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2018-12-13 at 7:51 PM UTC in When you're at the store buying liquor and walk into the 'mixer' aisleIf you get the right kind of liquor, you can either not mix/chase it at all, or you can mix/chase it with more liquor.
That's what I do, for the most part at least. -
2018-12-13 at 7:49 PM UTC in If you had unlimited resources
Originally posted by Zanick Or you could make your unlimited resources transparent and contribute to the betterment of our kind, a subject of discourse rather than a means of obtaining power, and become a shining example of altruism and restraint in human activity.
Actually, that was essentially my original answer. Or at least it was originally meant to be altruistic.
But you got me thinking about things like world domination.
I guess I'll go with my original answer.
Drugs, a whole lot of drugs.
And researchers and computers to solve problems for the betterment of humanity, with humanity's input, of course. -
2018-12-13 at 7:45 PM UTC in ITT: We speak only mono-syllabicallyCome on folks. It is kind of a fun thing to try out.
Do not be a girl type of cock, *makes cluck sound*.
And stay far from slang use too, but use some if you want to, just not all the time. -
2018-12-13 at 7:43 PM UTC in ITT: We speak only mono-syllabicallyAnd the use of dash sign, as a rule, means one long word, which should not be used.
And same goes for words that have that high small mark to make two words one. -
2018-12-13 at 7:39 PM UTC in ITT: We speak only mono-syllabicallyI have thought that most here will not be skilled right for the task.
Trust me, it will put brain to the test. Just give it a try.
And try not to use too much old cave type man talk and just skip words and want the rest of us to fill in the blanks. -
2018-12-13 at 7:36 PM UTC in If you had unlimited resources
Originally posted by Ajax It’s up to interpretation. I think of resources as anything you need in order to do what you want to get done, which could include money, materials, and anything else useful to you.
Does it include control over humans?
Or do people have free will?
Like, with infinite money, I can hire as many people to do my bidding as I want.
But if they still have free will, they can refuse acts they deem unreasonable or unethical.
Then again, I could just replace them all with conscious robots. -
2018-12-13 at 7:34 PM UTC in ITT: We speak only mono-syllabicallyTrust me, it is a lot more hard than it might sound. Don't fret too much on the case of good phrase. Just make sense with what you say.
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2018-12-13 at 7:31 PM UTC in Does anybody else notice that everybody who abused bundy as a teenager is essentially retarded?
Originally posted by GGG I didn't know that. Do you have a picture of what you looked like before you took bundy and became a vegetarian? How many beauty points have you gained (round to the nearest hundredth)
I did d x m one time and now cant talk non-monosyllabically ('cept for that one word, cuz I forced brain to keep store it for give to youse all a way to know that i am dumb now).
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2018-12-13 at 7:26 PM UTC in If you had unlimited resources
Originally posted by Zanick Define "resources" because I'm assuming you mean 'money, materials, and anything else useful to me' in which case I'd settle for nothing less than immortality and world domination.
I just assumed resources meant material things like money, primarily.
If it includes physics- and biology-defying magical powers, then I'll take immortality and world domination too.
Actually, with enough real-life resources, you could definitely achieve world domination, and maybe immortality to.
Instead of having my team of Nobel Laureates solving problems that affect all of humanity, I'll just keep them all focused on achieving immortality for me and me only.
There is actual research into the endeavor, and, while it lies at the fringes of science, it's not pseudoscience, just hugely underfunded.
However, it's only aimed at totally eliminating death by disease or natural causes.
Someone could still blow you up with a nuclear bomb.
But then I guess that's where the other "worldly" resources come into play. You would have the entire worldwide citizenry at your disposal to be your army of personal body guards. -
2018-12-13 at 7:07 PM UTC in If you had unlimited resources
Originally posted by gadzooks …apply the greatest minds and the greatest computational resources to solving the big problems that plague society, like curing diseases, ending global warming, and ending hunger and poverty.
I love how, now that I re-read this, it could be interpreted that I consider the acts of curing diseases, ending global warming, and ending hunger and poverty as the actual problems.
That way I come off as some kind of super-villain.
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2018-12-13 at 7:04 PM UTC in If you had unlimited resourcesDrugs, lots of drugs.
But only in the condition that I have an unlimited supply of resources.
Either that, or I'd apply those resources to hire the most educated people from every field, Nobel Laureates and the like, buy all the computing power I could ever need, and apply the greatest minds and the greatest computational resources to solving the big problems that plague society, like curing diseases, ending global warming, and ending hunger and poverty.
Or both...
Actually, why not both? -
2018-12-13 at 6:50 PM UTC in The girl in the pink dress from the "Friday" music video
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2018-12-13 at 6:48 PM UTC in The meaning of life is to give life meaning.
Originally posted by Cro Mango Meanings are an operational instrument that this grotesque meat monstrosity uses to parse its interactions with the world. The meaning of life… Is a vacuity. It fails its own tests.
I think the whole idea is that you're allowed to fill that vacuous void with your own meaning.
That's what makes it such a bold statement.
It's the elevation of meanings as mere operational instruments (only of extrinsic value) to the status of intrinsic value, truly embedded in the framework of reality.
You don't have to agree, but that's why it's philosophy.
There is no definitive answer, only a series of dialogue leading to even more questions.
And a whole lot of anal fisting. -
2018-12-13 at 6:40 PM UTC in Old white men make me sickWTF ever happened to lemmonparty?
It was the most happening party on the Internet.
If you can't explain what at least three of the following four things are, you did not spend enough time on the Internet earlier on (or are too young to have):
1. Goatse.
2. Lemmonparty.
3. Tubgirl.
4. 2girls1cup.
You may begin the exam now.
Pull out your scantron sheet and a #2 pencil. -
2018-12-13 at 6:33 PM UTC in The meaning of life is to give life meaning.
Originally posted by Cro Mango Today in trite platitudes
All Goatse and anal streching aside, how is it a trite platitude?
It's actually based on some profound philosophy that was built up over the course of hundreds of years.
There was a time when even considering a meaning in life other than worshiping God, or "the gods", or whatever diety/dieties ruled your universe, was a thought-crime of the highest order.
Then eventually, iconoclasts started positing their own meanings (altruism, beauty, hedonism, etc).
Some were ridiculed; others burned at the stake.
But then someone like Nietzsche comes along, following in the footsteps of the German Enlightenment philosophers like Hegel, Kant, and Schopenhauer, and he basically establishes that there is no inherent meaning to life.
And ultimately, this gives way to his interpretation that meaning is to come from the individual.
This individuality gave rise to all kinds of movements, including the Existentialist way of thinking (although the notion was already blossoming from Kierkegaard and the like).
So at the end of the day, if stretching your anus as widely as you possibly can is your personal idea of meaning in a world of chaotic meaninglessness, then you have just discovered that Goatse man was a true Ubermensch, and an exemplar for all to follow when they find themselves in need of meaning in life. -
2018-12-13 at 6:24 PM UTC in The girl in the pink dress from the "Friday" music video
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2018-12-13 at 5:58 PM UTC in Raw dogging hookers
Originally posted by GGG What did she give you?
I don't even know.
I can't remember if the doctor at the walk-in clinic even told me specifically what kind of infection it was.
But it hurt like a bitch, for weeks too. Even attempting to eat anything was brutally painful, let alone simply swallowing saliva throughout the day. -
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2018-12-13 at 5:51 PM UTC in what's the last thing you bought?
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I just called Geek Squad, Microsoft Tech Support, and my neighbour down the street who's always on the computer and is therefore "good at computers".
They're all on their way over to fix this.
It'll all be okay.