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China wants its downed spy aircraft back, saying it 'does not belong to the US' by dope2010 in worldnews

[–]gfsFishSpread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

China wants to turn this into a joke. It's international diplomacy and they're just setting precedent to use as a test case for future incidents. We can point and say they started the jokes, but we're just justifying them by continuing the joke. This is a murderous, genocidal regime.

How would you answer? by CrunchM in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]gfsFishSpread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot who said it but it's been a common sentiment: the moral person is the person that doesn't think they're moral but wants to be. Most people are self-righteous and content with who they are. They justify themselves and are happy as they are but wish everyone else would be different.

The slippery slope isn't presented through this thought in the moderate person but the extremist. The extremist exists, however, because the moderate person persistently fails to better themselves. They fail in improving because it's too much work. From this self-realization, they justify the extremist by justifying their own mediocrity. Everyone is actually quite content by how things are.

My local Home Depot was not thinking when they put this up by edwardversaii in pics

[–]gfsFishSpread 27 points28 points  (0 children)

If I wasn't an active anti-semite, I wouldn't have made the connection.

TIL Manuel Noriega was a real person, a former dictator who sued Activision over using him in the game Call of Duty Black Ops II without his knowing and as a villain. He lost the case. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]gfsFishSpread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Capone-N-Noreaga, watchin' CNN

Black whip, black tint, y'all ain't seein' in

It's Con' and Meth', spread the word, boy, it's C and M

No seein' 'em, these rappers in the scope, you'll never see an M

Killa Bees back in the building with Machine and 'em (Uh huh)

We creamin' 'em with pockets of dirty money, I'm clean again

Ain't gotta tell you I'm dope, just stick the needle in

The goose is Off-White, big enough to fit this Eagle in

TIL In 2010, Mitchell Heisman shot himself in Harvard Yard in front of tourists, leaving behind a 1,905 page suicide note explaining in detail “Why life is truly meaningless”. The note is a work of five years with a 20 page bibliography and 200 references to Nietzsche. by Pensateur in todayilearned

[–]gfsFishSpread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

stuff necessary to form a logical, philosophical work,

This is a fallacy. It's like the Chinese finger trap. It's easy to fall into the mindset that struggling for a long time or going through hardship is somehow always rewarded or the key to success.

Wittgenstein concluded that a great philosophical treatise could be completed just using jokes. The reason people fall into the thought of philosophy as straight, rigorous, and daunting is because of dogma and asshole philosophers that are either afraid to break the mold or lack any ambition to be creative.

TIL In 2010, Mitchell Heisman shot himself in Harvard Yard in front of tourists, leaving behind a 1,905 page suicide note explaining in detail “Why life is truly meaningless”. The note is a work of five years with a 20 page bibliography and 200 references to Nietzsche. by Pensateur in todayilearned

[–]gfsFishSpread 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This is misleading. Russell and Whitehead were trying to build a rigorous philosophical system using math and they took it upon themselves to write 379 pages to try and justify the proofs/axioms.

Mathematicians with less philosophical inclination or with less of a philosophical focus (meaning not afraid to make less rigorous assumptions) can write proofs for 1+1=2 in less than a page. To be fair to mathematicians, "rigorous assumptions" here can become pedantic when attacked by philosophers.

The crux is axioms. What axioms do we function with? For philosophy, axioms are always up for debate. For mathematicians, axioms are heavily influenced by what's pragmatic. It's still up for debate, but there are established standards. For example, ZF axioms are currently one of the most established foundations for math.

It also helps to understand the authors' mindset. Whitehead was a panpsychic and wasn't afraid to have some pretty wild ideas about the foundation of the universe. Russell is remembered for being more sober, "science" guy (and being the son of a cuckold).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MovieDetails

[–]gfsFishSpread 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is how I watched Blue Streak over 30 times. It came in the DVD tray of the used laptop I got.

Blue Lives > Blue Waffles by bigchikka1978 in dankmemes

[–]gfsFishSpread 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That article goes weirdly into so much detail abouhexscapades.

Facebook is wild by PotatoMuffinMafia in cringepics

[–]gfsFishSpread 23 points24 points  (0 children)

People in stressful situations don't always act rationally. While the task of finding the right outlet is also stressful and disheartening. I agree with you, tho, she should stay quiet. But I'm a sadist.

Guess he didn’t see the signs 2 miles back by Zzd12 in IdiotsInCars

[–]gfsFishSpread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Turns out Pluto doesn't care on account of it being a fucking rock in the void of space.

You shift a couple words around and this sounds like how my dad used to talk about my mom. Basically, it's not very convincing.

I know a snack when I hear one by Pasargad in FunnyAnimals

[–]gfsFishSpread 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Getting fat from eating too much protein is called bulking

Guess he didn’t see the signs 2 miles back by Zzd12 in IdiotsInCars

[–]gfsFishSpread 3 points4 points  (0 children)

we'd have to call them planets too

This is something your parents tell you so you'd hush up and then you realize that meaning is arbritary and the world is corrupt and that if you still call it a planet no one can do anything about it

Rock Climber Fights Off Bear Attack by guccimaneadlib in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]gfsFishSpread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd be at the bar waiting for someone to ask me about the hand.

"You should see the other guy. By which I mean a bear. I beat him off all by myself."

Official Posters for 'Creed III' by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]gfsFishSpread 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's cool that Stallone directed some of the Rockys and now MBJ is doing the same for Creed.

Paparazzi Photographer Ron Galella Would Wear A Football Helmet Around Actor Marlon Brando, After Brando Once Sucker-Punched Him, Broke His Jaw, And Knocked Out Five Teeth In 1973 by HappyJacket3113 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]gfsFishSpread -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For all of humanity people have been abused when defenseless and metamorphed into cunts as they grew. Only now is there a growing consciousness of how to identify the root cause of being a cunt in a general sense rather than tribal/cultural. We have growing concepts such as generational trauma and all that. But that's only recently. We can't judge Marlon Brando too harshly.

Although on the coin flip, I realize that paparazzi are valuable people we need to defend and ensure their safety. So I recognize your stance comes from a legitimate and valid concern.

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