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If Oscar Wilde had lived in our time, he would be a /b/tard.

Actually, scratch that. He does, and goes by Jethro Q Walrustitty.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:26 AM

Penguin4Senate Since: Aug, 2009
#30501: Sep 29th 2010 at 4:37:22 PM

Is it just me or does much of Frankenstein's narrative sound like depression?

Mary Shelley loses baby -> Victor loses monster? It all makes sense now!

edited 29th Sep '10 4:37:50 PM by Penguin4Senate

melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#30502: Sep 29th 2010 at 4:38:00 PM

@ Penguin: Wah? He didn't so much lose it as run away from it and act surprised when it didn't like him.

Penguin4Senate Since: Aug, 2009
#30503: Sep 29th 2010 at 4:42:23 PM

He lost his dream of the perfect creation. Or something.

Ponicalica from facing Buttercup Since: May, 2010
#30504: Sep 29th 2010 at 4:48:29 PM

Victor Frankenstein basically abandoned a child.

the future we had hoped for
Penguin4Senate Since: Aug, 2009
#30505: Sep 29th 2010 at 4:50:42 PM

Yeah, he was pretty damn unlikable.

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#30506: Sep 29th 2010 at 4:51:56 PM

Hm... what would "bubble rap" sound like?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#30507: Sep 29th 2010 at 4:54:14 PM

Hey now, Victor Frankenstein's the story of my life.

Although if I made a hugeass monster I don't think I'd be dumb enough to just leave it alone like that, at least put Mercy Kill it if you don't intend to take care of it!

Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#30508: Sep 29th 2010 at 4:57:49 PM

@Kyler Thatch: First google result for 'bubble rap'

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
TsundeRay HOORAY! from Santa Clara, California Since: May, 2009
HOORAY!
#30509: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:20:12 PM

You know what I'd like to see in a game someday? A Harder Than Hard mode that not only makes the game more challenging, but makes the game more terrifying to play  *

.

As in, the game pulls a meta-Eversion on you (game is all cute and stuff on Easy and Normal, and batshit scary on Hard).

edited 29th Sep '10 5:23:10 PM by TsundeRay

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LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#30511: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:31:26 PM

Gaunilo's objection to the ontological argument has been criticised on several grounds. One concerns the very idea of a perfect island, which, presumably, has an abundance of lush trees and pristine beaches. The more of these that an island has, the criticism continues, the better the island is.

But there is no intrinsically maximum number of trees or beaches that an island could possibly have: for any one conceivable island, there is another, even greater, with one more palm tree and one more beach. Ergo, there is no island than which no greater can be conceived, because, the critique insists, more trees and more beaches are better, and the island thereby is argued to move without end toward infinity. Therefore concept of the perfect island is incoherent, and therefore there is and can be no such thing. Of course, Gaunilo was not so foolish as to claim that a higher tree density or total would be "greater", just that its existence would be greater. However, the criticism attempts to burden the island with boundless trees and beaches nonetheless.

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Ponicalica from facing Buttercup Since: May, 2010
#30513: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:33:04 PM

Why are people still talking about the fucking ontological argument?

the future we had hoped for
Justice4243 Writer of horse words from Portland, OR, USA Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Brony
Writer of horse words
#30514: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:33:49 PM

Fuck you Gaunilo, I believe 88 treas and no more or less than 3 beaches can make up the perfect island!

Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.
ImipolexG frozen in time from all our yesterdays Since: Jan, 2001
frozen in time
#30515: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:33:55 PM

I am astounded at the ignorance of my younger self and how long it's taken me to gain any real understanding of myself and the world.

no one will notice that I changed this
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#30516: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:34:07 PM

I'm twelve years old and what is this

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
Justice4243 Writer of horse words from Portland, OR, USA Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Brony
Writer of horse words
#30517: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:34:52 PM

The best island also has wicked awesome jet-ski ramps made naturally from coral.

Fuck yeah.

Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#30518: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:35:55 PM

There's the ontological argument, which is: "I can conceive of a perfect being (God). A part of perfection is existence. Therefore God exists."

This other dude came up with an overload: "I can conceive of a perfect island. A part of perfection is existence. Therefore the perfect island exists."

That's the criticism of that criticism.

:V

And Poni, I'm reading about Gödel's.

edited 29th Sep '10 5:36:21 PM by Tzetze

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ImipolexG frozen in time from all our yesterdays Since: Jan, 2001
frozen in time
#30519: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:38:41 PM

My younger self did at least have the virtue of realizing that the ontological argument is bullshit.

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Justice4243 Writer of horse words from Portland, OR, USA Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Brony
Writer of horse words
#30520: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:41:06 PM

I think the "at best, any idea of the "awesome island" would be flawed and probably incomplete coming from a being of limited knowledge and lifespan" is a better argument then "What if it was the SAME island, but with one more tree?!"

Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#30521: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:45:01 PM

Personally, I think that the perfect island would have a little lake in the middle. In that lake, there would be an island. The perfect island.

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Myrmidon The Ant King from In Antartica Since: Nov, 2009
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#30523: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:50:37 PM

^^RECURSIVE ONTOLOGY WTF

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
Myrmidon The Ant King from In Antartica Since: Nov, 2009
The Ant King
#30524: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:52:39 PM

I hate that Derrida was the face of Continental Philosophy for a while. Deleuze was so much cooler.

On the bright side, Derrida did get replaced by this guy:

Kill all math nerds
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#30525: Sep 29th 2010 at 6:00:53 PM

This guy tried to improve on Anselm.

I was already reading a supposedly improved version, and honestly Gödel is easier for me to take seriously.

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