this is not really an educational problem, its a cultural one. there is really a big difference between someone who grows up reading tank manuals and someone that doesn't

The children yearn for the Hays Code: no sex, nudity or long kisses, and for every immoral act a timely punishment. Art is 'morally evil in its effects.'

I remember learning about the Hays Code in film school and how it made it so that any amoral protagonist had to meet karmic justice by the end of the film and going “wow, that’s really silly” and then once a week I log online and see people argue that we need stuff like that now or it’s problematic

if the Hays Code didn't exist, modern fans would have invented it

tapping the "people underestimate how many of our society's elites are motivated not by self-interest, but by sadism" sign

2 Compare the malicious joke: 'Mr. Z claims to have found a counterexample to my theory. But he has misunderstood me, he has not interpreted my words as I intended. For I intended that there be no counterexamples.'

It’s also in Lewis’s “Putnam’s Paradox” (1984) where Lewis characterizes Putnam as trying this.

I think people also don't realise just how big Iran is. If you dropped it in Europe it would stretch from Denmark to the north of Greece!

Yeah that's right, I ship Ryan and Esposito.

just fwiw, here are the arguments being made, in order:

1. iran has apologized to its neighbors and admitted it lost
2. this is unprecedented and because of me
3. iran has not surrendered and will collapse if it doesn’t admit it lost
4. i am going to bomb iran more and worse until it surrenders

I am teaching Mexican political philosophy in six months time. I will be on the look out for primary texts, especially those with english translation available. If you have materials you are willing to share, please be in touch. Thanks!

To be honest, whenever the supermarket self-service machine says ‘Thank you’ I want to tell it to piss off, it’s incapable of experiencing gratitude.

Winstanley ended his life as a Quaker. Tbh I already liked them, but that little connection the Diggers made me like them even more. They continue to be good!

the janitor and Zack Braff look concerned, too text says “Ted we found you in the park throwing rock at old couples.” Ted, distressed, bottom text “why should they be happy?”

I always include two or three as a kind of easter egg for those playing at home.

The boomers experienced the same and decided to invent late-stage capitalism.

Your mistake is thinking of it as innocent. Project your own corruption on to them & then you can seethe in self righteous stew

Ditto philosophical arguments. Kind of boggles my mind how few people have thought of this.

Local young people are experiencing innocent joy through each other's presence in my vicinity. I hate this. wtf. I'm old now you can't do this around me.

Breaking Bad would have been a better show if Walter White was less charismatic

Holy fucking shit. 'If Trump says we won then we won' is even further down the hole than the Orwell quote people always dig up about eyes and ears. He attacked Iran so he could win another fake award. That's it. That's the whole thing. That's wild

Your system's greatest failure would be its excessive succesfulness.

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

Fair play to the Quakers for being seen as a threat to the English state for a solid 375 years.

If I was designing a security system I would simply not include any failure points.

Nothing they talk about more in "left behind communities" than reinstalling the Shah.

Elements from Egyptian and Greek mythology are combined in this delicate figure. The view taken here is that Anubis is represented, wearing military costume and breastplate that signify his role as a fighter against the enemies of Osiris. He holds a staff topped by a cone-shaped object - the thyrsus carried by followers of Dionysus with whom the Greeks equated Osiris. In his other hand he carries a falcon. On the other hand, the snout and ears appear short for Anubis and more like those of a cat, and the short dress can be worn by Artemis who is associated with Bastet. The identity of the figure is, therefore, not certain. Roman, from Egypt, 2nd-3rd century CE. Height: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm) Met Museum, New York (67.190)

This l’il fella is a gold amulet from Roman Egypt, possibly representing the Egyptian god Anubis as a defender of Osiris-Dionysus. He wears a military tunic and breastplate, signifying him as a defender of Osiris; he also holds a thyrsus of Dionysus, equated with Osiris. 🏺 1/

📸 me #MetMuseum

his excuse was that he didn't realize how incompetent the Bush administration is. He certainly knows how incompetent the Trump administration is.

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If I were a D&D character, I'd want my alignment to be left justified.