I just find most everyone on the blog-o-sphere and youtube to be douchey regarding this issue, whether the atheism + crowd or the anti-atheism + crowd.

(August 15, 2013 at 3:01 pm)Psykhronic Wrote: I just find most everyone on the blog-o-sphere and youtube to be douchey regarding this issue, whether the atheism + crowd or the anti-atheism + crowd.

Well, the important thing is that you feel superior to both.

Stealing from XKCD huh. Good thing I dont have a superiority complex, kind of hard to when one has a depressive disorder.

(August 15, 2013 at 3:09 pm)Psykhronic Wrote: Stealing from XKCD huh. Good thing I dont have a superiority complex, kind of hard to when one has a depressive disorder.

A meme is theft, now? Interesting. (rubs chin)

If you consider it a meme, then no its not theft. I havent seen it used much and it doesnt have an entry on meme sites that I use.

(August 15, 2013 at 3:23 pm)Psykhronic Wrote: If you consider it a meme, then no its not theft. I havent seen it used much and it doesnt have an entry on meme sites that I use.

A meme is the thought equivalent of a gene. It isn't something that has to be listed on a meme site.

I am aware. I am not going to derail this thread further with the definition of memes. I do not feel superior to either crowd - that was my point.

I just see it as frustrating when a spectator denounces both groups, finding superiority over both of them. When a strong thesis is met by a strong anti-thesis, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. If we all embrace the medicore middle-ground, bad ideas can flourish. The only thing that is gained is the small ego-boost of the nay-sayers of both groups.

Well. Fuck that very much.

I'll continue to speak out against the likes of A-plussers.

(August 15, 2013 at 4:04 pm)Red Celt Wrote: I just see it as frustrating when a spectator denounces both groups, finding superiority over both of them. When a strong thesis is met by a strong anti-thesis, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. If we all embrace the medicore middle-ground, bad ideas can flourish. The only thing that is gained is the small ego-boost of the nay-sayers of both groups.

Well. Fuck that very much.

I'll continue to speak out against the likes of A-plussers.

I do not embrace the middle ground either. You also forgot I used "most everyone" - people on either side can make a good point. And notice, I specified sites where the people I disagree with usually reside - there's entire populations of people I was not talking about and even exceptions among the people I was talking about. You can speak out all you want. I don't see what the issue is.

(August 15, 2013 at 4:09 pm)Psykhronic Wrote:

(August 15, 2013 at 4:04 pm)Red Celt Wrote: I just see it as frustrating when a spectator denounces both groups, finding superiority over both of them. When a strong thesis is met by a strong anti-thesis, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. If we all embrace the medicore middle-ground, bad ideas can flourish. The only thing that is gained is the small ego-boost of the nay-sayers of both groups.

Well. Fuck that very much.

I'll continue to speak out against the likes of A-plussers.

I do not embrace the middle ground either. You also forgot I used "most everyone" - people on either side can make a good point. And notice, I specified sites where the people I disagree with usually reside - there's entire populations of people I was not talking about and even exceptions among the people I was talking about. You can speak out all you want. I don't see what the issue is.

No issue, really. I guess I've just spent too much time (recently and beyond) watching this on-going soap-opera unfold. And it isn't a pretty thing.