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You have no moral obligation to me to tell the truth? You didn't create me. The vast majority of ethical conduct occurs outside family members and it ...
November 03, 2023 at 13:45
I hear coyotes in the land behind mine, but 100 lb Fred can take down any of them with a single chomp. That's the beauty of having a wife like Fred.
November 03, 2023 at 11:40
I think it was over a woman. Let's not let a woman get between us again. It's just not worth it.
November 03, 2023 at 01:37
What is your basis for this rule you just made up? If you'd like a Utilitarian, Kantian, Biblical, or virtue ethics basis for why I find your rule wro...
November 02, 2023 at 21:02
Fred's got a dripping problem, so they're gonna radioactive his piss to see where his plumbing canal might be misflowing or whatnot. I told em to go a...
November 02, 2023 at 20:31
You can offer specific criteria for what makes a parent a "good" parent to a child, but you can't offer specific criteria for what makes a neighbor a ...
November 02, 2023 at 17:28
You're with me or against me. No one wants a fencerider.
November 02, 2023 at 13:32
That's the recipe for lemonaide, yet you have poured it on your breakfast. My father would never let me experiment with pouring orange juice on my cer...
November 02, 2023 at 13:29
You've changed your objection. Your objection was that there was no obligation to help others because I couldn't quantify the extent of that obligatio...
November 02, 2023 at 13:06
@"Noble Dust" - in your face!! You can't even say as such right!!!
November 02, 2023 at 04:35
When I was a child, before being the mature sort I am today, I dined at IHOP, the International House of Pancakes. It was an enriching multinational e...
November 02, 2023 at 04:32
Every man, woman, and child receives, at no cost to themselves, a small plastic toy, a prize, a reward, upon the purchase of a humble box of Crunch br...
November 02, 2023 at 04:21
Curse you for questioning the Cap'n. He delivered me from safety too many times from the angry high seas for me to take these insults from you. This g...
November 02, 2023 at 01:16
Guys, I've got a question for the group that I wanted to run by everyone. I don't usually like to get overly personal, but this has been on my mind a ...
November 02, 2023 at 00:33
"Artificially flavored syrup" No shit.
November 01, 2023 at 23:58
My go to: /uploads/resized/files/0a/64yq9feve9sdmfpm.jpeg
November 01, 2023 at 23:56
A standard of reasonableness is a standard even if it isn't quantifiable. That is, I have a moral obligation to care for the children I bring into thi...
November 01, 2023 at 21:02
Under most ethical theories (Kantianism, Utlitarianism, virtue ethics, most religious based ethical systems), providing some form of charity to others...
November 01, 2023 at 19:06
Another way to do them is to cut them into cubes and bake them 45 minutes to an hour or so, seasoning them with some salt, pepper, and of course, plen...
November 01, 2023 at 14:48
To be fair, I'm a squashman. Always have been. Always will be. So I know about these things.
November 01, 2023 at 14:41
Atlantamen typically are sophisticated citymen who travel to and fro and know much of the regional landscape. Alabamamen are a different sortofman tho...
October 31, 2023 at 18:09
I was once on a train from Paris to the south of France and I was sitting next to a man who knew as little English as I knew French. For some reason, ...
October 31, 2023 at 15:02
Go to Kroger and go to the pancake mix aisle. They have all types of syrups. I say see-rup, not sur-rup, so that's something to keep in mind. If maple...
October 31, 2023 at 13:49
I'll step it back farther, to better express my fundamental position. A post or so ago, you said I had decontextualized something you said, but what I...
October 31, 2023 at 13:15
Cut the squashes in half, making sure not to sever your hand from your wrist, scoop out the seeds, then coat the cut part with olive oil salt and pepp...
October 31, 2023 at 12:23
I can give you an excellent butternut squash soup recipe if you'd like it.
October 31, 2023 at 11:15
The starting point isn't that we must agree to anything, but it's that we be clear in our positions so that we know where disagreement lies and then b...
October 31, 2023 at 10:21
For those interested in the legal precedent for disqualification under the 14th Amendment insurrection clause, see https://www.citizensforethics.org/r...
October 31, 2023 at 04:05
I place greater moral blame upon those who unnecessarily kill without justification, but I consider self preservation and preservation of one's own pe...
October 31, 2023 at 03:37
Wiki summarizes it into stages well: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_antisemitism
October 31, 2023 at 02:08
Speak among yourselves then.
October 31, 2023 at 00:21
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts I'd submit that no duty is owed by others to the Jews to give them Israel, but the duty ...
October 30, 2023 at 21:50
1998 to 2003 - Second Congo War, 3 million dead. 2011 to present - Syrian Civil War, over 300,000 dead civilians 2003 to 2008 - Darfur Conflict - 300,...
October 30, 2023 at 20:30
The story I heard was that they ran out of potatoes and then came to the US, no potatoes in tow.
October 30, 2023 at 16:24
Collard greens, cooked in chicken broth with red pepper flakes and smoked turkey necks, boiled for several hours, Perfectly tender and delicious.
October 30, 2023 at 16:12
I thinks it definitionally impossible for an event to occur outside of time and space, considering an event is defined as that which occurs somewhere ...
October 30, 2023 at 12:57
Per Kant: "Space is not something objective and real, nor a substance, nor an accident, nor a relation; instead, it is subjective and ideal, and origi...
October 29, 2023 at 20:09
Would a Democrat under 100 years old step up so Trump doesn't waltz into the White House?
October 29, 2023 at 16:13
Never heard of a boxty, so I deny their existence. The trick to the perfect hashbrown is fried reconstituted dehydrated shredded potatoes with plenty ...
October 29, 2023 at 14:26
I like the idea of a guy making a mundane thing like scrambled eggs and then declaring it perfection to his adoring fans. Like, watch me open the door...
October 29, 2023 at 12:04
I'm going to try this method for the perfect scrambled eggs. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8BSDasA/
October 29, 2023 at 00:57
Overthinking
October 28, 2023 at 15:02
Walmart has a dental office near me. $40 for a visit. I throw this to the group for Shotbox advice. Do I trust my dental care to Walmart, or do I go t...
October 28, 2023 at 02:22
The cars are decoys, easily maneuvered with a centralized pully system fully operated remotely by internet from my hidden headquarters, allowing multi...
October 28, 2023 at 02:17
At some places, they have you take a number and wait for it to be called. My idea, and it's a good one, is to get there early in the morning and take ...
October 27, 2023 at 19:44
Americans call it oatmeal, but I've started calling it porridge because it feels like something from Oliver Twist and I like imaging I'm a street waif...
October 27, 2023 at 14:02
For breakfast: full wild caught tuna (10', 2000 lbs), on a bed of quiche with French Toast slices adornment. Tossed it out after a bite because of the...
October 27, 2023 at 10:05
To be fair, everyone's brother said it that way and it was everyone's brother's favorite food, even your brother's brother.
October 27, 2023 at 02:33
Fair, but the play on "cake" was fun. I think people read it and thought of me with coconut icing on my mouth with super trouty breath. Maybe 7.7/10.
October 27, 2023 at 02:31
Fair, but the word "sketti" was fun. I think people read that and thought of me as a kid with a big smile with tomato sauce all over my mouth. It was ...
October 27, 2023 at 02:29