(October 21, 2021 at 9:59 am)Ranjr Wrote: Here ya go Adam.  <upgrade ding>  The working name for it is "pecker" but I've got many more names to try.

God, this is fantastic!  It makes walking a little different but I love how it feels.  And. . .  wait. . .  what's it doing?  Does it do this a lot?

Oh that.  Yeah, it does that all the time.  Just ignore it.  In fact, I forbid you to touch it.

Aw jeez, not that shit again.

I wish god would have put more thought into balls and old age. Design my ass!

(October 21, 2021 at 11:04 am)brewer Wrote: I wish god would have put more thought into balls and old age. Design my ass!

Hey, God.

What now, Adam.

How come the dog can lick his balls but I can't even reach mine?

Cuz he's such a good boy!

(October 21, 2021 at 7:18 am)WinterHold Wrote: Dopamine is the addictive chemical :
Too much of it = disease, and the opposite is true.

This is wrong also.

Quote:Dopamine in general has no specific link to violence

There are violent drug-addicted junkies all over the world.

(October 20, 2021 at 9:09 am)Jehanne Wrote: Religion in the ancient World was about control, and controlling who had (and did not have) access to fertile females was naturally coopted by those in power who used religious authorities to maintain that power and access to that limited and valuable resource.

Yes. And this was pretty much a worldwide thing in every religion to greater or lesser degrees depending on era or country. Back then in all  of antiquity the mortality rate was very high, especially for those not in the ruling class. So it was much more incumbent for everyone to tow the tribal line in order to survive. And on top of that females, women were considered the property of the male head of the household. 

In most of the world back then, even you were a female in the ruling class, the inheritance always went to the first born male in line. Property rights by females was very rare in most places. 

The ancient world was a vast majority patriarchal and that is why most religions have male head God/s and male holy people as to which at best female holy people are second class.

(October 21, 2021 at 1:20 pm)Ahriman Wrote:

Quote:Dopamine in general has no specific link to violence

There are violent drug-addicted junkies all over the world.

And there are violent people who are NOT drug-addicted junkies. Your point?

Boru