# Do we have a thread for SlackerInc yet? Maybe we should **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461 "2018-12-02T20:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/301 "2019-09-15T10:06:08Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Aw, [poor, pitiful](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHcEWhbQkEg) SlackerInc. Uhhh…ok. 😕 As they say up here in the Great White North: “That was…different.“ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/302 "2019-09-15T15:22:41Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I don’t dispute that. But if you had a big purge where you got to vote on who you’d like to kick out, this board would become boring as fuck, one big somnambulant circle jerk. You seem to think you contribute interest to this board, rather than merely annoyance. Trainwrecks are “interesting,” but not really desirable. And what you contribute to the board is one trainwreck after another. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/303 "2019-09-15T15:58:08Z")
Can we have another thread where we all ignore him and just talk about him? Y’all are just helping him get off. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/304 "2019-09-15T17:14:40Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Okay, Monty, set me straight on “reality”. What would _you_ like to say about Bjorn Lomborg? I’m all ears. What I would say was that you’re making a transparent attempt to deflect. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/305 "2019-09-15T17:28:57Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > Can we have another thread where we all ignore him and just talk about him? Y’all are just helping him get off. LOL, I do not believe “ignore” means what you think it means. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/306 "2019-09-15T17:57:57Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You seem to think you contribute interest to this board, rather than merely annoyance. Trainwrecks are “interesting,” but not really desirable. And what you contribute to the board is one trainwreck after another. The way my wife uses the word _interesting_, it is not a compliment. For example: she despises Beijing and calls it “an interesting city”. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/307 "2019-09-15T18:46:00Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > What I would say was that you’re making a transparent attempt to deflect. As pointed before - even in this thread - it was not just about that Danish misinformer, even on that he is trying to stupidly gaslight others, there was already a request to Slacker to come clean on **how** is that he fell for the old denialist (and Republican) point that the scientists in the 70s predicted that the climate would cool, and about how is it that he also fell elsewhere for the “they changed the term global warming to climate change” idiocy, some of his sources for sure mentioned Frank Luntz’s little tricks and whoever told him the tale they told it to him backwards to come as if even the scientists had fallen for it. So the deflection is not just for “he who must not be named” 😛 , it remains one part of the examples of how he does fall for the malarkey that a few right wing sources he encounters tell him or [what some of his admired “intellectual” dark web guys](http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2018/11/jordan-peterson-is-tosser.html) [say.](https://www.desmogblog.com/jordan-peterson) ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/308 "2019-09-15T19:17:58Z")
You are boring the fuck out of everyone, GIGO. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/309 "2019-09-15T19:25:42Z")
Bullseye… 😛 So, still sucks to be you… ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/310 "2019-09-15T19:52:17Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > As pointed before - even in this thread - it was not just about that Danish misinformer, even on that he is trying to stupidly gaslight others, there was already a request to Slacker to come clean on **how** is that he fell for the old denialist (and Republican) point that the scientists in the 70s predicted that the climate would cool, and about how is it that he also fell elsewhere for the “they changed the term global warming to climate change” idiocy, some of his sources for sure mentioned Frank Luntz’s little tricks and whoever told him the tale they told it to him backwards to come as if even the scientists had fallen for it. > > So the deflection is not just for “he who must not be named” 😛 , it remains one part of the examples of how he does fall for the malarkey that a few right wing sources he encounters tell him or [what some of his admired “intellectual” dark web guys](http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2018/11/jordan-peterson-is-tosser.html) [say.](https://www.desmogblog.com/jordan-peterson) This is why I think Slacker is hybrid troll. Ignorance is one thing; stubbornly refusing to acknowledge it is another. His schtick isn’t just his low-grade racism, which is certainly repulsive in its own right; it’s that when his sources and the credibility of his arguments are challenged, he comes back with “Hey, you really should take 2 hours out of your day and listen to this horse shit Joe Rogan\*/Sam Harris/Whoever podcast. You’ll see what I mean.” \*Not criticizing Rogan per se - I consider him an entertainer, not a news gatherer or forum host. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/311 "2019-09-15T20:15:22Z")
I don’t even subscribe to Joe Rogan‘s podcast. :rolleyes: I have listened to an episode or two when Sam Harris was on, but it was pretty annoying because Rogan is a dumbass and Sam clearly knows it but tries to be nice . ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/312 "2019-09-15T21:57:57Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > This is why I think Slacker is hybrid troll. > > Ignorance is one thing; stubbornly refusing to acknowledge it is another. His schtick isn’t just his low-grade racism, which is certainly repulsive in its own right; it’s that when his sources and the credibility of his arguments are challenged, he comes back with “Hey, you really should take 2 hours out of your day and listen to this horse shit Joe Rogan\*/Sam Harris/Whoever podcast. You’ll see what I mean.” > > \*Not criticizing Rogan per se - I consider him an entertainer, not a news gatherer or forum host. Joe Rogan is one of the best of the so called Intellectual Dark Web guys in the sense that he also does not take any shit from climate change deniers. Of course, if the Slacker did not get his silly denier talking points from other IDW guys, then as noted, he got them from even more deranged right wing sources. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/313 "2019-09-16T02:19:54Z")
I don’t deny global warming, GIGO. :rolleyes: To the contrary: I look forward impatiently to the warmer winters it will bring us here in northern Minnesota. Although that doesn’t mean I am pro-fossil fuels. I would love to see us us ban coal like we did leaded gasoline, and massively ramp up solar, wind, geothermal, and wave power. (Not a fan of hydroelectric though, as it ruins rivers.) But that’s mainly because of other kinds of air pollution, and a desire to starve Putin, Maduro, and Arab governments of petrodollars. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/314 "2019-09-16T03:06:49Z")
Typical conservative thinking- processing info only as it impacts you. Warmer winters are good? Climate change is no big deal. Just like those conservatives who start advocating for gay rights only after their child comes out. Until then they can’t seem to muster up the empathy for someone else’s child. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/315 "2019-09-16T04:05:43Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I don’t deny global warming, GIGO. :rolleyes: Anyone that reads the past postings will see that I referred to what guys like the one that must not be named 🙂 as lukewarmers, and pointed that indeed, he does not deny global warming, he just misleads others on what to do about the issue. That is, guys that do accept global warming but do fall for the next stupid talking points from the right, those that do make the issue sound not as worrisome. They get to be called denier talking points still, because the result is the same for the Republicans in government: as in not finding a need to make big changes. So stop the stupid gas lighting, now that is boring the fuck out of everyone… ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/316 "2019-09-16T05:15:21Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Typical conservative thinking- processing info only as it impacts you. > > Warmer winters are good? Climate change is no big deal. > > Just like those conservatives who start advocating for gay rights only after their child comes out. Until then they can’t seem to muster up the empathy for someone else’s child. I’m not a conservative, dumbass. > [@GIGObuster](#): > > That is, guys that do accept global warming but do fall for the next stupid talking points from the right, those that do make the issue sound not as worrisome. They get to be called denier talking points still, because the result is the same for the Republicans in government: as in not finding a need to make big changes. Since when is banning coal not a big change? 😕 I understand that you might not be able to parse subtleties in English, but “ban coal” is pretty simple and straightforward. “Massively ramp up wind, solar, geothermal, and wave power” is maybe a little trickier for you to understand, but I promise you: it means “big change”. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/317 "2019-09-16T05:28:40Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Since when is banning coal not a big change? 😕 I understand that you might not be able to parse subtleties in English, but “ban coal” is pretty simple and straightforward. “Massively ramp up wind, solar, geothermal, and wave power” is maybe a little trickier for you to understand, but I promise you: it means “big change”. The point there was not about the Slacker, but about the Republicans that do think that a guy like he who must not be named is the Beesknees, he also does talk big, but in a way that ends up being a fig leaf. And the Slacker is still trying to avoid what was mentioned, how is it that while he does claim to understand what is needed that he still falls for stupid talking points from the misinformers of the right. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/318 "2019-09-16T05:40:50Z")
Can I have some bleu cheese dressing on that word salad, please? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/319 "2019-09-16T05:58:03Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Can I have some bleu cheese dressing on that word salad, please? As others noticed, the slacker is still a jerk. Stupidly thinking **still** that he can get others to not notice how he gets trolled so easily. Still thinks that being a stupid grammar Nazi will make a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/320 "2019-09-16T08:34:08Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I don’t deny global warming, GIGO. :rolleyes: To the contrary: I look forward impatiently to the warmer winters it will bring us here in northern Minnesota. You’re fucking insane, dude. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461.md?page=17)