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He's probably alluding to reading you and rangrz' posts hahahaha. Just didn't wanna hurt your feelings.
PA said:That is not an explanation. It is a four-word sentence that has as many meanings as there are words in the English language, which considerably dilutes its specificity and, thereby, its helpfulness, at least in my book.
If someone was overdosing on an opioid, would you prescribe Bacopa and say five prayers, or would you administer intravenous naloxone? Think about the implications of what you're suggesting here.
Okay, I agree with that much, so long as we confine the universe of discourse to literature, philosophy, etc.
He's probably alluding to reading you and rangrz' posts hahahaha
Where did I tell people not to visit an M.D. if they were ill or had a serious health issue?
Refer back to the hammer and the microscope. And Confucius.
You say that, but what do you do? You demand more words, more precision, that we limit ourselves to what can be dealt with in more formal logic.
I was just giving background info, to help'em try to see that some folks will read Nausea, but not Being and Nothingness, and they can still talk about Sartre too.
Refer back to how tedious I find these insipid little parables and quotes.
Wrong. I was only saying that we shouldn't start doling out practical advice (like, e.g., the case of the OD) when said advice is founded upon myth and sophistry rather than the rigorous application of the scientific method. Color me crazy, but that's just how I see things.
See, there it is again. If you had ever so much as casually perused any threads other than the ones in which I'm being alternately lambasted and defended by our frequent contributors, you'd know that I'm an avid reader of existentialist screeds and novels
So you refuse to acknowledge that our words might have a point beyond a literal or otherwise straightforward interpretation, or try to gain a better understanding of them. Or better phrased, you refuse to engage anything beyond the words we use. You could have just said so to begin with.
3. No incoherent posts. We understand that the subject matter discussed in P&S can sometimes be highly abstract and hard to put into words. We also accept that many people's thoughts here come to them during states of altered consciousness. English is not everyone's first language here, and even native English speakers vary in their ability to eloquently express a heady idea. However, if a sober moderator can make no sense of a post at all, he reserves the right to close or unapprove it.
Though you don't think novels from philosophers represent some of that lyricism you find so bothersome? Okay, I assumed wrong then.
The limitations of a sober moderator are not considered by rule 3, however.
Do claims of being an "indigo child" make any sense whatsoever to a sober moderator?!
to add to what pa has said, bluelight gives a great deal of discretion to forum staff on the day to day running and general zeitgeist of their forums.Do claims of being an "indigo child" make any sense whatsoever to a sober moderator?!
How could we quantify this effect? Post-count, perhaps?It is equally funny and sad how much energy is wasted by people attempting to exert their interpretation of the world onto others.
How could we quantify this effect? Post-count, perhaps?
It is equally funny and sad how much energy is wasted by KamMoye in his attempt to passive-aggressively propound his interpretation of what he reads to others.
As a sober moderator, you're also neglecting the fact that the effort that it takes me to make a post, may not be equal to the effort-required by a sober-poster.