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Author Topic: Things that made you sad today thread.  (Read 9705382 times)

misko27

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57210 on: January 06, 2013, 12:08:42 am »

No one should be homeless, least of all people who were willing to give their lives for "the American cause". Being homeless is fucking terrible.
Misko is going to go ahead and agree with this statement. It sucks, and there isn't always something you can do about it.
You could pay higher taxes and give people politicians a few more summer/winter cottages housing with that money. But that's a decision you'll have to make.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57211 on: January 06, 2013, 12:11:29 am »

Apparently, there are plenty of people who recognize my religion as a "hate group" solely because of JUST our views on same-sex marriage alone. Can anyone say biased?
Can anyone say you're going to burn in hellfire for all eternity for being a homosexual sinner?
It seems there are those in even my own religion that continue to forget that it is left to our fates post-mortem (in our case God, if you will), to judge us; or at worst, ourselves to judge ourselves. Seeing as we are our worst critics after all. Sorta like that one quote about true Hell being that you as you currently stand face the kind of person you could have become (IE- your best ending self). In a sense, we state that it's pretty much not cool to judge others for their flaws and so forth. Unfortunately, the vocal minority of the ignorant bastards that use our name for more meaningless reasons, and malevolent purposes seem to all too often forget this little detail, and continue to corrupt our legitimately good nature. Like I said, using myself as an example, I have no problem with gay people and marriage between them. If I am damned to Hell, well what else is new? I've got a cottage there as a summer home. Despite being Catholic, I welcome an eternity in Hell because I'm a decent person that respect other peoples' happiness, regardless their background. The God I learned about is a God that is like a good father. Respects His children, teaches them, and disciplines them when they get out of line. Unfortunately, some kids have been acting like spoiled brats, and it's about time he slaps some of them hard for their brattiness. He did not make/raise us to be THIS hostile. We should stand our ground in the face of conflict, not be the ones making them; and when things get bad, take the high ground, and take the hits. Persevere and be still, and when aggression faces you, turn the other cheek.

Come and think of it, it does seem like a political fad right now. Hopefully this is bullshit, just like the secession of the states thing previously. That was the last fad, as far as I remember.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_among_LGBT_youth
Very much an issue.
I understand this, but again I must mention the above issue. There are total assholes ruining our good name with this hatred crap, and if I had the power to, I'd ex-communicate them in a heartbeat. They are Catholics in name only. If you pay attention to the real ones, you can tell the difference like night and day.

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In a sense, if the petition was more precise as to exactly WHO is responsible for the crap making us look hateful, then I would be willing to sign it too; but this generalization is far too broad, and labels even someone like me as someone who should be destroyed with extreme prejudice. I'm not even on the list of 'Bad Guys', and I deserve this label... somehow. I know, I know, "Now you know how we feel." will roll around. Duh. But that's besides the point. How the petition is staged, it's like eradicating an ant with a gamma ray burst from a quasar. It needs to be revised or refined, because many innocents that can help will no longer be able to in fear of being treated as equals to the Westboros. We are so NOT them. And I speak for the humble majority (despite my response being less than humble).

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When you actually study Catechism, you'll come to realize that all this homophobic behavior is really more a matter of someone's personal opinion that memetically infected the rest of the religion. Personally, not cool man. Not cool at all. I don't recall any of my teachings or texts mentioning anything anti-gay, and so forth (and my teachings were mostly un-edited content, nowadays really hard to find legitimately (I think it has been placed among the "Banned Books" levels these days, for some bizarre reason); also not cool); although on the abortion front; well, the more time that child had to brew into existence, the more cruel it is to end it's life prematurely. I mean, I'll somewhat comply with the 1-month rule, for what it's worth, for argument's sake, but little past that, that sucker's got eyes and a brain, and is in an extremely primitive level of existence, and premature termination is essentially considered an act of cruelty; especially if it's out of convenience rather than practicality. The ire of others is deserved if especially out of convenience (I mean, bragging about it on Facebook? Really? And labeling it like a sudden weight loss to show off?); especially if it's a late-term abortion. How can any human sleep after permitting such a horrible act; especially to their own blood?
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57212 on: January 06, 2013, 12:14:24 am »

No one should be homeless, least of all people who were willing to give their lives for "the American cause". Being homeless is fucking terrible.
Misko is going to go ahead and agree with this statement. It sucks, and there isn't always something you can do about it.
You could pay higher taxes and give people politicians a few more summer/winter cottages housing with that money. But that's a decision you'll have to make.

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Yes, this is exactly how social democracy works. Higher taxes are used to support lavish lifestyles for political figures and all those government services are magically provided by the Invisible Hand of the Market, out of a sense of pity for those poor socialist slaves who give up all their money for no return.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57213 on: January 06, 2013, 12:36:27 am »

No one should be homeless, least of all people who were willing to give their lives for "the American cause". Being homeless is fucking terrible.
Misko is going to go ahead and agree with this statement. It sucks, and there isn't always something you can do about it.
You could pay higher taxes and give people politicians a few more summer/winter cottages housing with that money. But that's a decision you'll have to make.

FTFY

Yes, this is exactly how social democracy works. Higher taxes are used to support lavish lifestyles for political figures and all those government services are magically provided by the Invisible Hand of the Market, out of a sense of pity for those poor socialist slaves who give up all their money for no return.
I need a word with that Invisible Hand. It seems to have missed me a few times.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57214 on: January 06, 2013, 04:56:52 am »

No one should be homeless, least of all people who were willing to give their lives for "the American cause". Being homeless is fucking terrible.
Misko is going to go ahead and agree with this statement. It sucks, and there isn't always something you can do about it.
You could pay higher taxes and give people politicians a few more summer/winter cottages housing with that money. But that's a decision you'll have to make.

FTFY

Yes, this is exactly how social democracy works. Higher taxes are used to support lavish lifestyles for political figures and all those government services are magically provided by the Invisible Hand of the Market, out of a sense of pity for those poor socialist slaves who give up all their money for no return.
I need a word with that Invisible Hand. It seems to have missed me a few times.
"If you're quick with a knife, you'll find the invisible hand is made of delicious invisible meat." ~xkcd
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57215 on: January 06, 2013, 11:25:45 am »

Apparently, there are plenty of people who recognize my religion as a "hate group" solely because of JUST our views on same-sex marriage alone.

I think the same-sex perspective is just a foothold for a greater agenda for more malevolent purpose.

And you wonder why?
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57216 on: January 06, 2013, 11:37:05 am »

In America the Catholic Church really only functions as a hate group at this point. I respect their work elsewhere but in first world countries they care a bit too much about politics. Pity they were on the wrong side of this fight.

Note that I'm not talking about Catholics. Just the church itself. 90% of Catholics don't listen to the church.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57217 on: January 06, 2013, 05:00:18 pm »

Note that I'm not talking about Catholics. Just the church itself. 90% of Catholics don't listen to the church.
That's a high estimate. It's also a matter of what kind of people become priests nowadays: Our village priest (God that sounds like I live in an RPG) is pretty much of a fundie who literally has emptied the church over the past years with his ill-thought out sermons and suspect attitude. Even my parents, who as agnostics go to church because of their own reflections and thus are hard to scare off, are considering to start going to church in the next town. (Man, again that RPG sound.)

In America the Catholic Church really only functions as a hate group at this point. I respect their work elsewhere but in first world countries they care a bit too much about politics. Pity they were on the wrong side of this fight.
I think in the US every religious group is prone to going a bit overboard; AFAIK in Europe they're fairly moderate. Conservative, sure, and contra-progressive, but in a harmless sort of way.
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« Reply #57218 on: January 06, 2013, 05:22:15 pm »

Goddamnit, I forgot that I had ping pong club today. There was an email and everything that I glanced over.

Holy shit do I hate the holidays. Making my club close for two weeks, causing me to forget it.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57219 on: January 06, 2013, 05:24:54 pm »

It's a product of the fundmentalist movement. Because a (actually fairly small, but powerful) section of protestantism is so vocal in the US, many local Catholic leaders have hopped on the bandwagon in an attempt to avoid being "drowned out" of relevance, aided somewhat by the rather inclusive attitude the Vatican has taken in recent decades. Ironically, many of the attitudes championed (YEC, anti-evolution rhetoric, and strict Biblical literalness being the most prominent) at a local level by Catholic clergy are actually Protestant doctrines that tread very close to (and may actually cross) the line into heresy against the dogma from Rome.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57220 on: January 06, 2013, 11:57:26 pm »

Has anyone ever felt like they were just a space filler with their friends?

Like the only reason they keep you around is because you are someone they know well but otherwise you don't really contribute something that a dummy with a tape player couldn't?

I keep trying to contribute to my group of friends but I feel like if I want to stop feeling like the weakest link I really have to step it up and I just can't put that much effort into anything.

I am the weakest strategist, weakest at general math and logic, I enjoy things everyone else doesn't... I want to do something everyone would enjoy and want to do, or be a contributing member of what we currently do.

Yet I am neither of those things and I just feel useless.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57221 on: January 07, 2013, 01:45:48 am »

 :-[ Seeing that the "Things that make you sad" thread is 3850 pages long.
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« Reply #57222 on: January 07, 2013, 01:48:21 am »

Has anyone ever felt like they were just a space filler with their friends?

Like the only reason they keep you around is because you are someone they know well but otherwise you don't really contribute something that a dummy with a tape player couldn't?

I keep trying to contribute to my group of friends but I feel like if I want to stop feeling like the weakest link I really have to step it up and I just can't put that much effort into anything.

I am the weakest strategist, weakest at general math and logic, I enjoy things everyone else doesn't... I want to do something everyone would enjoy and want to do, or be a contributing member of what we currently do.

Yet I am neither of those things and I just feel useless.

Yeah, I feel that too.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57223 on: January 07, 2013, 01:50:16 am »

Has anyone ever felt like they were just a space filler with their friends?

Like the only reason they keep you around is because you are someone they know well but otherwise you don't really contribute something that a dummy with a tape player couldn't?

I keep trying to contribute to my group of friends but I feel like if I want to stop feeling like the weakest link I really have to step it up and I just can't put that much effort into anything.

I am the weakest strategist, weakest at general math and logic, I enjoy things everyone else doesn't... I want to do something everyone would enjoy and want to do, or be a contributing member of what we currently do.

Yet I am neither of those things and I just feel useless.
Heh, that's me. Pro third wheel.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #57224 on: January 07, 2013, 01:51:19 am »

:-[ Seeing that the "Things that make you sad" thread is 3850 pages long.
It IS 4 yrs old though. 1460 days. Multiple people.

Also me too to the space fillers.
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