I think you're right. Another way to look at this is from the perspective of determinism. If you accept the view that free will doesn't exist and that every thing is causally determined, then regret becomes nonsensical because every decision you make is based largely on prior causes that are out of your control. I.E. you never got to choose your genome, parents, culture, etc. Furthermore, you can make choices, but that doesn't mean you have free will, because those choices are dependent on wants and desires you never got to choose.

What this all means is...take any event in your past when you made a decision. If you could rewind time back to that point. Several times if you'd like. You'd still make the same decision every single time because it's based on a set of prior causes that are always the same. Hence, there's no reason to regret anything because you were always going to make the decision you made. All you can do is look back at your decisions with the advantage of now having more information, and make adjustments for future decisions. I find this viewpoint to be very psychologically comforting.

I agree. If the sex is good and people are having a fun time together, beliefs that really have almost no impact on every day life should not ruin the party.

My favorite type of girl is the one who is doesn't know much about anything, but is somehow smart of enough to realize that, and she also happens to think you're very smart and is therefore inclined to believe anything you say. An obedient tabula rasa with nice firm tits and a hot ass. I don't know if this type of girl actually exists, besides in my fantasies, but one can dream.

She's definitely grown on me. I love her body, her cute face, and so far she puts out whenever I want. I can only hope I'll grow on her. Only time will tell. The next time I see her, I'm gonna ask her exactly what she likes in bed so I can really excel in that department. If I can give her awesome sex, she may be more likely to put up with my "character flaws".

this is my strategy as well


this is for your vegetarian comment

for ilp


http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_s...4nyXCDuydYLuiu

QED.

yeah, but this is just like beer commercials


if I drink bud light, is some hot girl going to suck my balls because I'm drinking Bud Light?

nope



also, here is a list of items the girl left at my apartment after her second time spending the night


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toothbrush
hair dryer
slippers
flip flops
pajama pants
pajama top
shampoo
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apparently i have a live in girlfriend.


actually, i just took all of her stuff and put it in a box that's now in my front closet. when she comes over again and asks "where's my toothbrush"

"front closet"

should be good times acoming

The best singer/song writer of this generation.

^^

that's not what vegetarian chicks look like here in oregon

Is this what they look like?

oh, hai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28gGWpx-xyM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmC3k...eature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGyZ9...eature=related

PETA tilts the hell out of me.

How has no one commented on the awesomeness of this wording?

Time doesn't elapse between when you do something and when you regret it? Substances alter your utility function.

Ha! I agree. That's pretty much the image I had of vegetarians before I became one. I used to even avoid telling my dates I was a vegetarian since I figured this can only hurt my chances.

If I ever worded it like that around her, she'd probably insta-dump me.

It's not an unfair image, imo. The PETA people earned it with all their obnoxious behavoir and insane requests. I never tell anyone I'm a vegatarian. I hate the idea of saying "I'm a vegaterian", like it's a condition or something.

ilp didn't come up with that


haven't you heard of people refer to Jesus as a zombie that can fly?

i'd just like to thank Mac Brown and the Texas coaching staff for making me some money tonight

Major cockblocker itt.

PETA might be my most hated organization. When I was in undergrad I wrote a paper about how ludicrous they are. If you want to youtube around Penn and Teller did a great bull**** episode about it (by the way a very underrated show if you ever want to watch it. Many of you would like their take on religion.). My favorite contradiction of PETA is that they are against the ownership of pets yet something like 90% of their members own pets.

xblink and akbourbon at it again 500/1k

I saw a couple of Penn and Teller BS things. They were pretty good. Never saw the PETA one, and I'm sure they have no shortage of material.

Actually, the one thing I don't agree with Singer is about how to treat animals and whatnot. Apparently, he eats some chicken and fish because they are said to not be self-conscious.

Ew, I clicked on the first one and barfed a little bit as I figured the next two were also DMB. They were so 10 years ago.

Some guy came into my philosophy class and was some animal rights activist. I don't know if he is a member of PETA but he still tilted the hell out of me. ZOMG, eggs are chicken periods! Who cares they're delicious, you can't use the "gross me out" argument against me! etc. He showed us some pretty vile movies though, they were just gross.

Damn, 15 years. I once tried to stop just to see if I could. Ez game, imo. Vegen is another story however.

I legitimately laughed out loud here. I read it to my gf and she giggled as well. I occasionally read ILP posts to her and she laughs.

Although I agree with a lot of your political views and found this comment very amusing, the majority of the stuff you say (pertaining to women) disgust me...so no, thehip is not the cockblocker here.