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

On 8/1/2026 10:08 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Aug 2026 12:55:02 -0400, Wilson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 7/31/2026 11:36 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>> On 7/31/26 5:00 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> if u think i'm being disingenuous when i call u fucking shithead ...
>>>
>>> then ur truly a delusional shithead there creon
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> something about being wealthy and crying about a need for mUh cIvIlItY
>>> go hand in hand...
>>>
>>> prolly trying to gloss over the incredibly uncivil system of global
>>> exploitation they sit on top of
>>
>> Or it's just about you being a dick.
> 
> Yeh, wilson knows all about dickhood.
 >
So, it's come to this. Nick and Noah got triggered by Creon and Wilson 
called Nick a dick, so that should be a wrap for Noah's opinions.