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

On 8/2/26 8:16 PM, Dude wrote:
> 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.
> 

shut up dud, u don't actually care about any of that

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