Shining examples of maturity

[Kamandi]

This is a thread where I hope everyone will be on their very best behavior.


Discuss.



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[pixletwin]

Can someone post a **** or two?

 

[fosing]

 

[Mr. EcKo]

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[fosing]

8========D

this will get blackmask's attention.

 

[crows]

Humans are unique as the only creatures on this planet who tell stories. Whether it be fiction, history, mythology, gossip, daydreams, news, or personal narrative - stories permeate every aspect of our lives. But how did we evolve into such creatures? Are there any possible evolutionary advantages that storytelling might give us? How do stories shape who we are, both as individuals and as a species?

A good novel can do many things. It can distract us from the humdrum of daily existence, stimulate our imaginations, and delight us with its creative use of language. But isn’t there something more we gain from engaging with fictional worlds and characters? Do we, for example, use literary texts to morally improve ourselves? Is there some deeper truth we’re supposed to learn from a good novel? Or do we use fiction to fine-tune certain cognitive capacities?

Egalitarian principles play an important role in our moral and political discourse. Yet there’s no doubt that some people are smarter, stronger, or more talented in certain respects than others. So was Thomas Jefferson wrong to think that all men are created equal? Might we reasonably think that some people are better than others? If so, should the “elite” be treated differently? Should we, for example, find immoral acts committed by a great artist less reprehensible than the same acts committed by a common person?

 

[pixletwin]

8========D

this will get blackmask's attention.

6 minutes later.

Humans are unique as the only creatures on this planet who tell stories. Whether it be fiction, history, mythology, gossip, daydreams, news, or personal narrative - stories permeate every aspect of our lives. But how did we evolve into such creatures? Are there any possible evolutionary advantages that storytelling might give us? How do stories shape who we are, both as individuals and as a species?

You certainly never fail to disappoint.

 

[crows]

I didn't know he wrote that. I was writing my long post so I didn't see that, it was a coincidence.

 

[fosing]

 

[pixletwin]

 

[Kamandi]

Humans are unique as the only creatures on this planet who tell stories. Whether it be fiction, history, mythology, gossip, daydreams, news, or personal narrative - stories permeate every aspect of our lives. But how did we evolve into such creatures? Are there any possible evolutionary advantages that storytelling might give us? How do stories shape who we are, both as individuals and as a species?

One thing that is interesting about social dynamics is how nobody can ever truly own a discussion or story. After an individual begins a dialogue it will evolve and take on a life of it's own. Nobody can claim ownership of such a thing after a community has taken the initial starting point and moved on. It would be pretentious and self-important for any individual to assert control over a such a thing. "This is my story, and it must be told my way".

 

[pixletwin]

It can also be said that certain individuals who possess the compulsion to throw a discussion off track by posting animated pictures of an onanistic quality are trying to compensate for feelings of guilt at wanting to engage in sexual practices with members of the same sex.

 

[Jen]

This thread is heading for a lock....just an fyi....

 

[pixletwin]

 

[thenammagazine]

Can someone post a **** or two?

Here ya go!

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PNbjaDw57Qs/Tt2I5X-Y-SI/AAAAAAAAANU/73FwQpBuM40/s1600/****ie_bird.jpg​

 

[crows]

if this thread gets closed, then the most important thread must get closed too, (specially after the butt pics, I am surprised it wasn't)

 

[Kamandi]

Oh dear. ****ies, and naked ones at that. I must take great umbrage at your action, sir! Harumph, harumph!

 

[Jen]

Well considering this thread is anything BUT what the title suggests makes me feel that this is no different than many of the threads we already have in the Sandbox and do we really need another?

 

[pixletwin]

This thread was just a thinly veiled attempt at whining because I asked (nicely) that certain people want to turn my awesome thread into a **** thread.

 

[Mr. EcKo]