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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think of Nietzsche? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2023, 1:25 am
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Replies: 55
Views: 1,494
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| Cragg testily replies “more chance than a man. A woman, young, beautiful, like you, can get anything she wants in the world. Because you have power over men! But you must use men! Not let them use you. You must be a master! Not a slave. Look, here, Nietzsche says, ‘All life, no matter how we ideali... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How do we deal with unjust laws? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2023, 10:52 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 577
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| People have never gone to prison for simple possession of marijuana or lost their right to vote. Not many, but a minority of people have been jailed purely on possession charges. I would be very surprised if you could find a person in the USA that went to prison for a simple possession of marijuana... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How do we deal with unjust laws? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2023, 12:23 pm
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Replies: 17
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| People have never gone to prison for simple possession of marijuana or lost their right to vote. Not many, but a minority of people have been jailed purely on possession charges. As for the OP's question, I think the answer is complicated. Depends on how unjust the law is, how certain the individua... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How Tech Companies Are Profiting Off Your Anger |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2023, 12:01 pm
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Replies: 12
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| I've heard it before too, and I wouldn't put it past the big tech companies to be doing that. There's nothing like a wind-up to get attention, and in the world of business, attention often means profit. Still, I haven't seen anything like that in my Facebook newsfeed. But maybe that's because I use ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think of Nietzsche? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2023, 10:51 am
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Replies: 55
Views: 1,494
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| Cragg testily replies “more chance than a man. A woman, young, beautiful, like you, can get anything she wants in the world. Because you have power over men! But you must use men! Not let them use you. You must be a master! Not a slave. Look, here, Nietzsche says, ‘All life, no matter how we ideali... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do herbal teas affect you? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2023, 10:06 am
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Replies: 8
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| ^ Now you mention it, I used to be in a small group that grew and sold organic medicinal and culinary herbs. We never so much as broke even. It was back in the late 1980s when organic stuff was barely known, so there wasn't much interest in the organic angle. There were many other reasons why we did... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do herbal teas affect you? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2023, 10:21 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 397
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| Mostly I haven't noticed any effect at all, except for some of the flavours and aromas giving my mood a bit of a boost simply on account of how pleasant they are. Even high-caffeine tea doesn't seem to do anything to me, though I've noticed a high enough dose of caffeine powder (typically 400mg) sta... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Possible medication for Austism? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2023, 1:12 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 276
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| If it worked (in the sense that it abolished the symptoms of ASD that I don't like without removing the ones I do like) and it was safe, then I'd probably give it a try, as long as I didn't have to pay much money for it. I presume discontinuing it would reverse all its effects and that cutting the d... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don't know what to do with my life |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2023, 10:07 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 985
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| Sounds like you've already put more long-term planning into your life than I ever put into mine. I've usually just made decisions as they've come up, and only thought about the present and the next few weeks at most. Within that context I've known what to do with myself, more often than not. I'm sur... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Windows 8.1 (2013-2023) RIP |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2023, 6:48 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 976
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| The 'support' refers to Microsoft's commitment to supplying updates for the system, and also to the commitment of third-party companies to maintaining support for a particular operating system in the development of their products, eg browsers. Windows 95 and 98 cannot run the modern internet, and b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Selective Mutism |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2023, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,646
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| Yes it sounds more like fatigue than selective mutism to me. When I'm selectively mute I can't start to speak - if I do get started I'm more likely to find it hard to stop. I've never had a job like that so I'm not familiar with the effects. I'd probably hate it because when I'm shopping I just want... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What motivates someone to have children? |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2023, 12:15 pm
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Replies: 221
Views: 8,033
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| What I mean is that morality has to be linked to the cosmos in order to be truly valid, instead of just being an arbitrary predisposition of some humans. Some people are inherently moral, others are not. What is the authority to decide which one is right or wrong. In a nihilistic amoral universe th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I have reached the boiling point with my current life!! ! |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2023, 11:42 am
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Replies: 19
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| I'm sure it's a common problem. My wife has something similar going on with her dad, though there's no particular pressure on her to look after him, except an internalised sense of duty. It's clearly a very tiring and frustrating role she's got. He's a nice guy but Few old people want to be put in a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Subtle bullying |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2023, 11:07 am
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Replies: 7
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| Yes, subtle bullying is one of the cloudiest issues I've ever seen. Some people have this thing where they'll look for all the world like they're being offensive and denigratory when it's actually meant (and may be taken) as being very friendly. Other times people will say apparently friendly things... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Looking for a Therapist |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2023, 3:56 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 687
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| I'm no expert, but I would hope that any good therapist would help you work through your problems without psych meds as long as you made it plain you don't want to go that way. And as long as you don't give them the impression that you're much of a danger to yourself, I don't see how anybody could l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: It seems to be that AS = extreme introversion? |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2023, 3:36 am
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,996
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| Introversion is not a diagnostic criteria for Autism. There is an overlap in that for introverts a lot of socialization wears them out and me time charges them. While socialization wears them out if they are NT they unlike autistics instinctively know how to socialize. We often present as introvert... |
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