Fail Quotes

[Lord T Hawkeye]

Which I why I say all these so-called nihilists are total pretenders.

But oh boy!  I landed me a good one this time!  Check this out!

"Your logic is flawed. "Violence" is what allowed for the creation of this very Nation. "Violence" is what brought about the end of the Third Reich.

"Violence" is what put Jesus Christ on a Cross to be assasinated. Thereby,

fulfilling prophesy and making it possible for Believers to even get to heaven.

Yes, Power corrupts. And, absolute power, corrupts absolutely. But,

occasionally, and history proves that sometimes "Violence" IS a nessasary,

and even, yes, a "Good" Thing."


It's just too logical for words!

[Virgil0211]

That's an interesting point: a nihilist should should consider pragmatism as no more preferable than any other approach.

I always thought it meant that there were no objective standards by which one might determine a preferable ethical stance and so forth, leaving one free to decide upon whichever standards they otherwise desired.

[Lord T Hawkeye]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mOp2Hg_kVs Proof for determinism.

Well, this approach isn't so much my thing.  Shane?  Anything of substance to be gleaned here?

[MrBogosity]

I found it very rambling and confused. Could you summarize his arguments?

[Gumba Masta]

He could but it would cost... HIS MIND!
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[Lord T Hawkeye]

He could but it would cost... HIS MIND!

Yeah, what he said.  I couldn't stay awake through it.

[Virgil0211]

Today's addition comes from an unexpected place: My micro-economics teacher.

(Summary, but mostly exact, especially the last line) "Let's assume that the insurance company isn't able to charge higher-risk persons a higher premium. The premiums would then be somewhere around the average price to cover the cost of covering all customers. The lower risk persons look at the high premium they're paying with respect to the higher-risk patrons, and decide that they don't need insurance. When they all drop off, the insurance company must increase its premiums in order to cover its new customer base, at which point the process repeats itself. This is the reason you would see steadily increasing insurance premiums in things like health insurance. I'm not trying to get political here, but this is used as the justification for requiring that all people buy health insurance. Sure, then you get into arguments about whether or not it's right to make someone pay for someone else's insurance, but that's more based in opinions."

Uh-huh. Right. Because apparently there's no value to the shelter from unforeseen risks provided by health insurance, and people are now suddenly clairvoyant to the point of perfectly predicting all future medical costs. Sheesh. This is the first sign I've had that the guy was a hack. If I could, I'd drop the course and take it again from a better teacher next semester.

[MrBogosity]

Man, he pretty much ADMITTED that it was because of price controls, didn't he?

[Virgil0211]

He could but it would cost... HIS MIND!
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I prefer this one.
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It's a proven fact: Everything is better with lightsabers.

[Travis Retriever]

I prefer this one.
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It's a proven fact: Everything is better with lightsabers.

The Light-saber:  The most bad-ass weapon since the flamethrower.

[Virgil0211]

The Light-saber:  The most bad-ass weapon since the flamethrower.

Agreed. I present the following as further evidence of the lightsaber's ability to immediately improve any given item.

Let us examine the following; a typical axe deoderant body spray commercial:

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It is crude, un-funny, nonsensical, and seems mildly misogynistic to even me, a man who feels that porn continues to be unfairly kept out of the food pyramid.

Now, we shall add lightsabers. I think you'll find the result is a vast improvement:

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Agreed?

[Travis Retriever]

Agreed. I present the following as further evidence of the lightsaber's ability to immediately improve any given item.

Let us examine the following; a typical axe deoderant body spray commercial:

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It is crude, un-funny, nonsensical, and seems mildly misogynistic to even me, a man who feels that porn continues to be unfairly kept out of the food pyramid.

Now, we shall add lightsabers. I think you'll find the result is a vast improvement:

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Agreed?

Absolutely.

[Travis Retriever]

Back on topic:

"Social Darwinism is based on the idea that Darwinism Evolution should be applied to human society.  It states that societies are organisms that evolve --the strong advance and the weak (mostly poor) people should be allowed to die off, without interference from the state."--My history professor

[MrBogosity]

Thunderf00t: not only has he gone completely off the deep end, he's completely lost any sense of humor he ever might have had:

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Sigh...does anyone remember the days when Tf00t would actually refute people's arguments based on logic and evidence?

[Gumba Masta]

Not really. I just remember the times he picked on the kid with the obvious mental problems (VFX), which I loved by the way. =D