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Do you mean 'chewing gum' as a singular noun or 'chewing gum' as a verb suffixed by a noun? Yes, it truly makes all the difference.
September 29, 2025 at 21:34
I take his statement as believing people who believe in a distinction are simply "misinterpreting" the use of such. Some people say the true nature of...
September 29, 2025 at 17:14
:roll: That said, I'm reminded how long it's been since I had yogurt. Oh, it does sound nice. Soothing and refreshing. Light on the stomach, in case o...
September 29, 2025 at 01:38
All excellent questions. Allow me to answer them in order, to the best of my ability. Surely an idea has a minimum of two natures. That which the crea...
September 28, 2025 at 14:23
"Old man writes a book; Boss quits, lawyers talk spiders. What madhouse is this?" - Musings of the Unamused, pt. 1 javi2541997 edition, unabridged: "O...
September 28, 2025 at 11:36
http://www.chessvideos.tv/bimg/e8urpghpb28r.png Your move @"BitconnectCarlos": I know; I wasn't serious.
September 28, 2025 at 07:57
He's saying (perhaps his understanding of) the idea is so elementary it's found in innumerable places. He feels you are "talking past" his points. You...
September 27, 2025 at 19:39
Are you spying on me IP. Blimey! I shall report such an outrage to me constable. Hopefully it reaches a higher lord or perhaps me parliament. I've nev...
September 27, 2025 at 18:40
I like how, like me, you often make the subconscious error of typing "gentleman" instead of the proper "gentlemen" when referring to multiple people. ...
September 27, 2025 at 18:08
Point is, I took a shot in the dark based on average experience and hit the socially-acceptable ratio of "what a thing is." :smirk:
September 27, 2025 at 17:14
"Looks like some sort of primitive cherry" It would appear so. :smirk: But who knows, maybe I just edited it recently. You never know these days. All'...
September 27, 2025 at 16:49
I knew I was right! Yes. Even a professional agrees. But at the same, time. How lazy is that Latin naming, am I right? Apparently a random apple at th...
September 27, 2025 at 16:36
And you know this how? Were you there or something? Nobody said "prehistoric", you simply said "other times" in history. That was what that response w...
September 27, 2025 at 16:05
That's... oddly specific. Like, is there really a market for such a thing these days in a world long mapped, charted. and explored? If I wasn't a thei...
September 27, 2025 at 15:39
Not gonna lie that's weird you found that out. Also not going to lie. I'm remotely curious and am currently going to try and find it out myself. Kind ...
September 27, 2025 at 15:18
Who decides these things, where we have to call things that already have sufficient and adequately described meaning by new words. You could just call...
September 27, 2025 at 15:18
I mean, some might be. We don't truly know. So basically, without math we'd all be at peace with our thoughts and emotions. Not the best argument, wou...
September 27, 2025 at 13:32
I feel this sudden impulsiveness may be a manifestation of one's now-forbidden cravings resulting in emotional overeating or "emotional spending", whi...
September 27, 2025 at 12:56
https://www.chessvideos.tv/bimg/20nnlq9oth1c8.png Your move Sorry for the delay. The inevitable frustrates me to no end. It is a feeling beyond any an...
September 27, 2025 at 12:22
And what claim was that? I'm fairly certain it can be proven no person has ever rolled a dye 1,000 times with the exact same result each time. If you ...
September 26, 2025 at 19:43
Gambler's fallacy? :chin: I don't think anyone has ever rolled the same number 1,000 times in a row. But apparently, it's just as likely as rolling th...
September 26, 2025 at 19:00
Now how on Earth could anyone discover that, other than just guessing in a manner of which seems to offer no room for any argument to the contrary? Of...
September 26, 2025 at 18:25
Well, yes and no. People like to discuss philosophy and concepts of philosophy without being "gatekept" by those who they happen to particularly assoc...
September 26, 2025 at 15:10
I'll make an "app" for you now. $input = $_POST; $correctAnswer = '50'; if ( isset( $_POST ) && $input != $correctAnswer ) { echo 'Close, but no!'; } ...
September 26, 2025 at 00:48
Who wants to know. The main focus right now is Jamal's recovery from his horrendous and life-altering addictions. We all need to be here for him right...
September 26, 2025 at 00:23
Just because someone without the necessary skills to not only survive but thrive in a different environment or set or circumstances would themself fee...
September 25, 2025 at 21:53
But is it truly unfair to suggest that perhaps just because someone finds what one values in life to be false they're suddenly "a fly trapped in a bot...
September 25, 2025 at 21:22
Oh relax. A little tough love never hurt anyone. You want to be criticized by your peers who wish you to succeed, before those who'd see you fail do s...
September 25, 2025 at 20:32
Who is "they?" And, to @"MoK"'s credit, it's not like any animals are going around fat shaming or judging one another by their economic value or polit...
September 25, 2025 at 20:18
Scientists have proven some chimpanzees "think about thinking", not to mention they use tools to solve problems. That, kind of warrants thinking, in a...
September 25, 2025 at 19:45
The problem is he knowingly and specifically went out of the way, to target vulnerable people who in their disheveled state of life and mind would bas...
September 25, 2025 at 02:50
Apparently, per one of the mods here, "all language is art." Therefore, all art is language. Perhaps, it can be best likened to painting a picture. No...
September 25, 2025 at 00:41
Now, there's a tongue twister. Not many times you can honestly say a person has the honor of creating a unique sentence no man has ever uttered before...
September 24, 2025 at 23:50
Aren't you comfortable where you're at? You can't really think there's no knowledge left anywhere that would fundamentally alter your sense of underst...
September 24, 2025 at 22:42
To a simple, non-eternal being, perhaps it does suggest that. What of it, though? You can think that way if you'd like, or perhaps you could think ano...
September 24, 2025 at 22:26
There's always a purpose. Be it simple, as a mental invalid wishing to express whatever their decrepit brain desires, or not. I feel you mean, there's...
September 24, 2025 at 12:48
Now look what you've gone and done. You made a poor old man "concede". How noble. Surely all great men wake up each morning with such a desire in thei...
September 24, 2025 at 12:25
"Whenever any man of sound mind and reason living in a world of lies and deception comes across a 'gatekeeper', one immediately barges through, prefer...
September 24, 2025 at 10:12
Hey now, let's be fair. What the heck else is anyone here doing? He's the only one I've seen so far who actually puts his face and voice behind his be...
September 24, 2025 at 09:24
It's certainly not for everyone. The average person engages in something because they seek immediate benefit. Or as they'll put it "for it to be usefu...
September 24, 2025 at 05:15
Try Reddit, OP. Laidback = "Not stupid" = Elementary level. It's why you're not a rocket scientist or nuclear engineer. You're barking up trees whose ...
September 23, 2025 at 17:18
To the contrary, I'd bet life and limb you don't have a hateful bone in your body. Not one that was placed there by your own will or volition, at leas...
September 23, 2025 at 14:44
Not to critique, but if one was so adamant and such facts were so self-evident, one could easily have made each bullet point a hyperlink a person just...
September 23, 2025 at 13:38
Or, perhaps, you could start with explaining what his perceived misinterpretations in your mind are. You surely cannot believe every person capable of...
September 23, 2025 at 13:14
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September 23, 2025 at 12:50
Mm, not so sure on this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage To go toward the mirage is Justified True Belief (if one is not familiar with modern day...
September 23, 2025 at 12:48
Of course they're not. But they live as such, only were it not for that one nagging social order we call "being a good person." If there were but one ...
September 23, 2025 at 12:13
Oh my. What ever is brewing on your kettle tonight? Something fierce, no doubt. Let us not mistake the strength of one's drink, that it may correlate ...
September 23, 2025 at 11:48
Is it really, though? They do call it "the solar system", after all. Surely there's some relevance. Fleeting or not. :grin:
September 22, 2025 at 15:59
No human being has ever created or destroyed a planetary body. That would be space debris. Or a satellite, at best. You're a fun one, now aren't you?
September 22, 2025 at 15:45