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Started by Paul the Human, November 22, 2019, 08:34:41 PM

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Paul the Human

At least, I assume you are all humans.  I have no way of knowing for sure, but... that's the way things go.  So, introductory post.  Here's a little about me.

My name is Paul.  I am 54 years old and stopped believing entirely when I was in my teens, although I didn't begin referring to myself as an atheist until I was about 30.  I'm a Progressive(ish), Liberal(ish) Democratic Socialist(ish). The problem being that other than "atheist", I can't find a word that actually describes my views, so I have to put (ish) after most of them.  My favorite label is Armed Liberal.

I am very opinionated and have a tendency to say what I think, usually as sarcastically as possible.  In the future, if you are unsure about whether or not I am joking... I probably am.

I am an entertainment junkie (movies, TV, books, music).  My favorites are Sci-Fi, Superheroes, The Blues, Rock, and Monty Python.

I work as a graphics designer/vinyl graphics specialist at a sign company (18 years at my current job).

I've been married to a fellow atheist for 24 years.  No kids.  2 Dogs, 2 cats.  Her 94 year old grandmother (with dementia) lives with us, though she doesn't know who we are very often these days.  Taking care of her is the hardest thing that we have ever done, but we are the only family in the state, so it falls to us to step up.

I was in the US Air Force when I was young (in the 80's) and never feel comfortable when people thank me for "my service".  One, it was peacetime... and two, I did for me.

Hmm.  Let's see.  What else?  I guess you can just ask me if you want to know anything else about me.  I'm open about (almost) everything.

Thanks for allowing me to soil your forum community!

Humanity is overrated.

No one


Paul the Human

Damn! I knew I was forgetting something.

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Humanity is overrated.

Dark Lightning

Welcome! I'm a human, too. Most of the time.

Recusant

Hello and welcome to HAF, Paul the Human. That was a fairly thorough intro, so no quizzing from me. I hope that you enjoy your time reading and posting here.  :blue smiley:

:spagwelcome:
"Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration — courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and above all, love of the truth."
— H. L. Mencken


Paul the Human

Thanks, Recusant. Most of the time I'll be posting from my phone, so I won't be so verbose. Heh

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Humanity is overrated.

xSilverPhinx

Welcome to the forum, Paul the Human! I'm glad you clarified that you are in fact, a Homo sapiens. :P It's usually what I first ask people upon meeting them.  8)

Now that's out of the way, my next question would be: how did you find our little corner of the internet? Was it via Tapatalk?  :)


I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Paul the Human

I've actually known this place existed for a long time. I was a member of another atheist forum community 6 or so years ago and was aware of a few others.

I haven't been active in a forum since then, but I've kind of missed reading the discussions and tossing my thoughts around a bit while I'm at it. So, I downloaded Tapatalk and searched for atheist forums.

So, yes. I found you on Tapatalk. Heh!

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Humanity is overrated.

No one

No tacos and consistently posting through an external interface confirms my suspicions that this Paul the Human, is not so human at all.

The jig is up, I see through this veil of deceit. Nice try though, you get an E for effort.

Icarus

Welcome, Paul the Human.

I do believe that you will find us friendly, intelligent, compassionate  We do collectively dislike D.T. Trump and his minions. Happily,  politics are not our major thrust, nor is religion.  We are fun loving and we have many interests.



Paul the Human

My mother said that I was just as human as the other kids. My mother wouldn't lie to me!

Glad to hear that you don't stick to a single topic. That way leads to the echo chamber and can get boring pretty quickly.

I could write a book on the things I don't like about big T and his followers, but I'm sure I'll find a thread for those thoughts somewhere in the vicinity. I still need to do some exploring before I start tossing them in.

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Humanity is overrated.

hermes2015

Welcome, Paul the Human. You sound like our type of human, so should fit in well.
"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se."
― Charles Eames

Tom62

Welcome to HAF, Paul the Human.

I'm only human after my first cup(s) of coffee.
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
Robert A. Heinlein

Magdalena

Quote from: Paul the Human on November 22, 2019, 08:34:41 PM
At least, I assume you are all humans. 
...
Yes. I'm human, no matter what EcurbNoselrub says about me.  :fingertap:

Welcome, Paul the Human.

"I've had several "spiritual" or numinous experiences over the years, but never felt that they were the product of anything but the workings of my own mind in reaction to the universe." ~Recusant

Bad Penny II

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Quote from: No one on November 23, 2019, 01:02:36 AM
No tacos and consistently posting through an external interface confirms my suspicions that this Paul the Human, is not so human at all.

Just as well then, otherwise you'd be obliged to hate him.

Hello Paul
I used to be humanish but I've been injecting this stuff I got on Alibaba, I'm mostly dugong now, one day soon I'm going to swim away.

Tacos, tacos, tacos why does it always have to be Tacos?
How about somLarks' tongues?
I'd like some Otters' noses.
Oh ye they're good, how about ocelot spleens?
Take my advice, don't listen to me.