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General / Re: Is Denis Goddard a whiny bitch?
« on: April 27, 2010, 10:11:01 AM »
Denis is such a douche.
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General / The Gravitron
« on: March 27, 2010, 02:45:36 PM »
Holy fuck I can't believe the Gravitron came up on the show on Friday. That ride was my obsession every summer as a kid.
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The Show / Re: The Nut Job that runs NaturalNews.com
« on: January 29, 2010, 09:38:15 AM »People like that kill others by spouting their nonsense.
Only the deserving.
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The Show / Re: Matt Simon is a sycophantic dick
« on: January 28, 2010, 11:42:02 AM »
Goddard on again last night. That guy gives me the willies.
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The Show / Re: Extending a challenge
« on: December 24, 2009, 02:31:21 PM »Yea sure you want all others to be free and yourselves (to be free) but to do this, someone has to be in charge and dont think that they dont.
So, you expect us to simply accept this bald assertion? Just so you know, "Voluntaryism can't work because obviously there has to be a government" isn't much of an argument.
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The Show / Re: liberty sci fi
« on: December 24, 2009, 02:26:26 PM »Talia Winters is flippin SEXY!
Meh. Lyta Alexander FTW.
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The Show / Re: Ian...man love?
« on: December 24, 2009, 02:21:39 PM »You either support the idea of leniency in the correction of minors in adult situations due to their lack of development, or you don't. And if you do, you're acknowledging the fact they are incapable of making adult decisions.
I assume that what you meant is "you're acknowledging the fact that some minors are incapable of making adult decisions in some situations." I can't think of any other interpretation of your statement that makes any sense. But then, if this is what you meant, I don't know of anyone who contests that point.
Edit: In fact, I'd go so far as to say that many non-"minors" are incapable of making what I would consider to be adult decisions in many situations.
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The Show / Re: Ian...man love?
« on: December 24, 2009, 02:05:49 PM »Look, if you believe children are capable of adult thinking, go have some. You'll start thinking different immediately.
Well gee, I happen to have three children, and I disagree with you. It's such an obvious sign of faulty or non-existent reasoning when someone says "If only you _____, you would surely agree with me!" (Fill in the blank with "had children," "were older," "had served in the military," "weren't so bourgeois," etc.)
So.... its good to know your children are capable of adult decisions, and were fully cognizant from day one.
Are you serious, resorting to such a blatant strawman? Do you really have no other alternative in this discussion? Fucking pathetic.
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The Show / Re: The Fascist Southern Voice
« on: December 19, 2009, 03:19:47 AM »
He calls all the time.
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The Show / Re: "Less" vs. "fewer": Mark (and Ian) should read this
« on: December 18, 2009, 08:49:41 PM »
"can't find your ass from a hole in the ground" should be hyphenated. 
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The Show / Re: What's the Harm
« on: December 17, 2009, 08:48:57 PM »When you go see a physcic surgeon to remove your tumour instead of getting cut open and you die because the physicic surgeon doesn't actually remove anything, is that nothing?
Um... are you unfamiliar with the definition of "nothing"?
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The Show / Re: "Less" vs. "fewer": Mark (and Ian) should read this
« on: December 17, 2009, 08:41:54 PM »Argumentum ad populum
The people who don't care about degrading language probably frequently intersect with the group of people who don't care about degrading knowledge of real history versus the folk history taught in schools.
Did you miss the part where he says "I am not saying that claims about grammaticality rest on or can be justified by statistical facts about what occurs in actual usage"? Or the fact that he's a linguist? (I know, I know -- appeal to authority...)
It's not a question of "degrading language." It's a question of people like you and Mark being militantly pedantic when there is no objective basis for your pedantry.
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The Show / Re: The Fascist Southern Voice
« on: December 16, 2009, 11:39:20 PM »
More than fascist, I think I'd call it Ian's "Unintelligent Southern Voice," since speaking with a Southern accent is probably strongly negatively correlated with IQ.
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The Show / Re: Ian...man love?
« on: December 16, 2009, 11:34:49 PM »And they have NOT ever put a child in the electric chair in this country.
The rest is a non sequitur.
Bringing up the death penalty for "children," as if it has anything to do with the argument at hand, was your idea.
Look, if you believe children are capable of adult thinking, go have some. You'll start thinking different immediately.
Well gee, I happen to have three children, and I disagree with you. It's such an obvious sign of faulty or non-existent reasoning when someone says "If only you _____, you would surely agree with me!" (Fill in the blank with "had children," "were older," "had served in the military," "weren't so bourgeois," etc.)
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