SpacePig posted:

I never thought I'd have a Flat Earther in my family, but I guess if it'd be anybody, it'd be the one who's also anti-vaccination.


It's a two hour video of somebody spouting "facts" that have a fundamental enough misunderstanding of how physics works that even I, a guy who failed high school physics, knows he's completely wrong.

SpacePig posted:

I never thought I'd have a Flat Earther in my family, but I guess if it'd be anybody, it'd be the one who's also anti-vaccination.


It's a two hour video of somebody spouting "facts" that have a fundamental enough misunderstanding of how physics works that even I, a guy who failed high school physics, knows he's completely wrong.

All on Black posted:

I mean, I knew it was going to be bullshit, but I didn't expect the very first claim to be something you can disprove while standing on a beach with a ruler. Outstanding.

Karma Monkey posted:

If the earth was indeed flat, so loving what?

BlueKingBar posted:

This, my friends, is the easy, 99%-foolproof way to figure out whether the crazy-rear end conspiracy theory you believe in has any weight to it. "Would anybody in their right mind have any reasonable motivation for putting forth the incomprehensible amount of time, effort, and manpower to create a conspiracy theory this big?"

If I were a rhetorical fat cat trying to gain a stupid amount of money or power without an ethical care other than how the public sees me, I guarantee you I probably wouldn't need to convince people that the world is a different shape than it actually is. If anything, I'd convince people that putting money anywhere other than my pockets is immoral. See: healthcare providers in the US, Scientology as a religion, and oh yeah, people who propagate conspiracy theories to the gullible and/or extremely narcissistic.

Hihohe posted:

Pretty much this

https://youtu.be/Hug0rfFC_L8

With simple pictures children can understand

Hihohe posted:

Pretty much this

https://youtu.be/Hug0rfFC_L8

With simple pictures children can understand

Elderbean posted:

lmao at the assblasted conspiracy theorists in the comments section.

Lareine posted:

Big Pharma = every other industry ever

BrigadierSensible posted:

Cool. I didn't mean to call your mum racist or anything. Sorry.

But in my defense, a lot of the anti-Obamacare stuff is "BOOO! black, socialist, nazi, death camps, take our guns and give them to gay foreigners." ranting.

Sestze posted:

STEVE JOBS WASN'T BIG PHARMA

Clitch posted:

No. He ate raw kale, and died of cancer.

Zipperelli. posted:

Is there any tried-and-true way to shut down idiots who think socialism is literally the total redistribution of wealth and the end of America as we know it? There are so many morons I know IRL and on FB that continuously propagate this poo poo, and being that FB is a huge echo chamber, none of them have anyone trying to help balance the idiocy. All I'm seeing are constant memes of people getting half their poo poo taken and given to someone else, which we all know isn't what Bernie is about, but holy gently caress these people are irritating in their ignorance and obvious fear of having to share with the poors.

goose fleet posted:

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Lottery of Babylon posted:

Feeding the homeless is exactly the same as feeding wild beasts. At first, you might feel virtuous about giving bread to a few stray mammals. But, soon, your good intentions have resulted in the arrival of hundreds of additional creatures – all making GBS threads and squawking for a handout. When you finally run out of food, the animals will always start to attack you. Just as you don’t feed wildlife in the wildness, you don’t feed hominids in the metropolis.

There is no government program that could ever eliminate privation. There is no scheme to redistribute wealth that would ever succeed. There is no welfare plan would ever work. No politician is going to craft a piece of legislation that would do the trick

But me – I got this solution to poverty. Absolutely certain to be effective. Guaranteed to eliminate the problem 100% of the time. Want to know what it is?

Let the poor starve. Let the fuckers die.

If you can’t eliminate the ailment, you can eradicate the source of the disease. The answer is to let nature take its course.

Rondette posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYHmQT_7a2c

A Good Role Model.

Lottery of Babylon posted:

Feeding the homeless is exactly the same as feeding wild beasts. At first, you might feel virtuous about giving bread to a few stray mammals. But, soon, your good intentions have resulted in the arrival of hundreds of additional creatures – all making GBS threads and squawking for a handout. When you finally run out of food, the animals will always start to attack you. Just as you don’t feed wildlife in the wildness, you don’t feed hominids in the metropolis.

There is no government program that could ever eliminate privation. There is no scheme to redistribute wealth that would ever succeed. There is no welfare plan would ever work. No politician is going to craft a piece of legislation that would do the trick

But me – I got this solution to poverty. Absolutely certain to be effective. Guaranteed to eliminate the problem 100% of the time. Want to know what it is?

Let the poor starve. Let the fuckers die.

If you can’t eliminate the ailment, you can eradicate the source of the disease. The answer is to let nature take its course.

Lottery of Babylon posted:

Feeding the homeless is exactly the same as feeding wild beasts. At first, you might feel virtuous about giving bread to a few stray mammals. But, soon, your good intentions have resulted in the arrival of hundreds of additional creatures – all making GBS threads and squawking for a handout. When you finally run out of food, the animals will always start to attack you. Just as you don’t feed wildlife in the wildness, you don’t feed hominids in the metropolis.

There is no government program that could ever eliminate privation. There is no scheme to redistribute wealth that would ever succeed. There is no welfare plan would ever work. No politician is going to craft a piece of legislation that would do the trick

But me – I got this solution to poverty. Absolutely certain to be effective. Guaranteed to eliminate the problem 100% of the time. Want to know what it is?

Let the poor starve. Let the fuckers die.

If you can’t eliminate the ailment, you can eradicate the source of the disease. The answer is to let nature take its course.

Admiral Joeslop posted:

Zipperelli. posted:

Is there any tried-and-true way to shut down idiots who think socialism is literally the total redistribution of wealth and the end of America as we know it?

Zipperelli. posted:

There are so many morons I know IRL and on FB that continuously propagate this poo poo, and being that FB is a huge echo chamber, none of them have anyone trying to help balance the idiocy. All I'm seeing are constant memes of people getting half their poo poo taken and given to someone else, which we all know isn't what Bernie is about, but holy gently caress these people are irritating in their ignorance and obvious fear of having to share with the poors.

Deceitful Penguin posted:

Congratulations on not knowing what words mean, dawg

FAROOQ posted:

Holy poo poo, the guy says idiot and you immediately jump to black folks.

Lottery of Babylon posted:

Feeding the homeless is exactly the same as feeding wild beasts. At first, you might feel virtuous about giving bread to a few stray mammals. But, soon, your good intentions have resulted in the arrival of hundreds of additional creatures – all making GBS threads and squawking for a handout. When you finally run out of food, the animals will always start to attack you. Just as you don’t feed wildlife in the wildness, you don’t feed hominids in the metropolis.

Lottery of Babylon posted:

Feeding the homeless is exactly the same as feeding wild beasts. At first, you might feel virtuous about giving bread to a few stray mammals. But, soon, your good intentions have resulted in the arrival of hundreds of additional creatures – all making GBS threads and squawking for a handout. When you finally run out of food, the animals will always start to attack you. Just as you don’t feed wildlife in the wildness, you don’t feed hominids in the metropolis.

There is no government program that could ever eliminate privation. There is no scheme to redistribute wealth that would ever succeed. There is no welfare plan would ever work. No politician is going to craft a piece of legislation that would do the trick

But me – I got this solution to poverty. Absolutely certain to be effective. Guaranteed to eliminate the problem 100% of the time. Want to know what it is?

Let the poor starve. Let the fuckers die.

If you can’t eliminate the ailment, you can eradicate the source of the disease. The answer is to let nature take its course.

Lottery of Babylon posted:

Feeding the homeless is exactly the same as feeding wild beasts. At first, you might feel virtuous about giving bread to a few stray mammals. But, soon, your good intentions have resulted in the arrival of hundreds of additional creatures – all making GBS threads and squawking for a handout. When you finally run out of food, the animals will always start to attack you. Just as you don’t feed wildlife in the wildness, you don’t feed hominids in the metropolis.

There is no government program that could ever eliminate privation. There is no scheme to redistribute wealth that would ever succeed. There is no welfare plan would ever work. No politician is going to craft a piece of legislation that would do the trick

But me – I got this solution to poverty. Absolutely certain to be effective. Guaranteed to eliminate the problem 100% of the time. Want to know what it is?

Let the poor starve. Let the fuckers die.

If you can’t eliminate the ailment, you can eradicate the source of the disease. The answer is to let nature take its course.

Panfilo posted:

Aren't there actually a subset of neoconservatives that want to adopt a 'starve the beast' strategy to eliminate socialist policies? Gut public services so they can turn around and prove how socialism doesn't work?

zakharov posted:

That's literally what they're doing now, they're just usually too sly to actually say it.

Chomp8645 posted:

If someone has that comic where a guy makes fun of an anti-capitalism protester for USING PHONE MADE BY CORPORATION and WEARING CLOTHES MADE BY CORPORATION I'd appreciate it because it is screaming for deployment right now tia.

It absolutely refuses to show in a google search, mainly drowned out by comic con poo poo.

Skaw posted:

Unless it comes to the Postal system. Holy poo poo do conservatives openly hate it. Yet it's a good profit turner for the federal government.