The Not Happy Thread

So you've never read any of Washington's letters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_George_Washington

There's a poorly supported statement about his being said to be a deist long after his death:

But there is a rebuttal in the Wiki article, leaving the conclusion highly doubtful. Jefferson is the only Founder believed to have been a Deist as far as I know.

 

Well Benjamin Franklin self-identified as a Deist, but my main point was that they were all secular. Whether they had a moderate/skeptical view of religion, they all certainly agreed it shouldn't play a part if national politics; to allow religious freedom you have to avoid enforcing religious ideas. That was my point. That the Christian right complain about their religious freedom but give not one jot for the religious freedom of others, they're more than happy to enforce Christian ideas on the rest of you. They've got a Christian superiority mindset, and it's not what the constitution says, despite they're talk of being "constitutionalist".

 

This is not the debate thread, @Oscar Leigh.

 

Then don't debate me. We'll leave it at that.

 

Aaaahh! I thought I had malware again, those sleazeballs. But it wasn't something installed, just something my son said exploited a loop, not letting you close the box telling you to call some 800 number. I should have written the number down before I force quit chrome but I just wanted it off the computer.

Fortunately closing Chrome took care of it. All I did was click on a news story on CNN. That's disturbing. Unless for some reason it started with a spoof CNN site. Either way I'll have to be careful.

Be on the look out for a spoof CNN site or misdirecting links to news stories from CNN.

 

Normally with the invasive pop-ups I have got they have a "stop this site form running additional dialogues" button you have to press to let you close the window. Or alternatively, if you're expecting it, you can really quickly close the window before it takes over. Did you try those?
Also, I would say don't click on random internet links as a general rule. There's enough pop-ups that can happen automatically on some sites without you adding more.

 

Whatever you do, don't click on "stop this site from running additional dialogues." That's how it installs the malware!!!!!

Your computer may be infected now.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/149642/malware.html
Fake CNN Alert Still Spreading Malware

I retraced my steps, I had clicked on a CNN news story about Trump that was linked in another forum. On that site I clicked on a news story about Clinton and that's where it was hiding.

If you click on a news story and some malicious window pops up instead of the news story, don't click on anything.

 

It wasn't the situation in that article. And that article doesn't mention stopping additional dialogues, it mentions a download button. My point was the ones I got where designed to confuse you because it wasn't obvious that button was how to exit, it seemed at first there was no exit button, only shutting down. And besides, because the ones I was getting where only when looking at one particular site, I can just the immediate exit method I also mentioned. I know when they pop-up. That way it can't stop me.

 

I hate having double Irish background in Australia. I have very pale skin. I feel like a vampire sometimes. (Ssss! IT BURNS!!)

 

Maybe someday there won't be an endless list of responsibilities and bills clamoring to eat up every new paycheck that I get. Maybe.

 

Harsh. Hope you are okay. You're not poor, are you? Are you in a relationship? I'm not encouraging gold-digging, but having someone else with a job around helps I would think. And it would make you feel happier.

 

I'm not dangerously "out on the street" poor, which is what matters, I guess. It's more "college student" poor. Rent in my part of town is expensive, but I can't afford living farther from campus, either, since I'd just have to pay for parking AND rent then. Having a lot of things to do doesn't leave time for many hours at work and having a lot of expenses (food, rent, gas, parking, car insurance, etc) doesn't help.

Definitely single, too.

 

Unfortunately, given your status as a female, I can't say that I'm able to provide that. But I'm sure there's plenty of het guys out there who would like you, presuming you're not a lesbian of course, in which case it would be more difficult, but still, girls out there who would be interested as well.
Whatever you do, just don't give up. There's no such thing as a soulmate, you can fall in love more than once. And your financial situation can be improved. And hey, if we're talking true worse-case scenario; you could be a homeless drug-addicted, gay prostitute in Iran who is about to be beheaded for sodomy. Or a starving Sudanese villager who just caught AIDS or Ebola or both. (Not to stereotype those countries) So relatively speaking, you're actually a little good.

 

I am twice the employee and worked 6 months longer at the company than the person promoted to Assistant Manager.. time to start looking for a new job.

 

@Justin Rocket Good luck to you. I'm in almost the same boat. No income and having worse days. In fact today I got a call from the VA saying that my doctor wont do anything but give me a referral for NEXT MONTH. So Im supposed to grind teeth, bang my head against walls without any treatment. When the pain gets so bad that you piss yourself you know its past "toughing it out"

As far as the other comments...

Here's my take. On the marriage thing, I believe in everyone having the right to be happy but there is a trend of hijacking terms. Marriage may be a religious thing, so then, leave it as such. Why can we not use civil union for any "marriages" as far as the state is concerned and then leave marriage for the church. Hell, we even have terms like spouse that arent gender defined, but using the term "wife" for a man seems a little odd. It doesnt bother me, what bothers me is that I MUST learn to not offend anyone when I say "So, is she your wife" I get looks as if I should know the wife is a he. This to me is a sign of a thought process that has been corrupted, similar to that before the fall of Rome.

As far as racism, I actually got mad when I read that a black lives matter group was claiming the constitution upholds "white supremacy". First I chucked because right now, Im not in any supremacy position. Yup, I'm such an oppressor once I'm living out the trnk of my car under some highway.
Then I got angry because part of the oath I took in the military is to defend the constitution, and when a group wants it abolished, they become domestic enemies. I don't care one iota if they happen to be black. The moment they attack the founding priciples of this country, it's no longer about freedom of opinion. It's an attack that MUST be defended against, but...we encourage it, and have groups that agree. And these people are in the political cast. Yes, cast. To me these policians become domestic enemies and domestic terrorists that betrayed their own oaths of office.

And all this under the guise of being "inclusive". I don't want to include everyone. We hang out with our own kinds. I like going to car shows (cruise nights, not the big types) because I can hang out and talk to gear heads like me. I dont go to...I don't know...dog shows, because I couldn't care less about how a dog's ears droop or not. The same with gays or lesbians. I just have nothing in common with them. I don't hate them. I have family that are in that group and I love them and will defend them with my life, but we don't bring out everything little detail of what does in whatever hole.

And the hypocrisy is that if I claim that I am an alpha type (which why this injury is killing me, not being able to work, or fix my own damn car) that I preffer feminine women, then Im labeled as a misogynist, or woman hater, keeping her bare foot and pregnant...And even if I did, and she was cosenting to this, what's wrong with that? It's my life, and my partner's life, but we cannot have out private happiness.

And that's the other thing. Everyone has to be out of some "closet". Honestly, I dont care. I dont need to know what label you place on yourself or what you do, from sex to politics. Why can't there be a level of decorum and common politeness. (I never thought I'd say that, since I'm kind of boisterous myself)

And finally, what really scares me is the backlash. It will inevitably come as a pendulum. And then as usual oppressed become the oppressors, and so one. As a species we may have tech gizmos, but we have not evolved at all in our way of thinking. We use the same emotional logic and manipulations that cavemen used. I'm ashamed of the rest of this species.

That's a long post....No apologies, because honestly, I'm at the point that if you like it, cool. If you don't, I dont care anymore.
Thank you for reading if you did go through it,

AB

 

I have BPPV again.....

It's not that bad yet though. I'll just do my Epley Maneuver three times a day, sleep with my head up, and hopefully it'll be gone in no time. But I swear to Christ, I'm about to take a damn scalpel and cut every last piece of ear out of my head. No ear crystals, no dizziness, right?!

Okay, so I know it doesn't work that way... But still! There's gotta be something short of surgery that will stop this from happening. Cause I'm about fed up.

 

I'm sorry. BPPV?

 

It's a type of vertigo. Not sure what the BPP part stands for...

 

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. It basically means the I only get vertigo in certain positions.

There are tiny calcium stones in your inner ear that help keep your balance. BPPV happens when the stones get dislodged and float around in the inner ear canal. So if you turn your head a certain way, the stones float and cause the spinning sensation. The Epley Maneuver is a series of head movements that help reset the loose stones and put them back in place.

So basically, as long as I keep my head straight, I can run/drive/operate heavy machinery and still feel fine. It's when I sleep that the problem really starts, because I have to keep my head elevated and never lay on the affected ear. Which is super hard because I roll around a lot at night.

The last time I had BPPV it lasted for about three weeks. Wasn't fun, especially since I was on vacation during one of those weeks.

 

Doesn't sound fun at all.

I've got orthostatic hypotension because of the meds I'm on. Basically, if I change position too quickly from sitting to standing or prone to sitting, my heart doesn't adjust, my blood pressure drops, and I fall flat on my face if I don't quickly lay down of my own volition. So, I kinda know what vertigo feels like. It sucks.
I have a friend who had labyrinthitis. You've got my sympathies.

 

Marriage has never been exclusively a religious term. It's a select group of religious persons that want to hijack it.

Ask yourself if people objecting to gays marrying ever objected to atheists getting married or to Justices of the Peace marrying people? Have they ever objected to Las Vegas or other wacky themed marriages?

 

I think we're already seeing the pendulum swinging back, via Trump. But what is this about being chastised for preferring feminine women? Surely this is not true.

 

This is what is known as a straw man. Those would not be a reason to call someone a misogynist.

 

If you don't care about them, I understand that. If you actually get mad at people for talking about things that personally relate to them, that's another matter.

 

Eek. That sounds just as bad as what I'm going through. I'm sorry.

The thing I hate most about BPPV isn't so much the dizziness (except it does feel like I'm being flushed down the toilet when the spinning starts), it's the feeling I have when I'm not spinning. My brain gets all fuzzy and it's hard to concentrate. So I take Dramamine to tone it down, which helps.. But then I get tired! And I can't take non-drowsy Dramamine because the active ingredient doesn't help the dizziness. So then I need to nap because I'm so exhausted, putting me in the very position that makes my dizziness worse. lol I can't roll or change position at all basically, so my whole body starts to hurt. It's pretty awful. But hopefully it'll be gone soon.

Just wanted to point out.... There are probably gay and lesbian people at those car cruises you go to. Because, believe it or not, being gay isn't a hobby. It's not like a painting or knitting group, where they show up to Panera every Saturday afternoon to discuss their latest gay events. Because (weirdly) they're just people. People just like you, who have hobbies and dreams and goals and don't walk around talking about their sex life like it's the only thing that happens to them.

So I don't know what you mean by "hang with your own kind." Because gay people are people too who have interests in the same kinds of things that other people do. They like car shows, dog shows, gun shows, and maybe even reptile shows. Being gay doesn't mean they don't like cars. Being gay doesn't mean they only like makeup and feminine things. Being gay doesn't mean they aren't perfectly capable of being EXACTLY LIKE YOU. So there's a very high chance that some of "your own kind," and by that I mean gear heads, are probably gay.

I just decided I don't like you very much. That was the most judgmental, close-minded, uneducated post I've ever seen on this forum, and I've been here a long time. I think I'll block you now. Good luck with "your own kind." Hopefully they don't get any gay on you. It's contagious, you know...