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How much do you weigh?
December 05, 2021 at 16:43
In the East it mean the realization of emptiness. In the West it means weight-loss.
December 05, 2021 at 16:41
Narcissism is wrong too.
December 05, 2021 at 16:39
Wrong.
December 05, 2021 at 16:03
So is this part of a stand-up routine or what? The door hinge bit was particularly hilarious. :lol:
December 04, 2021 at 18:33
Click on the eye icon to use spoiler action. If you dare… https://www.petage.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Depositphotos_74974941_xl-2015-e1569443284...
December 04, 2021 at 18:15
That is inexplicably funny. Maybe my subconscious has a better memory than my conscious mind.
December 04, 2021 at 05:18
Maybe Guinness is having COVID related supply chain issues.
December 04, 2021 at 04:16
I remember Clark mentioning that he's prone to flatulence. That claim is much more credible now.
December 04, 2021 at 02:47
You’re the one who’s employed the term “non-attachment”. If you don’t mean what that appears to represent then maybe it’s not the right term.
December 04, 2021 at 02:25
:chin:
December 04, 2021 at 01:40
I may have misrepresented the work if I suggested that it was presented in a manner divorced from a larger picture or story, although the title alone,...
December 03, 2021 at 23:21
I believe you are describing this phenomena. https://www.margithenderson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Happiness-U-Curve-300x232.jpg
December 03, 2021 at 21:14
I remember his lyrics stating that there's a crack in everything, and that's how the light gets in.
December 03, 2021 at 21:08
Hilarious. I'm just glad I wasn't drinking anything while watching. Probably would have ruined my keyboard. John Oliver has done stories on the NRA bu...
December 03, 2021 at 20:26
A bell may or may not make a dog salivate depending on its conditioning or, as you say, ‘system of anticipations’. In this case isn’t affect hedonic (...
December 03, 2021 at 19:35
How is affect somehow not hedonic?
December 03, 2021 at 18:25
I’ve tried unsuccessfully to make Caesar dressing a few times. Tricky to get the anchovies right. It hadn’t occurred to me that they’re not all equal.
December 03, 2021 at 17:30
I suppose that I find this subject particularly interesting now because I just finished a book called Dopamine Nation. As the title indicates, the boo...
December 03, 2021 at 16:59
Even a saint isn’t perfect and given sufficient time would surely eventually disappoint. How could someone experience disappointed if they weren’t att...
December 03, 2021 at 06:14
Even if it were something that I experienced with my senses, I couldn’t know what I was experiencing without all the previous sense experience that bu...
December 03, 2021 at 06:09
Love and beauty are not the same thing. I guess we now have to decide what love means.
December 03, 2021 at 05:52
A mind that would not exists without sensory input in its development. Minds don’t just pop into existence.
December 03, 2021 at 05:48
In non-attachment, why would you love any particular person?
December 03, 2021 at 05:43
I know that my objections are off-point. Regarding how true it is, how long do you think your mind would last without any sensory input? Maybe a few m...
December 03, 2021 at 05:39
:up:
December 03, 2021 at 05:08
Minds require (are completely dependent on) sensory input to simply exist.
December 03, 2021 at 05:05
It is what I imagine. What do you imagine it’s like?
December 03, 2021 at 05:00
I wouldn’t claim that it’s impossible either. It is a rather dreary goal though, to be an uncaring zombie.
December 03, 2021 at 04:57
It is meaningless to say that anyone doesn’t rely on sensory knowledge because minds are built on it. No sensory input, no mind.
December 03, 2021 at 04:51
You have no attachment to anything or anyone, including yourself?
December 03, 2021 at 04:38
So a fantasy, in other words.
December 03, 2021 at 04:07
Enlightenment in the Buddist sense simply means the realization of what they call emptiness, and it has little if anything to do with the development ...
December 03, 2021 at 02:03
As opposed to the scope of rationalism?
December 03, 2021 at 02:01
Parm & Ploti’s minds both had a grounding in what they experienced with their senses. Without such a grounding they would not have developed minds.
December 03, 2021 at 01:20
Considering that it would be impossible to know anything without such a grounding it’s really not that unreasonable.
December 03, 2021 at 01:07
The Sand Dune Sermon The dude's robe caught on some bushes as he climbed the dune, making him spill his drink a little. Once on the mound, surrounded ...
December 02, 2021 at 18:56
Indeed.
December 02, 2021 at 05:06
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Oh no, can't resist... Oompa loompa doompety doo I’ve got a perfect puzzle for you Oompa loompa doompety dee If you are wise you’ll listen to me What ...
December 02, 2021 at 01:10
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The notion that this forum has the power to reform bigotry isn’t shameful, just terribly naive.
December 01, 2021 at 16:48
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I think he thinks himself smarter than those who debate the banning of an unrepentant misogynist, to be precise.
December 01, 2021 at 16:07
Is Buddhism philosophically sound?
December 01, 2021 at 16:01
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If he’s as influenced by social dynamics as you’ve suggested, it’s likely that he would have been compelled to remain consistent with this statement.
December 01, 2021 at 02:50
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Thumbs up to the ‘one strike you’re out’ policy of unrepentant misogynists. Thanks for the exercise in futility. https://c.tenor.com/eAt5EfLNIuEAAAAC/...
December 01, 2021 at 01:43
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Fair enough. I propose two strikes for the repentant misogynist and one for the unrepentant.
December 01, 2021 at 00:31
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Such posts would be seen and they would offend. Don’t you care about that? They would also promote bigotry, and by allowing them the forum could be pe...
December 01, 2021 at 00:06
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So you want the mods to vigilantly moderate self-professed sexists, or whatever-ists, in good service to society? Banning is much easier, and it sends...
November 30, 2021 at 23:34
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Thankfully.
November 30, 2021 at 22:05
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You definitely demonstrated that slippery slopes can be funny.
November 30, 2021 at 22:04
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The forum generally lacks the misogynist spirit, fortunately.
November 30, 2021 at 22:01