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

On 7/31/2026 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.
> 
> 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.
 >
That doesn't explain why you are such a pussy, snipping and altering 
text in a fair debate.

It's like sitting around the dinning room table talking about the kids 
and the weather with family and friends, when your long lost step-son 
Dick from Dallas shouts out from the kitchen door:

"i hope u suffer when u do finally die dad!"

That kind of tolerance and civility?