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| Topic | Judi Dench says her Cats character is trans |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 11:35:34 PM #30 | AceMos posted... cats was very popular decades ago and it was popular with people who wanted to pretend they where sophisticated art types No "sophisticated art types" hype up Andrew Lloyd Webber, even when Cats came out. --- |
| Topic | Do Americans believe that being overweight is somehow healthy or not a big deal? |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 11:31:06 PM #5 | The problem is that some people preach "Healthy at all sizes" which is (mostly) true, but then think that's an argument to say "I'm healthy at my current size", which is usually not true. --- |
| Topic | Is a "good guy" the same as a "nice guy"? |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 11:29:29 PM #76 | Skipping over this interim conversation that's happened and going back to what @Vol2tex originally said: I think the framing problem with the "Is it okay for to be disappointed when a girl doesn't appreciate the nice things you did?" question is that though it doesn't have to be this way, most of the time the people who would get hung up over a specific woman not appreciating what they do is actually just fooling themselves into thinking that it's not tied up in romantic stuff. If I hold open the door for someone and they don't say thank you, I don't really care because it takes zero effort. If I brought in some baked goods for my office and people ate them but no one thanked me or acknowledged it, sure I would be upset/disappointed. That doesn't mean it wasn't a nice thing for me to bring them in. But if I do something nice for a female friend that I wouldn't do for a male friend and they don't appreciate it and I get upset (or even if I would do it for a male friend, but get more upset about it than if that person didn't appreciate it) there's something more going on than me just being nice. --- |
| Topic | Is a "good guy" the same as a "nice guy"? |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 1:51:28 PM #7 | Vol2tex posted... What about guys who genuinely are nice and thoughtful and don't want sex, but is saddened that the girl is unappreciative? I feel like if you expanded on this hypothetical situation, it would sound more and more like a "nice guy". --- |
| Topic | I just want someone to talk too... |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 1:27:37 PM #25 | Any reason that you would care why specifically the women on CE allegedly hate you is probably a reason why they would. --- |
| Topic | Trump impeachment shows how corrupt and fucked up America is |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 1:18:40 PM #2 | |
| Topic | Have any of you here ever been homeless? |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 11:48:28 AM #3 | I had a period of time where I was waiting to start my job where I was couch surfing because there was an indeterminate amount of time where I would be waiting, so I couldn't sign a lease or anything. During that time period, I also had no source of income. It lasted for about four months. I still don't think that really touches homeless though, because I had enough people around that I never was worried about where I was spending the night or anything. --- |
| Topic | are Rey & Kylo Ren supposed to be... *Star Wars movie series spoilers* |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 11:40:51 AM #16 | ZevLoveDOOM posted... since when could the Jedi revive or heal with their hands and shit? was this ever established? It existed in the old EU, so even if that isn't canonical anymore the idea of force healing isn't new. --- |
| Topic | Should military enlisting be 21 as well? |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 11:35:27 AM #20 | If you think too many young people are enlisting in the military, you should support programs that prevent people from being in situations where they see enlisting as the only way to get an education, employment, etc. Once you reduce some of those factors, enlisting becomes more of a weighted choice among many. --- |
| Topic | Do you think rolex makes the best luxury watches? |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 11:29:50 AM #9 | JebronLames posted... why , it feels like it can't be rolex? Because most "poor people's idea of what rich people buy" stuff isn't the best. --- |
| Topic | Do you think rolex makes the best luxury watches? |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 10:46:28 AM #2 | I feel like if all the commoners know you as a luxury watch brand, there's probably something more elite out there. People will argue about which brand it is, but it feels like it can't be Rolex. --- |
| Topic | How many "Christmases" do you attend |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 12:51:43 AM #13 |
Before I moved to the east coast, we would sometimes go and see parts of my mom's side of the family, but we didn't really do a "Christmas", it was more just that people had holiday breaks. --- |
| Topic | man working retail earlier today was horrible |
| Anteaterking 12/25/19 12:22:55 AM #2 | The one time that I worked Christmas Eve retail, we were closing at 6 and some people came in around 5:45 and were trying to say that it was false advertising because the store was normally 24 hours. --- |
| Topic | All ofthe normal, well-adjusted people I know really enjoyed TROS. |
| Anteaterking 12/24/19 12:30:14 PM #11 | I was disappointed by it and there were definitely flaws, but it's still a reasonably competently made SW film. --- |
| Topic | Why hasn't there been a Cortez movie yet |
| Anteaterking 12/24/19 12:29:13 PM #16 | Bio1590 posted... He probably means Hernan Cortez, the guy who traveled to America and genocided the Aztecs That was my guess, it just seemed out of left field. --- |
| Topic | Why hasn't there been a Cortez movie yet |
| Anteaterking 12/24/19 10:42:55 AM #4 | |
| Topic | apparently, these posters are from a drug prevention campaign in Norway |
| Anteaterking 12/23/19 8:06:55 PM #52 | stoltenberg11 posted... Why are people responding to obvious troll duncan Because he's not a troll. --- |
| Topic | I like Warren, but I don't think she can beat Trump. |
| Anteaterking 12/23/19 6:49:32 PM #3 | |
| Topic | (How) can partisanship in the US be toned down? |
| Anteaterking 12/23/19 1:40:48 PM #19 | The Trent posted... ohmysweetsummerchild.jpeg Equating nihilism with intelligence or sensibility is silly. --- |
| Topic | (How) can partisanship in the US be toned down? |
| Anteaterking 12/23/19 1:14:57 PM #10 | Partisanship is only "bad" if you have two parties operating in good faith but refusing to reflect the wishes of America. Steve Nick posted... The shift is already happening. Sensible people in the firmly adult demographic(25-40) are already getting tired of this bullshit and just mentally checking out of politics. How is "mentally checking out of politics" sensible? --- |
| Topic | Do girls care about guys not getting sex? |
| Anteaterking 12/23/19 12:14:30 PM #8 | Do guys even care about other guys not getting sex? --- |
| Topic | I have an odds based question for math people |
| Anteaterking 12/23/19 11:56:41 AM #6 | ArchiePeck posted... It's no different odds than any other set of combinations happening. It depends on your level of specificity. If you were asking "What's the chances of drawing [the King of Hearts] 8 times in a row?" sure. But if the Kings all act as the same game piece, then the pattern AAAAAAAA has different odds than any other sequence of A's and K's. --- |
| Topic | Why the fuck did the West allow China to get so powerful?! |
| Anteaterking 12/23/19 11:41:51 AM #12 | Highwind07 posted... And to also address the OP: as powerful as our military are we are only capable of really fighting against smaller groups like ISIS because of the way that we are spread out. I feel like this is the opposite of the actual situation. The US military is a lot better at taking down formal armies and governments and much worse at controlling occupied territory and informal armies. --- |
| Topic | OK Star Wars fans, lets be nerds. What nonplot things did the sequels get wrong? |
| Anteaterking 12/23/19 11:16:35 AM #12 | They made everything too close together. Both The Last Jedi and ROS imposed unnecessarily short deadlines on their plots which then made traveling across the galaxy in seconds necessary. --- |
| Topic | Trump supporting QB (bonked in the head after starting fight) LOST TO JETS |
| Anteaterking 12/22/19 6:20:20 PM #8 | gp1829 posted... The qb bonked in the head wasnt the Trump loving qb. Mason Rudolph was, yes. --- |
| Topic | How many of these black male comedians on SNL have been canceled? |
| Anteaterking 12/22/19 4:31:00 PM #12 | Who among them has a cancellation been attempted on? --- |
| Topic | Nightmare Before Christmas might just be the single most unappealing movie ever |
| Anteaterking 12/22/19 4:21:54 PM #50 | I don't even have that strong of feelings on NBC, but "Stop action is bad because it doesn't look realistic" is just a dumpster tier take. --- |
| Topic | TBH it's wrong to act like Santa Claus is real |
| Anteaterking 12/22/19 1:07:06 PM #11 | We never believed in Santa Claus in my household, but calling it "lying to your kids" feels like a misrepresentation of the situation. --- |
| Topic | Do you prefer everything automatic in bathrooms? |
| Anteaterking 12/20/19 9:52:30 PM #8 | I seem to set off the auto-flush way more than I would flush a toilet if it was manual. --- |
| Topic | Trying to imagine what English must sound like to a non-English speaker |
| Anteaterking 12/20/19 9:48:15 PM #2 | |
| Topic | the assad "who must go" curse continues with trumps impeachment |
| Anteaterking 12/20/19 9:11:48 PM #3 | |
| Topic | Tax billionaires. They can afford it. |
| Anteaterking 12/20/19 9:02:40 PM #89 | Knowledge_King posted... Another issue is how much of a difference it is between being taxed while rich and while not. Normal person pays a thousand at most or gets money back. Rich person/billionare is paying millions. That's enough to fund several businesses or put kids through college, and just generally obscene amounts of money (assuming they start getting taxed the way people want). Wut --- |
| Topic | 538 Ipsos Pre/Post Debate Poll: Klobuchar "wins", Mayor Pete loses |
| Anteaterking 12/20/19 8:09:04 PM #2 | |
| Topic | "Homeless people have a constitutional right to sleep on public property |
| Anteaterking 12/20/19 7:33:40 PM #30 | Ultima Dragon posted... Know what I don't understand? Why sleeping in your car is severely frowned upon, but literally sleeping in the entryway of a business with all your junk belongings and potential drug paraphernalia is seemingly okay. Like someone else said, it's a DUI reduction thing. --- |
| Topic | Imagine being so mentally weak you cause a traffic accident on the freeway |
| Anteaterking 12/20/19 7:30:37 PM #2 | |
| Topic | 538 Ipsos Pre/Post Debate Poll: Klobuchar "wins", Mayor Pete loses |
| Anteaterking 12/20/19 7:30:22 PM #1 | For each of the debates, 538 has paired with Ipsos to poll the same group of people before and after the debate to see how attitudes change, etc. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/democratic-debate-december-poll/ Takeaways:
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| Topic | CNN trying to say Biden is leading in the polls...LOL |
| Anteaterking 12/20/19 7:18:56 PM #31 | ElatedVenusaur posted... General election polls are fairly accurate, but this is a primary. Here're some examples: Primary polling is hard but national "primary" polls eliminate a lot of those issues. National primary polls in the 2016 Republican primaries tracked pretty well with overall vote share during the primaries. Democratic national polls in 2016 as well. --- |
| Topic | Did you know there's a Democratic debate tonight? |
| Anteaterking 12/19/19 10:01:26 PM #226 | How was she pronouncing "Afghanistan"? --- |
| Topic | Did you know there's a Democratic debate tonight? |
| Anteaterking 12/19/19 9:58:17 PM #221 | CruelBuffalo posted... Bernie: Millionaire This is more about Pete being 30 years younger than any statement about his financial mobility or anything. --- |
| Topic | Did you know there's a Democratic debate tonight? |
| Anteaterking 12/19/19 9:33:58 PM #186 | The "I'm the poorest person on the stage durr" act when you grew up in one of the richest households on the stage is ridiculous. --- |
| Topic | Did you know there's a Democratic debate tonight? |
| Anteaterking 12/19/19 8:37:54 PM #75 | Doe posted... I have to admit Biden feels a lot more composed than before He's always okay during the first hour. --- |
| Topic | Did you know there's a Democratic debate tonight? |
| Anteaterking 12/19/19 8:36:25 PM #70 | Antifar posted... Guess I'll die After the first part of the answer, I was expecting "This president can't Ojibwe his way out of a paper bag!" --- |
| Topic | Did you know there's a Democratic debate tonight? |
| Anteaterking 12/19/19 8:11:27 PM #35 | Antifar posted... Is the audio echo-y, or is that just on my end? Bernie's audio seemed weird, but I think they fixed it by Amy. --- |
| Topic | Did you know there's a Democratic debate tonight? |
| Anteaterking 12/19/19 8:03:27 PM #25 | Who is going to be the first person to make a Star Wars reference? --- |
| Topic | Christianity Today : "Trump Should Be Removed from Office" |
| Anteaterking 12/19/19 7:52:37 PM #18 | Questionmarktarius posted... The sooner Trump is removed, the sooner Ayatollah Pence can establish a theocracy somehow. Trump is rubber-stamping any religious proposal that people make to him anyway. --- |
| Topic | Christianity Today : "Trump Should Be Removed from Office" |
| Anteaterking 12/19/19 7:14:44 PM #1 | https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/trump-should-be-removed-from-office.html In our founding documents, Billy Graham explains that Christianity Today will help evangelical Christians interpret the news in a manner that reflects their faith. The impeachment of Donald Trump is a significant event in the story of our republic. It requires comment.The typical CT approach is to stay above the fray and allow Christians with different political convictions to make their arguments in the public square, to encourage all to pursue justice according to their convictions and treat their political opposition as charitably as possible. We want CT to be a place that welcomes Christians from across the political spectrum, and reminds everyone that politics is not the end and purpose of our being. We take pride in the fact, for instance, that politics does not dominate our homepage. That said, we do feel it necessary from time to time to make our own opinions on political matters clearalways, as Graham encouraged us, doing so with both conviction and love. We love and pray for our president, as we love and pray for leaders (as well as ordinary citizens) on both sides of the political aisle. Lets grant this to the president: The Democrats have had it out for him from day one, and therefore nearly everything they do is under a cloud of partisan suspicion. This has led many to suspect not only motives but facts in these recent impeachment hearings. And, no, Mr. Trump did not have a serious opportunity to offer his side of the story in the House hearings on impeachment. But the facts in this instance are unambiguous: The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the presidents political opponents. That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral. The reason many are not shocked about this is that this president has dumbed down the idea of morality in his administration. He has hired and fired a number of people who are now convicted criminals. He himself has admitted to immoral actions in business and his relationship with women, about which he remains proud. His Twitter feed alonewith its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies, and slandersis a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused. Trumps evangelical supporters have pointed to his Supreme Court nominees, his defense of religious liberty, and his stewardship of the economy, among other things, as achievements that justify their support of the president. We believe the impeachment hearings have made it absolutely clear, in a way the Mueller investigation did not, that President Trump has abused his authority for personal gain and betrayed his constitutional oath. The impeachment hearings have illuminated the presidents moral deficiencies for all to see. This damages the institution of the presidency, damages the reputation of our country, and damages both the spirit and the future of our people. None of the presidents positives can balance the moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character. This concern for the character of our national leader is not new in CT. In 1998, we wrote this: The President's failure to tell the trutheven when corneredrips at the fabric of the nation. This is not a private affair. For above all, social intercourse is built on a presumption of trust: trust that the milk your grocer sells you is wholesome and pure; trust that the money you put in your bank can be taken out of the bank; trust that your babysitter, firefighters, clergy, and ambulance drivers will all do their best. And while politicians are notorious for breaking campaign promises, while in office they have a fundamental obligation to uphold our trust in them and to live by the law.And this: Unsavory dealings and immoral acts by the President and those close to him have rendered this administration morally unable to lead.Unfortunately, the words that we applied to Mr. Clinton 20 years ago apply almost perfectly to our current president. Whether Mr. Trump should be removed from office by the Senate or by popular vote next electionthat is a matter of prudential judgment. That he should be removed, we believe, is not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments. To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: Remember who you are and whom you serve. Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior. Consider what an unbelieving world will say if you continue to brush off Mr. Trumps immoral words and behavior in the cause of political expediency. If we dont reverse course now, will anyone take anything we say about justice and righteousness with any seriousness for decades to come? Can we say with a straight face that abortion is a great evil that cannot be tolerated and, with the same straight face, say that the bent and broken character of our nations leader doesnt really matter in the end? We have reserved judgment on Mr. Trump for years now. Some have criticized us for our reserve. But when it comes to condemning the behavior of another, patient charity must come first. So we have done our best to give evangelical Trump supporters their due, to try to understand their point of view, to see the prudential nature of so many political decisions they have made regarding Mr. Trump. To use an old clich, its time to call a spade a spade, to say that no matter how many hands we win in this political poker game, we are playing with a stacked deck of gross immorality and ethical incompetence. And just when we think its time to push all our chips to the center of the table, thats when the whole game will come crashing down. It will crash down on the reputation of evangelical religion and on the worlds understanding of the gospel. And it will come crashing down on a nation of men and women whose welfare is also our concern. --- |
| Topic | Tusli "The Coward" Gabbard votes present during impeachment |
| Anteaterking 12/18/19 10:20:36 PM #21 | jumi posted... Which Democrats voted against it? The guy who is changing parties (Van Drew, NJ). Collin Peterson, MN and Jared Golden (Maine) voted for article 1 but not article 2. --- |
| Topic | My girl Tulsi needs ONE MILLION DOLLARS by the year-end to stay competitive. |
| Anteaterking 12/18/19 5:57:26 PM #28 | XplodnPnguins92 posted... might donate a few bucks for getting rid of kamala. Tulsi had little to do with Kamala's fall. --- |
| Topic | Nephew of Sanders Endorsed Cenk calling journalists C-words |
| Anteaterking 12/17/19 7:33:21 PM #108 | I thought Hasan being Cenk's nephew was a joke that I just wasn't getting why it was funny. --- |
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