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[KristianJ]

In response to your response to my question...I'll pay you a few bucks to do some research on my behalf...

Do I say "out" and "about" with a thick Candian accent?

I dunno, but I say it either with an annoying Scottish one or my thick Aussie/New Zealand one

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Josh says I say "oot" and "aboot" and apparently I say tomorrow wrong too...

 

[KristianJ]

The only way to find out is to post a sound file... But I'd say in that case thta the way I say it's probably wrong too (hard to really describe it on here though )

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

hahahaha I dont need a sound file of me saying painfully Canadian words.
Soundfile of DMB maybe <drool>

 

[nadroj1985]

Nadroj, how many crabs would it take to fill a 50 lb bucket 1/2 full of ice 3/4 of the way to the top with bile?

Yes.

I'm working towards a minor in philosophy at the moment.

Nice! Let me know what you think of the ideas you come across. I'm always willing to discuss that sort of thing.

What philosophy classes are you currently in, and which philosophers do you find particularly captivating?

Well, I'm not too well-read yet (working on it, trust me ), but so far I've really enjoyed Plato, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and a recent American Buddhist philosopher named Alan Watts.

I'd highly recommend all of them. Everyone should read Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra," IMO.

Right now I'm taking the history of ancient and medieval philosophy, and next semester I'll be doing history of modern philosophy and symbolic logic.

 

[blackwasp]

Well, I'm not too well-read yet (working on it, trust me ), but so far I've really enjoyed Plato, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and a recent American Buddhist philosopher named Alan Watts.

I'm sure you are more well-read than I am. I also enjoy Plato, but my favorite so far has been Boethius.

I'd highly recommend all of them. Everyone should read Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra," IMO.

Hmm...I read one short book by Nietzsche, I believe it was concerning morals. The title to the book you mentioned intrigues me, as I believe that Zarathustra had a hand in forming Zoroastrianism. I was under the impression that Nietzsche did not consider organized religion of great benefit.

Right now I'm taking the history of ancient and medieval philosophy, and next semester I'll be doing history of modern philosophy and symbolic logic.

Ooh...ancient and medieval philosophy sounds like fun. I've only taken an introductory course and am currently in religions of the west, but hopefully I'll be able to squeeze religions of the east into my studies before long.

 

[nadroj1985]

I'm sure you are more well-read than I am. I also enjoy Plato, but my favorite so far has been Boethius.

I've read a bit of Boethius' "The Consolation of Philosophy," and he was pretty good. One of my favorites of the medieval philosophers, although I enjoy the moderns a bit better.

Hmm...I read one short book by Nietzsche, I believe it was concerning morals.

Practically everything Nietzsche wrote was about morals, or about moving beyond them. So that's not surprising

The title to the book you mentioned intrigues me, as I believe that Zarathustra had a hand in forming Zoroastrianism. I was under the impression that Nietzsche did not consider organized religion of great benefit.

Actually, I think Zarathustra is an alternate name for Zoroaster, who I assume was the founder of the religion. From what I've read, Zoroaster was one of the first teachers of morals like the golden rule, and Nietzsche considered it fitting that he should be the one who should dictate his (Nietzsche's) philosophy, which is that of moving beyond good and evil. And you're certainly right that Nietzsche didn't think much of organized religion, so that explanation is fairly important.

Ooh...ancient and medieval philosophy sounds like fun. I've only taken an introductory course and am currently in religions of the west, but hopefully I'll be able to squeeze religions of the east into my studies before long.

Yes, you should. It's an eye-opening experience to see such a fundamentally different way of looking at the world.

 

[Western Deity]

This thread has received many responses; how do you explain your popularity?

 

[nadroj1985]

This thread has received many responses; how do you explain your popularity?

Ahh... how do I love me? Let me count the ways....

Seriously, though, "ask x" threads are usually pretty popular. I don't know if you were around GA when ApostateAbe first started up one -- everyone responded to it... and everyone started their own. It's easy to just come in and ask a question. And I think we often have a lot of unanswered questions that we'd like to ask others, and we're just begging for a context to ask them.

 

[nadroj1985]

Oops. Missed one.

Do I say "out" and "about" with a thick Candian accent?

I hope so. I think that's hilarious.

 

[Breetai]

Just a philosophy guy? But yeah, I'm a philosophy major in school, so it's a big part of who I am. And I'm sometimes confused at what essentially makes something "religion" rather than a "philosophy."

Actually, I'm only a couple classes away from being a philosophy minor. I have my religon major. By saying just a philosophy, that in no way makes it a small thing. The word philosophy can have an entire belief system/worldview behind it!

I really enjoyed reading Hume's stuff...

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Oops. Missed one.



I hope so. I think that's hilarious.

As do most americans!!!

 

[Western Deity]

Seriously, though, "ask x" threads are usually pretty popular. I don't know if you were around GA when ApostateAbe first started up one -- everyone responded to it... and everyone started their own. It's easy to just come in and ask a question. And I think we often have a lot of unanswered questions that we'd like to ask others, and we're just begging for a context to ask them.

I remember some of the hate directed towards the 1 mod who closed them all . No hard feelings after a while, but it was funny.

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

WD- I love your Avatar its so funny!

 

[theFijian]

Do I say "out" and "about" with a thick Candian accent?

Would that sound like "oot and aboot"? Ay?

I dunno, but I say it either with an annoying Scottish one or my thick Aussie/New Zealand one

Which regional Scottish accent would that be? Or is it the generic Mel Gibson/Braveheart accent?

 

[theFijian]

No, it'll just make me jealous.

Too bad, they played great! although the vocals were a bit fuzzy. I wished they'd played Summer too.

And we need an answer to the guy revving car on hill at midnight question.

 

[ps139]

Alright Nadroj Mr. Music & Philosophy man.. lets see if you can get this one right....

Which Phish cover had its song title inspired by Nietzche???

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Would that sound like "oot and aboot"? Ay?

Apparently so.... yeah.

Ok Jordan I have a riddle for you:

5 guys walk into a pancake house.
THe first guy orderes waffles and the second guy orderes the blue berry surprise.
How much salt did the first guy put on his pancakes?

Edit: We understand that the first guy didnt order pancakes at all, but that is not the answer

Good luck, a guy from school and I have been trying to figure it out for almost 2 months now, and Emmerson (the guy who knows) wont tell us the answer.

 

[nadroj1985]

Man, it's a little hard to keep up... sorry I missed this one.

Why does the guy on the hill INSIST on revving the motor in his '66 Galaxy for an hour EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT around midnight?

Because if he did anything else, it would be nice. It's Murphy's Law.

Alright Nadroj Mr. Music & Philosophy man.. lets see if you can get this one right....

Which Phish cover had its song title inspired by Nietzsche???

After a little research, I'm confused. This site seems to be saying that the title gets changed around a lot, but it apparently is somewhat related to Nietzsche and Zarathustra.

5 guys walk into a pancake house.
THe first guy orderes waffles and the second guy orderes the blue berry surprise.
How much salt did the first guy put on his pancakes?

Edit: We understand that the first guy didnt order pancakes at all, but that is not the answer

I have no idea. It doesn't make any sense. How did the first guy put salt on pancakes that he doesn't have?

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

I have no idea. It doesn't make any sense. How did the first guy put salt on pancakes that he doesn't have?

and this is exactly why we are having such a hard time figuring it all out...