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In: Literary writing process  — view comment
Now I think I'm forced to learn to write from somewhere else other than my head ... Thanks so much for encouraging me. :flower: :hearts:
August 27, 2023 at 11:56
In: Literary writing process  — view comment
Since my first bout of Covid-19 in early 2021, I have, for all practical purposes, forgotten how to write 'fiction'. I've had to relearn how to enter ...
August 27, 2023 at 10:43
In: A Case for Objective Epistemic Norms  — view comment
It's a symbolic practice heuristically (or algorithmically) effective for controlling behavior and / or the environment despite insufficient time and/...
August 27, 2023 at 06:01
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
:up:
August 27, 2023 at 04:03
In: Duct Tape by 180 Proof  — view comment
:ok: :up:
August 27, 2023 at 04:02
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
:100: x :100: :clap: (Careful, Wayf, your 'materialist bias' is beginning to show. :smirk:)
August 27, 2023 at 03:59
In: The Importance of Divine Hiddenness for Human Free Will and Moral Growth  — view comment
:100: :lol:
August 27, 2023 at 03:53
In: Duct Tape by 180 Proof  — view comment
Ditto @"Vera Mont" above. Anyway, thanks for reading and discussing this rough draft. I wonder if @"Noble Dust" will edit the OP by adding another, mo...
August 27, 2023 at 03:30
In: Duct Tape by 180 Proof  — view comment
I was "deliberately" trying not to spoon-feed the reader. "Her heart raced" adds nothing, IMO, to her being pulled over for speeding. Maybe I my appro...
August 27, 2023 at 01:03
In: The Current Republican Party Is A Clear and Present Danger To The United States of America  — view comment
Some (mild) 'reflections' on the last half century of a White Nationalist-Patriarchy movement – backlash to Minority & Women's Civil Rights and Non-Wh...
August 27, 2023 at 00:58
In: Duct Tape by 180 Proof  — view comment
Any suggestions how I can convey the fear behind her "cool and calculating thoughts" more clearly?
August 26, 2023 at 23:33
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
:100: :rofl: @"NOS4A2"
August 25, 2023 at 19:03
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
Unmasked years ago ... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64411569 :smirk: :up:
August 25, 2023 at 14:26
In: Brother Jake's - By 180 Proof  — view comment
Amen. :smirk:
August 25, 2023 at 05:48
In: Duct Tape by 180 Proof  — view comment
Okay. But consider what one can get... :flower: I like to implicate the reader in moral ambiguities or dilemmas (e.g. "Brother Jake's").
August 25, 2023 at 05:06
In: A Case for Objective Epistemic Norms  — view comment
On the contrary, I "ground" ethics and epistemology and ... "in rationality" (i.e. adaptive inferential-discourse). Maybe this divergence is why we're...
August 25, 2023 at 04:32
In: Duct Tape by 180 Proof  — view comment
I don't think the story is about "the fate of tape guy" or that "the cop's vices or virtues" factor into what happens or doesn't happen, and I don't s...
August 25, 2023 at 04:12
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
:clap: :rofl: Inmate No. P01135809 - RICO Suave!
August 25, 2023 at 01:20
In: Brother Jake's - By 180 Proof  — view comment
How old is too old for one to pay for one's crimes? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/23/new-orleans-priest-admits-abusing-minors
August 23, 2023 at 19:34
In: Duct Tape by 180 Proof  — view comment
Yeah, which is why I don't read his actions as "heroic".
August 23, 2023 at 18:48
In: Duct Tape by 180 Proof  — view comment
@"javi2541997" @"god must be atheist" @"Baden" @"Noble Dust" @"Janus" @"Caldwell" @"T Clark" @"Tobias" @"Jack Cummins" @"Vera Mont" @"Jamal" @"ucarr" ...
August 23, 2023 at 10:22
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
:100:
August 23, 2023 at 07:40
In: this little boy by 180 Proof  — view comment
@"javi2541997" @"god must be atheist" @"Baden" @"Noble Dust" @"Janus" @"Caldwell" @"T Clark" @"Tobias" @"Jack Cummins" @"Vera Mont" Thanks very much t...
August 23, 2023 at 06:34
In: this little boy by 180 Proof  — view comment
Why did you post this picture in this thread?
August 23, 2023 at 05:51
In: The Tourist by Hypericin  — view comment
@"hypericin" – Congrats! :up:
August 23, 2023 at 05:48
In: Shaun and Quigley by Baden  — view comment
:cool: :up:
August 23, 2023 at 05:45
In: Red, White and Blue by Amity  — view comment
Thanks for sharing your (joy of words - in French) with us, my friend. :flower: :sparkle:
August 23, 2023 at 05:43
In: Dead in the Water by Benkei  — view comment
Inspite of myself (so sick to death of zombie-shit too), this tale really grabbed me and wouldn't let go until "... I think". :eyes: C'mon, @"Benkei"
August 23, 2023 at 05:30
In: Sunrise by Benkei  — view comment
Yeah, something like that ...
August 23, 2023 at 05:18
In: Saying Nothing by Janus  — view comment
My favorite. Zen-like? Even reminds me of lyrical snippets from "Good Morning, Good Morning" & "All You Need is Love" & "I Am the Walrus" Were you in ...
August 23, 2023 at 05:12
In: Sunrise by Benkei  — view comment
A memory of calm or calming memory. Seeing without looking ... except for these missteps into self-consciousness which interrupt the reader's reverie....
August 23, 2023 at 05:03
In: Nailing a Philosopher by god must an atheist  — view comment
I'll drink to that! :party: :yum: ~Sisyphus versus the Stupified!
August 23, 2023 at 04:47
In: The Body of Music by ucarr  — view comment
@"ucarr" This expression works for me – intrigues me – as a mandala but not as a poem. 'Cosmos as Incarnation of Song' (à la the Ainulindalë) – yet th...
August 23, 2023 at 04:40
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://youtu.be/c4JqvK3Fwn8?si=AgCbCB0wmJa4b3sp "Locomotive Breath" (4:23) Aqualung, 1971 writer Ian Anderson Jethro Tull https://youtu.be/0ufuH4vZ77...
August 22, 2023 at 09:03
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
Same to you! :cool:
August 22, 2023 at 08:54
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
:blush: :hearts:
August 22, 2023 at 07:36
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
Yes, yes! Thanks to you all for reading me well enough to recognize my scribbles. When the threads are unlocked, I'll directly respond to your comment...
August 22, 2023 at 06:46
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
:up:
August 22, 2023 at 03:40
In: A Case for Objective Epistemic Norms  — view comment
To slightly paraphrase ... I assume, @"Bob Ross", you will take issue with this paraphrase and so I look forward to you making explicit its problems o...
August 21, 2023 at 00:27
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
Results of the poll (using %- ratios as tie-breakers): poems: 1st - "this little boy" (8, 67%) 2nd - "My Dog" (8, 62%) 3rd - "Poem #19" (7, 78%) stori...
August 20, 2023 at 23:50
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
Yeah, well, as the link in my previous post indicates, I'd advocated Putin's Bitch's disqualification last June or thereabouts. I'm encouraged that th...
August 20, 2023 at 23:47
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
Signed it. Thanks! :up: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/829968
August 20, 2023 at 23:29
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
:cool:
August 20, 2023 at 22:47
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
They don't know bad poetry either, it seems, even when it stinks up the joint. :smirk:
August 20, 2023 at 18:52
In: TPF Quote Cabinet  — view comment
August 20, 2023 at 05:47
In: What can I know with 100% certainty?  — view comment
Except tautologically, how are you "100% certain" of anything at all?
August 20, 2023 at 05:42
In: Red, White and Blue by Amity  — view comment
:clap: :cool:
August 20, 2023 at 05:27
In: Duct Tape by 180 Proof  — view comment
When you say "normal situations" are you referring to locales in (e.g.) Western-Northern Europe? Do you imagine the US-Mexico border is comparable to ...
August 19, 2023 at 10:04
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://youtu.be/1x2aETE0c-I?si=Nh8b9CBUExNnVbWt "True radical freedom is not to make a choice ... It's all of a sudden to experience 'this is my fate...
August 19, 2023 at 00:02
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
I had no idea TPF had two treasures in our midst @"Amity" and now, new to me, @"Vera Mont". Speaking for myself as an 'unpublished novelist', I'm espe...
August 17, 2023 at 18:47
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