That's BULLSHIT.

Kadith

Well Santa Fe is a large concentration of white people full of white guilt trying to connect back to their "primitive earthy roots"

You can find lots of bull shit there.

Also lots of injuns profiting off of them.

Legba

Tasteticle, you're my hero.

Aphostile

The most bullshit thing I have seen in the last year or so is Forks Over Knives.

It is the biggest amalgamation of vegan propaganda and mis-used statistics I've ever seen.

Kadith

Aphostile wrote:

The most bullshit thing I have seen in the last year or so is Forks Over Knives.

It is the biggest amalgamation of vegan propaganda and mis-used statistics I've ever seen.

FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.

Whelp.

edit oh wait no this is totally legit:

FORKS OVER KNIVES utilizes state of the art 3-D graphics and rare archival footage. The film features leading experts on health, examines the question "why we don’t know," and tackles the issue of diet and disease in a way that will have people talking for years.

Tasteticle

Luckily our Pastor was the type of believer who put the golden rule above all else, and did not give one shit about a persons sexual orientation

So I would spend two hours a week with him, cleaning and setting up our Chapel, having very civil debates on all things Catholic for several months and he eventually said to me

"Bryan, have you ever considered you might be an Atheist? Or at least an Agnostic? Look these people up and see if they make sense to you."

And that is how I discovered Hitchens, Dawkins, Myers and the like.

So I actually owe that dude a hell of a lot!

Ruby Rhod

Gatsby wrote:

I still remember first hearing about this and just feeling this overwhelming surge of anger and sadness.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/parents-guilty-of-manslaughter-over-daughters-eczema-death-20090605-bxvx.html

But even after Gloria died, Thomas Sam adhered to his belief that homeopathy was equally valid to conventional medicine for the treatment of eczema.
He told police: "Conventional medicine would have prolonged her life ... with more misery. It's not going to cure her and that's what I strongly believe."

Oh fuck him with the rustiest of garden shears.

Grey Ghost

Rock on, Tasteticle

BYToady

Ask your pastor why all those female teachers don't have to take a week off every month while they're unclean.

Romanian My Escutcheon

Maybe several rusty garden shears.

And a couple of rabid, sex-crazed wolverines.

Romanian My Escutcheon

Also, Tasteticle needs a harness for his massive bronze cojones.

Tasteticle

School was rough for that guy.

I had no cojones, he did - coming out in an environment like THAT

Luckily I was captain of the Improv team and convinced that guy to join so he would at least have some place at school that he could go to and be cheered instead of jeered

Ruby Rhod

I think Growing Earth is my all time favorite of crazy shit people believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJfBSc6e7QQ

Romanian My Escutcheon

Tasteticle wrote:

School was rough for that guy.

I had no cojones, he did - coming out in an environment like THAT

Luckily I was captain of the Improv team and convinced that guy to join so he would at least have some place at school that he could go to and be cheered instead of jeered

That is awesome.

You are awesome, guy.

Tasteticle

Also the great thing is that for whatever reason as captain for essentially the only dramatic arts extracurricular activity on school I was able to sign in and out the back-up keys for the Drama room.

The Drama teacher was SUPER nice and agreed to let me 'use' the room over lunch as long as I promised to keep it clean

So I would use it as a place to hang out with whoever didn't feel like eating in the caf for whatever reason

Eventually it grew to like 25 people - mostly people who were at one point or another considered social outcasts

We would just chill out and shoot the shit and eventually I bought a spare gamecube so we could all get our Smash Bros on during lunch

Made my best friends by doing that

George Fornby Grill

One thing I really loved about Bad Science was that I was so disgusted by it for the longest time I had no problems with calling out anyone and everyone I came across in my daily life who even remotely believed any of the homeopath etc. bullshit.

I didn't make a lot of friends (and probably lost some) for a few months.

#pipe

I like the Hollow Earth guys

when they present screenshots of google earth showing dark circular patches on the map or "secret entrances" as undeniable truth

Grey Ghost

Ruby Rhod wrote:

I think Growing Earth is my all time favorite of crazy shit people believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJfBSc6e7QQ

Burn them all

Ruby Rhod

Grey Ghost wrote:

Burn them all

Brolo

Syphyre wrote:

joshofalltrades wrote:

Centipede Damascus wrote:

joshofalltrades wrote:

Tox wrote:

It's okay guys, I'm a level 5 Reiki master.

Didn't we have a guy come in and create a thread about how he was like doing crazy things with Reiki

yes and no

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/18249856#Comment_18249856

That's not what I was thinking of, and it was bugging the hell out of me, but I found the thread here

I remember this thread, and the hilarious times I had reading it.

I love Tube's closing post.

Kadith

Do they use the more accurate projections of area on modern maps as evidence?

Please tell me they do.

Ruby Rhod

I have trouble paying attention to what he's saying because I can't stop laughing when I watch the video.

Syphyre

Tasteticle wrote:

Luckily our Pastor was the type of believer who put the golden rule above all else, and did not give one shit about a persons sexual orientation

So I would spend two hours a week with him, cleaning and setting up our Chapel, having very civil debates on all things Catholic for several months and he eventually said to me

"Bryan, have you ever considered you might be an Atheist? Or at least an Agnostic? Look these people up and see if they make sense to you."

And that is how I discovered Hitchens, Dawkins, Myers and the like.

So I actually owe that dude a hell of a lot!

I love priests/pastors who actually care about the true rule in the bible. The catholic priest at the church I belong to used to be a Military Chaplain. I don't know if that's the reason why but he is one of the most down to earth and practical people I know.

#pipe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DirMYyERmVI

Syphyre

Grey Ghost wrote:

Ruby Rhod wrote:

I think Growing Earth is my all time favorite of crazy shit people believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJfBSc6e7QQ

Burn them all

Is this...serious? As in...really really serious? I mean this isn't tongue in cheek like the flat-earthers is it?

Tasteticle

Well I'm sold, #pipe

#pipe

you think the flat earthers are tongue in cheek?

Syphyre

#pipe wrote:

you think the flat earthers are tongue in cheek?

That's what I assumed because I knew a couple of them back in college and they did it 100% for kicks and grins, not because they actually believed it.

#pipe

Syphyre wrote:

#pipe wrote:

you think the flat earthers are tongue in cheek?

That's what I assumed because I knew a couple of them back in college and they did it 100% for kicks and grins, not because they actually believed it.

http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/

enjoy

#pipe

Seriously

Q: "What is underneath the Earth?"

A: This is unknown. Most FE proponents believe that it is generally composed of rocks.

Ruby Rhod

Huh. Who knew the sun was only 32 miles in diameter.

Kadith

Duh, it's turtles

turtles, all the way down.

#pipe

Q: "How did NASA create these images with the computer technology available at the time?"

A: NASA did not send rockets into space; instead, they spent a fraction of their funding on developing increasingly advanced computers and imaging software to cover their lies.

PLEASE NOTE: This means that pictures confirming the roundness or flatness of the Earth DO NOT CONSTITUTE VALID PROOF.

Syphyre

Man, I just wasted 10 minutes on that website. 90% of it is obviously tongue in cheek. However yes there are one or two posts there which do reek of "This is true"ness. Bleh.

#pipe

Syphyre do you know about Poe's law?

Tasteticle

#pipe wrote:

Q: "How did NASA create these images with the computer technology available at the time?"

A: NASA did not send rockets into space; instead, they spent a fraction of their funding on developing increasingly advanced computers and imaging software to cover their lies.

PLEASE NOTE: This means that pictures confirming the roundness or flatness of the Earth DO NOT CONSTITUTE VALID PROOF.

VALID PROOF DOES NOT COUNT AS VALID PROOF

really there is nowhere to go from there

Fyndir

#pipe wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DirMYyERmVI

yes its true!!!it exist a hollow earth and admiral byrd was there,a norway fisherson with his father,his father is murdered by the gouverment..he wants to tell the people the truth...the son goes to prison for over 25years....admiral byrd cames back to the entry with 7000soldiers,fightplains,and so on...after a few weeks he looses 8fightplains and he gave up and went back to us to told the gouverment that a higher civilization lives in the "hollow earth"and they have a higher technic than us

thats the fucking true!!!when nobody would believe a fisher and his son,ok...but a high military men,who wons battles in the 1. and 2.worldwar,a admiral at this time...why he should lie about this?and why the gouverment send him back to destroy any other civilization??when byrd came back,he gaves a press conference...you can find what he exactly says on you tube,original video

Thank you, TheErolking, for showing me the truth and the light!

Syphyre

Yes, I know what Poe's law is, but tell me this entire post isn't completely tongue in cheek.

Who DOES Need to Know:
NASA -- Okay, so the top three (at most) need to know, we'll say. These are the guys who actually are controlling the conspiracy, and maybe some of the profit is divided amongst them, but they don't need to be bribed to shut their mouths, and thus have no leverage amongst the others. If we say about three other people in NASA know about it, who are helping with image editing, video editing, and general coverage, but working closely with the top three.

"Yeah we'll say the top three know, aaaaand, yeah about three others know. Yep that's it, that's our story."

Just saying that there's a large contingent on that website that are using it tongue in cheek. I have no doubt that there are a believer or two in there as well.

Edit: Apparently no video game nerds have started a toroidal earth society

Shorty

Fyndir wrote:

#pipe wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DirMYyERmVI

yes its true!!!it exist a hollow earth and admiral byrd was there,a norway fisherson with his father,his father is murdered by the gouverment..he wants to tell the people the truth...the son goes to prison for over 25years....admiral byrd cames back to the entry with 7000soldiers,fightplains,and so on...after a few weeks he looses 8fightplains and he gave up and went back to us to told the gouverment that a higher civilization lives in the "hollow earth"and they have a higher technic than us

thats the fucking true!!!when nobody would believe a fisher and his son,ok...but a high military men,who wons battles in the 1. and 2.worldwar,a admiral at this time...why he should lie about this?and why the gouverment send him back to destroy any other civilization??when byrd came back,he gaves a press conference...you can find what he exactly says on you tube,original video

Thank you, TheErolking, for showing me the truth and the light!

this guy is going to lose his shit when he finds out what a cave is.

Centipede Damascus

Syphyre wrote:

Grey Ghost wrote:

Ruby Rhod wrote:

I think Growing Earth is my all time favorite of crazy shit people believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJfBSc6e7QQ

Burn them all

Is this...serious? As in...really really serious? I mean this isn't tongue in cheek like the flat-earthers is it?

The most amazing thing is that the guy narrating that video is comics legend Neal Adams, who illustrated such classic stories as The Joker's Five-Way Revenge and Green Lantern-Green Arrow

Kadith

I love their explanations of magnetic fields, and gravity.