November Stundie Nominations

[332nd]

Here's a Stundie:

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1059387643&postcount=82

Aren't you a little short to be a wookie?

 

[ElMondoHummus]

He has since been advised by a slightly more rational denier to tighten up his paragraphing to avoid accusations of being a spambot, which is almost Stundie-able in itself, as that amounts to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, putting lipstick on a pig, etc...

But that'd be such a loss. Reading the original rant in all its glory lets you imagine the spittle actually flying across his screen as he says out loud what he's furiously typing.

 

[Architect]

WTCDust on being pressed for evidence that the DEW device used to vaporise or dustify the steel at WTC actually exists:

I don't see why I should have to prove that a particular weapon exists before I make comments on the mechanism of destruction.

On this basis one might claim that it was Van Rijn's invisible elf hiding those Hushaboom^TM explosives and still, by Dusty's reasoning, have a valid case....

 

[Architect]

Quiproquo (who, I notice, can't even spell his own username)

In all fairness, isn't it a deliberate play on words?

is denigrating the technical knowledge of Architect, who has actually designed high-rise buildings.

1. And he's not even a client!

2. Well, the last one was in Manchester. He's probably never heard of it.¹

Ove Arup is a major global firm of consulting engineers who conducted an independent survey on the WTC collapses.

And who disagreed with NIST. You think Truthers would be interested in that bit, eh?



1. Manchester, that is.

 

[Dave Rogers]

In all fairness, isn't it a deliberate play on words?

Could be, but with truthers I'm wary of ruling out stupidity prematurely.

2. Well, the last one was in Manchester. He's probably never heard of it.¹
1. Manchester, that is.

This could be the first instance of a truther being accused of not being a Paul Doherty sockpuppet!

Dave

 

[9/11 Chewy Defense]

Aren't you a little short to be a wookie?

I'm 5'5", so I'm a short Wookie!

 

[alphahelix]

My brain hurts

Just read this
Url I can't post


I dont really know where to start with that.

I know where to start; tylenol, some soothing music
and somebody call the studio we gotta a block buster
on our hands



(Quote edited to remove url)

 

[patchbunny]

I'm 5'5", so I'm a short Wookie!

We'll just call you Lumpy.

 

[TSR]

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Aren't you a little short to be a wookie?

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"I thought you'd be taller"

"Yeah, I get that a lot"


trivia: I worked as an extra in the earlier movie. Which makes me the winner of pretty much any game of "Seven Degrees Of Kevin Bacon" around these parts.

First one to make the connection wins the thread... I'll give it three days before the reveal.
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[Mr.D]

First one to make the connection wins the thread... I'll give it three days before the reveal.
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Depends. Were you in that NWO recruitment video with Kevi
... err ... ummm ...

Never mind.

 

[TSR]

1. And he's not even a client!

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He's not only a client he's the president


< /Mens' Club for Skyscrapers reference >
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[TraneWreck]

I nominate mushy. The conspiracy bit will be somewhat tenuous. He's doing a lot of complaining about "skeptics" and "atheists" in general, but I can see a DQ for lack of CTish-ness.

But his explosion was really amusing. He begins by decrying the tone and incivility of "skeptics":

Not because i believe that being an Athiest / Skeptic itself is wrong or embarrasing, but because of the complete and utter ******** who have become the self proclamed voices and faces of it.

Back in the day, James Randi and Carl Sagan where what it was all about. Noble, polite, respectful men. Now who do we have? Dawkins, thunderf00t and a seemingly never ending line of obnoxious, self approving, sarcastic, smug, arrogant, dicks.

Most of the people on here are only here so they can belittle others. Did Randi ever do that when he publicly destroyed psychics. He was never arrogant or spitefull. He was polite and thats why i liked him.

I'm a nice guy. Athiests / Skeptics should be nice guys. It shouldn't be a label under which socially akward people get to act superior to others.

Notice the OP is a big bundle of contradiction. Dawkins and Thunderf00t aren't noble, polite or respectful enough...the dicks.

By the way, the bolded portion is essential for grasping the full humor.

But he's just warming up:

...Its a stupid mindset....Like i've had idiots in this thread ask me for proof of my opinions. Its an opinion, a personal belief i don't need to prove it to anyone. This board might have some scientists but its 90% full of people who have looked up what "Strawman argument" and "ad hominum" mean and rustle though each thread trying to find a chance to use their new words.

Are you really as stupid to blame the spread of Aids in Africa on the catholic church ? This is the most annoying argument ever. Because its utter toss...

You made some idiotic point...His posts had become petty and pointless.

It comes down to levels. For example smashing someone who believes they have seen aliens isnt acceptable.

Calling someone an idiot because they accuse the catholic church of being responsible for the spread of Aids in Africa when they don't know what they are talking about is acceptable.

Do you understand that. There is a difference in the levels of the posts.

I've no desire to talk to someone if they are going to be intentionally stupid.

Its an idiotic statement to make. What annoys me about it even more is that is one of those go to arguments that people like to throw out there to appear like they know something, when a tiny bit of research would clearly show how stupid an arugment it is. I explained why it was a stupid point in the post, so i don't get your point.

I explained why his point about blaming the catholic church for the spread of Aids was stupid. Also there is a difference, one is giving a belief the other is giving an uninformed opinion to appear smart.

Thats the difference.

Telling someone they are stupid for believing something that they fully believe to be true and isnt hurtfull to anyone is wrong.

Telling someone they are stupid for posting a pretty ignorant and wrong statment about anyone being responsible for the death of millions of people is fine.

Oh, that clears it up.

You need to know when to draw the line on what you are questioning. You are just being a paranoid wreck.

This post was smug, condescending and utterly pointless.

Even mushy has his limits:

Well this has gotten too petty. Some people on here are too petty and cannot handle being told a few home truths. Childish insults and repeating myself is boring. See ya.

And my favorite one:

Edited for civility.

Replying to this modbox in thread will be off topic  Posted By: jhunter1163

"Why can't we be more civil, you [edited for civility]"

 

[Myron Proudfoot]

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"I thought you'd be taller"

"Yeah, I get that a lot"


trivia: I worked as an extra in the earlier movie. Which makes me the winner of pretty much any game of "Seven Degrees Of Kevin Bacon" around these parts.

First one to make the connection wins the thread... I'll give it three days before the reveal.
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Let's see. "Escape from LA"

Kevin Bacon
was in Apollo 13 with Bill Paxton
who was in Tombstone with Kurt Russell
who was in Escape from LA

(I found it online, is it right?)


http://oracleofbacon.org/index.php

 

[TSR]

Let's see. "Escape from LA"

Kevin Bacon
was in Apollo 13 with Bill Paxton
who was in Tombstone with Kurt Russell
who was in Escape from LA

(I found it online, is it right?)


http://oracleofbacon.org/index.php

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Close enough for government work.

Altho my usual progression is Bacon > Teri Hatcher (The Big Picture) > Kurt Russell (Tango and Cash) > Me (Escape from NY) Okay, I enjoy being obscure...

Now for the bonus round: the running gag in "NY" wasn't "taller" it was ... (oh, and no more investigoogling)
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[PixyMisa]

Actually he lives in Australia. But yeah, the conceit is definitely a hoot.

He has since been advised by a slightly more rational denier to tighten up his paragraphing to avoid accusations of being a spambot, which is almost Stundie-able in itself, as that amounts to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, putting lipstick on a pig, etc...

I have just now decided that the correct expression for fixing the spelling or formatting of a logically incoherent post should be "putting lipstick on a deckchair".

 

[Cavorite]

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Close enough for government work.

Altho my usual progression is Bacon > Teri Hatcher (The Big Picture) > Kurt Russell (Tango and Cash) > Me (Escape from NY) Okay, I enjoy being obscure...

Now for the bonus round: the running gag in "NY" wasn't "taller" it was ... (oh, and no more investigoogling)
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"I thought you were dead." A catchphrase used for many years by some of my friends as an alternative to "hello"

 

[Travis]

That whole Mushy thing isn't really a Stundie but it is interesting.

 

[TSR]

"I thought you were dead." A catchphrase used for many years by some of my friends as an alternative to "hello"

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Yeah, I get that a lot...
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[Sledge]

That's why I couldn't figure out the connection. "I thought you'd be taller" was the running gag in Roadhouse.

Oh, and I don't think the mushy thing really qualifies as a stundie. Funny though it is, it's not really about a conspiracy. Of course, it's ultimately up to the judges to decide.

 

[TSR]

That's why I couldn't figure out the connection. "I thought you'd be taller" was the running gag in Roadhouse.

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Love it, but to pick a nit, the line was "I thought you'd be bigger" and variations thereof.

Jeff Healey -- just wow.

"and three ... be nice. If somebody gets in your face and calls you a ********** I want you to be nice. Ask him to walk. Be nice. If he won't walk, walk him, but be nice. If you can't walk him, one of the others will help you and you will *both* be nice. I want you to remember that it's the job, it's nothing personal."
"Being called a ********** isn't personal?"
"No, it's two nouns combined to elicit a prescribed response."
"What if somebody calls my Mama a *****?"
"Is she? < that look > I want you to be nice ... until it's time ... to not be nice"

And, of course, Julie Michaels as "Denise":

"What do ya say we get nipple to nipple?"
<looks down> "I can do that without you."

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