Interview with Harry G. Frankfurt

Actually, that isn't right - since Frankfurt notes that bullshit serves a purpose in terms of selling or marketing products, it seems that the bullshitter is using the bullshitee merely as a means in this case also. Oh well. Back to the drawing board.

Our attitudes towards lying and bullshit are different becuase lying involves using as a means, while bullshit(ing) does not. When a liar tells a lie, he uses the victim of the lie merely as a means towards gaining whatever it was that the lie was for. When we lie, we bring about some benefit for ourselves, and so use the vicim of the lie as a means to gain this. Bullshitting involves no such use as a means; thus we are intuitively less tolerant towards liars than bullshitters. Or not......

White people behaving weirdly.

He was my great-aunt's ex-husband! WOOH!

Was? Did they remarry?

thanks for uploading this

Very funny, as well as very much on point!

I loved his book!