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I literally said Sunni gulf states.

Just from my own research, travels, and experiences Shia in general are a lot more reasonable than Sunni, especially conservative Sunni. E.g. In Lebanon Hezbollah and the Christians are sort of allies. Listen to some Hezbollah nasheeds and then compare them to Sunni. Now compare to...

Agreed. But here is the thing: They by far have the most stable and best gov in that entire region. The freedoms of women in Iran are unheard of in the Sunni gulf states. There is no guarantee that what comes after the current regime will be any better. Another point I like to mention when...

Not shocking to me. I've read several independent analysis that say the Iranians could have used the Houthis, Shia in Saudi, or even been launched off a civilian boat. What is funny to me is how cheap this attack likely was for the Iranians vs how much the Saudis spend on their defense. There...

Someone should lock that guy in a room with some Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz.

I'm on a 20:4 fast. I'm down from 271 on April 12th to 225 today. Of course I changed my entire diet and activity levels.

I've been on a self improvement binge, which is why I've not been posting here as much. I'm reading two books right now:

Just found out my grandmother has cholesterol almost as high as me. Can't take statins because of side effects. She's got a decent diet and healthy BMI. She's 87 lol.

Thanks. That is what I'm trying to do.

Hello everyone! This is my first post in D & S. I know you guys aren't doctors, but I just wanted some general opinions. So I've been trying to do my own research online on statins and how to lower cholesterol. I keep coming across contradictions, even is sources that should be reputable can't...

If you're a Christian, your faith confers (at least in the branches of Protestantism I'm familiar with) salvation according to the belief system. If you truly believe in that stuff, choosing to be Christian still makes sense in the face of persecution. The being said, a belief system is in a...

What? I've lived in countries where LGBT people are beaten and denied services. Why would anyone choose that? My point is that it isn't a choice. Also, you know nothing about me lol. But carry on.

Like I said, if you want me to dive into why homosexuality is not a mental illness, I'd be happy to. Why on Earth would someone choose to be gay? What (until maybe recently in certain large cities) are the benefits of "choosing" to be a homo? If you were to say it isn't totally biological...

No it isn't. The APA removed it (homosexuality) from the list of mental illnesses in 1973. If you want to dive deep into this, I'd be happy to.

In the future, this kind of tech is going to be widely available. I mean right now there are pretty sophisticated cyber weapons available on the deep web. Most government reports trying to predict the future talk about the diffusion of tech to non state actors and individuals. The only reason...

People like to talk crap about the Chinese and Chinese folks. I certainly don't like the Orwellian shit their government does (social credit score, suppressing religion etc) but I like when they do stuff like this...if for nothing else than the fact I get to lol as a bunch of people on Twitter...

Sounds like a dindu

Also from the WHO https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/health/who-transgender-reclassified-not-mental-disorder/index.html Now I have nothing against trans individuals. I think everyone should be entitled to healthcare and being treated human. That being said, as a person that has spent time in a...

Dude, isn't them saying stuff like that terroristic threat?

In front of our property (literally) is a creek and dam. Everything is posted and there are signs warning not to get close to dam. Every summer dumbasses try taking their rafts and kayaks over it.