Sharon Nichols
@sharonnichols
Active 8 years, 7 months ago-
PopeBeanie replied to the topic We thought civilization required agriculture until… in the forum Science 9 months, 1 week ago
I took a junior college level course four or five years ago in Cultural Anthropology. I don’t remember any sites in this topic mentioned in the text book, although (apparently) we started discovering these sites in the 1990s.
From ChatGPT, my query:
in what areas of the world are we finding new evidence of human, neolithic (or earlier)…[Read more] -
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk 9 months, 1 week ago
Yo —
I ain’t forget, nah, I etched it in graphite,
That afternoon light, like fate in a fistfight.
Street was a stage, collision was script—
Didn’t see it then, but the ink don’t slip.Heart got jacked like a beat in the mix,
Love scribbled sharp in a moment that sticks.
Organs strung out, nerves all twisted,
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic We thought civilization required agriculture until… in the forum Science 9 months, 1 week ago
Wow. First thought, they must have been able to find a lot of meat; second thought there must have been a lot more natural, edible plants back then. I confirmed with AI, and saw lots of other good info and research on this topic. While “only 5%” of this area has been dug up! And there are some similar sites not far away.
Anthropological history…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk 9 months, 1 week ago
That all makes sense. Yes, you’re a good writer. Here, only Jake invokes more esoteric vocab and poetic-licensed creativity. Enco kinda does that too, but I don’t have the time to look up a lot of his historic references. History was my worst percentile score in high school, along with other Humanities. (Just IMO; I try not to declare truths for…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum
Politics 9 months, 1 week agoPopeBeanie wrote:
(Hmm, now I wonder if there were any connections to religion in McCarthyism.)I finally answered my own stupid question. I say stupid, I should have remembered history, e.g. the term “Red Scare”. Here’s part of what I got from Gemini AI:
“Godless Communism” vs. “Christian America”: A central rhetorical strategy was to portray…
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School July 6th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agojakelafort wrote:
I served up a tee ball and i could smash the shit out of it. Instead i will be quiescent and evanscent.Thank you! It would likely go “over my head” anyway.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk 9 months, 1 week ago
Unseen wrote:
I hope you can see the vast difference.Well yeah, and she’s no SRV (who also sings blues/rock well) either, or like her guitar mate in Band Maid, but the audience still appreciates her playing. I liked that she doesn’t outshine her sisters, and I wouldn’t say she couldn’t shred if she had the urge. She focuses well on other…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk 9 months, 1 week ago
WOW, fantastic fancam-based production! I think I see some on-stage taken cuts spliced in, although I see no credit given for them. (Unless a fan had great perspective and zoomability. I do see some lower-rez shots, which is fine.)
Some reactors really bug me, with their personal opinion/mocking of all the stage-facing phones seen in an audience.…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic Trumpism vs Far-Leftism in the forum
Politics 9 months, 1 week ago(Hopefully Trumpism will also one day be considered a past form of extremism.)
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum
Politics 9 months, 1 week ago_Robert_ wrote:
Nothing interesting about it, Pope.I really hope that view prevails, someday after Trump/MAGAism.
In my head I’ve started trying to compare Trumpism with McCarthyism. They’re both historically dark eras for USA, with some kind of group human nature built in that I want to learn about. Comparable to cults, in fact. (Hmm, now I…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk 9 months, 1 week ago
Unseen wrote:
A scaled back acoustic concert for a small audience of could be less than 100 people. As usual, they don’t phone it in. Also, from time to time Ale shows some bare leg, which is almost revolutionary for this girl who usually wears baggy pants, a maxi skirt, or a combination of fabrics that hide her lower body. She’s very modest. Thi… -
PopeBeanie replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum
Politics 9 months, 1 week agoI wonder what ICE will do with all the money they’re about to get? We’re living in “interesting times”.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Unseen wrote:
PopeBeanie wrote: I just learned that they were in a K-Pop phase, too, while feeling angsty and making Queen of the Murder Scene.[Unseen wrote] Oh, yeah. They have a very inclusive taste in music. But when I think of angst, K-Pop doesn’t really come to mind.
LOL, of course. Didn’t mean to make that connection.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Finally, one of my very favorite reactors, a Finnish vocal coach, watched her first The Warning song. It’s the now very popular Pepsi Center Dust to Dust/Dull Knives performance. I think it’s a great first watch for people so they can see Pau and Dany sing lead in each song. I may have suggested she watch TW a year or so ago, but it’s the D2D/DK…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School June 22nd 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 3 weeks agoTheEncogitationer wrote:
Israel, like all of us, could use more medicine, more professionals, and more quality in both, provided by a free market in healthcare.Which countries are successful at this kind of free market?
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School June 22nd 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 3 weeks agoI’m currently in skimming mode for most long posts, but this paragraph popped out, as I’m feeling again how much I hate ads for products that will never interest me.
jakelafort wrote:
The answer/solution is so simple. It lies in what i keep saying here how humans can be led like dogs can be conditioned. We will as a species believe and behave any… -
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School June 22nd 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 3 weeks agoUnseen wrote:
@popebeanie So, if it takes slaying every last Palestinian man, woman, and child to make Israelis feel safe, that’s a valid justification?PopeBeanie wrote:
But I’m open to hearing humanistic solutions that would actually work.(In those Trolley Switch scenario studies, it seems I’d be one of the few people who’d be willing to wor…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School June 22nd 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 3 weeks agoUnseen wrote:
If Netanyahu isn’t a war criminal, how high has the bar been set?So here’s the irony/unfairness/cognitive dissonance in my current but potentially changing belief: Sometimes war crimes are necessary to thwart other war crimes.
Sorry, I really can’t land on a conclusion that honors a more humanistic perspective. Wait, except p…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School June 22nd 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 3 weeks agoUnseen wrote:
The U.S. should declare “A plague on both your houses” and stay out of it.I’d be really happy if Iranians can defeat their theocracy, which would (imo) likely defeat major support for hamas, hezbollah, and houthis in the long run. And it would keep nuclear bombs out of the hands of terrorist, apocalyptic servants of their pur…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School June 22nd 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 3 weeks agoUnseen wrote:
Some serious FAFO going on in Trump’s base.Gawd I hated forcing myself to listen to that very long list of anecdotes copy/pasted from social media as if they’re meaningful, statistically. I generally skim youtube comments to get a feel for the room, where the idiocy in comments can be horribly tribal and angsty, but I won’t ever d…[Read more]
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