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LTK:
--- Quote from: Tova on 11 Sep 2012, 02:07 ---Dear Apple haters (also sometimes known as, but not restricted to, Droids),
You are ten times more fucking annoying than any rabid Apple fanboy could ever hope to be.
Droid users: You have an awesome platform - stop obsessing so much over what people who don't have the same opinion as you are buying. It comes across as incredibly insecure.
Thanks.
I now return you to your previous random thoughts.
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I think you're looking for this thread.
Also random: A couple of weeks ago I regularly passed a local Apple reseller. I was contemplating walking in and asking them how to get internet access on my phone, pretending to be oblivious to the fact that my Samsung Galaxy Nexus is not an Apple product. Wonder how they'd take it. *trollface*
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 11 Sep 2012, 02:04 ---
--- Quote from: LTK on 10 Sep 2012, 07:42 ---Happiness is a hypothetical state of mind that can only be approximated, never attained. Like a hyperbolic function approaching the limit. Given that we are averse to death, we always want more out of life than we currently have. Therefore, happiness is antithetical to the human condition, because if one were to find true happiness, they would need to die immediately afterwards.
So the only way to win at life is to lose at life.
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The only winning move is not to play?
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I wish I understood Buddhism so that I could compare and contrast this idea with Buddhist philosophy. Is Buddhism more like "Be in the game, but not of the game"? I should find a teacher. The only Buddhist I know here is quite up front that she doesn't feel qualified to teach.
pwhodges:
Happiness is a relative state rather than absolute. I tend to think of it as an overt expression of contentment. I am generally content or happy, but there is still room for further improvement in this regard.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Caliph Abd Er-Rahman III ---I have now reigned about 50 years in both victory and peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have readily answered my call; nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting for my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to fourteen.
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I'm not sure about that quote: I've seen something quite similar attributed to a ruler in India, who enumerated his wealth including jewels, elephants, and musical instruments.
Pilchard123:
If one of the defining characteristics of a living organism is the ability to reproduce, is a sterile creature no longer alive? Is human sterilisation a form of homicide?
I'd probably say no, but...
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