Chat Thread

david starling

Well-known member
That article is actually really interesting; thanks for sharing it. Haven't read it in full, yet, since I've been up and down from my computer all day so far, but it's right up there with my own outlook on the subject. I'll finish reading it by tonight, I expect. To be honest, I was half-expecting it to be in favor of socialism, but that doesn't appear to be the case at all.

It's a living in the future fanstasy. Might actually come true, someday.
 

AquarianRising

Well-known member
...but I like being on here.



Oh okay..



Well we need to breathe... are we not our higher selves when we indulge in oxygen intake??



Yes you did.



Hmm...



Sure whatever, I agree with you.



BAHAHA, what a load of horse $hit.

I don't eat a lot of fatty foods because I suck at dieting, I just make sure I have enough fat stored for the winter DurrrurDURRURRURR



Well, maybe peolpe in the p0rn industry, or people like me who have some casual encounters, don't do it so much that it impacts their emotional health.



Ohh, I see...



Ya, I know they're horrible people.



We're talking about the p0rn industry. We are sympathizing with a group of people. So nice try on that one.



I mean I guess...

Someone doesn't have to know you or care about you as an individual at all to return your phone when you accidentally leave it at the store. They do it because it's the right thing to do, and they understand that doing the right thing is the only thing keeping most people from running around, slitting the throats of everyone that bugs them slightly. It goes back to higher nature versus lower nature, choice versus compulsion.

Mehh... if you lose your phone that shiit is on you.



Uhhh... yeah it does. Capitalism is the reason why we don't have to worry about starving to death or hunt for food.



There's too many regulations; it's ridiculous. We need to cut them out.



Regulations are even more expensive.

Fact is that, given half a choice, these corporations would charge the rest of us every cent they possibly could for basic living standards like homes and food, leaving everyone else penniless and destitute, and completely reliant on their products.

That's a hell of a lot better than relying on the government or people's generosity. Corporations are not bad; they're very good things.



That's why you only empathize with people worth your time.



Like what reasons lol...



I guess.... people allow themselves to be affected by others more than they should, honestly.



Yeah...



I'm like both.. I have empathy for people I care about.



Okay, whatever..



Watching p0rn doesn't really impact anyone except yourself.



My personal injuries? what are you talking about...



Yeah well, I'm saying it's all in perspective. Being a victim is up to what the person themselves thinks.



Mehh, I'll just pretend you didn't say anything about that because I don't care about that masculine/feminine bull.



Incest is disgusting and of course I'd show disdain for it, but in the end I really don't care.



I think the problem is that people care too much. Live and let live.



What....

My mind isn't damaged. I'm not limited either.

I don't even watch p0rn. I mean sometimes if I'm bored, but I don't need it to get all excited. I don't understand how guys absolutely need p0rn to get in the mood... don't they have imaginations. And I literally just did the "promiscuous stuff" to experience something a little different. I don't go out and just let loose like an idiot.



I don't have a higher nature. There's just me; the good and the bad. Screww that higher self guru superficial self-help nonsense.

Everything in moderation. Be loyal, but don't be utterly committed.



Doing p0rn and having some casual sex isn't a mistake if you know what you're doing.

People can make mistakes by doing virtuous things.



Maybe cuz love is kind of bull$hit. lol



Maybe they're just too dumb to reach their true potential lol. Suks for them.



Yeah...



:kissing:



You don't have an emotional bond to anyone I have in contact with, but I see what you're saying...



Maybe you should type less on here :sideways:

Son of a b*tch. I just saw this response. I'm guessing I thought it was my own post as I was scrolling through the posts made while I was alseep. App, for my tone, I apologize. I'm not going to retract all my observations, but given that most of your replies to my preceding post were mild-tempered, I feel a mite foolish for not taking a more conservative route. (Albeit, under the consideration of having only seen the remark about the length of my post, I'd say my frustration was understandable if not appropriate.) In that respect, I was in error.

I don't like acting foolish; you have my word I'll make a point of double-checking for further posts from you in the foreseeable future so as to avoid such an outburst. As to your replies, I may or may not respond to them at this point. I made my points as clear as I could. No further amount of discussion on the topic is going to convince you if these facts have not already. So, as far as I'm concerned, it's a dead subject.
 
Last edited:

AquarianRising

Well-known member
Hey Aquarian are you into spiritual stuff ?

That depends on how you define "spiritual". I think of it as a philosophy of understanding and empathy. But it really bugs me when people make vague or untested statements about paranormal forces and attach "spiritualism" to it. Or, rather, it's the vagueness itself that bugs me. Same with religion; none of that can be tested, but for many, it's a subject important enough to kill over. To me, that level of imprecision is extremely dangerous.

Anyway, I'm cool with things for which I have some rational explanation or possible explanation. For example, I met a guy who literally read my mind multiple times, and I went out of my way to create test-controls that I'm fairly confident worked. Blew me away, but I've had personal situations involving what appeared to be ESP, too. So while I may be skeptical of things untested, more specifically that I haven't personally tested, I'm not biased against phenomena for which there is no contemporary explanation. Nature is full of surprises.
 

AquarianRising

Well-known member
Oh, to finish my thought, I'm into astrology and numerology, both are metaphysical and therefore considered "spiritual". Ergo, you could say I'm spiritual, yes.
 

Chrysalis

Well-known member
Count downs on guys....5...4..3...2...1..

funny-dance-happy-new-year-2018.gif


Im the one in the middle btw :lol:
 

AppLeo

Well-known member
Leo, this is one you will like. Radical anti-capitalism: https://capx.co/the-case-for-free-market-anticapitalism-2/

Some of the rest of you may be interested as well.

Oddity, I love that article. I like his perspective that the free market is actually the best that serves the common good of the people.

It's also interesting that he notes that the free market is actually selfless and giving rather than selfish and taking.

Socialists and communists really aren't selfless people now that I think about it. They take and take and give nothing back. And when they are generous, they are are generous in very inefficient ways. It explains why we give so much support to Africa, yet they are still poor there. If Africa just implemented free market principles they wouldn't be poor anymore. I said that in my senior english class in high school and everyone thought I was just stupid...

I guess Ayn Rand and I have been advocating selflessness this entire time....

We need new terms and vocabulary. Selfless and selfish aren't being used correctly anymore when discussing economics. IT's not about being selfish or selfless... it has more to do with being practical and being impractical.

Dude Oddity, have you seen the video where Ben Shapiro talked about the song "Imagine" by John Lennon??? He said it's the pure song of communism/evil. People who don't like the free market are people who live in the clouds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej0NBRwht-w

Anyway, I really like the article. I agree with the author 100%. I do think that corporations can get out of hand....I'll have to think about that one. Centralized power, economically or politically, will always be destructive to the common good or the commoner or people as a whole. It reminds of this video by Louis C.K. This video is so fun to listen to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCQG-4FmhWc
 
Last edited:

AppLeo

Well-known member
So, hold on, it's my fault that you're dodging logic? Because I'm informing you... Huh. My apologies. I have a bad habit of teaching the under-educated. I should stop doing that; people are clearly much happier being ignorant and narcissistic. Trust me, I won't make that mistake with you again. I just assumed there was some degree of integrity or basic humanity under that veneer of desperate affectations.

Informing me on your opinion. What you say isn't fact and plenty of people disagree with you.

Whats sexuality got to do with being in agreement with someone intellect :unsure:

It doesn't.

Son of a b*tch. I just saw this response. I'm guessing I thought it was my own post as I was scrolling through the posts made while I was alseep. App, for my tone, I apologize. I'm not going to retract all my observations, but given that most of your replies to my preceding post were mild-tempered, I feel a mite foolish for not taking a more conservative route. (Albeit, under the consideration of having only seen the remark about the length of my post, I'd say my frustration was understandable if not appropriate.) In that respect, I was in error.

Okay..

I don't like acting foolish; you have my word I'll make a point of double-checking for further posts from you in the foreseeable future so as to avoid such an outburst. As to your replies, I may or may not respond to them at this point. I made my points as clear as I could. No further amount of discussion on the topic is going to convince you if these facts have not already. So, as far as I'm concerned, it's a dead subject.

Whatever works for you.
 
Top