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• Fruitsbasket and Selkie: posted (3 years, 1 month) ago
  Do you guys live in some other country, or are you just up at 4 in the morning? ‘Cause I know…

• I’m so lazy! posted (3 years, 1 month) ago
  I seem to have dropped out of the popular member’s list. Curses! That’s what I get fo…

• Ok, this is a philosophical problem for me. posted (3 years, 1 month) ago
  Is the state responsible for the wellbeing of its poorest people? And if so, can it place a dispro…

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• (1 vote) Would you rather become a nun or marry someone you don’t love?
  

  I would definitely become the first male nun in history. I would be famous! But wait, I’d probably have to wear the nun outfit. No, screw it. I’d rather live a life of marital hoplessness.
  
  - written 3 years, 1 month ago – voted for by PersonalPandaParty

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• I’m fairly certain that I’m going to commit suicide.
  

  I’d like to thank the Fronde for his post. I tried to write something similar, but sadly am lacking in the philosophical context to adequately express his point. I wonder, however, about the personal experiences that have led up to your decision. I will not waste on you the pathos-based arguments ordinarily reserved for suicidal posters. Truth be told, I don’t know you, and while there are likely people who would be effected by your death, I would never even know. I cannot appeal to greater experience, as you are obviously older than I am, and have obviously put a great deal more time and effort than has even been available to me on the study of philosophy. I find it strange, however, that you maintain that you wish to die because of alienation from society, and you wish to talk to us to prove a point. Forgive my skepticism, but I believe this is not so. Alienation alone is almost never the sole reason for suicide. I, and I am certain many other people feel at odds with the dominant social paradigm, and most of us have grown cynical enough to believe we cannot change it, but we entertain no notions of suicide. Now, isolation, a product of alienation, is often cited. The sense that one is alone in one’s endeavors, and that under no circumstances will one find the comfort of an understanding ear is a strong motivator for suicide. But you are an intelligent man, one who, if I am not mistaken, believes he views himself objectively, from an external perspective. I do not believe you are foolish enough to believe that you cannot exist in an environment contrary to your principles, and the fact that you are here, on a site generally reserved for people who don’t feel like googling their homework answers, looking for deep understanding suggests to me that you are far from the conclusion that you will never be understood. So what is it that has spawned your desire to off yourself? Only in circumstances in which one feels that the future offers no potential rewards is suicide a rational option. No one kills himself just to prove a point. The gains of proving the point are never felt, and the long term gains of continued existence are lost. One must feel that nonexistence would be a blessing for suicide to be a rational option. It is very rare for a non-concrete reason to be supplied truthfully for suicide. So again, I must ask what exactly has made nonexistence worthwhile to you?
  - written 2 years, 8 months ago

• i am looking for a safe music download site.
  

  There’s a lot of really good stuff that’s now expired, actually. Mostly jazz. Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson, and some Early Louis Armstrong were released in the 20’s Incidentally, a very handy tool for the conscientious music downloader is www.riaaradar.com.
  - written 2 years, 8 months ago

• when did georgr washington die
  

  I heard a rumor that he died of syphilis, but that was unsubstantiated. Wikipedia tells me he choked to death on his own blood after a pneumonia attack caused a blood vessel in his epiglottis to start leaking.
  - written 2 years, 10 months ago

• i am looking for a safe music download site.
  

  True, true, but there is a sadly small number of people interested in music published before 1923, which is the latest date of publication for any public domain music…
  - written 2 years, 10 months ago

• Im looking for a proxy avoidance that cannot be detected
  

  Oh, so we’re getting into an argument over help.com procedure on a dead post, are we?
  First, I resent the implication that there is such a thing as “my place” on help.com. I am not employed by CNET, and am in no way contractually or morally obligated to directly answer any question.
  Second, under the overarching mission statement of help.com (”Find answers to important questions. Learn new skills. Achieve personal goals. Get inspired. Fix what’s broken. Build. Create. Solve problems. Change things. Accomplish stuff that matters.”) it is not only my right but my duty to inform the poster that bypassing school security is a crime and that probably the second most common and absolutely the most annoying question on help.com is “how do I get on myspace at school.”
  Third, more is achieved by discussion than by quickly answering the question, though it is often important to answer the question first. In this case, however, to do so would be unwise since the goal of the help was to carefully chide the poster away from wasting valuable school time on social networking.
  Fourth, you’re a dick.
  - written 2 years, 11 months ago

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