# Reply to Rickymouse's worldview

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-rickymouses-worldview/599287>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 11, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-rickymouses-worldview/599287 "2011-10-11T12:34:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-rickymouses-worldview/599287/1 "2011-10-11T12:34:59Z")

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From the thread on [weather manipulation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=627023). I felt the last sentence wasn’t appropriate outside the pit:

> [@Is the government spraying stuff into the atmosphere to protect us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-government-spraying-stuff-into-the-atmosphere-to-protect-us/598886/27):
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> Not all the people of those days were unintelligent. Some were very smart.

Being unknowledgable about the causes of thunder in 750 AD isn’t a mark of low intelligence. Insisting people weren’t unknowledgable and superstitious on quite a few topics 100s and 1000s of years ago is.

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-rickymouses-worldview/599287/2 "2011-10-11T15:31:50Z")

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Well, people are unknowledgable and superstitious on quite a few topics now (as your linked thread shows).

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**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-rickymouses-worldview/599287/3 "2011-10-11T15:49:02Z")

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Darn him to heck!

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-rickymouses-worldview/599287/4 "2011-10-11T16:07:08Z")

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I am anxiously awaiting the beginning of the Pitting.

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-rickymouses-worldview/599287/5 "2011-10-11T17:18:47Z")

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Where’s the beef???

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**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-rickymouses-worldview/599287/6 "2011-10-11T17:21:44Z")

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My parents went to the pitting, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-rickymouses-worldview/599287/7 "2011-10-11T18:28:08Z")

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Oh Ricky, you’re so fine. The cause of thunder blows my mind.

Hey Ricky!

Hey Ricky!