T_Clark

Velveeta has only been made once, back in the early 20th century. I happened in a runaway chemical process at a coal tar processing plant in Skaneatel...

As far as I can tell from here on the outside, there are (at least) two types of transexuals/transgenders. There are those with gender dysphoria and t...

I am an adult human male who identifies as a man and looks like a man. I am attracted physically and emotionally to adult human females who identify a...

Although they don't make pimento Velveeta, there are recipes for making it on the web. They do, on the other hand, make Velveeta with jalapenos.

If it weren't for inappropriate nakedness, I'd never be naked at all.

I'm not sure I agree with this, e.g. sex roles and racial prejudice. I don't think these are not generally, or at least not always, expressed in a mor...

It was when I was a kid. It was always special when my dad would drive down to Virginia for work and bring some back. Now you can get it anywhere. 10-...

As I said previously, I know that people are affected by things that happened in their past, how they were socialized, and what they've learned. I thi...

I looked at all your posts on that page and all I saw was you trying to piss off another poster. Is that what you mean by determinism, the ability to ...

For what it's worth, I thought your post was clear and easy to understand. As for idealism vs. realism, you didn't make a distinction between matters ...

My wife's turkey A'la King recipe calls for pimentos. When she doesn't have those, she uses sauted red bell pepper. It works fine.

Boiled peanuts, Dr. Pepper, Royal Crown Cola, peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches, shrimp and grits, meat and three, fried okra,

Isn't all social control coercive and unrealistic in that same sense? Society wants people to behave in a way that promotes the effective operation of...

Agreed.

No. I'll take a look if you provide a link. I'm skeptical that the level of prediction you are talking about is as rigorous as what would be required ...

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You can't say I didn't warn you.

Yes. This is exactly what I mean. As I noted in my response to @"wonderer1", above:

It's a simple pragmatic judgment. If a claim has no meaningful consequences in the real world, it is 1) metaphysics or 2) meaningless. As a metaphysic...

Left out my response to this. I intended my objection to be stronger than what you've written. 1) Except for in the simplest situations, events are no...

To take a step back, I see the whole issue of determinism as a metaphysical one, not subject to empirical verification or falsification. It's a matter...

It's not a psychological adaptation, it's a technological one. When it's cold I put on a jacket. When it's hot I sit around in my lounge chair naked. ...

Yes. And my claim is that the idea of determinism is meaningless if prediction is not possible, even in theory.

As Hernan Cortez said "Mr. Montezuma, he dead."

I guess I've misunderstood. You seem to be against formal morality - you say it's coercive and unrealistic. As I noted, that kind of morality is just ...

The Aztec empire ended in 1521, 430 years before I was born.

You don't have chicken salad? Just like tuna salad except with diced chicken. If you grill them with cheese (American or Velveeta only) you get a tuna...

Yes, we had wild blackberries too and we picked them and ate them till we got sick. Also fox grapes. Wild persimmons we just used to chuck at each oth...

When my grandfather retired, he bought a farm on the Chesapeake Bay. He didn't farm it, but he leased his fields to people who grew corn. Cornfields a...

I'm sure I've told this story before - I once at 17 ears of corn at one sitting. Boiled with lots of butter. Of course, that was back before all the s...

@"180 Proof" I've used this version of the Tao Te Ching some since you recommended it, but just the translated verses, which I've enjoyed, not the ess...

I don't see a functional difference between a social standard that says I shouldn't throw garbage in my neighbor's yard and one that says I shouldn't ...

Thank you for resurrecting this old thread. One of my favorites. My position on the subject hasn't changed from that original discussion. As I noted: ...

I think there are two moralities—there are the standards I apply to myself, and those that groups apply to themselves and others. I think only the fir...

I'm not a board game fan, but my children are. When they play, I sneak into the room and record them arguing, screaming, and cursing. When they see me...

Look at the pictures. Jamal's myna is obviously a drawing posed to make an impression. To look all dignified and stuff. Now, my crow is standing in th...

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I endorse the sentiment, but I am from the syrup moderation school of pankákiology. Perhaps we should start a thread on the philosophy of pancakes. If...

Good choice.

Two answers. Pick one. Answer 1 - He is on vacation on Cape Cod, where the internet has not been installed yet. I'm just filling in. Answer 2 - Buzz o...

Always sad to see an old-timer go. No criticism of moderators intended.

And when you find yourself served those starchy pancakes again, remember this proverb - Bad pancakes are a good excuse to eat butter.

We haven't mentioned this to you before, but we're having a Philosophy Forum meet-up in NYC. We're all staying in your apartment. You should let your ...

Interestingly enough: I guess you should be careful not to mix them up or you'd get some unusual Graham crackers. Do they have Graham crackers in Euro...

Apparently t's hard to make good pancakes. Many, most perhaps, are as you describe. It's always a risk to order them at a restaurant. My family's reci...

A friends daughter-in-law is pregnant and just found out she has cancer. They are waiting to start chemotherapy till the child can be relatively safel...

What you are describing isn't true of me. I own a lot of things, most of which are useful or at least meant for use. Clothing, a house, a car, applian...

The "Ignore Browser List Extension" discussion seems to have disappeared.

Works fine now. Thanks.