Author Topic: Iconoclasm (Read 30338 times)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #25 on:** 03 March, 2018, 02:39:41 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 03 March, 2018, 09:31:59 am

Modern professional cycle road racing is terribly dull, 99% of the time.

Bethany (VIII):

ur wrong u silly man!!eleven!

rogerzilla · « **Reply #26 on:** 03 March, 2018, 02:40:22 pm »

Steve Jobs was a complete bastard.

spesh · « **Reply #27 on:** 03 March, 2018, 02:44:33 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 03 March, 2018, 02:40:22 pm

Steve Jobs was a complete bastard.

That goes for all of the Silicon Valley tech douche-bros, TBH.

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #28 on:** 03 March, 2018, 03:00:25 pm »

The Titanic never sank.

The ship which lies at the bottom of the Atlantic is in fact the Olympic.

All explained here and quite indisputable.

spesh · « **Reply #29 on:** 03 March, 2018, 03:31:19 pm »

I beg to differ - there's plenty of evidence for why Gardiner's conspiracy theory is eminently disputable.

http://www.titanicswitch.com/evidence.html

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #30 on:** 03 March, 2018, 03:35:09 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 03 March, 2018, 02:40:22 pm

Steve Jobs was a complete bastard.

Statements of obvious fact don't belong in this thread.

Efrogwr · « **Reply #31 on:** 03 March, 2018, 05:58:14 pm »

Dr Who is rubbish.

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #32 on:** 03 March, 2018, 06:21:38 pm »

Quote from: spesh on 03 March, 2018, 03:31:19 pm

I beg to differ - there's plenty of evidence for why Gardiner's conspiracy theory is eminently disputable.

http://www.titanicswitch.com/evidence.html

Alternative facts, mate. Get over it.

Legs · « **Reply #33 on:** 03 March, 2018, 07:51:29 pm »

The Lord of the Rings, in all its guises, is a load of pony.

TheLurker · « **Reply #34 on:** 03 March, 2018, 08:35:31 pm »

Quote from: ElyDave on 03 March, 2018, 07:49:42 am

Imagine by john Lennon is pure schoolboy drivel

It's not in the spirit of the thread I know, but I wholeheartedly agree with this. Maudlin drivel at that.

Diver300 · « **Reply #35 on:** 03 March, 2018, 08:45:13 pm »

Emissions test like the ones VW were found to be cheating on will always be gamed by the car manufacturers, as they are the targets rather than real world which isn't quantifiable.

If real-world results are much worse, that means that the tests are badly designed, not that anyone was cheating.

The tests have been getting more and more stringent over the years, which has driven down real-world emissions by lots, even if it's not quite as much as the test levels might imply.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #36 on:** 04 March, 2018, 01:13:14 am »

Quote from: spesh on 03 March, 2018, 03:31:19 pm

I beg to differ - there's plenty of evidence for why Gardiner's conspiracy theory is eminently disputable.

http://www.titanicswitch.com/evidence.html

Fascinating stuff. Ta!

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #37 on:** 04 March, 2018, 08:02:27 am »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 04 March, 2018, 01:13:14 am

Quote from: spesh on 03 March, 2018, 03:31:19 pm
I beg to differ - there's plenty of evidence for why Gardiner's conspiracy theory is eminently disputable.

http://www.titanicswitch.com/evidence.html

Fascinating stuff. Ta!

Sure, nobody with a clue really believes.in the switch theory but there are plenty of clueless people around. (Altho' it occurred to me recently that 'Dim' is short for Dimitri').

Andrij · « **Reply #38 on:** 04 March, 2018, 08:43:53 am »

Religious images are idolatrous and in contravention of the Commandment: "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image".

I win.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #39 on:** 04 March, 2018, 08:51:29 am »

Charles Dickens wrote boring, depressing books and gave his characters extremely silly names.

andyoxon · « **Reply #40 on:** 04 March, 2018, 09:16:40 am »

Quote from: Andrij on 04 March, 2018, 08:43:53 am

Religious images are idolatrous and in contravention of the Commandment: "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image".

I win.

Images are images, idolatry is bad news.

T42 · « **Reply #41 on:** 04 March, 2018, 09:23:54 am »

Quote from: asterix on 04 March, 2018, 08:02:27 am

Sure, nobody with a clue really believes.in the switch theory but there are plenty of clueless people around. (Altho' it occurred to me recently that 'Dim' is short for Dimitri').

Yup. Maybe he's a bot.

ElyDave · « **Reply #42 on:** 04 March, 2018, 10:51:05 am »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 04 March, 2018, 08:51:29 am

Charles Dickens wrote boring, depressing books and gave his characters extremely silly names.

I thought we were avoiding self-evident facts here?

PaulF · « **Reply #43 on:** 04 March, 2018, 11:18:25 am »

The Fall are the most vastly overrated band ever.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #44 on:** 04 March, 2018, 11:35:43 am »

No, that's U2 you're thinking of.

Ian H · « **Reply #45 on:** 04 March, 2018, 12:29:45 pm »

The only thing democracy is better at, is hiding the identities of those with real power.

Beardy · « **Reply #46 on:** 04 March, 2018, 01:16:41 pm »

Stephen Hawkin is not the messiah

Basil · « **Reply #47 on:** 04 March, 2018, 01:48:51 pm »

Quote from: Beardy on 04 March, 2018, 01:16:41 pm

Stephen Hawkin is not the messiah

Are you suggesting that he is a very naughty boy?

Beardy · « **Reply #48 on:** 04 March, 2018, 02:29:20 pm »

Quote from: Basil on 04 March, 2018, 01:48:51 pm

Quote from: Beardy on 04 March, 2018, 01:16:41 pm
Stephen Hawkin is not the messiah

Are you suggesting that he is a very naughty boy?

I believe that some narrators of his earlier life would have you believe that he was 😎

barakta · « **Reply #49 on:** 04 March, 2018, 02:33:12 pm »

I agree wholeheartedly about Steve Jobs (epic bastard), Dr Who (dull, overrated), anything by fucking Tolkein (overly-long, wanky, boring, overrated, pretentious)...

I don't like Terry Pratchett's writing although I do like some of his ideas (camera imps, luggages). Some of the good film adaptations have been good.