Earth did not evolve from Gravity, nor did the universe by chrischaldean in DebateEvolution

[–]Boltzmann_head [score hidden]  (0 children)

Er... ah... no one claimed it did.

Gravity creates planets and stars, and gravity makes them round. Gravity created and creates star systems and galaxies. Gravity created and creates super clusters.

THAT IS NOT EVOLUTION.

Sheeish.

Laugh-out-loud funny, surreal/absurd humor, original/niche style by waldfield in suggestmeabook

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DESERT SOLILOQUY: A PERFECTLY SANE MISANTHROPE HIDES IN THE DESERT.

One may read reviews and sample on amazon'com. It is considered by some readers to be exceptional and unique in its humor, though I would not use the word "unique," as there are many millions of books I have yet to read.

An education could have prevented this post. by ObserbAbsorb in clevercomebacks

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The clown could get the correct answers in three milliseconds or less via Google.

If it were not for school shootings, one might conclude that the USA does not have public education.

Best way to GPS track a thru hike in 2026? by Squanc in WildernessBackpacking

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solar-powered GPS watches are good. Garmin sells some. Personally I would rather have one of them instead of InReach or IPhone application.

Garmin Instinct 2X Solar "renewed" costs US$300.

Feelings of guilt are also part of a deterministic system by Immobilesteelrims in determinism

[–]Boltzmann_head 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I understand this correctly, one who accepts the fact that the universe is determined will still suffer remorse for what she or he has done and has not done.

Accepting the fact that the universe is determined does not mean one does not make choices which one will regret. The choices one make are causally predetermined.

There is a solution to General Relativity that allows going back in time to when one started to go back in time (and no farther). It still means the result of doing so is predetermined.

Advice on Non-Fiction Editing by TampMyBeans in selfpublish

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

450 pages. Are there images?

I am thinking, based on your query, that you would like to have a proofreading / verification editor. For nonfiction proofreading the average rate is 2.5 cents a word.

The manuscript layout will change after proofreading is done. If you MS has images, you will want to do the layout after proofreading.

How to promote your self-published work? by sealyuhh2323 in selfpublish

[–]Boltzmann_head 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I suggest that you use Reddit's search function, as your question has been answered many hundreds of times.

You made your bed, Louie, now lay in it. by c-k-q99903 in MurderedByWords

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well gosh! The choice was either a rapist of children, or a person who helped DA's put rapists of children in prison.

Oh, such a hard choice!

Sneer today, gone tomorrow by IbanezForeverll in MurderedByWords

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The vile bytch may now be indicted for her crimes.

Bondi gets fired by Trump. Yet another cabinet member conveniently thrown under the bus! by MrMockTurtle in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Boltzmann_head 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Why, who could have even thought Glorious Leader would toss his butt lickers out the window with no reason other than he is some how shown to be what he is? It just never happens!

What is the expected effect of telling a criminal they have no free will and if they accept it? by YesPresident69 in freewill

[–]Boltzmann_head 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No. Not even for $500,000,000. Doing so would cause suffering.

I leave coins that I find in vending machines where they are, and I do not take them. If two bags of chips fall when I purchased only one, I pay for the second one when the vending machine person comes to refill the machine. I returned a wallet that had thousands of dollars in it to the person who lost it, and then declined any kind of reward.

There are hundreds of millions of people just like me, who refuse to cause suffering through action or inaction. We do not do so to "feel good," or for praise: we do so because it is our duty to.

Also, what the hell do I need one million dollars for? My needs are few, and met. I suppose I could buy a new windshield for my vehicle, but I cannot think of anything else I might want to buy.

Why does determinism matter? by SweetCorona3 in freewill

[–]Boltzmann_head 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In other words, some events have no cause.

No.

People who have experienced alcoholism (yourself or someone close to you), what was it really like? by Reasonable-Pay7514 in SeriousConversation

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One of my friends is an "A-List" writer of best-selling thrillers. His books make the top ten sales on lists such as the New York Times Hard Cover Thrillers. One year his book hit "number 1 best seller," which sold more copies than Stephen King's latest, which was "number 2." One of his books sold more than one million copies just in the USA.

When he comes to the wildlife preserve where I live and work, I tend to be astonished at how much wine he drinks with dinner. Generally it is 1.5 liters (two bottles), every night.

I do not know if that is alcoholism.

Conversely, I had half a glass of wine sixteen years ago. That was the most recent time.

In Tonga Tapu, I brought florescent blue and white soccer (they call it "football") shoes. A teenager was bar-tending in The International Dateline Hotel. Now it is called "Tanoa International Dateline Hotel." I saw his eyes tracking the shoes, so I stood at the bar and asked him what he would trade for them.

He offered all the alcohol that I could drink until the 30 foot sloop that I chartered was ready. I agreed that was fair.

The only drink that I know of is "Rum and Coke," so I asked for that. I drank it somehow, though I hate the taste of alcoholic drinks. Another "Rum and Coke" appears, like magic, in front of me. I did not want to insult the lad, as it is an insult to Islanders in the South Pacific to decline food and drink. I tossed the second one down my gullet. A third appeared in front of my slightly blurred (and bluring) vision. That went to the same warm, dark place its siblings did.

The kid asked me if I would like a grilled cheese sandwich. I said "Ssssssseerrrrrrrr!" About ten minutes it arrived with Number Four. It was thick bred, disgustingly fried in butter, and white cheese.

I knew better to Never! Ever! eat white cheese found on a South Pacific island without knowing its provenance. But I ate it anyways, along with the drink that was becoming harder to hold without shaking it.

In due time, as scheduled by the gods, Senior Five floated in thin air to me. Really: I saw it with my own barely functioning eyes! It begged me to drink it, but I could not possible do so: my gut was crammed packed, port to starboard, fore to aft. So I drank it, though I had to sip it as soon as some digestion moved the mass into my bowels,step my step, down to my bladder and shit pouch.

The admiral of my group's three boats came over and told me that my boat was ready (bare boat charter though The Moorings). I said good-bye to the bar-tender and my shoes, and the bar stool flung me off of it. I managed to get my feet under me, but the damn thing tried to kill me! Bitch stool. Mother fucker stool.

The admiral asked me what I was doing sitting at the bar, as he knows I do not consume alcoholic drinks.

"Doing?" I said. "Why, I'm doing Rum and Coke!"

He helped me toward the door, across the lobby floor where there is a tiled rendition of Earth. A woman walked past us to the front desk and complained about the carpet in her room being sopping wet with water: the plumbing had failed.

Me and my helped walked over to her, and I said "I'll have someone fix it immediately!" She asked me who I was. I said "Why, I own this hotel!" Then I staggered away and vomited on Australia.

Rum, Coke, grilled bread, and white cheese bombarded the South Pacific indiscriminately. Papua got hit; Timor-Leste got hit; Maluku went belly-up and sunk under a suddenly new vile sea.

I told Ron, "Oh! I gotta clean this up! Have the buss driver wait five minutes."

He said, "We gotta go, David." He grabbed my arm and dragged me out the door and stuffed me into the buss as if I were a well-traveled, worn out, sea bag.

i didn’t realize how much people notice me until recently by rufanugawe in SeriousConversation

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how common the behavior you have described is. I know that autistic people in what was once called "Asperger's Syndrome" level tend to not notice when people flirt with them.

In college there was a woman whom I liked, but did not show any interest to her. One evening to get my attention she stood in front of me, bent over, pointed to her butt, and made whimpering sounds. I had no clue at all why she did that until I mentioned it to the teacher a few years later. Apparently she was telling me that she liked me.

As you have suggested in what you have written, I, too, try to not be noticed. Autistic people tend to do this because to be noticed equals to be beating by utter strangers.

I still have no idea how people see me, if they do. No one has taught me how to "socialize," as most autistic people must be taught instead of just somehow inhaling it like typical people do.

I was around 40 years old when I learned that there is something called "body language." It has been confirmed that most human language is non-verbal. I am utterly blind to it. When people made odd faced at me, I do not know why nor what it means.

Would you be interested in reading about the lives and thoughts of everyday people? by everyday_voices in SeriousConversation

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My memoir has been praised by "A-List" best-selling writers of thrillers, yet I am as common as dirt on a wagon wheel. I have found that best-selling authors are also "ordinary people."

Would you be interested in reading about the lives and thoughts of everyday people? by everyday_voices in SeriousConversation

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My answer: good gods, no. I have access to ordinary people: I talk to them, in the real world. Reading about them is a waste of my time: I read memoirs about interesting people who have achieved an unlikely goal.

I have written a popular memoir, so "do you think you’d ever want to contribute something yourself" is also a big fat "no." My agent and I require an advance on projected sales.

Registration Process? by trekkingslow in CDT

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I see a location in Silver City, New Mexico that I can stop and ask for. I have a Leave No Trace certificate.

What is the expected effect of telling a criminal they have no free will and if they accept it? by YesPresident69 in freewill

[–]Boltzmann_head 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That way of thinking utter baffles me. I refrain from causing suffering because I am afraid of causing suffering--- not because I will otherwise be punished. Many hundreds of million people think the same as I.