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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Bloggy Posts, example in the forum Random Posts 5 years, 1 month ago

Unseen wrote:
So, who’s safer now? A Jew living in Paris, New York, or Copenhagen, or a Jew living in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, or Haifa?

Same question about Palestinians, albeit in this case I pose the question more cynically.

Thinking now of larger contexts, and how humanity’s taken an evolved penchant for band and tribal competitions and e…[Read more]

_Robert_ replied to the topic Bloggy Posts, example in the forum Random Posts 5 years, 1 month ago

Yes, congrats on your progress, Pope. Many people avoid help…seems like just getting help is the hardest part for them!

jakelafort replied to the topic Bloggy Posts, example in the forum Random Posts 5 years, 1 month ago

I once had a client i represented in the sale of her home. She called me all stressed the day before the closing. She was a hoarder and apparently procrastinator cuz her shit was knee deep and then some. Of course the seller has a legal duty to turn over the property in broom clean condition. Anyways i said my afternoon was clear and volunteered…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Bloggy Posts, example in the forum Random Posts 5 years, 1 month ago

Good to hear this positive news from you Pope Beanie (Your Holiness). It was only afterwards when we were chatting that I mentioned I was in your area but at the time I did not know you lived there and 5 days earlier I did not even know I was going to America. It was a spur of the moment decision based on a potential business venture that had time…[Read more]

PopeBeanie replied to the topic Bloggy Posts, example in the forum Random Posts 5 years, 1 month ago

California vs Covid, and myself vs VA Covid Vax Proof

As a Californian, I like this story and its map:

California is only state with ‘moderate’ COVID-19 transmission after case rate falls again

Other stories on same day:

A personal story wrt VA proof of covid vaccination

But first, a really long…[Read more]

PopeBeanie started the topic Bloggy Posts, example in the forum Random Posts 5 years, 1 month ago

Unlike TA, AZ’s kinda weak when it comes to giving users their own blog page. I came here today to start a group for blogging, where people can create their own personal topic (e.g. “PopeBeanie’s Blog”), but now I’m asking what people might prefer. This random posts forum might even be a good place to do this?

Or, maybe we should have a more…[Read more]

jakelafort posted an update in the group Random Posts 5 years, 1 month ago

When you first see a person do you form an opinion of their intelligence or personality just by appearance? Is your impression typically accurate? Does your impression typically gibe with racial, ethnic or gender stereotypes? If the stereotype and your impression based on appearance is synergistic do you scold yourself and subtract a bit?

I…[Read more]

Unseen replied 5 years, 1 month ago

I think stereotyping is an essential aspect of our daily thinking. We call it stereotyping when we disapprove of it, but what’s the difference between a general concept (a generalization) and a stereotype? Between an assumption based on experience and a stereotype? Not all nurses are female, but most are. Is that a stereotype or a simple…

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- jakelafort replied 5 years, 1 month ago
  
  All stereotypes are generalizations. Not all generalizations are stereotypes. In most cases stereotypes are oversimplifications even if there is a grain of validity. They often have contain discriminatory or prejudicial notions and are held in common by large numbers and go without questioning like religious cant. They’re also transmitted…
  
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  - Unseen replied 5 years, 1 month ago
    
    Like I said: “We call it stereotyping when we disapprove of it.” For those in the know, the everyday form of reasoning isn’t induction and it’s certainly not deduction. It’s abduction, which is just a fancy philosophical/logical word for what we normally call common sense. Common sense is as unreliable as it is unavoidable. We can’t trust it…
    
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    - jakelafort replied 5 years, 1 month ago
      
      Can’t go along with notion that generalizations and stereotypes are one and same. All stereotypes are generalization but not all generalizations are stereotypes. While it is true in certain cases that we call it stereotype when we disapprove it is also true that a stereotype does not depend on our assessment of it. Stereotypes have…
      
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      - Unseen replied 5 years, 1 month ago
        
        We never say “I’m stereotyping.” We do say “He/she/they is/are stereotyping.” Hence, the disapproval aspect. When was the last time you said “I’m stereotyping”?
      - jakelafort replied 5 years, 1 month ago
        
        I have called myself out for stereotyping. I’ve heard others call themselves out. Admittedly it may be unusual. Really not sure. But i take your point.
        
        However it does not change the clear delineation between generalizations without stereotypes and the generalizations that are stereotypes.
        
        My hunch is that stereotypes transmitted and…
        
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  - Unseen replied 5 years, 1 month ago
    Somehow the link to your last comment on stereotyping is dead, so you’ll have to make a mental note that this belongs after the “I have called myself out for stereotyping.” My only comment is that if you think about it, this quote proves my point, that it’s stereotyping when we disapprove of it.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Dear Dr. Laura….. in the forum Random Posts 5 years, 1 month ago

The Dr. Laura was an early Internet hit. I sometimes use lines from it when Christian apologists want to set me straight about how Leviticus should not be taken literally. Of course they are a different breed to the Christian apologists that insist I take Leviticus literally as their god intended. Quick, find me a theologian!

TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Dear Dr. Laura….. in the forum Random Posts 5 years, 1 month ago

Reg

“Dear Dr. Laura?” You mean “Dr.” Laura Shit-Slinger? Don’t tell me that witch is still around and on the air.

(I always got a big laugh out of how talk show host Neal Boortz called her Cruella DeVille! 😁😆😅🤣)

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jakelafort posted an update in the group Random Posts 5 years, 2 months ago

And now there is shit coming out about dogs being cured of cancer, helped with pain, depression and anxiety using marijuana. It is a miracle drug!

But it is also supposed to be toxic for dogs in doses too high. And dogs are supposed to have more cannabinoid receptors so they get high as monkeys on fermenting fruit in a famine.

TheEncogitationer posted an update in the group Random Posts 5 years, 2 months ago

Obviously, that is not the number of “Jenny” amIrite, Robert? 😁

Tommy Tutone–867-5309/Jenny

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jakelafort posted an update in the group Random Posts 5 years, 2 months ago

Ew i joined a group. First it was Sunday School and now Random. Random is more palatable but still..

Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied 5 years, 2 months ago
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
- jakelafort replied 5 years, 2 months ago
  Superposition suggests that both are credible.

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer started the topic Dreams are at once fruit and outcry against an atrophy of the senses. in the forum Random Posts 5 years, 2 months ago

…or so said Jim Morrison. I had a vivid one recently……

I imbibe my 15-year Johnny Walker Black with a splash of La Croix, the only cross I bother with. It is served to me by Cora Pearl, the beautiful owner of the Demimonde. She only serves those with a certain glint in their eye. I drink here because every laugh begins with a hoarse and…[Read more]

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