"I was a pretty weird kid. (beat) Then again, maybe all kids are weird. I don't really have basis for comparison."
For a change, the sauce on this dish, described as "slightly spicy", is indeed slightly spicy, as opposed to "made from liquid fire".
If everyone takes turns to kill the dragon and the dragon is always still there next time, it is reason enough to question the reality of the dragon.
The autonomy of the individual over their own body is not a right. It's an objective reality.
That society sometimes has difficulty coping, is a topic for a different discussion.
That society sometimes has difficulty coping, is a topic for a different discussion.
We hereby inform you of the fact we have nothing to inform you about. Regards, your insurance company.
The human mind is hopelessly and irrevocably hard-wired for pattern recognition. And it couldn't care less whether or not the patterns it recognizes have any basis in reality.
"...And while i feel reluctant to state my political opinion..." — "Why the heck not? You're a [direction]ist, aren't you? That's totally cool! State away, bro!"
If free will is real, nothing needs to be changed. If it isn't, nothing *can* be changed. Either way, worrying about it is pointless. Though, taking any action *kind of* already assumes some sort of agency, defeating the idea there is none.
I'm going to keep this smartwatch as a reminder of my inability to raise things from the dead. Raise a glass in memoriam! Commence three-day mourning! Get a new one!...
"When I'm wrong, I'm wrong, and I'm fine with that. But when I'm right, I'm *catastrophically* right — and when that happens, you probably don't want to be nearby."
"Well, continuing this line of reasoning, you could-" — "Wait a minute! Are you saying this as a Republican or as a Democrat?"
I can tell you with absolute certainty, that if i were creating a universe full of intelligent living beings, i sure as hell wouldn't be doing it because i love my creations and want them to be happy.
Painkillers don't actually fix anything; They just make you not feel the pain for a while, allowing you stay functional — hopefully, while you're fixing the real source of your problem.