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And what about a striking style like boxing or Muay Thai?
May 31, 2017 at 13:04
Typical barbaric American atrocity it is, then. I'd suggest jujutsu. Locks and throws are probably more effective than strikes against a larger oppone...
May 31, 2017 at 12:58
Did you mean "typical barbaric Pentecostal atrocity"? Although given that it's legal, better to call it a typical barbaric Floridian atrocity.
May 31, 2017 at 12:02
For some reason that's how I imagine Banno to look.
May 31, 2017 at 08:23
I hate not being sober.
May 30, 2017 at 08:06
But in all seriousness, WYSIWYG editors suck, and font/colour/positioning additions will just make this place messy.
May 29, 2017 at 10:48
I reckon Being and Time would be easier to understand in WIngdings.
May 29, 2017 at 10:36
Dunno, he might have a point. ;) /uploads/resized/files/ns/37960i6xoecbmjjq.png
May 29, 2017 at 10:31
Damn you for making me laugh with one of those.
May 29, 2017 at 08:36
I don't know how I missed this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0X3CLJVMJU
May 28, 2017 at 17:52
Or he could waste some time on The Facebook.
May 26, 2017 at 23:37
Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. - Proverbs 19:17 Sell your possessions and give to the...
May 26, 2017 at 12:54
You've seen the first episode of season 3, right? Probably the funniest yet.
May 26, 2017 at 12:40
Just goes to show that Republicans are real men and liberals are pussies. Or something. I bet that reporter watches cartoons.
May 26, 2017 at 12:09
Well, in the words of the great Rick Sanchez, "I've got about a thousand memories of your dumb little ass and about six of them are pleasant. The rest...
May 26, 2017 at 12:02
All the stuff, and because reasons.
May 26, 2017 at 11:57
You need to watch more. Like, all of it.
May 26, 2017 at 11:52
I used to like Family Guy and American Dad, but after watching Rick and Morty they seem so boring.
May 26, 2017 at 08:18
Begging the question by assuming that there is a God and that the Bible is his words. Firstly, what does it mean for an effect to be greater than its ...
May 25, 2017 at 06:36
£80,000, so $103,744. Also, in context the claim was that it's better to earn £80,000 and pay a high tax rate than to earn £11,000 and not pay any tax...
May 24, 2017 at 22:22
So, what, the more tax you pay the more votes you get? That's not a democracy; it's an oligarchy. And if all the power rests with a small number of th...
May 24, 2017 at 18:50
I find that hard to believe. And my original point still stands; these people prefer to have this £80,000 a year job with its higher tax than the £12,...
May 24, 2017 at 13:59
I think that's the key point. The rich (or some of them, rather) complain about having to pay a disproportionate amount of tax, but given that almost ...
May 24, 2017 at 13:22
I spent ~£27,000 for a three year course. That was back when tuition was £3,000 a year (plus £6,000 maintenance). And 6-8 years? You must be joking. T...
May 24, 2017 at 13:12
I don't think that's right. Consider something like shaking your head. Does shaking your head mean what you intend it to mean ("no") or does its meani...
May 24, 2017 at 12:07
Well, perhaps the natural is whatever behaves according to the laws of physics, and the supernatural is whatever doesn't behave according to the laws ...
May 24, 2017 at 11:53
All in all you're just another shadow on the wall.
May 24, 2017 at 11:47
Libraries lose a quarter of staff as hundreds close. Thanks Obama.
May 24, 2017 at 11:29
We don't need no thought control.
May 24, 2017 at 11:27
So to piece this together, one can have access to moral truths if one can identify with or vicariously experience the thoughts and/or feelings of anot...
May 24, 2017 at 11:04
By "good experience" and "bad experience" do you mean "moral experience" and "immoral experience"? If so then I'd question the concept of a moral/immo...
May 24, 2017 at 10:29
You're just reasserting the claim that being able to identify with and vicariously experience the thoughts and/or feelings of another allows one to ac...
May 24, 2017 at 10:13
So what does empathy as you've defined it – identification with, and the vicarious experience of, the thoughts and/or feelings of another person – hav...
May 24, 2017 at 09:56
So what does that have to do with moral truths? As I said, you seem to be implying that rightness and wrongness are concerned with the emotional (or c...
May 24, 2017 at 09:11
Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Therefore if empathy is a means to access moral truths then moral truths have ...
May 24, 2017 at 09:04
On what grounds do you justify your assertion that empathy is the means by which we can access moral truths? You seem to be implying that something is...
May 24, 2017 at 08:37
Also, "No. And I don't care". The "Don't care" answer seems to me suggest that I don't care to answer the question.
May 24, 2017 at 08:28
And every Muslim is known as a terrorist by the right. ;)
May 24, 2017 at 08:03
But not irrelevant to Arkady's comment to which I responded.
May 23, 2017 at 17:25
Just thought I'd leave this here:
May 23, 2017 at 12:05
Sure. But I don't think Arkady was calling Tiff out for telling a falsehood. It's likely true that she "wouldn't just be livid but ... would have been...
May 23, 2017 at 10:33
It's a failing of character.
May 23, 2017 at 08:05
I didn't even show up to my graduation ceremony. Just had my degree posted to me.
May 22, 2017 at 13:19
Firing the head of the FBI to hinder an investigation into you is obstruction of justice, whereas postponing (contentious, I guess) policies until aft...
May 22, 2017 at 11:56
The evidence (of obstruction) is his remarks to the Russian ambassadors and Lester Holt (and Comey's memo). My point is that it's hard not to judge hi...
May 22, 2017 at 11:39
The thing to remember is that the investigation into collusion is directed at the Trump campaign, and not Trump himself. It's entirely possible that t...
May 22, 2017 at 11:28
Trump's the President. He is the establishment.
May 20, 2017 at 23:29
Looks like Assange might finally be able to get some fresh air. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39973864
May 19, 2017 at 09:19
The Republicans who control Congress don't want to remove him. Whether that's because they believe he's innocent, because they don't care so long as h...
May 18, 2017 at 22:51
I don't think they are.
May 18, 2017 at 18:47