What are you talking about?

This is a paranoid way to look at the world, but take into question the statement 'Have you ever been in trouble?'

The lexical definition of the word 'trouble', according to dictionary.com, is an "unfortunate or distressing position, circumstance, or occurence; misfortune"

But this seems to be where things become interesting, because 'trouble' could be an ambiguous term, not only because it has other definitions based on how the word is used (verb with object, verb without object, noun, or idiom), but because the person asking the question could have given it their own stipulative definition.

We'll say that they've decided, stipulatively, that 'trouble' alternately means 'Massachusetts'.  You would be answering their question based on previous knowledge of how people have used this expression without taking into account that 'trouble' can mean different things to different people.

I knew a girl that used to do this so that only her close friend knew what she was talking about.

My question is this:
^that girl has done it, have you?

My new shorts

Ok, so I went to my friends party a year ago (August 31st).  It was at his house and he has a pool that became competely irresistable after losing a few games of beirut.

Long story short, I didn't have any clothes to change into once his pool got my khaki shorts wet.  So, being the cool guy that he is (his name is Chas, by the way), he noticed my perdicament and went up to his room to take responsibility for his pool being uncovered by getting me a dry pair of his own.

This is a terrible picture of what they look like:

So basically, I have a term here - 'these shorts'

The intension of my term would be "gray with red and white stripes, soft and comfortable, having a drawstring to tighten the waist"

But I am mildly confused about the extension
-This is because he never actually said that the shorts were mine - so as far as I can tell, they are neither fully mine, nor his, but maybe both of ours?

-The question is this:  Would the extension here be both 'me and Chas' or because he's never going to get these shorts back, would the extension just be 'me'?

Aliens Need Food

I came up with this really stupid conspiracy theory involving aliens and figured I would turn it into an argument.

Basically, the theory is almost like the matrix, where people are the living batteries for the machine run world.  But it goes something like this - what if an alien species was smart enough to deposite an 'inferior' creature (humans) into a green pasture where they could thrive, reproduce, and be harvested when they were fat enough (had enough of the species to make it worth it for them to open the fenced in pasture).  Ok, now picture the fenced in green grazing pasture as a planet - Earth.  Maybe these aliens put us here to harvest as a food source knowing full well that we are incredibly adaptable and can thrive in almost any place assuming that conditions for life have been met.

Im not saying I agree with or believe this, but im going to put into an inductive argument form anyway.

P1:  Earth has the right elements and is the proper distance from the sun to support life.
P2:  Humans live on Earth and have adapted so well that they have become the dominant species.
P3:  As humans advance technologically, their population have increases exponentially.
P4:  Humans are made out of meat.
P5:  Meat is a well known food source.

P6:  No one can disprove the existance of alien life in other parts of the universe.
P7:  There is no evidence to support humans being the most technologically advanced species in the universe.
P8:  Alien species could have the technology to sucessfully travel through space.
P9:  Aliens would need food.
P10:  Aliens could be using Earth as a pasture for their livestock, humans.

C:  Aliens have, more than likely, deposited the human species onto Earth so the humans could reproduce and be harvested when ripe (the population is high enough).

Breakfast for Dinner

If you have breakfast for dinner...is it still breakfast?

Ill make an argument out of it

P1:  People get out of bed at 2pm, have a bowl of cereal and call it breakfast, even though it is technically not 'morning'
P2:  Pancakes are a socially accepted breakfast food that can be eaten at any time of the day
P3:  I like waffles

C:  'Breakfast' in America has become a social term used to describe the type of food eaten, regardless of the time of day it is enjoyed.

Tara Reid - not the most reliable source under any circumstances

P1:  The Big Lebowski is a comic masterpiece that is endlessly quotable and remixable
P2:  The sucess, and near perfection, of this movie argues strongly against making a sequel
P3:  For the rest of time, if you wanted to talk about the '98 "Lebowski", youd have to say something like 'in the first movie' or 'in the origional'

C:  Making a sequel to "The Big Lebowski" is a terrable idea

Heres the link:
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110204/SCENE03/302040038/Argument-Dude-how-about-sequel-Lebowski-

The fallacies of an 'argument'

I got this editorial out of the friday, september 16th edition of The Berkshire Eagle.

Its title is "Tougher ordinance on skateboards"

The Pittsfield ordinance banning skateboards and bikes from sidewalks not only must be enforced it must be toughened.  This is a significant problem that could prevent the city's downtown from fully achieving its potential, and it is a problem that will be eased by not solved with the construction of a skatepark.

It is completely obvious to me that this article is not an argument because it contains only claims unsupported by any premises.

C1:  The ordinance banning skateboards and bikes from sidewalks not only must be enforced, but toughened.

C2:  This significant problem could prevent the city's downtown form fully achieving its potential.

C3:  This problem with be eased, but not solved by the construction of a skatepark.

Hey, my name is josh and I am a self-proclaimed professional pumpkin carver. 

Dont take my word on it - hes some proof:

Now, you're probably thinking 'this guys favorite holiday is probably halloween'.  Well...youd be wrong.  In fact, my favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.

Food is one thing thats important to me, can you cook? You ladies should know that its the quickest way to a mans heart.

As far as favorite drinks go, im a Caribou Lou kind of guy, even though ive never actually tried it.

But what about technology?  Is that important?
-I love videogames, actually used to be completely addicted to a mmorpg called Tibia, even though wow is bigger, both in graphics quality and in actual players
-My first computer was a windows '95 which is practically not worth mentioning
-I have to be really bored to watch tv

Im a pretty easy going guy.