btsax

@btsax@reddthat.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Literally nobody⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not religious anymore and I’m not making a defense of Christianity, but before all of this the Bible explains that when Jesus comes and starts teaching, he’s going to teach in parable (metaphor) so most of his teaching needs to be seen through that lens. So this should more properly be seen as a teaching saying to take your gifts (compassion, love, wisdom) out into the world and use them to become a better person. There’s also some deeper meaning here that usury was frowned upon at the time so this would have been a very provocative thing to use as a metaphor.

  Of course the main way that people corrupt Christianity is by taking things literally, and if you do that you can take any meaning away you want. That’s how you get a branch that literally only exists to promote the institution of chattel slavery (Southern Baptist) along with pacifist, community-centric, anti-slavery Quakers. And how people are OK with driving BMWs to church and engaging in the crusades and thinking Trump was sent by God. It’s all in there if you want it to be, which makes it easy to exploit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anobody seen Odyssey?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Dune?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me this morning⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I smoke two joints at night

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me this morning⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I smoke two joints in the morning

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨not getting it™ since 2024©⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If someone could also explain why half the post titles have the word “rule” in them, that would also be helpful

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any good thing for using AI for the middle class and poor? Instead of just the oligarchs ripping off the middle class and poor?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨stroke confirmed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We do have this quarter:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well damn. Glad he's dead.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He also invented a vegan burrito called the Dilberito that was somewhat questionable

  “As for Adams, he left the world of food behind, considering the Dilberito a failure, a lesson to be learned. Adams would later describe the nutritional value of the burrito as such: ‘Three bites of the Dilberito made you fart so hard your intestines formed a tail.’”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cuba Libre 🇨🇺⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ho Chi Minh appealed to the United States’ supposed values of freedom and self-determination when he basically straight up asked for the Americans’ help liberating Vietnam from the French. Plenty of alternate histories to go around if the US doesn’t guarantee shooting itself in the foot 100% of the time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would like to play a calm game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Untitled Goose Game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's about the *option*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s always been like this. Jeeps famous inline 6 that everyone raves about had the oil filter directly over the alternator so every time you change the oil you spill dirty oil all over the vehicle’s main electrical components. It’s like it was designed by monkeys and no owner has ever seen a Toyota

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨😉 😉⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem being solved is having a friend who is a drywall contractor who needs some extra work

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My new and improved privacy stack⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  always lol @ brave

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No soy chorizo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the chorizo! Very chorizo!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My shopping list: Coal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mark the Super Bowl on your calendar (if you are in the US) because it is the best time to go to most stores.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I actually find a job that isn't retail?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the US very few employers in licensed trades are willing to apprentice anyone anymore so it can be difficult to find your way in

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would watch that ngl⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d rather watch kids falling off of bikes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No like really bro I’m just here for the silly shoes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Side note, PBA has probably the coolest mascot in all of US colleges! The burrowing owl, an endangered owl that is not only native to Florida but lives on the campus! I know you know that, but for everyone else it’s worth knowing and looking up some pictures.

  You could also make an argument for UC Santa Cruz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some cheeses are luminescent.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes me think the account is satire, knowing nothing else about it outside this thread

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A shrubbery!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  congrats on being the millionth person in this thread including the original artist to not know that words can have one meaning in a scientific context and another different meaning in a culinary context

  here’s some more that will blow your mind, peanuts aren’t nuts, peanut butter isn’t butter, starfish aren’t fish, wow much learn

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A shrubbery!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ugh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A shrubbery!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The other side of this term is that the banana is the largest herb; the banana tree is the tallest plant that doesn’t produce wood

  Of course mixing up culinary and botany meanings deliberately is dumb and leads to people saying things like “a tomato is a fruit” and “a strawberry isn’t a berry” those people can go produce their own wood if you know what I mean

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hegseth Says U.S. Troops Are Fighting for Jesus. The Pope Disagrees.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What makes the Bible such a great tool for controlling the masses is that you can take out of it whatever message you want and it’ll be valid and defensible. While at times Jesus was straight up communist he also said

  But now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a scrip; and he that hath not, let him sell his coat, and buy a sword.

  That’s not even counting all the unhinged violence in the OT

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California father arrested after repainting crosswalk, adding stop signs near children’s park⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Real “If we let gay people get married, soon people will be marrying their hamsters” energy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember the Maine!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is what ignoring experts looks like.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow a mod on a sanctimonious power trip. What is this, reddit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Population per capita of US states⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am a time traveler. One second per second

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know “America Bad” is popular on the Internet but it’s not always true. The ADA was among the first laws worldwide to treat disability rights as full civil rights across nearly all areas of public life, including employment, private businesses, public spaces, and transportation, and it went on to inspire other countries to pass similar sweeping laws. Also worth noting it was signed into law by a Republican weirdly enough. Not sure that would happen today.

  If you want to say that the broader social safety net including healthcare in America sucks though, and by extension harms disabled people, I can’t really argue with that. But the ADA is excellent and groundbreaking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is legitimately the best in the world and other first world countries wish they treated disabled people as well as America

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A communist and an anarchist walk into a bar..⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The capitalist’s