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The paradox thread

Unread postby jasonraymondson » Fri 22 Feb 2008, 19:52:53

Your job for this thread is to come up with a semantical paradox.

Such as, "I never tell the truth."



Will also accept logical paradoxes as well


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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby BigTex » Fri 22 Feb 2008, 20:06:17

"It's the volume that makes the loss leaders profitable."

I actually had a grocery store manager tell me that one time.
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby dinopello » Fri 22 Feb 2008, 21:46:51

Fat free butter, WTF?
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Fri 22 Feb 2008, 22:30:46

how about the set of all sets that are not members of themselves. huh? Bertrand Russell, 1901.
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby Tanada » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 05:14:56

(S)He's an honest pollitician!
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One equal temper of heroic hearts,
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To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby uncarve_db_lock » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 15:20:54

The paradox of the paradox is that it is not a paradox.
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby jasonraymondson » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 15:27:45

I am pretty sure you all don't understand what a paradox is
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 15:43:09

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'I') am pretty sure you all don't understand what a paradox is
sure we do, you got a dox, you got another dox. Now you got a paradox.
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby killJOY » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 15:45:37

This sentence is false.
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 15:59:41

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', 'T')his sentence is false.
that's lame, bro. If it's false, it's false. Saying you lie when you are telling the truth does not constitute a paradox. It only means we should take what you say with a grain of salt. How about this:

you enter a land where people tell only the truth or they only lie. you come to a fork in the road. one road leads to a death-dealing swamp and the other leads you home. There are two people guarding the roads. One is a liar, the other tells the truth. You are only allowed one question. What question should you ask?
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby killJOY » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 16:03:20

Pen, it's actually a classic. I can't take credit for it:

This sentence is false.
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby killJOY » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 16:06:55

Ain't it funny, the things we do, waiting for oil to decline???
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 16:15:18

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', 'P')en, it's actually a classic. I can't take credit for it:

This sentence is false.
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby killJOY » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 16:16:50

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')Which way would he tell me to go?"


LOL!

I'd be dead by now.
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby MD » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 16:41:19

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'I') am pretty sure you all don't understand what a paradox is


"You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice

You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path thats clear
I will choose Free Will.
Stop filling dumpsters, as much as you possibly can, and everything will get better.

Just think it through.
It's not hard to do.
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby MD » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 16:48:06

"There are those who think that theyve been dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them ---
They werent born in lotus-land

All preordained
A prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate
Kicked in the face
You cant pray for a place
In heavens unearthly estate

Each of us
A cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends
With uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt
Thats far too fleet."
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby jasonraymondson » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 17:32:41

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', 'P')en, it's actually a classic. I can't take credit for it:

This sentence is false.



Actually it orginated with "All Cretins are liars" " as said by a cretin" and it was the exact same example I gave
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby jasonraymondson » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 17:33:15

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'I') am pretty sure you all don't understand what a paradox is
sure we do, you got a dox, you got another dox. Now you got a paradox.



That of course was funny at least
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby Pops » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 20:14:14

I hate tests:

Increasing efficiency leads to ever-greater increases in demand.

A theme we all know - here is my contribution:

Increasing efficiency most benefits those least dependent on efficiency.
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Re: The paradox thread

Unread postby killJOY » Sat 23 Feb 2008, 22:46:24

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')ncreasing efficiency most benefits those least dependent on efficiency.


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