Just stupid! The things people believe!

[Arcadia2000]

I've read all seven bloody pages of this... I blame basement cat. First off, I would like to thank Haliwali, The_root_of_all_evil, Cleverlymadeup, Ultrajoe, ANTI-SANTA, and especially LilMissEvil for their fun avatars. [I <3 the big O.P.]
I agree with the general consensus that remedies not endorsed by liscensed practicioners of modern medicine are crap for a good reason, but also with the less popular "Having a good attitude helps, too" crowd. I think humanity as a whole is limited by what it thinks it can achieve, and that goes for the world as a whole down to the single individual.
You know, if you live your life believing in better things, and you die believing there was a better place you were about to be, and even if it turned out that it wasn't true and there was nothing, you'd never know, because you were dead. I think that's awesome. You made a difference while you were here and you left happy. Life's a party, and since no one likes the douche at the party that didn't bring his own beverage but drank everyone else's, and ate all the mini tacos and left a big mess of ... various bodily wastes ... in the bathroom and didn't clean up, and talked too loud and hit on other people's girlfriends...well, why do we condone that kind of behavior in other times and places? You *can* have a good time and not screw up everyone else's while you're at it.
I think the biggest joke people believe though, is Cinderella. Rags-to-riches. The American Dream. That's why the people that make millions lose millions, and the people that earn millions have a trail of bloodied corpses behind them. Figuratively speaking, of course.
I think you're only as stupid as you choose to be. Though the wise man realizes that he knows nothing, he is wise because his mind is open, not locked away fearing invasion.
By the way, if the world DID instantly go incurably insane... who would be left to care? To quote from the books of children, "Hippity hoppity mew mew mew."

 

[flatearth]

I didn't read every page of this, so sorry if this is mentioned before.

I just became, once again, frustrated that you claim as a reason for fake moon landings that why we haven't gone back there. Yes, it is very expensive to fly a crew to the moon, and the data you receive from those journeys are not that usable right now. But don't you know that USA has made six manned moon flights, longest of those had the astronauts stay on the moon for three days. Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 made succesful manned lunar landings, and the last of those had geologist on board, being the only flight to have scientific personnel among the crew.

And one thing about the person Jesus who lived about 2000 years ago. There really might have been a real Jesus, but a real son of god, not likely. Around those days there were lot of "prophets" who claimed to be the messiah and what not. It was sad that they chose Jesus to follow, I'd gone with Appolonius, for they said he could walk through walls and resurrect the dead. Even Jesus's miracles were not as good as Appolonius's.

 

[Auron555]

Well, here's my opinion on some things:
.9bar, for all intensive purposes, is equal to 1. You say you can find me a number between it and 1, and I agree. that number is .0...1, i.e., zero repeating on and on to infinity, and then a one. BUT! How can there be something after a never-ending stream? Philosophers?

We landed on the moon. Period.

Aliens are wasting their time by spending time around us Americans, if they even exist.

Jesus may not have existed as the Ultimate Savior, but I choose to believe he did. (Actually, I believe that Good and Evil are in a constant battle all around us, with God and the Devil possessing humans as soldiers. And Karma too. >_>)

And lastly, Stupid People are the new Plague and should be exterminated by taking simple basic knowledge tests with incredibly easy questions, and given time to respond for why they got any wrong, if they did.

 

[werepossum]

You have to admire the immigrants work ethic.

Certainly. The main reason for America's success (other than an untapped bounty of natural resources, which certainly helps) has been our constant slow influx of immigrants. People with the gumption to pick up and move to a strange, unfamiliar land generally want to build a better life and really appreciate America's freedom and opportunity. In turn, they benefit America by providing cheap, hard-working labor, fresh perspectives, and by improving our own work ethic by competition. And second generation immigrants usually do significantly better than the native-born because their parents care more about education, hard work, and maximizing opportunity, providing a secondary benefit of more educated, usually technical workers with higher-than-average work ethics. And we here in America are also fortunate that most of our immigrants are good, hard-working, honest people. Europe for example, particularly France, has a problem with immigrants who see physical labor as beneath them.

There's only two problems. The first is that Mexico is educating its young people that much of the USA is rightfully Mexico, and should be re-conquered. I've no desire to expand Mexico, and I know the vast majority of people living in the American Southwest have no desire to be Mexican citizens. (That seems to be especially true for those of Mexican heritage.)

The second and larger problem is that too much of a good thing almost inevitably becomes a very bad thing.

There are reasons that the USA became the USA (powerful with a large middle class by European standards) and Mexico became Mexico (not powerful with a very small middle class by European standards), and they have nothing to do with skin color or ethnicity. I very much don't want to see the USA go the way of Mexico, and I very much don't want Mexico to absorb part of the USA.

 

[orreso]

It seems that some people think global warning is what's up for debate. Whether or not it's happening has been proven, every scientist agrees the temperature has gone up. What's up for debate is what's causing it and if we have something to do with it. I'm a fan of it's just a normal cycle and an ice age is what's next since we're over due for one. I don't think it's a bad idea to stop polluting I just don't think it's the cause of global warming.

i agree with this man.

natural cycle has a lot more going for it then the concept of our actions disrupting something as colossal as the planet.

THANK YOU, I've been trying to explain this to people for awhile, it was even in my 10th grade science book, but people are just to clingy to what the media tells them

 

[hazakura]

Wow,these are actually ligitment arguments,
As for my thoughts:
On Globel warming:still up for debate,I don't wanna take sides on this.

On Illegal aliens(Mexicans):Hey,if we didn't have them,where would Carlos Mecia be? Plus, they make cheap,sanitary, life possible.

On Moon landing:WHAT THE ****! WE WENT THERE! HOW COULD WE HAVE FAKED THAT?!?(supporting Flatearths fact)

On Aliens(Outer space):As Carl Sagen said "The proboblity that they exist is high,with so much unseen Space."

On The lose of moral fiber and intellagence: Its very true,and very sad. The media seems to make it look that Smarts make a person an Outcast.Some people I know won't accept the fact that they have there brain actually functioning.

On Religion:I don't think we'll ever know for sure until we actually die.

 

[Auron555]

And another thing to get some people going:

Q: Are we not men??

 

[hazakura]

And another thing to get some people going:

Q: Are we not men??

how do you mean?

 

[SeaCalMaster]

And another thing to get some people going:

Q: Are we not men??

Maybe some of the people here aren't. You sexist pig. ;p

 

[werepossum]

And another thing to get some people going:

Q: Are we not men??

We are Devo!

 

[SenseOfTumour]

As for 0.9 etc = 1, discuss

Its close enough for no-one to care...except on online forums.

Hoenstly, If I order pie, and I get 0.99999 of a pie, then I wont be demanding to see the manager.

And no, I haven't missed the point, I dont care about the point.

Oh , and a bit late, but I'm not against Vin diesel as such, in fact, I think the Oscars should quit being so pretentious, and maybe have a 'best mentally challenged role' and 'best physically challenged role' so it opens up the other awards to actors who didn't strike gold by playing someone wither disabled or dysfunctional and getting one free with the part.

I also think comedies and action movies should have a category too, surely one big part of movies is to entertain? please don't let it all be about 'art', that way madness lies and more period dramas ( and I dont mean when I proved I was a new man and bought my girlfried some tampons but apparently 'its not a proper birthday present' )*thanks jimmy carr*.

I know some have got oscars before, I feel sometimes the awards go to the 'worthy' movies, not so much the entertaining ones.

Have I veered from the path slightly?

They're about the same-ish, that's all that matters.

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

As for 0.9 etc = 1, discuss

Its close enough for no-one to care...except on online forums.

Hoenstly, If I order pie, and I get 0.99999 of a pie, then I wont be demanding to see the manager.

And no, I haven't missed the point, I dont care about the point.



Oh , and a bit late, but I'm not against Vin diesel as such, in fact, I think the Oscars should quit being so pretentious, and maybe have a 'best mentally challenged role' and 'best physically challenged role' so it opens up the other awards to actors who didn't strike gold by playing someone wither disabled or dysfunctional and getting one free with the part.

I also think comedies and action movies should have a category too, surely one big part of movies is to entertain? please don't let it all be about 'art', that way madness lies and more period dramas ( and I dont mean when I proved I was a new man and bought my girlfried some tampons but apparently 'its not a proper birthday present' )*thanks jimmy carr*.

I know some have got oscars before, I feel sometimes the awards go to the 'worthy' movies, not so much the entertaining ones.

Have I veered from the path slightly?

They're about the same-ish, that's all that matters.

But if you had 0.9 non-repeating of a pie you would know because a tenth of it would be missing.

 

[JakubK666]

People think that a black bloke(or some other kind of "MC Nigga") singing about how he wants to fuck a girl is good music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VVuMIB2hC0 - That's a perfect example of a P.O.S. that stayed on top of charts for 15 weeks.

And regarding Global Warming:

97% of CO2 is natural - based in water vapour.Humans only produce the remaining 3%.Even if we did our best to reduce that(which ,bear in mind, involves cutting down on 80% of electricity and car usage), it wouldn't even make a difference.

/enddiscussion

PS: @ Purple Rain
I know you asked about it on the other page.Yes, there are animals that are far more dangerous to the environment than humans.According to scientific research, a single cow releases a lot more emissions(through farting...seriously!) than a (heavily criticized) SUV.

 

[SeaCalMaster]

And regarding Global Warming:

97% of CO2 is natural - based in water vapour.Humans only produce the remaining 3%.Even if we did our best to reduce that(which ,bear in mind, involves cutting down on 80% of electricity and car usage), it wouldn't even make a difference.

SDIC.

 

[Usnota]

here's a couple of stupid things people will believe first off, if you play "Stairway to Heaven" there is a satanic message, it such a load of BS, if u liisten 2 it backwards with out knowing the lyrics (the "satanic" ones), it will sound like stairway backwards, however iff u listen 2 it with lyrics u will here the lyrics, it is just the power of suggestion, and yet people still beleive it. if u want 2 c here is a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_heaven#Backmasking_controversy

and 2nd I knew a girl that thought that ISLAM WAS A GODDAMN COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!! this espcially pisses me off because i am 2nd generation Turkish immigrant here so i know a few VERY basic facts about the region but we are at WAR and isnt 1 of the first rules of warfare 2 KNOW THE FREAKIN' ENEMY

please discuss

 

[JakubK666]

and 2nd I knew a girl that thought that ISLAM WAS A GODDAMN COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!! this espcially pisses me off because i am 2nd generation Turkish immigrant here so i know a few VERY basic facts about the region but we are at WAR and isnt 1 of the first rules of warfare 2 KNOW THE FREAKIN' ENEMY

please discuss

Well...here in UK, we had a bitchy famous-for-being-in-big-brother celebrity who thought that East England was a different country.Also I have a girl in my English class who though that Japan was a part of China.

Idiocracy ftl.

 

[werepossum]

SNIP and 2nd I knew a girl that thought that ISLAM WAS A GODDAMN COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!! this espcially pisses me off because i am 2nd generation Turkish immigrant here so i know a few VERY basic facts about the region but we are at WAR and isnt 1 of the first rules of warfare 2 KNOW THE FREAKIN' ENEMY

please discuss

That's a good point. So many people have not been exposed to other cultures and believe strange things about them, forming opinions based on teasers for the news overheard whilst waiting for American Idol to come on. Or they assume that everyone is more or less like themselves, assuming there is no evil in the world (or no evil except the USA) and just ignore things that refute that world view. Just because that Iranian family down the road is nice doesn't mean the mullahs running Iran are nice. (There's a reason that nice Iranian family isn't in Iran any longer.)

This has always been more or less the case in America - there's a reason people say war is G-d's way of teaching geography to Americans, we tend to be willfully ignorant of other countries and cultures except those from whence we immigrated - but it's really odd in Europeans, considering that continent has been threatened by Islam before. And it leads to strange behavior: France and Germany happily trade with Iran and Hussein's Iraq, and yet block Turkey's entrance into NATO. What's up with that?

 

[Squeaksx]

Well actually if I remember correctly. Fire can be used to destroy airborne bacteria as it would create an inhospitable environment for them. So in sense it could lower your chances of receiving the plague actually. Perhaps you should look farther into things before you write them off as fool's belief.