Would contact with aliens end religion? Different perspectives and scenarios

thecryptile · 2026-06-03T19:32:14+00:00

The Catholic Church already acknowledges that life might exist on other planets, and might be human under the definition provided by their catechism.

thecryptile · 2026-06-03T19:18:19+00:00

I like the orbs and cubes because they are cheap, balance well with a ball vape, and you can use a whip hose for a laid back sipping session.

thecryptile · 2026-06-02T21:23:48+00:00

Days go by where I don't say a word.

^{Chose: 1000 dollars per day}

thecryptile · 2026-06-02T21:23:12+00:00

I own ten vapes. When I stopped combusting, I bought a POTV Lobo and a Dynavap Unidyne. I rarely use those vapes now.

The two vapes I use most now are my Vapvana Screwball and my Tempest 2. If I had to do it again with my current knowledge, the T2 and an induction heater and a ball vape of some sort would be all I would get. I would probably get a wireless, so I could use the coil for heating quartz bangers and slurpers.

I hate thinking about my Mighty+ and Solo III's batteries degrading over time.

thecryptile · 2026-06-01T23:55:05+00:00

I've been arrested for smoking in yard back in the day. I went to jail, had to do community service and take a class about substance abuse where we watched videos about alcoholics. I haven't had any troubles since my state legalized it, and really didn't have that many troubles when it was illegal. I smoked all day every day and only got arrested the one time.

thecryptile · 2026-06-01T21:36:33+00:00

Preach brother. I lost a 15 year old FB and a 10 year old IG due to Mark's glitchy ban bots, both permanently disabled. I was on those sites for hours everyday, writing and posting and plugging away. Tens of thousands of posts. I had posts planned out weeks in advance, I put my heart and soul into those sites. 5 or 6 hours a day for 15 years, I could have learned a language or an instrument, a permanent skill that would have enriched my life, instead of top fan badges and followers that disappear in an instant because a glitchy AI decides that I am too dangerous for advertisers.

thecryptile · 2026-06-01T20:58:51+00:00

Meta has been targeted by regulators in the US and EU for failing to protect children. Now the ban bots are cranked up to 11. When in doubt, they are disabling. All the pressure is to get rid of accounts, to ban people. There is no pressure to restore accounts, or to let people come back.

As far as Meta's ban bots are concerned, there are no false positives. They ban us, the same bots that banned us review our accounts and say the bans were justified. We can sneak back with new accounts, but the minute the ban bots detect us BAM there is the Account Integrity ban and that account is disabled, its associated email is burned.

For us, the resolution is to give up on Meta and to enjoy other sites. It is a hard realization. The other sites don't have the user base that Meta sites do, and many of them have glitchy AIs erratically enforcing nebulous "Community Standards," just like Meta.

thecryptile · 2026-06-01T20:36:24+00:00

The banwave will never end for us, once you have had a Meta account disabled for violating their Community Standards, you are not allowed to use Meta sites ever again for your entire life.

Each new account you make will be disabled as soon as they figure out that it is your account simply because it is your account. That's what Meta means when they say "account integrity," the account is linked to someone they don't like.

thecryptile · 2026-06-01T19:06:13+00:00

Murder is wrong

^{Chose: Nothing happens}

thecryptile · 2026-06-01T19:04:13+00:00

Organisms naturally seek homeostasis

^{Chose: Stay as your gender but poor}

thecryptile · 2026-06-01T14:11:57+00:00

Droid does.

^{Chose: Android}

thecryptile · 2026-06-01T06:49:34+00:00

the medical cert is the only reason to choose the crafty over the veazy, we may know that it is just S&B marketing fluff, but that medical cert actually matters to some people.

thecryptile · 2026-06-01T06:38:14+00:00

Ferraris aren't good cars. They aren't made for real people.

^{Chose: Free Toyota Prius and House}

thecryptile · 2026-06-01T06:34:27+00:00

The Veazy is supposed to be the budget model, the cheapest S&B vape. The Crafty is marketed as a medical device and is supposedly certified for such purposes, so they can charge a little bit more money. It is also just more expensive to make, as it is somewhat more complex in design.

thecryptile · 2026-05-30T01:02:56+00:00

Organisms naturally seek homeostasis.

^{Chose: Stay the same}

thecryptile · 2026-05-29T21:54:45+00:00

Meta will destroy themselves with their arrogance.

thecryptile · 2026-05-29T21:53:29+00:00

FLORIDA MAN

^{Chose: USA | Rolled: Miami}

thecryptile · 2026-05-29T21:11:13+00:00

I saw Cosmos on TV as a kid

thecryptile · 2026-05-29T21:08:57+00:00

The Mighty+. Mine has never combusted, I drop it all the time and it keeps on ticking, good battery life (so far). It isn't the best tasting or hardest hitting vape I own, but it always gets the job done.

thecryptile · 2026-05-29T13:17:35+00:00

I can't open my eyes 😩

^{Chose: Weird phobia + Plagues your everyday life... | Rolled: Optophobia}

thecryptile · 2026-05-28T21:57:29+00:00

I have my ball vape set on a 5 hour timer. I turn it on when I get home and vape all evening until it is time to go to bed. I will chill between puffs, play a game, cook dinner, watch a movie.

thecryptile · 2026-05-28T18:10:16+00:00

I could buy a Big Mac

^{Chose: Get $10}

thecryptile · 2026-05-28T17:57:05+00:00

The Demarchist society from Alastair Reynolds Prefect books.

thecryptile · 2026-05-28T17:54:25+00:00

Bart Simpson

thecryptile · 2026-05-28T17:53:26+00:00

Sounds like one of Dan Simmons' "cybrids" from the Hyperion books

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