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I wouldn't say people hate vegans as much as people dislike other people telling them what to do. Or otherwise resulting in actions that require them ...
December 16, 2021 at 15:14
What is work. Something you do to live. Can you live without oxygen? It's a few dollars, sometimes less for a reasonable enough distance to walk after...
December 16, 2021 at 05:11
1. Cars are bad for the environment. You like oxygen right? You know that thing that lets you breathe and type this drivel? 2. Rice is cheap. Does goo...
December 16, 2021 at 04:53
Who's to say our entire observable universe is really anything but a three inch petri dish in some alien stoner's college dorm he made for a project a...
December 16, 2021 at 03:40
If you can flip a coin and call it, catch it, then throw it into a smelter, you have just defeated determinism.
December 15, 2021 at 02:22
Why do you have so many light switches? What do you live in a fun house?
December 14, 2021 at 12:06
As are many things an individual is fortunate enough to possess, if not condemned with. I'd assume it'd be like living the life of immortal plankton i...
December 14, 2021 at 00:48
You atheists never cease to amuse. You've never died, at least not anytime in recorded history. Just moved around some, mentally and physically. :wink...
December 14, 2021 at 00:29
That's.. interesting. Logically a democratic society is based on the logic of the majority, however unrefined, base, or simply counterproductive it is...
December 13, 2021 at 13:59
Reality is simply what pattern of actions and choice of mind can best placate the needs of your five senses based on an extremely limited period of ob...
December 10, 2021 at 09:16
Because you refuse to ask why are you not who you aren't. In most cases this is based on circumstances you did not decide nor have any control over so...
December 09, 2021 at 08:30
Of course it is. For what else is what you talk of other than (if not temporary) suspension of reality. We find this every day in performing arts, pub...
December 09, 2021 at 07:05
To be silent. Or a pariah. An outsider looking in as far as this world and society goes. A very lonely existence or a very disingenuous one. Take your...
December 08, 2021 at 06:31
Because. When an absolute fact is legislated and condemned to be relative opinion, truth dies and its only mourners are curiosity and wonder.
December 07, 2021 at 14:07
No I'll admit there's a thousand things wrong with the current capitalist system, most of which have at least some form of remedy or at least attentio...
December 07, 2021 at 13:13
So, did a magical pelican fly into your window one day and teach you how to read, speak, and use logic? I'll admit as an individual you make a good ar...
December 07, 2021 at 13:08
I may be mistaken but this OP sounds like a classic case of failure to separate the art from the artist. The ability or possibility for things to occu...
December 07, 2021 at 12:32
Depending on who you ask, there is no organism alive on this planet that is anything but. Survival of the fittest, they say. Would you be willing to j...
December 07, 2021 at 11:55
Where would you get the guitar from. Who would repair it for you if the need would arise. Who would power your electricity (assuming it would be neede...
December 07, 2021 at 11:38
So cavemen just never existed huh. Or if so they were an enlightened and peaceful society far beyond anything we have today then. And just think, they...
December 07, 2021 at 09:52
Heh, sounds like a typical day of marriage. Really though, horror and tragedy is no laughing matter. Though neither is it so esoteric or rare it warra...
December 07, 2021 at 09:33
I take it back. This is good policy. In fact it should be stricter. Perhaps though with a notice in bold included in the "Site Guidelines" topic. That...
December 06, 2021 at 18:37
It would be nice for the "Blog" link to have a purpose for existing other than filling out the header bar. That or some new pinned topics for once, ev...
December 06, 2021 at 16:44
They all knew what all wise men know. The nature of change. Castles and fortresses turn to rubble, borders, names, and languages change and are inevit...
December 06, 2021 at 07:44
That or a simple case of "better the devil you know". Beyond that however you seem to come into a catch-22 of sorts. Though I generally loathe the "me...
December 05, 2021 at 08:19
Perhaps.. it's as simple as being able to question what it is to be unenlightened? And no, not @"unenlightened", not necessarily that is. Simply to ha...
December 04, 2021 at 04:58
Better to starve to death with a sword in your hand than to simultaneously eat morsels fertilized by brethren's corpses with said sword placed firmly ...
December 03, 2021 at 15:23
Perhaps it is. That doesn't mean it corresponds to any microcosmic understanding or "law" of energy or finity as we know it. Let's say black/white hol...
December 03, 2021 at 13:47
"Capital E" Enlightenment is manifesting whatever desirable and useful truths a specific doctrine is able to produce be it contentedness during hardsh...
December 03, 2021 at 03:59
Interesting. Technically this would include banned members. I mean, can't argue with the number one rule. What if one enters, and wins, would they per...
December 03, 2021 at 03:35
Well just what is it exactly you are convinced with then? The mentioned link suggests the possibility of humanity being the dominant species of the un...
November 29, 2021 at 01:14
I believe it. Friend of mine, before they locked him up, used to work for the gubmint. Told me NASA found an entire planet where humans are less advan...
November 28, 2021 at 23:46
If you don't do it, somebody else will. As a self-proclaimed religious person I naturally cast doubt on the value, rather prominence of what we believ...
November 28, 2021 at 05:54
Let me see if I can.. be an ambassador of rationality here. Sure, a skateboard has hard metal parts, "trucks" I believe they're called. That if violen...
November 26, 2021 at 06:19
The job of the police is to provide security for citizens in that anyone, regardless of race or religion or any other nonsense we've come to distingui...
November 26, 2021 at 04:38
It's important to analyze all events and the timeline of events through a color-blind and non-sensationalized lens. This is not a trial to determine i...
November 25, 2021 at 23:36
Anyone here long enough to give a rundown of the "history" of this site and the presumably other site as alluded to under the "blog" link on the heade...
November 24, 2021 at 20:58
That's the other thing. One great man, a man of compassion, duty, bravery, power, all only used when appropriate.. one you wish to rule forever, never...
November 23, 2021 at 20:17
It's complicated. It doesn't take much effort to see both sides. What if you were a non-criminally inclined third-world person, never hurt a man, alwa...
November 20, 2021 at 22:22
There we go. FIFY. Some do. Some may be right. Appreciation perhaps. That's potentially one reason roller coasters, skydiving, and bungee jumps are fu...
November 20, 2021 at 05:30
Well the last thing I would want to be called is illogical.. if you say so. PM me your address, OP.
November 20, 2021 at 04:59
In: Stupidity  — view comment
Sometimes you have to separate the art from the artist. Erm.. the decision from the person. "Stupidity is possessing the ability to know better whilst...
November 19, 2021 at 16:47
I'd probably egg on Person C for being such an ingrate in a world of suffering, strife, and low quality TV shows. Imagine how many people around the w...
November 19, 2021 at 14:47
Well, when life gives you lemons you might as well make lemonade. Try and become a bodyguard for a head of state. Believe me, if you happen to be the ...
November 19, 2021 at 03:11
One of you guys should do a live stream at the close of the contest and read them aloud. I'd probably tune in, at least have it on in the background w...
November 17, 2021 at 22:37
All that can be said is if you can't imagine yourself performing an action, especially a disciplinary or "violent" one, indefinitely and repeatedly fo...
November 15, 2021 at 12:14
I'm sorry, I thought this was the snoutbox. I'm sure you can understand my confusion.
November 15, 2021 at 00:43
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November 15, 2021 at 00:41
In: Intuition  — view comment
There seems to be two prominent (not necessarily mutually exclusive) avenues of thought. Biology, in short the more you do in life specifically the ch...
November 13, 2021 at 11:38
For some reason i imagined this being a great deal more fun than it really is. Oh well. Perhaps a lesson as consolation makes us both winners.
November 11, 2021 at 09:32