# James Randi Owes Me $1,000,000 & Czarcasm Closed My Thread Without Reason **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 2, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246 "2004-01-02T07:25:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Question](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Question)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/61 "2004-01-02T16:13:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gadfly \* > \*\*Fuck you! Stop posting, or I’ll collapse **your** waveform. \*\* do you understand why you said that? i will explain it… in the post that you replied to i tried to be as nice as i a possibly could be … thus the balance of hate and love - which are just energy - was disrupted. you happened to be reading it and you were compelled to fix that disruption by countering with hate. conversation is indistnguishable from the sport of fencing. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/62 "2004-01-02T16:16:23Z")
" . . . in the beginning i was nothing. my father and my mother created me and i became sperm . . ." That must be in the dimension where eggs are not necessary and fetuses develop from sprerms? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/63 "2004-01-02T16:20:06Z")
Notice, **question** , that this post of mine uses capital letters and is coherent. What am I balancing out? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/64 "2004-01-02T16:33:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Question \* > listen to me. all that exists is energy. the words that you read now are a part of the totality of existance. examine these words closely and you will see that they are the same as you and me. i speak the truth; to deny it is to remain a coward forever stuck in a corner that is a creation of doubt. **Justhink**? Is it you? ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/65 "2004-01-02T16:37:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Question \* > \*\*do you understand why you said that? i will explain it… > > in the post that you replied to i tried to be as nice as i a possibly could be … thus the balance of hate and love - which are just energy - was disrupted. you happened to be reading it and you were compelled to fix that disruption by countering with hate. conversation is indistnguishable from the sport of fencing. \*\* Or, in this case, not fencing, but a one-sided, masochistic beatdown being dealt to you by scores of SDMB posters. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/66 "2004-01-02T16:46:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*. . . Does anyone else picture Question in a beret and goatee and playing bongo drums while a woman in a leotard does Interpretive Dances behind him? \*\* I picture him in a vividly-colored, tie-dyed robe, festooned with crystals, peace signs, amulets & a headband. Behind him is an overaged Flower Child stoned out of her gourd, & studying the molecular structure of her hand. ---
**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/67 "2004-01-02T16:46:51Z")
The core of the problem I see here is, as almost always, communication. Regardless of how powerful you feel your thoughts are inside it is all useless unless you can properly communicate your ideas to the rest of us. My advice is to sit down and write it out coherently, if you can. That’s where the real beauty lies, not with what is locked inside your head. ---
**Author:** ![a\_bird\_on\_the\_wire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@a\_bird\_on\_the\_wire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_bird_on_the_wire)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/68 "2004-01-02T16:53:28Z")
Some people may be jumping to conclusions here. This could be a simple matter of having the ouija board plugged into the wrong port. ---
**Author:** ![IWLN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@IWLN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IWLN)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/69 "2004-01-02T16:54:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Question \* > listen to me. all that exists is energy. the words that you read now are a part of the totality of existance. examine these words closely and you will see that they are the same as you and me. i speak the truth; to deny it is to remain a coward forever stuck in a corner that is a creation of doubt. Here’s some extra enlightenment. **EXISTENCE** not _existance._ If you’re going to pretend to share totality with people who actually have a brain, you must learn to spell at least the main topic of your rambling. Self-Improvement is your friend.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/70 "2004-01-02T16:58:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RedFury \* > \*\*Methinks that’s precisely the origin of the old sayin’ “you’re one load your Momma should have swallowed.” \*\* Now now, that’s just mean and hurtful. It also made me laugh so hard that my ass _actually fell off_. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/71 "2004-01-02T17:28:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by IWLN \* > \*\*Wow, dude! Look at that! It’s different sameness. I need to go start a thread in GD! :rolleyes: \*\* **Mangetout** was being funny. “Have you ever looked at your hands, I mean _really_ looked at your hands?” is a Dr. Johnny Fever line, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/72 "2004-01-02T17:34:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\ ***Mangetout** was being funny. “Have you ever looked at your hands, I mean _really_ looked at your hands?” is a Dr. Johnny Fever line, IIRC. \*\* FTR, it goes back way farther than that. Trippers were staring at their hands so far back that it was a cliche by the end of the 60s. Fever was merely repeating a joke that we already knew. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/73 "2004-01-02T17:38:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*Have you ever looked at your hands, I mean _really_ looked at your hands? \*\* Forget your hands. Go find a frisbee. Check out how _round_ it is, man! I mean, whoa! ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/74 "2004-01-02T17:42:59Z")
Hmmm. Has anyone else _ **justhought** _ yet? ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/75 "2004-01-02T17:45:18Z")
OK–on reflection some of you have :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Question](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Question)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/76 "2004-01-02T17:48:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bluecanary \* > \*\*Hmmm. Has anyone else _ **justhought** _ yet? \*\* THANK YOU ! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/77 "2004-01-02T17:50:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\ ***Mangetout** was being funny. “Have you ever looked at your hands, I mean _really_ looked at your hands?” is a Dr. Johnny Fever line, IIRC. \*\* FTR, it goes back way farther than that. Trippers were staring at their hands so far back that it was a cliche by the end of the 60s. Fever was merely repeating a joke that we already knew. ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/78 "2004-01-02T17:50:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Left Hand of Dorkness \* > \*\*Notice, **question** , that this post of mine uses capital letters and is coherent. What am I balancing out? > > Daniel \*\* Yes, but **how _many_ capital letters**? Could it be…SEVEN? In fact, no. It is not seven, it is only four. Although, I think that, what with waveforms collapsing all around me, I may not be in the best position to discuss the importance of the number four. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/79 "2004-01-02T17:50:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Question \* > \*\*THANK YOU ! \*\* WHOOOOSH ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/80 "2004-01-02T18:00:21Z")
**tdn** is stuck in a loop. (Thanks for the info, BTW) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246.md?page=5)