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Post by jh1980 on Jan 9, 2008 11:44:53 GMT -1
What is the meaning of life? Joe there is no meaning unless you create one, do whatever you choose to do and try to make yourself and those you care about happy. In short.
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jan 9, 2008 12:01:32 GMT -1
What is the meaning of life? So many people with the philosophical answers 1. the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. 2. the sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, esp. metabolism, growth, reproduction, and adaptation to environment. 3. the animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual. ;D
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Post by Dr LuKas on Jan 9, 2008 12:08:24 GMT -1
What is the meaning of life? So many people with the philosophical answers 1. the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. 2. the sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, esp. metabolism, growth, reproduction, and adaptation to environment. 3. the animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual. ;D <stern voice> Neko...... what were we just talking about?
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jan 9, 2008 12:14:32 GMT -1
So many people with the philosophical answers 1. the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. 2. the sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, esp. metabolism, growth, reproduction, and adaptation to environment. 3. the animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual. ;D <stern voice> Neko...... what were we just talking about? Uhm... uhm... uhm... cake?
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Post by Dr LuKas on Jan 9, 2008 12:17:10 GMT -1
Show some heart man.
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Post by Rulesaints on Jan 9, 2008 16:28:37 GMT -1
Contrary to what you may have found doing an Internet search, the shortest English language sentence is not “I am.” Follow along now—it does get technical.
“I am,” first of all, is not a sentence. An English sentence must have a subject / predicate relationship, and the key element in that relationship is the type of verb that creates the predicate. Verbs either show action or they do not. Verbs without action, such as “am,” when used as a predicate, must have something to complete the meaning—a complement. So you “am” “something.” “I am happy” is a sentence since “happy” is fulfilling the complement role. Therefore, “I am” is not a sentence.
The shortest English sentence is probably “Go.” “Go” is an action verb and can be used in imperative mood, which means that it can be used with good, old “You Understood.” So “Go” actually means “You go.” On the other hand, if that interpretation doesn’t strike your fancy, let’s say that understood meanings are disallowed, then “I go” is the shortest sentence. “Go” doesn’t require a complement since it is an action verb nor does it require a direct object. With a total of three letters—the same number as the illegal “I am” contender—“I go” should reign as the champion, unless someone out there knows of a single letter verb. (No fair pulling in Old English and foreign languages.)
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Post by Billy on Jan 9, 2008 16:36:34 GMT -1
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Post by Rulesaints on Jan 9, 2008 16:57:00 GMT -1
How very dare you!!
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