Re: oh, it's called a sweeping generalization retard ...

On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:39:13 +0000, Creon <[email protected]> wrote:

>At Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:01:36 -0400, Noah Sombrero <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:37:08 -0700, dart200
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> >On 7/31/26 3:16 PM, Creon wrote:
>> >> At Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:14:40 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >>> On 7/31/2026 1:53 AM, dart200 wrote:
>> >>>> On 7/30/26 9:25 PM, Creon wrote:
>> >>>>> At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:43:53 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> On 7/30/2026 6:53 PM, dart200 wrote:
>> >>>>>>> On 7/30/26 6:44 PM, Creon wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:42:44 -0400, Noah Sombrero <[email protected]>
>> >>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:47:37 +0000, Creon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:02:12 -0700, Dude <[email protected]>
>> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Post your opinion here:
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Fine, I shall:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> I think there is too much "baseline fallacy" in the economics
>> >>>>>>>>>> discussion.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> And, I think the idea that the wealthy buy politicians is
>> >>>>>>>>>> a bit trite.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> And the reason certain ideas become trite is...
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> $ dict trite
>> >>>>>>>> 2 definitions found
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>    From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
>> >>>>>>>> [gcide]:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>      Trite \Trite\ (tr[imac]t), a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to
>> >>>>>>>>         rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See {Throw}, and
>> >>>>>>>>         cf. {Contrite}, {Detriment}, {Tribulation}, {Try}.]
>> >>>>>>>>         Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost
>> >>>>>>>>         novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a
>> >>>>>>>>         trite subject. -- {Trite"ly}, adv. -- {Trite"ness}, n.
>> >>>>>>>>         [1913 Webster]
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>    From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>      trite
>> >>>>>>>>          adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
>> >>>>>>>>                 "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
>> >>>>>>>>                 commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
>> >>>>>>>>                 "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
>> >>>>>>>>                 axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
>> >>>>>>>>                 {banal}, {commonplace}, {hackneyed}, {old-hat},
>> >>>>>>>>                 {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare}, {timeworn},
>> >>>>>>>>                 {tired}, {trite}, {well-worn}]
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> ...and have I introduced you to the "panopticon" theory of media
>> >>>>>>>> dynamics?
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Media doesn't report what everyone thinks, it reports what it wants
>> >>>>>>>> everyone to think everyone thinks.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Political corruption is a problem, but implying that _all_
>> >>>>>>>> wealthy people are part of that is...a baseline fallacy.
>> >>>>>>> seriously this group is literally just noah + a bunch of retarded cons
>> >>>>>>> with their heads stuck up their butts, eh???
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> it's statistically provable that public opinion does _not_ influence
>> >>>>>>> federal policy, and that only the opinion of the wealthy matters in us
>> >>>>>>> federal policy. they do this by surveying groups of people, segmenting
>> >>>>>>> them by wealth class, and comparing that to the result of public
>> >>>>>>> policy.
>> >>>>>>> it's not a hard analysis.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> in order to claim the /baserate/ fallacy u need some stats to back that
>> >>>>>>> up, claiming it out of the blue is just a _bear_ assertion
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>> That should be a wrap!
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Yes.  Specifically, fishrap.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> (It's used to attract the _bear_s, I guess?)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> dart200 is confused, that's not what the baseline fallacy
>> >>>>> is.  The baseline fallacy is assuming "all" for "many", because
>> >>>>> the large majority of a group form a "baseline" that is then
>> >>>>> used to pigeonhole the whole group.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> nigga are you going to respond with anything useful?
>> >>>>
>> >>> The base line on this board is that the claim you are referring to is
>> >>> entirely false and fabricated, originating from a mashup of internet
>> >>> rumors and memes made up by informants which have all been refuted and
>> >>> found to be spurious, crude racist and biased - on this very board!
>> >>>
>> >>> Don't make us go back there, Nick. It won't be easy on your ego. You
>> >>> came here to get enlightened.
>> >>>
>> >>> You came to a bowling alley. Now You're our Bitch.
>> >>>   >
>> >>>   >
>> >>>>    > or just keep proving wealth turns _all_ into retarded children???
>> >>>>    >
>> >>>>    > #god
>> >>>>
>> >>>> cause that's just a true generalization ... not a fallacy
>> >>>>
>> >>>> and i believe we'll prove it true when build transparent systems
>> >>>>
>> >>>>    > ???
>> >>>>    >
>> >>>>    > #god
>> >>>>
>> >>> The base rate fallacy (often called a baseline fallacy) is a thinking
>> >>> error where you ignore general statistical facts (the "base rate") and
>> >>> focus only on small, specific details or a single story
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> But I'm sure Nick knew all that.  That's what I like about him:
>> >>>>> his attention to detail.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> My biz partner has met with the FCC, along
>> >>>>>>>>>> with other representatives from regional ISPs that he
>> >>>>>>>>>> picked up along the way.  Can't afford lobbiests?  Lobby yourself.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Someday I'll have to tell you our "coopetition" story.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Note: The opinions expressed by informants are their own and do not
>> >>>>>>>>>>> necessarily represent the views of all Usenet board subscribers.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >> 
>> >> I would really rather not see the mental midget quoted
>> >> if he's going to throw tantrums.
>> >> 
>> >> Otherwise, it will be off to the cornfield for you, too. ;)
>> >> 
>> >
>> >imagine being such a goddamn pussy ur gunna threaten to block others if 
>> >they don't abide by ur blocklist
>> 
>> Funny think about blocking.  The silencing works both ways.  Never
>> block anybody.  There is no way works on a screen can possibly be so
>> annoying that you can't bear to read them.  And it also doesn't hurt
>> you to respond once in a while.
>> 
>> >  > humanity never ceases to reach for new kinds of low
>> >  >
>> >  > #god
>
>More tantrums from the troll.
>
>The worst thing you can do to a troll is ignore them.

Lucky thing I am not trying to think of the worst I can do to
somebody.

>If you come to my neighborhood and start in on a megaphone,
>that is disturbing peace and civility.
>
>Just as I have no duty to tolerate the intolerable, I have
>no duty to be civil to the uncivil.

Unless tolerance and civility are values that you hold for yourself.
It is not that you deserve it, I deserve it.  

Remembering that it is not a matter of virtue or lack thereof.  It is
a matter of what I deserve.  For me from me.

The good news is that does not prevent me from expressing strong
disapproval, etc.  Why, nearly anything becomes possible.
-- 
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Don't get political with me young man
or I'll tie you to a railroad track and
<<<talk>>> to <<<YOOooooo>>>
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