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Is it time for another round of these? DS6 made up a joke that I laughed at for a long time, so I thought I'd share:

Q: What did Peppermint Patty say to Charlie Brown when he was vomiting?

A: "What's up, Chuck?"

I doubt he's the first person to ever come up with that joke, but I know he didn't read it or hear it anywhere, so I give him credit! And unlike much 6yo humor, it's actually funny!

Hi im DS11 on my mom's account. I have summarized a theory of evolution that is more realistic than anything that has been published so far.

Many say people evolved because of their up-right posture, some people say that humans evolved because of their thumb, I belive humans evolved because of their middle finger.
In the Ying-Yang symbol there is a dot of good in evil and a dot of evil in good. I belive that this means that good can create evil and evil can do good. I think that the part of evil in good relates to that humans evolved because of their wanting to rise in the world, or become more powerful, (evil). We are one of the only animals on the planet to be never satisfied. If a dog gets a bone as long as it is chewing it will be happy. If someone gets a new mac-book its great... Until the mac-book air comes out. I recently recieved a mac-book and now even I am wanting the new one. I think that the wanting (evil) has made good because we are still alive.
In the garden of eden adam and eve were told NEVER to eat fruit from the two sacred trees. The snake invluenced them to eat apples and that was bad (evil). BUT if they had never eaten the apples we would not be ALIVE!
To summarize this I am saying that Human competetiveness, greed, and stubbornness (all thought to be bad) has made us here today (which i think is good)!
What I am trying to portray is the fact that EVERYTHING needs to be looked upon fairly, things should be said as they are, not good or evil, Bad or good.

Thank you for reading this !

Sincerley
DS11

Have you taken a philosophy course yet, DS11? You're a natural!

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DS11

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Grinity

Hey DS11, nice thoughts! There are some major philosophers (Foucault or Nietzsche come to mind) who argue similar ideas thinking that power is a productive, creative force that can't be thought of as "good" or "evil."

I especially like the yin-yang example and the argument that there isn't any "pure" good or evil, but rather everything is a mixture of both.

And thinking about mac-books, there are a number of old proverbs that say things like "those who want more than they have are destined to be miserable and those satisfied with what they have are going to be happy." I think B. Franklin said something like this once regarding financial income -- if you make little and save 5%, you'll be happy, but if you make a lot and spend 105% of what you make, you'll be miserable. I sometimes think about that and wonder if I wouldn't rather be the dog with the bone?! Then, I could just be happy with my old mac and not looking for the cool one that fits in an envelope!

Thanks for writing DS 11

DS11:

I like the way you think, kid.

Thank goodness for you!

Incog

Wow DS11! Very intriquing thoughts. I'll be milling that over all day. Thanks for sharing! And thanks to your mom for letting you share.