Cuomo doesn't suck

[Esther]

Just admit you were totally wrong you moron, don't try and weasel your way out on a technicality. And don't pretend to educate me about things I know 10x more than you about.

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble!

[rogue06]

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble!

Especially when you just "know" (and make sure to tell everyone at every opportunity) that you are by far the smartest person in whatever room you walk into.

I don't care if you recognize my genius, but I would prefer that when I did have discussions that they stayed on topic and didn't get derailed by:

"You're stupid SL"

"You're so dumb SL"

"A kindergartener would be smarter than you SL"

You people doing that when there is zero justification for it whatsoever makes you all come across as complete idiots.

Although, to give him credit, on very rare occasion he tries to at least fake humility

Because as much as I'm brilliantly intelligent and an unbelievably incredible genius, sometimes I don't quite think of absolutely everything.

[mossrose]

Especially when you just "know" (and make sure to tell everyone at every opportunity) that you are by far the smartest person in whatever room you walk into.

Although, to give him credit, on very rare occasion he tries to at least fake humility

You forgot this one, from just this morning.

https://theologyweb.com/campus/forum...78#post1225778

Basically how it works here is that there are posters who are not IMO particularly interested in the truth (e.g. Sparko, Mountain Man, Rogue, Mossrose, LPot), and they are also not very smart or very good at reading comprehension. So they will make claims about other posters that are wrong, without bothering to check if they are correct nor being very interested in whether they are correct. Trying to call them out for lying is pointless as they aren't fundamentally interested in truth. They felt in their gut at the time they made the claim that it was correct, and didn't bother to check it, so it wasn't a 'deliberate lie' in their mind. They don't seem to fundamentally care about other people so they don't seem to be interested in whether they might have slandered or wronged you by making false statements about you. Complaining about it to them is pointless, as they'll just mod you for calling them out on their lying. Don't bother going down that route or trying to introduce them to morality, it won't get you anywhere.

SL and HA ought to get together and not breed.

[RumTumTugger]

Just admit you were totally wrong you moron, don't try and weasel your way out on a technicality. And don't pretend to educate me about things I know 10x more than you about.

When did you last visit America Starlight?

[rogue06]

When did you last visit America Starlight?

Better question. When is the last time he didn't rely on misrepresentations, mischaracterizations and/or straw men as the basis for his claims?

[rogue06]

Especially when you just "know" (and make sure to tell everyone at every opportunity) that you are by far the smartest person in whatever room you walk into.

I don't care if you recognize my genius, but I would prefer that when I did have discussions that they stayed on topic and didn't get derailed by:

"You're stupid SL"

"You're so dumb SL"

"A kindergartener would be smarter than you SL"

You people doing that when there is zero justification for it whatsoever makes you all come across as complete idiots.

Although, to give him credit, on very rare occasion he tries to at least fake humility

Because as much as I'm brilliantly intelligent and an unbelievably incredible genius, sometimes I don't quite think of absolutely everything.

His hubris brings to mind the character Vizzini from the movie The Princess Bride in the following exchange


MAN IN BLACK/WESTLEY: You're that smart?

VIZZINI: Let me put it this way: have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?

MAN IN BLACK/WESTLEY: Yes.

VIZZINI: Morons.


Found the clip from that scene:

[RumTumTugger]

His hubris brings to mind the character Vizzini from the movie The Princess Bride in the following exchange


MAN IN BLACK/WESTLEY: You're that smart?

VIZZINI: Let me put it this way: have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?

MAN IN BLACK/WESTLEY: Yes.

VIZZINI: Morons.

And we all know what happened to Vizzini.

Also brings back to mind a little reply Starlight made to one of APs posts about who does and doesn't' do thier homework

1. I am one of them. Really. Really really.
2. The fact that you don't seem to get that says something bad about your ability to perceive the world accurately. The fact I even had to type (1) above for you is embarrassing for you in and of itself.
3. We haven't interacted all that much on the subject so your drawing of sweeping conclusions on the subject again says something about you that isn't positive.

[Starlight]

Rogue really not coping with being wrong on such a basic issue i see. The strategy of getting all his preschool friends in to give him moral support is an amusing one.

[RumTumTugger]

Rogue really not coping with being wrong on such a basic issue i see. The strategy of getting all his preschool friends in to give him moral support is an amusing one.

oh the IRONY here.

1. I am one of them. Really. Really really.
2. The fact that you don't seem to get that says something bad about your ability to perceive the world accurately. The fact I even had to type (1) above for you is embarrassing for you in and of itself.
3. We haven't interacted all that much on the subject so your drawing of sweeping conclusions on the subject again says something about you that isn't positive.

[rogue06]

Rogue really not coping with being wrong on such a basic issue i see. The strategy of getting all his preschool friends in to give him moral support is an amusing one.

Poor star, you epitomize the famous quote from the great theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli, "Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch" ("It is not only not right, it is not even wrong") -- or as Asimov's axiom describes it, "wronger than wrong."

But if it is any consolation, you really have supplied everyone with a good laugh. Not, however, the type were folks laugh with you

[Starlight]

Poor star, you epitomize the famous quote from the great theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli, "Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch" ("It is not only not right, it is not even wrong") -- or as Asimov's axiom describes it, "wronger than wrong."

Sigh. You're misunderstanding and misusing both quotations. Pauli was talking about non-falsifiable (psuedo)scientific theories, and Asimov about comparing two errors one of which was greater than the other. They weren't describing the same thing, and neither is applicable here.

[Starlight]

Especially when you just "know" (and make sure to tell everyone at every opportunity) that you are by far the smartest person in whatever room you walk into.

...

Maybe quoting out of context sarcastic posts from 4 years ago isn't the best way to make a point?

[mossrose]

Maybe quoting out of context sarcastic posts from 4 years ago isn't the best way to make a point?

Quoting in context posts from today works, though. Especially since it lines up with your "out of context sarcastic posts" from 4 years ago.

You are the same arrogant nasty that you've always been.

[rogue06]

Sigh. You're misunderstanding and misusing both quotations. Pauli was talking about non-falsifiable (psuedo)scientific theories, and Asimov about comparing two errors one of which was greater than the other. They weren't describing the same thing, and neither is applicable here.

And they still qualify because your claims are indeed wronger than wrong.

The fact is that your claiming that the Republicans control New York because they occasionally gain control of the State Senate is so far off base that it is indeed wronger than wrong since the governorship has been in control of the Democrats since 2007 (and Republicans have only held that office for 13 of the last 50 years) and the other house of the state legislature, the Assembly (which is the equivalent of the House of Representatives) has been controlled by the Democrats since 1975.

It would be like claiming that the Republicans controlled the U.S. government when they reclaimed the Senate in 2010 while the House remained firmly in the control of the Democrats and Obama was president.

To continue to assert that you're right is an example of weapon's grade stupidity couple with a level of arrogance rarely equaled. It is the Dunning–Kruger effect squared.

[Cow Poke]

And they still qualify because your claims are indeed wronger than wrong.

The fact is that your claiming that the Republicans control New York because they occasionally gain control of the State Senate is so far off base that it is indeed wronger than wrong since the governorship has been in control of the Democrats since 2007 (and Republicans have only held that office for 13 of the last 50 years) and the other house of the state legislature, the Assembly (which is the equivalent of the House of Representatives) has been controlled by the Democrats since 1975.

It would be like claiming that the Republicans controlled the U.S. government when they reclaimed the Senate in 2010 while the House remained firmly in the control of the Democrats and Obama was president.

To continue to assert that you're right is an example of weapon's grade stupidity couple with a level of arrogance rarely equaled. It is the Dunning–Kruger effect squared.

This isn't even arguable -- controlling ONE branch of government is most certainly not "in control".