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I'm skeptical. Do you have any backup for this idea?

Very nice.

Or as they call it in Ireland, foreplay.

I've always thought of myself as Sipherionian, Dusty.

I resemble that remark! I think I'm an exceptional moron. I'm king of the hill, top of the list, head of the heap.

I just noticed this - you edited my text and changed the meaning. I said "Sometimes, when someone, anyone, complains about me, it makes me angry."

We are social animals. We like to hang around with our friends and family. It's unavoidable. It's been in our DNA for millions of years. This entails ...

Agreed.

So, in order to have a good life, I can't restrain my desire for complete freedom, even if I choose too. Even if it will make me happy. Do I have that...

A bit of a nasty implication. Or a nasty bit of implication. Or an implicatory bit of nastiness.

I don't care about any of this. I care about you somehow trying to raise this to the level of an important philosophical issue, in the process beratin...

@"schopenhauer1" is a bit of a one-trick pony and I have disagreed with most of his positions over our time together on the forum. On the other hand, ...

Beef liver is an acquired taste. My mother used to serve it, so I can eat it without grimacing, but it's not my first choice. Chicken liver is wonderf...

I am a man. If someone is complaining about men in general, they are complaining about me. What does that have to do with Johnny Depp bringing a defam...

Not at all. Sometimes, when someone, anyone, complains about me, it makes me angry.

That's not something I've ever said or would say.

Almost everyone's "favored existence" would include being able to live sociably and peacefully with other people. Clearly then, almost every favored e...

Women who know me have many good, non-political reasons to complain about me. I don't remember ever complaining about any woman or women in general us...

When women use political language to complain about men, it sometimes makes me angry. When men do the same to women, it always just embarrasses me.

https://www.cbntimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Indians-Bathing-with-Cow-%E2%80%98Poop%E2%80%99-to-Cures-COVID-19.jpg Here's the video. https://ny...

This makes sense to me.

I disagree with some of what you say, but I don't know that we are all that far apart. I just think that defining terms at the start is an important p...

I don't think I understand the kind of discussion you're talking about. Have you seen any like that here on the forum as an example?

To be honest, I don't really judge a work by whether or not it's beautiful or whether the experience of it is beautiful. I judge by whether or not I a...

When I set out the terms of discussion in the OP, I often, generally, have very specific things I want to talk about. You may notice that I try to rid...

As I said, art is about experience. It's not necessarily the picture that's beautiful, it's the experience. Hated it, but yes, very well written. Comp...

Yes, then I guess we are talking about the same thing.

When I think of "catharsis" I think of purging unpleasant emotions. I don't think that's what I'm talking about. I think there can be value, truth, be...

A well-thought-out and clearly expressed argument I find myself disagreeing with, at least in part. Agree with this. Unless I'm misunderstanding you, ...

The experience is beautiful, but unpleasant. It's not something I enjoy. I try to avoid that kind of art.

Good point. Salmon is ok, but I'd never order it. Trout I'm not a fan of, although I haven't eaten it a lot. Cod, haddock, halibut, perch, flounder, s...

Most of my experience with art is through literature and poetry. A well-written book can be beautiful even if it is hard to read. One that comes to mi...

If I ever go to Istanbul, I'll definitely try one. I never have found an oily fish I enjoy eating. My wife loves bluefish. Whenever she makes it, she ...

I intend this as a serious comment. I don't think it's just a quibble. Every definition of "aesthetic" I can find defines the word in relation to beau...

Jackson started the thread. That makes you the troll.

When they talk about Istanbul on TV, they always show the mackerel stands. Like coffee kiosks in Seattle. Not a fan of mackerel. Speaking of Russia, h...

For me, mostly a non-artist, art is about the experience it gives me. It means nothing more than that. I have written a few poems I think are good. Th...

Well, I used to really like Dr. Strange, but I don't remember that. I always liked the way Dormammu was drawn back in the 60s and 70s.

Welcome to the forum. This and the rest of this post have a lot of unsupported presumptions. Moral behavior does not require a "norm or commandment." ...

No, no. We only allow things that actually exist on the list.

I'm surprised I never heard of that.

A bit mundane I think. It should be something more obscure.

A new list, one of your own.

A worthy addition.

That was my point. I was trying to highlight that the only real paradoxes are logical or linguistic, which are trivial. There are no paradoxes in the ...

Chingachgook Chewbacca Queequeg Cthulhu Mxyzptlk Quetzalcoatl Dormammu Yggdrasil

Have you seen this website? https://terebess.hu/english/tao/_index.html

Lao Tzu recognized and acknowledged the struggle you are dealing with. It's one of the fundamental insights of the Tao Te Ching.

In my understanding, most, maybe all, intuition is based on my past experiences over a lifetime. That doesn't mean the knowledge is "traceable." Gener...