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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Woke Movies in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 3 months ago

On one hand, I’ve often cringed at some of the wokeisms in movies and TV shows. Not because they bother me in essence, but because of how the right can now capitalize on woke sentiments, paint progressives as evil, and gain impressive tribal followings as a result. It’s similar to the kind of feelings I get when I see adults, like DJ McNasty,…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Woke Movies in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 3 months ago

I’ve been watching some TV series on Netflix that go back a half-dozen years or so, and I’m surprised by all the produced wokeness that far back.

Today I don’t know what people mean when they use that term any more. Its exact meaning tends to depend on who’s speaking it. I just cover my ears and blow raspberries, now.
PopeBeanie posted an update 3 years, 3 months ago

Hey y’all, a few hours or so of the most recent posts made to AZ are gone, including some of my own, because of a transfer of AZ from one server to a new server that started before those posts were made. Sorry for the inconvenience… we didn’t know exactly when it was happening. I personally lost about a couple of hours of work.
PopeBeanie started the topic How Pressure Cycles Kill Subs and Jets in the forum Science 3 years, 3 months ago

Here’s a youtube presentation I like that explains sub and jet designs needing testing, including how the OceanGate Titan must have failed.

@Unseen, AtheistZone was moved to a new server starting some hours ago, which happened mostly invisibly, except that the latest few hours of activity here were not copied to the new server. I’m hoping you can…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic How welfare destroyed the black family and neighborhood in the forum Politics 3 years, 4 months ago

Unseen wrote:
ALL of the readers will be AtheistZone members!

You’re right. I misjudged, and shouldn’t have judged at all. I hate so much to see any form of clickbait, while it’s rampant and practically customary even for people who are presenting good content… and I brought that prejudice here. I’m sorry, I won’t do that again.
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School July 2nd 2023. in the forum Sunday School 3 years, 4 months ago

Noel wrote:
Ode to Joy is big at Christmas in Japan.

I learned this when married into a Japanese family. Elvis is big there, too. I got goosebumps from Ode to Joy long before I looked into its religious motivations, so maybe that was the first hint that I plan not to let the artist’s motivations influence my enjoyment.

Coincidentally, yesterday…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic How welfare destroyed the black family and neighborhood in the forum Politics 3 years, 4 months ago

Unseen wrote:
People are not as stupid and needful of your expert help to determine the meaning of the title of the post as you apparently believe.

OK, it’s not you, it’s me. I sometimes go overboard on literal interpretations, but I still dislike when the lazy or possibly misleading headline could be replaced by a more literally accurate one.…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School July 2nd 2023. in the forum Sunday School 3 years, 4 months ago

jakelafort wrote:
The imposition of a powerful cult and the resultant devotion is what i feel. But hell i don’t know much about music-just how it strikes me.

I know the feeling. Especially in a movie soundtrack, sometimes I feel manipulated, even knowing full well that it’s so customary in practically every movie or other drama.

OTOH, as in f…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School July 2nd 2023. in the forum Sunday School 3 years, 4 months ago

jakelafort wrote:
I know it is a visceral reaction but that piece just oozes religiosity.

In the lyrics, of course. But how about in its musical attributes? I think the musical composition and the performance are superb.
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Ukraine has already lost the war in the forum Politics 3 years, 4 months ago

Unseen wrote [quoted]:
Freedom and democracy are threatened. Evil must be vanquished. Human rights must be protected.

Those reasons to go to war are sometimes reasonable. Other reasons often aren’t. Putin is clearly an evil actor, even having to lie to his own people while throwing their lives into this war that he blames others for. He did not…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Short Videos (e.g. like TikTok) in the forum Random Posts 3 years, 4 months ago

Yeah, I see where you’re coming from. A large part of me wants to debunk some of the ways outer space deaths are dramatized in science fiction, e.g. bulging eyes and other highly graphic renditions. And in the same vein, with my interest in animal and human physiology, I’m recently considering the most “humane” kinds of capital punishment, e.g. by…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 4 months ago

Another off-stager:
PopeBeanie started the topic Short Videos (e.g. like TikTok) in the forum Random Posts 3 years, 4 months ago

What happens when a space suit’s air pressure drops to zero? As one who went to commercial dive school and was once a certified scuba instructor, this breathable oxygen and air pressure is interesting to me, and I never would have guessed the outcome of the test shown in the video below.

As an aside, the first astronaut and cosmonaut deaths were…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic It's not Russia, it's Putin in the forum Politics 3 years, 4 months ago

Oh no, not this topic again? Yeah, you betchya.

I really like the following interview about Putin’s historical motivation to go to war, largely because it’s not two or more guys trying to trash other media, commentators, or griping about the establishment (although sometimes it’s worthwhile), or about stirring up conspiracy theories or starting…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic How welfare destroyed the black family and neighborhood in the forum Politics 3 years, 4 months ago

RichRaelian wrote:
Hello! I’am sorry but I disagree with the title of this post.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
I’m not sure who said it, but: “The human mind is a wonderful thing. It can think anything it wants to think.”

I don’t like the title, either. IMO the “the” in it strongly implies “every”, which of course is hyperbolic and unreali…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic end of agnostic.com? in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 4 months ago

Unseen wrote:
fuzzy logic has nothing to say about religious belief. It’s intended to handle partial truths

I knew that and also thought maybe you were joking, and Reg too. So I poked a little after wondering if the “partial truth” here was in what people say when they state what they believe. It makes total sense for me for some atheists and a…[Read more]
PopeBeanie posted a new activity comment 3 years, 4 months ago
If you’re asking “how high”, my TVOC scale maxes out at 10mg cubic meter, so the concentration was at least that high. And it happened again today, twice without me being conscious of it, like a surprise indicator “hey man, did you know you just did it again?”. Haha, Science!!
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PopeBeanie posted a new activity comment 3 years, 4 months ago

Indeed! Still happening… I think it’s from the sour cream. What’s also interesting (to me, a kind of medical geek) is CO2 skyrockets too. No surprise, of course, but I didn’t think of that until I saw the CO2 numbers. BTW I plan for this topic, including other air quality experiments and info wrt public health (e.g. because of all the…[Read more]

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PopeBeanie replied to the topic end of agnostic.com? in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 4 months ago

I believe in fuzzy logic, among other forms of reasoning. While I’m not a proponent of it, or agnostic about it.
PopeBeanie posted an update 3 years, 4 months ago

I’m very big into personal Air Quality, including detection and prevention of breathing unhealthy air, and cleaning it up quickly in my apartment. Two meters near me that measure total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) beeped when both meter’s TVOC measurements went off the scale. That’s never happened before, and I didn’t know why at first. LOL,…[Read more]
- Simon Paynton replied 3 years, 4 months ago
  How volatile? lol
  - PopeBeanie replied 3 years, 4 months ago
    
    Indeed! Still happening… I think it’s from the sour cream. What’s also interesting (to me, a kind of medical geek) is CO2 skyrockets too. No surprise, of course, but I didn’t think of that until I saw the CO2 numbers. BTW I plan for this topic, including other air quality experiments and info wrt public health (e.g. because of all the…
    
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  - PopeBeanie replied 3 years, 4 months ago
    If you’re asking “how high”, my TVOC scale maxes out at 10mg cubic meter, so the concentration was at least that high. And it happened again today, twice without me being conscious of it, like a surprise indicator “hey man, did you know you just did it again?”. Haha, Science!!
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