# RO: This is totally going to kill Bring Your Clock to School Day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2015, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454 "2015-09-16T08:35:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 48
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/941 "2015-09-26T22:02:06Z")
So, the only serious question, here, is whether **SlackerInc** ’s idiotic persistence in pursuing his line of unreasoning is more based on a hatred of Muslims or simply a desire to troll for as long as possible before he is discovered. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/942 "2015-09-26T22:39:14Z")
Yeah, really serious question, \*\*Tom \*\*(or are you **Debb**?). :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/943 "2015-09-26T23:29:27Z")
The kid targeted must have scrambled Slacker’s brain with directed radio waves. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/944 "2015-09-27T01:56:18Z")
**SlackerInc** is one of those morons who doubles-down instead of cutting his losses and admitting he’s wrong. Instead of looking at his outlandish statements and saying “hmm… that really is pretty ridiculous,” he’ll instead spout an even crazier and non-sensical theory. I expect him to say next that the kid’s father is actually part of a sleeper cell run by Osama bin Laden. I said that he was a special needs child, and I was wrong about that - special needs kids have the ability to learn. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/945 "2015-09-27T03:02:27Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > **SlackerInc** is one of those morons who doubles-down instead of cutting his losses and admitting he’s wrong. Instead of looking at his outlandish statements and saying “hmm… that really is pretty ridiculous,” he’ll instead spout an even crazier and non-sensical theory. So you think my theory of the case looks \*less \*likely now than when I first raised it? 😕 Talk about crazy and nonsensical assertions…! ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/946 "2015-09-27T10:14:11Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > So you think my theory of the case looks \*less \*likely now than when I first raised it? 😕 Talk about crazy and nonsensical assertions…! The amount of evidence in support of your position has not changed since you first started spouting it. The thing that is changing is everyone’s sense of what a douchebag you are since you persist with your hard on for this kid regardless of the facts. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/947 "2015-09-27T10:15:46Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > So you think my theory of the case looks \*less \*likely now than when I first raised it? Of course. No one has presented any evidence that the family has any connection to fanatical Islamists and no one has provided any evidence that the family had any desire to start a brouhaha. So your initial silly speculation looks even sillier when you try to defend it with no evidence after a longer period in which such evidence might arise. So: fanatical Islamophobe or troll? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/948 "2015-09-27T10:36:20Z")
But \*\*tomndebb \*\*! The dad was involved in a public theological debate once in his life !!1! Surely that brands him as an antisocial hippie ultra commie nazi activist suffragette. Or something. I mean, _I_ never debated anything publicly and I know for fact I’m not a terrorist. Therefore it is safe to assume that those who do the former must, perforce, be the latter. It’s plain logic. Insane troll logic, sure, but… ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/949 "2015-09-27T12:04:47Z")
This dastardly plan only succeeds if the authorities behave stupidly. And they do exactly that. And this makes the teen and/or his father the bad guys? Don’t make no sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/950 "2015-09-27T12:17:12Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > This dastardly plan only succeeds if the authorities behave stupidly. And they do exactly that. > > And this makes the teen and/or his father the bad guys? > > Don’t make no sense to me. It’s like, entrapment or something. Plus, Muslims. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/951 "2015-09-27T12:18:45Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > This dastardly plan only succeeds if the authorities behave stupidly. And they do exactly that. That is a fiendishly brilliant plan by fourteen-year-old mastermind, who simultaneously too stupid to build his own clock. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/952 "2015-09-27T14:23:16Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > That is a fiendishly brilliant plan by fourteen-year-old mastermind, who simultaneously too stupid to build his own clock. Schroedinger’s Saracen? ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/953 "2015-09-27T15:31:04Z")
He was put up to it by 4chan. Oh the lulz that they got over it all. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/954 "2015-09-27T20:48:41Z")
The thing about conspiracists is that they won’t use Ockham’s razor because they are scared of cutting themselves. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/955 "2015-09-27T22:10:39Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > This dastardly plan only succeeds if the authorities behave stupidly. And they do exactly that. > > And this makes the teen and/or his father the bad guys? > > Don’t make no sense to me. Why is it inconceivable that both sides could be “bad”? > [@Kobal2](#): > > But \*\*tomndebb \*\*! The dad was involved in a public theological debate once in his life ! Leaving aside the fact that the Islamic world is not known for calmly and civilly debating doctrinal matters, why do you dishonestly say “once”? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/956 "2015-09-27T22:35:23Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Leaving aside the fact that the Islamic world is not known for calmly and civilly debating doctrinal matters That is an astoundingly ignorant and bigoted assertion made by an astoundingly ignorant and bigoted person. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/957 "2015-09-27T22:38:04Z")
Indeed. Next thing you know he will be saying they fight each other over who is the real Islam. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/958 "2015-09-27T22:40:01Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > The thing about conspiracists is that they won’t use Ockham’s razor because they are scared of cutting themselves. Consider that stolen. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![canned\_mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@canned\_mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canned_mayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/959 "2015-09-27T22:54:56Z")
I can’t help but wonder how the Secret Service would react if young Muhammad showed up at the white house with his super awesome ‘invention’. I’m sure Obama wouldn’t be caught within 100 yards of that contraption until it was finger fucked enough to make sure it wasn’t a bomb. Then the left would be screaming racism at the security agents of course. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/960 "2015-09-27T22:57:51Z")
> [@canned\_mayhem](#): > > I can’t help but wonder how the Secret Service would react if young Muhammad showed up at the white house with his super awesome ‘invention’. > > I’m sure Obama wouldn’t be caught within 100 yards of that contraption until it was finger fucked enough to make sure it wasn’t a bomb. Then the left would be screaming racism at the security agents of course. Do you have to practice to be this stupid? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454.md?page=49)