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Apple Zone / WARNING: CONTAINS FEMINISM
« on: January 28, 2013, 04:20:18 pm »
This article is old, but I'd never read it before and it's really moving.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/losing-my-religion-for-equality-20090714-dk0v.html
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/losing-my-religion-for-equality-20090714-dk0v.html
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The carefully selected verses found in the Holy Scriptures to justify the superiority of men owe more to time and place - and the determination of male leaders to hold onto their influence - than eternal truths. Similar biblical excerpts could be found to support the approval of slavery and the timid acquiescence to oppressive rulers.
I am also familiar with vivid descriptions in the same Scriptures in which women are revered as pre-eminent leaders. During the years of the early Christian church women served as deacons, priests, bishops, apostles, teachers and prophets. It wasn't until the fourth century that dominant Christian leaders, all men, twisted and distorted Holy Scriptures to perpetuate their ascendant positions within the religious hierarchy.
The truth is that male religious leaders have had - and still have - an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter. Their continuing choice provides the foundation or justification for much of the pervasive persecution and abuse of women throughout the world. This is in clear violation not just of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but also the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul, Moses and the prophets, Muhammad, and founders of other great religions - all of whom have called for proper and equitable treatment of all the children of God. It is time we had the courage to challenge these views.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/losing-my-religion-for-equality-20090714-dk0v.html#ixzz2JHuHHBfm
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Techmology and Scientism / Hey N0p!
« on: January 24, 2013, 08:47:31 pm »
This one's for you, bro: http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php/topic,33963.msg1237706/topicseen.html#msg1237706
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Apple Zone / Hey
« on: January 19, 2013, 03:57:26 pm »
Time to wake up and start posting, spags! It's almost eight o'clock in Portland, what are you doing still asleep?
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Apple Zone / You want to feel a little bit better about people?
« on: January 18, 2013, 05:20:43 am »
Read the reviews for this Taco Bell: http://www.yelp.com/biz/taco-bell-chicago-5
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Apple Zone / On suffering fools gladly
« on: January 04, 2013, 04:12:02 pm »
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/opinion/brooks-suffering-fools-gladly.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
This article came along at the perfect time for me, because just last night I was thinking about how burnt out I am on the cynical superiority complex and smug faux-misanthropy that I seem to see everywhere, particularly among my intellectual/age peer group. Among cafe, bar, and internet hipsters who clutch their cloak of disdain for humanity closely around them to conceal their own insecurities and flaws... they hope.
I realized that I'm sick of it. I'm done with it. I'm out of patience for humoring it, let alone participating in it. I'm glad this article articulated so well what I was just beginning to think about... it's just another form of petty cruelty. It doesn't make us better people to look down on others, it just makes us brats.
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The phrase originally came from William Tyndale’s 1534 translation of the Bible. In it, Paul was ripping into the decadent citizens of Corinth for turning away from his own authoritative teaching and falling for a bunch of second-rate false apostles. “For ye suffers fool gladly,” Paul says with withering sarcasm, “seeing ye yourselves are wise.”
Today, the phrase is often used as an ambiguous compliment. It suggests that a person is so smart he has trouble tolerating people who are far below his own high standards. It is used to describe a person who is so passionately committed to a vital cause that he doesn’t have time for social niceties toward those idiots who stand in its way. It is used to suggest a level of social courage; a person who has the guts to tell idiots what he really thinks.
Sure, it would be better if such people were nicer to those around them, the phrase implies, but this is a forgivable sin in one so talented. The actor Ed Harris’s “penetrating gaze signals that this is a serious, somber man on a singular quest,” a writer observed in The Toronto Sun. “He doesn’t suffer fools gladly, if at all.”
This article came along at the perfect time for me, because just last night I was thinking about how burnt out I am on the cynical superiority complex and smug faux-misanthropy that I seem to see everywhere, particularly among my intellectual/age peer group. Among cafe, bar, and internet hipsters who clutch their cloak of disdain for humanity closely around them to conceal their own insecurities and flaws... they hope.
I realized that I'm sick of it. I'm done with it. I'm out of patience for humoring it, let alone participating in it. I'm glad this article articulated so well what I was just beginning to think about... it's just another form of petty cruelty. It doesn't make us better people to look down on others, it just makes us brats.
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Apple Zone / Well now
« on: December 26, 2012, 06:15:17 pm »
Everything about this makes perfect sense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldsEtENTEU8&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldsEtENTEU8&feature=player_embedded
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Apple Zone / OH, REALLY
« on: December 26, 2012, 08:18:37 am »
While I have said nothing that might lead you to "assume" anything like your strange response, all I was doing was referring to what several others had already said about you; Yes... too as I have to agree with them. Furthermore and rather oddly enough; as it is a small world, with your now added comments, I am pretty sure that you either actually personally know or at least, have heard of my ex-wife as she must be your peer ~ and what a blooming liberal nut case!
I will comment upon your believed anti-everything comment: America has become a collection of only two views. How so? Obama has ever-so skillfully divided our once great nation for his best advantage and I really cannot see any future at all with a Marxist living in the white house. With each administrative move we have become less as a nation in every way. Do I care? Not really, as I can only advise as a nationally known corporate consultant is to get out, America has lost its way and there is no longer any reason to invest in a fowl ObamaNation. However there is good news for you, you are going to be left with a very-very liberal America ~ Yes ... it will be Obama like in every way. However there is always one problem for boys like him; and your liberals, once you run out of other people's money your PC liberal la-la-land BS you fail as... well ... as everything.
Lastly ... why you are attempting to make me wrong for how you seemingly have effected almost a dozen other people's thinking is really pretty childish at best. However I will call you upon just one issue, ... I don't need your GOD in my life ~ Thank You!
I will comment upon your believed anti-everything comment: America has become a collection of only two views. How so? Obama has ever-so skillfully divided our once great nation for his best advantage and I really cannot see any future at all with a Marxist living in the white house. With each administrative move we have become less as a nation in every way. Do I care? Not really, as I can only advise as a nationally known corporate consultant is to get out, America has lost its way and there is no longer any reason to invest in a fowl ObamaNation. However there is good news for you, you are going to be left with a very-very liberal America ~ Yes ... it will be Obama like in every way. However there is always one problem for boys like him; and your liberals, once you run out of other people's money your PC liberal la-la-land BS you fail as... well ... as everything.
Lastly ... why you are attempting to make me wrong for how you seemingly have effected almost a dozen other people's thinking is really pretty childish at best. However I will call you upon just one issue, ... I don't need your GOD in my life ~ Thank You!
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Apple Zone / Fleshlets
« on: December 21, 2012, 05:23:14 am »
You know, sometimes I see art on Etsy that makes me happy to see that creativity is still alive and well.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/PayneSculptures
http://www.etsy.com/shop/PayneSculptures
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Apple Zone / ATTN: ECH
« on: December 19, 2012, 07:11:57 pm »
Who is your little friend, and why is she an idiot? 
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Apple Zone / This article seems useful
« on: December 17, 2012, 06:01:45 pm »
http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-you-better-person/
I like the part where he points out that it doesn't fucking matter "who you are inside", because people, rightly, judge you by what you actually DO. It's like all the people who claim that they're "really a nice guy and we would probably get along really well if you knew me in person".
BULL SHIT.
Also, man, his take on being "nice" is perfect.
I do think that every person has an intrinsic human value. But above and beyond that, you are only as valuable as you make yourself.
I like the part where he points out that it doesn't fucking matter "who you are inside", because people, rightly, judge you by what you actually DO. It's like all the people who claim that they're "really a nice guy and we would probably get along really well if you knew me in person".
BULL SHIT.
Also, man, his take on being "nice" is perfect.
I do think that every person has an intrinsic human value. But above and beyond that, you are only as valuable as you make yourself.
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Apple Zone / Dear holist and AKK
« on: December 17, 2012, 09:49:36 am »
I was trying to figure out what damage it could be, what piece of social information is opaque to you, that you simply don't understand what "attention whoring" is. And then I realized that maybe you don't realize that, while almost everybody talks about themselves and relates things to themselves in some way or another on a regular basis, most people observe certain conventions about a socially correct time and place and degree in which to talk about themselves. You guys don't seem to naturally have that filter in place, so I thought maybe it would be helpful to spell it out a bit so maybe the social convention would seem a bit more transparent for you.
So, first general rule: Talking about other people = riveting. Talking about yourself = unbelievably boring.
Second general rule: Threads that are specifically about someone else are not an invitation for talking about yourself. THE GOOD NEWS: That means you can totally start a thread for talking about yourself! ONE AT A TIME. JUST ONE.
Third general rule: Threads that are about a new item or other such topic are also not an invitation for talking about yourself.
Fourth general rule: Threads like Open Bar, or threads that ask you what you're reading/thinking/listening to: TOTALLY ALL ABOUT talking about yourself! Go to town, sisters!
Fifth general rule: People sometimes do get stuck in that unfortunate stage of development where they really think that they are so fascinating that everyone's always thinking about them (this is especially evident with people who are drunk). However, you can take comfort in the fact that they're not. Everyone is pretty much always thinking about THEMSELVES, which is why we have these social conventions for minimizing the world's most boring conversations in which everyone just talks about their own self. No bueno.
Sixth general rule: If you put some work into it, you might be able to become a fairly decent and compelling writer, and author stories and essays that are really about you, but written in such a way that other people actually enjoy them. Think about it. You love you, and you want others to think about you as much as you do. That's impossible, but the next best thing is getting them to read stories about you and then share them with other people because your story about you makes them think about... themselves. Which is what everyone is already thinking about all the time, anyway. "Your story about you made me think about me!" is pretty much the highest accolade any author can ever receive, if we want to be honest about things. Check it out.
I hope this was helpful!
So, first general rule: Talking about other people = riveting. Talking about yourself = unbelievably boring.
Second general rule: Threads that are specifically about someone else are not an invitation for talking about yourself. THE GOOD NEWS: That means you can totally start a thread for talking about yourself! ONE AT A TIME. JUST ONE.
Third general rule: Threads that are about a new item or other such topic are also not an invitation for talking about yourself.
Fourth general rule: Threads like Open Bar, or threads that ask you what you're reading/thinking/listening to: TOTALLY ALL ABOUT talking about yourself! Go to town, sisters!
Fifth general rule: People sometimes do get stuck in that unfortunate stage of development where they really think that they are so fascinating that everyone's always thinking about them (this is especially evident with people who are drunk). However, you can take comfort in the fact that they're not. Everyone is pretty much always thinking about THEMSELVES, which is why we have these social conventions for minimizing the world's most boring conversations in which everyone just talks about their own self. No bueno.
Sixth general rule: If you put some work into it, you might be able to become a fairly decent and compelling writer, and author stories and essays that are really about you, but written in such a way that other people actually enjoy them. Think about it. You love you, and you want others to think about you as much as you do. That's impossible, but the next best thing is getting them to read stories about you and then share them with other people because your story about you makes them think about... themselves. Which is what everyone is already thinking about all the time, anyway. "Your story about you made me think about me!" is pretty much the highest accolade any author can ever receive, if we want to be honest about things. Check it out.
I hope this was helpful!
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Apple Zone / ATTN: PEOPLE WHO CAN CHANGE THEIR WORKPLACE'S HOLD MUSIC
« on: December 11, 2012, 04:58:21 am »
Please change it to Komar & Melamid's "Most Unwanted Music" for the holiday season.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Apple Zone / SHAMELESS WHORING
« on: December 11, 2012, 12:07:33 am »
I AM INCREDIBLY BROKE AND WINTER FINANCIAL AID DOESN'T GET IN FOR ANOTHER MONTH.
So I have spent a great deal of this weekend being very very productive and filling my Etsy store. With stuff, lots of stuff. YOU can help me just by looking at it, because for some reason the more people look at my stuff the better it does in searches.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Beadwife
Thank you for looking! Pass it on to your friends if you feel like it!
More stuff is coming soon. Big puffy hearts and shit like that. I think also maybe some long dangly bronze chains with a single colorful bead hanging off them.
So I have spent a great deal of this weekend being very very productive and filling my Etsy store. With stuff, lots of stuff. YOU can help me just by looking at it, because for some reason the more people look at my stuff the better it does in searches.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Beadwife
Thank you for looking! Pass it on to your friends if you feel like it!
More stuff is coming soon. Big puffy hearts and shit like that. I think also maybe some long dangly bronze chains with a single colorful bead hanging off them.
