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Wait, what's wrong with circumincession?

That's not a screw-up.

Is there a reason I'm thinking I may have also caught the style elsewhere, a feature, perhaps, about a parallel world in which science is understood as magic?  Forgive me in advance if I'm wrong about this, I have been known to sometimes take liberties with the connections I draw.  That, and/or the Don Draper thing made me do it

People keep telling me how things do and do not work in the "real world".
I keep insisting that the real world works 100% of the time, that there is nothing in the real world which doesn't work exactly like it's supposed to.
It's the "real world" that doesn't work in the real world according to its own standards, proving that the real world works just fine.
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I've spent so much time alone with only myself to keep me company, that I often find myself talking to myself to others.
I suspect I may be one of the few people who are aware that we only ever open our mouths to hear ourselves speak.
There is one thing of which I am certain; I'm definitely the only one listening.
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A falsehood which preserves order is clearly preferable to a truth which permits chaos.
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The Argument from Paradoxical Paradoxes:
God exists.
Now that this is out of the way, we have to define what we mean by "God".
If God is defined as omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, there are a number of logical paradoxes that can only be resolved by God using his creation as a proxy to accomplish them.
"If God is omnipotent, can God create a rock that is so heavy he cannot lift it?"
Yes. Observe.
*walks up to a giant boulder and fails to lift it*
"If God is omniscient, can God know the experience of ignorance?"
I don't know. Or... Yes... Wait... Is this a trick question?
"If God is omnipresent, can he get lost?"
I'm not going to demonstrate this one, because I'd have to find my way back.
"Can God defy logic?"
Jesus is my lord and savior.
Clearly, God's creation is an inevitable manifestation of God's abilities.
There is one paradox, however, that is unresolved...
"Can God not exist?"

Therefore, God exists.

Hi there!  Welcome, and I hope you find Eris' Omnibenevolence less indifferent than previous suitors

... And then I thought about toys, for children

Whether or not a sex toy can be made sterile depends heavily on the material used. Glass dildos? Easy. Silicone? Not so much.

Somehow, I don't think they're limiting their stock to glass and steel.

I would not want to give them the benefit of the doubt re: how they do it
Still:

Heat resistant, durable, stable, and relatively inexpensive, silicone has many uses around the home as well as in medical, commercial, and industrial situations. Recycling silicone is a great way to save money, reuse products in the home, and contribute to caring for the environment, and it requires just a few easy steps and some basic equipment. Grinding old silicone down, preparing a mold, and mixing shredded silicone with fresh silicone is an easy way to create a wide range of rubber-based products. Various types of silicone and the equipment required to recycle it are available for sale at retail stores and online at eBay.

Somehow I can't really see them doing this, for some reason.

So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.

The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it.  I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making.  The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.

I'm really looking forward to reading that article, Cain

Me too - would not be opposed to knowing when to look for it.

I was just about to complain about my personal life: Why is it that every time I'm asked for "permission to speak freely", someone manages to really piss me off?  It's strangely dissociative, like watching an infantile version of myself reacting automatically in a way that I would otherwise moderate.

Then I read the last two posts above this re: "not us, guv.  Freedom of Speech"

Then I

When reading

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The reason the noble is doing this is because the ballerina is an 11th level bard and is concerned that her looks are fading, so she has a plan to turn into a lich, using a bardic version of gentle repose to keep her looking young/non-rotten.  This will tie in with the Vecna cult.  The noble is infatuated with her, and she's promised to cure his deformities (lying), and turn him and all the other people assisting her into some form of intelligent undead (not lying, but they don't realize they'll be enslaved to her).  More about this later.

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I immediately thought

Summary: Canto XXX

Beholding the Second Zone in the Tenth Pouch of the Eighth Circle of Hell, Dante recalls stories of antiquity in which great suffering caused humans to turn on each other like animals. But the viciousness portrayed in these stories pales in comparison with what he witnesses here, where the sinners tear at each other with their teeth; these are the Falsifiers of Others' Persons. Dante sees a woman, Myrrha, who lusted after her father and disguised herself as another in order to gratify her lust. Some of the sinners of the Third Zone, the Falsifiers of Coins, mingle among these souls. Dante speaks with Master Adam, who counterfeited Florentine money; part of his punishment is to be racked with thirst. Adam points out two members of the Fourth Zone, the Falsifiers of Words, or Liars: one is the wife of Potiphar, who falsely accused Joseph of trying to seduce her, and the other is a Greek man, Sinon. The latter apparently knows Adam and comes over to pick a fight with him. Dante listens to them bicker for a while. Virgil harshly reprimands his companion, telling him that it is demeaning to listen to such a petty disagreement.

So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.

The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it.  I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making.  The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.

This basic "story" arc has been almost too consistent. I sometimes wonder about thresholds of indoctrination and the effects of information exposure on the mind. I suspect that it may be possible to "prep" a mind for violent intent on purpose. Just fill an already hurting mind with NEW reasons for the hurt, new things to blame, then new PEOPLE to blame. Once so deceived the mind snaps into a new state where it MUST all be true.

The phenomenon is horrifically real. My only major question is on whether it's an intentional processing or if the information its self is somehow toxic. I would prefer to think the former, because the latter might imply that "freedom of speech" might be something akin to not wearing PPE.

I know it's oversimplifying, but we're SO far beyond coincidence here and I struggle to grasp the root of the emergent pattern. Can thought be inherently toxic, or is it a matter of intentional "weaponization" of some sort? Is it perhaps neither and an unknown variable remains I have not seen?

I don't get any news in the box, so I can't comment w.r.t. specific event in question, however, I think the answer is yes and yes.  The unseen variable is the subject, directed against itself by intentionally repeated/retransmitted toxic thought patterns.  Tension builds as subject looks for escape, with a way to the latter provided by the Internet.  I would not be surprised if d/loading the Anarchist's Cookbook automatically signals more toxic traffic to be directed toward radicalizing recipient in question.

But I prefer not to focus on such things

For those that can't handle the deep trip, digging of holes will be assigned.