My faith in humanity just died a little

Ravenwood · March 17, 2011, 01:27:04 PM

C'mon. Timecube is the first great Internet crackpot. It's become a classic in it's insanity.

Van_Fox · March 17, 2011, 01:57:26 PM

OR i could just not vote :3

EmoFox · March 17, 2011, 01:59:54 PM

Quote from: Van_Fox on March 17, 2011, 01:57:26 PM
OR i could just not vote :3

THere are so many things WRONG with that idea and statement, that my head just exploded. Arrrgh.

OryxFox · March 17, 2011, 10:49:13 PM

I've never had much faith in humanity in the first place, especially after stumbling upon Fundies say the Darndest things's Top 100 list.

You thought the geocentric guy was bad? Wait until you get to the one who murdered his roommate because he was an atheist.

Selkit · March 17, 2011, 10:57:50 PM

Quote from: Van_Fox on March 17, 2011, 01:57:26 PM
OR i could just not vote :3

I want to set you on fire right now, Van. Or at least give you a sound slap upside the head for being so utterly dense.

Foxxphyre · March 18, 2011, 02:13:20 AM

Well, it depends on what you're voting for... Also- if no one voted, the government would be shown to lack legitimacy and fall apart. In Canada its basically a straw vote... not real democracy... an illusion used to maintain the colonial power structure, so for that reason I support mass non-voting in Canada to get us some actual Democracy. Mass non-voting campaigns can achieve more than anarchy in that sense. Though I support mass 'spoiled ballot' campaigns to drive the point home instead. (We had 50,000 registered voters show up and only 10 votes cast? wtf?)

Speaking of bat-shit crazy, I hear Westboro was protesting in VanCity recently. Also, I have to deal with these morons on an OTHERKIN forum... makes me wonder if they're plants... and yes, they claim to be 'Christian' :roll:

EmoFox · March 18, 2011, 02:39:02 AM

Quote from: Foxxphyre on March 18, 2011, 02:13:20 AM
Speaking of bat-shit crazy, I hear Westboro was protesting in VanCity recently. Also, I have to deal with these morons on an OTHERKIN forum... makes me wonder if they're plants... and yes, they claim to be 'Christian' :roll:

wait, what? Westboro church was in van? what the hell? No. that's just not right. Why can't they stay in their own fucked up corner of the world? How was there not a counter protest against them? How did they get across the border? Why can't fred phelps just die already? I don't consider myself a very hateful or judgemental person, but really, I'm pretty sure his devil-contract ended by now.

Foxxphyre · March 18, 2011, 02:51:27 AM

Yeah, I hear it from Murphy and we were coming up with funny signs to take to a counter-protest next time I hear of such things... "God Hates Fags... Except for that one time in College" (I'm pretty sure you could sneak into their picket for a photobomb with that one!), "Jesus Was Gay," "Biblethumping kills braincells" "I guess not all humans evolved from apes after all"

Lt ReiStark · March 18, 2011, 03:34:18 AM

I would go in nothing but leather kink and a police hat if i were you, just to mock them.

Foxxphyre · March 18, 2011, 02:47:42 PM

Quote from: Lt ReiStark on March 18, 2011, 03:34:18 AM
I would go in nothing but leather kink and a police hat if i were you, just to mock them.

Just not my style though... I'm sure others would be happy to... I'd go as a fur though!

Ravenwood · March 18, 2011, 03:02:02 PM

Quote from: EmoFox on March 18, 2011, 02:39:02 AMwait, what? Westboro church was in van? what the hell?

They have been refused entry into Canada so many times they'll probably never be allowed into the country.

Foxxphyre · March 18, 2011, 04:08:56 PM

Quote from: Ravenwood on March 18, 2011, 03:02:02 PM
They have been refused entry into Canada so many times they'll probably never be allowed into the country.

They sneak in... by fedexing their signs and coming on 'vacations.' If you're not on a watch list, the border isn't gonna check you. And don't think there aren't crazies like this in Canada as well...

Foxxphyre · March 18, 2011, 04:31:54 PM

On a related topic... after reading about and interacting online with more fundamentalists than I care to mention I have noticed this: Most of them can't spell or use grammar very well at all. They will often go on to complain that about their beliefs being persecuted and themselves attacked ad hominem as 'stupid' or 'uninformed' when people use well thought out, well communicated and logical arguments to refute them.

If people want to be taken seriously at all, especially online where text is the primary mode of communication, they should learn to use that medium correctly. Quite frankly, I have trouble taking anyone seriously if they can't prove their reading/writing level is above that of the average Elementary School standard. This is why I think you're stupid and uninformed: You give me lots of evidence.

Sevrin · March 18, 2011, 04:36:13 PM

i understand where you're coming from fox, but some people have trouble with language in general, i, for one, cannot correctly punctuate to save my life.
not capitalizing is just me being lazy though.

Quote from: OryxFox on March 17, 2011, 10:49:13 PM
I've never had much faith in humanity in the first place, especially after stumbling upon Fundies say the Darndest things's Top 100 list.

thank you, thank you so much for directing me to this site, i haven't laughed this hard since... well since yesterday at the improv center, but its still really funny, rather sad, but really funny nonetheless

Foxxphyre · March 18, 2011, 04:50:43 PM

I can deal with comma splices and such -most people type conversationally- but it just backs up my point- if people have trouble understanding and expressing language, what business do they have trying to 'spread the word of God' or make a claim that their holy book is all true if they can't properly comprehend the use of language?

Reading and writing (and speaking, for that matter) takes practice. More often than not people who are bad at it just don't do enough of it (apologies to the dyslexics out there).

I also agree on the Fundies website. Its like watching a trainwreck... only funny.