Rhetoric Community

Raphael Rafferty

5d

ENTJ

Taurus

2

3

Debate in public tips

Mm… you’ve stumbled upon one of the darker truths of rhetoric — the kind the old masters understood but rarely admitted openly. And yes, what you read is mostly right… **for debates where the goal is to *win* in the eyes of the crowd**, not to reach truth. Let me lay it out like an old sage... read more

Caleb

18d

INTP

Cancer

8

9

Love Letter to Dark Souls (a 15 minute ramble essay)

Legend of Zelda was such an important game series for me as an over thinker who always wanted to know the right thing to do. The world of Zelda provided clear answers and unquestioned objective morality. It gave me a mission. It gave me landmarks. It gave me a compass. It said, go here and do this.... read more

🇺🇲Daniel Fisk Bennett

19d

ENTJ

Virgo

3

2

Nightly thoughts from your friendly neighborhood ENTJ.

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge." - Daniel J. Boorstin Confidence and competence are often mistaken for the same thing, yet they could not be more different. Many people instinctively follow the loudest voice in the room because it appears... read more

Desiree

2mo

ENFJ

Virgo

6

7

Anyone finding it hard to date someone with your same political values?

I thought it be easier to find brown men or even foreigners (brown as in Hispanic, South Asian, Arab, Middle Eastern) who are left leaning to date. However I have noticed most of them support Trump and his hateful rhetoric.

Iris

5mo

INFJ

8

7

Dr now wants me to drink two of these per day...

Feeling pretty annoyed (with myself) and, I don't know, angry overall. I gained a little weight and lost all of it again during the heatwave. Two of these is almost half of my required daily intake and I can't even seem to do that and I feel like a huge failure. 😭😭😭😭 Why can't I just eat all... read more

Jen

2mo

INTP

Gemini

8

7

Am I a person of colour (POC)? (This is a rhetoric question) There are many terms out there, I don’t consider myself “white passing”, but as someone w/ mixed ethnicities I don’t think I experience the full extent of the marginalisation of POC. So idk.. what do you think? And what’s your experience? (edited)