u/foreverand2025

Dad of young kids here. I am looking to get back into religion myself though remain skeptical and more or less have considered myself an agnostic since I was a teenager. My kids get some exposure to Christianity at school but don’t attend any religious gatherings.

I initially took the approach of not pushing any view on my kids and letting them kind of explore things as they got older and more able to think through things on their own. I’m generally against telling my kids what to believe in terms of religion. I obviously teach them right from wrong, morals, etc.

Looking for any insight on this matter as I live in a red state and my kids exposure to Christianity will not completely stop. I’m not opposed to them becoming Christian if that’s what they want but I don’t want them (for lack of a better word) brainwashed into thinking if they don’t pray to Jesus they go to hell or some crap. Or that being gay is a sin or any other nonsense like that.

But I definitely don’t feel right telling them to be agnostic either.

They are more and more in the inquisitive and questioning phrase. Someone with more insight or experience shed some light on me re: how to navigate this please!

I wear sneakers to work or if out all day. I used to wear converses as my go to casual shoe but honestly they’re not comfortable and get torn up easily. I want some comfortable shoes I can slip on and off to go out when just running errands etc so I’m not putting wear on my sneakers every day. But a lot I saw when at the last shoe store looked kind of sloppy for lack of a better word. I do not want loafers. They can have laces just want to slip them on off preferably (laces or not). About $50-70 or so is what I’m thinking but can go up if it’s worth it. Bros with way more fashion sense than me - what are you all wearing?

Work as a PA. Like to listen to podcasts and read nonfiction. Single dad. Interested in a ton of things and chatty.

Looking for someone to talk with to pass the time. No pressure, reply when you want, but please only reach out if you care to do more than 3-4 chats.

No judgement here. Happy to talk to anyone at any point in their life. Just no one under 25 or so is my only request.

I’ve been a PA for over a decade. I’ve worked emergency medicine, internal/hospital medicine, and currently work hematology (more specifically doing blood and bone marrow transplant and cellular therapies). You can ask me literally anything you want. It can be related to medicine or not. I am just trying to kill time. I will answer everyone who posts unless you ask something I already answered.

An argument can be made that supporting Ye benefits him in real time. The same isn’t true for say Beethoven or Richard Wagner. I don’t have good examples but presumably, some great classic painters were terrible people.

Yet the same people cancelling Ye (I don’t listen to him anymore and think he fell off anyway but put out some great music pre Yeezus) aren’t necessarily changing the channel on classical music or closing their eyes at their local museums when they encounter the work of a racist or abusive artist.

Of course, a symphony itself is generally not racist, whereas Ye released overtly racist songs. Still, art and artist are never truly separated. Or are they? Would love to hear the input from people more thoughtful than me on this as it keeps popping in my head lately.

A former colleague used to write “opine” as in “will ask cardiology to opine on this.” Another once casually slipped “sharted” (no quotes) into the note as if it were standard medical terminology. Personally I rather enjoy some stream of thought writing, like when things are “while perhaps unlikely, certainly not clinically insignificant.”

Of course, I usually just want notes to get to the point, but, I know some of you out there must’ve missed your calling as a writer or just found a hilarious or impressive way to capture what we’re all actually thinking. Would love to hear some things you never miss the opportunity to write or have gotten a kick out of reading in the chart.