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Critical thinking is a rare skill
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2016-11-24 at 2:12 PM UTC
Originally posted by Lanny oh man, do you remember the quote pyramids on sanc and when arnox started banning people for not manually editing them out? Ah arnox, that guy was fantastical.
I made one with spoiler tags that read FUCK THE MODS in bold red and it was a piece of art. I got more Thanks for that one post that I got here with 2600 posts of pure golden glory.
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2016-11-24 at 3:07 PM UTCi suffer memory losst from vodene adn soapbar abuse
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2016-11-24 at 3:21 PM UTC
Originally posted by bling bling i suffer memory losst from vodene adn soapbar abuse
You were a Lion once. Never forget that. -
2016-11-24 at 3:23 PM UTCBling Bling!
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2016-11-24 at 3:26 PM UTCLOL.
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2016-11-24 at 7:55 PM UTC
Originally posted by RisiR LOL.
That was pretty epic tbh. -
2016-11-24 at 8:09 PM UTCYea, that was sick.
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2016-11-25 at 9:07 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2016-11-25 at 9:11 PM UTCWhat's that?
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2016-11-25 at 9:14 PM UTCHow to nest the tags
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2016-11-25 at 9:17 PM UTC
Originally posted by ))<>(( How to nest the tags
So do we just refer to you as goatse or what? -
2016-11-25 at 9:34 PM UTCHow do I nest the tags?
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2016-11-26 at 11:53 AM UTC
Originally posted by mmQ So do we just refer to you as goatse or what?
idk it's from that "back and forth forever" thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoJo81lujk -
2016-11-26 at 2:49 PM UTC
Originally posted by RisiR LOL.
I watched this video in a loop for 5 days -
2016-11-26 at 5 PM UTCRight, Lanny, so if I would have given a concrete example, then it would be valid, but since I didn't, it's not. As if you needed one. You know you're the smartest person on this website and that that argument is bullshit. You might fool riser or whatever his name is, but you know we both know that shit is flimsier than um's dick when he's coked out and fucking some trashy welfare whore so he can come back and brag about it later.
But to answer your question, yea, I have better critical thinking skills than most. You don't have to believe me. You can think I'm full of myself, maybe its true, but I have the grades to back it up and I live on my own without taking handouts from my parents or anyone else and I don't have any debt. I never said I was the smartest person in the world, but these things are good enough for me. INB4 "oMg bUt gRaDeS dOn'T nEcEsssarilY meeN uR smaRt!!! #420." Yes they do. They're a measure of your ability to learn something and apply it and actually do it. -
2016-11-26 at 6:12 PM UTC
Originally posted by greenplastic Right, Lanny, so if I would have given a concrete example, then it would be valid, but since I didn't, it's not. As if you needed one.
No, like I said before, I'm not asking for examples here. You've made a claim about how the world is, now I'm asking for some evidence for why we should believe that. I've also said I think you're going to have a hard time coming up with a non-trivial and quantifiable metric for critical thinking skills.You know you're the smartest person on this website and that that argument is bullshit. You might fool riser or whatever his name is, but you know we both know that shit is flimsier than um's dick when he's coked out and fucking some trashy welfare whore so he can come back and brag about it later.
Dumb rhetoric. Bonus points for making clear exactly how butthurt UM has made you when he doesn't even seem to have posted ITT.But to answer your question, yea, I have better critical thinking skills than most. You don't have to believe me. You can think I'm full of myself, maybe its true, but I have the grades to back it up and I live on my own without taking handouts from my parents or anyone else and I don't have any debt. I never said I was the smartest person in the world, but these things are good enough for me. INB4 "oMg bUt gRaDeS dOn'T nEcEsssarilY meeN uR smaRt!!! #420." Yes they do. They're a measure of your ability to learn something and apply it and actually do it.
Okay. This is why this thread is intellectual masturbation. You may well have better critical thinking skills than most (although from the fact that you feel the need to tell us about your economic situation, proudly stating you don't take handouts*, in conveying this fact suggests otherwise, in addition to your general performance at critical thinking embodied by this thread) but even if true the fact remains that making a thread to tell us about it, to hurl insults at a big vague group that no one will never step up to make the case for (seriously, who's going to be like "yeah, I'm one of most people and we've got great critical thinking skills!"?) serves only to gratify your ego.
* although you realize your university is a pretty big handout through right? The american university system is subsidized to hell and your tuition doesn't change thatThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2016-11-26 at 7:38 PM UTC
Originally posted by Lanny No, like I said before, I'm not asking for examples here. You've made a claim about how the world is, now I'm asking for some evidence for why we should believe that. I've also said I think you're going to have a hard time coming up with a non-trivial and quantifiable metric for critical thinking skills.
Dumb rhetoric. Bonus points for making clear exactly how butthurt UM has made you when he doesn't even seem to have posted ITT.
Okay. This is why this thread is intellectual masturbation. You may well have better critical thinking skills than most (although from the fact that you feel the need to tell us about your economic situation, proudly stating you don't take handouts*, in conveying this fact suggests otherwise, in addition to your general performance at critical thinking embodied by this thread) but even if true the fact remains that making a thread to tell us about it, to hurl insults at a big vague group that no one will never step up to make the case for (seriously, who's going to be like "yeah, I'm one of most people and we've got great critical thinking skills!"?) serves only to gratify your ego.
* although you realize your university is a pretty big handout through right? The american university system is subsidized to hell and your tuition doesn't change that
It's just an observation. Making the observation doesn't necessarily mean I even think that I'm smart. And yea, I realize I'm privileged compared to most of the world. But the context here is this website and the cultures we live in. I'm not getting any more handouts than anyone here. Jesus christ dude. I'm starting to realize why people hate arguing with me. I think I'm going to change my life. -
2016-11-26 at 10:01 PM UTC
Jesus christ dude. I'm starting to realize why people hate arguing with me. I think I'm going to change my life.
Why do you think people hate arguing with you? In what ways do you want to change your life? -
2016-11-26 at 10:09 PM UTC
Originally posted by Open Your Mind Why do you think people hate arguing with you? In what ways do you want to change your life?
Because I can be a fucking dick and argue for days down to the smallest detail, even when I know I'm wrong, like Lanny is doing here.
Well I'd like to not be like how I am now. I don't have any empathy for anyone a lot of the time, plus I spent a lot of time alone with my gf just getting high and tripping on acid and MXE and walking around at night and having sex over the past couple years which allowed me to be a weirdo and not give a fuck about other people, and now that's all gone so I'm stuck in this weird place again where I have to fake my personality if I want to not be alone, and I don't really know if I can do that. -
2016-11-26 at 10:35 PM UTC
Originally posted by greenplastic It's just an observation.
Observations are fine, "most people I interact with seem to have poor critical reasoning skills by metric X" would be something I'd have no grounds to argue with, but you've made a statement about "most people" without those qualifications. Do you think that difference constitutes "the smallest detail" here?Making the observation doesn't necessarily mean I even think that I'm smart. And yea, I realize I'm privileged compared to most of the world. But the context here is this website and the cultures we live in. I'm not getting any more handouts than anyone here. Jesus christ dude. I'm starting to realize why people hate arguing with me. I think I'm going to change my life.
The point here was really kind of secondary. I do think you're privileged but that doesn't discredit your position. I'm saying that your status as a high GPA student or as a recipient of unearned advantage is really irrelevant to your thesis, they don't change its truth value.
If you don't enjoy this activity, and don't have any other reason to continue to engage in it, then I suggest you stop. I'd like to think I maintain an open mind on the proposition that "most people have poor critical thinking skills" and indeed I've told you what you need to do to change my mind but you don't seem eager to go down that road. Frankly I'd bet against you changing your mind on the matter. I'm here because it's fun but you seem to be getting frustrated. If that's the case then there's really no reason for you to continue.
