Ernest Sparks

What constitutes an interesting discussion on Internet Infidels Discussion Forums.

Would you say,

(1) the same old s**t rehashed?
(2) colorful, ridiculous characters getting roughed up by the crowd?
(3) long encyclopedic posts, countered by more long encyclopedic posts, especially all in quotes?
(4) two characters locked in mortal combat?
(5) continuous intervention by moderators?
other stuff?

I won't make a poll over it, because I hate those things.
What do y'all say?

Regards,
Ern

notMichaelJackson

Most members respond to only a fraction of the total threads throughout the entire discussion board, so each individual decides for themselves what they think is an interesting topic (duh), and read/reply accordingly. There is no set definition of what is interesting and what is not.

Ronin

I never respond to rehashed, multiple choice inquiries by colorful, ridiculous characters, that hope to inspire favored groups into refracted insight as to how the brain works and thereby promoting long encyclopedic posts in quotes like ~

"The human brain consists of 2 main parts--a deep central part (fluid-brainstem-autonomic-first to develop) and the cerebral hemispheres. Each hemisphere is divided into various lobes. The temporal lobes -left and right. The left temporal lobe controls most language skills and some of your motor skills. Damage in this area(stroke or major head injury)produces difficulty with speech or some trouble moving or doing things (dyspraxia for you illiterate). The right temporal lobe remained a mystery, being complex and subtle at the same time. But (there has to be a BUT)as recently as a few decades ago it was linked to the persons interpretation of stimuli as well as with ones perception of reality and of him/her self.
Need I go on. You geniuses already know the rest. The point of this is that we have to look no further than our temporal �ID � to find the answer. The proof or evidence is statistical data which points to an incredibly coherent picture. First- people who have epilepsy seizures in the temporal lobe tend to exhibit certain predictable blah blah and so on-------- but you already know that so I may as well stop here. YOU already know where this is going. Right Trudy?
Try not to assume things are as they appear and please try not to use technical language to show superiority. There are plenty of places to vent your intellectual frustration(think of all those frustrated psychologists throughout the centuries).Try to illuminate if you HAVE to use technical terms. Most people are lazy and don�t want to do the research. We are here to help each other. .We're not victims that have to condescend to anothers magnanimous intellect. That�s too christian an attitude. Christians always go for your weakness (usually internal pain or mistakes they call �sin�).I'm certain we are smart enough to figure out things that are a little skewed without worrying about form or grammar or spulling. It�s been proven that 94% of people are science illiterate so you have a larger audience if you keep it simple. Don�t assume that the 6 % remainder is comprised of all the scientific literates AND the atheists of the world. The object of life is that we have to help people understand- not kill them or drive them away because they are different. Convince them that it IS worth their while to stay and read your thoughts as well as all others by keeping it simple. I�m not trying to write a thesis and neither should you have to. When we exercise this �choice� we indulge in something called "othering- us and them-ing". WE ALL have to learn to treat people ANTI-OPPRESSIVELY by SELF LOCATING our biases and privileges- then and only then can you �bring what you have to the table�.(like RONIN starting off open minded-then revealing his bias of religion,after I posted my �APOLOGY� using elenchus). The difference between US and anyone else is less than .001% genetically (via dna analysis). Between US and an aborigine or chinese (slightly different ancestry) or a man from central Kurdistan.(native or white or Black) our common "Y" chromosome originator. We're all the same...............period Oh ,by the way if you want ,I can continue the story of the temporal lobes. It has a fascinating conclusion. Keep �em hanging I always say. Worked so far.keep a cool tool-fool"

~ which inherently signals some other assmunch to respond in like manner, causing a rambling series of point/counter point refutations of refutations in poor grammar and spelling that eventually leads to some cataclysmic action by a weary moderator...ever.

Polls rock, though. <not really...feh!>