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Ariston
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Seriously, y'alls need to make more socialist intellectual friends or something who post more ponderous things. It's not quite as great/timesucking as twitter (where the philosophers hang out), but honestly, facebook is only as shallow as your friends.
Or it could just be that I've blocked or ignore all the boring people and facebook's figured out that I like really boring ponderous and pretentious bullshit.
And that's Twilight Sparkle gettin' barbecued over there. Yes, I was a minor fan of the franchise, back in the day—it was like Firefly, but with horses.
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Ariston:
—it was like Firefly, but with horses.
You take that back, right now, you take that BACK!!!
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Kelly Alves
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Originally posted by Ariston:
Seriously, y'alls need to make more socialist intellectual friends or something who post more ponderous things. It's not quite as great/timesucking as twitter (where the philosophers hang out), but honestly, facebook is only as shallow as your friends.
Or it could just be that I've blocked or ignore all the boring people and facebook's figured out that I like really boring ponderous and pretentious bullshit.
And that's Twilight Sparkle gettin' barbecued over there. Yes, I was a minor fan of the franchise, back in the day—it was like Firefly, but with horses.
God, I love reading your posts, even though they gum up my brain too much for me to respond coherently.
And it is just as silly to expect FB to be like the Ship as it is to complain that the Ship doesn't have a "like" button. And common sense is a good thing-- if someone posts a controversial political cherry bomb ( as in Alan's example), they have opened the door to a political discussion, IMO. Same goes for me if I post a blistering rant against Trump. But if someone ( hypothetically) posts a shout out to two guys they know who are getting married, perhaps that's not the place to launch into a defense of DOMA, and if (again, hypothetically) I post an obituary of the old lady who owned the local donut shop, indicating I had been fond of her, don't be shocked if I am not in a frame of mind to field comments like, "It's too bad she spent so much of her life contributing to the American obesity epidemic." Not everything is a debate, some stuff are just attempts to connect with people who can connect with what you are posting.
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Ariston
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
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Originally posted by Ariston:
—it was like Firefly, but with horses.
You take that back, right now, you take that BACK!!!
Sometimes, you do what you can to get close to a season 2.
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RooK
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Originally posted by Ariston:
And that's Twilight Sparkle gettin' barbecued over there.
Shiny. I'm a Princess Luna / Nighmare Moon fan myself, but of course I am.
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—it was like Firefly, but with horses.
Firstly, Firefly had horses. Just not as the main characters. Which was Serenity. And Jane Motherfucking Cobb.
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lilBuddha
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Firefly has interesting stories and Zoe, character development and Inara, solid cinematography and Kaylee, allusions to history, sociology and psychology and River.
My Little Pony has unicorns with the names of designer drugs aimed at toddlers.
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Dafyd
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
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Originally posted by kingsfold:
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posted by Orfeo:
...women. All they gave me in Edinburgh was a bunch of women!
Hang on, didn't scz turn up to that meet? ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
scz was definitely there. Wasn't Dafyd there too?
I was.
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
Firefly has interesting stories and Zoe, character development and Inara, solid cinematography and Kaylee, allusions to history, sociology and psychology and River.
My Little Pony has unicorns with the names of designer drugs aimed at toddlers.
And this is based on watching how many Friendship is Magic episodes?
No, no, go on. Where would cultural snobbery be if we couldn't be dismissive of things we haven't read or watched?
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lilBuddha
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![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif) Oh Dafyd, I knew Our Little Philosopher was missing a few columns in his mental temple and Rook is obviously unhinged, but I'd thought you at least minimally sound of mind.
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Alan Cresswell
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Originally posted by Dafyd:
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
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Originally posted by kingsfold:
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posted by Orfeo:
...women. All they gave me in Edinburgh was a bunch of women!
Hang on, didn't scz turn up to that meet?
scz was definitely there. Wasn't Dafyd there too?
I was.
So, you and scz were physically present in the same room, eating and drinking and joining in the conversation for an entire evening. And, your presence went totally unremembered.
And people who don't get a 'like' for every little thought they post think they have problems and are being ignored ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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orfeo
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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
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Originally posted by Dafyd:
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
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Originally posted by kingsfold:
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...women. All they gave me in Edinburgh was a bunch of women!
Hang on, didn't scz turn up to that meet?
scz was definitely there. Wasn't Dafyd there too?
I was.
So, you and scz were physically present in the same room, eating and drinking and joining in the conversation for an entire evening. And, your presence went totally unremembered.
Or, you know, sometimes exaggerating produces entertaining results.
Also, it wasn't an evening. You just made that shit up.
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Alan Cresswell
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Originally posted by orfeo:
Also, it wasn't an evening. You just made that shit up.
I wasn't there, and so faced with the option of was it a lunch and afternoon meet or a dinner and evening meet I tossed a mental coin, and got it wrong. So, yes I made it up.
Though, maybe I was there and the stimulating company and conversation was such that I've totally forgotten the whole experience.
On the subject of meets in Scotland and Shipmates of yore, I do remember the time IngoB came to visit. That was a dinner and evening, the last we saw of him was being led down a dark alley by scz and chive to sample the delights of the Edinburgh nightlife. He looked back with a "help, what have I let myself in for?" look on his face. I think he feared spending the next few hours trapped in a discussion of Scottish Presbyterianism and the latest issues in the Church of Scotland. He may have been right.
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Ariston
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
unicorns . . . designer drugs aimed at toddlers.
So basically my two favorite things?
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Ariston:
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
unicorns . . . designer drugs aimed at toddlers.
So basically my two favorite things?
The first step in solving a problem is admitting you have one. Take the next one and find help.
Though, if you are serious about philosophy, perhaps you shouldn't.
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ThunderBunk
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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
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Originally posted by orfeo:
Also, it wasn't an evening. You just made that shit up.
I wasn't there, and so faced with the option of was it a lunch and afternoon meet or a dinner and evening meet I tossed a mental coin, and got it wrong. So, yes I made it up.
Shock and very much horror. The Ship has entered the post-truth era. Abandon ontological certainty all ye who enter here.
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Foolish, potentially deranged witterings
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RooK
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Originally posted by leo:
Mental health professionals tend not to be evasive nor condescending.
Oh, look: yet another thing that you're just plain old totally fucking wrong about. Astonishingly, it turns out that mental health professionals are also humans.
He's a personal dare to you: make one declarative statement that isn't idiotically wrong.
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RooK
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Originally posted by IntellectByProxy:
If KenWrites manages to possess someone and pop by I may just sob uncontrollably.
This tempted me to log in as KenWritez, just to harvest your tears.
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Alan Cresswell
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Originally posted by leo:
Mental health professionals tend not to be evasive nor condescending.
On the other hand, you manage both superlatively.
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Chorister
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Originally posted by RooK:
I've been on Bookface since early on in its public incarnation. Hated it immediately. It is a miserable place, full of shit. However, like many others, it is the default medium for staying in contact. So I have it ping me with emails when my Important People post things, and that's it.
Even that limited function is annoying, and stupidly inconsistent.
I found out, by accident, that changing the more ephemera-loving 'friends' to 'acquaintances' on FB made most of the monotonous links disappear. Then you get real news from real friends and a lot less junk.
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jedijudy
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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
And people who don't get a 'like' for every little thought they post think they have problems and are being ignored
Just post pictures of your beautiful orchids. Blessed Thoughts™ not necessary. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
running back to Heaven...
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Ariston
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
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Originally posted by Ariston:
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
unicorns . . . designer drugs aimed at toddlers.
So basically my two favorite things?
The first step in solving a problem is admitting you have one. Take the next one and find help.
Though, if you are serious about philosophy, perhaps you shouldn't.
Why be realistic?
Don't wake me from my dream.
I was individualistic
They kicked me off the team
—They Might Be Giants, on my time in philosophy grad school
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Ariston
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Originally posted by leo:
Mental health professionals tend not to be evasive nor condescending.
Which explains why I've met so few whose smug fucking faces couldn't be improved by a good fist to the "I don't know, why don't you tell me more?"-hole
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Ariston:
Why be realistic?
Don't wake me from my dream.
I was individualistic
They kicked me off the team
—They Might Be Giants, on my time in philosophy grad school
Oh, then, it shall be songs?
En guarde!
I've seen all your eyes
And I've seen all your faces
Can you tell me honestly
that you want to be free? Blind Melon
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mousethief
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
En guarde!
*garde
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RooK
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Originally posted by Chorister:
I found out, by accident, that changing the more ephemera-loving 'friends' to 'acquaintances' on FB made most of the monotonous links disappear. Then you get real news from real friends and a lot less junk.
That is quite possibly true - but that doesn't solve all the problems, does it. The whole fucking interface is inconsistent assholery. Things aren't listed chonologically, and if there's an option it's not readily apparent. Not to mention the whole shifting realms of access and settings. I swear I have to update the notification settings quarterly to insist that I don't get drowned in bullshit. Actually trying to find anything is a mess, clearly designed to distract and keep you poking around as long as possible.
Fuck that shit.
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Originally posted by RooK:
clearly designed to distract and keep you poking around as long as possible.
You've described the internet to a tee.
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by mousethief:
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
En guarde!
*garde
Taking the French side, are we, Mr. Fancy Pantaloony?
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mousethief
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
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Originally posted by mousethief:
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
En guarde!
*garde
Taking the French side, are we, Mr. Fancy Pantaloony?
Why is it always about "sides" with you? Never about backs or fronts.
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Kelly Alves
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Remember, in sabre fencing, the entire body is a target.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Eutychus
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Originally posted by ThunderBunk:
The Ship has entered the post-truth era. Abandon ontological certainty all ye who enter here.
That's hardly news. Did you not know that everyone else apart from you on here is a sockpuppet of the one other actual poster?
(just quietly fuelling your paranoia)
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Kelly Alves
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Every one is a sock puppet of the previous poster. It's one big Quizmaster game that never died.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Sioni Sais
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Remember, in sabre fencing, the entire body is a target.
IIRC, the joy of sabre fencing is that in order to get a hit you have to be in a position that allows your opponent to hit you.
A bit like Hell really.
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orfeo
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Mornington Crescent.
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orfeo
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Um, yes, that was exactly the comment I was making. Only, you know, I was subtle about it instead of just blurting it out.
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Doc Tor
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Are you implying I have no impulse control? Because if you are
you'd be pretty much on the money.
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orfeo
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SQUIRREL!!
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Doc Tor:
You see? It's another bloody Circus thread.
Mt and KA are plotting to poke me all about with sharp bits of metal and you think it is a game.
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Patdys
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RooK-Annoyer
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Every one is a sock puppet of the previous poster. It's one big Quizmaster game that never died.
<ETA- sorry, not sure why this posted twice>
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Originally posted by Patdys:
Every one is a sock puppet of the previous poster. It's one big Quizmaster game that never died.
<ETA- sorry, not sure why this posted twice>
You did it a purpose to imply that I was your sock puppet.
Sir, remove your hand.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Originally posted by RooK:
Actually trying to find anything is a mess, clearly designed to distract and keep you poking around as long as possible.
And the more you poke around, the more rubbish they send you. A real ship of fools if ever there was one.
[ 12. January 2017, 22:08: Message edited by: Chorister ]
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deano
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Originally posted by RooK:
But I bet Deano voted Trump.
No I didn't formany reasons, but the main one because I'm English you thick bell-end.
Littlebugger, why don't you go and count your chromosomes because I'm not convinced you would pass an audit.
And just because some of you need reminding from time to time...
Nuclear weapons, Brexit, The Conservative Party, home-ownership, setting up pro-western governments in foreign parts, cheap shares from privatising things, immigration caps and being nasty to the French. These are all excellent.
Just saying.
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mousethief
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Oh, look who sobered up enough to use the keyboard!
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Alan Cresswell
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But, not sober enough to make sense.
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deano
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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
But, not sober enough to make sense.
A la the OP. What is the yank equivalent of Spar own brand?
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Alan Cresswell
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As I said, not sober enough to make any sense.
Do 7-11 do their own brand alcohol in the States? I know they do in Japan. Not that deano needs any more cheap booze to rot what's left of his brain.
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by mousethief:
Oh, look who sobered up enough to use the keyboard!
And a whole lot of monkeys short of making any sense.
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