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Is it even possible to be a nihilist?

>>6869874

>>6850883
some people can't shake the feeling that the man behind the counter is just trying to sell them something they don't want

the fact that you actually tried to sell him something he didn't want probably gave him the push he needed to consider you a schmuck

>>6541627
they're antithetical, either can be defined as the opposite of the other

why are you writing a paper over something you're completely unfamiliar with

>>6269889
"lexical borrowing" is probably the coolest (and most accurate) phrase for it in common use

funny aside, the related/cooler term calque refers to a loanword where the meaning has remained intact but has been translated into the new language. calque itself is a loanword from french, and loanword itself is a calque from german.

>>6185665
>No woman in real life would ever say "omg I'm such a cock slut for your delicious cum"
you're definitely hanging out with the wrong women

>>6059105
>one cannot apply ethical disciplines outside of their explicit original use
>schools of ethics are amodular and cannot exist outside of the bounds of context
this situation is a clear fabrication but holy shit what plebery is this

>>5799988
probably

>>5373945
> a position of power
you're literally in a position of power in the problem here. you are the only person with any ability to act except for the corpulent dude, but you have power over him.
>where it's your responsibility to protect people
responsibility? seems like that's what we're debating here. how are you responsible to torture a guy in one scenario, but not to kill a guy in this one?

>>4907774
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