Michael Bench-Capon
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I have a PhD in philosophy and now I work in a library. He/him.
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"Don't talk to me about sapiosexuality unless you're literally Alcibiades drunkenly serenading Socrates"
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Don't talk to me about sapiosexuality unless you're literally Alcibiades drunkenly serenading Socrates"
I did an image search to try to find the old Stats 1 textbook I had at A level and I'm not sure I'd remember it again if I saw it; I wonder if I remember the content any better than the cover
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I did an image search to try to find the old Stats 1 textbook I had at A level and I'm not sure I'd remember it again if I saw it; I wonder if I remember the content any better than the cover
Ah yes I thought I remembered mentioning it before but wasn't sure if it was to you
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Ah yes I thought I remembered mentioning it before but wasn't sure if it was to you
Esperanto lets you do something interpretable as a first person imperative
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Esperanto lets you do something interpretable as a first person imperative
One fun fact about Sidgwick apparently is that his investigations into parapsychology were appropriately (but not at-the-time inappropriately) sceptical, even though he looked like a wizard
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
One fun fact about Sidgwick apparently is that his investigations into parapsychology were appropriately (but not at-the-time inappropriately) sceptical, even though he looked like a wizard
Now that I think of it I have spent most of my time in England, where criticizing Sidgwick is illegal
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Now that I think of it I have spent most of my time in England, where criticizing Sidgwick is illegal
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The Constitution says a senator must be at least 30 years old, so I can't understand how we have all these senators who were born yesterday.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Constitution says a senator must be at least 30 years old, so I can't understand how we have all these senators who were born yesterday.
Surprised to hear that you'd been led to believe it wasn't as insightful as it is; I've only heard good things
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Surprised to hear that you'd been led to believe it wasn't as insightful as it is; I've only heard good things
Maybe they just seem crap because it's raining
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Maybe they just seem crap because it's raining
Idk what did McConnell do back in the day
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Idk what did McConnell do back in the day
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I read Emma recently and Austen was going absolutely hog wild with what she was putting inside the quotation marks
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I read Emma recently and Austen was going absolutely hog wild with what she was putting inside the quotation marks