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Title: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Space Pope Approved on May 09, 2012, 11:32:50 PM
...just for a moment, certainly.

I really just want to whine on the introvert/extrovert thread.  But, maybe another topic will come up where I have (gasp) an opinion and I'll have an account to make it known...

I'm American but am now teaching English in a somewhat infamously Catholic country.  I have probably been lucky to not meet many big believers; most people I run into define themselves as agnostic.  If people give me crap about anything, it's more likely to be my nationality than my lack of faith.  One could argue that I could change my nationality without going through any soul-searching, like you should when you change or drop a religion, but a new passport doesn't make you feel like part of a society, and doesn't make people accept you as one of them either.  Maybe I just have a deep-seated need to be an outsider.
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Amicale on May 09, 2012, 11:41:05 PM
Welcome, Space Pope Approved!  :)

Interesting username, how did you choose it?

Feel free to whine/rant all you want on the introvert/extrovert thread. Looking forward to seeing what you have to say.

Hope you enjoy HAF!
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: DeterminedJuliet on May 09, 2012, 11:42:26 PM
Hi lurky-mc-lurk! Welcome!
Since you've been reading but not joining for a while, I'll guess... introvert?
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Firebird on May 09, 2012, 11:42:44 PM
Welcome! Also curious about where the name comes from
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Space Pope Approved on May 09, 2012, 11:43:50 PM
What, nobody watches Futurama?
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Buddy on May 09, 2012, 11:46:18 PM
Never seen it. Welcome to the forum.
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on May 10, 2012, 12:23:17 AM
Welcome space pope! Do you wear a funny space helmet??
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Recusant on May 10, 2012, 12:25:33 AM
Hello, Space Pope Approved. Even if you're only stepping into the light for a moment, you're welcome here. I do watch Futurama, though not religiously. For those that don't at all:

"I DATED A ROBOT!" (http://www.hulu.com/watch/4510/futurama-anti-robot-propaganda)

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Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 10, 2012, 12:34:21 AM
Welcome!

Interesting username, please add a post to the 'Where did you get your username from' thread Recusant linked! ;D

Interesting thing you said about outsiders. I just am one, doesn't come from any deep-seated needs, it just is. Having grown up around the world it's a sentiment I'm quite used to, actually.

Which 'infamously Catholic country' would that be?
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Sandra Craft on May 10, 2012, 02:32:38 AM
Well, as long as you're Space Pope approved I suppose it'll be all right.
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Tank on May 10, 2012, 08:24:34 AM
Welcome Space Pope!
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: OldGit on May 10, 2012, 10:09:58 AM
Greetings, your Interstellar Holiness!
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Space Pope Approved on May 10, 2012, 10:17:22 PM
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on May 10, 2012, 12:23:17 AM
Welcome space pope! Do you wear a funny space helmet??


I'm only approved, not ordained.  No phallus-hat for me.

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 10, 2012, 12:34:21 AM
Which 'infamously Catholic country' would that be?

Spain.  Where they had a big gathering of young Catholics last summer.  And rumor has it that the first thing stores ran out of when they started arriving was condoms.
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: texasatheist on May 10, 2012, 10:26:33 PM
Welcome Space Pope, I think it's a great idea to mock religious doctrine in all languages.  I'm still on probation myself, so I unintentionally lurk but I've read some great perspectives here and hope you enjoy as much as I do.

Lurk on.
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Firebird on May 10, 2012, 10:51:05 PM
Quote from: Space Pope Approved on May 09, 2012, 11:43:50 PM
What, nobody watches Futurama?

Ahhh, right. Been a while since I saw that one. We watched it all the way through a few years ago. So glad they brought it back.
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: Ali on May 10, 2012, 11:19:58 PM
Hi and welcome!  What does it mean to be "space pope approved", I mean, in a practical way?  Does it mean that we can eat you? (as in "Mother approved" foods?)
Title: Re: a lurker shuffles into the light
Post by: markmcdaniel on May 30, 2012, 06:13:51 AM
Welcome. I used to live in Spain more years than i care to remember or in fact can remember. Infamous is putting it kinda mildly.Any way welcome.