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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 10:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Taking a Break]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66682.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 03:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Anyone can guess why.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[I value both sight and hearing...]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66677.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[They both are great to have...<br />
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But now that I think about it... Seeing a webpage is definitely better than hearing a robotic voice describe it to you.<br />
<br />
Being fully sighted in both my eyes makes me very grateful for what I have: two good ears and two good eyes...<br />
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I do have empathy for those who lost sight or hearing; in fact, I made an internet forum on a .xyz domain called "Blind Help" if you interested—it's still a work in progress with redirect boards to .mp3's of an AI chatbot audio narration giving instructions on keyboard shortcuts for Windows Narrator, NVDA, and how to navigate the digital world with a visual impairment...<br />
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I plan on adding text-descriptions versions of those same audio files, so a visually impaired person who doesn't want to have to seek through an audio file to find a command that they need can skim-through a text-version of it with their screen-reader and copy that text in a Notepad document that they can save (they can also download the .mp3 file).<br />
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All this crap is from trauma from an empty threat by someone in my family (undisclosed for privacy concerns, sorry) threatening to blind me (nothing happened and my eyes are fine, and that person later apologized to me for that, and they said they would never do that to me then or in a thousand years)...<br />
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Even though nothing happened and my eyes are fine, that traumatic threatening experience changed my worldview forever. It makes me have more empathy for those who did actually lose their eyesight.<br />
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That's why I made this internet forum and I want to maybe one day get into the tech industry to improve assistive technology to make it less clunky and a bit more of a smoother experience... The research I've done about this stuff is pretty intriguing...<br />
<br />
Yep. That's that.<br />
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What do you all think?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[They both are great to have...<br />
<br />
But now that I think about it... Seeing a webpage is definitely better than hearing a robotic voice describe it to you.<br />
<br />
Being fully sighted in both my eyes makes me very grateful for what I have: two good ears and two good eyes...<br />
<br />
I do have empathy for those who lost sight or hearing; in fact, I made an internet forum on a .xyz domain called "Blind Help" if you interested—it's still a work in progress with redirect boards to .mp3's of an AI chatbot audio narration giving instructions on keyboard shortcuts for Windows Narrator, NVDA, and how to navigate the digital world with a visual impairment...<br />
<br />
I plan on adding text-descriptions versions of those same audio files, so a visually impaired person who doesn't want to have to seek through an audio file to find a command that they need can skim-through a text-version of it with their screen-reader and copy that text in a Notepad document that they can save (they can also download the .mp3 file).<br />
<br />
All this crap is from trauma from an empty threat by someone in my family (undisclosed for privacy concerns, sorry) threatening to blind me (nothing happened and my eyes are fine, and that person later apologized to me for that, and they said they would never do that to me then or in a thousand years)...<br />
<br />
Even though nothing happened and my eyes are fine, that traumatic threatening experience changed my worldview forever. It makes me have more empathy for those who did actually lose their eyesight.<br />
<br />
That's why I made this internet forum and I want to maybe one day get into the tech industry to improve assistive technology to make it less clunky and a bit more of a smoother experience... The research I've done about this stuff is pretty intriguing...<br />
<br />
Yep. That's that.<br />
<br />
What do you all think?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[I'm starting to return back to more of a normal lifestyle...]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66676.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 21:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I just put on my glasses and stopped using the NVDA and Windows Magnifier stuff. I'm just going to use my computer normally for a change...<br />
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I'm still working on my internet forums and whatnot... Making posts on other people's websites, and whatnot.<br />
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I hope everyone on here is doing all right.<br />
<br />
How's everyone's day here, by the way?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I just put on my glasses and stopped using the NVDA and Windows Magnifier stuff. I'm just going to use my computer normally for a change...<br />
<br />
I'm still working on my internet forums and whatnot... Making posts on other people's websites, and whatnot.<br />
<br />
I hope everyone on here is doing all right.<br />
<br />
How's everyone's day here, by the way?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[I value hearing more than sight...]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66674.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 09:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Right now, I am using NVDA [NonVisual Desktop Access] (a screen-reader) so I can use my computer without my glasses without having to squint a bunch with a magnification software [Windows Magnifier; open by pressing Win key and the plus (+) key]...<br />
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I sometimes turn off my monitor and just use the screen-reader... Why go through the eye-strain for an increasingly disrespectful and hostile online environment...???<br />
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Though this place seems all right, but still. My point still stands.<br />
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ETA: Well... Don't get me wrong: there are a few decent things in this world that I do like seeing; I think there's a lot of crap that I would be better off not seeing...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Right now, I am using NVDA [NonVisual Desktop Access] (a screen-reader) so I can use my computer without my glasses without having to squint a bunch with a magnification software [Windows Magnifier; open by pressing Win key and the plus (+) key]...<br />
<br />
I sometimes turn off my monitor and just use the screen-reader... Why go through the eye-strain for an increasingly disrespectful and hostile online environment...???<br />
<br />
Though this place seems all right, but still. My point still stands.<br />
<br />
ETA: Well... Don't get me wrong: there are a few decent things in this world that I do like seeing; I think there's a lot of crap that I would be better off not seeing...]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday oh Sayer of Nays]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66670.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Easter Monday!]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66660.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is the day (although not the date) that began the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916. 2500 rebels held out against 16 000 British troops for an amazing five days. Although the Rising ultimately failed (sixteen rebel leaders executed, hundreds imprisoned), it is considered to have been the opening salvo of the Irish revolutionary period, which culminated in independence for 26 of the island’s 32 counties.<br />
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Boru]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is the day (although not the date) that began the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916. 2500 rebels held out against 16 000 British troops for an amazing five days. Although the Rising ultimately failed (sixteen rebel leaders executed, hundreds imprisoned), it is considered to have been the opening salvo of the Irish revolutionary period, which culminated in independence for 26 of the island’s 32 counties.<br />
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Boru]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Gwaithmir.]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66651.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Happy birthday my precious.<br />
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/SVqDb79.jpg" alt="[Image: SVqDb79.jpg]" class="mycode_img" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Happy birthday my precious.<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Boru!]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66650.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What’s The Weirdest Food You’ve Ever Eaten? Good AND Bad]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66621.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Good: Ostrich steak. Very much like high grade beef.<br />
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Bad: Owl. Like mud masquerading as duck. Gamey, stingy, and tough.<br />
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Boru]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Good: Ostrich steak. Very much like high grade beef.<br />
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Bad: Owl. Like mud masquerading as duck. Gamey, stingy, and tough.<br />
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Boru]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oracle's Personal Thread + AMA!]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66612.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 04:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello Atheist Forums Community,<br />
<br />
I created this as my personal micro-blogging thread where I'll share my thoughts on various topics.<br />
<br />
Expect reactions to politics (like r/ideologypolls and r/whatsmyideology threads on Reddit), YouTube videos, manga and books I'm reading, and general media updates—especially news about anime, video games, and movies (though not full reviews).<br />
<br />
You may also know me by my former username "Bruce Wayne". <br />
<br />
Also, feel free to ask me anything! <br />
<br />
Hope you enjoy!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello Atheist Forums Community,<br />
<br />
I created this as my personal micro-blogging thread where I'll share my thoughts on various topics.<br />
<br />
Expect reactions to politics (like r/ideologypolls and r/whatsmyideology threads on Reddit), YouTube videos, manga and books I'm reading, and general media updates—especially news about anime, video games, and movies (though not full reviews).<br />
<br />
You may also know me by my former username "Bruce Wayne". <br />
<br />
Also, feel free to ask me anything! <br />
<br />
Hope you enjoy!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[What's the oldest thing in your house?]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66607.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Just for fun.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just for fun.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[What if aliens occupied Mars?]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66606.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[What would you do if tomorrow some aliens from another star system arrived on Mars and settled there, completely changing it so that it suits their biology? Would you feel some sense of ownership towards the red planet and thus be angry at aliens because they are taking Mars without asking us, or would you be indifferent, or would you totally support it and say, "Well, nobody lives there, so you might as well take it"?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What would you do if tomorrow some aliens from another star system arrived on Mars and settled there, completely changing it so that it suits their biology? Would you feel some sense of ownership towards the red planet and thus be angry at aliens because they are taking Mars without asking us, or would you be indifferent, or would you totally support it and say, "Well, nobody lives there, so you might as well take it"?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[What if martians invaded?]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66605.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[If an alien invasion occurred, what would it mean for humanity and human civilization as we know it? How would our way of life change? Would humanity attempt to defend itself? Does civilization adapt and reorganize, or slowly fracture? I’m interested in realistic perspectives on how humanity and civilization would respond.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If an alien invasion occurred, what would it mean for humanity and human civilization as we know it? How would our way of life change? Would humanity attempt to defend itself? Does civilization adapt and reorganize, or slowly fracture? I’m interested in realistic perspectives on how humanity and civilization would respond.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy birthday Aegon]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66602.html</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy birthday Ravenshire!]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66601.html</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66595.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Place holders for so-called 'Bad Words' such as 'arse' and 'shite'. Say what to fuck you mean! If you wish to speak of shit, how is it more socially acceptable to refer to it as shite? You're talking about the same fucking thing! What is the point of making up an alternate spelling?<br />
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Beginning a sentence with, 'So'. I find this one particularly peculiar because of how wide-spread it has become. Even people across cultures are doing it. People learning English as a second language are doing it. It's so idiotic and annoying! The sentence, "So, I took a shit today" is functionally identical with the sentence, "I took a shit today." What's the point of the idiotic, 'So'?<br />
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The idiotic emphasis phrase, 'Doubled-Down'. We got along just fine before this stupid phrase was introduced. He emphasized that Trump is a jackass. Asked for clarification, he reiterated that Trump is a fucking circus clown. See? We already had parlance for emphasis.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Place holders for so-called 'Bad Words' such as 'arse' and 'shite'. Say what to fuck you mean! If you wish to speak of shit, how is it more socially acceptable to refer to it as shite? You're talking about the same fucking thing! What is the point of making up an alternate spelling?<br />
<br />
Beginning a sentence with, 'So'. I find this one particularly peculiar because of how wide-spread it has become. Even people across cultures are doing it. People learning English as a second language are doing it. It's so idiotic and annoying! The sentence, "So, I took a shit today" is functionally identical with the sentence, "I took a shit today." What's the point of the idiotic, 'So'?<br />
<br />
The idiotic emphasis phrase, 'Doubled-Down'. We got along just fine before this stupid phrase was introduced. He emphasized that Trump is a jackass. Asked for clarification, he reiterated that Trump is a fucking circus clown. See? We already had parlance for emphasis.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Words That People Don’t Use Anymore, But Should]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66586.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Quotidian. Animalcule. Beef-witted. Sippet. Malison. Slubberdegullion. Excogigate. Fizgig. Quockerwodger. Snoutfair. Picaroon. Brabble. Darbies. Crapulous. Immedicable.<br />
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(Inspired by Thump’s use of ‘bloviate’.<br />
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Boru]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Quotidian. Animalcule. Beef-witted. Sippet. Malison. Slubberdegullion. Excogigate. Fizgig. Quockerwodger. Snoutfair. Picaroon. Brabble. Darbies. Crapulous. Immedicable.<br />
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(Inspired by Thump’s use of ‘bloviate’.<br />
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Boru]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy New Year!]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66585.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Personally I’m not really looking forward to all the weird stuff that is probably going to happen with the arrival of this 2026 guy. More school shootings? More ISIL attacks? More war between Ukraine and Russia? More B.S. peace talks between Israel and Gaza? More Hurricanes and extreme heat events? Another tea-party COP31 in November 2026 (In Antalya / Turkey) that is going to be 100% wishful thing and %0 concrete action?<br />
 <br />
   But we cannot simply avoid this 2026 guy right. He is going to join us no matter what. So maybe the best attitude is to keep having a positive mindset?<br />
 <br />
…Positivity and enthusiasm does indeed help us in solving most of the issues that were mentioned above right? <img src="https://atheistforums.org/images/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" class="smilie smilie_81" /> <img src="https://atheistforums.org/images/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" class="smilie smilie_81" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Personally I’m not really looking forward to all the weird stuff that is probably going to happen with the arrival of this 2026 guy. More school shootings? More ISIL attacks? More war between Ukraine and Russia? More B.S. peace talks between Israel and Gaza? More Hurricanes and extreme heat events? Another tea-party COP31 in November 2026 (In Antalya / Turkey) that is going to be 100% wishful thing and %0 concrete action?<br />
 <br />
   But we cannot simply avoid this 2026 guy right. He is going to join us no matter what. So maybe the best attitude is to keep having a positive mindset?<br />
 <br />
…Positivity and enthusiasm does indeed help us in solving most of the issues that were mentioned above right? <img src="https://atheistforums.org/images/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" class="smilie smilie_81" /> <img src="https://atheistforums.org/images/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" class="smilie smilie_81" />]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Rev. Rye!]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66577.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 22:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy birthday Valk!]]></title>
			<link>https://atheistforums.org/thread-66572.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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