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[Michchamp]

Your question, as I understand it, is when some type of action rises from a behavior to a disorder or syndrome... I don't know, but I vaguely remember that there is or may be a recognized standard in psychology for that sort of thing.

like a "habit" becoming "OCD"... I think when it becomes debilitating to the person engaged in it, or in this case where the entire message board is affected negatively by those who suffer from it.

 

[Spartanmack]

I still... :hmm:

... I mean, there is nothing in any of these posts blaming shootings on NRA members.

What are you even talking about?

here you go Lloyd, or is it Harry?

He, like you, said people who aren't likely to get broken into who want a gun for protection are wimps or cowards. That's dumb, full stop. If they don't need a gun, then they don't need an alarm either - both are absurd of course because exercising your rights is not really about need. You then said that alarms aren't used to kill 20 kids in a school, well law abiding citizens who purchase their guns legally, particularly NRA members (recall this thread is about joining the NRA) don't kill 20 kids in school either. Your counterpoint is stupid. Your case for gun bans and/or confiscations is weak and foolish.

It's particularly funny that turok makes several posts arguing that nobody should have a gun for self protection because most break ins happen to poor people and/or drug dealers (data?) so the stuff that gets stolen is of little value (how about we let them decide what of theirs is worth protecting) and even those vulnerable people shouldn't have guns because that too will be stolen while their at work because they mostly work nights and weekends because they can't get good jobs (again, data?).

And the guy saying these things is the one accusing the opposition of overestimating their cognitive superiority. You guys are legitimately delusional and your hypocrisy knows no bounds.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Your question, as I understand it, is when some type of action rises from a behavior to a disorder or syndrome... I don't know, but I vaguely remember that there is or may be a recognized standard in psychology for that sort of thing.

like a "habit" becoming "OCD"... I think when it becomes debilitating to the person engaged in it, or in this case where the entire message board is affected negatively by those who suffer from it.

As importance as competency in message board posting is, the study focuses on workplace performance.

Dunning is actually a Psychology prof at none other than the University of Michigan; Krueger is a Business professor at NYU.

Nothing I can find on it quantifies where everyday, garden variety arrogance and incompetence ends and Dunning-Krueger begins.

As I posted before, and then added a couple edited links from an online publication owned by The Atlantic to support my premise, the theory is reminiscent of the old Peter principle from the late 60s and early 70s...which, on the face of it, is something that pretty much everybody had already known forever, anyways.

Those who can't do, teach.

Publish or perish, right?

 

[turok]

Looks like we actually have a tie for the least self aware posters on DSF. It's impossible to read your posts and not think of these guys...

Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey are two very accomplished actors, with Carrey having expanded into creative politically-themed artwork, and Michigander Daniels having founded an acting group named The Purple Rose Theater. So rather than finding that unnecessarily oversized image insulting, it actually has the opposite effect.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey are two very accomplished actors, with Carrey having expanded into creative politically-themed artwork, and Michigander Daniels having founded a acting group named The Purple Rose Theater. So rather than finding that image insulting, it actually has the opposite effect.

Last Sunday I ran into these retirees who live part of the time in Dexter who go to the Purple Rose Theater in neighboring Chelsea frequently.

I move to LA before the Purple Rose Theater was founded/built. I acted in productions at the Black Sheep Repertory Theater in Manchester and the Performance Network in Ann Arbor; I'm not sure the Black Sheep Theater is still open/operational.

 

[turok]

Last Sunday I ran into these retirees who live part of the time in Dexter who go to the Purple Rose Theater in neighboring Chelsea frequently.

I move to LA before the Purple Rose Theater was founded/built. I acted in productions at the Black Sheep Repertory Theater in Manchester and the Performance Network in Ann Arbor; I'm not sure the Black Sheep Theater is still open/operational.

Apparently not:

http://pmamhq.rentlinx.com/138-E-Main-St-140-Manchester-MI-48158

There is another listed online, but it apparently is located in Hong Kong.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Apparently not:

http://pmamhq.rentlinx.com/138-E-Main-St-140-Manchester-MI-48158

There is another listed online, but it apparently is located in Hong Kong.

From the link, it looks like the building remains and has retained its historic name, but has been converted into 10 residential domiciles.

 

[Gulo Blue]

As I posted before, and then added a couple edited links from an online publication owned by The Atlantic to support my premise, the theory is reminiscent of the old Peter principle from the late 60s and early 70s...which, on the face of it, is something that pretty much everybody had already known forever, anyways.

If you allow for corollaries, it's even older.

If the only true wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing, then thinking you are generally knowledgeable is folly.

 

[tinselwolverine]

If you allow for corollaries, it's even older.

If the only true wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing, then thinking you are generally knowledgeable is folly.

That's pretty good; and yeah, basically the same as the Peter principle and the one guy from Michigan and the Krueger guy thing in reverse.

More recent is the lauded "life's a bitch and then you die..."

I was going to ask you who that is a quote from, but I decided to look it up on the internet.

It was Abraham Lincoln...

@1:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNF_RfSS2A8

I'm finding Socrates - that's going back a bit - but I'm only finding the first part of the quote in the attributions of the quote as being part of the quote in its entirety.

 

[Spartanmack]

Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey are two very accomplished actors, with Carrey having expanded into creative politically-themed artwork, and Michigander Daniels having founded an acting group named The Purple Rose Theater. So rather than finding that unnecessarily oversized image insulting, it actually has the opposite effect.

too bad you don't realize your 5th grade tactics actually prove my point.


also, Jim Carrey is an idiot and his "art" is garbage and Jeff Daniels leans conservative.

 

[turok]

too bad you don't realize your 5th grade tactics actually prove my point.


also, Jim Carrey is an idiot and his "art" is garbage and Jeff Daniels leans conservative.

Posting an oversized image to prove a "point" is what is childish.

And Daniels has considered Trump to be a fucking moron for years now.

He wouldn't defend him on here like you have.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXqDn5jxS7U


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0sOv1JLQXU

 

[Spartanmack]

Posting an oversized image to prove a "point" is what is childish.

And Daniels has considered Trump to be a fucking moron for years now.

He wouldn't defend him on here like you have.

I was merely responding in kind - but you agree w/ MC so that's not childish? or is it the size of the image that makes it childish? What does Daniels' opinion of Trump have to do with him leaning conservative? Trump's not a conservative - you realize that, right?

Also, why are you bringing Trump into this? We're not talking about Trump, we're talking about gun control. It would make more sense if you brought up Daniels' opinion on gun control - he's in favor of a lot of the policies reasonable people are proposing, he may even be for banning certain guns but it's sort of hard to tell from the way he answered Peirs Morgan's question about it. Besides, I don't really defend Trump, but I suppose anyone that doesn't blow a fit every time Trump does or says something or laughs at the childish knuckleheads who do is a staunch defender of Trump in the eyes of the leftists.

 

[sggatecl]

If a confiscation program were put in place would you remain law abiding?

Yes. I don't own my guns to fight off a potential war with our government. I have them because I enjoy shooting them in the range and occasionally hunting with my family.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Yes. I don't own my guns to fight off a potential war with our government. I have them because I enjoy shooting them in the range and occasionally hunting with my family.

What if all the unicorns - whom we all know became extinct through the Flood of Noah - okay, it was the Flood of the God of Abraham, although, technically, the God of Abraham never revealed himself as God anywhere near as before the time of Abraham, certainly going back to the time of Noah; nevertheless, we refer to it errantly as the Flood of Noah - anywaya, them unicorns all just suddenly appeared in the skies today - I dunno, maybe God suddenly resurrected them as a sign that it's a time for gun control...

And they all started farting rainbows.

And those rainbows that they farted, they all were a banner...and the banner on those rainbows read..."give up your guns...God wants you to give up your guns...give up your guns, and all will be well..."

Would you give up your guns if that happened?

 

[sggatecl]

What if all the unicorns - whom we all know became extinct through the Flood of Noah - okay, it was the Flood of the God of Abraham, although, technically, the God of Abraham never revealed himself as God anywhere near as before the time of Abraham, certainly going back to the time of Noah; nevertheless, we refer to it errantly as the Flood of Noah - anywaya, them unicorns all just suddenly appeared in the skies today - I dunno, maybe God suddenly resurrected them as a sign that it's a time for gun control...

And they all started farting rainbows.

And those rainbows that they farted, they all were a banner...and the banner on those rainbows read..."give up your guns...God wants you to give up your guns...give up your guns, and all will be well..."

Would you give up your guns if that happened?

If that happens, as a recovering Catholic, I think guns are the least of my concern. But sure. :tup:

 

[turok]

I was merely responding in kind - but you agree w/ MC so that's not childish? or is it the size of the image that makes it childish? What does Daniels' opinion of Trump have to do with him leaning conservative? Trump's not a conservative - you realize that, right?

Also, why are you bringing Trump into this? We're not talking about Trump, we're talking about gun control. It would make more sense if you brought up Daniels' opinion on gun control - he's in favor of a lot of the policies reasonable people are proposing, he may even be for banning certain guns but it's sort of hard to tell from the way he answered Peirs Morgan's question about it. Besides, I don't really defend Trump, but I suppose anyone that doesn't blow a fit every time Trump does or says something or laughs at the childish knuckleheads who do is a staunch defender of Trump in the eyes of the leftists.

Trump has publicly stated that no one is more conservative than he is, among many, many other things that he is more than anyone else is.

He has also been a keynote speaker @ CPAC.

So I don't see how you can claim that he isn't conservative to conservatives. You also dug up and posted an old news clipping of him supposedly stopping a mugging. If that wasn't a defense then nothing is.

You also were the first one who went off-topic by posting that oversized image that had nothing to do with the OP's of joining the NRA. You are proving to be an example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect by arrogantly and hypocritically accusing others of posting the same things that you have and still are, but yet constantly deny doing so.

 

[tinselwolverine]

If that happens, as a recovering Catholic, I think guns are the least of my concern. But sure. :tup:

But wouldn't you at least wonder for a minute that God didn't send them at all?

Wouldn't it occur to you that, it wasn't God who sent them at all, but actually the left wing liberal government, who had figured out a way to resurrect them, and instructed them to tell you that God had sent them?

Remember - it wasn't God who told you that He sent them in this scenario - it was the unicorns themselves who told you that God had sent them.

In this scenario, both Mel Gibson and Tom Cruz would be contemplating shooting all them unicorns out of the sky.

Not Clint Eastwood or (ignoring my impulse to use the grammatically correct "nor" here) John Wayne though.

Way too conceptual for either of them.

Probably Lionel Barrymore, too.

 

[jwlcosu]

Yes. I don't own my guns to fight off a potential war with our government. I have them because I enjoy shooting them in the range and occasionally hunting with my family.

Reasoned response. Fair enough.

 

[Michchamp]

Reasoned response. Fair enough.

ask your new buddy Crazy Kanye what he would do if "libs" came to "take his guns"

He's been on twitter constantly this week.

 

[Gulo Blue]

What if all the unicorns - whom we all know became extinct through the Flood of Noah

A lot of people believe this, but unicorns can evolve at a magical rate. That's how we got narwhals.