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saltoftree68 karma

Can I just lay down some groundwork and preface this by saying that I'm a Reddit newcomer? An r/virgin, if you will? So please mind me if I lack the proper etiquette when it comes to doing one of these; I might need a little handholding.

Just based on the above, you already have better social skills than like...68% of Redditors. You are gonna do just fine.

saltoftree55 karma

I was in a small group in a church that was probably closer to Osteen than the RCC (call it non-denominational with some fire-and-brimstone Pentecostal ancestry?)

Anyway, one of the group members says "I'll listen to a little Joel uh-STEEN (pronounced exactly as I've written) now and again, if I need some inspirational brainwashing."

I'm sitting there thinking yeah... That sounds about right.

saltoftree10 karma

Country don't mean dumb...

saltoftree1 karma

No, they don't. The standard varies (preponderance of the evidence in civil, beyond a reasonable doubt in criminal) but in either case the burden is on the plaintiff/prosecution.