But you get +150 points for tackling a train!

January 31, 2013 07:56AM
AND DONT YOU WANT THE HIGH SCORE?


Nah, for me it's primarily definition related, more-so than related to my feelings about what I'm scared of (black people).


Because then discussions become:

Batmancantz: Wrathpuppet, why are you eating that burger?

Wrathensturn: BECAUSE I'M SCARED OF HUNGER

Batmancantz: Why aren't you eating that burger?

Wrathensturn: BECAUSE I'M SCARED OF OBESITY

Batmancantz: Why are you saying scared for that, it really doesn't give any meaning to the discussion...

Wrathensturn: BECAUSE I'M SCARED OF SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY ON GIVEN TOPICS

Batmancantz: Why would you be scared of those?

Wrathensturn: BECAUSE SPECIFICITY IMPLIES NON-UNIVERSAL RECOGNITION OF CONCEPTUAL CHARACTERISTICS

Batmancantz: Thus?

Wrathensturn: SUBJECTIVITY IS RECOGNIZED AS USURPING OBJECTIVE ABSOLUTE QUALITIES

Batmancantz: How is that a problem?

Wrathensturn: THE REMOVAL OF LINGUISTIC AND THEREBY PHYSICAL COMPREHENSIVE CONSISTENCY IN OBSERVATION AND INTERACTION

Batmancantz: I don't see how that's bad

Wrathensturn: BECAUSE YOU RECOGNIZE A RATIONAL SCHEME OF EXISTENCE RATHER THAN APPREHENDING THE PURE ABSURDITY OF HUMANITY'S GOAL OF REASON/UNDERSTANDING IN A MEANINGLESS UNIVERSE WHERE OBSERVATION BY CHARACTERISTIC ATTACHMENT CREATES THE BONDS/SIGNIFIERS THAT REPLACE SUBSTANCE BY MEANS OF SIMULACRA, POPULATING THE UNIVERSE WITH RECOGNIZABLE MEANINGS AND REFERENTIAL REFLECTIONS RATHER THAN ESSENCES AND IN-ITSELF CAUSES

Batmancantz: Well that's just silly, that's not how things work.

Wrathensturn: I'M AFRAID YOU'RE WRONG

Batmancantz: Fear doesn't motivate everything unless you allow the definition to be so broad that it becomes the sole driver in all action and thought, even in things without thought.

Wrathensturn: BUT BACTERIA ONLY HURT YOU BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID TO DIE

Batmancantz: That's abuse of the term and you know it

Wrathensturn: YOU ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU FEAR LINGUISTIC CORRUPTION AND RELATIVITY IN SPOKEN/WRITTEN MEANING TO THE POINT OF DETERIORATION

Batmancantz: Well I don't fear it, I don't like it and I find it absolutely lacking in utility, especially for conveying meanings to those you are in contact or conversation with.

Wrathensturn: SO YOU FEAR SOLITUDE, THE INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE DUE TO THE INHERENT WORTHLESSNESS OF THE SPOKEN OR WRITTEN WORD SINCE MEANING INVALIDATES ITSELF WHEN MANIFESTED OUTSIDE OF SINGULAR CONCEPTION

Batmancantz: Well no, I don't fear solitude or even fear it - you're abusing that word again.

Wrathensturn: I FEAR YOU ARE MISTAKEN

Batmancantz: Now that's just a bad joke.

Wrathensturn: YOU FEAR GOOD JOKES

Batmancantz: No I don't, I fear spiders. I fear drowning. I don't fear words and guns and what not - those have no special history with me through which to present or cause fear. I recognize what they can do, as much as I recognize a knife or a car or a bomb, but I do not actively fear them.

Wrathensturn: RECOGNITION, ACTION, THOUGHT - ALL OF THESE ARE INHERENTLY CAUSED BY FEAR

Batmancantz: Only insomuch that they are all inherently caused by french-fries. It's a shitty vague argument that covers universal description due to its non-specific nature and its malleable terminology.

Wrathensturn: SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU FEAR FRENCH-FRIES

Batmancantz: No, I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.







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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/2013 08:19AM by Batman.
Subject Author Posted

For Physics, Re: Gun ownership and social cost.

istirith January 29, 2013 07:37PM

PS: On behalf of all British people..

istirith January 31, 2013 03:12PM

Related Article

vortexmagus January 31, 2013 11:53AM

ahuehue

Matrik January 31, 2013 12:11PM

its hard to find good data

Quas January 30, 2013 04:07AM

You have no idea.

istirith January 30, 2013 06:19AM

but, but, we love our confirmation bias! (n/t)

Quixotic January 30, 2013 07:08AM

The government is just responding to pop culture

Rade January 30, 2013 04:40AM

This is something deadly serious. I urge all people to consider what "zombie apocalypse" training is really about.

Pro January 30, 2013 05:02AM

Occam's razor, civil unrest doesn't have to be this existential thing for the U.S.

Rade January 30, 2013 07:47AM

Stop being crazy. This is a discussion about a CDC webpage

wrathpuppet January 30, 2013 05:15AM

Keep thinking that's what it's only about.

Pro January 30, 2013 05:17AM

This fails every application of logic.

wrathpuppet January 30, 2013 05:25AM

It fails no application of logic as you say.

Pro January 30, 2013 05:33AM

We're not even close to revolution.

wrathpuppet January 30, 2013 05:40AM

Revolution vs Civil unrest

Quixotic January 30, 2013 06:21AM

I think that there is something up ahead.

istirith January 30, 2013 04:23PM

The rule of thumb is we are 9 meals away from riots. (n/t)

Pro January 30, 2013 06:29AM

Just be glad that you're not living in Dubai..

istirith January 30, 2013 04:28PM

Who said anything about a revolutiuon? I didn't. (n/t)

Pro January 30, 2013 06:10AM

You implied it. Don't be dishonest. (n/t)

wrathpuppet January 30, 2013 06:14AM

You just asked Pro not to be dishonest...

NbM(VIP) January 30, 2013 06:40AM

In no way did I imply it. (Edited)

Pro January 30, 2013 06:21AM

I don't think the zombie stuff is a waste

Quas January 30, 2013 04:46AM

I think that's what you keep failing to see from the opposite side

Rade January 30, 2013 07:43AM

where the problem lies

Quas January 31, 2013 06:24AM

Indeed it is where the problem lies.

Batman January 31, 2013 06:46AM

Re: where the problem lies

Matrik January 31, 2013 06:28AM

Re: where the problem lies

Quas January 31, 2013 06:34AM

So, basically you are paranoid. (n/t)

Matrik January 31, 2013 07:03AM

yes, but really only of people with guns, other weapons don't bother me (n/t)

Quas January 31, 2013 07:06AM

I can see how you would want people disarmed then. I'm sorry you have to live in fear.

Matrik January 31, 2013 07:07AM

I would also point out that anyone who feels ths need to carry a gun is also paranoid, do you feel sorry for them too? (n/t)

Quas January 31, 2013 07:21AM

Do you feel that people who feel the need to protect their right to vote in fair democratic elections are paranoid? nt

Rade February 02, 2013 07:11AM

I don't think that's true, so no I don't feel sorry for them. (n/t)

Matrik January 31, 2013 07:25AM

Isn't living in fear one of the primary motives for gun ownership in the first place? (n/t)

wrathpuppet January 31, 2013 07:12AM

That, or enjoyment, etc.

Batman January 31, 2013 07:20AM

I disagree. I think fear is at the root of all of those things.

wrathpuppet January 31, 2013 07:26AM

I guess I just don't like the definition of fear being so broadly applicable since then it's not exactly distinguishable from "action".

Batman January 31, 2013 07:30AM

Again, I disagree.

wrathpuppet January 31, 2013 07:35AM

But you get +150 points for tackling a train!

Batman January 31, 2013 07:56AM

This is a top notch post. (n/t)

wrathpuppet January 31, 2013 08:38AM

the path

Matrik January 31, 2013 08:01AM

For the record:

Matrik January 31, 2013 07:37AM

It felt like you were. (n/t)

wrathpuppet January 31, 2013 07:44AM

Are you paranoid that I was?

Matrik January 31, 2013 07:47AM

Bad subject line. Changed.

Matrik January 31, 2013 07:29AM

I think we're just going to disagree on this. (n/t)

wrathpuppet January 31, 2013 07:30AM

Probably. My heart is not in it to try very hard. (n/t)

Matrik January 31, 2013 07:31AM

this is more or less correct

Quas January 31, 2013 07:24AM

I'm going to point out here...txt

wrathpuppet January 31, 2013 07:29AM

lolled

Batman January 31, 2013 07:33AM

It comes down to cost/benefit.

wrathpuppet January 31, 2013 07:42AM

But do those THOUSANDS of deaths per year really balance that out?

Batman January 31, 2013 07:57AM

Of course, because there would be Millions less people without vehicles

Quas January 31, 2013 09:18AM

So make vehicles only commercial, no private ownership allowed. That way we can prevent more deaths.

Batman January 31, 2013 09:44AM

this is not a good comparison

Quas January 31, 2013 09:57AM

You could take public transportation, walk, or ride - just like you said about owning a gun - There are alternatives .Maybe not as convenient, but there are. NT

Batman January 31, 2013 09:59AM

The fall off to the next best alternative is substantially greater for transportation then weapons

Quas January 31, 2013 10:04AM

I said the same thing in response to relying on cops everywhere.

Batman January 31, 2013 10:06AM

Comes down (right or wrong) to popular opinion.

wrathpuppet January 31, 2013 08:43AM

Not for me. (n/t)

Matrik January 31, 2013 07:14AM

Clearly not for everyone...

wrathpuppet January 31, 2013 07:19AM

I think self-defense can be *A* reason without being THE reason.

Matrik January 31, 2013 07:58AM

Completely agree with this zombie nonsense.

ghuljun_thul January 30, 2013 04:21AM

Yeah. I bet you liked zombies before they were cool huh? (n/t)

Matrik January 30, 2013 06:16AM

Hey, suck it up. I had to live through a vampire trend. (n/t)

Pro January 30, 2013 04:38AM

www.fbi.gov (n/t)

Pro January 30, 2013 04:11AM



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