So if I'm in a room with 499 mental patients and they all insist there is a flying purple hippo in the room I should agree with them because there are more of them than me? I don't buy that.wordsmith said:
Poll: Do you think Escapist users try to be too edgy?
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Oh yes certainly, I'm not saying anyone should limit their political standpoint (Unless you demand that everyone wear toasters on their head and take orders from the cactii in some obscure political view) and by all means they should voice that if the situation is relevant (And they just play a bit live and let live with their beliefs like everyone should do). I just don't enjoy the way they name themselves like "I'm a communist" or "I'm a socialist" or "I'm a fascist" or whatever because to me it gives off the image like that's the only thing you ever want us to know about yourself when in reality people have more than one feather to their bow. It may sound wierd but that really is how I look at this, same goes for somebody who only states that they're a historian or a banker or even a gamer.Pararaptor said:
Besides, these people who support communism should consider stating that they're gradual facial hair loss supporters, I mean look at it
That's a terrible analogy.rezboyjoey said:
A) You're implying that people who disagree with you are mentally ill. (I know you're not, but think about it) and,
B) Maybe if you're in a room with 499 mental patients, you shouldn't start telling them their delusion is WRONG.
I really don't like how you, and many, many other people, belittle the Internet by saying things like...
Anyway, have you actually considered that this is the way that these people actually feel? Just because they have an opinion that does not match how most people think, does not mean that they're acting 'edgy' or 'anti-conformist'...
You come off as condescending and pompous when you assume things like that... Just mind your own business.
The Internet controls nearly every aspect of our society, and yet some people still don't understand why people are serious about it?JimmerDunda said:
Anyway, have you actually considered that this is the way that these people actually feel? Just because they have an opinion that does not match how most people think, does not mean that they're acting 'edgy' or 'anti-conformist'...
You come off as condescending and pompous when you assume things like that... Just mind your own business.
Definitely. A lot of the users are in their teens, so it's quite inevitable. The sexuality poll comes to mind where 1/3 of the escapists were something other than straight, and the hilarious results from that intelligence poll, which showed that around 80% of the escapists think they are more intelligent, or much more intelligent, than average joe.
Man, this is such an open thread for people to start being edgy...Thus is sort of fails to be the place to do it.
Damn.
BTW, Tim Langdell wants a word with you.
Damn.
BTW, Tim Langdell wants a word with you.
Yes, yes they do.
I like mainstream stuff, and get sarcastic remarks when I appreciate them sometimes, or stand up from them.
Whaddaya gonna do, hey?
I like mainstream stuff, and get sarcastic remarks when I appreciate them sometimes, or stand up from them.
Whaddaya gonna do, hey?
Neither is a person wrong because they are the minority. Just because I used an extreme example does not make this any less true. Also FYI roughly 90% of americans believe in some kind of god, does that mean athiests should not be allowed to believe whatever the hell they want?Milky_Fresh said:
No, it is the perfect annalogy to prove my point. Its calculus logic. For something to be proven true it must be correct 100% of the time, for something to be false it only needs to be disproved once. I went with an extreme example that effectively disproved Wordsmith's.Angerwing said:
A) You're contradicting yourself here first of all. Second I don't think they're mentally ill I think they're wrong. Thats why I dissagree with them
B) This might be true but the example was theoretical not advice to be taken literally in practice.
And what if you ARE the groundbreaking genious? Wasn't Galileo Galili killed becaue he was the one person who thought the earth revolved around the sun? And the funny thing is he was right!
Actually there was a study that involved different lengthed lines and saying which one of three matched the top line. Only one person in the room was actually a participant the rest had been told what to answer and often answered wrongly. At first some participants tended to disagree with the rest and answer correctly but eventually they would all slip into answering with the majority even when it was wrong. They also did something similar with blue screens and saying they were green.rezboyjoey said:
ot: Yeah some people on the escapist do seem to want to act edgy, I just can't believe that a lot of people act how they apparently do here.
So...you've just proved the majority can be wrong. And probably/scientifically wrong.rezboyjoey said:
Not sure what point you're trying to make unless its just a general "conformists are idiots" stance which I am in total agreement with. That is really interesting though, is there a paper on that study somewhere on the internet I can read?Joe Deadman said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experimentsrezboyjoey said:
Theres a wikipedia entry on it. Im not sure I can find much else as we did this about a year ago in psychology when we were doing the conformity section.
I have more of a problem with the strict moderation leading to many of the users here being extremely passive-aggressive because if they were to spit out their problems with each other flat-out, they would get dogpiled by the ToS.
Everyone's Opinion will differ. there is no way everyone will agree. I understand this point. However, it is when somebody thinks that their opinion is FACT. This is what pisses me off. If it was a fact, it would be CALLED a freaking fact. If they start preaching how they are insanley correct, i usually either : TROLL, Or, offer said somebody a nice big cup of SHUT THE FUCK UP!