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by Shardrol
Wed May 16, 2007 4:07 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: What's in a face?
Replies: 13
Views: 2714

What's in a face?

I started a new topic & moved this to the Worldly Matters forum since it doesn't have much to do with philosophy. There's a difference between the vacant, has an IQ not much above some of the mentally retarded clients I used to take care of and the inhuman psychopath. Certainly. What I was getti...
by Shardrol
Wed May 16, 2007 1:28 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Guys with too much time on their hands.
Replies: 10
Views: 2312

It was actually the same person (Lasse Gejertsen) you were calling vacant in the other thread.
by Shardrol
Wed May 16, 2007 1:12 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The affirmative nature of femininity
Replies: 437
Views: 34090

Re: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

I wonder if you ever heard this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3AvigRGakA Heh :) Good grief, Leyla, what is that? It was quite bizarre, especially the juxtaposition of this black-leather-coated creature attempting to be sexy & his conservatively-dressed audience of trained seals. Looking ...
by Shardrol
Mon May 14, 2007 11:10 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: American National Anti-Gun Association
Replies: 251
Views: 42035

I think the anti-gun lobby gets its martyrs in the form of 6 year olds who accidentally shoot themselves with dad's gun, or from the likes of Cho. That sort of 'martyrdom' only makes people want to support the irrational idea of gun control when, as I mentioned, the only result of that would be to ...
by Shardrol
Mon May 14, 2007 1:00 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: American National Anti-Gun Association
Replies: 251
Views: 42035

This thread seems to be mostly an opinionfest, so I thought I'd offer mine. I think at one time, long ago, it would have been a good idea to have more control of guns, but now it's way too late - at least in the US. When the country was first being set up there was a lot of concern not to give the f...
by Shardrol
Sat May 12, 2007 12:23 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: The Far Side of the World
Replies: 38
Views: 4195

What Jason Looks Like

Big, almost kind of bearish, but not hairy. Kind of long face. Dark hair, pale skin, grayish (?) eyes, small hands, big feet. But I don't feel I'm anymore likely to be right than chance. At the time I published those descriptions on Genius-L I saw them whenever I read the people's words, so I had mo...
by Shardrol
Fri May 11, 2007 12:34 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: women and dogs
Replies: 75
Views: 7936

I was talking about attraction to the 'stereotypical signs of sexual fertility' that you mentioned. Surely being attracted only to particular characteristics is something that can be overcome.
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by Shardrol
Fri May 11, 2007 11:38 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: women and dogs
Replies: 75
Views: 7936

Ryan R wrote:Men are programmed to be attracted to females that show the stereotypical sexual signs of fertility.
Yes yes, but a philosophical man should be able to overcome the programming of the lizard brain through force of intellect, no?
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by Shardrol
Fri May 11, 2007 1:55 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: The Far Side of the World
Replies: 38
Views: 4195

Hey Shardrol, I joined Genius-L right at the beginning, back in mid '97 (10 year anniversary of Genius is coming up in June) just like you did. Possibly because of how long ago it was, I cannot remember for certain how I got there. I found this place through a mysterious email from someone I didn't...
by Shardrol
Thu May 10, 2007 3:51 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: women and dogs
Replies: 75
Views: 7936

I'm not arguing that people shouldn't desire what they desire, I was just pointing out the hypocrisy of failing to mention that this intelligent, insightful & aware woman who would be the only proper mate but somehow can't be found must also be slender & blond with big tits, or whatever feti...
by Shardrol
Thu May 10, 2007 1:20 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: women and dogs
Replies: 75
Views: 7936

One of the major reasons why I could never have children is that I've never encountered a woman that seemed worthly of receiving my genes, and I dont claim to be absolutely perfect, their mental handicaps always left me feeling rather turned off, and not to mention the huge finanical responsbility,...
by Shardrol
Wed May 09, 2007 10:48 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: The Far Side of the World
Replies: 38
Views: 4195

Interesting. I don't think I'm conversant enough with the cultural differences between Britain, Canada & Australia to make accurate judgments. You (David) sound English to me, Dan sounds Australian & Kevin doesn't seem to project any particular rationality - I mean nationality . Sue & Ja...
by Shardrol
Tue May 08, 2007 10:55 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: The Far Side of the World
Replies: 38
Views: 4195

The Far Side of the World

I'm curious about why there are so many posters here from Australia, porportionally speaking. Is this forum somehow more well-known in Australia, or are you all acquaintances, or what? I'm just surprised that an internet forum would have noticeably more people from a particular part of the English-s...
by Shardrol
Tue May 08, 2007 10:50 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can one satirise women?
Replies: 21
Views: 2848

Okay, fair enough. Your analysis seems overcomplicated to me, though. I thought the piece about the 'bad hair day' was satirizing what they saw as women's vanity, triviality & emotional instability by reporting on this situation as if it really were as terrible as the female protagonist made it ...
by Shardrol
Tue May 08, 2007 12:38 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can one satirise women?
Replies: 21
Views: 2848

Hmmm. What about 'Women Now Empowered By Everything A Woman Does' ? Or 'Area Woman's Entire Day Ruined By Bangs' ? These articles (& others) certainly satirized women, though perhaps not as heavy-handedly as you might have liked. You do realize that the whole thing is satire, including 'factual'...
by Shardrol
Sun May 06, 2007 7:02 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The affirmative nature of femininity
Replies: 437
Views: 34090

Re: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

I wonder if you ever heard this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3AvigRGakA Heh :) Good grief, Leyla, what is that? It was quite bizarre, especially the juxtaposition of this black-leather-coated creature attempting to be sexy & his conservatively-dressed audience of trained seals. Looking ...
by Shardrol
Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:10 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Why it is awkward to say "I love you"
Replies: 112
Views: 12647

David Okay, yes it's possible that a spontaneous exclamation of enthusiastic appreciation such as "I love you" could have the effect of stimulating the ego of the recipient & causing him to become more infatuated with himself, etc. However the same could be said about a spontaneous exc...
by Shardrol
Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:57 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Why it is awkward to say "I love you"
Replies: 112
Views: 12647

Wow, it's odd to find myself on the sunny side of a discussion where cynicism runs rampant. I agree with y'all that many & possibly most declarations of love between people are some sort of attempt at manipulation; either to embarrass the person into reciprocating, feeling grateful, thinking mor...
by Shardrol
Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:20 am
Forum: Archives
Topic: Tibetan Buddhism - Dr Alexander Berzin
Replies: 169
Views: 289742

I thought Alex Berzin's 'defense' of the Dalai Lama was the weakest part of his presentation. What he said, more or less, is that he just felt the Dalai Lama was the person of greatest spiritual attainment he had ever met - in spite of the fact that he had already agreed with the idea that unless we...
by Shardrol
Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:56 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Emotional experts
Replies: 14
Views: 2607

Dang. Call me Pollyanna but I just thought David was saying that since women live in the world of emotions, that's what they know about. Not necessarily manipulation or blackmail, but just insight into their own & others' feelings. Not every sentence with the word 'women' in it has to be saying ...
by Shardrol
Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:14 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Loner...
Replies: 33
Views: 6631

Unidian, I think that's a bit of a strange idea you have there, that people with high IQs 'should be barely able to function'. People who have high IQs are just people who did well on an IQ test. It mostly means they are good at a particular kind of logical problem-solving & pattern recognition....
by Shardrol
Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:07 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Nocturnal or diurnal?
Replies: 11
Views: 3486

Maybe our hunting gathering ancestors were more nocturnal? Predators are often out at night; maybe you don't want to be sleeping when they're on the prowl. Or maybe it's that vampire blood from Eastern Europe. . . I would like to be a morning peprson, get up at sunrise, work all morning, have a 2-ho...
by Shardrol
Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:27 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Memory, the Masculine and the Feminine “I”
Replies: 16
Views: 2442

Somewhat irrelevantly, getting an 'Excel works' tattoo reminded me of the movie 'Memento' where the guy who lost his memory tried to get a grip on things by having important info tattooed on his body. Very interesting film, I thought.
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by Shardrol
Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:20 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Loner...
Replies: 33
Views: 6631

Re: Loner...

Anyway, yes, people go crazy from being completely isolated... Not always. Solitary retreat is part of some Buddhist practices. I know of an American woman who did a solitary retreat for 10 years, & I've met people who have also done retreats lasting several years where they had no contact with...
by Shardrol
Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:10 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Global Warming
Replies: 182
Views: 216470

Did you see that description on another thread of Elizabeth's married life? It practically put me off sex forever just reading it. I can't imagine what it must have been like to live it.
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