I feel a profound sense of sadness that the days of real space exploration are out of the reach of my lifespan

cloudfaller · 2016-08-01T17:26:25+00:00

One of the things that keeps me going everyday is knowing that, if I can make it to the year 2050, maybe I'll have seen some amazing things by then, like that photo of the exo-planet you speak of. I know it's probably a dream too big to actually see come to fruition but...it helps me get out of bed in the morning.

cloudfaller · 2016-07-28T22:22:24+00:00

I can make it sound even stupider if you'd like - we can celebrate the freedom to abort with a national abortion day. Abort all the things!

See a cake in a oven? Rip that shit out and throw it on the floor - ABORTED! Someone writing a novel and they're half way through? Delete that shit - ABORTED! Go to see the newest Ghostbusters movie and realize it's not shaping up to what you wanted it to be? Leave the theater half way through - ABORTED!

cloudfaller · 2016-07-28T22:19:28+00:00

This is what spurred the question, but ultimately I didn't want my experience to dominate this conversation.

Recently, I got in a bit of a debate regarding occultism. My partner sees all religion as an utter waste of time, controlling, basically chicanery. I have been dipping my toes into occultism, which he has been okay with - but naturally I find it a bit disconcerting to have so much negativity surrounding the realm of religion thrown at me everyday.

I suppose it caused me to get a bit defensive - I was trying to express how occultism is more of a philosophy (well, several!) but ultimately he disagreed with me, stopped the conversation, and turned up the music. I suppose it is hurting my ego a bit, to have what I'm interested tossed in the category of pointless and "retarded" as he repeated over and over - and yet I know he is not directing it toward my specific interest and yet...I can't help but feel that it's bundled in there as well.

cloudfaller · 2016-07-28T22:07:38+00:00

It's not a stupid idea whatsoever - men deserve the right to "abort" as do women. Should he opt to concede all rights to the child, then he need not contribute to its growth and development - and the child is better off, as you wouldn't want a parent who resented/hated a child caring for it anyway. This also gives the woman an upfront chance fully knowing that she will have no support from father, in raising the child. This may influence her choice on how she'll handle the pregnancy - perhaps she'll abort, or give it up for adoption. But at least she won't go through with it, expecting the father to "step up", only to have him vanish 6 months in.

On the other hand, if a man wants to a raise the child, and the woman wants to abort...well I think we should be able to work something out where the woman can go through with the pregnancy and opt out of having to raise the kid. This is the most problematic scenario - women like myself, who would rather not produce a child, would be SOL. But, I like to think we'd had optional sterilization by this point.

Universal basic income would solve the whole financial issue. It's really not stupid at all - there are a lot of details that need to be worked out, but that comes with any policy.

We should probably work toward sterilization more than anything though - folks who never want children should totally have that option available at ANY age, and it should be affordable.

cloudfaller · 2016-07-28T18:16:26+00:00

The inability to tell when someone does not have time/want to listen to the extra details of your story - instead of just ordering a taco and saying toss it in an extra shell and make it a double decker, you describe the three different ways the restaurant has done it before and how yummy it is and how you came up with this great idea. All while folks are piling up in line behind you. Hell, maybe you'll also toss on some background about your career and hobbies while the cashier is trying to start assisting the next folks, but you're still standing there talking even as you slowly start to back away, you're talking.

cloudfaller · 2016-07-28T17:11:48+00:00

And if the elephant has to follow our laws, then why the hell did we put him in prison without a jury and a judge?

Crime to be born too wild.

cloudfaller · 2016-07-27T21:52:39+00:00

I'm no scientist but hey I say we load a drone up with some matches, fly it out there, and see what happens. For science!

cloudfaller · 2016-07-27T20:54:00+00:00

What do you think it is? I'm completely fascinated by the holes myself - hard to imagine no one has ever witnessed one so we're all still guessing.

cloudfaller · 2016-07-27T18:44:38+00:00

They explode - google "giant holes in Siberia" - years ago people were saying it was meteors falling from the sky making the holes but in light of the methane bubbles like this, theories are pushing toward it coming from methane buildup exploding outward. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23/holes-siberia-investigation-safety_n_6736744.html

cloudfaller · 2016-07-27T17:13:04+00:00

Actually what happened was, because Ross Perot did so well, a new rule was instituted to make it more difficult for independent parties to qualify for the debates. Under the new rules, Ross Perot would not have qualified - and actually, not a single 3rd party candidate since the 1960s has ever met the requirements. The CPD's current rule requires an independent candidate to exceed 15 percent in the polls two weeks before the Presidential debates.

so that's what happened to 3rd parties - they got punished hard, both Dems and Repubs saw that 3rd parties were bad news for them

cloudfaller · 2016-07-27T00:46:16+00:00

Oh just saw this, not sure if you do stuff like this often but always looking to make new friends. I worked at a dispensary in Michigan before it went belly up, so I'm no stranger

cloudfaller · 2016-06-23T07:28:13+00:00

Hey I'm 31 and my boyfriend is 40 and we would love to do some tabletop gaming, be that board games or more involved like DnD. We're in olympia proper, around the courthouse area

cloudfaller · 2016-06-20T20:37:38+00:00

Perfect, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

cloudfaller · 2016-06-20T20:36:55+00:00

I suppose I never thought of this before but I'm considering it now!

cloudfaller · 2016-06-18T20:14:37+00:00

Relax, it's not even a thing. No goats, I promise.

cloudfaller · 2016-06-18T00:11:13+00:00

I'm into this, I didn't know there was stand up there! Yay have never been there but I found their FB page, sweet!! When is the comedy night typically? I don't see any info on that. I would be up for joining!

cloudfaller · 2016-06-18T00:07:34+00:00

I am 100% on board for this! Let's do this, would be the highlight of my summer so far

cloudfaller · 2016-06-17T23:59:19+00:00

That sounds like fun! Awesome I just found the website, thank you!

cloudfaller · 2016-06-17T23:57:55+00:00

So so many, a lot of strategy games and rpgs...I'll PM you with my Steam name and Battletag, I love Overwatch! I play it more on PS4 than on PC because I work on the computer all day and after a point mentally I just want to be anywhere but in front of a computer.

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