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EngelbertPosts: 290Joined: Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:03 am
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“Is it wrong to eat an entire tube of Pringles for lunch?” #philosophy
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| Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:33 pm |
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Dragan Glas  Posts: 2954Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:55 amLocation: Ireland
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Greetings,
A more searching question would be:
"Is it wrong to eat?"
....given that invariably something must die in order to feed.
Kindest regards,
James
 "The Word of God is the Creation we behold and it is in this Word, which no human invention can counterfeit or alter, that God speaketh universally to man."The Age Of Reason |
| Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:39 pm |
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EngelbertPosts: 290Joined: Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:03 am
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Good point.
Some things want to be eaten though. Fruit bearing plants want you to eat the fruit. Raspberry plants are dead happy if you eat one of their raspberries... I assume.
What if you just take a nibble out of something? ...So that nothing has to die. Is it better to nibble?
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| Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:44 pm |
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ldmitruk Posts: 233Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:47 pmLocation: Edmonton, Alberta
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Don't forget the Ameglian Major Cow which was bred to want to be eaten.
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| Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:40 pm |
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WarK  Posts: 1184Joined: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:59 am
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A tapeworm larva wants to be eaten.
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
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| Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:42 pm |
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Bango Skank Posts: 173Joined: Sun Jun 22, 2014 4:15 amLocation: Finland
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ldmitruk wrote:Don't forget the Ameglian Major Cow which was bred to want to be eaten. It's 2015, why can't we have this already?: http://angryflower.com/vegeta.gif
"There are those to whom knowledge is a shield, and those to whom it is a weapon. Neither view is balanced, but one is less unwise."
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| Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:50 pm |
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DutchLiam84 Posts: 382Joined: Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:27 pmLocation: Eurasian Plate
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I strongly oppose the 2015 potato-field genocide! Destruction of the rhizophere is a crime!
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| Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:22 pm |
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ldmitrukPosts: 233Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:47 pmLocation: Edmonton, Alberta
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DutchLiam84 wrote:I strongly oppose the 2015 potato-field genocide! Destruction of the rhizophere is a crime! Do you also oppose the carrot, radish, and turnip genocides 
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| Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:04 pm |
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hackenslash  Posts: 2354Joined: Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:43 pm
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You're all missing the most important Pringle-related question of all, namely 'is the universe Pringle-shaped', a question I explore at some length in the 'before the big bang' thread, as this is the shape ofthe universe if it's 'open', as opposed to 'closed' or 'flat'. Philosophy is the art of analysing questions for utility. If you're asking the wrong questions, philosophy it ain't. 
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| Thu Jul 16, 2015 4:06 pm |
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ldmitrukPosts: 233Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:47 pmLocation: Edmonton, Alberta
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hackenslash wrote:You're all missing the most important Pringle-related question of all, namely 'is the universe Pringle-shaped', a question I explore at some length in the 'before the big bang' thread, as this is the shape ofthe universe if it's 'open', as opposed to 'closed' or 'flat'.
Philosophy is the art of analysing questions for utility. If you're asking the wrong questions, philosophy it ain't. So if the universe is Pringle shape does that mean it wants to get eaten?
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| Fri Jul 17, 2015 4:02 am |
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Visaki Posts: 765Joined: Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:26 pmLocation: Helsinki, Finland
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ldmitruk wrote:So if the universe is Pringle shape does that mean it wants to get eaten? And if the pringles shaped universe wants to be eaten doesn't that infer that there should also be a eater, some supra-universal being that has the capability to eat a pringles shaped universe?
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| Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:54 pm |
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Dragan GlasPosts: 2954Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:55 amLocation: Ireland
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Greetings, Visaki wrote:ldmitruk wrote:So if the universe is Pringle shape does that mean it wants to get eaten?
And if the pringles shaped universe wants to be eaten doesn't that infer that there should also be a eater, some supra-universal being that has the capability to eat a pringles shaped universe? No - it implies that there should also be a eater.  Kindest regards, James
"The Word of God is the Creation we behold and it is in this Word, which no human invention can counterfeit or alter, that God speaketh universally to man."The Age Of Reason
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| Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:01 pm |
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DutchLiam84Posts: 382Joined: Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:27 pmLocation: Eurasian Plate
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A pringle shaped universe is irreducibly complex. Without oil, salt or the potato it's not a real pringle! They have to have been there since the beginning. Ergo, there is intelligence behind the pringle shaped universe!
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| Fri Jul 17, 2015 4:35 pm |
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ldmitrukPosts: 233Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:47 pmLocation: Edmonton, Alberta
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DutchLiam84 wrote:A pringle shaped universe is irreducibly complex. Without oil, salt or the potato it's not a real pringle! They have to have been there since the beginning. Ergo, there is intelligence behind the pringle shaped universe! Ergo Pringles are intelligently designed
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| Sat Jul 18, 2015 2:21 am |
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EngelbertPosts: 290Joined: Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:03 am
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I am convinced that the universe is Nik-Nak shaped. Pringles are too obvious... and uniform... and delicious... but Nik-Naks are also delicious...
I think the more pertinent question is, "What flavour is the universe?" I'd probably say, 'Rib 'N' Saucy'. If there is a divine creator, I can't imagine that he'd have created the universe to be a cheesy flavour, for example. Scampi is also a ridiculous flavour for a universe (and a crisp). Something like BBQ Sauce flavour has much more of the transcendental about it.
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| Thu Jul 23, 2015 1:42 am |
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Pringles