TET: It's a chat thread, not a race! (there's a difference?)

[Blasveck]

There's an idiot tourist in the row behind me.

Yes, man from the west, tell us all about how we Asian women just love white men.

I hate those types of people

Just like white men here in the US who think we Latinos are going to steal their white women from them with our hot accents

My girlfriend is half-white and half Latina though and she looks more Latina, so I don't know how well that theory holds

I thought that was a black guy thing?

[Erickan]

The thing is...I've never had a hangover!

But...Yeah. I don't know, I like how being stoned makes me feel. It's better than being drunk, imo.

I see

So it's a matter of preference I suppose.

Yes, I'm very lucky. :3

Exactly.

[Lianhua (Ancient)]

There's an idiot tourist in the row behind me.

Yes, man from the west, tell us all about how we Asian women just love white men.

Is he one of those stereotypical tourists with a camera and spouting about how great his home is compared to Japan?

Close. He's the type that comes here and thinks he knows all about us while wearing an anime baller.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

There's an idiot tourist in the row behind me.

Yes, man from the west, tell us all about how we Asian women just love white men.

I feel you. In Brazil we are told we gay men just love black ones, and there's a lot of humor about that, that I regard as offensive for both sides.

I tell people I feel more attracted to Asian men and they say I say I'm gay for shits and giggles because I don't like to... you got it

You don't like to have sex with black people, so therefore you must not be gay?

I don't even...

[Luziyca]

What should we do about it? Invent a new strain of tetanus?

How about not posting as fast?

Or stop being up at one in the fucking morning.

[Grenartia]

There's an idiot tourist in the row behind me.

Yes, man from the west, tell us all about how we Asian women just love white men.

Rip him a new asshole, figuratively speaking.

[Coffee Cakes]

Go play with the tentacled plant, CC. You'll be happier.

Reeeeejectedddd!

[hugs Cakes]

*cuddles Seito*

[Vareiln]

Well, goodnight everyone.
Hopefully tonight I'll have that dream of me being beautiful again.

[Lianhua (Ancient)]

Go play with the tentacled plant, CC. You'll be happier.

That's cold.
And on a Sunday... for shame.

Besides, I've still got an everlasting quest for macro yaoi to tackle.

If I were a guy CC, I'd offer you my foot. Unfortunately, I'm not.

[Des-Bal]

I've lost between 4 and 6 hours of time.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

I hate those types of people

Just like white men here in the US who think we Latinos are going to steal their white women from them with our hot accents

My girlfriend is half-white and half Latina though and she looks more Latina, so I don't know how well that theory holds

I thought that was a black guy thing?

If you would only know the white people I have encountered....

Especially from Arizona, they are the worst.

[Mushet]

If you can't handle the kinky you'll be demoted though

I know I can.

Hath is my reference.

Your political group is known for it's prudishness instead of it's kinkiness though

[Taoju]

Is he one of those stereotypical tourists with a camera and spouting about how great his home is compared to Japan?

Close. He's the type that comes here and thinks he knows all about us while wearing an anime baller.

Lecture hiiiim.

[Lianhua (Ancient)]

There's an idiot tourist in the row behind me.

Yes, man from the west, tell us all about how we Asian women just love white men.

Rip him a new asshole, figuratively speaking.

I /did not/ expect that to come from you, Gren.

[Taoju]

Reeeeejectedddd!

[hugs Cakes]

*cuddles Seito*

Okay that's enough now.

[The Truth and Light]

I thought that was a black guy thing?

If you would only know the white people I have encountered....

Especially from Arizona, they are the worst.

Ssssh. There are saltines present.

[Taoju]

Rip him a new asshole, figuratively speaking.

I /did not/ expect that to come from you, Gren.

I did! o/

[Lianhua (Ancient)]

Close. He's the type that comes here and thinks he knows all about us while wearing an anime baller.

Lecture hiiiim.

It's not my place. I don't know hiiiiiiiiiiiim. But people are turning heads to look at him. Hopefully he notices.

[Luziyca]

Are you in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan by any chance?

Ottawa.

The city that loves fucking with the whole nation.

If you see Harper, ask him to propose appointing Rob Ford as Senator. If he says yes, wait until he gets on, and then watch the Senate's credibility drop.

Anyways, I live in Saskatoon. Largest city in the province, although a bit small and not much to do.

[Aequalitia]

*cuddles Seito*

Okay that's enough now.

Well...THEN I GIVE YOU A EXTRA HUG

[With Teeth]

For example, Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass show the shift from the metaphysics of rational meaning to the metaphysics of rational meaninglessness.

Welp, that was too much for my brain.

It's actually pretty simple, thanks to the fact that the metaphysics of rational meaning is linear, and the metaphysics of rational meaninglessness is just the opposite of the metaphysics of rational meaning.

Metaphysics is the study of the meaning of the world as a whole. The metaphysics of reason tries to discover the rational meaning of the world. It tries to answer the rational meaning of the world in terms of "Why?", which is given in terms of "Because", and then a reason, accessed through rational thought. The first cause, who is outside of the world and does not belong to the causal process, causes the world to exist for purpose of having human to recognize goodness. This recognition of goodness is the final purpose of the world, the purposeless purpose, which is outside of the teleological series. This idea owes its origins to Plato's Phaedo, who thought that Mind was the cause of the world, a self-moved mover, and the purpose of the world was making it better. He wrote that "It seems to me correct that the Mind is the cause of everything and I thought i this be so, then mind sets everything in order and arranges each thing in the way that is best for it.". Aristotle added onto this idea by suggesting that the teleological series ended in human beings, observing that everything around us was for our purpose. Boethius added more to the metaphysics of rational meaning by saying that the goodness of a thing in its essence is not the same thing as the goodness of a thing in practice. In other words, things realize goodness in existing as well as performing actions prior to their essence. Gottfried Leibniz added more by saying that you need to have 1) a purpose for the existence of the world and 2) a purpose for the nature of the world. He said that non-existence is worse than existence, so god brought the best possible world into being, one which contains rational souls (the product of the teleological series) whose final purpose is happiness, and loving and knowing god. As you can see, the first and final reason for the world are circular in that the first reason causes the final purpose, and the final purpose is in knowing and loving the first reason. The causal meaning, however, is more fundamental than the teleological meaning, because the intelligibility of the world depends on the first reason. Avicenna, another philosopher, finally explained the uncaused cause by arguing that its essence is identical with its existence. This was attacked by Hume, but Kant saved it in his transcendental metaphysics. Finally, Hegel accomplished the final state of rational metaphysics when he wrote Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences. He said that the absolute idea caused the world, which is split into nature and spirit, leading to the final contemplation of the absolute idea.

Walt Whitman's work shows the abandonment of this metaphysics because in the rational metaphysical poetry, rhyme and meter led up to a final line which ended in a way that made sense, but in his poetry, there was no rhyme or meter. You can also see this in fiction; During the epoch of the rational metaphysics, stories had an omniscient narrator with a series of events that led up to a happy ending. Soon, there were stories with no omniscient narrator, disconnected events, and no happy ending.

And that's why Walt Whitman's work shows the shift from the metaphysics of rational meaning to the metaphysics of rational meaninglessness.

[Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro]

Just like white men here in the US who think we Latinos are going to steal their white women from them with our hot accents

My girlfriend is half-white and half Latina though and she looks more Latina, so I don't know how well that theory holds

Please don't further their cause racializing latino-ness. I'm white and just as culturally and ethnically Latin American.

Tell them you're latino AND white (well, you might not identify as one, but I surely would regard you as white) AND sexy and there is nothing they can do about that.

[Taoju]

Lecture hiiiim.

It's not my place. I don't know hiiiiiiiiiiiim. But people are turning heads to look at him. Hopefully he notices.

He'd better.

[New haven america]

I thought that was a black guy thing?

If you would only know the white people I have encountered....

Especially from Arizona, they are the worst.

Arizona's the worst state in US, of course it sucks.

[Blasveck]

I thought that was a black guy thing?

If you would only know the white people I have encountered....

Especially from Arizona, they are the worst.

*shrugs*

About a quarter and a fifth of the people here are Latino and Black, respectively, so we don't get much racism and things here.