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    Quote Originally Posted by jimmyz View Post
    Sounds like what I experienced when I stopped drinking once.
    Stopped drinking? Why?
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    Quote Originally Posted by resister View Post
    Evidently, you missed where I responded, not started.
    http://thepoliticalforums.com/thread...=1#post1957623
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    That's his default condition. (hint, not said by me)
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    Quote Originally Posted by resister View Post
    That's his default condition. (hint, not said by me)
    It was not referring to you.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    Quote Originally Posted by OGIS View Post
    Warning: off-topic posts by resistor. Please stick to the topic in this tPF thread.
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    Crepitus started it and I responded, just ignore his role and TB me and confirm your bias. Gotta love these threads, ban who you want and ignore the other guilty partys!!!
    Mmmm.... I don't think so. Here is the progression of the comments, with my interpretations interspersed:
    Quote Originally Posted by Subdermal View Post
    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.
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    What are you upset about now?
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    That's 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.
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    Must pay the toll to cross bridge ^
    This is your set-up for the "money phrase" (payload) to follow Crepitus' inevitable response.
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    Are you having autocorrect problems too ?
    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.
    Quote Originally Posted by resister View Post
    No, you are the toll troll.
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    Last edited by OGIS; 03-13-2017 at 10:41 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    The point of the forum is to discuss the topics at hand. It may feel good to defend others, but you should be careful that in doing so that you don't create a distraction to the thread.
    Bears repeating.
    Wearing a mask with your nose sticking out is like wearing a condom on your testicles.

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    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

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