Flameworthy opinions/judgments/confessions?

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Anyone?

I'm reading documents about a steel mill and want to cry.  So I would greatly appreciate lively discussions   (that is just my plea to you guys -- not a flameworthy anything).

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v, you always start these threads but never post anything flameworthy yourself!

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Jan 24, 2013 16:14:33 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

v, you always start these threads but never post anything flameworthy yourself!

That's fair -- I promise I'm thinking!

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Hmmm. Confession: I wish DH would upgrade my e-ring but I can't figure out a way to ask him without sounding ungrateful or making him feel bad about the ring he chose (it's a round 1 carat solitaire, plain platinum band). It's nice but I'd like to upgrade to two carats. The ring he bought me was near flawless but if I were choosing, I'd definitely go for weight over the other features

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I think Jehovah's witnesses are morons. See, JW AMA thread on CEP.

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Jan 24, 2013 16:14:33 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

v, you always start these threads but never post anything flameworthy yourself!

I miss your old avatar.

[womet]

I know there are some gypsy haters here. RBP, carmensandiego, and I had dinner with her last night, and gypsy is one of the sweetest people ever.

That's all I've got.

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Jan 24, 2013 16:23:57 GMT -5 womet said:

I know there are some gypsy haters here. RBP, carmensandiego, and I had dinner with her last night, and gypsy is one of the sweetest people ever.

That's all I've got.

Oh I'm jealous of that gtg!!!

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Jan 24, 2013 16:18:09 GMT -5 @lcap said:

Hmmm. Confession: I wish DH would upgrade my e-ring but I can't figure out a way to ask him without sounding ungrateful or making him feel bad about the ring he chose (it's a round 1 carat solitaire, plain platinum band). It's nice but I'd like to upgrade to two carats. The ring he bought me was near flawless but if I were choosing, I'd definitely go for weight over the other features

That is a huge upgrade. It will end up costing like 3 times more. Cut is the most important feature imo.

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Jan 24, 2013 16:18:55 GMT -5 @iheartcosmos said:

I think Jehovah's witnesses are morons. See, JW AMA thread on CEP.

I think that if it was possible to look at religions objectively, like as adult aliens arriving on Earth with no prior information rather as people who had been exposed to Western religions as acceptable belief systems from a young age, you might feel the same about Christians and Jews.

I mean -- you think that you kind of literally eat the body of your savior every week?  your god is all good and worship-worthy yet you have to sacrifice things to prove your worth to him and he punishes those who don't believe?  you can't eat pork or shellfish?  A lot of religion is kind of... odd if you think about it enough. 

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I just watched the Hannah Montana Movie on the Disney Channel with DD1. I sort of teared up toward the end. I also sang along with most of the songs.

[mbcdefg]

I hate the way it looks when people leave stuffed animals, candles, balloons, flowers (especially fake ones), etc., at the site where a person tragically died.

[womet]

Jan 24, 2013 16:28:53 GMT -5 @gypsy said:

Aw, I left thinking you guys are awesome! And I am all-around jealous that you pull off a pixie cut way better than I ever will.

<3

Your hair is adorable!

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Jan 24, 2013 16:26:37 GMT -5 @missy1 said:

Jan 24, 2013 16:18:09 GMT -5 @lcap said:

Hmmm. Confession: I wish DH would upgrade my e-ring but I can't figure out a way to ask him without sounding ungrateful or making him feel bad about the ring he chose (it's a round 1 carat solitaire, plain platinum band). It's nice but I'd like to upgrade to two carats. The ring he bought me was near flawless but if I were choosing, I'd definitely go for weight over the other features

That is a huge upgrade. It will end up costing like 3 times more. Cut is the most important feature imo.

Well considering that he has every intention of buying a 70k car (although I'm doing my best to delay this lol), I feel like I should be allowed to buy something fun too But I don't want to make him feel bad about the original ring.

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Jan 24, 2013 16:28:53 GMT -5 @gypsy said:

Jan 24, 2013 16:23:57 GMT -5 womet said:

I know there are some gypsy haters here. RBP, carmensandiego, and I had dinner with her last night, and gypsy is one of the sweetest people ever.

That's all I've got.

Aw, I left thinking you guys are awesome! And I am all-around jealous that you pull off a pixie cut way better than I ever will.

<3

Gypsy, your hair is adorable! I had such a good time with all of you.

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My BIL is getting married next year and having a destination wedding and his FI keeps going on about how she really wants all of the kids in the family to come to the wedding. However, our cousins are not wealthy and have 6 kids between them. There is no way they will make it. It's going to cost my family of 4 a small fortune for airfare alone ($2k-$3k) and we live by a major airport. I don't think the FI has even considered this and I feel awful because I don't want her to get her feelings hurt if they don't come, but I don't feel like it is my place to point out that they may not come because of the cost.

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Jan 24, 2013 16:27:38 GMT -5 v said:

Jan 24, 2013 16:18:55 GMT -5 @iheartcosmos said:

I think Jehovah's witnesses are morons. See, JW AMA thread on CEP.

I think that if it was possible to look at religions objectively, like as adult aliens arriving on Earth with no prior information rather as people who had been exposed to Western religions as acceptable belief systems from a young age, you might feel the same about Christians and Jews.

I mean -- you think that you kind of literally eat the body of your savior every week?  your god is all good and worship-worthy yet you have to sacrifice things to prove your worth to him and he punishes those who don't believe?  you can't eat pork or shellfish?  A lot of religion is kind of... odd if you think about it enough.  

I agree most religion is odd. 

That being said, JW is a special brand of crazy, whereby to allow life saving treatments, like blood transfusions, is to disobey G-d. Anyone who is willing to let their own family member die for no reason = BSC.

The pork and shellfish thing (along with a lot of other Kosher laws) had roots in public health at the time, though.  I probably wouldn't want to eat a pig back in 3000 BCE either without the medicines and cleanliness standards we have today. 

[cjeanette]

I leave work at 4 everyday. At 3pm I stop pretty much all work. Short of something a client really needs. I am still bitter about the bonus and don't feel the need to make an effort.

[Susie]

I can't decide whether I feel guilty about this or not.

Last semester Calvin took an undergrad class in Java at the local state university, paid for by his employer. He really likes it, and got an A. He was invited to join the masters program in CS, which we talked about, but settled on that he probably would just keep taking a class or two at a time. More than that is hard to balance with work and with keeping up his end at home.

His employer is now waffling about paying for this semester (even though it was the employer's idea originally). It was an unusual thing in the first place, but they're running into a problem with everyone wanting to do it, so they may pull the plug on it entirely. I've told Calvin that he has a BA and a JD and $93k of the original $120k in SLs still outstanding from those, so I don't support more classes that we have to pay for OOP right now. He doesn't need more to be qualified to do his job. He agreed, but I know he kind of wishes he could do it. He'd be a professional student if he could.

Heaven knows I have my share of expensive hobbies (hello, triathlon), although not as bad as college tuition. Ugh.

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Jan 24, 2013 16:24:32 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

I'm loling at all the Secret Santa threads of people who aren't getting gifts. And apparently Bliss participated in the S&B one despite her not being an active poster there and someone said she left her gift sit at the post office (not that she didn't send one, that I am aware of).

That's consistent with bliss's posts saying that she has that PO box and checks it like once a month even if she knows she has packages and such!

But yeah -- no way was I possibly putting my name and address in the hands of a lurker/someone I don't trust.  I'd much rather just spend $25 plus shipping on myself

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Jan 24, 2013 16:23:57 GMT -5 womet said:

I know there are some gypsy haters here. RBP, carmensandiego, and I had dinner with her last night, and gypsy is one of the sweetest people ever.

That's all I've got.

:Y:

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Jan 24, 2013 16:22:09 GMT -5 Muddled said:

Jan 24, 2013 16:14:33 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

v, you always start these threads but never post anything flameworthy yourself!

I miss your old avatar.

Your wish is my command! I was temporarily swayed by the make your own avatar feature. 

[marclovesme]

DH is really into a popular jam band. I'm not into the band like he is, but I enjoy their music. He bought tickets for a concert tonight put on by one of the members and expected to go with one of our friends. Friend backed out and now I have to go. I really, really don't want to go - IT'S A WEEKNIGHT!! concert doesn't start until 8pm! WAHH! - but I would never tell him because he loves this guy so much.

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Jan 24, 2013 16:36:25 GMT -5 @iheartcosmos said:

Jan 24, 2013 16:27:38 GMT -5 v said:

I think that if it was possible to look at religions objectively, like as adult aliens arriving on Earth with no prior information rather as people who had been exposed to Western religions as acceptable belief systems from a young age, you might feel the same about Christians and Jews.

I mean -- you think that you kind of literally eat the body of your savior every week?  your god is all good and worship-worthy yet you have to sacrifice things to prove your worth to him and he punishes those who don't believe?  you can't eat pork or shellfish?  A lot of religion is kind of... odd if you think about it enough.  

I agree most religion is odd. 

That being said, JW is a special brand of crazy, whereby to allow life saving treatments, like blood transfusions, is to disobey G-d. Anyone who is willing to let their own family member die for no reason = BSC.

The pork and shellfish thing (along with a lot of other Kosher laws) had roots in public health at the time, though.  I probably wouldn't want to eat a pig back in 3000 BCE either without the medicines and cleanliness standards we have today. 

I know that that's where a lot of kosher rules came from.  But to follow them 5000 years later as religious mandate?  Makes me kind of suspect about why these things are actually mandates.

And hey -- couldn't we say that an abortion to save a mother's life (and where the fetus is almost certain to die) would be a life saving treatment that is considered prohibited by religions that a lot of us see as not crazy?  I think it is really hard for any of us -- even the atheists among us -- to look at the religions we were exposed to as normal as as crazy as they would sound to others.  So I have trouble thinking that any religion is all that crazy compared to others.  I'm probably just not as used to hearing about them.

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Jan 24, 2013 16:28:53 GMT -5 @gypsy said:

Jan 24, 2013 16:23:57 GMT -5 womet said:

I know there are some gypsy haters here. RBP, carmensandiego, and I had dinner with her last night, and gypsy is one of the sweetest people ever.

That's all I've got.

Aw, I left thinking you guys are awesome! And I am all-around jealous that you pull off a pixie cut way better than I ever will.

<3

Your haircut is so much cuter than you give it credit for!

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Jan 24, 2013 16:32:53 GMT -5 @carmensandiego said:

Jan 24, 2013 16:28:53 GMT -5 @gypsy said:

Aw, I left thinking you guys are awesome! And I am all-around jealous that you pull off a pixie cut way better than I ever will.

<3

Gypsy, your hair is adorable! I had such a good time with all of you.

Speaking of adorable hair, carmensandiego has amazing curls!

I fail at being flameworthy. LOL

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SAYING NICE THINGS ABOUT GTGS AND HAIR IS NOT FLAMEWORTHY, PEOPLE!

FAIL.

[ijack]

Liking gypsy is only flammable on ML

[aurora]

I just confessed to judging large families in the other thread, so I think that qualifies as flameworthy, too.

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Jan 24, 2013 16:42:40 GMT -5 v said:

Jan 24, 2013 16:36:25 GMT -5 @iheartcosmos said:

I agree most religion is odd. 

That being said, JW is a special brand of crazy, whereby to allow life saving treatments, like blood transfusions, is to disobey G-d. Anyone who is willing to let their own family member die for no reason = BSC.

The pork and shellfish thing (along with a lot of other Kosher laws) had roots in public health at the time, though.  I probably wouldn't want to eat a pig back in 3000 BCE either without the medicines and cleanliness standards we have today. 

I know that that's where a lot of kosher rules came from.  But to follow them 5000 years later as religious mandate?  Makes me kind of suspect about why these things are actually mandates.

And hey -- couldn't we say that an abortion to save a mother's life (and where the fetus is almost certain to die) would be a life saving treatment that is considered prohibited by religions that a lot of us see as not crazy?  I think it is really hard for any of us -- even the atheists among us -- to look at the religions we were exposed to as normal as as crazy as they would sound to others.  So I have trouble thinking that any religion is all that crazy compared to others.  I'm probably just not as used to hearing about them.

But keeping Kosher doesn't hurt anyone, so I don't think its crazy.  To each her own. That's how I generally feel about religion.  My only issue is when someone's religious beliefs harm another person.  I'd think JWs were a bit whacky otherwise, but their stance on medicine (specifically in relation to treatment for their underage child) is what put me on edge.   

FWIW, in Judaism, abortion is actually mandated in cases where the mother's life is at risk.  I am very against the Catholic (and others) stance on abortion.