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 Shared by My Dad.  I was actually kind of disappointed. Based on the lurid headline I was expecting some wild conspiracy theory, but it turns out they're just spinning the heck out of the fact that that rules of engagement are a thing that exists, and we're only bombing people sometimes, like when there's not babies around and poo poo. The article gets all "abloohoohoo why can't we bomb indiscriminately like the Russians?"
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Other than the fact that this is bonkers, this seems so weirdly specific? Like, out of all the things you think you're being lied to about, you choose the general shape of the Earth to distill all your efforts into.
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Which ignores the fact that drone strikes kill civilians regularly. But it's not a guy actually in the jet pressing a button and watching people die, so Obama must love ISIS.
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Practical Demon posted:Which ignores the fact that drone strikes kill civilians regularly. But it's not a guy actually in the jet pressing a button and watching people die, so Obama must love ISIS. Still a billion or two Muslims left not free enough.
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This B.o.B nonsense has esculated even further, he recently made a diss track against Neil DeGrasse Tyson for daring to reply to his dumb tweets  One interesting line is that he tells people to look up David Irvin... a historical revisionist, holocaust denying antisemite who hates black people. Really. Speaking of science! 
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Sadly in today's grant driven science branch that's not far off from the truth at all E: even though it's more "Need to find the result that fits my narrative so I can finish this paper and get grants next year"
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Otisburg posted:
Wait your dad is upset that the US ISN'T killing civilians and children? Find a new dad.
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Gridlocked posted:Wait your dad is upset that the US ISN'T killing civilians and children? Find a new dad. He's pushing 80 and basically the whole world has left him behind. It actually makes me a bit sad because he's still, you know, my Dad. In this case I'm not sure if he even read the article or just shared it because of anti-Obama sentiment. And I'm sure at least some of the poo poo that's normal, even progressive to believe today will be considered regressive/outmoded/shockingly backwards when (well, if, really) I'm 80. Basically:  Here's some original content from him: "There's a whole lot of cintroversy as to Weather Obama is a muslim. That's immaterial in that everything he says, does or doesn't do or say is exactly what a muslim would do. It's actions that count, not whatever is on his nametag." FWIW I replied to that one saying I think the best take on that was by Colin Powell during the '08 campaign. I push back, but as civily as I can and pick my battles, because I don't want to cause a row over some stupid paleoconservative meme that blows up and have that be my last memory of my Dad.
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Weather Obama, that's the guy doing the global warming, right?
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He's so close to having a modern and progressive viewpoint. "It doesn't matter what label is thrown on him, it's his actions that count." Then comes "and his actions are that of a bloody Muslim."
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I've seen that cartoon dozens of times and I just noticed the little kid in the future is wearing bondage gear and nipple rings.
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hyperhazard posted:Conveniently forgetting that it was 65 degrees on the east coast over Christmas. It was loving 80 here... That guy can suck my globally warmed dick.
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Otisburg posted:He's pushing 80 and basically the whole world has left him behind. It actually makes me a bit sad because he's still, you know, my Dad. In this case I'm not sure if he even read the article or just shared it because of anti-Obama sentiment. Yeah I know the feeling honestly. What I didn't say in my previous post is it reminds me a bit of my old man, who is in hi mid 60's. He isn't trying to be a dick, or ruffle feathers but he just does sometimes. The thing that gets me the most is if someone is homosexual or bisexual that he knows the first thing he mentions when referring to someone of said persuasion is "PERSONSNAME, the double adapter." It's like cmon man, you don't have to point that out.
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hyperhazard posted:Conveniently forgetting that it was 65 degrees on the east coast over Christmas. Climate Change is just a name they gave it after Global Warming was proven completely false by a big blizzard that happened in my area! They just change the name of the thing so it's harder to argue against! One thing I'll never understand about Climate Change denial is that everyone seems to think there's some sort of "Big Wind" or something behind climate research studies that show fossil fuels to be a contributor, but somehow, Big Oil couldn't possibly be behind the research the proves that it isn't. That research is good, and we just all have Obama's wool over our eyes.
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I used to think you were cool, B.o.B
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Do flat-earthers ever explain what the end game to all this supposed conspiracy is? Who's profiting from the round earth lie? Is it a just so a bunch of eggheads at NASA can laugh at the ignorant masses?
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Oh my sweet gods. I don't know if I should post this here or in the schadenfreude thread but, just, drat. https://www.facebook.com/rikeste/videos/993795060693888/
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Norwegians are loving weird.
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mng posted:Norwegians are loving weird.
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Christo posted:Do flat-earthers ever explain what the end game to all this supposed conspiracy is? Who's profiting from the round earth lie? Is it a just so a bunch of eggheads at NASA can laugh at the ignorant masses? I've been trying to figure this out as well, but I'm more concerned how they handwave people flying west from the United States to Asia.
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Christo posted:Do flat-earthers ever explain what the end game to all this supposed conspiracy is? Who's profiting from the round earth lie? Is it a just so a bunch of eggheads at NASA can laugh at the ignorant masses? Poe's law. It's a mix of people who are just idiots and believe it, and people who are essentially trolls having a laugh.
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Oh my sweet gods. I don't know if I should post this here or in the schadenfreude thread but, just, drat. I'm a cat. I can talk and I wear clothes, but I'm totally a cat. Cats get their lips pierced right? My human ears and eyes can somehow hear and see better because I am a cat. I hope this video haunts her for the remainder of her life long after she has grown up and stopped being a cat.
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Indolent Bastard posted:I'm a cat. I can talk and I wear clothes, but I'm totally a cat. Cats get their lips pierced right? She is never going to stop being a cat.
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Tiberius Thyben posted:She is never going to stop being a cat. Of course she won't 
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Oh my sweet gods. I don't know if I should post this here or in the schadenfreude thread but, just, drat. Everything she claims to do is probably stuff that she has seen cats do without actually understanding it. Like, I once saw a cat hiss at a dog so all cats must hiss at dogs so I must hiss at a dog too. Also lol at her trying and failing to catch a mouse. She is a lovely cat.
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Madkal posted:Everything she claims to do is probably stuff that she has seen cats do without actually understanding it. Like, I once saw a cat hiss at a dog so all cats must hiss at dogs so I must hiss at a dog too. Also lol at her trying and failing to catch a mouse. She is a lovely cat. Put her on diet kibble, she will get leaner and be a better mouser.
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Her in 20 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwhVFKzA72Q
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Christo posted:Do flat-earthers ever explain what the end game to all this supposed conspiracy is? Who's profiting from the round earth lie? Is it a just so a bunch of eggheads at NASA can laugh at the ignorant masses? Same question but global climate change deniers. What do those dirty liberals gain? Dirty windmill money? Are they arguing because liberals are a thing they hate and will oppose literally everything they support for no reason?
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Rolo posted:Same question but global climate change deniers. What do those dirty liberals gain? Dirty windmill money? There is a lot of money in climate regulation, research, and carbon credits.
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It's a whole range of reasons, from "counteracting it would require making some sacrifices on my part, and gently caress that, I'M AN AMERICAN" to "Jesus provides! We'll all be fine!"
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quote:Same question but global climate change deniers. What do those dirty liberals gain? Dirty windmill money? Yes.
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There's also the idea that the government regulating anything at all is bad, and that we (and by extension, corporations) should be allowed to use whatever fuel source we want, regardless of the harm it does to the environment. One of the weirdest things I've heard from my dad about this is that he is incredibly against wind and solar farms for some reason, but 100% in favor of more nuclear plants. It's really strange that somehow something that's technically cleaner but with an actively dangerous waste product is somehow better for the environment than a big windmill.
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Oh my sweet gods. I don't know if I should post this here or in the schadenfreude thread but, just, drat. Man, I never know how to feel about this sort of stuff. On the one hand, yes, this is weird! But on the other, a lot of the elements in my religion coud be considered weird too. Does it make me an rear end in a top hat to consider this person weird when my religion state that the son of God sacrificed himself so that we could be free from sin?
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paradoxGentleman posted:Man, I never know how to feel about this sort of stuff. On the one hand, yes, this is weird! But on the other, a lot of the elements in my religion coud be considered weird too. Does it make me an rear end in a top hat to consider this person weird when my religion state that the son of God sacrificed himself so that we could be free from sin? no
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paradoxGentleman posted:Man, I never know how to feel about this sort of stuff. On the one hand, yes, this is weird! But on the other, a lot of the elements in my religion coud be considered weird too. Does it make me an rear end in a top hat to consider this person weird when my religion state that the son of God sacrificed himself so that we could be free from sin? Depends, do you think Jesus and/or God are also cats? E: V I'll shame who I want! V Who What Now has a new favorite as of 20:18 on Jan 26, 2016 |
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E: ^ Please don't shame ancient Egypt. ^hyperhazard posted:Conveniently forgetting that it was 65 degrees on the east coast over Christmas. Scarf posted:It was loving 80 here... That guy can suck my globally warmed dick. I can't find it now but I saw a political cartoon the other day, it was an artist holding up one of those "SO MUCH FOR GLOBAL WARMING" cartoons and saying "hmm, i seem to be making these later and later every year..."
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paradoxGentleman posted:Man, I never know how to feel about this sort of stuff. On the one hand, yes, this is weird! But on the other, a lot of the elements in my religion coud be considered weird too. Does it make me an rear end in a top hat to consider this person weird when my religion state that the son of God sacrificed himself so that we could be free from sin? we call this line of thinking "the slippery slope"
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