# Is it just me or is this site kind of soft? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 2, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509 "2005-06-02T06:06:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/41 "2005-06-03T01:42:46Z")
You want a harder site? Try [erectionphotos.com](http://erectionphotos.com). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/42 "2005-06-03T03:11:38Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > Anyway, who sez we don’t [conduct original research in response to questions in GQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=198659)? 😃 Man, I knew it was only a matter of time until this baby was trotted out. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/43 "2005-06-03T03:24:41Z")
> [@](#): > > It seems like over the past several years… Well, we’ve got searchable archives, see? Cecil’s already answered all the hard questions, so all we’re left with is the soft, what can ya do? ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/44 "2005-06-03T04:54:54Z")
(From one of the little people) I see this site, especially GQ, as a pooling together of assets. And for those with the assets the welcomed chance to be disproved or reinforced. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/45 "2005-06-03T06:07:32Z")
> [@Rooves](#): > > (From one of the little people) “There are no little people, just little parts…” I love GQ, it’s what makes the SD the SD. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/46 "2005-06-03T12:39:33Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6165919&postcount=25) post, in which you say: > [@](#): > > Yes, I have already made up my mind what philosophy to live my life by, I am merely seeking support from the scientific side to support what philosophy has already told me. has already been brought up, but it’s worth reiterating. You’re saying that you’re only willing to listen to people who agree with you. Yet you’re accusing the boards of being “blinded”? You owe me a new irony meter - mine just exploded. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/47 "2005-06-03T15:58:31Z")
You’re right - that is worth reiterating. My philosophy of life is that I don’t know much for certain, that there’s so much that _can’t_ be known for certain, and I’m interested in getting as much information as I can to continue to fine-tune my opinions with as much data as I can get. Data that doesn’t support my opinions is just as important as data that _does_ - more important, even, because I can learn so much from opposing data. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/48 "2005-06-03T16:03:40Z")
> [@hauss](#): > > It’s just that I know what is knowledge/truth and what is speculation and I demand knowledge when most people would settle for supported speculation. What is fact but speculation supported by a bunch of smart people? Even in theories that can be “objectably” proven, at some point a human has to interpret the results. And interpretation is nothing more than supported speculation. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/49 "2005-06-03T16:28:12Z")
I think it’s a lost cause guys. What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/50 "2005-06-03T17:44:19Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > I think it’s a lost cause guys. What do you think? Well of course, it was at the time of the OP, but in the words of Tom Servo, “Bite me, it’s fun!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/51 "2005-06-03T18:33:02Z")
I’d say no use beating a dead horse, but if we ALL beat on it, maybe something will happen. ---
**Author:** ![user\_v1.05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5daacb/32.png) [@user\_v1.05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_v1.05)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/52 "2005-06-03T20:29:15Z")
In the spirit of the OP, I have unlimited access to a MALDI-MS, SPR, UV-Vis spec, gel electrophoresis, and a shit-ton of chemicals plus a $1500 grant. Right now I have no real direction for my research since I’m just repeating some experiments I ran last semester for a paper (and my PI doesn’t really care what I do since I’m an undergraduate). It would be a plus if the question had something to do with the chemical ligation of DNA on gold surfaces. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/53 "2005-06-03T20:49:00Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > I’d say no use beating a dead horse, but if we ALL beat on it, maybe something will happen. True. What’s the largest amount of people to ever have beat a dead horse? Perhaps we could beat the horse using specially-designed sticks. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/54 "2005-06-03T20:56:50Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > True. What’s the largest amount of people to ever have beat a dead horse? Perhaps we could beat the horse using specially-designed sticks. Hmmm. I don’t think there’s a Guinness entry for greatest number of people simultaneously beating a dead horse, but if there was, it would surely be held by some of the members on this board. _The number of folks who beat the horse, begins with the size of the horse, of course, and this presumes indeed the horse, has been determined dead._ ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/55 "2005-06-03T20:58:26Z")
> [@user v1.05](#): > > In the spirit of the OP, I have unlimited access to a MALDI-MS, SPR, UV-Vis spec, gel electrophoresis, and a shit-ton of chemicals plus a $1500 grant. Okay, anybody else out there who _really_ wants to party with **user v1.05**? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/56 "2005-06-03T21:01:18Z")
Oh, so just because some scientists tell you that beating a dead horse is pointless, you’ll just believe them? If they lied to you about floridation, if they lied to you about Lee Harvey Oswald, if they lied to you about homeopathy, why would you believe them about beating dead horses? Did you ever once try beating a dead horse for yourself and seeing what happens, or are you just trusting the “experts”? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/57 "2005-06-03T21:22:11Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > If they lied to you about floridation… Science never promises anyone a rose garden… ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/58 "2005-06-03T21:29:33Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > You owe me a new irony meter - mine just exploded. Some handy tips: 1. Don’t point your digital camera at the sun. 2. Don’t drive your car through a river. 3. Don’t put your irony meter anywhere near the Internet. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/59 "2005-06-03T21:31:11Z")
The Commie is after our precious bodily fluids. Our essence. Which is why we should always use condoms. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509/60 "2005-06-03T21:46:26Z")
> [@Una Persson](#): > > Science never promises anyone a rose garden… :smack: Hey, _I_ was personally promised a rose garden. Heck, I was promised a whole STATE. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-site-kind-of-soft/306509.md?page=4)