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I try to be tolerant of religious people, but I do think the world would be a better place if Humanism were mainstream. Atheism gets a bad reputation because of its association with Communism.

Atheism gets a bad reputation because a lot of atheists are arseholes. 

And I say that as an atheist. Luckily I got my arsehole phase out in high school. 

The way I put it is this: anyone who is a convert to something, ANYTHING, can't freaking wait to tell you about it. And often denigrate anyone or anything that is not a convert. 

Look at crossfit junkies. Look at vegetarians/vegans. Look at the newly sober. Look at people who found religion late in life. They almost always want to make sure you know about it, and look down on you if you haven't yet "seen the light."

Well, this is a very religious country. Most atheists were not raised atheist. They became disillusioned with religion/theism over time and for various reasons, and now they feel like the wool has been pulled from before their eyes and they finally see the truth. And dammit, they're going to tell EVERYONE about it.

That was me 25 years ago, but luckily it was back in the BBS days, long before social media. I grew out of it. 

Now, 95% of people who know me casually would have no clue I'm an atheist. It quite literally doesn't come up. Mostly because I don't bring it up. 

Sorry if I offended anyone, and I acknowledge that I've been somewhat more contentious and have written potentially controversial posts recently. This whole pandemic situation (and staying with my parents for the past 5 weeks - hopefully only 3 more - since everyone is stuck at home, anyway) has exacerbated my frustrations with society and the world.... I don't mean to be disrespectful and I'll just agree to disagree on some of these issues, but this is one of the few outlets I have to interact with anyone right now....

You're a good egg.  Hang in there.  Things are gonna be okay,  and I promise not to foist off any religious stuff on you.

It's my fault for posting the always-controversial "Imagine" by John Lennon.  I really only meant it in response to C-Dubb's plan (or "mandate") acknowledging that it was as pie-in-the-sky as he intended it to be.

In a "sign of the times", GM reportedly is working on a Corvette hybrid.

Before you get overly upset at this obvious apostasy, it will have 1,000 horsepower and a flat plane crank.

This is a golden age for performance cars.  They aren't as good-looking as performance cars were 50-60 years ago, but they are faster, handle better, brake better, are more fuel-efficient, are cleaner, and are nicer inside than ever.

Too bad so many of them--I'm talkin' about you, mid-engine Corvette!--are butt-ugly.

the new Vette look has grown on me

I didn't hate it, but now I rather like it

Too bad so many of them--I'm talkin' about you, mid-engine Corvette!--are butt-ugly.

Form follows function, and you can't claim they're not functional. 

Yeah, maybe a mid-engine supercar doesn't have the exact same proportions that we all grew up with idolizing... But maybe that's because we WERE building cars wrong, and now we've figure out how to do it right. It'll just take some time (and for us old farts to die) until the world realizes that's what a supercar "should" look like. 

I just signed a contract to convert my pool to salt water, and also to solar heating.