Long ago I decided that Facebook is a disturbing entity. All this chatter. All this information on the passions, activities, interactions of millions.

The stupid little extra features. So and so gives you a rose, or whatever crap they give you. Or join so and so's mafia. See who she's banging. Well, this is sort of interesting, but not interesting enough. Not if you're married and you like it that way.

I salute whoever created this forum, as it is well made. And I hope it does well. Still, I must criticize internet relations in a general sense. In theory, the internet can connect those with similar interests who would otherwise never meet. But the text-medium just doesn't cut it..not for me, not for philosophy. I think with sports it could work. But philosophy + testosterone = bullsh*t, and I accuse myself as well. And bullsh*t is contagious. Petty wrath is contagious. And petty wrath for what? Words on a screen? The ravings of yet another self-appointed judge? The pose of yet another messiah or anti-messiah? The same gallery of roles, the same spectrum of possible moves. The insiders who offers credentials. The outsider who sneers at "group-think." Etc.

And yet at its best, it's still great. I remember a few great discussions on metaphysics, the One, causality, being, all that stuff that is out of fashion and makes philosophy worth pursuing in the first place. Philosophy with some scope, not philosophy the shriveled hag who envies and curses the shadow of what she used to be. Doubt is cheap. Air is cheap. So, of course, is fantasy. But give me the person with a will toward beauty and structure, not the person tries to make a virtue of their hatred of beauty and structure, if such a person can exists behind that pose. :BRB:

Yes, we understand. You don't like to do academic philosophy, or you are not very good at it. (Those two things often go together). That's fine. You can go to forums where there is no problem about painting pretty pictures on the wall. And in reply, others will paint their own pretty pictures. Or, of course, you can continue to do it on this forum. But you have to expect to be criticized for doing so.

I have to learn a new skill of blindly giving everyone the benefit of the doubt, if I don't do this, I will eventually hurl barbs, and say mean hurtful things, all for the cause of failure to communicate.

There are a few other forums in the sea.

Are we all in the same boat? If so, what is the name of the boat? Discuss.

Are we all in the same boat? If so, what is the name of the boat? Discuss.

Arrrgh, Philosophyforum is the name of this here ship matey and apparently Kennethamy is her captain.

I think it is a bad mistake to do anything blindly, unless you can't help it, and then, you should not do it at all. Why give anyone the benefit of the doubt when it is apparent he does not deserve it?

Yes, we understand. You don't like to do academic philosophy, or you are not very good at it. (Those two things often go together). That's fine. You can go to forums where there is no problem about painting pretty pictures on the wall. And in reply, others will paint their own pretty pictures. Or, of course, you can continue to do it on this forum. But you have to expect to be criticized for doing so.

But this site is not about academic philosophy. It is about philosophy and its direct offshoots. I am trained in academic philosophy, but there is very little in the world that I would like to do less. Even as a student, I try to do things outside of the box. As a result, for every A that I have received, I have also receive B- grades for writing excellent papers that do not pass the academy standards according to this or that professor.

As a direct and side note. Most people ignore you anyway ken. You can be critical all you want to, but many members ignore you because they just don't care. Personally, I don't care. Call me out on whatever fancies you, but don't expect me to care or acknowledge your criticism as I choose. Most of the time I find it flattering when someone that takes academic philosophy seriously criticizes me from a basically irrelevant viewpoint. It confirms that I am at least drawing a part of my intended audience.

Long ago I decided that Facebook is a disturbing entity. All this chatter. All this information on the passions, activities, interactions of millions.

The stupid little extra features. So and so gives you a rose, or whatever crap they give you. Or join so and so's mafia. See who she's banging. Well, this is sort of interesting, but not interesting enough. Not if you're married and you like it that way.

... But the text-medium just doesn't cut it..not for me, not for philosophy. I think with sports it could work. But philosophy + testosterone = bullsh*t, and I accuse myself as well. And bullsh*t is contagious. Petty wrath is contagious. And petty wrath for what? Words on a screen? The ravings of yet another self-appointed judge? The pose of yet another messiah or anti-messiah? The same gallery of roles, the same spectrum of possible moves. The insiders who offers credentials. The outsider who sneers at "group-think." Etc.