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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

After the correction, I have no answer for you. "Thelmoious" returns zero web search results. No one here has ever heard this name or seen this spelling before you posted this question. I assumed it was a typo.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

But he needs that thick mane to keep his widdle ears warm from the cold Texas winter.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 31 points 11 hours ago (11 children)

finish the sentence

It's fun to make fun of Ted Cruz...

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago

Not necessarily.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Hi I'm also a religious person. Some religions have a big emphasis on what happens when we die, but it doesn't have to be that way. Judaism basically says, "I dunno, maybe we get reincarnated or resurrected or just go be with God. Anyway, do you want any mustard or mayo on that?"

God didn't put us here just as a test to see if we pass or fail. God didn't put us here to ignore the brokenness in the world either. God put us here to make things better. Our job is to be the light in the darkness and to leave things better than we found them.

At least that's what I believe. And I don't think you have to even believe in God to live that way.

Science as we know it is not equipped to answer the Hard Problem of Consciousness. There is no explanation or path to an explanation for what we are as self aware beings, how we are conscious, how we came to be so, or why this universe exists in the first place.

Religion may not be the best answer to these questions either, but it does offer a way to live with purpose.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

Tailscale is my number one app of the year. It makes everything else I do possible.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I feel like I'm having a seizure reading this. Please fix the spelling of what you are trying to ask.

Thelonious Sphere Monk was born on October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious (or Thelious) and Barbara Monk. His sister, Marion, had been born two years earlier. His birth certificate spelled his first name as "Thelious" and did not list his middle name, taken from his maternal grandfather, Sphere Batts.

via Wikipedia

see also: Straight, no chaser : life and genius of Thelonious Monk by Gourse, Leslie

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I appreciate it. I have some experience modding here, but not in a community like this, which has the potential to bring our the worst in people! I set rules that should be broad enough to do exactly that. I have high hopes, and it fills a need.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (29 children)

I hope not... but I really don't know!

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

There is now an Actually Infuriating community on Lemmy! Post things that are beyond just mildly infuriating. It's only mildly infuriating that someone didn't make this sooner!

Actually Infuriating

!actually_infuriating@lemmy.world

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

There is now an Actually Infuriating community on Lemmy! Post things that are beyond just mildly infuriating. It's only mildly infuriating that someone didn't make this sooner!

Actually Infuriating

 

There is now an Actually Infuriating community on Lemmy! Post things that are beyond just mildly infuriating. It's only mildly infuriating that someone didn't make this sooner!

Actually Infuriating

 

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