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ph34r wrote:

Deadshane1 wrote:Tit for tat.

Now I really do think you're trolling. Are you not satisfied by my reasoning that Dakka is not the best place to learn PhD level topics?

Goalpost moving powers, activate.

What a gem we have discovered.

Albatross wrote:

YOU ARE NOT A UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL SNOWFLAKE.

Oh please, speak for yourself.

Monster Rain wrote:I'm not though, that's the difference. Now you're just lashing out because you've been caught with your pants down.

If someone is acting like a jerk, and gets called on it, the fault is with the person who is being a jerk not the one that points out their antisocial and frankly embarrassing to watch behavior.

You insulted me. I insulted you. You tried to call me out on being a hypocrite. I called you out on being a hypocrite in turn. Now you have just devolved to slinging as many insults as you can fit into a post. If anything is embarrassing, that is.

I am also strongly willing to bet that in a "being social" contest, I would run you to the ground.

ph34r wrote:

Deadshane1 wrote:Tit for tat.

Now I really do think you're trolling. Are you not satisfied by my reasoning that Dakka is not the best place to learn PhD level topics?

You have much to learn about OT, young grasshopper.

rubiksnoob wrote:Urrr. . . maybe us mortals enjoy discussing things that we don't all have doctorates in from time to time? I'm sorry, but I don't see what you've got your pretty little panties all in a knot about.

Others in this thread are arguing that we can actually learn about the topics in the Zeitgeist video. I disagree for the reason that none of us have any idea what they are talking about with regards to the "big issues" that Zeitgeist tries to uncover.

ph34r wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:I'm not though, that's the difference. Now you're just lashing out because you've been caught with your pants down.

If someone is acting like a jerk, and gets called on it, the fault is with the person who is being a jerk not the one that points out their antisocial and frankly embarrassing to watch behavior.

You insulted me. I insulted you. You tried to call me out on being a hypocrite. I called you out on being a hypocrite in turn. Now you have just devolved to slinging as many insults as you can fit into a post. If anything is embarrassing, that is.

I am also strongly willing to bet that in a "being social" contest, I would run you to the ground.

Nothing says anti-social like bragging about how social you are.

rubiksnoob wrote:You have much to learn about OT, young grasshopper.

I've been thinking about taking an online class at DakkaDakka University to become a better nuclear physicist.

ph34r wrote:You insulted me.

If an accurate description of your behavior is insulting that's on you, hoss.

ph34r wrote:I am also strongly willing to bet that in a "being social" contest, I would run you to the ground.

This thread was fun before someone started begging for attention.

rubiksnoob wrote:Nothing says anti-social like bragging about how social you are.

It was a cheap shot, I'll admit.

rubiksnoob wrote:Nothing says anti-social like bragging about how social you are.

True story.

Wait, are we supposed be learning something?




Oh, now I remember - I don't give a gak.

ph34r wrote:

rubiksnoob wrote:Urrr. . . maybe us mortals enjoy discussing things that we don't all have doctorates in from time to time? I'm sorry, but I don't see what you've got your pretty little panties all in a knot about.

Others in this thread are arguing that we can actually learn about the topics in the Zeitgeist video. I disagree for the reason that none of us have any idea what they are talking about with regards to the "big issues" that Zeitgeist tries to uncover.

We may not become experts on the issue, but that doesn't mean we can't learn anything about it. For instance, I had no idea that this whole Zeitgeist thing existed. Boom. I do now. It may all be a bit silly, in my opinion, but that doesn't mean I didn't learn anything. Sheesh, talk about being narrow-minded.

Albatross wrote:Wait, are we supposed be learning something?




Oh, now I remember - I don't give a gak.

According to Deadshane, apparently we were supposed to learn in this thread. That was like 3 pages ago though, I don't know if he still thinks that. I know I definitely didn't come here to learn.

ph34r wrote:

Mr. Self Destruct wrote:Seriously, I talk gak about video games and politics all day long. Do you think I need a degree in game programming or political science to do that? No.
Fun Fact: POTUS went to Harvard, and can't speak without a teleprompter or he sounds like he has Alzheimers'.

I'm not trying to take away your God given right to talk about things. I will however tell you that if you want to learn about serious topics, you're not going to do so here.

I suppose we should restrict off-topic to "my little pony" threads then.

YOU certainly havent added anything to this thread...other than, "You're a dumbhead", "Dakkaites are stupid", "I'm smarter than you" and general trolling.

rubiksnoob wrote:We may not become experts on the issue, but that doesn't mean we can't learn anything about it. For instance, I had no idea that this whole Zeitgeist thing existed. Boom. I do now. It may all be a bit silly, in my opinion, but that doesn't mean I didn't learn anything. Sheesh, talk about being narrow-minded.

That's true. We all did learn that Zeitgeist exists, myself included. I still don't think that we will learn anything about the issues that Zeitgeist describes.

ph34r wrote:

Albatross wrote:Wait, are we supposed be learning something?




Oh, now I remember - I don't give a gak.

According to Deadshane, apparently we were supposed to learn in this thread. That was like 3 pages ago though, I don't know if he still thinks that. I know I definitely didn't come here to learn.

I came here with an open mind, read up a little bit on what Deadshane was talking about (I learned about it!) and decided that I thought it was a bunch of nonsense. I also learned a lot about superiority complexes, too. See? Who needs psych. class when you've got Dakka!

Deadshane1 wrote:I suppose we should restrict off-topic to "my little pony" threads then.

YOU certainly havent added anything to this thread...other than, "You're a dumbhead", "Dakkaites are stupid", "I'm smarter than you" and general trolling.

I think you and I both know that there are plenty of things that Dakkaites are knowledgeable about and can discuss.

Just not "how shall we reorder the world government, and why".


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rubiksnoob wrote:I came here with an open mind, read up a little bit on what Deadshane was talking about (I learned about it!) and decided that I thought it was a bunch of nonsense. I also learned a lot about superiority complexes, too. See? Who needs psych. class when you've got Dakka!

Nah, I don't think I'm superior to everyone. I do however think that if you go to DakkaDakka OT expecting to learn about PhD level topics, you've got another thing coming.

ph34r wrote:

Albatross wrote:Wait, are we supposed be learning something?




Oh, now I remember - I don't give a gak.

According to Deadshane, apparently we were supposed to learn in this thread. That was like 3 pages ago though, I don't know if he still thinks that. I know I definitely didn't come here to learn.

Umm, I just posted a video for discussion...I didnt claim anyone should learn from it. In fact, I posted it so that I could learn more from some intelligent guys on this site. You know, my peers that I sometimes game with.

All I DID learn is that YOU think we're too inept to discuss real world issues and that you're an engineer and damn proud of it.


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By the way, if I see two 8 year olds discussing politics and the presidency out on the swingset....

....what business do I have going out and telling them to stop talking about Obama and get back onto Optimus Prime?

Let us intellectual midgets talk about what we want to. Thank you.

Deadshane1 wrote:Umm, I just posted a video for discussion...I didnt claim anyone should learn from it. In fact, I posted it so that I could learn more from some intelligent guys on this site. You know, my peers that I sometimes game with.

All I DID learn is that YOU think we're too inept to discuss real world issues and that you're an engineer and damn proud of it.

Sorry, we must have mixed up "should" and "could" along the way. I don't think that you think that we should all learn from this. I do however think that you think that we can learn from this, like you just said. This is where I disagree with you.

EDIT: Also I think that you do have something in that this video definitely raised awareness about some issues or perceived issues. However I think that believing any of this video does way more harm than good.

Also yeah, I'm proud of engineering in general. We design ways to make people's lives better, which I am all for.

Deadshane1 wrote:By the way, if I see two 8 year olds discussing politics and the presidency out on the swingset....

....what business do I have going out and telling them to stop talking about Obama and get back onto Optimus Prime?

Let us intellectual midgets talk about what we want to. Thank you.

I wouldn't compare us all to 8 year olds. I think we are perfectly capable of discussing issues.

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ph34r wrote:
I am also strongly willing to bet that in a "being social" contest, I would run you to the ground.

This was said on a website dedicated to Gamesworkshop products.


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ph34r wrote:I think you and I both know that there are plenty of things that Dakkaites are knowledgeable about and can discuss.

Just not "how shall we reorder the world government, and why".

Why not?

ph34r wrote:

Deadshane1 wrote:By the way, if I see two 8 year olds discussing politics and the presidency out on the swingset....

....what business do I have going out and telling them to stop talking about Obama and get back onto Optimus Prime?

Let us intellectual midgets talk about what we want to. Thank you.

I wouldn't compare us all to 8 year olds. I think we are perfectly capable of discussing issues.

I was citing an example.

Must everything be SLOWLY spelled out for you?

dogma wrote:

ph34r wrote:
I am also strongly willing to bet that in a "being social" contest, I would run you to the ground.

This was said on a website dedicated to Gamesworkshop products.


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ph34r wrote:I think you and I both know that there are plenty of things that Dakkaites are knowledgeable about and can discuss.

Just not "how shall we reorder the world government, and why".

Why not?

Because we aren't engineers! LEARN YOUR PLACE, CHILD.

WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE SEXY ALIENS?!?!

dogma wrote:This was said on a website dedicated to Gamesworkshop products.

Believe it or not a lot of GW fans are actually pretty normal people. In fact I would say that GW games have way more normal people playing them than some other hobbies I have, like MtG or video games. This is from my experience.

Again I'll admit that it was in poor form of me to call someone out as a "nonsocial that guy", but given what he'd just slung at me I'd hope one might understand a certain amount of frustration.

dogma wrote:

ph34r wrote:I think you and I both know that there are plenty of things that Dakkaites are knowledgeable about and can discuss.

Just not "how shall we reorder the world government, and why".

Why not?

The issues presented in the video are very real, and the ideas presented are very bad. They are concepts/wishlists/whatever that would significantly effect the lives of literally everyone, for the worse. I am not in support of thinking that we have the necessary skills to plan the new world order.

We all already think about them too much, Silver.

Deadshane1 wrote:I was citing an example.

Must everything be SLOWLY spelled out for you?

Gotcha, because I'm slowed haha mega burn high five bro!

I have to admit, I am a little jealous of Ph34r's engineer status...

What guy wouldn't want to drive a train and wear one of those silly hats?

Wooo Wooooooo!

rubiksnoob wrote:Because we aren't engineers! LEARN YOUR PLACE, CHILD.

Not even a lowly engineer such as me can plan the new world order. You need at least a conspiracy for that.


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Deadshane1 wrote:I have to admit, I am a little jealous of Ph34r's engineer status...

What guy wouldn't want to drive a train and wear one of those silly hats?

Dude driving a train would be sick, but my dream job is to be the protagonist from Dead Space.

ph34r wrote:Believe it or not a lot of GW fans are actually pretty normal people.

Normal people don't postulate "contests" of socialization.

ph34r wrote:
The issues presented in the video are very real, and the ideas presented are very bad. They are concepts/wishlists/whatever that would significantly effect the lives of literally everyone, for the worse. I am not in support of thinking that we have the necessary skills to plan the new world order.

The issues in the video are mostly fabricated. The sort of things people whine about when they're teenagers, and then realize follow from the human condition. We can talk about transhumanism, but that's boring because its basically invoking Crystal Dragon Jesus.

Either way, no one is talking about doing anything other than discussing these things, which leaves me (and my pending political science PhD, since we're dropping qualifications) to wonder why we're worrying about physical consequences.