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Compliments of the season.

unenlightened March 07, 2020 at 20:54 2200 views 9 comments
Probably the very highest accolade one can receive around here, would be to be called a philosopher.

That's not going to happen very often, but perhaps you have spotted a few acknowledgements of a more limited order.

Such as this:

Quoting 3017amen
Well at least you don't come across as angry with an axe to grind,

Comments (9)

Shawn March 07, 2020 at 21:08 #389413
You really think being called a philosopher is a compliment?
Noble Dust March 08, 2020 at 04:19 #389550
Reply to unenlightened

I guess I can't tell how tongue-in-cheek this thread is, but I would say that my old grouchy freshman Honors English prof said it best...he wanted to teach us to "think and write clearly". Half of the entitled Honors kids dropped the class because he mostly gave us C's and D's (the horror), but that has stuck with me. I don't care to be a "philosopher", but I do try to "think and write clearly".

I did eventually drop out of the Honors College, btw, but not the two semesters of that class. I think I got a C overall.
Sir2u March 08, 2020 at 14:55 #389688
Quoting Noble Dust
he wanted to teach us to "think and write clearly"


I have one extra requirement for my students, and they hate it as much as those guys did that teacher's ideas.

I want them to learn to read the freakin instructions.
unenlightened March 09, 2020 at 08:54 #389994
Quoting Shawn
You really think being called a philosopher is a compliment?


That question is a compliment of an extremely limited order, however, the idea of the thread is to find them on the site and quote them, rather than make them up especially.

"But well done for making a contribution."
unenlightened March 09, 2020 at 09:06 #389996
Quoting Artemis

I especially appreciate your translation of Yiddish into Spanglish.

Nils Loc March 10, 2020 at 01:57 #390279
Nils Loc:" I love you all, platonically of course."







unenlightened April 11, 2020 at 10:27 #400890
Quoting boethius
Don't be so hard on yourself, I think we're all here willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're extremely apathetic.
Baden April 11, 2020 at 19:13 #400980
@Shawn has a pretty cool beard.
Shawn April 11, 2020 at 20:03 #400992
Reply to Baden

Someone give @schopenhauer1 some happy pills...

I need some too.