Shawn

Wallows some more.

But, egalitarianism wasn't enough to get the civil rights movement started.

In case nobody caught the gist of my first post here, the boursuasi are alive and well. I recall my economics professor dismissing the term and callin...

If my memory serves me well, then Schopenhauer would have advocated not thinking about the now comparatively with the past. You seem to have missed th...

Not according to those inclined to agree with Marxism. The revolution is always around the corner; but, seemingly never comes about as long as coopera...

Yeah, that concept was non existent back then. They sure did a lot of that back then.

Yeah, Patroclus age was never specified or so I recall, so we might as well assume it was pederasty on Achilles part.

Deep question. Topic worthy, if you don't mind me saying so.

I thought he just had some issues with anger...

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@"Devans99" you might be interested in this thread: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/5743/are-causeless-effects-possible

The Illiad? Oh oh, I want to be Achilles! Can I, oh mysterious fellow?

So, it is intelligent design... Oh well. Humdrum I suppose.

It shall be known as the Church of Wallows. Come join me in a happy wallow.

Is this intelligent design or some such theme? Because you won't find many people interested in such a topic ...

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Indeed. I should start a religion of fellow wallowers. I think it might become a fad.

4 just kind of comes out of nowhere.

Yeah, same. Ehh. It is what it is.

You got lucky... No need to feel bad about a happenstance.

I could never get around the anxiety and paranoia that MJ produces. Every time I smoke it I become hyper-aware of my surroundings. A rather uncomforta...

So, if I recall correctly Schopenhauer never advocated masking suffering with pleasure. He was for the idea of reducing suffering, not increasing plea...

Well, everything is becoming automated. The Luddites were aware of this impending doom to their welfare and claimed that machines should be banned fro...

I'm a positivist, so there you have it. That's my attitude on the matter.

Something like that. Though you seem to be missing the point that markets are composed of people and not an abstract entity like the invisible hand th...

Yes, we won't see it. It will just be a new "equilibrium" that we adapt to. Again, to repeat, expectations change due to things within or beyond our c...

Education? Human capital? Amazon is tirelessly working on automating all its distribution centers. Tesla, last week, released a fully autonomous elect...

So, you've heard the concept of reciprocity I'm sure. I say start from scratch. Become friends with a woman instead of "falling" in love, and go from ...

Not to give you the impression that I am disagreeing with you here, Bitter Crank. I agree with most of what you say on the forums and think Marx was r...

You underestimate the power of the markets. The invisible hand works its magic through the ever-increasing creative destruction that we are perpetuati...

OK, so nobody likes the cognitive dissonance that the trolley dilemma induces or any other ethical dilemma. So what? I remember quite vividly the feel...

And the supranational plutocratic ultra-rich complain that taxes are "too high". Give me a break.

As a semi-trained economist I'm just going to throw this out here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-offshore-wealth/super-rich-hold-32-trillion-in-o...

It was a difficult yet ultimately rewarding thread. *Grows emotional.*

So, let me try and be more explicit. What's your issue here as you seem to have taken a combative tone? Returning to the OP, and what I have said, mar...

Okay, I'm not well versed in Kant, as much as I should be... Plato, I'm more acquainted with. Hmm, that's a tricky one. Wasn't it Emerson or Thoreau t...

I haven't mocked you, while I don't deny others have. So, nobody is pissing on your shoes and claiming it is raining here, or not me at least. Give me...

Seems like I'm incorrigible according to my psychiatrist. I told him about the wallowing, and he was like "Meh".

These are like Chinese fortune cookies laced with some strong shit. Anyway, what you up to over in Oxnard? I got an appointment with my pdoc today at ...

Yes, try it sometime. To wallow is to appreciate. *Continues wallowing*

Love thy grass as you would your neighbors green one. Or just get some AstroTurf and stop worrying.

Oh dear... How presumptuous. I'm going to assume you think I've been trolling you or some other nonsense, when in fact I'm quite interested in how you...

So wallowsome.

Then elucidate how have you arrived at your conclusion, because we can run around in circles saying that drugs are bad because they are illegal, and t...

So, we have turned towards some moral absolutism or objective infallible truths about drug use. I don't see how you arrived or anyone for the matter c...

I would disagree. There seems to be some cognitive distortion at play here in stating that anyone is capable of committing murder. In principle, it is...

Again, aren't we painting with a broad brush here? I will acknowledge that some laws just flat out should never be broken, like murder or theft or lib...

Yes, contentment is important. Otherwise, we would like in chronic dissatisfaction. But, to boil down the issue, I would have to say, who cares? The g...

Back to play the therapist again. Maybe I should start psychologizing myself more. Haha. Anyway, I want to highlight the fact that you receive benefit...

Then I was mistaken. I think I've run out of steam for the day, so I'll call it a night. Hope to see you posting more threads about your relationship ...