Inscrutable Exhortations
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Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave
They/them
Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave
They/them
One of the recurrent issues with Oxford's Very Short Introduction series is that way too many of them are history books. Like, why is "Conscience" a history book? That is clearly a psych or philosophy topic
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
One of the recurrent issues with Oxford's Very Short Introduction series is that way too many of them are history books. Like, why is "Conscience" a history book? That is clearly a psych or philosophy topic
The moral of Frankenstein is that we shouldn't do eugenics and Nicholas Agar is a bad philosopher
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The moral of Frankenstein is that we shouldn't do eugenics and Nicholas Agar is a bad philosopher
I think democrats should stop being shit and try being good instead
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I think democrats should stop being shit and try being good instead
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Margaret Sanger in 1957 praising Japan's eugenic efforts
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Margaret Sanger in 1957 praising Japan's eugenic efforts
Churches should not have a second story
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Churches should not have a second story
I haven't been to a theater in about 4 years. And y'know, going back for the first time in that long, it's really not that great. Watching movies at home is a little worse in a few ways but it's Way Better in a lot of ways and those lot of ways outweigh the few ways
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I haven't been to a theater in about 4 years. And y'know, going back for the first time in that long, it's really not that great. Watching movies at home is a little worse in a few ways but it's Way Better in a lot of ways and those lot of ways outweigh the few ways
I am a little tempted to be an annoying vegan in the comments of any food post about non-vegan food
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I am a little tempted to be an annoying vegan in the comments of any food post about non-vegan food
Living in Denver has made me (even more) pessimistic about direct democracy. Why am I being asked to vote on this exactly
ballotpedia.org/Denver,_Colo...
ballotpedia.org/Denver,_Colo...
Denver, Colorado, Referred Question 2F, Alter Titles and Organizations of Offices and Positions Amendment (2025)
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
ballotpedia.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Living in Denver has made me (even more) pessimistic about direct democracy. Why am I being asked to vote on this exactly
ballotpedia.org/Denver,_Colo...
ballotpedia.org/Denver,_Colo...
Don't really get the appeal of annihilationism in Christian eschatology. I get the appeal of universalism and the traditional view of hell. Annihilationism seems like a weird middle ground
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Don't really get the appeal of annihilationism in Christian eschatology. I get the appeal of universalism and the traditional view of hell. Annihilationism seems like a weird middle ground
Trying to write a thing but I have a problem: there is no obvious antonym for "transphobia." If I write "transphilia," that feels more like "chaser" than "transgender supporter" but I'm tempted to use it anyway because fuck you
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Trying to write a thing but I have a problem: there is no obvious antonym for "transphobia." If I write "transphilia," that feels more like "chaser" than "transgender supporter" but I'm tempted to use it anyway because fuck you
Robin Parry makes a better case for christian universalism than DBH does
November 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Robin Parry makes a better case for christian universalism than DBH does
It is kinda insane that Switzerland didn't fully implement women's right to vote until the fucking 1990s
November 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It is kinda insane that Switzerland didn't fully implement women's right to vote until the fucking 1990s
Wine drunk does not feel different than other kinds of drunk
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Wine drunk does not feel different than other kinds of drunk
A proto-eugenic image from Campanella's 1602 book The City of the Sun. "Love," one of the city's three governing princes, breeds humans like horses or dogs
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A proto-eugenic image from Campanella's 1602 book The City of the Sun. "Love," one of the city's three governing princes, breeds humans like horses or dogs
For some reason in Silence of the Lambs they made Hannibal straight?
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
For some reason in Silence of the Lambs they made Hannibal straight?
Republicans are not "the free speech party." Never have been. 20 years ago a majority were in favor of criminalizing flag burning
October 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Republicans are not "the free speech party." Never have been. 20 years ago a majority were in favor of criminalizing flag burning
I think I perhaps should wind down my reading about eugenics. I am starting to feel the abyss gazing back
October 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I think I perhaps should wind down my reading about eugenics. I am starting to feel the abyss gazing back
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Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
She, uh,, she Jürgën on my Häbër 'til I Mäs
October 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
She, uh,, she Jürgën on my Häbër 'til I Mäs
If you think protesting Trump is the same thing as being anti American, then you have as bleak a vision of what America is as any communist. The difference being that communists at least are willing to reject their nightmare vision
KARL: You talked about anarchists, antifa advocates, the pro-Hamas wing. I mean, 'Hate America Rally' sounds like enemies.
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, there were a lot of hateful messages yesterday. We have video & photos of pretty violent rhetoric calling out the president. I don't think it's pro-American
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, there were a lot of hateful messages yesterday. We have video & photos of pretty violent rhetoric calling out the president. I don't think it's pro-American
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you think protesting Trump is the same thing as being anti American, then you have as bleak a vision of what America is as any communist. The difference being that communists at least are willing to reject their nightmare vision
getting followers from a starter pack feels like cheating
October 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
getting followers from a starter pack feels like cheating
Neo eugenicists act like selecting a future child's characteristics is a sci Fi thought experiment but like. selective abortion of fetuses with "undesirable" characteristics is pretty common. Sex selective abortion has been a thing for like half a century now
October 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Neo eugenicists act like selecting a future child's characteristics is a sci Fi thought experiment but like. selective abortion of fetuses with "undesirable" characteristics is pretty common. Sex selective abortion has been a thing for like half a century now
Going to the Originalism Conference and lecturing everyone about how they need to learn to separate the art from the artist
October 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Going to the Originalism Conference and lecturing everyone about how they need to learn to separate the art from the artist
Here's a curious historical thing: Emma Goldman's magazine Mother Earth seems to take overpopulation to be a core cause of the first world war. "Freely available birth control would have prevented WW1" is not an opinion I knew anyone had
October 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Here's a curious historical thing: Emma Goldman's magazine Mother Earth seems to take overpopulation to be a core cause of the first world war. "Freely available birth control would have prevented WW1" is not an opinion I knew anyone had