Is the glass half empty or is it half full?
Or does it simply cause cancer?
You know I was watching a television commercial for some
medication or other, listening to the disclaimer they always
seem to put in at the end of them now. As if to say This drug will
be good for you. Although in other ways it might be bad for you.
It occurred to me that one of these days we are likely to see
disclaimers on everything, even water…
CAUTION: Spokane tap water contains traces of heavy metals
from the Coeur d'Alene aquifer that may hazardous to your
health. Please consult a physician before consuming Spokane
tap water. Women who are nursing or pregnant or who may
become pregnant should not drink tap water — we don't really
know if that will be a problem but we have to cover our ass.
Eventually, I think that some talented biochemist is going
to prove conclusively that everything on this planet is bad
for you, to one degree or another. In which case none of it
will make any difference.
This Insubstantial Pageant Faded 
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
All the concepts is subjective, therefore live not pleasantly :p
Half full. Always.My favorite disclaimer: "Caution: Our coffee is served hot.":rolleyes::lol:
@ Dizzy.Or like the old saying here goes — "Don't confuse me with the truth.":p@ Martin. Ha! Good one. Yes, it's the lawsuits. A long time ago people panned for gold, hoping to strike it rich. Now, they bring suit against somebody and go to court.Although I will grant that some of those are justifiable suits.
I've heard that the reason why you have disclaimers on everything in the States is because people are afraid of lawsuits. We don't get them much in Denmark, only on stuff that really is dangerous like cigarettes. Not even on medication. But then again, our educational level is so high that patient would sometimes know more than the doctors about drugs. There's a Danish joke about it, that can't be properly translated, but it goes something like this: A farmer goes to the doctor to get an examination. When the doctor finds out the farmer knows more about medicine than him, he quickly changes the subject to golf. However, the farmer also knows more about golf. Then the Doctor changes the subject into relastate investments, but the same thing happens. But when they start talking about farming, the doctor finally gets the last word.;)
The farther into the woods – the thicker the guerrillasor in other words, many knowledge – many sadness.What can we say about the surrounding actuality – the objective reality? As said. D. Bohm, "We can completely ignore the true reality because, that our ideas about the world do not admit its existence. 😀
:lol:Well I will assume you are joking but if not, Bergson.
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
It's strange, but the more I live, the less I think so.I'm starting to feel the process of life, as an experiment on alive organism. 😦
@ Star.I think ice cream is the real danger. You could freeze your lips off! :p
Bergson?:p 😀
Who is Bergson? :eyes: No, I'm – Dizzy 😀
I'm sorry, that should have been "Don't confuse me with the facts."My bad. I guess that in writing that the idea of Truth automatically came to mind. As far as empiricism and the idea of Truth, you don't find that much anymore except in the sciences. Everybody is convinced that it is all personal interpretation, or how you spin it. We are a far distance these days from the ideas of the Enlightenment.:(
'Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you.'- Wolfe
Oh no, not philomsophy again!:ko:
:lol:You cannot escape it, Martin!
Ha!You mean I can't have it both ways? Crap!:)
When they start disclaimers on ice cream being served cold, I'm checking into the nearest mental institution.:rolleyes::lol:
I might do that anyway. As long as they would let me off for a night to go see Valentina if she comes. :p:heart:
Guess, they got more attorneys per thousand citizens in the US than in Europe. That theory explains a lot of things to me that I did not understand about the colonial folks over there. :)But the EC tends to close the gap by creating regulations and laws by the hundred. I liked the story how they tried to standardize the condoms. Now I propose the give any newborn a manual for life in the four main languages of the Community.
Manuals are designed to give you severe psychological trauma. Except IKEA manuals… Hey… Just got an idea! Fuck yeah! I'll try to design a manual for life, based on the standard IKEA manual. Comin' up!
Awesome! :yes:(Uh, it won't be written in Chinese, will it?)
Originally posted by Pineas2:
Who in the hell reads the manuals anyway? :p
I would never admit that that particular part of life was the first thing that came to my mind when I got the IKEA manual idea.:doh: Must be that fever, making me say strange things. Sorry…
Don't forget the sex stuff. Just in case I should ever want to do that.
Well, the good thing about IKEA manuals is that there is no text at all. Only graphical instructions. So simple, it is almost beautiful. I'll get to it right away.
It's steady now. Around 37,6 Celcius, which is not bad. I was even out this morning, doing some shopping. It is really frigging cold out there, even compared to Danish standards. 12 celcius below zero last night. The good thing about that is, that the snow stays loose in below zero temperature, making the problem of removing snow from the car and the area around the car much easier. You don't have to use excessive force.Yeah, I read your sinus update. Get better soon, will ya!
Yeah, I was going to ask about your fever. How is it? I'm sick today myself. Listening to the Nielsen string quartets again on youTube. I love them. Or at least 3 of them.
Originally posted by Aqualion:
+1 Actually, I think I saw some pictograms about it :PErrr… what was the post about? :left::doh:
What post..?*Awestruck by mental images. It's okay, I have the fever*
If eating something very cold gives you a brain freeze, why don't you get brain melt when eating something hot?
Originally posted by intothedeep:
You mean you don't? Hell, there goes my excuse!
Lots of BS flying around over here. About lawsuits—we've caught customers before trying to stage an accident in order to bring a lawsuit against the owner and the store. People are so greedy it's really quite sickening. There is a guy I used to hang out with who is highly intelligent, a professional clown, singer and guitar player who made a number of records in the 50s and 60s but never had a hit. Anyway, he has taken correspondence and classroom courses and got a license as a jurisprudence practitioner—he can go into court and argue a case for himself or other people. He makes most of his living by bringing lawsuits against everything and everyone. He sues his phone company, the landlords and owners of apartments where he has lived, every utility company, places where he purchased merchandise that he declares as being defective, even brought a lawsuit against the Social Security dept! He's a piece of work—but he knows how to find obscure loopholes in contracts (he specializes in contract law) and he makes sometimes a few hundred, many times several thousand dollars off a lawsuit against some organization or business.
He lived in an apt. complex when I knew him. Paid rent maybe 4 times out of a couple of years he lived there. They finally got an eviction that would stick. Wouldn't even let him in his apt. to get his guitar, clothes, or anything else (although I believe that is against the law for a landlord to do that).