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"For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'." John Greenleaf Whittier
"Our minds control our bodies. Our bodies control our enemies. Our enemies control jack shit by the time we're done with them." Stick
In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
resister (03-13-2017)
Mmmm.... I don't think so. Here is the progression of the comments, with my interpretations interspersed:
Not a terribly helpful post - but having been a patient parent once - I await either (a) further reason to TB him or (b) something actually substantive and contributory.
This is my impression of him, his default condition.
Yes, it is snarky and technically OT, but it is (a) in response to my question, and (b) technically correct (in my opinion) information.
So if it is his comment here that prompts you to say "BUT MA, HE STARTED IT!" I would have to say that you are wrong.
This is your set-up for the "money phrase" (payload) to follow Crepitus' inevitable response.
Actually pretty clever. He avoids calling you an idiot (for which - yes - I would TB him) by blaming the damned machine. So, technically, not a personal insult, and only a very minor garden variety of TJ, so I pass on this.
The payload. Also name calling.
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So you used the classic Troll tactic of envelope/payload. And Crepitus neatly avoided your trap. That is why the warning was just for you.
General response to everyone - my modified Rule 9: Unlike the Mods, I will allow ONE public questioning of my tPF warning. I do so because that allows me to publicly explain my reasoning for issuing the tPF warning. The above post is a good example. However, any subsequent attempts to threadjack by posting about the warning or my response to the complaint will result in TB. So if you want continue complaining about my tPF warning, please do so by private mail. Don't be a barbarian, and we can have a nice discussion.
Last edited by OGIS; 03-13-2017 at 10:41 AM.
Wearing a mask with your nose sticking out is like wearing a condom on your testicles.
When out walking, look out for PROBlems. You know: maskless Plague Rats On Bicycles who blow past you without giving you time to get out of the way.
Ah, CONServatives, the Masters of Projection (MOPs). With CONServatives, every accusation is a confession. Weird, that.
............Oh, what fresh hell is this?
,,,........¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯
....... Not my circus, not my monkeys
Crepitus (03-13-2017)
Wearing a mask with your nose sticking out is like wearing a condom on your testicles.
When out walking, look out for PROBlems. You know: maskless Plague Rats On Bicycles who blow past you without giving you time to get out of the way.
Ah, CONServatives, the Masters of Projection (MOPs). With CONServatives, every accusation is a confession. Weird, that.
............Oh, what fresh hell is this?
,,,........¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯
....... Not my circus, not my monkeys
So, does anyone have any thoughts about the points presented at the end of the article?
According to the psychologist Rob Brotherton, conspiracies appeal to us for three main reasons.
The first is that, if “something big happens we assume there must be a big explanation for it”. For example, the idea that JFK could have been shot by a lone gunman doesn’t ring true for a lot of people. (This is called'“proportionality bias'.)
We’re also prone to 'intentionality bias'. This is where our brains assume that things can’t be coincidental.
And then there’s 'confirmation bias' - once we have a hunch about something we start noticing things that confirm it. “We all do this,” Rob says. “There’s lots of information out there so it’s easy to find stuff to back you up, and equally ignore things that contradict you.”
The longer I spent around conspiracy theorists, the more I started to feel distrustful and on edge.
Wiktor Solar, a researcher at Warsaw University who spends his days looking into conspiracies, told me, “Belief in conspiracy theories can lead to feelings of powerlessness. It’s not that conspiracies are making people feel more frightened, but we do know that frightened people are more prone to believing in conspiracies.”
I've stared down the void and, believe me, I can see how easy it would be to fall.
Wearing a mask with your nose sticking out is like wearing a condom on your testicles.
When out walking, look out for PROBlems. You know: maskless Plague Rats On Bicycles who blow past you without giving you time to get out of the way.
Ah, CONServatives, the Masters of Projection (MOPs). With CONServatives, every accusation is a confession. Weird, that.
............Oh, what fresh hell is this?
,,,........¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯
....... Not my circus, not my monkeys