xmung wrote:the way to derail the random things thread would be to start discussing an actual topic in it (probably not religion or politics or there will be stabbing), and no matter how much someone tries to steer it off course everyone else brings it back to topic.
I'm working on that
And I don't think discussing politics or religion has to be bad, we had a couple of quite reasonable talks about them, without stabbing...
but then again stabbing is cool, and much safer.
* stabs DarkMagician *
You are the Non. You must go now, and never return."
If you really want to start a violent "my opinion is different than yours and you shall die for that" thread then just mention the word "anime". On Keenspace neither politics nor religion can hold a candle to that topic.
Warren wrote:colors, numbers; what's the difference?
People react to colors emotionally; they do not react to numbers emotionally (unless those numbers are coming from a winning lottery ticket or the IRS).
Crossfire: "Thank you! That explains it very nicely, and in a language that someone other than a physicist can understand..."
Denial is not falsification. You can't avoid a fact just because you don't like it.
"Data" is not the plural of "anecdote"
xmung wrote:the way to derail the random things thread would be to start discussing an actual topic in it (probably not religion or politics or there will be stabbing), and no matter how much someone tries to steer it off course everyone else brings it back to topic.
I'm working on that
And I don't think discussing politics or religion has to be bad, we had a couple of quite reasonable talks about them, without stabbing...
but then again stabbing is cool, and much safer.
* stabs DarkMagician *
Shit, not again
*collapses*
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Warren wrote:colors, numbers; what's the difference?
People react to colors emotionally; they do not react to numbers emotionally (unless those numbers are coming from a winning lottery ticket or the IRS).
Warren wrote:colors, numbers; what's the difference?
People react to colors emotionally; they do not react to numbers emotionally (unless those numbers are coming from a winning lottery ticket or the IRS).
...or a natural 20 on a dice roll!
... or of course, a natural '1'. *shudder* "You swing your axe and miss the orc, but neatly cleave your left leg in two."
Crossfire: "Thank you! That explains it very nicely, and in a language that someone other than a physicist can understand..."
Denial is not falsification. You can't avoid a fact just because you don't like it.
"Data" is not the plural of "anecdote"
I'd like to see one of you space-faring comic artists drag this subject into your comic. Would be cool to see how far it would go in intergalactic travel.
As far as life goes, not a hill of beans we can do about it, except to secretly send yourself in a airborne storage container.
From what I've seen, small children should be labeled according to their peace-disturbing potential. One poke in the back of the head should merit use of force to subdue them to the ground, gag them, and have them forcibly restrained.
Color coding is like the stoplight - take this tale I was told once:
So, there I am in my car trying to get to work, when suddenly the terror alert level goes to yellow. So I have to stop, and bang, it goes right up to red. So I'm sitting there, cooling my heels while these idiots go back and forth in front of me. Then the alert level goes back to green. Guy in front of me sees it, takes off and gets broadsided by a goof who goes through his red alert light. Big mess, and I'm REALLY late for work.
Which goes to show, when the government is involved, nothing _ever_ goes exactly as it is planned
