Posts by breakfast of champions

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Is a piano inevitable?
by slimboyfat in
1. social
2. current
i was at a concert last night and the presence and stature of the piano struck me.

and i thought: if the piano wasn't invented when it was, would it have been invented by someone else instead?

or if there was a world the same as our, except with a different history, would it have pianos now too or would it be modern world, similar in many respects, only without pianos?
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The piano is a passing fad.
It'll never last.
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Witness Punk and Metal Band Names
by Luther bertrand in
1. social
2. humour
here is what i would name my band(s) let see if you can list some funny ones as well.

here is my list:.

local needs.
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Touching the Unclean Thing

Flow of Blood

Brazen Bastards

Muff-N-Egg Massacre

Beshmirched With Lies

Dismembered Concubine
Stand If You're Able
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Omg New Borg Kingdumb Song, they went all Lion King theme Lol
by MrsR-Awaken in
1. jw
2. experiences
the borg is turning into a disney music making machine check out their new kingdumb song (caution it might make your ears bleed).

https://youtu.be/goj1vbvqvhq.
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Oh Jesus H. Christ help me!
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Walking a thin line - Resigning Elder
by Sanchy in
1. jw
2. friends
warning of a long boring post ahead.

i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.

i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.
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Welcome SANCHY and PATKIM!
Great to have you here.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Latest Music video advice picking a marriage mate
by Watchtower-Free in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay5of0nxm44.
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How much you wanna bet those garbage bags are filled with garlic bread?
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FEB 2016 broadcast
by Grey Goose in
1. jw
2. friends
it might be the craziest one yet..
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I have it on good authority that the March 2016 broadcast will include a new explanation of the "Overlapping Generations" theory using cinnamon french toast and a waffle iron.
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FEB 2016 broadcast
by Grey Goose in
1. jw
2. friends
it might be the craziest one yet..
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That clip was just about one of the most bizarre things I have ever watched in my life.
A jump-the-shark moment.
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2016-1-25-BOE on Applause or Clapping!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just in case someone wanted this letter for their records.

.. http://postimg.org/image/dn44a9m9h/.

.. petra!.
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An interesting story from our local cong:

So within the past year, a young brother who everyone always loved (really nice kid) was reinstated and the congregation spontaneously exploded into applause. So, the COBE then runs up to the stage immediately after this happens and rather brusquely announces, "we'd like to inform the congregation that there is not to be clapping during a reinstatement announcement. Thank you."

This did not go over well in the hall, as the congregation here is actually quite warm and loving (in their weird JW way) and most thought this was a bullshit move. In fact, there were even folks complaining about the COBE incident on Facebook.

Evidently, the kerfluffle over this got so big, there was a "local needs" in which another elder tries to do damage control, half-apologizing for the rather uncaring way this was handled by the COBE, yet going over the information from the society as to why the practice of clapping after a reinstatement is forbidden (it's all scripurally-based, of course )

Then a few weeks later, another young guy was reinstated, and the response is --- crickets.

I would just LOVE to know what is going on in the minds of both these elders when they get this letter. In the end, they were just doing what they were told, company men, and now they have to eat their words. . . .
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Science Alert Quiz
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
take the test fellow hominids.... i got 7/7.
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Woohoo!
7 of 7
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Gems From the WT
by Slidin Fast in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just noticed this gem of a definition in the current (no 1) wt.

"lying.

saying something false to someone who is entitled to know the truth.".
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Actually, they're wrong at the "saying something false" part. Lying is saying something you know to be false.
For instance, someone might ask "Where's Mrs BoC?" and knowing that Mrs. BoC said she was going to the food store, I would say "She's at the food store." However, Mrs. BoC might have decided not to go the food store, and to go to the library instead.
So although I was stating something false (Mrs BoC went to the food store, when she's actually at the library) I would not be lying.
I'd be wrong, but not lying.