I see that there are now two MLB teams worse than the Royals now. Awesome. Now if they can catch Baltimore, they could achieve not being the worst team in the AL. I'm pulling for them.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Sep 16, 2009 5:20:46 am PDT #9074 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2009 5:21:03 am PDT #9075 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What is the substantive difference between the original 'Begging the Question' and a circular argument? Aren't both essentially assuming the conclusion?
I'm totally going to guess that "begging the question" is a logical fallacy when using "formal" logic and a circular argument is less formal? Maybe?
Amy - Sep 16, 2009 5:23:02 am PDT #9076 of 30001
Because books.
My most hated is "I could care less." Um, if you could, then go ahead. You mean "couldn't".
smonster - Sep 16, 2009 5:23:52 am PDT #9077 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
We have a nummy restaurant in Raleigh called The Irregardless Cafe.
/tangent
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2009 5:24:56 am PDT #9078 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
We have a nummy restaurant in Raleigh called The Irregardless Cafe.
I could care less.
No really, I could.
§ ita § - Sep 16, 2009 5:31:08 am PDT #9079 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My most hated is "I could care less."
I actually started using that as a teen. I think among people who knew me it was soon apparent shorthand for "I could care less. I'd have to try really hard, but I bet I could do it if I really focussed. But I don't care enough to do even that."
Theodosia - Sep 16, 2009 5:33:39 am PDT #9080 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I wonder if anybody's claimed Irregardless.com.
Gudanov - Sep 16, 2009 5:34:30 am PDT #9081 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
"In Obama's America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering, 'Yay, right on, right on, right on, right on... I wonder if Obama's going to come to come to the defense of the assailants the way he did his friend Skip Gates up there at Harvard."
Wow, it's kinda remarkable to hear such blatant racism on a national radio show. Or maybe I don't listen to the radio enough.
You know, I can see thinking there was a racial component to the incident. If you reverse the situation, it would be hard not to think race played a factor. But it isn't a definite. But man, the rest of it. Skip Gates an assailant? Manufacturing a trend out of a single incident that may or may not have been race motivated to some degree? Blaming it on having a black president? It's so bad, it's not even funny.
Tom Scola - Sep 16, 2009 5:35:15 am PDT #9082 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Domain Name: IRREGARDLESS.COM
Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
Creation Date: 06-sep-1997
Gudanov - Sep 16, 2009 5:36:11 am PDT #9083 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
My most hated is "I could care less."
I think I hear "I couldn't care less" used more often, but I don't know if that's accurate.