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Yakkstr Wishlist
I've got a few items on my wishlist. Here's my top three. 1) An Edit Button, which only works for the first few minutes after a post goes live. I tend to make a lot of typos. Would LOVE to be able to fix them, so I don't sound like an idjut.
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ignatz commented 3 months ago on
How many of you would login to yakkstr with your facebook account?
I like having anonymity. Just as I do on read the rest
ignatz commented 3 months ago on
Porn's gone mainstream
The porn industry tends to borrow non-porn words (such as "three-way", "facial") and sully them. If we abandon these words every time this happens, we will have very few useable words left. Therefore, I will continue to think of cougars as mountain read the rest
ignatz commented 3 months ago on
Near Death Experiences.. Proof Of God?
If one assumes the existence of God, a few possibilities come to mind. 1) God does not want us to have proof of his existence. 2) God wants us to have proof of his existence. 3) God only wants us to have a very slim and easily refuted read the rest
ignatz commented 3 months ago on
One of my favorite predictions of all time
Amusing at this late date, but consider the year. ![1997 Wired Cover](http://nothingtosay.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pray-236x300.png). Anyone predicting Apple's current industry domination would have been scoffed read the rest
ignatz commented 3 months ago on
Santorum's Christian Values
Sean is an outlier, I imagine. For what it's worth, I'm a moderate democrat. I for one, would never advocate "ignoring" terrorism, and it would be politically suicide for most elected officials. At the same time, I also thought invading Iraq, the Patriot read the rest
ignatz commented 3 months ago on
Near Death Experiences.. Proof Of God?
> Ignatz-What is your opinion on what happens when we die? The same thing that happens to every other living being on the planet. I believe that our perception of consciousness is product of our neural processes. I believe that when our neural read the rest
ignatz commented 3 months ago on
Santorum's Christian Values
> So how many Democrats have said we should just ignore terrorism? Ummm, very few? Pretty sure I haven't heard anyone saying that, on either side of the read the rest
ignatz commented 3 months ago on
Near Death Experiences.. Proof Of God?
Hugo winning author Connie Willis wrote a very good SF novel called [Passage](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553580515/krazydad-20) about a researcher who is studying NDEs (near death experiences). In it she did a good job of reporting more read the rest
ignatz commented 3 months ago on
I still like Newt
I think he knows where the bodies are buried because he was holding the shovel read the rest
ignatz commented 3 months ago on
We are all Spaniards now
Sir, I salute you. I salute your ability to pin things on Obama that aren't actually his fault. Keep it up! Perhaps you can help show how strong we Americans are by going to Kabul and throwing a whole lot more Korans on the fire. That's how to show read the rest