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Oh, I thought you were.
September 24, 2016 at 16:14
No it isn't. There is always the choice to endorse or vote for either this one, one of the others, or not to endorse or vote at all. How bad does a Re...
September 24, 2016 at 16:10
It's weird that you would ask me that question. No, I have not. Have you? I did suspect that you might be somewhere on the autism spectrum. That's why...
September 24, 2016 at 15:56
Are you asking me why Cruz would vote for Hilary Clinton? I never suggested that Cruz, nor any other Republican candidate - especially Trump - would v...
September 24, 2016 at 15:51
Endorsing no one is better than endorsing Trump. He could have done that. And if he didn't endorse him, blame the BBC.
September 24, 2016 at 12:55
So, after calling Trump a pathological liar, a narcissist, a rat, a coward, and a train wreck; and after telling voters to vote with their conscience;...
September 24, 2016 at 12:24
(Y) I will spare a thought, but praying won't help.
September 24, 2016 at 12:21
That's funny and completely wrong. I will readily acknowledge that it is possible, and I have implicitly and explicitly done so multiple times through...
September 24, 2016 at 10:58
Yes, it is. Me too. I'm looking forward to Resident Evil VII. The trailer looks great, and there's a free demo available from the PS Store which I'll ...
September 24, 2016 at 10:20
No, that isn't what I did. But I did make comments to the effect that my experience and understanding, in the relevant context, is shared by most othe...
September 24, 2016 at 10:14
Well, I think that that's patently absurd, but I'm going to watch a film and eat pizza, rather than explain the clear connections to which you are app...
September 22, 2016 at 19:23
It seems to me like you're the one getting pissy. I have tried to explain it to you, although I didn't think it would be necessary to provide an in de...
September 22, 2016 at 19:07
I know what you said. So it seems arbitrary to you, personally. Good for you. But things aren't always what they seem. And I'm arguing that it isn't a...
September 22, 2016 at 18:54
Well, it's not random or unpredictable, nor is it by choice or whim, so in that sense it isn't arbitrary. In this case, it is largely involuntary, and...
September 22, 2016 at 18:36
You're probably not the first person I've run into to refuse to clarify a problematic ambiguity and yet nevertheless expect me to guess your meaning. ...
September 22, 2016 at 00:06
Frying goat flies greenly Aberdeen. (I'm using those words to mean something, and I expect you to know what I mean).
September 21, 2016 at 23:19
But they don't mean the same thing, so which one do you mean? Nevermind, I'll address both questions fairly succinctly: Why would it cause offence? Be...
September 21, 2016 at 23:12
No, the issue is actually your confusion between the issue of what is the case, what should be the case, and what we can do about it. Last time, you a...
September 21, 2016 at 22:53
What, like, that the image of Spock could evoke in you the meaning of someone who has high emotional intelligence, or it could evoke in someone else t...
September 21, 2016 at 22:40
To be frank, if you still profess not to understand, then that is not my problem, and I can think of better ways to spend my time than to attempt to e...
September 21, 2016 at 21:51
In todays news, Drumpf Jr. repeated a false analogy, which has been liked by over 15,000 morons.
September 20, 2016 at 12:57
1. There is an explanation. 2. Everyone doesn't need it to be explained to them. 3. Most people don't need it to be explained to them. 4. You possibly...
September 20, 2016 at 12:32
Nah. That'd be silly.
September 19, 2016 at 12:13
What is totatality? Is it like totatatality, but a little less total?
September 19, 2016 at 10:35
From his new book Philosophy of Penis.
September 19, 2016 at 10:22
No, I did not.
September 19, 2016 at 10:19
Chalk and cheese.
September 19, 2016 at 10:13
Could easily be interpreted that way. So much for his rhetorical skill. Seems clumsy and ill-considered. Yes it is. He said that she started it. She d...
September 19, 2016 at 10:05
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September 19, 2016 at 10:00
That's not, in itself, hypocritical, and I doubt that it's hypocritical in her case. It would be hypocritical if she argued against gun ownership, wit...
September 17, 2016 at 14:45
More members, more discussions. The pace has quickened. Where to begin?
September 17, 2016 at 08:47
I did say "as you summed it up", and that isn't how you summed it up. You summed it up in terms of making the world better or worse, rather than in te...
September 17, 2016 at 08:26
Aaaaand he's done it again: Trump hints at Clinton's assassination again after retracting 'birther' theory At least he finally came out and acknowledg...
September 17, 2016 at 07:55
Well, both probably contributed. Either way, given your acknowledgement, I take it that you no longer think that his rhetoric hasn't backfired. It obv...
September 17, 2016 at 07:46
I've just discovered five-dollar-Spock and five-dollar-Bill-Murray: /uploads/files/uy/w7ix3u0jonjzbex0.jpg /uploads/resized/files/a7/0byhd7bbvgbea36o....
September 16, 2016 at 20:59
Because I've seen him on television. I've heard what he has to say, and I've seen how he behaves. I've picked up on his poor attitude, his arrogance, ...
September 16, 2016 at 20:37
Yet it is a predicable cause-effect occurrence. Offensive comments cause offence. People are sensitive and there are sensitive subjects which people a...
September 16, 2016 at 20:09
They don't exactly have to try hard. He is like a parody or a caricature. He provides them with all the ammunition they'll ever need. Of course the me...
September 16, 2016 at 15:55
Oh, I see. :D
September 16, 2016 at 11:39
You're both wrong. The Earth revolves around me.
September 16, 2016 at 11:37
Thanks.
September 16, 2016 at 11:34
That's an amazing statement to make. In terms of effectiveness, yes, it has been effective, but it has also massively backfired. And in terms of subst...
September 16, 2016 at 11:21
What dilemma? Asymmetry, at least as you've summed it up, is not at all compelling or intuitive for me. But symmetry is. Who is it that finds it so? H...
September 16, 2016 at 10:35
There's a difference between truth and the idea of truth, isn't there? You start off by speaking about what the idea of truth seems to be, yet your co...
September 16, 2016 at 10:18
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Welcome back, Banno! And rest in peace.
September 16, 2016 at 09:58
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Yet he was recently active at the old place, I noticed. Greyfrairs Bobby. I also noticed that @"SophistiCat" has recently joined, and he was one of th...
September 16, 2016 at 09:55
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7yHckRTkcZg :D
September 16, 2016 at 09:37
Mark Train? :D
September 16, 2016 at 09:21
What is sarcasm?
September 16, 2016 at 09:18
Is there a reason why you have difficulty with this basic understanding? There's a big difference between understanding why people get upset at that s...
September 16, 2016 at 09:14