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Dire Lemming posted:I dunno, decorum I guess you could call it? This started as me trying to articulate the reason why making fun of conspiracy theorists can feel weird that isn't misplaced compassion or conflict aversion. This is probably just because I've done a bunch of research into them myself for uni work, but jokes about conspiracy theorists feel like a lesser degree of jokes about serial killers, or even the same degree, it's not like people haven't been injured or killed for these beliefs. the only flat earth casualty i can think of is the man who blew himself up in a rocket he built himself that he was going to use to go up into the air and take a photo of the flat earth lol. i dont think thats the same as the victims of literally any serial killer. your ability to connect meaningfully to reality has been obliterated by whatever rogue instict you have to continue engaging in and making your widely mocked beliefs known. i understand your compassion for deliberate morons now
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Nov 29, 2022 18:51
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I refuse to count a Dire Lemming as belonging to our "in-group", can we upgrade to a Dire Squirrel, please?
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Nov 29, 2022 18:53
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CelticPredator posted:Serial killers are really stupid people. The most mediocre lamest humans possible which is why they murder. serial killers are only cool when they have supernatural powers or are killer dolls
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Nov 29, 2022 19:00
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a guy brutally destroying himself in a homemade rocket he made to try to take pictures of the flat earth is not funny. it's not OK to laugh at that
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Nov 29, 2022 19:06
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:serial killers are only cool when they have supernatural powers or are killer dolls Facts
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Nov 29, 2022 19:10
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Feels Villeneuve posted:a guy brutally destroying himself in a homemade rocket he made to try to take pictures of the flat earth is not funny. it's not OK to laugh at that there but for the grace of god go i (?)
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Nov 29, 2022 19:11
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Feels Villeneuve posted:a guy brutally destroying himself in a homemade rocket he made to try to take pictures of the flat earth is not funny. it's not OK to laugh at that motherfucker actually killed himself like a looney toon...
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Nov 29, 2022 19:12
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Feels Villeneuve posted:a guy brutally destroying himself in a homemade rocket he made to try to take pictures of the flat earth is not funny. it's not OK to laugh at that Yeah, it wasn't funny, it was just sad.
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Nov 29, 2022 19:12
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Spark That Bled posted:Yeah, it wasn't funny, it was just sad. Well, you know what comedy legend Doug Walker says.
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Nov 29, 2022 19:16
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idk it was kinda funny lol He went looking for the flat earth and became himself flat, in the earth
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Nov 29, 2022 19:17
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:motherfucker actually killed himself like a looney toon... its like that urban legend about the guy attaching a booster rocket to a Chevy Impala except real
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Nov 29, 2022 19:18
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SkeletonHero posted:Well, you know what comedy legend Doug Walker says. "Mad Max: Fury Road is a Looney Tunes cartoon"?
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Nov 29, 2022 19:22
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CelticPredator posted:idk it was kinda funny lol
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Nov 29, 2022 19:23
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Spark That Bled posted:Yeah, it wasn't funny, it was just sad. lmfao come on now
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Nov 29, 2022 19:34
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being a humorless scold to win a posting argument
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Nov 29, 2022 19:35
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it is honestly just kinda sad. But I think you can have empathy for some of the folks who wind up falling down these rabbit holes WHILE ALSO laughing at and otherizing them to make it clear is it not okay in society. it’s actually important to do both.
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Nov 29, 2022 19:36
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The dude only said it was a flat earth thing to bilk money out of idiots, he didn't actually believe it. Dude just loved flying dangerous rockets, and I can respect that.
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Nov 29, 2022 19:37
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Watching a clown trip over his comically large shoes, falling down several flights of stairs, nose honking with every impact, only to land face-first in the huge banana cream pie he was carrying: I shall not laugh at this. There but for the grace of God go I.
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Nov 29, 2022 19:38
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Shyrka posted:The dude only said it was a flat earth thing to bilk money out of idiots, he didn't actually believe it. Dude just loved flying dangerous rockets, and I can respect that. based rocket man
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Nov 29, 2022 19:38
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Shyrka posted:The dude only said it was a flat earth thing to bilk money out of idiots, he didn't actually believe it. Dude just loved flying dangerous rockets, and I can respect that. he died doing what he loved. plummeting to the earth in a death trap while scamming people
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Nov 29, 2022 19:38
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Feels Villeneuve posted:he died doing what he loved. plummeting to the earth in a death trap while scamming people hell, who among us wouldn’t
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Nov 29, 2022 19:40
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I cry for Wylie e. Coyote because godless neoliberal society has failed to teach him about object permanence and gravity
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Nov 29, 2022 19:41
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fun hater posted:being a humorless scold to win a posting argument I was giving a personal opinion, not trying to attack you.
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Nov 29, 2022 19:46
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Famethrowa posted:a self-selected group of conspiracy theorists is not the same as the trans/NB community jesus christ. I have no horse in this race otherwise but I think you spectacularly misread something.
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Nov 29, 2022 19:46
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being non-binary is a lot like getting in the acme brand wile-e-coyote rocket and smashing into the earth at 9000mph
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Nov 29, 2022 19:49
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Spark That Bled posted:I was giving a personal opinion, not trying to attack you. do you not have the social preservation instinct that lights up when you start behaving like a schoolmarm
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Nov 29, 2022 19:56
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John Murdoch posted:I have no horse in this race otherwise but I think you spectacularly misread something. becaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuussssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Nov 29, 2022 19:57
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John Murdoch posted:I have no horse in this race otherwise but I think you spectacularly misread something. No, Dire Lemming did conflate fun hater saying flat earthers rejecting grade school astronomy with TERFs saying trans people "reject biology": Dire Lemming posted:It's why this
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Nov 29, 2022 19:59
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Dire lemming bowed their head solemnly and spoke, "there is no difference between good things and bad things"
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Nov 29, 2022 20:05
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John Murdoch posted:I have no horse in this race otherwise but I think you spectacularly misread something. 
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Nov 29, 2022 20:06
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fun hater posted:do you not have the social preservation instinct that lights up when you start behaving like a schoolmarm I'm on Something Awful, I don't have a social life.
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Nov 29, 2022 20:08
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that's not what i asked
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Nov 29, 2022 20:12
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Nuns with Guns posted:No, Dire Lemming did conflate fun hater saying flat earthers rejecting grade school astronomy with TERFs saying trans people "reject biology": Honestly fair cop, I was more focusing on conflating the people making the argument and not the subject of the argument despite the obvious problem with conflating those two. Even then the "and for largely the same reasons" was uncalled for.
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Nov 29, 2022 20:24
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fun hater posted:that's not what i asked Do you get upset when people don't laugh with you at something? Do you need your sense of humour to be validated or something? I wasn't even saying that the man didn't deserve what happened to him, I just said I didn't find it funny. I wasn't even replying to you.
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Nov 29, 2022 20:24
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Terminally stupid.
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Nov 29, 2022 20:29
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LanceHunter posted:Technology Connections made a video that even he admits was probably too snarky: I don't think I've ever seen one of his videos, but my girlfriend subscribes and showed this to me and I thought it was deligtful. Who knew that switched outlets was so contraversal? Also there was a blink and you miss it reference to Walt Disney's Carosel of Progress, so ot gets bonus points from me.
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Nov 29, 2022 20:32
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Twincityhacker posted:I don't think I've ever seen one of his videos, but my girlfriend subscribes and showed this to me and I thought it was deligtful. Who knew that switched outlets was so contraversal? he is probably the best technology youtuber. I really loved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udNXMAflbU8
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Nov 29, 2022 20:41
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he deserves a nobel prize for the dishwasher video
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Nov 29, 2022 20:49
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Technology Connections is a great example of someone with two+ major fields of interest focusing on one subject matter but allowing the other interest to inform their methodology. Alec doesn't just like machines and electronics, he also loves theme parks and science communication presentations and worlds' fairs and all that hokey sincere stuff. So he makes videos that *are* science communication, instead of just videos *about* science communication videos. The Secret People Mover video is another great example of his interests synthesizing in a great, entertaining way.
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Nov 29, 2022 20:55
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fun hater posted:he deserves a nobel prize for the dishwasher video no joke changed my life.
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Nov 29, 2022 21:01
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