Bloody smokers

[Ben Killeen]

i was outside today at college vaping, and a student came up to me and tried to give me a cigarette.

I politely said no thanks, he responded: yes take it, it’s better, it’s good for you!

I just stared back and replied: no it really isn’t!

He got ...... and walked off.

How can anyone still think smoking is good for you?!?

 

[ScottP]

How can anyone still think smoking is good for you?!?

The same way some idiots still think the Earth is flat.

 

[bombastinator]

flat earth society members are all around the globe.
I have a life long acquaintance/friend who recently started posting on fb about his flat earth belief. I felt conflicted on a few different levels.

The weird thing is 20 years ago the flat earth society wasn’t like this at all. There literally were NO true believers. The society was mostly about warning people about the dangers of credulity and believing things too easily, not actually DOING it.

 

[ScottP]

flat earth society members are all around the globe.

That's what makes it so ironic and moronic at the same time.

 

[AttyPops]

The weird thing is 20 years ago the flat earth society wasn’t like this at all. There literally were NO true believers. The society was mostly about warning people about the dangers of credulity and believing things too easily, not actually DOING it.

I had a physics teacher in H.S. that was a member. It was a JOKE. A way to teach critical thinking skills.

But no more.

All this crap could be solved if we instituted a voting I.Q./Critical thinking test. Don't pass, can't vote. Same for all members of congress and/or departments (like the FDA). Don't pass, not hired.

You can't fix stupid, but you don't have to let it run the country (whatever country).
(EDIT: We need a sarcasm font.)

 

[Ben Killeen]

Didn't one of them recently build a steam powered rocket so he could prove it!

Netflix did a short movie about the flat earthers, and they did two experiments to prove its flat, both failed and proved its round.
Their response, the experiment was inconclusive and they would continue to do it until they got the results they wanted.

 

[bombastinator]

Simple:

 

[bombastinator]

...at a college? Yikes, that's a lot of irony to process.

Heh. “Sophomoric” is a wonderfully descriptive term.

 

[dennism]

I don't believe I've ever seen anyone in these forums say that vaping isn't bad for you. The most I've seen is people saying that vaping is better than smoking.

 

[Ben Killeen]

...at a college? Yikes, that's a lot of irony to process.

To be fair he was from Iraq and only been in Finland a couple of years.

 

[Anise]

The same way some idiots still think the Earth is flat.

It's not flat?! Next you're going to tell me man has actually flown to the moon!

 

[OldBatty]

Their response, the experiment was inconclusive and they would continue to do it until they got the results they wanted.

So, Stanton Glantz is a Flat Earther? Who'd a thunk it

 

[stols001]

To be fair to the smoker he said, "It's better.. It's good for you." I think it's sweet he was willing to give up a smoke in pursuit of the FDA "Studies." They're not cheap you know.

Also, technically, you do not "fly to the moon" you can only get to what. the exosphere I think it is, until your plane stalls out. You need a rocket ship.

With that said, I'm going to put all my credulity into the flat earthers, and stash it there. So, there is no exosphere. Or, moon. Etc.

Anna

 

[Baditude]

It’s the 21st century all over the planet (except Ohio where it’s still 1950)

I think it was Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) who joked if there were signs of the end of the world he would go to (insert Ohio city) because that city was four years behind the rest of the world.

 

[Nermal]

I had a physics teacher in H.S. that was a member. It was a JOKE. A way to teach critical thinking skills.

But no more.

Unitarian Jihad used to be a joke, too. Not so sure now.

My name in the UJ is: Brother Flamethrower of Benevolence.

 

[Cobra Kai]

...at a college? Yikes, that's a lot of irony to process.

 

[bombastinator]

OOOOHHHHH I just thought of how our world could actually be flat. It isn't real. We are all living in a giant virtual "Pac-Man" game and airplanes only seem to fly around a sphere because when they exit one side of the screen, they magically appear on the other side, still heading in the same direction. This makes it seem spherical when it isn't. It also explains why things don't fall off the edge.

I wonder how many people I could convince of this, and more importantly, how much money could I make from it.

Could happen on apr 6th. GPS weak number rollover is going to burn some older GPS systems and other systems that merely rely on GPS timing in various weird ways we won’t see until it happens. That particular scenario actually isn’t totally impossible depending on what your electronics happens to do.

 

[Don29palms]

How can anyone still think smoking is good for you?!?

The same way people think vaping isn't bad for you.

 

[DeloresRose]

I think it was Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) who joked if there were signs of the end of the world he would go to (insert Ohio city) because that city was four years behind the rest of the world.

He wasn’t wrong back then. It’s probably not even 1950 now... we seem to be going backward at a faster clip than ever lately.

 

[bombastinator]

Nice to hear the U.S. Isn't the only place for idiots.

Everything I’ve seen everywhere says idiots are omnipresent. Also non idiots, and in about the same ratio.