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Apepollo11 ,

This. There is evidence that a preacher called Jesus existed, was crucified, and was well-regarded enough to start a following that persisted even after his death.

There isn’t, however, strong historical evidence for any of the magical parts of it.

Apepollo11 ,

Let’s not do the ‘every Christian’ thing. It’s worth remembering the US has a very ‘unique’ type of Christian.

Apepollo11 ,

Primary sources? No, but there are independent secondary sources by people with no skin in the game.

Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus (circa 93–94 CE).

Annals by Tacitus (circa 116 CE)

The earliest Christian writings are also more about the teachings of a disruptive Jewish preacher who was then crucified, than they are about magic.

Apepollo11 ,

Is that actually true? I suspect not.

Most people start “enjoying their own company” years before getting to try for real.

If there was a question of insensitivity, then surely problems would be much more prevalent at ages when people are enjoying themselves more frequently. But it’s not the case at all.

Apepollo11 ,

Is this what happens if you type 5318008 too often?

Apepollo11 ,

Fact 1 - sexually active people subconsciously look at peoples’ crotches when meeting them.

Fact 2 - evolution doesn’t fine tune things if they’re good enough to get the job done well.

So the fact that pubic hairs are unsightly crazy-looking things might not be because they are fine tuned to be like that - it might just be because they do their job well enough and they just ended up looking like that.

What job could that be?

To confirm visually that you are sexually mature.

That may literally be it - a localised fuzzy indicator of whether or not you’re able to make babies.

[Serious] Do you know of any processed snack foods with some vitamins?

Trying to keep my very picky eater 3yo healthy as we’re (hopefully) expanding his diet. Right now the only foods I can get him to actually eat are McDonald’s, a specific brand of yogurt, banana bread, some crackers and some bars. Refuses any beverage besides water. (He’s likely on the spectrum.)

Apepollo11 ,

Dry cereal always worked (still does!) as a nutritious snack. Granted, the nutrition has all been sprayed on, but it’s still there.

A little mixed tub of Cornflakes/Branflakes/Rice Crispies/Coco Pops always goes down well.

Apepollo11 ,

I’m not trying to downplay the reality of serious health concerns sometimes being behind food habits, but I think I need to say…

Picky eating is an absolutely normal part of child development. Anecdotally, both of my kids went through two distinct phases of picky eating, at around 3-5 and 8-11.

They gradually grow out of it. All you can do is try to make sure what they are eating is nutritious enough while they are going through it.

Apepollo11 ,

Nerf Herder have a song called Courtney about Courtney Love.

Apepollo11 ,

I know it doesn’t help, but Europeans have always been amazed how much you guys were charged for SMS. Even in 1999, over here messages cost a fraction of what you were charged - that you pay for them at all these days is just mind-boggling.

Apepollo11 ,

I started university in 1999. Pretty much everyone had a mobile phone there. They were fairly new, granted, but they were pretty ubiquitous.

Apepollo11 ,

I always wanted a Nokia - I know it was a cliche, but I was amazed at how indestructible they were. Even when they did actually break apart, you could just pick up the bits, clip them back together, and it would just work again - with no visible damage.

Also, SNAKE

Apepollo11 ,

The trouble is that ratcheting up the tax on additional homes won’t discourage anyone - the additional costs can just be passed on to the renters.

I’d suggest making it illegal for companies to own residential property for longer than 12 months.

Hopefully this would free up enough homes to bring prices back down.

Apepollo11 ,

But this is exactly the point - the market isn’t free, it’s being controlled. Primarily by companies that are buying up as many properties as they can.

Apepollo11 ,

I think it depends on the convention used in each country, so there isn’t one global correct answer.

In Britain the convention is Ground, 1st Floor, 2nd Floor.

Apepollo11 ,

I guess the USA famously uses rendition flights and offshore detention centres, so maybe the plot twist is the other ‘US’ is actually the USA?

Apepollo11 ,

The minimum was 21°?!

Yikes - as someone from the North of England, that’s the temperature I start melting. I’d be a puddle at 40°!

Apepollo11 ,

Just wanted to add another agreement here. It’s like milk at the bottom of a bowl of children’s cereal (er, obviously not Coco Pops).

I’m surprised that there’s a few people saying it tastes salty. I wonder how much it depends on diet - I guess human diets vary more than cow diets do.

Apepollo11 ,

But they’re not taken from you - they still happened.

No actual harm has happened. Nothing changes the fact that you had a conversation. You are no poorer for it being hidden.

I know it’s said a lot, but if you don’t want to play by someone else’s rules, you can set up your own instance. Every single thing on here is the result of someone just setting up their own instance. Honestly, it’s never been easier than it is now.

Apepollo11 ,

Maybe I am being obtuse - but I really don’t see what it is you think you’ve had taken from you.

The conversation, the exchange of information, is intangible and transient by its very nature. You don’t own the conversation. There’s nothing about it to own.

If you think there’s some obligation on the part of the moderator to preserve the transcripts of conversations that you’ve taken part in, even against their own better judgement, then I’m sorry but I don’t see it.

But anyway, like I said - if you set up your own instance, you can keep those threads open for as long as you like.

Apepollo11 ,

Hey, as a former lecturer, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and see this as research.

How would this sudden mass unemployment affect the world? One angle to look at this from is the point of view of the average person.

If people’s needs are still met, then they’ll be able to live happy and fulfilled lives, with more time for happiness and leisure.

If people’s needs are not met, however, they’ll suffer.

It’s probably worth keeping in mind that history has shown that whenever big advances in technology have taken place (the Industrial Revolution, industrial automation, computers) there are people who always jump to the worst possible conclusion. The reality is always that some people are worse off, but most people are better off.

Apepollo11 ,

Also, at the time, in the west, Al Qaida were a largely unknown terrorist cell operating in far-away third-world countries. It seemed incredible that such a devastating attack could be carried out on US soil by a small group most people had never heard of.

Labour’s business conference promises government of, by and for the banks and corporations (www.wsws.org)

The Labour Party held its flagship business conference Thursday, “Britain’s Future”, attended by more than 400 people including executives from Goldman Sachs, Google, AstraZeneca and Airbus, each paying £995 for a seat....

Apepollo11 ,

Finally, this is the change the country needs. A government that listens to the rich and powerful.

Apepollo11 ,

You could find solace in hard determinism.

This was always going to be the way it happened.

Your actions were determined by your biology and life experience up to that point. Likewise, the other person acted how they did according to their biology and experience.

The gears of the universe turned in the only way they were going to turn, and the outcome you got was the only one that was ever going to happen.

It doesn’t mean that you can’t now act upon it moving forward, but hopefully there’s some calm to be had in knowing that what has already happened was always going to happen. It’s just a tiny artifact of the vast and intricate clockwork of the universe.

Apepollo11 ,

I’ve long been priced out of fish at the chippy. If Putin comes after the Holland’s pies, then you’ll have my attention.

Apepollo11 ,

I’ve heard of Pukka Pies, but never seen one in the wild. Looked into it, apparently it’s broadly a North / South thing.

Apparently the biggest difference is that Pukka pastry is more flaky, Holland’s pastry is more stodgy (better).

Apepollo11 ,

You’ve have some examples, but in case they are not clear enough:

If [you have AIDS] then [you are unwell]

[You are unwell] if and only if [you have AIDS]

The first one is not the same as the second. Why? There are plenty of ways to be unwell, without necessary developing AIDS.

The first statement only defines one possible path to B, not all of them.

Apepollo11 ,

I’m really lucky in that I learned “what goes around comes around” at a relatively early age.

When I was 16/17, the main bully from my secondary school died. He’d taken a car to go joyriding and lost control when being chased by the police.

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learnt that, while it can sometimes take a long time, people who treat other people badly get what’s coming to them more often than not.

Apepollo11 ,

This is what I do too. For double letters draw a tidgy little circle on the key - that should be enough to let the text recognition know what you want. It’s a useful movement just to have as part of your swipe-typing technique.

Apepollo11 ,

Yikes - and I thought I overanalyzed my text messages

Apepollo11 , (edited )

This. It’s less to do with religion, and everything to do with human nature.

From Ancient Egyptian Priests and Medieval Christianity, to Donald Trump and Boris Johnson - when in times of uncertainty, people will turn to anyone claiming to have all the answers.

“Us Vs Them” is the oldest tactic when it comes to gaining and consolidating power.

Apepollo11 ,

As @princessleiascat said, I think you’re assuming that most people can relate to this, but the truth is that they can’t. I’ve never had a comment deleted from YouTube - ever.

As a creator, I’ve deleted the occasional comment someone else has made on my content, though.

This is why most people are defaulting to the position that maybe it’s more about what you are writing, rather than a broken system.

Apepollo11 ,

That isn’t how free speech works.

All it means is that the government can’t stop you from saying what you want. It doesn’t mean that you can say whatever you want with no repercussions.

YouTube is not the government. It has terms and conditions that you agree to when you sign up. They have a right to delete your comments. You do not have the right to post whatever you want.

Sorry, but that’s the truth of it. If you circumvent the built in filters, then users can still downvote / report you and creators can still delete your messages.

Apepollo11 ,

He’s deliberately built it in a skip because that’s the loop-hole. Houses come with all kinds of regs/costs involved - these costs are magnified in London.

There’s literally no way you could legally build a house on the land for anything remotely close to that - maybe even at all.

Conversely, you’re allowed to put whatever you want in a skip, as long as it fits. And you can put a skip pretty much anywhere on your own property.

The obvious downside is that his house doesn’t technically exist. However, the upside is that his house doesn’t technically exist also.

Apepollo11 ,

Not a mod, but for what’s it’s worth, I’d be interested in seeing it.

Apepollo11 ,

“300 m/s ought to be enough for anybody”

Apepollo11 ,

With all due respect, you’re literally replying to a post saying that it’ll always be “This war is different, this war is justified” by emphasising how this war is different and this war is justified.

Apepollo11 ,

Oh, I agree. Personally I think the world has a duty to stop any country attempting to annex parts of any other country.

I was just tickled by that exchange.

Apepollo11 ,

I should say what to Russia? I don’t understand.

I agree that the world has a duty to stop any attempts a country might make to annex another country’s territory.

Apepollo11 ,

I agree?!

I’m honestly not sure what would make you think otherwise.

Apepollo11 ,

Not just the US, throughout the world, the more right-wing and populist a party’s stance is, the lower the average level of education their supporter base has.

Apepollo11 ,

Ah, ok, I see what’s happened.

Ok, misunderstanding. I’m not American - I didn’t see the connection with the US being the aggressor in the examples in the comic. I was just interpreting it as ‘Anti-War’.

The rest of the exchange makes more sense now!

I was honestly baffled, it felt like I was having a different conversation than everyone else.

Apepollo11 ,

Hanlon’s Razor, my dude.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity

I realised that I’m in the bad here - I missed the connection between the specific wars in the cartoon (i.e. that the US was/supports the aggressor). I thought it was just anti-war in general.

Apepollo11 ,

Politics. It’s leopards all the way down.

Recommend me a supermarket that has a good delivery service?

We’re at the end of our rope with Asda. Everything is being substituted, and we’re fine with that when it’s just another brand of the same thing but like they’re sending entirely different vegetables to the ones we need, they’re substituting meat-free ordered items with actual meatballs, etc etc. It’s got the point...

Apepollo11 ,

Honestly can’t say a bad word against Morrisons - at least from a customer point of view.

I do feel bad for the drivers who seem to have gigantic catchment areas, but they’re always friendly, the bags are well packed, and the subs are sane.

Note: we do still buy things like meat in-store, because we’re picky.

[UK] DWP considers powers of arrest, seizure and collecting information on where claimants spend money (www.benefitsandwork.co.uk)

The DWP have published the results of a survey on the public’s attitudes to a worrying list of new powers it is considering acquiring, allegedly in order to combat fraud, error and debt in the benefits system....

Apepollo11 ,

Three of the questions had alternative versions which were presented to half of the sample, selected at random. One half of respondents (sample A) saw neutrally worded versions of these questions, while the other half (sample B) saw versions with wording intended to elicit a more favourable response.

Ok, absolutely nothing suspicious about that…

Apepollo11 ,

I’ve always viewed the decline in incidences of Morris Dancing within my lifetime as a reassuring sign of progress.

Apepollo11 ,

If you’re talking about the final digit of a number, it’s the last character.

For example, In the number 8765, ‘5’ is the final digit.

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