OK, here's a little game to make some people think...I know..that even makes me cringe...but here it goes...
A lot of posts have been posted on many forums, and even here as well about the world, government, religion, aliens, etc... and just like in high school, when you had to do a term papper or thesis, you had to give footnotes and valid documents to support your papper....well...the same can be applied to the internet.
I'm a simple guy, just trying to make it thru the hectic life that the 21st century has evolved to...so I'm absorbing in the internet, TV, talk radio, magazines, newspappers...etc...and once in a while I'll here something that just doesn't sound right, or is too far off from the truth to be true...or is a rumor that someone has heard that they think is true...but it isn't.
So for the game...just think about what you are posting...and be ready to find or show some valid footnotes or a link to back it up... The judges are your peers...actually us as a whole. And the prize is a self esteem that you can feel good about.
So if you see a post where someone says something that just seems so far fetched and you wonder where they are getting their source of information...just so you can see if what they say is actually something that is real and not made up by a democrat to slam a republican, or a religious guy to defunk the scientist, or the liberals to make the sane people scared... Then you can post a simple "Show Me" or "Prove It" or "I call BullShiiiat" type of a post...and the original poster has to link a varifiable source of his information...or he will be LOL'ed right from the forums...
And remember...by a varifiable source...that is something that has to be an actual link, pic, vid, etc that we... your peers can decide if it's true...or just plain BS...
Example...
Fox News is sometimes liberal-ish...and sometimes they just make news to scare us...like this morning I watched a few minutes of it...and the ever lasting "FOX NEWS ALERT" was on...and it was something that happened yesterday saying that Hillery Clinton sneezed... so Fox news is off the list as a varifiable news source....IMO...but sometimes they do have real news and a real story with real proof...so it can be a case by case type of a valid source.
And the game is not only for this thread...but all threads...keep the game in the back of your head...think before you post or someone will call BS on you...and you have to back up what you post. You can still have an opinion..in fact opinions are good. But are the opinions set in your head from someone elses BS???... Opinions are like assholes...everyone has one, but some just reek more than others.
Some topics to get this started:
Bush Bashers...everyone claims he's making money with oil at like billions of $$'s a day...where is the proof?
Are Aliens real?
Is the bible real?
Are ghosts real?
Too many government conspiracy's...are any of them valid?
Do my farts stink?
Why do fat people get handicapped parking?
Why does the Government suck?
and just any other subject or post that you write up...just remember...anyone can call your bluff...and be preparred to find a valid footnote to back it up. And feel free to call BS in other threads...
and yes...my farts do stink...sometimes...and there are plenty of witnesses here to testify to it...
A lot of posts have been posted on many forums, and even here as well about the world, government, religion, aliens, etc... and just like in high school, when you had to do a term papper or thesis, you had to give footnotes and valid documents to support your papper....well...the same can be applied to the internet.
I'm a simple guy, just trying to make it thru the hectic life that the 21st century has evolved to...so I'm absorbing in the internet, TV, talk radio, magazines, newspappers...etc...and once in a while I'll here something that just doesn't sound right, or is too far off from the truth to be true...or is a rumor that someone has heard that they think is true...but it isn't.
So for the game...just think about what you are posting...and be ready to find or show some valid footnotes or a link to back it up... The judges are your peers...actually us as a whole. And the prize is a self esteem that you can feel good about.
So if you see a post where someone says something that just seems so far fetched and you wonder where they are getting their source of information...just so you can see if what they say is actually something that is real and not made up by a democrat to slam a republican, or a religious guy to defunk the scientist, or the liberals to make the sane people scared... Then you can post a simple "Show Me" or "Prove It" or "I call BullShiiiat" type of a post...and the original poster has to link a varifiable source of his information...or he will be LOL'ed right from the forums...
And remember...by a varifiable source...that is something that has to be an actual link, pic, vid, etc that we... your peers can decide if it's true...or just plain BS...
Example...
Fox News is sometimes liberal-ish...and sometimes they just make news to scare us...like this morning I watched a few minutes of it...and the ever lasting "FOX NEWS ALERT" was on...and it was something that happened yesterday saying that Hillery Clinton sneezed... so Fox news is off the list as a varifiable news source....IMO...but sometimes they do have real news and a real story with real proof...so it can be a case by case type of a valid source.
And the game is not only for this thread...but all threads...keep the game in the back of your head...think before you post or someone will call BS on you...and you have to back up what you post. You can still have an opinion..in fact opinions are good. But are the opinions set in your head from someone elses BS???... Opinions are like assholes...everyone has one, but some just reek more than others.
Some topics to get this started:
Bush Bashers...everyone claims he's making money with oil at like billions of $$'s a day...where is the proof?
Are Aliens real?
Is the bible real?
Are ghosts real?
Too many government conspiracy's...are any of them valid?
Do my farts stink?
Why do fat people get handicapped parking?
Why does the Government suck?
and just any other subject or post that you write up...just remember...anyone can call your bluff...and be preparred to find a valid footnote to back it up. And feel free to call BS in other threads...
and yes...my farts do stink...sometimes...and there are plenty of witnesses here to testify to it...