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Last post by Tank - Today at 10:48:01 PM

The 'Hitchens' effect?

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Last post by Tank - Today at 08:34:49 PM

Can anybody confirm that this is a partridge please? It is the first time I have seen one .

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Yeah that appears to be a red-legged partridge. Well done. 

There was a pair of them in a field near where I live. I have never seen any there before.

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Last post by Tank - Today at 08:24:53 PM

^OK. I go to an antique truck forum and we have to tell the dirty jokes to each other via PM.

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Last post by Recusant - Today at 07:55:33 PM

Can anybody confirm that this is a partridge please? It is the first time I have seen one .

Yeah that appears to be a red-legged partridge. Well done. 

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Last post by Recusant - Today at 07:45:09 PM

Interesting.

Hypothesis: It may be self-selecting, and to some extent self-perpetuating.

To acknowledge one's atheism in the US is to be willing to accept that some people will view you in a negative light. It takes a thickish skin to do that, and some level of disregard for the opinions of others.

With this hypothetical self-selection we winnow out the more meek and obliging sorts, which results in a higher percentage (than the general population) of outspoken types, and certainly a higher percentage of arrogant arses. American self-acknowledged atheists therefore may include a disproportionately large element who're snide and overbearing about it. This helps reinforce the negative image of atheists in the US.  

 

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Laid Back Lounge / Re: Photography, photos you to...

Last post by Dark Lightning - Today at 06:44:06 PM

^OK. I go to an antique truck forum and we have to tell the dirty jokes to each other via PM.

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Laid Back Lounge / Re: Photography, photos you to...

Last post by Tank - Today at 05:48:06 PM

Pretty much the only sites I've seen that require hosting sites for images are atheist in outlook. I wonder why that is?

Well we require hosting for 2 reasons. Bandwidth/storage of images takes up a lot of both these quantities which costs money and dedicated server. The other is that if we hosted images and allowed file transfer between users we would have to vet all files and images to ensure we weren't being abused by people sharing inappropriate material eg kiddy porn. By insisting that members use 3rd party image host we don't have to worry about inappropriate content.

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Last post by Tank - Today at 02:09:17 PM

A curious goat watched as I took my early morning walk

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Last post by Tank - Today at 02:01:49 PM

Can anybody confirm that this is a partridge please? It is the first time I have seen one .

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Last post by Tank - Today at 09:25:17 AM

Interesting.