I have the same thing. Sort of. I mean I don't make the first move because of crippling social anxiety also, and I hate to say it, but it just gets worse when you get older.
The only good thing is, as you get older you stop worrying about it as much. You develop a more "it is what it is" attitude about everything.
People in the U.S. are leaving and switching faith traditions in large numbers. The idea of “religious churning” is very common in America, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)....
It makes me feel good to see that people are at last waking up from the Dark Ages and starting to realize that religious ideology is harmful, backwards-leaning and misogynistic to the extreme. And that all of it is wrong.
Here in Mormon country USA, many people are leaving the church in droves because of its continued support of Donald Trump and Anti-LGBTQ behaviors. I can only hope this trend becomes so widespread that we'll someday be so near daylight was can say, "why did we ever think religion was going to help us at all? Thank GOD we left that behind for good!"
Dirty shit n*ggers like Clarence Thomas and Alito are the reason lynching was invented.
Take away our rights to reproductive care? We'll take away your right to be allowed to live. That just seems fair to me in every possible way. But at least we can have some fun beating your dead bodies like pinatas as they swing from the trees.
Marilyn Lands, a Democrat who made reproductive rights a central part of her campaign, will win a special election Tuesday for an Alabama state House seat, CNN projects....
Thank the LORD that someone with some integrity will win this seat. Bible Belt usually is a metaphor for "sick bigots without educations." Let's hope Marilyn can bring some decency to a state that is overrun with ignorance and idiocy and assholery.
Judd Blevins, who is fighting to keep his seat on the Enid, Oklahoma, City Council, said he was motivated by “the same issues that got Donald Trump elected."...
What's the difference between Judd Blevins and a piece of walking dog excrement? The dog excrement doesn't stink as bad.
White nationlism should be re-labeled to what it really is, "Mentally sick undereducated white bigots with no trace of decency in them." And that's putting it mildly.
What he's guilty of is helping ruin our country and being part of the disease of filthy fascism trying to destroy America. What he's guilty of there is no way to be redeemed from, as he'll find out in the court of higher justice very soon.
Oklahoma used to be considered a "pretty great" state. But now it's gone, and is just a bastion for mentally ill white bigots without decency to parade around their filthy fascism and call it patriotism. I not only hope that Oklahoma ceases to exist, I hope we will soon be able to erase it from maps of America because, let's face it, it's not a state at all, it's just an open sewer with no redeemable character.
I think that's very true, we are forcing on ourselves the evolution toward evil as a prime characteristic for success. Especially in the political world, where nowadays candidates don't even try to hide the fact that they are white nationalists or bigots, knowing they can get into positions of power just by being such people.
In Utah our governor just declared that "Diversity and inclusion are the worst evils mankind has ever known." If that isn't a symptom of a sick culture hell bent on driving itself toward extinction, I don't know what is.
I've never known a guilty person who claimed to be guilty of what they've done. With trump, I truly believe he doesn't even have the education to see why he is guilty or SHOULD feel bad about what he's done. But he'll never go to prison, more's the pity - all we can hope is has a massive heart attack and soon.
I personally don't drink because of an allergy to alcohol, my body can't process it. I appreciate your concern for my health, but I'm doing great. I do support other people's alcoholism and drug use, because it feeds my business.
Donk! I like being called a scallywag - it pleases my piratey soul. And no I don't drink alcohol and it's of course debatable whether my brain is destroyed but even if that is so, I have everything I need to enjoy my life completely. Who needs brain cells.
Because, dear, what you people don't have the ability to grasp is just how deftly I manage to play with you and toy with you like a cat with a half-dead mouse. And in anticipation of what I already know will be your response - I love what I do and I get paid well for it in a way you could never understand.
As I previously stated, it's because I love pressing your buttons and playing with you people. It's so easy to manipulate words to make you angry, and look how well it is working! You feel that anger and that hate bubbling inside you? It's because I can make you feel anything I want and you can call it a kink if you wish - you wouldn't be wrong. Let's just say, I get a lot out of doing this.
And if that isn't enough of a point for you, watch what happens to you in a couple of days. All I require is your continued invitation to play games.
And some of us thrive on the vile scum that bubbles up within human beings when they are confused and manipulated. Is it wrong to do so? Even if it is, it pays me dividends you can't even imagine. I look forward to your, I'm sure, very well "composed" response.
Oh my son you haven't the brain power to understand, and I wouldn't expect you to. What I've done is already begun in you - like needles coursing through your bloodstream, and nothing you can do but stand by. You've shown me what I need to get what I need.
I'm the person who, when they say the plate is hot, I always have to grab it to find out for myself. I don't think my chances for immortality are too good.
Donald Trump was supposed to have to post a $464 million bond by Monday or else the state of New York could begin collecting on the massive civil fraud judgment leveled against him earlier this year. An appeals court bailed him out, blocking collection of the judgment and giving the former president 10 days to post a drastically...
The foundations ARE indeed being laid for the USA to become extinct as a democracy, in fact I think really it's already happened. Fascist rhetoric disguised as nationalistic pride, banning books about truth under the guise of "protecting children."
I'm glad people where you are have the wherewithall to protests against these horrors, and I'm hopeful enough of us here are still good people to hang onto whatever shreds of decency remain. But they aren't many.
And America is about to enter a fascist regime that will make all others look like cakewalks by comparison - it's unavoidable.
Thanks, at last someone gets what I'm trying to do here! I do already get paid as a writer and my success seems to grow every moment of the day. It's always nice to hear from another fan!
I need not do anything more. The needles I use are embedded in the actual words themselves, I never said it was a fast-acting poison. Better luck to you would be something that is no longer is a possibility.
And I heard that there's a history of breast cancer among the women in your family. How close are you to utter extinction, my dear? Have you wondered why you smell "down there" the way you do? I can help you. You just have to invite me in.
"Vampire autism" (lemmy.world)
People say they're leaving religion due to anti-LGBTQ teachings and sexual abuse (www.npr.org)
People in the U.S. are leaving and switching faith traditions in large numbers. The idea of “religious churning” is very common in America, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)....
Even the Supreme Court seems sick of its abortion pills case (www.vox.com)
The lawsuit challenging mifepristone should have never been heard by any court....
Democrat who made reproductive rights a campaign focus will win Alabama special election (www.cnn.com)
Marilyn Lands, a Democrat who made reproductive rights a central part of her campaign, will win a special election Tuesday for an Alabama state House seat, CNN projects....
Oklahoma official facing recall over white nationalist ties defends marching in Charlottesville (www.nbcnews.com)
Judd Blevins, who is fighting to keep his seat on the Enid, Oklahoma, City Council, said he was motivated by “the same issues that got Donald Trump elected."...
When I have to wait until at least September to see Trump Tower get seized (lemmy.world)
Think twice before adding ice (lemmy.world)
I promise (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Appeals Court Bails Trump Out of Having to Post Massive Fraud Bond (www.rollingstone.com)
Donald Trump was supposed to have to post a $464 million bond by Monday or else the state of New York could begin collecting on the massive civil fraud judgment leveled against him earlier this year. An appeals court bailed him out, blocking collection of the judgment and giving the former president 10 days to post a drastically...
Ecuador's youngest mayor Brigitte García shot dead (www.bbc.co.uk)
Brigitte García, 27, is the latest politician to be killed amid ongoing gang violence....
Wyoming governor vetoes bill on concealed carry of guns in public schools (www.theguardian.com)
Bill vetoed by Republican Mark Gordon, who expressed concerns about separation of powers, also covers government meetings...
School principals faced with machetes, spears and knives as report reveals soaring classroom violence (www.abc.net.au)