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An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Red Celt » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:38 am

Hi folks.

This will be my introductory post, then. Will it be long or short (said the actress to the bishop)?

I'm an old-school online atheist. My first internet "home" was alt.atheism back in the mid 90s. I left such atheistic discussions in the past, some time ago, but have recently taken to finding like-minded people once again. Mainly, because I'm far from home and have effectively become a hermit IRL, with the internet as my only means of social interaction.

In part, I'm hoping to find people who are similarly-minded to myself... and atheism is kinda required, for that. I know that we all like to think of ourselves as unique(tm) but on a planet of 7 billion, it'd be cool if I wasn't completely unique. Someone out there must be able to associate with me, surely? Well, perhaps. I've encountered some like-minded people on my recent travels, which now include Rationalia, where I hope to find a few more.

And there's already a few familiar names and avatars on here... Bella Fortuna, included.

These atheistic/free-thinking/skeptic communities are a bit like open-door communes, where people flitter between them.

Any-hoo... enough fluff and nonsense.

I'm living in Fife, Scotland, where I'm doing an MA Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. If my earlier reference to the mid-90s is now confusing you, I'm a mature student. I'm a spritely-young 43, who still enjoys playing Battlefield 3, owning teenage arse... but not in a Gary Glitter kinda way. My beard probably makes me look older, though.

In no particular order, I'm a humanist, liberal (J.S.Mill variety), misanthropic left-winger (much closer to the Dalai Lama than Karl Marx) and a philosopher. Also an atheist, of course, but I've been that way since birth, so it isn't a label that I cling to with pride or vehemence... although I'm pretty anti-theistic, so I'm not exactly shy of making my position clear to others.

I've had the online name of Red Celt for 16 years, now. My friends call me Red. My enemies call me Celt... and lots of other scatological-based names.

Nice to meet you.

Red

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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Rum » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:43 am

Welcome and thanks for the thorough and informative intro! I hope you enjoy your membership here and jump right in! We have a few Scottish based members, some more active than others. I am almost an honorary Scot myself living just five miles south of the border!

Incidentally I am 61 and play battlefield - as well as WOW and most recently Guildwars2 - about which I am still a bit undecided!

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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Clinton Huxley » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:45 am

Hello there! Welcome to the internets premier atheistical forum.
"I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled"

AND MERRY XMAS TO ONE AND All!

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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by FBM » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:47 am

Well, then, welcome, Red! :cheers:

My hobby is making sentences in which I can place commas between every word. Also a grad student, Philosophy undergrad. Glad to have you aboard!
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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Red Celt » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:47 am

Rum wrote:Welcome and thanks for the thorough and informative intro! I hope you enjoy your membership here and jump right in! We have a few Scottish based members, some more active than others. I am almost an honorary Scot myself living just five miles south of the border!

Incidentally I am 61 and play battlefield - as well as WOW and most recently Guildwars2 - about which I am still a bit undecided!
Ah, well now... I retired my WoW account some months back, where I have 5 level 85s (cough). Guildwars2... I'm tempted, but a new semester is about to start and the timesink of a new MMO is probably a bad idea right about now.

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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by rasetsu » Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:35 am




You were unclear as to how you felt yourself unique.


Do you have a willie that makes several awkward and unnatural bends? Something you are ashamed of? Does your penis loop back in a circle when fully erect?



Inquiring minds want to know.



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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Cormac » Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:40 am

halo.
FUCKERPUNKERSHIT!


Wanna buy some pegs Dave, I've got some pegs here...
You're my wife now!

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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Red Celt » Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:45 am

rasetsu wrote:You were unclear as to how you felt yourself unique.


Do you have a willie that makes several awkward and unnatural bends? Something you are ashamed of? Does your penis loop back in a circle when fully erect?



Inquiring minds want to know.
Hi rasetsu/apophenia (I'd recognise those eyes anywhere) :smoke:

Nothing physically unique, at all (willy included). It's just very rare for me to find someone who agrees with me whole-heartedly. If anyone's read both The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and What is Man by Mark Twain... and accepted the premises... they'll likely have common ground with me. Or, at least, be able to understand the foundations of my beliefs.

Still, whether people agree with me or not... they'll hopefully find me funny. :hilarious:

Or not. :shock:
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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Twoflower » Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:49 am

Hello and welcome! I hope you stay for a while.
I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life

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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Pappa » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:07 am

Hi Red Celt, welcome to the forum.

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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:22 am

Fuck this shit, cut to the chase.

Bacon or cheese. Choose wisely.
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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Red Celt » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:26 am

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Fuck this shit, cut to the chase.

Bacon or cheese. Choose wisely.
In what context? Context (surely) is everything.
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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:27 am

Red Celt wrote:
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Fuck this shit, cut to the chase.

Bacon or cheese. Choose wisely.
In what context? Context (surely) is everything.
No, bacon is everything. All else is cheese and other random dairy products.
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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Red Celt » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:44 am

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:No, bacon is everything. All else is cheese and other random dairy products.
There are times when cheese beats bacon. On a pizza... with macaroni... and cheese-on-toast would be pants without the cheese. Although I do like to add a few slices of pepperoni so that it feels like a pretend-pizza.

But bacon and cheese are both good. Don't be a separatist heathen. :food:
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Re: An old newb saying "hello". Hello.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:46 am

Red Celt wrote:
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:No, bacon is everything. All else is cheese and other random dairy products.
There are times when cheese beats bacon. On a pizza... with macaroni... and cheese-on-toast would be pants without the cheese. Although I do like to add a few slices of pepperoni so that it feels like a pretend-pizza.

But bacon and cheese are both good. Don't be a separatist heathen. :food:
Sorry, but you've wandered into the Armageddon of cheese vs. bacon. The noms of the universe will be decided on this field.
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