Culture

[zelezo vlk]

Our generation only travels for the insta.

Gotta let my followers know how much of a free spirit and individual I am by posting me traveling to a place I heard is "off the beaten path" by Buzzfeed

 

[BGIF]

Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. At home I dream that at Naples, at Rome, I can be intoxicated with beauty, and lose my sadness. I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from. I seek the Vatican, and the palaces. I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions, but I am not intoxicated. My giant goes with me wherever I go.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sounds like an ad for a porn flick.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Sounds like an ad for a porn flick.

"Every day's a workout when you gotta carry around a 20 lb python in your jeans."

 

[BGIF]

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"Every day's a workout when you gotta carry around a 20 lb python in your jeans."

My cardiologist told me I had to sit down when I urinate. He's forbidden me from lifting heavy objects.

Walter Slutz, R.I.P., a 65 year old draftsman that had the drafting table next to mine when I was a young engineer back in the last millennium.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

A recently deceased author named Alex Tizon just had an essay titled "My Family's Slave" published in The Atlantic. It's a long but powerful read, and well worth your time.

 

[RDU Irish]

This is about a year old but it's been flying around my Facebook lately. This is the most dipshit advice column I think I've ever read.

https://matadornetwork.com/notebook/advice-30-year-old-20-year-old/

One of the first comments
"Wait until you realize that you don't know jack shit at 30 either, because this is a completely romanticized idea of reality."

 

[RDU Irish]

Here's Gallup's most recent poll on American moral views:



Love to be living in the late Roman empire:

I can't get over 35% thinking gambling is morally wrong. I wonder how many think suicide via Russian Roulette is OK?

 

[Whiskeyjack]

I can't get over 35% thinking gambling is morally wrong. I wonder how many think suicide via Russian Roulette is OK?

40% of Americans apparently think suicide suddenly becomes OK as long as a doctor helps.

 

[zelezo vlk]

40% of Americans apparently think suicide suddenly becomes OK as long as a doctor helps.

I can't get over 35% thinking gambling is morally wrong. I wonder how many think suicide via Russian Roulette is OK?

Life that does not meet my exact standards and conditions is simply not valuable

 

[wizards8507]

40% of Americans apparently think suicide suddenly becomes OK as long as a doctor helps.

I bet if they called it "euthanasia" the number would be even higher.

 

[RDU Irish]

1 in 6 think Polygamy is aces. Holy shit that is high when you put it that way.

On the doc assisted suicide it is implied someone is terminally ill. I don't really have a problem with it. Suicide is a completely different animal to me.

Any irony in 9% finding extramarital affairs OK but 71% ok with divorce. Seriously twice as many people OK with polygamy than extramarital affairs?

 

[zelezo vlk]

A recently deceased author named Alex Tizon just had an essay titled "My Family's Slave" published in The Atlantic. It's a long but powerful read, and well worth your time.

I just finished the article. Lola is a saint, no exaggeration.

 

[wizards8507]

Any irony in 9% finding extramarital affairs wrong but 71% ok with divorce. Seriously twice as many people OK with polygamy than extramarital affairs?

91% find extramarital affairs wrong.

 

[RDU Irish]

91% find extramarital affairs wrong.

And Grizzly Adams had a beard!

fixed above

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Any irony in 9% finding extramarital affairs OK but 71% ok with divorce. Seriously twice as many people OK with polygamy than extramarital affairs?

Consent, bro! If everyone's down to party, it's all good. Never mind the Common Good, or what's best for the children involved.

 

[wizards8507]

Google "romphim."

You're welcome.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Google "romphim."

You're welcome.

Already saw it. It looks ridiculous.

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[wizards8507]

https://www.popsugar.com/love/What-Sologamy-43538747

Notice the adjective in the headline. This woman is supposed to be "badass," not "depressed and lonely and pathetic beyond all reason."

 

[IrishSteelhead]

https://www.popsugar.com/love/What-Sologamy-43538747

Notice the adjective in the headline. This woman is supposed to be "badass," not "depressed and lonely and pathetic beyond all reason."

I would add "starved for attention"

 

[zelezo vlk]

https://www.popsugar.com/love/What-Sologamy-43538747

Notice the adjective in the headline. This woman is supposed to be "badass," not "depressed and lonely and pathetic beyond all reason."

The security guard at work brought this up the other day. I want to say that I can't believe this is a thing, but I'd rather not need to go back to Confession.

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[NDRock]

Counter-point:

Why Your Obsession With Travel Means You’re Living A Mediocre Life | Thought Catalog

Also:

Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. At home I dream that at Naples, at Rome, I can be intoxicated with beauty, and lose my sadness. I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from. I seek the Vatican, and the palaces. I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions, but I am not intoxicated. My giant goes with me wherever I go.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good counterpoint to the other article as it sucked just as much.

 

[wizards8507]

Record Few Americans Believe Bible Is Literal Word of God | Gallup

This is making the rounds on conservative media as some kind of tragedy, but I'm not sure I understand why. What denomination teaches that the Bible is the "literal word of God"?

 

[zelezo vlk]

Record Few Americans Believe Bible Is Literal Word of God | Gallup

This is making the rounds on conservative media as some kind of tragedy, but I'm not sure I understand why. What denomination teaches that the Bible is the "literal word of God"?

To be taken literally? Fundies. The Lutherans I grew up around and who educated me could somewhat be described as such.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Record Few Americans Believe Bible Is Literal Word of God | Gallup

This is making the rounds on conservative media as some kind of tragedy, but I'm not sure I understand why. What denomination teaches that the Bible is the "literal word of God"?

Many evangelical households or at least n = 1.

 

[irishog77]

Record Few Americans Believe Bible Is Literal Word of God | Gallup

This is making the rounds on conservative media as some kind of tragedy, but I'm not sure I understand why. What denomination teaches that the Bible is the "literal word of God"?

Many Baptists and Church of Christ do. And, well, many just growing up and residing in the Bible Belt do.

 

[NDRock]

Record Few Americans Believe Bible Is Literal Word of God | Gallup

This is making the rounds on conservative media as some kind of tragedy, but I'm not sure I understand why. What denomination teaches that the Bible is the "literal word of God"?

About everyone (Baptist and Church of God are the two biggest where I live) here in East Tennessee. Most people I know believe the Earth is 6,000 years old.

 

[wizards8507]

About everyone (Baptist and Church of God are the two biggest where I live) here in East Tennessee. Most people I know believe the Earth is 6,000 years old.

Not literally though, right? I can see some fundamentalists doubting that the earth is 4.5 billion years old but we have actual human artifacts that are tens of thousands of years old.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Not literally though, right? I can see some fundamentalists doubting that the earth is 4.5 billion years old but we have actual human artifacts that are tens of thousands of years old.

The dating techniques are wrong is what I've been told when I inquired.

 

[NDohio]

Not literally though, right? I can see some fundamentalists doubting that the earth is 4.5 billion years old but we have actual human artifacts that are tens of thousands of years old.

Yep, literal.

https://answersingenesis.org/

 

[NDRock]

Not literally though, right? I can see some fundamentalists doubting that the earth is 4.5 billion years old but we have actual human artifacts that are tens of thousands of years old.

No, literal. I guess I've lived in the Bible Belt too long because I've forgotten most Americans don't feel this way. I love this part of the country but I definitely had some culture shock 20 years ago when i moved here.