FDC
@oldaristocles.bsky.social
Hemlock Connoisseur
PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa
Lover of Plato, onions, and Shelby
Proud member of the Green Party of Ontario
He/him
PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa
Lover of Plato, onions, and Shelby
Proud member of the Green Party of Ontario
He/him
It’s the perfect time for this Moby Dick passage.
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It’s the perfect time for this Moby Dick passage.
My fiancée treats the cats to cream every night after her shower. They may have learned to wait for her.
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
My fiancée treats the cats to cream every night after her shower. They may have learned to wait for her.
My guy… you’ve personally been stealing the personal effects of homeless people for years. Sit down.
September 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My guy… you’ve personally been stealing the personal effects of homeless people for years. Sit down.
The baby really likes sleeping on whatever clothes I wore in a day for some reason, so I’ve started wearing a sweater around the house and leaving it out for her so she can have a more comfortable bed than a laundry basket or a t-shirt on a chair. I think she approves.
September 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The baby really likes sleeping on whatever clothes I wore in a day for some reason, so I’ve started wearing a sweater around the house and leaving it out for her so she can have a more comfortable bed than a laundry basket or a t-shirt on a chair. I think she approves.
I had to cut a good joke from an essay, so I’m memorialising it here:
August 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I had to cut a good joke from an essay, so I’m memorialising it here:
Hasan claims to have been essentially deceived by Jubilee before agreeing to this “debate,” which is well within character for them and him, I guess. But I also think Hasan should know better than to trust what they say about who they’re inviting. Still disappointed.
July 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Hasan claims to have been essentially deceived by Jubilee before agreeing to this “debate,” which is well within character for them and him, I guess. But I also think Hasan should know better than to trust what they say about who they’re inviting. Still disappointed.
Just in case people are unaware, Twizzlers still sells these. They just shortened the name to nibs.
July 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Just in case people are unaware, Twizzlers still sells these. They just shortened the name to nibs.
Tell me how you really feel, David.
June 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Tell me how you really feel, David.
Mine is still a chevron. I have been blessed.
June 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Mine is still a chevron. I have been blessed.
They’re gamifying youtube now? What the fuck?
June 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
They’re gamifying youtube now? What the fuck?
A satisfied predator rests upon the corpse of her prey.
May 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
A satisfied predator rests upon the corpse of her prey.
Correction: we are so back.
May 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Correction: we are so back.
I took my beautiful flower to see other beautiful flowers.
I don’t know what the Dutch are doing this year, but they have been outshone.
I don’t know what the Dutch are doing this year, but they have been outshone.
May 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I took my beautiful flower to see other beautiful flowers.
I don’t know what the Dutch are doing this year, but they have been outshone.
I don’t know what the Dutch are doing this year, but they have been outshone.
It has yet to be called, but this is where we sit.
April 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
It has yet to be called, but this is where we sit.
I misremembered. I have two maps, one of just the pre-socratics, and one from Aristotle to Descartes (and Locke).
I should go back and mock up a better series of maps. Maybe even use some GIS software.
I should go back and mock up a better series of maps. Maybe even use some GIS software.
April 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I misremembered. I have two maps, one of just the pre-socratics, and one from Aristotle to Descartes (and Locke).
I should go back and mock up a better series of maps. Maybe even use some GIS software.
I should go back and mock up a better series of maps. Maybe even use some GIS software.
I’m perpetually amazed that Just Egg cooks nearly identically to unjust eggs. Doesn’t quite taste the same, but close enough.
April 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I’m perpetually amazed that Just Egg cooks nearly identically to unjust eggs. Doesn’t quite taste the same, but close enough.
For me likewise. It was my fiancée’s birthday party.
March 31, 2025 at 3:21 AM
For me likewise. It was my fiancée’s birthday party.
Does Scott not know that Grote was English?
What is it supposed to mean that Robinson *introduced* "elenchus" to English-language audiences seventy-six years after Grote used it (in English)? Especially since Sidgwick and Campbell, both also decidedly English, also use the term.
What is it supposed to mean that Robinson *introduced* "elenchus" to English-language audiences seventy-six years after Grote used it (in English)? Especially since Sidgwick and Campbell, both also decidedly English, also use the term.
March 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Does Scott not know that Grote was English?
What is it supposed to mean that Robinson *introduced* "elenchus" to English-language audiences seventy-six years after Grote used it (in English)? Especially since Sidgwick and Campbell, both also decidedly English, also use the term.
What is it supposed to mean that Robinson *introduced* "elenchus" to English-language audiences seventy-six years after Grote used it (in English)? Especially since Sidgwick and Campbell, both also decidedly English, also use the term.
I don’t think Melville agrees. 🤡
March 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I don’t think Melville agrees. 🤡
With everything happening, it’s important to keep in mind that good things are still possible. For example:
March 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
With everything happening, it’s important to keep in mind that good things are still possible. For example:
My little cat is not particularly happy that we’re dog-sitting.
March 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My little cat is not particularly happy that we’re dog-sitting.