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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 02/03/2008 : 07:54:33
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.... that if you don't drink, waking up in the morning is the best you'll feel all day, a verification of Dean Martin's hypothesis. Yet another points out that virtually everyone hates mosquitos and will go to some lengths to either kill or avoid them. Still another would have us know that a great many conservative Republicans are in danger of becoming coprolites this election cycle.
The plain fact is that we have too many surveys, polls, studies, canvases, and questionairs to fill out for irrevelent nosey-parkers, the great bulk of which do no more than belabor the obvious. Mark Moford has some thoughts on this (Mark's got interesting thoughts on lots of stuff): Here is this lovely questionnaire. It is part of a big national study designed by a major medical clinic/university/government body and it is therefore presumably quite important and serious and high-minded and its conclusions might very well go a long way toward telling us a great deal more about who we are as a people, as a species, as a weird semi-intelligent flesh-eating creature of this vast and impenetrable galaxy. Please respond accordingly.
Question No. 1 (please be as specific as possible): Exactly how much of an idiot are you? More to the point: How arrogant and ignorant and out of touch with your body, your heart, your mind, your divine sense of self do you feel you are on a day to day basis? Are you, in short, a moron? How much of a moron? Too much of a moron to actually understand this paragraph? Please check the little box on the right. No, the other right. Thank you.
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How much of a moron indeed? And what is the percentage of moronism in the population? How many morons are in your neighborhood?
Maybe we should do a study on it....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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chaloobi
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Posted - 02/14/2008 : 08:43:08 [Permalink]
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A couple comments:
#1. I know from experience you do not know how much a moron you are at any given time. It takes hindsight to appreciate your own inadequacies and few accept the possibility that your past stupidity might have carried over to the present. Therefore such a survey could never deliver any meaningful results. Maybe.
What if you structured the study like this:
A. Survey a random sample of people and ask them if they are currently morons.
B. Wait 5 years.
C. Re-Survey the same group and ask them if they were morons 5 years ago.
D. Determine the proportion of people that were morons but didn't know it at the time.
Deliverable: Should indicate how many people are morons at any given time and provide a statistic to calibrate any similar future studies without the 5 year wait.
#2. One of the most insightful descriptions of humanity I've read in a long time: "a weird semi-intelligent flesh-eating creature." It's beautiful. |
-Chaloobi
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 02/14/2008 : 11:31:43 [Permalink]
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How about this,
1. Can you read and understand this sentence?
A) of course
B) it is a bit confusing, I have some questions.
C) wersmiolk ruisn djf!
2. Are you already exausted and bored by this test?
3. If you are flipping channels on TV and you see a man get hit in the balls, would you stop to watch more?
4. Do you vote for George Bush in 2004? (US version of test) |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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chaloobi
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 Posted - 02/14/2008 : 12:53:21 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
How about this,
1. Can you read and understand this sentence?
A) of course
B) it is a bit confusing, I have some questions.
C) wersmiolk ruisn djf!
2. Are you already exausted and bored by this test?
3. If you are flipping channels on TV and you see a man get hit in the balls, would you stop to watch more?
4. Do you vote for George Bush in 2004? (US version of test)
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1 D) should be a series of smiley faces, like this:      . It's a guaranteed indicator. |
-Chaloobi
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 02/14/2008 : 13:16:42 [Permalink]
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Can't find the related thread...
Can one of you search wonders find the thread I made a few years ago I think it was called 'Study shows: some studies pointless' |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2008 : 13:36:39 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by chaloobi
Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
How about this,
1. Can you read and understand this sentence?
A) of course
B) it is a bit confusing, I have some questions.
C) wersmiolk ruisn djf!
2. Are you already exausted and bored by this test?
3. If you are flipping channels on TV and you see a man get hit in the balls, would you stop to watch more?
4. Do you vote for George Bush in 2004? (US version of test)
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1 D) should be a series of smiley faces, like this: . It's a guaranteed indicator.
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I'd suggest something representing the soon-to-reduce-us-to-apoplexy conventions, pick yer flavor. I suspect that moronocity will run rampant at both of 'em.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 07/03/2008 : 05:55:25 [Permalink]
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| I like mosquitoes. Do dat make me too much weird? |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
Baculum's page: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=3947338590 |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 07/03/2008 : 06:25:56 [Permalink]
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I rarely drink (last night was an exception: Anesthesia after dropping and breaking a brand-new GPS device), yet I always feel the very worst upon waking up, though this is only randomly in the morning.
What's wrong with all you morning people? Good night.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 07/03/2008 : 09:42:47 [Permalink]
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I wonder the same thing as Halfmooner. And soon enough, I'll be married with one of those people...
"Not already...." Is the first thought that runs through my head when my alarm clock wakes me 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 07/03/2008 : 10:48:09 [Permalink]
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| Bah, you guys are missing the best time of day. The light is awesome for photography, the air is fresh, the fishing is great, and a sunrise is more beautiful than any sunset will ever be. |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
Baculum's page: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=3947338590 |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 07/03/2008 : 11:46:38 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
Bah, you guys are missing the best time of day. The light is awesome for photography, the air is fresh, the fishing is great, and a sunrise is more beautiful than any sunset will ever be.
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What Rat said....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 07/03/2008 : 12:38:24 [Permalink]
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| Same here. I'm a morning person. I like the quiet. I wake up a couple of hours before I need to. Gives me time to ease into the day, reading posts and writing or whatever. It's probably a holdover from my surfing days. The best wave conditions are generally in the early morning, and it's also a way to beat the crowds. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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