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  • I’m sure it happened some before, but the earliest known case was like, a thousand years or so after.

    The danger of the Abrahamic religions is people who did experience hallucinations from things like ergot poisoning saw the similarities to the schizophrenic hallucinations their religions are based on.

    So instead of their first thought being “clearly I’m seeing/hearing things that aren’t there like a dream” it was “God has chosen me and is commanding me to do ____”.

    Like, under no circumstances is a higher power providing instructions, guidance, advice, anything.

    And it’s incredibly dangerous when people believe it’s possible. Because if they experience hallucinations for any reason, there’s a chance they treat it like a command.


  • I mean, Lovecraft just went with OG Abrhamic stuff.

    When they talk about angels in the Bible, they weren’t talking about beautiful elves from Lotr with wings.

    They were something that interacting with would break your mind. Because the people claiming to see them had broken minds already, that’s why they were “seeing” them in the first place.

    Which makes sense because what started the Abrhamic religions was a schizophrenic hearing voices to murder his family to appease the voice(s) in their head.

    It’s been whitewashed over the centuries, but that’s all it is. The followers of a schizophrenic carrying on his delusions that began with murdering his brother. And they’re still being told if they ever experience those symptoms, they should fucking listen instead of getting mental health treatment.




  • So why did you ask

    Where do you think ‘the party’ comes from, the people who make these bad decisions?

    Like you disagreed with me, but now you’re saying basically “of course it’s like what you first said”?

    The DNC is “the party” and the DNC is not governed by democracy.

    That’s the key issue. It’s unelected nepotism and the people being placed in power have no idea how to win elections.

    The president appoints people to the DNC, and the DNC is not shy about saying they have full control over who the next presidential candidate is.

    This isn’t a new problem, and because the only people who can change it benefit from it, they’re not kicking themselves out of power.even if it means trump wins.







  • assuming

    A whole bunch of shit while ignoring all the contex…

    I’m talking about 18-22 year olds and the women are on the women’s rugby team comparing them to men who have never needed to shave and their voice hasn’t cracked.

    If you think every 18-22 year old guys has been thru puberty…

    That’s as ridiculous as not understanding that hight T women would be attracted to high level athletics and then overly represented in elite athletes.

    What you are doing is the equivalent of someone who stops paying attention to science in sixth grade but believes they’re an expert at 47.

    You got the cliff notes version and think people should address you as Doctor.

    Shits a lot more complicated than you think.



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    Are we now to the point where we’re deifying Clinton?

    Absolutely not

    All we’re talking about is campaigns, and how likely they are to result in a Dem president.

    Because, as Biden loves to say:

    All that matters is beating trump.

    His policies resulted in incarceration of minorities,

    The crime bill?

    That was literally Biden’s baby… Pretty sure he’s still bragging about it and saying it was a great idea…

    You are NOT the first person who had to hold his nose while voting for the lesser evil,

    Mate, I’ve been doing it for almost 20 years.

    08 Obama is the only time I actually wanted the person I voted for to win.

    Some of the younglings have never even seen let alone participated in an election where we even thought we had a progressive option.


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    Where do you think ‘the party’ comes from, the people who make these bad decisions?

    Well, the current leader of the DNC was appointed by Joe Biden in 2021…

    The selection of Mr. Harrison, on the heels of Mr. Biden’s victories in Arizona and Georgia in November, reflects the president-elect’s longstanding determination for Democrats to compete in once-red states, a recognition that the party will never sustain an enduring congressional majority without making inroads across the Sun Belt.

    Mr. Biden’s top advisers are also planning to appoint a small group of elected Democrats as vice chairs to reward their support in the campaign and offer them the opportunity to be high-profile surrogates. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Representative Filemon Vela of Texas and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta will serve in the roles.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/jaime-harrison-dnc-chairman.html

    Technically the DNC could vote against the president, but they didn’t even do that to Obama. For details in who the ~477 people are and how it happens:

    https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/23/13703720/dnc-chair-election-rules-members

    From the rest of you comment, I think that link would be beneficial.

    Especially this part:

    Up to 75 slots are appointed by the DNC chair

    You seem to think it’s a lot more democratic than it really is.


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    Someday I’d like to hear a rational explanation about why the worse the Republican is, the more conservative and uncharismatic the Dem has to be.

    Like, if all that matters is stopping Republicans…

    Why aren’t we running someone that people like?

    A Bill Clinton or Barack Obama type that actively went after the youth vote, opened a dialog with voters, and took feedback to make their campaigns more appealing?

    Historically speaking, that’s a slam dunk.

    We can keep trying to berate the youth into voting, but the thing about 18 year olds is, there’s always 18 year olds. Convince this batch to hold their nose, and we got to convince the next one again. Plus re-convirnce the old batch again. Someone that’s 30 right now has spent almost half their life being told that they have no say in who they vote for, they just have to vote against trump.

    How are people surprised they feel disenfranchised?

    Why can’t we try listening to the youth, and trust that as the future party moves further to the left, they stay with the party?


  • On average, but there’s outliers.

    Like, there are women out there with higher testorone than the average man, and crazy is a huge factor.

    I played rugby in college and we hung out with the women’s team and drunk coed wrestling was definitely a common thing.

    Every once and a while a non rugby player would think it was just an excuse to roll around with a hot chick, and they would get absolutely demolished. Like I’m not talking about underestimating the woman and losing quickly due to technical skill. Just getting absolutely manhandled by a girl without the socially ingrained fear of violence and pain. Like, I was one of the biggest guys on the men’s team and had wrestling experience, I still lost to some of them. Women almost a foot shorter and that I had more than 50 pounds on. Because they really wanted that W and kept trying till they got it.

    Hell, for two years we had coed practice including full speed tackling and scrimmages. Top end speed was usually the only clear difference, and even then the fastest five players on the field was never all guys.