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Patrick Skeels
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philosopher | linguist | winsome rogue | fgc wannabe

i teach philosophy at the university of kentucky

papers here: https://philpeople.org/profiles/patrick-skeels
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The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
3yo daughter just saw Frozen for the first time. The songs around the house began immediately. We are gonna be lettin' it go for the foreseeable.
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Strange new kinds of metalinguistic negotiations taking place.
Truly incredible.
Trump on Mamdani: "We had some interesting conversation and some of his ideas are really the same ideas that I have. But a big thing on cost. The new word is 'affordability.' Another word is just 'groceries.' It's sort of an old fashioned word but it's very accurate."
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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February 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
lil nuzzi vert
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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After years of wanting to, I am finally underemployed enough to justify responding to a referee request at a for-profit journal with my own request for a consultancy fee.

It definitely won't work. But if it does...
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Don't hate the language player, hate the language game.
November 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Not to be confused with “intology”.
"ontology" is the study of placing one thing on top of, or onto, another thing
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Now on display in my office (next to Foucault????)
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Parenting has its upsides
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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one thing about being old on the internet is that I constantly forget some people are making money off their online presence. I naively tend to think we're all here for the love of the game.
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If they were serious they’d put em on a single wheel like Rosie from The Jetsons.
The insistence on making these robots bipedal is probably the most obvious giveaway that it's all a big carny gimmick
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I love that the outlook app is unusable, but I also love that the in-browser version is unusable.
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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hear me out: joyce carol oates super bowl halftime appearance
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Snowing in KY!
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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my sense is most philosophers agree: this is exactly wrong
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
his papers are good, but he’s got some excellent monographs as well (last one i promise).
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
ooo i got one
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Tried to participate in the meme, but couldn’t think of anything that hadn’t been done. Googled it and got a wonderful ai response
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
> had to print handouts at cvs
> me: I just want regular paper not photo paper
> cvs girl: No problem
> First two come out normal. The rest come out on 8.5x11” glossy.
> cvs girl: sometimes they just come out like that

Only the finest, glossiest handouts for your boy:
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
CHOO CHOOOOOOOOO
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Driving through Indiana for the first time.

Gray and flat.
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Traveling to Charleston IL for the IPA. Giving a talk about metalinguistic negotiations and arguments from disagreement. Haven’t presented in a while and I’m looking forward to it!
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Fuck yeah. After struggling for hours I googled it and someone named Alan Munn solved my exact problem on StackExchange 7 years and 3 months ago.

Copied, pasted, worked on the first try.

Alan, you are the GOAT.
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM