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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #50 on: May 27, 2012, 06:52:04 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on May 27, 2012, 05:42:41 AM
When I went to Riverview, all they had were a strawberry rhubarb, a raspberry, and a blackberry (all pies, people).  The strawberry rhubarb came home with me.  It's almost half gone now.  My wife really likes it, and our daughter doesn't mind it either.

I woke up with a pie/ice cream/Guinness/coffee/cigar hangover.

Best damn hangover I've ever had!

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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #51 on: May 27, 2012, 07:00:31 AM »
Quote from: Splashdown on May 27, 2012, 06:27:12 AM
Can cheesecake objectively be called a cake? Isn't it really a pie?


Can Boston cream pie objectively be called a pie? Isn't it really a cake?



Ah, Objectivism I can wrap my teeth around!

My question: If apple pie is made of apples, and blueberry pie is made of blueberries, what is shepherd's pie made of?



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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #52 on: May 27, 2012, 07:03:24 AM »
Quote from: Big Dog on May 27, 2012, 07:00:31 AM
Ah, Objectivism I can wrap my teeth around!

My question: If apple pie is made of apples, and blueberry pie is made of blueberries, what is shepherd's pie made of?



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If Barry were here, he'd opt for the dogsteak.

Pie would come later, assuming the Wookie allows it.
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #53 on: May 27, 2012, 07:28:20 AM »
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #54 on: May 27, 2012, 09:31:18 AM »
I missed a pie thread!?!?!??! Well is it too late to bring cool whip??? :rofl:
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #55 on: May 27, 2012, 10:40:05 AM »
Quote from: Splashdown on May 27, 2012, 06:27:12 AM
Can cheesecake objectively be called a cake? Isn't it really a pie?


Can Boston cream pie objectively be called a pie? Isn't it really a cake?



I love cheese cake Hi5.
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #56 on: May 27, 2012, 12:39:34 PM »
Riverview is closed tomorrow, and we've had 10 of the 12 pieces I cut that pie into. :panic:

Guess that Stewart's Ice Cream will have to do . . .  O-)

As for the "is cheesecake really a cake" question, I need to do research.  A lot of research.  Taste-testing. :hyper:
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #57 on: May 27, 2012, 12:44:11 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on May 27, 2012, 12:39:34 PM
Riverview is closed tomorrow, and we've had 10 of the 12 pieces I cut that pie into. :panic:

Guess that Stewart's Ice Cream will have to do . . .  O-)

As for the "is cheesecake really a cake" question, I need to do research.  A lot of research.  Taste-testing. :hyper:

Cakes require rising; cheesecakes do not rise.

Pies are self-contained in a crust; cheesecakes are self-contained in a crust.


It's a similar debate to the "Tomato: fruit or vegetable" controversy.
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #58 on: May 27, 2012, 12:46:26 PM »
Quote from: Splashdown on May 27, 2012, 12:44:11 PM
Cakes require rising; cheesecakes do not rise.

Pies are self-contained in a crust; cheesecakes are self-contained in a crust.


It's a similar debate to the "Tomato: fruit or vegetable" controversy.


But, pie crust comes up the sides.  Cheesecake "crust" is only along the bottom.

Again, eating cheesecake is the only way to do the research. :-) O-)
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #59 on: May 27, 2012, 12:52:00 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on May 27, 2012, 12:46:26 PM
But, pie crust comes up the sides.  Cheesecake "crust" is only along the bottom.

Again, eating cheesecake is the only way to do the research. :-) O-)

I volunteer to research the Boston Cream Pie paradox, just as soon as I finish off the blueberry pie and ice cream. Wonder if I can get a grant...

I'll have to do some searching. Haven't seen Boston Cream Pie at the commissary or the grocery stores in town.

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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #60 on: May 27, 2012, 01:25:06 PM »
The Stooges never let a pie go to waste. Pie is so versatile.
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #61 on: May 27, 2012, 01:28:00 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on May 27, 2012, 01:25:06 PM
The Stooges never let a pie go to waste. Pie is so versatile.

Man, you guys are saying a lot of things I love today. Hi5
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #62 on: May 27, 2012, 02:52:48 PM »
Quote from: Carl on May 26, 2012, 11:47:07 AM
It is not a forum to discuss philosophy so please don`t do that.
I was hoping that somebody might post my questions on some message board(s) about Objectivism.  I was hoping to see how Objectivists respond on their message board(s).  I wasn't hoping to have a philosophy discussion here.
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #63 on: May 27, 2012, 02:56:29 PM »
Quote from: Boojatta on May 27, 2012, 02:52:48 PM
I was hoping that somebody might post my questions on some message board(s) about Objectivism.  I was hoping to see how Objectivists respond on their message board(s).  I wasn't hoping to have a philosophy discussion here.


Probie,

Post your own questions on other boards. We are not your bitches.
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #64 on: May 27, 2012, 03:04:06 PM »
I love this place....and I LOVE Pie!!!!

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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #65 on: May 27, 2012, 03:12:35 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on May 27, 2012, 12:52:00 PM
I volunteer to research the Boston Cream Pie paradox, just as soon as I finish off the blueberry pie and ice cream. Wonder if I can get a grant...

I'll have to do some searching. Haven't seen Boston Cream Pie at the commissary or the grocery stores in town.



Waitaminute! You just came off a blueberry pie and ice cream hangover! And you wanna go out and research Boston Cream Pie? Afterwards, are you gonna go to a meeting and announce, "Hi everybody. My name's Big Dog and I'm a pieaholic!"
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #66 on: May 27, 2012, 03:13:39 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on May 27, 2012, 02:56:29 PM
Post your own questions on other boards.
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #67 on: May 27, 2012, 03:14:24 PM »
Quote from: Boojatta on May 27, 2012, 03:13:39 PM
I don't post on boards that have banned me.

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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #68 on: May 27, 2012, 03:20:16 PM »
Quote from: Boojatta on May 27, 2012, 02:52:48 PM
I was hoping that somebody might post my questions on some message board(s) about Objectivism.  I was hoping to see how Objectivists respond on their message board(s).  I wasn't hoping to have a philosophy discussion here.


Then why post it and not pay attention?  Already, there has been discussion and proof of how pie separates humans from animals and what pieness characteristic separates pie from cake.  We are regularly covering the grounds of how pie brings joy to all - wasn't Socrates deeply interested in the good? 

I think we have objectively proven that pie is good.  Things like ice cream and cool whip can be added to improve the good.  This is a good discussion.  You should be proud.

Boston cream pie is teh roxxors. That's all I feel the need to say about that.
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #69 on: May 27, 2012, 03:25:59 PM »
Quote from: redwhit on May 27, 2012, 03:20:16 PM
cool whip can be added to improve the good. 

You can add cool whip to more than just pie to improve the good. Duh! Did I just say that?
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #70 on: May 27, 2012, 03:28:05 PM »
Quote from: Kyle Ricky on May 27, 2012, 03:25:59 PM
You can add cool whip to more than just pie to improve the good. Duh! Did I just say that?

^5 for cool whip and all its uses.   :drool:
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #71 on: May 27, 2012, 03:32:50 PM »
Quote from: Boojatta on May 27, 2012, 03:13:39 PM
I don't post on boards that have banned me.

So you want us to be your proxy bitches and post shit for you on sites where you have been banned?

You came to the wrong place, cupcake.
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #72 on: May 27, 2012, 03:38:34 PM »
Quote from: redwhit on May 27, 2012, 03:20:16 PM
Boston cream pie is teh roxxors.

Epictetus, the great Stoic philosopher, said the same thing almost 2,000 years ago.

"Boston cream pie is teh roxxers."
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #73 on: May 27, 2012, 03:39:37 PM »
Quote from: redwhit on May 27, 2012, 03:28:05 PM
^5 for cool whip and all its uses.   :drool:

Cool whip is like duct tape. There are over a thousand uses for it  :-)
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Re: A challenge to lurking Objectivists and/or students of Objectivism
« Reply #74 on: May 27, 2012, 03:44:05 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on May 27, 2012, 03:32:50 PM
So you want us to be your proxy bitches and post shit for you on sites where you have been banned?
I don't want anybody to post with the expectation of being banned, or to post without being interested in what is posted.  

After all, we all have intellectual property rights in what we have written, but the ideas expressed in our writing aren't subject to copyright.  In future, somebody might remember the idea of this thread, find a different way to express it in words, and post it on a message board about Objectivism.  Perhaps you wouldn't want that to happen, but it might happen nevertheless.
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