The reason most people don't just kill themselves doubtfully is related to anything rational anymore than the decision to kill one's self is rational....
That's not an argument. It's a conclusion. If life sucks, then sure, let's not have life. The question is whether life sucks. I say it doesn't. What i...
I don't see Trump as any more or less evil than Hillary, and I don't even see him as predictably conservative. He's a self absorbed megalomaniac popul...
I was talking to my cat yesterday and she sort of crouched down and hid behind a pillow waiting to pounce on some imagined prey. I was annoyed at her ...
I think this place has taken off. There was more chatter over at PF, but much of it was directed at some poor straggler who happened upon us with some...
The OP seems to be the flip side of the question of whether rocks have consciousness. It's entirely possible that folks who are walking around appeari...
If I chose to use a women's bathroom, shower, and gym because I like to see women in various states of undress, what makes that justification less wor...
If I agree to mow your lawn for $20 and I don't do it, the court will not require me to mow your lawn. You would be entitled to the additional costs y...
I don't think it's any more likely that a young woman gets new breasts, a new nose, or liposuction because she's not getting enough sex as it is that ...
You are such a caring and loving soul, committed to consoling the broken hearted and nursing them back to health while properly chastising the wicked ...
Then you'll have to explain (1) what the lesbian, homosexual, transsexual, etc. values are, (2) why they are harmful, and (3) how you intend to contai...
Since modern society no longer links gender identity to anatomy, but instead to personal declaration, the only course would be to allow for a single r...
My dog had been lying at my feet for a few hours and I thought how loyal she was until I thought maybe she was dead. Then I decided there really was n...
My first suggestion is that you offer a brief summary that doesn't require that I read your actual dissertation. You'll get far more feedback that way...
I took my son to a Shakespearean theater and got the cayenne flavored peanuts and a Guinness. There was this fat actor who played two roles, which spe...
I was looking at a map once and saw Yellowknife and thought I'd like to go there, so I Googled what there was to do there and there were some fishing ...
And yet, as you say, only 11.1% of the workforce is unionized, but all these other folks have jobs that are just as good or better than those held by ...
All systems are money driven. There's just more money in the US. I prefer mud slinging to backroom deals, which is what the Democrats have come up wit...
Are they making fun of Americans for their failure to know about Canadian politics and culture or are they making fun of the Canadians for having such...
If I were President, I'd build a wall to keep the Canadians out and make them pay for it. It'd be built out of ice in the winter and moose in the summ...
My post meant to say that the most radical candidates are leading and the most moderate trailing. This is the result of the primary system where you c...
Just quit drugs, just get a job, just find the right person, just lose weight, just exercise, just volunteer more, just be more kind, just do it. Done...
The problem with everything (well, maybe 99%) of what you say in this thread is that it's not philosophy nor is it any sort of scientific psychology. ...
Free advice for those men seeking lady love: I was having a conversation with a guy at work and made the common observation that it would be far more ...
I did confirm this, although humans will continue producing milk (well, women at least) after they give birth for as long as they are milked. It might...
Regarding consciousness, we do have some definitional problems, so we'd have to explain what we mean. If I swat a bee and it lies there stunned on the...
I'd think that this actress portrayal best represents the expression while the act is being performed. Of course, I would not specifically know as my ...
It would be pizza because you can make any sort of pizza, including putting a hamburger, rack of ribs, ice cream, or whatever on top of it. It's the w...
As an aside, the shoutbox here has become an interesting place, sort of like the late night living room when I was in college, where everyone just sor...
What has rightly changed is the freedom to choose how to live your life. If you are not interested behaving in a traditionally male or female role, yo...
As if the saying "I couldn't care any less" versus "I could care less" error occurs more in America than Canada. The imaginary line dividing our froze...
I'm not on Facebook. I don't have the time for it, considering the time I spend here. It is amazing what people put online, especially those in their ...
I eat only vegetables who have died of natural causes. I say "who" because I think it's discriminatory to think of plants and people differently. I've...
It's sort of like soccer, except instead of kicking a ball into a goal, you have a person throw a large ball underhanded at a batter who attempts to s...
If everyone could do me the favor of repeating everything you've said over the past few minutes. My cat just meowed and I might not have been able to ...
Comments