Moderation Questions

Moderation Questions

The last iteration of the moderation discussion thread was a complete disaster. Numerous attempts to keep it on topic fa

30 January 2024 at 05:27 AM
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by geezerchess

I don't think of myself as scared or evil, but I'll let others assess my dumbness.

@d2_e4?

If you're asking the dude who built his [strike]trolling[/strike] posting career here calling you a moron to assess your dumbness, you're probably pretty ****ing dumb.


by d2_e4

If you're asking the dude who built his [strike]trolling[/strike] posting career here calling you a moron to assess your dumbness, you're probably pretty ****ing dumb.

Makes sense.


by corpus vile

Your shtick is well past wearing thin at this point.

Shtick? I’m the only one who tells the truth here.

If ‘ontological’ causes you to short circuit, then substitute in metaphysical.

The point: violence is more fundamental than rationality. Once violence is no longer contained by your past socialization, then you’re rolling the dice when your new strategy is to contain it using reason.

You can rationalize for violence just as easy as you can rationalize against violence.


by craig1120

Shtick? I’m the only one who tells the truth here.If ‘ontological’ causes you to short circuit, then substitute in metaphysical. The point: violence is more fundamental than rationality. Once violence is no longer contained by your past socialization, then you’re rolling the dice when your new strategy is to contain it using reason.You can rationalize fo

The early bird might well get the worm, but the early worm gets eaten by the bird. #ThoughtsToLiveBy


I've seen Craig's posts since the ancient days of RGT. It's no shtick.


by tame_deuces

I've seen Craig's posts since the ancient days of RGT. It's no shtick.

Maintaining that character for 20 years would put him up there with the top trolls of all time.


by craig1120

Shtick? I’m the only one who tells the truth here.

Nobody knows if you're telling the truth or not as nobody has a scooby doo wtf you actually mean with all your cryptic psychobabble word salad.

If ‘ontological’ causes you to short circuit, then substitute in metaphysical.

The point: violence is more fundamental than rationality. Once violence is no longer contained by your past socialization, then you’re rolling the dice when your new strategy is to contain it using reason.

You can rationalize for violence just as easy as you can rationalize against violence.

^^Case in point. You remind me of those notebooks John Doe had in Se7en, only in human form.


by tame_deuces

I've seen Craig's posts since the ancient days of RGT. It's no shtick.

Oh. I see.

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by Crossnerd

Our fear is from all civilian men, because any one of them could be a rapist. Until the activity stops, we should be treating every man as a potential rapist.

😀

Crossnerd afraid of black men confirmed


by craig1120

Violence is ontological, which means it’s embedded deeper in humanity than nature.

Violence is ontological sounds like a philosophy madlib


by corpus vile

Nobody knows if you're telling the truth or not as nobody has a scooby doo wtf you actually mean with all your cryptic psychobabble word salad.

^^Case in point. You remind me of those notebooks John Doe had in Se7en, only in human form.

Me: Restate

Grok:

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Okay, let’s break this down super simple:

Violence is a core part of what makes humans, well, human. It’s not just something we pick up from the world around us—it’s baked into who we are, even deeper than our instincts.

If the word “ontological” (or “metaphysical”😉 makes your brain hurt, just think of it as “built into the very essence of being human.”

The big idea: Violence is stronger than logic or reason. If you’ve been taught to keep your violent side in check, that’s great. But if that control slips, don’t expect to talk yourself out of it with pure reasoning. You can just as easily use logic to justify being violent as you can to argue against it.

In short: Violence is a deep, messy part of us, and reason alone might not keep it under control.


by checkraisdraw

Violence is ontological sounds like a philosophy madlib

This coming from you?


by craig1120

Me: Restate Grok:

Craig. I don't misunderstand the concept of violence. Or your use of $50 words. It's your garbled posts in general. Trust me when I say you're a piss poor communicator. It's not that we're too stupid to get you. It's that you're quite frankly inarticulate.


by craig1120

This coming from you?

Yes, this coming from me. I don’t think you know what ontological means based on how you are using it, at least you don’t know how it is used in analytical philosophy.


by checkraisdraw

Yes, this coming from me. I don’t think you know what ontological means based on how you are using it, at least you don’t know how it is used in analytical philosophy.

At what level do you think I mean if not ontological?

“Violence is [blank].”

Which word would you insert instead of ontological?

I’ll then tell you if that’s accurate for what I actually mean.


by craig1120

At what level do you think I mean if not ontological?

“Violence is [blank].”

Which word would you insert instead of ontological?

I’ll then tell you if that’s accurate for what I actually mean.

Well I don’t know what you mean by ontological so I don’t know how to help you there.

What I mean when I use the word ontological is related to being/what is. And the vast majority of the time that ontological is used (vs ontology which would be the study of being in metaphysics) it’s in the context of an ontological argument for God, which is an argument positing God as a necessarily existent being.


by craig1120

“Violence is [blank].”

Which word would you insert instead of ontological?

Pretty much all of them.


by corpus vile

Craig. I don't misunderstand the concept of violence. Or your use of $50 words. It's your garbled posts in general. Trust me when I say you're a piss poor communicator. It's not that we're too stupid to get you. It's that you're quite frankly inarticulate.

That would be an ontological matter.


by checkraisdraw

Well I don’t know what you mean by ontological so I don’t know how to help you there.What I mean when I use the word ontological is related to being/what is. And the vast majority of the time that ontological is used (vs ontology which would be the study of being in metaphysics) it’s in the context of an ontological argument for God, which is an argument positing God as a neces

I mean the same. Violence is at the level of being. Violence is ontological.

In religious language (which I was avoiding), violence is woven into the soul of humanity.


by craig1120

I mean the same. Violence is at the level of being. Violence is ontological.

In religious language (which I was avoiding), violence is woven into the soul of humanity.

You also seem to be avoiding the English language.


by d2_e4

Maintaining that character for 20 years would put him up there with the top trolls of all time.

I don't believe Craig is a troll.


by checkraisdraw

Yes, this coming from me. I don’t think you know what ontological means based on how you are using it, at least you don’t know how it is used in analytical philosophy.

I have a B.A. in Philosophy and I think he almost knows what ontological means.


by geezerchess

I have a B.A. in Philosophy and I think he almost knows what ontological means.

I know philosophy through direct experience. Believing you are an authority on philosophy because of classroom based credentials is silly.


by craig1120

I know philosophy through direct experience. Believing you are an authority on philosophy because of classroom based credentials is silly.

not necessarily, in his case it's a genuine credential of something he's studied, even if it happened at a place like oral roberts, whereas you're just saying behold my blathering that everyone uniformly condemns


by craig1120

I know philosophy through direct experience. Believing you are an authority on philosophy because of classroom based credentials is silly.

Does the same work for physics?

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