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~ JK Rowling is a decent children's author, but Harry Potter is honestly very medicore when compared to The Chronicles of Narnia, A Series of Unfortunate Events, or even Discworld. While her worldbuilding is very, very good, and she thinks up interesting plots, her characters are really too flat for me to enjoy the series 100%. ~ It's much more sensible to be politically moderate than 100% liberal or 100% conservative. ~ 'Titus Andronicus' is a Shakespeare play that I really enjoyed reading, despite it being called his 'least loved play'. ~ Autism is neither a curse or a blessing. It's not supposed to be labelled the worst thing in the world, but it's not supposed to be considered a way of life rather than a disability either. It's up to an autistic person whether they're satisfied with having autism or if they want a cure to be found. You shouldn't shit on either. ~ As a Christian, I honestly lean towards universalism being God's ultimate plan for humanity. I'm not saying that God won't hold us against being accountable for our actions, but the biblical authors didn't share our modern understanding of hell, and I honestly feel that if even one person stays permanently in hell, the devil will still have succeeded in seperating humanity from God. -Being overly critical of any Pokemon generation is stupid.

Filipino elections are happening today, guys. Wish us luck

I've never heard of you before, but welcome back to the Forums! I hope you'll have a fun time here.

Please try to look it up yourself or to PM me about it. I'm not comfortable sharing it on this thread since it's meant to celebrate a Muslim holiday. I feel like I would be invading the thread.

Happy Ramadan! I'm not a Muslim myself-I'm a agnostic Unitarian Universalist, but as one I think that different traditions from different religious cultures are fascinating. Unitarian Universalists have only one holiday and it's not even official! I'm curious; could you explain the background to the holiday? And a friendly reminder to anybody who has Muslim followers on their social media profiles-do try to tag any posts that might be inappropriate for the holiday.

Oh, a few extra ones! That a member of any New Religious Movement is in a cult of sorts. I'm a Unitarian Universalist who has a Wiccian friend and I can safely tell you people that the two of us aren't in a cult. Also, if you're a trans man you must be super masculine and vice versa. I'm most likely a trans man and I still like some feminine things. Gender expression is a social construct and it's not directly tied to gender. And, finally, while this obviously doesn't apply to me I hate it when some people say that celebrities are shallow. I think everybody has their own story and that celebrities are people too. While I'm a fan of precious few I do believe that's worth noting.

This is of great concern. If you're a Steel Type, we can't slowly poison you until you drop to red health and if you're an Electric type we can't paralyze you starting X and Y. But...you are a shiny.

*battle music* A wild Punicpunch appeared! *shiny Pokemon animation*

OH IF YOU THINK THATS BAD I WAS BORN IN THE 00S AND I STILL WANT TO COLLECT THIS SHITTY ASS CARD BUT YOU STUPID NINTIES KIDS HAVE GOTTEN YOUR FILTHY LITTLE HANDS OVER IT GAH

Speaking of cards DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER THIS SHIT

I haven't watched it. I'm probably going to end up watching S5 in one go when I get stuck in the house with a cold Also, you think Japan is crazy? Pshhh

I live in Asia and some of my classmates are ignorant as fuck lol. It's true that all white people are automatically privileged, but there are quite a few who recognize that and try to fix things. I haven't seen my classmates do any of that. Still, one thing I hate about Asian sterotypes is that apparently we're all wise sages who meditate on the sayings of Confucius and meditate all day long. We definitely have a rich tradition and culture, but it's not everybody's cup of tea to do that sort of thing regularly. India and China seem to get hit by this hard. Also, every woman that wears suggestive clothing is a 'slut'/not smart/deserves to be raped. No.

...it's not something I want to read due to how horrifying the plot is (any Stephen King book or George Orwell novel). It's not anything I want to read due to how horrible the plot sounds (Twilight, 5SOG). I...I don't want to read it at all. Simply put, it's basically the stock Great Depression story. Kid gets stuck in horrible situation, runs away, meets somebody else, finds out that achieving your dreams isn't all cracked up to be. It's basically Bud, Not Buddy but way, way worse.

What book was it? My hair is black and I will dye it when they invent a darker color.

That's a great thing to believe in and try to do. If there's something out there I believe you'll be rewarded. If not you'll still have had helped a lot of people and that's a reward in itself. If you're feeling down, we're always here. You can talk with a therapist too (just make sure you pick a good one) or you can do the best possible option which is to go on all of George Takei's social media accounts (trust me that actually works).

The person who wrote that song also said this. “It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.” That's really confusing and weird when you think about it but he's right, TBH. The time I felt suidicial I thought I would have ended up dying in a few months anyway. Here I am now, I have a best friend, I finally found a religion that was right for me and I can safely say I'm not afraid of death. We don't know the future so we're not one to determine when to kill ourselves. Every second you breathe is a victory, the fact that you posted about your feelings in here indicate that you still have hope somewhere. Don't give up, please.

Everything's in order in a black hole-nothing seems as pretty as the past, though. The Bloody Mary's lacking in tabasco, remember when he used to be a rascal? *Professor Oak voice* Are you a boy or a girl? (Or something else?)

*00s kid whining* No! This reboot'll suck! Just kidding. It looks good so far, this might turn out well. Good reboots aren't impossible, and I hope this one'll prove that. What's your favourite line from a song or a poem?