Outlander

Behavior can be against nature but nature can never be against behavior, which leads to my larger point. Just as one man's trash is another man's trea...

I know, I know, and that's a fact. Appearance is important, otherwise advertising wouldn't be a billion dollar industry. In the advent I was being too...

I believe there's an old saying about the value of hesitancy to judge when it comes to certain aspects of literature..

While this particular story brings me precariously close to my unhappy place, it is well written and so I shall review it accordingly. What we have he...

If this were a short play I would have to review it as simply "difficult to put into English". Could have easily just added a few sentences saying you...

I feel the author of this one knew what he was doing. That said, it's easy to depress people in this life, significantly more challenging, requiring m...

It's good. Relatable. So uncomfortably so, I will (satirically) put it down. So some obsessed loser (and apparently a rapist from the text or at least...

Hm. Agree with the above but I wonder is the fact that every character seems to be either unhappy or reasonably perceived as flawed a purposeful eleme...

While you can definitely visualize yourself there with the characters in the story thanks to the level of detail, seems to be little more than a death...

Unique. I enjoyed reading it. I have a hunch there's a deeper scientific aspect to it that as a non-physicist might be going over my head, if not due ...

So I realize there's not a superfluous amount of entries, but what virtual categories would we say are present? Comedy/Drama/Fantasy/Romance, etc?

Aw, now I have to read all of them because this one tickles me. Second paragraph is my favorite, followed by the haggling. Morbidly funny because ther...

Mine was going to be about a troubled man traveling.. I don't know maybe in a bus, a plane, train, spaceship even if you want to be interesting. He's ...

Yeah, well. Just as unfortunate is the capacity for suffering and the likelihood of said virtues to be abused resulting in those who live accordingly ...

Dopamine and friends. Along with security for a reasonably consistent environment in which it can be produced, procured, and enjoyed. That last bit is...

Not always. Depends on if you're doing anything impactful or not. A million dollars toward people who are stuck in only maintaining the same cycle and...

Oh please. We just had other people do it for us so now we don't have to. You, we all, exist on that foundation. Now sure, there's no extenuating purp...

Anything that disrupts my daily routine and/or intentions or desires for said day.

Well you can simplify any story to a single and seemingly boring occurrence. Perhaps the pig was on a mission to gain approval and pigship from his fe...

No. Unless you win. Otherwise, no. Just kidding. You appear to be sidestepping the root question. You're describing an action or ideology. So we have ...

You know what it is. We all know what brings pain and what brings pleasure, the difference between the two. You knew by the time you were a few years ...

Nah, you could. I could, at least. While it would be complicated (yet far from unfeasible) to add an option in the user CP to choose which to display ...

I can respect that concern. So, putting all things aside, including the warranted belief that 'likes' as it were simply show the majority sentiment or...

1. Neither. Though it was through a series of observations. 2, What are you even talking about. Effectively is not always automatically logically. As ...

Anyone else only reply to the new topics with less than a dozen posts? I'm a "casual" philosopher and even internet poster kind of guy. I always fear ...

A ban though. It's so.. permanent. Even convicted first degree murderers don't always end up with a death sentence. Just plenty of time to reflect whe...

Well it seemed to have created you, this discussion, and the whole of human history. So the odds aren't looking so great.

If something was created from nothing, how? And if there was always something, why do people think it so unlikely EVERYTHING fathomable also exists an...

Yes but only in the US. Anyone who thinks otherwise is dangerously mentally ill and needs to be forcefully incarcerated or institutionalized against t...

What a profound topic for debate. Really. It would seem 'nothing' is real. Apparently it goes for a premium of $3,500+ a square foot. Wow. That makes ...

When you create, or even foster life, it's antithesis becomes your enemy.

To be candid, the same way you'd think about any other book, story, or collection of stories, or "testament" even. Fictional or not. There are many pa...

Oh it's not about me. It never was. Not really. I do like to reach out though. The government is not the same as the people however and I share your s...

As long as you don't be a Nazi not letting Asian-(whatever the hell your country is) have a right to life and liberty thus committing a global atrocit...

Why the new avatar? People like consistency you know.

Or perhaps.. all that matters in appearance is society? Hmm? :chin:

Science and the 'cult of science' are two starkly differently things. One is a process of discovery and acknowledgement of said discoveries. The other...

Circumvented? As in prevented entirely or otherwise postponed for hundreds of years? Peace and civility. Purpose and prosperity. The more you look aro...

The million dollar question. Life can be rewarding with all its positive moments and experiences, though I and many religions call it something of the...

You are an atheist, friend. Whether closeted or flouted, it is one and the same. You will never see the big picture in your current state of beliefs. ...

Within reason, sure. I'm sure you can understand and perhaps even respect your opposition calling - not your motives but your attempt to actualize the...

@"David Pearce" sorry for the double post just for the "@" reminder notification thingy.

So. The real question is, David. Will you use your wealth and influence to purchase a large enough area where, your own and this is the most important...

Well it's quite simple young David. Not so far from the fact we appear to have our own resident god here. One who claims to know that which is not cur...

This thread, yet not especially the OP, is as Disturbed coined a "Land of Confusion" it would seem.

Maybe it's not. Go change the world instead of expecting others to change it for you if it's that important to you. Man "some people" are lazy af. Thi...

Yet it would matter not. Unless this person exists among us and is mortal. In more simple terms, kind of a student-teacher relationship. It depends wh...

To most it would be (not by one's own acknowledgement but by pure fact) what is gathered by the senses being immediately interpreted by the mind and l...

UBI and open borders and free immigration do not mix. Because eventually nobody will do anything (at first), expecting others to do so for various rea...

Are we questioning about whether or not some omniscient being responsible for punishment will punish our ignorance? If so, the lack of faith, though i...