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[Piscivore]

And I think my high school kids have the drama, but this is like a fricken soap opera. I used to think that nobody could be that pathetic, but...

Maybe they are making a play at getting a TLC reality show.

 

[westprog]

Not ambiguous.

Not to me. There doesn't seem to be any wriggle-room, but wriggling is still going on.

 

[tsig]

A new development with Matt.

They asked him to apologize for the damage he has caused.

This is his reply.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHBwaa1_n0o&feature=g-u-u

Is he always so absolutely full of himself?

 

[carlitos]

I have no horse in this race, but if making and posting youtube videos of yourself talking is the new way to discuss things, I'm going Luddite. Why in the world would someone do that? In his car? At lunch?

 

[Badger3k]

Maybe they are making a play at getting a TLC reality show.

I can absolutely see that. Wouldn't watch it, but the menagerie they would have would fit in the Cake and Dwarf Channel's lineup real well. Might even outsell Jersey Shore or that redneck kid show.

 

[Badger3k]

I have no horse in this race, but if making and posting youtube videos of yourself talking is the new way to discuss things, I'm going Luddite. Why in the world would someone do that? In his car? At lunch?

I think the same thing everytime I see a facebook post, or a blog post, about someone's personal life - especially problems with realationships. Posting everything that happens in your life just strikes me as egotistical or insecure - it could go either way. I rarely do that, unless I want to explain something to my friends or family who read it - if they even do that.

 

[westprog]

I have no horse in this race, but if making and posting youtube videos of yourself talking is the new way to discuss things, I'm going Luddite. Why in the world would someone do that? In his car? At lunch?

I tend to agree, though I enjoyed this one. If you're going to produce a YouTube video, it should have dancing cats or someone falling off a roof. There was nothing in that, or in hundreds of other similar video-essays that wouldn't have been far more conveniently and quickly conveyed in text form. It's a way of using vastly more bandwidth to convey less information.

I can see why conversations tend to be presented that way. It would be a pain to transcribe them. However, that's just a matter of convenience, not preference.

 

[Myriad]

I tend to agree, though I enjoyed this one. If you're going to produce a YouTube video, it should have dancing cats or someone falling off a roof. There was nothing in that, or in hundreds of other similar video-essays that wouldn't have been far more conveniently and quickly conveyed in text form. It's a way of using vastly more bandwidth to convey less information over a longer period of time.

I can see why conversations tend to be presented that way. It would be a pain to transcribe them. However, that's just a matter of convenience, not preference.

I've added a point you missed.

Some people seem to consider that a positive feature. "If you listen to me speak for five minutes, that makes me and my words seem much more important than if you read my post in 30 seconds -- even though a post would convey more information in a more polished manner."

However, with regards to A+, The Privileged and The Afflicted all seem equally prone to this.

 

[Acleron]

I've added a point you missed.

Some people seem to consider that a positive feature. "If you listen to me speak for five minutes, that makes me and my words seem much more important than if you read my post in 30 seconds -- even though a post would convey more information in a more polished manner."

However, with regards to A+, The Privileged and The Afflicted all seem equally prone to this.

Except when particularly pointed to one, as above, I tend to avoid them.

Not only is text better for all the reasons given it particularly suits me as I can quickly find the bits of interest or non-understanding and go over them again. And being really old-fashioned, I can print them out and carry them elsewhere to muse over.

 

[Axiom_Blade]

Is he always so absolutely full of himself?

Never mind that...why is he always in a car??

 

[Badger3k]

Never mind that...why is he always in a car??

That's not that weird - he's on lunch break, and he may not have wanted to eat where he works. I've done that - take my lunch and sit in my car so nobody will bother me.

ETA - although, maybe I'm just weird.

 

[squealpiggy]

Well I'm actually male. Must only add to the evil...

It was a play on the witch trial in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. If you weigh the same as a duck then you're made of wood. And therefore - PRIVILEGED!

Except when particularly pointed to one, as above, I tend to avoid them.

Not only is text better for all the reasons given it particularly suits me as I can quickly find the bits of interest or non-understanding and go over them again. And being really old-fashioned, I can print them out and carry them elsewhere to muse over.

The toilet? You mean the toilet don't you?

 

[Axiom_Blade]

That's not that weird - he's on lunch break, and he may not have wanted to eat where he works.

I wonder if he's known at work as "that guy who sits in his car and talks to himself during lunch".

 

[ponderingturtle]

The other day Rebecca banned someone for disagreeing with her about bicycle safety. Her justification was:

Clearly it is treason to demand that bike riders obey things like stop signs or lights. Banning is a half assed way to avoid the kind of punishment that this heresy demands.

 

[devnull]

Im glad someone high-profile has been exposed to a little bit of the crazy. I think Matt might just have the brain-power to avoid drinking their kool-aid. PZ gulped it all anyway.

 

[dasmiller]

FWIW, they (A+) do seem to be contrite about the Cuduggan2k2 affair.

 

[Walter Ego]

I have no horse in this race, but if making and posting youtube videos of yourself talking is the new way to discuss things, I'm going Luddite. Why in the world would someone do that?

It's a new way to embarrass yourself in this brave new digital world we live in.

ETA: Hey, great idea! I'll start making all my responses on JREF on video!

 

[Daald]

Is he always so absolutely full of himself?

Depends on how you see it. If this is the first time I encountered the guy I suppose that is the view I would have as well. The thing is that he is on the Atheist Experience a lot and people know him through video. Many people ask him to comment on issues and he says that he has no time.

He said that the only time he has that he can dedicate to such issues is during his drive from and to work so he will keep a video journal where he posts his ideas. I don't think the videos are meant to be seen by the general population. Simply by people that know him already and want to know what his opinion is on such matters.

I would consider him a good guy though and the reason I follow him is because I have learned a lot.

 

[Walter Ego]

Depends on how you see it. If this is the first time I encountered the guy I suppose that is the view I would have as well. The thing is that he is on the Atheist Experience a lot and people know him through video. Many people ask him to comment on issues and he says that he has no time.

He said that the only time he has that he can dedicate to such issues is during his drive from and to work so he will keep a video journal where he posts his ideas. I don't think the videos are meant to be seen by the general population. Simply by people that know him already and want to know what his opinion is on such matters.

I would consider him a good guy though and the reason I follow him is because I have learned a lot.

I have a lot of respect for Dillahunty too. (And, yeah, he records the videos in his car because that's when he has the time.) Unlike professional atheist bloggers like Myers, Watson, et al, he doesn't make a dime off his services to the atheist community.

Because he has a life away from the internet (wow, what a concept!), he was unaware of the criticism about the A+ forum. He doesn't just troll discussion boards like this one making snark knee-jerk comments. If he seems "full of himself," it because he cares about the wider image of the community.

Well, he's learned from his experience. He still needs to be educated about the damage his friends like Myers and some of the skepchicks and Freethought bloggers are doing, though.

 

[westprog]

FWIW, they (A+) do seem to be contrite about the Cuduggan2k2 affair.

Yeah, up to a point. They claim that they've done things to ensure that it won't happen again. Exactly what, they haven't specified.

Also they've made it clear that somebody could well be banned.