Hot Takes Discussion

[The Second JELLIAN Republic]

Just mix the cereal and milk powder in a large container.
Any time you want some cereal, pour some of it in a bowl and add some water.
Easy peasy.

[Blue Florentine]

Just mix the cereal and milk powder in a large container.
Any time you want some cereal, pour some of it in a bowl and add some water.
Easy peasy.

But what if you don't like milk with your cereal? Hmm?

[The Second JELLIAN Republic]

Just mix the cereal and milk powder in a large container.
Any time you want some cereal, pour some of it in a bowl and add some water.
Easy peasy.

But what if you don't like milk with your cereal? Hmm?

I tried it with juice once…
Not the best, but was interesting with fruit loops.

[Blue Florentine]

But what if you don't like milk with your cereal? Hmm?

I tried it with juice once…
Not the best, but was interesting with fruit loops.

I tried it with beer once. It was... weird......

[Republic Of Ludwigsburg]

Hot Take: Christians cannot be secular

Just…no

The bible does not recognize other religions.

[-Astoria-]

In other words, pre-estimate.

The way you were saying it, it was as if you would need to carry out mathematical equations when pouring the cereal.

Corelle Old Town Blue cereal bowls, generally.

Hmm, that looks rather shallow; looks more to me like a large saucer, but that's beside the point.

Mind you, I'm more familiar with ones like this.

No, because the cereal is not a liquid. When you put the cereal in last, it forms strata, where the bottom layer is down in the milk and gets soggy, but the top is up out of the milk, and the milk only wicks up into it slowly, if at all, so you end up with cereal that's very unevenly wetted, whereas because the milk is a liquid, when you pour it onto the cereal, it flows down through it and wets the upper layers before collecting in the bottom.

I sm not saying that cereal is a liquid; I am saying that as a result of being poured into the milk, the latter soon takes on some of the taste of the cereal. I may not be good in explaining, so this photo may make a bit more sense.

But if I've you right, the bottom layer of the cereal becomes soggy due to the milk, correct?

My point is then even if you add milk last, will the bottom layer still not end up soggy as well?

If it is the consistency that is the problem, then why not stir it, depending on how cold or hot the milk is?

I put in a lot of cereal. I'm a big guy.

Alright, but that doesn't negate my point.

And I'm still not seeing any actual advantage to putting the milk in first, just arguments for why it's not really a disadvantage if your bowl isn't too full.

That's because the entire conversation appears to be "it is bad", and so I very much have to explain the position. It isn't really much about the qualities, but more of the position itself, so one is almost by default on the defensive.

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I tried it with juice once…
Not the best, but was interesting with fruit loops.

I tried it with beer once. It was... weird......

...it's too early in the morning for this.

[The Kingdom of the Three Isles]

As a religious person I can agree

How is the trans community a religious movement?
Political and social, sure, but religious is kinda dubious
I'm pretty sure you need to be worshipping something for that

I guess, but it could be involved into by the religious community right? But yeah, I get what you were saying religious movement wasn’t the word.

[The Kingdom of the Three Isles]

Just…no

The bible does not recognize other religions.

It does…especially polytheism as that was pretty much the only thing else.

[New haven america]

Just…no

The bible does not recognize other religions.

It does.

Jesus was always Jewish and for most of it's early history Christianity was considered a sect/cult of Judaism.

[Republic Of Ludwigsburg]

The bible does not recognize other religions.

It does.

Jesus was always Jewish and for most of it's early history Christianity was considered a sect/cult of Judaism.

It does recognize other religions, it's just that they see other religions as sacreligious and sinful. One verse about marrying non-Christians says that if a christian marries a non-christian, they themself will become sinful.

[Hemakral]

The bible does not recognize other religions.

It does…especially polytheism as that was pretty much the only thing else.

It doesn't recognize them as being legitimate religions, it only mentions them as things that Christians/Jews should avoid and/or condemn.
Exodus 23:21 says that even saying the names of other gods is verboten, and Deuteronomy 8:19 basically says "Yeah, y'all gon' die if you worship other gods."

[Blue Florentine]

Joe Biden is a fucking turkey. One of my neighbors is legit scared about her upcoming student loan payments. She has been having a hard time getting a job (don't major in sociology!), can barely make ends meet for herself with her current one, and that damn turkey in the White House won't help her and millions of others like her with a simple flick of a pen. Fuck him!

[The Kingdom of the Three Isles]

It does…especially polytheism as that was pretty much the only thing else.

It doesn't recognize them as being legitimate religions, it only mentions them as things that Christians/Jews should avoid and/or condemn.
Exodus 23:21 says that even saying the names of other gods is verboten, and Deuteronomy 8:19 basically says "Yeah, y'all gon' die if you worship other gods."

That doesn’t mean they don’t recognise them.

[The Reformed American Republic]

People will say we live in a grey world, not a world that is black and white. A better description would be a grey and black world, as while pure good does not seem to exist, pure evil does not have that limitation, existing along with the grey.

[The Second JELLIAN Republic]

People will say we live in a grey world, not a world that is black and white. A better description would be a grey and black world, as while pure good does not seem to exist, pure evil does not have that limitation, existing along with the grey.

Optimists may disagree with you

[The Reformed American Republic]

People will say we live in a grey world, not a world that is black and white. A better description would be a grey and black world, as while pure good does not seem to exist, pure evil does not have that limitation, existing along with the grey.

Optimists may disagree with you

optimists are annoying.

[-Astoria-]

Optimists may disagree with you

optimists are annoying.

Imagine not being a realist.

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Nationstates needs more East Asian and Southeast Asian and Australian mods for the late night in America/mid morning in Europe time where spam goes undeleted.

What's with all these new bots and their weird sex stories anyway? There isn't even a sketchy link to click, what is their purpose?

[Hemakral]

It doesn't recognize them as being legitimate religions, it only mentions them as things that Christians/Jews should avoid and/or condemn.
Exodus 23:21 says that even saying the names of other gods is verboten, and Deuteronomy 8:19 basically says "Yeah, y'all gon' die if you worship other gods."

That doesn’t mean they don’t recognise them.

I'm not going to argue semantics with you. Recognizing something as legitimate is not the same as acknowledging it's existence.

[Nolo gap]

Just…no

The bible does not recognize other religions.

"the bible" (which was written entirely by humans, for entirely human reasons), IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM.

goodness and the desire to be feared, are absolute binary opposites (and it don't get any more simple then that)

gods, should they choose to exist, owe nothing, to anything humans tell each other, to pretend they know about them.

(would they, or it, be that much of a god if they did?)

[Soviet Progonya]

As a religious person I can agree

How is the trans community a religious movement?
Political and social, sure, but religious is kinda dubious
I'm pretty sure you need to be worshipping something for that

I wouldn't even call it a movement. People simply being born themselves is not political or social. That's like saying that women are a female movement or something.

[Soviet Progonya]

Cereal goes before milk, so I can heat it up in the microwave and then put in the cereal. That way, the flakes don't get soggy.

Also apparently people eat cereal with cold milk in some countries, which is pretty wild lmao.

[Hemakral]

How is the trans community a religious movement?
Political and social, sure, but religious is kinda dubious
I'm pretty sure you need to be worshipping something for that

I wouldn't even call it a movement. People simply being born themselves is not political or social. That's like saying that women are a female movement or something.

Oh, yeah, my bad
I was referring more to the current movement of acceptance than the community
dumb word choice on my part

[-Astoria-]

Cereal goes before milk, so I can heat it up in the microwave and then put in the cereal. That way, the flakes don't get soggy.

Also apparently people eat cereal with cold milk in some countries, which is pretty wild lmao.

Meanwhile, here I don't think I've seen liquid milk for almost a year.

[Haganham]

The capital gains tax should be eliminated and gains should be taxed the same way a regular income.

"tax cut for the rich"
NOPE. The capital gains tax caps out at 15%. The top marginal rate is 40%. The Rich should be paying at least 25% more on their capital gains.

However there's an added benefit. Because capital gains are treated differently from dividends there's an incentive for stockholders to prioritize gains over dividends, and thus an incentive for companies to reinvest profits into growth rather then distributing it to shareholders. Encouraging companies to pursue profitability over growth should create for a more competitive and more stable economy.