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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Silversonnet wrote: »
    Does being sarcastic count as exercise?

    counts at least as much as crossfit
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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    i've posted too much on mfp and can no longer tell when i'm being sarcastic. how do i cope?

    I'd go post on a poorly moderated politics forum
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Maximus wrote: »
    What is the airspeed of a laden swallow?

    11 m/s
  • Dalia444
    Dalia444 Posts: 510 Member
    How long does it take a fritillary butterfly to emerge from its chrysalis... Seriously I'm waiting for one....
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Dalia444 wrote: »
    How long does it take a fritillary butterfly to emerge from its chrysalis... Seriously I'm waiting for one....

    about as long as your wait time at the DMV with a dead cell phone.
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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Maximus wrote: »
    Who killed JFK?
    Lee Harvey Oswald
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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    Silversonnet wrote: »
    Is it possible to convince a man against his will?


    Is free will compatible with determinism?

    If one had a seemingly infinite number of finite choices, wouldn't that give one the illusion of free will anyway?

    If we are just the same chemicals/elements that make up all matter, what combination of such is required to produce consciousness?
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Silversonnet wrote: »
    Is it possible to convince a man against his will?

    We do stupid (feces) for the potential of sex. Try that
  • Dalia444
    Dalia444 Posts: 510 Member
    edited November 2015
    As a follow up to a prior question that stumped you, this one is easier

    Explain men
  • pie_eyes
    pie_eyes Posts: 12,964 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    Silversonnet wrote: »
    Is it possible to convince a man against his will?


    Is free will compatible with determinism?

    If one had a seemingly infinite number of finite choices, wouldn't that give one the illusion of free will anyway?

    If we are just the same chemicals/elements that make up all matter, what combination of such is required to produce consciousness?

    Duhhh... I wish I had a selfie for this
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  • pie_eyes
    pie_eyes Posts: 12,964 Member
    HELLL...

    tell me about bro (or lady)
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member

    Dalia444 wrote: »
    As a follow up to a prior question that stumped you, this one is easier

    Explain men

    We either want more sex, better sex, want to try to weigh our options but have you for backup for sex , want to do something fun that we like to do outside of sex, or would like to do something to get our mind off a stressor (sex often suffices).

    The conflict to most avoid is obstructing a man's wanting to do something fun when the sexual quota (a constantly changing frequency/quality mark every man has) has been overly fulfilled or is below the benchmark.
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    Dalia444 wrote: »
    As a follow up to a prior question that stumped you, this one is easier

    Explain men

    We either want more sex, better sex, want to try to weigh our options but have you for backup for sex , want to do something fun that we like to do outside of sex, or would like to do something to get our mind off a stressor (sex often suffices).

    The conflict to most avoid is obstructing a man's wanting to do something fun when the sexual quota (a constantly changing frequency/quality mark every man has) has been overly fulfilled or is below the benchmark.

    Common knowledge.
  • Dalia444
    Dalia444 Posts: 510 Member
    kkenseth wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    Dalia444 wrote: »
    As a follow up to a prior question that stumped you, this one is easier

    Explain men

    We either want more sex, better sex, want to try to weigh our options but have you for backup for sex , want to do something fun that we like to do outside of sex, or would like to do something to get our mind off a stressor (sex often suffices).

    The conflict to most avoid is obstructing a man's wanting to do something fun when the sexual quota (a constantly changing frequency/quality mark every man has) has been overly fulfilled or is below the benchmark.

    Common knowledge.


    Yes John, I thought you were going to give me some great insight that I couldn't otherwise find in the dictionary.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Dalia444 wrote: »
    kkenseth wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    Dalia444 wrote: »
    As a follow up to a prior question that stumped you, this one is easier

    Explain men

    We either want more sex, better sex, want to try to weigh our options but have you for backup for sex , want to do something fun that we like to do outside of sex, or would like to do something to get our mind off a stressor (sex often suffices).

    The conflict to most avoid is obstructing a man's wanting to do something fun when the sexual quota (a constantly changing frequency/quality mark every man has) has been overly fulfilled or is below the benchmark.

    Common knowledge.


    Yes John, I thought you were going to give me some great insight that I couldn't otherwise find in the dictionary.

    CICO is not that complicated either but people assume it's not simple or doesn't apply to them...
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    leut_underpants wrote: »
    Why am I constantly tagged in threads I no longer participate in, even if I've not been around for days? Is this forum herpes that I got from the person above me threads curable?

    I'm regretting the "tag me" thread...I can't track down the notifications I want to find...

  • LiftingRiot
    LiftingRiot Posts: 6,946 Member
    Dear OP..... If I don't use it.... Will I lose it?
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Silversonnet wrote: »
    Do MFP men really expect us to think they mean all the deep, heart felt flowery things they PM to us?

    How is it possible for 1 word to have so many different meanings dependant on context: "chicken scratch, scratch that and start over, made from scratch, and scratch my back"
    And why? Which meaning came first?

    4.95 per question after the first one...
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    LiftingRiot wrote: »
    Dear OP..... If I don't use it.... Will I lose it?

    No, but they start to ache after a while and cleaning the pipes is recommended
  • Cindy4FunFit
    Cindy4FunFit Posts: 2,732 Member
    How much cheese is too much cheese?
  • LiftingRiot
    LiftingRiot Posts: 6,946 Member
    Silversonnet wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    Silversonnet wrote: »
    Do MFP men really expect us to think they mean all the deep, heart felt flowery things they PM to us?

    How is it possible for 1 word to have so many different meanings dependant on context: "chicken scratch, scratch that and start over, made from scratch, and scratch my back"
    And why? Which meaning came first?

    4.95 per question after the first one...

    I don't accept this answer. I'm going to ask @LiftingRiot for sage wisdom from now on.

    So what this lovely lady @Silversonnet is talking about is Idioms- a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.

    Usually the meaning is only deduced by commonality between like individuals or friends. The word idiom comes from the Greek word Idios which means "personal".

    The meaning that came first was most likely the first intended use of the word scratch which is actually its formal definition. The word in itself did not change its definition in the use of the idiom, the idiom that you used it in conveyed a different meaning than word scratch alone.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Cindy4FunFit wrote: »
    How much cheese is too much cheese?

    2 pounds
  • rjmudlax13
    rjmudlax13 Posts: 900 Member
    What's the deal with pants?
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