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Vampyr, on 2014-September-23, 11:23, said:
It wasn't trivial when the OP started a whole new thread about it. It was trivial only when he was shown to be wrong.
A whole thread whose title admits to its unimportance!
interesting and probably useless about those facts
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Posted 2014-September-24, 09:38
A whole thread whose title admits to its unimportance!
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Posted 2014-September-29, 08:53
barmar, on 2014-September-21, 14:09, said:
If you know *****-all about something, and someone who seems knowledgeable says something, are you always expected to go research it for corroboration before repeating what you heard? If it's important to your life, that might be appropriate. But if it's just some random trivia or gossip, that's more work than people should be expected to do.
Yes, I realize this is how urban legends propagate -- no one thinks it's important enough to look for independent confirmation. After a while, there's been so much repetition of the original claim, that someone who DOES look for confirmation will find it, not realizing that it's also derived from the same rumor.
Yes, I realize this is how urban legends propagate -- no one thinks it's important enough to look for independent confirmation. After a while, there's been so much repetition of the original claim, that someone who DOES look for confirmation will find it, not realizing that it's also derived from the same rumor.
Not just urban legends - unfortunately, this is now how many of our news organizations work.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
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Posted 2014-September-29, 09:48
barmar, on 2014-September-24, 09:38, said:
A whole thread whose title admits to its unimportance!
Well, since what he wrote was entirely wrong, he should have said "less than useless"
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Posted 2014-September-29, 12:47
Vampyr, on 2014-September-29, 09:48, said:
Well, since what he wrote was entirely wrong, he should have said "less than useless"
Kick him harder, he's still moving!
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Posted 2014-September-29, 17:57
blackshoe, on 2014-September-29, 12:47, said:
Kick him harder, he's still moving!
I was responding to a post that quoted me, though perhaps I should admire the sympathy he has with people who deliberately make fools of themselves.
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Posted 2014-September-29, 19:49
He's still moving! Kick him again!
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Posted 2014-September-30, 10:36
Blackshoe, you aren't the victim here. You posted something that wasn't true, and essentially have said that you don't particularly care that it wasn't true. Pretending like you are the one being picked on for no reason is incredibly disingenuous. People would have stopped posting long ago if you had simply said "I was misinformed, and I'm sorry for spreading information that wasn't accurate."
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Posted 2014-September-30, 11:59
jeffford76, on 2014-September-30, 10:36, said:
Blackshoe, you aren't the victim here. You posted something that wasn't true, and essentially have said that you don't particularly care that it wasn't true. Pretending like you are the one being picked on for no reason is incredibly disingenuous. People would have stopped posting long ago if you had simply said "I was misinformed, and I'm sorry for spreading information that wasn't accurate."
He admitted to being misinformed. You then continued to beat the dead horse, just because he added the coda "so sue me".
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Posted 2014-September-30, 12:07
barmar, on 2014-September-30, 11:59, said:
He admitted to being misinformed. You then continued to beat the dead horse, just because he added the coda "so sue me".
Well, this showed extreme disdain for those who corrected the information, and in fact the whole admission attempted to relieve the OP of any possible responsibility.
I have to say that your participation is stirring up the issue rather then letting it die down. Has the OP come crying to you?
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Posted 2014-September-30, 21:55
I am beginning to regret ever posting anything on this board.
You folks want to keep beating the horse, have at it. I'm done.
You folks want to keep beating the horse, have at it. I'm done.
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Posted 2014-October-01, 09:40
barmar, on 2014-September-30, 11:59, said:
He admitted to being misinformed. You then continued to beat the dead horse, just because he added the coda "so sue me".
I just noticed that I didn't check poster names and made an incorrect assumption. The dead horse beating has been from Vampyr, not jefford76. Sorry for the mistake.
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Posted 2014-October-01, 15:23
barmar, on 2014-October-01, 09:40, said:
I just noticed that I didn't check poster names and made an incorrect assumption. The dead horse beating has been from Vampyr, not jefford76. Sorry for the mistake.
Actually you are the one who brought it up again.
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Posted 2014-October-06, 22:48
Well not that anyone cares but fwiw I want to thank Blackshoe for starting a thread that led to several healthy roars of laughter from here. It's such a treat, and not so common these days to find.