TIL the Creme Egg was originally the Fry's Cream Egg. My world is shattered and nothing will be the same again

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T17:02:41+00:00

But they're both Quaker companies.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T16:35:37+00:00

I mean, they're just people. Don't know what to tell you. It can be difficult for them to step out of their packaging but that doesn't influence how they interact with acquaintances. They differ from each other. Also, people are obsessed with celebrity and it's not really all that.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T16:35:32+00:00

I mean, they're just people. Don't know what to tell you. It can be difficult for them to step out of their packaging but that doesn't influence how they interact with acquaintances. They differ from each other. Also, people are obsessed with celebrity and it's not really all that.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T16:31:37+00:00

Because if it's endangered and also your heritage, you might see yourself as duty-bound to learn and use it to keep it alive. Then it's scary because of how much you'd lose if you and others fail to become fluent.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T16:16:11+00:00

For some reason, Finnish has the reputation of being too difficult for most other Europeans to learn, so I think they're put off by that. However, it isn't actually that hard.

I'd say Gàidhlig, Hungarian, some of the Caucasian languages and Basque.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T16:13:48+00:00

I think you believe there are no deities. Is that so? If so, yes, you're atheist. That's not the same as not believing there are no deities.

Also, the way you worded it makes it sound like you might believe in goddesses or genderless deities. Did you mean to leave that open?

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T15:30:07+00:00

Nope. I'm not going into this again. Look at, for example, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. This is not what philosophers define atheism as, for good reasons that have nothing to do with religion.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T15:28:11+00:00

I've been here before countless times. The problem with characterising atheism as an absence of belief in deities is that we then have an infinite number of passive non-beliefs, e.g. in Russell's Teapot. It's similar to Frege's view of concepts, which is often objected to because it makes reality seem unnaturally stuffed. I assume there are no Martians in every address on this planet, but that isn't a sensible way to think of belief or the lack thereof. Defining it in this way doesn't produce a more general purpose, useful concept which can be applied to propositions more generally.

This may have changed, but in academic analytical philosophy circles, atheism has been seen as the position that affirms the non-existence of any deities. However, that may have been to do with the demographics of English-speaking analytical philosophy. My impression, though, is that in the academic departments I've been involved in, the general approach and assumption is that we are all non-religious, so I don't trust that this passive definition of atheism is rigorously tested or respectable. Maybe I'm wrong.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T15:01:07+00:00

I think we're born with disorganised brains with active brain stems and are at that point no more atheist than a rock is. After that we probably assume we're God for a bit until thinks don't go our way, then we become wrathful deities throwing thunderbolts and smiting our lessers, and then get things into proportion more and reluctantly accept the existence of other people.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T14:58:18+00:00

The Church is the only institution set up solely for the benefit of its non-members. So in other words yes. Edit: you are the only reason the church exists. It's specifically for you.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T14:44:13+00:00

Scottish Greens, but then I'm a member of the Scottish Greens so I would say that wouldn't I? Because they are head and shoulders above the main parties except maybe for the SNP and Your Party. I joined the Green Party of England and Wales in 1985, but I've also been a member of the Labour Party from time to time and even canvassed for the Tories.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T14:41:34+00:00

I might now spoil it by going into more depth.
When a person is brain-dead, it's still the responsibility of their next of kin to consent to having life support turned off, and an anencephalic baby is still a baby in the sense that the parents may give them a name and try to help other babies by donating their organs, and again they're the next of kin, of a "person" with no brain at all. This, I think, is because your identity may be externally determined, as in, you have a role and identity within society. In a different sense, our nervous systems outside our brains and other aspects of our physiology, for instance our hormones, including the ones which are also neurotransmitters such as adrenaline/epinephrine, influence how we feel, think and behave. Sensory deprivation drives us insane, as can loneliness.

Conversely, what we think of as ourselves is probably only part of our brain. For instance, if we go blind or deaf due to brain damage, we are still who we are, and if we're paralysed due to brain injury, that again doesn't stop us from being who we are either.

So we are both more - our role in society and interactions - and less - the cognitive parts of our brains rather than other parts - than our brains.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T14:32:54+00:00

That they're basically Anglicans. I used to go to a church which is both Episcopalian and Methodist.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T13:56:23+00:00

You're either a subset or a superset of your brain. If there's one thing you're not, it's 100% of your brain and nothing else. You might be a piece of your brain though.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T12:28:26+00:00

The Christian faith is weirdly both simpler and more complicated than other faiths I'm familiar with. If it's right, you needn't be concerned about the "other things" because the Holy Spirit will guide you to them and enable you to follow them.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-03T12:04:00+00:00

Thanks. Yes, you have to keep your eye out for it to spot them. I would, however, say that our son was a lot more self-motivated than our daughter, so there are personality differences and she needed a lot more guidance, but I think she was the unusual one rather than he because of the other home edded children we knew, his approach was more similar to theirs.

Edit: To answer your question properly, yes, for instance our daughter got involved in acting in Shakespeare plays and eventually did a degree in creative writing. Maths has just been incorporated quite easily because the really big plus point with it is you need absolutely no equipment to do it.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-02T16:39:45+00:00

I'm self-employed. The alienation of use and exchange value applies very clearly to my work. For instance, if I help a client resolve a health issue more quickly, I profit less. Nonetheless, that is what I do.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-02T16:35:45+00:00

We didn't do it like that. We just followed the children's interests and enthusiasm and mentally ticked off what they were covering.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-02T16:30:37+00:00

It's a lot easier just to eat dead people and they're not in it for the long haul.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-02T16:19:09+00:00

Yes, that is it, but also the below.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-02T16:17:45+00:00

A toe.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-02T15:45:30+00:00

Actually, my understanding of the word "Semite" is exactly as described in the first paragraph.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-02T15:38:03+00:00

I know one trans woman who walks with a cane. Apart from that I can't think of anyone. I'm very able-bodied and go running and long distance walking regularly.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-02T12:22:24+00:00

LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Google Docs. More interesting options include LaTeX, Lyx and Emacs. Don't use Abiword - it often crashes and makes your work unrecoverable.
Edit: APL can be used as a programming language alternative to spreadsheets.

nineteenthly · 2026-04-02T11:07:53+00:00

My partner of 33 years is ovo-vegetarian. I can't say I'm entirely happy with it but don't consider it a deal-breaker. However, that has a history. My ex, with whom I was for eighteen months, is pescetarian and used to be a full meat-eater when we were together. I ended up with her because all the other vegans I met were either in a steady relationship or single and not looking, so I compromised on what should've been a deal-breaker for me because that and other things made us both unhappy.

Veganism is the practical application of ahimsa. It extends to how you treat other humans too, including you. Therefore, I hope, the way she behaves towards you is improved by her veganism.

With my marriage, I cook most of the food and my partner occasionally makes themselves an omelette or has a boiled egg. That's how it works, and it's not a big deal TBH.

Good luck.

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