The Blackangel
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No red meat or white meat, huh? I know a lot of people who feel the same. I still eat both. I’m a sucker for a big greasy cheeseburger.
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I’m currently teaching myself guitar, but it’s going a bit slow.
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1 hour ago, Knight Barida said:
They work their ass off to stay in good condition. So, the talk of earning too much money shouldn't come in at all as that is not how I try to look at everything. They deserve whatever they are getting at the moment.
So do men and women who work out every day and play on local sport leagues, but they’re not paid millions for it.
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It doesn’t end with soccer. And it doesn’t end with the athletes either. Donald Sterling was the owner of the LA Clippers, but was forced to sell the team and given a lifetime ban from any dealings with the NBA for racist comments. His told his mistress V. Stiviano (born María Vanessa Perez, also known as Monica Gallegos, Vanessa Perez, and Maria Valdez) who herself is part African-American: “It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people," and, "You can sleep with [black people]. You can bring them in, you can do whatever you want," but "the little I ask you is ... not to bring them to my games."
Sterling's comments affected the NBA, a league with predominantly black players. On April 26, the team held a meeting to discuss the incident. Both coaches and players expressed anger toward the comments, and they briefly raised the possibility of boycotting Game 4 of their series against the Golden State Warriors on April 27 before deciding against it. Instead, players protested Sterling's remarks by wearing their shirts inside-out in order "to obscure any team logo" during their pre-game huddle. On April 28, players of the Miami Heat wore their uniform tops inside-out to show solidarity with the Clippers. LeBron James commented on the situation, "There's no room for Donald Sterling in the NBA." The owner of the Miami Heat, Micky Arison, also called the allegations "appalling, offensive and very sad". Current and former NBA players Kevin Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Jordan also condemned Sterling's remarks. The Los Angeles chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) cancelled its plans for the following month to award Sterling for a second time with its lifetime achievement award. President Barack Obama characterized the recording of Sterling as "incredibly offensive racist statements". Chumash Casino, the Clippers' most visible sponsor during the prior four seasons, ended its relationship with the team, as did sponsors CarMax, Virgin America, and others. On April 29, 2014, UCLA announced that it was rejecting a $3 million gift from Sterling.
I remember all of this shit hitting the fan. The majority of the country, with the exception of those worthless white supremacists, was sickened by it.
The piece of shit only got a fraction of what he deserved. But at least he got some form of punishment, which in this country is rare for people with money and power.
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17 hours ago, killamch89 said:
I think it’s pretty obvious now that I lost this one.
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20 hours ago, killamch89 said:
I'm fine with eating Chicken and Turkey. The rest are a no-no for me. Dog, cats, rabbits and other animals wouldn't make it onto my list even if I was starving.
Dogs, cats, rodents, and horse are just a few animals that are nowhere near the menu for me. I had horse meat once when I was little, but that was almost 40 years ago. So I honestly don’t remember what it tastes like.
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I’ve had rabbit before. It’s actually pretty tasty. But due to so many people having them as pets, I no longer eat them. I now see them as companions, not food. My best friend has them, so out of respect for her, I won’t eat rabbit. I’ve also had frog legs hundreds of times, and even had escargot once. If you can get past the fact that you’re eating a goddamn snail, it’s surprisingly really good. Another thing I have had is sea urchin. If you like snot with sand in it, you’ll love urchin. To me, it was so nasty that I literally puked. Don’t get me wrong, I love sushi. But that shit was beyond disgusting.🤢🤮
One thing I do want to try however is rattlesnake.
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For me, the jury’s still out on whether or not alien life has come across this planet. If it had, that could explain a good amount of things in which the knowledge has been lost over the millennia. For example, we no longer possess the knowledge of how and why Stonehenge was built. There’s a myriad of theories, but it’s been thousands of years since its construction and creation. Considering the size of the stones, modern man can’t figure out how primitive man was able to move and erect the stones. The most puzzling question about its construction is how they got the cap stones up on top. So if alien life had the technology to visit, maybe they had the technology to assist in building it. And that’s not the only example. As for natural examples, Bear Tower in Wyoming is a major question. A single plateau, not close enough to the rocky mountains to be a part of the mountain range. The native people have their legends, but others have decided to say it’s a landing pad for aliens.
I don’t straight out say that alien life has never been here. There are too many things that don’t add up for me to flat out deny it. But just because one civilization hasn’t been here doesn’t mean none have.
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Disclaimer:
PART OF THIS STATEMENT, INCLUDING THE“100%” COMMENT IS PURE OPINION AND NOT PROVEN FACT BY SCIENCE. THE LIGHT YEAR NUMBERS HOWEVER, ARE PROVEN BY SCIENCE.
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What is your belief about extraterrestrial life? While I have no rock solid evidence or proof, in my opinion alien life is a 100% fact. There IS life out there. Whether we meet them or not is irrelevant. With the universe being infinite, and there being an infinite (or at the very least uncountable) number of galaxies, planets, and stars, it’s not only irresponsible, but also arrogant and narcissistic to say that life is contained to this rock. In the grand scheme of the universe, we don’t even exist. Think a quadrillion to the quadrillionth power to the quadrillionth power to the quadrillionth to the quadrillionth power. That’s a ridiculous number as it is in absolutely no way anywhere NEAR close. In the microscopic amount of the universe that we can see and study, sure there’s a count. The nearest galaxy to the Milky Way is the Andromeda galaxy which is 2½ million light years from us. If you have a decent enough telescope, you can actually look at and see the entire galaxy. To put that distance in perspective, light moves at 186,000 miles per second. Now consider how big a distance that is for light to take a year to travel it. That distance is a light year. So all that information now known, who in their right mind could possibly believe that life is contained to this insignificant ball of nothing?
Not that it affects anything, but I wanted to add a “Do you believe yes/no” poll on this, but can’t find that option on my phone. -
On 10/2/2024 at 11:59 PM, Knight Barida said:
This is the problem. I don't like it when parents tend to shift the activities that they should be doing to another person. What is the aim is what I am yet to know about and it is sickening.
More often than anyone wants to admit is when parents use a television as a babysitter. They convince themselves that the kid will be fine because they will just stay there and watch TV.
That’s what leads to more difficulties in the real world. Some children develop extreme difficulty dealing with other people, and severe depression because of it. This can lead to twisted world views, and extreme issues later down the road. But parents who use a TV as a babysitter don’t care to recognize the signs that their child needs professional help, and the results are all too often deadly. Parents who actually take proper care of their children will end up with adults who are much more well adjusted.
Now I’m not saying that every problem a kid has is their parents’ fault. Some people are born with emotional and mental issues that aren’t anyone’s fault.
What I AM saying is that bad and good is often in the eye of the beholder, and that we all know right from wrong. The problem with that is that some people don’t care if it’s right or wrong. They do it anyway. Osama bin Laden thought that killing over 3,000 American people on 9/11 was a wonderful thing. The rest of the civilized world felt differently.
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You’re going to get a lot of differing opinions on this, strictly due to cultural norms. For me, things like pork, beef, chicken, turkey, and other wild game are animals that are fine to eat. There are some cultures that view dogs and cats the way I view hogs and cattle. To me, dogs and cats are companions and family. I refuse to even say that I “own” a dog. They have a pulse, personality, and desires, just like you and me. Being a dog person I can’t fathom the mere thought of ever harming them for any reason. If I have to starve so they can eat, then so be it. I’ll go hungry. It does sometimes seem hypocritical to say one is ok to be used as food but another is perfectly fine to eat.
I’ve gotten several domestic dog of skulls from the bone subscription that I have, as well as several cat skulls. They went straight to the vet school. I donate them because they’re a valuable teaching tool, and I just can’t bare to keep them. Dogs and cats aren’t the only animals that I can’t keep. So a good amount the skulls i get go straight to the vet school.
The world is a severely screwed up place with double standards and wildly different standards. I honestly think it all comes down to culture and circumstance.
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I’m 100% a hockey fan. My team is the Detroit Red Wings. I’ll never abandon them. Yeah, I’m bummed when we lose, but I’m not going anywhere. It seems weird to a lot of people, because I’ve never even been been TO Michigan, let alone lived there. Coincidentally enough, the team I absolutely despise is the St. Louis Blues. I live roughly halfway between KC and StL and I can’t stand the one team in this state. It’s an unwritten rule in Missouri that if you’re a sports fan, you have to be a fan of a team here in Missouri. Football fans are required to be Chiefs fans. Baseball fans are required to be Cardinals fans unless you’re from KC the KC area. Then you’re allowed to be a Royals fan. Hockey fans are required to be Blues fans. Basketball fans are the only difference. They’re pretty loose who they’re fans of. I’ve noticed that race typically tips the meter. For example white people are typically Boston Celtics fans, and black people are typically LA Lakers fans. When i was into basketball as a kid I was neither. I was a Chicago Bulls fan.
I’ve since lost interest in basketball. I’ve loved hockey for as long as I can remember. The problem when I was young was finding a game on TV so I could watch it.
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About 6 years if I remember correctly. I haven’t messed with for a while, so I’m sure I’m rusty as hell. But it’s a great instrument once you get the hang of it.
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Probably Gramma’s biscuits and gravy with a side of bacon. But then anything that either Gramma or my sperm donor cooked. They were grandmasters in the kitchen.
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Half empty. It is never half full. That’s a sorry excuse to hide from reality. If you want to see the world as it is, you know that it’s half empty.
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When I was little I liked country music. I grew up on a farm, and it matched up with the kind of life I was living. In my teens I lost interest and started gravitating to metal. I always loved rock/metal as I’m a child of the 80’s. Now it’s rap and metal. They talk about the life I have lived since I dropped out of high school. I can relate to these songs, and understand what they’re saying in the lyrics.
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I actually play a somewhat rare instrument. I play an aulos. It’s great for playing Celtic style music.
I’m also planning on a keytar in the future as well.
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Something else I’m wanting to learn is a couple languages. They’re what the people of where my heritage comes from spoke/speak. I’m wanting to connect more to my heritage, as heritage means everything to me. I’m not naming them here because I can already see someone rolling their eyes and saying “You Americans always think you live here right now.” or something similar. Which is sadly more common than people realize. For example, a boy came here on a student visa and was actually from Ireland. He had lived there his entire life. He met a girl in school and they became really close. She brought him home to meet her family, and here’s where the problem started. Her family had it in their heads that they were the epitome of Irish people. If you wanted to meet someone Irish, your only option was to visit them. Well, they hated him pretty quick. Obviously, he spoke with an Irish accent. They decided that he was mocking them and insulting them all because they were Irish, and he wasn’t. They wouldn’t even listen to him or their own daughter when they tried to explain that he was from Ireland. If I remember right, he ended up thinking that just because of how stupid and pathetic they are, it was actually funny. I don’t know what happened to him and the girl, but that’s what I can see a lot of people saying when Americans talk about heritage.
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Sonic 3? I didn’t even know there was a Sonic 2.
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18 hours ago, Cpvr said:
What’s your website going to be about?
More or less, just a personal homepage. No specific “theme” if you will. When I take it live, I’ll mention it.
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6 minutes ago, killamch89 said:
That sounds pretty good. I'll check it out and see how I can get it without paying for a subscription.
You’re going to need an older computer first. As for finding it, I’m 99% sure that you’re SOL & JWF.
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