Or, simply: noblesse oblige.

Actually, this might be the absolutely most obnoxious possibly response, especially in English. I’ve heard it used unironically in French, and I think I recall hearing it used sardonically in English. Anyone else?

Maybe more blunt: Please stop interrupting my work.

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I’ll take your word for it. The name captain tractor is in the song, which is what created my confusion, but it’s not really proof one way or the other.

I saw The Arrogant Worms perform this song live. Their version was the first I heard, but I think this is the original: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8G_L9tXEwmc

I guess this needed more commentary. I put this up to be mercilessly mocked. I didn’t mean to trigger you and draw the mockery to myself.

This absolutely brainless announcement was in our bulletin today. The biggest questions that occur to me are:

Will this attract the youth? I taught early morning seminary for a bit. I’ll tell you that I really doubt the kids are going to want an extra meeting on Sunday evening, especially when it’s just to pressure them into serving a mission.

What participation do they actually expect from the youth? They clearly believe they already have all the answers.

How will this prepare kids for a mission? Nothing about life skills and everything about duty. It sets missionaries up for a huge shock.

Finally, do they expect kids to want to do this, or are they subtly instructing parents to require their kids to attend and, by extension, serve a mission? Where is agency?

Anyway, just a few of my cynical reactions to being exposed to the “gospel.” Feel free to add your own or to totally ignore my post. Personally, I’d like to see more content here.

PIMO. Thanks for checking.

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I think that a good rule of thumb is: would you say “male doctor” or “male politician”? If not, is the professional’s gender relevant? Probably not, in which case it sounds pejorative to include it.

This is also what I suggest. I moved from WordPress to Grav. It’s good, but a lot of work to customize.

Here’s a very useful resource of code snippets to make your website attractive and functional, without aCMS. https://www.w3schools.com/howto/default.asp

You make an excellent point. My wife knows I don’t believe. She told me that she will continue to attend because it’s good to be around good people who are really trying to be good. As opposed to everyone else, I guess?

As I’ve gotten to know more non-Mormons, I’ve noticed that the difference between Mormons and other people is that there is no difference. They are exactly the same. Some are nice, some aren’t; some are honest, some aren’t; some are good people, some aren’t. Being Mormon has nothing to do with it.

Fair enough. What I pointed out has more to do with a lack of internal consistency. But the more I think about it, the more I realize there is very little internal consistency to begin with.

In addition, it means consistent quality. I used to smoke, which was easy to self-regulate. Now I use edibles because I can be pretty sure what the effect will be.

They headlined at the University venue in my city. It was all ages, but very well attended.

It looks like they will be playing festivals this summer. https://www.songkick.com/artists/429468-hu/calendar

They perform an excellent live show.

Fire it up - Disturbed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jct3HKRYU2A

I want this song played at my funeral.

Old school metal: we Wish You a Metal Xmas https://open.spotify.com/album/6toBzQcCJouEJxa8Bcsutn?si=SdJjidNPQmGJDxhRgzJPCw

I don’t listen to podcasts. Did he say anything interesting?