I am so sick of looking around Halifax and seeing nothing but garbage everywhere. Why is it that people who smoke and/or drink Tim’s coffee don’t seem to give a shit about the environment? Come on people – let’s be reasonable – this place could be beautiful – all I’m asking is for two things:
1) Every person in Halifax should put their garbage in a garbage can instead of throwing it out onto the streets, playgrounds, parks etc.
2) Every person in Halifax should pick up one piece of garbage that may or may not be theirs and put it in the garbage.
If we did this, this place would look so much better. Come on Halifax let’s clean up this mess. —Green is Good
This article appears in Mar 29 – Apr 4, 2012.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFWrQUtx018
your idea is all good and well….
and we all know how much the general public LOVE to be told what they have to do…
We need it to be included in job applications…
much like Mr Lahey figured out.
And yes, mufflers do count.
Wouldn’t it be nice if people put their garbage in the garbage, OB?
When I was a kid, I used to walk around my neighbourhood with a bag and gloves and pick up litter.
I’d love to join a group to do something like that again but I fear the world has made me too jaded and bitter D:
And I strongly resent the implication that my 5 year hitch in the KISS Army doesn’t count. That’s certainly not what my recruiter told me, at the time.
but fuck o.p., if everyone done that, then you wouldn’t be able to bitch about it. condsider yourself put on report, mr./mrs/ms., what the fuck ever.
I tailor my material to my audience >; )
and we appreciate it
http://members.iinet.net.au/~dwomen/files/…
“Who are these unfortunate individuals?”
Wellllllllll, right now it’s you.
Tell your 11 year old step-daughter that I’m very sorry I mocked her very sincere bitch, and that she can stop crying into her Hunger Games pillow and that on the way home I promise to pick up and properly dispose of the cleanest, driest peice of garbage I see.
There, are we friends again?
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/158/wat…
And I appreciate good nastiness when I read it, it’s one of the reasons I hang out here. So you troll back through my posts here, all 8500 of them and you find ONE – just ONE that shows any disrespect for our military. Go on motherfucker, I dare you. I double dare you. In case you don’t know, “Col Ivan Sonofabitch” is my on-line persona. My avatar – a Soviet officer from the movie “Red Dawn” .I’ve been an Admiral, A Pope, A Tsar, any number of Cartmans (Cartmen?) I have never impersonated a member of the CF and have NEVER claimed to have been a member. You want to know why? My father served 37 years, that’s why. So I know MANY people in the REAL army as well. So, I’m sorry about your cousin because I respect his service more than you can imagine. You can accuse me of just about anything you want. Just make sure you know what you’re talking about.
“I know many people in the REAL army”
Never wore the uniform yourself, though, did you?
Go ahead, though, keep professing your ‘outrage’
Holy Moly Zed-man. That wound would never heal.
I’m working on a 1/48 scale Enola Gay. I just need to acquire a 1/48 scale Little Boy to go with it. Doesn’t have to have a huge yield – 1/4 of kiloton will suffice. >; )
“Humbugged, By God!” >: )
Played me like a Stradi, you did Mr. McNasty.
Nice work, you magnificent bastard.
You made my day, as well.
“So I know MANY people in the REAL army as well.”
You know at least one bunting tosser too, eh Ivan?
Stand down, McNasty. You’re getting all wrapped around the axle for no reason whatsoever.
I am not fighting Ivan’s “battles” for him but I WILL speak of his character and his respect for those who serve, both past and present, as I know it.
I’ve only known Ivan for a short time now and have only really met him on a couple of occasions but I can proudly say, with absolute confidence that he holds those who have served and presently serve in the armed forces with the utmost of respect and humility. Not ONCE have I witnessed him say or write anything that could be construed by anyone as portraying a negative, malicious, disparaging or otherwise disrespectful attitude towards service people. As he has already stated, he’s an army brat, his father having proudly served his country with dedication for 37 years. His screen name and picture are taken from an old 80’s Patrick Swayze movie. He is in no way defaming the military or it’s members by doing so. He is one of the first and few regular “bitchers” on here who change their avatar and screen name as an act of remembrance weeks before November 11th, and is ferociously patriotic. Having witnessed him enter into historical discussions with others about various battles, wars, tactics and the like, it’s evident to me that his knowledge of such things runs deep, indicating that it is more than something of a passing fancy for him. It’s a genuine interest. For Chrissake’s, the man regularly wears a USS Kittyhawk hat! He is anything but disrepectful to the military.
I too am sorry to hear about your cousin. I know it does nothing to bring him back but perhaps you can find some comfort in the fact that a lot of us, myself and Ivan included, are sincerely grateful for his sacrifice, and rest assured, he will NOT be forgotten. Pro Patria.
Im not touching anyone elses garbage… ew
Yes, but wearing a uniform in a bukkake film really doesn’t count. Servicing a dozen men doesn’t count as being “in the service”.
even bubbles wore a uniform…
in ‘From Russia with Love Bone’
And this thread gets a purple monkey dishwasher award.
I’m sick and tired of not finding cans around so on the ground it goes! What’s your address bitcher? I’ll drop by with my crap…
Thanks for taking my six Vastie – but it was all a big wind up , and a damned good one at that. I’ve known many bunting tossers in my life and they’ve all been good ‘uns.
Sorry about calling you “motherfucker” , McN. – I was channeling Samuel L. Jackson at the time. I did mean “magnificent bastard” though, as a compliment.
You don’t perchance moonlight as a large radioactive lizard with a penchant for photoshop, do you?
youse guys are hilarious, thanks for the larfs xox
youse guys are funny, thanks for the larfs xox
sorry…and for your troubles http://socialenergizer.com/wp-content/uplo…
Sounds like a plan OP although, truth be told, I do that already.
well meaty old asshole, if you would stop coming over to everyone as you being a complete fucking asshole, then people like me,wouldn’t think people like you are shit. and by the way, i don’t make threats, that’s against the law, but promises now, are a whole other story. polititons make them all the fucking time, and rarely ever come through on any of them. see where i’m going with this.
even fucking joking around, pissing people off, you do your dead cousin a grave dishonor. he was a soldier of combat, and as such, took chances like me all had to do. some of us were lucky to back back wth all our skin, some did not.
any war or battle is a futile excuse for 2 big assed big mouth countries, to send people to get killed. why the fuck don’t they duke it out themselves, best man wins deal. no meaty, i have nothing personel against you. but you should be a little more respectful of people on here. the coast can pull this column anytime they feel like it, and then, where would you be? keep your head low, and watch for stray ammo, is what we were told prior to going to the islands.
I do both, and I’m constantly picking up other people’s garbage.
THE MILITARY MIND
: Col. Ivan Sonofabitch (April 4, 2:43PM)
“I have never impersonated a member of the CF and have NEVER claimed to have been a member.”
Does the “military mind” exist? This is the question which kept occurring as I read Ivan’s exchange with McNasty. In some quarters, it is ridiculed by the oxymoron “military intelligence” but this is unfair as it privileges a certain type of intelligence over others. However, the “military mind” does exist. Admittedly, the basis for this assertion is thin – I know only two members of the military, both actual colonels as it happens – so my reflections are impressionistic rather than definitive.
The personalities of Col. I and Col. II could not be more different. Col. I is a member of the Hussars (tankers) in the reserve army. His regular job is a teacher of History but after completing a Ph.D. at McGill (his thesis was on the German attack on Russia) he gave courses at the College Militaire at St. Jean de Richelieu. In addition to a detailed knowledge of the battles of WWII he is also an authority on military matters in general including military dress which he knows right down to the level of the buttons. He loves military tradition – “the thin red line” and all that – and, fittingly, is a member of a Montreal military service club – “pass the port” – while reveling in the aura of the romance which he sees as enveloping the military.
Before ascending to upper command levels, Col. II, flew fighter jets for the Air Force – a Bachelor of Engineering (N.S, Tech), Snowbirds, Staff College, European tours of duty, base commander at Bagotville, NORAD Command Center at Colorado Springs, Space Center construction, etc, etc. – all very accomplished in a military sort of way. In terms of personality, however, unlike Col. I he appears to be a taciturn to the point of silence, an unruffled pragmatist for whom efficiency is the name of the game.
So, are there any conclusions to be drawn about the military mind? Both colonels are basically romantics – the first in the context of the mystique of the colour and dash of the uniforms and ceremony but this overlays a serious awareness of the bloody engagements of tanker battles. The second colonel’s romanticism is focused more on the sense of “esprit de corps,” a dedication to the Air Force in general and his squadron in particular. Both are sensitive to rank and protocol. However, it is seen not so much as simple status but rather as the “correct form.” For example, Col. II says that you don’t salute the man, only the uniform which seems a bit odd. However, both colonels seem to be unreflective in what might be called a philosophical sense, not concerning themselves with the ends of their activity but only with the means to achieve a successful outcome.
But I suppose that is what you want in the military in the heat of battle. You don’t want a bunch of Hamlets pondering the justification of the whole thing. You’d lose the bloody war!
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
I can’t believe people even bother to read your long, tiresome posts…
http://img0.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.32…
yes it was mcnasty, you add a certain something^^
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: zZzeus (April 5, 12:50PM)
If you find my posts “long and tiresome” then don’t read them, you half-wit. Who cares what you can or cannot believe? I don’t.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
As far as I know, the Falklands war was between UK and Argentina. There was no Canadian participation. Were you a Royal Marine, Life Sucks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJXKVOxqkWM
>; )
No offence taken at all, Brother Geek. It was a good clean ruck in the best traditions of LTWWB. You didn’t do anything that I haven’t done on numerous occasions and your endgame was masterful.
I’d just like to thank my fellow BitchBuds for leaping in on my behalf. If I try to not take myself too seriously here, rest assured I take your friendship very seriously.
As far as Uncle Vanya is concerned – It’s all good.
screee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNqMi0TuL6o…
I call dibs on “pushing the pram a lot”
i think i’ll play my mp playlist on saturday, see if anyone notices
“….Norwegian Blue. Remarkable bird; lovely plumage…”
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/t…
who said I did?
(excluding your ultra-rare latest and more ‘to-the-point’ post actually directed at myself…)
haven’t for a while and I see at least 4 other people don’t either.
It’s a shame you weren’t incarcerated over the past few, what with your fellow drudgeon schoolmates acting like namby pamby children demanding free tuition with a cherry on top.
If you douche-buckets keep it up, they’re going to start enforcing a curfew…
just wait…
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zZz (April 5, 3:53PM)
That was incoherent but not unexpected, coming from a half-wit like you.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Just another one of my monikers. A tip of the hat to Chekhov (Anton, not Pavel)
Me and Tom could be brothers; he got all the talent, the money, the house on Chesapeake Bay. Scuse me while I go cry awhile.
wow-hostile troll to sycophant in 24 hours.
Painey-what is your playlist? a soundtrack to LLWWB?
haha, no, it’s monty python sings, mix that with some frank zappa…the shop has an *r* rating
actually guys, i was in special forces, and they went anywhere they were told. and i made a mistake here, calling mcnasty meaty, i am sorry for that meaty. but this other fucking douchebag, well i won’t bother replying to it, except to say one thing, you are wrong on a lot of counts. the bitchers that know me, can verify some of them. anyway, thought i would pop in to see what kind of bullshit was still going on. well , now i am done, seeya.
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: Masochistic McNasty (April 5, 9:54PM)
“Because the ramblings of a pedantic, pretentious, pustule on the labium of a vagina mean nothing to me.”
Hey, who said Xeno rambled? Anyway Xeno, are you going to take that? You’ve got to get something equally alliterative. Try working on the masochistic angle – i.e. the masochistic, motherfucking, masturbator. Good luck.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
*piqued
“Because I don’t care and my partner, and best friend, graduated from Dal with a major in Psychology. They may have even taught you”
Just how many people are we talking about here, Mcdicklick?
do not make me get the hose, friday bitches
Whoa—is that how you got your screen name? ^^
actually, I thought it was pretty mild for me, but it’s early yet…
http://static.someecards.com/someecards/us…
i wuv you, you wascal…actually my screen name has many stories. i had just foiled a robbery and we were joking about petty crime fighting names, my buddy came up with foolkiller and i chose paingirl, i had to give up cooking because i was in pain plus pain=bread and so on, and so forth
Loving all the trash-talking in the garbage bitch.
excellent trood, we have come full circle http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/images/…
OB if there were more trash containers available, I believe that would go a ways in reducing the amount of litter. Unfortunately the elected cretins in all levels of gov here in NS live so high up in their ivory towers, with their taxpaer supported gas expense cards & free cars etc… they don’t walk the streets & so they never see the trash. All they see is the COST OF HAVING TO PAY people to empty the trash cans ! But since they can’t see any garbage they don’t see it as a problem needing any funds…funds that could be better spent (in their opinions) on another free dinner or expense account increase ~;|
On the side issue about military service….a place in society for the braindead, the stupid
the ex highschool jocks who weren’t good enough for professional sports ! How can anyone have anything but contempt for a “service” that teaches you to do what your told no matter what it is. That you need to learn how to kill others, & if you accidentally murder children, women old people or just noncombatents…its OK, they’re just collateral damage…its not your fucking fault you murderous sons of bitches ! How dare they be in their own homes when your blowing the fucking place to kingdom come! !
That anyone with an ounce of common sense would join such an organization can never happen. What kind of braindead do you have to be, to agree to do ANYTHING some politician asshole decides ? IF there’s any of you military sympathizers out there who really believe your a vital & important valuable asset…go tell that to all the vetrans who are fighting for every little scrap they can get out of their greatful government masters now that they are no longer being USEFUL.
You are a moron.
Ivan wannabe
Was that comment to me ?
If it is…
I would much rather be a moron, than an imbecile with the delusional capacity of an idiot, like say yourself or one of our miltary trained killer drones.
It doesn’t take much brain power to blindly follow the orders of an asshole, who is following the orders of another idiotic ass, who got their orders from an even bigger waste of food.
Seeing as there is absolutely no way I would ever do that, if that makes me a moron, then it is obviously a compliment & I humbly thank you for the compliment.
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:McNasty (April 5, 9:54PM)
“Because I don’t care and my partner, and best friend, graduated from Dal with a major in psychology.”
:”psychology, n. the science of nature, functions & phenomena of the human soul or mind.”
“science, n. systematic & formulated knowledge; pursuit of this or principles regulating such pursuit; branch of knowledge, organized body of the knowledge that has been accumulated on a subject admitting of quantitative treatment.” (The Concise Oxford Dictionary)
At last, someone who can help me to understand the deep structures of psychology. For some, psychology contains a self-refuting contradiction. It goes like this: psychology purports to be the science of human behaviour but the difficulty is that there IS no such “science” of human behaviour in terms of which science is normally understood, i.e., one admitting of quantitative treatment. Given its various schools (Freudian, Adlerian, Jungian and so on), the object of psychological study (the nature, functions and phenomena of the human soul or mind) assumes an amorphous, even an incoherent form, precisely the opposite of what some maintain a science, properly conceived, is or ought to be.
I am sure you and your partner will help me with this and I thank you both in advance.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Yes, More-On. Your comment betrays an utter ignorance of the military and absolutely no knowledge or experience of servicemen and women. Watching MASH reruns doesn’t count. Hardly surprising from a jumped up roadie who couldn’t meet the stringent hiring standards of the Bill Lynch Show and whose “refusal to serve” is not so much a statement of moral principal as a rueful acceptance of the fact that no military would have you. Using your own yardstick of cliche and stereotyping I’d suggest that your pathetic need to constantly comment about killing cats is one of the markers of a sociopath. Your incessant boasting about your self-sufficiency ,anti-materialism and rejection of religion simply masks your narcissistic vision of yourself as the leader of your very own cult. Is your little Xanadu in the pines your own personal “House of Pain” a la Lake and Ng. Are you prison penpals with Picton and Bernardo? Tell us again how you “Know a guy” (har har) who once used a 105 mm AP round to shoot a deer. Stick to that which you know best – scoring smack for the boys in the band at the Provincial Exhibition and extorting blowjobs from overweight pimply teenagers that even the drummer won’t do.
C’mon guys let’s put a lid on this!
Get it, the topic is garbage cans or a lack thereof and I’m saying “put a lid on this” haha I kill me!
May I just take this moment to point out that here are some Mexicans serenading a beluga:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS_6-IwMPjM
So, strictly speaking, all of our arguments are irrelevant. >: )
…and just because http://thedailywh.at/2012/04/06/afternoon-…
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McNasty (April 5, 9:54PM)
“Beause I don’t care and my partner, and best friend, graduated from Dal with a major in psychology.”
It seems that Xenophilia has taken over this entire bitch, substituting her own name for that of McNasty who no longer appears. Also, the dates of the comments have been jumbled. McNasty’s quotation above of April 5 appears in the middle of posts dated April 4. Also some comments have been deleted entirely, including that of McNasty’s above. How does this happen?
In my reply I asked McNasty (and his partner) if they could respond to the view of some who maintain that psychology is not a science at all – I gave the dictionary definitions of “psychology” and “science” – before putting the question. I see that my post has also disappeared. How does this happen?
Although my question was addressed to McNasty I also note that Xenophilia, who took it upon herself to reply to my question – she maintained that psychology was a science – has also disappeared. I had thought I would wait until this morning to reply to Xenophilia as well as to McNasty who, as far as I know, never responded to my question but then, who knows? How does this happen?
So I suppose that the only course of action will be to repeat my question: How can you (Xenophilia? McNasty?) demonstrate that psychology is a science?
Xeno, I would appreciate it if you did not take over my posts as well.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
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:Xenophila (April 6, 6:48PM)
“The problem is that the multi-factorial reality of human beings does not allow, or limits, our ability to study it.”
Well, wouldn’t you know it. As soon as I posted, up pop the relevant posts. Someone must have been asleep at the switch.
Anyway Xeno, probably inadvertently, has supported the view of those who claim that psychology is not a science. Her reference to that “multi-facorial reality of human beings” gives the game away since it is precisely that reality which precludes psychology from being awarded the title. Scientific explanation proceeds by bringing the phenomena it studies under general laws which exhaust the explantion of the activities of the phenomena under scrutiny. Think of the laws of physics, the pre-eminent science. But there are no such “general laws” regulating human behaviour because it is shaped by intentionality, by purposive motivation, by having an end-in-view, all of which escape the net of scientific scrutiny. But I could be wrong. In that case therefore falls to Xeno to specify just what those “general laws” regulating human behaviour might look like. Avoid assuming your own conclusions. Be scientific.
As far as Xeno’s partner’s reduction of human behaviour to biology goes, will he answer this question? How does biology explain, non-tautologically (i.e. non-circularly) my raising my arm?
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Did I strike close to a nerve wannabe ?!?
wannabe…great name, tells everyone right up front the story of your life.
If serving your country requires you to brainlessly follow the orders on high even if they go against your better judgement…then you can have it.
If we had more people with the ability to think & actually reason for themselves, we wouldn’t have constant warfare on this planet.
What we unfortunately do have is a large number of braindead /brainless knuckle dragging assholes like yourself, & its your kind that are keeping the warmachine/mentality in over drive.
As to your pathetic attempts to insult me, it isn’t possile for an asshole like yourself to insult me. I’d have to care about your opinion to give a shit about what you say to me…since that isn’t the case there is absolutely nothing you can say that does anything more than make me laugh. Which as someone who enloys laughter, I thank you for that.
Like you More-On I have never been less than 100% upfront about myself and my limitations. As far as your supposed knowledge of the military is concerned, I’ve had more intelligent open-minded discussions with some of the Occupy kids and that is damning with faint praise indeed. I’m glad that you do not consider yourself fit to serve in the military. The military, the nation and society in general are much better served by you hunkering down in your compund by the river, waiting for the day that us sheeple will acknowledge that” You, More, were right all along”. But to pretend that this gives you some form of moral or intellectual superiority isn’t just hubris. It’s delusional. And as someone else who enjoys laughter, I appreciate it. >: )
…and since the whole concept of self-deprecating irony is apparently beyond your ken, I don’t really think you are a sexual predator. You’re more like the lonely guy at the end of the bar with coffee/dental caries breath, nursing a bottle of Ten-Penny and only too happy to tell anyone within a 50 foot radius all about the Kennedy assasination and how YOU were able to determine where the 3rd shooter was, simply by examining a 2-dimensional photograph.
Which is somehow, less fun than it sounds, for the unfortunate stuck next to you.
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: McNasty, aka Xenophilia is my best fiend, (April 7, 12:39PM)
“It was I who posted ‘The problem is that the multi-factorial reality of human beings does not allow, or limits, our ability to study it.'”
Well, we’ve come through that one. It seems that the only way out of this comedy of errors is to repeat my reply to your “multifactorial reality of human beings” (Montrealman, April 7, 10:35AM) to you and your partner as was intended in the first place. Any rejoinder?
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
here’s some irony for you
So called ‘Serving the country”.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2…
Real bunch of hero’s…& Canadians were right there murdering innocents as well !
IF it is impossible to conduct a war without killing innocents, then we shouldn’t be going to their homes (in a far away land) & killing them.
Yeah, here’s the irony More-on. The Sergeant who murdered those afghan civilians was awarded the C.M.H. and treated to a night in the Lincoln Bedroom as President Obama’s guest. He’s been declared an American hero and mother’s want their children to grow up to be him. Oh, no wait a moment. He’s in maximum security, facing a trial which could result in the death penalty. Here’s some more irony, your entire Al-Jizzeera article could have come straight from the Volkischer Beobachter, penned by Goebbels himself as an attack on the very same nations making brutal war upon the peace loving population of Germany.
A healthy part of critical thinking is “Consider the Source” so if you are stupid enough to think that Al-Jizzeera is any more credible than CNN, simply because it’s prejudices jibe with your own that’s your business. And if you have any concrete evidence of Canadians “murdering civilians” please take it to the media or a member of Parliament. Tim Arse-Biscuit would sell his mother into a Turkish bordello for such a story. Vegan Lesmeat would have a wide-on the size of Georgian Bay at the prospect of being able to stand up in the House with such a bombshell.
…and give it up More-on. You obviously aren’t going to accept my thesis that you are a stupid narrow-minded cunt,and I’m not going to accept your contention that you are not.
The sad fact is that bigots are a constant. A very few recognize their prejudices and biases as what they are – failures of character, hopefully to be overcome. Most bigots have no trouble at all in rationalizing their bigotry. And then there are the truly detestable scumbags who try to paint their prejudices as virtues. You probably have no doubts at all as to where I stand, and I have no doubts at all as to where you fall on that spectrum.
alls i know is, i am relieved that youse guys, do not believe in deities…*guns and god* shudder^^
Amen to that. Ooops! >; )
As long as we’re only fighting with words……
knives gotta have knives…what with the cooking and freeing lines
I just want to say that less than 10% of the posts on this thread were on topic. Can you tell it’s a long weekend?
Um, would anyone like to discuss the status of psychology as a “science?”
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
I would Monsieur but I would be off topic and I can’t, in all good conscience, do that.
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: troondon formosus, (April 7, 8:44PM)
I understand Troon. You must safeguard your good conscience.
: Xenophilia is my best friend, (9:19PM)
“It was I who posted the answer to your inane question.”
“Au contraire,” as we say in Montreal. Two points:
(1) My question, “Is psychology a ‘science'”? was in response to your assertion that it is and so – are you following carefully? – if my question is “inane” then so, as a simple matter of logic, is your assertion. Any successful response requires that you demonstrate just how the latter (the assertion) is not inane while, simultaneously, the former (the question) is.
(2) Contrary to your quoted assertion (see above), your claim to have answered my question is factually false. While #1 above is a matter of logic, #2 is a matter of empirical fact. I trust that you are able to see the distinction and that you will now proceed to answer my question.
:(9:46PM)- Your apologies are accepted. Thank you. Thank you very much.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
if xeno is kay, then i’m a petite blond that enjoys purse shopping^^
LOL Xeenie – Go big or go home:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbITzCI2AU0
Now with 35% ‘more’ (heh heh) collateral damage. >; )
Hope everybody has had a happy day commemorating the agonizing death of a Jewish carpenter by scarfing down chocolate eggs and bunnies.
lol Ivan.
I thought I would celebrate Easter with a new avatar. The African Snakehead fish which really has nothing to do with Easter but is quite a survivor. Called “The wolf of the water” this creature can survive up to four days out of water and can bite through steel-toe boots. Unfortunately, some knucklehead(s) released the fish to the wild in the Southern U.S. and has since exploded in population and is currently wiping out every indigenous species in it’s path. It’s threatening the bass sport fishing industry in some states and there are fears the fish will reach the Everglades. In some places, there is a bounty on it’s head up to $200.00.
I’ve never heard of a bounty on a fish before.
Might make a nice little fishing vacation for somebody. Just mind your fingers when taking it off the line.
Is that the one that’s migrated almost as far north as the Great Lakes? I think Jeremy Wade did an episode of River Monsters about them.
I think that one is the Asian Carp which is attracted to the sound of outboard motors and will actually jump out of the water at them. People have actually suffered facial lacerations and broken noses from these “flying” fish.
The African Snakehead is just in the American southeast, for now.
Right you are. We need to introduce an aggressive predator like the cane toad to take care of these invasive species. j/k >; )
http://www.canetoadstheconquest.com/html/i…
for all the blasphemers http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Kri…
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: Xenophilia is my best friend (April 8, 10:31AM)
Maybe you’ll need that helicopter to escape Montrealman’s (April 8, 9:40AM) scrutiny. He is to geeks like Troon’s African Snakehead fish is to bass. Even now he is smacking his lips.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/fil…
http://troll.me/images/patronizing-wiggum/…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plZRe1kPWZw
Classic, Painey. >: )
RSVP – ?
Nothing yet from “Xenophilia is my best friend.”
Has he flown away in his helicopter to avoid Mntrealman’s scrutiny? Has he encountered, engaged, and then lost a struggle with Troon’s African Snakehead fish? Has he realized, at length, that he is in the ring with a SUPERIOR MIND? Stay tuned.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Montrealman’s first Easter:
http://www.shsu.edu/joint/funny-easter-bun…
And thus, was much revealed.
It seems as though The “Big Bad” Coast moderator(s) did not appreciate my posts. Ah, well, c’est la vie.
I guess I should not expect too much from one who cannot even keep our posts in chronological order.
Did anyone whine about my feigned attacks on Ivan?
Xenochlamidia?
mm… This would better be discussed with my partner but they do not have the time for your BS. Psychology, as it were, is not an EXACT science imho if a science at all. Why do I think this? Because we are all individuals. I believe that no two animals would act in the same manner even within a controlled environment. The ONLY common factor is we are all animals.
For example, it is far in the past you and I are in an arena in Rome (OK, conditions not as controlled as today but as controlled as they could be back then). We are gladiators… thrown into the coliseum to try and kill one another for the emperor’s entertainment. We are each given our choice of weapons from two identical piles (well, as identical as you could get in those days). Let’s say you grab a spear, a net and a shield because, in your mind, you think that you can either:
a. Subdue me without getting too close by throwing the net thus capturing me with it and then ending it with the spear OR
b. Throw the spear from a distance because you have such accuracy that you are certain that I will meet my demise.
I on the other hand choose a shield as well in addition to a sword and a mace because, in my mind, I think I can deflect anything you throw at me with my sword and/or shield as I move closer to you in order to bludgeon you to death with my mace or stick you with my sword.
Who wins?
It’s almost impossible to tell. There are too many variables: size, strength, endurance, etc., etc., etc. The weather would definitely be a factor. If there were one present, even the wind would play a role. It could change the trajectory of the spear, blow dust and sand in our eyes, the sun could blind either of us, etc.
I hope you see where I am going with this because this is the last time I will post in answer to your query. I guess I’ll need to ignore you. If you were really serious in finding any answer(s) to your query, you would find a free site online where you can openly discuss it. I am surprised, with the way you go on about how intelligent you are, that you have not done so already.
what’s all this then? we were up over a hundred comments, i thought everything was smooth sailing
Ivan no like. Me say this bad medicine.
a bad movie and a bad song http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088765/ http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4coXVx8noBA/0.jpg
jeez-go away for one weekend and all hell breaks lose…
The Mod is omipotent and omnipresent, McNasty, she’s more powerful than all of us put together. Although she takes the weekends off and an extended Christmas break.
She may not have fully appreciated the Xeno avatar knock-off with “I am angry that I have no penis” or words to that effect. Go figure.
Xenophelia: “jeez-go away for one weekend and all hell breaks lose…”
* loose 🙂 <- this is a "smiling" smiley The fact that you spelled that wrong has piqued my interest in you. 😀 <- this is a "laughing" smiley Thought I’d put the comments there just to avoid any doubt that I WAS KIDDING troodon formosus: “She may not have fully appreciated the Xeno avatar knock-off with “I am angry that I have no penis” or words to that effect. Go figure.” OK, yeah. I’ll admit that was a bit below the belt (literally). 😀 LifeSucks: The new avatar is actually me when I was MUCH younger and just after basic. The weapon I am holding is a .357 Magnum. It had a bit of a kick to it (yeah, just a bit… lol). The pic was taken by a friend (far, far away and safe with a telephoto lens) one day at the range. The image was modified by me to hide my identity. Hope you all had a great long weekend. Peace out.
RSVP
: The artist formerly known as McNasty (April 9, 4:23PM)
“This would better be discussed with my partner but they (sic) don’t have time for your BS. Psychology, as it were, is not an EXACT science imho if a science at all. Why do I think so? Because we are all individuals.”
Well, McNasty, you seem to agree with my claim that psychology is not a science, exact or otherwise, and so if my claim is BS then, as a matter of logic, so is yours. You do see that, don’t you?
Also, your claim that we are all individuals appears to be based on the fact that we are “all animals” but, on the contrary, our animality is what we have in common, not that which separates us as individuals. That is rather a matter of the mind.
Your gladiator analogy is misconceived and irrelevant to the discussion. Of course, I could be mistaken and, if I am, I await your correction.
Finally, I do not “go on about how intelligent I am.” My intelligence, rather, shines through my words.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
“Has he flown away in his helicopter to avoid Mntrealman’s scrutiny?” – montrealman on April 9, 2012 at 9:38 AM
1. Mntrealman – don’t you mean “montrealman”? You know, a lower case “m” and an “o” inclusive in your user name.
2. “Mntrealman’s scrutiny” – OK who’s user name is “tiny” and why would you want to screw them?? Hope you do not mean me ’cause, dude, my gate doesn’t swing that way.
In quoting me, you typed: “…discussed with my partner but they (sic) don’t…”. Hope that the “(sic)” you put in there (as in a command for a dog to attack) is not in any way derogatory towards my partner ’cause, dude, them’s fighting words and I will find you.
Love always…
McNasty is still my name (or is it Trinity?)
RSVP
: McNasty (April 12, 6:11PM)
Oh God, don’t tell me that you’re still there. A quick back of the hand should be sufficient. Three points:
(1) Yes, “Mntrealman” was a typo. Good going, you mouthbreather.
(2) Who’s username is “tiny?” Beats me, you onanist.
(3) “Sic” refers to a grammatical error of which the writer (me) does not want to be accused. “My partner” takes the singular verb (“doesn’t) rather than the plural (“don’t). This is standard literary form, one in respect to which you are obviously a stranger, you buffoon.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Fuck off… SVP :-*
montrealman on April 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM
“(1) Yes, “Mntrealman” was a typo. Good going, you mouthbreather.”
Seems you can dish it out but you cannot take it.
“…you mouthbreather.” – Classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Just in: “Calling someone a mouthbreather seems a very effeminate thing to do.”
Oh, don’t tell me ’cause I know, by saying “Classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.”, I’m again guilty.
Last time I checked “mouthbreather” was either two words or a hyphenated word. Holy shit! You DO know I have respiratory problems!
Onanist… aren’t most male humans, at one time or another, an onanist and you live across the street from me, don’t you?? Stop watching me through my window, perv-boy!
“A pleasure as always.” Shit, maybe you DO live across the street and are an onanist who watches me. Use it or lose it. What’s wrong with masturbation?
Geez, I bet you’re sexy in a teddy.
“A pleasure as always.”
I’m so glad I pleasure you, you pervert.
After reading some of the posts in this thread…..
http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/3/…
y’all need to just be friends. ain’t no thang to just man up, shake dicks, and walk away. y’all need to just take me and my life mate Tommy. we used to hate each other, but after some dick shaking we became life mates. im serious….y’all could be one dick shake away from a life time of friendship.
http://fabfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/201…
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cJlpHAZm1_o/TO7C…
http://lolmoth.files.wordpress.com/2008/02…
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7GF2kkMcTKc/S5Vr…
I just want to wish Tommy and Godzilla nothing but the best, and while I support their efforts at building a rapprochement:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rht6UTslph0/TtUi…
I would like to remind them that inter-racial relationships can be very hard on the children:
http://i37.tinypic.com/2zyiptu.jpg
http://x18.xanga.com/434f9b42d913028026615…
Asexual reproduction.
Do you think this is my first day as a Godzilla enthusiast?
Not at all. You are well versed in the Gojira canon. Although calling Roland Emmerich the best director ever is an unforgivable slap in the face to Ishiro Honda, and is complete bollocks. However, such disputes are not worth razing a city over. And now, here’s Eata Mc Meal taking that Fat Train To Tokyo…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HzFk8VqU0A
RSVPs
: McNasty (April 12, 11:16PM)
The general impression one gets, McNasty – one cannot get a more focused impression since nothing substantial was said – that you are a very disturbed person, subject to sustained bouts of homophilia, voyerism, and onanism. I want you to know, however, that you have my full support in undertaking that arduous journey back to psychological health.
Since she – I assume it is a “she” – failed so spectacularly to answer the question, “How can psychology be considered a ‘science'”? perhaps your partner might provide more direct psychological treatment. Good luck.
: hfx.godzilla (April 13, 8:19AM)
I think McNasty would be very interested in your advice. You might want to, um, take it up with him yourself.
: Ivan Wannabe (8:38AM)
Shouldn’t that be an “inter-SPECIES relationship,” Ivan? Considering his psychological state, McNasty might well have something to add about this.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
http://troll.me/images/keanu-reeves-conspi…
Good point Ivan. Sadly, I am a slave to western media and until the Godzilla reboot is made then I will continue to suck the teat of Mr. Emmerich
Born of man’s urge to violence, you have stormed our once placid shores and found diplomatic asylum in our hearts. Truly, you are The King of Kings.
: montrealman (April 13, 9:34AM)
“The general impression one gets, McNasty – one cannot get a more focused impression since nothing substantial was said – that you are a very disturbed person, subject to sustained bouts of homophilia, voyerism, and onanism. I want you to know, however, that you have my full support in undertaking that arduous journey back to psychological health.”
Awww, thanks. How touching.
Do I get a lollipop after “treatment”?
But why would I want assistance from an English Lit. major who couldn’t cut it and dropped out of their first year of Psych at Dal? Too many drugs mm? I’m pretty sure I know who you are, we’ve “had it out” before and you lost. I could be wrong but the way you communicate paints quite a detailed image of you.
OK, first and foremost… you can use all of the lengthy words in the world that you want but all you are doing is feeding me (some) new knowledge and also demonstrating that you cannot spell…
It’s “voyeurism”.
…nor be coherent.
: montrealman (April 13, 9:34AM)
“sustained bouts”
How can “bouts” be “sustained”? By typing “bouts” you are alluding that my “…homophilia, voyerism, and onanism.” are interrupted.
: montrealman (April 13, 9:34AM)
“that you are a very disturbed person, subject to…”
***Don’t think you realize how disturbed I really am.***
Arrogant piss ants like you would not exist nor function without we unstable individuals to boost your egos.
You take pride in correcting everyone else but cannot take it when the shoe is on the other foot. You have further “piqued” (thanks Xeno) my interest in you.
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Oh, DO NOT be a coward and discuss me “behind my back” in other threads, shit head…
“Porn to be wild”
montrealman (April 10, 9:48AM)
“RSVP
: Xenophilia (April 9, 8:15PM)
Xeno, I would have thought that you knew “Xenophilia my best friend” was the new pseudonym of “McNasty” who, unforgiveably (it’s “unforgivably”) in my view, persecuted you in a number of his suggestive posts. On your behalf, I spanked him philosophically (both in logic and empirically) but, not unexpectedly, have heard nothing in reply.
So, Xeno, I feel an apology is in order. You need not, however, be too craven.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!”
This is one of the initial things I found in my quest for information on you. There’s sooo much about you online since you cannot keep your mouth shut.
You want to challenge me directly go for it.
Bring it on, loser.
Now, I want to apologize to my fellow bitchers for initially taking this thread off topic.
OP…
I agree with your bitch. I’ve been across the country and other provinces are not as filthy as here. I am ashamed to live here.
In addition, most humans are lazy, fucking slobs. You could put some sort of waste receptacle every few centimeters and they would STILL toss their garbage on the ground. They do not care about the environment. Their parents did not teach them to put garbage in its proper spot nor did they scold their kids when they did not properly dispose of waste.
: montrealman (April 12, 8:01PM)
“”Sic” refers to a grammatical error of which the writer (me) does not want to be accused. “My partner” takes the singular verb (“doesn’t) rather than the plural (“don’t). This is standard literary form, one in respect to which you are obviously a stranger, you buffoon.”
Since I did not want to be gender specific I used the word “they” referring to male and/or female. It’s probably grammatically incorrect but do I care? Not at all.
McNasty….I’ll be honest with you. There were two people who were giving a fuck about what your were saying. Those two people being yourself and montrealman. Everyone else was either reading in amazement that two adults could flame each other over petty things on the internet or were laughing at the two of you attempting to outsmart each other by replying to each and every single thing the other person was saying.
My point here is that you have little incentive to apologize because you don’t give a fuck and we don’t give a fuck anyway so you should probably just fuck off. Fucking adults on this website acting like children….its truly pathetic and makes me glad I’m only 13 years old.
or there’s the third group that see the avatar and skip the long, tedious, often idiotic rants to the next post which is, by definition, better and funnier.
hfx_godzilla a poor persecuted thing:
“McNasty….I’ll be honest with you. There were two people who were giving a fuck about what your were saying. Those two people being yourself and montrealman. Everyone else was either reading in amazement that two adults could flame each other over petty things on the internet or were laughing at the two of you attempting to outsmart each other by replying to each and every single thing the other person was saying.
My point here is that you have little incentive to apologize because you don’t give a fuck and we don’t give a fuck anyway so you should probably just fuck off. Fucking adults on this website acting like children….its truly pathetic and makes me glad I’m only 13 years old.”
Only 13, huh?
Yeah, it shows.
Thanks for being honest with me and I can see your point but, um, you always have the choice as to whether you read posts or skip them. I found it entertaining as I do with most things in the online LTWWB section of The Coast.
You don’t like it?
You don’t read it.
Capisce?
the lizard’s real age is unknown to us, so watch out for flaming pants^^
RSVPs
: Ivan Wannabee (April 13, 10:57AM)
Well, thanks Ivan. “The King of Kings.” Yes, I like that.
: McNasty (11:59AM; 12:39PM; 2:21PM)
You must attempt to restrain your garrulity. Would you like to focus on two or three principal points? I must say that I found the epithet “piss ant” very hurtful and I hope that you will give a full retraction.
: hfx_godzilla (1:26PM)
Hear! Hear!
: zZzephiruk (2:15PM)
Oh no! Not the half-wit again.
: McNasty (2:21PM)
Hear! Hear!
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
TAKING McNASTY UNDER MY WING
McNasty has not yet responded to my request for two or three points for discussion so I thought I would take the initiative and briefly reply to the points he brought up in the first of three posts (April 13, 11:59AM). The reason I’m doing this is since he writes at length an not simply in one- or two-line quips, he appears to have what appears to be the beginnings of having a mind. (He has articulacy but, lamentably, slides downward into empty verbosity.) So I want to encourage him. I want to mentor him. I want to take him under my wing. Now, to the first of his three posts.
: No, I’m not an English Lit. major who failed first-year Psychology. I want you to brace yourself as I have five degrees, two Bachelors (History and Education) two Masters (History and Philosophy) and a Ph.D.(Philosophy). But you must not be intimidated. I can descend from academia to the “market place” with ease. It’s one of my manifold gifts, another being that of self-mockery.
: I don’t recall when we “had it out” before and I “lost”. Can you give the date and time of our exchange?
: “Voyeurism” – It is bad form to simply criticize a typo out of context. As a rule of thumb, mis-spelled words are usually typos unless written by obvious illiterates while mistakes in grammar are just that, mistakes. And, in spite of what the illiterates on this site maintain, words (even “big words”) and grammar do matter.
: “bouts” – My usage was unexceptional. It refers to short periods of intense activity interspersed with periods of inactivity (eg. boxing, illness).
: “Discussing you behind your back” – I was replying to Xeno’s retort that she could just “tolerate” me (can you imagine?) as she had mistaken my reference to your pseudonym as referring to her. (By the way, I have yet to receive an apology, craven or otherwise.)
: Well McNasty, it would not be in the spirit of this nurturing post to directly “challenge” you but if you have a case to bring forward I would be interested in hearing it. I’m always up for a bit of rough and tumble.
So, there we are. I think I have replied equitably to the first of your three posts. As I say, I want to take you under my wing. Whether or not I comment on your other two posts turns on your reply, if any, to this one.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
You have a Masters AND a PhD. and you’re wasting your time on LTWWB?!!?
What are you doing… accumulating degrees to compensate for your low self-esteem??
Sorry, buttercup, I don’t buy into that bullshit.
Last time I checked you NEEDED to have a Masters to achieve a PhD.
Has anyone ever told you what PhD REALLY stands for… no?
PRESS here DUMMY and, in your case, I think it’s appropriate.
Would you care to take this “discussion” somewhere else and away from LTWWB?
“No, I’m not an English Lit. major who failed first-year Psychology. I want you to brace yourself as I have five degrees, two Bachelors (History and Education) two Masters (History and Philosophy) and a Ph.D.(Philosophy).”
Does that mean you work at McDonald’s?
Oh, if you want to “take me under your wing” you’d better have some damn good deodorant!
As I said before, I know who you are.
TAKING McNASTY UNDER MY WING (II)
McNasty (April 14, 5:27PM)
“You have a Masters AND a Ph.D, and you’re wasting your time on LTWWB?!!?
McNasty, this is a very conventional response. Why would I be “wasting my time” as you put it? Are the other contributors not human beings with thoughts of their own with whom I might interact? To be honest McNasty, I find this to be a case of inverted snobbery, one where you appear to dismiss the views of others based on the simple lack of degrees. As you might recall, it was not I but rather you who brought up the question of educational background. What I said about my degrees was not bragging but simply a statement of fact, one for which I feel no need to apologize. Anyway, it is not the number of degrees one holds McNasty, but rather the quality of one’s thought that counts. You must strive to do better than to engage at that level, McNasty. You see, my tutelage has even now begun but it is not clear at this point whether you are grateful.
: “Has anyone ever told you what a Ph.D. REALLY stands for?”
Well no McNasty, tell me, what a Ph.D REALLY stands for. Be prepared to defend your definition.
: “Would you care to take this ‘discussion’ somewhere else and away from LTWWB”?
But why McNasty, why? Do not the contributors have eyes to see, minds to think? Do not fall into the trap of inverted snobbery, McNasty.
: (5:38PM) – “As I said before, I know who you are.”
I have always found the philosophical problem of identity fascinating, McNasty. Tell me then, who am I?
I think we have made headway today, McNasty. You must have faith in my taking you under my wing. Should I proceed next to the second of your posts? Let me know what you want so that I might continue to nurture your philosophcal flourishing.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
“McNasty, this is a very conventional response. Why would I be “wasting my time” as you put it? Are the other contributors not human beings with thoughts of their own with whom I might interact?”
You ever think your so-called intelligence could be put to better use and actually help someone other than being a snob yourself? There are many archives with your posts most of which you are using to strengthen your ego which seems to get easily bruised. Tell me, who are you interacting with and in a way that you do not belittle them??
“To be honest McNasty, I find this to be a case of inverted snobbery, one where you appear to dismiss the views of others based on the simple lack of degrees.”
Don’t recall dismissing others. Just you. All I recall is you recently typing that in an effort to make the other bitchers, who may also have degrees, feel a sense of animosity towards me. I believe it’s called, in layman’s terms (just for you), “twisting my words around”.
I’ve read A LOT of your posts while hopping around here at LTWWB Mr. “I’ve got a pole up my ass.” Tell me, does that cause your hemorrhoids to become inflamed? …Just curious. It seems to work on your ego and “HEAVEN FORBID” if anyone says anything negative about you.
Why?
Because your ego is so easily bruised that you need to lash out by putting down anyone who says anything that may be detrimental to it. ANYTHING! An example for you (and any other bitchers here who may still be following this thread) and I’ll try to put the post in a date format that you can understand:
: The artist formerly known as “McNasty”. (April 12, 6:11PM)
“1. Mntrealman – don’t you mean “montrealman”? You know, a lower case “m” and an “o” inclusive in your user name.
2. “Mntrealman’s scrutiny” – OK who’s user name is “tiny” and why would you want to screw them?? Hope you do not mean me ’cause, dude, my gate doesn’t swing that way.
In quoting me, you typed: “…discussed with my partner but they (sic) don’t…”. Hope that the “(sic)” you put in there (as in a command for a dog to attack) is not in any way derogatory towards my partner ’cause, dude, them’s fighting words and I will find you.
Love always…
McNasty is still my name (or is it Trinity?)”
: montrealman (April 12, 8:01PM)
“Oh God, don’t tell me that you’re still there. A quick back of the hand should be sufficient. Three points:
(1) Yes, “Mntrealman” was a typo. Good going, you mouthbreather.
(2) Who’s username is “tiny?” Beats me, you onanist.
(3) “Sic” refers to a grammatical error of which the writer (me) does not want to be accused. “My partner” takes the singular verb (“doesn’t) rather than the plural (“don’t). This is standard literary form, one in respect to which you are obviously a stranger, you buffoon.”
montrealman (April 9, 9:38AM)
“RSVP – ?
Nothing yet from “Xenophilia is my best friend.”
Has he flown away in his helicopter to avoid Mntrealman’s scrutiny? Has he encountered, engaged, and then lost a struggle with Troon’s African Snakehead fish? Has he realized, at length, that he is in the ring with a SUPERIOR MIND? Stay tuned.”
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After my post on April 12 when I corrected you, your ego was so bruised that you felt you had to build it up by belittling me (i.e. mouthbreather, onanist and buffoon). Did I care? Nope. Do I care now? Nope.
Just demonstrating to the others how much of a small man (i.e. PISS ANT) you are. You did not particularly enjoy my calling you this before and asked me to retract it. Nope… PISS ANT.
The April 9 @ 9:38 PM post you ended your final question with an all uppercase superior mind. Was that an effort to further boost your ego or to, hopefully, convince others here that it may be true??
Also, when I had changed my user name in the past you were not intelligent enough to notice that it was still me.
Correct me all you want, now, ’cause you’re going down J-man.
CRAP! I forgot…
montrealman (April 14 8:10PM): “Well no McNasty, tell me, what a Ph.D REALLY stands for. Be prepared to defend your definition.”
***You’re that self-absorbed that you missed the rest of that post where I put what it stands for?***
The artist formerly known as “McNasty”. (April 14 5:27PM):
“Has anyone ever told you what PhD REALLY stands for… no?
PRESS here DUMMY and, in your case, I think it’s appropriate.”
—Hey, did you notice that??—
I typed: “…in your case, I think it’s appropriate.” YOU are the only one I am addressing. I have nothing against anyone here (including you, piss ant who doubles as a pretentious turd) and especially not Xeno. She jumped on the wagon in defense of Ivan and that is very honorable. She’s the kind of warrior I’d want covering my back in battle.
Oh, does this sound familiar?
“…you give me a wry, uncomfortable feeling.”
Hope everyone had a great weekend (even YOU mm)!
RSVP
: McNasty (April 15, 4:43PM)
As I have previously pointed out, McNasty, I want to take you under my wing and help foster that spark of intelligence which I see smouldering under your rather prolix posts. Reading over one’s own previous (albeit admittedly perceptive) posts
does have a rather numbing effect. May I suggest giving a very brief summary of their contents together (in parentheses) their relevant dates and times?
I initially thought to respond point by point to your comments but, on second thought, decided I would employ just one or two broad stroke (as in painting) instead. The most important “broad stroke” relates to your excessive reliance on the claim that my posts are all “ego-driven.” Coming from a Psych background this is understandable but what it really reveals is the vacuity of psychological explanation. In other words, it carries no explanatory force. Anyone, from Hitler on down can be dismissed on the grounds of having an “inflated ego.” Ironically, the same charge can be levelled at you since, if all behaviour is ego-driven, your’s must be also.
A minor “broad stroke” refers to your complete misconception in regard to my intentions. First there is my delightful sense of self-mockery. (See the reference to my “SUPERIOR MIND.) Secondly, I only attack rednecks when they attack me. Otherwise my posts are aimed at furthering the quest for meaning and fostering inter-personal conviviality. As is this one.
How does it feel being under my wing?
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Sounds like the beginning of a beautiful relationship, boys. May I be the first to wish you joy?
: Xenophilia (April 16, 2012 10:55AM): “Sounds like the beginning of a beautiful relationship, boys. May I be the first to wish you joy?”
Yes you may, Xeno, and thank you. 😀
And on that note, my new avatar is just for montrealman.
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: montrealman (April 16, 2012 10:25AM)
“: McNasty (April 15, 4:43PM)
As I have previously pointed out, McNasty, I want to take you under my wing and help foster that spark of intelligence which I see smouldering under your rather prolix posts. Reading over one’s own previous (albeit admittedly perceptive) posts
does have a rather numbing effect. May I suggest giving a very brief summary of their contents together (in parentheses) their relevant dates and times?”
“…rather prolix posts.”
Another example of the pot calling the kettle black.
OK, jo-man, I see this as a pathetic attempt made by you to redeem yourself in the eyes of the other bitchers.
You really do have low self-esteem, don’t you? Which one is it… too many drugs? Not enough attention from Mommy and Daddy or you were not their favorite child (and, believe me, I can see why)? YOU CANNOT ACCEPT ANY TYPE OF CRITICISM OR NEGATIVITY. You can’t.
If anyone says anything, even though it may be accepted by everyone in the thread, you feel the need to jump in and flay them with your supposed knowledge (don’t believe you went to Columbia, either).
I also believe that you cannot help yourself and feel the need to read and answer my posts. You may say the same about me (and most likely will) but I do not go running to others describing how I won in a war of words expecting a pat on the back.
By doing so you are further fueling my dislike for you in addition to finding you to be nothing more than a fruit fly to eventually be quashed by my hand.
“I initially thought to respond point by point to your comments but, on second thought, decided I would employ just one or two broad stroke (as in painting) instead. The most important “broad stroke” relates to your excessive reliance on the claim that my posts are all “ego-driven.” Coming from a Psych background this is understandable but what it really reveals is the vacuity of psychological explanation. In other words, it carries no explanatory force. Anyone, from Hitler on down can be dismissed on the grounds of having an “inflated ego.” Ironically, the same charge can be levelled at you since, if all behaviour is ego-driven, your’s must be also.
A minor “broad stroke” refers to your complete misconception in regard to my intentions. First there is my delightful sense of self-mockery. (See the reference to my “SUPERIOR MIND.) Secondly, I only attack rednecks when they attack me. Otherwise my posts are aimed at furthering the quest for meaning and fostering inter-personal conviviality. As is this one.”
I found another example of your not being able to take any negative comments nor criticism…
**In reply to Señor Campana’s (April 10, 7:08AM) comment:
“MontrealMan, Are you this boring in person?
My turn to be philosophical.
“Live long and prosper.”, Spock, 23rd Century.”
**you say:
“RSVPs
: Senor Campana(April 10, 7:08AM)
Only to half-wits like you.”
Now I’m done. You haven’t “won” but instead have bored me to no end. I think I’ll take a nap now. Post whatever you want with your false superiority, JoMu, because I don’t give a shit anymore. However, JM, it would be in your best interest to NOT post something I don’t like.
You asked me: “How does it feel being under my wing?” to which I reply:
Well, if this is what you describe as being under your wing, it’s pretty shitty. You stink. 😛
RSVPs
: McNasty (April 16, 9:46AM)
It seems our posts crossed in the “mail.” It would be a good idea if you waited for my reply before posting an addendum although I can understand your need to complete your thought. It puts our correspondence out of sequence. You must have patience, McNasty, another bit of valuable advice I give those under my wing.
I must say, McNasty, your latest post has left me mystified. As I understood you, you were going to tell me “what a Ph.D. really stands for.” I expected something along the lines of a sketch of the hierarchy of knowledge (with a Ph.D. at the top) justified on the basis of an epistemology (a philosophy concerned with what it means to come to know) which, in turn, appealed to an ontology (a philosophy concerned with the nature of reality).
But what do I get? “PRESS here DUMMY and in your case, I think its (sic) appropiate.” But “press” where? What can that statement possibly mean? Does it mean anything at all? I realize that I am the only one you are addressing but the mystery remains.
Similarly your quotation, “you give me a wry, uncomfortable feeling” is meaningless when torn out of context. You must cite all attributions, McNasty. It is a rudimentary practice required of all those aspiring to even minimal standards of scholarship.
So there we are McNasty: Two lessons for today – avoid incoherence (i.e. what does a Ph.D. really stand for) and give full citation for all quotations. Now, our posts are back in proper sequence.
: Xenophilia (10:55AM)
McNasty seems to have taken a shine to you. Perhaps you might want to lend him a hand. Um, I meant to help him out with his thought processes.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Moman: Ontology recapitulates epistemology (get it?)
and thanks, but I think the nasty man is more your type IYKWIM.
The pleasure, as always, is yours.
RSVP
: Xenophilia (April 16, 4:43PM)
“Ontology recapitulates epistemology (get it?)
An interesting obversation, Xeno, and an expression I have heard before (as you can imagine) but to me it all depends on what is meant by “recapitulation.” Do you mean it in the sense of simply “re-stating” or “recasting” or do you have something else in mind.
If the former, the next obvious question refers to the primacy given to epistemology as opposed to ontology, i.e., to our understanding of reality rather than to the positing of a reality independent of our understanding of it. While the latter allows for the possibility of error, the former opens the gates to a solipsistic relativism, i.e., only that which I understand has any reality. (Get it?)
I look forward to your analysis of this perplexing question. (I hope McNasty is paying attention to all this since it is being done to stimulate his philosophical flourishing.)
“IYKWIM” – ?
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
“IYKWIM” – ?” = “If You Know What I Mean”
Xeno… “I think the nasty man is more your type…”
Thanks for that insult.
If I am anybody’s “type” it’s my lifelong partner and best friend.
iykwim=i had no idea what that meant either. acronyms make my brain unhappy, please stop and just use words. thank you
Sorry, Painey, I’ve been an acro-holic (acronimble?) for too long to stop now!
Nasty: as ye sow, so shall ye reap. I’m not homophobic —I just don’t like you.
RSVP
: Xenophilia (April 17, 8:31PM)
Sadly, Xeno never responded to my request for clarification of her “Ontology recapitulates epistemology” but, in the spirit of academic fellowship, perhaps I can lend a helping hand and by extension to McNasty as well.
As I mentioned in my previous post, the expression that one’s epistemology – one’s philosophy of coming to know – necessarily implies one’s ontology – one’s understanding of WHAT one is coming to know. The primacy given to coming to know therefore commits one to a “constructivist” epistemology and to a “coherence” theory of truth (i.e., an assertion is “true” if it “coheres with” one’s antecedent
conceptual framework.
However the reverse – “Epistemology recapitulates epistemology” – is also true if one gives primacy to ontology, that independent reality which one is coming to know. This is a “realist” epistemology (as opposed to a constructivist one) which appeals to a “correspondence” theory of truth (i.e., an assertion is “true” if it corresponds to the state of affairs as it exists in a mind-independent reality.
This is a perrenial controversy in philosophy, currently known as the “constructivist wars.”
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Xenophilia (April 17, 8:31 PM)…
“Nasty: as ye sow, so shall ye reap.”
I figured that’s what you may have meant by:
“Ontology recapitulates epistemology…”
Was your comment directed at me, mm or both?
I thought you meant either “as ye sow, so shall ye reap.”, or something along the lines of: “You are what you think.” That is, if I thought you were an asshole then I am one as well. To set the record straight I do not think you are an asshole. You jumped into the thread in defense of your friend Ivan as did others. I think it’s honorable. As far as this post from the “piss ant”: “McNasty seems to have taken a shine to you.” see below.
“I’m not homophobic —”
I am not gay (“Not that there’s anything wrong with that” – Jerry Seinfeld, “No, of course not.” – George Costanza).
“I just don’t like you.”
So?
I love women of all shapes and sizes. I just don’t like you. 😉
“As far as this post from the “piss ant”: “McNasty seems to have taken a shine to you.” see below.” should have read:
“As far as this post from the “piss ant”: “McNasty seems to have taken a shine to you.” see my comment at the bottom of this post.”
Not that I prefer either one of you, but I think there is a clear winner in this intellectual dick measuring contest….
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3065/78…
montreal douchebag…
It must be pretty hard to shit anything thicker than spaghetti through that tight ass of yours, huh?
Many posts here. Some deleted and some repeated. Come on Coast! Get your act together and put this thread back in chronological order!!
Thank you all for contributing. 🙂
RSVPs
Well, Xeno hasn’t appeared yet so I may as well do a little housecleaning.
: McNasty (April 18, 9:23AM; 9:27AM; 1:08PM)
I can see that you’re having difficulties with Xeno’s “Ontology recapitulates epistemology” as well as my reversal of the assertion, “Epistemology recapitulates ontology.” Both statements are true but depend on what takes to be primary. Those who take the act of knowing as primary (epistemology) one is seen to construct one’s own knowlege since one can never know the “thing-in-itself.” Those who take an independently-extisting reality (ontology) to be primary claim that it is only against such a reality which all knowlege claims must be measured.
The assertion does NOT mean “as ye sow, so shall ye reap.” Xeno simply meant that if you stir shit up, you’d better be ready to be shit upon.
Now I want you to kiss and make up.
: Godzilla (9:54) Your visual that was to resolve the “dick measuring contest” was taken down. It was a blank, you buffoon.
: zZzophiroth (10:36AM)
A profound thought eloquently expressed, you half-wit.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
HOLY CRAP!!!!
I cannot believe that this is still here! Not only did TC screw up the chronological order, but they deleted a horde of posts so it seems as though some of you are talking to either yourself or the air. I dunno.
Hey Coast… get your act together and fix the time line of this thread or, at the very least, delete it! I wanna see other posts where MontrealJon puts others down because they said something negative about him. Maybe he should just put the drugs away.