One of us! One of us!

Based on what…?

You’re talking about pennies, literally pennies, in power consumption differences over the course of a year

What’s a real wage?

Was AIDS ever a pandemic?

If we’re talking ideals, I’d love to live in a society that isn’t pluralistic when it comes to religion. It’s all based in nonsense.

Ideally the populace is educated enough to not be religious. Because, as I’m sure you know, religiosity decreases as education increases.

We should definitely dump money in education, for many reasons.

Do they do it BECAUSE they lack religion? Or is that an irrelevant detail you’re cherrypicking because it suits your argument?

People commit terrible acts because of their belief in sky fairies. Do people commit terrible acts because they don’t believe in sky fairies? (Hint: no)

Don’t oppose superstitions that breed bad behavior? Why not?

Why don’t you pray about it?

Maybe I lack imagination. What backfire should France expect with this limitation of public practice of religion?

Agree to disagree I guess. I think we’re better off without sky fairies, regardless of whether they’re named Zeus, Jesus, Allah, whatever. The society that I’d want to live in would discourage public practices of religion.

Another point I should have made above. As Dawkins says, normalizing religion gives the especially nutty and violent ones room to breathe. They don’t stick out so badly when their neighbor believes and practices 90% of what they do.

Giving religion safe spaces in society normalizes it. Normalizing religion does hurt people. It hurts the mind’s ability to think rationally, not to mention all the intolerance that seems to come from it.

“If” the sunspot hits Earth. Got it.

Surprised VMware is still around, with all the nice open source stuff and cloud. Hearing VMware is like hearing about Windows 95.

What do you search for, working for a porn company?

Leave the earth? “This” earth? What do you mean?

They don’t rhyme though

Such constructive interracial dialogue. Makes me warm and fuzzy. Thank you, my cherished non-white person.

The receptionist

Guns can’t be safe unless they’re unloaded or broken