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Actually, that may be what this thread has become, but it started out about whether human-like intelligence is an evolutionary freak, since it doesn't seem necessary for survival. I don't mind the turn this has taken, but we have discussed Fermi Paradox before. Bullgrit

A discussion in the Gay Rights thread brought up how some (many?) consider marriage a religious institution because it is often performed in a religious forum by a religious leader. How about death and funerals? My mother and step-father hadn't been a part of any church for as long as I can...

That's why I got married. Plus the legal recognition for legal issues. Though I did get married in a church by a clergyman, I don't consider my union to be part of a religious institution. Bullgrit

My problem with the AARP mailings is that they started a good 20 years before I should be a part of their demographic. I'd be just as non-plussed to regularly get subscription requests from Seventeen magazine. Bullgrit

See, this attitude and dismissal is what makes me dislike asking questions. In fact, my observation and question comes from seeing a short blurb on a TV network morning news show (not Fox, but not sure if ABC, NBC, or CBS) and listening to NPR half an hour this morning on my drive to work. Bullgrit

Apparently there are some folks afraid that churches will be forced to perform gay weddings, against their principles. I have noticed that no one has been correcting or contradicting that fear. And I note that there is now at least a little precedence for this fear -- telling a private bakery...

Is this personality an actual psychological ailment? Can trolling be stopped with medication? Are these people trollish/sadistic in their real life interpersonal interactions? Or can/do they hide it offline? We all like to think of these people as pathetic losers living in their parents'...

I've been playing TF2 for several weeks, now, and I can say that 99% of the games I've been in have been without any trolls/jerks. I found only one server, (again, random), that was just chock full of vulgar trolls (chat, names, etc.). I have given up a few other games in the past...

Last night I was playing some Team Fortress 2. One server I got on had a guy spamming the chat with inane stuff. Nothing vulgar, nothing mean, or anything like that. Just constant stream of useless spam in all caps. I mentally tuned it out, but it was persistent. Then someone initiated a vote...

I've been getting their mailings for maybe 10 years (since before age 40), though not so much in recent years. I often wonder how/why they picked up on me so early. Bullgrit

I wonder how many people personally dislike gays/gay marriage and just use religion for their reason, vs. how many people would be ok with gays/gay marriage but feel they can't honestly because of their religion. Bullgrit

And I am completely open to being wrong. (After all, I was offering my view as a suggestion, not a statement of fact.) So long as I'm wrong about what I actually say and mean. What I can't accept being wrong about is something I haven't said or meant :-) And that is what seemed to happening --...

Here's a question: How many of us are getting AARP stuff in the mail, already. <raises hand> 20 years too early. Bullgrit

Traveling at the Speed of Plot Bullgrit

I'm happy to see no one posted after my last post before I could clarify something: I don't mean to imply that all "freaks and weirdos" are negative. Some freaks and weirdos are great and fun. But does a group want to be defined by them? Bullgrit

Lest anyone think I'm calling gays "freaks" or "weird" -- I'm only calling the actual freaks and weirds, freaky and weird. (Freaky and weird is by no means a gay thing -- all of humanity has them. For instance: Christians have Westboro Baptist Church; Muslims have ISIS; Southerners have...

Sigh. No. Really, am I being this difficult to understand? If a group, any group, takes one day a year to celebrate themselves, their culture, their lifestyle, their biology, their "thing", whatever, to say, "Hey world! This is us! This is who we are!", and the main thing the world sees on...

For the record: I *did not* go for the cheapest vasectomy. Either time. Just felt the need to say this. :-) Bullgrit

I had no idea that term was out of date or offensive. Granted, I've very rarely heard or used it, ever. When did that happen? And what made it offensive? Bullgrit

On screen, the characters are human. And I've read SW novels where characters are referred to as human. Plus the RPG. Bullgrit