Patrick Baugh

When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. - CS Lewis

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

@_BTPC_ @DeerEdisonVT @shadmbrooks It started like this, then got cute and out of control.

(I haven't figured out how to properly quote in replies like this, so I'm linking where I found the images)

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[Rev. Brandon Warr @RevBWarr]

She is definitely going to take after her mother...

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

@nicoraytruth Total War: Moroni?

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@monsterhunter45 Is she trying to diss them or sell them?

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@carteblanche999 @benshapiro That would explain why a Jew would not want to convert someone, but it would not make a Jew trying to convert someone a scandal.

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

@DanShaha A good post, but the quality of reply does make it tough sometimes.

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

Happy Columbus Day!

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

@benshapiro I don't see the problem if you were trying to convince people to become Jewish; I assume you truly believe your religion, so why wouldn't you want to share the truth?

And I will try to do the same, hopefully mutually respectfully.

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

@shadmbrooks @PandaSub2000 @BlabberingC Fan fiction is a sign of an involved fan base, a normal way that fans interact with stories they love.

It may not be creating new things, but what's wrong with that? Not everyone needs to be an author, and only the stuff that is actually disgusting should be shunned.

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

If you don't like HP, fine. If you think a gender-bent Malfoy is stupid, fine.

But, it is a sign of a healthy, involved, and enthusiastic fan community, and I have to say that I've appreciatted how the fans have mostly kept the Malfoid trend wholesome and uplifting.

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

The whole Malfoid thing, and people's loving, disgusted, or uncomprehending reactions to it, have made me realize how poorly fan fiction is understood by most people.

It's often weird, poorly written, or cringe, but it generally comes from a place of love for the source.

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

If people love an IP and are invested in it, you will get fan fiction, fan theories, fan art, arguments, dumb comparisons about who's stronger, and it's all signs of a healthy community, even if it has bad writing, stupid ideas, or weird fascinations from the individual fans.

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@Darifleman2c @ShamashAran I'm glad I checked to see if anyone else had already referenced this quote before I put it up. 😂

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

@learning_yohei That anime has very distinctive eyes!

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@SandyofCthulhu @Rosie_Gamgee_ I don't know that verse; I can see why it's not in the church version, but it certainly fits the Civil War.

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

@realDrTT Convincing works a lot better when you're talking, not attacking, anyway.

I ran into a Catholic guy as a missionary; we didn't convert each other, but once he realized we weren't there to bash Mary or the Apocrypha we had a good conversation. Nice guy. I wonder how he is now.

[Patrick Baugh @mousekt2]

@FaithLikeAbish2 @RadioactiveIM3 My family never had food security issues when I was young, but enough of the old attitudes survived from before that I find that really painful, too; it seems like I'm the only one who thinks that waste is actively bad.

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@SteveInmanClips Definitely #2; he was dumb, and that could have been REALLY bad

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@SandyofCthulhu The book makes it clear there was no problem with her being armed, trained, and joining in the fighting. Exceptions happen, and some girls are tomboys.

It also makes it clear that she was chosen as regent at the request of the nobility, and so couldn't go to war.

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@wylfcen That is really cool, I didn't know that about the Essex dialect.