Sure, people have different views, beliefs, and opinions. That's more or less common knowledge or sense. It's just words, though. You can call somethi...
What would stop one from say, comparing viewing the text of your reply (whether the viewer is fluent in the language of the text or not) as a similar ...
And that's precisely why it's so common, to the point of cheapness. It's where the "here and now" gains its artificial aura of permanence- pertinence,...
I mean, we don't really know that. There could be a hidden bug or undiscovered mechanism in the Universe that if man ever recites or computes a certai...
I made a ham and cheese sandwich. I'm very proud of the things I make. https://i.imgur.com/u5eTO7N.jpeg Guts (inside): https://i.imgur.com/0EWqNrm.jpe...
I like my Ninja all-in-one. Use it just about daily, often several times a day (bear in mind I don't have a functional kitchen stove). No doubt it mak...
Alright, I'll fold. It's a conspiracy. Each day I spend a good 2 hours preparing sumptuous feasts of pasta, noodles, and everything in between. I mere...
Yes. In a complicated world, simplicity is my escape. I actually did have to end up cooking these nearly twice as long as I would the variety I'm used...
From the looks of it, not nearly enough. I have a theory I've been working on. Hanover's animals aren't actually "real", per se. At least, not in the ...
This one gave me a chill. Yet this one escapes me. -- These few seem to be incredibly useful for 98% of people alive: Ridicule from those on a path wh...
A reasonable analysis, but bear in mind not everyone who has become accustomed to solitude (or "loneliness" as you put it) or who finds peace in such ...
Why does that dog look more intelligent than most people I know. It's like, there's this "Hanoverian" essence that rubs off on every living thing arou...
"Bubba Burgers", frozen, to be exact. Certainly not the best as far as taste or anything else, compared to fresh. But they last a good while and all y...
Deep question. Or is it? I suppose one may find an answer by asking: what is "ugly?" That which does not conform. So, if this is correct, beauty would...
Sure, historically speaking, unexplained natural phenomena was often considered "magic" or the work of gods or deities. There are places on Earth wher...
I have not. Yet sounds interesting. Also lawsuit-prone. Seems boring for anyone who isn't young or you know, easily impressed. Now, the "Metaphysician...
Something I thought would be an interesting option the last competition, particularly for older or busy folk, would be something like a text to MP3 se...
Not to derail whatever's going on here, but perhaps the best way to frame things, in a way any person can not only first understand but ultimately pro...
Personally, the only one I've read from beginning to end so far is the one initially commented on by Jamal. Wanted to see what he had to say. So there...
Nah. Already drinking a bit for the holidays. One should be content enough with at least one vice, you know? The problem I have with this hypothetical...
I actually, inadvertently, came up with a really good idea for a story not 5 minutes ago. Checks all my boxes: teaches a moral, is exciting, explores ...
I mean, I know such arguments are unfavored here, but you don't actually know anything about what does or does not happen after death minus what a 2 y...
You feel you have nothing to look forward to, personally. What is it you want? Truly? Pleasure? I could pay someone to do such at your command any hou...
That just means one has something worth taking. Question is. What is that truly? That which is stale, static, idle, non-intelligent? Grass? Land? Dirt...
To what degree? Let's just have every person allowed the sacred privilege to speak to us be required to use an em-em-em dash that's four characters lo...
So kind of like speed bumps. Sure, they save lives. But whose? It forces the mind to not only engage, but create a sort of "mental pod" where the firs...
I'm absolutely certain no current or active user is "trolly", other than by one's own invention. We're here to discuss (and perhaps disparage) ideas, ...
A "habit" is by definition not ultimately restrictive. Now, an "addiction" or otherwise "mental complex" is in fact a debilitating factor. Perhaps I h...
Right, and that's likely what MU's resistance is fueled by. Understandably enough, yes? See this is where things get, understandably, a bit "trippy". ...
From an outside perspective. Freedom meaning "sans" restriction. This is not inherently "good." Humanity with "freedom" from an oxygen-rich environmen...
They certainly have easily perceived inconsistencies. Freedom being a lack of constraint, consequentialism being an ultimate fate of such. A layman's ...
I mean let's not pretend MU is not providing logical (and very intriguing, personally, I might add) points and arguments. I have been following this e...
Would this mean, then, that true evil is impossible, per Law of Conservation of Mass? Does that mean if we disallow cruel or violent (albeit new) inte...
I caught that too. Was going to edit to reflect what I meant at the time: "The large majority of philosophers produce non-religious works and, in my o...
Religious people naturally believe such rights are divine, and even non-religious people nod to a similar concept (albeit divorced of any actual divin...
Inhumane is an absolute. That which is detrimental to or grossly inconsiderate of a human person. A human person being an intelligent albeit vulnerabl...
Philosophers tend to avoid use of (or for that matter, even belief in) the word and its prescriptive concept of "evil" over more objective and easily ...
Odd. OP: We are at a historically-unique crisis. You: We are not. Me: Oh but in some ways we are. Seems rather straightforward. :confused: No matter. ...
Well, just that many would disagree with your initial premise for the reason(s) stated is all. Nothing contentious, just if you don't acknowledge othe...
Today's lunch is a bit of a shameful one (and no, not for the reasons one may have become accustomed to). Despite its abundant presence on the shelves...
Oh, how I'd love to believe that. Surely the nuclear dynamic has some footing? I suppose one could simply say "at any time an asteroid or GRB (gamma-r...
So true. Particularly about the nuclear aspect. No longer will the largest scale of war possible be fought by ground troops with potential to decimate...
Something that would happen to you and only you, would be interesting. Perhaps your own spin on the backstory behind one of your more puzzling or unus...
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