Taco2112

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just read your last paragraph and the recent comment and I agree there’s room for discussion in a lot of areas but people retreat to their tried and true positions because it’s comfortable and safe to think like everyone else around them. I wish you luck on your journey, self reflection and growth from a strong religious upbringing/society isn’t easy. I was raised Catholic but thankfully my parents and Catholic School weren’t the hardcore evangelical types so I was able to make my own mental/religious path pretty early in life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll be honest, I had to read your comments a couple of times to get the crux of what you were getting at. It’s tough trying to translate our depthless thoughts to a quick comment on a website so a lot of times I don’t comment. Or, if I do, I preface it by stating that I agree with the problem/issue, then I state my case/thought and then reiterate that agree again at the end because it doesn’t matter if it’s Lemmy, Reddit, or some other part of the internet, people read quick and then type something to get a response or make themselves feel better, unfortunately most people aren’t looking for a discussion. And, a lot of time the best discussions come from situations like this where a couple of back and forth comments gets to the real point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From Wikipedia:The definition of “sexual activity” varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, manual sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your least favorite retro video game?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m trying to think of something that was somewhat popular to make this more interesting. I’ll say Paperboy, I had a friend who really liked it but I never cared for it. Even when it showed up on emulators or retro game packs, it’s was always annoying and boring to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The capuchin engaged in sexual activity for payment, call it what you want but that pretty much the dictionary definition of prostitution. It’s not a moral or god question it’s semantics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are the good political songs?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you like Rage Against the Machine, Tom Morello did a solo project called The Nightwatchman that had a lot of great protest songs. I think it’s closer to 15 years old, so not the last 10.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Ancient and Forgotten Swastikas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The same thing is happening now with Norse/Scandinavian symbols being co-opted by far right-wing groups. The Gadsden flag was taken by people who claim to be Libertarians but want the government to help and protect them and not “others”, so that’s out too. The symbols I mentioned are maybe still salvageable in my lifetime but I think the swastika in ruined for a long time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who indeed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Just one of the Broncos actually, Scott Tenorman’s dad

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it called when pronunciations are sounded out with normal letters?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe you’re thinking of phonetically, or spelling it how you hear it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Drew Barrymore’s Co-Head Writer Says Drew ‘Will Prolong the Strike’ by Resuming Show: ‘It’s Not Too Late’ to ‘Stand in Solidarity’ With the WGA⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Conan is a WGA member that ran his show during the last writer’s strike. At the end of the day I think your second point is the most important, Jon Stewart and Conan are likable, Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher aren’t. Either way it’s a double standard that I think is valid to bring up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Drew Barrymore’s Co-Head Writer Says Drew ‘Will Prolong the Strike’ by Resuming Show: ‘It’s Not Too Late’ to ‘Stand in Solidarity’ With the WGA⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going to start by saying: I stand with the unions and don’t think she should be working.

  I have one question though, the article indicates she isn’t violating any of the strike rules for the WGA or SAG, so how is this different than when Jon Stewart, Colbert, and Conan kept their shows going during the last writers strike? No one called them scabs at that time. I don’t really care about her one way or the other, it seems like a double standard though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's weird that we are prepared to die for democracy, yet willingly enter dictatorships daily for work and spend the majority of our waking lives with people we vaguely know⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, this thought is someone trying to comprehend apples to oranges.

  Then there’s the throw away comment of how you barely know anyone there, that’s a personal thing. I work for a small company now but I used to work for a hospital with over 2,000 employees, I didn’t know most of them but I knew the 100 or so people I interacted with pretty well and did things outside of work with many of them on more than one occasion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mayim Bialik Declines to Host ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ Amid Strikes, Replaced by Ken Jennings⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Honest question, does jeopardy have writers or actors?