praxis

You gotta figure that Marco is written by a mod, and with generous use of the term “twat”, must be a mod from the British isles. Crude enough British ...

Whatever your good conscious permits. :point:

We just read the story, you’re the one who put his big neo-nazi stamp of approval on it and published it in the contest. :gasp:

Some lives are made for disrupting. Consult with your attorney first, of course.

You guys are heartless. How long do they have to wear it? https://idcardprintersavings.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/uband.jpg

According to the theory of constructed emotion, our emotional life is partly determined by how our brain perceives our body. This is referred to as in...

It doesn't cost anything to create a human life. A study counted death penalty case costs through to execution and found that the median death penalty...

So the joke is prolonged by voting for it I suppose. Funny thought, Marco may have voted for it both times. :lol:

This nails it.

Not exactly sure why but I’m a little disturbed that The Ballad of Marco is winning at this point.

Perhaps a light brush with schizophrenia, if that's possible. I had a friend who developed it at the usual age, around 18. It wasn't pretty. We'd be o...

Well, the state can't be all that morally unsound because it always seems to favor the powerful.

They say that fools rush in where angels fear to tread. So you :gasp: or :halo: ? Impressive display all around, as RogueAI says.

Everything has a purpose. Purpose is what defines us and binds us. If you want to know a person, and I mean capital K Know a person, you must fathom t...

Of the two people who’ve voted so far, one of them doesn’t appear to have read them all, or it’s a sympathy vote.

In the first contest, I read according to titles that took my fancy, as Baden so daintily puts it. If you intend to read all of the stories it's simpl...

The Seven Divine Signs of Imbalance (from Inc.com): 1. You haven't exercised in weeks. 2. You are spending more money than usual. 3. You struggle to s...

The nature of a story is anamnesic. There’s no way around that. There’s also no way to conceive the universe without imposing some kind of structure. ...

I think they only represent balance, if that makes sense.

This is quite wrong. Amnesis is the salvation of the universe because it is thus freed from the biased, warped web of recorded memory or history (incl...

A notable quality of the writing that I really appreciated is how nicely it flows, like one seamless thought that’s effortless to follow. I imagine th...

I read all the stories top to bottom over a couple of days, as time allowed. When the order changed I simply went down the list and read whichever sto...

Really good. :starstruck:

Anonymity naturally lends confidence. :strong:

Fun.

Enjoyed it and it really resonated. I kind of know the feeling of being lifted in this sort of way and then the eventual sinking back to normalcy. I’v...

Worse, performance anxiety has led to devastating embarrassment in the past.

I'm not unsympathetic, I guess that I just couldn't quite catch the tune of the ballad.

:sad:

Jason doesn’t show any intolerance for Maria up to this point so the following urinal outburst is rather disjointed and anticlimactic to an otherwise ...

Your explanation would contain malware, pornography, spam, or otherwise violate property rights? Don't be silly, or sillier than not being able to exp...

So you believe those observations indicate a problem but can't explain what the problem(s) are.

Those are fine observations. Are you suggesting that any of them are a problem? If so, why?

Watched the new Matrix movie on HBO last night. Reeeeallly bad.

India Pale Ale, a pale ale made with extra hops/malt and consequently a higher alcohol level than regular beer. Good stuff.

C is for coordination. The male version of menstrual synchrony I guess. Do you follow Baden's pee cycle or is it the other way around?

Thanks!

My pumpkin from last Halloween. https://www.graphicdesignforum.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/a/0ad2d855bedf7f676a920b50527a51cf9b77774c.jpeg

Glad we agree. :up:

So you’re an enlightenment denier?

That’s just your mortal judgment. You can’t begin to conceive how God judges stuff.

I read the wiki page, of course. :brow:

The difference, in a word, is religion. The purpose of religion is not to produce graduates but to bind communities. Graduates or 'free' individuals m...

Fixed.

You’ll have to forgive his American slang. https://y.yarn.co/27783cf7-52ff-4d23-8fff-309e0799a7f8_text.gif

That seems to imply that the wise can’t feel.

I watched A Hidden Life last night. Beautifully made and a beautiful (tragic though inspiring) story.

Have I mentioned that sperm whales have been on the endangered species list for fifty years? A little show of appreciation and support would demonstra...

Ah, I watched The Tiger King this year. My impression - totally cray cray. My Conclusion - ego bad. My lesson - stay away from crazy egotists.

An adult sperm whale can hold its breath for an hour and a half, FYI. Pretty impressive, you must admint.