« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?  (Read 4630 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Happy Fun Ball

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2942
  • Reputation: +1038/-11
What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« on: January 03, 2017, 11:54:09 AM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028426524

Terrorism? Nope.
Global warming? Nope.
Russians? Nope.
Maybe Trump? heh, not according to this DUmmie.

No, the worst thing to ever happen is...

is...

We're not watching enough Mythbusters!

Never mind that the Science channel runs it constantly.
Or that they showed every single episode in a marathon over the past week or so.
Or that they're about to start up new episodes (minus the original people).

Quote
TXCritter (240 posts)

The most disheartening Geographic data I've seen in a long time.
Recently the New York Times ran a piece about the cultural divides in America. (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1) It featured a lot of maps. Most of it was moderately interesting and somewhat revealing but there was one map that left me disheartened and depressed. It was this map;



This map shows the viewership of mythbusters. When you look at it you should notice that viewship is extremely low all across the south. Living in TX this confirms something I already know. People in Texas and across the south don't understand what science IS. I'm not talking about being able to accurately describe theory of natural selection or the big bang or debating whether or not the Food Babe is right. Those are scientific topics, not science.

Mythbusters is one of the best science shows ever because it demonstrates the scientific process over and over. Theory -> prediction -> Experiment -> Confirmation or Refutation. Set aside all the topics and knowledge that science has brought us and you are left with the process. People around me don't understand what science IS and because they don't understand what Science is, they think it's a competing religion.

Never have I wished more that the South and North were separate countries.
Logged

Offline BlueStateSaint

  • Here I come to save the day, because I'm a
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 32553
  • Reputation: +1560/-191
  • RIP FDNY Lt. Rich Nappi d. 4/16/12
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2017, 11:57:03 AM »
What's the biggest problem facing this country today?

The Left.

Next question . . . :whistling:
Logged
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty." - Thomas Jefferson

"All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk!" -Ayn Rand
 
"Those that trust God with their safety must yet use proper means for their safety, otherwise they tempt Him, and do not trust Him.  God will provide, but so must we also." - Matthew Henry, Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32, from Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible

"These anti-gun fools are more dangerous to liberty than street criminals or foreign spies."--Theodore Haas, Dachau Survivor

Chase her.
Chase her even when she's yours.
That's the only way you'll be assured to never lose her.

Offline Happy Fun Ball

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2942
  • Reputation: +1038/-11
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2017, 11:58:55 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on January 03, 2017, 11:57:03 AM
What's the biggest problem facing this country today?

The Left.

Next question . . . :whistling:
Oh sure, if you want the easy answer...
Logged

Offline SSG Snuggle Bunny

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 23558
  • Reputation: +2480/-270
  • Voted Rookie-of-the-Year, 3 years running
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2017, 12:01:47 PM »
Quote
Mythbusters is one of the best science shows ever because it demonstrates the scientific process over and over. Theory -> prediction -> Experiment -> Confirmation or Refutation.

Lemme guess...

you believe global warming is real despite the absence of empirical evidence or ability to predict.
Logged
According to the Bible, "know" means "yes."

Offline jukin

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 16234
  • Reputation: +2117/-170
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2017, 12:06:35 PM »
I like the way Myth Busters does experiments. However, as a very experienced mechanical engineer many of their experiments are faulty. Thus many of the conclusions are wrong. Both of the head guys are not practiced in engineering or physics. Their analytical method is good though. But if you stat out with the premise 1+1=3 everything after that is wrong.
Logged
When you are the beneficiary of someone’s kindness and generosity, it produces a sense of gratitude and community.

When you are the beneficiary of a policy that steals from someone and gives it to you in return for your vote, it produces a sense of entitlement and dependency.

Offline 98ZJUSMC

  • The Most Deplorable
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8424
  • Reputation: +436/-76
  • Now, with 99% less yellow!
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2017, 12:07:51 PM »
Quote from: SSG Snuggle Bunny on January 03, 2017, 12:01:47 PM
Lemme guess...

you believe global warming is real despite the absence of empirical evidence or ability to predict.

Beat me to it.   :cheersmate:   Gawd...................    :thatsright:


Quote
This map shows the viewership of mythbusters. When you look at it you should notice that viewship is extremely low all across the south. Living in TX this confirms something I already know. People in Texas and across the south don't understand what science IS. I'm not talking about being able to accurately describe theory of natural selection or the big bang or debating whether or not the Food Babe is right. Those are scientific topics, not science.

Mythbusters is one of the best science shows ever because it demonstrates the scientific process over and over. Theory -> prediction -> Experiment -> Confirmation or Refutation. Set aside all the topics and knowledge that science has brought us and you are left with the process. People around me don't understand what science IS and because they don't understand what Science is, they think it's a competing religion.

Never have I wished more that the South and North were separate countries.

Logged
              

Liberal thinking is a two-legged stool and magical thinking is one of the legs, the other is a combination of self-loating and misanthropy.  To understand it, you would have to be able to sit on that stool while juggling two elephants, an anvil and a fragmentation grenade, sans pin.

"Accuse others of what you do." - Karl Marx

Offline GOP Congress

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2334
  • Reputation: +274/-113
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2017, 12:09:16 PM »
Quote
Never have I wished more that the South and North were separate countries.

Assuming you mean the North being communist, and the South being capitalist, then I agree 100%, as long as I'm currently in the South, and have nothing to do with the communists in the North.

By the way, Kurt Slichter has just such a book that also meets this DUmmie's wishes:

People's Republic
« Last Edit: January 03, 2017, 01:12:10 PM by GOP Congress »
Logged
"The main purpose of the Democrat Party and the Left is to destroy the United States, transform Western Civilization to a tribal-based dystopia, and to ultimately kill all conservatives and non progressives." - Jonah Kyle

Offline nomad54

  • Just Off Probation
  • *
  • Posts: 113
  • Reputation: +9/-1
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2017, 12:35:07 PM »
Mythbusters? Not exactly what I'd call a "science" show.  Maybe for the first couple seasons, but then they got too engrossed in making explosions and it got ridiculous.  Should have been cancelled years ago.
Logged

Offline thundley4

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 40571
  • Reputation: +2224/-127
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2017, 01:19:32 PM »
Quote from: nomad54 on January 03, 2017, 12:35:07 PM
Mythbusters? Not exactly what I'd call a "science" show.  Maybe for the first couple seasons, but then they got too engrossed in making explosions and it got ridiculous.  Should have been cancelled years ago.

I watched it until it ended, just because they were blowing things up. Plus, some of their gun centered shows really showed the effectiveness of different calibers.
Logged

Offline jb2u11

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 539
  • Reputation: +36/-7
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2017, 01:21:39 PM »
Them libs love them some stereotyping. 
Logged

Offline SVPete

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 29417
  • Reputation: +3251/-248
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2017, 01:45:30 PM »
If DU-member TXC is such a Mythbusters fan, why is (s)he speaking of the show in the present tense?

 :-) As for Southereners, they're out doing the guns and explosions "experiments" themselves, using live game, and evaluating the results at dinner. :-)
Logged
If The Vaccine is deadly as anti-Covid-vaxxers claim, millions now living would have died.

Offline DumbAss Tanker

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 28493
  • Reputation: +1710/-151
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2017, 03:02:45 PM »
Quote from: jukin on January 03, 2017, 12:06:35 PM
I like the way Myth Busters does experiments. However, as a very experienced mechanical engineer many of their experiments are faulty. Thus many of the conclusions are wrong. Both of the head guys are not practiced in engineering or physics. Their analytical method is good though. But if you stat out with the premise 1+1=3 everything after that is wrong.

I'm with you on that.  They're generally entertaining, but some of the myths are just stupid and sometimes there are obvious faults in what they are trying to do.  OK but not riveting, the obvious level of hoop-jumping they have to go through to blow up or burn anything in Kalifornistan is also rather depressing.
Logged
Go and tell the Spartans, O traveler passing by
That here, obedient to their law, we lie.

Anything worth shooting once is worth shooting at least twice.

Offline SVPete

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 29417
  • Reputation: +3251/-248
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2017, 03:27:16 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on January 03, 2017, 03:02:45 PM
I'm with you on that.  They're generally entertaining, but some of the myths are just stupid and sometimes there are obvious faults in what they are trying to do.  OK but not riveting, the obvious level of hoop-jumping they have to go through to blow up or burn anything in Kalifornistan is also rather depressing.

Not always without reason.
Logged
If The Vaccine is deadly as anti-Covid-vaxxers claim, millions now living would have died.

Offline DumbAss Tanker

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 28493
  • Reputation: +1710/-151
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2017, 04:55:15 PM »
Quote
What's the biggest problem facing this country today?

But to get back to the real question, "Too many Democrats."
Logged
Go and tell the Spartans, O traveler passing by
That here, obedient to their law, we lie.

Anything worth shooting once is worth shooting at least twice.

Offline jukin

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 16234
  • Reputation: +2117/-170
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2017, 05:01:08 PM »
Quote
What's the biggest problem facing this country today?

There are many and almost all of them are self inflicted. After some thought, not too much but I would say the size and scope of the federal, state, and local government.
Logged
When you are the beneficiary of someone’s kindness and generosity, it produces a sense of gratitude and community.

When you are the beneficiary of a policy that steals from someone and gives it to you in return for your vote, it produces a sense of entitlement and dependency.

Offline SSG Snuggle Bunny

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 23558
  • Reputation: +2480/-270
  • Voted Rookie-of-the-Year, 3 years running
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2017, 05:44:41 PM »
Quote from: jukin on January 03, 2017, 12:06:35 PM
I like the way Myth Busters does experiments. However, as a very experienced mechanical engineer many of their experiments are faulty. Thus many of the conclusions are wrong. Both of the head guys are not practiced in engineering or physics. Their analytical method is good though. But if you stat out with the premise 1+1=3 everything after that is wrong.

Wait.


You watch MB for the experiments?





weirdo
Logged
According to the Bible, "know" means "yes."

Offline FunkyZero

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3107
  • Reputation: +997/-36
  • ha ha, charade you are
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2017, 05:50:43 PM »
I don't know about ALL of the South, but us hillbillies don't' watch people blow shit up on TV, we do it ourselves.
Logged

Offline DUmpstruck

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 232
  • Reputation: +30/-1
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2017, 05:55:27 PM »
Getting my own sammiches and refreshments.

First we give them the right to vote and now we need to get our own food.

It's UnAmerican, I tell you!   :argh:
Logged

Offline Carl

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 19838
  • Reputation: +1618/-100
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2017, 07:52:50 PM »
It was a show debunking urban myths,that was the premise.

Urban myths are the heart and soul of the DUmp so strange they would like the show.
Logged

Offline Big Dog

  • ^^Smokes cigars and knows things.
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15581
  • Reputation: +1954/-213
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2017, 11:50:16 PM »
Quote from: nomad54 on January 03, 2017, 12:35:07 PM
Mythbusters? Not exactly what I'd call a "science" show.  Maybe for the first couple seasons, but then they got too engrossed in making explosions and it got ridiculous.  Should have been cancelled years ago.

Ahem...



It's science, dammit!
Logged
Government is the negation of liberty.
  -Ludwig von Mises

CAVE FVROREM PATIENTIS.

Offline SVPete

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 29417
  • Reputation: +3251/-248
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2017, 08:10:32 AM »
Quote from: SVPete on January 03, 2017, 01:45:30 PM
If DU-member TXC is such a Mythbusters fan, why is (s)he speaking of the show in the present tense?
...

Further, what kind of Mythbusters fan is TXC that (s)he seems unaware of White Rabbit Project? (And yes, Sarge and BD, Kari is on the show)
Logged
If The Vaccine is deadly as anti-Covid-vaxxers claim, millions now living would have died.

Offline DUmpDiver

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1935
  • Reputation: +857/-5
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2017, 08:41:09 AM »
Theory: Hillary was "the most qualified candidate ever"
Prediction: She had "the blue wall" and would clean Trump's clock in the EC
Experiment: November 16 election.
Result: She got creamed.
Conclusion: She sucks.
Logged

Offline DumbAss Tanker

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 28493
  • Reputation: +1710/-151
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2017, 08:51:03 AM »
As far as MythBusters being over, Science Channel is apparently going to be running a competition series to select a follow-on team to keep it going, it's not actually dead yet.
Logged
Go and tell the Spartans, O traveler passing by
That here, obedient to their law, we lie.

Anything worth shooting once is worth shooting at least twice.

Offline Duke Nukum

  • Assistant Chair of the Committee on Neighborhood Services
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8015
  • Reputation: +561/-202
  • O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #23 on: January 04, 2017, 10:50:07 AM »
Mythbusters has been on TV a long time. People get bored. YouTube, Netflix, and other streaming platforms have really taken off since the show first came into existence.

And then there's the problem of the New York Times, All the 'News' that's Fake to Print.'
Logged
“A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time”
― Homer, The Odyssey

Offline Big Dog

  • ^^Smokes cigars and knows things.
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15581
  • Reputation: +1954/-213
Re: What's the biggest problem facing this country today?
« Reply #24 on: January 04, 2017, 11:07:30 PM »
Quote from: SVPete on January 04, 2017, 08:10:32 AM
Further, what kind of Mythbusters fan is TXC that (s)he seems unaware of White Rabbit Project? (And yes, Sarge and BD, Kari is on the show)

Another reason to sign up for Netflix!
Logged
Government is the negation of liberty.
  -Ludwig von Mises

CAVE FVROREM PATIENTIS.
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »