Originally posted by truejedi
no, don't fight, because even so-called athiests feel so insecure in their view that they have this deep need for everyone to agree with them...
Lucius (or Lucy, as I call him fondly) and I disagree on many things, including religion, but he's definitely a great person and someone I'd consider to be a good friend.
Religion/non-religion need not divide us, friends!
Spoiler:
Until the afterlife, when you heathens all rot in hell teehehehe j/k
Originally posted by RagingBonerThat's interesting. I think the guy is too insecure and antisocial and it's incredibly transparent.
Lucius (or Lucy, as I call him fondly) and I disagree on many things, including religion, but he's definitely a great person and someone I'd consider to be a good friend.Religion/non-religion need not divide us, friends!
Spoiler:
Until the afterlife, when you heathens all rot in hell teehehehe j/k
i mean, i don't consider anyone i meet on the internet to be an actual friend, but to each there own. I just read the latest post in the vs. forum and just started laughing. I make you a pledge. as soon as the FOTJ series is over, i need to leave this website, i'm a college graduate for crying out loud, and i'm arguing star wars just like i was 6 years ago.... what the hell am i doing with my life?
Originally posted by truejediCollege grad in what? Because depending on your major, arguing Star Wars may very well be the only thing that keeps you from a long drop and a short stop.
i mean, i don't consider anyone i meet on the internet to be an actual friend, but to each there own. I just read the latest post in the vs. forum and just started laughing. I make you a pledge. as soon as the FOTJ series is over, i need to leave this website, i'm a college graduate for crying out loud, and i'm arguing star wars just like i was 6 years ago.... what the hell am i doing with my life?
[grumbling about 1st year philosophy students]
I'm convinced that it is because of how the classes are taught. First, a concept is introduced. The students are expected to understand the arguments. The thing is, the old style philosophers were so paranoid that they make their arguments like fortresses. If you give them ground (i.e. accept their assumptions) then they literally cannot be proven wrong.
The next class period, the students are all excited to find such a smart, well thought out worldview and they are convinced that if everyone would just learn [utilitarianism or whatever 1st year text they've been assigned] then the entire world can get straightened out. They're excited to find out what more the class can possibly teach them.
The professor then proceeds to thoroughly debunk the philosophy, starting with the assumptions and then moving into various contradictions that may arise. The students' worldview is shattered. A new topic is introduced, usually one that was a response to the flawed initial topic. (Old style philosophers also liked to call each other stupid.) Now the 1st year philosophy majors have a brand new concept to latch onto, and the cycle continues.
It's a bit like econ-majors. The intro classes are pretty interesting, and convince students that they know everything about the topic. Why, they ask, have unions been allowed to survive when pure competition is obviously the best thing ever conceived?! Then they take 312 and find out about Monopsony and/or collective bargaining...etc. The problem is that people are way overconfident in what they know, even when there is obviously a body of knowledge they do not yet have.
Originally posted by truejedi
i mean, i don't consider anyone i meet on the internet to be an actual friend, but to each there own.
There are definitely e-relationships that cross the line. (I had a buddy of mine, with an incredibly high tested IQ, drop out of college and move across the country to live with a high school girl five years his junior after meeting her online.) But friendships should be fairly common in this environment.
Friend
–noun
1.
a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
2.
a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter: friends of the Boston Symphony.
3.
a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile: Who goes there? Friend or foe?
The first and third definitions seem to apply.
edit: In fact, TJ, I'd say it's probably even more "pathetic" or socially awkward if a person dedicates as much time as the likes of us I do arguing or bantering with people that we don't consider friends.
Originally posted by truejedi
no, don't fight, because even so-called athiests feel so insecure in their view that they have this deep need for everyone to agree with them...
Proselytize:
to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit.
Originally posted by LuciusAll the more reason to take a road trip to the big city. Or... further in to the big city, depending.
To dirty, and high end escorts don't exist where I live
Originally posted by truejediCuz that's... unpathetic.
see, i don't find it uncommon at all. i've had strep for the last week and a half, thus lots of kmc and star wars watching, but when it is dead and gone, i'm going back to the bars with real people and drinking till i can't stand up anymore.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
All the more reason to take a road trip to the big city. Or... further in to the big city, depending.Cuz that's... unpathetic.
I live in the second largest city in my state. Of course I'm close enough to the border that all the retail stores have Canadian flags waving next to the American ones.
Not much around here.
Originally posted by truejedi
see, i don't find it uncommon at all. i've had strep for the last week and a half, thus lots of kmc and star wars watching, but when it is dead and gone, i'm going back to the bars with real people and drinking till i can't stand up anymore.
Yes, but I think you might be falling victim to the exaggerated amount of time people spend on KMC. I spent a lot of time on KMC indulging my nerdy side and, here lately, still do. But I was also Prom King, Most Unforgettable of my senior class, and was a genuine badass. Now, alas, not so much. But that was during my height at KMC.
My point is that it's acceptable to have e-friends and spend time at KMC and possible to still have a social life at the same time. 😄
Originally posted by LuciusAn American state on the 49th? For your sake I really hope you live in Washington. It's the only cool northern state that I can think of.
I live in the second largest city in my state. Of course I'm close enough to the border that all the retail stores have Canadian flags waving next to the American ones.Not much around here.
Originally posted by RagingBoner
Yes, but I think you might be falling victim to the exaggerated amount of time people spend on KMC. I spent a lot of time on KMC indulging my nerdy side and, here lately, still do. But I was also Prom Queen, Most Touchy-Feely of my senior class, and was a genuine Twilight Reader. Now, alas, not so much. But that was during my height at KMC.My point is that it's acceptable to have e-friends and spend time at KMC and possible to still have a social life at the same time. 😄
Corrected.