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Ok Fella posted:I don't care either way I'm genuinely curious. it's fair use in this context, because it's parody.
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twistedmentat posted:I just don't know what to make of this "empathy. compassion. If you like Starbucks, please loving kill yourself."
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OK, I laughed at this.
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Give it up for Trump for falling in love with a particularly ugly wealth aesthetic from the 80s and sticking with it after all these years.
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Unless that dude started printing Fry on a t-shirt there is not much the law can do. Even then Matt Groening collects bootleg Simpsons merch.
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FORMER SLAVE, SPY FOR LIBERATING FORCE = GOOD, DUDE
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Beastie posted:Unless that dude started printing Fry on a t-shirt there is not much the law can do. I think another side of it is that if something passes into common vocabulary there's less you can sue over. Like the word "Xerox" for example. Copy machines just started being called "xerox machines" whether or not Xerox had actually made them. I'd guess (I'm not a lawyer) that an image becoming a meme like that is similar. It means something specific now in internet vocabulary. Even if it's legal to sue over that sort of thing I highly doubt anybody actually would because then they'd look like a huge jerk and probably destroy themselves even if they won. The other thing is how do you get damages from millions of people using the meme to communicate but not for profit?
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Brawnfire posted:FORMER SLAVE, SPY FOR LIBERATING FORCE = GOOD, DUDE But balancing a budget trumps everything ever! twistedmentat posted:I just don't know what to make of this I feel like that is ends with "People don't like me because I am too real!!!"
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I love how they say former slave like that's something she elected to be.
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Cosima posted:I love how they say former slave like that's something she elected to be. AND as if it's a strike against her.
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Sorry to bring this back up, 5 out of those 8 questions are being asked anyway.
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I like how the moon in that image is still a sphere other astronomical bodies are spherical it's just the earth that isn't, you loving sheeple
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Christo posted:AND as if it's a strike against her. It's almost phrased as if she's a turncoat. Although from noble Southern slave upbringing, she nonetheless SPIED for the DREADED UNION against her former kindly masters, her co-slaves, and the institution which brought her such opportunity for work and improvement.
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Apr 21, 2016 17:32
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Put General Sherman on the $50 bill.
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Wasn't the last president to balance the budget Bill Clinton? You know, what with the huge surplus that was squandered by the following administration? 
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Apr 21, 2016 17:39
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Tetracube posted:I like how the moon in that image is still a sphere Yeah there's just so many layers of stupid in that image. It's like "the universe works exactly the way they told you in physics class except the Earth is a flat disc that behaves exactly like a sphere." Like people who study this sort of thing sat down and mathed the hell out of it and were like "yeah poo poo in space beyond a certain size pretty much always turns itself into a sphere because physics." They eliminated those questions by doing science.
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At this point dude needs to seriously just post "I DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE" because that's some serious deliberate misunderstanding of history. 
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 please sign this petition to decide elections by land area rather than number of votes thank u in advance yes i know bernie would have had more votes if independents had been able to vote in the democratic primary but using that map as proof that he should have won the state is extremely disingenuous
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Perestroika posted:Wasn't the last president to balance the budget Bill Clinton? You know, what with the huge surplus that was squandered by the following administration? They mean "eliminate the national debt", which Jackson did do. He then gave the resulting profits back to the states, who spent it all on hookers and blow and the economy crashed in 1837.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:I think another side of it is that if something passes into common vocabulary there's less you can sue over. Like the word "Xerox" for example. Copy machines just started being called "xerox machines" whether or not Xerox had actually made them. Verbatim: What Is a Photocopier? | Op-Docs | The New York Times
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Wellp. Prince just died, so I expect a "I don't care" post from Facebook within the hour.
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Tetracube posted:I like how the moon in that image is still a sphere It's stuff like this that fascinates me about Flat Earth, because even this doesn't have a consensus. NOTHING has a consensus about it. Like, at least JFK assassination and Area 51 theories tends to all agree with themselves, but Flat Earth is just a mess of theories that entirely disagree on everything but the Earth being flat. I love it.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Like people who study this sort of thing sat down and mathed the hell out of it and were like "yeah poo poo in space beyond a certain size pretty much always turns itself into a sphere because physics." They eliminated those questions by doing science. I think the biggest part of why people believe stuff like this is an absolutely massive amount of arrogance. They literally can't conceive of other people being significantly smarter or more knowledgeable than they are, say they don't consider "thousands of people have devoted their lives to studying this stuff and all agree the Earth is a spheroid" to be of any importance since clearly those people are so dumb that none of them have noticed why the Earth is actually flat. There's also the whole "wanting to have access to secret knowledge" aspect, but the arrogance is the most noticeable thing to me, since some of these conspiracy theories basically require that you think the vast majority of the world, including people who devote their lives to a subject, are much dumber than you. Ytlaya has a new favorite as of 18:11 on Apr 21, 2016 |
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BigglesSWE posted:Wellp. Prince just died, so I expect a "I don't care" post from Facebook within the hour. woah, gently caress 
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Arrogance is by far the most common denominator between conspiracy nutters. Which is really stupid, really. If you have this "alternative" theory about something, and if you want to gain support for it (presumably you would, right?) then you shouldn't really alienate potential allies by acting all high and mighty around them. I guess good social skills and conspiracy theories aren't usually a common mix.
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BigglesSWE posted:I guess good social skills and conspiracy theories aren't usually a common mix. It's a good recipe for my favorite cocktail, the Cult Leader
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BigglesSWE posted:Arrogance is by far the most common denominator between conspiracy nutters. Which is really stupid, really. If you have this "alternative" theory about something, and if you want to gain support for it (presumably you would, right?) then you shouldn't really alienate potential allies by acting all high and mighty around them. I guess good social skills and conspiracy theories aren't usually a common mix. The assumption is often that they don't need the social skills because their knowledge is so awesome and perfect no debate is actually needed. Those that Get It will believe instantly. Others are deluded fools that need to be educated.
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I can't help but imagine that believing in flat earth theories is heavily correlated with the unironic use of the word 'sheeple'.
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Hats Wouldnt Fly posted:Fun fact: this story is entirely made up. Tomatoes with fish genes didn't pan out and were never put on the market. I don't think you can even buy GMO tomatoes right now. Are you implying that anti-GMO people made something up to support their opinion? How dare you! That only happens MOST of the time.
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What I'd like to know is who, exactly, benefits from people believing that the earth is a globe.
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SpacePig posted:What I'd like to know is who, exactly, benefits from people believing that the earth is a globe. The same people who benefits from the fabrication of the moon, obviously.
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SpacePig posted:What I'd like to know is who, exactly, benefits from people believing that the earth is a globe. Big gyroscope and those monsters at Rand McNally
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BigglesSWE posted:Wellp. Prince just died, so I expect a "I don't care" post from Facebook within the hour. I caught a variation of that:  As if Prince isn't one of the most celebrated musicians who ever lived.
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oh my god.  Everyone I know has heard of and generally likes Prince, and I hear Prince songs pretty regularly. Dave Chappelle paid him an awesome tribute. I have no idea how Prince could have been more "commemorated" during his life.
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Cosima posted:oh my god. Yeah, this guy is arguably the most insufferable person I met in college. Thankfully the comments are just ripping him. The first one was "You lead the charge. I look forward to your daily tributes to living celebrities."
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trapped mouse posted:
There will always be someone arguing that total area of land matters more than actual vote numbers. It usually is GOP voters though. #squaremilesmatter
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cash crab posted:"empathy. compassion. If you like Starbucks, please loving kill yourself." I just realized what this reminds me of, this classic AUG  I'm smarter than everyone, and more modest. Madkal posted:
Probably things like "I'm not racist, I just speak the truth" as well. My favorite thing I saw was someone complaining about Tubbman by saying "This is a slap in the face of all those to died to defend the cause of the south". So you mean, defending Slavery?
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