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balderdash9, to lemmyshitpost in De omnibus dubitandum
balderdash9, to lemmyshitpost in De omnibus dubitandum

I read and write in academic philosophy for a living. Philosophers causally throw around Latin phrases in their writing (and, sometimes embarrassingly, even when speaking):

  • Many from historical figures (e.g., Kant’s a priori/a posteriori, Berkeley’s “esse ist percepi”, Descartes “cogito ero sum”, Leibniz’s “salva veritate”, etc.)
  • Forms/rules in logic (e.g., “modus ponens”, “modus tollens”, “reductio ad absurdum”, etc.)
  • Informal fallacy names (e.g., “ad hominem”, “tu quoque”, “ad populum”, etc)
  • As well as a myriad of other commonly used terms you’re expected to know when reading philosophy (e.g., prima facie, mutatis mutandis, a fortiori, eo ipso, ex nihilo, sui generis, ceteris paribus, ad hoc, non sequitur, etc. etc.).

This is not a random list. Every one of these Latin phrases sees heavy use in today’s philosophical literature.

balderdash9, to comicstrips in "Statement" by Extra Fabulous Comics
balderdash9, to memes in DMZ has its moments

Judas moment

balderdash9, to lemmyshitpost in Group chat

I felt that

balderdash9, to lemmyshitpost in I got a dig bick.

risky click of the day

balderdash9, to memes in Fuckn UAE government

An ecological disaster

balderdash9, to memes in Fuckn UAE government

There’s more nuance to this subject than you’re implying. It is not the case that either we can’t make any reference to race/ethnicity or else Lemmings don’t care about racism. Making reference to race or cultural insignia doesn’t automatically make something racist.

In other words, there is a middle ground here. Blackface is an obviously hurtful representation of black people that harkens back to when white people saw them as inferior. On the other hand, many middle eastern men wear this particular head covering and there is nothing hateful about it’s inclusion into the picture.

balderdash9, to memes in Fuckn UAE government

I’m calling out the government for wasting funds and using literal slave labor… and you’re more concerned that I edited their traditional headdress into the picture.

balderdash9, to memes in Fuckn UAE government

So we’re in agreement lol

balderdash9, to lemmyshitpost in Black Friday
balderdash9, to memes in To all the people complaining about content on Lemmy

Just post about what you find interesting and try to put a funny spin on it. I’ve made posts about all sorts of topics/cultures that I’m genuinely curious about whenever I make an observation that I think could make people chuckle.

balderdash9, to memes in To all the people complaining about content on Lemmy

You’re a real one Exusia 🫡

balderdash9, to memes in The futuristic cheese grater era

Missy Elliot videos were the best

balderdash9, to lemmyshitpost in Extreme sleepover

Why does Terry Crews have Mexican gang tats lmao

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