Posts made by bi4smooth

@geobear40 said in The truth about liberal media:

@bi4smooth said in The truth about liberal media:

@raphjd said in The truth about liberal media:

LOL - holding up US Football players as icons of intelligence?
Come on - we already know these guys have been brain damaged ALREADY by the time they even get into the league! The question (and the chance they take is HOW BADLY are their brains damaged by playing this game, not ARE they damaged!)
But that's a different rabbit-hole... (I used to officiate High School and semi-pro football... and no, I absolutely would not and have not allowed my sons to play tackle football!)
Just look at the behavior of arguably one of the BEST wide receivers in the game today: Antonio Brown
Poor guy has mush for brains thanks to his football career... but hey! He's rich! (Maybe he can hurry up and have some kids to leave it all to before he up and offs himself the way so many other former NFL players with these brain injuries do!)
Dark, I know... and sad... but alarmingly true!

Do you paint everyone with such a broad brush or just the people you don't like?

I'm sorry if you haven't been following the NFL and College Football "issues" that have been arising over TBI and CTE injuries... injuries that begin when the athletes are very young, but take years - even decades - to show signs, and can only be confirmed in diagnosis post-mortem.

The incidence of NFL player alumni suicides is more than 10x the rate of other professional sports!

Brain scientists believe (but have no way to prove) that the damage begins very early in a player's "career" - that is to say, in High School for most! - and that it's more a question of "how much brain damage is there" vs "is there any brain damage at all"...

@eobox91103 said in Lush cosmetics store kicks out disabled child over inability to wear a mask:

@bi4smooth said in Lush cosmetics store kicks out disabled child over inability to wear a mask:

2 of my kids work in "retail" - both as managers... finding good help is SOOOO hard!

These days it's quite difficult in retail and food service to find entry-level employees. In some places, the only requirement seems to be a heartbeat, or reasonable facsimile thereof. The unfortunate situation in Edmonton was likely the result of an uninformed and/or less than brilliant employee acting on his/her own. The nutjob websites reporting this story want to hint at some Grand Conspiracy to Oppress the Citizens, but that doesn't work. (Note that this story is only found on a handful of fringe websites, all citing each other as sources. While the "Edmonton event" may very well have occurred, it's not impossible that it's a fabrication.)

One thing missing from all of the crapsheet "reporting" is the child's age, vaccination status, and/or medical condition that led to the mask exemption. While these are personal matters that can be reserved from the "press," it wouldn't surprise me if Mommy Karen and the child weren't vaccinated. Even if the kid were vaccinated, one has to question to wisdom of bringing such child without a mask into a crowded shopping mall.

While I don't disagree with the premise (that it likely wasn't such a good idea bringing a child with medical problems into a crowded mall environment), that also "assumes facts not in evidence" - and I would ask - was it really so important that the child - the ill child - be in the store?

All we really know is that the child had an exemption that the store would not honor. All the other details people are adding are coming from your own imaginations!

Also:

Historians have corrected an oft-misguided belief that former President George Washington had wooden false teeth.

See the full story here:
https://www.history.com/news/did-george-washington-have-wooden-teeth

BTW: Are there any other "historical" errors or omissions we should look at?

In a related story:

Former Deputy FBI Director, Mark Felt, was identified as the confidential informant who had been known as "Deep Throat".

75 year-old Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter of former President Richard Nixon proclaimed "He couldn't have known that stuff - he lied! My dad was right all along! It was a witch hunt! I want him re-instated!"

When informed that her father had passed away in 1994, she declared "I don't care! He should be President again!"

Her nurse then administered a mild sedative and the once "First Daughter" was taken back to her room...

This just in:

An 84 year-old man in Western PA signed an affidavit that he intended to vote for Trump, but was confused and accidentally voted for Biden.

Upon hearing the news, President Biden asked for former-President Trump to return immediately to the White House so that he could concede the election to him (why not, Biden apparently likes to concede shit!) and immediately swear-in Trump as President again.

When Trump got on the plane, he received a phone call from Chief Justice John Roberts, who explained that, should Biden leave office - once he was sworn in - for any reason, Kamala Harris would immediately become President... and if she were to quit too, Speaker Pelosi would immediately become President (but would have to resign from the House first - she can't be both!). Indeed, even if 30 people declined to become President, Trump STILL could not become President again until Jan, 2025 (assuming he won the Nov, 2024 election and subsequent Jan, 2025 Electoral College vote - which Kamala Harris will have to validate!).

Mr. Trump then asked for Melania to explain it to him, but she was too busy directing the removal of the luggage from the plane. He tried to call Rudy to explain it to him, but he was in court (The People's Court TV show - the only "court" in the country where he's still allowed to practice law!)

Eventually Trump got off the plane and went back to the golf course, where he falsified his score card and won by a single stroke - as usual!

@kekkaishi said in Lush cosmetics store kicks out disabled child over inability to wear a mask:

@bi4smooth I didn't say that the whole company is responsible. The responsibility falls on the individual only. What you are describing in your example, the employee who didn't want to go get the milk didn't know about the allergy (unless he was told in advanced). I'm 100% sure had the employee knew about the allergy, he would act accordingly

In the Lush consmetics case, even though the employees and the manager knew very well of the child's disability and mask exemption, they still refused. Is that intentional enough? I will say that due to the mask mandates, the employees must have believed that there are no exceptions to that rule obviously (perhaps indeed company policy?). IMHO, this was well beyond a mistake

I don't know where you're getting your information from - I didn't go past the article as-posted/linked, plus the follow-on link that claimed to have the "full story".

This story could have a lot of "what-ifs" and the store manager said the situation was "nuanced" (what s/he means by that is unknown, to be sure).

But that's my whole point: you're jumping to conclusions based on what information?

From the information shared so far, your "additional information" has all been inferred. You can choose to infer the worst, or the best - either way, the truth is usually somewhere in between.

I'll posit another story - which may explain why my daughter was so quick to fire the employee who was too lazy to go get the almond milk:

My oldest son is a type-1 diabetic (also called a "Brittle Diabetic") - he often orders coffees and teas unsweetened, or sweetened with Splenda. He usually asks to be allowed to sweeten his own beverage, because not-uncommonly, in spite of ordering the DIET beverage, he is served one with sugar... which can have a deadly effect if he's not aware of what happened. (He can generally TASTE the difference between the sugar, high-fructose-corn-syrup (as bad as sugar to him), and the artificial sweeteners... so he will often take the item back if it tastes initially like it has sugar in it.

So, based on your statement above, when my son orders a diet soda (and he's thin as a rail), he should have to provide his medical history to avoid some dumbass employee giving him a sugared drink because they don't think he NEEDS the diet one?

Or, just maybe, thinking outside the box here: when you order a diet, milk-free beverage, I don't know - just guessing here: the employees should (I think reasonably... maybe?) be expected to give you what you ordered [as opposed to what they THINK you should have ordered!]

IMHO, if the case was clear-cut, the company likely would have been "mea-culpa" and fired the employee. That that isn't what happened leads me to believe that there is more here that we don't know...

But I'm gonna leave it here... you are free to assume the worst (or the best) about Lush - truth be told, neither YOU nor I are likely to drive to the Lush store in Edmonton any time soon! So, the opinions that really matter will be the participants, perhaps some lawyers, and maybe even a jury... again, odds are you and I will not ever be one of those in this case...

@kekkaishi said in Lush cosmetics store kicks out disabled child over inability to wear a mask:

@bi4smooth
A mistake can be interpreted as not intentional
When I said "bad decision" I meant to imply intent; to say that the employees knew very well what they were doing and decided to do it anyway. It wasn't because a "lack of training", it was because they didn't care to listen or to consider the circumstances. If you are an inconsiderate individual, no amount of training will help you

I think you're reading an awful lot into that story... maybe some personal experience "seeding" your viewpoint?

Not saying you're wrong just that there doesn't seem to be a basis for your assumptions...

2 of my kids work in "retail" - both as managers... finding good help is SOOOO hard!

One daughter works in a store (I won't name it): they have food options. A customer asked for Almond milk (vs dairy). The employee didn't want to have to go back and get more almond milk (they were out up front), so he used dairy instead.

Turns out the customer had an allergy & went into an emergency situation right there in the store. (Paramedics were called & the customer recovered at the hospital).

The employee admitted to ignoring the customer's request & was fired on the spot...

But do you hold the whole company responsible, or the individual?

That was my point: the employee made the error (whether intentional or otherwise - we may never know)... but Lush probably does not have a store policy that backs their actions, so probably shouldn't be held liable - neither in legal courts, nor in the court of public opinion...

@rickchub said in DATING WHEN YOU ARE A CHUBBY:

hi

i am a black chubby lad and I have been single for a few years to be honest i have given up dating because i felt not desired for the right reason but more of a fetich for some blocks because of my weight or my skin. I just want someone to want me for me, just quirky self and shyness.
I am not a 10 and would never be one and I am honest with myself and I wonder if I will ever meet someone right or I will just finish my life alone and no one cares about me.
I know that I have to deal with a lot past trauma and therapy is here for that and it is a long road ahead but sometime I am just tired of doing that road alone and just want someone but no anyone.

What should I do ?

Babe, there is someone out there for you.. but as much as you want it to happen, you also have to be OPEN to let it happen!

I had a friend when I was in my 20's - Asian, short, and quite overweight... he was always complaining that no one wanted HIM FOR HIM, overlooking his extra weight...

Truth be told, there were PLENTY of guys into him, but they didn't match HIS physical ideals!

I'm not saying this is you - but for my friend, it wasn't until another friend of ours - who was into him, but who was turned away one too many times had a "come to Jesus" moment with him that he started to change... they dated a while, and broke up... but I believe both found happiness shortly thereafter...

I will say this as well... sometimes you have to LET THE UNIVERSE WIN!

I have told this story way too many times, but I attended a house party (non-sexual) about 10 years ago. I was divorced (from a woman), and newly back "into" the gay scene (after 15 years, it was unrecognizable!)

I was in my mid-40's, bald-ish, and about 20 lbs over my "ideal" weight (personal ideal)... so I wasn't attracting a lot of attention. There was this other guy I really liked at the party - Tom - and I arranged to get his number... so I texted him a couple of days after the party...

A day later, I got a text from another number asking me to dinner... I assumed it was Tom... I showed up at the correct time, at the correct place - and this GORGEOUS, 6'3", 23 y/o Nubian GOD sat down... I was CERTAIN he was in the wrong place... I was embarrassed for him! He clearly thought I was someone else! Right?

Cut to the chase, David and I fell quickly and madly in love... to this day, the most passionate and "complete" man I've ever known! We had issues, and ours was a FIERY relationship - but it was the MOST REAL, and most intense interpersonal relationship I'd ever had, and likely ever will have!

Sadly, while we were engaged to be married, David came down with a MRSA infection in his chest. The ER misdiagnosed it - twice - and he passed because the infection had grown too bad before it was finally diagnosed and treated. I won't go into the details, but his death was 5 years ago now, and I still talk to him, dream about him, masturbate to memories of him... you get the idea...

The point: I would NEVER have "gone for" David - he was outta my league! WAY! WAY outta my league! But when the Universe put us together, we didn't think a second thought about our age difference. Much less our racial difference! I "fought" seeing David again at first: what would my kids think, what was I thinking, being with such a younger man - and later, was I crazy getting feelings for him?

I let the Universe in - and I had the time of my life while David was in it!

Be open to other people - NOT "your type"... and get out there! The Universe will send someone your way, but NOT to your doorstep!

@kekkaishi said in Lush cosmetics store kicks out disabled child over inability to wear a mask:

@bi4smooth I would argue that it wasn't a mistake. It was a bad decision

OK - potato / potato (LOL)

Take the original quote - substitute your word choice, and it seems essentially the same to me:

People make mistakes - re-train the employee, apologize to the mother & child, and move on. Let it be a teaching moment, so to speak...

vs

People make bad decisions - re-train the employee, apologize to the mother & child, and move on. Let it be a teaching moment, so to speak...

@raphjd said in Lush cosmetics store kicks out disabled child over inability to wear a mask:

https://rumble.com/vt37wf-lush-cosmetics-store-kicks-out-disabled-child-over-inability-to-wear-a-mask.html

This happened in Canada.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Canada's Charter of Human Rights makes this illegal.

I don't know of a "western" country that allows discrimination like this (aka medical condition).

I would guess that it was against store policy AND the law... but that didn't stop the store employee!

People make mistakes - re-train the employee, apologize to the mother & child, and move on. Let it be a teaching moment, so to speak...

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@lololulu19 said in EU increases carbon taxes, but exempts yachts and private planes:

Progressives want to mandate that people wear sensors in their underpants to detect how much they fart, so they can be carbon taxed!

As absurd as that sounds.. they DO tax cattle farmers for how much their cows fart!

A fart tax could bankrupt Whoopi Goldberg. It Larry King were still alive, he would be destroyed! (Larry King is known to have farted so much that they had to install fans under his desk so that his guests would not smell "Eau De Laurence" Parfum)

If you want YOUR cars, boats, and aircraft exempted, all you have to do it pay-off the politicians, too!

Seriously tho, why increase taxes on carbon emissions, then exempt the "worst offender"? (Why? because they've been paid off, that's why!)

I do have to wonder tho - wouldn't it have been cheaper to have paid the taxes, than to have to have spent those millions on bribes to the politicians?

@raphjd said in The truth about liberal media:

LOL - holding up US Football players as icons of intelligence?

Come on - we already know these guys have been brain damaged ALREADY by the time they even get into the league! The question (and the chance they take is HOW BADLY are their brains damaged by playing this game, not ARE they damaged!)

But that's a different rabbit-hole... (I used to officiate High School and semi-pro football... and no, I absolutely would not and have not allowed my sons to play tackle football!)

Just look at the behavior of arguably one of the BEST wide receivers in the game today: Antonio Brown

Poor guy has mush for brains thanks to his football career... but hey! He's rich! (Maybe he can hurry up and have some kids to leave it all to before he up and offs himself the way so many other former NFL players with these brain injuries do!)

Dark, I know... and sad... but alarmingly true!

@raphjd said in singer/songwriter/actor Meatloaf dead @ 74:

According to a couple of articles, he was going to make a new album and had already booked the studio. He was scheduled in the studio for 4 weeks starting on 31 Jan.

Not unlike how Betty White had a huge TV special planned for her 100th birthday - scheduled for just over 2-weeks after her passing.

So many BIG names recently!

An amazing performer in his prime - his concerts were exhausting (for fans and performers alike!)...

Paradise by the dashboard light is one of my all time favorite songs!

RIP

@raphjd said in comic Louie Anderson dead @ 68:

The world lost a very funny man

@raphjd said in The truth about liberal media:

@bi4smooth

You do make up definitions, such as your claim that Body Dysmorphia (transsexualism) is a sexual orientation.

Careful now - your transphobia is showing again!

OK, so a couple of things to unpack here:

1. The election here (this was an election in a Central Florida town near Orlando - nor THAT far from my own home! - the next metropolitan area to my East..) was held in March, 2020 - not November, 2020... different election cycle, and one in which the local races were the ONLY races... no national ticket on the ballot, not even Primary voting!

2. The results of the election were pretty iffy... first count showed candidate A won by one vote, then a re-canvass mysteriously found exactly 2 votes, BOTH for candidate B - reversing the election

3. As with Trump's case, a court case was filed...

4. UNLIKE Trump's cases (all but one of them), the court found evidence and probable cause, and it went to court... the results of which were that those 2 extra votes were indeed "bought and paid for" by candidate B (instead of watching some incendiary, partisan VIDEO, try reading the local Orlando coverage here

5. Just a note here: in the one case where Trump's team won, they indeed got a court order... allowing the vote count observers to be an extra 1-3 feet closer than where they were permitted before. Both Dem and Republican observers were always given the same space, the suit just asked for that space to be CLOSER, and the court agreed.BIG WIN!

And finally, I'm not aware of any legitimate claims that were was NO FRAUD in any recent election - including Nov 2020's... only that there was NOWHERE NEAR the level of fraud needed to change the outcome! In this case, they needed 1 vote... in Trump's case, he needed thousands!

As a proud Republican, I agree with that sentiment: just not enough fraud (actually, less fraud than is "normal") to HOPE TO overturn the certified election totals!

We (Republicans) won up and down the ticket! We just lost the Presidency because we had a historically unpopular and historically polarizing candidate...

MAYBE, had we had a Republican Party with enough GUTS to allow actual PRIMARIES, we could (MAYBE - longshot, but MAYBE) have replaced Trump on the ticket and actually WON! (I know - I'm dreaming - he'd have won those primaries, had they been held... what? You can have your wild-ass dreams of the "big lie", and I can't have mine of a primary defeat?)

NOTE: The only Presidential candidate to ever score lower - in their own party, much less the general population - in pre-election polling was Hillary Clinton! Thank the LORD ABOVE that we didn't have HER... but even so, was Trump really THAT MUCH BETTER?

OK, yes, but not by as much as we'd hoped!

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@geobear40 said in The truth about liberal media:

@bi4smooth said in The truth about liberal media:

Define accidental pregnancy?

Accidental pregnancies are pregnancies that are mistimed, unplanned or unwanted at the time of conception

You only read the first three words and then decided to comment.

Mistimed is do to poor planning, Unplanned well that's do to what poor planning, Unwanted at the time of conception has nothing to do with getting pregnant at all.

An accidental pregnancy happen only when the birth control used fails or do to rape. Can you think of any other reasons? They still make up a small amount of actual pregnancies.

If you don't agree on the definition of words debate and compromise can't exist

Thanks Humpty Dumpty.... for the record, I didn't "make up" my definition of an unwanted (or accidental) pregnancy... I quoted directly from the CDC

And, I'm sorry, but if you limit the definition of "accidental" pregnancy to incest and rape, you're missing an awful lot of unwanted, uncared-for babies out there! (Not to mention that a sizeable percentage of incest pregnancies ARE planned!)

Once again, I say that - to folks like you - the value of a fetus is immeasurable... but the value of the child's life 2-minutes after actual birth is very measurable indeed... and quite low at that!