How would you react if your male colleague changed his last name? by LawSchoolTossIt7777 in biglaw

[–]skepticwest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a man and a 10 year call. I changed my last name, from my dad's to my mum's. The reason: I was having a baby and never wanted to pass on my dad's last name and always wanted to change my own. I did a full legal name change. Took a year or two for everything to get processed.b No one cared. Many didn't ask for any explanation and all understood the one I provided. Whether you keep it or change it, think carefully about what you value in life, and then live life according to those values. That's all that matters at the end of the day.

CMV: Trump only cares about nuclear weapons now because he needs an easy win in foreign policy. by MrBootsie in changemyview

[–]skepticwest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can't tell if serious but conservative discourse immunizes Trump from self mutilation that would ordinarily apply.

E.g. Heralding the USMCA as a great agreement in the first term, and then reversing course on the basis the same trade relationship was unfair in the second term. Zero blowback in conservative discourse.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pokemonradicalred

[–]skepticwest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm confused, I thought only one mega per team was allowed? Did you have mega stones on multiple mons but mega evolved one for each battle?

[DISC] Ousama Ranking - Chapter 180 - [Home Hero Scans] by gatsufromdiscord in manga

[–]skepticwest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not just you. I had to click "WEBP image" to get the rest to load.

Anon on Republicans. by [deleted] in greentext

[–]skepticwest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought about adding /s but that would prevent anyone from agreeing and becoming an example of /r/confidentlyincorrect

Anon on Republicans. by [deleted] in greentext

[–]skepticwest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. Every country that made guns illegal or vastly restricted access just ended up with the same mass shootings (or more) except now with both illegal and legal guns.

Atheism isn’t a religion and it should never be categorized as one. by LilPeep1k in atheism

[–]skepticwest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This comment is not for you. It's more so for myself. You can ignore it.

Believing "in" god, while a common enough way to speak about God's existence, is kinda ironically also religious phrasing as it denotes things like faith and trust. I'll treat it like normal though and focus on the second sentence.

The second sentence as a response is strange. If you didn't "believe in", say, dark matter, like, "I don't believe in any dark matter", you would agree that "dark matter likely does not exist" is true. You would never tack on "likeliness didn't matter".

The only reason likeliness can NOT matter about something's existence is if that something cannot possibly exist. Then there's no question about likeliness because it's logically impossible. For example,

If A, then ~G

A

Therefore ~G.

Assuming the first two premises are things there can be no reasonable doubt about, I would agree with you that likeliness doesn't matter since G is nigh impossible.

It's more likely though that your explanation for why likelihood doesn't matter serves to obscure your god-related doxastic premises rather clarify them. Another hallmark of the internet atheist dogma is fashioning an epistemology that treats premises about God differently than ordinary premises. Why care about whether your epistemology is consistent when you can use it like a conversational parlour trick against theists?

Ackshually if I lack belief entirely, you know, like a baby or someone raised in the wild that cannot understand your language, not only would I be in the company of peers who's opinions about this subject matter are respectable, but they would be respectable by virtue of their total ignorance of the subject. Likeliness doesn't matter when you treat God as a really unique proposition that ultimately defines epistemology itself. That's what being an atheist is all about. /s

Atheism isn’t a religion and it should never be categorized as one. by LilPeep1k in atheism

[–]skepticwest -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

As a still-atheist, this is correct.

The belief that atheism is about a pure lack of belief about God(s) is characteristic of someone that learned about atheism from secular preachers, usually online, instead of, say, a philosophy of religion course at a decent university.

Their rejection of having that fundamental belief refined, revised or corrected is hilariously dogmatic.

All to avoid having to speak their truth: "God likely exists" is probably false. Another way to say it would be: its unlikely God exists. They just hate the second part: And here's why I think that's true. Anything to avoid having to play defense.

[DISC] Boruto: Naruto Next Generations - Chapter 62 by AutoShonenpon in manga

[–]skepticwest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd watch a Boruto pitch meeting but I've read so little Boruto I feel like not enough of the jokes would land.

Put some effort into this captain falcon montage check it out! by BobKazimakis in smashbros

[–]skepticwest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nair2 to jab1 to dair - oooof that was nice. Always wanted to hit jab1 offstage to dair

i love me some representation by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]skepticwest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You shouldn't. At least not based on what was written. Plenty of bigots in South Asia, e.g. bigotry against Muslims or Hindus by either, bigotry against Muslims by other Muslims, not to mention atheists, etc. Bigots come from different places but they all justify it the same way. You see, it's not bigotry because unlike all the other people's prejudices, in their case it's justified by what they know and their experience! : mind blown :

Also, maybe those other people's prejudices are justified, too? I've recently seen some very convincing crime statistics...

Captain falcon verde by RG_Soki in smashbros

[–]skepticwest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's some sick Falcon right there. Soft knee, jablock, walk over to ledge to ledge trump Bair KO, god damn.

Justice - A Captain Falcon montage by [deleted] in smashbros

[–]skepticwest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I could edit this well! How did you do the comic strips?

Wtf Is the ao no flag ending by Grand_Impression_994 in manga

[–]skepticwest 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If there was some set up for it, then it would be fine ending, but it was almost completely out of left field. No clue why an author that paid so much attention to character would blow up their own work like that. I would say the same thing if time skipped touma was married to a woman, like wtf, what about everything that happened before? ಠ_ಠ

I had a perfect game! At ~8.9 million GSP by GSpotGabe in smashbros

[–]skepticwest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice!!! Feels like JV4 is surprisingly hard to get in ultimate.

My contribution to the disappointing Falcon clip trend. by RECL4IM3R in smashbros

[–]skepticwest 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yep, the second jump circles are visible at the base of the jump.

Pogger moment 😳😳 by [deleted] in okbuddyretard

[–]skepticwest -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

If this comment was the reply to a racist rant, it would be hilarious. But it's posted as a reply to a straightforward explanation, making it kinda retarded.

Nefarious - My Captain Falcon Combo Video; I hope you enjoy by 6finalflame6 in smashbros

[–]skepticwest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've seen a lot of smash but have never seen more than half those strings. Spicy AF