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>> No. 441738 Anonymous
20th January 2021
Wednesday 7:54 pm
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Where does the stereotype originate from that British\English woman are so ugly? It seems like usually stereotypes have some underlying reasoning or origin such as poor cooking or how mountain-people are sheep shaggers but this one makes no sense.

We're even rated as having the most attractive men.
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>> No. 442135 Anonymous
7th February 2021
Sunday 9:27 pm
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>>442033

Hamburg is fun, there's loads of things you can do, but you probably won't experience it with your (female) friend the same way you would on a lads night out like we did.

Make sure you eat a shrimp sandwich. That's sort of their local specialty. Ask your friend about it.
>> No. 442136 Anonymous
7th February 2021
Sunday 9:40 pm
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>>442135
Female?
>> No. 442137 Anonymous
7th February 2021
Sunday 9:46 pm
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>>442136

Well I assumed you've got a lass in Hamburg who wants to have a shag.
>> No. 442139 Anonymous
8th February 2021
Monday 1:17 pm
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If you're shagging men you can't say it's being "lewd", there's too much testosterone involved for words like that.
>> No. 442141 Anonymous
8th February 2021
Monday 2:45 pm
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>>442139

Wasn't the definition of illegal homosexual sex in the old days that you were engaging in "lewd acts" with a person of your own gender?

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>> No. 442040 Anonymous
4th February 2021
Thursday 1:42 pm
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Apart from the pusher, do you think there's any active serial killers at large in this country?

Does modern policing and surveillance mean that it's highly unlikely anyone would be able to murder lots of people over a prolonged period of time, unless they go completely under the radar like Shipman?
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>> No. 442119 Anonymous
7th February 2021
Sunday 2:16 pm
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>>442071
Shipman was atypical of a multiple murderer. The vast majority of serial killers have a sexual motive to their crimes.
>> No. 442120 Anonymous
7th February 2021
Sunday 2:19 pm
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>>442116

Not to be That Contrarian Lad, but looking at the statistics more as I got older has really diminished my interest in the subject. War/crime related to the economy and other forms institutionally-embedded violence kills far more people than the work of individual murderers.

Even psychologically it seems like a bit of a dead-end in terms of research, as by now I think the patterns of the garden variety American spree shooter or serial killer are fairly well understood.

I think the interest you describe is more based on the human drama of it, which in my opinion is absolutely the wrong way to look at people who are largely repeating traumas.
>> No. 442122 Anonymous
7th February 2021
Sunday 2:31 pm
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>>442120
Women in particular are raised to feed off drama.
>> No. 442130 Anonymous
7th February 2021
Sunday 6:10 pm
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>>442120

>Even psychologically it seems like a bit of a dead-end in terms of research, as by now I think the patterns of the garden variety American spree shooter or serial killer are fairly well understood.

>I think the interest you describe is more based on the human drama of it


It's the media, innit. If it bleeds, it leads, every time. Any story of a spree shooter or some sexually abnormal serial rapist or murderer is tabloid gold and gets milked for every last drop.
>> No. 442132 Anonymous
7th February 2021
Sunday 6:51 pm
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>>442120

I mean yeah, but you evidently had enough interest in the subject to look into it in such a level of detail. That it turned out to be a bit disappointing and mundane under the surface just is what it is, really, you know?

My fascination has always been with war, because it's so impersonal and formalised, almost. Industrialised slaughter where humans just throw themselves in the grinder. It's chilling.

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>> No. 441753 Anonymous
21st January 2021
Thursday 2:22 am
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I installed tinder and got some matches with my bedroom selfie during my initial swiping spree, but now it seems like way more trouble than it's worth. I don't want to keep swiping incessantly every day just to continue getting matches. Plus, the vast majority of the attractive women are only attractive in the physical sense, and there is a palpable feeling of there being "nothing there", or an unsettling black chasm behind their eyes.

Is there a better way to meet women without having an IRL social life?
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>> No. 442035 Anonymous
3rd February 2021
Wednesday 9:32 pm
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>>442034
>might as well punch yourself in the face.

Oh is this the blood thing? I'd get on Tinder lickety-split if I saw Andrew W. K. on there looking for a support bubble. I've got a big tub of Vanish Oxy Action here doing not much at all because I wear darks mostly.
>> No. 442039 Anonymous
3rd February 2021
Wednesday 11:26 pm
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Found a lass I used to work with that I fancied the pants off on bumble. Cue me spending an inordinate amount of time trying to sell myself with her in mind on my profile and realising I don't really have any pictures.

Let's hope the algorithm hides me as I'm liable to make a fool of myself.

>>442034
Numbers game lad. Numbers game. I find you will get weeks where all your matches come in and then you can be disappointed in a whole new way as all the good ones bin you before you meet.

Tinder is still completely wank though but for different reasons - it's all people trying to get you to follow them on Instagram. Disgusting app.
>> No. 442041 Anonymous
4th February 2021
Thursday 2:47 pm
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>>442039
>it's all people trying to get you to follow them on Instagram.

So they can get you to buy their Onlyfans or follow pay for a private snapchat account. It's some fairly impressive SEO optimisation.
>> No. 442042 Anonymous
4th February 2021
Thursday 2:50 pm
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>>442041

>SEO optimisation

They'll be laughing all the way to the ATM machine.
>> No. 442043 Anonymous
4th February 2021
Thursday 3:02 pm
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>>442042
You can blame the tosspot "consultant" my company brought in to teach about SEO. he kept on saying SEO optimisation to the point that I completed that saying in a Pavlovian response. I really should hold myself to a better standard, otherwise I'll end up using more superfluous words.

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>> No. 442005 Anonymous
2nd February 2021
Tuesday 1:43 pm
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How often do you buy your lass flowers?

I fell into a once a month thing years ago (making it still a bit random on when) and it seems to work really well for me. But I suspect I'm a bit of an outlier here and in reality it becomes an expectation where I'm forking over £10-15 for dying leaves.
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>> No. 442022 Anonymous
2nd February 2021
Tuesday 5:03 pm
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How often does she buy you flowers?
>> No. 442024 Anonymous
2nd February 2021
Tuesday 6:05 pm
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I got a kilo bag of self raising the other day because the Mrs needed it for baking.
>> No. 442026 Anonymous
2nd February 2021
Tuesday 6:17 pm
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>>442024
similar i bought her some raisins for baking and snacking
>> No. 442027 Anonymous
2nd February 2021
Tuesday 7:19 pm
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>>442024
I see what you did there.
>> No. 442032 Anonymous
3rd February 2021
Wednesday 8:57 pm
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>implying i have a lass

(A good day to you Sir!)

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>> No. 441775 Anonymous
21st January 2021
Thursday 8:08 pm
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There's nothing like a bowl of oatmeal with raspberries.
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>> No. 441892 Anonymous
28th January 2021
Thursday 3:10 pm
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I've just put a whole clove of chopped garlic in one portion of fried spaghetti.

I may need help also.
>> No. 441893 Anonymous
28th January 2021
Thursday 3:12 pm
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>>441892
Unless you mean 'bulb' rather than 'clove' I don't see the issue.
>> No. 441894 Anonymous
28th January 2021
Thursday 3:15 pm
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>>441893

>Unless you mean 'bulb'

I'm not a lunatic.
>> No. 441895 Anonymous
28th January 2021
Thursday 3:39 pm
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>>441892

That's really not that much garlic, to be honest, especially for what I assume is a version of aglio e olio.

I don't know why you all thought you shouldn't eat garlic in the before times, who fucking cares if your breath smells, just have some gum. You've been missing out for years. I suggest you all try roasting some heads of garlic in the oven now and spreading the result on crusty bread.
>> No. 441896 Anonymous
28th January 2021
Thursday 4:04 pm
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>>441895

>a version of aglio e olio

It was pretty much that, yes. I had a little bit of spaghetti left over from last night, so I fried it up with olive oil, the garlic, and a few herbs. It was absolutely delicious, but I've already got that sharp garlic taste in my mouth that you get a while later and which lingers till the next day.

I wonder if the alleged health properties of garlic already take effect if you occasionally go crazy on fresh garlic, or if it's the same as some other fruit and veg where you'd literally have to eat tons of the stuff to make a measurable difference. Like the way red vegetables are supposed to give your skin a healthy looking hue, but you'd have to eat nothing but tomatoes and carrots for a month for it to actually show.

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>> No. 441550 Anonymous
11th January 2021
Monday 12:57 pm
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So there's a fiery British preacher on Chicago radio

I'm wondering if that guy is syndicated from Britain or he lives here in the states
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>> No. 441569 Anonymous
11th January 2021
Monday 10:05 pm
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>>441551
I don't know what xis name is
>> No. 441573 Anonymous
11th January 2021
Monday 10:26 pm
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>>441569
We're going to need more clues.
>> No. 441574 Anonymous
11th January 2021
Monday 10:30 pm
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>>441573
The clues are there.
>> No. 441586 Anonymous
11th January 2021
Monday 11:04 pm
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>>441573
the radio station is in the low 90's on FM
>> No. 441588 Anonymous
11th January 2021
Monday 11:06 pm
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>>441586
Well, given that the range of broadcast FM is about 40 miles, it's unlikely we'll have heard that station in the UK.

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>> No. 441527 Anonymous
10th January 2021
Sunday 6:39 am
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>> No. 441528 Anonymous
10th January 2021
Sunday 9:29 am
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Ok

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>> No. 438151 Anonymous
28th July 2020
Tuesday 11:47 am
438151 The New Adventures of Mid-Week
Now that all the excitement has died down I thought it time we redo the mid-week thread. What are you two up-to?


I've organised a date for the weekend but have come to realise that I'd better keep something of a conversation going unless I want to be stood up. This is going to be tedious. I might want to think about doing some work today as well.
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>> No. 441295 Anonymous
2nd January 2021
Saturday 8:04 pm
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>>441294

> but if it's something soft like MDF

Probably best to use solid hardwood as a backdrop for steel tip darts, if you really want something durable. Some good 18mm pine wood should do.
>> No. 441296 Anonymous
2nd January 2021
Saturday 8:40 pm
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>>441295

>hardwood
>pine

Sort it out m8.
>> No. 441300 Anonymous
2nd January 2021
Saturday 9:02 pm
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>>441296

I stand corrected. I somehow thought pine was hardwood.

Go on then. English oak. Or something.
>> No. 441302 Anonymous
2nd January 2021
Saturday 9:15 pm
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Oak's nice.
>> No. 441478 Anonymous
7th January 2021
Thursday 1:59 pm
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Going through my Arduino parts bin again here at the moment, looking for something to throw together to kill the boredom of being stuck at home.

I've got several ATtiny microcontrollers and an ESP32 dev board, as well as temperature sensors, a gyroscope/accelerometer, PIR sensors, two miniature TFT colour displays, a whole bag of assorted resistors and capacitors, a few LEDs, and miscellaneous parts like transistors and MOSFETs, and a 1.5'' paper cone speaker with a 3W amplifier.

I could make a burglar alarm with the PIR sensor and the speaker and the amp, the only question would be the whole point of it, when there are days at the moment where I don't leave my flat at all.

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>> No. 440348 Anonymous
1st December 2020
Tuesday 6:28 am
440348 Christmas 2020
It's the first of December. It's that time of year again.

Open your advent calendar chocolates, listen to Andrew, put up your tree this weekend, put off the present shopping for at least a fortnight, surviving the Christmas party at work, watching shit on telly.

You know the drill by now, lads.
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>> No. 441347 Anonymous
3rd January 2021
Sunday 4:17 pm
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>>441346
I'm not saying he's an angel but you're still putting a lot of effort into this.
>> No. 441348 Anonymous
3rd January 2021
Sunday 4:22 pm
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>>441347
Remember, lad. He's not the angry one.
>> No. 441349 Anonymous
3rd January 2021
Sunday 4:27 pm
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>>441348

I think it's clear we're all angry, it's just one of us is angry because he's outed himself as a mental hat woman aficionado.
>> No. 441350 Anonymous
3rd January 2021
Sunday 5:20 pm
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Christ this takes me back, I've not seen a cunt off as caustic (and funny) as this in years.
>> No. 441352 Anonymous
3rd January 2021
Sunday 5:43 pm
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>>441350
It is the season, after all.

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>> No. 441135 Anonymous
31st December 2020
Thursday 12:01 am
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Right, now that we've almost made it, what are your hopes, dreams, and aspirations for 2021?
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>> No. 441217 Anonymous
1st January 2021
Friday 1:02 pm
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I want to start an album, and get it about half done. I don't care about the musical quality or if anyone else likes it -- as long as what I make amuses me, I'll be satisfied.

I was considering making losing weight my resolution, but fuck it, my mental health's still too iffy (and food is a real crutch). Next year.
>> No. 441218 Anonymous
1st January 2021
Friday 1:43 pm
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Does anyone know what the average dry seed yield of a mustard plant is? I'm tempted to grow one to make my own mustard but I'm not sure how many I'd need for it to be worthwhile.
>> No. 441222 Anonymous
1st January 2021
Friday 3:01 pm
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>>441218
>Does anyone know what the average dry seed yield of a mustard plant is?
African or European?
>> No. 441230 Anonymous
1st January 2021
Friday 6:03 pm
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>>441222

Are you suggestin' mustard plants migrate?
>> No. 441273 Anonymous
2nd January 2021
Saturday 3:53 am
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I want to win money in a Kaggle competition. The analytics ones are probably the best shout, but the only one available right now is just a terrible ML challenge in disguise.

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>> No. 441049 Anonymous
28th December 2020
Monday 2:30 am
441049 It can be done
Confidence and it can be done.



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>> No. 440450 Anonymous
4th December 2020
Friday 4:50 pm
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If I win the £175m tonight, I'll get you all a twirl and a can of dandelion and burdock every time I nip to the shop.
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>> No. 440647 Anonymous
12th December 2020
Saturday 9:40 am
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>>440643

Isn't that what the trade deal is all about?
>> No. 440649 Anonymous
12th December 2020
Saturday 3:10 pm
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A very gently spoken Chinese man spoke to me about ten years ago. He said to me that I will have great fortune within ten years, else complete wrack and ruin fall upon everybody I have ever known.

That man was Mao Zedong, current leader of China, people.

Beware rambling half-bald fuckers, lest ye yerself be taken in. Ye have been warned. Ye shan't need warning again.
>> No. 440650 Anonymous
12th December 2020
Saturday 4:24 pm
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>>440642
Fuck the French. What does he honestly think he's going to do with all that money?
>> No. 440652 Anonymous
12th December 2020
Saturday 7:34 pm
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>>440650

Probably taking his two mates off Frogchan to Disney Land.

Let's not get downhearted anyway chaps, I reckon we can still get away with sneaking a few tinnies into the Tommy Tinkaboo Boat Ride and squatting overnight.
>> No. 440658 Anonymous
13th December 2020
Sunday 5:49 pm
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>>440652
Well, I doubt £175m is going to make him happy, Disney trip or not.

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>> No. 439024 Anonymous
15th September 2020
Tuesday 10:30 am
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What actually is the point of a washing up bowl?
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>> No. 440328 Anonymous
26th November 2020
Thursday 11:47 am
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>>440326
Povvo.
>> No. 440329 Anonymous
26th November 2020
Thursday 12:00 pm
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>>440327
You've got to build up your resilience levels.
>> No. 440330 Anonymous
26th November 2020
Thursday 12:49 pm
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>>440327
"sneed"

(A good day to you Sir!)
>> No. 440331 Anonymous
26th November 2020
Thursday 2:27 pm
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>>440318

I've never understood people who will opt to vomit into a sink, over the toilet, that is the real mental povvo in our society.
>> No. 440332 Anonymous
26th November 2020
Thursday 2:33 pm
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>>440331
Sometimes the toilet's too far away, as I found out when I had norovirus. After the first bout, I don't think I left the area of the bathroom for the next 3 days.

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>> No. 438076 Anonymous
24th July 2020
Friday 5:05 pm
438076 Religion
Is anyone here religious? If so, what flavour of religion do you follow? Any benefits/disadvantages to having faith?
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>> No. 439599 Anonymous
14th October 2020
Wednesday 11:04 pm
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>>439585

There's a lot that could be said here. In general I don't measure a large group of people, or an organisation of some kind, by the worst representation of the group. I'm aware that the first things that pop into the mind of many secularists when they hear the word Catholic, is financial corruption, and child rape, but It's not really something that I think about or have experienced. I've been a member of a handful of churches throughout my life, and it just hasn't been relevant to me or anyone I know for that matter.

When I hear and read about these crimes, it disgusts me, the same way I felt disgusted to find out about how China's Xi Jinping has overseen the authoritarian takeover of Hong Kong's laws, and the enslavement of over one million Uyghurs. There's nothing I can really do about these large structures tilting into corruption though, except talking honestly about them when people ask me, and being careful about where I distribute my finances. I haven't given money to the Catholic church for a long time, aside from donating to the soup kitchen, the food bank, and educational Catholic organisations like the Latin Mass Society. Starved from money, which the church is currently experiencing, the upper echelons will either collapse into irrelevance, or be forced to do something about the problems. Pope Francis, as much as I disagree with him in many ways, has moved in strides in this area, and for this very reason. There's a lot of information I'm omitting for the sake of brevity here, this has regularly been a topic of conversation among Catholics within my social circles for quite some time as I'm sure you can imagine. If you'd like to dip your toe into the water, your might be interested in 'Letter to a Suffering Church' by Bishop Robert Barron.

This brings me to the term traditional Catholic, avoiding theological jargon, the simplest way I can put it is like this. The traditional way of practicing the religion has been around for over a millennium and a half (more or less), largely unchanged. The Catholic church has tried to change the tradition considerably since around the 1960s, attempting to make it more progressive and approachable to the wider public. The original way of practicing the faith forces people to learn the Latin, learn the tradition, and actually practice the faith in what I would argue, is the correct way. The newer version turns the priest into the focal point, and well, I could list problems I see with it all day, but I'll just start ranting. I remember in the 80s there were a lot of guitars and pizza in these churches. Felt like more of a social club then a place of worship. Naturally attendance numbers for churches that practice the traditional way seem consistent, even rising slightly in popularity, but the newer way of practicing the mass, has seen dramatic loss of attendance over the decades. In another century I doubt the new version will even exist.
>> No. 439601 Anonymous
14th October 2020
Wednesday 11:07 pm
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>>439599 You'll have to forgive my bad wording It's getting late and I'm pretty tired.
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21st November 2020
Saturday 10:17 pm
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>>439599
What do you think about the vow of abstinence clergymen have to take? I have a few friends who considered becoming priests but knew it just wouldn't be possible for them with that expectation, and they feel the church would experience a huge revival if priests were allowed to become family men.
>> No. 440297 Anonymous
22nd November 2020
Sunday 1:33 pm
440297 Hail Glycon.
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Hail Glycon.
>> No. 440300 Anonymous
22nd November 2020
Sunday 11:40 pm
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I'm reading the Bhagavad Gita and I''ve been enjoying it so far. It's full of useful advice and interesting insights on how to conduct yourself in life, presented straightforwardly as a dialogue between a warrior and an avatar of the godhead. I tried reading the Bible but it didn't come across anywhere near as cogent; it was basically a load of fanciful gobbledegook.

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