Avi on What School Is ForFebruary 26, 2026
"If I would have done that". More and more I notice the normalisation of this plebeian form of non-standard grammar…
Anonymous on What School Is ForFebruary 26, 2026
School is for proles, and always has been. The scions of the rich have always had tutors. Schools for the…
Anonymous on The PlagueFebruary 26, 2026
Part of the tragedy there is that human cultures *have* come up with ways to handle this situation, but American…
Anonymous on Janet’s LawFebruary 26, 2026
If you continue to learn and explore new things, that slows things down. It is one of my dad's primary…
Clarissa on An AI ExperimentFebruary 26, 2026
Yes!! I've done that, too!!! Truly, great minds think alike.
Clarissa on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
Thank you, I appreciate this argument. The reason why I oppose any strikes on Iran is as follows. There can…
Good Enough Professor on An AI ExperimentFebruary 26, 2026
The only real “productivity hack” I’ve found with AI is when I’m procrastinating on something I need to write. I…
Anonymous on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
My two cent. I am not happy about this turn of direction. I wasn't pleased when Trump bombed the nuclear…
Clarissa on Philologists and ChangeFebruary 26, 2026
There is this beautiful shade of difference between языковедение and языкознание. Ведать is not the same as знать. It's one…
Avi on Philologists and ChangeFebruary 26, 2026
Thanks for clearing this up. The beauty of “языковед” is that it is perspicuous in a way that neither linguist…
Clarissa on Philologists and ChangeFebruary 26, 2026
He uses the word "языковед", which in a literal translation would be "the knower of language." I vacillated between linguist…
Avi on Philologists and ChangeFebruary 26, 2026
I think that by "philologists" he means linguists. I suppose that people with a linguistic sensibility are more attuned to…
Clarissa on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
That will be proven true if there is no strike. I hope there is no strike but not for the…
Stringer Bell on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
Your fantasies are your own.
Clarissa on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
And if it's to prevent a much bigger killing? We are talking nuclear. This is very serious.
Stringer Bell on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
"Provide me with a convincing argument as to why I should not kill you" is the logic of sociopaths.
Clarissa on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
As I said, there is no argument. :-)
Stringer Bell on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
But it’s inevitable because the opposing side doesn’t have an argument. It's inevitable because your president is a slave to…
Stringer Bell on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
But Islamic suicide bombers? I need a serious argument that they wouldn’t. You're not a serious person when it comes…
Stringer Bell on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
I also don’t want a war with Iran. This is hard to believe.
Stringer Bell on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
Israel is more of a religiously fanatic country than Iran. Genocidal subhumans.
Clarissa on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
Everything happens for the first time after a long time of not happening. This is not an argument. I also…
Clarissa on Cat EscapeFebruary 26, 2026
Yes, let's keep rubbing it in.
Clarissa on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
Russia and China are not religious fanatics. There was zero threat from the Soviets. But Islamic suicide bombers? I need…
ed on Broken RecordFebruary 26, 2026
Same reason Russia or China don't. Iran getting a nuke is not an existential threat to us anymore than it…
maitreyi1978 on Cat EscapeFebruary 26, 2026
I love her cat stories too. Except the one where she squished the cat in the doorway :(
cliff arroyo on A Simple ExplanationFebruary 26, 2026
" the winter Olympics" The only reason the olympics still exist is for the many chances for lots of mid level…
Anonymous on Broken RecordFebruary 25, 2026
Neither Israel nor the United States is going to let Iran succeed in developing a nuclear bomb. Why do you…
Stringer Bell on Broken RecordFebruary 25, 2026
Is this a joke? This is a country that did not retaliate when literal chemical and biological weapons were used…
Clarissa on Broken RecordFebruary 25, 2026
My question is, what if Iran does decide to nuke the American infidels in America?