RoR: Forum

I picked the second one. I'd want to be the only female just for a little while. It would be cool to be the center of attention... like being queen for a day. After I find my guy (MSK, of course - purrrrr), I wouldn't even care if I ever saw another male and the world could go back to normal once I got mine.

If this is in a sci-fi world, I wouldn't worry about the survival of the species and I don't think I would be a baby machine. Cloning and other methods of reproduction would be widely utilized. Bonking would be for recreation and not procreation. Its more fun that way. ;-)

Kat

Post 21

Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 8:02pm

Damn! I keep forgetting about the cloning option!

Post 22

Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 11:44pm

Current cloning technology still requires a female of the species to grow the organism from first few cells to the point where it can survive out-of-womb.

Post 23

Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 5:59am

Ed,

I want to be the first to admit that I was the source of this "very strange poll."

First and only.

To whom do you reach out?

Post 24

Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 8:35am

Well, the Smurfette thing can only be novel for so long. Then I'd just get annoyed, as I've been irked before with too much exposure to male group vibe... even though most of my good friends are guys and I'm not a "feminine-girly-girly" type.

Post 25

Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 8:34pm

Wolf,

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To whom do you reach out?
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Now I know you mean something by this, but I don't know what. In the absence of knowing what it is that you mean, I will address the question as if it was meant to be taken literally ...

I reach out -- in different ways -- to just about everyone I encounter.

Ed
[reach out and touch someone ;-)]

Post 26

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 6:02am

Ed,

I understand that, we all do. What I want to know about are your official duties as a director of outreach.

Post 27

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 7:57am

Wolf,

This may come as somewhat of a surprise to you, considering your knowledge of how incredibly wise I am in so many other arenas in life -- but I accepted this position without knowing what the official duties are!

It's called heuristics (developing rules on-the-fly, as-they-are-seen-to-be-useful), and it can be fun, Wolf. Let's just say that Joe and I haven't yet sat down to sign the contract (I'm hoping for 6-figures, this time!), and we're both currently taking mental notes about which type of duties would maximize expected utility.

;-)

Ed
[after all, this position IS unprecedented, Wolf]

Post 28

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 9:20am

Ed,

Well....(a very long pause for thought) you seem happy. No rules and no salary seem to agree with you. One aspect of this puzzles me though, it seems like it should have been a job for Lukerman.:-)

Post 29

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 2:46pm

Wolf wrote:

One aspect of this puzzles me though, it seems like it should have been a job for Lukerman.

I have my hands full already. Besides, Ed has bigger arms and can do a better job arm wrestling the opponents to whom he does his outreach. He shows less likelihood of promptly slamming theistic apologists as well, even when they richly deserve it.

Post 30

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 8:47pm

Now Wolf,

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One aspect of this puzzles me though, it seems like it should have been a job for Lukerman.:-)
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I'll let you slide this one time -- because you were under a veil of ignorance -- but the proper term is not Lukerman ... it's The Luke-inator.

;-)

And -- and I'm being serious here -- Luke Setzer sounds JUST LIKE Chuck Norris when he talks! This man could do Chuck's voice-overs, even.

Ed

Post 31

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 8:55pm

Luke,

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Besides, Ed has bigger arms and can do a better job arm wrestling the opponents to whom he does his outreach. He shows less likelihood of promptly slamming theistic apologists as well, even when they richly deserve it.
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Thanks for the kind words, Luke. When I was younger (and REALLY working out consistently) I worked at a resort as a guard, and they called me the Gentle Giant. You've just reminded me of this pleasant experience of my life -- thanks!

Maybe 'Director of Outreach' could morph into something like ... Director of 'Over-the-Top' Objectivism, where I take on opponents of different philosophies in arm-wrestling (hell, I'm stronger than 99%+ of the pencil-necked geeks majoring in philosophy!). I could crush (eat?) aluminum cans -- to intimidate my opponents. Who says force is, ultimately, unproductive?

;-)

Ed

Post 32

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 7:26am

Ah Luke,

Remember God loves you.

Post 33

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 7:32am

Ed,

Director of 'Over-the-Top' Objectivism

Perhaps Objectivists could spend less time quarreling about the pious, purity of their thought and more time on how Objectivism helps us live our day to day lives.

Post 34

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 9:11am

Wolf, I get what you mean -- but you didn't get what I meant ...

Sly Stallone arm-wrestling movie: "Over the Top"

Ed

Post 35

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 11:37am

Ed,

Never heard of it.

We are not quarreling are we? Not my intent.

I don't even want to quarrel with Luke.

He'd call Thomas Jefferson a mystic, I wouldn't. It's that in a nutshell.

Post 36

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 12:12pm

Wolf wrote:

He'd call Thomas Jefferson a mystic, I wouldn't. It's that in a nutshell.

No, I would simply call him wrong in his pronouncement that his neighbor's belief in god(s) brings him no harm. I have an article in mind to address this error in detail. As for Jefferson, I get the impression he might have been a closet atheist.

(Edited by Luke Setzer on 6/27, 12:25pm)

Post 37

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 12:13pm

Wolf,

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We are not quarreling are we?
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No. We are merely increasing our understanding of each other's point of view on a matter.

Ed
[you can safely put away the claws, Wolf]

Post 38

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 1:58pm

Yeah - otherwise y'all end up with another "Cliffhanger" episode..... ;-)

Post 39

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 6:29pm