The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread
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zabu of nΩd
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Beginning to think that paranoia is actually a serious epidemic in the US these days, and that the Internet-based "alternative" media is essentially the equivalent of a street drug compared to the traditional media. At least with MSNBC, Fox etc. you know it's being dumbed down on purpose and that you're being an idiot if you buy the snake oil. With Infowars and the like, they tell you you're one of the smart ones for buying it, so a lot of smart people actually *do* buy it out of laziness. It's fucked up.
KafkaX
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zabu of nΩd;10481893 said:
That's not even the worst of it. Batshit insane things can look legitimate. I was debating with pro-life people on the internet and they kept citing sources that were Christian "science" blogs, and my favorite one, a blog that claimed fascism was left and claimed abortion was bad because Nazis had it or something. That was when they had sources at all.
The internet can make it just as easy to be intellectual as anti-intellectual.
KafkaX
Mr. Self Destruct
What's wrong with Kamelot?
Fucking everything. Quite possibly the most buttfuckingly gay act known to man. My friend gave me free tickets to see them and I left almost immediately.
Mort Divine
Shrine Maiden of the In-Crowd
I like The Black Halo. Kamelot's not my favorite band ever, but they have some decent stuff. Not everything's going to be death metal...
Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
damnromulans
Klingons do not faint
"Serenade" used to be my "play on repeat" bedtime tune.
Wow I had no idea they were this gay looking omg.
I can't wait for knitting/crafts party tonight followed by GAY NIGHT
Wow I had no idea they were this gay looking omg.
I can't wait for knitting/crafts party tonight followed by GAY NIGHT
Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
It's that uncertainty that keeps legitimate information out of serious regard. The point of institutions, intellectual, ecclesiastical, political, is at the bottom for the control of information so that it remains authoritative. What the internet has done is release a deluge of information that is erasing these institutional boundaries.
It's now very difficult to take anything seriously, and if there are some powers that be who are running things behind the shadows, they see this phenomenon I described as the best possible thing for them. Divide et impera.
KafkaX
Mr. Self Destruct
Wow I had no idea they were this gay looking omg.
This photo doesnt even have the bassist in it...Fool has long ass thin braids that you see black women wear in the projects...Oh, and the tips are left unbraided to be more of a fucking twat.
Look how painful this is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4SiK0oA2Uo&feature=related
damnromulans
Klingons do not faint
Cronopio
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damnromulans
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Jimmy... Dead.
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@ zabu,vimana & zeph - So essentially were all biased, misinformed and prone to fallacies aka screwed, huh?
I agree that they look kinda gay, but some of their music is decent. They have a new lead singer now who doesn't dress as faggy.
Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
The veracity of information is only as strong as the faith a society has in the institutions that control information. Yes, we now have the scientific, logical, and mathematical tools to think for ourselves, but reasoning can only go so far when what's needed are the empirical facts. We reason only with the facts presented, and thus we are slaves to who controls the information. If those institutions have no authority, then we have nothing.
Jimmy... Dead.
contemplative curmudgeon
So you think we need these institutions in order to define empirical facts? This based on faith and not reason. Like religion?
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