TheEncogitationer
@theencogitationer
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Are ethnic jokes inherently wrong, racist, or offensive? in the forum Small Talk 40 minutes ago
Davis,
While it isn’t right to attribute chosen character traits to people for their immutable traits and while it isn’t right to degrade, diminish, and hate people for their immutable traits, ideas such as cosmologies, philosophies, ideologies and religions are all consciously chosen and espoused by human beings.
Thus, ideas and their…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Are ethnic jokes inherently wrong, racist, or offensive? in the forum Small Talk 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
Kristina,
One small correction, the Wokeness advocate I meant to refer to is Robin Diangelo, not Beverly DiAngelo.
Beverly D’Angelo (no ‘i’ in the name) played Ellen Griswold in the hilarious National Lampoon’s Vacation franchise. Beverly probably would tell some great “walks into a bar” jokes. 😁
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic
Interesting question: in the forum Humanism 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
Fellow Unbelievers,
There is another consideration to account for here: Gravesites are real property mixed with human labor, enclosed, and claimed from the state of Nature.
All real property is owned by someone, and ownership means the right of the owner to set the terms and conditions for the real property’s use and, above all, the right to…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Are ethnic jokes inherently wrong, racist, or offensive? in the forum Small Talk 1 day, 2 hours ago
Kristina,
So when someone makes a joke, you’re digging around to see if they “consciously identif[y]” as woke or pc? Or perhaps you expect them to identify themselves as such for you? Or is it when you see someone woke or pc and they aren’t making a joke at that moment, you assume they have no sense of humour? What, do you get to know them to figu…
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic
Interesting question: in the forum Humanism 1 day, 2 hours ago
Robert and Reg,
You are both right here too. Quality people as company should be an understood in fine dining outdoors.
Eduard Manet had a possible right idea in his Déjeuner Sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) which, of course, you could vary to taste:
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edouard_Manet_024.jpg
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic
Interesting question: in the forum Humanism 1 day, 9 hours ago
Davis and Fellow Unbelievers,
I’d much rather be surrounded by life and lively things on an outdoor eating excursion.
All due respect to the dead, of course, but they just aren’t good, fun conversation over great food.
I see what you might be doing, Simon, but let the non-existent bury the non-existent. 😉
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Are ethnic jokes inherently wrong, racist, or offensive? in the forum Small Talk 1 day, 10 hours ago
Reg,
We used two different sources, but the video was the same. It was a scream watching Mr. Cobb stammer and “hammina-hammina” his way through the cognitive dissonance.😁
Yes, we are all Africans (hence my earlier reference to the Leakys, Mary and Louis, who discovered our earliest known Hominid predecessor “Lucy,” the Australopithicus in the…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Are ethnic jokes inherently wrong, racist, or offensive? in the forum Small Talk 1 day, 20 hours ago
Unseen and Fellow Unbelievers,
Here it is 😁:
Kristina, I have never seen anyone who consciously identifies as Woke or Politically Correct have an ounce of humor in them whatsoever. And they certainly couldn’t do a better lambasting on Mr. Cobb than he did on himself with his posturings of purity.
And if totally…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Are ethnic jokes inherently wrong, racist, or offensive? in the forum Small Talk 1 day, 22 hours ago
Unseen and Fellow Unbelievers,
While any attribution of chosen character traits to immutable traits is bigoted, I say that making bigots the butt of humorous derision is a much better approach to dealing with bigotry than Politically Correct/Woke/Cancel Culture “hate speech” codes and mob violence.
Norman Lear made a career out of lampooning and…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sit-Rep and Advice from the War On COVID-19! in the forum Small Talk 2 days, 22 hours ago
Jake,
Lemmie get this straight:
I come to a Pharmacy asking merely for a first appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination, not certain when, if any, are available, not certain how long the queue will be.
I, instead, get my first vaccination, my second appointment, a 15-minute monitoring for any bad side effects, and a smiling, friendly Pharmacist…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer started the topic Sit-Rep and Advice from the War On COVID-19! in the forum Small Talk 5 days, 17 hours ago
Fellow Unbelievers,
Well, yesterday, I got my first Phizer COVID-19 vaccine, with the next one coming in 3 weeks! And all I had to do was go to the Pharmacy of a certain what I call Complicated Empire and ask!
The Pharmacist Assistant said they had a free slot to be filled immediately, so I filled out the forms, giddlily took the vaccine,…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic
Sunday School 4th April 2021 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 1 day ago
Reg,
Regarding the story from Texas: Homeowner’s Associations (HOAs) are a world far beyond my pay scale of comprehension.
I suppose, like BDSM clubs, consenting adults have a right to join them. But the question is…why?
We already have control freak zoning boards and land use commissions dictating what private property owners can…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic
Sunday School 4th April 2021 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 2 days ago
Reg and Fellow Unbelievers,
Here’s an Easter tradtion that everyone, regardless of belief or unbelief, can enjoy for hours!
No Original Sin, no dead-carpenter-on-a-stick, no Zombie Jesus, no redemption with blood and giving your life away, just fun with microwaves and multi-colored molten sugar! You don’t even have to eat them, just watch and…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Anyone here into cryptocurrency? in the forum Small Talk 1 week, 3 days ago
Jake,
Do you always use false dichotomies, ad hominem, ad populum, emotional tirades, and straw-manning with all your opposition? It does make discussions really tedious.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Anyone here into cryptocurrency? in the forum Small Talk 1 week, 5 days ago
Reg,
Do health care professionals in France think that people don’t get sick or need care in August???
Look, we have vacations here in the States too, but the vacation time begins a year after full-time employment, depending on the hire date. Consequently, vacation times vary from person to person and are typically scattered through the year,…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic
Sunday School 28th March 2021 in the forum Sunday School 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Reg,
Regarding the story from West “By God” Virginny: This is why, when I reply to religious pamphleteers who leave their address, I always use a silly pseudonym, a fictional street address, and drop it in a mailbox far from my ZIP Code.
No threats, of course, just polite Socratic questioning, pointing out obvious contradictions and atrocities,…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Anyone here into cryptocurrency? in the forum Small Talk 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Reg,
The Italian health system has universal healthcare for all citizens too. If you don’t make a fuss about having a sticky plaster pulled off you knee they will give you Gelato for being molto bene.
IIRC, they were hardest hit in Europe when the initial COVID-19 wave struck. And sweet death in a cup? No thanks. Too many of those and they’…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Anyone here into cryptocurrency? in the forum Small Talk 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Reg,
The French healthcare system is very good. It is government funded and universally affordable. As an European citizen I am entitled to access it, if needed, in the same way as a French person can access Irish health services.
15,000 deaths from heat-stroke in one month in 2003, mostly in hospitals and rest homes, in a supposedly developed…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Anyone here into cryptocurrency? in the forum Small Talk 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Robert,
What could possibly go wrong with leaded gasoline, selling booze and e-cigs to children or dumping toxins in the marsh just outside of town (like my own employer got caught doing).
No tears shed for removing Lead from gasoline. The Anglo-American Common Law principle of Implied Warranty of Merchantability covers that and other dangerous…[Read more]
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