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Please allow upvoting and downvotingStill at a loss, but a sudden hankering for the Sunday Indian buffet has overwhelmed me. I might head over there if the boy's up for it. Thumbs up for the suggestion.
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Please allow upvoting and downvotingThe problem is that I have lackeys like Baden who will upvote everything I say to curry favor. It's more embarrassing than flattering.
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Beautiful Things
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/147591Of course men can be beautiful. — Bitter Crank -
It is not there when it is experiencedI think the mind does change. You think it doesn't. Are you trying to change my mind?
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It is not there when it is experiencedI followed you through the point where you argued that if State A changed to State B, there had to be some amount of time between those states where either A and B existed simultaneously or where neither existed, but I don't follow your solution that the mind is able to exist without being subject to the same problem.
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Beautiful ThingsThat's a weird looking flower. It looks like it has some evergreen needles on it, but then the flower. It'd probably be best if you stomped the shit out of it. It's fucked up and I don't understand it.
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Beautiful ThingsDasher is a reindeer, not a horse. A good name for a horse would be Magic or Fred, although Fred is already taken as my dog's name. I'd name that horse Snowflake, Spot, or maybe Big Red. Those names make more sense than giving it a reindeer name.
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Beautiful Things
An instagram posting from a former friend or maybe way more than that. Real life American beauty: -
Do you consider yourself a Good person?"Now that I've seen the penis you have in store for me, I'd love to go out with you," said no girl ever.
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Do you consider yourself a Good person?Having a love for yourself is not synonymous with being selfish, that it is ok to say that you respect who you are or are trying to be a better person. — TimeLine
This is consistent with The Golden Rule, to love thy neighbor as thyself, which requires first self love, and second offering to others a love equal to that. If you don't love youself, your neighbor should receive that same disregard if you love him as yourself. Deriving pleasure from pure self sacrifice is the definition of masochism. -
Do you consider yourself a Good person?I'm a good person, and I suspect most here are as well. I never bought into the Christian view of us all being sinners or that humility demands we accept we are failed beings. I also don't buy into the liberal view that we're all guilty of some remote wrong committed just by our existence. As long as you're out trying to do your best, you're good in my book, even if you comparatively suck.
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On anxiety.how do you protect love, status, belonging, friendship, peace, self-regard, esteem, and so on? — Bitter Crank
With a big warm hug. Now come over here you big lug. -
On anxiety.There is a distiction between generalized anxiety (and depression) and situational anxiety. If I lose my job, my insurance, become sick, get evicted, etc., I will be anxious, but that would be normal. If I weren't, that might be a bigger problem. The problem lies with those whose anxiety arises from no particular event and cannot be controlled and it interferes with their well being. It's for that reason that advising someone who is anxious to simply eliminate those anxiety rendering events from his life isn't terribly helpful. Some simply don't have identifiable events. I'd expect there are methods to reduce the anxiety, but elimination would be doubtful for the truly afflicted.
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If Hate Speech Doesn't incite Hatred, Then Where Does Hatred Come From?Research on the relationship between "message" and "behavior" doesn't support the view that certain kinds of talk leads to certain kinds of behavior. — Bitter Crank
Speech is behavior. For that reason, as a growing acceptance of homosexuality occurs, one should expect both violence towards it and negative speech about it to reduce. I wouldn't expect speech regulations to reduce violent behavior, but I could see both speech changes and violence changes symptomatic of the same underlying change of growing acceptance. -
Is Calling A Trans Woman A Man (Or Vice Versa) A Form Of Violence?She needs guidance and protection. I worry that the increased ease in using the transgender designation will make it easier for people like her to make this kind of decision without reflection or an understanding of the condequences. — T Clark
There's also the problem that sexual reassignment surgery is not therapeutic and doesn't reduce depression or suicide. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016885. -
The Last WordYes, it had six cylinders and I welded a 7th in there and got all the timing right. It was a feat of engineering that cost me my marriage, but it fucked up the windshield cleaner squirter thing, so I parted it out and bought a Big Mac. No regrets.
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The Last WordI've never heard the x-ray analogy, but it's so poignant. You know I melt when you reference diagnostic studies, especially old school plain films and not the new fangled MRIs. I'm so choked up, I must allow Willie to speak for me. https://youtu.be/DDGiSoLIG8I
And should you find it in your heart to return my spark plug, that'd just be too sweet. The racket the Camaro makes when I pull into the Piggly Wiggly from running on 7 cylinders is such an embarrassment. -
The Last WordIf you have trouble again, just let Hanover know and he'll whistle you a lullaby. His angelic lips sing as sweet as a siren. — TimeLine
It takes divine inspiration to bring forth such melodies, only from a nymph capable of speaking directly to the magpies, the most spectacular of all the breeds.
We've already established how I best sleep, nestled in a warm embrace, serenaded by giggles at my jokes, with my head being petted slowly. Doesn't that work for everyone? -
Trump and "shithole countries"But imagine if such accusations had come out about Obama or Hillary? — Michael
Only Fox would report about it. -
Why we should feel guiltyWhat'd I do if King, is put all the wealth in one bucket and then divide it equally among all (except the Dutch will only get 1/3 of a share obviously) and then the resultant economic collapse and starvation would Darwinistically cull the herd, ironically creating super humans better equipped at dealing with guilt.
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Trump and "shithole countries"
You built an entire argument upon the false premise that referring to a country as a shithole implied the citizens were the cause of their status, then you jumped on your high horse and lectured us about how the citizens were victims as if we didn't know that, and then in exasperation you declared those disagreeing with you racists that you had no time for.A man with a guilty conscience, hey? Well, some hope for you perhaps. — apokrisis -
Trump and "shithole countries"If you can’t see through your own shitty rationalisations then that’s on you. — apokrisis
Nope. You're diverting the conversation with irrelevant sanctimony. We're all opposed to oppression and abuse. You're not special in that regard, and your comments are off point. -
Trump and "shithole countries"To put it in comparison, after Katrina New Orleans was a shithole, and to call it a shithole would probably be an accurate thing to say. But it would be awful of the Mayor of some nearby, but not affected, city to say "we don't want people from that shithole coming here." — Michael
New Orleans was a shithole before Katrina though, and that's why Houston didn't want New Orleanese coming there. -
Trump and "shithole countries"You do have those Dan Quayle moments — TimeLine
I'm still adorable though, right? -
Trump and "shithole countries"It is no secret why there are so many failed states around the world. To shove blame on the victims is indeed just shameful racism. — apokrisis
An irrelevant point. A country is a great or terrible place regardless of why. If I live like a king because I'm a ruthless murderer, I'm still living like a king. -
Trump and "shithole countries"Why would anyone want the Dutch? — Bitter Crank
I want Benkei Dutch or not. -
Trump and "shithole countries"Ok Miss Geography, how about correcting Mr. Politically Correct who called Africa a country?
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Trump and "shithole countries"The reality is the US is either a) a pretty Fucking racist country or b) entirely partisan. Either way a shithole country. — Benkei
Regarding (a), who preceded Trump? -
Trump and "shithole countries"It might not be racist to say "Africa is a terrible country to live in" but it is racist to say "we don't want Africans coming here." — Michael
So, Mr. Politically Correct, how many Congoians would you want coming to the UK versus how many Dutch would you want? -
A game with curious implications...I'd suspect that eating the blinds and not cleaning up after yourself is evidence of supreme leadership, but should we make it a formal rule?
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Trump and "shithole countries"The problem most Republicans have with Trump's comments is that he made them, not that they disagree with them. It is more offensive to pretend that all nations are equal than it is to proclaim America is exceptional.
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When is an apology necessary?This is a matter of etiquette not morals. An accidental infraction isn't blameworthy, so the apology isn't offered to alleviate guilt. It's offered to express concern and compassion.
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A game with curious implications...I had such high hopes for Fred as Supreme Leader, but he just drank the toilet water and started chewing on the wall, so I'm not sure he's the intellectual I thought he was.
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How are some intelligent people so productive?Lots of hard working dumb asses and lazy ass genuises. Nerds hanging out pissing around playing video games while migrant workers reroof their house.
Hanover
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