Pope i was giving a tip of the hat with your point about hyperbole. Yes i think capitalism fucks up a lot of stuff but not everything. In some contexts it is a big positive.

As to the voids thing it is from a Jewish comedian-might have been Jackie Mason-doing schtick partly in Yiddish and capturing some of the jewish cultural nuances.

RichRaelian wrote:

Hi! I know putting verbal and silence together seems kind of strange to some of you […]

I just thought of it as “silent because of lack of words”. I.e. a silence that’s noteworthy, perhaps in a context where spoken or written words are commonplace, or expected. I also thought maybe it is meant as a polite way of asking some…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:

I didn’t listen Pope. But sounds like you are describing hearsay. Hearsay is evidence. Its quality varies. Sometimes it is admissible and others it is not.

Good point, thanks.

jakelafort wrote:

Beanie, capitalism corrupts everything? The history channel. News shows aren’t about news. Technology driven by capitalism has inf…

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Beanie, capitalism corrupts everything?

The history channel.

News shows aren’t about news.

Technology driven by capitalism has infected easily infected minds to the detriment of civilization.

No more voids. Had he said to me even one more void….

@Unseen Baby,

I want you to know that I’m writing the following sincerely, without condescension, mockery, or potentially confusing irony.

Thank you for the informative Politico article. IMO, it adds great value to your topic. I hope you can bear with me, I did try to keep the following short.

When taking a Critical Thinking class, I learned…[Read more]

Unseen,

@Enco

I’m a little bit lost as to what “serial murders” you are referring to. And are you seriously arguing that since there’s no shortage of ways to kill people, that’s an excuse not to act on a very common way? Serial murders with guns are very hard to accomplish. The perps are usually quickly apprehended after the first episode.…

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Since clapping and snapping fingers would be considered offensive nowadays, I’ll just have to do Jazz Hands. Can ya dig it, Man? 👐👐👐

If Trump would have finally conceded the election and apologized for his treasonous behavior; that would have been “newsworthy”. Otherwise, we may as well have had a podcast on the biology of unicorns or the virtues of practicing voodoo.