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What are the Noblest human endeavors?

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Being American?

Gay atheism.

How embarrassing this era will be to the Historians...yikes.

Peace—oh that’s right, it hasn’t been accomplished yet.

Love—no, it is too often lacking.

The COVID vaccine—no, for obvious reasons.

Then it must be the combustible engine.

commonsense wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:55 pm
Then it must be the combustible engine.

Or the combustion engine. Combustible engines don't tend to last very long.

Harbal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:59 pm

commonsense wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:55 pm
Then it must be the combustible engine.

Or the combustion engine. Combustible engines don't tend to last very long.

Mea culpa

Don't apologize

Constantine wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:05 pm Don't apologize

Of course not—I’m proud of my mistakes!

…although, I could make the argument that a short lived combustible engine cuts down on the emissions from combustion engines.

Nonetheless, the perfection of combustible engines has not been achieved yet.

Rather, the greatest accomplishment of humankind must be the invention of casual Fridays.

commonsense wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:00 pm

Harbal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:59 pm

commonsense wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:55 pm
Then it must be the combustible engine.

Or the combustion engine. Combustible engines don't tend to last very long.

Mea culpa

Harbal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:22 pm

commonsense wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:00 pm

Harbal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:59 pm

Or the combustion engine. Combustible engines don't tend to last very long.

Mea culpa

To be clear, I’m not sorry that I am guilty and I am not guilty of being sorry.

commonsense wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:25 pm

Harbal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:22 pm

commonsense wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:00 pm

Mea culpa

To be clear, I’m not sorry that I am guilty and I am not guilty of being sorry.

It was hardly a crime.

Harbal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:29 pm

commonsense wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:25 pm

Harbal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:22 pm

To be clear, I’m not sorry that I am guilty and I am not guilty of being sorry.

It was hardly a crime.

the noblest? the elimination of beef...

-Imp