Good grief. I never went on a mission, but I can't imagine living under the boot of a missionary president who has no sense of humor and so-called companions who rat each other out for brownie points. It sounds like an oppressive dictatorship, where neighbors rat each other out to gain points with the ruling party.
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LOL
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Ken Jennings is now hosting Jeopardy? So many great cultural moments I've missed since leaving the US again in 2014.
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I do enjoy cheese, butter, and the occasional ice cream. But I can't remember the last time I drank milk. Yes, I drink my coffee black. The best butter contains cream and salt. It tastes great, too. Margarine is just garbage. I can't believe that was ever legal to sell for human consumption. I am not a dietician, but I do know that I feel better when my diet contains foods with fewer ingr
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Merry Christmas
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Lots of symbolism in there. Or maybe just a wild dream. At any rate, Merry Christmas!
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When flip phones went on the market, there was a hidden camera program on Japanese TV which sought to prove that humans are incapable of talking on the phone and paying attention to their surrounding at the same time. The results were both horrifying and hilarious. They would walk up to someone who was on a payphone and hand them a stuffed animal. Almost without fail, the person would tak
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I might be conflating SNAP with unemployment. Don't you need to have a job, get laid off, and be actively looking for work to qualify? Sure, if a missionary is technically "out of work" because they left to go on a mission, but that's voluntary unemployment, which disqualifies you from receiving benefits. I do know what Mormons have no issues using government benefits. One of my cla
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I'll take indoctrination centers for a thousand.
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Procreation obsessed = you've just described every man from the age of puberty to, well, I don't know. Not sure if that ever goes away. I've started to see the "declining birth rate" as much more than a crazy, right-wing conspiracy theory. Do an internet search for Stephen Shaw, a data scientist who made a documentary called Birthgap. I've listened to him on a few podcasts, and
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I prefer a resort town on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It's 2 ½ hours by train Southwest of Tokyo. The town is called Shimoda, pop 19,000. Shimoda is famous for being the place where Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy arrived with his "black ships" in 1853. Shimoda is surrounded by the Amagi Mountains, perfect for hiking. It's also near the Kawazu Seven Fa
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Screening for IQ just sounds like another silly way to get money from people who have more money than brains. I live in a wealthy area, and there are crackpot ideas about health everywhere: * This exercise cleanses your lymph nodes * This vitamin increases life expectancy * This mysterious technique increases metabolism Pattern recognition. I'm not the best, but I do see patterns. I
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Sacrifice a golf course for a temple? How about sacrificing a temple to build a golf course? Maybe a mini golf course. They're both comical fake versions of reality.
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I think I was on here every day from 2004-2007. I got a lot of value. I don't live near a lot of Mormons, my wife is a nevermo, and the Mormon church doesn't affect my daily life, so I don't have much to discuss. I had a good friend who left Mormonism. I encouraged him to post here. He declined and said that he didn't see the point, as he had made his decision and didn't feel like discussing
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I do things in secret. And they're really fun. Just sayin'.
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dagny Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's a great story. > I think some of the people I knew are also out but > I'm afraid to bring it up. > > I hope you are keeping everyone in Japan out of > trouble. :-) I'm trying! We've had a lot of visitors since tourism opened up. Some people make the typical faux pas, which can be expected.
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I was a child when I stopped believing but for family reasons just kept going. I remember hearing the story of Joseph Smith and his tall tale of the golden tablets and how some angel took them back. Every time someone called him out, he had an excuse. As a child, I knew the mechanics of making up stories. So I instinctively knew that none of his lies stood up to scrutiny. Having said
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After living in Japan, I got the easiest degree I could think of - Japanese. My Japanese classes were filled with cocky RMs who had never heard of someone that learned a language without going on a mission. Many of them wouldn't give me the time of day because I was not an RM, and not active in their cult. There was one guy who was an RM, but a very genuine guy. Just down to earth. We spent a
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Lot's Wife Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > That's what most people miss > > about Roe. SCOTUS simply returned it to the > states > > to decide. > > Untrue. > > What Dobbs did was to strip choice of its > constitutional status. Once that occurred, the > matter did not revert to the states but to the > norm
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I reckon their secret lives ain't gonna be so secret no more.
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Imagine the emotional manipulation that families and non-professionals put young people through just to get them to go out and recruit for 2 years. If you don't go, your Mother will be sad. They didn't try that on me, mainly because I quit going to church as a teenager. But they also knew that I was one of those smart a$$e$ who would say things like, "I'm not responsible for your fee
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I remember a Doctor visiting my ward in Utah. It was a college ward with lots of newlyweds. He was creepy. He said he was in charge of doing "premarital exams" and he claimed that "most of the women were virgins". He had a really creepy grin when he said that.
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Twister - nekkid Maybe I was thinking about my college days. It's all a blur.
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I still refuse to call the Mormon church "the church". There are many churches. Little kids who grow up in dysfunctional households can become superstitious adults. "I didn't read my BoM every morning, and Grandpa got sick. If I read my BoM every morning, my family will be safe." Not every Mormon household is dysfunctional, but many are in my experience. Then there are
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When it comes to Mormonism, it's ALL baloney.
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I had an amazing imaginary band when I was teenager. They never made a mistake, and the drummer waited until the guitar and bass were tuned before pounding on the drums. And they all love the same music I loved. When I joined a band in real life it didn't go as smoothly.
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Wow, I've fiddled with ChatGPT, but never thought to ask it about good ol' Joe. As a best practice, I've learned to ask for citations as I've caught in hallucinating more than once.
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Lot's Wife Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Nope. Murray Rothbard. > > Who??? You think Rothbard was a significant > thinker? T-Bone, when you're in a hole, stop > digging. You might be surprised to see that I was agreeing with you. See below. > Are you an anarcho-capitalist, T-Bone? I believe in IP rights. So, no. >
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I thought we'd already moved on to MrBeast. Anybody watching that scandal unfold?
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The danger of giving any federal government power is that power can be used against me when my party is not in charge. I see no world in which this is a controversial take on things. This is the beauty of states rights. That's what most people miss about Roe. SCOTUS simply returned it to the states to decide. When the governor of CA became the top salesman for Uhaul over the past few years be
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