the next administration to reside in office

Unless the US’ current trajectory changes sharply, I don’t think there are going to be any more elections.

And what exactly would we do to help? Invade? Arrest your leaders? Station peacekeepers inside your borders?

Probably a bit like Dr Frankenstein, watching his monster lurch down the hill towards the village.

If a bidet user was also an Arch user, which would they tell you about first?

I didn’t realize “banal” was pronounced “ban all”

😶

I was today years old…

For years I drove past a sign for Eastport on my way in to the city centre. No-one every mentions Eastport on the news. I decided it must be the single most boring suburb in the city.

Last year I realised the sign actually reads like this:

East

Port

And things finally clicked.

Lotta downvotes in this thread. Seems like some of you feel like I’m disrespecting your non-beliefs. 😜

That’s kind of the opposite of what atheism is about. It’s literally about evidence.

Maybe I’m being nitpick-y, but I think you’re pointing at one small part of the whole and saying “that’s it, right there. All of it”. Atheism is literally about what you don’t do - believe in any god. Some atheists come to that point through consideration and self-reflection. Others don’t.

I don’t like to see science presented as a belief system. Science is a tool for establishing fact about the natural world in a methodical and reproducible way. For debating the existence of gods, you need philosophy.

Atheism is simply the state of nonbelief in a deity.

Atheism is a spectrum too. At one end you have small-a atheists who would believe in a deity if presented with compelling proof. At the other end you have people with a fervent belief in no deities who would not be persuaded by evidence.

What are you going to do to prove it? Take a blood test?

When cleaning surfaces:

1. Wipe down once with a damp sponge/cloth. This removes loose dirt and softens the hardened stuff.

2. Spray with a surfactant.

3. Wait five minutes to give it time to work.

4. Wipe again to remove remaining dirt.

If there’s something you can’t get off, use a harsher cleaner like Barkeeper’s Friend. Wear gloves when using that. I can’t unlock my phone with my thumbprint anymore.