Baden

There's a strange dynamic to our interactions, isn't there? Anyway, to clarify, when I say "idiotic" I mean it in the context of the taxonomy of idiot...

No, the fallacy is the argument itself; in this case of the form: Trump made an assertion therefore the assertion is false. But, yes, all the assertio...

(Also, I've been on holidays from real-world work for the past couple of weeks, so probably spending too much time on here. I'll likely take a back se...

@"Posty McPostface" Maybe I'm the only person on here who liked and participated in the animal stuff and Hanover's perverse jokes making me doubly idi...

Shit. I thought you were going to be a gentleman and refuse. :confused:

I don't know who Posty meant, but I'll gladly cede the laurel to you if he meant me. My idiotic jokes should be considered a form of self-flagellation...

Of course, I was never fighting with you, Posty, come on, man. :up: (OK, maybe a little in the other discussion, but not here.)

TED talk version (I'm not big on TED talks but this one is interesting): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziGD7vQOwl8

That's good because it means you're guaranteed to win. Goliath never had a hope. David had better technology. It was a totally unfair fight. https://w...

I would agree with this part at least; liberalism is quite analagous to R&D. And companies/liberal societies that focus on R&D tend to thrive and lead...

Not taking sides or anything, but it sounds more like a Bulverism to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulverism It's not a question of credibility; p...

Going to close this as it's starting to become indistinguishable from the Shoutbox. And one Shoutbox is enough.

At least I'm not running around pretending to be Beelzebub. Which reminds me, I need some marshmallows roasted... *Writes answer, self-censors, writes...

This place is special.

OK. Hope to see you back soon, mate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RaLtF0Erag

I'm sorry you're dead, pig.

Thanks to Timeline for putting up with us and putting in the hours. We'll be interviewing @"Agustino" when he completes his sex reassignment surgery a...

We do have such a shit record on women's rights. I almost feel patriotic today.

Agreed.

Landslide for yes. It's a good day to be Irish.

I guess I'm the philistine now as I almost always laugh and as with Tiff they often lift my mood (as with the animal stuff). What they don't do is mak...

Thanks, Tiff, for your sensible and generous approach. :up:

To be fair, Posty has shown he's not above not being gentle or particularly sensitive even when some concessions are made in his favor. In the end, it...

That's the type of thing that would offend me actually. We all have our lines, I guess.

I laugh at both but would elevate neither. There are occasionally good examples of real humour and sometimes quite sophisticated humour around the for...

And if that level of dirty joke actually offends you @"Posty McPostface" then the problem does lie with you, I would say. Fucking mothers and so on is...

That's non-responsive to what I wrote. If you are just going to sulk instead of actually engaging, fine. I'm not going to indulge you. (E.g. You total...

Apart from exhibiting some level of genius and having a potty mouth, Zizek also talks in detail about how dirty jokes function. I can't find the video...

The science is out on this one, actually. Only 99.9999% of scientists believe that horses aren't dogs, so we shouldn't take sides. I mean, I'm not a s...

:wink:

No more idiotic than pretending to be a chicken or a pig I would have thought. It's not exactly cutting edge social commentary is it? What you do is e...

No, it's not. I have no investment in it and will happily stop. I'm just not going to try to dictate to others that they do. I'll leave that to you an...

So, Hanover's name has now been mentioned 9 times in this discussion. Let's all congratulate ourselves on our achievement before he gets to congratula...

I find them harmless as I said above and fun sometimes. But I will personally be more careful in future seeing as it bothers you and some others. It's...

I agree the Shoutbox is too prominent. It is easy to change to Categories mode though. Maybe more posters should do that. Summary of my 2C: The jokes ...

OK, well, if everyone tells @"Hanover" they don't like his dirty jokes, he will no doubt...make more dirty jokes. Would you like that on your conscien...

Well, I personally could survive without making dirty jokes, so I'm listening, but it might be the death of Hanover. Would you want that on your consc...

Not in my view; fatalism would be a resignation to the fact that we are mere puppets of forces beyond our control or will, particularly in the face of...

OK, I read a bit and he does present the argument I was supporting accurately. I'll get around to his counter when I get a chance.

So, where is Wall-E? Find him now. I want a robot slave. (Humor?)

Another fine contribution to photojournalism, thanks.

OK, but you've seen the logic works differently when you're dealing with an agent. An agent has rights that imply they can't be manipulated for the be...

Hang on, was that...humour??

It wouldn't be bad etiquette to quote them and reveal their name. Anyone could read the quote in context anyhow.

Interesting demonstration, eh? Next...

The horse broke its leg and could never fully recover. It was put down for its own benefit. (OK) The human broke her leg and could never fully recover...

I'll answer this part though: It is under certain circumstances including if the dog is in chronic pain. Ask yourself this question, why is it OK to p...

If you're going to keep confusing "hurt" and "harm" (in the context of what I said) even after I explain the difference, there's no point answering th...

You can kill an animal painlessly and therefore not "hurt" it as in "cause it pain" which is what you asked me.