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Good Soldier Svejk posted:If you want to safely tell someone off just stick to oldtimey insults thou art a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy worsted-stocking knave; a lily-liver’d, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, superserviceable, finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch
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May 19, 2021 18:55
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BRAKE FOR MOOSE posted:brains don't work that way. it's a developmental disorder no it isn’t. there’s no perfectly smooth brains.
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May 19, 2021 18:58
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calling someone a moron or a cretin or even just a "dunderhead" is Problematic because it reproduces celot's understanding of the world in which some people are just unaccountably mentally defective and that explains why they don't do what you want them to do. i don't think it's reasonable to make all these things probatable or expect people to just cut each and every last word relating to thinking ability out of their vocabulary or whatever, especially since it's convenient to be able to call a plan cretinous or an idea idiotic. there's probably people who don't even want to see that usage, but whether you're "allowed to" or "should" say a word ultimately depends on whether enough present-day people don't want you to, not whether that word is innately bad
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May 19, 2021 19:04
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Ferrinus posted:calling someone a moron or a cretin or even just a "dunderhead" is Problematic because it reproduces celot's understanding of the world in which some people are just unaccountably mentally defective and that explains why they don't do what you want them to do. i don't think it's reasonable to make all these things probatable or expect people to just cut each and every last word relating to thinking ability out of their vocabulary or whatever, especially since it's convenient to be able to call a plan cretinous or an idea idiotic. there's probably people who don't even want to see that usage, but whether you're "allowed to" or "should" say a word ultimately depends on whether enough present-day people don't want you to, not whether that word is innately bad some people are irredeemably loving stupid and a great proportion of the arguments that dominate debate within the left involve how much decision-making power a system should grant to the irredeemably loving stupid
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May 19, 2021 19:10
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Ferrinus posted:calling someone a moron or a cretin or even just a "dunderhead" is Problematic because it reproduces celot's understanding of the world in which some people are just unaccountably mentally defective and that explains why they don't do what you want them to do. i don't think it's reasonable to make all these things probatable or expect people to just cut each and every last word relating to thinking ability out of their vocabulary or whatever, especially since it's convenient to be able to call a plan cretinous or an idea idiotic. there's probably people who don't even want to see that usage, but whether you're "allowed to" or "should" say a word ultimately depends on whether enough present-day people don't want you to, not whether that word is innately bad this thread is starting to get really dumb
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May 19, 2021 19:13
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I wonder where "dunderhead" comes from as an insult. To call someone "thunder head" or "loud head" doesn't seem particularly insulting to me
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May 19, 2021 19:15
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BRAKE FOR MOOSE posted:some people are irredeemably loving stupid and a great proportion of the arguments that dominate debate within the left involve how much decision-making power a system should grant to the irredeemably loving stupid i don't agree, really, i think "smart" and "stupid" are mostly social performances. to use celot as an example again, it turns out that he wasn't simply too dumb to grasp what we were saying, but rather a disingenuous racist
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May 19, 2021 19:17
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Ferrinus posted:i don't agree, really, i think "smart" and "stupid" are mostly social performances. to use celot as an example again, it turns out that he wasn't simply too dumb to grasp what we were saying, but rather a disingenuous racist That's a fair point, simply dismissing him as uneducated or incapable of understanding would be a much kinder assessment of his character
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May 19, 2021 19:19
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An imbecile is haunting cspam
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May 19, 2021 19:20
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indigi posted:no it isn’t. there’s no perfectly smooth brains. flcl disagrees
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May 19, 2021 19:21
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I took it as he wanted someone to complete some sort of assignment for him by asking contradictory questions
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May 19, 2021 19:22
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F Stop Fitzgerald posted:mindfulness is just the first step to even be able to understand your own emotions in a dialectical way. its hard to find and analyze the function of certain intrusive or negative thoughts when they are causing you actual stress and anguish. bingo, it didn't make me less mad about things it made me more mad if anything. it gave me clarity it's popularity is absolutely some white-people lib bullshit, as a tool of control. oh, so you have anxiety about the world boiling? or getting sick? or paying your rent? or a pandemic. control yourself and all is right the other side of it is that you can do something humans have been doing for thousands of years which is prayer or meditation or whatever you want to call it where you go to a quiet place and reflect on your thoughts and feelings. it's absolutely not about suppressing them or silencing them, it's about understanding them. this can reduce your overall agony because there are negative loops, like where you get anxiety about being anxious and other such unhelpful bullshit (this is not some mystical thing, each time you recall something you destroy that memory and recreate it physically. memory retention is tied to emotional intensity: this is why PTSD can get worse with time, as the memories actually strengthen as the new experience reinforces the old) also you can get ego death occasionally this way, same as if you are in the zone on playing music or something, it's very difficult to describe obv. but i think it helps with drive and compassion
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May 19, 2021 19:24
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Victory Position posted:I took it as he wanted someone to complete some sort of assignment for him by asking contradictory questions he wanted to get some sjw grad students to admit that muslims are just crazy, which everyone knows but is just too scared to say because of the pc police
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May 19, 2021 19:24
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Yossarian-22 posted:this thread is starting to get really dumb nice ableism. my uncle's cousin's sister's friend had their tongue cut out by communists and I'd like to see you use the d-word to their face
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May 19, 2021 19:28
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Brain Candy posted:(this is not some mystical thing, each time you recall something you destroy that memory and recreate it physically. memory retention is tied to emotional intensity: this is why PTSD can get worse with time, as the memories actually strengthen as the new experience reinforces the old)
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May 19, 2021 19:36
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:I wonder where "dunderhead" comes from as an insult. its comes from the scots. dunner in scot sounds alot like donner, which is another scot word that means stunned as if hit in the head. basically dunderhead means youre behaving like you just got hit in the head.
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May 19, 2021 19:38
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Could Marx beat light from popular anime series death note
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May 19, 2021 19:46
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tokin opposition posted:Could Marx beat light from popular anime series death note this is a fist of the north star situation, he already has
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May 19, 2021 19:57
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Ferrinus posted:calling someone a moron or a cretin or even just a "dunderhead" is Problematic because it reproduces celot's understanding of the world in which some people are just unaccountably mentally defective and that explains why they don't do what you want them to do. i don't think it's reasonable to make all these things probatable or expect people to just cut each and every last word relating to thinking ability out of their vocabulary or whatever, especially since it's convenient to be able to call a plan cretinous or an idea idiotic. there's probably people who don't even want to see that usage, but whether you're "allowed to" or "should" say a word ultimately depends on whether enough present-day people don't want you to, not whether that word is innately bad Taking it for granted that "some people are just unaccountably mentally defective and that explains why they don't do what you want them to do" is the first and most critical step towards forming plans that do not require the active consent & cooperation of every jackass in the room, and thereby actually getting something done.
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May 19, 2021 20:29
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Morbus posted:Taking it for granted that "some people are just unaccountably mentally defective and that explains why they don't do what you want them to do" is the first and most critical step towards forming plans that do not require the active consent & cooperation of every jackass in the room, and thereby actually getting something done. Sounds **clicks a flashlight under my chin**]: aUtHoRItArIannnnnn
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May 19, 2021 20:34
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Ferrinus posted:i don't agree, really, i think "smart" and "stupid" are mostly social performances. to use celot as an example again, it turns out that he wasn't simply too dumb to grasp what we were saying, but rather a disingenuous racist I find that 99% of the time someone describes something as "smart" they're really talking about themselves for their ability to appreciate the thing. it's practically meaningless. words like clever, shrewd, perceptive, insightful, discerning etc. are infinitely more descriptive than "smart"
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May 19, 2021 20:36
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there is no reason to use the phrase "short bus people" when there are far more descriptive words available, like "anarchist"
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May 19, 2021 20:40
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unrelated and naive question, what do marxists think about crypto and its ability to potentially replace our existing financial and monetary institutions? it seems like removing control of these institutions from the hands of the wealthy and moving it to defi might benefit but it doesn’t really solve the issue of wealth inequality. would a decentralized financial system within a communist/socialist form of government be worthwhile or what happens to currency in general?
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May 19, 2021 20:44
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Lyon posted:unrelated and naive question, what do marxists think about crypto and its ability to potentially replace our existing financial and monetary institutions? it seems like removing control of these institutions from the hands of the wealthy and moving it to defi might benefit but it doesn’t really solve the issue of wealth inequality. would a decentralized financial system with a communist/socialist form of government be worthwhile or what happens to currency in general? the only good thing about all these stupid currencies is the blockchain technology behind it, which might be put to good use under socialism
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May 19, 2021 20:48
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Lyon posted:unrelated and naive question, what do marxists think about crypto and its ability to potentially replace our existing financial and monetary institutions? it seems like removing control of these institutions from the hands of the wealthy and moving it to defi might benefit but it doesn’t really solve the issue of wealth inequality. would a decentralized financial system within a communist/socialist form of government be worthwhile or what happens to currency in general? it's an elaborate scam that's categorically incapable of substituting the financial system because everything is priced in dollars and values are so volatile they're useless as everyday currency. PASS.
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May 19, 2021 20:49
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F Stop Fitzgerald posted:there is no reason to use the phrase "short bus people" when there are far more descriptive words available, like "anarchist"
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May 19, 2021 20:49
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Yossarian-22 posted:the only good thing about all these stupid currencies is the blockchain technology behind it, which might be put to good use under socialism Pener Kropoopkin posted:it's an elaborate scam that's categorically incapable of substituting the financial system because everything is priced in dollars and values are so volatile they're useless as everyday currency. PASS. i more mean conceptually not the current existing coins, more about decentralized finance in general perhaps rather than specifically crypto coins.
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May 19, 2021 20:54
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Lyon posted:i more mean conceptually not the current existing coins, more about decentralized finance in general perhaps rather than specifically crypto coins. Hypothetically there are good cryptocurrencies, but the internet is an entity that can be manipulated unilaterally by the US government. The second it seems like you might have an alternative finance system developing, they will pull the rug out from under you.
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May 19, 2021 20:57
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I'm kinda of the thought that any society that needs the safeguards of blockchain to keep people honest is still full of too many assholes for utopia to sustain
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May 19, 2021 20:59
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Morbus posted:Taking it for granted that "some people are just unaccountably mentally defective and that explains why they don't do what you want them to do" is the first and most critical step towards forming plans that do not require the active consent & cooperation of every jackass in the room, and thereby actually getting something done. imo it's simpler just to note that cognition is formed by experience and occurs in the physical world, ideas are not prior to experience. there are going to be people, for whatever reason, who can not understand the perspective you are coming from no matter how hard you try no essence of stupidity needed
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May 19, 2021 21:00
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F Stop Fitzgerald posted:there is no reason to use the phrase "short bus people" when there are far more descriptive words available, like "anarchist"
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May 19, 2021 21:00
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Ignoramus is good because it's a Bugs Bunny word, it is derived from one's willingness to remain ignorant, it doesn't offend a protected class and everyone knows what you mean by it.
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May 19, 2021 21:01
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Lyon posted:unrelated and naive question, what do marxists think about crypto and its ability to potentially replace our existing financial and monetary institutions? it seems like removing control of these institutions from the hands of the wealthy and moving it to defi might benefit but it doesn’t really solve the issue of wealth inequality. would a decentralized financial system within a communist/socialist form of government be worthwhile or what happens to currency in general? Wouldn't swapping to crypto would actually grant financial institutions more power because the more money you have the more influence over the blockchain you have?
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May 19, 2021 21:04
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Morbus posted:Taking it for granted that "some people are just unaccountably mentally defective and that explains why they don't do what you want them to do" is the first and most critical step towards forming plans that do not require the active consent & cooperation of every jackass in the room, and thereby actually getting something done. specifically, it is how liberals get things done. people get consigned to the reserve army of labor or the prison system or whatever because they're denied their full humanity, such that immiserating or killing them remains perfectly consonant with ideals of meritocracy, egalitarianism, etc. when socialists fight and win it is because they recognize that they have differing material incentives from their enemies but that they also outnumber their enemies, not because they've invented just-so stories for themselves about their enemies' genetic and spiritual defects
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May 19, 2021 21:04
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Cpt_Obvious posted:Wouldn't swapping to crypto would actually grant financial institutions more power because the more money you have the more influence over the blockchain you have? every man a whale 
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May 19, 2021 21:10
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Ferrinus posted:liberals get things done lol
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May 19, 2021 21:32
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Yossarian-22 posted:the only good thing about all these stupid currencies is the blockchain technology behind it, which might be put to good use under socialism there’s nothing uniquely useful or innovative about blockchain technology though, it doesn’t even solve the problem it set out to solve
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May 19, 2021 21:39
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Morbus posted:lol liberals get lots of things done, like creating ISIS
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May 19, 2021 21:39
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indigi posted:there’s nothing uniquely useful or innovative about blockchain technology though, it doesn’t even solve the problem it set out to solve what if money but it's a linked list
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May 19, 2021 21:40
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Morbus posted:lol They do! Genocide, fascism, racism, rape, murder, conspiracy, subjugation, coercion, and so on. liberals get things done. ask the people of iraq
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