Shawn

So, I went to the hospital yesterday, after my last post, to get anti-psychotic medication. My ego boundaries were almost entirely dissolved as some s...

If you were a parent and your child wanted to share their deepest and intimate thoughts about themselves online, out in the open, without guided super...

I'm going to wait with what @"unenlightened" has to say. I feel as though his presence is needed.

@"Hanover", are you in agreement with this "environment" that Baden has created. Please be honest for once. I rest my case.

Baden, in case it's not clear. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/110562 A really tiresome environment don't you think?

Yeah, about that. I was hoping to take @"TimeLine" out for an internet date. Let's see what she says. :cool: :nerd:

Baden, I feel like we have our own irreconcilable differences. I feel it's best if I just shut up and obey the pecking order just so I can have my own...

I hereby end this case with prejudice due to irreconcilable differences. *leaves the courtroom*

Look, we all have bad days. Just don't let it cloud your ability to tell right from wrong. I feel as though I'm enacting a scene from 12 Angry Men. No...

Besides, TimeLine is a woman. So, you have no reason to think she's a manipulative psychopathic individual.

My intuition tells me, that psychopaths make up about 1 percent of the general population. And, no psychopath entertains doubt due to a lack of empath...

I'm not God, man. I don't really know.

Yeah, let's not do that... I mean all this judging.

Are you ok man? I'm here for you.

Now, that's counterproductive to the goal of conflict resolution, no?

I'm saying that if our goals are aligned then there's no problem with who is manipulating whom. It becomes redundant for the sake of achieving that sh...

Why do you trust me and not her?

Yeah, but not everyone can be right, right?

And, I take that on face value, because I have no grounds to doubt the alternative. We really do have trust issues around here.

It's a no win situation to present it that way, and we have to be pragmatic about what's she gaining from supposedly manipulating us? I think it all c...

I'm fine, thank you for the concern though!

Hard to tell. Do I get any benefit from doing that if the purpose is to understand each other? Pick your philosopher that answers this question. I hop...

And, that is the perversion of philosophy that I have noticed, present nowadays. It's almost as if we live in a solipsistic world of some sort to say ...

Also, keep in mind TimeLine, not everyone realizes the importance of philosophy to their lives. The common sentiment among the poli is it has none, an...

I don't know quite yet. One always has to feel humble. This differs from person to person. It's a matter of economic utility and convenience that we u...

So, I'm going to empathize with you on the issue, something I think you shun. I understand that moderators cannot consider the entirety of the belief ...

I'm going to think about that for a while since it entails a lot of preconcieved beliefs. Allow me to get back to you soon.

May the Force be with you, always.

Hello fish, I'm pig.

Trust... How does one earn it or should it be a given? I like farm people though, nice and honest. And above all Puritans... Hah.

No clue. That's like asking a fish how does the water feel like. On second thought, only our own I think.

I don't understand the question.

We're having trust issues here. I don't know how to appeal to that...

What I meant is that they are only understood through manifestation in action or deed.

I just stick to the kids pool. I wouldn't know.

They can't be talked about in isolation. They work like currents in the water.

Actually that was me. Anyway, I'm content as a pig. Back to the island for me.

Don't let the futile attempts at gaslighting you make you question your own intentions. It's a common tactic of manipulative con men.

You do breed such an atmosphere though. I guess you've seen more in life than I have.

All, I can say is thankyou.

If you give me some time I might be able to figure it out. Non sequitors and ad hominems aside. Though, all I feel recently is humility.

I agree. And hope we can not let the delusional philosophy of Nietzsche run wild and keep in check.

As, I have taken the argument to the logical extreme, it makes the purpose of philosophy redundant. And yet we are here.

I have nothing to add or subtract. If philosophy really is all about fulfilling psychological needs, then God help us.

Q.E.D, anyone?

Aww, thanks.

Yes, Sir.

Yeah, you won't see any animals any time soon though. So, carry on as you see fit.

I'm throwing in the towel Baden. Truce?

Don't mind me I'm just taking on the two largest egos on the forums. It's a David vs Goliath situation apparently.