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19 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

For most of my life I never understood why Easter floated around so much. Not only different weeks, but sometimes different months. Then I found out from one of my kid's picture books. Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. Turns out it has much more to do with existing pagan rituals than it does Christianity. 

 

In other news, we just hid Easter eggs for our 20 year old son home for Spring Break. They are plastic and filled with money. Felt good. I like Easter. 

Next you're going to tell me some guy named Hey-Zues wasn't actually born on Christmas Day.

14 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

Yeah, I guess I expressed my frustration with the proclamation because of which voters it could potentially alienate but my real frustration is with a country that advertises liberty and justice for all but a rather large subset of the people just don’t f#&%ing get it.

It's a wonderful club isn't it?

2 hours ago, JJ Husker said:

I don’t want a day of recognition. I just want everyone to pull their head out of their a$$ and realize we are all equal and deserve to be treated with respect. Amazing that it is spelled out so clearly in the Constitution yet it is a daily chore continuing to detail who all that entails.

Right... Which is why they made this proclamation.

27 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

I feel marginalized and excluded. I didn’t see any heterosexual or cisgender days on that laundry list of special days.

 

And here’s some

As long as we regularly highlight our differences, we will struggle to have true equality. There are special days and awards for everything except for the predominant majority demographics. Is it really amazing that people in the predominant majority groups are sort of fed up? I realize some minority groups have been marginalized but I’m not convinced constantly pointing out every difference is the best way for everyone to be truly treated as equals.

Maybe when you have churches, governments, and citizens actively railing against being a cis gender male we can have a day of recognition.

In a perfect world, sure we would celebrate everyone equally and live happily ever after, but that's not where we live...

9 hours ago, DevoHusker said:

Very well written. It is too bad that there are no other days to recognize the struggles of trans folks...

 

 

 

Funny you should mention that. 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/11/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-transgender-day-of-remembrance/

1 hour ago, DevoHusker said:

It's not rage bait...it's just the same sad, tonedeaf bullsh*t from this Admin.

1 hour ago, DevoHusker said:

Who cares whether it was chosen as a direct affront?  It is on Easter,  is it not. 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/03/30/a-proclamation-on-transgender-day-of-visibility/

Weird, huh?

25 minutes ago, DevoHusker said:

You're really trying hard today. 

Am I? You're the one that keeps posting this stuff. I didn't post some rage bait about an LGBTQ day or bring up Pontius Pilate.

29 minutes ago, DevoHusker said:

Why not both 

Idk... You're the one that seems triggered by a reoccurring day that just happens to fall on Easter Sunday this year. And Pilate killed Jews all the time, should we be doing that then since we shouldn't have a day of recognition?

1 hour ago, JJ Husker said:

The issue for me is not the “issue” itself. WWJD or what should actual Christians do isn’t the issue.

 

My focus is defeating orange man bad and, imo, this edict doesn’t help that cause. There are hard left and hard right groups that won’t be swayed. But there has to be a rather large group in the middle that can still be influenced. I believe many in that group are not opposed to equal and fair treatment of the LGBTQ community BUT are at the same time tired of having the issue shoved in their face. I’d rather those people vote for Biden than Trump. Let the Rs spew their messages of hate to determine which side people align with. IMO it’s not an issue that requires an opposite message to win the issue. Dems can simply say we support inclusion and let the Rs shoot themselves in the foot.

 

Anyhow, that’s my two cents.

I kinda of figured that was your position, but I think anyone who could be "swayed" by this was a lost cause to begin with. 

I don't think it's so much a message of opposition as it is a message of inclusion. It let's people who fall into that category know that we see you and respect you for who you are as a human being. That can mean a lot to a group who has been treated as sub human a long, long time.

58 minutes ago, DevoHusker said:

How many National holidays did Pilate make for eunuchs and whores?

So are we talking about Christianity or the Roman pantheon? I'm confused .

11 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

How are people still into something that is wrong like every week?

2 hours ago, JJ Husker said:

This type of s#!t is what I don’t like about dems. They can be so tone deaf at times. Great, raise awareness for the trans community, but don’t designate it for one of the holiest days of the year just to poke the bear. Utter stupidity on their part imo.

You know Easter is on a different day every year, right, and that Jesus was cool with eunuchs and whores?

5 hours ago, Gage County said:

Dylan Raiola, Daniel Kaelin at spring practice

 

I don't think there's any question who the first game starter is as long as he gets the playbook down. Raiola is consistent and effortless.

Is it like a lesson plan day at school or something? Holy Christ somebody is sucking taxpayer dollars for no return on investment today.

I mean, they are soft hippies from Washington. They don't belong here!

I didn't know the sweet 16 was here this year. Wish I was rich enough to go...

I'm up overall!

10 minutes ago, teachercd said:

If they USE/Do anything at all that hurts they environment, anything at all, then they are liars and hypocrites.  And their thoughts and actions do not matter.

So... We should have never listened to our teachers in the first place then?

12 minutes ago, DevoHusker said:

The only person finding rage is you, and it's because I don't hold the same position or outlook as you do. This is what I believe. I am in the center.

 

Of course you should believe all 3 of those things, as I do, but if you really don't think we understand the causes, impacts, and methods to reduce climate change then you don't really believe the bottom circle.

Look eco terrorist and wacko protestors are a bunch of idiots, but that doesn't mean the foundation of what they are saying is wrong.

47 minutes ago, teachercd said:

Did you guys know that the sun is going to run out of energy in like 5 billion years… I’m not leaving my house today

It's ok it will still be warm, and it will consume the earth in about 7 billion years so it will be pretty toasty for us.

10 hours ago, DevoHusker said:

Environmental change is real. Yes.

It may or may not be a problem for humanity, we truly do not know.

 

Why doesn't the free market mitigate the problem? Do you have sources for that? And, if human consumption is the driving factor, what is anyone doing about China, India and Russia...whose negative output dwarfs the US and Eu?

 

No, I don't believe that "usage" or "consumption" taxes or fair or realistic. Tell that to the climate warriors that jet set around the globe to tell me that my 2008 F150 is the major contributing factor. gtfoh

 

Nope, not a smoker. My dad is/was and still says he should have a seat in Devaney in perpetuity cause "smoker's taxes" paid for it.

 

As to the rest, we learned as we go...and some things are definitive and some are supposition.

Seriously? We know it will be a problem... This isn't debatable.

Again, seriously? What sources do you need to understand that the free market doesn't care about the environment? Did you not follow my logic with all the banned things I listed? The electric car has been around for almost 200 years and predates the ICE car by 30 to 40 years. We've known the effects and sources of green house gases for well over 100 years. Hybrids vehicles have been viable for over 20 years. Tesla began mass producing the model S almost 12 years ago. And only now (after heavy international government regulations) are traditional car manufacturers going full bore into electrification and alternative fuels... Free market don't care.

Would it shock you to know that China has the highest fleet of personal and commercial electric vehicles of any country in the world? Or that they are now considered the leader in EV vehicle manufacturing, and Western OEMs are terrified of competing with them on price alone?

I continue to be amazed at your ability to find rage anywhere you want. You're F150 is not THE problem, and neither is that jet plane. We, as a society, are collectively the problem to our own future. A story as old as time.

2 minutes ago, teachercd said:

This is a good point.  I remember those older radio ads that would use this

stuff.

 

So in the AI stuff, they might show like the "hands" of JB and he will be like "Folks, listen to me..." and it will go from there...

It already happens on YouTube ads which show full faces of people like Dr. Phil and Joe Rogan. "The government is lying to you. They dont want you to know this, but..." It's super creepy...

16 minutes ago, DevoHusker said:

Lol...

Yeah, because all those chicken littles totally go by scientific method 

Climate change is real, yes? And we agree that it we'll be a problem or humanity long term, right? Clearly the free market doesn't work to mitigate the issue, so the next logical step would be legislation and consumption tax, no?

Are you a smoker? Do you have a problem with tobacco taxes? Do you think we should still be using asbestos, lead paint, CFLs, leaded gasoline, remove catalytic converters from cars, allow companies to leach toxins into the water like hexavalent chromium, maybe it's ok if your near by feed lot drains their s#!t pond into the local tributaries?

3 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

There’s a big difference between what comedians have done up till now and what AI is capable of. 

Is there though? If I can hire a voice actor who sounds exactly like the person I want them to emulate how is that any different than AI? It's a very murky thing that is trying to be policed.

1 hour ago, DevoHusker said:

 

This is very good, and common sense. The problem are the "envirobros" chicken littles (as @teachercd says) that scream for higher taxes and forced conformity but really have no idea what will work to mitigate the issue.

Yes, because the scientific method doesn't exist 

3 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

It’s a first amendment right to create a fake video of someone saying something without their consent?

 

That seems pretty straightforward to me. 
 

The difficulty is in who all is included. Does it include people who distribute it?  I think that’s simple, prove they knew it was fake. 

Yes. Comedians have impersonated politicians forever. There have been voice fakes since audio has been recorded. You can't really police that.