L.E.Modesitt, The ParaFaith War, in search of absolute truth...

[shereads]

The essential characteristic of man is 'stupid bullshit'.

You know...

Lighting your farts on fire.

Purposefully pissing into the wind.

Bungee Jumping.

You've apparently not seen how much fun a dog can have with a piece of rope that has a ball attached to one end.

By holding the rope end in his teeth and shaking his head really fast, the dog can hit himself in the face with the ball, very hard, repeatedly. A two year old dog will amuse himself this way almost as long as a six year old boy will tell the same fart joke. It's as close to bungee jumping as dogs are willing to get.

 

[elsol]

You've apparently not seen how much fun a dog can have with a piece of rope that has a ball attached to one end.

By holding the rope end in his teeth and shaking his head really fast, the dog can hit himself in the face with the ball, very hard, repeatedly. A two year old dog will amuse himself this way almost as long as a six year old boy will tell the same fart joke. It's as close to bungee jumping as dogs are willing to get.

I have a pitbull-bulldog mix... he was doing it since he was an itty-bitty baby.

It's instinct on tearing up meat.

We're suppossed to be the 'rational' ones; you know, intellect over instinct.

 

[Huckleman2000]

....We're suppossed to be the 'rational' ones; you know, intellect over instinct.

I'll remember that as I read my next 'stroke' story, its relevance limp in my hand.

Thanks for nothing, Elsol....

 

[amicus]

Not just the 'thread jack' that one might find amusing...but the concerted effort, (I would never insinuate 'conspiracy', to move a conversation away from the subject of 'absolute', to a meaningless drivel of subjectivism...youse guys are a gass...

(do you really think no one else notices?)


amicus...

 

[elsol]

Again... let me point out, you're ranting against the philosophical ponderings of a science-fiction writer.

A not very good one at that... I've read him... BOWRING!!!

Pick a better writer to rant against... I suggest Heinlein.

 

[Huckleman2000]

Not just the 'thread jack' that one might find amusing...
...

amicus...

Well, at least something got jacked!

Bada-boom! Bada-bing!

Thank you, thank you. (bows)

 

[elsol]

Well, at least something got jacked!

Bada-boom! Bada-bing!

Thank you, thank you. (bows)

Jacked in what sense of the word...

Car Jacked...

Drug Jacked...

Dick Jacked...

 

[Huckleman2000]

Jacked in what sense of the word...

Car Jacked...

Drug Jacked...

Dick Jacked...

Thread-jacked! And jacked-off! or, Dick-jacked! or... Lemme back up:

Well, first you said that humans were supposed to be rational, not instinctive...
Then I said that when I read a stroke story, rational seems to defeat the purpose...
Then Ami said that the threadjack was amusing, but also that it was amusing that the thread was getting jacked...
And then I said...

Oh fuck it all. If I've gotta explain it, it's just not funny anymore...

 

[elsol]

Thread-jacked! And jacked-off! or, Dick-jacked! or... Lemme back up:

Well, first you said that humans were supposed to be rational, not instinctive...
Then I said that when I read a stroke story, rational seems to defeat the purpose...
Then Ami said that the threadjack was amusing, but also that it was amusing that the thread was getting jacked...
And then I said...

Oh fuck it all. If I've gotta explain it, it's just not funny anymore...

I get it..I just wanted to get away from the Amicus and Jacking combination

There I am... nicely jacking away to the latest hottie on the internet and *kazaam* Amicus.

*shiver*

 

[Oblimo]

(do you really think no one else notices?)

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/oblimo/graph_shakespeare.gif

No one is going to take a post with a comment like "Here is a whole book devoted to the question of whether absolute values exist, or not," seriously. I assure you, there are quite a few such books, some thousands of years old, such as the Parmenides and the Phaedrus, and the slightly more modern, such as Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

 

[Guest]

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/oblimo/graph_shakespeare.gif

No one is going to take a post with a comment like "Here is a whole book devoted to the question of whether absolute values exist, or not," seriously. I assure you, there are quite a few such books, some thousands of years old, such as the Parmenides and the Phaedrus, and the slightly more modern, such as Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Delicious.

 

[Seattle Zack]

Kurt Vonegut's Galapogos states that the essential defining characteristic of humanity is finding farts funny.

Trey Parker from South Park said, in an interview I recently read (paraphrasing), "When we get cancelled, we're going out on a fart joke. No doubt about it. We've had discussions about it, and there's no debate any more."

Damn, I meant to 'always' use single quotes to 'emphasize', things that I thought were 'important', but I don't have any 'disparaging' remarks to deliver.

P.S. Doc, you rock.

 

[amicus]

Fuck! I have been invaded by an entire covey of TWATS....marvelous...



amicus...

 

[elsol]

Fuck! I have been invaded by an entire covey of TWATS....marvelous...



amicus...

And for our next trick... faced with reality that his opinion is irrelevant on a vast array of topics, amicus goes on the offense by being offensive.

*yawn*

What's next on the script... oh, yeah, amicus will go for personally offensive to someone.

Pick me! Pick me!

 

[Oblimo]

...an entire covey of TWATS...

Threadjacking Weapons And Tactics Specialists?

(And just for beer and skittles, you do understand that the proposition "A is true" cannot be logically derived from the statement "A=A is true," right? Thus, the statement "existence exists" is not only not a function of the axiom of identification, but also is useless in logically arguing what constitutes the referents of existence. I recommend reading an introduction to formal modal logic (not the metaphysical stuff, which you'll hate, just the hard core analytics, which you should find interesting because it helps get to where you want to go), if you haven't already done so.)

 

[amicus]

okay...I 'pick you', aside from your "South Park" avatar and your reference to "Shrek", which transmits your entertainment level and your personal subjective approach to any and all discussion, which also transparently transmits your level of endeavor...may I say...that you missed admittedly a somewhat subtle inference that even modern day fantasy writers (and readers), are interested in that age old question of absolutes...

As writers, as most are assumed to be on this forlorn little forum, it behooves us, if we have commercial interests, to be cognizant of contemporary authors, who sell and the category of readers they attract. Should you acquire the professionalism to inquire as to the readers of such literature, you will discover they are mainly young males...

So when I discovered my son reading a contemporary author who delved into the question of absolure morality, ethics, good and bad, right and wrong, I found it re=assuring that my works, dealing with similar subjects but in an historical setting might also be relevant...I made note of it...and shared it...with pissants like you on this forlorn forum...I must have been wasting my time as you remain without a clue...


amicus...

 

[elsol]

Threadjacking Weapons And Tactics Specialists?

(And just for beer and skittles, you do understand that the proposition "A is true" cannot be logically derived from the statement "A=A is true," right? Thus, the statement "existence exists" is not only not a function of the axiom of identification, but also is useless in logically arguing what constitutes the referents of existence. I recommend reading an introduction to formal modal logic (not the metaphysical stuff, which you'll hate, just the hard core analytics, which you should find interesting because it helps get to where you want to go), if you haven't already done so.)

Okay... let's be honest.

Threadjacking implies a certain intent.

Were we intentionally pissing in Amicus's cheerios?

I was just bored.

Got my new junior engineers mostly up to speed so I have more time on my hands at night and I haven't yet gotten back into the swing of writing.

 

[Guest]

 

[3113]

Were we intentionally pissing in Amicus's cheerios?

I was just bored.

Liar! I saw you do it--with intent! And it was a bowl of cornflakes. Amicus only eats all American cereals.

P.S. Modesitt is a really crappy writer. Honestly, Ami, we can recommend much better sci-fi writers to waste your time on.

 

[amicus]

Actually it was Cornflakes, but I use Bourbon or Gin to soften them up....and I was not necessarily recommending Modesitt, merely referencing something I wandered across...

(raspberry) so there!

amicus...

 

[amicus]

Hey, amicus...I thought of you when I saw this use for a Modesitt book.

Hey...I wanna see the rest of lilredjammies avatar! Purdy Please???


ami

 

[Guest]

 

[3113]

Sorry, ami, there is no "rest of" the avatar--it's from an ad for Halloween socks I saw somewhere and borrowed.

Use your imagination and photoshop and CREATE the rest!

 

[amicus]

Thanks...the imagination...The ability to use photo shop or Serif to even create cover art for my next novel...I sadly lack...both the skill and the patience...sighs...thanks again!


amicus...

 

[Guest]

Thanks...the imagination...The ability to use photo shop or Serif to even create cover art for my next novel...I sadly lack...both the skill and the patience...sighs...thanks again!


amicus...

Aww, don't sell yourself short, ami.

Your political debates contain all sorts of creative imagination.