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  • Frivolous? September 14, 2016

    What would constitute a frivolous post?

    This post is in reaction to a comment I saw on line criticizing someone’s post as serving no purpose other than to see the poster’s name on Facebook.

    It would, I think, depend on the interests of the critical individual. If the post is not in line with the interest of the viewer almost any post might seem trivial, and therefore frivolous.

    If a post is in theme with the site then why is the post not pertinent? Even if the post merely points out aspects already known and is merely a collection of pictures representing that which the site is about… why would someone think it frivolous and make a comment to that effect?

    I feel that it is the problem of the critical individual. Just because they think it a frivolous post does not make it so. Indeed, it may simply be an individual who feels they must go about making negative comments about everything that they see. If I were to make a site and post a can of beans everyday as long as the site promoted common vegetables wouldn’t the post be pertinent? As long as it was a different bean featured in every post it would still fit right in.

    Perhaps the critical person has little excitement in their lives and either wants a thrill a minute or gets a thrill from the reaction of the poster to the negative comment. Either way… it remains the problem of the critical person rather than the poster.

  • Poor Dear, Suicidal Thoughts… September 11, 2016

    Men commit suicide five times more often than women. One would think that such a statistic would garner more attention for the needs of men. This is not so. Instead the statistic that women have suicidal thoughts more often than men is the news. They attempt and fail at suicide more often than men. Therefore, it is asserted, more attention is needed for women.

    What? Let me reread that and I will continue….

    Well, that is the way it is viewed by a gynocentric society. The possibility that attempted suicide by women may not be serious attempts but instead a play for attention never enters the picture. The fact that there are five times more men lying about dead isn’t even an issue for society.

    All of the money and attention goes to women.

    Well, I guess this shouldn’t be a surprise. Look how society takes care of women. There are dozens of women’s hospitals scattered across the country. Look for a men’s hospital and you won’t find a single one.

    Men have fought battles and come back home from wars only to find inadequate veterans help. Now that some women have started showing up with injuries… attention for veterans is played up in the news.

    It is just a lucky thing most men do not check into these statistics about our very gynocentric society… or the figures for male suicide would be much greater.

  • The Death of Lady… September 4, 2016

    The word or label “gentleman” has always been a somewhat dubious designation. Yes, no doubt there were some, are some now. However, the word or label “lady” used to mean something. It is meaningless today. The women talk and act like men always have. Rude and crude speech is the rule of the day. Blustering machismo has also developed in many women… they can’t wait for some man to oppose them so they can engage in physical assault.

    I am married. I love my wife. That said I have no respect for today’s women. They are spoiled, treated undeservedly like princesses, and submitted to whenever they cry for special privilege and consideration. They talk worse than a salty sailor of old. They drink and smoke and dabble in drugs like lowlifes. You cannot trust them, if you try, they will steal your money and property over the most petty pretense. They enjoy a status higher than men… men must still submit to selective service. Men are punished much more severely for the same crimes. Men face more violence just walking down the street. Men commit suicide, and no one cares, 5 times more often than women.

    I guess I should be glad that I am retired and on my way out. I hope I make it out before some fool takes my social security away and I have to try to go back to work.

    I pity all young men today.

  • “Protected” Equality? … August 28, 2016

    Robot thinking A

    “Women” in this post refers to bitter women’s rights activists. Just as men cannot be placed in any one category, neither can women.

    Gender equality? There are presently no rights men have that women do not have. As stated previously in my blog there are rights that men lack that women have.

    Rights men lack:

    1. Choice whether to be a parent
    2. Genital integrity
    3. Rights that are forfeited unless signing up with Selective Service
    4. Child custodial consideration
    5. To have sexual assault defined as such
    6. Equal treatment for the same crimes women commit in courts

    In addition men face more violence on the streets. A man’s word does not equal a woman’s word in society. Men are expected to treat women with courtesy, but the reverse is not true.

    Nevertheless, women are asking for deferential treatment in regard to education, job training, and job placement.

    As a result of deferential treatment men have gone from being over 60% of college attendees, to around 30%. Men’s education is neglected by feminized schools which promote girl’s education. Boys are treated as incomplete girls, often drugged if they do not conform.

    Your perspectives may differ, but the facts cannot be debated.

    Conclusion: Women are not asking for equality. They are demanding superior treatment by society. → This will result in a state where they will never obtain the “equality” they claim they desire, but will instead be elevated above men, onto the pedestal that men in the past elevated them voluntarily. Men will become a lower class supporting a female matriarchy. Feel free to debate my conclusions.

  • On the Matter of Equality … August 21, 2016

    Robot thinking AEquality is impossible. People vary in size, muscularity, and intelligence. There will always be some jobs for which the small person will not be qualified, and others that the big person will be unqualified.

    Robot thinking BEquality before the law, or equality of opportunity is possible. If a person can perform the qualifications for a position then that person should have an opportunity to try. No one should be given special advantage or consideration. To do so would be inequality of opportunity. First come, first serve, best qualified.

    If you wish to avoid future unrest, future charges of catering to this group or that, and provide at the same time opportunity for all, then the above stated recipe for equality of opportunity should be mandatory. Temporarily disadvantaged groups may cry foul, but if they are heeded then there will be future groups of other individuals crying foul and continued animosity. The cycle of hate will be perpetuated.

  • You Have to Look Out for Yourself… August 17, 2016

    Robot thinking ANature is indifferent. The storm is not singling you out. The tornado that smashed your house did not have that in mind. The flood that carried you adrift just happened and wasn’t scheduled. The shark that took off your leg simply thought it had found food and was tasting. Nature is not out to get you even if you suffer such calamities a hundred thousand times.

    The earth orbits the sun but in its travels never thinks of you. You may be like a virus in your infection of the planet, but the planet is defenseless against you and would likely end up destroyed if you pursued such a course. Your activities may lead to retribution, but it won’t be a conscious retribution. Global warming may drown you, destroy you, but in the end it was your activity that precipitated such an eventuality. Volcanic activity might produce the same effects but that would not be an act against you… you were simply unfortunate enough to live at the time to suffer the occurrence.

    There are no deities, demons, or other supernatural beings scheming against you. On the other hand there is no force looking out for you either. Pray all you want to no avail. You have to look out for yourself.

  • Fantasies Endure …. August 15, 2016

    How do you prove something does not exist. Just as no atheist has been able to convince the believer that god does not exist, no atheist can convince either the religious, or the atheist who believes, that Jesus never existed. Sure, you can convince an atheist that Jesus did not run about doing miraculous miracles, but you cannot convince the believing atheist that Jesus himself, the man, was an amalgam of previous myths and never actually existed.

    The Christian therefore cries out… “There’s hope for you yet, evil atheist, if you believe that our son of god savior existed it is a short step for you to accept the supernatural nature of his existence.”

    That was my mistake recently on an atheist site. Try as I might to convince the rabid believer, in this case an atheist, that Jesus the man did not exist they came back with unconvincing information generated by scholars, scholars formerly believers, that their darling Jesus did in fact exist.

    The true fact is that, just like the god, Jesus has nothing to prove his existence. There are no references to him in first person, the evidence being forgeries created and inserted into Flavius’s writings. Proven forgeries. There is no record of his crucifixion. There is no first person report of his existence. There is only hearsay, held on to desperately by the faithful.

    With such fervent belief held onto by these supposed atheists, perhaps clinging to vestiges of their former beliefs, it will never be possible to kill the myth.

    With Christian believers believing, and these atheists propping them up, there will never be a time when the scam of Christianity, or other religions like Islam, will fully be rinsed from the minds of willing believers. We non-believers must move on.

  • Human Inherent Goodness ……. August 14, 2016

    Everyone has been born. Everyone sees the world with new eyes full of hope and thinking that everyone is so happy, good, and nice. Do not be concerned. You will grow out of it.

    There was a time not too long ago that I felt there was potential goodness dwelling in all humans. Idealistic and young, I thought that we were all in this together, this humanity. I was happier then. A rosy picture born of the treatment bestowed on youth… small children rarely are given sight of the real world, all they see is smiling faces, friendly smiles, and the treats… oh the treats many people shoved into your small hands. It isn’t fair. To build this false image of human kind is a disservice to the young. It always ends in complete disappointment… it evaporates so quickly.

    Even young adults retain the freshness as they wander out into the world. Idealistic dreams carried over from childhood, masking the reality around them. They soon find that there are many doors, most locked. They will find roadblocks in great numbers impeding the glorious goals they imagine. By the thirties some of this truth begins to show in their faces. Hope fades, dreams die, the mind becomes empty of lofty ideals which are replaced by stoic acceptance of the stark realities of the human world.

    I have been luckier than many, my dreams and hopes and starry eyed ideals were struck dead only recently. It has only been a few years. Perhaps I am an idiot, as it took so long. I feel even the ember of yesteryear going cold.

    I accept that there are some people who still do good things, when it costs them little. I accept that most people are selfish monsters who would take your last cent and leave you with nothing… as long as the public at large does not notice. My faith in human nature has gone the way of the dinosaur; extinct. Trust is a lost virtue not because it wasn’t good… but those once trusted are not good. Trust is simply obsolete. We are back to tooth and claw survival. Do not turn your back. Do not stop being aware. Do not stop and reflect. Just keep moving.

  • Maintaining the Façade … August 14, 2016

    Robot thinking ANo one is exactly what they seem. What you see is what they let you see. Only time and interaction will reveal the true nature of the person behind the façade that they have erected.

    How many times have you thought you have met the perfect friend or companion only to discover later that they were not what you thought? Their ideals, you discovered, did not mesh with yours? In fact that their ideals clashed with yours?

    The problem you might have experienced could be due to your own hastiness. You might have well fallen prey to assumption.

    So, what may have happened is that you saw a few traits that complemented your own. From this first vision you extrapolated the rest. They became the perfect friend. Your assumptions clearly were manufactured and existed only in your head but they were there as if manifested by the person perceived. Then… contradictions to those assumptions began to arise. You stepped back startled. You might even have voiced the words “I thought you believe this about ________”. Or you might have said “I thought you liked this kind of food, car, people, behavior”.

    Having already decided how they think it becomes a shock to discover they do not. The blame for your assumptions is yours alone, but it may not be entirely your fault. Every person that lives shows you a façade, that which they want you to see. The only way to see through this façade is observation over time. Sometimes, though, it may occur that a particularly well-maintained façade will never be seen through. You may never perceive the true person behind the scenes.

    After many years of close friendship it may be discovered that you never knew them at all.

  • Frustration … A Hard Row to Hoe… August 8, 2016

    Robot thinking BMy expectations rarely sync with outcomes. I expect outcome A, and most often the outcome is some other unexpected letter. I become disappointed.

    It is not as if I expect all things to proceed in an orderly way according to my desires. It seems though, most often, that things proceed counter to my desires. If outcomes proceeded harmlessly, but out of sync, I could tolerate that well… but counter is a hard row to hoe.

    Ever I try to face this reality with calm but frustration builds and disrupts thinking time and again. Through deep breathing and thinking other thoughts more preferred I can most often return to a state of calm. I admit some issues are more disruptive than others lately, but with time these too will be overcome.

    Much of my frustration stems from my inability to relate to some group. Many times it seems the goal of the group is to extinguish my existence. They do not come out bluntly and say just that, but it would be an outcome of their goal should their goal be realized. Other times their efforts seem to be aimed toward gaining advantage… at my expense. Again, that goal is not explicitly stated, it would simply be an outcome of realized success. My impulse is to audibly oppose their efforts. This is usually met with anger and hatred. Name-calling and insults to my character ensue. They practice verbal volleys intended to silence my resistance. I know they experience frustration, I am glad, at my unmoving stance.

    It is becoming easier to endure verbal bouts with those who believe they know exactly what I should think. The frustration that they cannot be swayed from their wrongly held beliefs, and they are beliefs, continues. The depth of feeling I have has lessened, as I accept that they will never change. Although it is my intention never to become violent, I cannot promise that I never will. When an animal becomes cornered it is more dangerous. In the end all humans are animals. Who can predict what their reaction might be when the mob is coming for them?