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  1. Quintessence

    How/Why could/should we trust Mainstream Media sources?

    Seriously though - school yourself in basic media literacy. It's not that difficult - it's rooted in practicing critical thinking. From - Media Literacy Defined This is a really cute run-through of some basic concepts from the same organization: https://namle.org/mediamonsters/
  2. Quintessence

    How/Why could/should we trust Mainstream Media sources?

    In short: media literacy. Media literacy is taught by media specialists (aka, librarians) throughout a student's time in public education. Or at least it is supposed to be. As schools have become chronically underfunded, necessary specialist positions like this have been contracted over the...
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    Is this for real? Restless skulls? oh wow...

    Again, you really can study up on funerary customs and other beliefs and practices regarding the dead throughout the world and throughout human history. I'm personally not that up on it, but I know just enough of Celtic mythos that I'm aware of the importance of the head in particular in that...
  4. Quintessence

    Dungeons and Dragons

    I've been doing tabletop roleplaying for a bit over two decades, with various groups and ... I've honestly lost count of how many different systems. My top things to keep in mind would probably be: There are different kinds of tabletop gamers. This is another way of saying that different...
  5. Quintessence

    park worship revival

    Where did I say I "can't stand" them? Huh, would you look at that - I didn't. Please do not misrepresent what others say. Also, surely it is not a serious question to ask someone who is being put upon why they feel put upon. I mean... yeah? "Why do you allow someone to bother you by when...
  6. Quintessence

    Trump is losing the debate acting like a raving lunatic

    Maybe we should be surprised as a culture by at acts of violence and, gee, I dunno... not okay with them. The fact that we aren't is why humans get stupid things like this happening in the first place - they rationalize violence entirely to readily. You are certainly not helping here.
  7. Quintessence

    Trump is losing the debate acting like a raving lunatic

    No, and I'm not comfortable saying someone deserved to get shot and killed. I am comfortable calling it tragic and shameful - it never should have come to that. May it never come to that again. May we have a normal, sane, reasonable, and entirely boring transition of power and not be dealing...
  8. Quintessence

    Let's finally hash it out -- what religious liberties are Americans lacking?

    It depends on how I want to interpret it. On a basic level, religious (non-Christian) minorities continue to face significant challenges. I don't follow it as closely as I used to, but I've been aware of many problematic cases the Lady Liberty League has taken on to protect Pagan rights...
  9. Quintessence

    Swift endorsing Harris...

    Yup. It's about mobilizing the vote. Any vote, for any candidate - Swift did not tell her fans who to vote for. She articulated her own position, encouraged others to do their own research, and to register to vote. Influencers definitely have an influence here.
  10. Quintessence

    What if you had a poltergeist as a friend?

    It's not a hypothetical. My late mother was, and continues to be, my friend and a positive influence in my life in the absence of her physical presence on earth. My father will be too, when the time comes.
  11. Quintessence

    Trump is losing the debate acting like a raving lunatic

    That's fair, though given the complexities of biology and human development there's a reason an exact time stamp wasn't put on the point of viability. It actually varies depending on the case. Somewhere ballpark 24 weeks. But something a lot of folks don't seem to understand is that this age...
  12. Quintessence

    Trump is losing the debate acting like a raving lunatic

    Excuse you? A person deserved to... get shot and killed? You really want to go there? Really? Sure, call her a traitor - but saying someone deserved to get shot and killed? Dude.
  13. Quintessence

    Trump is losing the debate acting like a raving lunatic

    She did not - some viewers were either not paying attention or are ignorant about how fetal development works (possibly both). She was very clear that plan is to reinstate the protections of Roe v. Wade, which is at fetal viability (~6 months)...
  14. Quintessence

    Trump is losing the debate acting like a raving lunatic

    Yeah, I know. It's almost like it isn't real. I usually do watch presidential debates - started watching them a bit before I came of age to vote. So about a couple decades now. This was just... legitimately nuts. It is actually insane that a moderator has to fact-check a presidential...
  15. Quintessence

    Food Forests

    Permaculture is another way of describing this. I got to visit some permaculture farms in another country once, and it was... it was both amazing and made me very sad about the state of U.S. Agriculture. We didn't (and don't) have to have a scorched earth relationship with the...
  16. Quintessence

    Why do cars and city buses exist ?

    Because someone invented the internal combustion engine and no one bothered to ask if it was actually a good idea to implement the technology on a broad scale. You know, basically what happens whenever humans develop new technologies. It gets used whether it makes sense to do so or not.
  17. Quintessence

    If you were Messiah…

    I have no interest in ending the suffering of "mankind." Not just because that excludes over half of the human species (just let women and intersexed and transsexuals suck it, I guess, only the males matter apparently) but because it is impossible to do so without either giving all humans a...
  18. Quintessence

    park worship revival

    Please don't pray for me. I'm fine, thanks. Please enjoy your religious tradition while respecting those of others, thanks. Though this reminds me of something that's been happening at our local farmer's market. If it happens again this week I may lodge a formal complaint. There have been...
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    Is this for real? Restless skulls? oh wow...

    Respect for and reverence of the dead is a near universal across human cultures and societies throughout the world and throughout history. You might want to do some independent research on human funerary customs if you have somehow missed being familiar with these. Start with this easy...
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    Trump is losing the debate acting like a raving lunatic

    I haven't read the whole thread, but I did actually watch the ... was that a debate? Whatever that was last night. I'll be honest - I deliberately avoid exposing myself to dumpster fire as much as possible. So I went into yesterday uncertain I could stand watching the entire thing, and also...
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