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Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]It’s not normal to live in a 400sf studio or have roommates.
That thinking only contributes to rising rents and lower standards of living.We do have an affordability problem in San Diego. All the new apartments are high end indeed.[/quote]
Where is my free pony? The rent is too damn high!Participant[quote=spdrun]I guess it’s the price of not living in a festering shithole (read: any neighborhood where you can’t walk). The answer is: be cheap in other ways. Cook at home, drive an old car, etc.[/quote]
You’re right.Participant[quote=spdrun]He’s also overpaying for the ZIP code — he should be able to rent 400 sf in PB for well under $1500/mo.[/quote]
That’s still crazy for what he earns. How is he ever going to get ahead?
ParticipantCan’t feel the least bit sorry for the guy who makes 3,400 a month and spends , what was it, 1700 a month before utilities, on rent of a little box.
Then he says the property managers have all the leverage. No, the zip code does. I always had roommates , even for the first 8 years that I owned houses.
ParticipantFaith people tend to do battle against science. There was an article in National Geographic recently about this.”THe War Against Science” The condemnation of individual non-believers is only part of it. Condemning science is much, much, worse.
Also, the obvious, faith actually kills a lot of people or reserves the right to. It’s really about bullying and power, not like Santa Claus is real or not.
Participant[quote=zk][quote=zk]
As I said, evidence that there’s no god is impossible. There is basically no evidence for god. If a person claims to believe something outrageous for which there is no evidence, we view him as though there’s something wrong with him. Unless that belief involves god. In which case we say, “oh, yeah. He believes in a supernatural, universe-encompassing, omnipotent, magical being in the sky for which there’s no evidence. Ok, that’s fine. He’s ok. Nothing to see here.”[/quote]And then, and this is the part that’s frustrating, our society says, “oh, wow. He doesn’t believe in a supernatural, universe-encompassing, omnipotent, magical being in the sky for which there’s no evidence. What’s wrong with him?”
Is it just me, or is that ridiculous?[/quote]
I would say about that kind of closed case , something is wrong with non-believers, it’s oppressive, It’s as bad as the N word, but then I’d be a whiner.Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]When have to deal with someone who looks like a bitch/dick, maybe I need to be a preemptive asshole. That might lead to better relations.[/quote]
My perceptions is that you don’t seem to be holding back as much as you think you are.ParticipantTo whom it may concern:
A polite asshole is just a much as an asshole as an uncouth asshole. The polite asshole makes himself a prick too when he judges himself to be better.
I agree that it is better to limit assholiness in general and deal with assholes with
gentile humor and affection , or forgiveness and patience. Easier said than done, for me. I get it right sometimes though. Assholes are so often looked up to ….it’s tempting. Assholing back to an asshole can be really fun but has lots of problems they often up the ante.Participant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Blogstar]
most institutions in life are based on saying one thing and doing another. I thought religion might be good for them in that sense.
really it was my wife’s thing but I was on board for various reasons…. She was a super hard core catholic until about 10 years ago.[/quote]
That first bit is hilarious! I was wondering if there wasn’t something more to starting the kids off with religion than you independently thinking it was a great idea.
ParticipantI always wondered why so many Christians go on and get rich. I was so scared that I’d never get to heaven if I made any money. Now I realize that the people preaching that were hoarding it all. And now, it really wasn’t supposed to be that the meek should inherit the earth….proven that G-d meant geeks. So many people so desperate to be meek and poor all these years when the should have been dabbling in semi conductors.
ParticipantMy eight year old told me his coach told him to learn the pledge. I told him to tell his coach , thanks but no thanks. They go to play baseball not make pledges to this make believe G-D. I think the coach means well, wants my boy to have a chance to lead the other sheep, they take turns being little pastors at little league games. He is a great guy. His kids don’t have names for the bible.
My other kids added that they get “ZAPS” if the don’t say the pledge of the allegiance. I said go ahead and get the “ZAPS” I’ll take care of it. They said most kids make a parody of it but just don’t speak very loudly.
So while worrying about whether or not God exists may be dumb but worrying about what kind of standing the make believe Big Fella has in our society and who is propping him up, well that’s more complex.I never put my kid in church , thought about it based on comments from piggs many years ago, for about a nanosecond. I believe actions speak louder than words and that if there is a God he probably hears pretty well. Doesn’t give a damn about religion. A child’s real church is how his parents and others around him or her act. Why teach them anything that you have to say isn’t real later? Especially something that is so loaded with problems.
I am all for teaching kids about religions in a survey sort of format. We do that all the time.
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Blogstar][quote=scaredyclassic]I agree we need police.
I agree society should respect the police.
I believe police should always be honest and follow the law.
I believe they should receive the full brunt of the law when they dont.
I want full transparency and recording of all police interactions.
I believe all drugs should be legal and it is I’m moral to cage someone who has a drug problem.
I am glad to see at least some skepticism that police are always acting in our best interedt.
Is any of this really all that controversial except the drug positiin. Not sure what you’re so tweaked about?[/quote]
Not really tweaked. More fatigued. Seems like we are just talking around each other. Time to move on. BTW, every time I have ever been up for jury selection, the prosecution throws me off. I am with you on everything you just posted, against three strikes etc. At first I just started playing devil’s advocate here, then I begin to think, wow, There is a lot of misunderstanding here, the problem is bigger than bad acts by cops. Couldn’t open any discussion on that at all, just more example of bad acts thrown back, it’s all very onesided . Once you are told you are a wrong side of things after all that, well it’s easy to realize this is just all exhausting![/quote]
OK. I see that. I apologize. i agree the problem is bigger than just bad cops. it’s probably just a symptom of a sick society.
shoot, whats the answer? hell if I know. Id like to see a less mean society, one where there is no way in hell anyone can see that videotape of the way that indian guy was treated as in any way remotely acceptable. Course, I’d also liek to see less meanness on the part of the criminals also…but we have a giant machine that send s everyone to prison and churns them out even meaner and less employable and apart from society with every prison stay…
it’s a machine of horror.[/quote]
Thanks, Scaredy, It’s all very sad and frightening. I have a friend through another friend and I just visited him in Otay Mesa and then got him out a few weeks later after he did time instead of an ankle bracelet. Really nice guy, and black and poor. Has a small military pension I think. 50ish never in trouble before and seems to have acted out and made a violent threat due to paranoia. My friend hired a lawyer for our friend to settle for the bracelet but he chose two weeks instead. Luckily got it down to a misdemeanor. I am afraid with the paranoia thing he may become another recidivist statistic. Really beautiful, kind , open, well meaning person any time I have ever been around him.
ParticipantGoodnight God.
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic]I agree we need police.
I agree society should respect the police.
I believe police should always be honest and follow the law.
I believe they should receive the full brunt of the law when they dont.
I want full transparency and recording of all police interactions.
I believe all drugs should be legal and it is I’m moral to cage someone who has a drug problem.
I am glad to see at least some skepticism that police are always acting in our best interedt.
Is any of this really all that controversial except the drug positiin. Not sure what you’re so tweaked about?[/quote]
Not really tweaked. More fatigued. Seems like we are just talking around each other. Time to move on. BTW, every time I have ever been up for jury selection, the prosecution throws me off. I am with you on everything you just posted, against three strikes etc. At first I just started playing devil’s advocate here, then I begin to think, wow, There is a lot of misunderstanding here, the problem is bigger than bad acts by cops. Couldn’t open any discussion on that at all, just more example of bad acts thrown back, it’s all very onesided . Once you are told you are a wrong side of things after all that, well it’s easy to realize this is just all exhausting!
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