Hello from the land of the long white cloud
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21-11-2012, 01:45 AM
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Hello from the land of the long white cloud
Howdy everyone
My name is Daryl and I am from New Zealand I'm 21 and gay, I love following American politics via The Young Turks, a suggested video from one of theirs is how I found the Thinking Atheist. As soon as I heard Seth talk I was hooked, I listen to his podcasts before I go to sleep and when I go running. I have just bought a house and I live on my own, I don't have a huge amount of friends here where I live and I find myself wanting to discuss atheism and politics with free thinkers, and that is hard when most people I know here are christians and don't really care about the world around them. I work for my parents in there antique and collectables shop http://tinyurl.com/a63tt79 I play hockey in the winter and I have taken up table tennis. I have recently joined St John as a volunteer ambulance officer I help with Boys' Brigade, yes it is christian organization, and I always feel a sinking feeling when I hear the devotion at the start but they don't know about my atheism and being gay as I have been apart of the organization for a lot of my life, my friend invited me and I when I was 9 and I am still there as a leader, I am there cause they are down on leaders and I just love seeing kids have fun and even though its in a christian sense, they are still teaching them good morals to live by, and other than the devotion, religion isn't really mentioned. I like to think of myself as a loving, caring and loyal sort of a guy, I am very firm on my belief on atheism, and the more I find out about religion, the more I despise it. "The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance - Benjamin Franklin |
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21-11-2012, 01:48 AM
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RE: Hello from the land of the long white cloud
Welcome, Cloud Boy!
I think I speak for all of us that we hope you're better than the last Kiwi to join us. ![]() Anyway, I do hope you find this to be a place of challenge and comfort. Enjoy the ride! It was just a fucking apple man, we're sorry okay? Please stop the madness ![]() ~Izel |
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21-11-2012, 01:56 AM
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RE: Hello from the land of the long white cloud
Cheers for the warm welcome
![]() Talking about kiwis, did you know the banana man was born in New Zealand, I was very embarrassed when I found that out. "The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance - Benjamin Franklin |
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21-11-2012, 01:58 AM
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RE: Hello from the land of the long white cloud
I did not know that either.
Do you know Bret and Jemaine? How about Dolly the Sheep? ![]() It was just a fucking apple man, we're sorry okay? Please stop the madness ![]() ~Izel |
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21-11-2012, 02:08 AM
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RE: Hello from the land of the long white cloud
welcome, I strongly suggest you surrender to the madness of the forum instead of fighting it, it's easier that way... trust me
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21-11-2012, 02:09 AM
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RE: Hello from the land of the long white cloud
I know 4 million people might seem like just a few to you, but funny enough I haven't met them, my parents do have a pet sheep though, her name is Rosy.
"The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance - Benjamin Franklin |
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21-11-2012, 02:11 AM
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RE: Hello from the land of the long white cloud
(21-11-2012 01:48 AM)Erxomai Wrote: I think I speak for all of us that we hope you're better than the last Kiwi to join us. ![]() You might speak for us if we knew who you were talking about. Welcome, Velociraptor (can I call you Raptor?), your name belies your outlook on life, one feels. |
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21-11-2012, 02:12 AM
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RE: Hello from the land of the long white cloud
(21-11-2012 01:45 AM)Velociraptor Wrote: I have recently joined St John as a volunteer ambulance officer Hold the fuck on, St. John as a volunteer ambulance officer, am I reading that right sir? If so, welcome man, thought I was alone with that, not that I've asked mind. Whatever the case, I hope to see you around the forums. The people closely associated with the namesake of female canines are suffering from a nondescript form of lunacy. "Anti-environmentalism is like standing in front of a forest and going 'quick kill them they're coming right for us!'" - Jake Farr-Wharton, The Imaginary Friend Show. |
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21-11-2012, 02:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 21-11-2012 02:16 AM by Velociraptor.)
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RE: Hello from the land of the long white cloud
@nach_in:
I NEVER SURRENDER, unless you have chocolate cake. Cheers for the advice ![]() "The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance - Benjamin Franklin |
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21-11-2012, 02:17 AM
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RE: Hello from the land of the long white cloud
(21-11-2012 02:11 AM)DLJ Wrote:Hint: You're the only one who can verify to us that whom of which I speak is a real person.(21-11-2012 01:48 AM)Erxomai Wrote: I think I speak for all of us that we hope you're better than the last Kiwi to join us. It was just a fucking apple man, we're sorry okay? Please stop the madness ![]() ~Izel |
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