Plan B Forum

S'okay - fact is, I don't think philosophy is discussed in society today as it might have been in the past. (But I wasn't there, so I'm not sure if Joe-Sixpacks were really talking about Socrates back in the day.) Singer's ideas are deeply thought-provoking, especially as they address the questions ...

Peter Singer? Well-known, at least in academia - certainly controversial.

YOU CAN'T POSSESS A POCKET KNIFE IN THE UK?!?!?!

OMFG!!!!

Did I mention that some folks have sucky avatars? ^^^

Too many of you have not yet uploaded an avatar. Wassup wit dat?

the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier

Icelandic is not far off from Welsh, then?

Ah yes! My two favorite teams: the Boston Red Sox and whoever's playing (and preferrably beating) the Yankees!

I also realized I'm technically a fourth-generation fan. It just couldn't be helped.

Hello to the recently joined legal beagles!

Do some topics have circles with rolling text, and others do not, and others have red stars, and others do not?

I cannot figure this out and it's maddening.

After reading on CSB a bit this morning, I have come to the conclusion that if certain posters from there come here, I will probably not find here to be so pleasant anymore.

It's not hard to see, given the tenor of this board v. that one, who is to blame for the toxic shit over there.

The ring of fire is as active as it ever was - but more quakes this year have occurred in highly populous areas. On NPR this morning, they discussed how this is related to the fact that faults are generally located in the same valleys where bodies of water, and thus human population centers, are loc...

Great thread title!

It's a mad world.

A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asks them for their orders. The man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke," and turns to the ostrich, "What's yours?" "I'll have the same," says the ostrich. A short time later the waitress returns with the order "That w...

Glad we've gotten off to such a weighty intellectual start in this forum.

tyro wrote:Not exactly naked.

Note that the figure doesn’t have hands, but does have a cross on a necklace.

No hands, and no mouth.

Is this a fetish thing?

She said that she made the book after realising that the 'blind have been left out in a culture saturated with sexual images'.

Oh great, so now the blind community will see (no pun intended) an increase in eating disorders?

Sean wrote:Also: To fill one's boots can mean to engage in intercourse of the sexual variety.

Sex-obsessed pervert!