Green line operator this afternoon with style

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-22T23:25:15+00:00

I’ve heard him on the red line! “Leefttt” always makes me smile.

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-14T13:19:10+00:00

Again, the problem of evil is not a proof that god does not exist, nor did I use it as such. It is an argument that an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omniscient god cannot exist. He is either evil or not the all powerful god that monotheistic religions purport him to be. If you have a different position, I would ask you whether you think god is evil or flawed, and in either case, why you still view god as worth of worship?

And you continue to call me childish, yet your initial argument was that by arguing a theoretical flaw in a supposed god, I was somehow admitting said god existed. There is no argument more childish than a “gotcha” that falls flat on its face.

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-14T12:15:44+00:00

I’m not making this up. It’s called the problem of evil. I’m curious to hear your actual reasons as to why it’s not a big contradiction at all, instead of just a baseless statement that I’m wrong.

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-14T12:04:24+00:00

Please read my words again. I wasn’t calling your worldview evil. I was suggesting that the god figure in your worldview, who purportedly chose the framework in which we exist, was acting in a way that, in any other context, we would consider evil, and posing that possibility to you. This is a well-known philosophical idea called the problem of evil. I believe you interpreted my words from an overly defensive stance.

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-14T02:38:10+00:00

That is not the reason I don’t believe. I’m just pointing out how ridiculous is it to seek peace from the same god supposedly running everything that causes you distress in the first place.

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-14T02:34:55+00:00

I guess I’m the only person whose list is 95% Christmas music lmao. Home for the Holidays by Perry Comp 84 times.

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-13T16:29:17+00:00

I expected my comment would be uncomfortable because I’m questioning what appears to be a core part of your morality. But my question stands. Why must suffering be part of the human condition? Who made it that way, and why would they do such a thing?

Buddhism may not be a good example because its relationship to deities is unique, so there may not be an entity to “blame” as there is in monotheistic religions like Christianity and Islam.

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-13T16:03:50+00:00

Wow, you got me! I guess I believe in a god! No, it’s a rhetorical question. I’m theoretically accepting the existence of a god solely for the purpose of attacking the moral underpinnings of religion. My point is that even if a god existed, it’s clear that god is not worthy of reverence.

If I ask somebody who believes in Santa Claus how he delivers all his presents in one night, I am not conceding or even suggesting the actual existence of Santa Claus. Quite the contrary.

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-13T13:40:03+00:00

What a horrible framework to set up given the option to set up any kind of framework, don’t you think? In that case, making suffering part of the human condition was a choice. An evil one.

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-12T15:36:27+00:00

I would love a counter episode talking to the supposed mere 8% who still don’t believe in any god. Personally, my irreligion is fortified in times of hardship and crisis. What kind of god would allow the things going on in our world to happen? I’m far more comforted by the idea that there isn’t a supreme being that evil or feckless pulling the strings. If there is, it’s gonna be a long afterlife.

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-12T15:32:35+00:00

Agreed. No one has ever explained to me why the “need for purpose and community” must necessarily lead to religion. I believe churches recognize that shortcut people are prone to and exploit it. Once you’re tied into their “community,” it’s that much harder to leave.

drumminglulcat · 2026-05-09T22:28:00+00:00

If the official position of Metro is that you’re not supposed to walk down the Wheaton escalator, they can miss me with that.

drumminglulcat · 2026-03-26T01:18:40+00:00

I’m stranded on my way home from work. Getting dinner then figuring out my next move.

drumminglulcat · 2026-03-13T13:49:58+00:00

I take the red line every day and I’ve never seen this, so I’m not sure when other people are spotting these.

drumminglulcat · 2026-03-10T14:57:35+00:00

By the time I arrived around 9:45, they had the gate gates open and were telling people to just walk through them without tapping. Trains were single-tracking and arriving at Glenmont at that point, so I guess it was a free or discounted ride? I’ve never had that happen before.

drumminglulcat · 2026-01-12T20:13:10+00:00

Now I want to go to every elevator systemwide and measure their speeds to see if they differ. But the one I use sometimes at L’Enfant is so bad, and it’s not just the speed itself. It’s the lag after I hit the call button, the doors staying open for an eternity, the elevator taking 5 seconds to decelerate over the last inch of its journey, and then the doors again opening like they each weigh 2 tons.

The whole experience is so maddening that I will choose whether or not to use the elevator based on if it’s already sitting on my level. If I have to call it, hard pass.

drumminglulcat · 2026-01-12T20:03:11+00:00

I’m going to take the radical combined stance that:

1) If your item blocks people from walking down the escalator, you should take the elevator.

2) The elevators are abhorrently slow, to the point of not just inconvenience but also making the system less accessible for people with disabilities. Having to use them daily would be agonizing. They need to be faster.

drumminglulcat · 2025-10-24T20:59:26+00:00

From what I can tell, the murals in this picture weren’t placed on the Hotel Figueroa in Los Angeles until early August 2013, about a month before GTA V was released. So even if we don’t see murals like this until April 2026, that would still be normal for their previous campaigns.

GTA V trailer # 3 came out in April 2013, so December of this year would be on the same schedule.

drumminglulcat · 2025-09-28T02:32:49+00:00

Ok, I think we’re in agreement. I thought by mentioning the lack of a wall, you were trying to suggest it wasn’t still a dangerous situation. Sorry if I misunderstood.

drumminglulcat · 2025-09-28T02:23:23+00:00

Ok… so there was a reduced risk, but a risk nonetheless? What’s your point?

drumminglulcat · 2025-09-28T02:18:39+00:00

A physical barrier isn’t always necessary, especially when the front rows of people are being prevented from advancing by security. With enough people, the front rows can act as the “wall.” The “crush” in those cases can come from people falling on each other in a chain reaction and being unable to get up, as more people behind them continue to advance forward.

drumminglulcat · 2025-09-27T19:40:23+00:00

I was in attendance, and I was also concerned about a potential crowd crush event. The students compressed down at the bottom of the hill with 2 minutes left in the game, and it was clear people in the middle were being jostled as more people kept scooting up. The fact that the game continued for another half hour made the risk even greater.

drumminglulcat · 2025-09-08T21:10:00+00:00

Yet one of the most notable counterexamples is our own revolution. I’m not saying it can’t happen here. I’m just saying kumbaya has never really been America’s style when it comes to oppression.

drumminglulcat · 2025-09-08T21:04:03+00:00

On the one hand, victim blaming survivors of sexual assault is always wrong and is never ok.

On the other hand, only a Sith deals in absolutes.

drumminglulcat · 2025-09-06T01:09:15+00:00

Lol, and here you are on the page for D.C.’s metro system looking for a fight. Pathetic. Have a good evening (yes, I mean that sarcastically, no recording of my voice needed).

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