Matthew, that sounds like a somewhat shallow philosophy. 🙂
Not for a deep dive, let’s hope!
(Might end up like @ModdedQuad — awesome story, but do not repeat!)
Sorry, all … I’ll see myself out.
i think it’s funny. I agree that no one gets out of here alive. Knowing and understanding these and other problems, gives a chance to work on them. There’s always hope. I may be an optimistic pessimist? A pessimistic optimist? A realist.
The solution is pessimism of the intellect, but optimism of the will. Sure, life sucks, and your plans will probably fail badly, but what the heck, let’s go ahead with them anyhow!
Hey realism is the Answer, but you can enjoy anyrhing, even pre solstice painting and weeding, Weeding is fun…with a Jetwash….do you feel lucky Mr Dandelion…!!!
Is this important? When we see J & M from behind, we see the background, i.e. we see what they see. When we have a frontal view, there is no background. Is this because they have a solipsistic or severely egocentric appreciation of the world? I know that when we see them abed we see the headboard but that is because we and they know that they are in a bed so the bed most probably exists, at least in their reality. Otherwise, is reality, if it exists, re-made each time they alter position? Does the barmaid/landlady of the Cock and Bull see what is behind them? We, not being she, cannot know the answer.
I have not been through the whole collection to ascertain whether this has been previously explained. Am I being pedantic? (Obviously, yes)
SOG. I know, I let them proliferate in Spring and summer forthe good of the pollinator population…The wife would happily eradicate dandelions from the gene pool. I only see folly in that…chin chin old chap…
Vanity Unfair: Perhaps you can explain why there is an aeroplane flying over the familiar mountain in the field of view of J&M. Presumably, it is visible to our pair.
As far as I can remember, there has never been an aeroplane before.
Son of Glennor. The aeroplane, being in front of them is, obviously, part of their personal shared (?) world, or delusion. We, being behind them see what they see. If the aeroplane is visible to them then it visible to us by force of the artistic convention. If they were to choose an environment in which aeroplanes did not, or could not, exist then they would not see it and neither would we. Or perhaps the CAA changed the flight paths.
Similarly, within the four frames we have witnessed “irony meters” the seemingly sole purpose of which is to explode and yet I have never found even a single one in Machine Mart or Scientific Laboratory Supplies. You will get some very strange looks from the staff members if you ask for them. Anyway they are probably unusable after the new Budget.
Vanity Unfair, I agree. Not even Edmund’s Scientific carries irony meters. Asking for one over the counter does produce some strange looks, like the time I went to a fishing tackle place and asked for a fish thermometer. The salesperson didn’t lose a beat, he asked, “Oral or anal?”
How to Use a Fishing Thermometer
from
Best Fishing Thermometers of 2021 – Complete Buyer’s Guide
There are a couple of different ways you can operate a fishing thermometer. If you have an oral style thermometer, it will be slightly different from anal. The anal model has a longer probe, which when placed into the fish, attempts to read the temperature as the little bugger squirms vigorously, trying to eject it You may need to put some heft to inserting it so it can read deeper temperatures.
Bottom Line
All in all, this thermometer from Swift Current is a reliable choice that earns high marks for its durable construction. Although it could be much easier to read, this is still an awesome pick for rough-and-tumble anglers who want something that can hold up over time.
Optimist- the glass is half full
Pessimist- the glass is half empty
Realist – the glass is an appropriate size for the volume of liquid it contains
Drunk guy in the pub – hey, who drank half my beer?!!
Just to take the sting out of current events here in the United States, I would like to resurrect this steaming pile of doggerel I wrote about something similar that happened in the UK.
When a leave cockwomble
Shagged a stay strumpet
Their mank progeny
Turned out to be
A wankmuffin knobsocket shitflute spunktrumpet.
Ah I see the arch wanksplash has triumphed, thus the lunatics have taken over the Asylum…Were those assassination attempts staged? If I was an Atheist in the USA I would get to Europe as fast as I could…
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July 30, 2007
We’ll go to hell, all of us.
… It’s Superman! No, a horse! No, an airplane!
Yep. Life sucks and then you die.
I can see handcarts for miles……
Life’s a beach, and then you dive!
Matthew, that sounds like a somewhat shallow philosophy. 🙂
Not for a deep dive, let’s hope!
(Might end up like @ModdedQuad — awesome story, but do not repeat!)
Sorry, all … I’ll see myself out.
i think it’s funny. I agree that no one gets out of here alive. Knowing and understanding these and other problems, gives a chance to work on them. There’s always hope. I may be an optimistic pessimist? A pessimistic optimist? A realist.
An optimist thinks we live in the best of all possible worlds.
A pessimist agrees.
The advantage of pessimism is fewer disappointments.
The solution is pessimism of the intellect, but optimism of the will. Sure, life sucks, and your plans will probably fail badly, but what the heck, let’s go ahead with them anyhow!
… because what’s the worst that could happen? You destroy the world? So what, the world already sucks! No loss there. And maybe you’ll succeed.
So if you lose then you lose nothing, but if you win then you win something. This is a version of Pascal’s Wager.
Hey realism is the Answer, but you can enjoy anyrhing, even pre solstice painting and weeding, Weeding is fun…with a Jetwash….do you feel lucky Mr Dandelion…!!!
M27Holts: Dandelions have deep roots.
SoG: But edible, if you can extract them. Roasted?
Optimism, n., an early stage of disappointment.
Dear Author, according to the timestamp on my post, your server’s clock is still set to BST.
Is this important? When we see J & M from behind, we see the background, i.e. we see what they see. When we have a frontal view, there is no background. Is this because they have a solipsistic or severely egocentric appreciation of the world? I know that when we see them abed we see the headboard but that is because we and they know that they are in a bed so the bed most probably exists, at least in their reality. Otherwise, is reality, if it exists, re-made each time they alter position? Does the barmaid/landlady of the Cock and Bull see what is behind them? We, not being she, cannot know the answer.
I have not been through the whole collection to ascertain whether this has been previously explained. Am I being pedantic? (Obviously, yes)
SOG. I know, I let them proliferate in Spring and summer forthe good of the pollinator population…The wife would happily eradicate dandelions from the gene pool. I only see folly in that…chin chin old chap…
Vanity Unfair: Perhaps you can explain why there is an aeroplane flying over the familiar mountain in the field of view of J&M. Presumably, it is visible to our pair.
As far as I can remember, there has never been an aeroplane before.
Son of Glennor. The aeroplane, being in front of them is, obviously, part of their personal shared (?) world, or delusion. We, being behind them see what they see. If the aeroplane is visible to them then it visible to us by force of the artistic convention. If they were to choose an environment in which aeroplanes did not, or could not, exist then they would not see it and neither would we. Or perhaps the CAA changed the flight paths.
Similarly, within the four frames we have witnessed “irony meters” the seemingly sole purpose of which is to explode and yet I have never found even a single one in Machine Mart or Scientific Laboratory Supplies. You will get some very strange looks from the staff members if you ask for them. Anyway they are probably unusable after the new Budget.
Vanity Unfair, I agree. Not even Edmund’s Scientific carries irony meters. Asking for one over the counter does produce some strange looks, like the time I went to a fishing tackle place and asked for a fish thermometer. The salesperson didn’t lose a beat, he asked, “Oral or anal?”
Why would anybody be buying a device for poking up a fishes arse-hole?
Surely, like locals from Shap, they would be pointing , mouths agape, at the silver flying fish, sailing through the sky?
M27, glad you asked.
How to Use a Fishing Thermometer
from
Best Fishing Thermometers of 2021 – Complete Buyer’s Guide
There are a couple of different ways you can operate a fishing thermometer. If you have an oral style thermometer, it will be slightly different from anal. The anal model has a longer probe, which when placed into the fish, attempts to read the temperature as the little bugger squirms vigorously, trying to eject it You may need to put some heft to inserting it so it can read deeper temperatures.
Bottom Line
All in all, this thermometer from Swift Current is a reliable choice that earns high marks for its durable construction. Although it could be much easier to read, this is still an awesome pick for rough-and-tumble anglers who want something that can hold up over time.
Optimist- the glass is half full
Pessimist- the glass is half empty
Realist – the glass is an appropriate size for the volume of liquid it contains
Drunk guy in the pub – hey, who drank half my beer?!!
Niche pornography always surprises me!
Just to take the sting out of current events here in the United States, I would like to resurrect this steaming pile of doggerel I wrote about something similar that happened in the UK.
When a leave cockwomble
Shagged a stay strumpet
Their mank progeny
Turned out to be
A wankmuffin knobsocket shitflute spunktrumpet.
Ah I see the arch wanksplash has triumphed, thus the lunatics have taken over the Asylum…Were those assassination attempts staged? If I was an Atheist in the USA I would get to Europe as fast as I could…