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Originally posted by TripletDaddy View PostWe seem to have a contingency of folks here that have resided in (or just outside?) the District. Add me to that list!
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Originally posted by TripletDaddy View PostWe seem to have a contingency of folks here that have resided in (or just outside?) the District. Add me to that list!
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Originally posted by Applejack View PostI should start a thread where I post pics of things that will make all you ex-DCers jealous. For instance, I could post snapshots of the monuments, interns in ill-fitting suits, and random DC celebrities (David Brooks! Gasp!).Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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Originally posted by TripletDaddy View PostDon't forget a pic of a local "Checker's" (crazy good food!) or a shot of all the food trucks in Farragut Square at lunch. Also, the nuclear bomb tent people across from the white house always get me waxing nostalgic.
Checker's? That's not a DC thing. Are you sure you lived here?
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Originally posted by byu71 View PostWith this storm I am now persuaded global warming is a fact.
"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostJohn Oliver salutes you!
PLesa excuse the tpyos.
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Originally posted by creekster View PostOliver's comment is amusing but, of course, misses the point. Policies are set based on what people believe, not on what the facts actually are. So, to answer his scatological question, only people who actually want to do something about climate change should care what the public's opinion is on the subject."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostThat willful ignorance is precisely what he is skewering. He is engaging in sarcasm. That is what ... you know ... comedians do.
The reason I mention it is because I think the smug attitude at the base of his comment is one of the key problems we face on this issue. Public attitudes do matter. Being disdainful of anyone who disagrees isn't helpful, it only tends to entrench the disbelievers. If his comment was focused on why those opinions are wrong rather than ridiculing those who would listen to them he might be both amusing and helpful.PLesa excuse the tpyos.
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Originally posted by creekster View PostRight. Like I said. It was amusing. But also sort of dumb. Because the sarcasm misses the point. Whether it is willful ignorance or not the public attitude is very important to policy makers. He was not skewering the fact of the ignorance and whether it was willful. He was waxing hyperbolic that anyone cares about public attitudes.
The reason I mention it is because I think the smug attitude at the base of his comment is one of the key problems we face on this issue. Public attitudes do matter. Being disdainful of anyone who disagrees isn't helpful, it only tends to entrench the disbelievers. If his comment was focused on why those opinions are wrong rather than ridiculing those who would listen to them he might be both amusing and helpful.
I wonder sometimes because Hollywood, acadamia, the media don't seem to try and hide it much anymore. It being they are much smarter than the rest of us.
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Originally posted by creekster View PostRight. Like I said. It was amusing. But also sort of dumb. Because the sarcasm misses the point. Whether it is willful ignorance or not the public attitude is very important to policy makers. He was not skewering the fact of the ignorance and whether it was willful. He was waxing hyperbolic that anyone cares about public attitudes.
The reason I mention it is because I think the smug attitude at the base of his comment is one of the key problems we face on this issue. Public attitudes do matter. Being disdainful of anyone who disagrees isn't helpful, it only tends to entrench the disbelievers. If his comment was focused on why those opinions are wrong rather than ridiculing those who would listen to them he might be both amusing and helpful.
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/...ral-video.html
John Oliver explained to Inquiring Minds why he found media false balance in climate reporting worthy of mockery.
"The stridency, and the intense comfort with a lack of scientific information, is ludicrous—it's objectively ludicrous. So I'm attracted to going to wherever the biggest hypocrisy is, and there feels like there's some good mining to be done regarding environmental issues…This world will be a complete ball of fire before it stops being funny.""There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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