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Cake day: August 22nd, 2023

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  • condemned lust and favored knowledge

    Well, at least in the U.S. - what you’re saying is fucking dumb. If anything, the exact opposite has been shown with sex becoming more and more shared and knowledge/wisdom being attacked at every vector.

    The solution would of course be to develop true (proper) far-sightedness and develop plans and lifestyle for the next 10000 years.

    I must be misunderstanding something, please explain how you get to ‘true far-sightedness’ without knowledge? Because your words imply that you think it’s lust.


  • Etymologically, it seems like there are theories surrounding where it comes from.

    The ones I’m familiar with are ‘poesje’, a Dutch word meaning ‘little cat’. The other is the Old English word ‘pus’ meaning ‘pocket’.

    I’m far more inclined to believe ‘poesje’ is the origin, with ‘pus’ being an incorrect association due to common modern usage of the word ‘pussy’ in place of ‘vagina’.

    Idk who convinced this guy that it’s short for pusillanimous. Sounds like someone trolled the fuck out of him. Anyone with a strong understanding of English (and language, really - what I’m about to say is just human nature) understands that languages follow the path of least resistance. It, logically, does not make sense that pusillanimous (a word totally unused in the average English speakers vernacular) would be where pussy comes from. Unless your inner idea of English speakers 3 centuries ago is some fucked up Shakespeare-an parody.