"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
giving things a silly name always seemed disrespectful
so whenever i read something like 'Dingleberry Rumpus' or whatever, there's a part of me that assumes the person who wrote that dislikes Dangan Ronpa, or at best thinks it's kind of stupid
otherwise they would call it by its proper name, you see
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
Bertrand Russell was asked by his friend Ludwig von Frankgenstein if he should become a philosopher or an aeronauticist. And Russell said philosophy, as the story goes, because he wrote a sentence that was philosophical enough. But shouldn't you become a scientist in some field before starting in philosophy? To me, philosophy without a science PhD is like women trying to tell jokes (especially jokes about science; which are not even jokes since science is never to be joked about unless it is reverently so like xkcd).
Russell was a mathemagician back in his time. Solving all of the math in England was his primary job and he was the best. But Ludwig never learned to science. And was probably never even taught the scientific method by a single professor (this was before Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins were brave enough to tell the masses). This means that nothing he says has any particular weight for me. Whether we're talking about about his book on the logic of Tractors or the Crime Scene Investigations (his successful tv show pilot). It might entertaining, but it is not philosophy.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
Odradek: Yudkowsky parody, or someone I'm not recognizing?
Bertrand Russell was asked by his friend Ludwig von Frankgenstein if he should become a philosopher or an aeronauticist. And Russell said philosophy, as the story goes, because he wrote a sentence that was philosophical enough. But shouldn't you become a scientist in some field before starting in philosophy? To me, philosophy without a science PhD is like women trying to tell jokes (especially jokes about science; which are not even jokes since science is never to be joked about unless it is reverently so like xkcd).
Russell was a mathemagician back in his time. Solving all of the math in England was his primary job and he was the best. But Ludwig never learned to science. And was probably never even taught the scientific method by a single professor (this was before Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins were brave enough to tell the masses). This means that nothing he says has any particular weight for me. Whether we're talking about about his book on the logic of Tractors or the Crime Scene Investigations (his successful tv show pilot). It might entertaining, but it is not philosophy.
I can't tell if that's a parody of Yudkowsky or actual Yudkowsky.
"sites run like wikis have a strong tendency to attract and harbor really shitty people, as anyone familiar with the behind the scenes history of tvtropes and bulbapedia can tell you"
You know, the internet has kind of spoiled me when it comes to people...
I know people like to exaggerate the trolls and the h8ers. but there is something to be said about being able to find communities that foster the same kind of outlook on life that you do.
in fact, sometimes I just kind of assume that kind of community is the norm, and then I walk outside and it's like "Nope, we're still racist and bigoted here in Arizona Counterclock, derp derp derp"
I decided to look at the Welcome to Night Vale page, because that's popular and very different than the usual shit they consume. The worst part was when they called Cecil a deadpan snarker, the official TV Tropes label for "I like this character
The new thing in deathcore is copying Meshuggah, ala this new Whitechapel song. I think this is a nice development, because it makes it much easier to draw a line between deathcore and slam– cue butthurt djent nerds getting up in arms about how Whitechapel is different from Periphery or whatever. No care, just note that if a band has gauged ears, skinny jeans and sounds like kids at Guitar Center who just heard about “polyrhythms” and bought 8-string guitars, it’s safe to say that they are nu-deathcore. Expect to hear a lot more of this thing in the next few years.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Cyanogenmod put out the first "milestone" release of their Android 4.3 version, so I put that on the Nexus 7
If it turns out to be reliable enough for daily use I might put it on my S3 as well
" You take the blue pill and you stay a progressive. You take the redpill and you stay in Naziland and I show you how deep the reactosphere goes" says a white inbred fedora wearing Moldbugorpheus
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those are fantastic names
but i know i mean no harm by it
Look at that lazy fellow eating French fries!
You're gonna get fat, glutton sloth!
Bertrand Russell was asked by his friend Ludwig von Frankgenstein if he should become a philosopher or an aeronauticist. And Russell said philosophy, as the story goes, because he wrote a sentence that was philosophical enough. But shouldn't you become a scientist in some field before starting in philosophy? To me, philosophy without a science PhD is like women trying to tell jokes (especially jokes about science; which are not even jokes since science is never to be joked about unless it is reverently so like xkcd).
Russell was a mathemagician back in his time. Solving all of the math in England was his primary job and he was the best. But Ludwig never learned to science. And was probably never even taught the scientific method by a single professor (this was before Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins were brave enough to tell the masses). This means that nothing he says has any particular weight for me. Whether we're talking about about his book on the logic of Tractors or the Crime Scene Investigations (his successful tv show pilot). It might entertaining, but it is not philosophy.
Woah
I know people like to exaggerate the trolls and the h8ers. but there is something to be said about being able to find communities that foster the same kind of outlook on life that you do.
in fact, sometimes I just kind of assume that kind of community is the norm, and then I walk outside and it's like "Nope, we're still racist and bigoted here in Arizona Counterclock, derp derp derp"
Eyes are said to be windows to the soul, if you leave your eyes wide open, the devil might take it as an open invitation.
Then a goon came out of the closet in an embarrassing stories thread about having sex with the family dog as a teenager.
Then a goon shared a story about getting straight friends drunk until they passed out and having sex with them.
(please rehost this, image is broken and redirects to an annoying message :P -lee)
Oh well. You still like the Goons and the Richard Dawkins and even the really bad Goons better than you ever liked me.
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity-le oldskull SA goons
If it turns out to be reliable enough for daily use I might put it on my S3 as well