tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post5030570174537465504..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "Nature is not cruel"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-45400236189698845852016-03-08T02:01:07.609-06:002016-03-08T02:01:07.609-06:00Oh, I'm not advocating hate or anything. Just ...Oh, I'm not advocating <i>hate</i> or anything. Just social shunning and reeducation camps ;)Drabkikkerhttp://drabkikker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-23112609558290737412016-03-07T22:08:23.403-06:002016-03-07T22:08:23.403-06:00Reminds me of one of my favorite Dawkins quotation...Reminds me of one of my favorite Dawkins quotations:<br /><br />"The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease. It must be so. If there ever is a time of plenty, this very fact will automatically lead to an increase in the population until the natural state of starvation and misery is restored. In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference." -- Richard Dawkins, River Out of Edennolanddahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708768497461983779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-76721352444576264832016-03-07T22:06:48.841-06:002016-03-07T22:06:48.841-06:00It bothers me none at all. I honestly have extreme...It bothers me none at all. I honestly have extreme difficulty discerning it unless it is pointed out to me or exaggerated in some way. <br /><br />I dislike slow talkers and can barely discern vocal fry. De gustibus non est disputandum and all that jazz. nolanddahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708768497461983779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-20300427463073994112016-03-07T17:20:34.742-06:002016-03-07T17:20:34.742-06:00I don't admit that (unless it's exaggerate...I don't admit that (unless it's exaggerated intentionally); you might want to listen to the part of the podcast re the hate (e)mail they get from listeners.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-57687133147745170242016-03-07T16:09:54.342-06:002016-03-07T16:09:54.342-06:00One's got to admit though that vocal fry is ab...One's got to admit though that vocal fry is about the oral equivalent of forgetting the clutch while stick shifting. I once made a <a href="https://drabkikker.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/fry-hart.mp3" rel="nofollow">compilation</a> of all the fry bits from a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iUh_CSjaSw" rel="nofollow">video by Vi Hart</a> (whom, for all else, I like immensely).Drabkikkerhttp://drabkikker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com