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Danilo_G

There exist no boundaries, as in the desert, as in the sky, and memories calmly pass settling wherever they find it coziest.

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  • Screen Name* Danilo_G
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  • Where do you live? Belgium and Bosnia
  • About Me: 1994; Engl­ish and Sp­anish lite­rature and­ linguisti­cs; many i­nterests.
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  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to How do we distinguish charisma from manipulation?:
    I agree, Savvy, and it's precisely whence the skepticism. With celebrities too, be they talk show hosts or Hollywood greats, I at times can't shake the thought that every charming act is simply pulled off so well as not to seem an act at all. Any suspicio...  moreI agree, Savvy, and it's precisely whence the skepticism. With celebrities too, be they talk show hosts or Hollywood greats, I at times can't shake the thought that every charming act is simply pulled off so well as not to seem an act at all. Any suspicion of insincerity, on the other hand, indeed shuts that down. But then there may be the kind of behavior that is sincere enough in general intent yet not entirely so in exact expression. (For instance, genuinely appreciating someone's company while looking to affect them in different ways than if there were no ultimate purpose in mind.) To what extent is that undesirable?Thank you, friend! While the move to a different country hasn't been overly simple, it's good to be here. Hope you are well too!  less
    • September 6
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    Danilo_G replied to How do we distinguish charisma from manipulation?:
    Can a person seen as charismatic actively be doing little things to make us think so, though? As if it's spontaneous and natural, even when it's all learned behavior?
    • September 6
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    Danilo_G replied to How do we distinguish charisma from manipulation?:
    Yet how do we know that what we perceive as charismatic isn't only very effectively manipulative?
    • September 6
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G started a discussion:
    How do we distinguish charisma from manipulation?
    That is, if we can.
    • September 4
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to How Do I Get Hand and Stone to change the SAME music tape that has been playing for six years? PLEASE I'm DEAD SERIOUS. HELP ME.:
    Teehee, so are you. Except when we're pushed too far, Shar; lay down the barbed wire, dig the trenches: we'll familiarize them with Hands and Stones all too well at dawn!
    • June 5
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    Danilo_G replied to How Do I Get Hand and Stone to change the SAME music tape that has been playing for six years? PLEASE I'm DEAD SERIOUS. HELP ME.:
    I reckon they should have the very responsibility to change the music once it--understandably--becomes that cumbersome. See if any colleagues are also bothered by it, and perhaps suggest or bring tapes/CDs yourself.
    • June 4
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    Danilo_G replied to When the prez was a DEM folks would rush out and buy MORE GUNS after another gun-related massacre. 12 dead in Virginia Beach. So what?:
    Don't know, Rosie. I wouldn't go so far as to say they don't value life, but rather that the constant animosity is keeping everything in the pointless status quo. At this point I would even accept the typically conservative idea of more guns, ju...  moreDon't know, Rosie. I wouldn't go so far as to say they don't value life, but rather that the constant animosity is keeping everything in the pointless status quo. At this point I would even accept the typically conservative idea of more guns, just for something to change. (But the recent stabbings in Tokyo, which perplexed me too, might also suggest it is no feasible solution: would we put armed guards at every single bus stop?)Thanks, and happy Saturday to thee!  
    • June 1
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    Danilo_G replied to When the prez was a DEM folks would rush out and buy MORE GUNS after another gun-related massacre. 12 dead in Virginia Beach. So what?:
    I couldn't believe that there have been 150 mass shootings (defined as a gun attack either injuring or killing four people) in the U.S. since the start of the year. That's about one per day. Can't say things don't have to change.Edit: source https://...  moreI couldn't believe that there have been 150 mass shootings (defined as a gun attack either injuring or killing four people) in the U.S. since the start of the year. That's about one per day. Can't say things don't have to change.Edit: source https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/  
    • June 1
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    Danilo_G replied to I heard a sound-bite wherein Nancy Pelosi claims that FaceBook’s original refusal to delete the doctored video that made fun of her is :
    It's been the 21st for a little while, though!
    • May 31
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to Does anyone honestly like tofu?:
    Absolutely. Very much depends on how it's prepared, however. Some supermarkets here sell it in the form of schnitzels or nuggets, or some "Greek carrés" with molten cheese and tomatoes, and it's really quite good.
    • May 28
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to What interesting thing will you do today ? :
    For a small piece I plan to write, it may be beneficial to reacquaint myself with the general lay-out and atmosphere of a typical night club (before students' finals start again), having steered clear for some seven years. Thinking I'll check out the plac...  moreFor a small piece I plan to write, it may be beneficial to reacquaint myself with the general lay-out and atmosphere of a typical night club (before students' finals start again), having steered clear for some seven years. Thinking I'll check out the place, watch the people, and perhaps spend neither a dime nor a word.  
    • May 23
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    Danilo_G replied to What do dragons Eat anyway? :
    It may be a fallacy, but I feel like the reading habits of a nation/populace/community speak volumes. In Bosnia, one can come across kiosks selling classic literature in rather unexpected, remote places. Not that many locals don't shiver at the thought of...  moreIt may be a fallacy, but I feel like the reading habits of a nation/populace/community speak volumes. In Bosnia, one can come across kiosks selling classic literature in rather unexpected, remote places. Not that many locals don't shiver at the thought of opening a book.  
    • May 22
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    Danilo_G replied to What do dragons Eat anyway? :
    That's amazing, Walt. I have heard stories of such readers, but would sooner have believed dragons to be real!May I ask, not exactly where you live, but how you've ended up so far from any bookstore, and how that distance suits you? I'm about to move to t...  moreThat's amazing, Walt. I have heard stories of such readers, but would sooner have believed dragons to be real!May I ask, not exactly where you live, but how you've ended up so far from any bookstore, and how that distance suits you? I'm about to move to the Serbian countryside myself, you see, never having spent more than 6 weeks at a time in such places.  
    • May 22
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to OMG! Do you remember when you were in grade 6 and you broke up with that Brian guy and listened to this song over and over??:
    One big party huh, Baba?
    • May 14
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    Danilo_G replied to Stephen Moore says "CAPITALISM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN DEMOCRACY". Another "BEST PEOPLE" Dondonjohn Fed Reserve Board nominee. Agree?:
    Under the assumption that trends will continue unchanged for eight decades, that immigrants won't eventually be having fewer children too, or that people like leaving their homes behind and won't at all want to return after foreign powers stop wreaking ha...  moreUnder the assumption that trends will continue unchanged for eight decades, that immigrants won't eventually be having fewer children too, or that people like leaving their homes behind and won't at all want to return after foreign powers stop wreaking havoc there (for the time being); that's some projection.I doubt I'll be around by then myself, so I can't really call it "before long" anyhow.  
    • May 14
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    Danilo_G replied to Stephen Moore says "CAPITALISM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN DEMOCRACY". Another "BEST PEOPLE" Dondonjohn Fed Reserve Board nominee. Agree?:
    Of about 10 million people in Sweden, approximately 8 million are Swedes. Don't know what your definition of "before long" is, however.I hear your concern, and I know it's a different topic, but it seems like the media generally exaggerate the idea of nat...  moreOf about 10 million people in Sweden, approximately 8 million are Swedes. Don't know what your definition of "before long" is, however.I hear your concern, and I know it's a different topic, but it seems like the media generally exaggerate the idea of native European populations becoming replaced.  
    • May 13
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to OMG! Do you remember when you were in grade 6 and you broke up with that Brian guy and listened to this song over and over??:
    Hey, if it helped you get over that scrud who spent more time on his lollipops and shoelaces, that's all that matters now!
    • May 13
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    Danilo_G replied to OMG! Do you remember when you were in grade 6 and you broke up with that Brian guy and listened to this song over and over??:
    My comprehensive dating history in 6th grade: a girl breaking up with me although I didn't realize we were ever together.Odds are I listened to the Ramones afterwards.
    • May 13
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    Danilo_G replied to Do you take your leftovers home when you eat at a restaurant? Out of 11 people I had dinner with tonight I was the only one who did. :
    Hehe it's a Seinfeld quote; happened to catch "The Calzone" yesterday.My dream is actually an edible table.
    • May 13
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    Danilo_G replied to Unless expressly asked in advance of death of the decedent to do so would you ever BAN a child from attending his/her funeral?:
    I can't imagine I would, complicated as such situations may be.My condolences, Rosie.
    • May 12
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to Do you take your leftovers home when you eat at a restaurant? Out of 11 people I had dinner with tonight I was the only one who did. :
    Bread bowl, Jaimie. First you eat the chili, then you eat the bowl. There's nothing more satisfying than looking down after lunch and seeing nothing but a table.
    • May 12
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    Danilo_G replied to Can you post a more ridiculous song than this one? No, no you can not. :
    Haha, he does pretty well to imitate--presumably consciously--a sort of singing that's unfortunately popular in our part of the world. Hi, Welbz!
    • May 12
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    Danilo_G replied to Can you post a more rediculous song than this one? No, no you can not. :
    This doesn't fall in the same category of freckriculous, but it's a song about beating up Ricky Martin if he doesn't stop driving the guy's wife crazy.Admittedly, I think I'm laughing at it now even more than when I was twelve. The top comment on YouTube ...  moreThis doesn't fall in the same category of freckriculous, but it's a song about beating up Ricky Martin if he doesn't stop driving the guy's wife crazy.Admittedly, I think I'm laughing at it now even more than when I was twelve. The top comment on YouTube is, translated: "Ricky became gay as soon as he saw this."  
    • May 11
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to Do you take your left overs home when you eat at a restaurant? Out of 11 people I had dinner with tonight I was the only one who did. :
    "May I get a doggies-too-yet-mostly-me bag, please?"
    • May 11
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    Danilo_G replied to Do you take your left overs home when you eat at a restaurant? Out of 11 people I had dinner with tonight I was the only one who did. :
    Leftovers? As in, food left over? A concept lost on me.But I really do hate seeing food go to waste.
    • May 11
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to What was the last household chore or home-improvement project you were supposed to have started but haven’t done yet? ~:
    Sheesh, that's awful. You could just have a good time tearing the wall down! Maybe put up some pictures of those two relatives first.
    • May 9
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to Any of you ever have a stroke or know someone who has? What is life like afterwards?:
    Sorry to hear that about Jim and David, Rosie. Wishing you all strength. My grandmother made it through a stroke without any long-term complications, I believe.
    • April 28
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to Are you Proud of your country ?:
    No; partly because I see little positive in pride itself, and steer clear of nationalism. There is nothing that could make any country better just because I happened to be born in it.Now I do find it significant to be familiar with Bosnia's customs (I was...  moreNo; partly because I see little positive in pride itself, and steer clear of nationalism. There is nothing that could make any country better just because I happened to be born in it.Now I do find it significant to be familiar with Bosnia's customs (I was born in Belgium but consider that country less my own) as well as its history; in the first place, though, that requires acknowledgement of how very much of that history should lead to the opposite of pride.  
    • April 7
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to The Dondon has a problem with Hollywood. Hollywood can't stand him back. Do you think he is going too far?:
    Hey there OG, I realize this has nothing to do with Rosie's question, and very little with your response, but I just meant to ask, on friendly terms: couldn't Trump also be described as spoiled, pampered and running off at the mouth?
    • April 3
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to Is there a double standard?:
    I admit, I find it harder to feel sorry for those men. It's a double standard, yes, but I just can't muster the necessary respect for people who would actually pay to do it ... with Cardi B. I mean, have you heard what kinds of things she'll do ...  moreI admit, I find it harder to feel sorry for those men. It's a double standard, yes, but I just can't muster the necessary respect for people who would actually pay to do it ... with Cardi B. I mean, have you heard what kinds of things she'll do "for that d***?" And those guys still think it's necessary to follow her to a secluded place with money in their wallets? Totally deserved.  
    • April 2
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    Danilo_G replied to Do you know the day of the week on which you were born? Is it important to you to know which one it was? ~:
    Hehe, I think it's smarter to ask.It does have to do with Garfield, because he so loathes Mondays! (There was a prolonged period, in high school, when on each Monday something embarrassing would happen to me, such as losing my balance on the bus and almos...  moreHehe, I think it's smarter to ask.It does have to do with Garfield, because he so loathes Mondays! (There was a prolonged period, in high school, when on each Monday something embarrassing would happen to me, such as losing my balance on the bus and almost crashing into a girl).Aside from Garfield and (now vegetarian) lasagna, I also love antimeria: the use of one part of speech as another; in this case a (proper) noun as though it were an adjective.  
    • March 31
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to Do you know the day of the week on which you were born? Is it important to you to know which one it was? ~:
    Awesome; I no longer have to be Garfield about it!
    • March 31
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    Danilo_G replied to Do you know the day of the week on which you were born? Is it important to you to know which one it was? ~:
    I had to look it up.Gutted to find out it was a Monday.
    • March 31
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to If i could, I'd work as a coder:
    Well, someone has to invent all those postal codes and make sure nobody tries to mess with them!
    • March 31
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to How long have you known your best friend? Since high school? Since you worked together? Since you shared a jail cell? How long? :
    Pretty much since he was born, ten days after I was.Both his mother and mine were pregnant refugees, who met in the gynaecologist's waiting room after my father asked my mother, in a language he thought nobody else would understand, "why is this weirdo st...  morePretty much since he was born, ten days after I was.Both his mother and mine were pregnant refugees, who met in the gynaecologist's waiting room after my father asked my mother, in a language he thought nobody else would understand, "why is this weirdo staring at me?", referring to the other woman's brother.  
    • March 30
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    Danilo_G replied to I think the most interesting thing to come.out of this Boeing thing so far is learning Ethiopia actually has its own airline:
    "Lighten up?"Tell that to YO MOMMA...Sorry, I thought that would be a good way of going about it.It's a lot easier than going about YO MOMMA
    • March 30
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G commented on TRUMP & JOE BOTH need to GO's blog entry: ANTHEM, ARIZONA Hahah, I genuinely feel like you could be filming some comedic Cloverfield.
    • March 29
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G commented on TRUMP & JOE BOTH need to GO's blog entry: ANTHEM, ARIZONA Hmm I just read a little bit about the place... I don't trust those giant Christmas decorations either. Bet they're a sort of offering.

    Aside from that, sounds like you're enjoying yourself and have good reason to!
    • March 29
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    Danilo_G replied to Is Ethiopia offensive?:
    That is interesting; thank you for that.It raises some moral questions too, such as how "ecorded incidents of piracy and militancy in the region do not justify investment in building a navy from the ground up," but I can't say I'm anywhere near infor...  moreThat is interesting; thank you for that.It raises some moral questions too, such as how "ecorded incidents of piracy and militancy in the region do not justify investment in building a navy from the ground up," but I can't say I'm anywhere near informed enough to judge.  
    • March 29
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    Danilo_G replied to Is Ethiopia offensive?:
    Ethiopia is landlocked--I actually didn't realize no landlocked country has more inhabitants (over 100 million)--but maybe they have river-pirates?
    • March 29
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    Danilo_G replied to I think the most interesting thing to come.out of this Boeing thing so far is learning Ethiopia actually has its own airline:
    Since I managed to discuss this issue with you while avoiding talking down an entire country/culture, I'll take that as a compliment!If the validity of somebody's response depends on whether or not you can comprehend it, I guess everyone else must be a fool.
    • March 29
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    Danilo_G replied to I think the most interesting thing to come.out of this Boeing thing so far is learning Ethiopia actually has its own airline:
    About as much as Americans are all shooting Big Macs off each other's faces.
    • March 29
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    Danilo_G replied to I think the most interesting thing to come.out of this Boeing thing so far is learning Ethiopia actually has its own airline:
    I think it's much more interesting, albeit in negative terms, how many unscrupulous ways an American aircraft manufacturer has of prioritizing profit over safety. To think that the country with the 2nd-largest population in Africa, and a rapidly expanding...  moreI think it's much more interesting, albeit in negative terms, how many unscrupulous ways an American aircraft manufacturer has of prioritizing profit over safety. To think that the country with the 2nd-largest population in Africa, and a rapidly expanding economy, should not have a flag carrier (and international flights since 1951) frankly sounds a bit naive at best.  
    • March 29
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    Danilo_G replied to What are some songs that their titles are also the very first words of their lyrics?:
    • March 28
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    Danilo_G replied to What are some songs that their titles are also the very first words of their lyrics?:
    • March 27
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    Danilo_G replied to What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice?:
    Hard to speak of a late stage in the career of someone who died at 27. Abuse aside, how do she and Billie Holiday compare? Billie's vocal sensibility I adore in a very different manner.
    • March 22
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    Danilo_G replied to What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice?:
    Hehe, I think I need to disagree both in that it was certainly not only the drugs that shaped her, and in that I would nevertheless not describe Janis as calculated in any way--unfortunately.Given that I'm yet to turn 25, and there's the example of teenag...  moreHehe, I think I need to disagree both in that it was certainly not only the drugs that shaped her, and in that I would nevertheless not describe Janis as calculated in any way--unfortunately.Given that I'm yet to turn 25, and there's the example of teenage Courtney Hadwin above, Janis's music definitely carries on. Probably more so than many a 'better' singer. Don't be fooled by her usual roughness; she could be a very smooth mezzo-soprano: hear, for instance, her closing notes in this song.  
    • March 22
  • Danilo_G
    Danilo_G replied to What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice?:
    In case you mean 'ugly' not just in a figurative or artistic sense, I've actually never found Janis unattractive, despite all the prattle about her looks. Seems like that becomes much more of a (baseless) issue when regarding a young woman.In some picture...  moreIn case you mean 'ugly' not just in a figurative or artistic sense, I've actually never found Janis unattractive, despite all the prattle about her looks. Seems like that becomes much more of a (baseless) issue when regarding a young woman.In some pictures she's effectively pretty; but I guess I rarely think otherwise of a genuine smile, or of full commitment to the moment.  
    • March 20
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    Danilo_G replied to What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice?:
    I guess we could consider the audience members enter into a sort of 'contract:' in exchange for their presence, and whatever pleasure they may derive from it, they agree to comply with any such trickery regardless of how silly or downright stupid it reall...  moreI guess we could consider the audience members enter into a sort of 'contract:' in exchange for their presence, and whatever pleasure they may derive from it, they agree to comply with any such trickery regardless of how silly or downright stupid it really is.You too, Welbz!  
    • March 20
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    Danilo_G replied to What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice?:
    I feel like focusing on her bad habits too much is doing her something of a disservice; regardless of personal turmoils, her voice is principally a result of talent and dedication, surely. There is something inherently 'forced' about any singing--it's not...  moreI feel like focusing on her bad habits too much is doing her something of a disservice; regardless of personal turmoils, her voice is principally a result of talent and dedication, surely. There is something inherently 'forced' about any singing--it's not as though operatic singers sound like that when ordering tea--but one can move through it with elegance, and for all Janis's rawness, she executes it entirely fluently.Not that you necessarily meant it so; but her style isn't imitative either, much as certain black singers certainly inspired Janis. It stands complete in its own right.  less
    • March 20
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  • Screen Name* Danilo_G
  • Gender* Male
  • Where do you live? Belgium and Bosnia
  • About Me: 1994; Engl­ish and Sp­anish lite­rature and­ linguisti­cs; many i­nterests.

  • How do we distinguish charisma from manipulation?

    That is, if we can.
    Last post by SavvyAnsley - September 10
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  • What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice?

    She was just so extraordinary. I've heard her described, unsurpr...  moreShe was just so extraordinary. I've heard her described, unsurprisingly, as "electrifying," which on the one hand is fitting and on the other nowhere near close enough.  
    Last post by officegirl - March 25
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  • How might Earth's chief religions interpret or incorporate the existence of sentient (and spiritually conscious) life on other planets?

    Would such a discovery support the core beliefs of, among others...  moreWould such a discovery support the core beliefs of, among others, Muslims, Jews and Christians; even if, for instance, those extra-terrestrials tend to be monotheistic but know of nothing alike the Bible?  
    Last post by Durdle - January 7
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  • Do you find it more constructive to oversee a series of problems in their specifics or to try finding a core underneath them?

    'Tab for a Cause' (not that I believe too strongly in their comm...  more'Tab for a Cause' (not that I believe too strongly in their commitment, yet trust it does no harm) is a simple project that allows one to donate 'hearts' to several charities. I was looking at the eight options given, each concerning one of these issues: famine, health, education, human rights, access to clean water, and conservation of nature. Speaking for myself, I view these matters as intimately connected, without exception existing--persisting--due to lack of respect and of equality (both of which I would again argue to come down to the same: lack of culture).I am convinced that such an outlook is more helpful: by delineating the issue it does so for the solution as well, it restricts to a bare minimum the chaos of trying to control many factors, and hopefully resists tracking symptom rather than cause. But it is about this that I wish to ask: why might one not agree?  less
    Last post by WelbyQuentin - April 24, 2018
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  • Are you the kind of person to lather their hair, let the shampoo sit for a while, and then forget to rinse?

    If so, I think we (will) get along fine. My stepgrandmother used...  moreIf so, I think we (will) get along fine. My stepgrandmother used to say that professors tend to be distracted people, but not every distracted person is a professor.  
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  • If I live in a vehicle, can I avoid paying for both home and car/boat insurance?

    That sounds like the life.
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  • Do you esteem any of your psychological scars?

    Many, perhaps particularly men, seem glad to show off their phys...  moreMany, perhaps particularly men, seem glad to show off their physical cicatrices, including those gathered through evidently dumb decisions (such as when I tried to help a stranger with their cat, disregarding that it had snowed and hence impaling my hand on a tall fence). But is anyone bolstered by their mental scars, which might prove the passing of a trial that bade them improve in the greater sense?  
    Last post by Benedict Arnold - January 3
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  • Do you ever confuse your dreams and 'reality?' What would be a notable example?

    A few days ago--it's typical that I can't tell when exactly--I (...  moreA few days ago--it's typical that I can't tell when exactly--I (must have) dreamed hearing about one of my uncles dying. I only recalled this imagination when the uncle came up in conversation, and part of me was momentarily surprised to find him still alive.Anything relatable to you in this?  
    Last post by WelbyQuentin - December 3, 2017
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  • What do you expect of art in general?

    To introduce a fresh perspective, address social issues, prompt ...  moreTo introduce a fresh perspective, address social issues, prompt philosophical questions; perhaps simply to be beautiful, appealing, memorable (but then what makes it that?); or to leave you alone?What is artistic to you and what gives art value?  
    Last post by WelbyQuentin - August 31, 2018
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  • How about a friendly game of communal chess?

    It will be fun even while we all yell at the person who screws u...  moreIt will be fun even while we all yell at the person who screws up. Then maybe we can join a tournament, as the AnswerMug clan.1. Nf3  
    Last post by Pearl - October 27, 2017
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  • Would you share a favored koan?

    Came across this one via Fallout 3, apparently known as&nbs...  moreCame across this one via Fallout 3, apparently known as The Moon Cannot Be Stolen:Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal. Ryokan returned and caught him. “You have come a long way to visit me,” he told the prowler, “and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift.” The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away. Ryokan sat naked, watching the moon. “Poor fellow,” he mused, “I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon."  less
    Last post by Danilo_G - October 18, 2017
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  • What are your favorite or most intriguing personal paradoxes?

    For me, it's perhaps being a vegetarian pacifist who naturally a...  moreFor me, it's perhaps being a vegetarian pacifist who naturally adores hunting and fighting.  
    Last post by Danilo_G - October 1, 2017
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  • Do you think video games can achieve artistic quality the likes of more traditional media, such as visual arts, literature or film?

    The question is intended for those who regularly play video game...  moreThe question is intended for those who regularly play video games and those who never do alike, but please do specify where you see yourself on that spectrum.  
    Last post by Adaydreambeliever - May 4, 2017
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  • I agree, Savvy, and it's precisely whence the skepticism. With c...  moreI agree, Savvy, and it's precisely whence the skepticism. With celebrities too, be they talk show hosts or Hollywood greats, I at times can't shake the thought that every charming act is simply pulled off so well as not to seem an act at all. Any suspicion of insincerity, on the other hand, indeed shuts that down. But then there may be the kind of behavior that is sincere enough in general intent yet not entirely so in exact expression. (For instance, genuinely appreciating someone's company while looking to affect them in different ways than if there were no ultimate purpose in mind.) To what extent is that undesirable?Thank you, friend! While the move to a different country hasn't been overly simple, it's good to be here. Hope you are well too!  less
    in How do we distinguish charisma from manipulation? September 6, 2019 4:11 PM MDT 1
  • Can a person seen as charismatic actively be doing little things...  moreCan a person seen as charismatic actively be doing little things to make us think so, though? As if it's spontaneous and natural, even when it's all learned behavior?  
    in How do we distinguish charisma from manipulation? September 6, 2019 3:58 PM MDT 0
  • Yet how do we know that what we perceive as charismatic isn't on...  moreYet how do we know that what we perceive as charismatic isn't only very effectively manipulative?  
    in How do we distinguish charisma from manipulation? September 6, 2019 3:56 PM MDT 0
  • That is, if we can.
    in How do we distinguish charisma from manipulation? September 4, 2019 5:10 PM MDT 0
  • Teehee, so are you. Except when we're pushed too far, Shar; lay ...  moreTeehee, so are you. Except when we're pushed too far, Shar; lay down the barbed wire, dig the trenches: we'll familiarize them with Hands and Stones all too well at dawn!  
    in How Do I Get Hand and Stone to change the SAME music tape that has been playing for six years? PLEASE I'm DEAD SERIOUS. HELP ME. June 5, 2019 5:14 AM MDT 1
  • I reckon they should have the very responsibility to change the ...  moreI reckon they should have the very responsibility to change the music once it--understandably--becomes that cumbersome. See if any colleagues are also bothered by it, and perhaps suggest or bring tapes/CDs yourself.  
    in How Do I Get Hand and Stone to change the SAME music tape that has been playing for six years? PLEASE I'm DEAD SERIOUS. HELP ME. June 4, 2019 1:42 PM MDT 4
  • Don't know, Rosie. I wouldn't go so far as to say they don't val...  moreDon't know, Rosie. I wouldn't go so far as to say they don't value life, but rather that the constant animosity is keeping everything in the pointless status quo. At this point I would even accept the typically conservative idea of more guns, just for something to change. (But the recent stabbings in Tokyo, which perplexed me too, might also suggest it is no feasible solution: would we put armed guards at every single bus stop?)Thanks, and happy Saturday to thee!  
    in When the prez was a DEM folks would rush out and buy MORE GUNS after another gun-related massacre. 12 dead in Virginia Beach. So what? June 1, 2019 11:27 AM MDT 1
  • I couldn't believe that there have been 150 mass shootings (defi...  moreI couldn't believe that there have been 150 mass shootings (defined as a gun attack either injuring or killing four people) in the U.S. since the start of the year. That's about one per day. Can't say things don't have to change.Edit: source https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/  
    in When the prez was a DEM folks would rush out and buy MORE GUNS after another gun-related massacre. 12 dead in Virginia Beach. So what? June 1, 2019 5:24 AM MDT 1
    This post was edited by Danilo_G at June 1, 2019 5:24 AM MDT
  • It's been the 21st for a little while, though!
    in I heard a sound-bite wherein Nancy Pelosi claims that FaceBook’s original refusal to delete the doctored video that made fun of her is May 31, 2019 2:09 PM MDT 2
  • Absolutely. Very much depends on how it's prepared, however. Som...  moreAbsolutely. Very much depends on how it's prepared, however. Some supermarkets here sell it in the form of schnitzels or nuggets, or some "Greek carrés" with molten cheese and tomatoes, and it's really quite good.  
    in Does anyone honestly like tofu? May 28, 2019 1:10 PM MDT 3
  • For a small piece I plan to write, it may be beneficial to reacq...  moreFor a small piece I plan to write, it may be beneficial to reacquaint myself with the general lay-out and atmosphere of a typical night club (before students' finals start again), having steered clear for some seven years. Thinking I'll check out the place, watch the people, and perhaps spend neither a dime nor a word.  
    in What interesting thing will you do today ? May 23, 2019 1:49 PM MDT 5
  • It may be a fallacy, but I feel like the reading habits of a nat...  moreIt may be a fallacy, but I feel like the reading habits of a nation/populace/community speak volumes. In Bosnia, one can come across kiosks selling classic literature in rather unexpected, remote places. Not that many locals don't shiver at the thought of opening a book.  
    in What do dragons Eat anyway? May 22, 2019 3:26 PM MDT 0
  • That's amazing, Walt. I have heard stories of such readers, but ...  moreThat's amazing, Walt. I have heard stories of such readers, but would sooner have believed dragons to be real!May I ask, not exactly where you live, but how you've ended up so far from any bookstore, and how that distance suits you? I'm about to move to the Serbian countryside myself, you see, never having spent more than 6 weeks at a time in such places.  
    in What do dragons Eat anyway? May 22, 2019 1:05 PM MDT 1
  • One big party huh, Baba?
    in OMG! Do you remember when you were in grade 6 and you broke up with that Brian guy and listened to this song over and over?? May 14, 2019 3:55 AM MDT 3
  • Under the assumption that trends will continue unchanged for eig...  moreUnder the assumption that trends will continue unchanged for eight decades, that immigrants won't eventually be having fewer children too, or that people like leaving their homes behind and won't at all want to return after foreign powers stop wreaking havoc there (for the time being); that's some projection.I doubt I'll be around by then myself, so I can't really call it "before long" anyhow.  
    in Stephen Moore says "CAPITALISM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN DEMOCRACY". Another "BEST PEOPLE" Dondonjohn Fed Reserve Board nominee. Agree? May 14, 2019 3:52 AM MDT 1
  • Of about 10 million people in Sweden, approximately 8 million ar...  moreOf about 10 million people in Sweden, approximately 8 million are Swedes. Don't know what your definition of "before long" is, however.I hear your concern, and I know it's a different topic, but it seems like the media generally exaggerate the idea of native European populations becoming replaced.  
    in Stephen Moore says "CAPITALISM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN DEMOCRACY". Another "BEST PEOPLE" Dondonjohn Fed Reserve Board nominee. Agree? May 13, 2019 11:43 AM MDT 1
  • Hey, if it helped you get over that scrud who spent more time on...  moreHey, if it helped you get over that scrud who spent more time on his lollipops and shoelaces, that's all that matters now!  
    in OMG! Do you remember when you were in grade 6 and you broke up with that Brian guy and listened to this song over and over?? May 13, 2019 11:28 AM MDT 2
  • My comprehensive dating history in 6th grade: a girl breaking up...  moreMy comprehensive dating history in 6th grade: a girl breaking up with me although I didn't realize we were ever together.Odds are I listened to the Ramones afterwards.  
    in OMG! Do you remember when you were in grade 6 and you broke up with that Brian guy and listened to this song over and over?? May 13, 2019 11:19 AM MDT 3
  • Hehe it's a Seinfeld quote; happened to catch "The Cal...  moreHehe it's a Seinfeld quote; happened to catch "The Calzone" yesterday.My dream is actually an edible table.  
    in Do you take your leftovers home when you eat at a restaurant? Out of 11 people I had dinner with tonight I was the only one who did. May 13, 2019 3:21 AM MDT 1
  • I can't imagine I would, complicated as such situations may be.M...  moreI can't imagine I would, complicated as such situations may be.My condolences, Rosie.  
    in Unless expressly asked in advance of death of the decedent to do so would you ever BAN a child from attending his/her funeral? May 12, 2019 12:08 PM MDT 1
  • Bread bowl, Jaimie. First you eat the chili, then you eat the bo...  moreBread bowl, Jaimie. First you eat the chili, then you eat the bowl. There's nothing more satisfying than looking down after lunch and seeing nothing but a table.  
    in Do you take your leftovers home when you eat at a restaurant? Out of 11 people I had dinner with tonight I was the only one who did. May 12, 2019 10:01 AM MDT 2
  • Haha, he does pretty well to imitate--presumably consciously--a ...  moreHaha, he does pretty well to imitate--presumably consciously--a sort of singing that's unfortunately popular in our part of the world. Hi, Welbz!  
    in Can you post a more ridiculous song than this one? No, no you can not. May 12, 2019 9:49 AM MDT 2
  • This doesn't fall in the same category of freckriculous, but it'...  moreThis doesn't fall in the same category of freckriculous, but it's a song about beating up Ricky Martin if he doesn't stop driving the guy's wife crazy.Admittedly, I think I'm laughing at it now even more than when I was twelve. The top comment on YouTube is, translated: "Ricky became gay as soon as he saw this."  
    in Can you post a more ridiculous song than this one? No, no you can not. May 11, 2019 3:20 PM MDT 3
  • "May I get a doggies-too-yet-mostly-me bag, please?"
    in Do you take your leftovers home when you eat at a restaurant? Out of 11 people I had dinner with tonight I was the only one who did. May 11, 2019 10:05 AM MDT 4
    This post was edited by Danilo_G at May 11, 2019 10:05 AM MDT
  • Leftovers? As in, food left over? A concept lost on me.But I rea...  moreLeftovers? As in, food left over? A concept lost on me.But I really do hate seeing food go to waste.  
    in Do you take your leftovers home when you eat at a restaurant? Out of 11 people I had dinner with tonight I was the only one who did. May 11, 2019 9:20 AM MDT 4
  • Sheesh, that's awful. You could just have a good time tearing th...  moreSheesh, that's awful. You could just have a good time tearing the wall down! Maybe put up some pictures of those two relatives first.  
    in What was the last household chore or home-improvement project you were supposed to have started but haven’t done yet? ~ May 9, 2019 9:53 AM MDT 2
  • Sorry to hear that about Jim and David, Rosie. Wishing you all s...  moreSorry to hear that about Jim and David, Rosie. Wishing you all strength. My grandmother made it through a stroke without any long-term complications, I believe.  
    in Any of you ever have a stroke or know someone who has? What is life like afterwards? April 28, 2019 3:41 AM MDT 2
  • No; partly because I see little positive in pride itself, and st...  moreNo; partly because I see little positive in pride itself, and steer clear of nationalism. There is nothing that could make any country better just because I happened to be born in it.Now I do find it significant to be familiar with Bosnia's customs (I was born in Belgium but consider that country less my own) as well as its history; in the first place, though, that requires acknowledgement of how very much of that history should lead to the opposite of pride.  
    in Are you Proud of your country ? April 7, 2019 2:23 PM MDT 4
  • Hey there OG, I realize this has nothing to do with Rosie's ques...  moreHey there OG, I realize this has nothing to do with Rosie's question, and very little with your response, but I just meant to ask, on friendly terms: couldn't Trump also be described as spoiled, pampered and running off at the mouth?  
    in The Dondon has a problem with Hollywood. Hollywood can't stand him back. Do you think he is going too far? April 3, 2019 5:05 AM MDT 3
  • I admit, I find it harder to feel sorry for those men. It's a do...  moreI admit, I find it harder to feel sorry for those men. It's a double standard, yes, but I just can't muster the necessary respect for people who would actually pay to do it ... with Cardi B. I mean, have you heard what kinds of things she'll do "for that d***?" And those guys still think it's necessary to follow her to a secluded place with money in their wallets? Totally deserved.  
    in Is there a double standard? April 2, 2019 1:39 PM MDT 1
  • Hehe, I think it's smarter to ask.It does have to do with Garfie...  moreHehe, I think it's smarter to ask.It does have to do with Garfield, because he so loathes Mondays! (There was a prolonged period, in high school, when on each Monday something embarrassing would happen to me, such as losing my balance on the bus and almost crashing into a girl).Aside from Garfield and (now vegetarian) lasagna, I also love antimeria: the use of one part of speech as another; in this case a (proper) noun as though it were an adjective.  
    in Do you know the day of the week on which you were born? Is it important to you to know which one it was? ~ March 31, 2019 12:14 PM MDT 3
  • Awesome; I no longer have to be Garfield about it!
    in Do you know the day of the week on which you were born? Is it important to you to know which one it was? ~ March 31, 2019 11:45 AM MDT 3
  • I had to look it up.Gutted to find out it was a Monday.
    in Do you know the day of the week on which you were born? Is it important to you to know which one it was? ~ March 31, 2019 11:36 AM MDT 5
  • Well, someone has to invent all those postal codes and make...  moreWell, someone has to invent all those postal codes and make sure nobody tries to mess with them!  
    in If i could, I'd work as a coder March 31, 2019 11:33 AM MDT 2
  • Pretty much since he was born, ten days after I was.Both his mot...  morePretty much since he was born, ten days after I was.Both his mother and mine were pregnant refugees, who met in the gynaecologist's waiting room after my father asked my mother, in a language he thought nobody else would understand, "why is this weirdo staring at me?", referring to the other woman's brother.  
    in How long have you known your best friend? Since high school? Since you worked together? Since you shared a jail cell? How long? March 30, 2019 1:11 PM MDT 3
  • "Lighten up?"Tell that to YO MOMMA...Sorry, I thought that would...  more"Lighten up?"Tell that to YO MOMMA...Sorry, I thought that would be a good way of going about it.It's a lot easier than going about YO MOMMA  
    in I think the most interesting thing to come.out of this Boeing thing so far is learning Ethiopia actually has its own airline March 30, 2019 6:26 AM MDT 1
  • That is interesting; thank you for that.It raises some mora...  moreThat is interesting; thank you for that.It raises some moral questions too, such as how "ecorded incidents of piracy and militancy in the region do not justify investment in building a navy from the ground up," but I can't say I'm anywhere near informed enough to judge.  
    in Is Ethiopia offensive? March 29, 2019 12:59 PM MDT 0
  • Ethiopia is landlocked--I actually didn't realize no landlocked ...  moreEthiopia is landlocked--I actually didn't realize no landlocked country has more inhabitants (over 100 million)--but maybe they have river-pirates?  
    in Is Ethiopia offensive? March 29, 2019 12:41 PM MDT 2
  • Since I managed to discuss this issue with you while avoiding ta...  moreSince I managed to discuss this issue with you while avoiding talking down an entire country/culture, I'll take that as a compliment!If the validity of somebody's response depends on whether or not you can comprehend it, I guess everyone else must be a fool.  
    in I think the most interesting thing to come.out of this Boeing thing so far is learning Ethiopia actually has its own airline March 29, 2019 12:39 PM MDT 0
  • About as much as Americans are all shooting Big Macs off each ot...  moreAbout as much as Americans are all shooting Big Macs off each other's faces.  
    in I think the most interesting thing to come.out of this Boeing thing so far is learning Ethiopia actually has its own airline March 29, 2019 6:54 AM MDT 2
  • I think it's much more interesting, albeit in negative terms, ho...  moreI think it's much more interesting, albeit in negative terms, how many unscrupulous ways an American aircraft manufacturer has of prioritizing profit over safety. To think that the country with the 2nd-largest population in Africa, and a rapidly expanding economy, should not have a flag carrier (and international flights since 1951) frankly sounds a bit naive at best.  
    in I think the most interesting thing to come.out of this Boeing thing so far is learning Ethiopia actually has its own airline March 29, 2019 5:53 AM MDT 2
  • in What are some songs that their titles are also the very first words of their lyrics? March 28, 2019 5:29 AM MDT 6
  • in What are some songs that their titles are also the very first words of their lyrics? March 27, 2019 2:29 PM MDT 6
    This post was edited by Danilo_G at March 27, 2019 2:29 PM MDT
  • Hard to speak of a late stage in the career of someone who died ...  moreHard to speak of a late stage in the career of someone who died at 27. Abuse aside, how do she and Billie Holiday compare? Billie's vocal sensibility I adore in a very different manner.  
    in What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice? March 22, 2019 2:24 PM MDT 1
  • Hehe, I think I need to disagree both in that it was certainly n...  moreHehe, I think I need to disagree both in that it was certainly not only the drugs that shaped her, and in that I would nevertheless not describe Janis as calculated in any way--unfortunately.Given that I'm yet to turn 25, and there's the example of teenage Courtney Hadwin above, Janis's music definitely carries on. Probably more so than many a 'better' singer. Don't be fooled by her usual roughness; she could be a very smooth mezzo-soprano: hear, for instance, her closing notes in this song.  
    in What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice? March 22, 2019 2:20 PM MDT 1
  • In case you mean 'ugly' not just in a figurative or artistic sen...  moreIn case you mean 'ugly' not just in a figurative or artistic sense, I've actually never found Janis unattractive, despite all the prattle about her looks. Seems like that becomes much more of a (baseless) issue when regarding a young woman.In some pictures she's effectively pretty; but I guess I rarely think otherwise of a genuine smile, or of full commitment to the moment.  
    in What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice? March 20, 2019 12:42 PM MDT 2
  • I guess we could consider the audience members enter into a sort...  moreI guess we could consider the audience members enter into a sort of 'contract:' in exchange for their presence, and whatever pleasure they may derive from it, they agree to comply with any such trickery regardless of how silly or downright stupid it really is.You too, Welbz!  
    in What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice? March 20, 2019 12:31 PM MDT 1
  • I feel like focusing on her bad habits too much is doing her som...  moreI feel like focusing on her bad habits too much is doing her something of a disservice; regardless of personal turmoils, her voice is principally a result of talent and dedication, surely. There is something inherently 'forced' about any singing--it's not as though operatic singers sound like that when ordering tea--but one can move through it with elegance, and for all Janis's rawness, she executes it entirely fluently.Not that you necessarily meant it so; but her style isn't imitative either, much as certain black singers certainly inspired Janis. It stands complete in its own right.  less
    in What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice? March 20, 2019 12:28 PM MDT 2
  • You're right, that 1:31 moment specifically seems staged. I'm no...  moreYou're right, that 1:31 moment specifically seems staged. I'm not fond of that either, but it's how those things go, and for such a singer I can tolerate it. A bit more irking, to me, is the judges' exclamations during the performance; if they honestly think she's great, they should focus all their attention on listening--it's not like they won't get their say afterward.  
    in What might be an appropriate simile for Janis Joplin's singing voice? March 20, 2019 5:57 AM MDT 1
  • Didn't have to think about it! 
    in Can you post songs that mention COTTON? Yep. I'll take any form of cotton. I am desperate that way. March 18, 2019 1:22 PM MDT 4
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    Happy Birthday Danilo!

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