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What is your current forum goal?
#71
RE: What is your current forum goal?
(May 26, 2018 at 9:44 pm)The Industrial Atheist Wrote: Okay one goal is to halfway understand when some of you guys get philosophical. I'm doing a little reading to facilitate that.

Big Grin I think I may know what you're reading Big Grin

(May 26, 2018 at 9:46 pm)Kit Wrote:
(May 26, 2018 at 9:44 pm)The Industrial Atheist Wrote: Okay one goal is to halfway understand when some of you guys get philosophical. I'm doing a little reading to facilitate that.

Philosophy is something I somewhat understand, but my main area of expertise is psychology.

My dad was a psychologist.
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#72
RE: What is your current forum goal?
(May 26, 2018 at 9:46 pm)Kit Wrote:
(May 26, 2018 at 9:44 pm)The Industrial Atheist Wrote: Okay one goal is to halfway understand when some of you guys get philosophical. I'm doing a little reading to facilitate that.

Philosophy is something I somewhat understand, but my main area of expertise is psychology.

TBH I'm just reading "The Story of Philosophy" maybe when I finish I will try out some of the actual works of individual philosophers.
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#73
RE: What is your current forum goal?
(May 26, 2018 at 9:47 pm)Edwardo Piet Wrote: My dad was a psychologist.

Interesting. And how do you feel about your dad?
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#74
RE: What is your current forum goal?
(May 26, 2018 at 9:49 pm)The Industrial Atheist Wrote:
(May 26, 2018 at 9:46 pm)Kit Wrote: Philosophy is something I somewhat understand, but my main area of expertise is psychology.

TBH I'm just reading "The Story of Philosophy" maybe when I finish I will try out some of the actual works of individual philosophers.

That's my favorite book ever Big Grin It was the first philosophy book I ever read.

I tend to read about philosophy more than read individual works. But I have two books by Galen Strawson Smile

There's free audiobooks, that are part of the public domain, of Arthur Schopenhauer's, on YouTube. Which is cool.
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#75
RE: What is your current forum goal?
(May 26, 2018 at 9:52 pm)Edwardo Piet Wrote:
(May 26, 2018 at 9:49 pm)The Industrial Atheist Wrote: TBH I'm just reading "The Story of Philosophy" maybe when I finish I will try out some of the actual works of individual philosophers.

That's my favorite book ever Big Grin It was the first philosophy book I ever read.

I tend to read about philosophy more than read individual works. But I have two books by Galen Strawson Smile

There's free audiobooks, that are part of the public domain, of Arthur Schopenhauer's, on YouTube. Which is cool.

My local online library has Aristotle's, the Nicomachean Ethics, on audiobook, on a wait list. I'm putting myself on the wait list.
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#76
RE: What is your current forum goal?
(May 26, 2018 at 9:51 pm)Kit Wrote:
(May 26, 2018 at 9:47 pm)Edwardo Piet Wrote: My dad was a psychologist.

Interesting.  And how do you feel about your dad?

Good one Kit. That made me laugh. :-)




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#77
RE: What is your current forum goal?
(May 26, 2018 at 10:53 pm)Little lunch Wrote: Good one Kit. That made me laugh. :-)

I try.
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#78
RE: What is your current forum goal?
(May 26, 2018 at 10:53 pm)Little lunch Wrote:
(May 26, 2018 at 9:51 pm)Kit Wrote: Interesting.  And how do you feel about your dad?

Good one Kit. That made me laugh. :-)

My dad is a well-meaning abusive cunt. Kind of like Hitler only, far, far, FAR less bad. So much less bad that it kind of trivalizes Hitler to compare him to Hitler. But the point is he's still pretty damn bad. Although he thinks he's good and means well. For starters, he's not always bad. Or at least wasn't always and isn't anymore. There was a period when he pretty much was always bad.
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#79
RE: What is your current forum goal?
(May 26, 2018 at 10:56 pm)Edwardo Piet Wrote: My dad is a well-meaning abusive cunt. Kind of like Hitler only less bad.

Won't give kudos to that. Honesty is the best medicine.

My dad, unfortunately, is not well-meaning. Abusive, certainly. Like Hitler, overboard descriptor, me thinks.
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#80
RE: What is your current forum goal?
(May 26, 2018 at 10:58 pm)Kit Wrote:
(May 26, 2018 at 10:56 pm)Edwardo Piet Wrote: My dad is a well-meaning abusive cunt. Kind of like Hitler only less bad.

Won't give kudos to that.  Honesty is the best medicine.

My dad, unfortunately, is not well-meaning.  Abusive, certainly.  Like Hitler, overboard descriptor, me thinks.

Honesty indeed. That's why I said less bad.

It is an overboard descriptor but I didn't specify how much less bad he is. So it's technically correct.

But yeah, I just wanted to emphasize what an asshole he is and I couldn't think of another shitty and manipulative propagandist to compare him to.
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