TiredandPragmatic's Comments (23)

“By the way, It really irks me when people use my screen name in their arguments.

It's funny how many people don't realize what pragmatism is. In the field of philosophy, it is a concentration on facts rather than emotions, feelings, or ideals. It is a preference in focus in the practical over the aesthetics. That is the opposite of what your article is about.”

“Wow. All this positive attitude makes positive action crap is really annoying.

A positive attitude won't get you anywhere if you can't feed yourself. A smiling face won't get you happiness if your house is in foreclosure.

So cut the mental candy crap already...­you're going to make me barf.”

“Again, you really don't understand biology.

Did you also know those stem cells, even though they can become any cell and now even gametes (eggs and sperm), will still maintain the sex from the person they come from? Shocking isn't it? Males make nuclear DNA lines and women make mitochondrial DNA lines. That's how life works. But since you are a laymen reading from the Daily Mail, I guess you wouldn't know that.

Also, what metalboi said:

"Do you live in the United States? People have the right to reproduce whenever they wish here. They don't have to be married. Secondly, how is the choice to reproduce not a right? Thirdly, I dare you to come up with one good argument defending your position that reproduction by same-sex couples is unethical. Just one argument that I can't strike down with the standard techniques of argumentative writing. Good luck!"

Have a nice day.”

“Fanned.”

“That's so ridiculously out of left field that it escapes its own hilarity.

"What needs to be prevented is them attempting to conceive children together, using their own genes. That's wasteful and unethical and is not a right."

Where are you getting THAT from? We're talking about non-related homosexuals getting married, not incest (which is something you all have been confusing for some time now). As far as biology is concerned, there is no such thing as male-male or female-female reproductivity. I guess you never graduated from a biology class in your life.”

“They won't use reconciliation, so you can forget about it. Would you prefer no public option, because you can't get single payer? I think the ideologues here need to take a step back and realize that we need SOMETHING. I really don't agree that this is a bad policy because it is not the almighty single payer or a universall­y-mandated public option. States do have rights, and in this case, I think that this would throw some meat to the libertarians. As for the actual opt-out process, I would say only make it vulnerable to a ballot vote, not via the legislature or the executive, which would leave health care to the people of the state rather than the state itself. Taking the long view is not dangerous because the public option stays national until states opt-out...­the process of opting-out can be drawn out in any number of ways that would keep people insured long enough to influence policy, that is if opt-out is not restricted to referendum.”

“Fanned. Plain and simple. Thank you.”

“Not news, fact. Ron Paul, cosponsor of the Marriage Protection Act of 2007, HR 724:

Bill:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:H.R.724:

Cosponsors:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR00724:@@@P”

“Yeah and he also wants to legislate a ban on recognizing any court case regarding DOMA, no thanks.”

“I'm not sure I agree with your assessment about being black and "dissing" a white man or woman, but I do agree that this kind of behavior, whether from Kanye West or from obnoxious Republicans, should not stand unchallenged and people in general should not act like rude, disrespectful, and selfish barbarians for whatever reason, because that is not okay behavior, regardless of what pigment colors your skin.”

“You're right, we should all marry men instead! Oh wait, that's only legal in 6 states and not in mine, oh well. Ah, well it was a good idea anyhow.”

“Charmed, while the President cannot legislatively repeal DADT on his own, he has several options which he has not used:

1. Executive order. He is the Commander-In-Chief and legally has the power to suspend DADT inquiries pending congressional review.

2. Legislative initiative. Submit his own legislation for Congress to vote on. Presidents of the United States are allowed to introduce their own bills.

3. The courts. His DOJ has the power to fight any law the President deems unconstitutional via the court system.”

“LOL”

“Oh yes, I am there.”

“Thank you, DragonMama! I'm gonna favorite you! :D”

“How would fewer plants be killed if we went vegan???

Being vegan means you eat nothing but plant-based food. Not even eggs or milk. So WTF are you talking about? Eating some machine-made ultra synthesized food that has no source in nature at all? Because that sounds like the opposite of what you are advocating.”

“As for your "9 essential amino acids": Eight amino acids are generally regarded as essential for humans: phenylalanine, valine, threonine, tryptophan, isoleucine, methionine, leucine, and lysine. Cysteine (or sulphur-containing amino acids), tyrosine (or aromatic amino acids), histidine and arginine are additionally required by infants and growing children. Essential amino acids are so called not because they are more important to life than the others, but because the body does not synthesize them, making it essential to include them in one's diet in order to obtain them. In addition, the amino acids arginine, cysteine, glycine, glutamine, histidine, proline, serine and tyrosine are considered conditionally essential, meaning they are not normally required in the diet, but must be supplied exogenously to specific populations that do not synthesize it in adequate amounts.”

“Ok, yes, I can admit I was wrong about the L-carnitine. I am not sure what article I read, but I should've double checked it first before calling it out as fact. However, complete proteins are those which contain the right concentrations of the amino acids that humans cannot synthesize from other amino acids or nitrogenous sources. Plants do not necessarily contain the amino acids arranged for us into peptides that we cannot create ourselves from the same amino acids that are freebase. We should eat more vegetables, but we should still eat some meat, not completely abandon it because too much is bad. Guess what? Too much fructose is bad (high fructose corn syrup as one example), but it does come from fruit and some vegetables. Too much sucrose is bad, but it does come from sugar cane (a plant). Too much cellulose is bad because we cannot use it, it will only clean you out (and at some point, too clean and gassy...I know). Eating grapes in excess will give you diarrhea and multiple bananas will give you constipation. Too much avocado is excess fat, and too much soy is excess isoflavones (phyto-estrogens, and yes they are hormonal in humans). Too much of starchy veggies and grains is bad. Excess meat has a variety of health consequences, but excess of anything is bad. Moderate your diet, don't do extreme anything with your food.”

“It's a funny coincidence, but my dad is also oddly enough the one who is so thrilled about her and my mom couldn't care less. I mean the man was really happy about it...I had no idea what was going on, but I am looking forward to watching/listening to her sing.”

“You cannot go fully vegetarian and be truly healthy. We are omnivores by nature. We need the proteins/amino acids provided by animal tissue, some of which cannot be provided by any means from plant protein sources. L-carnitine, an important amino acid for brain function, is only available from animal sources and supplementation (which is NOT an alternative - synthetic carnitine vs. natural.”

“Thank you. That was encouraging :)”

“So much for the depolitization of the Justice Department­...someone tell me, anyone, is there any hope?”

“I agree. Most articles on HuffPost are much easier to read. I've read this one three times and still don't get the point. And its not even that long for godsakes!”