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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • The 90s weren’t great for most people, but they were the peak of hope and optimism for many people.

    Education, telecommunication, and trade relations were developing so quickly it was “sensible” to foresee humanity living in a utopia soon.

    Then baby bush goes back to the middle east, domestic surveillance expands internationally, but most importantly the internet disillusions most people that they are living in a progressive world.

    How many genocides are currently happening? How quickly are sea levels going to rise? Why, exactly, are so many people dying from cancer at the same time that processed foods become so popular?

    The tobacco scientists were LYING!?

    Ask and the search engine answers.

    Talk to international forum friends: people tell you about their lives manufacturing your comforts in China, Jamaica, India, and so on.

    It rapidly became clear from the outset of social media that tech titans also champion commodification and privatization of personal and public information rather than using that information to benefit society at large.

    Things weren’t getting better in the 90s, but before everybody was talking to each other and sharing their experiences, many people believed things could get better.
















  • “…cannot define an ideology by how it’s adherents act”

    An ideology is, in practice, defined by its adherents.

    “…humans are corrupt and wild…”

    correct, jesus is not a perfect master

    “are you accusing me…”

    I wasn’t, but you do admire masters and worship a book glorifying slavery.

    “Slave owning isn’t righteous”

    Owning slaves is righteous according to the christian bible.

    Time to scrutinize your values.

    the christian bible is all about fearing retribution for your actions instead of making moral choices and positively affecting the world through good will and critical thinking.

    it is christian to own slaves and to be a master to your slaves according to the christian bible, what you see as the word of the christian god. you are defying the christian god by claiming owning slaves is not righteous.

    “It’s not about owning slaves or worshipping fear”

    By its own text, the christian bible is a book about worshiping fear and glorifying slavery.

    but that’s okay because it’s just a book, one of millions, and there’s a much bigger, and real, world out there with better lessons you can learn from.


    1. “Jesus clearly states that it’s not our place to carry out a death penalty.”

    and still christians have always and continue to carry out the death penalty.

    1. “jesus is…the perfect master…”

    a. jesus is an imperfect master: his flock is full of pedophiles, murderers and rapists.

    b. being a perfect slave master is not good for the slaves. You may aspire to owning slaves, but that doesn’t make owning slaves admirable or righteous.

    2 again: “…died for mankind.”

    jesus was here a few years and then lives in paradise forever in your book. his suffering was brief and insignificant relative to eternal life.

    Important to note that all the evidence we have supports the christian bible being a fictional story, largely made up and revised over the years to create a myth to subjugate people like yourself. It’s an interesting piece of creative writing, but there are limits to how far you should base your real life on a book about owning slaves and worshiping fear that inspired one of the largest and most harmful cults in history.


  • I had mild tinnitus, an audible high pitch constantly, and what worked for me was

    1. Wearing foam in-ear earplugs whenever I was in a loud situation(traffic, construction) I basically always have earplugs in while I’m outside.

    2. Switching to bone-conduction headphones rather than in-ear or over-ear, which I had used for years previously and I’m sure contributed to my tinnitus.

    I actually haven’t thought about my tinnitus in months until seeing this post and keeping my eardrums protected/insulated made a difference.

    Now that I’m thinking about it I can hear a slight ringing, but that’s the game, and it’s definitely still better than it was.


  • god’s answers:

    1. “who carries out the punishment?” christ and/or Christians

    2. “What is god’s instruction to the husband?” To be the master

    next two instead of 3 and 4:

    1 again. “Who are sinners?” Those who defy jesus.

    2 again. “…if you kept reading…much greater burden on the husband…” i’ve read the bible in full, there is no “greater burden” put on the master.

    “Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart”

    Sounds reeeal tough for the slave owners, having all that respect and sincerity from their slaves…no, it is not more difficult for a man to go on a date with his wife than it is for a wife to be eternally damned for not cooking her husband dinner.

    The eternal damnation is a greater burden.