When I was a kid I was told that if I professed my love for Jesus publicly that I would be ridiculed and possibly physically harmed. I grew up in suburban America

Pretty sure people still believe that and are teaching that to their kids today.

lol

Explain to me how much Trump supports Israel, because it’s definitely not less than Harris and Biden did

It’s not a dungeon by most definitions, but basically all of the ambience of Portal; especially when you’re in the backrooms of Aperture Science fumbling about trying to find an escape and GLaDOS is speaking through shitty far-off speakers. The music is a vibe

I was raised protestant Christian.

I would say what I believe now is heavily influenced by that, but also heavily influenced by how clearly the focus that evangelical Christians put on the idea “God needs to be feared more than They need to be followed” has fucked up so much of the world. Fearing someone at the cost of spreading their message is nonsensical, idiotic, hypocritical, and toxic to human society.

According to the Bible, Jesus Christ rarely answered direct questions with direct answers; most of the time his answers came in the form of a story or a parable explaining one possible answer to the question given one possible context, implying that humans are encouraged to use their judgment to figure out how best to approach a situation. Imagine that. An all-powerful creator who granted intelligence like Their own to Their creation and actually wanting that intelligence to be exercised.

One of the most notable instances where Jesus answered a direct question with a direct answer is Mark 12:28-31:

“Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

In no uncertain terms, love is the most important commandment. Furthermore, Jesus equates loving your neighbor to loving God in Matthew chapter 25. It’s not evangelism, it’s not religious authoritarianism. It’s not indoctrination. It’s love.

I believe this world was created by an omniscient Creator who wanted humanity to use the intelligence granted to us to freely develop a society centered around love.

Not sure what your area is, but 50501 has become an ID for basically all the protests I’ve heard about. They’re ongoing. There’s another big one on Saturday (April 5th).

Consider it a joke if you want, but people are showing up and protesting because they don’t know what else to do.

“Why are there no” should be “why aren’t news outlets covering the”

Search for the hashtag #50501 on any social media platform. Check c/50501.

The protests are happening. News media just wants to suck Trump’s dick so they can “survive” the fascist takeover so they’re not covering them. Same reason Reddit is censoring criticism of Musk (source)

… duh?

I’m convinced these shitty shitty stalls are the reason so many Americans fear the idea of trans people, or people who do not appear to be cis, using the bathroom.

Hell yeah. Welcome!

Roasted garlic. Everytime I go to Mod pizza I cannot forget the roasted garlic. And yes, I always get it with pineapple

I mean idk who you are. Fer all I know yer a granpappy in Freeport, Illinois who doesn’t want young’ns who eat avocado toast to whine about not being able to afford insulin shots, or something

This is why poor americans die from treatable disease

I totally get this since I’ve definitely done it before. For anyone who might like to know a strategy that has worked for a fellow tommorrow-me assassin, if you want to do something tomorrow then actually figure out the time of day you’re going to do it, given how long it will take you to do it. The earlier in the day the better. Then keep that time in mind when you’re going to sleep so that you wake up with that plan in mind.

This might not work for everyone obviously but it has proven pretty reliable for me

Shout out to all the Guitar Hero 3 players

Do Lullabies for a Deadman count?

Or perhaps the Lullaby of Woe?

The Taco Bell Fourth Hole™️

TL/DR: Elena Siegman’s vocals for the Call of Duty: Zombies soundtracks are some of my favorite metal vocals ever.

Not that Call of Duty needs more publicity obviously, but I love the story of how Kevin Sherwood and Elena Siegman got to be the names they are today behind the CoD: Zombies metal soundtrack.

Basically they were both audio engineers working on CoD: World at War and when it was decided (late into crunch time) that Zombies would be a featured bonus mode in the game, the directors wanted to add musical easter eggs into each of the maps, both the one planned for release and the 3 expansions.

Sherwood and Siegman got to work on writing the music and recording vocals respectively, but it wasn’t until they were working on the 3rd song that Sherwood decided they really ought to have some harsh, metal vocals in their metal soundtrack. He asked Siegman how they could manage that and if they would need distortion, and Siegman was like “I’ve never tried harsh vocals before, but I’m game.”

Thus, Beauty of Annihilation was born. Fast forward to later games and Siegman is a fan favorite element of the CoDZ series. My personal favorites are BoA, Coming Home, and Pareidolia

Was playing Pokemon Platinum trying to catch Rotom while a friend was struggling to get his Nintendo DS to read a game cartridge. Part of catching Rotom is walking up to old electronics in a haunted building and smacking it, including an old CRT TV. Since my friend was still struggling with his DS after I caught Rotom, I walked up to the old CRT in the room we were in and thumped it with my hand on the side. His DS started working again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Love is a physical force, not just a human emotion.

Did I get that from Interstellar? Yes. Do I care? No.

Human life has meaning because we decide it does. That decision and that meaning are influenced by love, and the ensuing actions we take affect our physical environment.

Love takes energy and invokes acceleration of matter one way or the other. It’s a force.

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