The Not Happy Thread

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  1. Iain Aschendale

    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    That's all right, I didn't offer much in the way of details, and it's been sanitized more than CNN's report on the President's Daily Briefing...
     
  2. big soft moose

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    May be you could propose an alternative where the merger happens , your dept adds the other name to your placard and their jobs vanish into the air :D
     
  3. Iain Aschendale

    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    Would be great, but I'm at the absolute Lance Coolie level, and the other department is bigger. However, we're close enough to the end of the school year that if it was going to happen this time, we'd know.

    Probably.

    So I think I'm safe for another year.
     
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    As a terminal lance you should negotiate the issue with a Kbar in your hand ;)
     
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  5. Iain Aschendale

    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    What was that line from American Gods, where the prisoner is talking about "them bitches in the airport" and Shadow says something to the effect of "Negotiating strategies that are effective in prison produce less desirable results outside"?

    Something like that, but anyway, I spent my first job after I got out collecting writeups for jovially threatening my coworkers with grievous bodily harm and suggesting car-bombings as solutions to problems with management. I've since learned to adjust my register when dealing with people who have never worn the uniform :)
     
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    Not up to writing today, and seems safe to assume I won't tomorrow, either. Ugh, Thanksgiving. The thirty-five concurrent panic attacks are rippling back through time and hitting me already. Hopefully after the fact I'll be able to get caught up on my word count and won't just be burnt out 'til after the end of the month.
     
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    Yeah, feel that... reminds me of all those wasted ambitions I have. Still haven't been able to let go of them. Right now beating m y head against the wall would be more productive. On the bright side I'm not working black Friday. My undergrad is near worthless.
     
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    The Sydney Anglican Church gave $1 million to the no campaign during the gay marriage survey. But they're only spending $5000 on their internal domestic violence unit. Which is 0.5%
    :mad:
    Priorities.
     
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    Am I supposed to be surprised? :oops:
     
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    Can't say I would have been optimistic for equal spending but the level of differentiation is particularly galling.
     
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    that's because the bible says being gay is a sin, wheras beating your wife is positively encouraged
     
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    Not in any church I've ever been to. Any church that's serious about following Jesus will be actively discouraging it. If a church is encouraging people to beat their wives, something is seriously wrong.
     
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    This makes me angry. Any church that cares more about trashing people than about helping people deserves to be shut down. They've missed the point entirely. It makes me wonder whether they've actually read the gospels at all.
     
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    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-18/domestic-violence-church-submit-to-husbands/8652028

    http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/10/court-rules-bible-justifies-domestic-abuse-man-beats-ex-wife/

    "Citing Bible verses calling for the execution of adulterous women, the court ruled that a man was justified in beating his “disloyal” and “immoral” ex-wife after she had an affair"

    https://www.christianheadlines.com/news/domestic-violence-within-the-church-the-ugly-truth-11602500.html

    " a woman the journalist calls Maureen went to her pastor, and said 'my husband is abusing me' the pastor prayed with her then sent her home with the advice to be more submissive... 2 weeks later she was dead
     
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    they probably started with Romans 1:27 then moved onto Peter 1 and Timothy 2

    The bible can be used to justify all manner of abhorrent acts so long as you read selectively
     
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    The weather's pretty much up and murdered my internet connection the past few days. Yay snow!
     
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    Today is the fourth anniversary of my mother's death.

    Lots of emotions. Mostly I'd like to be less than sober at present.
     
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    This type of picking and choosing isn't perpetuated in religion alone. There isn't an ideology that isn't susceptible that. It's easy to take just about anything out of context.
     
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    This is true - but since we are discussing an extremist church the bible is more germane than say Das kapital
     
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    Doesn't help. When less than sober returns to more or less sober, you're right back where you started. All you get is a few hours off.
     
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    I stayed sober, for exactly that reason. Naps are better.
     
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    They found a dead body almost right outside my workplace this morning. Not good.
     
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    you should have hidden it better..
     
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    It is far too easy to get into an argument than I want it to be. Also, I feel like I'm getting old and I'm going to die any moment without accomplishing anything. I know this probably isn't true, but it feels so real right now :dead:.
     
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