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[BreadGod]

More Cracked bogosity for you:



First of all, notice how they cite no sources for this statistic. Secondly, they confuse correlation with causation. They seem to think that because gun ownership went down, gun-related homicide went down. For all we know, it was the other way around, but we can't know because they don't cite any sources.

[dallen68]

More Cracked bogosity for you:



First of all, notice how they cite no sources for this statistic. Secondly, they confuse correlation with causation. They seem to think that because gun ownership went down, gun-related homicide went down. For all we know, it was the other way around, but we can't know because they don't cite any sources.

Well, according to http://www.infowars.com/household-gun-ownership-surges-in-40-year-trend-reversal/, gun ownership is 44% as of 2013. You'll have to hit the stop button when the page loads, or you'll end up on a "your flash player is out of date" page (which it isn't.)

According to http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/09/19/u-s-has-more-guns-and-gun-deaths-than-any-other-country-study-finds/, the US has 88 guns per 100 people, and 10 gun related deaths per 100,000 as of 2013. Since the point of both of these articles is "gunz R bad", I can only assume cracked's source is... someone's crack?

[Dallas Wildman]

Well, according to http://www.infowars.com/household-gun-ownership-surges-in-40-year-trend-reversal/, gun ownership is 44% as of 2013. You'll have to hit the stop button when the page loads, or you'll end up on a "your flash player is out of date" page (which it isn't.)

According to http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/09/19/u-s-has-more-guns-and-gun-deaths-than-any-other-country-study-finds/, the US has 88 guns per 100 people, and 10 gun related deaths per 100,000 as of 2013. Since the point of both of these articles is "gunz R bad", I can only assume cracked's source is... someone's crack?

I don't think the OP of this image was trying to establish a casual, the subject was "Stereotypes that are Statistically BS".  Still if anyone tries to assert such it's nonetheless bogus.

[Travis Retriever]

“Libertarians are not the brightest lights in the candelabra, a fact that is evident from the alternatives they tend to offer to public prevention of private abuses. For example: if you don’t like working a hundred hours a week for twenty-five cents a day, then find another employer! It is obvious to intelligent people, if not libertarians, that more generous employers will price themselves out of a market whose standards are set by the most rapacious.”--Michael Lind.

So it seems his bogosity on libertarianism isn't just limited to that infamous question that we can't answer. *chortle*

[MrBogosity]

"Libertarians are not the brightest lights in the candelabra, a fact that is evident from the alternatives they tend to offer to public prevention of private abuses. For example: if you don't like working a hundred hours a week for twenty-five cents a day, then find another employer! It is obvious to intelligent people, if not libertarians, that more generous employers will price themselves out of a market whose standards are set by the most rapacious."--Michael Lind.

So it seems his bogosity on libertarianism isn't just limited to that infamous question that we can't answer. *chortle*

Yes, isn't it wonderful that we had government to force Henry Ford to make an 8-hour work day? Oh, wait...

[AnCap Dave]

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This guy even LOOKS like a total douche.

[ArtemisVale]

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/08/i_want_a_straight_white_male_gaming_convention_how_a_culture_war_exploded_in_the_video_gaming_world/

*sigh*

[AnCap Dave]

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/08/i_want_a_straight_white_male_gaming_convention_how_a_culture_war_exploded_in_the_video_gaming_world/

*sigh*

Welp, that's another one to add to the list for this week's show.

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

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[MrBogosity]

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Haven't watched it, but let me guess: Cable and broadcast companies have made monopoly deals with local governments, so the solution is to let them be regulated by a body (the FCC) that's in the back pocket of cable and broadcast companies. Amirite?

[dallen68]

Haven't watched it, but let me guess: Cable and broadcast companies have made monopoly deals with local governments, so the solution is to let them be regulated by a body (the FCC) that's in the back pocket of cable and broadcast companies. Amirite?

Which brings me to...

Yesterday there was this big protest where a bunch of content providers on purpose slowed their shit up, supposedly to show what the internet would be like if we don't get net neutrality. They're saying it was a big success. For whom exactly, is not clear. From my end, the network was faster (about 3 MB/s all day), and I never get that. So... at least the way I'm looking at it what they did is prove the cable companies point, which is: If netflix wasn't hogging all the band width, then we could provide faster service. Also, it proves that netflix is capable of limiting its through-put, something they've claimed to be not able to do in the past.

[MrBogosity]

Also, it proves that netflix is capable of limiting its through-put, something they've claimed to be not able to do in the past.

I don't remember them claiming any such thing. And that claim would fly in the face with the setting where you can limit your own Netflix bandwidth.

What they DID say is that the congestion Verizon and Comcast customers experience was the fault of Verizon and Comcast, and they proved it, too!

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

http://www.salon.com/2013/10/05/the_legend_of_zelda_is_classist_sexist_and_racist/

[AnCap Dave]

http://www.salon.com/2013/10/05/the_legend_of_zelda_is_classist_sexist_and_racist/

You know, I'm not even mad. I needed the good laugh.

It also gave me something to do. I decided to write a rebuttal.

[Dukect45]

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The video is fine but the comments as usual defend this horrible practice