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Not unlike your 3 year silence until not 15 minutes ago, I suppose. Surely there's some philosophical parallels or some tangential point to be appreci...
December 29, 2025 at 14:54
Sea, see, sí, C
December 29, 2025 at 08:53
And this is absolutely correct. And further ushers in my larger point. Simply put, there's 8 billion people with 8 billion ideas of what is the best p...
December 27, 2025 at 14:43
Absolutely. So what, pray tell, distinguishes your bluster of words or storm of thoughts from that of another's? Why should we listen to you and not s...
December 27, 2025 at 14:38
What is "blue"? What is "blueness"? What about someone who believes their idea of "blue" is the ultimate experience as far as human experience. How do...
December 27, 2025 at 13:58
Right, but the average person is.. an average person. They don't know anything beyond what they're told. Is that guy destroying the cobblestone road y...
December 27, 2025 at 06:15
I sincerely hope this is vindictive mockery. I never said I knew the truth, other than I felt I recognized times when those like me were fed and led t...
December 27, 2025 at 05:25
So how do you know it even exists, pardon my juvenile abutment. You seem to be very capable of describing just about anything, things known and unknow...
December 27, 2025 at 03:37
Of course, it is wise to bear in mind, historically speaking, religious people tend to get their information about the world around them trickled down...
December 27, 2025 at 03:17
I'm curious what defines a poor novel or piece of literature in your eyes. I'm assuming it didn't really "fulfill" or hit any note as far as what peop...
December 25, 2025 at 04:12
Be honest, were you drunk? You were drunk, weren't you? You Think Food Tastes Better If It's Pricier Do bear in mind, price or cost isn't always in a ...
December 24, 2025 at 15:48
So, subjective expectation? Assume a morning walk for a schizophrenic, for example. Randomness and the unexpected becomes the expected (i.e. the typic...
December 24, 2025 at 02:05
Why are we trying to ignore the fact that the average ("straight") male brain simply has poorer self control over lust and primal impulse and tends to...
December 24, 2025 at 00:52
My ready to eat meal box from Factor arrived an hour ago. It was supposed to have arrived Monday. This is the second time in a row this has happened. ...
December 24, 2025 at 00:15
Ooh, this is good. This is real good. I shall parrot this in many a situation in the future, I assure thee.
December 23, 2025 at 00:44
A ripple in a pond can always knock against something larger. Societal rules did not predate society. It is literally the result of people before us, ...
December 22, 2025 at 09:03
Do you believe every oppressive regime is oppressive for oppression sake? That is to say, to prevent those under it from a harm they either cannot or ...
December 22, 2025 at 03:48
But why are they state jurists though? They're fulfilling the will of the people. Said will being peace, law, and order. This requires a robust and po...
December 22, 2025 at 03:39
Do you have anything in this world you care about? Anything at all? Would you care much if you died right now? If not, that's a perfectly understandab...
December 22, 2025 at 00:25
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I would say otherwise. Though, perhaps your emotional intelligence is simply higher, more refined, or greater cultivated than mine. It should be noted...
December 21, 2025 at 11:37
And who is it, and by what means of measure, is a usage defined as "common" or "lay usage"?
December 17, 2025 at 05:58
Do you think 1,000 years ago anyone listening to the things human beings do casually now would take such accounts credible? Communicating with people ...
December 17, 2025 at 05:24
All I'm saying is, let's put it to a vote then. Ask every free woman on Earth right now: "Should women be in charge of women's rights or should men ma...
December 17, 2025 at 00:19
You don't seem to understand just how new Separation of Church from State really is or what that means. Do you realize that means? Before 200 years ag...
December 16, 2025 at 16:23
I like the word "organic." Meaning, arising naturally without being the result of an external actor or agent. I especially like how it can be applied ...
December 16, 2025 at 12:45
As who? A male? That's nice. But you're not a female. And unless you transition, never will be. So your male opinion is not welcome in the arena of fe...
December 16, 2025 at 02:53
Stop assuming a male human being is "gay" just because they aren't sexually attracted to the given, often limited selection of "women" that happen to ...
December 16, 2025 at 01:34
See, this is what's annoying any non-biased intellectual should be able to spot from a mile away. Humanity has normalized primal, brutish behavior. Th...
December 16, 2025 at 01:04
Oh, joy! A Rorschach inkblot test live in the Shoutbox. How often does that happen? Me next! :grin: "That cat looks tired of a monotonous life, exhaus...
December 15, 2025 at 18:32
This doesn't seem like institutionalized-ostracism or social eugenics at all to you? Like how small people historically were considered inferior. Same...
December 15, 2025 at 18:16
Your telling me, if I tell my longtime girlfriend to meet at Central Park, to where I have rented a "Will You Marry Me" airplane skywriter to leave a ...
December 15, 2025 at 17:57
I mean, people are miserable. Show me a person more successful (even barely and mildly) and I'll be able to show you a trail of people who don't like ...
December 15, 2025 at 03:38
This is improperly framing the argument, perhaps even misunderstanding the larger picture. Humanity is what does bad things when unrefined, untaught, ...
December 15, 2025 at 02:21
I've thought about this very topic quite often—and for prolonged periods—across the past decade. So much so I feel I can be non-biased, despite being ...
December 15, 2025 at 01:44
I believe you. My mistake. Of course, such is a reasonable one. Considering that's what any average person would be able to gather from the simultaneo...
December 14, 2025 at 07:37
Lucky. Where I come from they only sell lowercase bananas.
December 14, 2025 at 06:42
2007. What was that like 5 years ago? Come on man. Imagine if we judged every artist by his or her first work. Imagine the kind of world we would be l...
December 14, 2025 at 06:40
Cult; cold; culled Close enough. :yawn:
December 14, 2025 at 03:58
An easy mistake. I know wealthy people (who've earned every cent they have) who become falsely targeted by benighted, wicked people—people who know de...
December 13, 2025 at 21:27
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December 13, 2025 at 13:04
That's like saying up and down doesn't mean what every person obviously knows it means, more or less. Sure, it's context dependent. Deep underwater or...
December 13, 2025 at 12:27
Powerless, mentally ill people who've failed at life gain purpose in this world by lying and ruining the lives of those more successful. And since the...
December 13, 2025 at 06:56
Of course. That's a most reasonable reply. Only a fool would not see the value in it. However.. Heliocentric theory was "peer reviewed". It's negative...
December 12, 2025 at 22:58
Hindsight is 20/20. Literally the cheapest statement anyone could ever make. "Oh maybe that person who died because they forgot to put the parking bra...
December 12, 2025 at 22:17
Not to dismiss the reality of humanity being allowed to procreate outside of the explicit permission and authority of a Lord or King. You are correct,...
December 12, 2025 at 21:55
Over 90% of where fish come from is unexplored though.
December 11, 2025 at 19:12
Well look at you now, making a maiden voyage and first time appearance on the Shoutbox! I like this new @"NotAristotle" I hope we see more of him!
December 11, 2025 at 18:23
See, this is what's annoying. If you can definitively reject a definition, that means you already have your own. How do you wish us to coax out your o...
December 11, 2025 at 07:59
Normal is what one would reasonably define as "expected." That which does not or tends not to deviate significantly from one period, instance, or form...
December 11, 2025 at 04:51
Nae pal, when a word or letter is crossed out that usually means it's replaced by the text immediately following it. People often use this to "well, a...
December 11, 2025 at 04:27