Greetings all.
My first post.
Life-long atheist here.
Was a member of another forum for over a decade. Loved the banter, but too many new folks calling out dumb shit for me.
Thought I'd try something new.
Maybe I'll find another home here, don't know.
Here's what I know:
Donald Trump is a staff infection on the American public.
I know this should probably belong in the political discussion forum, but I felt it important to introduce myself appropriately, so there it is.
I'm trying to be less mean-spirited. It's so easy to say Christians are goofs, but I've been trying hard not to be a dick about such beliefs.
Did I mention that Donald Trump is a complete and total dick?
With more reading, I get the feeling you folks are used to trolls.
Please, I'm just a decent atheist guy.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 01, 2018, 11:08:11 PM
With more reading, I get the feeling you folks are used to trolls.
Please, I'm just a decent atheist guy.
Just curious, what other atheist forum? And if you are what you say you are (we all enter at first with some caution by others, as I did myself), then welcome.
So, how and why did you become an atheist? That's not a challenge, just and invitation. We all became atheist at some point, from birth to adulthood.
I was at talkfreethought for a long time.
And as for how I 'became' an atheist. I was one. I didn't have to 'become' anything.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 02, 2018, 12:32:14 AM
I was at talkfreethought for a long time.
And as for how I 'became' an atheist. I was one. I didn't have to 'become' anything.
Nicely said. I was never anything BUT an atheist myself.
What is your opinion about Madelyn Murray O Hair?
That taken out of context quotes sucks.
She has been made a whipping boy for all manner of things.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 02, 2018, 12:59:50 AM
That taken out of context quotes sucks.
She has been made a whipping boy for all manner of things.
Yes but what about the movement she started and her sad end?
For fuck sake, I'm still trying to introduce myself.
When do the tests end?
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 02, 2018, 01:27:55 AM
For fuck sake, I'm still trying to introduce myself.
When do the tests end?
Not tests, just questions I have. Just feel free to post, LOL! We will learn about you as you express your views.
And you you didn't answer my questions...
There is and was no 'movement'. There is no 'sad end', only an end.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 02, 2018, 01:51:43 AM
There is and was no 'movement'. There is no 'sad end', only an end.
What did you think about her end? I thought it was very sad myself. She left breakfast on the table and her dogs were unattended.
I would like to thank you for befriending me, and the table? Someone else will have to figure that out.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 02, 2018, 02:29:47 AM
I would like to thank you for befriending me, and the table? Someone else will have to figure that out.
You didn't even bother to look it up? I am feeling suspicious. And you sure are avoiding answering...
Welcome also. Cavebear is being a bit ADHD today. Some of old folks are like that ;-)
Welcome ferdmonger, hope you have fun here! Some of us don't care much for the Commander of Cheese either. But it takes all kinds to make a world, only one Chump to destroy it.
Glad to have you.
Thank you.
Hello and welcome!
Thanks for the welcomes.
I understand the troll concerns, but the only trolling I did was in my younger day, when I would enter Christian forums and basically be a prick.
I grew out of that. They can have their own forums, and it's no skin off my ass, I just don't want them forcing Taliban shit on me - legislative or otherwise.
Hopefully I've addressed your concerns Cave Bear, and by the way, O'Hair's demise did suck.
And gosh, soon I shall climb from the primordial ooze, and become a slimy trilobite - or whatever one morphs into.
Welcome, Ferdmonger... May we have great discussions in the future.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 03, 2018, 10:10:26 PM
And gosh, soon I shall climb from the primordial ooze, and become a slimy trilobite - or whatever one morphs into.
Don't diss the trilobite ... it was king of the invertebrates for 400 million years.
Me also join today.
You welcome.
Me think Donald Trump great chief.
Me think Donald Trump will fix Hamerica.
Socialists must run,
Trump coming for them with pistol and horse.
Trump dont take sheet from small chiefs.
God Bless Hamerica!
Quote from: Mousetrap on July 04, 2018, 07:11:14 AM
Me also join today.
You welcome.
Me think Donald Trump great chief.
Me think Donald Trump will fix Hamerica.
Socialists must run,
Trump coming for them with pistol and horse.
Trump dont take sheet from small chiefs.
God Bless Hamerica!
Mr Obvious posts from Belgium ... he might understand Dutch better. Don't worry about your English, it is good enough.
Quote from: Mousetrap on July 04, 2018, 07:11:14 AM
Me also join today.
You welcome.
Me think Donald Trump great chief.
Me think Donald Trump will fix Hamerica.
Socialists must run,
Trump coming for them with pistol and horse.
Trump dont take sheet from small chiefs.
God Bless Hamerica!
Okay...
1. Why did you introduce yourself here instead of making your own thread? [Edit: Nvm. I just saw your thread. This looked like an introduction to me.]
2. What was your original screen name?
3. Do you think you are being funny?
Hi.
I'm an apostate, so I did become an atheist (again) in my late teens.
Welcome.
I would never diss trilobites.
Heck, most of them probably had at least a third of the brain power of Donald Trump, and used it with more efficiency.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 05, 2018, 09:40:10 PM
I would never diss trilobites.
Heck, most of them probably had at least a third of the brain power of Donald Trump, and used it with more efficiency.
And they went extinct with all their intellect.
However, Thump rules!
:cool:
Trump rules nothing. Understands nothing. Is nothing... other than a wart on the ass of the American people.
I am not a Trump 'hater'. I am a hater of incompetence. A hater of nonsense masquerading as leadership.
Trump would be just a joke if he didn't wield all the immense power of the U.S. military - including the nuclear arsenal. He's the very definition of why nukes are so dangerous, because not all leaders of nuclear powers can be guaranteed to be rational.
So very true.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 06, 2018, 06:54:58 PM
Trump rules nothing. Understands nothing. Is nothing... other than a wart on the ass of the American people.
I am not a Trump 'hater'. I am a hater of incompetence. A hater of nonsense masquerading as leadership.
So you don't like any of the Presidents since Eisenhower?
You can lead me to water and I may drink.
Why start with Eisenhower? FDR? Jefferson?
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 06, 2018, 08:34:49 PM
You can lead me to water and I may drink.
Why start with Eisenhower? FDR? Jefferson?
Well, depends on how old you are. Many of us here were born during the WH of Eisenhower or Truman. Yes, we are that old.
Any WH that happened from the time you were born, or from the time you became a teen ... you might be qualified to know something about.
Not too many people here have personal history with FDR or Jefferson.
Jefferson was a close and personal friend of mine. Tried to talk him out of that whole 'Louisiana Purchase' thing, but the stubborn bastard wouldn't listen.
Guess he was right, but who knew?
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 06, 2018, 09:28:26 PM
Jefferson was a close and personal friend of mine. Tried to talk him out of that whole 'Louisiana Purchase' thing, but the stubborn bastard wouldn't listen.
Guess he was right, but who knew?
Well, smarter than Seward ;-) With Louisiana Purchase you get Starbucks in Seattle ;-) With Alaska you get eaten by Kodiak bears.
Death by bear has to be nasty. They don't care about the screaming, only the tenderloins.
Shitty way to die, but ultimately, probably better the death by wild dogs.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 08, 2018, 07:13:27 PM
Death by bear has to be nasty. They don't care about the screaming, only the tenderloins.
Shitty way to die, but ultimately, probably better the death by wild dogs.
Well I have seen two nature programs, one where a teen nearly got his face bitten off by a wild dog (in Canada) and another where a mother bear basically tore up a man who couldn't get high enough in the tree. Seems the wolf was a rogue, not with the pack ... wasn't getting regular meals. That damn bear mother was single minded, wouldn't leave even though her cub was safe. I hear too, in Glaciar National Park (lots of bears) it is bad to be menstruating .. it attracts bears ;-(
Actually heard about a film where a couple went to film grizzly bears. Things went well until they didn't.
The camera stopped filming, but the screaming went on for six minutes. Fuck.
I've been to Glacier Nat'l Park twice, but saw only bear tracks - made lots of noise when hiking, so as not to surprise them.
I'm an amoeba! Great galloping fuck-monkeys, this is fun.
I expect you'll evolve quickly, so have fun! ;-)
(Your Lily Tomlin quote is killer.)
Quote from: Mousetrap on July 06, 2018, 05:47:29 AM
And they went extinct with all their intellect.
However, Thump rules!
:cool:
Trilobites having "all their intellect"? Apparently we have a new ignorant fool in our midst.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 08, 2018, 07:49:04 PM
I'm an amoeba! Great galloping fuck-monkeys, this is fun.
To become a paramecium your posts have to be cilia ;-)
Quote from: Unbeliever on July 08, 2018, 07:33:26 PM
I've been to Glacier Nat'l Park twice, but saw only bear tracks - made lots of noise when hiking, so as not to surprise them.
I met a guy who was backpacking in Grand Teton, and met a bear sunning himself when he turned the corner on a trail. Fortunately the bear was scared ... the guy was wearing a KISS t-shirt ;-)
Quote from: Cavebear on July 09, 2018, 01:52:14 AM
Trilobites having "all their intellect"? Apparently we have a new ignorant fool in our midst.
Well, a saber toothed cat .. isn't a feline, technically. Your current level is taxonomy-ignorant ;-)
Welcome!
Please note that you are persona non grata.
You have uttered one Who Must Not Be Named, the Dark Lord.
The name of Trump must NEVER be uttered favorably on this forum. This is unforgivable.
Prepare to suffer. CRUCIO!
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 08, 2018, 07:49:04 PM
I'm an amoeba! Great galloping fuck-monkeys, this is fun.
There is a certain enjoyment to get from slime to lesser slime, and though I think little of your opinions, I remember my slow travel through the evolutionary tree. I do wish you weren't an idiot, but well, perhaps someday you will become a jellyfish...
Quote from: pr126 on July 09, 2018, 01:15:11 PM
Welcome!
Please note that you are persona non grata.
You have uttered one Who Must Not Be Named, the Dark Lord.
The name of Trump must NEVER be uttered favorably on this forum. This is unforgivable.
Prepare to suffer. CRUCIO!
Trump is Great!
Trump is King!
Trump has it all!
Trump will save the world!
Trump will save America!
God sent Trump!
God bless Trump!
:cheesy: :cool: :grin:
Quote from: Mousetrap on July 10, 2018, 10:33:56 AM
Trump is Great!
Trump is King!
Trump has it all!
Trump will save the world!
Trump will save America!
God sent Trump!
God bless Trump!
:cheesy: :cool: :grin:
With your belief in fairy tales and fictions and I am not surprised.
Trump is turning this "cuntry" into the rump of the world.
Quote from: Mousetrap on July 10, 2018, 10:33:56 AM
Trump is Great!
Trump is King!
Trump has it all!
Trump will save the world!
Trump will save America!
God sent Trump!
God bless Trump!
:cheesy: :cool: :grin:
Well, the dementors are on their way to take you to Azkaban.
You have been warned.
Quote from: Cavebear on July 09, 2018, 01:22:35 PM
There is a certain enjoyment to get from slime to lesser slime, and though I think little of your opinions, I remember my slow travel through the evolutionary tree. I do wish you weren't an idiot, but well, perhaps someday you will become a jellyfish...
And I wish you weren't so irascible. Most folks at least get to know me a little better before they call me an idiot.
And why do you think that the witch-burners were somehow on
my side?
You either don't understand sarcasm or didn't bother to read my posts.
Now go back to yelling at kids to get off your lawn.
Quote from: Baruch on July 09, 2018, 01:02:33 PM
To become a paramecium your posts have to be cilia ;-)
I just got it. (Man, I'm getting slow.)
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 10, 2018, 11:52:28 PM
I just got it. (Man, I'm getting slow.)
Moustrap is posting in your string ... and Cavebear forgot who he was shouting at ... I think.
I am not quite as old as he is, I can still read a complete sentence before I lash out ;-)
Pr126 is another old man, but shouting in support for Mousetrap vs Trump. Cavebear is anti-Trump (almost all here are). Both are atheists from way back ... when Jurassic Park wasn't a park ;-) I am a heretic myself ... anti- both Hillary and Trump. Gary Johnson was my man.
Quote from: pr126 on July 09, 2018, 01:15:11 PM
Welcome!
Please note that you are persona non grata.
You have uttered one Who Must Not Be Named, the Dark Lord.
The name of Trump must NEVER be uttered favorably on this forum. This is unforgivable.
Prepare to suffer. CRUCIO!
To be fair, I have uttered he name, but never favorably.
See update in my last post above ...
Poly-conversational strings are confusing to us oldsters ... we don't always provide enough context as to who we are responding to.
Cavebear, my apologies.
I thought you were being intentionally rude.
I just hope he doesn't scare you away - I like the cut of your jib.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 10, 2018, 11:21:54 PM
And I wish you weren't so irascible. Most folks at least get to know me a little better before they call me an idiot.
And why do you think that the witch-burners were somehow on my side?
You either don't understand sarcasm or didn't bother to read my posts.
Now go back to yelling at kids to get off your lawn.
It was pretty obvious you were are idiot from the first post. Don't blame ME for seeing it fast. LOL!
Quote from: Cavebear on July 13, 2018, 09:00:04 AM
It was pretty obvious you were are idiot from the first post. Don't blame ME for seeing it fast. LOL!
You're not confusing him with 'mousetrap', are you Cave?
I haven't read every ferdmonger post but haven't read any i'd classify as idiotic.
Quote from: Mr.Obvious on July 13, 2018, 09:12:29 AM
You're not confusing him with 'mousetrap', are you Cave?
I haven't read every ferdmonger post but haven't read any i'd classify as idiotic.
I'll re-read, but I didn't like that person from the start. I've been wrong. Once.
Quote from: Cavebear on July 13, 2018, 09:20:29 AM
I'll re-read, but I didn't like that person from the start. I've been wrong. Once.
After my apologies, and after it was previously pointed out to you, you now decide you will re-read my posts. How very noble of you.
You insult first and think second.
I would like to thank everyone who legitimately welcome to me to this forum, but I'm done putting up with this crap.
Have a great life my fellow atheist travelers, and with that I going to play an enjoyable and good round of golf.
Again, thanks to everyone who actually made me feel welcome.
Quote from: Cavebear on July 13, 2018, 09:20:29 AM
I'll re-read, but I didn't like that person from the start. I've been wrong. Once.
Dammit, Cavebear. Go drunk, you're home.
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 13, 2018, 10:45:10 AM
After my apologies, and after it was previously pointed out to you, you now decide you will re-read my posts. How very noble of you.
You insult first and think second.
I would like to thank everyone who legitimately welcome to me to this forum, but I'm done putting up with this crap.
Have a great life my fellow atheist travelers, and with that I going to play an enjoyable and good round of golf.
Again, thanks to everyone who actually made me feel welcome.
Ferdmonger, come back. I am stupid. I wear brocolli in my socks. I let weasels lick my toes. I really did confuse you with someone else. I will pour honey on my ears and sleep on the lawn and hope bears don't rip them off. I was wrong. It's not your fault. What else can I say?
Quote from: Cavebear on July 13, 2018, 11:38:43 AM
Ferdmonger, come back. I am stupid. I wear brocolli in my socks. I let weasels lick my toes. I really did confuse you with someone else. I will pour honey on my ears and sleep on the lawn and hope bears don't rip them off. I was wrong. It's not your fault. What else can I say?
I am convinced ... you actually do live under a bridge ...
Quote from: Baruch on July 13, 2018, 12:36:34 PM
I am convinced ... you actually do live under a bridge ...
Of course I do. And I toss flowers up to the passerbys. But when an abject apology is not accepted, that it probably the end of the world. Oh of course, you are a Republican and a religious twit... Admission of guilt is a sign of weakness to you.
Quote from: Cavebear on July 13, 2018, 09:20:29 AM
I'll re-read, but I didn't like that person from the start. I've been wrong. Once.
I thought I was wrong, once, but I was mistaken.
;-D
Quote from: Cavebear on July 13, 2018, 12:42:52 PM
Of course I do. And I toss flowers up to the passerbys. But when an abject apology is not accepted, that it probably the end of the world. Oh of course, you are a Republican and a religious twit... Admission of guilt is a sign of weakness to you.
Never a Republican. Independent ... used to be Democrat, until I figured out which bridge the Democrats crawled out from under. The Republicans live under a different bridge. I live in a partly flooded (this week) slum. If you think trolls are unhappy (L or R handed) then think again.
Quote from: Unbeliever on July 13, 2018, 02:11:12 PM
I thought I was wrong, once, but I was mistaken.
;-D
Don't encourage the bruin turd.
Quote from: Unbeliever on July 13, 2018, 02:11:12 PM
I thought I was wrong, once, but I was mistaken.
;-D
Yeah, rumors of our mistakeness were premature...
Quote from: Cavebear on July 17, 2018, 04:48:58 AM
Yeah, rumors of our mistakeness were premature...
You are infallible, like the Pope ;-))
Can't we all just get along?
Jesus Christ Cavebear, did I pass the fucking test already?
Do all newbies have to go through this?
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 18, 2018, 09:35:22 PMDo all newbies have to go through this?
You kidding? You got off easy. lol
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 18, 2018, 09:35:22 PM
Can't we all just get along?
Jesus Christ Cavebear, did I pass the fucking test already?
Do all newbies have to go through this?
You're fine. Now get in the trenches and shoot anyone who gets tomorrow's countersign wrong.
(The challenge: "The sun is shining"
The response: "But the ice is slippery")
Quote from: Hydra009 on July 18, 2018, 10:40:31 PM
You're fine. Now get in the trenches and shoot anyone who gets tomorrow's countersign wrong.
(The challenge: "The sun is shining"
The response: "But the ice is slippery")
The bystander:
"Black ice ice especially slippery."
I think we're on a slippery slope...
Quote from: ferdmonger on July 18, 2018, 09:35:22 PM
Can't we all just get along?
Jesus Christ Cavebear, did I pass the fucking test already?
Do all newbies have to go through this?
We get a lot of crazies here. And I was a newbie here not so long ago. Deal with the arguments, reply, survive, or leave. This is no place for the weak of will. LOL!