Hipster: Yea or Nay?

The girl in the picture is Xeno's ex and a dear friend of mine, to whom I will now refer as Derpette. This picture is a couple of weeks old; she recently cut her hair in such a manner that she resembles a pixie. She and I (and the rest of our group of friends) have been going back and forth for ages now, and I'm turning to you, the internet, to resolve this argument.

Is she a hipster or not?

First person to agree with me gets a poem written for them.

Should Obama's Religion Matter?

Well, should it?

I don't think it should. I know a lot of people that want to vote for "wholesome" (read: money-grubbing, embezzling, fiendish) Christian men who are generally middle-aged, white, and heterosexual. I, personally, don't take that view, and here's why.

Like I've said before, I try to take ideas and political suggestions in on a case-by-case basis. I don't think Obama's right for our country at this point in time, but do still take the time to think about and really consider what he says. I still arrive at "Hell no!" most of the time, but every now and then I agree with a little something or other he's said. Granted, I can't think of any of these occasions off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are some.

Anyways, my original question was, "Should Obama's religion matter? Why or why not?" My answer is, "No, and because I firmly believe in the separation of church and state." I'm not alone, in that belief, either. All our founding fathers- as far as my research can tell- were Christians who were heavily influenced by Deist beliefs. They were heavily involved in the Enlightenment movement, not zealots spreading the word of God. George Washington was not running from religious persecution when the United States of America was founded. (That was the Pilgrims; the period of history we're talking here is centuries later.) What Washington and the other important figures in our nation's creation- hey, that rhymed!- were fighting (not running from, but fighting- they were pretty badass) was simply taxation without representation.

My country was not founded on Christian beliefs, and therefore I do not think that whether or not Obama is a Christian should really matter. Does he cheat on his wife? He's not a good guy, but as long as he's still fulfilling his duties as our President, he stays. Does he make his daughter marry her rapist because he refuses to let her birth a child out of wedlock? Once again, he's a jerk, but we have to put up with him. Does he violate the Constitution? Kick the bastard out.

I don't care what he does in his spare time. I don't care if he only goes to Church on Easter and Christmas, or if he's there every Sunday. I also don't care if he's Jewish. And quite frankly, I don't give a damn if he's atheist. In my opinion, that's his loss, but I repeat, that's simply my opinion. I don't bring this up when I'm talking politics. Why? Because I don't think it matters. I can't repeat that enough.

This sounds basic and crude, but I just want him to do his damn job, and I want him to do it right. As long as he doesn't do illegal or unconstitutional things "for his faith," then what does it matter? I want my president to not bring his faith into his politics. I don't care if he doesn't think a man and another man should be allowed to get married. I honest-to-God could not care less. However, I will begin to care when he approves bills that ban gay marriage. Is there any reason out there for this that isn't religious?

I know, I always end up going back to gay marriage, but that, animal welfare, and domestic abuse are my three causes I always freak out over. Sorry.

Anyways, this post contains way more rambling than I originally intended. What do you think? Should Obama's (or any politician's) religious faith matter?

Only 15 Hours Left!

Just in case you care: there's only 15 hours left to vote on my poll! Look over at the top of the right-hand column, please. Observe the poll. Now vote.

Mac or PC? Poll Results

And... here are the final results!

PC, but I like Macs more: 21%

Mac: 17%

PC, and I am content: 32%

Linux, bitchezz: 28%

So, in order of popularity: content PCs, Linux, not content PCs, Macs.

The only thing I would have expected to be different was the large amount of Linux users I somehow got voting. Was this from my XKCD stunt, or... ?

15 Days Left to Vote

Only 15 days left to vote on my stunningly beautiful poll over there -->

Oddly, about half of you use Linux. I didn't realize it was quite so common...

Anyways, vote because I love you.

New Poll!

I know, I know. Took me long enough. Like, 1/6 of the month was already gone when I put it up! Shiznix! Looks like y'all better get to voting FAST.

"I Hate Twilight."

Wow, guys. That is just... amazing!

It might say something about the type of people that are attracted to my writing (or at least my polls, hehe), but most of y'all said you hate Twilight on that poll.

Don't worry if you want to put in your two cents' worth- the poll is still open for voting until 11:59 PM (Central Time), January 31st, 2010.

Knock yourself out!

No Team Mike?

What? Surely, there's a few Mike fans. No? All right, then...

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, then you need to get the eff over to the right side and take the monthly poll. Why? It's important!

And I would have at least thought there'd be some freaking Emmett fans. Eric I can understand, but no Emmett fans?! You people disappoint me.

Poll!

AAAHHH! How could I forget to mention that there's a new poll?

Well, there's a new poll. It's up until the end of this month. That means it's limited edition or some such thing. Which makes it important. (?)

Anyways, you should vote (if only because I included the Cedric option, and I like to see Twilight get a nice ass-whoopin').

Sudo vote. (All you hardcore XKCD fans should get a kick out of that one.)

The Poll is Closed

Okay, this is going to be a really self-centered post, but I'm trying to figure out some crap. Here are a few questions.

Of my readers that took the poll, 41% of you use Twitter. Do any of you follow me (@thatprettichick)?

25% of you said you use social networking sites other than the ones I had listed. What others do you use? Just curious! :)

Replies would be greatly appreciated, just comment to tell me.

13 Hours Left to Vote

Holy wow. 13 hours left to vote. Ya better get right on that.

Oh, and Happy Fuckin' New Year!

OMFG!

Oh. My. Freaking. Gloria.

You only have, like, two days left to vote on that poll! So get your skinny little butt over there (unless your rear is neither skinny nor little, in which case please apply the proper adjectives, if you get where I'm going with this).

But seriously. I wanna know. You're interesting, and I care about you and your opinions.

No, really ;)

Oh My God!

All right, take a deep breath. There's only five days left to vote. So click over there and just press the button. Please; I'm begging you.

9 Days Left to Vote!

See that poll up on the top of the right-hand column? See it? Well, vote. There's only 9 days left before I close that girl up and put up a new one. So, I suggest you vote soon!

Vote in the Poll (Hurry, Before it's too Late!)

See that poll over there? >>>

There's only 10 days left to vote, and you know you want me to know which sites you use. Okay? So just slide the cursor on over there and do some clickin'. It takes, like, three seconds.