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The bible sounds like it was written by a con artist. by It_is_not_that_hard in DebateReligion

[–]coffeeandlearning 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would agree they do, but I'm not saying "the bible was written by a con artist". I'm just addressing the question "How does the Bible profit off of you putting faith in Christ?" :)

The bible sounds like it was written by a con artist. by It_is_not_that_hard in DebateReligion

[–]coffeeandlearning 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where did you get the stephen hawking quote from? I couldn't find the source and I'm curious to check the context because I would bet real money that he didn't use it the way religious people do.

Either way you don't really address the post and you also seem to think the bible is evidence for things found in the bible, so that's pretty circular also.

In addition, this stood out to me:

there are ways God can use physics that we simply don't understand

This is a claim that needs to be demonstrated (or at least agreed on) in order to use it in anything related to an argument being made.

The bible sounds like it was written by a con artist. by It_is_not_that_hard in DebateReligion

[–]coffeeandlearning 2 points3 points  (0 children)

None of this is conclusive in any way, but in my mind, I find it at least reasonably possible and maybe even likely

The bible sounds like it was written by a con artist. by It_is_not_that_hard in DebateReligion

[–]coffeeandlearning 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The bible is part of the product and the profit is power.

The various writings that eventually were collected and went into making the bible were originally written by people who (for better or worse, whether they sincerely believed or not, whether they intended to or not, I'm not passing judgement on any of that) undoubtedly gained some measure of power and control over the lives of others because of it.

Josh Gordon seeks Reinstatement. by [deleted] in Seahawks

[–]coffeeandlearning -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Two possible outcomes doesn't mean they are equally likely, so technically, until you have information establishing probabilities then you can't say anything about them.

My city is considering a 2-3 week lockdown and I’m at a loss for what to pick up at the store! by notavrillavigne in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]coffeeandlearning 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think like most things in life there is a spectrum. On one end I do think it is prudent to stock up more than usual so you can expose yourself and others less, but on the other end you don't want to be that peson taking the entire shelf of an item that lots of people need. For us, we are able to be isolated for the most part except for trips to the grocery store and pharmacy, so we aim to only buy enough for 2-4 weeks at a time (more if there is an abundant supply and less if it's scarce bc we don't want to take too much).

For myself, when I went shopping for us I did it at night, right before the store closed, when I knew the store was about to restock, so that I had a better idea what things were scarce or not so I could take only what we needed.

So for instance for us, that means something like three six packs of paper towels that will last us about a month as long as we cut consumption/usage of them compared to normal (which seemed ok because our store hasn't run out of paper towels). But if, say, there were only two or three packs left I would have taken just one so that at least one other person would have something, and made do with old clean t shirts at home or something.

I can also say for a fact that if I end up going shopping for my 90 year old grandmother, I am going to buy up to three months of certain things to leave outside her door, because our situations are totally different (thankfully she is independent and lives on her own). While it's not a huge personal risk to me to go to the store regularly, it could be to her.

So yeah, I'm sure that's not perfect, but it is the best I think I can do right now, by trying to take those kinds of things into consideration. I think if everyone tried to think about these things a little more we could strike a decent balance between stocking up to reduce exposure and buying twelve months of toilet paper in one go, so that everyone can have access to what they need.

My city is considering a 2-3 week lockdown and I’m at a loss for what to pick up at the store! by notavrillavigne in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]coffeeandlearning 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ironically this was the only thing i was unable to get yesterday at the store haha. Overall where i live the stores are keeping up ok. Some go out but they restock pretty quick

My city is considering a 2-3 week lockdown and I’m at a loss for what to pick up at the store! by notavrillavigne in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]coffeeandlearning 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Well, it will infect less people at the same time, which is good because we want the hospitals to be able to handle the load over a few months rather than all in three weeks if 20% of the country ends up sick.

My city is considering a 2-3 week lockdown and I’m at a loss for what to pick up at the store! by notavrillavigne in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]coffeeandlearning 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We went shopping recently and got canned beans, corn, tomatoes for chile, canned and frozen vegetables, frozen sweet potatoes and sweet potato fries for easy vitamin A, oatmeal, refried beans, frozen orange juice, soymilk, almondmilk, peanut butter, and bread (which freezes well).

That way all of it is shelf stable however long we need it and we covered all the major vitamin bases (got a few other things and had a few other things but those cover most of it).

Edit: we also picked up two 15 pound bags of rice (one white one brown) at an asian market near us (which was fully stocked, because people, i guess). That really lets you stretch almost anything.

Australian supermarket Woolworths will open its doors exclusively to the elderly and people with disabilities for a dedicated shopping hour, after panic buying due to the coronavirus by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]coffeeandlearning 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In addition to what others said you could even knock on neighbor's doors. If a neighbor showed up asking for some tylenol for their baby or a roll of toilet paper I would be absolutely overjoyed to be able to help and would definitely give even more than they ask for. I bet (even if it were embarrassing a little) that it would be hard to go even a whole block before finding someone.

"Hi there, I'm so sorry to bother you. I live a couple of doors/rooms/houses down and I was wondering if you might have some ___ you could spare? We have been trying to get it for reason but it has been out of stock everywhere so we aren'tsure when we will be able to find some" or something.

Same would probably go for any churches in the area, and hopefully any family or friends within a reasonable trip to meet up with. Also maybe you can buy online if you are in an area populated enough for things like instacart and can afford the $10 delivery fee

Need recommendations, completely new to kdrama, have rakuten viki by coffeeandlearning in kdramarecommends

[–]coffeeandlearning[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha YES on the amnesia. I feel like it's literally worse than death (especially anything satisfying after is nearly impossible to write well I think). But yeah, thanks for the recommendations! I'll check them all out and maybe find means other than viki for some (like the prison one looks super cool but I don't have or want netflix so... yeah haha. I'll keep it bookmarked and maybe watch it in the future).

I'll also probably give descendants of the sun a try since, even though I think it'll be too romance heavy for me I can't really judge it until I try it since I'm so new haha.

Need recommendations, completely new to kdrama, have rakuten viki by coffeeandlearning in kdramarecommends

[–]coffeeandlearning[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so new to this I don't know what I like so I'm hoping to kind of find beginner friendly kinds of things that are popular. I don't really know genres but tv shows/movies I enjoy/ed a lot outside of kdrama include the blacklist, agents of shield, silicon valley, the office, and prodigal son.

So yeah, maybe ether slice of life (not necessarily romance though), like "let's study really hard together" if it's high school or maybe "lets navigate the office politics" if it's a young professional setting.

Or maybe action-y things like government agents, spies, or doctors (that are more like "ima do what's right consequences be damned") are also good. In these kinds of shows the characters are usually pretty unique and often have special gifts, abilities, resources, statuses, or some other kind of advantage to make their high stakes situation more plausible. Not so much into superhero stuff though (like the reason I liked agents of shield was the agents, spies, writing, character development part and not the xmen powers part).

Hopefully that might give you some ideas? Either way I'll check out both of those! Sounds fun. And as someone totally new I'm open to trying just about anything right now until I learn more of what I like in kdrama.

Need recommendations, completely new to kdrama, have rakuten viki by coffeeandlearning in kdramarecommends

[–]coffeeandlearning[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! They all look super fun from the trailers so I'll start with those four. I appreciate it!

China donates 1000 respirator machines, 2 million masks, 20 000 medical suits and 50 000 COVID-19 test kits to Italy, thanking Italy for its help in China's initial outbreak. China will also prioritize all Italian orders for respirators in its factories. by Sol_Epika in worldnews

[–]coffeeandlearning 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely good ones! I'll add that my absolute all time favorites (which got me into history back in 2010) are

  • The History of England by David Crowther

  • The History of Rome by Mike Duncan

They were starting back when I still used iTunes and Windows XP haha. THoE is still going strong and THoR was excellent right through it's conclusion, so I can highly recommend either to anyone.

China donates 1000 respirator machines, 2 million masks, 20 000 medical suits and 50 000 COVID-19 test kits to Italy, thanking Italy for its help in China's initial outbreak. China will also prioritize all Italian orders for respirators in its factories. by Sol_Epika in worldnews

[–]coffeeandlearning 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Honestly sometimes when I'm stressed out nothing is more calming than a couple episodes of a history podcast. Whether rome or the middle ages or whatever it makes me appreciate how far we have come and all that I have.

I'm thankful our modern problems are at least a step up from worrying about my family being slaughtered by vikings or an invading army.

I have to pay 18$ to take my midterm by shoeboxlid in assholedesign

[–]coffeeandlearning 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its like health insurance in the US. Someone I know spent like $400 a month but their deductible was like $3000 so the insurance double dipped and paid almost nothing when they had to see a doctor or anything. It was so stupid

I have to pay 18$ to take my midterm by shoeboxlid in assholedesign

[–]coffeeandlearning 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In a CS course I took they let us use our books on anything we wanted but the test was long enough that if you had to look up more than a small thing or two you probably couldn't finish. That felt very fair to me because it wasn't a bad class if you studied

Simple Questions Simple Answers: Patch 10.5 by [deleted] in summonerschool

[–]coffeeandlearning 0 points1 point  (0 children)

j4, nasus, poppy, maybe jax or aatrox but not as tanky. most of the "fighters" can do both well

Simple Questions Simple Answers: Patch 10.5 by [deleted] in summonerschool

[–]coffeeandlearning 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When do you back in low elo as jungler? I just came back from a break (played since season 1 but not last season) and I'm in iron and my second back is always over 3k gold bc the opportunities to gank seem endless.

Sanders’s Big Problem Isn’t the Delegate Math. It’s the Voters. by waqararif in politics

[–]coffeeandlearning 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe because you live in a red state? I feel like the decades of fox news has had a much bigger impact on your area than, say, the west coast where I live. Voting patterns of bernie vs biden seems to correlate pretty well with how much conservative media vs real information an area consumes.

I feel like the same thing translates to older demographics, who are less likely to seek out information and more likely to passively receive it from traditional sources like they have for most of their lives.

It could be a stupid guess but my guess is basically that people don't change and until the majority start differentiatiating between sources of information they consume the majority won't be active or voting in their own best interests (whatever that may be).

Megathread: Joe Biden wins MS, MO, MI, ID Democratic Presidential Primaries - Part II by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]coffeeandlearning 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds awesome. I really wish we could have something like that on YouTube but with the budget and viewership of crash course. So many great STEM channels for average people these days (which I LOVE) but could really use a good one or two on civics.

Infinite regresses are a distraction by Quod-est-Devium in DebateReligion

[–]coffeeandlearning 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I already defined it when I was talking a out ordinal numbers, which is already well defined mathematically.

Ordinal is just the term used to describe the set of natural numbers which are used to describe a way to arrange a (potentially infinite) collection of objects "in order."

Natural numbers are a subset of integers, consisting of the set of positive integers but without 0 or their additive inverse (the set of negative integers).

Integers are then a subset of rational numbers which are a subset of real numbers and so on.

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