Everyone is always deriding the US and focusing on its problems, all while ignoring the good things!
Compared to much of the world it's a pretty decent place!
Let me list off some good things about the US, just off the top of my head:
-Labor Unions
-Insurance
-Regulations on Corporations (I know they aren't perfect, but things could be SOOOOO much worse, it's not even funny)
-Right to vote
-Right to own firearms
-Right to protest
-Right to criticize the government/have aberrant opinions
-Right to own land
Let's see, what else?
Sure I'm comparing us with the third world, but winning is easiest (and frankly, best) when you pick a weak opponent. USA! USA! USA!
>>12 no filthy begging children/gypsies
I laughed harder than I probably should have at that.
>>11, your covert anti-american agit-prop has been uncovered. Prepare for a lengthy stay at Gitmo, or any of the government sponsored secret resorts spread around the world.
>>6 He no doubt lives in some pathetic loser country.
Lots of different climates. It's pretty easy to find somewhere in America that fits your definition of beautiful weather, no matter what that may be.
Also, we can still mock our politicians, except for Obama, who we couldn't make fun of because he's black and that would be raaaaacist.
>>1
-Labor Unions
-Insurance
these two are only good if you play the capitalist game
-Regulations on Corporations (I know they aren't perfect, but things could be SOOOOO much worse, it's not even funny)
>but things could be SOOOOO much worse
the words of a slave
-Right to vote
-Right to own firearms
-Right to protest
The MIT is awesome.
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> No violent protests. Say what you will about the lack of people being upset about the many terrible things going on here, but we are a just very polite people when it comes to politics. I haven't seen any angry mobs getting doused with water cannons here in a long time.
this aged poorly
I hate Texas. I say give it back to Mexico.
New Jersey, because of Chris Christi and what >>10 said. Buffer states can be fun sometimes, though.
Personally I hate Mississippi the most. As a Texan I can understand where most would get their hate from. I live in a hick town and for a month or so I couldn't go a day without hearing some redneck go on about how it's a good idea for Red states to secede. Austin is a nice city by Texas's standards, it's kind of like the San Francisco of the state, filled with liberals and alternative culture eateries.
Rhode Island.
No one cares about Rhode Island. It could disappear tomorrow and no one would notice.
Texas is an easy answer but Alabama is probably worse.
I fucking hate California!
I fucking hate California!
California
California is a badass Mr. Bungle album though.
Japanese are trying to speak English (;_;)
http://hayabusa.open2ch.net/test/read.cgi/news4vip/1405572139/
Oh, very easy. Because they want to use Japanese language for their emotion, simply reason.
It is quite OK, I've seen much worse examples of Engrish.
Because their mother tongue is Japanese. The same reason why foreigners cant speak Japanese.
Learning to make certain sounds comes easiest at a certain stage of childhood. Japanese lacks a bunch of sounds used in English so most Japanese people don't learn them early, and learning them later means more difficulty getting them right.
Do you think kids can consent yes or no? also explain why.
🙄
>>3
Stop giving him attention!
>>3
Fuck off pedo.
Being a pedophile? No.
Molesting children? Yes.
Getting your rocks off at CP? No.
>wrong
Yes
>>12
Agreed but what about loli. I mean I know shota is absolutely haram but Stanley Kubrick. True Story?
There's way too many people crying "pedophile" on the internet these days that it's starting to lose its meaning. While there are legitimate cases of actual child abuse, porn, and grooming being inflicted on real children through places like Twitter, Tumblr, and Discord, it becomes a joke when people use said cases to justify their argument on why loli and shota should be banned.
Why Are Women's Nipples Still Regarded As 'Obscene'? http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/why-are-women-s-nipples-still-regarded-as-obscene-20190207-p50w75.html
>MCMICHAEL claimed this post was a joke
Harvard Professor Howard Gardner’s brilliant conception of individual competence, known as Multiple Intelligences theory, has changed the face of learning and development. Professor Howard Gardner (Harvard University) has identified eight intelligences including musical–rhythmic, visual–spatial, verbal–linguistic, logical–mathematical, bodily kinaesthetic, interpersonal, intra-personal, and naturalistic.
In recent years, MIT can potentially include existential intelligence and pedagogical intelligence too. Tens of thousands of educators & researchers have explored the practical implications and applications of this powerful notion, that there is not one type of intelligence but several, ranging from musical intelligence to the intelligence involved in self-understanding!
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btw is there a shitposting intelligence?
Is the operating system "Linux" or "GNU/Linux"? What do you call it, and why?
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
I lean to GNU/Linux lately because there are a lot of attempts these days to wipe the principles of the FSF out of the picture in favore of a mere "open source" view that's more palatable to corporate plunderers, the same sort who push for more "liberal" licences rather than GPL so that they can grab cheap source code and roll it into proprietary products. A Linux without the principles of GNU behind it and with increasing amounts of unfree software worming its way in is little more than a crappy third Windows/MacOS. Preserve Free Software's freedom.
Ganoo slash Linox
GLUninx
>>12
Last, I'd like to point out that we Linux and GNU users shouldn't be fighting among ourselves over naming other people's software. But what the heck, I'm in a bad mood now. I think I'm feeling sufficiently obnoxious to make the point that GCC is so very famous and, yes, so very useful only because Linux was developed. In a show of proper respect and gratitude, shouldn't you and everyone refer to GCC as 'the Linux compiler'? Or at least, 'Linux GCC'? Seriously, where would your masterpiece be without Linux? Languishing with the HURD?
If there is a moral buried in this rant, maybe it is this:
Be grateful for your abilities and your incredible success and your considerable fame. Continue to use that success and fame for good, not evil. Also, be especially grateful for Linux' huge contribution to that success. You, RMS, the Free Software Foundation, and GNU software have reached their current high profiles largely on the back of Linux. You have changed the world. Now, go forth and don't be a nag.
Thanks for listening.
PROVE ME WRONG
>>9
some ass and no boobs is better than some boobs but no ass. It just looks wrong
>>9
some ass and no boobs is better than some boobs but no ass. It just looks wrong
>>9
some ass and no boobs is better than some boobs but no ass. It just looks wrong
The quality has really gone down on this forum.
Look at the history of you don't believe me.
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Boobs are way better. I already have an ass.
Ass is way better. I already have boobs.
Butt sex is best sex
Are you a girl? OH wait there are no girls on the internet lol.
Debate is dead and therefore not used and therefore should be deleted.
That doesn't mean people won't want to use it at all and it's getting some activity now; it should stay.
Penis.
delete my anus
>>2
disgusting.
>>3
What is and how?
>>4
he means that he dislikes 8chan, and linking to it even more so
Bumping because I think it's an interesting topic
I've found that it is objective, but not in the way people think it is. The vast, vast majority of people will generally perceive art the same way. If a movie is dramatic and does a good job being dramatic than everyone will see it as such.
If we apply this to the theory that art is communicate, than it should follow that good art is art that the public agrees on the artist with.
In other words, the value of a work is subjective, but the clarity of it is objective.
If someone tells a bad joke, the joke isn't bad because it is a joke or even because it was a joke about something you don't like, it's bad because he paced it wrong.
Supposing that goodness in this context means: value, worth, importance.
The way I see it, the concept of goodness is purely a product of human mind.
Since "goodness" is not measurable objectively, it is subjective.
The answer could vary a lot depending on your definition of "goodness", of course. If it is effort taken to create something, you could probably measure that. Or, perhaps, like the other anon said, clarity. Human reaction is measurable, too.
The thing is, however, your definition of "goodness" and the criteria used is still based on subjectivity somewhere down the line. The question is, where exactly? It's based on your values, of course.
OP is asking: "Do you think there are any cases in which certain pieces could be considered objectively better than others and why?"
Taking >>7 anon as an example, he essentially says "if art should communicate, then art should have clarity". If you accept this, then indeed it is a case where one piece of art could be considered better than another one. (not sure if it could be called objective)