Do you have a vice?
Posted on: March 20, 2010 - 9:32pm
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Do you have a vice?
Vice: a habitual and usually trivial defect or shortcoming.
Do you have one? I'm doing it now so I will admit what I consider to be my worst vice.
I watch Naruto.
A lesser example: I constantly berate people I know, for misspelling and obvious grammatical flaws, when I myself commit minor grammatical flaws on occasion.
I bet some people have much worse than me =), though watching Naruto is pretty bad lol.
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin
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Coffee - I just bought four cans of Papua New Guinea Peaberry. Ahh.......hasn't been available for about five years around here.
After that, saying what I think without editing it first. Gets me in trouble every time.
-- I feel so much better since I stopped trying to believe.
"We are entitled to our own opinions. We're not entitled to our own facts"- Al Franken
"If death isn't sweet oblivion, I will be severely disappointed" - Ruth M.
Combined, twice a week, lots.
Nonsense!!
Naruto is an inspiring story about a disadvantaged kid who refuses to give up and through hard work (and the support of those around him) he unlocks and discovers hidden powers. I think our children should be brought up on it!
My vice?
Laziness.
i.e. I watch Naruto when I'm suppose to be out looking for a job!!
Well I smoke too and drink the occasional beer, but I didn't mention them because those are pretty common ><
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin
Ok - Robj. My greatest vices are sloth, indecision and a tendency to be governed by fear.
But none of those feels as bad the next day as a tumult of smokes and booze.
I won't deny they are probably connected.
"Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." Max Planck
Hmm, so you have empty beer cans on your coffee table, two different kinds of peanut butter in the pantry, and a shotgun in the closet?
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin
Nothing wrong with coffee!
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin
Granny, check this link:
http://www.sweetmarias.com/
Not claiming that you will find what you want, nor that you will not have to spend money to buy a roaster but you might find it to be up your alley.
Personally, my main thing is 2/3 sumatran and 1/3 keynan. However, I do like to mix it up a bit just for variation. Also, in my experience, it seems that coffee is best when you roast it around dinner time the night before you grind and brew it.
As far as vices go, hookers and beer work for me.
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Dude, he comes from OZ. If anything, he has vegemite and marmite in his pantry.
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I like to piss off people who are grammar police and have it down to a art.
Coffee. Beer.
Also, feeling deliciously naughty fornicating and lazing about on a Sunday morning when church-goers are going to church. It's so enjoyable imaging what I'm not doing on a Sunday, like dragging everyone's butts to church, that it makes what I am doing (or not doing) so much more pleasant. It's too bad it doesn't count as fornicating after you get married (I'm getting hitched in a couple of weeks). It's almost worth not getting married just to maintain 'Sinful Sunday'. Though I suppose it's all in the attitude maybe.
"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right." Martin Luther King
Yea me too. See what I did there!
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin
Lol - marmite is for kiwis!
"Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." Max Planck
Only that beautiful shared stuff you're talking about doesn't constitute a vice, I think...
"Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." Max Planck
Thank you very much. As soon as I get my income up, I will invest in some home roasted. Please note, they don't have any PNG. I once managed to locate the website for the island-direct order in 50 lb sacks
but at that time, the islanders were not exporting any of the peaberry. Looks like the plantations have recovered as I did find other web sites offering PNG. Whew! Some people think Jamaican or Kona is the best, but to my thinking PNG peaberry has them all beat.
I like Sumatra and Kenya, mixing them would be good as I think Sumatran can be a little burnt tasting - particularly if you make more than one cup at a time, the second cup is iffy and the third definitely tastes burnt. You really need to do single cups.
Yeah, coffee can be a vice - after all, I'm living in the north west US, home of Starbucks and Seattle's Best and Tully's . I have even been to the original Starbucks store and ordered coffee beans and drinks. I love Pike Place Market in Seattle.
Beer isn't a vice, beer is one of the essential food groups. But hookers? Meh. I'm only interested in guys and you have to train guys. What a lot of work for a one night stand.
-- I feel so much better since I stopped trying to believe.
"We are entitled to our own opinions. We're not entitled to our own facts"- Al Franken
"If death isn't sweet oblivion, I will be severely disappointed" - Ruth M.
I have to have some kind of vice. What's the point in having victimless crimes if I don't indulge in some. Fornicating is such a scandalous word too. Deliciously scandalous.
I guess swearing is a vice and I do that. Still kind of pathetic as vices go.
I could make up something I suppose...
Or take up a new vice ....
"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right." Martin Luther King
When my now husband and I got together, we lived in sin for a year. But in Arizona, it is called "notorious cohabitation". And you could be jailed for it, though I haven't heard of anyone actually getting arrested. While we were notoriously cohabitating, the state legislature tried to get the old blue law off the books. Couldn't do it as too many of the self righteous ones felt it would be promoting immorality.
So, anyone now living in Arizona - is that really dumb law still on the books?
And Fortitude, you have my permission to notorious cohabitate with the willing partner of your (and their) choice.
-- I feel so much better since I stopped trying to believe.
"We are entitled to our own opinions. We're not entitled to our own facts"- Al Franken
"If death isn't sweet oblivion, I will be severely disappointed" - Ruth M.
I have a weakness for vicious, red-blooded, sexually, physically, and emotionally aggressive & abusive women- a Hellish Goddess, or Goddesses, if you will.
(but not a weakness for snobby, stuck-up, giddy, mood-swingy, plastic, phony, and/or petulant princess. That type of company is only good for a few nights or even weeks occasionally- exploit them as much as possible, then fib "sorry, I've been cheating on you this entire time", even if I haven't)
Hard to find the villainesses, Mrs. Wrongs, and sociopathic gals like that in my corner of the world, however
Also, I have trouble coping with large crowds of people, I like sugary sweet cereal- despite being an insulin dependent diabetic, I'm bipolar, I'm "HOPELESS", my muscles are all flab from disuse, I'm barely 130 lbs, and I spend WAY too much time on this machine in front of me. But on the plus side, none of those things compare to the 'vice' I listed above
Plus, I suspect Sapient shared an email I sent him regarding the whole Smut-for-Smut thing earlier this month with Answers in Gene Simmons, so I guess I might as well share the fact that I've got a little bit of a porn addiction, and I like Girl-Girl BDSM (wrestling, tickle-torture, water bondage and forced Os, specifically - if you get my drift
).
Thank you, that is all *bows*
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
I have two: laziness and no self control around pot. Seriously, I'll get stoned for a week straight and then I just won't buy any for a month or so to avoid going broke. I'm kind of scared to leave school and get a job with a decent income.
If you are from PDX, then beer and coffee are NECESSITIES!
The best part about winter is when the latest Jubilale comes out. I also dig Black Butte Porter, but only from the tap.
Back in the 90s, I used to love the Coffee People quad shot Velvet Hammer. That will get your blood pumpin!
My other vices are wine (like going to Dundee for wine tasting, especially Pinot Noir) and scotch (my favorite right now is The Balvanie 12 year old doublewood).
I used to smoke, but now I am using the gum. Ugh. Need to kick that nicotine habit!
Dolt:"Evolution is just a theory."
Me:"Yes, so is light and gravity. Pardon me while I flash this strobe while dropping a bowling ball on your head. This shouldn't bother you; after all, these are just theories."
I figure a vice is uncontrolled. I can control the beer. The coffee is a lost cause.
And if you happen to see it, give Pike Brewing Company's Kilt Lifter a try. Nice!
I'm into the Trader Joe's Italians right now. Sicilia, Bastardo, Toscano, Orvieto. Inexpensive, and the Bastardo is fantastic.
I have never smoked. I tried to start once as my girlfriends all said it was an easy way to lose weight. But to me, the taste is so atrocious, I could not bring myself to smoke enough to get hooked. It was a relief to quit trying to smoke. I had lived with someone who smoked (parents, ex-husband) until my mid thirties. Now, I couldn't do it. Foul, nasty, evil smelling, asthma inducing.
-- I feel so much better since I stopped trying to believe.
"We are entitled to our own opinions. We're not entitled to our own facts"- Al Franken
"If death isn't sweet oblivion, I will be severely disappointed" - Ruth M.
well, i'm quite a heavy drinker. i usually consume just under half a pint of rum every weekday after work, along with several beers. but i'm a big guy and i have a naturally high tolerance. i usually don't drink on weekends though because i'm home and my wife bitches me out for it. just to please her i've given up alcohol for lent this year (she's catholic) and i honestly have stuck to it rigidly with no problem, other than financial, since coffee, mineral water, and soft drinks are all more expensive than beer in most places in slovakia.
i like to smoke virginia tobacco, which is extremely black and strong.
i spend way too much money on books and music.
as for coffee, i have at least two large cups of turkish every workday. my recipe is two and half spoonfuls of the darkest, boldest arabica i can find (i can't stand bright, fruity blends like kenya) into the bottom of the cup, covered with boiling water. be careful not to tip the cup too far!
and potato chips. jesus christ, i'm addicted to potato chips, especially gourmet ones. i don't care for cookies, chocolate, cake, or most other snacks, but i can't get enough chips.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Well, sweetmarias stock is determined by what actually comes into port. If PNG is shipping, they will get it sooner or later. Also, I would have to agree with you that Sumatra is pretty intense. Just about as Kenya tends to be on the light side. By mixing them, you get some of what each is without getting the full dose of either.
That is probably why blends of coffee are so damned common. No single coffee is really the bees knees. Together though, you can get a good cup of joe. However, if you have a few varieties on hand, you can make a pot that is to your liking, not what some dude in an office decided coffee needs to taste like.
You mentioned that your coffee get darker from cup to cup. Try getting a coffee pot with a double wall stainless steel carafe. Then you will not be putting it on a burner to keep it hot. Let the pot sit for an hour and you next cup will still be hot. Kinda make you wonder why it is called a burner...
I also make my own beer. That is easy enough to do once you make a couple of bad batches and learn from your mistakes. At least that is what I did. You don't need to get expensive beer making kits but you do need to learn the chemistry of beer making to get it right.
Also, go to a good jewish deli and get a bottle of vinegar with slimy crap floating in it. The slimy crap is the bacteria that will turn just about anything into vinegar. A $5 bottle of wine may be crap as wine but it can make nice vinegar.
You can also make your own schnapps. Just about anything soaked in vodka counts as schnapps. It is only syrupy if you add a crap load of sugar to the mix but non-syrupy schnapps is quite good.
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Skittles!
I know it sounds strange but i eat 4 or 5 bags a day.
I usually eat anything i can get my hands on. It's sort of a compulsion.And no, I'm not fat, doctors actually tell me I'm underweight(which is really weird).
"I don't believe in afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear."
Doobies!
Well, in my book, doctors deserve about as much reverence as priests. Seriously, give me some data on how I can live my life better. Have a conversation with me. That is what I figure they are supposed to be paid for.
Seriously, I will be 47 in May and I weigh 300 pounds. I also have the EKG readings that are supposed to be for a guy in his 20's. My doctor harps on my triglyceride level but he ignores the fact that my cholesterol numbers are twice the usual amount of good and half the amount of bad.
Shit doc! Tell me something useful.
He does have a pill that I am supposed to take every day. It is patented and while I only have to pay $10 for a bottle, my insurance company pays a crap load of cash for it. It happens to be the same as two pills that the patent have expired on. I think that the point is that people are not making money on it or something.
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I have a vice, but it lives in Miami.
Nothing to see here, just be glad you don't have to pay for these jokes. And for the youngsters who are miffed reading this......relates to pop tv cop show from the 80s.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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People without Vices are about as interesting as cutting open an apple and watching it turn brown...
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I have meny vices, but they're all MINE!! MINE I SAY!!! and you can't have any of them ALL MINE!!!!!!! BWAH HA HA HA HA!!!! (edit: Did Brian 37 say that or did Spock put the little blue pills in my formula?)
"Very funny Scotty; now beam down our clothes."
VEGETARIAN: Ancient Hindu word for "lousy hunter"
If man was formed from dirt, why is there still dirt?
Now, I think PNG peaberry is the bee's knees all by itself. Why I hadn't thought of doing a personal custom blend is beyond me. The flat spot on my forehead just got flatter.
We do french press - and since we don't bother decanting it, the last cup is pretty stiff. But we used to have a carafe/thermos and to me, the Sumatra still got burnt tasting after the first cup even off the heat. Probably just my taste buds.
I didn't mention it earlier, but we used to make beer, too. We still have some of the equipment, but we don't have the space in this house to use it. Never used a kit, always blended up our own. At one house, we even planted our own hop vine. That was great - though the darn vine eventually took over the entire block.
One of our batches very naturally turned into some of the best malt vinegar we have ever tasted. My oldest son was stationed in England for a while and he said it was better than any vinegar he tasted there as well.
I once made Rumtopf - rum, sugar and fruit, let it fizz. Very nice over ice cream. We aren't much for hard liquor these days. Had a friend who was once stationed in Germany and liked it so well he became very fluent in German and would go back to visit. He brought back the most amazing rum - it was like drinking butterscotch.
-- I feel so much better since I stopped trying to believe.
"We are entitled to our own opinions. We're not entitled to our own facts"- Al Franken
"If death isn't sweet oblivion, I will be severely disappointed" - Ruth M.
Some one is bucking for a copy write suite? Never mind the motif of (did i think that) came from the Simpsons and (note to self) came from SNL.
FUCK FAIR USE!
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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AKA fast metabolism.
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
some theist vices. Dave Henson! Do you have a vice? I'm sure Paisley has a vice.
In moments of extreme duress, or depression I sometimes 'relapse' into theism... usually for social comforts, but sometimes it's a little more than that. Chemical imbalances can cause theism like some of you wouldn't believe. I feel like hammered shit... I'm going to need some kinda "skydaddy" watching my back.
Simple as that, really. So I make it a point not to feel like hammered shit
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
Beer.
I am borderline alcoholic. The main reason I'm not a full-on alcy is because I drink beer instead of scotch (sweet, sweet nectar).
But I've been drinking quite a bit less these days, and attempting to program more.
"Yes, I seriously believe that consciousness is a product of a natural process. I find that the neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers who proceed from that premise are the ones who are actually making useful contributions to our understanding of the mind." - PZ Myers
naartjies, i cannot leave them alone
I'm lazy. I'd write more but...
Everything makes more sense now that I've stopped believing.
1. Sexual exploration; by this I mean inviting other couples over to have sex with (or just for each couple to watch other couples having sex). Did it this past weekend, very fun to do provided you can let go of your self consciousness (wife had difficulty doing this but a few drinks later + some ghetto music made her ease up).
2. HiFi audio equipment for car and home theater. I've gotten into the hobby of building my own speakers recently and while it is very expensive to do right, it is very rewarding when you build a set of speakers for $300 that sound better than $2000 studio monitors.
3. Open source Voice over IP (VoIP) stuff. Don't know why, I just find it fascinating.
I'm sure there are more I'm not thinking about....But that's enough for now.
Your god's silence speaks loud and clear
I certainly hope no one sees me as "cutting open an apple and watching it turn brown"
Not a fate you wish on others out of generosity... oohhh no.
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
I didn't watch his videos.
I like being told what to do. But I also don't like it. It depends on the person and my mood. I am also incredibly fickle.
I tend to perpetually yearn for greener pastures no matter what I have.
I bought a shamwow and a snuggie. They seemed like good ideas at the time. Both have fallen apart. I waste too much money on useless impulse buys in fervent consumerism. I find shopping fun.
I'm terrified of rural areas without streetlights. It gets so dark and you can't tell who or what is out there.
Theism is why we can't have nice things.
OMG peaberry ~ mmmmm
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Shopping:
If I see a brightly colored scarf, tee shirt, or a cute pair of pants ~ holy shit watch out. The bad part ~ I have a closet full of these things and I don't know why I want more.
I have trained myself to preen in front of the mirror at the store with the item and tell myself NO!
It works sometimes.
Coffee:
I will buy limited edition coffees online ~ yirgacheffe's, peaberry's... I am a coffee junkie. I stop at one of my favorite coffee shops on the way to work at least twice a week for a $4 dark chocolate and mint espresso drink...
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And I'm going to act on it... (that's a vice I forgot to list... I over-analyze things)
I'm going to hazard guess you have a great deal of female/feminine psyche wired into your brain. It's not anything to be ashamed of... at all, (regardless of what half of the human race you hail from) but femininity almost certainly leads to "shopping sprees". You essentially embody the "Gatherer" half of the Hunter-Gatherer psyche; in prehistory, Gatherers were females who sought out plant-related materials for tribal prosperity. They used their sight (primarily), smell, and taste(secondarily) to deduce vital medical components from perennial plants, which berries to forage for dessert, which leaves/husks will be useful for tieing things together, and what seeds/nuts will be 'good eats' during meals. (Sorry for the archaelogy lecture! I'm about to make a point... eventually. Maybe.)
I'm going to also assume you have a desire to nurture others, while being looked after and nurtured yourself. When someone asks for help... you long to aid them (even if you wonder what threat they pose to you). When you see someone suffer, you wish to end such sufferingl. When you see others in conflict, you want to help them resolve it. You're greatest strength is compassion for your fellow humans, and a desire to see such compassion given in return... to you.
Also...
Subcounsciously, you seek someone to protect you from harm... a strong, loving, guardian-type figure who isn't afraid to face danger. Such a person would be your romance interest.
(regardless of how accurate I am in my observations) None of this is a "vice". It is simply your nature... and your nature abhors a vacuum.
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
Yes, I want to nurture others with Shamwow.
I'm sure it has nothing to do with my love of new shiny things to play with.
Theism is why we can't have nice things.
Beer, Smokes, and my Guitars..............Thats what keeps this guy kicking.
My vices?
- Absent-mindedness. Being HERE and NOW is diffcult. Specially when driving.
- Escapism for search of intellectual stimulation, that is not present in popculture. The vice in here is, that beer, pubs and smoking bores me too.
- Forgetting things and not understanding of the obvious, despite of deep understanding of the deep. Sense of life is a trifle to me, but how the hell people can have money for so much booze, or skip so many classes without failing?
- Laziness alternated with annoying workoholism. (because of bad conscience)
- Thinking about things too much. If you ask me "do you want coffee or tea?" (ketchup or mustard, beer or wine) I will stop, because my brain compares taste factors, health factors and financial factors, and usually goes into a loop. So don't ask me what I want. I have no fucking idea!
- Reading. It's dangerously addictive and has a vicious undertone of intellectual superiority.
- Listening to music. Decent people listen to something that someone else knows, don't have their ears stuffed when other people are around, and don't mind if a music is repeated ad nauseam.
- Being a smartass and nerd. Grammar nazism included. I can recognize when a film translator/dubber misunderstood an idiom in the original.
...and a strange aura of otherworldliness. If people think IRL that I look somehow busy, inaccessible and concentrated, so they rather won't bother me, then that's it. Please, bother me!
And as it might (not) seem, I'm not a narcist, that's a well-meant, self-conquering and introspective effort, that I feel is very necessary. It's easy to explore depths of personality, but not it's surfacial shallows, that are the most visible to other people but least visible to me. (which is very unnerving) I've got to become famous and let journalists to write about me, to see who is that mysterious stranger.
Beings who deserve worship don't demand it. Beings who demand worship don't deserve it.
Maybe you just like soliciting prostitutes so they can bite out your tongue!
I'm still going with "he (Clock) has a good bit of effeminate" running around in his (Clock's) head!
(I'd post a pic of Mootle in french maid drag... to respond in kind, but I don't want mods getting grossed out at me. I swear! I tried be nice to Clock about my observations of him...)
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
Another vice: I positively love psycho-analysis
You sound a good bit like Phillip K Dick did while he was still alive.
IOW, common sense is as elusive to you as it is for so many other "Rationals"
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
When I drive out of town I unlock the doors of my car at lithgow. The way I see it the fewer streetlights, the fewer people, the fewer bad things to worry about.
"Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." Max Planck
I'm the opposite, I enjoy walking down the seediest streets around my neighborhood, hoping something interesting will happen.
I live in a neighborhood where anything you try to put in your yard is guaranteed to be gone the next day, except for my birdbath apparently. It is concrete and they only made it to the end of the yard with it, lol.
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin