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by stanky
Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:41 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: morality's half twists
Replies: 26
Views: 104

Re: morality's half twists

Many sects of Buddhism help to add confusion. The ultimate in the paradoxical nature of morality, imho, is that, via self-inquiry and silent meditation (asking "Who am I?") we make the kind-of icky discovery that all is one and we are God. What i find comical in this revelation (which, btw...
by stanky
Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:17 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 798
Views: 209297

Re: Planet America

speaking of the devil, this little video is worth seeing if you weren't already aware of the insidious conspiracies of the shit-food industry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAgn5R3EUnU&ab_channel=MorePerfectUnion (I've been aware of this since childhood because my father worked for a food comp...
by stanky
Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:22 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 798
Views: 209297

Re: Planet America

anyone heard of Roark? It's a huge private equity firm, named for a character in Ayn Rand's "Fountainhead". They own an absurd number of fast food chains.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vwGb-Btdl0&ab_channel=MorePerfectUnion at 3 mins in, the name is explained. i mention this because ...
by stanky
Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:12 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: morality's half twists
Replies: 26
Views: 104

Re: morality's half twists

loop holes... gotta be some loop holes? sincere deception? points for entertaining the lords? If a person is so poorly developed that he/she needs moral advice and leadership, shouldn't the bosses give breaks for honest misinterpretation? Like, I want that woman to grab me by my tallywhacker, so i g...
by stanky
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:43 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: morality's half twists
Replies: 26
Views: 104

Re: morality's half twists

yeah, that one's got a half twist too. What about masochists? They want you to hurt them, so they should hurt you in order to get what they want. I made a platinum rule that covers that. i forget the wording. Of course, one assumes, at some point, that suggesting how others should behave, will itsel...
by stanky
Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: morality's half twists
Replies: 26
Views: 104

morality's half twists

"He who is last shall be first" is a good one. We get the idea, even without religion, but for followers of Christ, or any believers in life after death in general, trying to be last in line on this mortal coil would be like trying to be first in line...wouldn't it? If i was caught fightin...
by stanky
Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:54 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 798
Views: 209297

Re: Planet America

hot stuff!
by stanky
Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 798
Views: 209297

Re: Planet America

did you expect to see useful action on a forum?
by stanky
Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:48 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 798
Views: 209297

Re: Planet America

phosphorous cycling is a limiting factor.
greed ruins everything.
topsoil sustains us. we wash it away.
too many wanting too much
and not even happy.

Iran retaliates on Israel
wtf will U.S. do?


snapping turtles mating in sight of my window.
good show.
ancientness in action.
tender
by stanky
Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:52 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Headlines that signal that the story will be misleading and/or stupid
Replies: 112
Views: 6469

Re: Headlines that signal that the story will be misleading and/or stupid

the worst thing he's done is ramp up clandestine military adventures. This makes enemies, They come back to haunt. Falls on the young because they must pay the reparations. They also inherit the toxic spewage from the prior activity, with its cumulative damage. poor bastards. they must also deal wit...