brainzilla420

brainzilla420 t1_iuaenw8 wrote

Reply to Halloween festivities by VanBanSargent

Peck farm has trunk or treat tonight from 6-8 with fireworks from Northstar after dark.

Tomorrow, there's a fun fair thing at the east Calais rec field from 3-5. I can dm you the poster for it if you'd like.

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brainzilla420 OP t1_it4qcdw wrote

Reply to comment by you_give_me_coupon in was trying to wait as long as possible before cranking up the woodstove, then this came in the mail. now i don't have to yoink a stack of 7 days to start my fires. thanks jebus! by brainzilla420

I'll give benefit of the doubt here and assume this is a serious question.

Rarely is life so black and white that some is good or bad. Is burning a book in and of itself a "bad" thing? I think no (apologies, librarians!) This book is no more important to me than any other junk mail i get, so i see no problem in burning one book, by myself, in my stove. Just as i wouldn't give a fig if you took a book, any book, and burned it in your stove.

Where i see book burning becoming problematic is when it is used to incite a group against another group. Intentionally seeking out a book, be it dr. Seuss, the talmud, the koran, to kill a mockingbird, or any of the myriad books that folks have chosen to burn, en masse, over the years, is very different than having a book foisted on you. Book burning rallies are often an attempt to "other" a specific, usually minority, group, to dehumanize them and their culture and often to incite violence towards them.

What i have done here isn't that. I haven't called for violence, nor persecution of the the 7th day Adventists. Instead, i view this as a transgression on the part of the 7th day Adventists. As the aggressors here, they chose to send this to me and, in a small act of self-defense, I've chosen to burn this piece of shit. I'm not seeking out other copies to burn, nor advocating the eradication of 7th day Adventists and their thinking through violence. This is the difference between burning a book in my stove and holding a klan rally book burning.

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brainzilla420 OP t1_it3canp wrote

Reply to comment by Revolutionary-Lie198 in was trying to wait as long as possible before cranking up the woodstove, then this came in the mail. now i don't have to yoink a stack of 7 days to start my fires. thanks jebus! by brainzilla420

I have a wood stove chipper if you've got any old ones that need chipping. I also have chipper stove wood, also. it's super upbeat and chatty until you put it in. Then it kind of screams and it makes me a little sad. Warm and sad.

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brainzilla420 OP t1_it2tk97 wrote

Reply to comment by CharZero in was trying to wait as long as possible before cranking up the woodstove, then this came in the mail. now i don't have to yoink a stack of 7 days to start my fires. thanks jebus! by brainzilla420

Pretty sure scared_cardiologist meant that their cats read the book and are now debating its finer points. Never heard of a cat that likes to tear up paper. Maybe you're thinking of a small child instead?

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brainzilla420 OP t1_it2tace wrote

Reply to comment by Effinehright in was trying to wait as long as possible before cranking up the woodstove, then this came in the mail. now i don't have to yoink a stack of 7 days to start my fires. thanks jebus! by brainzilla420

I had a similar thought, that my anti-theism had been "discovered" (in not particularly quiet about it). But alas, someone with deep pockets is gaining entry into the imaginary afterlife. Good for them.

As for needing Jesus, you're probably doing just fine without him. He was clearly a socialist, so maybe Republicans need Jesus, but i think we're doing pretty alright on our own.

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brainzilla420 OP t1_it2skv9 wrote

Reply to comment by Solons45 in was trying to wait as long as possible before cranking up the woodstove, then this came in the mail. now i don't have to yoink a stack of 7 days to start my fires. thanks jebus! by brainzilla420

That's funny! Average minds think alike!

My cousins were Mormon, and back when they were doing mission trips, it turned out that the highest conversion rates they were getting were in Utah, specifically in Salt Lake city. The church had just assumed everyone was Mormon and want proselytizing there. I can see a similar thinking here, that the least religious state is a great place to gin up some converts. It could potentially be pretty fertile ground.

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brainzilla420 OP t1_it1b0yy wrote

Reply to comment by Scared_Cardiologist3 in was trying to wait as long as possible before cranking up the woodstove, then this came in the mail. now i don't have to yoink a stack of 7 days to start my fires. thanks jebus! by brainzilla420

Hmm, my cats just want food and naps and seem completely indifferent to merging the US federal government with the papacy to achieve true enlightenment, but i guess cats are gonna cat.

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brainzilla420 t1_ir4wqus wrote

Reply to rust prevention on older truck by Legitimate_Gap_3613

Seems like you probably don't need to undercoat, but a good round of non-toxic fluid film wouldn't hurt.

My buddy near me does a really thorough job, better than the mechanics that offer it. I live in central Vermont (not near Rutland), and can send his info if you'd like. Challenge is he can only do it when the temperature is above freezing cause he doesn't have a heated shop. But getting it under coated anywhere will be fine.

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