Fail Quotes

[MrBogosity]

I think they've completely misconstrued the spirit of that meme. But it's as lame as anything else they've come up with.

[Ibrahim90]

I think they've completely misconstrued the spirit of that meme. But it's as lame as anything else they've come up with.

Frankly, that is an understatement.

[FSBlueApocalypse]

This comes from David Cage, head of Quantic Dreams which made the PS3 game Heavy Rain and PC game Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), emphasis mine

What's Quantic Dream's Relationship with Sony?

"We are exclusive to Sony right now," Cage said. "We're open to all options [such as becoming a first-party studio], but again, we're not a studio driven by money. It's an important element, of course, but it's not like 'Tell me how much money you give me and I'm going to do whatever you want.' "

Do Used Games Worry Quantic Dream?

"This is not something really popular to say, but I think there's something wrong with used games," Cage said. "People make money out of our work and this money doesn't go back to us creating the content or people taking risks -- financial risks -- to make this happen."

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1220242p1.html?RSSwhen2012-03-08_084000&RSSid=1220242&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ignfeeds%2Fps3+%28IGN+PS3%29

[Travis Retriever]

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[Ibrahim90]

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even though:

a- America doesn't have any business in the Near East.
b- Israel benefits more, since his non-interventionism means their neighbors also don't get money or arms-and they at the moment get more of both than the Israelis do


some people just don't get it.

[AnCap Dave]

In that spanking thread over on that other forum I'm on, once again user Desty Nova shows his ignorance and downright stupidity when he gives this reply to the question, "What ever happened to not hitting anyone?"

"Because it's stupid? Sometimes people should be hit. Your moral absolutism smeeeeeeeells of the Christian memeplex."

[MrBogosity]

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"Ron Paul is NOT a Reagan Republican." I KNEW there was a reason I liked him!

[Travis Retriever]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-things-rich-people-need-to-stop-saying/

[H]e just overstates the case to the point where he looks like a clueless twat.

The ironic thing?  He says that rich people saying those things makes them look like out of touch douchebags.  Yet by posting such bullshit, HE'S the one coming off as an out of touch, jealous, spiteful asshole.

Really, would it kills these people to at least TRY to differentiate between those who get their money by providing a good/service to willing others at a price they were willing to pay, versus those in bed with the state?
Hell, most of his examples are either politicians and/or politically connected people.

[MrBogosity]

Everything said by James Q. Wilson in this video:

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[MrBogosity]

More political dogmatism disguised as rationality:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/article.aspx?subjectid=65&articleid=20120315_65_A23_CUTLIN428086

Some highlights:

I used to be a libertarian but am no longer.

Yeah, and Kirk Cameron used to be an "evolutionist."

We don't have time to research the best education and health insurance standards, or to stake our basic retirement or medical care in old age on our ability to beat the market.

In these complicated times, it is simply fantasy to think that individual families can take care of everything without the help of the government.

Right, because there aren't any such organizations as UL, ISO, school accreditation organizations, or other organizations that certify these things.

And yes, we have to pay taxes for that.

Circular reasoning.

Today's libertarians argue that we don't need the government to do this for us, but history shows otherwise. Left unregulated, companies will mislead consumers and stockholders, take undue risks, pollute the environment, build trusts and work their unskilled workers to death. We know this; it's just been so long since we didn't have regulations that we don't remember it.

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

Of course, people who have ACTUALLY researched that time have found that companies did no such thing; only with government backing did they start behaving this way.

Private companies cannot set and enforce environmental and fair financial disclosure standards, defend the country, and police our streets.

And evolution could never make an eye!

Nor could we use lawsuits to effectively address corporate recklessness. The individual cost would be overwhelming, and the action will be opposed every step of the way by well-funded corporate lawyers while the individuals suffered or died in the meantime.

Never mind the fact that it never happens when it's actually tried. Fish Legal? No, don't look over there! Look over here, something shiny...

Finally, today's libertarians (like Republicans) attack government by focusing on a single instance of failed regulation, even where the regulation usually works as designed.

And what regulation would that be? How come people, when pressed, cannot even find ONE that works like it's supposed to?

But they lose me to the extent they have become influenced by interests who think short-term or are less motivated by framing a workable society than by simply keeping all their money while enjoying the benefits of our society.

No, sorry pal, that's your precious government and their cronies.

Isn't it amazing how so many people who say "I used to be x" aren't familiar with even the basic arguments, principles, and data supporting it, and just trot out the same old strawman talking points of the other side? (If you're looking for Killian's Second Law, you may consider that to be it.)

[Travis Retriever]

"Finally, today's libertarians (like Republicans)"
That told me all I need to know about the cunt-whistle who wrote that article.

"I used to be a libertarian but..."
Then he took an arrow in the brain.

[Lord T Hawkeye]

Indeed, they try that "I used to be a libertarian" just to give themselves an air of authenticity.  The problem is when you say that, people expect you to actually know all the facts about what libertarianism is and when you can't produce them, you reveal yourself for the charlatan that you are.

I can start a statement with "I used to be a mormon liberal" and actually back that statement up.  Yet when I do, it's completely brushed aside.  Hey guys!  How about following your own rules for a change!

[MrBogosity]

I could do the same thing: I used to be a left-liberal, I used to be a Methodist Christian. But I don't. 'Cause first off, who cares? Second, it doesn't have anything to do with the arguments I present.

[Travis Retriever]

I could do the same thing: I used to be a left-liberal, I used to be a Methodist Christian. But I don't. 'Cause first off, who cares? Second, it doesn't have anything to do with the arguments I present.

I thought you said you were always a libertarian ("I guess I was born an individualist." -- You)
But yeah, that's ANOTHER former liberal turned libertarian.  Hell, the only ones I know who were former conservatives are the objectivists who went anarcho-capitalist.

And yeah, I could go on about that stuff too, but don't.  For one, it never comes up in my conservations and two, it isn't relevant.

[MrBogosity]

I thought you said you were always a libertarian ("I guess I was born an individualist." -- You)

Fundamentally, yes, and I guess I was always destined for libertarianism. But I believed in a lot of liberal government programs to help the poor etc. The last one I had to slough off was the Americans With Disabilities Act.