What started as a cute carving contest in Tega Cay, South Carolina turned into a viral debate about religion, politics, and how easily we overreact online
Why do I smell some internet ballot-stuffing here? If this were contest with, say, two or three or four judges, it would be one thing, but with open voting and likely some hotshot Christians who want to make a statement ... well, there's the result.
What surprises me is that there wasn't an uproar about associating Christianity with a [dah-dah-DAAAAAH!] Pagan Holiday!
Imagine being so insecure in your faith that you're compelled to vote for the most half-assed entry in a pumpkin carving contest, just because it's a cross.
Insecure? Scared shitless? My money is on the fer. Religion needed jesus and his threat of ETERNAL punishment to really scare people. Being dead like the old man and spook did, really did not frighten anyone. God's death was no consciousness. Jeezy's conscious punishment was what religion needed to really scare people.
Every other entry was superior to that piece of crap with a torture device, poorly hacked into the side. The only pumpkin worse than that is infesting the White House.
Way, way off-topic, but I just want to give a shout out to all veterans reading this on Veterans' Day. I know our own Barry and "NOGODZ" are military veterans.
Not in Nam. I was training infantry 2nd Looeys to go get shot at in Nam. Also got involved in testing weapons, rappelling and testing night scopes. Testing was the coolest part.
I was watching Discovery Channel document training Rangers. In Dahlonega GA, mountain training showed them rappelling down the same cliff I did. They did it with 70 pound sacks. I did it for fun. The hard part was getting back to the top to go back down again. The toughest part? Leaning back and trusting that rope was unnerving when leaving a Huey. You had to fall backward until vertical. If you didn't you banged your skull on the Huey's runner.
Dammit. I went over an hour without Assmouth yammering about something and you go and carve a pumpkin with his fucking face on it? Why would you do that to me.
Fortunately, countering this trick in the future should be dead easy. Just have a small group of concerned citizens carve a bunch of pumpkins with various words associated with Christianity- Jesus, faith, Lord, numbers referencing Bible passages, etc.- and you'll dilute the churchy-hobgoblin vote enough to allow someone with actual artistic talent to win!
(I apologize for the low blow of judging her by her appearance. It was wrong of me and I am deeply…..deeply…. (snorts under my breath)…asham…(snickers audibly)….It was rude of me to beha…..(covers laugh with hand) … Appearances are irrelevant. I apologize to the bigot.
I remember this from the 1970s. Literally the same guy?
If memory serves, the 1970s photo was ultimately revealed to show a rock formation far, far smaller than the biblical description of the ark. 20 feet long and 6 feet wide or some such. (I made up the numbers but not the concept.)
I saw the Jone's episode on Forbidden History a few years ago. My impression then was young and gullible.
From the article; "“amateur archaeologist” Ron Wyatt had made the same claim in the 1970s and 1980s, building on evangelical Christian speculation that dates back to a Life magazine photo of the site in 1960."
You may have been thinking of Wyatt. I remember Life magazine, although not that issue. I wasn't born until '61. : )
I saw it on The Science Channel, so you know everything is true. /s
My favorite is How the Universe Works. It seems pretty factual although they get into some wild speculation once in a while. Other shows are hit and miss. I like to play spot the fallacy.
What image is the most scary?
A big eye staring at you?
A mouth that has been sewn closed?
A torture and execution device?
In THIS instance, I don't find the cross scary, just STUPID.
Imaginary things don't scare me. Gods don't murder people. People with gods murder people.
Ba-da-bing.
I saw a meme online of Jesus saying "What part of my story made you think I LIKE CROSSES?"
Why do I smell some internet ballot-stuffing here? If this were contest with, say, two or three or four judges, it would be one thing, but with open voting and likely some hotshot Christians who want to make a statement ... well, there's the result.
What surprises me is that there wasn't an uproar about associating Christianity with a [dah-dah-DAAAAAH!] Pagan Holiday!
From what I have seen nearly ALL kkkrisster holidays are copied from Pagan holidays.
In other words, how very MAGA of them.
It is All Hallows Evening which precedes All Soul's Day on November1st.
Imagine being so insecure in your faith that you're compelled to vote for the most half-assed entry in a pumpkin carving contest, just because it's a cross.
Insecure? Scared shitless? My money is on the fer. Religion needed jesus and his threat of ETERNAL punishment to really scare people. Being dead like the old man and spook did, really did not frighten anyone. God's death was no consciousness. Jeezy's conscious punishment was what religion needed to really scare people.
Every other entry was superior to that piece of crap with a torture device, poorly hacked into the side. The only pumpkin worse than that is infesting the White House.
Way, way off-topic, but I just want to give a shout out to all veterans reading this on Veterans' Day. I know our own Barry and "NOGODZ" are military veterans.
Not in Nam. I was training infantry 2nd Looeys to go get shot at in Nam. Also got involved in testing weapons, rappelling and testing night scopes. Testing was the coolest part.
I was watching Discovery Channel document training Rangers. In Dahlonega GA, mountain training showed them rappelling down the same cliff I did. They did it with 70 pound sacks. I did it for fun. The hard part was getting back to the top to go back down again. The toughest part? Leaning back and trusting that rope was unnerving when leaving a Huey. You had to fall backward until vertical. If you didn't you banged your skull on the Huey's runner.
Dad saw plenty of action in the South Pacific.
My dad worked on General Eisenhower's staff at Allied Forces Headquarters in Naples. He was the original Antifa
Got it. I edited my post.
My dad was in charge of fixing airplanes, so served as a support troop. I believe he was stationed in France (but def Europe).
By the time of the Cold War, he was the highest non-com rank (forgot the name). He had stories. I miss him. If he was here he'd hate Trump.
https://demwinsmedia.substack.com/p/breaking-president-obama-makes-veterans?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true
it was not the simple design that won the contest. That's not a pumpkin. That was Jesus's original foreskin. And you have to vote for the foreskin.
Can't be. I bought Jesus's foreskin on eBay the other day.
Along with pieces of the cross! Ooooo, goodie! 🤦♂️
Did you buy Hemant' soul too ?
Naw, I don't need a soul.
Which foreskin is the real one? There are a dozen or so churches claiming to have jeezy's foreskin.
All of them. They keep growing back.
According to Cracked a couple decades ago, there were enough Jesus foreskins to build at least 4 complete penises (penii?)
“ penises (penii?)”
Cocks.
I can't believe they didn't vote for my pumpkin..........................
https://ibb.co/gLvcWSSh
The main rule was that the pumpkins couldn’t be “distasteful, political, or inappropriate.”
Many people are saying it is the best pumpkin they've ever seen. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
😄😄
Strike THREE!!!
Dammit. I went over an hour without Assmouth yammering about something and you go and carve a pumpkin with his fucking face on it? Why would you do that to me.
https://extremepumpkins.com/cdn/shop/files/the-pumpkin-pie-maker-20.jpg?v=1684997726&width=1100
I can’t quite read the book title. Something about either taxes or Texas.
I’ve read books about taxes on the toilet.
White text above : ? into
Dark text : T?XAS
Fortunately, countering this trick in the future should be dead easy. Just have a small group of concerned citizens carve a bunch of pumpkins with various words associated with Christianity- Jesus, faith, Lord, numbers referencing Bible passages, etc.- and you'll dilute the churchy-hobgoblin vote enough to allow someone with actual artistic talent to win!
I want to be French. Being American leaves me ashamed.
Long live France.
FRANCE:
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USA:
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I want to be South Korean (food and historical dramas). On n'a pas toujours ce qu'on veut dans la vie.
Next year, I'm going to submit a "used" pumpkin from one of those pumpkin fucking pastors.
And dear autocorrect, it was most definitely not "ducking."
OT:
https://ibb.co/gcVzWSP
One of her better days, actually.
(I apologize for the low blow of judging her by her appearance. It was wrong of me and I am deeply…..deeply…. (snorts under my breath)…asham…(snickers audibly)….It was rude of me to beha…..(covers laugh with hand) … Appearances are irrelevant. I apologize to the bigot.
She is an ugly cunt Outside, inside and innards.
Don't hold your breath waiting for an apology 😉
Apologize. You just insulted ugly cunts.
*Ask her ugly cunt what to do.
Ugly cunt 🖕🖕
That’s an insult to orcs!
Anyone who voted for that talentless hack is out of their gourds.
Did you get bonked on the melon with a coconut?
No, but I did put the lime in the coconut and drank them both up.
And call me in the morning!
Makes me want to squash their voting fingers.
OT: The Today Show has found Noah's Ark.
https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/nbcs-today-show-runs-credulous-report-claiming-proof-of-noahs-ark#comments
“ Answers in Genesis accused Jones of starting with a predetermined conclusion and working backward.”
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bf0c2e81a64497c0dfe1db26dc57a302cef384a597aff1d866d5b608dcce9db2.gif
How bad do you have to be for AIG to call you out?
Wow ... talk about pot calling kettle black!
Yeah, that's pretty bad.
I hate living in the dumbest timeline.
I remember this from the 1970s. Literally the same guy?
If memory serves, the 1970s photo was ultimately revealed to show a rock formation far, far smaller than the biblical description of the ark. 20 feet long and 6 feet wide or some such. (I made up the numbers but not the concept.)
Not the same guy. Andrew Jones is fairly young. 30s or 40s maybe.
Ah, thank you for correcting my error.
I saw the Jone's episode on Forbidden History a few years ago. My impression then was young and gullible.
From the article; "“amateur archaeologist” Ron Wyatt had made the same claim in the 1970s and 1980s, building on evangelical Christian speculation that dates back to a Life magazine photo of the site in 1960."
You may have been thinking of Wyatt. I remember Life magazine, although not that issue. I wasn't born until '61. : )
I want to know the level of bullshit of these fauxcumentaries. I hope I can watch them.
I saw it on The Science Channel, so you know everything is true. /s
My favorite is How the Universe Works. It seems pretty factual although they get into some wild speculation once in a while. Other shows are hit and miss. I like to play spot the fallacy.
Are the zip lines still intact?
They had a problem with the lions in the petting zoo.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f123441da437a02fa2ab2ff9b3081927a9f28b97ea7048713527a89c417dcdc9.jpg
Pretty pathetic fairy ring.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Fairy+Ring+Mushrooms+in+Lawn&form=RESTAB&first=1
There's a fairy circle quest in Quest for Glory (old Sierra PC game, great series). You don't want to know what fairy dust is.
Just like the ballot box stuffing in "Carrie". And look what happened to her...
And after that, what happened to THEM! 😱
Next, we're going to find out that 'Isabella Nativi' is one of the judge's online handle.