Greetings!
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Welcome to the forum. You are older than my mum.
Read these rules and follow them like your life depends on it.
Read these rules and follow them like your life depends on it.
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Welcome to Fakku.
EDIT: Wait a minute...you're 53 years old?
I was about to call bullshit, but then I remembered the whole "whatever floats your boat" thing.
Be on your way, old-timer.
EDIT: Wait a minute...you're 53 years old?
I was about to call bullshit, but then I remembered the whole "whatever floats your boat" thing.
Be on your way, old-timer.
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Considering your age, you sound like you got a lot of interesting stories and experience to share with us younger generation of FAKKU, all members of age and genre are welcome here, so do tell us more about yourself when you get the chance.
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Hey Wordmangler, welcome to Fakku!
Is that you in the avatar? O_O If so, you're really puttin' us young'uns to shame!
I've never felt humanism and existentialism to be conflicting philosophies, and both are key to my outlook as well. Humanism has been a big impact on me since my early teens. I have only recently discovered existentialism, but found it extremely appealing.
How did you discover anime, hentai and Fakku? I'd imagine your answer is rather different than that of most others here.
Thanks for the well written and fascinating introduction. I look forward to seeing you around the forums!
Is that you in the avatar? O_O If so, you're really puttin' us young'uns to shame!
I've never felt humanism and existentialism to be conflicting philosophies, and both are key to my outlook as well. Humanism has been a big impact on me since my early teens. I have only recently discovered existentialism, but found it extremely appealing.
How did you discover anime, hentai and Fakku? I'd imagine your answer is rather different than that of most others here.
Thanks for the well written and fascinating introduction. I look forward to seeing you around the forums!
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artcellrox
The Grey Knight :y
Wordmangler2000 wrote...
Um, thanks for the tip. I guess. You make the consequences of disobedience sound so dire. I'm a little nervous.The rules are important if you want to stay here, but keeping them and common sense in mind is even more so important if you want to avoid getting flamed on. A lot of new users stumble into the wrong parts of the boards and, as some like to say, get their asses handed to them.
However, you've got a lot more life experience than a lot of us, so if you're anything like Epic Beard Man, you'll have a permanent anti-flame shield. You seem like you're off to a good start already, so welcome to Fakku. :)
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Wordmangler2000 wrote...
>ryuuhagoku: Alas, the avatar is not an accurate representation of my appearance. My head is not nearly so round. Regarding humanism and existentialism...well, they are traditionally at odds. One must stand on one foot, tilt one's head just so, and squint through one eye to see Sartre, Camus, and Nietzsche as humanists. Or so most of the professors would say. I look forward to comparing notes with you.FYI, if you quote someone, they get a notification that you have quoted them, making it easier for the person to reply.
I am in no way a studied philosopher, but Sartre's "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does" is a statement that to me defines the core of existentialism. The philosophers' finer viewpoints are not to my understanding, but that statement has always rung with a very compassionate and empathetic tone in my ears.
Once again, I'm just a guy who found some quotes with which he agreed on the internet, so I'll yield to anyone with a formal education on the topic.
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Welcome to the fold, friend.
Your avatar is.. well... Awesome, actually.
I really like the image Hello Kitty's got goin'.
Must be rebranding.
I'd give you advice about this site, but..
well, I'm very confident in your literacy, so..
Enjoy your stay!
Your avatar is.. well... Awesome, actually.
I really like the image Hello Kitty's got goin'.
Must be rebranding.
I'd give you advice about this site, but..
well, I'm very confident in your literacy, so..
Enjoy your stay!
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artcellrox
The Grey Knight :y
Wordmangler2000 wrote...
Thanks for the thumbs-up on my avatar. It was a gift to me, made by a lovely and endlessly sexy young woman specifically for me to use here.The missus, I assume? :P
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Xenon
FAKKU Writer
Welcome to the FAKKU forums, Wordmangler2000. I was interested in your low post count from the story you posted in the Writing Section (The only section I ever visit) and so checked out your introductory thread.
I think I find myself enjoying and respecting the vast majority of the attributes you exemplify. My father might have ten years on you, and you might have 30 on me, but I have a deep appreciation for the wisdom that, contrary to gaining with age, you have sought out for yourself. That is reason enough to earn you my respect and admiration.
I hope you're settling well in the Serious Discussion sub-forum and I look forward to any further literary genius you provide to my home section of Writing and Fanfiction.
With great respect,
Xenon, fellow casual philosopher, literary enthusiast, and psychology major (almost, give it 5 months).
I think I find myself enjoying and respecting the vast majority of the attributes you exemplify. My father might have ten years on you, and you might have 30 on me, but I have a deep appreciation for the wisdom that, contrary to gaining with age, you have sought out for yourself. That is reason enough to earn you my respect and admiration.
I hope you're settling well in the Serious Discussion sub-forum and I look forward to any further literary genius you provide to my home section of Writing and Fanfiction.
With great respect,
Xenon, fellow casual philosopher, literary enthusiast, and psychology major (almost, give it 5 months).
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Wordmangler2000 wrote...
ryuuhagoku wrote...
I am in no way a studied philosopher, but Sartre's "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does" is a statement that to me defines the core of existentialism. The philosophers' finer viewpoints are not to my understanding, but that has always rung with a very compassionate and empathetic tone in my ears.That's a very fine one-line summary of existentialism. I don't see how it automatically jibes with empathy, but I'll defer for now. Several people have warned me that I must observe the rules in these fora, and a discussion of the finer points of the twentieth century's dominant philosophical movement surely must belong in another section. (If, indeed, it is really at home on a Web site dedicated to fappery. But then again...where is the contradiction?)
You have a point there. Speaking of the right place, you seem like the kind of person whose presence would certainly improve Serious Discussion. IB, might not quite be your thing, though.
Wordmangler2000 wrote...
ryuuhagoku wrote...
Once again, I'm just a guy who found some quotes with which he agreed on the internet, so I'll yield to anyone with a formal education on the topic.Phooey. Yielding's no fun. No one learns anything. No one gets the exquisite joy of feeling his intellectual position exploded to shards of misunderstanding as he stands on it. Philosophy without vigorous exploration -- yea, even argument -- is like...like sex without kissing. Feh. Who needs it?
No kidding. I used to get chided to tone down the arguments all the time irl, so it's become a bit of a bad habit to concede prematurely frequently.
