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Interesting. Hilariously, the CoC (heh, cock) is much closer to the original Mormon church in terms of practices than the far larger mainstream sect.

although, I don’t know any practicing Mormons myself.

They tend to be a bit quieter about their religion when not in a predominantly Mormon area like Utah.

Brighamites, technically. Because the main organization decided to follow Brigham Young after Joseph Smith was killed. The Community of Christ is the one that broke off and reorganized themselves under one of Smith’s kids. The whole history of Mormonism is insane, but morbidly fascinating.

If it’s the one I’m thinking of, that particular building is owned by the Community of Christ (formerly the “RLDS” church) which split from the “official” Mormon organization shortly after Smith was killed. It’s a wild design. I remember learning about it as a kid and being told that it was a “perversion” or whatever.

Either way, it’s all culty bullshit.

Ex-mormon here.

Technically Mormons can be considered Christian simply because they worship Jesus Christ.

But back in reality, they’re a cult. Go check out the Mormon Stories podcast and on youtube. No affiliation, I just have a lot of respect for John Dehlin.

So mormonism should be filed under the sequel Christianity 2.0

lul

AI can’t deal with things that happen to the physical machines. It cannot protect itself from somebody hitting power buttons on the servers, or just cutting the power altogether, or fire, or other “acts of god” so to speak.

Sorry - she has keratoconus. Her prosthetics are essentially large, hard contact lenses, filled with saline solution, effectively reshaping her corneas. Also called sclerals.

Nah. My wife is legally blind without her prosthetics. She’s rather stay blind than use these.

Oh no!

Anyway…

Forums should never be listed on Wall Street, or monetized.

One of my absolute favorite forums, IH8MUD.com, is still owned and operated by the same dude who started it, well over 20 years ago. Auto Guide never got their hands on it, and it’s still one of the best forums for Toyota tech in general at this point (looking at you, Pirate4x4 👀).

I live in Utah. Our governor is a Trump kowtowing coward.

I don’t support genocide.

I never said Kamala was good. But with our two-party system, it was either Kamala or Trump. I would take a shit-filled diaper over Trump.

The 2024 election was a shitshow because Biden suddenly dropped out very close to the actual election, leaving Kamala’s team scrambling. There were a ton of people who didn’t even know Biden had dropped out. Search trends showed as much.

The system here isn’t broken - it’s working as intended, to serve the wealthy and shit on the rest of us.

Your anger is justified, but directed at the wrong person. Regular people aren’t the enemy here. The enemy is, and always has been, the wealthy class.

Kamala choosing genocide and the oligarchy

As opposed to Trump deliberately shitcanning everything possible that helps the common person specifically to enrich his buddies? Openly, I might add, with the supreme court in his back pocket.

Kamala might have been mislead, but Trump is deliberately tearing everything apart.

made* in America

*units shipped from China to an Argentinian facility (South America is technically “America”) to add the gaudy branding, then shipped to the USA for sale.

You greatly underestimate the sheer fucking stupidity of some people.

“More than 200 stranded Iranian sailors return home after US torpedo attack”

Same amount of words, but the grammar actually makes sense.

I swear to god, this piss poor grammar is intentional.

Take him into a backroom with promises of a soft couch.

Then just fucking shoot him in the head. Lights out. No fanfare. Just gone.

Shit like this makes me glad I have no car payments, a relatively newer pair of cars (2008 Sienna, 2015 Highlander), and a pair of “apocalypse-ready” vehicles (1980 Mercedes 240D, 1980 Honda XR500). And a little 49cc Honda Metropolitan for around-town stuff.

And yes, I have most of the tools required to work on all of them.

Maybe he’ll finally feel like the rest of us do.