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Finally... => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fishyfire on January 06, 2019, 01:35:45 pm
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Discus your thoughts!
Perhaps, the philosophical implications of literature, music, or other forms of art?
Maybe the philosophical implications of behavior, knowledge, morality, life in general?
for instance: The Library of Babel.
it contains all books that could possibly exist using 25 basic characters, 80 characters per line, 40 lines per page and 410 pages per book!
that's 251312000 books! more books than there are atoms in the universe! even if you new the location of a book you wanted to obtain, the odds of reaching it in your lifetime, if you started in a random room, is infinitesimally infinitesimal!
or maybe we could discuss about philosophy in general. how much do you value it?
do you find it itself trivial or do you find it trivializes every thing else? or is this question very trivial?
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Is philosophy?
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If a tree falls on a mime and nobody is there to see it, does anyone care?
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Three pounds of hemp.
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If a tree falls on a mime and nobody is there to see it, does anyone care?
It is impossible for someone to cares about something they didn't know happened.
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Is philosophy?
Yhposolihp si?
Three pounds of hemp.
Three kg of jute?
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If a tree falls on a mime and nobody is there to see it, does anyone care?
The mime probably does.
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Do we live in a society?
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Do we live in a society?
tell me, is answering your question futile?
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Do we live in a society?
We live in a quarterly profit margin.
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Three pounds of hemp.
Three kg of jute?
What a world we live in, inflation has struck even the koans!
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Is it gay if the man squeezes his balls?
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Is it gay if the man squeezes his balls?
It is if he is Richie Marcus! (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=274039891)
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How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real?
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TieTuesday reads The Gateless Gate (https://youtu.be/jd-37hWxJGo?t=435), a collection of koans which seem inane and contradictory but
First koan starts here. (https://youtu.be/jd-37hWxJGo?t=563) The koan itself is only those two lines, the rest is explanation.
(warning: There are loudish subscriber/donation notifications, one of them's a 420 weed joke, so NSFW)
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Life is a Work of Philosophy.
(Not to be confused with:
Philosophy of Life is Work.)
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Life is a Work of Philosophy.
(Not to be confused with:
Philosophy of Life is Work.)
A Life of Philosophy is Work.
Work is a Philosophy of Life.
Life of Work is a Philosophy.
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What would you prefer to endure; a magic 8-ball shoved up your anal hole, or getting your buttocks pounded with a spiked golden dildo?
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I will take "Raped by existential midlife crisis" for 500, Alex.
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I post in threads, therefore I am.
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Glad to see this philosophy thread stay so high-brow.
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Grow your garden
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Philosophy schmilosophy
Grow your garden
Never skip the leg day.
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Philosophy schmilosophy
Grow your garden
Never skip the leg day.
Voltaire has a surprising amount in common with bro-losophy
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Did we not have another philosophy thread previously?
Did it not turn out about as well as this one?
In other news, my favorite classical philosopher is Epicurus. Not that I really know much about him, he just seems like a fairly chill dude, and that's something I can respect.
Classical cynics are cool too, but I don't work out much so I can't in good conscience consider myself one.
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What if the entire universe was a pineapple
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What if the entire universe was a pineapple
Then that must mean that the multiverse is a one big pizza, and the various universes are either cut pineapples pieces or bacon chunks.
Voltaire has a surprising amount in common with bro-losophy
Everything has to start at something; they've thought the world was flat, but it was round. They'd call me a blasphemer, but they were wrong. Hitler was a soldier in WWI, then he eventually began his rise to power.*
*Yes, I'm invoking Godwin. There's nothing you can do about it.
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*Yes, I'm invoking Godwin. There's nothing you can do about it.
Look out. Godwin's like the grandfather of Frankenstein. Didn't ya know?
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Philosophical question: is it possible to re-rail an internet forum thread?
Everything has to start at something
The ex nihilo strikes the CABL in the philosophy! The concept is lodged in the mind!
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Philosophical question: is it possible to re-rail an internet forum thread?
I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flapjaw space, with the tuning fork, does a raw blink on Hari Kari Rock.
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Philosophical question: is it possible to re-rail an internet forum thread?
It's not the rails that are the problem, it's the whole construction, really; the track is basically an automated circle that can't stop even for a minute.
Look out. Godwin's like the grandfather of Frankenstein. Didn't ya know?
I breathe air, therefore I'm Mike Godwin. And Donald Trump. And Keanu Reeves. And Hitler. And Masahiro Sakurai.
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I breathe air, therefore I'm Mike Godwin. And Donald Trump. And Keanu Reeves. And Hitler. And Masahiro Sakurai.
And Black Knight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZXhZ6Wejqc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZXhZ6Wejqc)
:P
'Tis but a scratch.
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Philosophical question: is it possible to re-rail an internet forum thread?
It's not the rails that are the problem, it's the whole construction, really; the track is basically an automated circle that can't stop even for a minute.
But there's a fork in the rails. One path has four people tied down, the alternative has one person tied down. You can pull the lever to divert the train to the one person track.
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But there's a fork in the rails. One path has four people tied down, the alternative has one person tied down. You can pull the lever to divert the train to the one person track.
MULTI-TRACK DRIFTING! KILL THEM ALL!
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Did we not have another philosophy thread previously?
Did it not turn out about as well as this one?
In other news, my favorite classical philosopher is Epicurus. Not that I really know much about him, he just seems like a fairly chill dude, and that's something I can respect.
Classical cynics are cool too, but I don't work out much so I can't in good conscience consider myself one.
Pshhhh classical philosophers are all bitches. If they weren't alive after the rennaisance I don't give a FUCK
Fuck all of "the haters" John Milton is hands down the realest bitch to hath breathed on this Earth.
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Peter Singer would like to talk to you about postnatal abortion.
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Peter Singer would like to talk to you about postnatal abortion.
Pete singer can choke on my peepee bro, what I'm supposed to like him cos his moral philosophy acknowledges the nuances that John Milton's brand of utilitarianism tends to avoid? Haha yeah maybe I would if I was a fuckin baked piece of whole wheat bitch, but I'm a BIG BOY that likes his ethics COMICALLY SIMPLE.
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In a futile attempt to rerail this: If you could recommend a single philosophical work, what would it be?
I recommend everyone reads Polybius' The Histories.
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Candide, by Voltaire.
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From what I've heard, Candide is actually banned in the US, so getting a physical copy might be difficult. It's in the public domain, though, so a digital copy is no further than Wikimedia (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Candide).
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Boy are you going to be surprised when you go to your american citizenship interview Ispil and the official gives your shopping history resume that look of disapproval
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As far as I know, books can't be banned-banned in the US thanks to, uh, you know, that one amendment. "Banned books" around here are books that schools and public libraries refuse to stock, but private bookstores can have whatever. Which of course leads to the wonderful situation of the local bookstore having a big old shelf labeled "banned books". :D