Isn't everything a magical quest for immortality, when you think about it, really? We (people in general, not necessarily anyone reading) seek to prol...
This seems, at face value, at least to me, to be lacking in the depth or profoundness you yourself may find in it. Short anecdote - and I promise it's...
No worries there, me and @"Patterner" are of one mind when it comes to understanding the underlying premise of the thread itself! :smile: I heard once...
What about playing the lottery and having one's life changed by a random computer algorithm? Or a computer glitch that affects a streetlight causing a...
Imagine? Try being a woman in sub-Saharan Africa. Been there, done that. No thanks, OP. Hard pass. :up: And no not in some distant past, I mean right ...
The elusive Schopenhauer on the Shoutbox? Has the world gone mad? What's next, Shawn eating a bacon sandwich with extra bacon? Surely this makes it th...
Perhaps a better way to put it would be the following. The culmination of all human relationships (a man, no matter if it be a leader, a merchant, or ...
I voted no. Not that I wouldn't, I just prefer the community here, as well as the traditional forum platform. Nothing seems to be "missing", at least ...
It could have been sorcery or addiction to shopping or marijuana or drunkenness, that was my point it wasn't what happened to be the most life-control...
If we threw away everything or better yet were forbidden by law to use anything invented or that came about as an invention by way of a person who's v...
What are your main disagreeances or suggestions for alternate interpretation you think could lead to greater understanding or utility of his works in ...
The old society had some good ideas. You would be permitted to have children if and only if you performed some legendary task of heroics or invented s...
A fun thread. Possibly more Lounge material but interestingly similar to something I discussed with others before. I believe it was called "Royal madn...
I have concocted a plan to harness the power of AI in order to produce the mother of all sitcoms. What I shall do is feed it all 1,795 pages of the Sh...
I'm rather certain his disapproval and concerns lie in the greater more generalized danger of over-indulgence and the effects it can have on not just ...
I see his point. Your saying by allowing the written words and stories of those much like yourself to enrich your life and instill the values they wer...
Sigh. I'll bite. So that's a good thing now? What if someone "conquests" you of your wallet and blood pressure levels by way of a stabbing on your nex...
This is an interesting question. I was going to suggest something along the lines of "fear is a result of memory or a bad experience, whether or not t...
Huh. Interesting take. A few follow-ups, just to clarify any confusion I and perhaps others may have as well: "Science cannot quantify ethics" Surely ...
Condition A.) Involvement or presence of a sentient being and Condition B.) the possibility for that sentient being to be impacted by the action or in...
One of the fundamental questions of existence: Why? For no reason whatsoever? Just a result of a vast near limitless universe where every possible com...
Not to be churlish but surely you could have led with a better example to showcase Schopenhauer's genius and resulting effect on your life to those cu...
The first (and often last) types of societies were nomadic hunter-gatherers. There was no permanent housing, furniture, or storage as it was not neede...
I wonder what it would be like to be binge drinking near the Great Lakes and wake up next to the welcome sign for Hell. It would be equally interestin...
A solid statement to make, assuredly. But what is love in this sense? By most definitions it alludes to a feeling of admiration that transcends (is de...
What is good, though? Value as in, intrinsic quality but in a taxonomical sense, whether that quality is good or bad or neither. Something can have an...
From a logistical perspective, opportunity for suffering, particularly absence or loss of factors that are not "givens" in life such as wealth, compan...
I find these statements curious. What makes a building "Stalinist"? Surely he wasn't the first person to come up with such an elementary style of arch...
In a sense, it's an act of validation that the struggles and great suffering of those before us was not in vain. A form of immortality achieved by tho...
Seems like a moot exercise in morality considering the course of human affairs in regards to technology and science: "if you don't do it, somebody els...
I subscribe to the idea of a fallen world or society, at least. Not necessarily in the Biblical sense, though the two go hand in hand, rather a degrad...
Actually, maybe not. As administrator of my preferred stomping ground, I consider you too valuable to be in the unsupervised presence of individuals w...
What happened was you squandered the opportunity fate has given you to be a hero like you wanted not that long ago... The osprey was a manifestation o...
Thanks, will definitely check it out. Just noticed you're a nearly decade long veteran here with only a few posts. It'd be nice if you posted more. A ...
I'm still leery of PDFs. What's the main takeaway? Live and let live, don't try to change the unchangeable, stop and smell the roses, that sort of thi...
"Pumba, a 200-pound pot-bellied pig who escaped from a New Jersey farm, was caught by police after roaming around “a quiet, serene neighborhood,” acco...
"It's all relative." - Albert Einstein Good can mean beneficial as in bringing one (typically the speaker) benefit, good can mean morally satisfying, ...
Really? Not much of a traveler these days, but should things work out I suppose it wouldn't be off the table. What are some of these drawbacks, if you...
It's a figure of speech. Conveying the minimal if not non-existent amount of effort, focus, or planning needed to perform or accomplish something. Typ...
Why do you suppose that is? Simple ravenous, primal hunger brought on by the lateness of the hour? It all sounds rather charming really, a quaint - pr...
An armed gunman attempted to rob an Amazon delivery driver, who in turn shot and killed him. https://www.whio.com/news/local/alleged-armed-carjacker-s...
What a joy for all who may view them. I'm afraid I have little to offer in return at the moment, save for a preview excerpt from my wholly non-existen...
Moss-some to hear. If only such an expedition were to be accompanied by photos of such so as to provide those not so travel-inclined the opportunity t...
Not necessarily. Surely you don't mean to imply a non-biological mother and child who did not know otherwise would not bond or somehow almost supernat...
A fantasy one does not enjoy? Is such a thing possible? :chin: I don't suppose the word fantasy as the best fit. A fear of loss of control and enjoyin...
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