I am sick and tired of people who use the internet to blast out their opinions but are completely and utterly uninformed on the issues about which they gab.
Sure, you’ve got every right to be a stupid dumbfuck with your brainless cranium rammed 4 feet up your ass. In fact, people have died to protect that right, at least in the U.S… That’s dandy. But what bugs me is that you have, right here at your fingertips, and tool that could let you easily and readily read up on any topic you choose, from the history of the Taliban to the construction of the WTC to the disposition of previous terrorism episodes to the aims of peace organizations to the features of the proposed security measures to the likelihood of candles being seen by a satellite to the price of tea in fucking china. You can read the issues from both sides. You can get facts. You can find out what the other side is saying–or if there are, in fact, more than two sides to the issue.
Has it ever, ever occured to you to find about these things before starting to hammer away at your keyboard like a demented woodpecker in your rush to tell all the rest of us How It Is?
This is partly aimed at some Dopers, I’ll admit, but it also goes for a lot of the other flaming horseshit I’ve gotten via email or found on the net.
I’ll say it again: The Internet is not just your bullhorn, jackass. You might consider using it to inform yourself. Yes, generally your rectum is an exit ramp only, so it’s natural that you’d only want to pull ideas out of that orifice. But try using your head for a change–it’s also, amazingly designed to take in information.
Hey Cranky…that reminds me…I have this really cool JPEG someone sent me of a dude on top of the WTC…with the hijacked jet in the background about to hit the to…&(^(^%((
I’d just like to say that I have met the woman who said this:
This is beautiful. And I know Cranky. I’ve had lunch with her.
I’ve always admired her way with words, but damn…next time I see her, I think I’m going to have be on my knees, kissing the fingers that typed that phrase.
Not to detract from the Cranky love-fest here, but one more post like that, LifeOnWry, and I’m going to need a picture of you. Something to hang on the shrine that I have set up in my basement, where perform daily rituals in honor of Dopers I Adore.
[sub]okay, y’all can go back to worshipping Cranky now.[/sub]
Hey! I pull some of my best ideas out of my rectum! Taking the time for research is taking time I don’t have–I have to type fast while Autocad is plotting because I have to actually get some WORK done, too. If I need to know something I’m sure somebody here will tell me. Repeatedly. In no uncertain terms.
personally, i don’t like to burden myself with “facts” and i find “accuracy” is counterproductive the point i am trying to make. goddammit, if its hard, it ain’t worth doin’!
Fuck the mothers, too? geez. I thought once we joined that club we were 'posed to be nice to each other. ::shivers::
Ok, back on target. I agree w/OP (Big surprise, eh?) but have to admit I choked on laughter when I read one comment in GD something like “well, it’s only in GQ that we have to have facts and cites, here we just argue our opinions”.
