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- Fri Nov 16, 2018 5:42 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: #91428 Modesty
- Replies: 26
- Views: 215073
Re: #91428 Modesty
Vorpal clearly has no intention of engaging in a good faith debate around this topic and has lobbed unfounded accusations against Emiliana, so consider the call for a permanent ban thirded.
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 1:35 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: #91343 2 Nephi 5:20-21
- Replies: 44
- Views: 295583
Re: #91343 2 Nephi 5:20-21
Relatedly, this is why I detest that "choose not to be offended!" general conference talk from a while ago. Too often I've seen people use it to justify their poor behavior and blame others for the consequences of said poor behavior.
- Thu May 03, 2018 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: Do kids really need a middle name?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 188930
Re: Do kids really need a middle name?
I like the idea of giving my kids my last name as their middle name. My husband gets to give his last name to the kid, so why shouldn't I? I say this as someone who wasn't given a middle name and has dealt with a lifetime of awkwardness because of it (a few months ago I had to fill out a very import...
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:22 pm
- Forum: Soapbox
- Topic: Mental illness is dumber
- Replies: 342
- Views: 940803
Re: Mental illness is dumber
I've got a big international trip planned in a couple of months (read: lots of awesome new things to see and less easy access to Internet/WiFi than I usually have) and I am so looking forward to using that time to do a news purge and reset the way I usually follow news. Hopefully when I get back I'l...
- Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:33 am
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
- Replies: 5227
- Views: 4942092
Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
FTFYCognoscente wrote:Hey y'all
This [strike]month[/strike] year has been pretty shit huh
- Mon Jul 10, 2017 3:26 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Answers I liked
- Replies: 1933
- Views: 1576095
Re: Answers I liked
File this one under "corrections I liked": http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/89951/ My mayor (city of ~45,000) was elected by a margin of 50-60 votes. This sort of thing happens at the municipal level all the time. Hardly anyone bothers to vote, so the people who do vote have an exaggerat...
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 3:40 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: We need to pressure young LDS women more about marriage.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 71695
Re: We need to pressure young LDS women more about marriage.
He cited a Divine Comedy parody video as evidence for his thesis statement. Good critical thinking there, buddy.
- Sat Feb 18, 2017 11:00 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Answers I liked
- Replies: 1933
- Views: 1576095
Re: Answers I liked
https://theboard.byu.edu/questions/88983/
OMG ZED THANK YOU. Mormons love their false dichotomies, and it absolutely drives me up a wall.
OMG ZED THANK YOU. Mormons love their false dichotomies, and it absolutely drives me up a wall.
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:47 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Sexting in the bonds of holy matrimony
- Replies: 26
- Views: 44487
Re: Sexting in the bonds of holy matrimony
Because her euphemism for nudity is "nakey"?Cognoscente wrote:You know how I know this question-asker isn't married?
- Sat Jan 14, 2017 3:06 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
- Replies: 5227
- Views: 4942092
Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
On the topic of Facebook echo chambers, if you use Chrome you should give the PolitEcho extension a spin. It analyzes your friends list and newsfeed and gives you a sense of the political leanings of both (interestingly, it says that my newsfeed leans more liberal than my friends list as a whole). A...
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:36 am
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
- Replies: 5227
- Views: 4942092
Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
This one's for you, yayfulness: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016 ... gions-map/
- Fri Nov 11, 2016 3:10 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
- Replies: 5227
- Views: 4942092
Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
It's possible we're in a Facebook academic group together! Does this person have red hair and a first name that starts with S?
- Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:23 am
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
- Replies: 5227
- Views: 4942092
Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
One of my students couldn't come to class the day after the election because she felt unsafe. There was a swastika painted at a bus stop at my grad school alma mater. It's disgusting what's happening and I think it's important to show solidarity with people who are legitimately afraid about the resu...
- Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:58 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
- Replies: 5227
- Views: 4942092
Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
I'm going to respectfully disagree with that. A good number of people are grieving or outright angry over the election outcome. Why not channel some of that anger into a public demonstration? Yeah, it's not going to stop Trump from becoming president, but there are other reasons to protest.
- Wed Oct 26, 2016 2:25 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
- Replies: 5227
- Views: 4942092
Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
What Zed said. (That's cool that you got to be in a focus group for it! I have a friend who did a focus group for the initial website when it came out a few years ago and he had good things to say about that process too.) Also, this is going to come out more cynical than I intend, but I think this w...
- Wed Oct 26, 2016 2:16 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Transgender Sibling
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18943
Re: Transgender Sibling
I'm not sure what sort of "intervention" this reader had in mind, but I'm pretty sure that all possible interventions would fall into one of two categories: "interventions that do not work" and "interventions that are illegal." This person's going to go through with th...
- Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:24 am
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Nude Trump Statues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17603
Re: Nude Trump Statues
I think a line from Michelle Obama's speech at the DNC convention is appropriate here: "When they go low, we go high." Sure, Trump has made a habit of criticizing people based on their physical appearance and attractiveness, but I don't think it's appropriate to respond in kind. Plus, ther...
- Wed Aug 10, 2016 3:00 pm
- Forum: Soapbox
- Topic: Rant of the Day
- Replies: 630
- Views: 1191341
Re: Rant of the Day
If another crazy wedding story would make you feel better: my bishop almost died during my sealing.
- Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:40 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: quarter-life crisis: to PhD or not to PhD?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8358
Re: quarter-life crisis: to PhD or not to PhD?
Yes, and they are a very, very, very, very bad idea.
- Wed Jul 20, 2016 4:24 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: quarter-life crisis: to PhD or not to PhD?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8358
Re: quarter-life crisis: to PhD or not to PhD?
Oh man, those opportunity costs. I was very, very lucky in that my PhD was fully funded and I had no student loans and I was even able to sock away a little bit of my meager stipend into my savings account, but it also means that I'm 31 and just starting to save for a down payment on a house and bui...