Xbox fanboys, tell me something.

[Canid117]

I find this thread to be entertaining.

 

[Kross]

Um why was OP put in probation for this post?

He made multiple threads like this apparently, which brought him from "unexpected and funny" to "clever troll".

'Tis only a (one day) probation though.

 

[Ekonk]

You know what I'd say to the OP if I ever met him in person?

"A Vente Americano and a blueberry muffin please, keep the change buddy"

Arts grads sling a mean expresso!

Arts=/=philosophy.

kthx

 

[ShadowyMOON]

I approve of the OP. Probation was unwarranted

 

[team star pug]

We have a winner for worlds biggest douche competition.

Indeed, this chap has gone and selected this demographic to make fun of with a presentation of electrical runes, a woven instrument so complicated to the chosen demographic, and perhaps quite alot of one's other fellows, that it makes out that the chosen demographic are a gethering of doltish go-hards, while in fact we are just ignorant of the literary works mentioned.

Et tu brute.

 

[team star pug]

I approve of the OP. Probation was unwarranted

Probition is enterially warrented. He was insultive to quite alot of people in the new-world racist way. He just shouldn't have done it.

 

[Trolldor]

Another fine thread on the Escapist demonstrating how easily the internet completely misses the point.

 

[team star pug]

Aaaaand it's times like this that make me hate this community. Here we have 20% of people trying to argue about something many of them do not likely understand, 25% of people pointlessly bitching at each other for one reason or another, 10% of people being butthurt Xbox fanboys, 15% of people being so condescending that it's sickening, and only 30% of people who reacted like normal human beings and took it for the joke that this was.

Jesus, people.

You just sort all of the people into groups I'm sure they will disagree with, and then you go and call all of them jesus people! Which one is it?

 

[team star pug]

Aaaaand it's times like this that make me hate this community. Here we have 20% of people trying to argue about something many of them do not likely understand, 25% of people pointlessly bitching at each other for one reason or another, 10% of people being butthurt Xbox fanboys, 15% of people being so condescending that it's sickening, and only 30% of people who reacted like normal human beings and took it for the joke that this was.

Jesus, people.

You just sort all of the people into groups I'm sure they will disagree with, and then you go and call all of them jesus people! Which one is it?

Of course they're not going to agree. I'm basically calling most of them immature idiots, under a thin disguise.

"Jesus, people" meaning "Christ, I can't believe the way you're all acting". I'll edit that out though, it's not really clear upon re-reading it.

I was only joking about the jesus people part, but please don't sort people like that, or your just as bad as the OP.

 

[JDKJ]

"To be is to do." -- Socrates

"To do is to be." -- Sartre

"Do Be Do Be Do." -- Sinatra

"Scooby Dooby Do! "-- Scooby Do

"Yaba Daba Doo!" -- Fred Flintstone

 

[Anti Nudist Cupcake]

I don't see a direct contradiction between moral nihilism and self-deception. Doesn't existentialism point to an almost double-think stance on ethics, morality and meaning of life?

Maybe I misunderstand in what context you use the terms.

Thus Spake Zarathusa is next on my reading list. So maybe I'll come back and kick my own arse soon.

I can see the OP took a smartass and a dickwad pill this morning. I'm not sure that's a healthy combination; make sure you don't go out in public anytime soon.

Are you calling Xbox fanboys dumb or are you calling them pretentious twats? Because those people populate everything. Stop insulting me for my choice.

As for Nietzsche and Sartre - not knowing who they are does not make me stupid, it makes me ignorant of the subject.



I fucking hate all this elitism.

EDIT: Please don't quote me again to tell me that it was just a joke. If it was, it was a very bad one.

Man. I want to call you some names but that would accomplish nothing. Instead I'll point something out.

Have you ever noticed how people automatically act aggressively and childishly towards things they don't understand? If you take offense simply at the topic title aren't you self-identifying as a fanboy? Do you realise that being a fanboy simply means you have brand loyalty (a logic dampener).

I'm sorry mighty smart man person, but i iz too dum too see wat u did thar.

Now enjoy your fine-tasting wine, adjust your monocle and stroke your beard while you think about how much smarter you are than me. Perhaps later you can read more 100000 page books about quantum theories to amuse your intelligence.

You could always just read the books he's talking about.

Hell, even wiki'ing them might give you enough knowledge to contribute.

We have a winner for worlds biggest douche competition.

Why's that?

I fucking hate all this elitism.

He just did the same with a WBC thread, asking why Yoda's speech pattern changes in the prequels.

He's not being pretentious, insulting or elitist. It's a form of comedy called a 'non sequitur'. the humour comes from the juxtaposition of a provocative title and a completely unrelated subject.

Regardless of whether it's "non sequitur" or not, it still seems like he's calling me stupid because I like Xbox 360.

*cries in disgust*

Read the books he's talking about?
You don't seem to have gotten the sarcasm in my post then, which was to make fun of the human weakness where individuals bring up inside jokes on some thing or another to a group of other individuals that they know will have people that can't grasp said joke, and then point out the inferior intelligence of said people, directly or indirectly or even subtly or passive-aggresively

Basically, i'm making fun of the guy making fun of the other guys who couldn't get his joke.
Or am I making fun of the guy who said a funny thing from which other guys make fun of more guys for getting angry about it and not getting it... I don't know, It's always difficult to explain myself when i'm sarcastic, it's like having to explain why a joke is funny in a way anybody that listens to you could understand. Frankly, i'm not even sure who got pissed off at who this time and which part they didn't get, there are too many people who try to get self satisfaction out of these threads, now i'm beginning to sound like one of the people who are actually angry about this joke because their intellect feel threatened.

Don't mind me for not contributing though, i'm sure you found this thread extremely amusing as well as others and I shouldn't be making fun of other people's amusement with "boring sciency stuff durr hurr hurr derp pretty pretty shiny shiny".

 

[Goldeneye103X2]

Because pineapples are okay. Not a great fan, but they're okay.

No i agree, that Does look like salad! Theres also a strong sense of arithmetic bending, eh?

 

[The .50 Caliber Cow]

"To be is to do." -- Socrates

"To do is to be." -- Sartre

"Do Be Do Be Do." -- Sinatra

"Scooby Dooby Do! "-- Scooby Do

"Yaba Daba Doo!" -- Fred Flintstone

Truly, we have evolved.

 

[Lexodus]

Hilarious, man. And what's almost as funny is all the XBOX fanboys who are, in fact, too stupid to realise you're trolling/joking. I laughed, hard

OT: Perhaps he was experimenting with drugs at the time.

To be fair the OP could have put "PS fanboys" or "PC elitists" or similar and would have gotten pretty similar reactions, just from different users. Kneejerk rage is one monopoly Microsoft does not have.

I know, I know
But it's just hilarious to see them fall hook, line and sinker, whoever they are. It's like standing on top of a cliff next to a sign saying 'Free ham sandwich at the bottom' and watching a long line of halfwits jump off to try and get it :L

 

[Lexodus]

I agree with you to an extent. However in the modern era it is not difficult to get a shallow understanding of existentialism. I think understanding existentialism (the philosophy not the movement) is important to individuals. Whereas nuclear physics and computer architecture will prove worthless to most people, existentialism is something you can literally google/wiki and then decide whether to pursue further.

Here we have people taking offence because they don't understand.

I doubt the same people have evn heard of Machiavelli tbh

It's true that a shallow understanding of philosophical concepts is much more 'usable', if you will, than a shallow understanding of a technical science.

However, implying that the education system is deficient for not teaching of figures like Satre or Nietzsche is another matter. Primary and secondary education has far too many core fields to worry about (language, maths, geography, etc.), and tertiary students don't always have the luxury of infinite time and money to devote to topics other than their chosen field. Philosophy is hardly a great choice for a compulsory topic.

Yeah, fair point.

In many respects I disagree with the notion of 'teaching' philosophy at all. It is a shame in my opinion that education systems don't put any emphasis on philosophy at all. In my English classes we covered feminism, racism, Shakespeare, classes, etc etc but never touched upon any philosophical works. I don't see why they couldn't have at least pointed us in the direction of a few big names.

As a field it generates such outcomes as:
1) Life is inherently pointless
2) I will never know what purpose I exist for
3) I've just proven I exist...guys?...guys? I've just proven I exist!
4) Everybody but me is a mental zombie

Instilling any of these views in a child is not particularly useful in making them a productive member of society.

Don't get me wrong I do like Philosophy, it's just that a lot of it is just intellectual masturbation (for lack of a pleasanter word) with solutions that someone who didn't read a giant in the field's view could probably come up with themselves. It seems to exist just to create systems to explain things and to over-think things.

That's where we head into solipsism, where only the self is known to exist and one wonders whether, when you die, everything else just blinks out of existence too.