Social WAR ROOM LOUNGE V29: Unsanctioned street threadmaking, Colosseum style (now with preferred spelling)

[Andy Capp]

Near as I can tell it was a deep troll that got out of hand. The best troll in sherdog's history was a physics graduate student who pretended to be a young earth creationist that posed increasingly difficult science questions to new atheists. He got them on the hook with shit like ''if evolution says we come from munkeys, why come there still be munkeys?'' Most people rage quit somewhere around ''if Nuclear fusion can create energy, and Nuclear fission can create energy, why can't we just fuse and split atoms to create infinite amounts of energy?''

These are not hard questions. Are you saying that once he got them answering these, he would ask harder ones until people couldn't address them anymore? That would be funny to read, knowing after the fact what was going on.

 

[all caps]

The thing I like about flat earth is it seems so stupid but that's exactly what makes people ask why? I hear flat earthers say "why do you believe what you believe?" - I think that's a great question. It sort of makes you question everything. But you can definitely get lost in it.

 

[Prokofievian]

These are not hard questions. Are you saying that once he got them answering these, he would ask harder ones until people couldn't address them anymore? That would be funny to read, knowing after the fact what was going on.

The first one is not hard, but I doubt very many people know the answer to the second one. But yes that was the idea. At some point, the switch would flip and then you'd get questions about nuclear or high energy physics, all while proselityzing like Rip.

 

[Andy Capp]

The first one is not hard, but I doubt very many people know the answer to the second one. But yes that was the idea. At some point, the switch would flip and then you'd get questions about nuclear or high energy physics, all while proselityzing like Rip.

The answer to the second one is simple. Fission and fusion don't create energy. You have to put energy in to get energy out.

Actually, if he asks enough questions, it will get very easy because they all amount to misstatements of whatever scientific principle he's asking about. I suppose if you don't have any scientific background, you can easily be befuddled, but that's when they should say, "I don't know but I think scientists do," and be done with it.

Anyway, just being pedantic. Like I said, that would probably only be funny after you find out the shtick.

 

[Andy Capp]

The thing I like about flat earth is it seems so stupid but that's exactly what makes people ask why? I hear flat earthers say "why do you believe what you believe?" - I think that's a great question. It sort of makes you question everything. But you can definitely get lost in it.

You can, but you shouldn't. You or anyone else can easily verify the earth is round with a simple experiment that has been conducted over and over again for 5000 years or more.
How the Ancient Egyptians had Calculated the Earth's Circumference between 3750-1500 BC: a revision of the method used by Eratosthenes
You should question things, but when you can experimentally duplicate a result over and over, independently all over the world, then fuck questioning, it's a fucking fact.

 

[Andy Capp]

You read way too deeply in to me if that's really what you think I was doing by asking that question.

But I do appreciate the answer.

To be fair, by your very nature one really must read into everything you say.

@Fawlty

There was no dik pic. lol

@Cubo de Sangre I have something for you too. I would have given you the pic, but you keep deleting mah posts in your thread facker.

I feel left out.

I think his argument kinda falls apart here. If his first cabinet had so many impressive resumes from a wide variety of people, that doesn't really sound like identity politics, and I'm not entirely sure how identity politics applies here: Judy was undoubtedly qualified for her position(s). Indeed he seems to imply that the argument could have been made for the appointees, and goes on to say that the explanation for their appointments was the disappointment. But then he proceeds with identity politics, as if it would have been different if Trudeau had a different explanation than [it's current year]. Don't buy it.

He wouldn't be in his position if it weren't for trying to fuck with a potential criminal corruption investigation, full stop. Or perhaps more cynically if he had just left her in her position, to find some other realpolitik solution. If anything, the ''identity politics hire'' is the lone bright spot in this situation, and playing him like a fiddle.

Good post. I want to see the evidence but right now it certainly does look bad.

 

[Graves The Elder]

amazon ditches plan to build complex in NY, 25k jobs go bye bye apparently.

and wtf is with minnesota? I have relatives there, my old man grew up there. I thought it was heartland zone.
first they elected that wingnut al franken to office and now this somali bigot is in congress?

 

[Captain Davis]

Selling books, Youtube monetiztion, the whole conference ecosystem, and things like Patreon and GoFundMe.

Hmmm

 

[Higus]

The thing I like about flat earth is it seems so stupid but that's exactly what makes people ask why? I hear flat earthers say "why do you believe what you believe?" - I think that's a great question. It sort of makes you question everything. But you can definitely get lost in it.

Oddly enough, flat earthers would benefit most from learning about Epistemology.

 

[Andy Capp]

Hmmm

It's important to remember all the content creators are mutually connected via social media and anyone can self-publish whether it be books or videos. Let's say I'm part of the community, I put out a book that refers to youtube channels that refer to reddit posts that refer to books that refer to videos... and so on.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Good post. I want to see the evidence but right now it certainly does look bad.

Wrong thread, buddy

 

[Captain Davis]

It's important to remember all the content creators are mutually connected via social media and anyone can self-publish whether it be books or videos. Let's say I'm part of the community, I put out a book that refers to youtube channels that refer to reddit posts that refer to books that refer to videos... and so on.

Ok. Good point. I guess I was thinking more on a worldly scientific way. Makes sense though.

 

[Quipling]

Wrong thread, buddy

Hey, whatever happened with that sex scandal in that blog?

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Hey, whatever happened with that sex scandal in that blog?

Trudeau groped a reporter (before she was one and way before he was in politics) she didn't push the incident further

Also, a junior minister got the boot for sexual harassment

 

[Deleted member 159002]

Brown Pride vs FN? I think Cain is going to maul him. TKO no later than R2.

 

[senri]

thats funny, I have family from that part of the country as well.
they hid in the old school basement of the day

 

[Graves The Elder]

 

[senri]

Is all good with you today my beautiful flesh?

 

[Graves The Elder]

chill like a bag of chill

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

Holy shit.



Also, I can't remember who it was that was bothering me to try out Sam Seder, but I actually do like listening to him every once again. He's the only liberal podcaster/YouTube host that doesn't annoy the bejesus out of me and he does seem to be very smart.

What a fucking abomination of a human being.