# SmashTheState **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 30, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731 "2009-07-30T01:00:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/41 "2009-07-30T07:17:57Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > You keep files on lesbians? It saves money on filing cabinets. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/42 "2009-07-30T07:27:42Z")
But I can never find one on sale. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/43 "2009-07-30T07:28:48Z")
Isn’t _SmashtheState_ one that believes that lizards are conspiring to take over the world? And not just any old lizards. We are talking shape-shifters like Queen Elizabeth II and Boxcar Willie among others. Don’t you just hate it when people state the obvious? > [@](#): > > **ivn1188** : …maybe you should look at your own worthless posts and realize that while it takes balls to hop on a board full of self-proclaimed MENSA members… No. It doesn’t. You were lied to. You don’t have to be afraid or sexist anymore. **SmashtheState** might like [The Farm](http://www.thefarm.org/lifestyle/index.html) in Middle Tennessee. It’s been going since the 1960s I think. It may be too organized for him. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/44 "2009-07-30T07:51:07Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Isn’t _SmashtheState_ one that believes that lizards are conspiring to take over the world? And not just any old lizards. We are talking shape-shifters like Queen Elizabeth II and Boxcar Willie among others. Not exactly I think; he just claims that they think like reptiles and that schizophrenics can see them as lizards because they are shamans. :rolleyes: From [here :](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11374485&postcount=4) > [@Where did David Icke get this idea about Reptilians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-david-icke-get-this-idea-about-reptilians/504163/4): > > Schizophrenia is not really a mental illness. Most anthropologists agree that the prophets, fakirs, saints, and shamans of times past were schizophrenic, and there is a large body of research about this fascinating condition. For example, it’s been found that schizophrenics who are allowed to listen to their “voices” without interference tend to be much higher functioning than those whose “voices” are suppressed through drugs or therapy. This suggests that schizophrenics have a traditional role to perform in human culture, and that it has become a problem only because we have robbed schizophrenics of their jobs. > > Schizophrenic artwork is rife with archetypes. It’s probably the single most common trait shared among schizophrenics. This suggests that schizophrenics see _more_ that the general population, not less. The problem is that they are seeing the various archetypal symbols directly, without the translation into more concrete representational forms that the rest of us use. > > In the case of David Icke, he is extremely perceptive in his observations. Those he calls “reptilians” really are reptilian in the sense that they are motivated by the reptilian portion of the brain, all rage and lust and greed and selfishness. The more gentle mammalian and primate parts of their brain, those which give us the capacity for empathy and compassion, are either malfunctioning or suppressed. Because David Icke perceives this directly rather than through the more abstract representations the rest of us use, he literally sees them to be lizards. A person wishing to understand the true form of the world beneath its surface could do worse than to pay close attention to the modern shamans like Icke. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/45 "2009-07-30T10:10:07Z")
But he’s our very own pet Anarchist, y’all! Just let him run free and say cute little anti-The Man epithets, and we can all come in and go, “Aww, look at the koot widdle baby, he made a mess on the GD. In’t that _preeeecious_.” Personally, I think it’s great. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/46 "2009-07-30T11:23:00Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > Some people post snarky attention-whoring one liners, and others bash out long rants for fun and to get a rise out of the people they not-so-secretly despise. Yes, yes. What amazes me is that you do so and still project a high opinion of yourself, that you don’t see what profoundly self-hating and pathetic behavior it is to spend all your time hanging around people you don’t respect for the purpose of agitating them. Jesus, man, get a life. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/47 "2009-07-30T15:06:04Z")
> [@](#): > > In the case of David Icke, he is extremely perceptive in his observations. Those he calls “reptilians” really are reptilian in the sense that they are motivated by the reptilian portion of the brain, all rage and lust and greed and selfishness. Actually, that sounds more mammalian. IME, reptiles (so long as you don’t mess with them) are a lot mellower than that. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/48 "2009-07-30T15:41:47Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > I just love me Lucky Charms. Ah, but do you know what the original colours were? I once wrote a snarky attention-whoring one liner listing them. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/49 "2009-07-30T15:43:05Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Actually, that sounds more mammalian. IME, reptiles (so long as you don’t mess with them) are a lot mellower than that. Indeed. You don’t see _them_ fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/50 "2009-07-30T16:38:55Z")
> [@Other\_Dreams](#): > > You’re kind of cute. Ah, thanks. > [@Miller](#): > > Huh. For some reason, I was under the impression that you were a lesbian. Well, I do like me some pussy. (Also… really?) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/51 "2009-07-30T16:55:55Z")
**SmashtheState** gets picked on for being different and out of the SDMB mainstream, it’s true. But the more of his posts I read, the more I see his true cause appears to be proving his own superiority to everybody else, not bringing down the system or helping the homeless or whatever he says it is. Not that I’ve never seen that kind of thing before, but I guess it shows he knows he’s doomed to failure otherwise. That said, the stuff he was spouting in the schizophrenia thread was full-on bullshit. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/52 "2009-07-30T17:16:05Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > the more of his posts I read, the more I see his true cause appears to be proving his own superiority to everybody else, not bringing down the system So he’s essentially a conspiracy theorist without conspiracy theories? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/53 "2009-07-30T17:18:22Z")
Better to rule the Bums, than to serve the State. _–Milton’s Satan, sort of_ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/54 "2009-07-30T17:37:09Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I like **Smashy**. I also like typing **Smashy**. What a wonderful nickname. > > It’s like potatoes that are mostly mashed, but still have a few lumps in them. You’ve hit upon the key dialectic here, epistemiologically speaking. If you value lumps of insight, but have to wade through an endless puree of drivel to find them, you lose patience. **Smash** just needs to radically increase his lumps-to-drivel ratio. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/55 "2009-07-30T17:56:49Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **SmashtheState** gets picked on for being different and out of the SDMB mainstream, it’s true. But the more of his posts I read, the more I see his true cause appears to be proving his own superiority to everybody else, not bringing down the system or helping the homeless or whatever he says it is. Yes. He doesn’t seem to respect the right of other people to have views different to his own, even though they may be wrong. The same can be said about certain people on the left, too. But Smashy really reminds me of **Small British Shop Owner**. Not in politics but in style. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/56 "2009-07-30T17:57:14Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > This is every male member of the Straight Dope. 😉 > > [http://hollywoodphony.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/neckbeard.jpg](http://hollywoodphony.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/neckbeard.jpg) Yep, a personal appearance that is the epitome of “rode hard and put up wet”. Oh, and the bars in the window are a nice touch. Cheerful, even. _Moreso than mine, drat it._ ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/57 "2009-07-30T17:57:45Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > It saves money on filing cabinets. I also find the deposit slit quite handy. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/58 "2009-07-30T18:23:12Z")
**ivn1188** I’d like to shake your hand, buy you a beer, give you a round of applause, etc. Solid 10. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/59 "2009-07-30T18:24:14Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > You’ve hit upon the key dialectic here, epistemiologically speaking. > > If you value lumps of insight, but have to wade through an endless puree of drivel to find them, you lose patience. > > **Smash** just needs to radically increase his **lumps-to-drivel ratio**. Band name? d&r ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731/60 "2009-07-30T18:33:34Z")
The way that I am reading the OP is that in essence there are a very few people around here that seem to actually think and who actually have any balls in terms of expressing their convictions and standing by them. I am sure that someone is going to be along any second now to claim that I am being whooshed by the whole thread but it seems to me that the predictable masturbatory one lines and in-joke bullshit that this thread is getting as a response pretty much prove the point that the OP is trying to make. Good job one and all! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate/504731.md?page=4)