@divegeester saidBy Jove he's right, you're not really sure of anything.
Some here have online disinhibition and are more inhibited in real life.
You are the opposite.
10 Dec 23
@ghost-of-a-duke saidOh I’m right “chap” “sir” …
By Jove he's right, you're not really sure of anything.
10 Dec 23
@ghost-of-a-duke saidWhat do you mean by that? By saying someone is delusional and paranoid in the everyday sense of the word, what do you mean exactly?
What do you mean by that? By saying someone is delusional and paranoid in the everyday sense of the word, what do you mean exactly? You have indicated that this in no way refers to someone's mental health, so in your every day understanding, what do you mean when you use both those words in the context you have used them?
Look them up in a dictionary of everyday words as used by everday English speakers and stop pretending I am using them as a clinical psychiatrist would.
@pettytalk said"The dogma of atheism" would make an interesting thread topic. As would the notion that being agnostic is, in some way, "playing it safe".
Religious fanaticism is just as bad as the dogma of atheism. Better to be agnostic, to play it safe, and just use our God-given animal instincts to enjoy our temporary earthly animal life. For the soul, earth is a nice place to visit, but you don't want to remain here for too long, because you'll be stuck in a vicious cycle of births and deaths. Some will become those fetus ...[text shortened]... Apparently some of us are addicted to having physical bodies, and not just human bodies, I may add.
@divegeester saidStylistic. Imaginative.
“Chaps”
“Sirs”
“Cardigans”
“Hobnobs”
“duke of wellington”
Etc
It’s all very performative, isn’t it.
Is that what you have against him?
You're not the best at everything. Heck, you're not the best at anything. Is that why you get grumpy?
@divegeester saidLife is a spectrum.
Some here have online disinhibition and are more inhibited in real life.
You are the opposite.
This is why it surprises you so often.
11 Dec 23
@ghost-of-a-duke saidSuzianne believes that the owner of RHP takes financial bribes to remove targeted people from the website.
What do you mean by that? By saying someone is delusional and paranoid in the everyday sense of the word, what do you mean exactly? You have indicated that this in no way refers to someone's mental health, so in your every day understanding, what do you mean when you use both those words in the context you have used them?
To some people’s thinking this would be an example of being partly paranoid and partly deluded; in the everyday sense of the words.
Another example might be you being convinced that someone was mocking you online by switching the first letters of your first and last names on a podcast on two occasions out of several mentions.
It is possible, in the everyday sense of the words, for a person to exhibit feelings of paranoia and delusional thoughts without them necessarily being permanently debilitated by them to the extent that they would need to visit a psychiatrist.
@divegeester saidI don't even have those thoughts, much less being "debilitated" by them.
It is possible, in the everyday sense of the words, for a person to exhibit feelings of paranoia and delusional thoughts without them necessarily being permanently debilitated by them to the extent that they would need to visit a psychiatrist.
I also no longer have symptoms of PTSD. That's a big win for me. I'll take it.
I do still see a psychologist, but I think most people would benefit from that. It keeps me even-keeled.
@divegeester saidAlthough I'm one day late, it's all about respect, when it comes to titles. Because there's a wise saying which goes like this. The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
“Chaps”
“Sirs”
“Cardigans”
“Hobnobs”
“duke of wellington”
Etc
It’s all very performative, isn’t it.
Humble yourself, sir! One day it may do you some good.
@pettytalk saidThe simplest verse of this type is this:
Although I'm one day late, it's all about respect, when it comes to titles. Because there's a wise saying which goes like this. The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
Humble yourself, sir! One day it may do you some good.
"But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first." -- Matthew 19:30, KJV