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Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 2:28 am
by Gary Childress
Do most children with "oppositional defiance disorder" grow up to be climate change deniers and anti-vaxers? Or is it the reverse?
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2026 12:43 pm
by Gary Childress
There may be right answers. The only problem is that; if there are right answers, then we humans don't know what they are. And ignorance is always evil to someone who believes something.
The statements above are only my beliefs.
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2026 12:58 pm
by Gary Childress
If I believe that I don't have any beliefs, then I am mistaken. If I DON'T believe that I don't have any beliefs, then I am correct.
One belief I have is that I have beliefs.
But how do I believe that I have beliefs?
If I believe that I cannot know anything for certain, then I am mistaken. If I DON'T believe that I cannot know anything for certain, then I am correct.
One certain belief I have is that it is not the case that I cannot know anything for certain.
But how do I know for certain that it is not the case that I cannot know anything for certain?
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2026 5:36 pm
by Impenitent
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2026 12:58 pm
If I believe that I don't have any beliefs, then I am mistaken. If I DON'T believe that I don't have any beliefs, then I am correct.
One belief I have is that I have beliefs.
But how do I believe that I have beliefs?
If I believe that I cannot know anything for certain, then I am mistaken. If I DON'T believe that I cannot know anything for certain, then I am correct.
One certain belief I have is that it is not the case that I cannot know anything for certain.
But how do I know for certain that it is not the case that I cannot know anything for certain?
are you blissful?
if not, then you must know something...
-Imp
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 3:29 am
by Gary Childress
My brain is often chaotic. Will I ever evolve? Or will there always be at least some degree of chaos?
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 4:35 am
by Gary Childress
I don't think I'd be happy if I had nothing to complain about. And I'm not happy if I have a complaint. But I'd rather complain than not.
I'm just "special".
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 4:44 am
by Gary Childress
It's probably better that others ignore me, even though I hate being ignored. Guess I'm an "attention whore" ... and an unrepentant one.
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 4:46 am
by Gary Childress
I know I am, but what are you?
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 4:54 am
by Gary Childress
God always wins, So I fight losing battles all the time.
I don't like God, at least not the one depicted in the Bible.
The Russians revolted against the Czar. But they ended up in a totalitarian nightmare afterwards. I guess they shouldn't have revolted against the Czar. They should have been happy begging for bread. All they did by revolting was make it worse. God is love. Love is God. This world is the best of all possible worlds!
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 12:53 pm
by Walker
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 4:44 am
It's probably better that others ignore me, even though I hate being ignored. Guess I'm an "attention whore" ... and an unrepentant one.
Attention-whore is an interesting term.
What does it mean to you?
Does it mean that whores seek attention from passers-by?
Why do they do that?
They do it for commerce.
For capitalism.
It’s natural capitalism in action.
Cash money is value received by the whore in the physical realm.
When not in the physical realm, what value does a whore offer other than low value MTD’s?
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 3:24 pm
by MikeNovack
Walker wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 12:53 pm
Does it mean that whores seek attention from passers-by?
Why do they do that?
They do it for commerce.
No Walker, NOT what the term means.
The person is inappropriately soliciting attention, not trying to get attention in aid of soliciting.
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 3:28 pm
by Walker
MikeNovack wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 3:24 pm
The person is inappropriately soliciting attention ...
Why? Because you're cute?
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2026 5:01 pm
by MikeNovack
Walker wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 3:28 pm
MikeNovack wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 3:24 pm
The person is inappropriately soliciting attention ...
Why? Because you're cute?
We were discussing the meaning of a term (how it is used in the language). I was simply pointing out that you were interpreting "attention whore" backwards. Couldn't resist being "cute" in the language I used.
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2026 11:34 pm
by Walker
MikeNovack wrote: ↑Thu Apr 23, 2026 5:01 pm
Walker wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 3:28 pm
MikeNovack wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 3:24 pm
The person is inappropriately soliciting attention ...
Why? Because you're cute?
We were discussing the meaning of a term (how it is used in the language). I was simply pointing out that you were interpreting "attention whore" backwards. Couldn't resist being "cute" in the language I used.
I thought we were discussing whores and how they give inappropriate attention to initiate commerce, which is trading value for value, and how attention whores do the same thing by offering value for the attention received, or at least they should. Otherwise they're just attention thieves ... Trolls.
Re: Gary's Corner
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2026 2:28 am
by Gary Childress
So, I'm going to try to post something occasionally here that I'm thankful for. A "ceiling tile" that is present instead of one that is missing.
I'm thankful that I live in the United States where I'm free to be critical of my government without being arrested or silenced by the police. I hope it stays this way.