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Ahhh! Now we're seing the true face of these people.
Finally somebody threw the "love it or leave it" equivalent.
He, he, he,
when cornered by somebody with better argument, just tell them to get the hell out of here, whether it's your country or a forum.
Got it. End of discussion
Good bye clinging to your religion and guns and enjoy the fan.
Here's a bit of logic that has served me well on the internet: if I have absolutely no interest in a topic or subject, logic dictates that I don't waste my (or anyone else's) time there. Seem reasonable?
Or from another perspective, how would you feel if a group of strangers started hovering around you to belittle you for your interests simply because they had no interest in whatever it is that interests you? Would it seem rational to you from that perspective? For instance, I have no interest in bicycling as a sport. If you were a sport cyclist, would it make much sense to you if I trolled the cycling forums you hung out on and started trashing the discussions there?
Ahhh! Now we're seing the true face of these people.
Finally somebody threw the "love it or leave it" equivalent.
He, he, he,
when cornered by somebody with better argument, just tell them to get the hell out of here, whether it's your country or a forum.
Got it. End of discussion
Good bye clinging to your religion and guns and enjoy the fan.
Where exactly did I mention religion or even guns for that matter?
Obfuscate and misdirect without addressing the issue. You are probably pretty accomplished on the politics boards, but here you come across as petty and irrelevent. You make absolutely no arguments or points, simply innuendos about the motivations of the people who enjoy taking care of themselves.
If your only pleasure is trying to start arguments over something you obviously have no knowledge of, it seems to me you need to find a new hobby.
Where exactly did I mention religion or even guns for that matter?
Obfuscate and misdirect without addressing the issue. You are probably pretty accomplished on the politics boards, but here you come across as petty and irrelevent. You make absolutely no arguments or points, simply innuendos about the motivations of the people who enjoy taking care of themselves.
If your only pleasure is trying to start arguments over something you obviously have no knowledge of, it seems to me you need to find a new hobby.
Ignore the troll. Phoreskin is just trying to validate whatever crappy lifestyle he's not coping with.
With the pending collapse of our country about a year or two away, I thought I would begin a survival guide for West Virginian's.
Hmm, a post from 2009 predicting the end of the world by 2011. It's now 2013 yet the nutjobs continue to declare the end is just around the corner and will refuse any logic and fact based assessment which says other wise. It would be interesting to hear just one of our chicken littles admit they were wrong, their thinking was lacking in intellectual rigger, and not based on reality.
It will never happen though because one thing the nutjobs will never do is admit they're crazy or weren't thinking in a logical manner. Instead they usually just double down on the same nonsense no matter how often their claims are proven to not pan out. Enjoy.
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It will never happen though because one thing the nutjobs will never do is admit they're crazy or weren't thinking in a logical manner. Instead they usually just double down on the same nonsense no matter how often their claims are proven to not pan out. Enjoy.[/quote]
That is the best explination I have ever heard for how Jerry Brown was re-elected to be governor of California.
Hmm, a post from 2009 predicting the end of the world by 2011. It's now 2013 yet the nutjobs continue to declare the end is just around the corner and will refuse any logic and fact based assessment which says other wise. It would be interesting to hear just one of our chicken littles admit they were wrong, their thinking was lacking in intellectual rigger, and not based on reality.
It will never happen though because one thing the nutjobs will never do is admit they're crazy or weren't thinking in a logical manner. Instead they usually just double down on the same nonsense no matter how often their claims are proven to not pan out. Enjoy.
Why not explain what intellectual rigor is...provided that you can spell it? Knowing the correct spelling always helps when someone is trying to find a definition or explanation. Reading is necessary as well.
Hmm, a post from 2009 predicting the end of the world by 2011. It's now 2013 yet the nutjobs continue to declare the end is just around the corner and will refuse any logic and fact based assessment which says other wise. It would be interesting to hear just one of our chicken littles admit they were wrong, their thinking was lacking in intellectual rigger, and not based on reality.
It will never happen though because one thing the nutjobs will never do is admit they're crazy or weren't thinking in a logical manner. Instead they usually just double down on the same nonsense no matter how often their claims are proven to not pan out. Enjoy.
I've got an honest question for you. Why do you care? How is any of this hurting you?
I suspect the honest answer to this is it makes you feel superior to another group of people.
I've got an honest question for you. Why do you care? How is any of this hurting you?
I suspect the honest answer to this is it makes you feel superior to another group of people.
Of course that's the case! 99.9% of the time it is.
Even those types know that just because Event A hasn't happened, it doesn't mean it can't. With a change of probability, it would be similar to me playing Russian Roulette. I spin the cylinder. I pull the trigger. Snap. No shot. I then look at my buddies, smiling, and say smugly, "See there, you idiots! I told you nothing would happen, you tin foil hat brigadiers!" And you know, I potentially could spin that cylinder a hundred times, put the muzzle to my temple, and pull the trigger, and still have nothing happen. But that doesn't mean it's a very smart thing to do. And it doesn't mean it won't go bang one of those times. So, yeah, it's the smug, superior, "see I told you so." Thing is, it's not going to change any minds here if the guy pulls that trigger for the next fifty years. It still won't be smart. And it will still be an told-you-so exercise in ego to brag about the lack of a loud bang each time.
As for why such people care: in some cases, I don't think they do; they just want to pick on someone. In other cases, I think it gets under their skin that everyone is not a carbon copy of their superior selves. Because when we get down to the brass tacks it makes absolutely, positively, incontrovertibly, irrefutably, NO difference in their lives the least bit. They have to boost their illusions of superiority by finding someone to single out in our politically correct world that won't tolerate the typical "isms" out of them, so they find new "isms" and construct an Other to browbeat, just as humankind always has.
FWIW Phorlan made a hit and run on the peak oil thread as well, with a statement that was just as nonsensical. Ah well, someday they'll learn.
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. I'll be living pretty damn good. A whole lot better than the most of the population left unprepared.
