Why is this forum full of loonies?

The Dread Pirate · 18 Jun 2013 at 15:05

smelly_legend said:
What's the point in the word "convey" then?

It's used to describe the movement of stuff on a conveyer belt.

elmarko · 18 Jun 2013 at 15:10

Gilly said:
Oh I got your direction, but IMO anything extreme is inherently wrong.

I dunno, I'd argue centreism is just as illogical as extremism - as the optimal solution to any given problem problem could reside anywhere on the "spectrum of extremities".

smelly_legend · 18 Jun 2013 at 15:11

The Dread Pirate said:
It's used to describe the movement of stuff on a conveyer belt.

ah, basically transport

gillywibble · 18 Jun 2013 at 15:32

Depends on your definition of sanity.

gregorius · 18 Jun 2013 at 15:41

The lizard overlords asked me to pass on the message that "everything is normal, nothing to see here".

The Dread Pirate · 18 Jun 2013 at 15:47

gregorius said:
The lizard overlords asked me to pass on the message that "everything is normal, nothing to see here".

What are they channeling Leslie Nielson form Beyond the grave?

4T5 · 18 Jun 2013 at 15:49

I wouldn't say it's full of looneys but there are definitely some very strange folk on here but then I am clinically insane so what do I know.

fiveub · 18 Jun 2013 at 15:52

This is a mental asylum!

smelly_legend · 18 Jun 2013 at 15:53

This forum is how I actually turn myself on when the porn doesn't work. MMM....I love it when grown men talk dirty to each other.

4T5 · 18 Jun 2013 at 15:53

5UB said:
This is a mental asylum!

Must be why I fit in so well then.

Frenzy · 18 Jun 2013 at 16:02

Internet forums never used to be like this, there was actual room for intelligent debate in most places. Granted this is GD.

AdladUK · 18 Jun 2013 at 16:08

Frenzy said:
Internet forums never used to be like this, there was actual room for intelligent debate in most places. Granted this is GD.

Don't be silly. There are plenty of forums on the Internet where a ton of intellectual debate goes on. You're just not really gonna find much of it here

GravyMonster · 18 Jun 2013 at 16:11

Speakers corner seems to be the home for that here. Which is why I steer clear.

d_brennen · 18 Jun 2013 at 16:22

I often imagine groen, kwerk, arekgreenman888, Jason2 et al, all being the same person. Sat alone with nothing but the glow of a six monitor setup. Posting rubbish to several forums with superhuman speed

Sudden · 18 Jun 2013 at 16:26

gillywibble said:
Depends on your definition of sanity.

Sanity...is for the weak!*

*may be protected by copyright. And by may I mean it probably is.

Marky · 18 Jun 2013 at 16:27

Just like most popular forums - There are always a few douchebags

Keeps the Dons/UBs busy though

Cosimo · 18 Jun 2013 at 16:28

5UB said:
This is a mental asylum!

Yes, it's lunatic.

Pawnless Endgame · 18 Jun 2013 at 16:29

The Dread Pirate said:
Indeed We prefer "The mentally maladjusted"!

That reminds me. I read a book written by Daniel Keyes called Flowers for Algernon about a mentally retarded guy. Apparently even that isn't PC any more and you have to call it "learning disabilities" instead of mentally retarded. Also apparently brainstorming isn't PC either and you have to say mind mapping. This changing of goalposts is silly in my opinion because you don't know what is PC and what isn't.

Same with black and coloured people. In my English classes back in the 1990s, black was not considered PC and we had to say coloured people and now it seems to be the other way round. Can't keep up.

Xordium · 18 Jun 2013 at 16:31

Monserrat said:
Can't keep up.

Most people seem to be able to. Have you ever considered maybe you are ment ... I mean have learning difficulties?

Pawnless Endgame · 18 Jun 2013 at 16:33

Xordium said:
Most people seem to be able to. Have you ever considered maybe you are ment ... I mean have learning difficulties?

Mentally retarded (as defined in that book) meant someone with an IQ of less than 70. Not very independent people.