Fail Quotes

[Travis Retriever]

So not only is AlfonZo stupid about drug policy, but he thinks punches and kicks are "ballistics"

Ah yes, more ad hominems from him too.  Good on, ya' Zo.

[R.E.H.W.R.]

Ah yes, more ad hominems from him too.  Good on, ya' Zo.

Not to mention the projection when he calls someone petty.

[Ibrahim90]

Everything said by wizkid2000 (the video maker was cool, and his video is not fail: in fact I started commenting to clarify things, admitting it is tangetial).

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[Travis Retriever]

Everything said by wizkid2000 (the video maker was cool, and his video is not fail: in fact I started commenting to clarify things, admitting it is tangetial).

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He's also anti-GMO...I wish I was making that up.

[Ibrahim90]

He's also anti-GMO...I wish I was making that up.

well, a large, stupid animal is always to be taken down by surrounding them. the more people post to call out his bullshit, the better.

[BreadGod]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ej-dionne-jr-an-economic-school-has-led-to-gridlock-in-washington/2014/02/09/12de8df0-9020-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_story.html?hpid=z3

This guy is saying that the political gridlock in D.C. was caused by Austrian economics. LOLWUT?

[ArtemisVale]

http://www.examiner.com/article/actress-ellen-barkin-american-people-belong-to-obama

[Travis Retriever]

http://www.examiner.com/article/actress-ellen-barkin-american-people-belong-to-obama

Slavery:  The new abolition.

[Skm1091]

Slavery:  The new abolition.

So this stupid hag is arguing that we should live in north korea.

Bitch please check yourself into an insane asylum

[MrBogosity]

Waddy Mutters on this video (actually, ALL his comments on that video are fail):

Ok provide the studies and I show you how to read them correctly and show you where you were deluded.

See? He's already determined what the "right" answer is, and if the study shows otherwise it just needs to be "read correctly." Just like the parts of the Bible that say the Earth is flat!

Understand: he did NOT look at me citing a study, look it over, and determine that I WAS reading it correctly. He hadn't looked at ANY studies at that point! Folks, if you assert you know the answer before you begin, it DOESN'T MATTER how many studies you find to support it! You were right or wrong the moment you made the statement, and NOTHING in the universe can change that.

But moreover, I think this is an example of what Daniel Dennett calls "belief in belief." This is where you believe that you believe something, without actually believing it. It sounds strange; doesn't the mere act of belief make it true? But if you follow me on this I think you'll agree:

Carl Sagan once gave an example of a dragon in his garage, and a conversation he had with a hypothetical person that went something like this: "Show me the dragon!" "It's invisible." "So I'll listen for it." "It's inaudible." "So I'll detect the heat from its fire breath." "It only breathes cold, invisible fire." "So I'll throw up some dirt and watch it land on it." "Sorry, but it's permeable as well."

It's not just that the idea is unfalsifiable; it's that he knows AHEAD OF TIME what the results of each experiment will be and how he'll have to explain it away. It would be different if he agreed to do the dirt experiment, and then after it failed went, "Gee, I guess it's permeable to dirt." He'd still be deluded, but his belief would be genuine. It's his ability to explain away the results of experiments that haven't been done yet (or at least, he hasn't seen the results of) that shows quite clearly that his mental model of the universe works PRECISELY as it would if there were no dragon, and he expects the universe to behave EXACTLY as it would if no dragon were there. He might honestly believe that he believes the dragon is there, but he doesn't ACTUALLY believe it.

Same with this guy. It isn't just that he presupposes the conclusion; it isn't just his smug, arrogant assumption of superior knowledge; it's that he ALREADY KNOWS WHAT THE STUDIES WILL SAY and that they have to be "read correctly" to get the "right" answer. It's belief in belief.

And that's today's lesson.

[Travis Retriever]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-environmental-myths-too-many-people-still-believe/
I call bullshit on number #3.  Nobody's saying throwing stuff away doesn't have a cost.  That's a strawman, knock that off.

[dallen68]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-environmental-myths-too-many-people-still-believe/
I call bullshit on number #3.  Nobody's saying throwing stuff away doesn't have a cost.  That's a strawman, knock that off.

On #2 - I don't see why the bottles couldn't be sent back to the manufacturer, sterilized, and refilled.

[Travis Retriever]

Bullshit.  Simply expecting reciprocity doesn't mean you aren't a nice guy.  GirlWritesWhat murdered that argument as far as I'm concerned (win video):

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And of course an epic fail of a comment left on the video:

Evolution was disproved by DNA. In fact a couple of well known Doctors have said they believe they have the missing link. Although we had creatures on this earth for millions if not billions of years...they were not HUMAN. In fact all other beings were some how destroyed before the human being came on board. The Universities are pimping JUNK Science and charging top dollar. We've been pumping PHDs from the U.S and ISRAEL like water. So if the world is smarter than why life is harder? Why is everything dead wrong or head for shit? Because it's ALL based on lies. We never came from monkeys.

[R.E.H.W.R.]

Hello again Being Liberal.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/01/20/more-americans-have-died-from-domestic-gunfire-than-all-wars-in-u-s-history-is-that-true/

[Travis Retriever]

Hello again Being Liberal.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/01/20/more-americans-have-died-from-domestic-gunfire-than-all-wars-in-u-s-history-is-that-true/

Ladies and gentlemen--this article is an example of going full retard.  Never go full retard.