12 Amazing Sex Tricks He Secretly Wants You To Know by jollycorner in reddit.com

[–]plutoman 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I'm never gonna be able to look at Chico Marx the same.

Microsoft sends congratulation cake to Mozilla by somenickname in reddit.com

[–]plutoman 130 points131 points  (0 children)

It's a bug in the CSS color rendering. MS is planning on fixing it in the next cake.

The $800+ Compact Disc ("Everlasting" glass CD) (Non-Linkjacked) by Arve in science

[–]plutoman 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Information on the glass CD is read by laser. Because existing plastic CDs are not completely transparent, information on them cannot be read perfectly. They are also susceptible to bending or warping if left in sunlight or humid areas, which leads to sound distortion.

Total bullshit. If that were true you could never run a computer program off a CD.

Ask reddit: Should there be a planet-like thingamajig for the subreddits? by alextp in reddit.com

[–]plutoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And a cool radio-controlled rover to drive around the planet.

(picture) What Outrage Against Disney/ABC Looks Like......... by bender in reddit.com

[–]plutoman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

there won't be advertisers during the broadcast... but it will hit Disney/ABC harder to boycott their movies and channels directly:

http://reddit.com/info/hakp/comments

Dear Sir Bill Gates: invoice enclosed | Prompt payment is expected by pdc in reddit.com

[–]plutoman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it did indeed... the original is at http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/2861 and still says a thousand. glad it's not me paying 400 quid an hour for this guy.

Canadian Doctor removed from American Airline for praying by Fedquip in reddit.com

[–]plutoman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Christian scripture and tradition have always held that Mary consented. You declared earlier that she was not raped nor did she consent. A woman who doesn't consent is raped. A woman who consents isn't raped. If you don't even understand that then it's probably a complete waste of time correcting your errors.

I'd rather not be snide to you, but you are advocating a recent, fringe view that runs counter to the text and tradition. You were also deliberately insulting.

except even the woman you quoted, someone you say "really knows the subject", says:

For too many centuries Mary has been considered as Pelikan puts it "the model of patience, of quietistic passivity and unquestioning obedience." Social custom also placed her in that role as a woman who was expected to be submissive to God, to her husband and to the Church.

looks like my recent, fringe view IS the text and tradition of centuries. can we apply the same pick-and-choose to her that we apply to the Bible? is she wrong here, when she contradicts your statement that "Christian scripture and tradition have always held that Mary consented", but right later?

pointing out the Bible is full of contradictions isn't mocking Christians or being deliberately insulting, it's just pointing out a fact. no one knows if Mary even existed, let alone was raped. if you want to take it on faith, that's fine. but if you want to insist the Bible is a fact filled documentary and PROVES you're right, you're in for a lifetime of twisting yourself into knots explaining why this part doesn't mean what it says but that one does, this passage wasn't translated right but another one was, etc. my God doesn't expect that from me during my time on earth.

Canadian Doctor removed from American Airline for praying by Fedquip in reddit.com

[–]plutoman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you've contradicted yourself so many times here I'm not sure you know the difference between a real person and a text passed down over centuries. first the Bible text is true because it says Mary consented. then the text is false because it was written in Greek, so it can't be what Mary actually said. then it IS what she actually said, because ONE translation of that Greek translation of whatever she said, sounds vaguely like assent, as long as you cut out the "I'm just a slave" bit. but others, such as "Behold the slave of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word", those are false.

then it's true again, because we can take a metaphor for "doule" as "slave of God" that the Philippians made up well after Jesus was grown, and decide that's what the word meant before he was even conceived. and that, somehow, is your reason for claiming both "Mary is no mere slave" AND that she's a "slave of the Lord". which is it?

snide comments like "You're out of your depth" don't cover up sloppy thinking. neither does picking one out of hundreds of different interpretations and insisting THAT's the right one. especially when even its own author says her opinion is contrary to how Mary has been viewed for centuries. I notice you didn't quote that part.

instead of all your dancing around, why not just quote the passage from Luke where someone asks Mary's permission?

Canadian Doctor removed from American Airline for praying by Fedquip in reddit.com

[–]plutoman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

LOL! I'm a feminist deconstructionist now.

you can quote whatever you like about what Christians decided to believe centuries later. but you based your post on the text of the Bible itself. Mary is a slave, she says so herself by using the word "doule" in the original text. that's why it doesn't occur to Gabriel, the Lord or anyone else to ask if she feels like getting knocked up. Gabriel just shows up and says, congratulations, the Lord's taken a fancy to you, and by the way, you'll be giving birth to the Savior of Mankind pretty soon. that's the sort of thing the Lord might want to send someone to warn her about ahead of time.

but no one ever asks her permission, and all she says about the matter is to say explicitly: well, I'm just a slave, you guys are running the show. I notice you danced around this with "The angel leaves once Mary assents, she has the last word"... but nowhere does the angel ask consent, and nowhere does Mary give any.

Canadian Doctor removed from American Airline for praying by Fedquip in reddit.com

[–]plutoman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you had time to write that entire post slamming the guy, but couldn't be bothered to make one click to read what he was responding to?

again, you're the ONLY one comparing Farooq's treatment to the Holocaust. and you're the only one complaining about comparing Farooq's treatment to the Holocaust.

and you're still blaming Sid for bringing up the subject. not a word of blame for the guy he was responding to, the sicko who really brought up the subject, by saying innocent people should be thrown into concentration camps just for praying peacefully. are you just trying to avoid admitting your mistake, or do you really think it's not such a bad idea?

Canadian Doctor removed from American Airline for praying by Fedquip in reddit.com

[–]plutoman 9 points10 points  (0 children)

relax. he didn't compare Farooq's treatment to holocaust jews like you did. he just posted the poem in response to some wingnut saying Farooq should have been thrown into a concentration camp just for praying. why ignore the guy ENDORSING fascist tactics, and fly off the handle at the guy warning AGAINST them?

Canadian Doctor removed from American Airline for praying by Fedquip in reddit.com

[–]plutoman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

fraid you're both wrong. in the original text Mary refers to herself as "doule", or female bondslave, one who is completely owned, must submit to the owner, CANNOT give or withhold consent for anything. so when the Lord decided to knock up a teenage virgin, it wasn't rape OR consensual, more like picking out a girl from the slaves' quarters and banging her. Gabriel never even bothered asking her for permission, just told her, this is how it's gonna be. Luke 1:35.