Einstein quote, "If it's smaller than my fist or an apple I'm pretty sure it will fit in my butt."

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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

We can still have fun, but with a modicum of decorum.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Exactly. There's plenty enough outlets for low-brow fun already out there, saidit is our chance to try and make something smart

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I hope I'm not beating a dead horse...

I can aim high with my "Trutherism 101" project and be still pleased to fall short in shadow of George Carlin, and while I don't care about collecting or granting points for whatever reasons, I still do participate with the two icons. I'd mentioned how I'd like more options that just "insightful" and "funny". I'm now guessing you just re-coded thumbs up and thumbs down. From day one I've wanted to simply "like" or acknowledge and appreciate something that isn't necessarily insightful nor funny. I don't know if it's a big pain to fuss with it, if it's even worth bothering with, or if you want to put it to a vote. I'd like a "like" button. If it replaced the "funny" button I wouldn't mind. If there was another thing that was not "dislike" and also not "insightful" I don't know what it might be. Perhaps "exceptional". That may mean all the points might need a reset. Maybe I'm overthinking things. One thing is certain, people will be funny, serious, political, etc. regardless. I don't know if a funny button is necessary here.

Also, I'm not saying that people trying to be funny may shit post or that it's necessarily related. That was my error. But I have been reflecting on the nature of humour and/or decorum. Not just for my embarrassment here, but for my project and life in general. Talking about truth-seeking is like talking religion and for some reason you can insult people's taste in music or politics but some things are "sacred", like authority. With Xmas around the corner and family members deeply indoctrinated, despite attempts to avoid it my trutherism will likely be discussed. And for that whether they embrace it or not, most people either get it or don't. Like humour.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Wallowing in guilt doing my other stuff, reflecting, an apt comparison came to me.

(Leaving aside all deeper esoteric skeptical analysis and prudish judgments) most would agree:

1) DisneyLand is fun. (Or the movies, or whatever you find fun.)

2) Sex is fun.

3) You don't have sex at DisneyLand (and drag people into it).

I'd never thought about it this way before. I'm just used to it everywhere in comment sections, and honestly I thought much of it was funny (not that I did much of it) and that others were simply hypersensitive and judgmental, maybe even SJWs.

Sometimes it's nice to get a cold shock to verify, reassess, and realign your ethical center. I still like swear for emphasis, but it's never been a compulsion or without purpose.