66016 pts · September 26, 2017
Give a man fire and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
So we need to make a sword that will UNDO the destruction of the world, so all of their destinies can be satisfied properly.
Nah, Israel managed to convince Trump simple because he was desperate for a distraction.Some of the allegations in the Epstein Files (i.e. ritual infanticide), were gaining more attention, and the February jobs report showed a 92k job loss. He was looking for a convenient set of keys to jingle to distract the media and public.Netanyahu just had to convince him Iran would be easy, like Venezuela all over again, and he was dumb enough to believe him.
To clarify, I do not condone the use of highly offensive terms in general.I am simply pointing out the fact that this kind of aggressive tone-policing reinforces the idea that intellectually disabled people SHOULD feel ashamed of themselves, and that others should feel ashamed for being compared to such “lessers.” I have ASD. I am far more annoyed with people reminding everyone how ashamed people like me should be of being autistic than with some rando prick online calling me an “autist.”
They aren’t nearly as offensive ANYMORE. People used to KILL each other over accusations of being a bastard.The reason “dumb” and “bastard” are not considered slurs today is because their use became so common nobody is shocked or offended by those words anymore, and they’ve effectively lost all of their original offensive meaning.By clinging to that original offensive meaning, you reinforce its offensiveness and give malicious actors who want to hurt you a more effective tool too.
English is a homunculus language born from the French and Dutch forcing themselves upon Olde English.It only knows what its parents taught it, and its parents only knew linguistic violence and abuse.
Additionally, attempting to declare words off-limits for being “offensive” reinforces how offensive those words are, and there will always be malicious actors looking to offend others who will be empowered by that.“Dumb” and “bastard” were slurs before the word “slur” even meant particularly offensive words. Most people who were “dumb” were deaf or autistic. “Bastard” questioned your legitimacy as a person outright. Now, they’re tame, minor insults that no one really cares about.
He wants to be liked by actual billionaires. It’s been his dream to be seen as anything other than an incompetent and a fraud riding his daddy’s coattails.
That’s normally because the guys digging dig for 5-15 minutes, then hop out to rest while someone switches out with them. Then there’s also the foreman or supervisor types there for contract or regulatory oversight and enforcement.
Conservatives have many credences, but few convictions.One of their few convictions is self-interest. Any credence they invoke is done out of expedience to those convictions.The things Marco Rubio “stood for” in the past were convenient credences. As soon as they were no longer convenient for his advancement, they were no longer useful and therefore no longer valuable, so he ditched them.
More like if there is a blind curve on a high-speed section of road with no warning signs, or if a busy 4-way intersection has no stop signs or lights.
I’d like to say you’re something special yourself, but you’re really not — people more concerned with protecting their dogmas than actually learning are extremely common, and you certainly don’t buck the trend.So at this point, I’ll just leave you to your comfortable ignorance.
And, as I mentioned, later authors reinterpret the tale of Sodom to their purposes, as is common in any mythology.Jude, for example, reinterprets Sodom’s primary sin as being humans lusting after a higher order of creature. This is compared to the fallen angels breeding with humans, and was seen as a violation of the cosmic order akin to beastiality.3/3
Greed, gluttony, laziness, etc. were all components of Sodom’s downfall, but the story focuses specifically upon the grievous inhospitality inflicted upon outsiders. That inhospitality is represented in the myth in the most rank way the author could imagine — the sexual assault of a man protected by guest rights.THIS is EXPLICITLY presented as the ultimate catalyst for the destruction of Sodom. This does not dismiss Sodom’s other sins, but they are narratively and rhetorically secondary.2/
Very clearly yourself, considering that you’re dismissing a literal biblical scholar who is reiterating the majority scholarly position using the absurdly flimsy excuse that he ran for political office in the past and hosts an educational podcast about his area of expertise. You clearly aren’t interested in learning from experts because that might challenge your preexisting dogmas.1/
Tell me you didn’t even bother googling without saying you didn’t even bother googling.Dan Mcclelland is a biblical scholar with 4 PhDs and is literate in multiple ancient languages, including Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.You can pick and choose whichever lines you like to justify your preconceptions and reject the rest as convenient, but the authors of the story did not share your preconceptions, nor did most of the subsequent biblical authors who interpreted the story themselves.
According to Dan McClellan (highly recommend his stuff if you’re interested in biblical myths and history), Sodom’s primary sin was the threatening of guests (especially men) with sexual assault in order to humiliate and subjugate them. Their greed and gluttony was just extra tacked on top.A different interpretation from another part of the Bible is that sexual relations between humans and divine beings (the angels) is a gross violation of the natural order of the cosmos.
The water buffalo that were observed dying of sepsis days after a Komodo attack were the ones that evaded that full bite and chew/rip that would result in full envenomation. They instinctively fled to water holes that happened to be septic and died of sepsis thereafter, leading to the misconception that Komodo bites were inherently septic.
The weird thing is that their teeth aren’t fangs to inject venom like a snake’s, they’re more like jagged knives with venom stored in sacs at the gumline. So while even a small nip from a venomous snake can envenom as much as a full chomp, Komodos’ injections depend on the duration of the bite and the severity of the laceration their teeth cause when the prey yanks away.So while a shallow bite can allow prey (or handlers) to survive with minor symptoms, a big chomp will kill.
Monitor lizards are actually very clean, the myth of their saliva being bacteria-ridden comes from Komodo dragons biting water buffalo that would then go lay in water to rest, then get sick and die.Problem is, water buffalo are native to parts of southeastern Asia where the water pools flow constantly, while in Komodo territory the water pools lay stagnant and become septic, so any incision gets infected.Komodo dragons ARE mildly venomous, though, but that requires a full-on chomp, not a nip.
Very rarely. The trait that causes it was selectively bred into German Shepherds for dog shows.The condition can technically manifest in any canine, but it’s far rarer because humans didn’t intentionally select for it.
Nukes are a deterrent. Iran having nukes does not mean they use them, because using nukes means getting nuked.Iran’s regime wants to survive, and they’re not stupid. They’d never use nukes preemptively even if they had them.
None of the pilots were lost though. The 4 reported fatalities as of posting this comment were not from the downed F-15s.
They were attacking US bases in and around Kuwait.
They have attacked Israel too.
They were stationed in Kuwait, and they were sortied to intercept Iranian missiles. They were shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses that were meant to be tracking the missiles, but seem to have locked the F-15s as well.
But what about the children?
“Misunderestimated”
#1 TTHHHYes.
Gotta be able to afford lawyers to sue.
Works fine on my app.
So we need to make a sword that will UNDO the destruction of the world, so all of their destinies can be satisfied properly.
Nah, Israel managed to convince Trump simple because he was desperate for a distraction.
Some of the allegations in the Epstein Files (i.e. ritual infanticide), were gaining more attention, and the February jobs report showed a 92k job loss. He was looking for a convenient set of keys to jingle to distract the media and public.
Netanyahu just had to convince him Iran would be easy, like Venezuela all over again, and he was dumb enough to believe him.
To clarify, I do not condone the use of highly offensive terms in general.
I am simply pointing out the fact that this kind of aggressive tone-policing reinforces the idea that intellectually disabled people SHOULD feel ashamed of themselves, and that others should feel ashamed for being compared to such “lessers.”
I have ASD. I am far more annoyed with people reminding everyone how ashamed people like me should be of being autistic than with some rando prick online calling me an “autist.”
They aren’t nearly as offensive ANYMORE. People used to KILL each other over accusations of being a bastard.
The reason “dumb” and “bastard” are not considered slurs today is because their use became so common nobody is shocked or offended by those words anymore, and they’ve effectively lost all of their original offensive meaning.
By clinging to that original offensive meaning, you reinforce its offensiveness and give malicious actors who want to hurt you a more effective tool too.
English is a homunculus language born from the French and Dutch forcing themselves upon Olde English.
It only knows what its parents taught it, and its parents only knew linguistic violence and abuse.
Additionally, attempting to declare words off-limits for being “offensive” reinforces how offensive those words are, and there will always be malicious actors looking to offend others who will be empowered by that.
“Dumb” and “bastard” were slurs before the word “slur” even meant particularly offensive words. Most people who were “dumb” were deaf or autistic. “Bastard” questioned your legitimacy as a person outright. Now, they’re tame, minor insults that no one really cares about.
He wants to be liked by actual billionaires. It’s been his dream to be seen as anything other than an incompetent and a fraud riding his daddy’s coattails.
That’s normally because the guys digging dig for 5-15 minutes, then hop out to rest while someone switches out with them. Then there’s also the foreman or supervisor types there for contract or regulatory oversight and enforcement.
Conservatives have many credences, but few convictions.
One of their few convictions is self-interest. Any credence they invoke is done out of expedience to those convictions.
The things Marco Rubio “stood for” in the past were convenient credences. As soon as they were no longer convenient for his advancement, they were no longer useful and therefore no longer valuable, so he ditched them.
More like if there is a blind curve on a high-speed section of road with no warning signs, or if a busy 4-way intersection has no stop signs or lights.
I’d like to say you’re something special yourself, but you’re really not — people more concerned with protecting their dogmas than actually learning are extremely common, and you certainly don’t buck the trend.
So at this point, I’ll just leave you to your comfortable ignorance.
And, as I mentioned, later authors reinterpret the tale of Sodom to their purposes, as is common in any mythology.
Jude, for example, reinterprets Sodom’s primary sin as being humans lusting after a higher order of creature. This is compared to the fallen angels breeding with humans, and was seen as a violation of the cosmic order akin to beastiality.
3/3
Greed, gluttony, laziness, etc. were all components of Sodom’s downfall, but the story focuses specifically upon the grievous inhospitality inflicted upon outsiders. That inhospitality is represented in the myth in the most rank way the author could imagine — the sexual assault of a man protected by guest rights.
THIS is EXPLICITLY presented as the ultimate catalyst for the destruction of Sodom. This does not dismiss Sodom’s other sins, but they are narratively and rhetorically secondary.
2/
Very clearly yourself, considering that you’re dismissing a literal biblical scholar who is reiterating the majority scholarly position using the absurdly flimsy excuse that he ran for political office in the past and hosts an educational podcast about his area of expertise. You clearly aren’t interested in learning from experts because that might challenge your preexisting dogmas.
1/
Tell me you didn’t even bother googling without saying you didn’t even bother googling.
Dan Mcclelland is a biblical scholar with 4 PhDs and is literate in multiple ancient languages, including Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
You can pick and choose whichever lines you like to justify your preconceptions and reject the rest as convenient, but the authors of the story did not share your preconceptions, nor did most of the subsequent biblical authors who interpreted the story themselves.
According to Dan McClellan (highly recommend his stuff if you’re interested in biblical myths and history), Sodom’s primary sin was the threatening of guests (especially men) with sexual assault in order to humiliate and subjugate them. Their greed and gluttony was just extra tacked on top.
A different interpretation from another part of the Bible is that sexual relations between humans and divine beings (the angels) is a gross violation of the natural order of the cosmos.
The water buffalo that were observed dying of sepsis days after a Komodo attack were the ones that evaded that full bite and chew/rip that would result in full envenomation. They instinctively fled to water holes that happened to be septic and died of sepsis thereafter, leading to the misconception that Komodo bites were inherently septic.
The weird thing is that their teeth aren’t fangs to inject venom like a snake’s, they’re more like jagged knives with venom stored in sacs at the gumline. So while even a small nip from a venomous snake can envenom as much as a full chomp, Komodos’ injections depend on the duration of the bite and the severity of the laceration their teeth cause when the prey yanks away.
So while a shallow bite can allow prey (or handlers) to survive with minor symptoms, a big chomp will kill.
Monitor lizards are actually very clean, the myth of their saliva being bacteria-ridden comes from Komodo dragons biting water buffalo that would then go lay in water to rest, then get sick and die.
Problem is, water buffalo are native to parts of southeastern Asia where the water pools flow constantly, while in Komodo territory the water pools lay stagnant and become septic, so any incision gets infected.
Komodo dragons ARE mildly venomous, though, but that requires a full-on chomp, not a nip.
Very rarely. The trait that causes it was selectively bred into German Shepherds for dog shows.
The condition can technically manifest in any canine, but it’s far rarer because humans didn’t intentionally select for it.
Nukes are a deterrent. Iran having nukes does not mean they use them, because using nukes means getting nuked.
Iran’s regime wants to survive, and they’re not stupid. They’d never use nukes preemptively even if they had them.
None of the pilots were lost though. The 4 reported fatalities as of posting this comment were not from the downed F-15s.
They were attacking US bases in and around Kuwait.
They have attacked Israel too.
They were stationed in Kuwait, and they were sortied to intercept Iranian missiles. They were shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses that were meant to be tracking the missiles, but seem to have locked the F-15s as well.
But what about the children?
“Misunderestimated”
#1 TTHHHYes.
Gotta be able to afford lawyers to sue.
Works fine on my app.