I'm Hiding 🇦🇺

I jumped off Reddit’s cliff and landed here just like many other Lemmings.

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Cake day: June 11th, 2023
  • I'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zonetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Ex-believers, what made you quit your religion/cult?
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    3 days ago

    Absolutely not, I 100% agree.

    To your point about who borrowed from who - one of my favourite examples is the story of Noah’s Ark, or less specifically, “The Great Flood”. So many religions and mythologies have a Great Flood story. It’s fascinating to see how similar or different certain people’s recounts were of historical events like that.

    Like I say, at this point in my life I’m still of the opinion that a good chunk of the Bible means well, but who knows? One of these days I might run out of sci-fi novels to read and go cover to cover, old testament to new. It’s certainly possible my mind might yet change.

  • I'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zonetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Ex-believers, what made you quit your religion/cult?
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    3 days ago

    I admit I haven’t read the entire Bible. I’m not a particularly pious Christian, and I certainly don’t mean to try to convince anyone towards or against religion. Certainly, religion has its problems. That said:

    I also love science. I’m an engineer, not a conspiracy theorist. I know the dinosours existed, I know evolution happened, I know the Big Bang was a thing. However, that doesn’t mean Jesus wasn’t a man who lived approximately 2000 years ago. It doesn’t mean he wasn’t a great teacher. It doesn’t mean there aren’t lessons to learn in any of the Bible’s stories.

    Because that’s what they are: stories. They’re not 100% perfect recounts of events that happened. Heck, they’re most of the time not even 1% perfect recounts of events that happened. But some of them still have some wisdom worth sharing, just the same. At least, I think so.

  • I'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zoneto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Joever rule
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    8 months ago

    Yes, but you’re still just picking the lesser of two evils.

    Would it be so much to ask for to have a candidate who’s only redeeming quality is not that they’re less shit than the opposition? The ham sandwich is less shit than Trump, but it’s still not good. I’m not convinced the democratic party will be able to find someone brilliant in their own right to run for president. They’ll only be able to put in someone who isn’t Trump.

  • I'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zoneto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Joever rule
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    8 months ago

    That’s funny. I remember him saying the opposite.

    Am I mistaken? Just here in response to the question of whether Kamala would make a good president, he says “Look, I wouldn’t have picked vice president Trump [Kamala] to be vice president. I think she’s not qualified to be president. Let’s start there.”

    Hillary didn’t lose because of Trump. She lost because she’s Hillary.

    You may have a point there, I’ll grant you, but I’m still not sure Kamala can come out on top. I’d very much like to be proven wrong, but we might have to wait for the next debate to gauge what direction we’re heading in.

  • I'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zoneto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Joever rule
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    8 months ago

    As much as I don’t want it to happen, I’m convinced this was the final nail in the coffin for the democrats, and the Republicans will now be guaranteed the win.

    Trump was shot and is now a martyr, and the democratic party is in shambles with no nominee. If they pick Kamala, who (after mistaking her for Trump) Biden claimed was not fit to be president, Trump will just beat her into the ground like he did with Hillary. If they pick anyone else, the American population won’t know who they are. Either way, the democrats are at their most fragmented while the republicans are at their most united.

    But then what do I know? I live on the other side of the planet.

  • I'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zoneto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•monster high rule
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    8 months ago

    That’s true, but usually they get their method right (or close to it) but fail on the simple addition. If you use it to help figure out what steps you need to take, you can then run through substituting the correct numbers in and make some real progress.

    I just completed a class on hydrology and water engineering with this method. Got a HD. That either says something about the school or something about GPT. Not sure which.

    It certainly says something about my willingness to complete water engineering coursework, I’ll admit that.