ellipsisfrog

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   by ellipsisfrog 5y ago

   What makes 'woman' a special class in this regard? We wouldn't accept the same kind of self definition elsewhere. I couldn't decide to be a Native American without meeting some external criteria around my birth and life.
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   by ellipsisfrog 5y ago

   You are being downvoted but this is also my experience. My grocery bill is up more than 15% like for like (I shop exclusively online so it's easy to track) and more than that in total because of volume increases. My utility rates are u
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   by ellipsisfrog 5y ago

   I'm a vegan and I try to be respectful to non-vegans and their choices but moral decisions implicitly contain moral judgements. If I think eating animals is wrong and you eat animals there is no way around me thinking that you are doin
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   by ellipsisfrog 5y ago

   From the perspective of this UK cruciverbalist that's a terrible clue. You can't just clue anything you like and call it a cryptic definition. I would argue there isn't even a proper definition component to the clue since &#x
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   by ellipsisfrog 6y ago

   Grice was a god tier philosopher of language. Best known for this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicature#:~:text=An%20imp... .