I imagine you charge $150 an hour.

I imagine you charge $150 an hour. — fdrake

No it's totally free, man.

:lol:

This is great. I can’t even see what you’re responding to, but I love it all the same.

abandon all hope ye who enter here

Yes, and the considerable reduction in swamp ass from the global bumectomy seals the deal. My guy needs to get on this ASAP. — fdrake

I just realised why you don't need a bum to shite out of.

It is because your shite comes out of your mouth. :rofl:

This is great. I can’t even see what you’re responding to, but I love it all the same. — Mikie

Hi Mikie

It is good to see that you can't stop looking at my posts. It must be hard for you that you can't respond.

Hugs and kisses xoxoxo
Agree-to-Disagree. :rofl:

It is because your shite comes out of your mouth. :rofl: — Agree-to-Disagree

They call this diversifying the oesophageal portfolio, I see your tail is very hedged, sir.

They call this diversifying the oesophageal portfolio, I see your tail is very hedged, sir. — fdrake

You are obviously an expert at avoiding the facts that don't match your biases.

This is a form of confirmation bias.

I accept that climate change is happening but I don't like the scaremongering, exaggeration, and bigotry that usually accompanies it.

You are obviously an expert at avoiding the facts that don't match your biases. — Agree-to-Disagree

I provided an even handed discussion of the positives of total bum excision, I don't know what else you wanted. I might be able to intuit what you would see as an epistemically virtuous discussion if you phrase it in small baby terms regarding bums for me.

Yes, and the considerable reduction in swamp ass from the global bumectomy seals the deal. My guy needs to get on this ASAP.

That would be an assless society then.

:rofl:

Glad to see this devolve into exactly the kind of absurdity that inspired it. Nice job boys :clap:

The only true way to deal with science-denying morons. Satire and sarcasm.

Glad to see this devolve into exactly the kind of absurdity that inspired it. Nice job boys :clap:

The only true way to deal with science-denying morons. Satire and sarcasm — Mikie

This shows that the only way that climate fanatics and alarmists can respond to scientific facts is to start talking about irrelevant non-scientific things like "asses".

This is very mature guys and demonstrates what a bunch of losers you are.

Here are the original questions that you refuse to answer:

Why do most people go on holiday to places that are warmer than where they live? Do these people have a death wish?

Why do many people retire to warm places like Florida? Do these people have a death wish?

Why are these scientific facts true?
- Cold-related deaths vastly outnumber heat-related deaths in all countries
- Globally, cold deaths are 9 times higher than heat-related ones. In no region is this ratio less than 3, and in many, it’s over 10 times higher. Cold is more deadly than heat, even in the hottest parts of the world.

This is very mature guys and demonstrates what a bunch of losers you are. — Agree-to-Disagree

Is this your job?

Is this your job? — fdrake

No. It's just a hobby.

I'm glad you're not in the pocket of Big Bum.

No. It's just a hobby. — Agree-to-Disagree

What's your real point?

I accept that climate change is happening but I don't like the scaremongering, exaggeration, and bigotry that usually accompanies it. — Agree-to-Disagree

As if that doesn't happen with the those who argue that a) climate change is not happening or b) if it's happening, it's not man made?

They the more tolerant side here that are far more open for discussion?

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Science denial. Is it one step more from the definition of "climate-denial"?

What's your real point? — ssu

I am trying to have an honest discussion about climate change.

As if that doesn't happen with the those who argue that a) climate change is not happening or b) if it's happening, it's not man made? — ssu

I disagree with the views that a) climate change is not happening or b) if it's happening, it's not man made. I don't think that scaremongering and exaggeration accompany those views. If anything there is reassurance that things don't need action and understating any possible risks.

I asked these questions hoping to get an honest rely. I think that people who are concerned about climate change should answer them. If they can't or won't answer these questions then I think that they are "deniers" and are not being realistic.

Here are the questions:

Why do most people go on holiday to places that are warmer than where they live? Do these people have a death wish?

Why do many people retire to warm places like Florida? Do these people have a death wish?

Why are these scientific facts true?
- Cold-related deaths vastly outnumber heat-related deaths in all countries
- Globally, cold deaths are 9 times higher than heat-related ones. In no region is this ratio less than 3, and in many, it’s over 10 times higher. Cold is more deadly than heat, even in the hottest parts of the world.[/quote]

I'm glad you're not in the pocket of Big Bum.

I think he/she is a bot, as in bottom. So could be in big bum after all.

I think he/she is a bot, as in bottom. So could be in big bum after all. — Punshhh

Anything to avoid answering the questions. It seems that climate fanatics/alarmists just live in their own little echo chamber and are too scared to face the truth. :scream:

I was going to answer your questions in your reply to ssu, in the previous post. But realised they had nothing whatsoever to do with the issue of climate change. It was some bogus question about people liking to visit warm places. More evidence of trolling and that there’s no point engaging.

I don't think that scaremongering and exaggeration accompany those views. — Agree-to-Disagree

Ok.

If anything there is reassurance that things don't need action and understating any possible risks. — Agree-to-Disagree

What exactly you mean by this?

Here are the questions:

Why do most people go on holiday to places that are warmer than where they live? Do these people have a death wish?

Why do many people retire to warm places like Florida? Do these people have a death wish?

Why are these scientific facts true? — Agree-to-Disagree

? ? ?

What?

Sorry, but as @Punshhh said above, this sounds very strange.

I do live in a country that even still has snow and cold winters. And yes, without clothes, you would freeze to death if being outside in the winter, which wouldn't happen in the tropics. Yet the human race has adapted to a cold climate well for a very, very long time.

Yet what does this have to do with climate change?

I do live in a country that even still has snow and cold winters. And yes, without clothes, you would freeze to death if being outside in the winter, which wouldn't happen in the tropics — ssu

So why are you worried about a little bit of global warming?

So why are you worried about a little bit of global warming? — Agree-to-Disagree

I've participated in the thread far longer that you have been a member, and I'm one of the ones that is an optimist here... if optimism means that you don't believe in the end of the World.

We are extremely adaptable and our societies are far more capable of handling environmental challenges than earlier societies in history. Things what for them caused famine and possible destruction of the society are for us inconveniences. Yet those inconveniences will affect your and my life. Or are already affecting.

And that being said, global warming or climate change has to be taken seriously. It is already having adverse effects and it does create then political instability, crises and wars. The link is just hard to see.

Should one be worried about it? Well, define being worried. I'm also worried that Europe is going closer to a war especially if Russia wins in Ukraine. Do I lose sleep over that idea or that climate change will have negative affects around the World?

No, but that doesn't mean that they aren't real threats to us.

And I think the proper thread where these issues have been discussed is the Climate Change denial -thread.

Science denial seems nonsensical. Where do go from that, if it's not just climate denial?

Reality denial?

And anyway, the world will end, as I stated on the first page of that Climate Change denial -thread in the most positive way:

No, the sun will not kill all life on this planet for some 5 billion years or so. The future after that is bleak for life on our planet. — ssu

Reality denial? — ssu

Changed. :up:

:lol:

No, actually very apt for our time.

Reality denial? — ssu

Your reality or my reality?  :chin:

Your reality or my reality?  :chin: — Agree-to-Disagree

Earth doesn't become flat because someone thinks so.

Earth doesn't become flat because someone thinks so. — jorndoe

That is not what I meant.

@ssu said that he lives in a country that has snow and cold winters. I live in a country which has moderate temperatures. Some people live in countries that are hot.

We each experience "reality" in different ways. One person's "reality" does not necessarily invalidate a different person's "reality".

No.

First of all, if you would live in a country with cold winters and snow, you would notice the cold weather. And I've been to the tropics, so I know how different the climate can be on this planet. The reality we are talking about isn't a subjective experience. We have subjective individual experiences, but we do share the same reality. One shouldn't confuse these two.

The reality we are talking about isn't a subjective experience. We have subjective individual experiences, but we do share the same reality. One shouldn't confuse these two. — ssu

Yes, we share the same reality. But any individual only experiences a "subset" of reality. It is like the parable of the blind men and an elephant.

A group of blind men heard that a strange animal, called an elephant, had been brought to the town, but none of them were aware of its shape and form. Out of curiosity, they said: "We must inspect and know it by touch, of which we are capable". So, they sought it out, and when they found it they groped about it. The first person, whose hand landed on the trunk, said, "This being is like a thick snake". For another one whose hand reached its ear, it seemed like a kind of fan. As for another person, whose hand was upon its leg, said, the elephant is a pillar like a tree-trunk. The blind man who placed his hand upon its side said the elephant, "is a wall". Another who felt its tail, described it as a rope. The last felt its tusk, stating the elephant is that which is hard, smooth and like a spear. — The parable of the blind men and an elephant

"Reality" is the "big picture". But most people don't see or experience the "big picture". They only see a subset of reality (this includes what they are taught, read about, are told about, see in movies, see on the internet, etc.). There are also a lot of incorrect "facts", misinformation, disinformation, etc. How do you know that your experience of reality is correct and complete?