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2016-04-18 at 7:31 PM UTC in My cat died this morningWell as painful as it may be to accept, everyone that is close to you will die eventually. Just today I was at the 2nd funeral I've been to in the last 6 months. Death is a part of life, so live life to the fullest and make sure everyone that is still close to you knows that you care about them.
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2016-04-18 at 6:46 PM UTC in My cat died this morningAt least his suffering is over now Doug, and I feel that if he could speak to you now he would thank you for all the love and care you gave him when he was alive.
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2016-04-18 at 2:14 PM UTC in Humans are a disease
I admit there's an aesthetic in that which really appeals to me, the idea of a shared genealogy with "lower" organisms, a refusal of human exceptionalism and a sense of debt to our total ancestry, not just the human (and interesting human) subset
Still, to call a thing a parasite one needs to have a normative judgment of what is good for the greater organism (presumably the planet in this case?) and I reject the idea that all human forms of existence and expression are net-negative from some privileged perspective. Worth is imbued by consciousness, value is dependent on the subjective desire therefor, it's conceivable (although I think unlikely) that the net effect of humanity on the greater system is negative but a categorial proclamation that anything capable of consciousness (life) is parasitic is to misunderstand fundamental ideas of value and worth, a nihilism stemming not from a unflinching look at the human state but a nostalgic whim, a grasp at profundity where simpler human truths suffice.
Positive and negative connotations are subjective. Humans being metaphorically similar to something like mold or a parasite is not inherently negative, or positive. Just like a fallen rotting apple. Is it a bad thing the apple has mold growing all over it? No, that's just how the world works. Would it be better if the apple just stayed in pristine condition for ever? Maybe for some other animal, but only so they might find it and eat it. The apple is food, be it food for mold or birds or humans. It's the way of things and you can look at the way of things and see it as a good thing or a bad thing but that's subjective, the way of things is what it is and nothing more. If there are metaphorical similarities between humans and something like mold or whatever then whether or not that is a good or bad thing is subjective and ultimately irrelevant either way. -
2016-04-18 at 6:23 AM UTC in Hey guys, i'm drunk and uh...Drink more water.
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2016-04-18 at 6:18 AM UTC in why i was wrong about atheism
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2016-04-18 at 2:19 AM UTC in Humans are a disease
No disease ever gave us Metaphysics or primacy of substance.
Plato was the real disease.
He was probably speaking metaphorically. Humans doing humans things on Earth has metaphorical similarities to mold doing moldy things on a loaf of bread. You are right that humans have done a lot of stuff that seems a lot more significant than anything mold or some parasite has ever done, at least from a human perspective, but it's not like we willed ourselves or our ideas into existence. We owe our existence to those less complex lifeforms for surviving long enough to become humans. -
2016-04-18 at 12:53 AM UTC in Lmfao, the US is going to be a political fuckfest for the next 5 years minimum.America chose to be like this. If you wanted to save the world and spent all your billions trying to buy your way into politics, do you think you would get enough votes to make a difference? America is too divided. So which country are you going to move to once America falls?
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2016-04-17 at 4:44 PM UTC in The retarded thread: Fuck, §m£ÂgØL made one first edition
i'm tired off my ass, and felt like asking this not-well-thought-out question: i understand some chemistry but have had very little experience and no real training in it; i see a lot of chemical formulas, and, to my uneducated eye, they look like stoichiometric proportions; would it be theoretically possible to produce lsd, C20H25N3O by somehow combining elemental carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen in the 20:25:3:1 proportions given in the formula?
with the assumption that i have any machinery necessary, and can somehow mix subzero liquids and everything; basically, can you directly create a chemical from this arrangement, given that none of the intermediate compounds explode, combust, etc; or is it vital to produce those certain intermediate compounds which have to form their own molecules/etc before the main course?
I want to say that is possible, but probably not with today's technology. -
2016-04-17 at 4:31 PM UTC in Making the case for IslamI think it meaningless to call yourself Muslim when you're so clearly influenced by western values and culture. If you lived in a real Islamic culture you probably would have been stoned to death already just for your involvement in heavily western influenced websites like this.
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2016-04-16 at 10:43 PM UTC in The Path of SpiritualityI'm really trying to branch out more, but it's what I know and I really do enjoy it. Do you think it's a bad thing to be in to this stuff so much?
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2016-04-16 at 3:53 PM UTC in The Path of SpiritualityQuestioning reality is good for the mind, yet it can also be poisonous. Do we take a bite of the apple and learn the truth or does that bite poison us in our endeavors? Do we take great leaps of faith or return to safety? Is it better to not know of good and evil or does knowing make us stronger?
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2016-04-16 at 4:21 AM UTC in The dumbest person you know
As i remember it you're a determinist, by that thinking no one has autonomy.
In a sense I agree with that. However while I do think our wills and desires may be determined by forces outside of our control, I think having the freedom to do what you will is important to a persons happiness and well being and I believe most people should have the freedom to do what they will (within reason of course). -
2016-04-15 at 4:06 PM UTC in Anyone here had any experience with being test for benzo's? (UA]As a Catholic you should tell swim to just accept Jesus Christ into his life and all his sins will be forgiven.
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2016-04-15 at 3:30 PM UTC in I have Morals now.I got into an argument on debate.org with some fruitbar who claimed morality is innate / intrinsic and that children are born with it. I argued that right and wrong are matters of perception and that humans may perceive behaviors as right or wrong due to various factors, no behavior is inherently right or wrong. He stopped replying after that, but in your opinions which position is closer to the truth?
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2016-04-15 at 3:16 PM UTC in The Path of SpiritualityWhy would I need benzos? I don't need or want to be medicated.
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2016-04-13 at 5:19 AM UTC in why are we so reptile-like?
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2016-04-13 at 5:04 AM UTC in Does anyone here think I'm not autistic?
You're a dumbass that can't count
You spread herpes with hookers and abandoned your child and Captain Falcon cucked you with your baby mammer.
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2016-04-13 at 1:23 AM UTC in Does anyone here think I'm not autistic?You lack discipline and blame your shortcomings on an a disorder you imagine having. You've spent 3 years in your house high on cough syrup because you lack the will to do more with your life.
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2016-04-11 at 8:18 PM UTC in Considering buying a hooker
^yeah I really bought calvin klein underwear if thats what you're getting at.
I think he was getting at the fact that you consider yourself a "good catholic boy", yet you have sex with prostitutes, abandoned your child and spread STD's by not wearing condoms. -
2016-04-11 at 6:09 PM UTC in 36 STUPID FEMINIST QUESTIONS ANSWERED
