tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post8806476297842172519..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Me, Myself, and I.Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-70292722568970125822007-11-28T14:38:00.000-05:002007-11-28T14:38:00.000-05:00Jim: "Thanks for saving my life, good friend, I al...<I>Jim: "Thanks for saving my life, good friend, I almost drowned out there."<BR/><BR/>Bob: "Don't mention it. I did it for myself. After all, my life would suck if you weren't in it, and there's that matter of the 1,000 dollars you owe me. It wouldn't be beneficial for me to lose out on that. So, you're welcome, friend."</I><BR/><BR/>Sounds a whole lot like the Calvinist conception of God.<BR/><BR/>Elect: "Hey Cavlin's god, thanks for dying on the cross for me."<BR/><BR/>Calvin's god: "Oh don't mention it. I did it for myself, to get a whole load full of glory and all that bling. I don't really love you or have any concern for you at all. I'm just putting on a big comsic show of fake love to sucker glory out of ya."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-42531792404572546682007-11-28T14:37:00.000-05:002007-11-28T14:37:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-31027524690451907072007-09-28T15:59:00.000-04:002007-09-28T15:59:00.000-04:00redebussy.redebussy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-64774486030295620112007-09-28T10:21:00.000-04:002007-09-28T10:21:00.000-04:00"Irregardless:regardless as inflammable:flammable...."Irregardless:regardless as inflammable:flammable.<BR/><BR/>Class dismissed."<BR/><BR/>********<BR/><BR/>UnravelErrorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615233201833238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-5051087601705807112007-09-28T10:03:00.000-04:002007-09-28T10:03:00.000-04:00ah so reckon language sh'd be used as vaguely as p...ah so reckon language sh'd be used as vaguely as postible in o'der t'maintain th' appeareence thet reality is fully funckshunal instead of busted like Ichabod Vick's career. Take thet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-85924011114497792652007-09-28T09:01:00.000-04:002007-09-28T09:01:00.000-04:00Irregardless:regardless as inflammable:flammable.C...Irregardless:regardless as inflammable:flammable.<BR/><BR/>Class dismissed.Rhologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14245825667079220242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-7967648321114835602007-09-28T08:52:00.000-04:002007-09-28T08:52:00.000-04:00I stand corrected...I ain't about to stop enjoying...I stand corrected...<BR/><BR/>I ain't about to stop enjoying your blog irregardless of the English you use.Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01296029404229769941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-65088936491043860602007-09-28T01:00:00.000-04:002007-09-28T01:00:00.000-04:00It's like the old "ain't ain't a word cuz it ain't...It's like the old "ain't ain't a word cuz it ain't in a proper dictionary" debate (although compare that with the "allowed" phrase, "aren't I?" which is downright nonsensical yet grammatically permissible). :-PPeter Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792036365040378473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-8193771823868384092007-09-27T23:29:00.000-04:002007-09-27T23:29:00.000-04:00Daryl,**********"The most frequently repeated rema...Daryl,<BR/><BR/>**********<BR/><BR/>"The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however."<BR/><BR/>http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=irregardless<BR/><BR/>**********<BR/><BR/>Irregardless of that, I'll change it for you. :-)Errorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615233201833238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-38000348742110930142007-09-27T21:54:00.000-04:002007-09-27T21:54:00.000-04:00Paul,Great comment, but Puh-leeze lay off "irregar...Paul,<BR/><BR/>Great comment, but Puh-leeze lay off "irregardless". It's not a word, never was a word, never gonna be a word.<BR/><BR/>That is all.Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01296029404229769941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-56229955369736707892007-09-27T21:46:00.000-04:002007-09-27T21:46:00.000-04:00Usually atheists will try to make egoism encompass...Usually atheists will try to make egoism encompass altruism. Kind of like utilitarians with "pleasure" or "happiness". <BR/><BR/>"Ah, you see, you're intent was 'altruistic' and truly for the sake of the other person, but it brings you great joy/happiness/pleasure to do such an act, and this is your end". <BR/><BR/>Well of course this doesn't have to be our end ("happiness"). Besides, this stretches the word so much that it almost becomes contentless. <BR/><BR/>Just an observation i've made over time. I think it ties into the topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com