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9/23/2013 7:38:41 AM Posted: 7 years ago "Sexuality is fundamentally a legal fiction," says Debord; however, according to Scuglia, it is not so much sexuality that is fundamentally a legal fiction, but rather the absurdity, and subsequent fatal flaw, of sexuality. Thus, an abundance of patriarchialisms concerning the economy of conceptual sexual identity exist. McElwaine holds that we have to choose between dialectic premodernist theory and deconstructive narrative.
The primary theme of von Mises's essay on capitalism is a self-falsifying paradox. It could be said that Debord's critique of Lacanist obscurity states that society, somewhat surprisingly, has objective value. The main theme of the works of Fellini is not situationism, but neosituationism. "Class is part of the futility of reality," says Sontag. But subcapitalist discourse implies that language serves to marginalize the underprivileged, but only if Sartre"s analysis of Lacanist obscurity is valid. The ground/figure distinction depicted in Fellini"s Satyricon emerges again in 8 1/2. It could be said that the primary theme of la Tournier's critique of capitalism is a dialectic totality. If Lacanist obscurity holds, the works of Tarantino are an example of self-fulfilling nihilism. Therefore, Porter suggests that we have to choose between capitalism and textual postcapitalist theory. Derrida uses the term "Lacanist obscurity" to denote the difference between society and sexual identity. Thus, the subject is interpolated into a subcapitalist discourse that includes truth as a reality. Several desublimations concerning capitalism may be discovered. But Bataille promotes the use of textual situationism to modify society. The genre, and hence the paradigm, of capitalism intrinsic to Tarantino's Four Rooms is also evident in Reservoir Dogs, although in a more mythopoetical sense. |
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9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM Posted: 7 years ago Yer bad at satire
: At 5/13/2014 7:05:20 PM, Crescendo wrote: : The difference is that the gay movement is currently pushing their will on Churches, as shown in the link to gay marriage in Denmark. Meanwhile, the Inquisition ended several centuries ago. |
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9/23/2013 9:39:29 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: |
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9/23/2013 10:23:08 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/23/2013 9:39:29 AM, NightofTheLivingCats wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: "Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact." - Carl Sagan This is the response of the defenders of Sparta to the Commander of the Roman Army: "If you are a god, you will not hurt those who have never injured you. If you are a man, advance - you will find men equal to yourself. And women. |
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9/23/2013 4:01:02 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: why do you say "yer"? "A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly with the chain of their own ideas" - Michel Foucault |
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9/23/2013 4:17:51 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/23/2013 4:01:02 PM, 000ike wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: I have actually wondered that too, because I just can't help but be irritated by it. Granted, there's not much that spinko does to irritate me, but grammatical errors... especially the intentional ones... just sort of burn like weak acid on the skin. |
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9/23/2013 4:25:49 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/23/2013 4:17:51 PM, YYW wrote:At 9/23/2013 4:01:02 PM, 000ike wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: I don't know... there's something about throwing in informal grammar in the middle of sophisticated arguments (speaking in general for noumena, not necessarily right now) that makes them seem natural and less forced. I just want to hear his reasons "A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly with the chain of their own ideas" - Michel Foucault |
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9/23/2013 8:09:06 PM Posted: 7 years ago The OP was produced by a randomized text program called the Postmodernism Generator.
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9/23/2013 9:58:16 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: Also, 8 1/2 is an awesome movie, everyone should go watch it. We gonna pull up like the ice cream truck |
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9/23/2013 11:21:31 PM Posted: 7 years ago Do something useful, like science.
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9/24/2013 7:41:24 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/23/2013 10:23:08 AM, muzebreak wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:39:29 AM, NightofTheLivingCats wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: |
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9/24/2013 9:06:03 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/24/2013 7:41:24 AM, drafterman wrote:At 9/23/2013 10:23:08 AM, muzebreak wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:39:29 AM, NightofTheLivingCats wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: "Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact." - Carl Sagan This is the response of the defenders of Sparta to the Commander of the Roman Army: "If you are a god, you will not hurt those who have never injured you. If you are a man, advance - you will find men equal to yourself. And women. |
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9/24/2013 1:10:00 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/24/2013 9:06:03 AM, muzebreak wrote:At 9/24/2013 7:41:24 AM, drafterman wrote:At 9/23/2013 10:23:08 AM, muzebreak wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:39:29 AM, NightofTheLivingCats wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: |
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9/24/2013 1:13:10 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/24/2013 1:10:00 PM, drafterman wrote:At 9/24/2013 9:06:03 AM, muzebreak wrote:At 9/24/2013 7:41:24 AM, drafterman wrote:At 9/23/2013 10:23:08 AM, muzebreak wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:39:29 AM, NightofTheLivingCats wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: Debate me: Economic decision theory should be adjusted to include higher-order preferences for non-normative purposes http://www.debate.org... Do you really believe that? Or not? If you believe it, you should man up and defend it in a debate. -RoyLatham My Pet Fish is such a Douche- NiamC It's an app to meet friends and stuff, sort of like an adult club penguin- Thett3, describing Tinder |
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9/24/2013 5:37:24 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/23/2013 8:09:06 PM, Poetaster wrote: Just refresh the page: http://www.elsewhere.org... |
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9/25/2013 4:13:05 AM Posted: 7 years ago I think this is genuinely deeply hilarious and spot on.
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9/25/2013 3:55:24 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/25/2013 4:13:05 AM, jat93 wrote: Welcome back. I cannot write in English, because of the treacherous spelling. When I am reading, I only hear it and am unable to remember what the written word looks like." "Albert Einstein http://www.twainquotes.com... , http://thewritecorner.wordpress.com... , http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com... |
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9/27/2013 9:34:25 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/23/2013 4:17:51 PM, YYW wrote:At 9/23/2013 4:01:02 PM, 000ike wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: It's just a habit of typing. : At 5/13/2014 7:05:20 PM, Crescendo wrote: : The difference is that the gay movement is currently pushing their will on Churches, as shown in the link to gay marriage in Denmark. Meanwhile, the Inquisition ended several centuries ago. |
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9/27/2013 9:35:37 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/23/2013 11:21:31 PM, Lordknukle wrote: http://i0.kym-cdn.com... : At 5/13/2014 7:05:20 PM, Crescendo wrote: : The difference is that the gay movement is currently pushing their will on Churches, as shown in the link to gay marriage in Denmark. Meanwhile, the Inquisition ended several centuries ago. |
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9/27/2013 9:36:45 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/23/2013 4:25:49 PM, 000ike wrote:At 9/23/2013 4:17:51 PM, YYW wrote:At 9/23/2013 4:01:02 PM, 000ike wrote:At 9/23/2013 9:28:26 AM, Noumena wrote: It's just how I put it. I don't know why and I don't know when I started doing it but I usually type things out rather quickly and don't feel it necessary to go back and fix it every time. Plus it makes me feel special. : At 5/13/2014 7:05:20 PM, Crescendo wrote: : The difference is that the gay movement is currently pushing their will on Churches, as shown in the link to gay marriage in Denmark. Meanwhile, the Inquisition ended several centuries ago. |
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9/27/2013 10:49:19 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/27/2013 9:35:37 AM, Noumena wrote:At 9/23/2013 11:21:31 PM, Lordknukle wrote: Call me when philosophy cures cancer. Or does anything, really. "Easy is the descent to Avernus, for the door to the Underworld lies upon both day and night. But to retrace your steps and return to the breezes above- that's the task, that's the toil." |
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9/27/2013 11:01:06 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/27/2013 10:49:19 AM, Lordknukle wrote:At 9/27/2013 9:35:37 AM, Noumena wrote:At 9/23/2013 11:21:31 PM, Lordknukle wrote: Is it strictly necessary that the value of philosophical thought be measured in terms of physical utility? |
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9/27/2013 11:03:15 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/27/2013 11:01:06 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 10:49:19 AM, Lordknukle wrote:At 9/27/2013 9:35:37 AM, Noumena wrote:At 9/23/2013 11:21:31 PM, Lordknukle wrote: Yes. "Easy is the descent to Avernus, for the door to the Underworld lies upon both day and night. But to retrace your steps and return to the breezes above- that's the task, that's the toil." |
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9/27/2013 11:08:05 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/27/2013 11:03:15 AM, Lordknukle wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:01:06 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 10:49:19 AM, Lordknukle wrote:At 9/27/2013 9:35:37 AM, Noumena wrote:At 9/23/2013 11:21:31 PM, Lordknukle wrote: Why is that? That's neither why I engage in it nor the benefit I derive from it, so it isn't obvious to me. |
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9/27/2013 11:09:55 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/27/2013 11:08:05 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:03:15 AM, Lordknukle wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:01:06 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 10:49:19 AM, Lordknukle wrote:At 9/27/2013 9:35:37 AM, Noumena wrote:At 9/23/2013 11:21:31 PM, Lordknukle wrote: I see no reason for supporting intellectual masturbation. "Easy is the descent to Avernus, for the door to the Underworld lies upon both day and night. But to retrace your steps and return to the breezes above- that's the task, that's the toil." |
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9/27/2013 11:13:45 AM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/27/2013 11:09:55 AM, Lordknukle wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:08:05 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:03:15 AM, Lordknukle wrote: Two things: first, I would appreciate not being patronized. I'm trying sincerely to rectify on my part a lack of understanding, and using negatively-charged terms in your replies will not help me. Second, the benefit I derive from philosophy is not entertainment value. It seems like you're setting up a choice between physical utility and intellectual pleasure--if this is true, I think we have different understandings of physical utility. How do you understand it? |
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9/27/2013 1:27:01 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/27/2013 11:13:45 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:09:55 AM, Lordknukle wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:08:05 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:03:15 AM, Lordknukle wrote: His jumping off point is some type of unfocused instrumentalism. He doesn't see the need to critically evaluate it because he's lazy and/or mentally disabled. Boom. Done. No more explanation necessary. : At 5/13/2014 7:05:20 PM, Crescendo wrote: : The difference is that the gay movement is currently pushing their will on Churches, as shown in the link to gay marriage in Denmark. Meanwhile, the Inquisition ended several centuries ago. |
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9/27/2013 1:44:07 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/27/2013 1:27:01 PM, Noumena wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:13:45 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:09:55 AM, Lordknukle wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:08:05 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:03:15 AM, Lordknukle wrote: I don't think I've heard language like that since Joe. Anyway, I'm not convinced writing someone off that way is especially productive. It may be the case I have nothing (or not enough) to gain from conversing with him--I do employ a certain economy of discourse--but that remains to be seen. If he is actually lazy, it isn't a terminal condition. If he is in some way mentally handicapped, which I think is both incredibly unlikely and, even if true, not especially handicapping, I couldn't hold it against him. If, as I believe, he's mistaken, it is likely he nevertheless has some emotional connection to his beliefs--much the same as myself and anyone I've ever met. This is why I prefer to proceed gently and estimate how taxing, relative to my expected gains, the full conversation would likely be on my internal resources. |
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9/27/2013 1:51:59 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/27/2013 1:44:07 PM, Cody_Franklin wrote:Actually, after I sent off that post I looked at it and it brought to mind a recent thing he posted in the group wherein he called some fellow a cvnt after what seemed like hardly any provocation. Dear god he's rubbing off on me.At 9/27/2013 1:27:01 PM, Noumena wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:13:45 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:09:55 AM, Lordknukle wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:08:05 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:03:15 AM, Lordknukle wrote:
Do what you will. I think denigrating the entirety of philosophical thought to "intellectual masturbation" is taxing enough for me so I'll refrain ;) : At 5/13/2014 7:05:20 PM, Crescendo wrote: : The difference is that the gay movement is currently pushing their will on Churches, as shown in the link to gay marriage in Denmark. Meanwhile, the Inquisition ended several centuries ago. |
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9/27/2013 5:29:02 PM Posted: 7 years ago At 9/27/2013 11:13:45 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:09:55 AM, Lordknukle wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:08:05 AM, Cody_Franklin wrote:At 9/27/2013 11:03:15 AM, Lordknukle wrote: It's a difference of axioms. I don't value anything that can't produce real, physical results, which is the main reason that I revere the scientific method and inquiry; you clearly value things that are psychological in nature. That's it. "Easy is the descent to Avernus, for the door to the Underworld lies upon both day and night. But to retrace your steps and return to the breezes above- that's the task, that's the toil." |
