Possibly the stupidest argument I've ever seen

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

This actually makes the admins of that anarchist cat group look like geniuses. Watch this, and despair for the future of humanity, for all is lost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBXOUCP518g#t=437

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

These people make more money in a week than the entire population of this board will make in the span of our entire lives.

[Bruno]

I have friends who are teachers who, on occasion, post images such as this on Facebook:



When the sad truth is, "swag" is arguably more valuable than a degree in our society. How many people are there out there with Master's degrees making $12/hr or less with student loan debts at or near the six digits range?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I have friends who are teachers who, on occasion, post images such as this on Facebook:



When the sad truth is, "swag" is arguably more valuable than a degree in our society. How many people are there out there with Master's degrees making $12/hr or less with student loan debts at or near the six digits range?

It's not the swag that's valuable. It's being born into a family with money that's valuable. The main determinant of your economic status is still the economic status of your parents, no matter how you slice it.

No matter how well you do in school, you're unlikely to move too far from where your parents landed, economically speaking. The  primary exception to this is downward mobility; people are now more likely to slide into an economic status below their parents, especially people in the middle and upper-middle class.

But none of this really has much to do with the fact that there are at least two people in America who have no fucking idea what a moon is.

[Bruno]

Confusing the difference between "moon" and "planet" is bad, but not quite throwing-up-in-my-mouth-a-little bad. Someone not understanding the difference between a moon and a star just makes me want to drink bleach.    , etc...

The relative success of people who couldn't tell the difference between a proton and a quadratic equation is something that gives me a more or less permanent eye twitch.

[roy howard]

This is without a doubt the most ridiculous thing(well,one of them),that I've ever heard or seen.It's just re-goddamn diculous.Seriously,it's stupid.

[Cain]

To be fair, these presenters are paid to essentially fill the vacuum of programming with their vapours of bullshit.  Often they're locked in a studio for 6 plus hours, forced to fill what is essentially half an hours worth of actual programming.  And so they going fucking nuts, seizing on any possible way to lengthen out some kind of conversation, no matter how inane.

It's kinda like party political broadcasts for consumerism

[Reginald Ret]

Ugh, they think the moon may be a star?!

At least there is an argument for saying that the moon is a planet: The strongest attractive force that acts on the moon is the sun, not the earth.

Though the consensus is that the moon is a natural satellite because the common centre of gravity is inside the primary.

[Bruno]

Making the customer feel smart has got to have some positive influence on sales.

Maybe even the act of acting stupid, whether they are faking it or not, convinces some people that they, by way of their obvious intellectual superiority, are getting a better deal.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

To be fair, these presenters are paid to essentially fill the vacuum of programming with their vapours of bullshit.  Often they're locked in a studio for 6 plus hours, forced to fill what is essentially half an hours worth of actual programming.  And so they going fucking nuts, seizing on any possible way to lengthen out some kind of conversation, no matter how inane.

It's kinda like party political broadcasts for consumerism

Isaac Mizrahi is not just a presenter, he's a wildly successful fashion designer. Which makes me wonder what the fuck he's doing on QVC.

But other than that, yeah, you have a point. I am just boggling my ass off over here at the concept of ADULTS not understanding the difference between a moon, a star, and a planet.

Also those are the ugliest fucking sweaters.

[Cain]

Hey now, all he has to do is know whether the moon is in or out this season, not what it actually is.  It's not like there is even a Moon Fashion Week.

Also QVC does seem to bring on some quite well known designers, nowadays.  It does also seem to be a pre-requisite that their stuff is ugly as sin, however

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Hey now, all he has to do is know whether the moon is in or out this season, not what it actually is.  It's not like there is even a Moon Fashion Week.

Also QVC does seem to bring on some quite well known designers, nowadays.  It does also seem to be a pre-requisite that their stuff is ugly as sin, however

[The Wizard Joseph]

I tried to watch and realized that it was eating up my data. I didn't get to amateur astronomy lulz, but these are what I retained of the first couple minutes.


It's not a totally floral floral.

The new key lime one is so amahzing, it's amahzing.

Only 3 easy payments of 18 and 1/2 dollars... for a dye sublimated pallette swapped p.o.s.

The emerald one is actually more of a sea foam...

I can't stand the dude on the left (the designer I think that was mentioned) searching for words like he's participating in a philosophical salon... I'm out, fuck the cardigans and possible lulz.


I did see an add, on FB I think, a couple days ago about 'is the moon actually a star or a planet, the answer could change your life" or something. I just can't justify trying to figure it out.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I tried to watch and realized that it was eating up my data. I didn't get to amateur astronomy lulz, but these are what I retained of the first couple minutes.


It's not a totally floral floral.

The new key lime one is so amahzing, it's amahzing.

Only 3 easy payments of 18 and 1/2 dollars... for a dye sublimated pallette swapped p.o.s.

The emerald one is actually more of a sea foam...

I can't stand the dude on the left (the designer I think that was mentioned) searching for words like he's participating in a philosophical salon... I'm out, fuck the cardigans and possible lulz.


I did see an add, on FB I think, a couple days ago about 'is the moon actually a star or a planet, the answer could change your life" or something. I just can't justify trying to figure it out.

Sounds like it didn't jump to the time, like it was supposed to. The hilarity begins at 7:20.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The best part about listening to this is that these people sound like what it would be like if dogs could talk. I'm sorry, I'm an asshole, I swear, but if you listen to them they seriously sound like a different, stupider species.