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Suppose someone offered you $500 for parading whatever crap around for a few hours. More? $5000? (What?) However it was imparted (as if a prank? part ...
May 08, 2023 at 22:11
, Robert Francis Kennedy Junior is an idiot with a cause, a category or two (or three) below his uncle. What's up with these mad in the US anyway? Ber...
May 08, 2023 at 07:59
, it was about another post of yours. You can check via the ?boethius links.
May 08, 2023 at 07:24
From the looks of it, the east is where the mercs are sent to die. Only need (a less expendable) regular army to ("volunteer" locals to) dig trenches ...
May 07, 2023 at 14:37
Certitude? :brow: Many would like to know what happened regardless, but you claim to know. Why just him? :chin: Means :up: Opportunity :up: They were ...
May 07, 2023 at 14:08
FYI (for the so inclined) Origins of the Universe Conference 2018 has a few talks/presentations
May 06, 2023 at 18:33
, I think capitalism itself is more concerned with profit maximization. :)
May 06, 2023 at 17:03
? is a number (real), ? is not, hence they're not the same. ?2 and e are other examples of irrational real numbers, not ? either. ? or 1/3 is a ration...
May 06, 2023 at 16:56
The 2020 documentary Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections (1½ h), featuring Harri Hursti, might be a worthwhile watch for the interested. ...
May 02, 2023 at 03:24
, at first I thought the date was significant; either way Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Not posted on Apr 1st: How Our Reality Ma...
May 01, 2023 at 16:55
Take a walk on the wild side ... Researchers Make A Bold Claim About The Real Origin Of Octopuses — Kelsey Nighthawk · DigitalTrends · Apr 1, 2021 Pan...
May 01, 2023 at 16:35
10 great ideas in philosophy from the past 50 years, according to one scientist — Wes Van Voorhis · Big Think · Apr 30, 2023 100 (or 150) years instea...
May 01, 2023 at 00:11
As-is or a ruse or something? I guess we can only wait and see. Prigozhin threatens to withdraw his mercenaries from Bakhmut if they lack ammunition —...
April 30, 2023 at 20:23
, for all we know, the onslaught in the east could be part diversion from digging in elsewhere. Ordinary strategy anyway, but it's anyone's guess. Ukr...
April 30, 2023 at 15:09
, so, Russia rolls into Ukraine at the Gremlin's orders, bombs blazing, grabbing land, Ukrainians defend with foreign aid, and the defense are labeled...
April 30, 2023 at 06:33
, those leaked docs also suggest they were/are planning...something.
April 29, 2023 at 17:37
Where the World Wants to Work: the most popular countries for moving abroad Would everyone end up in Japan...? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGy9uom...
April 29, 2023 at 17:34
Reactionaries on the move in Texas? Texas state agency orders workers to dress ‘consistent to their biological gender’ — Sam Levine · The Guardian · A...
April 26, 2023 at 18:44
, nope, not like that. Like "off-topic mudslinging" where two (or more) posters sling mud at each other in a thread. You thought the tankie comment wa...
April 26, 2023 at 12:27
, looks a little bit unhappy, but I think it's just a natural resting posture. :) Or startled by the rude electron bath.
April 26, 2023 at 02:31
Tidbits from the science community ... Even with quantum entanglement, there’s no faster-than-light communication — Ethan Siegel · Big Think · Mar 9, ...
April 26, 2023 at 02:19
I guess they finally got something moving... Washington state has now banned selling assault weapons — KING 5 Seattle · Apr 25, 2023 Small steps...?
April 26, 2023 at 00:09
@"invicta", not sure if this is what you had in mind or otherwise helps any... The truth values of indexical propositions are context dependent. SEP, ...
April 25, 2023 at 23:09
Why happy birthday :party: :) How's it feel to be a whole year older?
April 25, 2023 at 22:40
Wait, that annoys you , bothers you, irritates your bones, rankles your wit, ... :D Well, get to it then... Moldova goes the same way, down the Kremli...
April 25, 2023 at 22:25
As of typing, the votes are about fifty-fifty, so I'm wondering about the certainty you express. (Please keep in mind, it's not so much about "possibl...
April 25, 2023 at 21:57
PeoplePeople, please keep the off-topic mudslinging elsewhere. The INBOX for example, or set up a "Flamery" thread in The Lounge or something for more...
April 25, 2023 at 21:37
Hmm Tu quoque?
April 24, 2023 at 19:43
Nah, your questions aren't necessarily others' questions, except in your head. There are potential concerns that may or may not have eluded you, say, ...
April 24, 2023 at 19:10
Some polls of varying quality, but there you have them: Donbas ? Russia in 2014: 35% :up:, 65% :down: (May 12, 2020) Donbas ? Russia in 2015: 19% :up:...
April 24, 2023 at 15:14
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April 24, 2023 at 12:31
, ahh no, the quote was your average rambling point from a movie. :D Vaguely related, might let you know if you need to pay special attention in the f...
April 24, 2023 at 07:58
, I'm not going to quote, it'd seem like fingerpointing. If you feel fingerpointed, then nope. Nice start of an explanation, though. Please go on.
April 24, 2023 at 07:32
A theme running through certain comments, often implicitly: The state is an alien Kafkaesque entity, remote and distanced from oneself. (Almost like a...
April 24, 2023 at 07:13
Will this work? What do you think? The Kremlin wants ‘real men’ to prove themselves by joining the fight in Ukraine — Yuliya Talmazan · NBC News · Apr...
April 23, 2023 at 05:16
Once the called the "breadbasket" of the Soviet Union, then of Europe, moving control thereof from Kyiv to the Kremlin would be a win for Putin, both ...
April 23, 2023 at 04:17
, right, anarchy (true individualism, absence of organized state, or whatever) is "unstable" by nature, tending away therefrom, like the 1 anarchist b...
April 23, 2023 at 01:28
, well, sure, "everyone bad", and Facebook handed over data, Apple once refused, Chinese government agencies have a pipe into TikTok, London UK has a ...
April 22, 2023 at 21:51
What the heck is the deal with those supposed "Chinese police stations" outside China anyway? Weird. Suspicious. Warrants investigating. Maybe just lo...
April 22, 2023 at 17:48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6-K-arVl-U ? Koyaanisqatsi (1982, 1h:26m), music by Philip Glass
April 21, 2023 at 23:08
There's something strangely absurd about this... Chile’s desert dumping ground for fast fashion leftovers — Al Jazeera · Nov 8, 2021 39,000 tons of cl...
April 21, 2023 at 22:32
An observation regarding taxes... The places I call home have what some would call fairly high taxes. Yet, I know a few ordinary families with, say, m...
April 21, 2023 at 22:02
That wasn't the point. It's like a 100% tax throughout. (more of a semantic/dictionary difference, like "state" versus whatever you might call it, not...
April 21, 2023 at 21:28
The plot thickens ... Text messages reveal Trump operatives considered using breached voting data to decertify Georgia’s Senate runoff in 2021 — Zacha...
April 21, 2023 at 21:26
, well, you're not going to get executed for not paying taxes. :D In the US you could (conditionally) get 5 years behind bars, according to H&R Block;...
April 20, 2023 at 21:37
, let me put it this way, I don't mind paying taxes. Otherwise I'd vote for the anarchists.
April 20, 2023 at 18:35
Hmm ...? Anyway
April 20, 2023 at 18:22
, this response didn't respond to any of the comment but instead restated what you've mentioned earlier. :shrug: (? need icon :smile:)
April 20, 2023 at 18:13
, that wasn't quite the point. Maybe then switch to the term "commune" (or "collective" or something) instead of "state"?
April 20, 2023 at 18:02
, well, sure, except for observations. It's just that you've expressed the diversion thing as more than plain speculation, while seemingly ignoring ot...
April 20, 2023 at 17:55