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"content": "Is there anything wrong with my reasoning? Just wanted to check if I'm still a sane person.\n\nI don't see any reason why my existence should matter to me or why yours should matter to you. If every bit of knowledge you fill yourself up with, every step you take towards making ... | [
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"content": "An interesting thing to ask yourself in checking this kind of thinking: what would it take to make life \"meaningful\"? Is it a measure that is at all useful or valuable to us? If you find that you cannot even vaguely come up with a way that life *could* be meaningful (jus... |
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"content": "Is there anything wrong with my reasoning? Just wanted to check if I'm still a sane person.\n\nI don't see any reason why my existence should matter to me or why yours should matter to you. If every bit of knowledge you fill yourself up with, every step you take towards making ... | [
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"content": "Imagining that, I don't see anything that is meaningless except for perhaps your callous destruction of something I made. The castle is meaningful because I gave it meaning (perhaps I imagined it was a real castle, or maybe I was remembering times spent as a child with my ... |
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"content": "Is there anything wrong with my reasoning? Just wanted to check if I'm still a sane person.\n\nI don't see any reason why my existence should matter to me or why yours should matter to you. If every bit of knowledge you fill yourself up with, every step you take towards making ... | [
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"content": "I realize that it is an analogy, but I think that it displays the same weakness as your core point. Namely, that you have not given a good reason to think that how long something lasts is directly related to how valuable it is, or how meaningful it is.\n\nAnd besides that,... |
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"content": "Is there anything wrong with my reasoning? Just wanted to check if I'm still a sane person.\n\nI don't see any reason why my existence should matter to me or why yours should matter to you. If every bit of knowledge you fill yourself up with, every step you take towards making ... | [
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"content": "So now we are not talking about the creations and accomplishments of people, only the people themselves? I'm afraid that either I am not understanding what you mean or you are not understanding what you mean.\n\nTo your second point, you keep asserting that if a person wer... |
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"content": "Tomorrow is the last time I will go to work as a guy.\n\nI'm trans and I have a crazy week coming up.\n\nTomorrow is my last day of work at my old job. \nWednesday I'm going to spend a day at my new job filling out forms and medical insurance information and such. It'll be my ... | [
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"content": "Congratulations on becoming a woman, Is what my mom said when I became one when I got my period.. then she gave me cake as is tradition in my family. So Now I will congratulate you on becoming one and you should go get a piece of your favorite cake to celebrate! You have s... |
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"content": "Tomorrow is the last time I will go to work as a guy.\n\nI'm trans and I have a crazy week coming up.\n\nTomorrow is my last day of work at my old job. \nWednesday I'm going to spend a day at my new job filling out forms and medical insurance information and such. It'll be my ... | [
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"content": "Oh how fun! Now you get to dress up for an occasion as well :) And of course the others will. They are your friends"
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"content": "Tomorrow is the last time I will go to work as a guy.\n\nI'm trans and I have a crazy week coming up.\n\nTomorrow is my last day of work at my old job. \nWednesday I'm going to spend a day at my new job filling out forms and medical insurance information and such. It'll be my ... | [
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"content": "Something that says BAM this is me now! Look at how gorgeous I am... only one more pretty then me is the bride ;)"
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"content": "Does anyone have friends but still feel lonely?\n\nI would say I have healthy amount of friends. We go out together and do lots of different stuff and they treat me well/ are kind people . But I often still feel lonely when I'm with them. \n\nDoes anyone else feel this way? Wh... | [
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"content": "So I've had this problem in the past, where I had good friends that meant well and we did things together all the time, but I still felt as though I was not a part of the group and that I was missing *something*, and I couldn't figure it out for the longest time.\n\nThen o... |
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"content": "Does anyone have friends but still feel lonely?\n\nI would say I have healthy amount of friends. We go out together and do lots of different stuff and they treat me well/ are kind people . But I often still feel lonely when I'm with them. \n\nDoes anyone else feel this way? Wh... | [
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"content": "Yeah concerts/music festivals are great for that sort of thing. Everyone there likes pretty much the same stuff you do, which makes it easier to strike up a conversation (if you wanted to, that is). I've been to several concerts before and all of them were great experience... |
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"content": "In a post-structuralist/post-modern framework, why is freedom good and oppression bad?\n\nNotable philosophers like Foucault or de Beauvoir empasize the value of freedom. But I struggle to see the post structuralist argument for freedom without being nihilistic."
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"content": "Post structuralism emphasizes that individuals are free from absolute categorical determination. Since \"an individual\" is defined in its uniqueness, our attempts to impose rigid social expectations and laws will clash against this freedom from categorical assumptions. \... |
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"content": "In a post-structuralist/post-modern framework, why is freedom good and oppression bad?\n\nNotable philosophers like Foucault or de Beauvoir empasize the value of freedom. But I struggle to see the post structuralist argument for freedom without being nihilistic."
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"content": "You're presupposing \"good\" is universal, when all these thinkers emphasize that \"good\" is a subjective measure that can be applied in various ways. \n\nSimone De Beauvoir rightly suggests that it isn't universally good to reject categorical identity. These categories h... |
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"content": "Decided to stay home this weekend, already feeling lonely. How are you?\n\nSo I brought home a six pack and played Dead Space for 3 hours. Don't know what to do know. What are you doing today/tonight?\n\nEdit : Thanks for responding everybody! It was so much fun, I love this su... | [
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"content": "Eating, sleeping, and marathoning the Batman Arkham games. I'm in the middle of Arkham City right now."
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"content": "Decided to stay home this weekend, already feeling lonely. How are you?\n\nSo I brought home a six pack and played Dead Space for 3 hours. Don't know what to do know. What are you doing today/tonight?\n\nEdit : Thanks for responding everybody! It was so much fun, I love this su... | [
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"content": "Pretty well, I know that game more than the other 3 so i've been quickly doing a bunch of side missions before doing the main story. I just got done with the Ra's al Ghul trials."
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"content": "Decided to stay home this weekend, already feeling lonely. How are you?\n\nSo I brought home a six pack and played Dead Space for 3 hours. Don't know what to do know. What are you doing today/tonight?\n\nEdit : Thanks for responding everybody! It was so much fun, I love this su... | [
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"content": "Sort of, it's when you drink the bit of Lazarus that stops Batman from dying and you have to glide through the desert place with Ra's ghost. After that you fight him and get some of his blood for Mr. Freeze."
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"content": "Decided to stay home this weekend, already feeling lonely. How are you?\n\nSo I brought home a six pack and played Dead Space for 3 hours. Don't know what to do know. What are you doing today/tonight?\n\nEdit : Thanks for responding everybody! It was so much fun, I love this su... | [
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"content": "The trials are pretty easy if you have hang on how to glide and divebomb to get higher. I remember right before the trials Bruce starts to halucinate his parents because the poison in his blood starts getting to him. Right after the trials Talia takes you to Ra's and he's ... |
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"content": "Moving to my own apartment (no roommates, no partner) for the first time ever!\n\nThe bad part is that my rent is going to be more than double what it is right now. The good part is that I'm getting a massive two bedroom apartment with a real dining room and huge living room AL... | [
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"content": "So pleased for you - just make sure you fill it with lots of things that make you happy. My advice, warm tones and scented candles - make it feel \"warm\" so that it feels like a giant hug when you walk in....\nWishing you tonnes of luck and happiness x"
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"content": "Moving to my own apartment (no roommates, no partner) for the first time ever!\n\nThe bad part is that my rent is going to be more than double what it is right now. The good part is that I'm getting a massive two bedroom apartment with a real dining room and huge living room AL... | [
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"content": "I love a good yankee candle, it's like a hug in a jar!!"
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"content": "I don't have a eating disorder anymore and I think that's cool of me :)\n\nFor context - I had an eating disorder from 13-16 that was a cycle of restricting and binging, and I started seeking help when I was 14. It sucked!! It sucked a lot!!! \n\nFast forward, I'm 19, have my f... | [
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"content": "I had the same problem for many years in my teens & early 20s .. I now enjoy food so much more jn a healthy way! \n\nIf you like tofu you prob would like homemade spring rolls - with rice paper and veggies 😉 yummy!\n\nAlso can I know your recipe for your tofu thanks (:"
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"content": "I don't have a eating disorder anymore and I think that's cool of me :)\n\nFor context - I had an eating disorder from 13-16 that was a cycle of restricting and binging, and I started seeking help when I was 14. It sucked!! It sucked a lot!!! \n\nFast forward, I'm 19, have my f... | [
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"content": "Thank you sounds awesome :) I'll have to get some Sichuan paste I always like trying new ingredients!! I also find it cool to add ground beef and tofu!! I like tofu but my family is on the fence about it.. this will help!!"
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"content": "Is there a connection between cultures descended of Proto Indo-European and affection for dogs as companions?\n\nI remember listening to or reading a lecture about Proto Indo-European culture having a strong affection for their dogs as companions and I was curious if this is a ... | [
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"content": "Cynophagy, the eating of dogs, has not always been western taboo. Your question is nestled in this false premise and the false premise that \"a large portion of the world\" lacks affection for dogs. \n\nI'm going to address dogs as a food source here. The 19th century Lewi... |
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"content": "Is there a connection between cultures descended of Proto Indo-European and affection for dogs as companions?\n\nI remember listening to or reading a lecture about Proto Indo-European culture having a strong affection for their dogs as companions and I was curious if this is a ... | [
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"content": "Sorry it took so long; sometimes the good animal questions slip through my filter. :)"
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"content": "Hume's problem of induction and its modern importance?\n\nAfter reading a bit about Hume;s problem of induction, it seems that he reasons that induction is unjustifiable as a capital T Truth. If I am to understand his conclusion as simply that we can't prove that induction wor... | [
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"content": "After reading a bit about Hume's problem of induction, it seems that he reasons that induction is unjustifiable as a capital T Truth. \n\nThat doesn't sound right. First, Hume thinks induction *is* justifiable. Second, it's not clear what difference there is between truth ... |
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"content": "Hume's problem of induction and its modern importance?\n\nAfter reading a bit about Hume;s problem of induction, it seems that he reasons that induction is unjustifiable as a capital T Truth. If I am to understand his conclusion as simply that we can't prove that induction wor... | [
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"content": "Capital T Truth represents something we know rather than probabilistically believe (little t truth).\n\nWhat I mean is that this isn't a distinction Hume makes, nor that philosophers in general make, so there's a worry that you're going to misunderstand things philosophers... |
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"content": "What punishment would the American founding fathers have received had they been captured by the British?\n\nHello all! \nIn the timeless film National Treasure, Nicolas Cage's character mentions that the founding fathers were committing high treason against the british crown, a... | [
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"content": "Drawing and quartering would have been on the table, but wouldn't have been too likely. The last British drawing and quartering was famously David Tyrie in 1782. Supposedly something like 100,000 people came to watch his execution. But it had become rare before then.\n\nIt... |
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"content": "Just convenience sake. The British did catch several men and execute them during the war. Although none of them were really at the level of Adams or Washington. All of the ones I can think of off-hand were given short trials and immediately hung. British trials at the time... |
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"content": "I don't see how free will can exist.\n\nI'm assuming that there is no such thing as a soul.\n\n1) On average everything is ruled by classical physics. Then it follows that if you know the state of the internal system (brain) + state of the external system (everything that is no... | [
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"content": "However, if every interaction will inherently bear a stochastic result, this still means that there is still no place for free will here.\n\nIt doesn't: it perhaps means there's no place for libertarian free will, but this is an unpopular position on how to construe free w... |
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"content": "I don't see how free will can exist.\n\nI'm assuming that there is no such thing as a soul.\n\n1) On average everything is ruled by classical physics. Then it follows that if you know the state of the internal system (brain) + state of the external system (everything that is no... | [
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"content": "This is certainly not the direction I intented to go.\n\nBut it doesn't seem you can get to your thesis along any other direction.\n\nI can get into that but as you point out, intuitively it feels very ''unfree'' to me.\n\nBut if you can't defend that intuition--or worse, ... |
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"content": "How would John Rawls approach the trolley problem?\n\nFive people are tied to a trolley track and they will be run over if you don't pull a lever switching the tracks to a track where one person is tied to the track. Let's assume they all want to live and are equal in every wa... | [
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"content": "If we were deciding, behind the Veil of Ignorance, what to do about this specific situation, presumably we would decide \"the agent should be to pull the lever; if I turn out to be one of the six people whose lives is at stake, that action will give me a better chance of s... |
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"content": "How would John Rawls approach the trolley problem?\n\nFive people are tied to a trolley track and they will be run over if you don't pull a lever switching the tracks to a track where one person is tied to the track. Let's assume they all want to live and are equal in every wa... | [
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"content": "It seems you assumed that behind the veil of ignorance there is an equal chance of being any person but I don't think you can make that assumption. I think you are to assume that the probability of being any given person is unknown.\n\nYeah, I see where you're coming from ... |
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"content": "AskScience AMAs: Ask a planetary scientist/astrobiologist\n\nI'm on the science team for the [ESA/Roscosmos Trace Gas Orbiter](http://exploration.esa.int/mars/46475-trace-gas-orbiter/). The mission used to be a joint ESA/NASA project until... NASA pulled everything. Now we're w... | [
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"content": "There has been a lot written about methane signatures in the martian atmosphere, and whether that methane is indicative of organic processes or whether it is the result of abiogenic processes such as serpentinisation of olivine. Is there a way to discriminate between bioge... |
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"content": "Thanks a gazillion!\n\nCan't wait to *finally* have a bit a solid stable isotopic data from Mars \n\nBest wishes and bonne chance!"
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"content": "How do immunoassay drug tests work?\n\nFrom what I understand, the drug test is actually testing for free floating antibodies. Lets use THC. If you have THC metabolites in your system then the antibodies bind to them, then there is nothing to bind to the test strip and you don'... | [
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"content": "There are a few different types of immunoassays. Some test for antibodies using a known quantity of antigen, and some test for antigens using a known quanity of antibody. What you described is the first type, but for THC it's the second type, where the antibody comes not f... |
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"content": "How do immunoassay drug tests work?\n\nFrom what I understand, the drug test is actually testing for free floating antibodies. Lets use THC. If you have THC metabolites in your system then the antibodies bind to them, then there is nothing to bind to the test strip and you don'... | [
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"content": "Disclaimer: not sure how exactly the THC assay works, just answering for immunoassays in general.\n\nYou can have assays that work by emiting more signal when there's more antigen, or ones that emit less signal for more antigen (sounds like THC is the second kind, with mor... |
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"content": "I am not loosing my job... And I feel a little empty\n\nWe were told a couple weeks ago that our contract was coming to an end and our company was being bought. I told my gf close friends and family, I didn't have another job lined up but I have been doin some freelance, and I... | [
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"content": "Depending on who bought out your company, things may get better, or worse. Probably worse, really."
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"content": "I am not loosing my job... And I feel a little empty\n\nWe were told a couple weeks ago that our contract was coming to an end and our company was being bought. I told my gf close friends and family, I didn't have another job lined up but I have been doin some freelance, and I... | [
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"content": "Job hunting whilst one is still employed is so much easier... there's' much less stress, and you have the luxury of being a little more discerning about new prospects."
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"content": "If I win the lottery, what would you like?\n\nThe Powerball has almost reached $500 million again here in the US and I bought a ticket. If I somehow win tonight's drawing (or future drawings) what would some of you want? If I win I'll come through and buy what you want as a gif... | [
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"content": "Do yourself a favor, pay off any debts you have, and sink as much of that as you can into solid investments that'll earn you a decent yield every year. At least one that's pretty well-known for beating inflation. (You may want to look at a decent set of wheels if you're in... |
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"content": "If I win the lottery, what would you like?\n\nThe Powerball has almost reached $500 million again here in the US and I bought a ticket. If I somehow win tonight's drawing (or future drawings) what would some of you want? If I win I'll come through and buy what you want as a gif... | [
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"content": "Cool. I also feel like we're still sort of in the early stages for EVs, but it's worth watching them to see who's doing what while we wait."
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"content": "Do actions with harmful but unintended and unanticipated consequences deserve punishment?\n\nFor the sake of argument let us consider the following hypothetical scenario - during a large party in the moments of celebration I fire a round of my rifle at the sky. In many cultures... | [
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"content": "If the action was unintended nor could be reasonably anticipated then what you did was morally neutral and you should not feel moral guilt (which relates to your moral culpability for doing this act) but you may well feel regret that your agency was connected to an act tha... |
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"content": "Do actions with harmful but unintended and unanticipated consequences deserve punishment?\n\nFor the sake of argument let us consider the following hypothetical scenario - during a large party in the moments of celebration I fire a round of my rifle at the sky. In many cultures... | [
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"content": "The Williams paper from where this notion of agent regret for something that one is not morally culpable for, is complex. Essentially I think he means that the action's consequences cannot be rationally anticipated by anyone. It is an attack on the idea that reason is all ... |
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"content": "Some people are just amazing\n\nSo I'm a dirt-poor university student. I earn just enough to pay my bills and eat two meals a day. I couldn't afford to buy my sister a birthday present last week, and I know she understands but I feel crappy about it. \n\nMy birthday comes a few... | [
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"content": "Yes, you do deserve it.\n\nYour present economic position is not your entire life.\n\nBudget smartly, live within your budget.\n\nWhen you are able to, you will show your appreciation for all the nice things your sister has done. And you will not do that in crass displays ... |
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"content": "Some people are just amazing\n\nSo I'm a dirt-poor university student. I earn just enough to pay my bills and eat two meals a day. I couldn't afford to buy my sister a birthday present last week, and I know she understands but I feel crappy about it. \n\nMy birthday comes a few... | [
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"content": "Go for it!\n\nBe well."
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"content": "My three year old just turned vegetarian\n\nI just wanted to share. It seems kind of momentous moment in her short life. It's the first real injustice she's recognised in the world and chosen to act on, even if her reasoning is pretty simple at this point. \n\nAnyone else have ... | [
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"content": "I don't have kids yet but I love watching my little cousins grow up from babies and start developing their own personality and become their own people. It's interesting to see what influence they get from their parents/school/friends/community and what's just their own."
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"content": "My three year old just turned vegetarian\n\nI just wanted to share. It seems kind of momentous moment in her short life. It's the first real injustice she's recognised in the world and chosen to act on, even if her reasoning is pretty simple at this point. \n\nAnyone else have ... | [
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"content": "Yeah it occurred to me once how cool it must be to have a kid and then have them make artwork. Like yeah it may just be macaroni glued haphazardly to a piece of paper, but you *made* that person and that person *made* a thing. They have their own thoughts inside their head... |
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"content": "Am I the only one who wants to cuddle when I'm sick?\n\nI usually don't care too much about cuddling or snuggling or really touching people in general. It's not really an important thing for me since nobody really wants to hold me or touch me anyway. Never has been important to... | [
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"content": "I think, I'd love to be held, but I wouldn't want anyone else to get sick because of me."
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"content": "Am I the only one who wants to cuddle when I'm sick?\n\nI usually don't care too much about cuddling or snuggling or really touching people in general. It's not really an important thing for me since nobody really wants to hold me or touch me anyway. Never has been important to... | [
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"content": "No, you're not."
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"content": "Am I the only one who wants to cuddle when I'm sick?\n\nI usually don't care too much about cuddling or snuggling or really touching people in general. It's not really an important thing for me since nobody really wants to hold me or touch me anyway. Never has been important to... | [
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"content": "If it makes you feel better right now, here's a hug\n\n*Virtual hug*"
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"content": "Biggest moment of my life, celebrating all alone\n\nPosting here because I just want to tell someone.\nI struggled to get through my bachelors degree because of depression and anxiety caused by trauma and abuse. Barely made it out alive (literally), but the accomplishment was ... | [
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"content": "Hey! Do you have a graduation ceremony and, if so, is it going to be streamed?\n\nI'd love to attend and support you even if I don't know which person going up is you."
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"content": "Biggest moment of my life, celebrating all alone\n\nPosting here because I just want to tell someone.\nI struggled to get through my bachelors degree because of depression and anxiety caused by trauma and abuse. Barely made it out alive (literally), but the accomplishment was ... | [
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"content": "I absolutely will! Congratulations on such a difficult journey, I am so so proud of you ❤️"
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"content": "Lend me your car knowledge? My brakes are grinding!\n\nSo, my $1500 van needs a $1000 fix for power steering (NOPE), and $500 fix for new brakes, pads, that sort of thing.\n\nI took it into the shop because the brakes were grinding super bad and felt like they were catching a t... | [
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"content": "If it's going to cost more than the worth of the vehicle to just keep it moving, and that's providing nothing else is found wrong with it in the process, then it's scrap metal. If you could do it yourself, you could probably get away with all of it for maybe $600-700 incl... |
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"content": "Lend me your car knowledge? My brakes are grinding!\n\nSo, my $1500 van needs a $1000 fix for power steering (NOPE), and $500 fix for new brakes, pads, that sort of thing.\n\nI took it into the shop because the brakes were grinding super bad and felt like they were catching a t... | [
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"content": "Simply, no. If you pull your e-brakes, and your brakes have already been grabbing/locking, you could have issues getting them to let go when you release the e-brakes."
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"content": "Lend me your car knowledge? My brakes are grinding!\n\nSo, my $1500 van needs a $1000 fix for power steering (NOPE), and $500 fix for new brakes, pads, that sort of thing.\n\nI took it into the shop because the brakes were grinding super bad and felt like they were catching a t... | [
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"content": "I know it sucks, but better safe than dead, bud."
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"content": "Why am i jealous of my friends newfound relationship?\n\nI (17M) have a Friend of 2 years that recently just got into a new relationship after a recent breakup. And for some reason i feel jealous, but i dont have a crush on my friend so please dont interpret it that way. It jus... | [
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"content": "Jealousy comes from the fear of being replaced and left behind, so it's not weird that if a friend starts spending more time and being close with someone else you feel jealous.\n\nI have a close friend who's dating someone and I've never felt jealous of their partner, but ... |
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"content": "Why am i jealous of my friends newfound relationship?\n\nI (17M) have a Friend of 2 years that recently just got into a new relationship after a recent breakup. And for some reason i feel jealous, but i dont have a crush on my friend so please dont interpret it that way. It jus... | [
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"content": "It's not something that I got over, but when I feel like this I focus on hanging out with other people. This way I make sure not to be overbearing and I'm reminded that whatever happens I'm valued and have friends that care about me. That makes me feel better.\n\nI don't s... |
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"content": "I got an unsolicited compliment at the gym!\n\nLet me preface this with I am 30. A failed relationship was the catalyst for turning my life around. New job, new home, getting fit etc.\nIve been lifting for just shy of a year and a half. I have a routine where I do my sets with ... | [
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"content": "This lady is doing god's work, it's our job when we are confident in a domain to give newer/less confident people a little boost to keep them going"
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"content": "I got an unsolicited compliment at the gym!\n\nLet me preface this with I am 30. A failed relationship was the catalyst for turning my life around. New job, new home, getting fit etc.\nIve been lifting for just shy of a year and a half. I have a routine where I do my sets with ... | [
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"content": "When you'll be a buff dude, do me a favor and give a little compliment here and there :)"
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"content": "It bothers me that people body shame me for being \"too small\"\n\nAnybody else?\n\nI have Hyperthyroidism, and I am having a hard time getting it under control. \n\nHyperthyroidism is when your thyroid is working in overtime- constantly pumping out hormones and keeping your me... | [
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"content": "It's a shame that people feel empowered to speak on your health circumstances with neither relevant information nor medical training. \n\nI wish you well in your journey. Follow your plan and learn to filter out the ignorance, no matter where it comes from."
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"content": "It bothers me that people body shame me for being \"too small\"\n\nAnybody else?\n\nI have Hyperthyroidism, and I am having a hard time getting it under control. \n\nHyperthyroidism is when your thyroid is working in overtime- constantly pumping out hormones and keeping your me... | [
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"content": "Keep up the good work"
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"content": "At the age of 21, I finally got my driver's license and was hired for my first job!\n\nWhich is quite the accomplishment for me, considering terrible anxiety held me back from doing both of those things for so long. \n\nI went from breaking down and crying while practicing driv... | [
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"content": "Congratulations! 2 big steps in life! It took me 3 times to pass my test...its damn stressful! As for the job, good luck!"
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"content": "At the age of 21, I finally got my driver's license and was hired for my first job!\n\nWhich is quite the accomplishment for me, considering terrible anxiety held me back from doing both of those things for so long. \n\nI went from breaking down and crying while practicing driv... | [
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"content": "They made me parallel park on all 3...which sucked! I was one of the first to do the satnav assisted tests (I think they let me pass to make it seem like the new test was a success). Kudos to you though! What car have you get or plan to get for your first car? I had a litt... |
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"content": "Why is it so common for people to believe that specific social structures are necessary or inevitable?\n\nI have observed in ordinary conversation a widespread folk belief in *necessitarianism* when it comes to cultural practices and political institutions.\n\nThe status quo is... | [
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"content": "Why is it so common for people to believe ... \nI have observed in ordinary conversation a widespread folk belief... \n...a large degree of skepticism towards the feasibility and viability of any proposed alternatives\n\nIs this a philosophical question or one closer to ... |
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"content": "Why is it so common for people to believe that specific social structures are necessary or inevitable?\n\nI have observed in ordinary conversation a widespread folk belief in *necessitarianism* when it comes to cultural practices and political institutions.\n\nThe status quo is... | [
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"content": "You are saying that people are implicitly attributing their particular corner of the status quo to necessity. I don't know that I agree with that observation, but that seems to be the topic of your post - people's beliefs about why this (\\*waves hand\\*) is here and the d... |
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"content": "I gave my nephew (who is staying with me for two weeks) $100 for spending cash and my mom told him \"Don't spend it all in one place.\"\n\nI really hate that idiom though. \n\nSo my Nephew is visiting for two weeks from out of state, and last night he was talking to my mom (His... | [
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"content": "Normally I agree and think it's a dumb saying but ironically, I think this is one of the few cases where it makes sense. Your nephew shouldn't be buying big-money items now! He should be going out every night and having fun. He can save for the big thing when he gets home.... |
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"content": "I gave my nephew (who is staying with me for two weeks) $100 for spending cash and my mom told him \"Don't spend it all in one place.\"\n\nI really hate that idiom though. \n\nSo my Nephew is visiting for two weeks from out of state, and last night he was talking to my mom (His... | [
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"content": "Yeah, I totally agree. But if he asked for my advice, or I was inclined to give it to him anyway, wait till you get home to buy the 3DS! Go out and have fun with this money. Blow it on stupid stuff. That's what vacations are for.\n\nHonestly, I think every time I've ever h... |
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"content": "You ever try to have a discussion with someone and all they do is try to disprove everything you say for the sake of being a contrarian?\n\nYeah I kind of do that way too much. It got the point where my girlfriend had to tell me I do it all the time. Simce then I've been trying... | [
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"content": "I've begun to realize recently that I myself do this, so it's something I'm trying to get better at. At first, I didn't really think of it as a problem because I thought I was just being constantly skeptical in order to be more truthful, but then I noticed I would disagree... |
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"content": "You ever try to have a discussion with someone and all they do is try to disprove everything you say for the sake of being a contrarian?\n\nYeah I kind of do that way too much. It got the point where my girlfriend had to tell me I do it all the time. Simce then I've been trying... | [
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"content": "Right, I get what you're saying. I do think there are ways to disagree without coming off like a jerk; one thing I try to do is focus on their viewpoint. For example, if someone says \"La La Land is an awful movie\", I would say \"yeah? what don't you like about it?\" and ... |
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"content": "It's interesting how the body we hate is someone else's dream body.\n\nI'm a F, 5'6, ~125ish pounds, very long legs. Just very long and slim-ish; I hate absolutely hate my body. \n\nGirls walk up to me all the time and tell me that I have their dream body. The one they're worki... | [
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"content": "I've actually never heard the \"comparison is a thief of joy\" saying, but that makes a lot of sense. I think it's really difficult for most people to even feel comfortable with their own bodies, and most will always envy someone for something, however unfortunate that may... |
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"content": "It's interesting how the body we hate is someone else's dream body.\n\nI'm a F, 5'6, ~125ish pounds, very long legs. Just very long and slim-ish; I hate absolutely hate my body. \n\nGirls walk up to me all the time and tell me that I have their dream body. The one they're worki... | [
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"content": "Well keep on keepin on! And then one day you'll be like \"yanno what, I'm a bad bitch\" or however you view yourself personally"
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"content": "Many years ago, I gave birth to a son and he was adopted. Today is his birthday.\n\nNot many people know this about me, but, a long time ago, when I was a lot younger, I gave birth to a son. He was big, and healthy, and gorgeous. Unfortunately, at that time in my life, I was in... | [
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"content": "I am curious, do you plan on meeting him one day?"
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"content": "Many years ago, I gave birth to a son and he was adopted. Today is his birthday.\n\nNot many people know this about me, but, a long time ago, when I was a lot younger, I gave birth to a son. He was big, and healthy, and gorgeous. Unfortunately, at that time in my life, I was in... | [
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"content": "That is so cool, best wishes to you"
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"content": "Is the debate between natural law and legal positivism just terminological?\n\nI know the answer is probably no, what I'm lacking is the \"why\". \n\nIf legal positivism says law is just a bundle of social conventions, and natural law theorists say no, there are laws preexistin... | [
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"content": "Have you read the opinions in Riggs v. Palmer? That's the standard example of the difference. Earl is a naturalist and Gray is a positivist. Hence Earl argues the law *already* prohibits the grandson from inheriting, while Gray argues that while it would be *good* for the ... |
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"content": "Is the debate between natural law and legal positivism just terminological?\n\nI know the answer is probably no, what I'm lacking is the \"why\". \n\nIf legal positivism says law is just a bundle of social conventions, and natural law theorists say no, there are laws preexistin... | [
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"content": "Perhaps this will help. Earl and Gray are disagreeing about what the law *is*, and therefore what the court *should do*. The 'should' here is not moral, though, but legal: what should the court order on the basis of what the law *is*, rather than what the law morally shoul... |
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"content": "My friends make jokes about the fact that I prefer/collect a lot of DVDs/Blu-ray, but I don't care.\n\nI know, I know. I'm one of those people who would rather own the hard copies of moves and shows I like/love than stream them. But while I too will stream things sometimes, not... | [
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"content": "My bf's family has a HUGE dvd/blueray colection. While it's a pain for looking for a movie due to not much organization I love that I can suggest almost any movie and his family hast it on disk. \nAlso, considering my family is not big on streaming services. Instead buying... |
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"content": "My friends make jokes about the fact that I prefer/collect a lot of DVDs/Blu-ray, but I don't care.\n\nI know, I know. I'm one of those people who would rather own the hard copies of moves and shows I like/love than stream them. But while I too will stream things sometimes, not... | [
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"content": "That is awsome! I know my dad has had times where just travling to a hotel on the coast there was no wifi or the signal sucked. So him and his firends defaulted to the brought dvds and a dvd player. If he struggled with just going to the coast and watching shows/movies I c... |
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"content": "Give me a topic and I'll write you a poem\n\nSo my fiancée is feeling a bit ill and has gone for a lie down, so I need something to do. Give me a topic and I'll try and write a poem for you (no promising you'll love it, I'm no sprog!) \n \nEdit: Right, thank you for entertain... | [
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"content": "A war between bird species has broken out (they use modern weapons and tactics) and we are caught in the middle.\n\nIf you can't do that one then can you do one about a sunset on an alien planet?"
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"content": "Give me a topic and I'll write you a poem\n\nSo my fiancée is feeling a bit ill and has gone for a lie down, so I need something to do. Give me a topic and I'll try and write a poem for you (no promising you'll love it, I'm no sprog!) \n \nEdit: Right, thank you for entertain... | [
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"content": "Holy cow that was brilliant! My hat is off to you!"
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"content": "I'm crying over a craving. Is this normal?\n\nI (19F) have been craving a very specific Dominos pizza since 2pm. The craving hasn't gone away, and have been actively getting worse. Everything else (food wise) sounds nasty to me. \n\nI don't even like pizza. Yeah, I'll eat it wh... | [
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"content": "I'm just waiting for you to come back here in a week or two and let us know you're pregnant."
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"content": "I'm crying over a craving. Is this normal?\n\nI (19F) have been craving a very specific Dominos pizza since 2pm. The craving hasn't gone away, and have been actively getting worse. Everything else (food wise) sounds nasty to me. \n\nI don't even like pizza. Yeah, I'll eat it wh... | [
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"content": "Yeah...your man needs to get you some pizza. Hope you're feeling better soon!"
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"content": "Not all tow truck drivers are evil you know.\n\nWas on my way out to a pickup out of the state when I ran across a broke down car about 45 miles from the closest repair shop. The driver was pretty distressed because it was her first time driving to her destination and its a goo... | [
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"content": "I totally agree. I have yet to have a bad experience with a tow truck driver. I am sure some people associate the service with repos or forced tows. All of mine have all been initiated by me or by a police officer if an accident occurred for myself or someone else I kno... |
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"content": "Not all tow truck drivers are evil you know.\n\nWas on my way out to a pickup out of the state when I ran across a broke down car about 45 miles from the closest repair shop. The driver was pretty distressed because it was her first time driving to her destination and its a goo... | [
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"content": "I am sure you get your share of heat then. This is exactly very I never park anywhere where parking is marked private or there is a warning up regarding vehicles being towed. I make sure I pay for pay parking if required. As far as I am concerned if you know the rules ... |
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"content": "Is there empirical evidence that this \"Alienation\" exists according to Marx\n\nis there real tangible evidence that its real\n\nor is it simply metaphysical pseudo-Hegelian horsesh*t?"
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"content": "The idea of holding philosophy to the standards of science is something that largely post-dates Marx's writing, so I think you're question is anachronistic."
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"content": "Is there empirical evidence that this \"Alienation\" exists according to Marx\n\nis there real tangible evidence that its real\n\nor is it simply metaphysical pseudo-Hegelian horsesh*t?"
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"content": "Well it's a concept, not an object. Asking if alienation exists is like asking if sovereignty, justice, love, value etc. exists. It's odd to hold up abstract categories to the criterion of existence the same way that you might ask whether or not red swans exist. I'm not su... |
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"content": "What basis do we have to use human wellbeing as the underpinning of a secular morality?\n\nI am an atheist and as such don't believe that there exists a morality enshrined into the universe by a higher power. Therefore any morality would have to be thought out and constructed b... | [
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"content": "Therefore any morality would have to be thought out and constructed by humans.\n\nWell, any *theory of* morality has to be constructed by humans. That doesn't mean that any *morality* has to be. I.e., likewise, you presumably don't believe that that there exists physical... |
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