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A Si Fi watchmaker.
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RE: A Si Fi watchmaker.
March 23, 2015 at 12:52 am
(March 23, 2015 at 12:50 am)Sionnach Wrote:
(March 23, 2015 at 12:48 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: If that was the point of his OP, I didn't get it.

I suppose atheists can make as many interpretations of something as theists do with the bible.

Of course they can.

If the point of the OP was celebrity worship, or entertainment worship, I totally agree it's out of hand.
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RE: A Si Fi watchmaker.
March 23, 2015 at 2:00 am
(March 18, 2015 at 3:28 pm)Brian37 Wrote: While it can be fun to attack old books, I think it is also important to bitch slap si fi woo as well.

Right off the bat there is a problem. The term "woo" is not an appropriate description for science fiction or fiction of any kind for that matter unless it is being presented as reality.

There's nothing wrong with critiquing it AS FICTION of course but it's quite ridiculous to critique it as if it were a scientific paper when it is not.
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RE: A Si Fi watchmaker.
March 23, 2015 at 2:07 am (This post was last modified: March 23, 2015 at 2:09 am by Silver.)
(March 23, 2015 at 2:00 am)AFTT47 Wrote: Right off the bat there is a problem. The term "woo" is not an appropriate description for science fiction or fiction of any kind for that matter unless it is being presented as reality.

There's nothing wrong with critiquing it AS FICTION of course but it's quite ridiculous to critique it as if it were a scientific paper when it is not.

Good job bullshitting. *thumbs up*

Woo can especially be used in relation to anything that is not accepted in the realm of realistic.
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#164
RE: A Si Fi watchmaker.
March 23, 2015 at 6:31 am
(March 23, 2015 at 2:07 am)Sionnach Wrote:
(March 23, 2015 at 2:00 am)AFTT47 Wrote: Right off the bat there is a problem. The term "woo" is not an appropriate description for science fiction or fiction of any kind for that matter unless it is being presented as reality.

There's nothing wrong with critiquing it AS FICTION of course but it's quite ridiculous to critique it as if it were a scientific paper when it is not.

Good job bullshitting. *thumbs up*

Woo can especially be used in relation to anything that is not accepted in the realm of realistic.


nice bullshitting. Worship

1. You failed to define "realistic" and defend its appropriateness.

2. Anything can be used in relation to anything. The question is are you an idiot for using it the way you are using it.
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RE: A Si Fi watchmaker.
March 23, 2015 at 2:44 pm
(March 23, 2015 at 12:48 am)rexbeccarox Wrote:
(March 23, 2015 at 12:14 am)Sionnach Wrote: Brian has a good point in his OP, and if you disagree with me then fuck you.

Honestly, his analysis of entertainment worship is spot on.

Come at me, bro.

If that was the point of his OP, I didn't get it.

Neither did anyone else.
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RE: A Si Fi watchmaker.
March 23, 2015 at 5:37 pm
(March 23, 2015 at 2:44 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:
(March 23, 2015 at 12:48 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: If that was the point of his OP, I didn't get it.

Neither did anyone else.

I think I got it, but rthythm had the right of it. He was critiquing a potato because it wasn't a mini van.
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RE: A Si Fi watchmaker.
March 23, 2015 at 5:40 pm
(March 23, 2015 at 5:37 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote:
(March 23, 2015 at 2:44 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: Neither did anyone else.

I think I got it, but rthythm had the right of it. He was critiquing a potato because it wasn't a mini van.

It's the potatoes' fault. If they were mini-vans, I could get a new car in a few weeks. It's all a big conspiracy, you see... Thinking
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RE: A Si Fi watchmaker.
March 23, 2015 at 9:34 pm
(March 23, 2015 at 5:40 pm)One Above All Wrote:
(March 23, 2015 at 5:37 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: I think I got it, but rthythm had the right of it. He was critiquing a potato because it wasn't a mini van.

It's the potatoes' fault. If they were mini-vans, I could get a new car in a few weeks. It's all a big conspiracy, you see... Thinking
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All big government conspiracy man. Keep the little man down, they have all those potato car hidden in area 51, but they have to keep the car companies on the bank role man. Pass the joint.
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Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
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The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
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