# Kooks’ week on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919 "2004-03-12T16:40:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/1 "2004-03-12T16:40:49Z")
Come one, come all. See the massed ranks of utter knobheads spout their hilarious nonsense. [Over here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244236&page=1&pp=50), observe **Millen88** and **Franklin Philly** struggle fail to grasp the basics of anthropology, and witness their irrational phobia of higher levels of melanin in the epidermis! “Open your mind”, they implore us, and promptly let their brains fall out. An old favourite, but always draws the cords! It’s **lekatt** and his devotion to [cold-reading charlatans](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244473)! Why can’t they just tell us the dead’s full names, for Ken’s sake? Who cares! New in at no. 3, we have **ephraim** and his [End Times](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4560277&postcount=128). Watch out old Yasser doesn’t kark it soon though, or he’ll have to ask himself some _real_ tough questions about whether God lied to him, whether he can tell God from Satan, or whether he is simply a few tubes short of a functioning renal dialysis unit. And [Lo, the Earth is 6000 years old](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242958) and I will simply _ignore_ evidence to the contrary, says **Lynn73** and others. I imagine that the world maps in their houses have the coasts of Africa and South America redrawn so as not to fit together so neatly. America asks: “Why do they laugh at us so?” ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/2 "2004-03-12T16:58:56Z")
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, Jerry… ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/3 "2004-03-12T17:13:12Z")
If all the ignorance was abolished, Cecil would be out of a job. We don’t want that, right? Maybe one day, one of those people will finally get it and come back here and admit they were wrong in so many ways. It does happen now and then. Doesn’t it? Please say yes. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/4 "2004-03-12T17:47:19Z")
It’s a beautiful, gorgeous, wonderful, spring-like day here in Colorado. 60-odd degrees, sunny, cloudless sky. I can look over my monitor and see the snow-capped mountains majesty from where I sit on the fruited plain. And I’ve got a date tonight. I think I’ll just ignore 'em all for now. _strolls off, whistling cheerily_ ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/5 "2004-03-12T18:56:42Z")
[QUOTE=SentientMeat] And [Lo, the Earth is 6000 years old](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242958) and I will simply _ignore_ evidence to the contrary, says **Lynn73** and others. I imagine that the world maps in their houses have the coasts of Africa and South America redrawn so as not to fit together so neatly. [QUOTE] Well, remember that **Lynn73** is the former **His4Ever** , so her beliefs are well-known to not make sense. She thinks Jack Chick has the right of it, after all. (Unless she’s finally seen the light, in which case I withdraw that remark and apologize for it.) ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/6 "2004-03-12T19:19:45Z")
Well, some days you spank the monkey and some days the monkey spanks you or, as Ann Landers said, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/7 "2004-03-12T19:33:31Z")
> [@county](#): > > …when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. 🆒 When life gives you lemons, pick that sucker up and peg it right the fuck back at life’s head. What a big fucking rip-off, giving me lemons in the first place. Life ought to be ashamed! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/8 "2004-03-12T19:34:47Z")
> [@](#): > > And Lo, the Earth is 6000 years old and I will simply ignore evidence to the contrary, says Lynn73 and others. I imagine that the world maps in their houses have the coasts of Africa and South America redrawn so as not to fit together so neatly. If not altered coasts, at least include a freakin’ wake you could surf on from moving that far that fast. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/9 "2004-03-12T21:16:52Z")
I prefer “When life hands you lemons, just say ‘oh yeah, I like lemons, what else ya got?’” – Henry Rollins ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/10 "2004-03-12T21:20:49Z")
Or how about when life gives you lemons, find somebodies wounds to drip lemon juice all over… Why are you all looking at me like that? ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/11 "2004-03-13T01:15:00Z")
> [@Epimetheus](#): > > Or how about when life gives you lemons, find somebodies wounds to drip lemon juice all over… > Why are you all looking at me like that? When life gives you lemons, you’re also armed with a number of small projectiles. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/12 "2004-03-13T01:37:18Z")
If life hands you lemon, use the juice to wash your hair. I am so relieved no post of mine was in the list. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/13 "2004-03-13T01:57:22Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > If not altered coasts, at least include a freakin’ wake you could surf on from moving that far that fast. **lieu**? What the blue-eyed, cam-driven, steam-powered, gold-plated _ **FUCK** _ are you doing here?!? After all, this thread does not refer to feces in any way… 😃 ---
**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:** [March 13, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/14 "2004-03-13T02:16:20Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > **lieu**? What the blue-eyed, cam-driven, steam-powered, gold-plated _ **FUCK** _ are you doing here?!? > > After all, this thread does not refer to feces in any way… 😃 It does, however, refer to at least one person who is full of shit. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/15 "2004-03-13T08:36:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, some days you spank the monkey and some days the monkey spanks you … Which of those is s’posed to be the worser? ---
**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/16 "2004-03-13T11:39:37Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > If all the ignorance was abolished, Cecil would be out of a job. We don’t want that, right? > > Maybe one day, one of those people will finally get it and come back here and admit they were wrong in so many ways. It does happen now and then. > Doesn’t it? Please say yes. I can’t speak for the rest of the SDMB but I have been found wanting in the brain department a few times since I signed up for a whaling thread, and I’m not afraid to admit when I’m wrong. So… at least the SDMB has educated _this_ ignorant mass, and will most probably keep on doing so. From the OP: > [@](#): > > I imagine that the world maps in their houses have the coasts of Africa and South America redrawn so as not to fit together so neatly. Are you referring to the Plate Tectonic _theory_? As far as I know that’s still just a theory - I think continental drift is still just a theory, too. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/17 "2004-03-13T12:27:53Z")
Actually, **Ephraim** ’s thread has been running for a few weeks now. I should probably swear off it since his arguments are entirely too easy to take shots at, but so far I’ve enjoyed giving in to temptation. The young earth creationist thread has also been going on for over a week, and, again, it’s one with lots of easy targets to shoot at. Personally, I don’t mind a few soft targets in GD, although the White Nationalist crowd do make me nervous. CJ ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/18 "2004-03-13T15:16:17Z")
> [@UselessGit](#): > > Are you referring to the Plate Tectonic _theory_? > > As far as I know that’s still just a theory - I think continental drift is still just a theory, too. Your ignorance is showing. > **[Scientific theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory)** > > A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world and universe that has been repeatedly tested and verified in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results. Where possible, theories are tested under controlled conditions in an experiment. In circumstances not amenable to experimental testing, theories are evaluated through principles of abductive reasoning. Established scientific theories have wi A sci... ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/19 "2004-03-13T15:20:54Z")
> [@SPOOFE](#): > > … Which of those is s’posed to be the worser? Depends on the day and your “orientation” ---
**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919/20 "2004-03-13T15:56:56Z")
> [@Epimetheus](#): > > Your ignorance is showing. > > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific\_theory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory) I see what you mean. > [@](#): > > In science, a theory can never be proven true, because we can never assume we know all there is to know. Instead, theories remain standing until they are disproven, at which point they are thrown out altogether or modified slightly. I can’t say I agree with that fact - that is, the fact that theories stand until proven wrong - but I’m no scientist and I’ll trust those learned men, for the time being at least. I’ve always been under the impression that a theory is just that - a theoretical (Given to theorizing; speculative) statement that needs to be proven to become a law. I stand corrected. I would like to call this a misunderstanding rather than ignorance, but thanks for your kind words, **Epimetheus**. For the record, I do think the Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift theories are right - after all I’m just a half hour drive from the North Atlantic rift (where the North-American and Eurasian continents meet) in the Almannagja ravine that widens by around 2 cm per annum. I just thought it wasn’t fair to criticise people for not believing something that hasn’t been proven. [End of hijack] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kooks-week-on-the-sdmb/233919.md?page=2)