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I don't stick to any semblance of a meal schedule unless I'm forced to by my parents. I wake up at noon and so have lunch for breakfast and in general just eat whatever is available whenever I'm hungry.

Establish residence in the Philippines and wander from there. I have family in Manila so that's my go-to in case of emergency.

And even from an objective standpoint there are people who are more useful than others. In times of gross necessity there will be certain people who should go. Leisure time (That is, freedom to do the things that one enjoys, not truly "free" time) benefits the individual, while labor benefits...

This certainly addresses the problems inherent in both hedonism and nihilism. I'm just wondering what the eventual end is supposed to be. Do we simply continue to expand technology until infinity?

Not the "whole" truth, but to one person, far more than to anybody else. It put extremely unnecessary strain on our relationship because she failed to understand everything in context. The only positive result was that now I know never to reveal so much; it's impractical for one thing...

I should clarify, I don't mean that anybody who would currently have been convicted of a death-or-life-imprisonment-worthy offense should be executed. Only people who are deemed fully incapable of being a part of society without being a danger to others. Frankly guilt is irrelevant. The issue...

Arrakis?

Why?

I agree that the current prison system is awful but I disagree with your proposed solution. It needs to be scrapped. First of all, anybody sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole (Actually, the sentencing bit of the justice system [The entire justice system, actually] should...

That would require, I imagine, an infinite quantity of processing power. It may work for a smaller isolated system but there is no known way to perfectly observe without affecting the system.

I've been something of a social outcast my whole life. People rarely noticed me and when they did it was usually to say I was "weird" or "creepy." I had very few friends growing up, and abhorred sports, and just in general did not "fit in." Good times.

I eat food. I don't really differentiate between meat and vegetables as long as it's still good. Although, I actually don't think I eat a whole lot of meat, more seafood. But I am against the idea of being vegetarian. It's fine if one is just trying to eat healthier, but in that case I'd suspect...

I feel your pain, bro. I would suggest learning a language, or an instrument, or something else practical.

I don't drink beer often but if I do I rarely care about its temperature. I almost always choose soup over salad. Don't have a maid anymore, and when I did she lived with my family. I've been the same weight for probably years now. OH MY GOD THERE'S NO WI-FI I'M GOING TO DIE OUT HERE. I'd also...

When I see a homeless man in the street, I think, "Huh, that sucks for him." If he tries to get a handout I just say something along the lines of not having change. That's about the extent of my empathy for people I don't know. When I heard about Sandy Hook and the Aurora shootings last year (I...

I meant that there are many ways and places to find happiness; a sunset is just one of innumerable examples. Happiness is by nature transient. Any positive state will eventually become the norm, and one is no longer happy, but content. I would argue that anybody who thinks they're happy with...

We would have a use for all that landfill stuff. More importantly, a way to get rid of nuclear waste.

We just need this.

Or we could just recycle. Like that.

Suburban living is a mode of existence. Sunsets are just one small part of life.

I thought it was a given that the answers would be subjective.

Happiness is indeed fleeting, but that's why it isn't living in a suburban home with two kids and a white picket fence, slowly wasting away.

Happiness is a mountain sunset, city lights at night, clouds shifting over the ocean. It's being with the people I like, and sometimes even meeting new ones. It's good food, good people, and a good view. It's seeing new places and revisiting the old ones. It's not needing to spend money to have...

I could argue that there isn't anything worth fearing. But it's not like fear is entirely a personal choice. We can't help but be afraid of some things, which no amount of rationalizing will solve. People are naturally afraid of death. They're afraid of the unknown, and death is unknown. It's...

As someone who has never engaged in the complete act of coitus, I would say the only sure method is to keep the peepee out of the bajingo. I think you can keep plenty satisfied other ways.

Just because a book is called "classic literature" doesn't automatically make it good, or worth reading. Plenty of people say The Catcher in the Rye was a great book but I swear I wanted to burn my copy a quarter of the way through. I've read books by Oscar Wilde and Voltaire and other...

I don't share any of my technological devices but I still manage to get two dozen tabs open at once from time to time. People never fail to comment on it.

Neither. I think in abstract concepts mainly. It's a large part of why I have difficulty articulating myself in person.

Weekend at Bernie's. Idiotic in that charming way that movies can occasionally be.

Oh lawdy.

Better get started on it.

I would have voted "nothing" but the :/ present in the poll implies that that would be a bad thing. I enjoy fireworks but I don't care for flashy (or non-flashy) displays of nationalism. Actually it's more accurate to say that I'll be with family but that's to celebrate a birthday.

I don't really have any marketable skills, unless you know somebody who'll buy rants. I'm trying to develop my poker skills so I can perhaps make some money that way but it's undoubtedly more practical to learn Java and / or some other programming language. Or I could try out writing articles...

I think to shift from introversion to extroversion would require a fundamental rewiring of one's mind. Introverts can enjoy being around people, though, it just necessitates a desire to interact with others. Extroverts are extroverted because they feel energized by human contact, so an introvert...

Currently on American Psycho. It's... interesting. I only got through a few chapters of Neuromancer by William Gibson before I realized I'm now disinterested in sci-fi novels, but I think it's what you're looking for.

I prefer wearing pants and jackets to shorts and t-shirts, but to each their own. This is a huge difference between me and... everybody else I know. I absolutely love rain and general precipitation, and if a week went by without the Sun shining I would be ecstatic. Plus, high suicide rate...

I've lived in Virginia, Florida, and Colorado. Virginia's decent, nice and temperate, Florida was too hot for my tastes, and I love Colorado's mountains and snow but overall the weather is too schizophrenic for my taste. Mostly just the summer, actually. I hate heat. I voted West because I like...

Why would you do that to yourself? This is the first MBTI forum I ever visited, and I contemplated looking around INTJforum or INTPCentral but never actually got around to that. I rather like Personality Cafe though. Even on the NT boards there doesn't seem to be as much intelligent discourse...

I think if it was a feasible option for every unemployed person it would have happened by now. True. However, I think we've been getting sidetracked with the whole discussion. I'm not trying to argue specifically that population growth is bad and we ought to halt it; rather that death, however...

An increase in population does cause an increase in jobs, but the relation is closer to logarithmic than linear. And the internet is only a valid area of work for certain groups; the poor generally don't have the skills to sustain themselves via occupations in technology, and it's their plight...

That one, also I'm rarely at large social gatherings unless I know everybody there (such as the rare occasion that my mother's side of the family gets together), and otherwise I'll just retreat to some secluded corner where I don't have to talk to anybody. I don't enjoy making bullshit...

You're welcome to attempt to refute my argument however you wish. This will be a valid point when we know where and how to attain new resources. Society has only been able to develop because we ceased to be nomadic creatures. Moving backwards for the sake of... I don't know, moral...

Death is a necessity. It controls population, an essential part of any biological community. First we had competition and disease. But as science improves we no longer need to fight over a scarce quantity of resources, and modern medicine gradually makes disease less and less prevalent. However...

This happens to me sometimes. It doesn't help that I usually talk with the enthusiasm of Steven Wright. But when people don't get my sarcasm I generally either give them a look that says, "You're an idiot" or respond with more-thinly-veiled sarcasm. By that point they'll get the idea.

Find something that interests you. The nihilist's purpose in life is to define their own meaning. Take up hedonism or something. There's all sorts of stuff you could be doing with yourself, you just need to go out and find something you like. And you can't assume that just because you're not...

Something like "I'm right. If I were wrong, I would have corrected myself, but I didn't."

After the first playthrough (or even before...) it gets really dull and the only justification I can see to continue would be if it's with friends. I sincerely regret paying full price for it when it came out.

I just remembered one of my favorites, Falling Sand (or one of its hundreds of derivatives). It's really, really basic, but has kept me occupied for many hours I would otherwise have spent paying attention during Calculus lectures. Here's one example, but as I said, there are literally...

I've many times contemplated starting a blog. I keep a book into which I sometimes write things, but I don't usually see the point of that if no one's going to read it. When I just need to organize the thoughts in my head I pull out my phone and have a typed conversation with myself. And when I...

I just finished my first year at a tiny community college in Buttfuck Nowhere, Redneckistan. Going back in the fall. First semester mostly sucked, because I don't make friends. But halfway through I found a group of nerds to play D&D with, among other things, so the second semester was much...