# Where my Anthem(0) homies at? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 17, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258 "2012-11-17T00:21:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MDKSquared](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MDKSquared](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MDKSquared)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/61 "2012-11-22T07:09:38Z")
The problem is that he condescends everyone else for not understanding “the obvious” but then turns around and says crazy shit. That’s not going to fly in any debate. It also doesn’t help that he dodges most of the hard-hitting questions. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/62 "2012-11-23T05:05:31Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > You want your head to explode? > > **James52637** is fucking [DEFENDING](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15721684&postcount=573) him! james 1. has dubious circumstances–i dont know exactly, but when i mentioned him being a sock before, his immediate reply was “hey, HE only posts in THIS thread. _I_ post in others.” i guess you can go through someone’s post history, but he also just joined this forum for that thread and his first posts were in defense of Anthem. He joined right after anthem, yet was keenly aware of anthem’s posting habits. it’s weird. finally, when someone said something about him defending anthem–and how wrong anthem was–he bandwagonned making fun of anthem til he was mod-warned, then went back to defending Anthem afterwards. all that–wtf. 1. claims to be 16 years old. 2. _acts_ like he might actually be only 16. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/63 "2012-11-23T05:10:13Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > It might seem like the board is ganging up on him because he’s new, but it’s 99% because he’s a crackpot. He’s so far in the wrong it’s like he’s arguing that the holocaust never happened. It doesn’t take a higher degree in European History to know that the holocaust did happen and it shouldn’t take a working knowledge of advanced math to know that a theory that states an inversion of physics/reality at the asteroid belt (and now adapted to state that inversion happens at the atmosphere’s edge) is total and utter bunk. i think more people dislike him because he is patently opposite of what we strive for around here. he has no will to participate in a meaningful way. he isn’t hear to participate in a collective learning experience. he is hear solely to IMPART. because hey, guys–HE has some shit FIGURED OUT. he doesn’t even give a fuck enough to talk about any single other topic on the board–the only thread he wants to be a part of is the one about how fanfuckingtastic his mind is. he does nothing but insist upon himself, all while refusing to divulge actual credentials or training, _all while_ talking down to everyone else because he has presumed the position _he knows more than everyone on the board_. even if he was correct in his theory, he would still draw ire simply for being a total dickhead. plus he is a straight up liar. in short, he’s fully useless, the least of which–his theory is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/64 "2012-11-23T05:18:58Z")
goddamn it. \*here. …i’m food-hungover and sleepy. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/65 "2012-11-23T12:14:57Z")
> [@Dr.Colossus](#): > > goddamn it. \*here. > > …i’m food-hungover and sleepy. chill! or, “don’t be so jumpy” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/66 "2012-11-25T03:55:44Z")
Nothing recent from the guy. Maybe he’s disappeared up his own mathhole. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/67 "2012-11-25T20:21:30Z")
Well, to be fair, he did keep warning us that he didn’t have much time left in this timeline. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/68 "2012-11-25T20:37:48Z")
A troll, on repeat, with an understanding of cut and paste is my guess. He’s typed all this before somewhere, and is just pasting it in as needed. Troll, for sure. A different timeline! Pretty funny! ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/69 "2012-11-27T16:08:22Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > A troll, on repeat, with an understanding of cut and paste is my guess. > > He’s typed all this before somewhere, and is just pasting it in as needed. Troll, for sure. > > A different timeline! Pretty funny! You gotta be dedicated to type ALL of this out before hand. Also…Did Anthem pretty much just dispute NUMBERS? like…straight up? Side note: how did **dimmyderko** get banned? ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/70 "2012-11-27T18:18:56Z")
The bit about 2+2=4 but 4 not necessarily being 2+2 was just funny. It’s at the point where the certainty is 99.999% that he’s a troll and as such that was a hell of a good twist. Because it makes intuitive sense because 2+2=4=3+1 and 2+2 is different looking from 3+1(albeit mathematically exactly the same). So people who think form is function fall for it. The remaining 0.001% possibility is that **Anthem(0)** is serious and believes this nonsense, in which case it’s so sad you just have to laugh so you don’t cry. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/71 "2012-11-27T19:15:13Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > You gotta be dedicated to type ALL of this out before hand. > > Also…Did Anthem pretty much just dispute NUMBERS? like…straight up? > > Side note: how did **dimmyderko** get banned? my last post in the main thread talks about the numbers, with his own quotes for clarity. he basically argued math was an actual physical journey and the 2 you ‘arrive’ at with minus negative one has a more arduous journey than one moving ONE step up to two, and in the travails absurdities in physics is born. he said something like “the answer is sizably more and requires more evaluation.” something like that. it all made more sense when i tracked closely his own words–“sense” meaning what he was saying became clearer and more demonstrably false. dimmy got banned? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/72 "2012-11-27T19:20:56Z")
dimmy’s last activity was [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15731229#post15731229). honestly that guy blazed into every thread, picked a side and started acting like a dick. he really seemed to only be around for picking fights… ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/73 "2012-11-27T19:28:26Z")
> [@Dr.Colossus](#): > > my last post in the main thread talks about the numbers, with his own quotes for clarity. he basically argued math was an actual physical journey and the 2 you ‘arrive’ at with minus negative one has a more arduous journey than one moving ONE step up to two, and in the travails absurdities in physics is born. he said something like “the answer is sizably more and requires more evaluation.” something like that. > > it all made more sense when i tracked closely his own words–“sense” meaning what he was saying became clearer and more demonstrably false. > > dimmy got banned? Someone who asked about dimmy in ATMB was asked to PM a mod, which usually means a sock. **Anthem(0)** really did explicitly state that getting from 1 to 2 via the 1-(-1) route was a longer distance than 1 + 1. He even said the trip passed through infinity. [QUOTE=Anthem(0)] 1-(-1) is a different route entirely, which starts at 1 then takes the indirect route through .974, .46735, then passes 0 and heads into the negatives: -1784, -8371876.496, then wraps all the way around infinity and heads back in via the positive again: 7247612.37864, 629, 6, 2.75, 2.000571, and finally halts at 2…which -1 away from where it began at 1. [/QUOTE] I think he is really Buzz Lightyear. ---
**Author:** ![Cmoore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Cmoore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmoore)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/74 "2012-11-27T20:06:05Z")
What is it about this “theory of everything” that these people think’s so great? Is it all complete ramblings or is there anything to their theories that even sounds good? I ask because I’ve never heard of it before and reading a few paragraphs of it is all I can bare. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/75 "2012-11-27T20:17:42Z")
> [@Cmoore](#): > > What is it about this “theory of everything” that these people think’s so great? Is it all complete ramblings or is there anything to their theories that even sounds good? I ask because I’ve never heard of it before and reading a few paragraphs of it is all I can bare. Good questions. First, a theory of everything would be great because it would unify general relativity and quantum physics. Wikipedia is a good place to start on that. [QUOTE=Wikipedia] A theory of everything (ToE) or final theory is a putative theory of theoretical physics that fully explains and links together all known physical phenomena, and predicts the outcome of any experiment that could be carried out in principle.[1] Many candidate theories of everything have been proposed by theoretical physicists during the twentieth century, but none have been confirmed experimentally. The primary problem in producing a ToE is that general relativity and quantum mechanics are hard to unify. This is one of the unsolved problems in physics. [/QUOTE] As to you second question, in the case of **Anthem(0)**, complete ramblings is a good enough description. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/76 "2012-11-28T01:28:13Z")
[QUOTE You gotta be dedicated to type ALL of this out before hand.[/QUOTE] I think you missed my point. I think he’s posted this tripe somewhere else before, possibly many places. So he’s not really producing it fresh, as it were. He’s fielded all the questions before, so he just cuts and pastes the parts he needs, when he needs them. I stand by, “a troll with cut and paste skills”, and nothing more. ---
**Author:** ![trabajabamos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@trabajabamos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trabajabamos)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258/77 "2012-11-28T02:35:25Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I think he’s posted this tripe somewhere else before, possibly many places. So he’s not really producing it fresh, as it were. He’s fielded all the questions before, so he just cuts and pastes the parts he needs, when he needs them. > > I stand by, “a troll with cut and paste skills”, and nothing more. In that case, this is the first time he’s posted any of it on a site that is indexed by Google. As a fun experiment I randomly sampled several of his posts and all of the searches lead right back here to his thread in GD. He certainly posted the OP on a handful of other sites, but I can find no evidence to support the idea that it is simple copy/paste job. If he’s a troll, he’s a remarkable example of the breed. He’s also awesome at covering his tracks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-my-anthem-0-homies-at/641258.md?page=3)