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Does anybody know what planet I am on?

Phil8659 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 12:43 pm Does anybody know what planet I am on?

That's another stupid question.

Yes

Phil8659 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 12:43 pm Does anybody know what planet I am on?

If you have to ask then you don't know. And if you don't know, then you are completely dependant on another source of knowing for your answer.

Is that what you want?

Define: "on".

LuckyR wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 3:57 pm Define: "on".

Define ''thought''

LuckyR wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 3:57 pm Define: "on".

Find any human, they will be glad to teach you how to find and use a dictionary.

Wow, I thought earthlings knew what a dictionary was. My bad.

Phil8659 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:00 pm Wow, I thought earthlings knew what a dictionary was. My bad.

Yeah, books are an excellent source of knowledge. How does an inanimate object know anything, that's what I would like to know?

Phil8659 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 4:59 pm

LuckyR wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 3:57 pm Define: "on".

Find any human, they will be glad to teach you how to find and use a dictionary.

Ha ha, dictionary, good one. They're well known for understanding individual's idiosyncratic word usage.

LuckyR wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 5:32 am

Phil8659 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 4:59 pm

LuckyR wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 3:57 pm Define: "on".

Find any human, they will be glad to teach you how to find and use a dictionary.

Ha ha, dictionary, good one. They're well known for understanding individual's idiosyncratic word usage.

Yes but how do they do that, that’s the magic that cannot be known.