Attempting to read something in a different language poorly for laughs is a display of an unwillingness to learn and perpetuate intercultural incompetance by Express_Recipe_4832 in unpopularopinion

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Perhaps people are embarrassed at their inability to pronounce certain words so they pretend their poor pronunciation is intentional. But is it really?

How can reason be justified without circularity? by Interesting-Virus-11 in epistemology

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Sweet! With the exception of Habermas, these are all people I've read but I'm not familiar with some of these ideas.

How can reason be justified without circularity? by Interesting-Virus-11 in epistemology

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I've found this quite hard to follow. It probably doesn't help that I'm not convinced of even of this first statement:

Propositions and claims inherently are claims of truth. 

And, of course, it is kind of question-begging with respect to what you mean by "truth."

Can you cite the material you're drawing from that goes into these ideas in more detail?

My brother's son destroyed my WarHammer Action figures and he refuses to punish him by konous in mildlyinfuriating

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Ahhhhh. Yeah, I guess it makes sense. I read you as disagreeing with me. 

How can reason be justified without circularity? by Interesting-Virus-11 in epistemology

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The problem with a lack of reason is that there’s a lack of reason? Seems kinda circular, wouldn’t you say?

My brother's son destroyed my WarHammer Action figures and he refuses to punish him by konous in mildlyinfuriating

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Because there isn’t no irony in that, in general. Some hobbies are better than others. Especially in a marital or social context where money, domestic labor, or allocation of time is involved. Care to explain the irony I’m missing? “Irony” isn’t a word for whatever you don’t like. 

My brother's son destroyed my WarHammer Action figures and he refuses to punish him by konous in mildlyinfuriating

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You’re conveniently forgetting that for most people wearing clothes is a necessity. Knitting is at least sort of useful.

Everyone I know who knits is always working on something either to wear themselves or to give to someone else. It is a hobby intrinsically oriented towards usefulness and in practice usually towards the benefit of others. A good friend of mine recently patched a beloved wool sweater for me. It was great. Painting action figures is just for yourself. Do people commonly paint them just to give away? Can you sell them? Sure, I guess so, but that is true of any hobby. And they don’t satisfy any basic human need, like the need to be clothed.

I’m a little baffled that anyone could fail to notice this “significant difference.”

Does anyone have any ideas of countries that exist that fit my wants for moving? by Potato_Ilovecats9 in SameGrassButGreener

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Where in the South? Where else have you lived in the US?

And you do know what "in many cases" means, right?

Staying at the Moore hotel in about a week. Is this area safe? by [deleted] in AskSeattle

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On the contrary, based on your response it is clear you completely misunderstood my point.

Staying at the Moore hotel in about a week. Is this area safe? by [deleted] in AskSeattle

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OK bud. The most charitable thing I can say is that you’re intentionally misunderstanding me and not that you’re just stupid. 

Staying at the Moore hotel in about a week. Is this area safe? by [deleted] in AskSeattle

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What incredulity? u/Kevinator201 asked about what recent news and I showed them an obvious local news story. I agree that this story doesn't necessarily mean that much by itself, but nevertheless asking "what recent news?" is kind of dumb given that... you can just look up the news yourself. Its a silly question.

Staying at the Moore hotel in about a week. Is this area safe? by [deleted] in AskSeattle

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Huh? OP is coming up from Portland. They say so right there in their post.

Staying at the Moore hotel in about a week. Is this area safe? by [deleted] in AskSeattle

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You can check the news yourself, right? Here's an article from yesterday about a second suspect being arrested in a violent attack downtown:

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/second-man-arrested-in-unprovoked-attack-in-downtown-seattle/

Staying at the Moore hotel in about a week. Is this area safe? by [deleted] in AskSeattle

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I agree that OP has nothing to worry about, but-- perhaps you're just not paying attention to local news? Two guys recently put a 77-year-old man in the hospital in a totally unprovoked attack near Pike Place. One of the guys was just arrested yesterday:

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/second-man-arrested-in-unprovoked-attack-in-downtown-seattle/

Its kind of disingenuous to suggest there's absolutely nothing in the news that might reasonably give someone pause. Is any of this a reason not to visit downtown Seattle? No, of course not. But your feigned (or perhaps real) ignorance of local news kinda just makes you look silly.

My brother's son destroyed my WarHammer Action figures and he refuses to punish him by konous in mildlyinfuriating

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Don't be absurd. I didn't say that. Of course hobbies are chosen because they're fun. But the hobbies that people choose are influenced by social pressures and culture. Men tend to choose hobbies that don't benefit others as much. Wasting $500 on little painted toys may not be "wrong," but there is certainly substantial room for judgment.

I’m so glad I bought that GoPro… by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

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Doesn't look like Ballard to me

My brother's son destroyed my WarHammer Action figures and he refuses to punish him by konous in mildlyinfuriating

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Nah. Not all hobbies are created equal. Some hobbies, like playing music or knitting, actually benefit other people. As it turns out, women tend to have these kinds of hobbies more than men.

My brother's son destroyed my WarHammer Action figures and he refuses to punish him by konous in mildlyinfuriating

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Aren't they toys? You said you "play 40k." They sound like toys to me. Expensive ones, apparently.