Do Skeptics have "off" days? [Archive]

Hokulele

25th March 2008, 01:37 AM

Well I'm pretty sick of that evil cabal of fat people who are out to persecute me by getting on escalators ahead of me and just standing there, or just hanging around in big wobbly gangs blocking doorways wherever I go... Get out of my way you fat bastards!!!

It is not the fat people on escalators who are out to persecute others, it is the flatulent ones.

lee5

25th March 2008, 04:41 AM

haha...play COD4 for 10 hours straight (till 5 in the morning), and you start to assume that people popping bubble wrap are sounds of bullets being shot.

HAHA!!

I feel you on that one. When I first got COD4 I played for like a week strait. I would get nervous rounding a corner or standing in one place for too long in fear of "being found".

lol

lee5

25th March 2008, 04:43 AM

Just a little warning to all of you who think "all-nighters" are a good idea...

This one time, the day after I went without any sleep at all, I was debating with a group of Flat-Earthers, and found myself believing them after awhile.

Flat-Earthers?!

Please point me in the direction of that one... I need to hear about this!! :D

lee5

25th March 2008, 04:46 AM

Hmmm...

I guess my true question is this.....

Does coincidence ever get the best of you?

Sometimes odd **** happens that tries to lead you to a crazy conclusion. Sometimes it takes a few minutes... or hours, to come to your senses.

I dunno... I am really bored so don't mind me.

Damn.. now I want to play some COD4 :D

DGM

25th March 2008, 05:02 AM

Flat-Earthers?!

Please point me in the direction of that one... I need to hear about this!! :D
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/

Enjoy!

The Doc

25th March 2008, 05:05 AM

Sometimes I think "I wish I could believe that...", but once you learn to exercise the critical mind, it's pretty hard to turn it off.

lee5

25th March 2008, 05:24 AM

http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/

Enjoy!

http://theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=a3838345ca75c74d3fb39b97ac6960 e5&topic=11211.0

:covereyes:boxedin::eye-poppi:eek::jaw-dropp:boggled::boggled::boggled:

Wildy

25th March 2008, 05:53 AM

Ahh, the Flat Earthers, the second most crazy group that you will ever encounter.

DGM

25th March 2008, 05:55 AM

I think a better question would be, do CTer's ever have "on" days?

Wildy

25th March 2008, 06:02 AM

Probably when we have "off" days.

Alt+F4

25th March 2008, 06:16 AM

Ahh, the Flat Earthers, the second most crazy group that you will ever encounter.

You mean after Time Cube, right?

Horatius

25th March 2008, 06:24 AM

Well I'm pretty sick of that evil cabal of fat people who are out to persecute me by getting on escalators ahead of me and just standing there, or just hanging around in big wobbly gangs blocking doorways wherever I go... Get out of my way you fat bastards!!!

Our plan is working!

It is not the fat people on escalators who are out to persecute others, it is the flatulent ones.

And so is our other one!

Come now, did you really think these dots were unconnected?

Bwahahahahaha!

Horatius

25th March 2008, 06:30 AM

I have a new one, based on what Alberta Kat just did: I'm convinced that every cat in the world is conspiring to hide how high/far they can actually jump. Because every time you see a cat jump, they act like it's a world record attempt taking place over a pit of alligators with land mines in their mouths.

Even when it's a 1.5 foot jump from the desk to a chair, like Alberta just did. She hammed it up, tensing, moving slightly back and forth, judging, then, OMG! Fling! I Made It! I can't believe it!

For a jump she's made 1000's of times before.

I'm pretty sure Hector was in on it too. I once caught him on top of a window sill about 6 feet off the ground, with no furniture close by he could have jumped up from, and he looked at me like I had stumbled upon a great secret......and had to die for that.

I tell you, some day soon, all our cats are going to take over the world by means of jumping somewhere they're not supposed to be able to reach, and then doing....something. Something Evil!

Drudgewire

25th March 2008, 08:09 AM

Ahh, the Flat Earthers, the second most crazy group that you will ever encounter.
Chemtrailers still have a stranglehold on the top spot, right?

1337m4n

25th March 2008, 09:59 AM

http://theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=a3838345ca75c74d3fb39b97ac6960 e5&topic=11211.0

:covereyes:boxedin::eye-poppi:eek::jaw-dropp:boggled::boggled::boggled:

I think I just felt my sanity take a hit.

uruk

25th March 2008, 01:23 PM

I once wrongfully believed that the 9/11 hijackers entered into the US via the Canadian border. They entered the U.S. on legal visas.

dudalb

25th March 2008, 01:57 PM

Chemtrailers still have a stranglehold on the top spot, right?

I would put the Moonbats (the We Never Landed On The Moon folks) at the top spot myself for sheer silliness.

Redtail

25th March 2008, 02:13 PM

I would put the Moonbats (the We Never Landed On The Moon folks) at the top spot myself for sheer silliness.

Ah... But the Flat Earthers are Moonbats too! In fact they think the whole space program is a hoax!

I tell you, some day soon, all our cats are going to take over the world by means of jumping somewhere they're not supposed to be able to reach, and then doing....something. Something Evil!

:Dhttp://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_1204446042985b7895.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=4752)

Fear the mighty Butt Cat!!!!

Cl1mh4224rd

25th March 2008, 05:54 PM

Do you ever have moments when you let your guard down and get sucked into some CT nonsense? I have a hard time in believing in coincidence sometimes.

Just curious.

Be honest!

Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent traffic. The conspiracy? Comcast sends each end of a peer-to-peer connection a "reset packet" pretending to be from the other end of the connection, which causes one or both ends to drop that connection. This results in a significant drop in transfer speed. I guess this one is pretty far from nonsense, though, since the throttling only happens to Comcast customers, the "reset packets" have been observed, and even the FCC is taking it seriously.

The Church of Scientology murdering ex-church members and other "suppressive" people. I believe this the same way that most people believe there's something suspicious about the JFK assassination: "aware" of oddities, coincidences, and motives, but not interested enough in the subject to try and prove them right or wrong to myself, or actively crusade against it.

Unsecured Coins

25th March 2008, 06:34 PM

haha...play COD4 for 10 hours straight (till 5 in the morning), and you start to assume that people popping bubble wrap are sounds of bullets being shot.

off topic... I'd whip your rear end in COD4

Normal Dude

25th March 2008, 06:48 PM

http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/

Enjoy!

Lets not leave out their bros:

http://theflatmarssociety.co.nr/

Normal Dude

25th March 2008, 06:52 PM

An FSMProphet is on the Flat Earth Forums:

I once thought that the world was round. However, upon finding this site, I am now convinced that the earth is flat. Okay, so there are some discrepancies. For example, flights in the southern hemisphere would take many, many times longer than they actually do. However, there is an explanation for all doubt!

Those numbers, the numbers of hours, miles, etc. have been changed. Not by government conspirators, not by pilots who are in on it, not by Jesus, not by any man. They are being changed at all times by the Flying Spaghetti Monster when he utilizes his Noodly Appendage. But then, some might ask, wouldn't we still notice that the flights were extremely long, even if the numbers were changed? The Flying Spaghetti Monster's Noodly Appendage has entered the passengers' brains and changed their memories!

VespaGuy

25th March 2008, 07:11 PM

HAHA!!

I feel you on that one. When I first got COD4 I played for like a week strait. I would get nervous rounding a corner or standing in one place for too long in fear of "being found".

lol

You mean I'm not the only one!? My nephew left his PS3 at my house (no, really) and I played COD4 for waaaaaay too long. I started getting those same fears that you mentioned. I even caught a glimpse of movement out my window and immediately thought "there goes a guy!", before realizing I wasn't still playing.

I'm seriously considering getting a PS3 just for COD4, but I know I'd waste too many hours. (And is it just me or are 90% of the people who play COD4 pot-heads? Everybody has 420 in their username. I even played against a "WeedMan420". But I digress...)

ElMondoHummus

25th March 2008, 07:19 PM

Just a little warning to all of you who think "all-nighters" are a good idea...

This one time, the day after I went without any sleep at all, I was debating with a group of Flat-Earthers, and found myself believing them after awhile.

Was that you? You believed me??

;):eek::eye-poppi:D

ElMondoHummus

25th March 2008, 07:25 PM

Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent traffic. The conspiracy? Comcast sends each end of a peer-to-peer connection a "reset packet" pretending to be from the other end of the connection, which causes one or both ends to drop that connection. This results in a significant drop in transfer speed. I guess this one is pretty far from nonsense, though, since the throttling only happens to Comcast customers, the "reset packets" have been observed, and even the FCC is taking it seriously.

What? You mean I really can full-throttle download my por...

uhhhh...:eek:

Sickly Crypsis

25th March 2008, 07:27 PM

Just a little warning to all of you who think "all-nighters" are a good idea...

I hear you. After going to Sydney and being in an altered state of consciousness for 72 hours, I was at work filling up on red bull and found myself defending the price of it to my boss, saying its a "complex" drink thus costs more to manufacture.

I certainly felt like a moron. But I'm still very happy to pay it. *hugs bottle*

Blender Head

25th March 2008, 07:27 PM

I used to believe the EPA lied about the Ground Zero rubble being "safe to breathe".

Boy, was my face red! :o (Or purple of some shade in this case)

NYCEMT86

25th March 2008, 10:29 PM

I used to believe in the JFK Assassination conspiracy, when I was younger. It wasn't until I lived with Jim Marrs ex son-in-law, that I realized how crazy Marrs was.

Off topic: for all you COD4 playes, have you beaten Mile High Club on veteran? Its the last achievement I need to unlock, please PM me for tips.

PhantomWolf

26th March 2008, 04:12 PM

Ahh, the Flat Earthers, the second most crazy group that you will ever encounter.

You mean after Time Cube, right?

Chemtrailers still have a stranglehold on the top spot, right?

I would put the Moonbats (the We Never Landed On The Moon folks) at the top spot myself for sheer silliness.

Actually I was going to go with the Fixed Earth crowd (http://www.fixedearth.com/)

Obviousman

26th March 2008, 05:39 PM

I'm always prepared to EXAMINE a theory. Problem is that most turn out to be full of inaccuracies. It's like 9/11 - I am quite prepared to believe that a person or persons unknown, who may or may not be part of the US government (or any other government), recruited and facilitated the 9/11 attack. No big conspiracy - some people with money recruited fanatics to carry out an attack for whatever reasons.

This "theory" allows complete acceptance of of the 9/11 facts, does not require any complicity by elements of the US government, does not require replacing of bodies, does not require laser beams or thermite charges... but the CTs cannot seem to even consider this aspect.

None have provided any evidence that this theory may be correct, but at least it is plausible - unlike the majority of the CT propositions.

Ron_Tomkins

26th March 2008, 05:58 PM

Ahh, the Flat Earthers, the second most crazy group that you will ever encounter.

You mean these guys? (http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm)

... But they make so much sense!!!:)

beachnut

26th March 2008, 05:59 PM

Do you ever have moments when you let your guard down and get sucked into some CT nonsense? I have a hard time in believing in coincidence sometimes.

Just curious.

Be honest!
How long before you figured out the stork did not deliver you? Which CT is big enough?

Santa Claus.
The vacuum cleaner salesman.
The insurance policy to make "you" rich!
The one armed bandit.
The new car with all the extras!
Easter Bunny.
The tooth person?
Charlie Sheen being a expert at flight maneuvers?
Jones is an expert on themite?
"ample evidence" from 9/11 truth.
The snake oil salesman.
Ironically named groups; "9/11 truth". What a propaganda scheme, "What, you do not what the truth"?

I think the endless questions 9/11 truth manufactures to mislead others is successful until we gain knowledge.

A true skeptic can not be a 9/11 truth member because 9/11 truth has never presented evidence to support their ideas. Skeptics do not join groups who push false information and fiction.

I have fallen for things! The best defense is knowledge (just say no, until you have the knowledge and know what the red pill does)

Brainster

26th March 2008, 06:31 PM

We are all trained to look for patterns in the information we receive, so of course people tend to "connect the dots", which is the exhortation of any conspiracy theorist. I actually now find it headache-inducing when somebody gets into the Kennedy Assassination conspiracy theories, whereas I once cheerfully indulged them, albeit in small doses.

SpaceMonkeyZero

26th March 2008, 06:42 PM

Do you ever have moments when you let your guard down and get sucked into some CT nonsense? I have a hard time in believing in coincidence sometimes.

Just curious.

Be honest!

I've dismissed it and said "Yeah, so what?" about some CTs before. Back when I was a naive yet apathetic college student, someone mentioned that the CIA invented crack specifically to keep "the black man down", and I "Yeah, so what?"

Also being born 9 years after JFK's assassination made me indifferent as to whether or not there was a "2nd" shooter. When I was in Dallas in 1995 on a business trip, a bunch of us out of towners went to the book depository. One of my co-workers was an ex Army sniper, he looked out the window and said "Yep. No problem." That got rid of the last shred of "meh I guess it could have been more than 1 shooter" thinking. That same day I met the nut who claims that Stephen King killed John Lennon (He was at the book depository that day for some reason)

I guess that is as close to buying into a CT I've ever had.

PhantomWolf

26th March 2008, 06:43 PM

I do have to admit to one irrational belief. I hold onto the belief that one day a HB or CT might actually answer a question with a straight answer.

SpaceMonkeyZero

26th March 2008, 06:46 PM

Ahh, the Flat Earthers, the second most crazy group that you will ever encounter.

I always thought they were tongue-in-cheek and not really serious.

Travis

27th March 2008, 09:03 AM

I do have to admit to one irrational belief. I hold onto the belief that one day a HB or CT might actually answer a question with a straight answer.

Man, you so crazy!

jaydeehess

27th March 2008, 08:56 PM

haha...play COD4 for 10 hours straight (till 5 in the morning), and you start to assume that people popping bubble wrap are sounds of bullets being shot.

Remember "Tetris"?

Try playing that for 8 hours straight and see what that does to you the next day!

:boggled:

To the OP. When I was in my teens I believed that UFO's probably were, in many cases, extraterrestrial visitations either populated by other beings or unmanned explorations. That later was downgraded, in my estimation to a possibility and later to a fairly remote possibility.

I also thought there was a lot of evidence for a conspiracy in the JFK assasination, now I believe that it also is a remote possibility.

Reptilian overlords,,, never believed it,,, Apollo program went off just as I witnessed it being reported upon by Walter Cronkite.

(please note that the following contains deliberate typos)
As for 9/11/01, When I first encountered the CT surrounding it the poster on a forum stated that bombs were in the towers. "Oh", I thought, "that's possible. What evidence do the proponents of this have?" I looked at what was proposed and determined that it was carp.
Then a poster said that it was a missile that hit the Pentagon! "Whaaat?" I said to myself,"This is getting crazier." Still I looked at the supposed evidence and found it to be even a bigger and smellier pile of carp. That was only the beginning though as the next load came in the form of 'no-planes'. I had watched the live TV of the 2nd plane into the towers. "Omigawd" was my reaction, "how could there be so many people willing to believe such,,",,,,,,, carp?

jaydeehess

27th March 2008, 09:36 PM

Ahh, the Flat Earthers, the second most crazy group that you will ever encounter.

Oh, ranking loons would be a mistake. Everytime you think you found number one you will find another one that's worse.

Can 'flat Earth" really take the penultimate spot with "Time Cube" and the Matrix -is-a-docu-drama factions out there?

Some people believed this too.
The Incunabula Papers: Ong's Hat and other Gateways to New Dimensions (www.incunabula.org)