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PhiaPhia · 3 months

Right, so you can treat the old testament like a historical document, and can treat the new testament like a book of fables. I don't really see a problem with it in that context. However, I also agree with you that it has no business being the official text of a religion that so many people follow, because in today's culture it often does more harm than good. Anywho, I'm a recent ex-Catholic agnostic who is asking a lot of questions, so I enjoy hearing everyone's perspectives. Thanks for indulging me!

PhiaPhia · 3 months

The Bible serves as a great historical document, general moral lecture and departure point for philosophical thinking on one's own morality, if one has a mature perspective on it and sees it for what it is, rather than using it the way it often is in the general Christian population. I personally think it is abused by the church in that it is wielded without analysis or context, and quite literally, and mostly by people picking/choosing/twisting things in order to promote hatred against others. These few seem to have chosen the more mature view, and I just wanted to post this to celebrate that these kinds of people are out there promoting change within the religion.

PhiaPhia · 3 months

I don't think it's that black and white. I think you can identify with Christianity and simultaneously be an ally, if you have a mature perspective on religion, namely that it is an ancient text which has different implications nowadays and that it serves as a guideline on general moral principles, not a point-by-point code of law. However, it's true that the majority of Christians do not think this way about their religion, so I understand that you feel this title might be unfair to these few people who are seeing past that.

blfang · 4 months

Amy Beach is a wonderful composer... full of unexpected colors and textures.

no_username_for_me · 4 months

My grandfather was in the Hitler youth. He joined because he hoped it might help him hide his Jewish ancestry. He was successful in that. He did not have any direct experiences with Jewish prisoners, but one of his tasks was burying bodies after they had been shot. He recalls being very saddened by the things happening, but being too afraid for his own life to say anything. My great-grandmother also had some dramatic experiences during WWII. She was a farmer's wife in the north of Germany, close to the Polish border. Once the Russians had pushed back the German army, word spread very quickly to her village of this event. Her husband at this point took off without her and their two little girls, aged three and five, so she took matters into her own hands. She got a cart, used the only two remaining animals on her farm (German soldiers plundering), namely an ox and a donkey, wrapped the valuables in featherbeds and put them as well as the children in the cart, and took the fuck off. It's a good thing she did this, because when the Russians arrived, they drowned all remaining villagers, including the village priest, in the village cesspool. The way both of my grandparents see things is that the genocide that happened was absolutely awful, but that there was not much the average citizen could have done to change that. You have to realize that the German people were promised and given a new economy after years of miserable poverty, which made them rally behind Hitler, who then turned the country into a police state of terror before anyone could even blink an eye. To this day, there is great awareness and regret in Germany.

andymacc · 4 months

He looks like a cute doggy version of mini-me. You know it's true.

sarcastic_bob · 4 months

I'm a little stoned and I read the entire article in a sarcastic tone before realizing it was serious.

Mr_Rawrr · 5 months

This statistic is kind of comforting, seeing as I had sworn off marriage, thanks to the divorce rate.

Skeptical_Redditor · 5 months

Like others have said, post-dubstep is an actual genre, not just someone's attempt at being condescending. It's a newer genre, yes, but it's at the core of a really big EDM music scene in the UK right now, is complex and interesting (in my opinion), is being covered by many respectable music blogs and is easily find-able on the internet. Do your research before you post.

vandalklown · 5 months

I learned that I'm not alone in my nerdy pursuits. I've also started letting go of inhibitions/am therefore developing a sense of humor, have gone from being Catholic to being agnostic (for the better!), and perhaps most importantly have started to understand how important asking questions and thinking critically is to leading a fulfilled life.

P2000Camaro · 5 months

I love how she responds to the woman saying "I'm not a parent but..." with "You shoved pacifiers in your children's mouths and they have perfect teeth".

deathhouse216 · 5 months

Wow, I've never seen so much entitlement all in one place. This definitely has to do with bad parenting!

chrism3 · 5 months

I think this is a case of "choose the lesser evil." On one side, we have Obama. On the other side, we could have Ron Paul, or Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich etc. Sure, Ron Paul is not my ideal candidate. However, he seems to be the only one standing up for civil liberties, consistently, over 30 years. So, I'd rather have a chance of having Ron Paul in office than, say, Gingrich. Sure, the president has little-to-no power, and your measly vote doesn't count for much, but something is something, especially right now with these headed-in-direction-of-police-state policies in Congress. This said, NEXT CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION WE LAY DOWN THE LAW. This last bit will hopefully effect more change.

FongoBongo · 5 months

I've had the same experience as a student, and it has forced me to mature drastically in order to cope with the judgmental attitude of many student musicians. However, I think this "cattiness" and ego-factor is limited to the school environment. I've worked with many older professionals, and in my experience, many more seasoned musicians are nothing like this and are actually quite warm and encouraging.

FongoBongo · 5 months

Just so you know, there are plenty of music performance majors (such as myself) that absolutely don't regret it. It takes a very dedicated and passionate person to be a musician, because it's a tough journey, but if you love it enough to stick with it, then it will continue to give back for the rest of your life. That said, you're going to need some heavy duty realism and lots of good planning to make a career of it. It never hurts to consider a double major.

Lord_Attikus · 5 months

AssDonglerExplosion. Courtesy of my troll boyfriend, who is the keeper of the password. -_-

gyo80 · 5 months

My last name is Kreide. In German, it means chalk.

oreganoooo · 7 months

Student violin player here.... not at a conservatory, but should have considered it. Instead, I'm studying at a UC with Roy Malan.

On very busy weeks I usually put in between 2-3 hours of practice time. On a normal week, I'll spend about 4 hours in the practice room. (This doesn't include the other 6 hours of rehearsal time that are also a part of my day...) I'm in the Resident String Quartet here, so we get coaching on chamber music and rehearse a lot. Currently playing a Haydn and Brahms 2nd quartet. Then you add in student composer rehearsals, gigs, and orchestra time.

So, my practice routine: Warm up with Gavinies intonation exercises, Dont or Rode etudes and Flesch scales for the first hour of my day. If my bowing has been lacking lately, I warm up with bowing exercises instead. The second hour is spent on the concerto I'm working on. (Last year it was Bruch, this year it's Barber, since the Bruch was too much of a pain in the ass.) Third hour is spent working on my sonata/duet routine, so currently I spend that time on the Beethoven Spring Sonata and the Handel-Halverson Passacaglia (such a bitch of a piece, but so good for your technique...). If I have a fourth hour, I either spend that on chamber music/orchestra rep. or pick the piece that needs the most work out of my solo rep.

I have to emphasize that with this much repertoire and so little time, focused practice and dry/slow spot practicing are of the essence, as are rhythms and isolated bowing practice.

@violinplayer I have to say, also, that it's nice to hear that my routine is similar to a conservatory student's routine. Gives me hope about eventually finding a symphony job. ( :

SocratesPhilosophies · 7 months

Chuck Testa rape?

RockNRollahAyatollah · 7 months

My boyfriend loves being the little spoon too. Nothing wrong with that.

Mattyfaz · 7 months

Good man.

FlounderingTurnip · 7 months

I smuggled 1000BC-year-old Nazca mummy bones out of Peru. I scooped them up during a walking tour of an ancient Nazca burial ground, where bones were scattered by grave-robbers. On the day I left, they were in a small linen pouch in my bra and I had to go through Peruvian airport security in order to board the flight (this was post-911). They selected me for a pat-down, and luckily didn't find the bones, since the prison sentence for something like that is 20-30 years in Peruvian prison. To this day, I have the bones in the small pouch in my dresser. I'm also not sure, to this day, what compelled me to steal them.

TL;DR I smuggled ancient mummy bones out of Peru, through airport security, in my bra.

I was sixteen at the time, in case that clarifies anything. I wouldn't condone this nowadays, since it's a part of another culture's heritage.

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