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Just want to share the random things that pop up on Twitter feed.
I find myself close to speechless, which does not happen often.
This is my 10,000 post. That's incredibly difficult for me to believe.
Apparently, knowing the airspeed velocity of various unladen swallow species isn't as useful as it once was.Just want to share the random things that pop up on Twitter feed.
I could delete some for you, and you might get younger. It'd be like a modern-day
"Picture of Dorian Gray". For science.
Congratulations. You will now rank extra consideration from moderators, as you have probably just noticed.
He's in his early 30s. He's young enough. GIVE THE OLD AND THE WICKED THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH!
Congratulations. You will now rank extra consideration from moderators, as you have probably just noticed.
Wait what?
Some things, not even moderation can repair.
Here's a small excerpt from some stats I made today. The counts were captured before @AustinIllini hit 10k posts, so that will be in next week's data.
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123 willmtaylor 10011 93 2.02 -1.72 124 +1 126 16 11h 52.3m
124 AppleScruff1 9996 1 0.02 -1.28 123 -1 3 21 46d 0h 0.0m
125 AustinIllini 9978 334 7.26 +1.25 128 +3 330 6 3h 18.3mDang. Gutwrench is going to be mega disappointed.
Need to sort through a few thousand photos this week. Wish I hadn't put it off for so long.
Top Gear reference?
Congratulations!
I have no idea how many posts I’ve made since the snakepit posts are not counted
Not all posts in PRSI are "snakepit posts", - some are interesting and worth reading.
However, the problem is that not posts need to be written in a "snakepit" tone; it should be possible to debate, dissent, and disagree vehemently (yet respectfully) by addressing the subject matter, and particular topics, rather than insulting the person who holds these views and thinking that this is what constitutes debate.
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True. Political debate is a reflection of society and its capability to share ideas, which means that things aren’t doing well. And no, it’s not (solely) the politicians’ fault.
No, it is not solely the fault of politicians. Media (and some of the public) must bear some of the responsibility for this dismal state of affairs, as well.
Vicious personal attacks are no substitute for reasoned, informed, respectful debate.
They might generate more attention, more "clicks", more headlines, but they contribute little to knowledge or informing oneself in the public space, and much to a corrosive coarsening of the tone in which public debate takes place.
Life is funny, the holiday you plan for 5 minutes turn out to be the best ever , where as the one you plan for weeks very dissapointing.
Really?
Now go away or I will taunt you a second time ...
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I often wondered what happened to Aunt Ruth ..
There's the Monty Python scene, too. In one of the earlier seasons Clarkson rants about swallows and other birds taking massive poos on his car.Really?
Now go away or I will taunt you a second time ...
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Think of it this way. You could be bitten by a venomous animal and die. Hit by a bus. Or gangland crimes may come back in waves in Australia, again, and you may fall victim to it.
Totally agree.
As a good note, I watched the Ben Shapiro Sunday special with Piers Morgan as guest. It was one of the most refreshing political conversations I've listened to in at least a decade. Both individuals disagree on many points (sometimes vehemently), but they were respectful and they both made very good arguments. Actually, the host (Ben Shapiro) who usually talks at x10 speed (and talks quite a lot...), let Mr. Morgan speak even for 10 minutes at a time without interruption. I don't want to get into the actual topics as it might lead to a subjects more akin to a PRSI discussion, but this is how people should converse, and not only about politics. It doesn't matter if I agreed or disagreed with Mr. Morgan or Mr. Shapiro, each and every sentence allowed me to think from a different perspective. Refreshing to say the least.
The full video (about 1hr long) is on YouTube, and I highly recommend it to you at least to see that some decency still exists in political conversation.
I'd rather fight off Anaconda rather than be bitten say by Centipedes. This creatures terrifying me to death
A good few years ago, I read the full transcript (it was published in one of Bertrand Russell's books), of the "Copleston-Russell Debate" (on the existence of God) which took place in 1948 and was broadcast by BBC Radio.
Frederick Copleston, a distinguished Jesuit philosopher, argued for the existence of God, while Bertrand Russell, also a distinguished philosopher, took the agnostic position.
This was an intelligent, informed, forcefully argued, thoughtful - yet articulate and utterly respectful debate, (an excellent example of intelligent public service broadcasting at its best) which treated of weighty topics in a serious manner, yet was conducted by the two principals in an atmosphere of mutual respect.
I'd rather fight off Anaconda rather than be bitten say by Centipedes. This creatures terrifying me to death
You wouldn't fight off an anaconda; you'd be squeezed, crushed, and then consumed.
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I thought it - the debate - excellent; Bertrand Russell made clear that he had no intention of arguing for the atheist position (even though he, himself, may well have been considered an atheist) as he believed that one cannot argue for the non-existence of God, whereas he considered that reasonable doubt is a more credible intellectual position.
And I love the fact that the BBC thought that this sort of debate - no insults for either of the individuals who held each respective intellectual position, and no denigration or public punishment either - was the sort of debate that it should facilitate by providing the public space for the debate to take place.