Dear Zoe--you're an idiot, not a detective. Now shut the hell up.

[you_with_the_face]

@AHunter3

I’m not ready to make any commentary on the “outing people” thing, but w/regards to the ‘one drop of blood’ thing, it seems pretty clear to me that she took initial objection to the language used, and the image that it conjures up of tests being done to literally discern as much as one drop of blood. ** Then everyone jumped all over her, “Silly Zoe, that’s obviously hyperbole”, as if she did not realize that. **

I’m not seeing a problem with that response, particularly since she was quite belligerent when she was making her crazy-town objection. The one drop rule was not even the subject of that thread; she just barged in the room to contest a point that no one was even making just to pick a fight with me and jsgoddess.

ANALOGY —someone alleges that the RIAA will come after you for copyright violation if you host even one individual note’s worth of one of their songs for download. This statement becomes so often quoted that the RIAA policy even becomes nicknamed the “One Note Rule” in the popular consciousness. Many decades later, in Great Debates, someone calls bullshit and says “Aww cmon that’s just stupid and irritates the hell out of me, they couldn’t even prove it was one of their songs based on one freaking note!”. So is everyone going to roll their eyes and say "WTF, are you so stupid you actually thought that the One Note Rule meant they would sue for hosting an MP3 of just one freaking note, how dense you are! It’s just CALLED that!"

Yes! Especially if that person should damn well know better since they are always talking about how they were on the frontlines of the anti-RIAA struggle since the days of Napster. Which is exactly how Zoe is. I mean, come on! To be that ignorant of what the one drop rule means would make her a genuine idiot, thus validating the title of this thread.

[Sarahfeena]

@Qadgop_the_Mercotan

Of course I’m not violating confidentiality, or HIPAA.

But different people frequently say I am.

It’s better to not discuss it than get a bad reputation, even if the reputation is not deserved. At least as regards the realm of medical ethics, which is very important to me.

I don’t blame you…the next thing you know, someone might accuse you of not actually being a doctor.

I always wonder how people think med students would learn to be doctors without hearing case studies!

[Knowed_Out]

Is there a term for somebody who makes a ridiculous or insane statement, but absolutely will not back down from it, no matter how much logic, evidence and reason is thrown in their face demonstrating its implausibility?

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@Knowed_Out

Is there a term for somebody who makes a ridiculous or insane statement, but absolutely will not back down from it, no matter how much logic, evidence and reason is thrown in their face demonstrating its implausibility?

kanicbird.

[pseudotriton_ruber_ruber]

@Skald_the_Rhymer

kanicbird.

Pile on!

Before we divert to the great k-bird, however, I have one remark I’ve been sitting for days: “Zoe is no detective, but she will always be a dick.”

The thing I like most about the k-bird is when some relative newcomer here strikes up a rapport with him, little realizing how this marks the newbie as a potential nutjob. That’s damned funny to watch. You can almost see the look on K-Bird’s new pal’s face as he sputters, “Huh? Wha? I thought you people liked me…why am I being mistreated all of a sudden? Wha’d I do?”

[waterj2]

@Skald_the_Rhymer

kanicbird.

Mostly, but to truly be like kanicbird you need a healthy dose of “God told me so” thrown in.

[descamisado]

@Knowed_Out

Is there a term for somebody who makes a ridiculous or insane statement, but absolutely will not back down from it, no matter how much logic, evidence and reason is thrown in their face demonstrating its implausibility?

I thought it had been decided that it was to be “gonzo,” especially since it carries with a sense of being “all in.”

gon·zo (gnz)
adj. Slang

1. Using an exaggerated, highly subjective style, especially in journalism: “a hyperkinetic, gonzo version of Graham Greene” New Yorker.
2. Bizarre; unconventional.

[Antinor01]

@Skald_the_Rhymer

Gods of Earth & Air!

Gods … of… Earth…Air… and FIRE!

You forgot Water. Now you’re really screwed.

[Hakuna_Matata]

@Knowed_Out

Is there a term for somebody who makes a ridiculous or insane statement, but absolutely will not back down from it, no matter how much logic, evidence and reason is thrown in their face demonstrating its implausibility?

You could go with kagonzospring

Springs1 is now banned–but that was one crazy chick
gonzo…well I don’t know what to say about him, other then he is very perplexing
and
kanicbird—well he makes the first two seem normal

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Antinor01

You forgot Water. Now you’re really screwed.

And Heart. How are we supposed to summon Captain Planet now?

[Antinor01]

@Really_Not_All_That_Bright

And Heart. How are we supposed to summon Captain Planet now?

Why don’t we just compromise and form Optimus Prime? That should take care of it.

[Grumman]

@Antinor01

Why don’t we just compromise and form Optimus Prime? That should take care of it.

You mean Devastator(!)?

[Guinastasia]

@Qadgop_the_Mercotan

Of course I’m not violating confidentiality, or HIPAA.

But different people frequently say I am.

It’s better to not discuss it than get a bad reputation, even if the reputation is not deserved. At least as regards the realm of medical ethics, which is very important to me.

So, no more bagel dog stories? Damn. (Sorry, I understand-I just love hearing about your experiences.)