This is a very crude synonym to the more technical term, masturbation. Once masturbation is brought to mind, you should understand the imagery that this term conveys. If you still don't get it, think male masturbation, and think of the "stone" as two stones instead of one.
Well, that was a long stressful day... I think it's time to relieve some stress, maybe an afternoon of trying to pull the sword from the stone will help.
by Aegis1 November 11, 2009
Get the trying to pull the sword from the stonemug. A sports proverb used mostly within UK football whose definition is still argued about.
It is thought to mean a good performance but one littered with mistakes that would be punished by a better quality opposition
It is thought to mean a good performance but one littered with mistakes that would be punished by a better quality opposition
by Hulkymulky June 29, 2024
Get the Swords and staircasesmug. 1. Lubrication for the male genitalia, used for, but not limited to sexual intercourse
2. A coating for medieval swords, most commonly for Live Action Role Playing people (see LARP)
2. A coating for medieval swords, most commonly for Live Action Role Playing people (see LARP)
"At first Johnny thought he was getting the clap, but then he realized he just needed some sword wax."
by Johnny's Drama August 26, 2009
Get the Sword Waxmug. Nassim’s Sword of Social Justice (aka D’Sousa’s Razor)
Identified by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in the Medium article: The Merchandising of Virtue" - May 27, 2017
"Kids with rich parents talk about “white privilege” at such privileged colleges as Amherst –but in one instance, one of them could not answer D’Souza’s simple and logical suggestion: ‘Why don’t you go to the registrar’s office and give your privileged spot to a minority student who was next in line?’
Hence the principle:
If your private life conflicts with your intellectual opinion, it cancels your intellectual ideas, not your private life.
and
If your private actions do not generalise then you cannot have general ideas.
This is not strictly about ethics, but information transfer. If a car salesman tries to sell you a Detroit car while driving a Honda, he is signalling that it may have a problem."
The video Taleb is referencing is:
SO SATISFYING: Dinesh D'Souza absolutely shreds SJW over "white privilege" - Young America's Foundation
Published 09 Jun 2018. Recorded at Amherst College.
If you hold an intellectual ideal, but your real world actions do not reflect or enforce this ideal. Then your actions cancel out this ideological stance. You cannot say to the words "I am a vegan" and claim the moral virtue for such an identity, but occasionally eat chicken. The act of eating the chicken cancels out any moral or ideological virtue or superiority claimed by being vegan.
Identified by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in the Medium article: The Merchandising of Virtue" - May 27, 2017
"Kids with rich parents talk about “white privilege” at such privileged colleges as Amherst –but in one instance, one of them could not answer D’Souza’s simple and logical suggestion: ‘Why don’t you go to the registrar’s office and give your privileged spot to a minority student who was next in line?’
Hence the principle:
If your private life conflicts with your intellectual opinion, it cancels your intellectual ideas, not your private life.
and
If your private actions do not generalise then you cannot have general ideas.
This is not strictly about ethics, but information transfer. If a car salesman tries to sell you a Detroit car while driving a Honda, he is signalling that it may have a problem."
The video Taleb is referencing is:
SO SATISFYING: Dinesh D'Souza absolutely shreds SJW over "white privilege" - Young America's Foundation
Published 09 Jun 2018. Recorded at Amherst College.
If you hold an intellectual ideal, but your real world actions do not reflect or enforce this ideal. Then your actions cancel out this ideological stance. You cannot say to the words "I am a vegan" and claim the moral virtue for such an identity, but occasionally eat chicken. The act of eating the chicken cancels out any moral or ideological virtue or superiority claimed by being vegan.
Student: "We have numbers that demonstrate precisely how much wealth was stolen, and that's money that in some way could be given back."
D'Sousa: "You're willing to have social justice with other people's pay, but you're not willing to pay.
So that's the problem. And that's the problem with the progressivism that marches behind social justice, while protecting its own privileges. You know, how you said, we all have to survive, really, you have to be at Amherst to survive?
You don't have to be at Amherst to survive, you have to be at Amherst to benefit.
You have to be at Amherst because you're getting opportunities at this college that many other people are not getting.
So if you say you believe in equal opportunity, you're a hypocrite because you are taking advantage of opportunities unavailable to others. But for you this hypocrisy is fully justified because you are militating on behalf of the poor. But if it's if you're against privilege - this college is privilege. So there's a glaring hypocrisy, and you will never turn your moral mirror on yourself to say, What am I doing about it?
That's my point. For you - society should act before you do - to enforce your moral code.”
____________
Person A: “I’m a vegan but I occasionally have some chicken.”
Person B: “By the logic of Nassim's Sword of Social Justice - the act of eating the chicken cancels out your vegan claim, regardless of what you say about yourself.”
D'Sousa: "You're willing to have social justice with other people's pay, but you're not willing to pay.
So that's the problem. And that's the problem with the progressivism that marches behind social justice, while protecting its own privileges. You know, how you said, we all have to survive, really, you have to be at Amherst to survive?
You don't have to be at Amherst to survive, you have to be at Amherst to benefit.
You have to be at Amherst because you're getting opportunities at this college that many other people are not getting.
So if you say you believe in equal opportunity, you're a hypocrite because you are taking advantage of opportunities unavailable to others. But for you this hypocrisy is fully justified because you are militating on behalf of the poor. But if it's if you're against privilege - this college is privilege. So there's a glaring hypocrisy, and you will never turn your moral mirror on yourself to say, What am I doing about it?
That's my point. For you - society should act before you do - to enforce your moral code.”
____________
Person A: “I’m a vegan but I occasionally have some chicken.”
Person B: “By the logic of Nassim's Sword of Social Justice - the act of eating the chicken cancels out your vegan claim, regardless of what you say about yourself.”
by bewdew December 9, 2023
Get the Nassim's Sword of Social Justicemug. by Scaredconfidence October 30, 2023
Get the Reincarnated as a Swordmug. Term for specific type of puking in Slovakia, an opposite of power spew, or the opposite of throwing a stick.
When someone throws up, the puke exiting person´s mouth is going out in low speed (and there´s oftenly a lot of it, coming in multiple waves), so the person throwing a sword oftenly pukes on themselves and all over the toilet or the object the person is trying to puke in (oftenly messing it up or missing it entirely). After they finish throwing the sword, a lot of saliva or remains of the vomit hang from the thrower´s mouth.
When someone throws up, the puke exiting person´s mouth is going out in low speed (and there´s oftenly a lot of it, coming in multiple waves), so the person throwing a sword oftenly pukes on themselves and all over the toilet or the object the person is trying to puke in (oftenly messing it up or missing it entirely). After they finish throwing the sword, a lot of saliva or remains of the vomit hang from the thrower´s mouth.
Please, God, don´t let me throw a sword.
If you´re going to throw a sword, then go outside!
If I knew David was about to throw a sword, I´d give him extra bucket and tissues.
If you´re going to throw a sword, then go outside!
If I knew David was about to throw a sword, I´d give him extra bucket and tissues.
by Exit August 6, 2018
Get the Throw a swordmug. by HeyItsMeh! June 13, 2011
Get the Cranking the Pork Swordmug.