AllbyMyRelf
| Favorite team: | Mississippi St.  |
| Location: | Virginia |
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| Interests: | Economics |
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| Number of Posts: | 4210 |
| Registered on: | 11/1/2014 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: We should start reducing oil consumption before inventories fall to record lows
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/29/26 at 7:36 am to Gee Grenouille
The only way to effectively curb demand is to raise prices
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re: Elon Musks boring company wants to build a loop tunnel in New Orleans
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/27/26 at 2:21 pm to Guess
I keep hearing that New Orleans is sinking and going to be underwater. Why would you build a tunnel there
re: Thoughts on fasting
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/26/26 at 3:00 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
quote:Putting aside your position on scripture, I’m not sure this is a workable position.
Sacrificing (putting at risk) cellular life, the central design in God’s human life, that does not.
Losing weight puts “cellular life” at risk—this is not morally wrong.
Exercising damages muscle fibers. This is not morally wrong.
Vaccines cause inflammatory responses. This is not morally wrong.
Even if I steel man your argument and differentiate by saying these things improve the person as a whole, your position still doesn’t hold. Mostly because fasting, if done properly, also is beneficial on the whole.
Fasting improves insulin resistance, improves immune recovery, improves cellular stress responses, increases the brain derived neurotrophic factor.
But aside from the physical benefits, the person is not just a body. Person is also mind and spirit. The spirit is the most important. Why does Jesus say that if your hand causes you to sin, then to cut it off? He’s not promoting self harm, but stressing that your spiritual wellbeing is more important than anything else. Fasting is good spiritual discipline.
That doesn’t mean everyone should be fasting or that we should be fasting indefinitely. A pregnant or nursing woman probably should not be fasting. But it is certainly not morally wrong, as you indicate, to fast.
re: Thoughts on fasting
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/26/26 at 2:04 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
If you reject the Bible as being the infallible word of God, then that’s the biggest difference between our beliefs, not fasting.
re: Thoughts on fasting
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/26/26 at 2:02 pm to Mo Jeaux
quote:I don’t know your beliefs, but orthodox Christians reject the Marcion heresy of rejecting the Old Testament.
Old Testament.
re: Thoughts on fasting
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/26/26 at 1:01 pm to Mo Jeaux
Yes. In the Old Testament, the Israelites are frequently instructed to fast as legal, ceremonial requirements. Did God not understand life before the coming of Christ?
After Christ, Jesus assumes people will fast in his sermons “when you fast…”
After his death, though there is not a legal/ ceremonial requirement to fast because we no longer live under the law, the apostles and early Christians still fasted because, like prayer, it’s a good thing to do and is shown in the Book of Acts.
After Christ, Jesus assumes people will fast in his sermons “when you fast…”
After his death, though there is not a legal/ ceremonial requirement to fast because we no longer live under the law, the apostles and early Christians still fasted because, like prayer, it’s a good thing to do and is shown in the Book of Acts.
re: Thoughts on fasting
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/26/26 at 12:54 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
God instructs people to fast. Are you saying that God doesn’t know how life works or that God is instructing people contrary to his purpose?
Or do you not actually believe in God and are using this as a disingenuous argument?
Or do you not actually believe in God and are using this as a disingenuous argument?
re: Jobs You Had as a Kid
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/26/26 at 8:05 am to FreeState
Worked at my dad’s animal clinic starting around 10 cleaning kennels, walking dogs, bathing dogs/ cats.
Became a lifeguard/ swim teacher in high school.
Worked at a landscape company laying sod, laying irrigation, general lawn maintenance, drawing landscape plans.
Not a kid, but during college and before law school, I worked as a tax preparer during the tax season.
Became a lifeguard/ swim teacher in high school.
Worked at a landscape company laying sod, laying irrigation, general lawn maintenance, drawing landscape plans.
Not a kid, but during college and before law school, I worked as a tax preparer during the tax season.
re: Here’s why champagne socialist Hasan Piker is nervous.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/25/26 at 11:29 am to La Place Mike
Research is different than having it be your whole output.
re: Here’s why champagne socialist Hasan Piker is nervous.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/25/26 at 10:52 am to SDVTiger
Who are the retards that rely on ChatGPT to think for them
re: Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel are Hybrids says Candace Owens
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/25/26 at 12:17 am to AlterEd
Dude
re: Question for OT Parents
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/21/26 at 1:12 pm to SaintlyTiger88
No amount of advice or planning will really prepare you for having a kid. There are a few reasons for this:
- everyone’s kids are different,
- everyone’s spouse is different,
- everyone’s own personal tolerances are different,
- the amount of work is not something someone can explain to you,
- the amount of love you feel is not something that can be described.
My wife and I did not plan our first child. I wasn’t even out of law school before she got pregnant, so neither of us were prepared in any sense. It was stressful, but I would never ever want to be in a world where I don’t have my daughter.
All that to say, whatever the sacrifice/ cost is—it’s worth it.
- everyone’s kids are different,
- everyone’s spouse is different,
- everyone’s own personal tolerances are different,
- the amount of work is not something someone can explain to you,
- the amount of love you feel is not something that can be described.
My wife and I did not plan our first child. I wasn’t even out of law school before she got pregnant, so neither of us were prepared in any sense. It was stressful, but I would never ever want to be in a world where I don’t have my daughter.
All that to say, whatever the sacrifice/ cost is—it’s worth it.
re: Battling eczema with child. Any tips?
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/20/26 at 6:40 am to Hoodie
I developed eczema in my 20s. The best thing I’ve found to manage it is sunlight. Ideally, I spend 30 minutes in full sun 4 times a week with the eczema exposed. That will clear it up and keep it clear for me.
There Is No Antimemetics Division
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/19/26 at 3:31 pm
Have any of you read There Is No Antimemetics Division? If so, any thoughts? Heard about it today from a podcast. Seems interesting.
Amazon
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There Is No Antimemetics Division is a science-fiction horror novel by qntm (Sam Hughes) about a secret organization fighting "antimemes"—ideas that erase themselves from memory, identity, and reality. Originally a web serial on the SCP Wiki, the book is an expanded version that follows agents trying to contain threats that are impossible to remember, using a fragmented, non-linear narrative that mirrors the concept of the antimemes themselves. It's known for its mind-bending, cosmic horror themes, comparing to Men in Black meets Doctor Who or Black Mirror, and explores how to fight an enemy that makes you forget you're fighting it.
Amazon
re: Seems like Claude is the best AI.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/18/26 at 8:26 pm to Indefatigable
My clients are start-up founders and VCs
re: Seems like Claude is the best AI.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/18/26 at 8:03 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
quote::lol: my clients would be pissed if I wasn’t using it
Many of our clients restrict use of AI.
re: Seems like Claude is the best AI.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/18/26 at 8:02 pm to Indefatigable
Claude is one of the models that Harvey runs.
I’m not a litigator, so can’t speak to that side of things, but it’s extremely useful in transactional work/ diligence.
I’m not a litigator, so can’t speak to that side of things, but it’s extremely useful in transactional work/ diligence.
re: Just another Racist White Man drawing nazi swastikas around town
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/16/26 at 8:22 am to GatorOnAnIsland
Will this still be reported as a far right crime?
re: If blacks run as conservatives, they may end up with more elected black congressmen than
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/13/26 at 2:29 pm to Tausendjahrereich7
The Nazis couldn’t even get a majority vote in Nazi Germany
re: If blacks run as conservatives, they may end up with more elected black congressmen than
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/13/26 at 2:22 pm to kingbob
He is a troll account with a Nazi slogan as a username.
re: Rand Paul’s son Hurled Antisemitic Insults at Rep. Mike Lawler, re: Massie primary
Posted by AllbyMyRelf on 5/13/26 at 2:03 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Do you often read NOTUS? How do you view the coverage? They’re owned by the same people who started Politico
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