Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka) Only fans
My PC died yesterday, screaming in pain as its brain heated over boiling point. I went out to Central Computer, San Francisco’s local computer store to get it a new fan. I got the wrong one of course, but jury-rigged it in anyway. It didn’t help: I think the CPU cooler may have died too,…
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(QC RSS) The First And Last One
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(Aaron Kim ENGRD 101) Literacy Comic Reflection
This comic was, admittedly, a mess throughout. The first draft I tried to draw electronically using basic pictures and shapes I found online, and while it kind of got the idea of competition and debate, it wasn’t specific at all because of my limits in drawing. I went through quite a few drafts for the…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Sleepwalking Through Affirmation Culture by butimbeautiful
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Maybe I will do that… visit Palestine. As for cancellation, you make a good argument for it. I can’t convince my daughter to moderate her views, let alone some random Israeli psychopath. The definition of harm nee…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Beautiful People by butimbeautiful
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Yes it is heart rending, because it’s someone that you loved deeply and couldn’t help. Why did you love her so deeply? If you had the opportunity to explain to her, or to someone, what was truly beautiful about he…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Beautiful People by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to butimbeautiful. “Why did she see herself as that character?” I think, like Vanessa Ives, Alison saw herself as misunderstood, abandoned, doomed, and alone–in a plague. She oscillated between seeing me as a monster and as h…
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(Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka) poles apart
Exasperated, I once said to a friend: “You can’t behave like you’re right all the time!”. She looked confused. “How else am I supposed to act?” she said. Strange attractors It’s unlikely that I’m correct on everything: even more unlikely when I’m in a minority. I don’t like music, much. But so many other people…
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(QC RSS) Re-Centering
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Stephen Nathanson (1943-2023), RIP by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Michael Nathanson. Thanks so much for writing. I apologize for the delay in responding, but I was abroad and without a computer. Please accept my condolences once again. Your father has more than one admirer at this blog. It was an honor to…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Sleepwalking Through Affirmation Culture by Irfan Khawaja
Incidentally, the classic show-down on this topic here at PoT was my debate with David Potts in late 2021/early 2022. Anti-Fascist Questions for Anti-Woke Warriors Anti-Fascist Answers to Would-Be Thought Police LikeLike
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