Webdeveloper from Germany, nerd, gamer, atheist, interested in nerd-culture, biology of everything creepy, evolution, history, physics, politics and space.
Progressive. Ally. SocDem. Euro-Federalist.
Political Compass: -7.0, -6.62
I’m so glad I don’t drink coffee…
Mjam, leave it in there for the weekend to ripen!
I remember a seldom used office coffee machine that everyone complained made the coffee taste “funny”, they got the message about the necessary cleaning after maggots started crawling out. 🤢🤮
There is a difference between atheism and anti-theism.
I am an atheist, which means I don’t accept the proposition of the existence of a god as true.
I am a strong or gnostic atheist, which means I am convinced that the answer to the question if a god exists is knowable and that the answer is no, no god exists.
I am an anti-theist, which means I am convinced that theism (the unfounded, superstitious belief in a god) is a bad influence on the human civilisation.
I am a militant anti-theist, in that I feel I have to vigorously defend the scientific and civilizational accomplishments of my society against the ever present encroachment of superstition in the form of theism that wants to press its bad and wrong morals and ethics on my community.
Most atheists aren’t anti-theists.
Edit: If I am a fanatic would entirely depend on your definition of fanaticism.
Fanaticism, a belief or behavior involving uncritical zeal or an obsessive enthusiasm
I am quite convinced that my position is not uncritical as I have arrived on it through critical thinking and am prepared to leave my position if shown convincing evidence or logical flaws in my position. This I would regard as very much opposed to zeal.
I also would take issue with the word obsessive, as it connotes excessive, unrelenting, unyielding and headstrong. Because I would very much love to abandon having to defend my values, I simply feel that I can’t when they are under attack.
As a militant anti-theist I have informed myself about the most influential theist on earth. He was heading the most influential, superstitious, conservative, dogmatic organisation in the world and his views and speeches still shape policy in my country and the union of countries it exists in. Where I have to suffer under or combat every policy idea the people influenced by him impose on me, as I hold views diametrically opposed to his. Keeping myself and those around me informed about the hollowness of the public image of these enemies of modernity is one of the few ways to fight back against theist feel-good propaganda.
How you think I could have done otherwise is beyond me.
It seems to me like saying people should ignore bad actors instead of actively opposing them.
The catholic church… any organized religion really is a force for conservatism, tradition, dogmatism and superstition.
You will NEVER see a pope who aligns with modern, secular, humanist morals and ethics, because such a person would never rise to power in a monarchical, absolutist structure build on hierarchy, dogmatism and obedience.
In my opinion, no pope will ever be not an asshole.
But you can absolutely be a HUGE asshole like Joseph Alois Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) (Fuck the Motherfucker), or you can be a somewhat less bad asshole like Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Francis). But even if this one produces less shit than the other, it’s still a huge asshole producing lots of shit.
So please don’t underestimate the amount of shit this asshole produced!
Francis scored points in the Evangelical camp not only by dispensing with traditional Catholic pomp (such as the red velvet shoes), but also by implementing the Evangelicals’ political agenda. Hardly any other pope has supported the worldwide campaigns against abortion as massively as he has, and hardly any pope has done so little against the massive attacks on gays, lesbians and trans people from within his own ranks. When, for example, the Nigerian Bishops’ Conference called for even harsher punishments for homosexuals, no substantial criticism was heard from Rome. All in all, Francis was not an “advocate of humanity”, but rather a sympathetic, smiling face that concealed a deeply inhuman ideology. He was a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Instead of clearly naming the aggressor, Francis called on Ukraine to “show the white flag” as an expression of willingness to negotiate - a call that was understood in Kiev as an invitation to surrender. The fact that he repeatedly avoided directly naming Vladimir Putin as the person responsible for the suffering, but instead spoke of a “drama on both sides”, called his moral judgment into question and damaged his credibility as an advocate for peace and justice.
His response to the islamic attacks on Charlie Hebdo:
“If a dear friend speaks badly of my mother, he can expect a punch, and that’s normal. […] You shouldn’t provoke the faith of others.”
His position towards abortion:
“like hiring a contract killer to solve a problem”
Chick Publications has produced over 250 different titles, about 100 of which are still in print and available in over 100 languages.
Millions of these are getting printed every year.
Chick Tracts have successfully created a very real current of evangelical hostility vs. Catholics, Mormons, Jews, Muslims and other faiths, but especially against women, the poor, social liberalism, queerness, modernity, science, scepticism, atheism, freemasonry, and racial equality, but also rock music, D&D, the british, immigrants and (of course) Europe in general.
yes, they are called Chick Tracts
If ever I get the chance to relieve myself on Jack Chicks grave…
That was a mistranslation, stepdad is saying his daughter is a gold digger and she ain’t messing with no broke… no, you know what, fuck Klanye, those lyrics should have been generally understood as a red flag.
You guys have credit cards?
The difference to shawarma is negligible, yes. We’re using the turkish word because they introduced it to Germany and most of Europe. The Döner Kebab in the german/berlin style has become something new compared to it’s roots and is a completely turko-german item that could not get more popular.
Dönerman = Ehrenmann, ich küsse seine Augen
Still, the Donner Party and their gruesome fate isn’t widely known outside the US.
Döner Party
Uhhh, that one’s hard to get for non-americans, but I got it.
Mmmhhhhmmm Dutch Charley Burger
The only way to pay for subscription is with a credit card, no thank you, my culture mostly doesn’t use those and I don’t have or want one.
cause now I have my boomer relatives AND my zoomer friends asking for tech support.
Haha, welcome to Tech-Support Hell!
and I don’t know who the others are
The original Obi-Wan Kenobi
And the greatest Author of all time
GNU Terry Pratchett
depends on your Distro, for Linux Mint it’s just the Driver Manager.
To access the Driver Manager in Linux Mint, follow these steps:
Once you have opened the Driver Manager, follow these steps to install the Nvidia drivers:
Then reboot.
source
For most problems you can really just google stuff like “Linux Mint Nvidia Drivers”