Facebook culture

Agreed.

I can't stand to see older women wreck their looks, though, by getting overdone plastic surgery in an effort to stay young-looking.

You're going to get older. Deal with it and look classy instead of like a freak show.

Case in point: all the comments about Carrier Fischer in Episode VII. Never mind that she's given birth since episode 6 and has been battling bipolar disorder for years and was snorting coke back in the 80s. Neither Harrison Ford nor Mark Hamill got the same kind of shit, despite neither of them looking like spring chickens.

You twice state that Susan Sarandon has saggy tits. From my vantage that is an assumption not in evidence. I'm gonna need some photographic evidence in order to agree.

I believe Renee Rouso was 55 at the filming of the Thomas Crown Affair and those titties weren't saggy at all.

This one got thrown at me today in response to an article by Phil Plait politely explaining scientific theory for the benefit of creationists:



A creationist using the word "magically" regarding scientific beliefs is hysterically stupid.

Plus she wrote a book and neither of them did that, and I think it starred Meryl Streep.

This drives me nuts when my brother (who's gone down the "stick my head in the sand because Jesus" route in life) dismisses scientific facts because "science is always changing."

Well gee, no fucking shit genius! and yes, crooked scientists exist, the same as crooked (insert any occupation here). The thing with science is, I'm not obligated to take the big Ph. D guy's on, say, global warming being bad. I can use his notes to find out if the science is sound for myself or conduct my own experiment. Sometimes, you'll find answers to an entirely different question all together. Who likes penicillin, anyone?

Again, another reason why I don't want to live my life around the church, or any single one faucet of my life for that matter...and that includes things I actually enjoy on their own merits and not just "it's the only place you'll find a man that won't dog you for sex."

I do think there is some etiquette involved in places like Facebook and if some people are just acquaintances and they break etiquette by flaming or name calling when the other person is being civil then the solution is to just block them. Life is too short for that nonsense.

A fortuitous zombie thread. I was just thinking about selfie pouts.

Selfie pouts. What the fuck?

Should I google that?

I'm sure you've seen it. It's when people (usually female from what I can tell) taking selfies make duck faces.

Ok, I have seen that but never heard the term before. Thanks.

praying for you during this difficult time in your life

A very intelligent post. Pity he couldn't have posted more of this sort of thing and less of the swill he was promulgating 90% of the time.

When did they stop calling that, well, duckface?

Not on Facebook. Just a sad selfie when I realized at about 2pm that my shirt was on inside out.

Duckface is the term I am used to hearing.

"I've also noticed what seems like Online Christianity's co-opting of black magic. I'm seeing a lot of, "11 years bad luck if you don't Like this picture of a baby born with crab claws instead of hands, and type 'Amen'".

Are we worshiping the baby born with crab claws instead of hands, or are we thanking God for the baby born with crab claws instead of hands, or what?" - MAOHS

Dude! Way back before the internet I PRAYED for my kids to be born with "crab claws". But I had no Facebook help - as a result both my kids were cursed with.... normal hands. One thumb & four fingers per hand hell I would have been happy with Thalidomide flippers but no....generic digits across the board! Even cartoon hands with three fingers would have been cool.....but it wasn't to be. I hope it isn't genetic......

a. they are not praying in the elaborate formal sense
b. it's probably some combination of a 2 second "lord help her" passing thought and a bedtime "Lord take care of all that stuff I said I'd pray about"
c. it looks cheesey to me and I never ever publicly state I'm praying because Christ said NOT to make a public show of your prayers (not that I'm heavily invested in religion now anyway but i mean, this was my view back in the day)

That “praying” was ever a legitimate response to...anything.

if zero prayers were ever answered - not one prayer ever despite billions/trillions of hours of praying it would (in theory) only increase your faith because faith is believing in what is not seen or cannot be explained to your satisfaction. So unanswered prayers not getting you frustrated only proves that you are indeed in it for the "long haul".

Thank God for unanswered prayers, you know?

I don't really knock praying even though I know there is nothing there. I just look at it more of something to do when you cannot do anything to relieve your frustration. Praying is more for the person praying than the person being prayed for. It should not be used as an excuse for not doing something if you can do something, but sometimes you can only sit and watch as tragic or hard events unfold. Go ahead and pray if it makes you feel better.

Rubbing one out makes me feel better - apparently some twisted clergymen feel the same way, but don't have the patience to wait until they leave work and get home first.

I have rubbed one out at work before but generally thought it was good manners no one else was involved or knew about it.

I mainly just scroll past those. But, the bible does contain examples of what Warren Wiersbe calls "telegraph prayers." That being, quick prayers that are for one specific purpose. The first examples that pop into my head are Nehemiah's prayers in Nehemiah 2:4, 5:19, 6:9, 6:14, 13:14, 13:22, 13:29, and 13:31. These "telegraph prayers" are all fine and well, but keep in mind that these prayers were backed up by months of fasting and praying as well.

Matthew 6:5 is practical because if not carefully guarded, Wednesday evening prayer meetings can easily turn into gossip sessions.

PROOF of modern technology in ANCIENT times?!

TOP Bible Scholars DO NOT want you to see THIS!

"Prayer" is an excuse to avoid doing something practical about a problem. Fuck it.

I've got a long list of cunts and cuntish behaviour i hate on facebook.

- I'm so mad/annoyed/frustrated.... no further explanation, just an open invite to invite people to ask them what has upset them

- cunts who invite you to play candycrush or some other crap

- cunts who believe any and all crap that is on facebook and take it as gospel! Last week in Scotland something went viral that during a red weather warning you are not insured to drive your car. No, idiots. Just because some arsehole said something on facebook doesnt mean its true.

- cunts who repost nonsence that that they think might be important, even when its nonsense or has no relevance to them. Last week someone posted some shocking news from a town city page that was named the same place as where i live. Naw, check first before reposting! The story was two year old, proven as fake and worst of all, nothing to do with mine and the posters town, but a town of the same name in Canada!

My biggest beef with facebook however are the cunts that find something (car keys, jewllery, purse etc). Rather thsn handing it in to police or the hotel or shopping centre they find it, they decide to post it on the fucking internet. Look at me, look how good a person i am, i'll find the owner and get this back to them...... how about naw! Hand it fucking in! If i lose my car keys i'll be phoning the place i lost them, i wont be scouring the internet in the hope i stumble across some strangers facebook page!

To be honest, facebook really annoys me on so many levels. I enjoy twitter, but i use it properly and not to follow friends or friends of friends. Facebook is just a tool for nosey bastards, wankers and idiots!