Posts by TinyFern@poa.st
(DIR) Post #ATjatzirVNFOgsrrLU by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-03-18T08:29:12.952182Z
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@Crux_Invictus >Select a current year issueHigh rates of obesity >Analyse the issue and how 'society' has responded to it.Caused by poor quality of food, widespread depression, hormonal imbalance due to environmental pollution, lack of emphasis on personal discipline and a general cultural embrace of lavish gluttony and sloth. Society has responded with: Fat activism, pretending weight cannot be controlled >Describe the impact of the issue on bringing people to Christ and keeping themThis is one area in which the traditional practices of the church are extremely countercultural - regular fasting, an attitude of self-control, asceticism, and of considering your own body as another responsibility which God has given you to cultivate and care for - nobody wants to hear that it's immoral to have a good time until your body is run into the ground. Like drunkenness, the biblical perspective considers it foolishness, wasteful and destructive. It's boring, it's hurtful, it's harsh truths which make people feel bad - and people already have lots of bad feelings about the church. In the aging, chubby congregations that remain, nobody wants to alienate everyone who is left. Nonetheless, this issue is ultimately another area in which we sacrifice ourselves to Christ - it is selfishness that drives us to the dopamine rush of bad food in large quantities and little treats to get through the day. We must set ourselves aside and dedicate our bodies to the kingdom as much as our souls. >Suggest ways that the issue can be responded to in your local contextIdk tell people it's bad to be fat and they should find more wholesome ways of coping with life stress
(DIR) Post #ATjbuS8xw6non6rNbM by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-03-18T08:40:30.266092Z
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@SuperSnekFriend @Crux_Invictus Nah mate that's pride you're thinking of. Gluttony is an obsession with consumption - which is rampant in our consumerist society. The man who buys far beyond his needs is the same as the man who eats far beyond his needs. Showing it off can overlap but isn't the same thing.
(DIR) Post #ATnsnoM9QYUbVaHmPQ by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-03-20T10:08:36.146724Z
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@Aslanmane @peterwebster @Aslanmane @peterwebster GAFCON is the big international Anglican sect which doesn't embrace the gay. Any local churches which are pro-GAFCON or in the diocese of the southern cross are the ones to go to.
(DIR) Post #ATode9amJV2eJv1ZYG by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-03-20T18:53:31.334511Z
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@LukeAlmighty @LouisConde @LukeAlmighty > People vastly overestimate the cost of children The main cost is childcare, because either you earn enough as a single-income household to pay bills, have housing and be financially stable while your wife stays home with the kids or you earn enough for daycare, which is a substantial additional cost per child. With a SAHM, the marginal cost per additional child is negligible compared to the additional cost of daycare and private schools (have you seen the public system?).
(DIR) Post #ATodw9hQeZT9riidrE by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-03-20T18:56:46.686464Z
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@LukeAlmighty @LukeAlmighty @LouisConde > Grandparents doing childcare I mean yeah, if you live close enough, if they're in good enough health to care for multiple kids under five, and if they're happy to essentially work 50 hours a week as an unpaid daycare without having a job themselves... Not true for most people.
(DIR) Post #ATvNJA96oyZAnQlpwW by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-03-24T00:53:25.825225Z
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@WashedOutGundamPilot Flatbread wraps with salad and slow cooked meat - easy as, stretches the meat out, and means cleanup is just a chopping board. Gets your lady eating lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber, and cheese as well as meat, and it's all in a nice handheld wrap packet so you don't even use cutlery.
(DIR) Post #AU8SfO0hqNm86gBjqi by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-03-30T08:24:43.119045Z
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@Crux_Invictus Semi colons are an elegant way to make two retardedly short sentences sound smart. I have no banana. I am hungry. I have no banana; I am hungry. You can often use it instead of a word like so, because, for, or and.
(DIR) Post #AU8TyXfmF8xbWx64qO by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-03-30T08:39:22.938151Z
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@SuperSnekFriend @Crux_Invictus I was doing a grug level explanation of the most common usage. The guy can Google a technical explanation by himself.
(DIR) Post #AUG8F2S4Tprj7mHDA8 by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-04-03T01:13:32.828029Z
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@Tepid_Tapir Don't use anti bacterial soap unless you've interacted with something you wouldn't ever touch with your face. Your skin has a bacterial biome just like your gut does, and constantly using alcohol cleansers and anti microbial stuff nukes it every five seconds.
(DIR) Post #AUJpD34gWWOHxRyI4G by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-04-04T19:59:08.175365Z
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@WashedOutGundamPilot The pressure to have sex while dating is unbelievable. Depriving a man of orgasms prior to marriage is basically considered abuse.
(DIR) Post #AUJpVhJtdBQvzNylGq by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-04-04T20:02:30.359536Z
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@idea_enjoyer @SerfnUSA @WashedOutGundamPilot Boomers were not raised right. That's why they have ruined society. Their fathers returned traumatised from the worst meat grinders anyone had ever seen in history and were emotionally unavailable, so boomers never learned how to be men, husbands or fathers. Boomers are the first fatherless generation, which is why like collectively act like materialistic dopamine-chasing hood rats.
(DIR) Post #AUJuXWjuRIZVWZq1PU by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-04-04T20:58:51.772692Z
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@johnbudd1350 @WashedOutGundamPilot Show her you're interested, let some sparks fly, but abruptly switch to a more innocent position or topic. The danger is that you'll appear disinterested or sexless if you're too controlled.
(DIR) Post #AUJupxxZyNen9y1ZuC by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-04-04T21:02:11.754055Z
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@WashedOutGundamPilot So where do you find stand up guys with good morals? This is why shy virgins just sit at home waiting for some romcom meet cute in a grocery store to happen to them.
(DIR) Post #AUVRXZajg4F8i1C652 by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-04-10T10:30:27.636215Z
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I wonder if married people share skin and gut bacteria in a way that makes them functionally one flesh, in the same way that by weight you are more bacteria than person
(DIR) Post #AUntgH1VVfWqEtQ2TI by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-04-19T08:10:33.468424Z
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I'd respect mentally ill people more if they seemed like they were enjoying themselves.
(DIR) Post #AUsEasvuWagvkKueYa by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-04-21T10:23:45.168777Z
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@Crux_Invictus >The Tabernacle is where God officially hangs out with humanity. We did that in Eden when things were perfect, and the Tabernacle is the stopgap while we are all separated from God by sin. Jesus redeemed us all and connected us directly to God, replacing the Tabernacle with himself. I think that's 50 words
(DIR) Post #AVNDOd5TXIrf4Zjj5E by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-05-06T09:06:22.963377Z
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@fishsticks @Zealist My point was to consider what is realistic. Thin white virgins aren't as plentiful as they were fifty years ago, you need to adjust your expectations accordingly. Find a fat girl and expect her to slim down once she's your wife and you feed her properly, or aim for a girl with a handful of previous sexual partners who were all long term relationships. I'm just sick of guys talking about how they *only* want a debt free virgin without tattoos who isn't fat, when it's actually statistically even less realistic than a girl saying she wants a tall guy who makes six figures. When you add debt- and tattoo-free to the list of requirements, you're talking about an absolute unicorn as though it's the bare minimum which can be expected of a woman.
(DIR) Post #AVWK5NJOtfbJJPwc3E by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-05-10T18:33:44.460307Z
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@SuperLutheran Do you know if anybody has shared the gospel with Ted K? He's got a terminal diagnosis. I thought about it a good while ago and just had a dream about it. I'd kick in some money to send him some books if you had ideas about what to send. Kinda want to write him a letter but idk how that would even get there from Aus.
(DIR) Post #AVWLSQ82gqdifABUvI by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-05-10T18:49:06.764022Z
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@Waldbrand @SuperLutheran Life is long and perspectives change. I'd be interested to know what he thinks now.
(DIR) Post #AVWNNGI42caobtXXTk by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-05-10T19:10:35.171670Z
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@WashedOutGundamPilot @Waldbrand @SuperLutheran I'd rather be a fool for Christ and waste my time than let a man die without effective evangelism.