• pmk@piefed.ca
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      6 days ago

      Sometimes I hold it like the handle of a pistol and pull the trigger while saying “pew! pew!”-sounds. Which is, I believe, an example of what Sartre talked about with “existence precedes essence”. The scrotum existed first, and we find the purpose after?

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        I think this is more consistent with the teachings of Diogenes, who said, in paraphrasing, “always be jerkin it… Everywhere.”