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The cult is exposed in the nature of this defence. Back in my misspent youth I had occasion to be shown the certain sign of guilt in the form of the "...
May 31, 2024 at 09:07
Why would you need to assert ownership of something no one else wanted?
May 30, 2024 at 17:19
And while I'm here let me join in the welcoming of the Prodigal Slackers back to the verbal grindstone.
May 30, 2024 at 15:08
I grew some lentils once. Bushy plants about 1m. high. Quite prolific, but it turns out that they grow 2 lentils to a pod, and life's too short to har...
May 30, 2024 at 15:05
I think Marx went into it in detail, but the advent of agriculture, memorialised as 'the fall' from a state of nature into the condition of bring fort...
May 30, 2024 at 14:50
Yes, I'm not going to argue against that, except to note that in the derogatory sense, paranoia is a mental condition that entails some disconnection ...
May 30, 2024 at 07:35
If you live in Ukraine or Gaza, I can understand, but even there... war is also a cooperative affair.
May 29, 2024 at 20:39
Call it out, rebut, complain, argue, present evidence, demand truth and honesty. Look for the honest actors in the media. It is a false saying. Only t...
May 29, 2024 at 20:17
Bona fide is the sine qua non of communication. Therefore every response to your op confirms performatively that bona fide interactions are the rule, ...
May 29, 2024 at 19:17
Gooder than God. :lol: I'm sorry. I already said that, but I hadn't realised your total fragility. Just ignore me, and I'll do likewise.
May 28, 2024 at 20:23
No you didn't. I didn't reference the Bible, you did. You responded to a dog whistle like a fanatic because I made a joke that involved the word "God"...
May 28, 2024 at 19:56
Don't proselytise dude, it's considered uncool on this site. And if you want to argue about the Bible, do it with someone who takes the Bible seriousl...
May 28, 2024 at 17:21
Yeah, but I'm not trying to convince myself, but to prevent the world from drowning in bullshit for the sake of the community. All that is required fo...
May 28, 2024 at 10:30
Respect for personal property is not enshrined in nature, it is established cooperatively in human societies. In an emergency, the government will req...
May 27, 2024 at 17:28
There are some who argue that the moon is made of blue cheese. Just say "NO".
May 27, 2024 at 15:16
Do you read your own sources at all, or is the headline enough for you? Here is a marginal population way outside its normal range and barely survivin...
May 27, 2024 at 15:04
OK, one more little try. Evolution relies on what you call 'mistakes' as you well enough know. And the rate of copying 'mistakes' evolves itself becau...
May 26, 2024 at 17:40
L1 is the one I want, between sun and Earth, and some of that space blanket reflective stuff. It's that bad right now that I want to do some reckless ...
May 26, 2024 at 17:31
"Exactly", I will allow, but "correctly" implies that the gene was "correct" in the first place, which by hypothesis it never was. Flaws imply design....
May 26, 2024 at 17:18
You do recognise that this is strictly nonsensical. don't you? There can be no mistake unless there is a plan. :scream:
May 26, 2024 at 17:09
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/monkeys-mexico-heatwave The tropics are becoming uninhabitable. Expect the refugees to be called...
May 26, 2024 at 12:59
Sounds like faith. :naughty: Sorry, I have been winding you up. It was not a serious comment in the first place, I was just amused by your religious p...
May 26, 2024 at 12:39
Divine justice is usually conceived as tautological. Think "I made the world and I make the rules, so I can do what I like." Tautologies, of course, d...
May 26, 2024 at 06:29
a) That would be tampering with the evidence and divine justice forbids. b) we don't have the time, because we are always busy being present. Whatever...
May 25, 2024 at 21:07
Let me say immediately, that I find your posts very often fruitful and improving; actually those are more roles the same thing, I think — the fruit of...
May 25, 2024 at 10:14
The barber of Seville sports a fine manicured beard, or else he shaves himself. Still no paradox. To produce the paradox, the op needs rephrasing. "Th...
May 24, 2024 at 16:25
Lists. Other people's petty gripes. Other people. Everything.
May 22, 2024 at 12:44
I'm even luckier — my daughters seem to have chosen not to reproduce, so my grandchildren will never die.
May 22, 2024 at 07:28
Pervert! I hope the fence consented at least! :scream: Meanwhile, this is a question that Google can do a better job of not answering properly than an...
May 21, 2024 at 06:26
Yes of course. The price being to reduce their wealth by charity to below the threshold.
May 21, 2024 at 06:07
The whole idea of a lottery is to create, normalise, and popularise inequality. Hence the term "winner". How about an anti lottery, where a random mul...
May 20, 2024 at 11:08
Assuredly not! As this paper by a famous mathematician demonstrates.
May 19, 2024 at 17:08
Gravy is so Anglo; but here in Blighty, it usually comes in a boat, rather than a train. The French abhor mere gravy, and would insist on 'un p'tit bé...
May 19, 2024 at 15:49
Ever since the war of Independence, it's all gone onion-shaped on your benighted continent. But in this case, I'd blame the French. They have a thing ...
May 18, 2024 at 17:13
On the other hand, one rarely sees flamenco dancers on a truffle hunt. When it comes to noses, the pig wins every time.
May 18, 2024 at 06:52
Leeks, for fucks sake! Leaks are what pipes do when they have frozen and split and then thawed. Leeks, butter, potatoes, and cream. make some fucking ...
May 17, 2024 at 21:50
The prosecution rests> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvFYntDGxnc Take anything you want from me — anything!
May 17, 2024 at 21:43
If you want to be fulfilled, you must first empty yourself, otherwise there will be much overflowing and spillage.
May 17, 2024 at 18:09
Here is a quote from a link on https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/15210/the-idea-that-changed-europe/p1 from @"Wayfarer" https://www.goodreads....
May 16, 2024 at 16:53
Just half watching some film on the box - and there is a young woman looking at her phone, and a split screen image of what she's looking at. Standard...
May 14, 2024 at 20:34
Dutch schmutch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxRmIwyrOQ
May 14, 2024 at 19:40
If you think that the effort to discern the universal nature of philosophy is not a philosophical enterprise, then you are certainly deceiving yoursel...
May 14, 2024 at 15:46
That's acceptable. I draw the line as low as I can. If you want to draw it higher, so be it, though I would appreciate some indication of where the li...
May 12, 2024 at 18:04
Oh no, I did not conclude that! Rather I left folk to consider what is special; I am glad you have engaged. This is a perennial question that, the mor...
May 12, 2024 at 08:22
You or they may make the claim, but they will be contradicted as they make it by the fact - that they are breathing as they claim not to value breathi...
May 11, 2024 at 23:40
I disagree with you here. One can claim to value anything or nothing, certainly, but try not valuing breathing, and not only is it very difficult to s...
May 11, 2024 at 16:20
I agree. I think you are right. But we are not done there, let's try and ask why it is so, and look at each word and elucidate. Let's try and persuade...
May 11, 2024 at 08:46
I think this answers very clearly what is and what is not possible in this regard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MVmkIYy9aI
May 10, 2024 at 16:02
–— And brought into the official record by the Orange Turd's own lawyer, who drew attention to the epithet and insisted on the naming being made expli...
May 10, 2024 at 15:42
Well to be alive is to be sensitive, and to be sensitive is to be vulnerable. That which lives must die. As I get older, I find myself subject more an...
May 10, 2024 at 12:22