The best language skid ever...

This is, for sure, the best skid about accents, ever played on TV.
(Two Scottish blokes in a voice activated elevator in Scottland, trying to go to the 11th floor)

ATHEISM

I am an ATHEIST.
I have been an Atheist for 60 years by now.

Very often I get approached by so called 'religious people' asking me:
'Why don't you believe in God?'

I don't, but it's the least of the problems here.  This is entirely a WRONG question.

Atheist (like myself) — rejects belief as a valid epistemic tool; relies only on evidence, reasoning, and falsifiability.

Non-theist — doesn’t believe in gods but still uses “belief” as a mental category.

Agnostic — suspends judgment but still accepts belief as a concept.

Theist — uses belief and applies it to gods.

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If someone considers “belief” a legitimate way to hold positions, they’re not an atheist in the strict rationalist sense. They’re a non-theist who still uses theistic cognitive tools.

(Epistemic - relating to knowledge, understanding, or the conditions under which the process of knowing occurs)

Very often I consider myself more than an Atheist - Antitheist to be exact (but it's a subject of different discussion).

I have crossed the Country...

I have crossed the Country on the motorcycle (solo trips): 
Length-wise (Coast to Coast and Back 2023) and 
Width-wise (North-South and Back 2026).
...and crossed 26 states on these trips alone:
NY, PA, MD, NC, DE, SC, GA, FL, TN, KY, WV, VA, NJ, OH, IN, MO, IL, KS, CO, NM, AZ, CA, NV, UT, NE, IA.  
Since I also rode through the CN it makes 27 States crossed on the motorcycle.
We will see what is going to be my final score...

'Big, Awkward Cat' - this is how cats see their human...

 I have just read somewhere that there is a theory explaining the human-cat relationship which says, that unlike dogs, cats have never considered their humans 'masters'. 

Humans for the cats are just 'BIGGER, AWKWARD CATS'.  Of course they provide food and shelter and make a safe environment - what is expected from bigger, stronger cats.  Cats rum around the legs of their human, 

mark them with pheromones... as they do with other cats.  They cuddle together and 'hide' in the shelter of their human body, as they would do with other cats.  

If they are annoyed of their human, they scratch and bite, as they would do with other cats.

That actually explains what other theories leave un-answered and un-explained...

I AM PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A 'BIG, AWKWARD CAT' FOR MY CASSI, FOR 17 YEARS...

I will never forget...