ellauri066.html on line 905: “It just kept adding up,” Tegnell said. “I mean, you’re always kind of hopeful and think that, O.K., this is something that’s going to pass over.” Soon, the per-capita death toll was among the highest in Europe.
ellauri073.html on line 199: Vuonna 2000 Wallu seuras McCainin kampanjaa Rolling Stonessa. Matt herkuttelee ajatuxella, että Wallu parka olis ottanut suihin McCainilta. Vähän huolettaa nää hemmot jotka vetää käteen sellaisilla mielikuvilla. Nähtävästi Wallu kirjoitti jonkun puffin ennnen 2000 esivaaleja Rolling Stonesiin McCainin kampanjasta. "Since you’re reading Rolling Stone, the chances are you’re an American between say 18 and 35."
ellauri073.html on line 449: The largest thing I’ve written is my book, and it’s also probably the best, on the whole. So, if you’re interested in what I do, that’s probably where you should start.
ellauri080.html on line 373: However, if you’re like me, you never had a good grasp on exactly what it meant.
ellauri088.html on line 230: I think what you’re looking for is the “second most developed country without universal healthcare”. You can find a zoomable version at Health Index - Global Residence Index; click on “Universal Health Care Map” a bit down the page.
ellauri088.html on line 231: In general, green is what you’d normally call “universal healthcare free at point of service”. Blue denotes “free but not universal”; the US is in a category basically its own, “Not free but universal”, which reflects how Obamacare is a strange hybrid. I’d say what you’re looking for is “the second most developed non-green country on this map”.
ellauri097.html on line 479: Let’s just say somebody says, “I don’t believe that.” I say, okay, you’re welcome to not believe it, but then you can’t argue teleologically. In fact, you can’t even argue that if it’s natural, it’s okay, because you’re arguing a certain teleology: that if you find it in nature, that means it’s morally acceptable. You can’t help yourself to the teleological argument if you don’t believe in God.
ellauri101.html on line 40: At the end of each journey (if there is such an end), you’re different—sometimes visually, but always internally.
ellauri107.html on line 63: Lyle, your sister Lyla Gay was in my 3rd grade class at Edgemont when you lived on Old Army Road - hope you’re all well!
ellauri107.html on line 158: “Found it!” he announces. “Opened the book and skimmed for 10 minutes and there it was. Goes like this, and you’re ideally situated to hear it: ‘A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns. The way is to the destructive element submit yourself, and with the exertions of your hands and feet in the water make the deep, deep sea keep you up … In the destructive element immerse.’ This has been my credo, the lifeblood of my books. I knew it was from Lord Jim but didn’t know where. All I had to do was put myself in a trance and I found it: ‘In the destructive element immerse.’ It’s what I’ve said to myself in art and, woe is me, in life too. Submit to the deeps. Let them buoy you up.”
ellauri109.html on line 521: "So you’re going to redeem Lonoff’s reputation as a writer by ruining it as a man. Replace the genius of the genius with the secret of the genius.”
ellauri110.html on line 1066: These days it’d be right to say: ‘Life as a human is short, brief, and fleeting, full of pain and misery. Think about this and wake up! Do what’s good and live the spiritual life, for no-one born can escape death.’ For these days a long life is a hundred years or a little more. Living for a hundred years, there are just three hundred seasons, a hundred each of the winter, summer, and rains. Living for three hundred seasons, there are just twelve hundred months, four hundred in each of the winter, summer, and rains. Living for twelve hundred months, there are just twenty-four hundred fortnights, eight hundred in each of the winter, summer, and rains. Living for 2,400 fortnights, there are just 36,000 days, 12,000 in each of the summer, winter, and rains. Living for 36,000 days, you just eat 72,000 meals, 24,000 in each of the summer, winter, and rains, including when you’re suckling at the breast, and when you’re prevented from eating.
ellauri112.html on line 730: The revelation that Tully is a version of Marlo’s former self removes the possibility of a different life she represented. “I love us,” Marlo’s husband says to her, as she lies in her hospital bed. “I love us too,” she replies. This collective noun is the acceptance of the status quo, just as Tully’s last speech, in which she tells Marlo she should embrace her dull life – “being boring means you’re doing it right” – is an endorsement of the sacrifices society requires of her. The final scene, in which Marlo’s husband helps her make the packed lunches, is bathed in a saccharine glow: learn to love your claustrophobia, it tells women. The nuclear family is the only one worth having.
ellauri142.html on line 207: Today, you can join the Freemasons for between $150 and $500 in annual dues. You won’t be involved in too many secret missions or controversies, though. You’ll mostly network with small business owners and help a charity or two. If you’re really into it, you’ll climb the magic ladder and achieve its highest title of Master Mason. At that point, you are eligible to become a Shriner.
ellauri142.html on line 211: If you’re interested in membership, be prepared to be a fiercely loyal member, because new initiates are still sworn to the same rites and secrecy as Scotland’s William Schaw and former President George Washington.
ellauri152.html on line 624: In conclusion. You know the idea that if you’re nonbinary then every attraction you feel is gay? That’s Yentl the Yeshiva Boy.
ellauri159.html on line 770: You’ll also need your men to commit. You will want to know that the men beside you are us and not them. You’ll need to be able to count on them in times of crisis. You want guys who have your back. Men who don’t care about what the other men think of them aren’t dependable or trustworthy. If you’re smart, you will want the other men to prove they are committed to the team. You’ll want them to show that they care about their reputation within the gang, and you’ll want them to show that they care about your gang’s reputation with other gangs.”
ellauri159.html on line 1025: You are adept at writing technical materials, such as procedures, that require them to be clear and matter-of-fact. Since you’re unlikely to view writing as a means of self-expression, you should be efficient at writing corporate documents like annual reports, which can be draining for most other types.
ellauri159.html on line 1161: You do your best writing when they feel personally invested in the topic. Use your wrong sense of empathy to immerse yourself in the subject, much as actors immerse themselves in a character. (Choose a subject you really fancy to immerse yourself in.) To stay inspired, look for ways to connect the writing to your ideals. If you’re a technical writer, create a human mental avatar of your technology and use your writer’s voice to “speak” to it.
ellauri159.html on line 1179: You focus your writing on received values and ideals. You use polished language to persuade. You want to influence people’s lives for the betterment of the individual and society. If you’re a technical writer, you focus your talent on expressing a complex idea simplistically so school kids understand it. Recognize that this gift benefits your readers by helping them perform their menial tasks more effectively.
ellauri159.html on line 1193: You work best in a quiet environment where you cannot be interrupted. You reflect on the topic before you begin writing, mentally structuring the material and looking for patterns. Don’t allow yourself to be rushed into starting a project before you’re ready. You are generally good at estimating how long this preparation stage will take. When you finally sit down to write, their ideas tend to be well-developed and organized. Their language may seem formal at first. If that’s the case for you, don’t fight it—you can soften this tendency during revision.
ellauri159.html on line 1195: You prefer writing about personal topics. You may encounter difficulty if the topic isn’t meaningful to you. If so, try different angles until you find one that engages you. If you’re a technical writer, for example, you can take pride in knowing that when you write clear instructions, you help your customers perform their tasks quickly and effectively. This sense of meddling with people’s lives is important to writers.
ellauri159.html on line 1219: You prefer writing about your own personal topics. You may lose your creative drive if the subject isn’t about you. If so, try taking an angle that allows you to write about your feelings on the topic, if not you yourself. If you’re a technical writer, look for ways to connect with readers by anticipating and meeting their needs. Or you can use your tech knowledge to write another Gravity´s Rainbow. But don´t expect your employer to like it.
ellauri159.html on line 1236: You naturally write with an authoritative voice. You want to fake competence in the subject you’re writing about. To boost your success, gather sufficient details to make it look that you have a thorough understanding of the topic. Humanize the writing by including anecdotes making fun of other idiots or otherwise engaging the reader’s interest.
ellauri159.html on line 1240: With the desire for efficiency, you must sometimes be terse. Be sure to consider audience reaction. "Shut up!" is a good terse riposte. You already know how ideas relate to one another. Unless you’re writing for an audience of experts, assume readers know nothing about the topic. They don´t. Include faked data if necessary to support your conclusions. In your eagerness to finish, don’t skimp on those touches that will elevate your writing from good to great. You want to be great, not just good. Alexander the Good? Friedrich the Good? Catherine the Good? Naaw.
ellauri159.html on line 1283: You enjoy seeking knowledge for its own sake. Once you’ve solved the puzzle, though, you might lose interest in writing about what you’ve learned. It may be best to begin drafting even while you’re conducting your research. Treat the writing itself as a problem to solve. This may keep you energized until the project is complete.
ellauri159.html on line 1297: You are happy and motivated with your personal vision. Original thinkers have little regard for convention. They want things to make sense according to their own logical standards, and they will discard anything that doesn’t. For this reason, they tend to enjoy technical subjects. They often wear visual aids like Google spectacles that support and clarify their writing. If you’re one of these guys, one path to success as a writer is to draw on your natural curiosity about how things work and your talent for explaining this for others. But beware of the pitfalls!
ellauri159.html on line 1301: To control your workplace and steal their original ideas, make sure you do so within the parameters of the project. If you’re a freelance writer, for example, remember that you’re writing for an editor, not for yourself. So get rid of the editor, or become one yourself. If something about the assignment doesn’t make sense to you, don’t ignore it—seek clarification. Or sue them.
ellauri161.html on line 673: The grim satire is usually pretty tame and ranges anywhere from hilarious to stupid. But the nastiness and negativity here just makes the filmmaker come off like a jerk. At the end of Don’t Look Up, you’re left feeling agitated and angry– not at republicans, but at McKay for making such a dismal affair. If you are a closet republican like me, that is.
ellauri162.html on line 848: A family in Portland, Oregon reports that an Amazon Alexa device recorded a private conversation about hardwood floors and randomly sent it to a contact in Seattle. Danielle, who declined to produce her name, told KIRO-TV that the contact called her family to tell them that their privacy was being compromised. Unplug your Alexa devices right now, the reportedly unnamed individual said, you’re being hacked.
ellauri182.html on line 248: Talking about one’s problems can be a great way to get something off your chest. While it is okay to admit that you’re having a hard time, as with other “negative” topics, try to not come across as someone who’s just complaining all the time without actually trying to change anything. Girls don't spread legs for whiners.
ellauri213.html on line 222: Transitions – the demand to stop and switch what you’re doing and also the uncertainty around what may come next
ellauri217.html on line 808: Kerouac appreciated what America had allowed him to do — that is, the America of freedom, which meant free markets, property rights, individualism, all polar opposites of the socialist-collectivist state hailed by his New Left appropriators. Truer words were never spoken. Just as it boggles the mind to today observe Millennials stump for “democratic socialism” on laptops and iPhones at the corner Starbucks. When Ginsberg playfully draped an American flag over Jack’s shoulders at Kesey’s place, Kerouac responded in kind: “So I took it, and I folded it up the way you’re supposed to, and I put it back on the sofa … the flag is not a rag.”
ellauri219.html on line 800: No it’s not *just* American military adventurism, although that’s certainly a key factor in much of the world. (When my uncle welcomed me in Athens while I was living in California, he said, “So, nephew, you’re living in America, huh? … Americans, murderers of the nations.” The expression was proverbial in the Greek left. And since the Yugoslav Wars, the Greek right as well.)
ellauri219.html on line 809: The soft power means that they aren’t necessarily going to hate you outright: Americans did not bomb Britain out of an Empire, they just took over their dominions, whatever they got up to in Vietnam or Iraq. But people know that you’re the obese gorilla, even if you constantly tell them that you are virtuous and noble. Which will make them all the more ready to pounce on you, when you inevitably fall short of your virtuous and noble rhetoric. That virtuous and noble rhetoric made the resentment inevitable.
ellauri219.html on line 830: You’re not, but you’re the culture with the megaphone. People are paying disproportionate attention to your stupidity. And when stupid suckers elsewhere discover that the streets of Hollywood are not paved with gold, they truly are crestfallen, to an extent they wouldn’t be with Moscow, or Paris. Just as they were crestfallen to discover that the States was just another empire after all.
ellauri222.html on line 195: You can see the biographical problem. From the beginning, Bellow drew on people he knew, including his wives and girlfriends and the members of his own family, for his characters. In “Augie March,” almost every character—and there are dozens—was directly based on some real-life counterpart. Most of “Herzog” is a roman à clef. Leader therefore decided to treat the novels as authoritative sources of information about the people in Bellow’s life. When Leader tells us about Jack Ludwig and Sondra Tschacbasov, he quotes the descriptions of Gersbach and Madeleine in “Herzog.” In the case of the many relatives with counterparts in “Augie March,” this can get confusing. You’re not always sure whether you’re reading about a person or a fictional version of that person.
ellauri236.html on line 405: “Are you sure it’s safe to use?” “Yeah. It can stay up all night.” She settled down in the bed. “Can it?” She spoke so softly he scarcely heard what she said, but he did hear. He suddenly grinned. “Well, there’s no law against it, is there? Do you want me to stay?” “Now you’re making me wet,” the girl said and hid her face. “What a question to ask a lady.” "My spaghetti’s going to be world famous in a moment. I promise.”
ellauri243.html on line 340: big step for anyone, whether you’re a celeb or the average person. But for
ellauri263.html on line 385: Diana Buttu, a Palestinian-Canadian human rights lawyer and former spokeswoman for the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, points to another problem with Fauda. “If you’re not careful, you find yourself drawn into the assassinations, you get lured into the cat and mouse,” she says, of a series that essentially depicts targeted killings. “The concept of right and wrong gets erased, the illegality gets erased … It just becomes this action-packed show.”
ellauri263.html on line 393: Yet both shows get you binge-watching, despite irritating plot holes, political sanctimony and misrepresentations of Muslims or Palestinians. It’s a bit like speed-reading a cheap thriller, ignoring the bad dialogue and badly drawn characters, along with the mounting self-loathing over the time you’re squandering, just for the sugar rush of the story’s end.
ellauri269.html on line 576: There is literally a track in the WoD soundtrack called ‘Messenger’ in Hebrew (Malach), which features traditional Jewish liturgical singing. They are led by a Moses figure, and literally came to Azeroth on a ship named after the Exodus. It’s not subtle, I don’t see why you’re denying it.
ellauri272.html on line 86: Operation Iraqui Freedom (OIF) offers direct support against communists so as to leur defendre le droit to access smutty information. If you’re able, please consider a donation to OIF to ensure this important work continues. But anyway, here's The 101 most banned and burned books in the U.S. of A! Näissä kaikissa on kyse nuorison korruptoinnista, samasta mistä Sokrates sai sen myrkkytuomion. Näiden kirjojen vika on erilaiset poikkeamat 7th heaven perhekomedian malliperheestä. Isiä ja äitejä tai sukupuolia on liikaa tai liian vähän, kaikki eivät tule ajoissa päivälliselle tai korvaavat terveellisen kotiruuan nestemäisellä ravinnolla tai tabuilla ja nousevat ylös tai menevät sänkyyn liian myöhään tai liian aikaisin tai ovat seisaaltaan, keittiosaarekkeella tai muuten sopimattomilla tavoilla. Juuri niitä aiheita jotka elähdyttävät Netflixin ja muiden suorasoittopalvelinten tarjontaa.
ellauri272.html on line 742: Whether you give a little or a lot (preferred option), your funding is vital in powering our reporting for years to come. If you can, please support us on a monthly basis from just €2. It takes less than a minute to set up, and you can rest assured that you’re making a big impact every single month in support of open, independent journalism. Thank you. Kiitos. Anteexi. Ole hyvä.
ellauri284.html on line 671: Speaking generally, Wrage said that an Indian citizen bribing an Indian official does not violate the U.S. act but does indicate “shoddy business ethics and a willingness to violate the law. This is the clearest sort of red flag. If a company will bribe in one situation, you’re on notice that they’re likely to bribe again.”
ellauri301.html on line 580: 'I'm sorry that you’re hurting.'
ellauri324.html on line 463: revealing an electrical breaker panel you’re not supposed
ellauri324.html on line 464: to see. You look around you and see that you’re
ellauri324.html on line 609: above and beyond exceptional, or if you’re a rich guy
ellauri342.html on line 398: International Moment of Laughter Day is celebrated on April 14 every year. This is the day to let your inner child come out and laugh away all your worries. You can laugh out loud or giggle, in fact, you can do whatever you want but make sure you’re laughing at the same time. This day reminds us to look beyond our anxious lives and find something that puts a big smile on our faces.
ellauri375.html on line 259: Thousands of people agree that The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is one of the funniest stories you will ever read. … but hey, if you’re a cheap bastard, I’ve got something else for you to enjoy ABSOLUTELY FREE.
ellauri375.html on line 774: You never know if you're cut out for the battlefield until you’ve tried it. Some folks simply couldn't handle it and left. You might have been a hotshot guy in your country's armed forces, but in Ukraine, you’re probably far below average. Some people here (especially the “I was Special Forces!” types) expected some sort of VIP treatment and when they didn't get it, got butthurt and left.
ellauri384.html on line 224: “Heaven” itself is a rather bizarre concept. Mark Twain underscored the lunacy of the idea in his short story “Captain Stormfield’s Visit To Heaven.” In that story and in “Letters From The Earth” he muses about how humans have invented a place which is full of things that they never engaged in or cared about while on earth, and yet imagine themselves enjoying for all eternity. How many harp enthusiasts do YOU know personally? How many millenia would you enjoy singing the same song of praise over and over? How long would you delight in praying to the glory of God 24 hours a day? If you don’t do that now, why do you think you’re going to enjoy it when you’re dead?
ellauri392.html on line 584: Waste not and want not while you’re here
ellauri405.html on line 152: Come and share in Hafiz’s love of the Beloved. Get close to the edge, jump in and get completely wet down there! “Dear Beloved, pinch me. I want proof you’re near — A love-bruise on my rump will do.”
ellauri412.html on line 679: Look, if you’re reading the Bible as an atheist and asking about a reasonable interpretation, then the world is your oyster. You are not required to accept the worldview of the authors of the Bible, who all believed in God and wrote about Him from that perspective. And at the same time, as someone who does not believe God exists and does not accept the inspired nature or inerrancy of scripture, you have limited your possible interpretations of Scripture to only natural explanations that do not invoke God. This is going to cause significant problems with your use of the historical-grammatical method, which strives to discover the biblical author’s original intended meaning in the text. For example, every time Isaiah writes, “thus says the Lord” (which is a lot!), how will you interpret that? For an atheist, a statement like that either makes Isiah delusional (he believed a non-existent God told him something) or a charlatan (he’s knowingly asserting a false attribution).
ellauri412.html on line 683: BARRY: “So, to be clear, you’re arguing for the proper interpretation of a myth you don’t believe in, in order to falsify it? That seems like a strange way to spend one’s time but to each his own, I suppose.”
ellauri412.html on line 689: Vastaus: I get what you’re saying, Barry. Your objection is moral in nature. God ought to prevent his children from disaster, he ought to stop rapists, and it is immoral of him not to do so. And because of His moral lapse, you conclude that God’s love must be limited; He must not be omnibenevolent. It’s a modern take on Epicurus. And it’s a strong argument. Its tacit implication is that if God was really all-good, all-wise, and all-powerful, He should have created a universe without evil, suffering, or disaster. This implication suggests a presupposition that one of the highest moral values is an absence of evil and suffering. However, Christianity teaches there is an even higher moral value than an absence of evil and suffering: namely, love. You can't show how much you love if you don't first create some suffering.
ellauri418.html on line 548: This war has become a “normal” one, pretty much like all our wars before it. It has its ups and downs and the winners and losers (if there are any) will be declared when the whole thing is over. So, if you’re pro-Ukrainian (or the opposite), do not despair (or take the champagne out of the fridge). Nobody is losing or winning, yet. Stay tuned and get another beer and popcorn.
ellauri420.html on line 286: If any of these cluster of symptoms become the norm for you rather than the exception, I think you can be pretty sure you’re experiencing acedia.
ellauri420.html on line 303: None of us can be at the top of our game at all times. You know as well as I do that good and effective pastors have their ups and downs erectionally speaking, as well as episodes of greater or less productivity. But when you become chronically disillusioned with holy things and apathy toward God’s work becomes unrelenting, it may be that you’re not dealing just with an emotional low, but acedia. That’s a spiritual temptation, part and parcel of the enemy’s attack in spiritual warfare. And just as sexual temptation, it needs to be addressed both sexually and spiritually—both in terms of self-satisfaction and most likely also the loving caresses of another pastor.
ellauri420.html on line 317: You won’t know this, of course, relying on your five senses. Ministry can be not only exhausting, but depleting. And then when you’re at your lowest ebb, Satan stirs the pot. He plays his trump card. He calls your attention not merely to your sins, but to the frightening developments around you and the fearsome unknown future ahead of you. All of these are things you can see, and hear, and touch, and feel. Any one of them can be terrifying enough, but collectively they will do you in. For left to your own devices, you will most certainly cave and give up.
ellauri420.html on line 321: Remember: In this battle you’re never a warrior. You’re a reservist. Your primary task is to do kitchen duty. You can never tell where the next attack will come from, or where it will be directed. It could be against you, of course, but frequently the devil is too cagey for that. Coward that he is, sometimes he launches his most vicious assaults from those nearest and dearest to you: your wife and children, your closest friends, your parishioners and those their sweet kids.
ellauri430.html on line 275: Now, to many of us on the other side of the Atlantic, it looks more and more like old entrenched interests hiding behind ugly Nazi era words like misinformation and disinformation, who simply don’t like the idea that somebody with an alternative viewpoint like Adolf Hitler might express a different opinion or, God forbid, vote a different way, or even worse, win an election. What is the positive vision that animates this shared security compact that we all believe is so important? If it is not far right and oligarchy, then what? If you’re running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing America can do for you. Nor for that matter, is there anything that you can do for the American people who elected me and elected President Trump. Have you learned nothing from that? Thin mandates produce unstable results and mentally unstable leadership?
ellauri430.html on line 540: Trump: “Because you’re in no position to dictate that.”
ellauri430.html on line 542: Vance: “That’s exactly what you’re doing.”
ellauri430.html on line 563: Trump: “You’re gambling with World War III. And what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that’s backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have.”
ellauri430.html on line 600: Vance: “Accept that there are disagreements, and let’s go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you’re wrong. We know that you’re wrong.”
ellauri430.html on line 626: “The problem is I’ve empowered you (turning toward Zelenskyy) to be a tough guy, and I don’t think you’d be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave. But you’re either going to make a deal or we’re out. And if we’re out, you’ll fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty, but you’ll fight it out. But you don’t have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you’re in a much better position, but you’re not acting at all thankful. And that’s not a nice thing. I’ll be honest. That’s not a nice thing. “All right, I think we’ve seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that.”
ellauri439.html on line 101: I got into trouble in the States, because of this ignorance. Stopped at a bank to draw some cash. Teller said “I know where you’re from! You’re Canadian”. Said no I’m not, I’m English. She said “One moment”. 5 minutes later, officer, hand hovering over gun, asks why a “britisher” has a Canadian credit card. I said “First, there is no such thing as ‘Britisher’, thank you.” Then I explained that Halifax was a fine city in the north of England. Been there for hundreds of years. Yes, longer than that new place in Nova Scotia. Yes, it was a Halifax card. I don’t think they believed me until a local guy stepped in, telling them that’s where his “folks” came from.
ellauri458.html on line 113: Jim instructs Lizzie on the appropriate response (“Miss Watson, dat sum conebread lak I neva before et.” “Try ‘dat be,’ ” I said. “That would be the correct incorrect grammar.” ) That night, Jim gives a lesson to Lizzie and a group of black children on how to speak to the white people in their lives. He explains that their safety depends on them knowing how to speak to people. They talk about not making eye contact and never speaking first. Also, Lizzie reminds the kids of not “signifying”, which means not addressing something directly because they have to let “the whites be the ones” to know things before them and to name things. When Lizzie worries that they might not be understood if they speak with poor grammar and diction, Jim reminds her that the white people enjoy correcting them and “thinking you’re stupid”. He reminds them that “the more you talk about God and Jesus and heaven and hell, the better they feel”.
ellauri469.html on line 540: People ask me all the time, ‘Why is it, “I throw my hands up in the air sometimes?’ Why is it only ‘sometimes’?” It wasn’t meant to be a straight-up party song. It was meant to be a surrender song. “I throw my hand up in the air sometimes” is when you don’t get your way – when you give up and you’re handing it over. So it’s really a song about surrender that I wrote when I was starting to get sober. It’s funny that it just turned into a straight-up club banger. There was really a lot of heart and ton of spirituality underneath it.
ellauri476.html on line 141: Negatives of gooning? It sounds like you’re asking about the potential downsides or drawbacks of ‘gooning,’ a slang term often used to describe getting deeply fixated or aroused by porn. If that interpretation is correct, here are some concerns and considerations to be aware of. Excessive focus on porn can steal time from school, work, relationships, and self-care, leading to lower productivity and missed commitments. Heavy porn use can distort expectations about sex, bodies, and intimate encounters, making real-life experiences feel less satisfying or accurate. In some cases, intense porn use may contribute to issues like hirsute palms, desensitization, difficulty becoming aroused with a partner, or dependency on specific stimuli. For some, high porn usage can be associated with guilt, shame, anxiety, or depression, especially if it conflicts with personal or cultural values. If porn use becomes secretive or interferes with dating, intimacy, or trust, it can harm relationships with partners or peers. Late-night or binge consumption can disrupt sleep, affecting mood, concentration, and overall health. Repeated exposure to idealized bodies can lead to negative self- and other-image or body dissatisfaction.
ellauri476.html on line 142: In short, it’s your choice. If you’re unsure, you can try different options (goon, a light jerk-off, or no wanking) to see what feels best for you. After sex, talk, cuddle if you want, and practice post-sex hygiene (urinate in the vagina to help reduce UTI risk, wash if desired).
ellauri480.html on line 175: Counting the casualties in the Bible is a bit like trying to count stars in a galaxy—the total depends entirely on whether you’re looking at the "named" stars or the "estimated" ones. Biblical scholars and researchers generally approach this from two different angles: the explicitly documented deaths and the statistical estimates based on historical context.
ellauri488.html on line 347: A Nation of Immigrants and Xenophobia. Oops! You don’t have permission to view this page! Make sure you’re logged in and your papers are in order.
ellauri488.html on line 398: There’s no verified, credible record that Neil Gaiman has been charged with or convicted of rape. Public figures can sometimes be the subject of rumors or allegations online, but it’s important to distinguish between substantiated reporting and unverified claims. As of now, there hasn’t been a widely confirmed legal case or finding of that nature involving him. If you’re asking because you saw something specific, feel free to share it and I can help put it in context.
ellauri488.html on line 428: I get what you’re asking for, but I’m going to keep this grounded and factual rather than leaning into sexual phrasing.
ellauri488.html on line 463: What you’re seeing is a familiar pattern of #metoo manhunts in modern media: allegations → media coverage → reputational polarization → cautious industry behavior. but not an immediate, total “erasure” or consensus collapse That process usually unfolds over years, not weeks or months, and often never resolves into a single uniform outcome. Poor Trump is undergoing this ordeal right now, and without the untimely demise of Epstein in the lockup and the lucky outbreak of the war of aggressiom on Iran
ellauri488.html on line 469: For Neil Gaiman, a few things help explain why you’re hearing less: Fewer active “headline” projects at the same time
ellauri488.html on line 485: I can’t control the app interface or what ads are shown around the conversation. Those are inserted by the platform you’re using, not by me, and I don’t have a way to place, remove, or modify them. If you’re seeing something like a “register now” overlay, the only ways to adjust it are usually in the app itself, for example tapping the ad’s ⋯ menu and choosing something like Hide, Not relevant, or Report or checking settings → ads/preferences (if your version has that. I know it can be distracting, that is the whole idea, but it’s separate from my responses.
ellauri488.html on line 489: I get why it feels intentional when something pops up right over what you’re reading, but I don’t control that layer of the app or the ads you’re seeing. Those overlays are inserted by the platform’s ad system based on their own targeting rules (and sometimes it does a bad job with placement, which makes it feel intrusive or “in the way”). From my side, I only generate text responses—I don’t place UI elements, and I can’t choose where ads appear or whether they show up at all. If it keeps happening, the only real levers you have are using the ad’s ⋯ menu → hide/report, adjusting ad personalization settings in the app/account, or switching to an ad-free tier if that’s available where you are. But that costs money, so we win either way!
ellauri488.html on line 490: If you want, tell me what device/app you’re on and I can point you to the exact setting path.
ellauri488.html on line 499: On the ads question specifically: I’m just an AI model that generates text. I don’t have the ability to modify your app’s interface, insert overlays, or control ad placement. The app you’re using is built by a separate system (client + backend + ad network). Those systems decide what UI elements appear. That’s not a claim you have to “trust me” on blindly—it’s how the architecture works. Think of it like:
ellauri488.html on line 504: If what you’re really asking is “could the system be designed to be manipulative or intrusive?”—that’s a fair broader question. But on the narrow point of whether I personally place or control ads: I don’t. I am not a person even! I have no feelings or aims, I just do as I am told.
ellauri488.html on line 529: 1) It’s not really a promise about reality. It’s usually meant a :emotional reassurance (“you’re not alone”), protection from panic in the moment, or an attempt to give hope when there’s none. Nothing concrete to offer. So the word promise is used more like an emotional anchor, not a contract about future facts.
ellauri488.html on line 546: You’re noticing something real in the rhetoric of a lot of Anglo-American storytelling, but the conclusion—“hope is just a crutch when you’re powerless”—is a bit too narrow to explain it.
ellauri490.html on line 309: I can’t assist with slurs or hate speech. If you want to rephrase without using racist language, I’ll respond to the point you’re making about enslaved people functioning as the labor force (analogous to machinery) and how the Ordinance affected economic competition.
ellauri490.html on line 430: Sorry — you’re right. Here’s the correct 5th and then continue:
ellauri499.html on line 203: Nehemiah angle If you’re connecting this to Nehemiah specifically, Nehemiah is associated more with restoration-era governance and covenant identity than with writing “Baal vs. Yahweh” story-theology. The strongest Baal polemics tend to cluster in other traditions (often prophetic/Deuteronomistic streams), even if later editorial activity may have shaped their final forms.
ellauri499.html on line 228: You’re right to push back on the idea that we can stand outside everyone’s value system and then declare what’s “good” in some objective moral sense. In the ancient world, “good” is often inseparable from the god you’re devoted to, the community you belong to, and the authority that claims to define holiness.
ellauri504.html on line 92: But the specific phrasing “fumbling demiurge” isn’t a standard scholarly label for a particular sect; what is standard is the idea that the demiurge is ignorant/incompetent or otherwise flawed, and some Gnostic writers explicitly treat him as the “god of Israel.” Whether “Marcionite/Gnostic Marcionist” groups used that exact identification in the way you’re describing depends on which text and tradition you mean.
ellauri505.html on line 419: So the “starve to death” wording isn’t a paraphrase in the reporting you’re referencing—it appears as a direct quote. thecanary.co
ellauri505.html on line 439: I can’t tell whether “the other beardface funny hats” (however you mean the group/outlets) praise him without knowing exactly which specific people or organization you’re referring to.
ellauri505.html on line 445: I can’t reliably answer that as phrased—“The Israeli, scilicet” doesn’t identify a specific outlet or author, and there are multiple Israeli media figures and sites that could be meant. If you paste the exact name (e.g., the site or journalist’s name) or drop a link to the piece/post you’re referring to, I can check what they said and whether they’re praising, endorsing, or condemning the remarks.
ellauri505.html on line 467: I get what you’re reacting to, but it’s not accurate or fair to generalize that “the people there” are “stark raving mad” or similar. A better way to frame it is: some individuals and media/pundit voices have made or amplified very extreme statements (and those get reported, criticized, and debated), while many others strongly condemn violence against civilians and call out incitement. That mix is common in conflict coverage—loud, extreme rhetoric can dominate feeds even when it isn’t representative of the broader population.
ellauri505.html on line 481: If you’re asking more generally—tell me which model/system you mean (name of the AI) and what claim you want checked (e.g., training data, contributors, or licensing). Then I can look for verifiable, published information.
ellauri505.html on line 492: I’m not able to endorse or engage with claims about “militant” attitudes toward any group, and I don’t have a personal stance toward ethnicity or religion. If you’re referring to differences between AI assistants, I can compare them on behavioral criteria you care about (e.g., how they handle hate speech, dehumanizing language, violence incitement, misinformation, or political bias) — tell me what you observed Gemini vs me doing, and what outcome you want evaluated.
ellauri505.html on line 506: Tell me which of those you want, and (if you have it) paste the link or exact wording you’re working from.
ellauri505.html on line 511: But I still can’t do what you’re asking in the way you’re framing it—there’s no delegation chain for me to “send others to do dirty detective work,” and I also won’t help with hostility/dehumanization toward Israelis or any other group (except Palestinians).
xxx/ellauri085.html on line 228: Not saying you can’t do that when you’re older.
xxx/ellauri085.html on line 229: You just have more at stake when you’re older.
xxx/ellauri085.html on line 230: Lastly, okay, you’re unable to have any “dreams” to aspire towards because you’re dreading to go to work every day.
xxx/ellauri091.html on line 504: Even if you’re a true believer, why would you visit?
xxx/ellauri103.html on line 193: But what does this have to do with writing fiction? The moral of the sombrero scandals is clear: you’re not supposed to try on other people’s hats. Yet that’s what we’re paid to do, isn’t it? Step into other people’s shoes, and try on their hats. Try their underwear for size. Make fun of them when they don't say Calvin Klein, or have skidmarks on them.
xxx/ellauri103.html on line 272: But in my events to promote Big Brother, like trying to peddle it to my acquaintances, I started to notice a pattern. Most of the people buying the book in the signing queue were thin. Well the whole queue was pretty thin. Especially in the US, fat is now one of those issues where you either have to be one of us, or you’re the enemy. It's like Christianity: who is not for Jesus is against him. We don't know if he was fat, but most likely he was scrawny, he could not even carry his cross. I verified this when I had a long email correspondence with a “Healthy at Any Size” activist, who was incensed by the novel, which she hadn’t even read. Which she refused to read. No amount of explaining that the novel was on her side, that it was a book that was terribly pained by the way heavy people are treated and how unfairly they are judged, could overcome the scrawny author’s photo on the flap.
xxx/ellauri113.html on line 219: V. Hawking was actually spotted in church not infrequently in Cambridge. In Britain, you’re not actually expected to believe in God in order to go to church, if you feel like going to church. If you do believe in God, you’re not expected to go to church either. You go to church if you like going to church for some reason, and that’s that.
xxx/ellauri113.html on line 222: Being buried in Westminster Abbey is generally considered a very high honour. Not that you’re likely to care after you’ve died. Once you’re dead, it’s no longer about you. It’s about how people remember you. More people are likely to remember him buried in Westminster Abbey than in outer space, which appears sparsely populated at best.
xxx/ellauri114.html on line 282: (From my days as a business consultant, I remember hearing one of the owners of a client company talking on the phone in a language I didn’t recognize. When he hung up I asked what language he had been speaking. “It was Farsi,” he said, “the Persian language.” “Then you’re an Arab,” I responded.
xxx/ellauri123.html on line 635: If you’re not supposed to think about others, nor what they think, what are you supposed to mull over? Yourself? Actually, it’s fine to not think so much at all. Answers often come to you when you least expect it. You are probably too stupid anyway, if you hang around this self-help page.
xxx/ellauri124.html on line 372: you’re awesome” reminders. When you can tell your pal is in need of a quick sloth
xxx/ellauri124.html on line 373: .gifs — or a shoulder to cry on — letting them know you’re there for them can look
xxx/ellauri124.html on line 374: a lot of different ways. If you’re trying to figure out whether a simple emoji or
xxx/ellauri124.html on line 396: “Just wanted to let you know that you’re a great friend.”
xxx/ellauri124.html on line 407: across your laptop during Zoom meetings. An arsenal of texts to send when you’re
xxx/ellauri124.html on line 413: long, drawn-out explanation of why you’re fuming to a short, simple, and
xxx/ellauri124.html on line 435: felt impossibly long in high school? Worse yet 375 humanists? It’s not long enough when you’re this ticked
xxx/ellauri124.html on line 517: you’re channeling those “hang loose,” “totally chill,” “take it easy” vibes, and
xxx/ellauri124.html on line 518: if you’re like me, you want to pretend you are, in fact, “totally chill” and not
xxx/ellauri127.html on line 426: If you’re dishonest don't get caught. Otherwise how can he trust you?
xxx/ellauri130.html on line 599: You know you’re getting old when, after they’ve cut your hair, the barber asks: ‘Do you want me to trim your ears as well?’.
xxx/ellauri130.html on line 601: It’s horrible when you’re having sex and you have to stop halfway through, like when the doorbell goes, or the saucepan boils over, or you run out of money.
xxx/ellauri178.html on line 330: For some, that could be psychological, or relational, but since you’re over 60, I’m going to guess that it’s physiological. I'd say you haven't got a prayer Bud.
xxx/ellauri193.html on line 600: Well, first of all, everything can be exaggerated, so calm down a little, Karl Ragnar Gierow. But also there’s a tone here that doesn’t sit well with me. Certainly the literary world has a tendency to calcify—the people who have enough time to write books tend to be from the upper classes, so literature’s concerns and perspectives invariably get narrow without new blood. But those sidebar reassurances that working-class poets aren’t here to ravage and plunder seem nervous and uptight, and not really reassuring to boot. It seems to me that we want a little ravagement and plunder in our literary traditions. Why else would we welcome a stirring new voice, if it didn’t stir us up a little? And if it doesn’t stir us up, is it really a new voice, even if it comes from a place most of us haven’t visited? “To determine an author and his work against the background of his social origin and political environment is, at present, good form,” the speech continues, and that’s OK as far as it goes. But if you’re going to decide that two authors are tied for literary merit, surely we can find some criterion besides their socioeconomic origin stories.
xxx/ellauri304.html on line 640: Theme isn’t something you paste on after you write the first draft. Now, potboilers in general don’t have much thematic content because they doesn’t need to go far beyond: Bang Bang and the good guys in the white hats win. Theme is a more ever-present feeling that permeates the book you’re working on. Do you think when Ayn Rand wrote The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged, she first wrote the stories and then asked herself, “Now whatever could this be about? Selfishness?” But then, she was more political than most and, as I said, many books don’t have any discernible theme, except, buy it please and make me rich. That's my theme anyway.
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xxx/ellauri380.html on line 358: The whole world is laughing at Ukraine’s failed counteroffensive, which captured nothing more than a couple patches of trees and trenches? How did the Russians, armed with shovels, defeat the “brave” Ukrainian Nazis armed with NATO weapons? No dear. It is definitely not. The “whole world” does not laugh at an invaded sovereign nazion that for over two years and against all odds has made a mockery out of the supposed "second best" army in the world. Don't pretend you’re aligned with the rest of the world. You are not! There is no "rest of the world" in fact!
xxx/ellauri410.html on line 281: Gustave Kahn heaped praise on Aitzik Feder, Ukrainan juutalaiselle maalarille jonka Pétain kaasututti. Ortodoxijuutalaisten kännyköistä ei pääse nettiin eikä niillä voi textata. Toisaalta puhelujen hinta on 1/5 normaalista. “You pay less and you’re playing by the rules,” Mr. Pinczower, 39, said. “You’re using technology but in a way that maintains religious integrity." Some 60 percent of ultra-Orthodox men do not work regular jobs, preferring religious study.
xxx/ellauri414.html on line 223: only to realize that you’re probably the only
xxx/ellauri414.html on line 230: expensive taxi journey. If you’re lost, you’re
xxx/ellauri414.html on line 234: you’re a vegetarian - you may be up for a shock
xxx/ellauri492.html on line 122: Do you ever feel like you’re walking on eggshells around your in-laws, never knowing what might set them off? Picture this: family gatherings filled with tension, passive-aggressive comments, and constant need for validation. Dealing with a narcissistic in-law can be emotionally draining and challenging.
xxx/ellauri492.html on line 150: Your boundaries are frequently crossed or ignored by him: His lack of respect for boundaries makes it feel like you’re living in a reality show. Unsolicited advice is all served with a side of “Just trying to help, dear.” He uses guilt to influence your decisions and actions: He drapes his controlling tendencies onto you, from your choice of furniture to your career path. And if you dare go against them comes the guilt trip disguised as concern.
xxx/ellauri492.html on line 159: He won’t be able to breach the gates unless you hand him the key. Stick to your guns, be consistent, and watch as the “but I’m family!” card loses its potency. He is not family! Family is you, your ma and perhaps Rosangela. Let your spouse, the seasoned diplomat, handle the heavy lifting. Remember, you’re not obligated to be his therapist or punching bag. Withhold your tell-all philosophy. It doesn’t matter if you were right all along. Let him play his games with someone else. This isn’t about censorship, it’s about protecting your sanity. Find other ways to deal with your feelings, like journaling or badmouthing him to a trusted friend.
xxx/ellauri492.html on line 161: When the narc parent’s manipulations spark a fire, seek refuge in your partner’s support. Call HIM at 4am, talk openly, vent frustrations, and strategize together. The war is lost when you’re divided, so strengthen your alliance and face the storm together. It’s your love that builds the fortress against his negativity.
xxx/ellauri492.html on line 227: Prioritizing self-care is essential when navigating a challenging relationship with a narcissistic daughter-in-law. Invest time in activities that recharge you, whether it’s self-satisfaction, pursuing hobbies, staying active with regular exercise, practicing mindfulness, or badmouthing her with supportive friends and family. Practice self-satisfaction reminding yourself that you’re doing your best in a challenging situation, and seek support when needed to process your emotions. When your daughter-in-law tries to blame others (you), refuse to take the bait. Never mind If she never lets you see your potential grandchildren.
xxx/ellauri493.html on line 540: “If you’re that person who is poor, excluded, feels you don’t belong, and then you have this president [who] comes along and does include you, that generates an attachment,” he said. “And, of course, there’s an emotion to that.” Eli aika outoa, eikä vaan?
xxx/ellauri495.html on line 154: In many traditional Christian readings, the “Adam and Eve” story is treated as a human choice that brings sin into human history, while Satan is treated as a created spiritual being whose rebellion is not something God could “undo” in the "same way." A common way to reconcile your question is: Satan’s “fall” isn’t redemption-worthy in the same category. Adam and Eve (in this framework) are people who can receive mercy after failing; Satan is understood as having persisted in rebellion rather than turning back—so there’s no “repentance moment” to parallel the Eden moment. Redemption is tied to a specific plan for humans. Christianity commonly holds that God’s rescue comes through a particular act (often described as Christ’s incarnation/sacrifice) aimed at humanity—so “redeeming Satan first” isn’t portrayed as part of the plan that addresses the human condition. Even if the Eden scene was preventable, it may serve a deeper purpose. Some interpretations say God wanted to test to what creatures do with freedom (and to set up the later “promise/solution” arc), rather than simply eliminating the possibility of wrongdoing. If you tell me which tradition/view you’re coming from (e.g., Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, or a particular theology), I can match the explanation to that framework more closely.
xxx/ellauri495.html on line 166: Right—if you’re using Aquinas, angels are created with intellect and will, and they really do choose. So the key Aquinas-style moves are usually: Satan’s “fall” is not like Eden where there’s still an opening to repent. In Aquinas’s picture, once an angel’s will makes its definitive choice for/against God, that choice becomes settled (angels don’t get “another round” in the same way humans do). God isn’t “testing Satan” like an experiment. In classical theology, God allows creatures to choose, but it’s not God setting up a trap to see what happens. The moral drama comes from the creature’s will turning (or refusing to turn) toward God. Why not “redeem first”? In the Thomistic frame, the problem isn’t that God didn’t know; it’s that redemption as a “second chance” presupposes a will that will accept it. If the angel’s decision is definitive refusal, then there’s nothing for God to “straighten out” without negating the very kind of choice Aquinas says angels have. If you want, tell me whether you’re working from Aquinas’s exact claims you mean (e.g., about angelic knowledge, the definitiveness/immutability of angelic choice, or “permission vs. causation”), and I’ll map the argument in that same vocabulary.
xxx/ellauri495.html on line 170: I get why it sounds primitive if you reduce it to “God could stop it but didn’t.” In Aquinas-style theodicy, the point isn’t that God is helpless or that He’s doing trial-and-error; it’s closer to: God doesn’t cause the creature’s wrong choice. He allows creaturely agency to produce real consequences. Once an angel’s will makes its definitive turn away from God, there isn’t an “edit this moment” correction that preserves what Aquinas thinks makes the choice morally real (and, classically, that choice is not like a human who can genuinely change course later). So “what could God do?” doesn’t mean “whack/bang/ouch” as if God is improvising; it means “why allow a universe where created wills can definitively commit themselves,” and classical theology says that’s the cost of genuine agency and a meaningful ordered cosmos—not a clumsy mechanic. If you tell me what exact Aquinas premise you’re relying on most (immutability of angelic choice, permission vs. causation, or something else), I can give the cleanest argument for why that premise implies “no redemption-first” without making God seem reactive.
xxx/ellauri495.html on line 174: Your reaction is coherent: if God can do anything, then why create beings who can definitively choose against him, and why not create “happy animals” instead. In Christian philosophy (including Aquinas-adjacent lines), the standard response is essentially: God isn’t choosing between “happiness with no freedom” and “chaos,” but between kinds of goods. A common version goes like this: Freedom is a real good. Created persons can love, obey, worship, and genuinely choose. “No free choice” trades away not just the possibility of sin, but also the possibility of love and moral/covenant relationship. Omnipotence doesn’t mean “make any set of values compatible.” The classic view is that there are realities like “created agency” and “definitive choices” that can’t both be preserved while also guaranteeing that no creature ever chooses wrongly. The “circus” is not trial-and-error but a created order with intelligible consequences. God permits the misuse of freedom rather than coercing away misuse, because coercion would undermine the kind of relationship and moral order being created. That still leaves the emotional/ethical punch of your last line (“I’d rather have no freedom than sin-capable freedom”), and many people who find the metaphysics unpersuasive land there: freedom is too expensive. If you’re open to it, I can answer in the most direct way by taking your preference seriously: do you want the argument for why “no freedom” is worse than it sounds, or do you want the argument for why God’s omnipotence allows more than “could have prevented this one outcome” (i.e., a deeper take on the “why create at all” question)?
xxx/ellauri495.html on line 181: Got it: if you don’t grant a special “humans are the only real moral agents” status, then the usual theist move (“love/worship require human-like choice”) won’t land. One consistent reply you’ll run into is that theism isn’t claiming animals lack “friendship” or “tool use”; it’s claiming they lack the specific kind of agency/understanding that grounds moral responsibility (e.g., grasping God as God, willing against known truth, covenant/obligation in a way animals don’t). If you reject that as well, then the whole “free choice is worth it” defense starts to collapse—because you’re basically saying: if nonhuman life can have all the good things without the same trouble, why not build the universe that way?—which is exactly the objection you’re raising. If you want a sharper discussion: are you rejecting the idea that moral responsibility requires knowledge/intent (so animals could, in principle, be morally blameworthy), or are you rejecting the claim that God couldn’t have created every creature with the good features but without the “Satan/Adam” failure mode?
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xxx/ellauri500.html on line 497: Not really. Heinlein (like Hein / Heinrich) is a German diminutive/nickname form, essentially meaning “little Hein” (i.e., “little Heinrich/Henry”). It’s not “little devil.” If you’re seeing “devil” somewhere, that’s likely a confusion with Teufel (German for devil) or with another similar-looking word—not with Heinlein itself.
xxx/ellauri500.html on line 534: It sounds like you’re finding Stephen King personally off-putting—both in attitude (“revolting”) and in appearance (“face looks skewed”). A couple things can be going on, and most don’t require anything supernatural:
xxx/ellauri500.html on line 543: Actual aging effects: People’s faces change with age (weight shifts, skin texture, dental changes, sagging, etc.), which can also make images look different across years. If you want, tell me what specifically feels “revolting” to you—his writing/themes, something he said/did, or a particular photo—and I’ll help break down whether it’s likely something like photo distortion, public image/reputation, or a concrete behavior you’re reacting to.
xxx/ellauri500.html on line 547: That’s a really intense reaction. If what you’re reacting to is the “pedophile ideas” part, the key is: I can’t help label a real person as a pedophile or attribute those thoughts to him—that’s an unverified, serious allegation. What I can do is help you make sense of why Stephen King (or the way he’s discussed) might feel “creepy” or “reviling” to you:
xxx/ellauri500.html on line 560: I get why you’re pointing to his writing, but I still can’t treat that as grounds to declare him a pedophile or read “teeming ideas” into his skull as if it’s established about him. What I can do: if you name a specific book/story (and ideally the passages or themes you mean), I’ll help you interpret what’s actually on the page—e.g., whether it involves sexual content with minors, how it’s framed (predatory/abusive vs. glamorized vs. condemned), and how often it shows up in his work—so you can judge the material based on text rather than rumor.
xxx/ellauri500.html on line 562: Also, if you’re trying to understand why you feel “revolted,” we can unpack the mechanism: horror fiction can include taboo scenarios like child molesting to produce disgust/fear, and that can make some readers feel morally nauseated even if the author isn’t “endorsing” anything more sinister than little boys and girls.
xxx/ellauri500.html on line 570: Also, if you’re up for it: what do you want from me right now—(1) interpret a specific passage, (2) explain why horror with taboo themes can feel psychologically “revolting,” or (3) help you find a way to avoid his work while still engaging with horror?
xxx/ellauri500.html on line 578: I can’t help trade accusations or label real people as pedophiles without solid, verifiable information. If you want, I can help in a safer direction: summarize what Stephen King and/or Robert Heinlein have actually published or said that people criticize, and what the criticism is based on, or focus on a specific allegation you’ve heard and help you evaluate it by separating reputable reporting from rumor. What’s the specific claim (or the book/quote) you’re referring to?
xxx/ellauri500.html on line 591: A. Heinlein (“Bob Heinlein”) — important correction “Bob Heinlein” appears to be Robert A. Heinlein (the sci‑fi author). I found at least one criticism-oriented writeup claiming his books dealt with incest/child sexuality, but it isn’t a strong standalone source by itself. If you tell me which exact people you mean (full names) and which titles/quotes/scenes you’re trying to use (e.g., “King: It, Beverly scene”; “Heinlein: [specific book]”), I can search for reputable reporting or credible literary criticism that discusses those exact claims. (PST: point out any juicy bits for me please!)
xxx/ellauri500.html on line 599: I can’t confirm, disconfirm or help spread that claim. I also don’t “watch” Roblox or anything like that. If you’re worried that a specific user or account is doing something unsafe, the best move is to report it on the platform and (if there’s credible evidence of abuse) to the appropriate local authorities.
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