The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these disputes were settled by physical contact of the disputants, with such simple arguments as the rudimentary logic of the times could supply — the sword, the spear and so forth. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous. Its capital defect is that it requires personal attendance at the point of propulsion.
(n.)a food which remind me waffen ss
(n.) a big fancy piano sort of thing that you can play. alternatively, a series of meatsacks within your body which are used to play you.
A very commen misspelle of the f word
A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness toward widows was one of the most marked features of his character.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
Mostly Harmless.
(also: Mostly Harmless)
(also: Mostly Harmless)
(v.) going to war with scammers of various sorts and wasting their time. often entertaining when produced as youtube videos/ twitch streams. also thought to inflict an opportunity cost on the scammer, as they cannot spend that time on an actual naive/ vulnerable person (victim).
there's a small hesitation with completely falling into the mindset of "scammers are evil" and therefore "scambaiting is justified and even righteous" because, well, it's not addressing poverty & other social problems that have sprung this kind of behaviour to begin with... it's like chopping off the dandelion stem, but not even digging up the roots.
but to watch a few hours of scambaiting content, or do some scambaiting (in phone call or email format) yourself, is a valid form of entertainment and, to a lucky few, this provides a proper income.
(also: scam)
(also: scammer)
(also: opportunity cost)
(also: mindset)
there's a small hesitation with completely falling into the mindset of "scammers are evil" and therefore "scambaiting is justified and even righteous" because, well, it's not addressing poverty & other social problems that have sprung this kind of behaviour to begin with... it's like chopping off the dandelion stem, but not even digging up the roots.
but to watch a few hours of scambaiting content, or do some scambaiting (in phone call or email format) yourself, is a valid form of entertainment and, to a lucky few, this provides a proper income.
(also: scam)
(also: scammer)
(also: opportunity cost)
(also: mindset)
(n.) one possible explanation for what's on the other side of a black hole, a fountain of matter and light that constantly spews forth, with such force that any attempt by an object to fight this fountain and enter the hole would be impossible.
you may titter now.
you may titter now.
(n.) an animal much like a bee, but characterized by pure evil and bent on wreaking misery throughout the cosmos.
(also: hornet), and for that matter (also: yellowjacket), cuz they're all the same damn thing, no doubt employing some fiendish masquerade to better infiltrate human society.
(also: hornet), and for that matter (also: yellowjacket), cuz they're all the same damn thing, no doubt employing some fiendish masquerade to better infiltrate human society.
(adj.) intractable, incorrigible, and not susceptible to moral persuasion. generally very willfully naughty
(1901–1976) German theoretical physicist – one of the pioneers of Quantum mechanics
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: werner heisenberg quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: werner heisenberg quotes)
(n.) the study of precious precious blood and its constituent components
precious precious constituent components
precious precious constituent components
(1533 – 1603) Queen of England from 1558 to her death in 1603. Cemented England as a Protestant country, defeated Spanish Armada.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: queen elizabeth i quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: queen elizabeth i quotes)
adj. Composed of words of one syllable, for literary babes who never tire of testifying their delight in the vapid compound by appropriate googoogling. The words are commonly Saxon — that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of ideas and incapable of any but the most elementary sentiments and emotions.
The man who writes in Saxon
Is the man to use an ax on.
—Judibras
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
The man who writes in Saxon
Is the man to use an ax on.
—Judibras
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.) without hair; the condition of baldness in human men is often taken as a sign of dignified maturity, or at least that's what bald men are repeatedly assured
as it happens, i think you'll find i'm the one who's spartacus
(n.) professional term for the more scrapey kind of boo-boo
the mother of solutions
The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
He swore that all other religions were gammon,
And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon.
—Jared Oopf
(also: the devils dictionary)
He swore that all other religions were gammon,
And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon.
—Jared Oopf
(also: the devils dictionary)
(n.) could be only a moment (like "Eureka!"), or prolonged access to wisdom, a sustained ability to understand the whole of the game (like with true enlightenment in monks, or Richard Feynman with physics & lock-picking, etc.).
not simplicity. not simplistic. not reductionism.
intent matters here, too.. because one person's Inbox 0 helps them to control information flow & to stay on top of things (i.e. they have clarity on priorities, etc), but for another person, they can be a slave to the idea of Inbox 0 (a simple logic of "if email, I need to read it", but forgetting that it's just a tool and not a rule of the universe or anything).
(also: nuance)
not simplicity. not simplistic. not reductionism.
intent matters here, too.. because one person's Inbox 0 helps them to control information flow & to stay on top of things (i.e. they have clarity on priorities, etc), but for another person, they can be a slave to the idea of Inbox 0 (a simple logic of "if email, I need to read it", but forgetting that it's just a tool and not a rule of the universe or anything).
(also: nuance)
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