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I think part of the special treatment came from significant credit he had built as a poster at the original PF and as a mod here. Someone with a bette...

Feels similar to when TGW got banned. Obviously very intelligent people, but for some reason they felt the need to suicide by mod. I'll miss Streetlig...

I'd like to see this^ question answered. Yeah, uh, that's generally how proxy wars work. How is it "monstrous" to make your enemies' military objectiv...

I'm not even sure it would be good for TPF to be honest. I've been a part of some interesting Discord channels where there are voice and text discussi...

Has the idea of a TPF Discord channel ever been discussed? Would be interesting to hear conversations in real time.

Antinatalist =/= pro-mortalist.

Anyone have any recommendations for secondary Buddhist literature?

What a disgusting admission. There are actual and potential workarounds to animal suffering and you are dismissing them. No, it's literally not an opi...

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Is one ethically obligated to help any and all in need? Is simple awareness enough or is it based on proximity? What level of need is sufficient for t...

This whole thing is a great big trolley problem. Pull the lever (Biden). Don't pull the lever (Trump). How many people are on the tracks in front of e...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ2L-R8NgrA

Again, it's one of two options. There are no other choices. The less-populous states get their balance from the senate and congress.

You're stuck with either tyranny of the majority or tyranny of the minority. I'll take the majority.

This thread won't be speculative much longer. My expectations are calibrated for disappointment.

What do you do for work? How do you have so much time to read? Are you just a better steward of time than the average person? You make me feel like th...

It was fun, but no melting. Someday though, someday.

I've never taken MDMA, but from the people I know who have taken it they would say that's true--at least temporarily. A coworker of mine took MDMA and...

If you were surrounded by Christian friends and family as I am, you would know that much of the time the conversation is started by them--most likely ...

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Ouch. I haven't done that in a long time. And yeah, it definitely was because I was on something. My social awareness would come and go. I'd find myse...

I don't know whether to laugh at this as ironic or not.

Do you have many serious and religious friends or family?

I thought I was. Seems a bit stronger than what people call a microdose. I knew there was a chance I was going to be getting a little more than I barg...

I took a light dose of LSD today and it is very interesting Edit: I'm not sure why I posted this here.

That quote is cute, but it is quite detached from the common belief in an almighty god who intervenes in the affairs of mankind.

I understand this position, but I don't think it is very practical because most people in this world still believe there is a god and think it is a pe...

"We could have been investigating this earlier, but because we didn't we aren't going to now." -Grassley

It's interesting that depending on what side of the political fence someone is on seems to determine how these allegations are viewed. From the left, ...

For my view, that would be one of the best possible outcomes.

The cheated person in this scenario doesn't even have an opportunity to be the aggrieved party by your standard. All I would be offering is the cheate...

I see. I could see that coming from the cheater, but seems less likely from the cheated. Either way, I am relegated to informing anonymously if I choo...

Do you really need me to rephrase all of those reasons in a less subjective way for you to allow the conversation to continue? Act only according to t...

My anonymity is not for my sake but for the sake of those in the chain of information that do not want to be involved. It would become clear immediate...

But I do not care about their relationship one way or the other. Their relationship being mended or discarded is entirely up to them. I'm only interes...

Can you expand on this? Why is it viewed as cruel to bring someone up to speed on the reality of the situation they are in? Should I be more intereste...

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that intelligence agencies might be inclined to keep their sources private.

Oh I definitely am not a supporter of Trump and the majority of his ideas, but I'm only referring to my relative level of concern. Seeing someone make...

Your analysis is probably different than mine, but I think what concerns many people is that he doesn't seem to be playing politics much of the time. ...

I propose that the glass being half full or half empty depends on the direction it is headed. Like immigrate vs emigrate.

Thanks Tiff. Unfortunately we received bad news from the pathologist. Cancer. We'll find out this week if it's something treatable or not. Very sad ti...

Nothing in particular needs to be responsible for existence nor is there a need for guilt. There is no responsibility for that unless there is a god. ...

Surgery was successful. Because they removed a rather large mass from his neck he's been really uncomfortable and hasnt been eating yet. But we've see...

Thanks Wolf. His name is Walter. He's just a sweet baby. Thank you.

It's a bad year for pets I guess. One of my cats is going under the knife today to hopefully save his life. He's one of the happiest little creatures ...

You guys are like a bunch of squabbling siblings. Perhaps some of you should take a break? Susan might be onto something.

Anyone here adopted any children?

I'm not sure that's true in this case. I think it's easier for people to believe in a grand time scale for the universe than it is for them to accept ...

The percentages of success are dismally low, but it does happen from time to time. Worked for me anyway.

So would you say you're agnostic about speciation?