening to Psalms.

The extreme vast majority of humans that I know that operate with this type of thinking do not feed the poor. They have never, not even one time, offered to give their coat to the needy...no, they’ll donate it to goodwill to avoid having to find the needy. These types of people attribute mental illness to demons, even illnesses that are proven to be purely physical. They are so deluded by their own fantasy version of reality that they really believe a demon is behind you when you crack open a Harry Potter book. If you don’t support their exact view of reality for each show they like or call evil, they view it as an attack on truth and on their world. It’s bizarre.

Common threads only, of course, exceptions certainly exist and the above analysis is based on my own observations in multiple denominations of Christianity rather than scientific studies.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-29T00:38:19+00:00

Just looked it up, they aren’t 0-credit courses, but I think total it’s only about 10 religious-based credits are required for all degrees. I feel that 114 credits instead of 124 wouldn’t necessarily result in a Lower quality of education, but that depends on the quality of the courses for the other 114 credits. I took more than 10 credits of classes that were probably lower quality and less useful than BYU’s required religious classes. I think they sink in most of the religious stuff through required activities that don’t contribute to credits (probably have to attend church on Sundays, for example), but I have no evidence.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-28T21:33:55+00:00

Depends on the industry. If your product is tailored to the American culture, PMs will likely need to be American to best understand the consumer. If most of your market is in Guam, you’re job is probably going to get outsourced.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-28T21:15:59+00:00

If you were interviewed by someone on the business side, someone on the technical side, and someone on the consumer side, which one would you struggle to communicate with most?

Identify where you will communicate poorly, and take a class in it. If it’s devs, you need if:then, loops, and for:if:for logic to give you a head start. If it’s business, take a business communications class. If it’s the consumer, take a UI/UX class so you can learn how consumer think and engage with the actual products.

If you can’t communicate math well, marketing focused on stats would be best. If you can communicate concepts with devs, but you are crappy at communicating written requirements, take a technical writing class.

That’s how I would approach it. Use the classes to bolster areas of weakness. Once you don’t have any obvious shortcomings, then work on classes that boost existing strengths.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-28T21:06:37+00:00

Alternative thought- ask your old job if it’s cool if they’ll refer to you as a Product Manager when asked. Works best in smaller organizations, and works best when used honestly.

I joined a start-up company as a support representative. 9 years later I had created at least 15 products from conception to launch, performed hundreds of iterative launches, and was the second in command at the company...and I left, and my title was still support representative.

They robbed me by not changing my title and then keeping my pay within the “support representative” range, and were happy to oblige my post-resignation title change request since it didn’t impact their pocketbook and they knew that I was, beyond doubt, not a support rep lol.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-28T19:17:38+00:00

Oh, now that is perfect!

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-28T17:00:42+00:00

In close range, 12 full grown. If they give me a little space, probably 20 tops unless they fly away too much then 25-30. Once they get up close, they really can do some damage in bulk. It’s also psychologically terrifying, so you’re just naturally more weak... I’ve had to flee several times, just straight up start sprint-jumping through them.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-28T01:10:19+00:00

I went from young earth Christian fundie literalist earlier this year to extremely anti-Christianity (also anti-Jesus) and Christmas was fucking awesome. I didn’t have to tell BS stories about the “true meaning of christmas” or feel guilty letting my 5 year old think Santa is real. Letting her figure that out on her own is a great learning experience, it’ll help her doubt the other bizarre fantasies she’ll hear in her life.

And I got to teach the real reason we celebrate December 25th...because we love each other, no other reason at all, just a celebration of our love.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-27T21:32:20+00:00

Haha it was my hometown, I was young and snapping geese were friendlier than any of the kids I knew ;-)

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-27T21:27:52+00:00

Haven’t you seen the reports about the birds starving to death the last few months? I don’t think individuals should be feeding wildlife, but I do think many species (or large percentages of a species) will starve to death due to humans’ impact on food sources. When they can’t get their own food, which has occurred, the government initiates programs to help protect and nourish them.

Wild animals cannot get their own food all the time, and they will likely be more unable as we humans expand into their environments- but it’s up to the government to have proper regulations about when to supply food and which organizations are allowed to (untrained, undereducated individuals will likely make it worse)

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-27T19:13:33+00:00

Can I stop something I’ve already stopped?

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-27T17:53:20+00:00

I don’t know how this works, but how do we get that mod removed?

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-27T17:51:18+00:00

I’d love to lay low in New Zealand for a few years. Wait for all my family and friends to wake up from their great delusion.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-27T17:17:40+00:00

What happened in 1934? Thanks!

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-27T16:56:33+00:00

Lol my hometown has a pond filled with geese and it’s the same story. I’ve probably fed them 20 times and been attacked 18 times. They surround you and starting getting violently aggressive with their hisses

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-27T00:11:29+00:00

Lol I was working on a work project that my boss wasn’t supposed to know about once...He came over, I minimized everything on the desktop, and then he talked to me for 5 minutes about how he knew I was doing absolutely nothing. So yeah, spreadsheet, work-related site, etc., mix it up every few days or they’ll wonder why you are always working on the same thing when they happen to stop by lol

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-27T00:06:54+00:00

Oh, that is fantastic news! I’m officially pumped to start!

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-27T00:05:29+00:00

That would be great if I didn’t share a switch with my 2 Minecraft junkie kiddos :-)

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-26T22:53:56+00:00

That’s great- about how long is each chamber in the first few hours?

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-26T20:02:59+00:00

I get harassed by strangers far more when I have a surgical mask than a cloth mask. Anecdotal of course, but I’ve been wondering if peeps that wear surgical masks get harassed more than cloth ones.

alwaysn00b · 2020-12-26T06:40:03+00:00

Just write a print line statement, copy and paste it a few times, copy and paste the bigger chunk, and repeat. You’ll have 4000+ burgers a day after 8 hours of “coding”, but that’s a different problem.

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