LDSGator

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    LDSGator got a reaction from Vort in Someone flirted with me…   
    Two of my closest friends are women, and I totally agree. My wife is friends with them as well and we just had dinner with one of them and her brother on Sunday. 
    I’m NEVER alone with a girl. It’s a combination of paranoia, common sense, and an understanding of our current climate.    
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    LDSGator got a reaction from Traveler in Russia-Ukraine conflict   
    @NeuroTypical

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    LDSGator got a reaction from zil2 in Russia-Ukraine conflict   
    @NeuroTypical

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    LDSGator got a reaction from ZealoulyStriving in Russia-Ukraine conflict   
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    LDSGator got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Russia-Ukraine conflict   
    @NeuroTypical

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    LDSGator got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Russia-Ukraine conflict   
    It’s complicated. Much more so than both sides want to admit. 
    NPR knows who their audience is, and so does Fox. Neither side is going to go out of their way to show stories their audience doesn’t want to hear. NPR has a liberal bias in their reporting, but since we have 10,000 news sources, their power is virtually nil. So it’s not worth getting fussy over.
    Bernard Goldberg, himself no leftist, said it best. “Some conservatives think Al Roker is out to get them if he forecasts rain on the 4th of July.”  If you are way far right wing (and yes, way far leftwing) you’ll make things up in your head or misread them to satisfy your own confirmation bias and reassure yourself that you are correct.  It saves you from having to think or ask uncomfortable questions.  
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    LDSGator got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Someone flirted with me…   
    Don’t you have a Koala to feed down there? 
     
    😛 
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    LDSGator reacted to askandanswer in Someone flirted with me…   
    Another way of putting that is that a girl would never be alone with @LDSGator 
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    LDSGator got a reaction from Still_Small_Voice in Someone flirted with me…   
    Two of my closest friends are women, and I totally agree. My wife is friends with them as well and we just had dinner with one of them and her brother on Sunday. 
    I’m NEVER alone with a girl. It’s a combination of paranoia, common sense, and an understanding of our current climate.    
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    LDSGator reacted to Still_Small_Voice in Someone flirted with me…   
    I try not to be alone with a woman if it can be avoided as I am married.  Personally I believe it leads to nothing good. 
    If you are married, flirting with someone else is also not something wise to give in to.  There is a very fine line of being friendly and getting into flirting territory.  Let the Holy Spirit be your guide.  My own conscience calls me out along with the Holy Ghost many times when I am not in a spiritual mind set.
    8 So then they that are after the flesh cannot please God.
    9 But ye are not after the flesh, but after the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you . . .
    1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
    -- Romans Chapter 8 Inspired Version
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    LDSGator got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Russia-Ukraine conflict   
    This won’t satisfy every one of course, but it’s a good indicator of bias in the news. 

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    LDSGator reacted to askandanswer in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
    Count your many blessings, name them one, by one...........   
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    LDSGator reacted to prisonchaplain in Someone flirted with me…   
    Let's try a different set of numbered points:
     
    1. You passed. You were tempted but you stayed true to your marriage, your vows, your faith. Not only did you not break the Law of Chastity, but you were tested and passed.
    2. We men should value the women in our lives more. If we don't treasure our treasures, there are always others who will.
    3. It speaks well of you that your husband trusts you take such long journeys without him. His discernment appears to be spot on.
    4. Don't allow your desire for more attention to turn to bitterness. Again, we men should do better. Perhaps your husband should.
    5. Nevertheless, don't underestimate what you have. 16 years? Three children? Blessings all! You did it together. Love/respect him openly. You'll be reassured. 
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    LDSGator got a reaction from Still_Small_Voice in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
    They’ve always been pretty shady. 

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    LDSGator got a reaction from askandanswer in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
    They’ve always been pretty shady. 

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    LDSGator reacted to Ironhold in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
    What happened was that when Filmation was about to ship He-Man out the door they realized that the violence in each episode was on a rather higher level than what kids' shows of the era normally contained. 
    As a result, they devised the PSA bit at the end of each episode in order to put the violence in some sort of context as part of a larger moral bit. 
    This "halo effect" concept caught on, and soon a number of cartoons were doing some sort of PSA or educational segment at the end of each episode. 
    These initially faded away around the end of the 1980s as most of the shows that did these segments got cancelled, but briefly reappeared in the mid-1990s when Congress passed laws requiring that all over-the-air broadcast television stations had to air three hours of "educational and informative" kids' programming a week as stations used these segments to justify tagging whatever show they were attached to as E/I compliant. 
    Nowadays they're more of a meme than anything else, although there are G. I. Joe fans who are open to the idea of the PSAs returning at the end of future content.  
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    LDSGator reacted to Ironhold in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
    This is the most famous example, but it was first invented by Max Fleischer of Fleischer Studios back in the late 1930s / early 1940s. It's why so many of his action cartoons, like Superman, seem so lifelike given the technical limitations of the day. 
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    LDSGator reacted to NeuroTypical in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
    C'mon Gator admit it, this is the only reason you never burned yourself on a stove, or bullied people, or huffed the marijuanas.

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    LDSGator reacted to Jamie123 in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
    I remember the He-Man/She-Rah cartoons where at the end of each episode the moral lesson would be pointed out. It was usually something like "Don't kick the bad guy when he's down, even if he is a jerk" or "you won't have your grandparents forever ever, so appreciate them while you can". Not bad really, for a franchise that was mostly about selling plastic junk.
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    LDSGator reacted to mikbone in 52 Churches in 52 weeks   
    We got another one.
    My wife was following him prior to his baptism.  
    He loved the temple open houses.  Our clear communication.  And Robins (the birds).
     
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    LDSGator got a reaction from NeuroTypical in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
    GI Joe was my thing and I still collect the comics. I don’t like the “Now I know” socially responsible stuff either. I found it silly, even as a kid.   
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    LDSGator reacted to NeuroTypical in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
    The Berenstein Bears was a staple of my childhood, and my kids' as well.  Honest look at family life, dealt with real issues.  Before congress got involved and made GI Joe devote a portion of each episode to some stupid messaging directed at how kids shouldn't bully but should brush teeth or whatever.
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    LDSGator reacted to Jamie123 in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
    He would get better business if he gave out lollipops 🍭. 
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    LDSGator got a reaction from Jamie123 in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
    They’ve always been pretty shady. 

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    LDSGator reacted to Vort in The Berenstain Cross-dressers   
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