Wordie: Solipsism: Comments

Comment by rolig, 6 months ago

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:44:37 +0000

"Solipsism is perhaps the greatest potential failing of the professional historian, and in this instance there are two essays . . . which exhibit all the coherence of a madman in a telephone box, scoring rhetorical points off a listener who long ago had the sense to replace the handset."
– Nicholas Vincent, "Do you know?" (Review of Huw Pryce and John Watts, eds., Power and Identity in the Middle Ages, OUP), TLS (Feb. 15, 2008).

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:22:31 +0000

I do have a good sense of humor, don't I?

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:53:08 +0000

Haha, I love spooking myself.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:45:38 +0000

*turns quickly* What was that?

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:13:17 +0000

"(imaginary comment)" :oP

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:12:58 +0000

Ah yes, I had imaginary friends when I was a child--and they weren't even human. :-)

Jennarenn, I have that cookie recipe, so I'll just bring it along myself. You're sure to get a thank you note from Canada when I return. And one from Granny Smith, no doubt. ;->

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:10:41 +0000

Aren't imaginary friends great? I always wanted one as a child.

R, you simply must say hi to Canada for me, and tell them that I'll bring the cookie recipie next time I'm up that way. ;)

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:53:31 +0000

Oh, Reesetee, you mean I really do have voices in my head, too? In that case, I also wonder why I can't get them all to agree with each other.

I think I will opt to simply enjoy the illusion.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:50:04 +0000

Eh, I might. ;-)

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:37:19 +0000

It was a memorable conversation, U.

And R--I feel sure you will fill your suitcase with plenty of Canadianisms!

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:35:45 +0000

And here *I* thought you'd already seen Granny Smith and was wondering why you were off on another vacation so soon. :-)

Oh, and slumry? Dear S is right--we are your imaginary friends!

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:11:57 +0000

All I can say is, I'm surprised and impressed that you remembered and linked next week's trip with the Granny Smith trip I mentioned a while back. I'm terrible at making connections like that. Or rather, the conscious part of me is... but apparently the subconscious part of me excels at it. ;-)

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:57:21 +0000

*Green with envy*

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:54:41 +0000

Oh...Canada! ;-> Specifically, the Atlantic provinces.

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:33:54 +0000

Okay, I am getting separation anxiety now. I will miss you two voices in my head next week. (Dear S calls all of you my imaginary friends). U, give your regards to Granny Smith. R, do you to care to give us any hint of your vacation plans?

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:08:44 +0000

Really? Mine sing, in a chorus--sort of in a strophe/antistrophe way.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:06:02 +0000

Nah, the voices stay. Some just become louder while others quiet down. At least I can only hear a few at a time!

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:04:06 +0000

Well, if you're going away, maybe the voices will stay put and leave you alone for a while.

Or me. I can't remember anymore.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:56:35 +0000

Okay, don't go away. Just stop disagreeing with the other 6.whatever billion voices. It's the discord that makes it frustrating!

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:53:10 +0000

Are you sure? It may be very lonely!

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:50:20 +0000

When the voices in my head go away, I will finally have peace. ;-)

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:48:08 +0000

Well, he should care--if you are a part of him, he would be diminished by your absence. Says Judge Slumry. So there.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:44:21 +0000

Neither do I. And that's what counts.

If we don't be careful, we'll disappear into myself, and then where will I be? Not that you care.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:33:07 +0000

Of course you're not, because I don't want you to.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:14:11 +0000

I'm not even going to ask.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:02:41 +0000

You can't think about it right now because I have a one-track mind, and my attention is elsewhere. Sorry.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:54:54 +0000

I can't think about this right now. And anyway, it doesn't exist. Only I do.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:35:59 +0000

A cookie is just a cookie, but a Newton is the illusion of fruit and cake that my brain tells me is real!

Nice joke, by the way. I have special appreciation for it, seeing as how it was really me who made it up, and I am always funny.

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:09:07 +0000

Did you mean far-removed fig newton of your imagination?

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:31:36 +0000

How creative is this far-removed figment of my imagination! I wish I had such command of my conscious mind!

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:10:54 +0000

"I" made up this word.

Comment by blame, about 1 year ago

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:23:06 +0000

It's alright that you own it, as you are simply an aspect of me.