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Yes, I think you're right. My first thought was that it ended when she left the bar, but the bar scene itself is superfluous, and is just a set up for...

Sounds like Robert's probably the one doing the schedules over there. Good luck & thanks for reading it.

One of the common memes or tropes or zeitgeisty thing you see floating around a lot (one which I think has a lot of truth to it) is that the quintesse...

Curious as to how you experienced the ending when you read it? I believe its intended to allow an absolute moral condemnation. i’m wondering if that i...

It's really real right? I've been on both sides of this kind of scenario, and its eerie. But having been on both sides, the story feels a little false...

There's a lot of very subtle but very very observant details that I think pertain specifically to 'millennial' dating (as well as millennial ideas flo...

You've made a good point on this thread, a few times - the point that references Foucault. I understood your point to be something like: though a thin...

I’ve had a similar experience, tho probably lesser in degree, working as a dispatcher.. I’m usually totally checked out when I call towing companies, ...

It does sound fatalistic, but its just meant to sketch the fear itself, which includes the fear that the trap of fear is perfectly constructed, and so...

I don't think that's quite what he meant, though a certain kind of manipulation - I think what you're talking about - can definitely be an outgrowth o...

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i had a much-needed very rare good day with an old friend recently. Uncharacteristically at ease. at some point he said : almost all of conversation i...

The concern i had in response to un’s post - one i voiced a little too flippantly - was something like: self-consciousness coupled with a desire for a...

I guess, at least, I've got one. I understand the OP very well. I'm not sure how well university discourse does. Well.. books on 'problems' proliferat...

I think, though, that I did deal with the issue at hand, not editing. I'm quite sure I did. And then you directed me to your intentions and how i ough...

That's all good. But remember I didn't bring this up, out of the blue, to suggest that you ought to personalize your approach. Everything I said was i...

Subject-supposed-to-know, for a long time, yeah. Now I think it's closer to exemplar of of University Discourse (on some threads). Equally reductive, ...

I like the rule, it's a good one, and I agree to adhere. But as soon as I set to implementing the rule, I confront this: 'whereof one cannot analyse' ...

I agree with that, in terms of day-in day-out relationship stuff. I guess I just want to flip the poles. It's not that real sex fail to live up to the...

@"fart" beat me to it edit: actually, nvm, i think hes saying something different

idealizations are safe. Heightened, but safe. Actual erotic encounters are encounters. (provided we have a truly willing erotic partner to whom we're ...

Id kill to see a post where you skewer (some aspect of) your conceptual milieu in order to advance your own take. Its a forum so the usual scholarly c...

The difference being its easier to find audiences unfamiliar with this conflict than those unfamiliar with the civil war.

I’ve been trying to cut back on the meta shit, but oh well relapse is part of recovery. I agree with your op. But you’ve said it before, a bunch of ti...

In short: the realist’s retort would be: maybe (literal) tokens are needed to talk about this stuff, but they point toward (real) universals already a...

All good points but I think this shift to a heideggerean approach actually highlights the point I was trying to make. I think you’re saying something ...

and also the drunk would-be philosopher comforting himself to sleep: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zpc5m8ltkiU/maxresdefault.jpg

two i keep coming back to over the past couple years: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T01/T01269_10.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d-BzOUmU28Y...

Also that list of philosphers - I didn't knock for political reasons. They're all just messengers of higher more mystical intensities. Any good mystic...

philosophy doesn't help with depression in my experience. it can make it worse

I hear you. but i think the more practical life advice people have been giving will be more helpful.

I feel like I'm getting a 'vibe' from the thinkers you've mentioned. evola, stirner, deleuze, schopenhauer, land etc. Very potent mix. You're getting ...

jk Why do you think philosophy will help? Schopenhauer def won't That could be a one liner at a philosophy stand up show No, I mean. I feel like I don...

If peterson isn't working, I'd recommend eight hours a day of land, some amphetamines, and a mean dog.

its been dizzying to me. It feels kind of like what I felt the first time I watched Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, though I couldn't quite say why. I...

You know, I think you're basically right about humor, its uses and abuses. I didn't intend to paint too thoroughly damning a portrait. I think what ha...

hmmm, but what do you mean by 'global government'? Are you talking about stuff like the UN? I think one of the biggest things to take away from the sy...

Been going over your post. Thank you for it, gives good background to understand where you're coming from. I made similar use of humor, growing up, fo...

Everything about Syrian conflict is super complicated. I don't know how helpful an example Syria is if you're trying to start a broader discussion abo...

It's a weird thing. This thread has caused me to kind of mainline self-reflection. I realize that my approach to posts is to do a sort of meta-reflect...

For better of for worse, this is the most stressful thread I've ever participated in. A conversation about patterns of conversations. Every post is bo...

it's very simple. I want the tclark book of Five Tips For Being Married To Someone ( Its Ok Even Though Its Been a Long Time, We Love Each Other But S...

I'm in a weird mood tonight --down for any outside analysis, however brutal.

One thing that I want to know, for my own purposes, is how you and your wife kept it going through all of that? For real! It's (no-irony) heroic. My g...

Well-said, for sure. You seem very smart and well-poised, so I want to challenge you - you can handle it. I read your post and I have nothing to say. ...

Thank you, no I think this is an awesome place to start. I saw a study somewhere, can't remember where, that talked about how classical gender differe...

It's ok. & Actually this might be an fortuitous thing, one way to get at this. So I wasn't personally offended (or, ok, maybe just a little) but I saw...

I don't think its a bad thing, necessarily. Caricatures help sharpen the edges and make the point more palpable. It can be a good thing. But if you ca...

awright awright. I do want to say: I didn't think your intention was to try to put me in my place or anything, I'm not that self-conceited. I thought ...

Ahhh but this is exactly the kind of 'joke' I was talking about! :joke: You created a clear narrative - an emoticon or joke isn't a charm that prevent...