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JustaJason007 , 4 hours ago to random

Operator, oh could you help me place this call? You see the number on the matchbook is old and faded.

#HashtagGames
#missingfriendasongorpoem

Opfoss , 10 hours ago to random

There is something I find unnerving in the religious who "display" their faith. It is in numerous monotheistic religions, despite numerous avowals that this may not be the way.

But no, they double down in the guidebook and ignore every chapter which tells you to think, interpret, hope, and that the judgement isn't yours to make.

Double down into force and proselytising despite every verse which states not to do that.

Don't make a show, you might not get into heaven that way, but there they are, full in the flesh of judgement.

Casting stones.

Controlling.

That's not faith, that's coercion. It's performative piety.

Jesus explicitly condemns religious theatre.

Matthew 6:1, 5-6: "Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven... And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others... But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen."

The Quran has a specific term for this: Riya' (doing deeds to be seen). It describes those who pray only for social credit as "unmindful."

These extend to coercive acts which are performed to be seen.

Surah Al-Ma'un (107:4–6): "So woe to those who pray, [but] who are heedless of their prayer, those who make show [of their deeds]."

Surah An-Nisa (4:142): "Indeed, the hypocrites... when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing [themselves] to the people and not remembering Allah except a little."

The Bible (The Instruction to the Twelve):
Jesus instructs the disciples to rely on hospitality, not force. If they are not welcomed, they are not to fight or dominate, but simply leave.

Mark 6:8-11: "He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money... And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them."

The Quran explicitly strips the Prophet (and thus his followers) of the right to control others.

Surah Al-Ghashiyah (88:21–22): "So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. You are not over them a controller."

Surah Yunus (10:99): "Had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed - all of them entirely. Then, [O Muhammad], would you compel the people in order that they become believers?"

Religious ritual is worthless if you lack human empathy. Judgment belongs to God; service belongs to humans.

"When I came to you as..." This is the ultimate separation of the religious performers from the truly faithful.

Matthew 25:42-45: "For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in... 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'"

John 8:7 (Casting Stones): "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

Surah Al-Baqarah (2:177): "Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is... [one who] gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveller, and those who ask...".

I am an atheist, but for the love of God, think:

1 Thessalonians 5:21: "Test everything; hold fast what is good."

1 John 4:1: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God..."

"Afala ta'qilun?" ("Will you not use your reason?")

Surah Al-Anfal (8:22): "Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason."

Surah Al-Baqarah (2:170): "When it is said to them, 'Follow what Allah has revealed,' they say, 'Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing.' Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?"

There is more on this in the Qu'ran too, but:

(2 Corinthians 3:6):

"He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."

(Romans 12:2):

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is..."

I could go on. But, suffice to say, as a linguist, it's best not to take words entirely literally, but as a general direction.

There are numerous theories which outline why.

But hey, I am a Constructivist theorist with a penchant for Dadaism, shitposting, and an atheist to boot. WTF do I know?

jerry , 12 hours ago to random

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TheBreadmonkey , 2 days ago to random

Always love the Winter Olympics (sound on)

Yannick Bertrand in 2006 Winter Olympics in the slalom. He rounds a corner over a hill and takes a flagpole straight to the groin and lets out a sound humans aren't supposed to make. Oof. Only appearance apparently. Now famous every 4 years.

Binder , 4 days ago to random

Cloud monitoring is a core competency of mine.

stares at sky

JustaJason007 , 6 days ago to random

I had a "Bro" for a little while. I'm certainly glad that phase is over.

JustaJason007 , 7 days ago to random

Waterloo, couldn't escape if we wanted to!

#HashtagGames
#RidiculousTownSlogans

JustaJason007 , 9 days ago to random

Sears and Roebuck in Las Vegas!

#SoSoMovies
#HashtagGames

JustaJason007 , 12 days ago to random

Davos sounds like what happens when you mix Delos with Davros, and I ain't talking about a place in Greece.

JustaJason007 , 22 days ago to random

This whole presidency could have been an email.

JustaJason007 , 24 days ago to random

I want all of you to read my toots in a North Florida drawl. If you've been there, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

JustaJason007 , 24 days ago to random

All this pearl clutching over Miss Mahraj. Y'all didn't see who she was all those years ago?

I sure did.

If you're a gay, stay away from Trinidad. They'll treat you better in Puerto Rico anyway.

JustaJason007 , 28 days ago to random

Can someone assist me on how to block the bluesky bridge? Cause we done over there.

JustaJason007 , 1 month ago to random

You know the reason we are tired and they are not?

Speed.

Nazis love speed.

JustaJason007 , 1 month ago to random

In the eighties, the desire for 'A la carte' education meant you had to push for "school choice". You didn't want your kids associating with those 'other' kids.
We all saw that it was racially motivated way back then. What nobody really saw was that the bullshit push against rational standardization in education would give us one of the most dissected systems on the planet, and in the end, a country of fools.

They just wanted everyone smart enough to run the machines and fill out the paperwork. We should really remember that.

TheBreadmonkey , 2 months ago to random

Just in case anyone else also woke up in the middle of the night desperate to know how many hummus-related deaths there had been in the UK, I'm thrilled to report that the answer is zero. Statistically improbable and suspiciously..... none whatsoever. Three or four I could have lived with. People toasting pitta, burning themselves then falling backward out of a window. Slipping on some loose hummus and falling into a lion enclosure perhaps. But literally none at all. Clearly Big Hummus is at play here.

lowqualityfacts , 2 months ago to random

Praying that Mastodon doesn't start displaying user locations and reveal that all 63,000 of my followers reside in Florida, where I may or may not have promised to give people free bath salts if they follow me.

Alice , 2 months ago to random

Not to brag, but the side of my face that was attacked by a dog looks a little bit better than the side that wasn't mauled.

Alice , 2 months ago to random

I keep seeing Instagram reels where people are like "I’m a high fashion girlie" or "I’m a plus size girlie" or "I’m a thrift store girlie" so whenever I go to restaurants, I like to announce my presence by letting anyone within earshot know that I’m a fried appetizer sampler basket girlie.

TheBreadmonkey , 2 months ago to random

I know pools are quite common in France due to the weather, but this story does sound a bit like 'Man bites into Koh-i-Noor diamond in his fois gras'. 'Man unexpectedly finds Fabergé Egg pile whilst hoovering his Rolls Royce'.

Man Discovers Gold Worth €700k While Digging a Swimming Pool in His Yard

https://people.com/man-discovers-gold-worth-800k-while-digging-swimming-pool-11849642

Alice , 2 months ago to random

Ooh, you touch my tra la la.
Mmm, my ding ding dong.

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TheBreadmonkey , 2 months ago to random

Please. No more spaghetti. I can't take any more.

Alice , 2 months ago to random

Someone lost one of their crocs on the train tracks.

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Alice , 3 months ago to random

What in the Marina Abramović is going on with this balcony?

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Alice , 3 months ago to random

Poor little pumpkin is sad that Halloween is over.

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maxleibman , 3 months ago to random

This is where I toot from.

Animated GIF from the opening sequence of ‘The Twilight Zone,’ a classic black-and-white television series. Against a starry background, the equation E=mc^2 and an alien’s head float by. A caption (representing narration originally read by Rod Serling) reads, “You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance.”

stux , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Random poll:

Would you visit the US in it's current state? Either for vacation or travel. For Americans, imagine you would visit your country from somewhere else

#US

TheBreadmonkey , 3 months ago to random

I wonder who the shady people really are who call the shots. Like deciding to keep society structured as it is and enabling poverty classes. Because it must be a decision and not a huge coincidence that the people who control capitalism haven't just all got together and thought - let's give it a go at not having people struggling all the time with health and food and shelter. Who's making that decision 'for the good of humanity'. You know Musk and Bezos are in there somewhere. I suspect even our PM isn't part of the inner circle. Like he knows there's some shit going down, but leader of a small country is entry-level. You really need to be at war-crime levels before people start mentioning the Grand Plan. Like Tony Blair had to graduate - anointed through blood - and is now 'quite' high up, but still not really a shot-caller. Mandelson is definitely part of it. The scary thing is we almost certainly don't know the people with real power. They probably live underground or in space or in a militarised compound in Paraguay. What the hell am I talking about I sound like I've lost my goddamn mind. This is how they get you.

Alice , 3 months ago to random

[A turtle, looking at a very ugly shirt, but still trying to be polite]

Turtle: That's a very interesting shirt you're wearing.

Other person: Thanks! It's called a turtleneck.

Turtle: WTF.

Alice , 3 months ago to random

So many birds!

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Binder , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

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w7voa , 3 months ago to random

The Democrats’ leader in the US House, Hakeem Jeffries, makes what can be viewed as a half-hearted, late endorsement of Zohran Mamdani, the party’s nominee in the NYC mayoral race. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/nyregion/hakeem-jeffries-zohran-mamdani-endorsement.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

noondlyt , 3 months ago to random

I want him to die. Now.

w7voa , 3 months ago to random

“He would have tweeted more than Elon Musk and Donald Trump combined,” says William F. Buckley biographer Sam Tanenhaus, speaking here at Ole Miss. (Buckley, father of modern American conservatism, was a dominant public intellectual of his time.)

SallyStrange , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Pfizer or Moderna covid vaccine?? Which should I get?

Update: I've gotten Pfizer before so I went with Moderna this time. I dunno if that makes sense, but also I was kind of flipping a coin.

RickiTarr , 3 months ago to random

Is society really teaching men that women need to be coerced to date them? I see this often, one of my friends goes on a date with some guy, she isn't that into him, and politely turns down a second date, and then he wants this complete breakdown as to why not, and what the problem is, and how she's not even giving him a chance.

Why would you want to keep trying to date someone who just wasn't that into you?

Don't get me wrong, rejection hurts, but it's part of life. Maybe it's movies showing women just waiting for men to call, idk. I don't speak for all women, but if I like a guy or gal, you aren't going to have to convince me, and if you try, that's a pretty big red flag. On the plus side, if you can call it that, the assholes usually betray themselves here, it usually ends in calling the woman a fat ugly slut or some variation, with promises that she'll be sorry when she's a lonely cat lady. So, I guess you at least know how big of a bullet you dodged.

JustaJason007 , 4 months ago to random

@ikonha looking good, bubby. Make good choices.✌️

JustaJason007 , 4 months ago to random

Citizen notice: Failure to cooperate will result in permanent off-world relocation.

LRRRonEarth , 4 months ago to random

FEDERATED SHITPOSTING IS ENTERING A NEW GOLDEN AGE. MARK MY WORDS.

vkc , 4 months ago to random

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TheBreadmonkey , 1 year ago to random

Welcome all newcomers to Fedi!

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