The forum is finally back to its old self.

in what regard?

seriously though, Josh raped five kids, four of whom were his own sisters. Jim Bob (yes the father willingly lets people call him Jim Bob) first sends him to church run "treatment" that involved helping build a hobby lobby, run by a councler being investigated for sexually assaulting at least one woman. After that he sends Josh to talk to a state trooper friend to scare him straight I guess. Of course this state trooper is now doing 57 years on child pornography charges. Oh and Jim Bob knew Josh was raping his little sisters for a YEAR. A WHOLE FUCKING YEAR. And he has the fucking balls to say transgendered people will molest kids. I genuinely wonder how many of the kids did Jim Bob rape himself, because let's be honest here, you don't have nineteen kids in rural southern america unless it's to fuck them.

Not the Steam Forum crowd.They seem to be gone now.

oh i guess they are done adding everyone

Yeah, I've heard about some of it. Ended up reading an article when all I originally wanted was to check Netflix additions for June.

Perfect case of people bullshitting themselves and using their imaginary friend as reality insulation.

Am I surprised by any of it? Not even a little.

Of course they'll be fucked up, lie to themselves, lie to each other, shove it all under the rug, beg their imaginary friend for forgiveness (which they always get, part of why it's still around is that it's helpful to have absolution on tap rather than the messiness of conscience, personal responsibility and the idea that everything can't be made better, no matter how many times a person says sorry after), and of course they'll engage in utterly despicable behavior while attempting to demonize others because it's easier than looking to themselves and popping the bubble of psychotic bullshit they've learned to live in.

They can't possibly be wrong, they can't possibly be bad people, they can't possibly be doing nothing but spreading hatred that will on some level cause innocent people pain at best and a violent death at worst.

It's all wall-to-wall bullshit.
Had a conversation recently with a roommate who wanted to tell me that their god wasn't responsible.
My response was that they certainly were, since their god is in control of everything.
Their response - their god gives everyone the choice whether to be awful or not.
Started laughing at that point, since that means their god is a fucking asshole who's A-okay with people being tortured, traumatized, permanently damaged all because they want to see whether or not their creations are obedient.

And let me be clear here. Spiritually and religiousness are different things. I'd argue that religiousness is the opposite of spirituality. If one is spiritual then one already has (or at least wants to) have a relationship with the divine. Religion is all abo putting people BETWEEN you and the divine.

Would say it depends on the structure. If you've got a group of people who have the same general feeling but aren't slapping a boatload of dogma garbage onto it, a religion made up of similarly spiritual people could possibly work.

Course, at the same time, the term religion has a level of negative connotation akin to a plague rat for the mind at this point, since so many sickening creatures have used people's willingness to swallow bullshit for the sake of feeling good about themselves to gain power and wealth while manipulating others.

As far as it goes, the organized religion side of the whole deal is utterly and completely optional.
I can make up my own god in about ten seconds, and they've got just as much validity as anyone else's.
Only thing missing is the bullshit backstory and the body count attached to whose imaginary friend is the best.

Just goes to show how fundamentally retarded the majority of humanity is. Give them an excuse, any reason whatsoever to be complete pieces of shit and not have to feel badly about it, and they're all over it in a heartbeat.

Why are you being shitty to gay people who just want to live their lives peacefully? "God says they're bad."
Why are you being shitty to people with different skin colors? "They're not white, and since God's white, they're bad."

It goes on and on and on, people so fucking dumb I'm amazed they can manage to think on the most basic level without their brains exploding in crimson gusher hemorrhages from the mental strain, people who make me think "Fuck it, total extinction just might be the right thing overall", people who can't handle even an instant of self-evaluation on an honest level....

Why are you helping those people? "Because it's a good thing to do, and God says if we're good, we get to go to heaven."
Well, fuck you then, sparky. You aren't a good person at all. You're just a deluded sack of shit who's covering their ass so your imaginary friend doesn't decide to send you to human barbecue land for the rest of eternity.

And it just goes on and on, the stupidest shit possible, until you think to yourself that it can't possibly get any dumber, any more depressing and pathetic, and then it does.

And that's how you kill a conversation. -laughs-

Fuck it. Dug out some movies I've managed to miss watching, someone's stopping by with a game I want to play, and existence keeps staggering along.

And as a bonus, I think there's still some coffee left. Coffee sounds good, but I'll have to skip having another pickle and sriracha sandwich. Damned things are addicting.

You haven't killed it, I'm just too damn tired to talk about serious stuff.
Been playing "Oozi Earth Adventure" and letting my brain idle for a while.
Jeez, it took me 3 tries to get this post right. :-)

Roommates came home so I entertained with them some. Now my cath hurts and I have to wait until Tuesday.

Completely understandable. I try to avoid it whenever possible.

-laughs- I know that feeling. Type something, screw up, backspace, brain goes all dyslexic, everything comes out wrong, delete it all, start over. It's fun. ;)

Hopefully you're managing to get some relaxation in after your long week.

Yep, I'm done until Tuesday morning. Tomorrow will be the first day I can sleep in in a while so I'll probably be up at 5:30. :-)
Had to live with a cath in me several times so I can feel for you.

Yeah I'm happy it was only a week and half of that was hooked to a pain pump of dilauded.

You need someone to call you at 5 am and tell you to go back to sleep.
That'd do wonders for your sleep schedule, I'm sure.