Cute tells me either "IT'S SO FLUFFY I WANT TO DIE!" or "I find myself attracted to you." It has a sweet allurement to it.
Hot tells me either "Oh no! I burnt my waffles!" or "I want to get in your pants." It speaks of bad intentions. Unless of course you like that sort of thing. Although at times I do find myself at the liberty of informing my girlfriend of her level of hotness. But it's more observational flattery than it is a reflection of my physical desires.
While freedom does allow for an easier flow of creativity, I still think there needs to be a degree of refinement. Just like how writing has structure to it, we're still able to write and express ourselves freely and creatively (though under certain poetic circumstances the mold is broken). Otherwise complete freedom to creativity sorta shifts into impulsive expression and becomes harderh toa ainterperaet jf a;lsdkfjkaljgkjlsjaueiwohvjs. I think there's an ever-blurring boundary somewhere between the two and creativity is starting to broaden itself to become more inclusive. I'm sure soon enough, more and more people will start to view various forms of torture or murder as creative in some light. I know some who already do! I'm not comfortable with that.
Personally, I'm not a fan of swear/cuss/curse words. For me, they're like nails on a chalkboard. In writing, I understand that their use is to relay a feeling of discomfort or extreme emotion, but the discomfort I get from them is like the discomfort a non-smoker might get from standing next to someone who is smoking. And I see the use of these words to describe strong-felt emotions, etc. as a quick way of avoiding the use of more complicating writing techniques. It's too easy; almost like cheating.
At least on these forums, Pseudodude wants there to be a 'refinement' of sorts about how we express ourselves. i.e. the use of foul language. And if nothing else, trying to evoke a roundabout way of expressing the meaning you could relay with one word could encourage creativity in its own right.
Keep your name. That way, in whatever it is you do, you'll make your folks proud. Go to college. Get a vocal performance degree or something similar. When you get that far, your talent will make YOUR name hold some meaning. That's how you make a 'name' for yourself (see what I did there?). So rather than selecting a name that sounds famous, make it so that your OWN name carries a weight of fame.
If something:
"-Has no, neglible or a small but inferior amount of evidence to support itself;
-Is incapable of being proven by any means and will remain in such a way eternally;
-Has not produced any visible shreds of evidence for thousands of years to support itself...
...Then we should not, by the laws of basic logic, make an assumption that such a thing exists. "
I'm pretty sure this entire bit is logical fallacy. I think the proper "logic" to use here that would benefit you would be something along the lines of "there is insufficient empirical evidence to prove the proposition satisfactorily to be either true or false." But even that doesn't go entirely for your case.
"I consider religion deeply harmful to society and therefore to respect it goes against what I consider my logical and moral cores, which is obviously something that I will remain absolutely inflexible about. "
Those "logical and moral cores" that you have were built from something; instilled in you from somewhere. I'd imagine that they parallel in some sense the laws of your land. Murder is wrong, theft is bad, adultery is frowned upon... Morals are not absolute without a form of absolute truth to measure them with. Otherwise you could validate the "immoral" actions of so many crimes, such as those committed during the holocaust. Who's to say that what Hitler did wasn't wrong? He was just adhering to his "logical and moral core."
In order for a body of people or a nation to coexist, they attempt to create some kind of absolute "truths" for everyone to live by and to be judged by, as seen in the creation of laws by a government. Otherwise there would be chaos.
Religion is similarly so. In fact, many nations drew their laws straight from religious scriptures. Without some form of 'universal' truth, such as what many religious institutions claim, there's no foundational purpose for humanity or moral uprightness. We are nothing more than privileged animals. Morals and ethics and human 'rights' become social contracts to maintain peace and cooperation and therefore have no fundamental basis. Why follow a moral code that I don't believe to be moral? Why adhere to a code that puts me at a disadvantage? Why follow laws at all? Everything our entire society is built upon is just as man-made as so many claim the Bible to be. So what binds us to it? What is it that makes us value life enough not to take it? Our "logical and moral cores"? But wait, where did those come from? With no purpose or reason or foundational direction in life, man heeds less and less his own 'moral' contract or code. As a result, it becomes altered or ignored to allow for criminal/frowned upon activities, though the committer may see them as acceptable.
This is the thought process that people who commit monumental 'crimes' have to validate their actions. If you're not going to agree that there's some one or some thing at the top of the moral pyramid declaring what is just, then it's just another one of us calling the shots. I don't know about you, but I don't trust us collectively to deem what is right or wrong.
But then again, with the multitude of religions out there all claiming a version of their own absolute truth, who's to say that their belief is superior to someone else's?
Probably everyone.
Thus our world is falling apart. And who's to blame?
Probably everyone.
And who's gonna take responsibility?
Probably no one.
Is this rant on moral truth slightly off topic?
Probably.
He is currently stuck at the bottom of a giant jar of peanutbutter. I shall inform him of your pre-established arbitration once he finishes his with present state of self-induced retribution. Until then, please enjoy this original song by Pikachu: ∞ YouTube ∞
Well, he better finish his, erm, self induced state of retribution, I have a banana split to be making so that I can call my family on the ice hotel on the moon of Europa, but as a parting gift, I leave you with the most grandiloquent of videos: ∞ YouTube ∞
Have you ever thought about teaching? I think you're skills would qualify you to teach things such as photoshop or flash or whatever programming type stuff that you know.
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Hot tells me either "Oh no! I burnt my waffles!" or "I want to get in your pants." It speaks of bad intentions. Unless of course you like that sort of thing. Although at times I do find myself at the liberty of informing my girlfriend of her level of hotness. But it's more observational flattery than it is a reflection of my physical desires.
Also, I'm darn sexy.
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Personally, I'm not a fan of swear/cuss/curse words. For me, they're like nails on a chalkboard. In writing, I understand that their use is to relay a feeling of discomfort or extreme emotion, but the discomfort I get from them is like the discomfort a non-smoker might get from standing next to someone who is smoking. And I see the use of these words to describe strong-felt emotions, etc. as a quick way of avoiding the use of more complicating writing techniques. It's too easy; almost like cheating.
At least on these forums, Pseudodude wants there to be a 'refinement' of sorts about how we express ourselves. i.e. the use of foul language. And if nothing else, trying to evoke a roundabout way of expressing the meaning you could relay with one word could encourage creativity in its own right.
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∞ YouTube ∞
∞ YouTube ∞
∞ YouTube ∞
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If something:
"-Has no, neglible or a small but inferior amount of evidence to support itself;
-Is incapable of being proven by any means and will remain in such a way eternally;
-Has not produced any visible shreds of evidence for thousands of years to support itself...
...Then we should not, by the laws of basic logic, make an assumption that such a thing exists. "
I'm pretty sure this entire bit is logical fallacy. I think the proper "logic" to use here that would benefit you would be something along the lines of "there is insufficient empirical evidence to prove the proposition satisfactorily to be either true or false." But even that doesn't go entirely for your case.
"I consider religion deeply harmful to society and therefore to respect it goes against what I consider my logical and moral cores, which is obviously something that I will remain absolutely inflexible about. "
Those "logical and moral cores" that you have were built from something; instilled in you from somewhere. I'd imagine that they parallel in some sense the laws of your land. Murder is wrong, theft is bad, adultery is frowned upon... Morals are not absolute without a form of absolute truth to measure them with. Otherwise you could validate the "immoral" actions of so many crimes, such as those committed during the holocaust. Who's to say that what Hitler did wasn't wrong? He was just adhering to his "logical and moral core."
In order for a body of people or a nation to coexist, they attempt to create some kind of absolute "truths" for everyone to live by and to be judged by, as seen in the creation of laws by a government. Otherwise there would be chaos.
Religion is similarly so. In fact, many nations drew their laws straight from religious scriptures. Without some form of 'universal' truth, such as what many religious institutions claim, there's no foundational purpose for humanity or moral uprightness. We are nothing more than privileged animals. Morals and ethics and human 'rights' become social contracts to maintain peace and cooperation and therefore have no fundamental basis. Why follow a moral code that I don't believe to be moral? Why adhere to a code that puts me at a disadvantage? Why follow laws at all? Everything our entire society is built upon is just as man-made as so many claim the Bible to be. So what binds us to it? What is it that makes us value life enough not to take it? Our "logical and moral cores"? But wait, where did those come from? With no purpose or reason or foundational direction in life, man heeds less and less his own 'moral' contract or code. As a result, it becomes altered or ignored to allow for criminal/frowned upon activities, though the committer may see them as acceptable.
This is the thought process that people who commit monumental 'crimes' have to validate their actions. If you're not going to agree that there's some one or some thing at the top of the moral pyramid declaring what is just, then it's just another one of us calling the shots. I don't know about you, but I don't trust us collectively to deem what is right or wrong.
But then again, with the multitude of religions out there all claiming a version of their own absolute truth, who's to say that their belief is superior to someone else's?
Probably everyone.
Thus our world is falling apart. And who's to blame?
Probably everyone.
And who's gonna take responsibility?
Probably no one.
Is this rant on moral truth slightly off topic?
Probably.
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