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As for Kierkegaard, and the question of what he really believed, and what he said... one has to bear in mind that that quote is from Either/Or: a book...

No, poor sportsmanship is claiming it's rigged... unless you win. And calling your opponents childish and insulting nicknames. If she clarified by cla...

To qualify for such a position, it would help if you've attended a respectable institution, such as Trump University.

You said that it can be neither true nor false "without an interpretation". I asked you to clarify what that means, and to explain why you think that ...

That's the 11th commandment, I think. Edit: Oh, I didn't know about this: The 11th Commandment (Ronald Reagon). That wasn't what I meant, but it's int...

But you don't know Kierkegaard like I did. He used to make abortion jokes all the time when he thought no one was looking. He would just say them out ...

Yes, I agree. She's like Kierkegaard.

Yeah, but she said you were in a basket, which I imagine to be a lovely little wicker basket with a red ribbon bow around it. So it might have actuall...

Yes, they mean the same thing, as far as I'm aware. I doubt whether anything is inherently bad. But it has negative connotations.

But the jokes were funny, right? I thought they were funny. I think you might like Frankie Boyle.

:D I don't think that that's what that means...

:-O That was funny, man. Thanks for sharing. Hey guys, have you checked out these funny jokes?

It was clear to me long before then. I, like many others, just didn't think that they would (win the presidency in the recent election).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE >:O Unintentionally funny argument of the day? I reckon I can find a more sophisticated assessment than th...

Like you say, it was just an example. It is one of a number of things that you were judging to be shitty or trash, and that one should stop doing or t...

A good life doesn't just randomly arise out of nothingness for no reason. There are things that you can do to have a better chance of obtaining a good...

I'm beginning to notice a pattern here. Yes, I did read your OP, and I didn't think much of it, to be honest. Hence my short reply. I didn't regurgita...

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Everything's your fault.

Well, as long as you go to church and don't watch any Marvel films, you get the seal of approval. Otherwise you're complicit in the destruction of cul...

No, not quite, but nice try.

It indirectly related to me. Not quite the same. :-} You do understand what that means, right?

That's fine. I was just making enquiries out of curiosity, and expressing my opinion, which is hardly out of place on a philosophy forum. You do seem ...

I don't know why you're perplexed at my reply. What were you expecting? I'm still not sure what you mean, to be honest. A context or method for living...

Then perhaps I'm simply not like most human beings. I don't ever feel the need to use mumbo-jumbo terms like "spiritual enrichment". Do I require it? ...

The argumentative force behind my comment would have been the implication that for people like me, going to church or cooking might not be worthwhile ...

I didn't find that to be clear. It seemed like general advice, not aimed at anyone in particular. I don't just disagree. The grounds for outrage is yo...

Your tone was dictatorial. Do this, stop that, throw that away... I think of it as an art, so it's an art, and not a chore... Because I don't like you...

To some it's an art, to others it's a chore. You and your cultural snobbery don't get to dictate what it is or isn't to anyone. I find it amusing how ...

You seem to have an overactive imagination. No, actually, I did not. The original question was just an example question, as I made quite clear. But yo...

I understood what you meant, so it was not necessary to provide an example. Although, we were just discussing something to live for; not something to ...

Yes, means to ends. Ends which are not love.

No, but it's a start. How can you possibly live a good life if you have nothing to live for?

What a joke! No. Spirituality? Church? Don't make me laugh. Cooking? That's a chore. I'll order a takeaway. How about you stop going to shitty church ...

I live for mostly hedonistic reasons. Do you want a list, or...? It's irrational to dismiss that just because it is temporary. That it is temporary is...

Are all of your views based on ancient outdated philosophy? Or just some?

Although it might not seem like it, I am one of those respondents who is sympathetic with his position, because I was secretly abducted by aliens only...

An answer isn't the same as an argument, whether it's firm or not. Which I criticised, and am awaiting a proper response. That isn't true, as everyone...

Yes, who needs money or a roof over your head when you've got love?

No, that's not what I'm saying. Although, they can be. I'm saying that, in the context of the discussion, pointing out what is both obvious and uncont...

Yes, I agree. He's wrong yet again. The one wouldn't make any sense without the other. Similarity wouldn't make any sense without difference. What he ...

Didn't I make it clear that, in this context, the past is irrelevant? I thought I made that clear enough. Yet your reply begins by speaking in past te...

It is obvious that they're both books, and that both a human and a carrot is a thing. That can be taken for granted, and go without saying. There's no...

I remember thinking, after I had just finished it, that its significance hadn't truly dawned upon me until near to the end of the book, and the actual...

Yes, I could give you a nutshell. Here. Here is a nutshell. /uploads/resized/files/3o/gc5z4cc9f4y17hi1.jpg As requested.

I haven't. I hardly read any fiction these days. But I read A Brave New World some time ago. Yes, no, and because he's too low-brow. Or at least, he a...

So it seems. But then you don't know that I'm Batman. And you won't find out, because I don't tell anyone.

Oh my god. I know that, Michael. We've been over this already. My criticism is that what he is saying is beside the point for that reason. No, because...

Which is just silly, to be frank. I suspect he's conjured that up because he didn't want to concede.

Yes, but I blame you for that. :D Nah, it isn't a complex philosophical argument to get from there to "there's a world of difference between them". Lo...