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aceventura
4m ago
I should have been more specific; I am referring to the Iranian government.
Iranians are a greatly civilized people and there's no reason their country can't achieve socioeconomic parity with Eastern Europe if they weren't ruled by a stupid and selfish cult. It's a testament to the strength of the people that despite a brain drain going back four decades and crushing financial sanctions, Iranians are able to keep their economy afloat, produce excellent scientists and academic output, and maintain a European feel to Tehran.
They hate Israël, but so do plenty of countries in the US orbit.
Every other country is making peace with Israel and fostering closer ties, to their benefit. Iran's irrational hatred of Israel is not rooted in history or geopolitical sense; Jews and Persians get along much better than Jews and Arabs, both in Iran and in the diaspora.
Iranians would benefit tremendously if their insane leaders were overthrown and a sensible government aligned itself with the US.
dasfoo
11m ago
And yes: men don't care if you're smart and fun (though that's nice), they care if you have the requisite sexy figure.
One minor corrective here: sexy figure is one thing, but sexy attitude may not correlate. As someone who is recently divorced from an ex-wife with a very nice body but who was borderline frigid, dating a woman who is a little chubby but loves to fuck is a mind-blowing change in fortunes. Sex appeal has many facets.
Gaashk
31m ago
Does orthodoxy really have such a strong norm towards ‘children must be PERFECT in liturgy or not go’?
No, the children can play nicely while whispering, nap, color, flop about a bit on the rug, or walk in and out as they're able to behave quietly or not. One priest said that he'd rather they were there and screaming than not there, but nobody behaves like they believe him, including his own wife and children.
Mostly, though, if we can't receive Communion, can't hear or concentrate on the prayers, can't sing, can't hear the sermon because we spend it either suppressing child activity or in a different room, then where are we even doing?
Edit: We'd probably do better if we had a specific goal, and should probably go talk to a priest about it. I know.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
33m ago
Well, even though I haven't gotten one of these yet I'm glad that at least a few are coming from responses to me! Lots of them this time it seems.
No_one
40m ago
Only ever saw one guy using it. Young guy, 20-something. A place where I worked part time, one of the temp workers loading the containers. He stank, literally stank so bad I could smell him - I have somewhat impaired sense of smell. Apparently he washed very rarely.. and this was summer.
Later I learned he was homeless, living in a tiny garden colony hut he broke into and even though he could have washed, he didn't. Everyone hated him because he acted aggressive, sometimes talked to himself, kept pacing all the time, was unreasonable... and stank. About every hour he'd mix a kratom drink using a lot of various powders he had there and then drink it. I guess because the labor force situation being what it is, he kept working there for several months.
Once caused a fire alarm because he lighted up a joint or cigarette in the toilets, but the place was so shoddily run they didn't know who was the culprit and he got away with it. Not sure what caused the company to blacklist him eventually.. probably got in a fight with someone.
I really don't think his was 'initial high'. As far as I know, he was persistently agitated this way, which, even more than the smell, caused others to hate him. Maybe he was mixing something else into those drinks though.
You laugh, but a) plenty of American (okay, Irish-American) money went into the actual IRA, and b) the US loves sponsoring terrorism, to the point it often ends up fighting the very terrorists it sponsored.
ArjinFerman
Tinfoil Gigachad
47m ago
Yes, and I believe he was, in fact, a Mossad asset, and as handy as he must have been at critical junctures, I'm dubious that Epstein Island had the necessary throughput to shape the long-term trajectory of the US foreign policy.
Also, you kind of have to be careful about blackmailing people en-masse, because if they realize this is what's being done to them, they might coordinate to fight back against you.
hydroacetylene
49m ago
South Sudan is literally not Arab(thats regular Sudan, and the ethnic difference is the entire reason for the split). The poorest Arab country is Yemen.
hydroacetylene
53m ago
Christianity bans promiscuity for both sexes; thé Vice lists in the New Testament condemn all sex except married PiV, mostly by name. The patristics are even more explicit that the only acceptable sex is married, PiV, at least aiming at conception.
hydroacetylene
56m ago
Iran should be treated as a pariah as long as it refuses to behave like a civilized country
Iran is our enemy but I don’t actually know what makes them uncivilized. Certainly they wouldn’t be the worst example of either tyranny or mohammedan savagery allowed in the US orbit. They hate Israël, but so do plenty of countries in the US orbit. The USA itself uses a harshly punitive criminal justice system with plenty of prison rape. Their per capita execution rate is actually behind Singapore’s.
dasfoo
56m ago
Isn't the "Epstein was a Mossad asset" meme tied into the idea that Israel is blackmailing U.S. politicians to do its bidding?
Tree
58m ago
Trinidad: Half the people are indian, half the gdp is oil and gas
Seychelles : island micronation(120k souls) living off tourism
St kitts: island femtonation (50k)
The poorest country is Arab (South Sudan).
The south sudan massacres, war and subsequent independence was fought between the muslim arab north and the mostly christian non-arab south. The name Sudan comes from the Arabic bilād as-sūdān or the "Land of the Blacks".
The outsized concern for promiscuity is itself female-coded. The general hostility to sex also. Compare the sex lives of greek gods versus your guy and his mom. Or lesbians versus gays. Christianity is basically the lesbian of religions.
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