Author Topic: Idiot of the Day (Read 254445 times)

Cotigo · « **Reply #1250 on:** January 28, 2010, 04:51:32 AM »

He's saying that if his kid's determined to get something (gun, information you don't want them to have) badly enough they're going to get it anyway, so it's no use even bothering to try and keep it from them. It's not a good metaphor but it's pretty simple. It is a good thing you are teaching English as a language and not as a literature. Yeesh.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #1251 on:** January 28, 2010, 05:17:10 AM »

You say it's a bad metaphor, but somehow -I'm- the one that has a problem with English?

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #1252 on:** January 28, 2010, 05:19:37 AM »

What he's saying is that you managed to not catch even the bad metaphor. Rob is bad at using the subtleties of English, you're bad at deciphering them, is the message.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #1253 on:** January 28, 2010, 05:34:09 AM »

*Shrugs* I think the comparison was just so inappropriate that I felt it had to be sarcasm, so I interpreted in the opposite manner.

If he's saying 'there's no point in locking up guns because his children will definitely get them, so why try?' seriously, then we have some moral dissonance going on. I seriously don't agree that we shouldn't even -try- to keep guns away from children. Obviously, no one feels that way.

If he's saying this -ironically-, then he obviously thinks guns -should- be locked up, and he's comparing it to information... so he's implying that people -should- try to lock up dictionaries for the children's safety or whatever.

I considered both meanings and they're both terrible. Guns =/= Information, the magnitude of the metaphor really invalidates whatever he was trying to say.

NotMiki · « **Reply #1254 on:** January 28, 2010, 07:16:45 AM »

You guys are still going on about this?

Laggy · « **Reply #1255 on:** January 28, 2010, 07:17:20 AM »

Here instead debate whether the UK or Australia is descending into the Dark Ages faster.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/28/australia-bans-small-breasts-as-child-pornography/

EDIT: Oh yeah that site is of questionable content/NSFW, didn't realize it as I was linked it. Nothing explicit but disclaimer.

Xeroma · « **Reply #1256 on:** January 28, 2010, 07:24:18 AM »

I feel I should note that most of the site laggy linked there is NSFW. Doesn't detract from the stupid of the story though.

Captain K. · « **Reply #1257 on:** January 28, 2010, 07:34:00 AM »

Australia, please send your small breasted women to me. I will take good care of them.

Cotigo · « **Reply #1258 on:** January 28, 2010, 07:48:58 AM »

Quote from: NotMiki on January 28, 2010, 07:16:45 AM

You guys are still going on about this?

* Makkotah coughs, points to his sig.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #1259 on:** January 28, 2010, 10:27:52 AM »

"This just in from Austrailia, only men with B cup breasts or larger may act in their porn now as well."

Laggy · « **Reply #1260 on:** January 29, 2010, 05:13:11 AM »

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583588,00.html

Hugo Chavez (or a mouthpiece rather) claims Haiti was struck by an American superweapon that can cause earthquakes (tested there so we can prepare for its use on Iran), so that we can militarily occupy the island.

Yep.

Shale · « **Reply #1261 on:** January 29, 2010, 05:15:31 AM »

Wait, he's accusing us of being Christopher Walken in A View To A Kill?

That's just insulting. He couldn't pick a Connery movie at least?

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #1262 on:** January 29, 2010, 05:17:59 AM »

Quote from: Laggy on January 29, 2010, 05:13:11 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583588,00.html

Hugo Chavez (or a mouthpiece rather) claims Haiti was struck by an American superweapon that can cause earthquakes (tested there so we can prepare for its use on Iran), so that we can militarily occupy the island.

Yep.

Pretty old, actually. My theory is that his country finally got Under Siege 2: Dark Territory and he got paranoid. S'what you get for watching movies while coked out at 3AM.

Grefter · « **Reply #1263 on:** January 29, 2010, 06:06:47 AM »

THERE IS NOTHING INSULTING ABOUT BEING COMPARED TO CHRISTOPHER WALKEN YOU TAKE THAT BACK SHALE YOU FUCKING HEATHEN.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #1264 on:** January 29, 2010, 08:16:45 AM »

Quote from: DjinnAndTonic on January 28, 2010, 05:34:09 AM

*Shrugs* I think the comparison was just so inappropriate that I felt it had to be sarcasm, so I interpreted in the opposite manner.

If he's saying 'there's no point in locking up guns because his children will definitely get them, so why try?' seriously, then we have some moral dissonance going on. I seriously don't agree that we shouldn't even -try- to keep guns away from children. Obviously, no one feels that way.

If he's saying this -ironically-, then he obviously thinks guns -should- be locked up, and he's comparing it to information... so he's implying that people -should- try to lock up dictionaries for the children's safety or whatever.

I considered both meanings and they're both terrible. Guns =/= Information, the magnitude of the metaphor really invalidates whatever he was trying to say.

Okay, I'm just going to step in for a moment here.

I am a proponent of teaching kids about firearms, most specifically the primary rules- respect it and don't ever point it at anything that you don't want dead or blown to pieces. However, some people would rather try and cover things up rather than talk to their children about them. Rather than deal with the fact that, yes, there are some things out there in the world, they'd ignore them entirely.

If kids want to get their hands on something, they usually will, be it information, liquor or deadly weapons. The difference is whether or not they are able to approach it in an informed manner or as a bunch of dumbass kids who found a Callahan Full-Bore Autolock underneath a pile of old porno magazines. Deciding to avoid dealing with something is never, ever an appropriate way to deal with it.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #1265 on:** January 29, 2010, 08:19:52 AM »

Oh sure, I'm all for giving children Information about guns, especially if they've already expressed an interest. That is probably the best way to handle things.

It doesn't mean that you shouldn't lock up your guns.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #1266 on:** January 29, 2010, 08:21:44 AM »

It also doesn't mean that you shouldn't ignore the issue completely by pretending it's not there, which was kinda the point. More simply: silly extremist responses are silly, you dig?

(I, incidentally, own a 3/4 ton safe for my armaments, but that's mostly to protect myself from legal ramifications).

Grefter · « **Reply #1267 on:** January 29, 2010, 11:55:22 AM »

If you are going to own a gun I certainly see it as only beneificial that your child understand it and how to handle it properly.

Shale · « **Reply #1268 on:** January 29, 2010, 06:02:04 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on January 29, 2010, 06:06:47 AM

THERE IS NOTHING INSULTING ABOUT BEING COMPARED TO CHRISTOPHER WALKEN YOU TAKE THAT BACK SHALE YOU FUCKING HEATHEN.

Being associated with that piece of crap movie was in insult to him too.

Grefter · « **Reply #1269 on:** January 29, 2010, 09:52:43 PM »

He has done way worse movies than a Bond flick. This does not matter, he is Walken.

NotMiki · « **Reply #1270 on:** February 04, 2010, 05:21:16 AM »

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/politics/04conservative.html?hp

I haven't read the article, and I don't intend to. Just wanted to share with you...IotD: Headline Edition!

Grefter · « **Reply #1271 on:** February 05, 2010, 07:59:35 AM »

http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/ensidia-suspended-for-72-hours/

Stupid fucking drama. Trust me on it and don't try to read this shit. Just retarded. Fuck I hate this game some days.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #1272 on:** February 05, 2010, 08:10:56 AM »

I like how they claim they didn't know it was happening when they had already beaten it on 10-man.

Grefter · « **Reply #1273 on:** February 05, 2010, 08:12:56 AM »

I like how the whole thing is fucking stupid and that people even give a fuck. I am all for an interest in who got the world first just as a point of interest. The whole "Race" bullshit and OMG THIS GUILD ON ANOTHER SERVER THAT I DO NOTHIGN WITH TOTALLY GOT BANNED OMGOGMOGMOGMOMGOMGOMG F U BLIZLILELARLRLDL.

Fuck.
That.
Shit.

NotMiki · « **Reply #1274 on:** February 06, 2010, 10:03:45 AM »

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/80005-tancredo-tells-tea-partiers-literacy-test-would-have-stopped-obama

Quote

"People who could not even spell the word 'vote' or say it in English put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House,"

Tancredo also said Obama won because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote."

Tancredo is apparently not aware that naturalized immigrants are the only segment of the population who are guaranteed to have passed a civics test.

News:

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