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Hard to believe this was 3 months ago. I should probably stop drinking.
November 11, 2021 at 09:30
-OX -XX OXO
November 11, 2021 at 00:16
@"praxis" --X -X- OXO
November 10, 2021 at 07:34
--X -X- --O
November 09, 2021 at 20:18
Tic. Tac. Toe. You. Me. Now. No fancy websites. --- -X- --- (please copy and paste the current game board and I will do so as well, thanks)
November 09, 2021 at 19:37
While I cannot confirm for certain, I harbor strong suspicions that "Hrvoje" is really just an alter ego of praxis. potentially one he's not aware of ...
November 09, 2021 at 18:22
Mental health is bad for your social media. Really. You: (no posts) Guy: How have you been? You: Fine. Guy: What's been going on? You: Nothing much. G...
November 04, 2021 at 01:52
Eh, they sure as heck don't make she-wolves like they used to. Though maybe that's best for all involved.
November 03, 2021 at 15:56
I would but I fear interfering with the intellectual affection you've established and nurtured and have become accustomed to that is this belief you h...
November 03, 2021 at 06:59
I do. Though we're told, and though it may seem the opposite this is a bit less tongue-in-cheek than it sounds, to avoid massive walls of text or visu...
November 02, 2021 at 10:53
String theory, or perhaps a fancier word I can't think of that as you said describes "everything that can happen either has or will in an alternate di...
November 02, 2021 at 00:22
Is man an imperialist being? If you've ever raised a child, this answer is painfully obvious. What you work hard and have struggled for to be able to ...
October 31, 2021 at 11:15
Whether one holds a rational or irrational belief is contingent on the knowledge available and such a quality is independent from whether it is factua...
October 31, 2021 at 04:56
While it is my wholehearted belief that honest and intellectual effort resulting in coherent thought (as the introduction suggests) is the not only th...
October 28, 2021 at 22:07
Is it really? People aren't stupid. At least we live in societies where we mutually benefit or suffer, burden sharing I believe is the term. There is ...
October 27, 2021 at 05:03
Right but nobody is disagreeing with that, not even OP, though he may believe so. See by even questioning the value of that which is, OP becomes Hume,...
October 26, 2021 at 18:36
But is this not the true nature of philosophy at its core? To question the rules, the benefit, the efficiency, not to dismiss or belittle the gold sta...
October 26, 2021 at 16:06
Why do I feel a vague, possibly powerful, insidious sense of sarcasm lodged ever so craftily in these alleged sincere words. Perhaps my own frailties ...
October 26, 2021 at 03:34
You have qualities of God, it is the other qualities that you equivalate with these that concern, believe it or not me more than you. Now, that is.
October 26, 2021 at 02:36
What will you be to those who come after you who never met you. A vague idea or visage that exists solely in faded photographs and annoying holiday co...
October 26, 2021 at 02:28
This is actually, perhaps unintentionally, a really good question. Does one who theoretically has the power to do anything really have free will? You ...
October 26, 2021 at 01:50
That which either detracts from, balances, dissolves, or perhaps even adjudicates or "makes right" what we call ugly in this life. For most people thi...
October 26, 2021 at 00:29
First, well secondly rather I heard this was a controversial thread due to certain remarks from positions of authority. I'm eager after posting my, as...
October 25, 2021 at 23:22
It's not that complicated really. You can have the same discussions and reach the same conclusions just they don't really matter that much when your w...
October 25, 2021 at 22:04
Is anybody else concerned that jamalrob might just be slowly going insane at this point? Or semi-tyrannical? Not sure which would be worse really. Hey...
October 25, 2021 at 09:17
Necessity, much like ignorance, is not a constant but a circumstantial.. circumstance. The four year old child may be unaware of the next logical step...
October 25, 2021 at 08:43
I like this guy. He has a question or concern so does his research and goes to an appropriate place and attempts to ask those who would be qualified e...
October 25, 2021 at 08:22
Well then by all means, the floor is yours. You think you say, which predicates or at least opens the possibility of an action. An action whose conseq...
October 22, 2021 at 20:55
Precisely. :smile: As you've alluded to we have references and reasonable enough claims, at least in comparison to others. Nothing more. Nothing less....
October 22, 2021 at 19:10
Perhaps, perhaps not. Better the devil you know, I suppose. Not many new choices or other tools in the arsenal let alone a magic bullet. Scientific ex...
October 22, 2021 at 17:29
Thomas Edison's teachers once said and I quote he was "too stupid to learn anything". And yet, though I'd like to believe they were hardcore theists w...
October 22, 2021 at 02:02
Count yourself fortunate then. I suppose with little immediate value my extracted answer would be "we don't" or otherwise "we can't". Gotta break a fe...
October 21, 2021 at 17:53
Buying the latest iPhone. Or just any action that constitutes what in hindsight and with greater knowledge could be called a 'mistake'. That's the thi...
October 21, 2021 at 15:50
When we realize it is actually our senses that make our choices. Rather, prevent us from using true logic. Of course, you see a degraded piece of wood...
October 20, 2021 at 13:20
Not necessarily. Some people entered the profession because they were impacted by untreated mental illness in their own personal lives, not to say the...
October 19, 2021 at 14:10
Investment. Time is money. When people find out their stocks are worthless, well, I'm reminded of the movie Highlander. Or Wall Street executives who ...
October 17, 2021 at 20:33
Not in the context of your example but yes. Otherwise live births would resemble a horror movie. Even more so that is. To your point though, it's not ...
October 13, 2021 at 02:22
I'm being superfluously expressive. Are you really going to sit there and call a man admitting a woman is the most important part of the household if ...
October 12, 2021 at 15:51
I have, and it does. But perhaps not in the way you might think. It'll be taken care of in due time. Funny? That sounds entertaining, aka enjoyable. W...
October 12, 2021 at 15:43
Just a housewife? Oh.. oh wow. My dear lady, with all due respect have you gone mad? What greater role is there in human development than the role of ...
October 12, 2021 at 14:54
@"schopenhauer1", what, in your own words and opinion, is the root cause of the suffering that you seem makes life unjust, other humans or nature?
October 12, 2021 at 05:09
You're not entertained? Occupied at least? Doesn't entertainment bring happiness or at least contentment? Doesn't this advance (or at least as you say...
October 11, 2021 at 14:20
No, no. Not quite. Just that as even a man of eternal prestige and power has to question his own beliefs, perhaps so should you. At least, that your o...
October 11, 2021 at 11:40
Exactly. And let's be honest how many times have your thoughts resolved to anything of use. Just kidding. :razz: But seriously, just because you think...
October 11, 2021 at 11:23
But who are you to call something clearly the majority of people enjoy (seeing as they don't check out) 'unjust' in the absolute sense, as in the eyes...
October 11, 2021 at 10:52
To be fair, life as a sandbox where the ultimate pleasure and ultimate torment can be experienced simultaneously (as arguably the two are ultimately i...
October 11, 2021 at 01:44
So basically you actively have a vasectomy or are otherwise willfully abstinent. That's cool. Just don't try to come at me with your legal papers and ...
October 11, 2021 at 01:17
Would you prefer a complicated one? Praise and admiration from people you don't know? Or is it a powerful legacy that demands respect alongside a trea...
October 10, 2021 at 16:30
What if we're all actually reincarnated from a truly worse place, and this is sort of our proving grounds to see if we've learned our lesson, plus a f...
October 10, 2021 at 15:11
What significance is there to an entire Universe with nothing sentient or capable of appreciating it. A tiny smiley face drawn on a cup of coffee in a...
October 10, 2021 at 09:04