Inscrutable Exhortations
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Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave
They/them
Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave
They/them
For some reason, my Wikipedia app consistently gives me the wrong picture for the article I look at. Instead of showing me the cover image for the article I'm looking at, it shows me the one for the article I looked at last
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
For some reason, my Wikipedia app consistently gives me the wrong picture for the article I look at. Instead of showing me the cover image for the article I'm looking at, it shows me the one for the article I looked at last
I think DBH might not appreciate Google images confusing him with Dennett
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I think DBH might not appreciate Google images confusing him with Dennett
Was . . . this a concern in the 1920s?
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Was . . . this a concern in the 1920s?
Due to inflation, if you give a man a fish it will now only feed him for 0.89 days
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Due to inflation, if you give a man a fish it will now only feed him for 0.89 days
Wait there were eugenicists arguing that cousin marriage had eugenic effects?
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Wait there were eugenicists arguing that cousin marriage had eugenic effects?
I think Hannibal is the only example of a tv show I've seen where they expect the correct audience reaction from a meat cooking scene (i.e. disgust mixed with the uncomfortable knowledge that it probably does taste good anyway)
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I think Hannibal is the only example of a tv show I've seen where they expect the correct audience reaction from a meat cooking scene (i.e. disgust mixed with the uncomfortable knowledge that it probably does taste good anyway)
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Yinz guys remember when people started calling out "virtue signaling" and after a while it became clear this was really an attack on virtue qua virtue, and before long we realized that the social pressure to perform virtue, even insincerely, was an important bulwark against its total collapse? Yeah.
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yinz guys remember when people started calling out "virtue signaling" and after a while it became clear this was really an attack on virtue qua virtue, and before long we realized that the social pressure to perform virtue, even insincerely, was an important bulwark against its total collapse? Yeah.
Just saw a bumper sticker that said "Had Enough? Vote Republican" and y'know what I don't think that will help
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Just saw a bumper sticker that said "Had Enough? Vote Republican" and y'know what I don't think that will help
I still find annihilationism super unappealing theoretically but I gotta say this does feel like a persuasive "that's what the Bible says" sort of pitch
youtu.be/oHUPpmbTOV4?...
youtu.be/oHUPpmbTOV4?...
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I still find annihilationism super unappealing theoretically but I gotta say this does feel like a persuasive "that's what the Bible says" sort of pitch
youtu.be/oHUPpmbTOV4?...
youtu.be/oHUPpmbTOV4?...
I learned at some point, and then forgot, and have now just re-learned, that Helen Keller was a socialist. She wrote a eulogy for Lenin:
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I learned at some point, and then forgot, and have now just re-learned, that Helen Keller was a socialist. She wrote a eulogy for Lenin:
One of the recurrent issues with Oxford's Very Short Introduction series is that way too many of them are history books. Like, why is "Conscience" a history book? That is clearly a psych or philosophy topic
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
One of the recurrent issues with Oxford's Very Short Introduction series is that way too many of them are history books. Like, why is "Conscience" a history book? That is clearly a psych or philosophy topic
The moral of Frankenstein is that we shouldn't do eugenics and Nicholas Agar is a bad philosopher
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The moral of Frankenstein is that we shouldn't do eugenics and Nicholas Agar is a bad philosopher
I think democrats should stop being shit and try being good instead
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I think democrats should stop being shit and try being good instead
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Margaret Sanger in 1957 praising Japan's eugenic efforts
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Margaret Sanger in 1957 praising Japan's eugenic efforts
Churches should not have a second story
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Churches should not have a second story
I haven't been to a theater in about 4 years. And y'know, going back for the first time in that long, it's really not that great. Watching movies at home is a little worse in a few ways but it's Way Better in a lot of ways and those lot of ways outweigh the few ways
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I haven't been to a theater in about 4 years. And y'know, going back for the first time in that long, it's really not that great. Watching movies at home is a little worse in a few ways but it's Way Better in a lot of ways and those lot of ways outweigh the few ways
I am a little tempted to be an annoying vegan in the comments of any food post about non-vegan food
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I am a little tempted to be an annoying vegan in the comments of any food post about non-vegan food
Living in Denver has made me (even more) pessimistic about direct democracy. Why am I being asked to vote on this exactly
ballotpedia.org/Denver,_Colo...
ballotpedia.org/Denver,_Colo...
Denver, Colorado, Referred Question 2F, Alter Titles and Organizations of Offices and Positions Amendment (2025)
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
ballotpedia.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Living in Denver has made me (even more) pessimistic about direct democracy. Why am I being asked to vote on this exactly
ballotpedia.org/Denver,_Colo...
ballotpedia.org/Denver,_Colo...
Don't really get the appeal of annihilationism in Christian eschatology. I get the appeal of universalism and the traditional view of hell. Annihilationism seems like a weird middle ground
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Don't really get the appeal of annihilationism in Christian eschatology. I get the appeal of universalism and the traditional view of hell. Annihilationism seems like a weird middle ground
Trying to write a thing but I have a problem: there is no obvious antonym for "transphobia." If I write "transphilia," that feels more like "chaser" than "transgender supporter" but I'm tempted to use it anyway because fuck you
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Trying to write a thing but I have a problem: there is no obvious antonym for "transphobia." If I write "transphilia," that feels more like "chaser" than "transgender supporter" but I'm tempted to use it anyway because fuck you