Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) Mass Death by Starvation
I once had to go a week without food. It weakened me and made me ill, but didn’t kill me or come close. It actually takes a long time to die of starvation, at least if you have water and shelter, as I did. If hundreds or thousands of people begin to starve to death,…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Amusing teen Tuesday
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Luann, 5/6/25 Luann is perennially on its weird psychosexual bullshit — Luann and Phil, who are college-aged adults,…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Appropriate dishwashing clothes
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(QC RSS) Best Wishes From Liz
It’s more about the jars
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Do people not get what the “anonymous” part of the name means anymore or what
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Gil Thorp, 5/5/25 Hey, remember when we met Marty’s AA pal, “Clam,” and I said, “Ha ha, wouldn’t…
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(Our World in Data) Children in rich countries are much less likely to die than a few decades ago, but we rarely hear about this progress
In most rich countries, child mortality has more than halved in the last thirty years; we know we can go further.
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(QC RSS) Questionable Conspiracy Theories
This is a syndicated post, originally published by QC RSS at QC RSS.
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(xkcd.com) About 20 Pounds
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) I guess that’s why they call them the funnies
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Dennis the Menace, 5/4/25 OK, obviously I was going to object that “Sunday school was awesome today!” is…
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(Policy of Truth) Gorilla Warfare
The entire Internet is debating whether 100 unarmed men could defeat and kill a single silverback gorilla. The “pro-man” crowd keeps insisting that the 100 men would defeat the gorilla by “outsmarting” it. Find me one gorilla wasting his time on this stupid debate, or anything like it, and I’ll concede the point. I highly…
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