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- Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:13 pm
- Forum: Language, Culture & Anthropology
- Topic: Belgium Waffles, and Other Language Pet Peeves
- Replies: 82
- Views: 9371
Re: Belgium Waffles, and Other Language Pet Peeves
Where do I even begin? Here are a few: 1) It took me a long while to get used to "hoody' in reference to a hooded sweatshirt. Still sounds retarded to me, but I don't bristle at the sound of it like as I used to. But now I keep hearing people referring to sweatshirts as "sweaters" and it's driving ...
- Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:53 pm
- Forum: Atheism & Religion
- Topic: Richard Dawkins- rationalist or religious nut?
- Replies: 108
- Views: 5833
Re: Richard Dawkins- rationalist or religious nut?
You can't blame jonesboy: this board is peppered with invitations to post bollocks.
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:12 pm
- Forum: Atheism & Religion
- Topic: Atheism as a label,movement,etc. is starting to sour for me
- Replies: 65
- Views: 4207
Re: Atheism as a label,movement,etc. is starting to sour for
I wouldn't go round with one of those red A badges or even a teeshirt. I don't go much for wearing messages. I have occasionally worn a discreet "happy Humanist pin". The only message teeshirts I've ever had, apart from a college one,are one about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and one wi...
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:21 pm
- Forum: The Wilder Web
- Topic: RD.net to be re-revamped!
- Replies: 1021
- Views: 188342
Re: RD.net to be re-revamped!
BTW I endorse the recommendation of the NSS. IMO they are well worth supporting.
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:49 am
- Forum: The Wilder Web
- Topic: RD.net to be re-revamped!
- Replies: 1021
- Views: 188342
Re: RD.net to be re-revamped!
RD has done wonders for science and secularism through his writing and talking. He is a huge asset in that respect. But he can put his forum where the sun doesn't shine as far as I am concerned. I can't imagine wanting to go back there.
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:42 am
- Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
- Topic: Hi! Can I creep in?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4933
Re: Hi! Can I creep in?
Thanks for the welcomes, guys.
The mask in my avatar is Venetian.
I don't live in Britain but in Continental Europe. Some of the driving here is pretty hairy.
I did once belong to RDF but under another name.
Don't know what else to say, because I definitely prefer to be incognita.
The mask in my avatar is Venetian.
I don't live in Britain but in Continental Europe. Some of the driving here is pretty hairy.
I did once belong to RDF but under another name.
Don't know what else to say, because I definitely prefer to be incognita.
- Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:49 pm
- Forum: Atheism & Religion
- Topic: the problem with having nice religious friends...
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4525
Re: the problem with having nice religious friends...
I don't like being blessed or told that I'll be prayed for, but the one that really annoys me is when I do something helpful and am thanked and told that it was very Christian of me.
- Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:39 pm
- Forum: Atheism & Religion
- Topic: Stephen Fry & Friends on Christopher Hitchens
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1466
Re: Stephen Fry & Friends on Christopher Hitchens
Thank you for the link. A nice, chatty occasion in honour of the great Hitch.
- Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:07 pm
- Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
- Topic: Hi! Can I creep in?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4933
Re: Hi! Can I creep in?
That's OK, then. I've always been weird.Gawdzilla wrote:Welcome to Rationalia. Ignore the perverts...and you'll be very lonely here.
- Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:02 pm
- Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
- Topic: Hi! Can I creep in?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4933
Hi! Can I creep in?
I've just joined and wonder what I'm getting into.