I often wonder whether people like this have more complex private thoughts on these issues, or if their inner monologue before they go to sleep at night is the same Fischer Price Speak ‘n Spell pablum they post here every day.

Good point. Why isn’t this orthodox nun sexier?

many people are saying it's not the best possible world

This has been such a fun week as an unhinged discourse spectator. The e-girl war, prison abolitionism, public defenders, and I just saw someone call Nick Fuentes a leftist. Yet I feel God has more gifts to give us this week. I can feel it. It’s not over.

It's crazy that Joseph Smith received gold plates on a hill from an angel, when everyone knows that Moses received stone tablets on a mountain from a bush.

“There’s something special about Mormonism that should be saved but also you should change to be more like everyone else” There are so many people who recognize that the LDS church produces good fruits but also try to lecture Mormons about everything they’re doing wrong lol

You’re right, factory farming is obviously much worse

Emerson Green 🪬 Actually, if you read that Biblical passage in its original language, it doesn't say there was a talking donkey "like in Shrek," but merely that a donkey spoke "in the manner of Shrek," which could be interpreted in many ways given divergent ancient Hebrew conceptions of Shrek

Woke Beria 🇬🇪 Pips 🏆 Emerson Green 🪬 yeah the biblical authors also aren't classical theists so mormons have this in common with the biblical authors.

I think the problem with students using AI is that, unlike previous tools--calculators, typewriters, even computers--regular use of AI destroys the very skill required to use AI well, namely _thinking clearly_. Losing one's ability to think is worse than becoming illiterate.

The people who tend to whine the most about Muslim refugees and the “Islamification” of the west are the same individuals who plot and support the current mass slaughter campaign and land theft in Gaza and all the regime change wars the U.S. fought on Israel’s behalf. Maybe one

I don’t think poor people should get ten credit card offers in a year that are all at like 30% interest

wtf is going on in Israel

everyone on this site is 10-100X smarter than me and i fucking hate it