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oldercoldervoice · Post by **oldercoldervoice** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:46 pm

theugg wrote:Except that I wouldn't match with you.

Pretty sure my left swipe % is 99.9 lmao

oldercoldervoice · Post by **oldercoldervoice** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:47 pm

A man's idea of "terrfying Tinder experience": a woman who wants to organize a schedule for future meetups, apparently

A woman's idea of "terrfying Tinder experience": literally getting murdered

LurkSoHard · Post by **LurkSoHard** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:47 pm

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GreatBraffsby · Post by **GreatBraffsby** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:48 pm

oldercoldervoice wrote:
theugg wrote:Except that I wouldn't match with you.
Pretty sure my left swipe % is 99.9 lmao

Can't tell if you're picky on Tinder or a very lonely southpaw.

ugg · Post by **ugg** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:49 pm

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sollos · Post by **sollos** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:49 pm

"'And God tempted Abraham and said to him, take Isaac, your only son, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him as a burnt offering on a mountain that I shall show you.' So everything was lost, even more appallingly than if it had never happened! So the Lord was only mocking Abraham! He wondrously made the preposterous come true; now he wanted to see it annihilated. All was lost! Seventy years of trusting expectancy, the brief joy over the fulfillment of faith. Who is this who seizes the staff from the old man, who is this who demands that he himself shall break it!

Is there no sympathy for this venerable old man, none for the innocent child? And yet Abraham was God's chosen one, and it was the Lord who imposed the ordeal. Now everything would be lost! All the glorious remembrance of his posterity, the promise in Abraham's seed—it was nothing but a whim, a fleeting thought that the Lord had had and that Abraham was now supposed to obliterate. That glorious treasure, which was just as old as the faith in Abraham's heart and many, many years older than Isaac, the fruit of Abraham's life, sanctified by prayer, matured in battle, the blessing on Abraham's lips—this fruit was now to be torn off prematurely and rendered meaningless, for what meaning would it have if Isaac should be sacrificed! That sad but nevertheless blessed hour when Abraham was to take leave of everything he held dear, when he once more would raise his venerable head, when his face would shine as the Lord's, when he would concentrate all his soul upon a blessing that would be so powerful it would bless Isaac all his days—this hour was not to come! The old man would not, rejoicing in death, lay his hand in blessing on Isaac, but, weary of life, he would lay a violent hand upon Isaac. And it was God who tested him! Woe to the messenger who brought such news to Abraham! Who would have dared to be the emissary of this sorrow?

Indeed who could understand Abraham? He cleft the wood, he bound Isaac, he lit the pyre, he drew the knife. My listener! Many a father has thought himself deprived of every hope for the future when he lost his child, the dearest thing in the world to him; nevertheless, no one was the child of promise in the sense in which Isaac was that to Abraham. Many a father has lost his child, but then it was God, the unchangeable, inscrutable will of the Almighty, it was his hand that took it. Not so with Abraham! A harder test was reserved for him, and Isaac's fate was placed, along with the knife, in Abraham's hand. And there he stood, the old man with his solitary hope. But he did not doubt, he did not look in anguish to the left and to the right, he did not challenge heaven with his prayers. He knew it was God the Almighty who was testing him; he knew it was the hardest sacrifice that could be demanded of him; but he knew also that no sacrifice is too severe when God demands it—and he drew the knife.

Who strengthened Abraham's arm, who braced up his right arm so that it did not sink down powerless! Anyone who looks upon this scene is paralyzed. Who strengthened Abraham's soul lest everything go black for him and he see neither Isaac nor the ram! Anyone who looks upon this scene is blinded.

If Abraham had doubted as he stood there on Mount Moriah, if irresolute he had looked around, if he had happened to spot the ram before drawing the knife, if God had allowed him to sacrifice it instead of Isaac—then he would have gone home... Then he would have witnessed neither to his faith nor to God's grace but would have witnessed to how appalling it is to go to Mount Moriah. Then Abraham would not be forgotten, nor would Mount Moriah. Then it would... be called a place of terror, for it was here that Abraham doubted."

BroManDude · Post by **BroManDude** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:50 pm

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TheProdigal · Post by **TheProdigal** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:51 pm

Pretty sure I've aged out of Tinder's target demo.

pleadthafif · Post by **pleadthafif** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:52 pm

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cub1014 · Post by **cub1014** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:53 pm

So my favorite quote is: "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." (With the exception of hate speech of course).

What I didn't realize until five minutes ago is that the quote, while attributed to Voltaire (and consistent with his political ideals) was actually written by his biographer Evelyn Beatrice Hall.

ugg · Post by **ugg** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:54 pm

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slizerd · Post by **slizerd** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:55 pm

shitpoasting quotes:

"Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet."

Favorite quote by Jeremy Bentham. And it seems appropriate for how I feel waiting for scores =(

sollos · Post by **sollos** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:55 pm

theugg wrote:
sollos wrote:"'And God tempted Abraham and said to him, take Isaac, your only son, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him as a burnt offering on a mountain that I shall show you.' So everything was lost, even more appallingly than if it had never happened! So the Lord was only mocking Abraham! He wondrously made the preposterous come true; now he wanted to see it annihilated. All was lost! Seventy years of trusting expectancy, the brief joy over the fulfillment of faith. Who is this who seizes the staff from the old man, who is this who demands that he himself shall break it!

Is there no sympathy for this venerable old man, none for the innocent child? And yet Abraham was God's chosen one, and it was the Lord who imposed the ordeal. Now everything would be lost! All the glorious remembrance of his posterity, the promise in Abraham's seed—it was nothing but a whim, a fleeting thought that the Lord had had and that Abraham was now supposed to obliterate. That glorious treasure, which was just as old as the faith in Abraham's heart and many, many years older than Isaac, the fruit of Abraham's life, sanctified by prayer, matured in battle, the blessing on Abraham's lips—this fruit was now to be torn off prematurely and rendered meaningless, for what meaning would it have if Isaac should be sacrificed! That sad but nevertheless blessed hour when Abraham was to take leave of everything he held dear, when he once more would raise his venerable head, when his face would shine as the Lord's, when he would concentrate all his soul upon a blessing that would be so powerful it would bless Isaac all his days—this hour was not to come! The old man would not, rejoicing in death, lay his hand in blessing on Isaac, but, weary of life, he would lay a violent hand upon Isaac. And it was God who tested him! Woe to the messenger who brought such news to Abraham! Who would have dared to be the emissary of this sorrow?

Indeed who could understand Abraham? He cleft the wood, he bound Isaac, he lit the pyre, he drew the knife. My listener! Many a father has thought himself deprived of every hope for the future when he lost his child, the dearest thing in the world to him; nevertheless, no one was the child of promise in the sense in which Isaac was that to Abraham. Many a father has lost his child, but then it was God, the unchangeable, inscrutable will of the Almighty, it was his hand that took it. Not so with Abraham! A harder test was reserved for him, and Isaac's fate was placed, along with the knife, in Abraham's hand. And there he stood, the old man with his solitary hope. But he did not doubt, he did not look in anguish to the left and to the right, he did not challenge heaven with his prayers. He knew it was God the Almighty who was testing him; he knew it was the hardest sacrifice that could be demanded of him; but he knew also that no sacrifice is too severe when God demands it—and he drew the knife.

Who strengthened Abraham's arm, who braced up his right arm so that it did not sink down powerless! Anyone who looks upon this scene is paralyzed. Who strengthened Abraham's soul lest everything go black for him and he see neither Isaac nor the ram! Anyone who looks upon this scene is blinded.

If Abraham had doubted as he stood there on Mount Moriah, if irresolute he had looked around, if he had happened to spot the ram before drawing the knife, if God had allowed him to sacrifice it instead of Isaac—then he would have gone home... Then he would have witnessed neither to his faith nor to God's grace but would have witnessed to how appalling it is to go to Mount Moriah. Then Abraham would not be forgotten, nor would Mount Moriah. Then it would... be called a place of terror, for it was here that Abraham doubted."
Is that Derrida? Or Kierkgaard?

Ugh. That hurts real deep.

Kierkegaard.

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:55 pm

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nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:56 pm

Who's a grammar expert ITT and wants to take a look at my PS? It's close to completion and just need to fix up some grammar stuff.

oldercoldervoice · Post by **oldercoldervoice** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:56 pm

pleadthafif wrote:Has Tinder turned into a legitimate dating app now?

Depends. People go into it with very different expectations, I think, and there's a significant gender divide involved.

ugg · Post by **ugg** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:56 pm

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oldercoldervoice · Post by **oldercoldervoice** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:57 pm

nlee10 wrote:Who's a grammar expert ITT and wants to take a look at my PS? It's close to completion and just need to fix up some grammar stuff.

Hello yes I am very good at the grammar

(No really, I'm an English major, send it over and I'll be happy to check grammar and style.)

ugg · Post by **ugg** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:57 pm

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cub1014 · Post by **cub1014** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:57 pm

It's been awhile since I've read any Kierkegaard, which was pretty minimal anyways. Who is Derrida?

sollos · Post by **sollos** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:58 pm

pleadthafif · Post by **pleadthafif** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:59 pm

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oldercoldervoice · Post by **oldercoldervoice** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:00 pm

Since we're doing the quote thing, here's a snippet of the poem my handle comes from:

The best and worst never stayed here long but sought
Immoderate soils where the beauty was not so external,
The light less public and the meaning of life
Something more than a mad camp. 'Come!' cried the granite wastes,
'How evasive is your humour, how accidental
Your kindest kiss, how permanent is death.' (Saints-to-be
Slipped away sighing.) 'Come!' purred the clays and gravels,
'On our plains there is room for armies to drill; rivers
Wait to be tamed and slaves to construct you a tomb
In the grand manner: soft as the earth is mankind and both
Need to be altered.' (Intendant Caesars rose and
Left, slamming the door.) But the really reckless were fetched
By an older colder voice, the oceanic whisper:
'I am the solitude that asks and promises nothing;
That is how I shall set you free. There is no love;
There are only the various envies, all of them sad.'

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:03 pm

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