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Contents 1 Are you actually R E T I R I N G? 2 And now...My Andy (Warhol) Impression CЯacke® 3 I haz been thinking 4 Tart thou ipsy 5 I set this up 6 TK 7 Well Cracker 8 skcos ruoy pu dexim evah I 9 Nifty clock 10 Boycott 11 Heart of Gold 12 ??? 13 Two things... 14 Scary, kids! 15 Shirky Link

[edit] Are you actually R E T I R I N G?

You have before but your periodic returns have been pleasant. Are you giving up the goat, now, though?-caius (ninja) 00:42, 30 April 2008 (EDT)

He's just a confused (REALLY CONFUSED & NEEDS REPARATIVE THERAPY!!!!) contributor. He's not really retired, just hasn't fixed his userpagiz. human ^{be in} 00:50, 30 April 2008 (EDT)

I will have you know that my repara needs absolutely no therapy whatsoever and by "absolutely no" I mean AB-SO-LUT-ELY (about sex six months oughta do it) ZERO! ZILCH! NADA! (This won't count as a pre-existing condition will it? You know how it is with this LOUSY RW health insurance! $3.50/mo shouldn't have no restrictions! And have you seen the NOSE on the doctor? You would swear they've gotten "Patch Adams".

CЯacke® 08:59, 30 April 2008 (EDT)

We finally gots us two doctors now! Be sure to get a second opinion. --AKjeldsen^Godspeed! 09:48, 30 April 2008 (EDT)

oh, thas right, but I heared the second one was only a "Doctor", thusly not to be trusted with real medical issues (or discharges). CЯacke® 11:37, 30 April 2008 (EDT)

Wait, what—you're leaving? Don't go! You're our token homosexual! How will we survive without you?! --_Essayist RA ^Talk __Fruitcake! 11:45, 30 April 2008 (EDT)

I'm the OUT token homosexual...the closeted ones (you know who you are) will still be here. As far as retiring...the template was added some time ago. I am as retired as I'm likely to get until I die. Cough cough wheeze. CЯacke® 12:02, 30 April 2008 (EDT)

Coughing and wheezing at 50+? C'mon, you still got a third of your life left, and that ain't bad!  : ) --_Essayist RA ^Talk __Fruitcake! 12:24, 30 April 2008 (EDT)

Aren't you guys forgetting our ladies? Genghis^pillaging 14:04, 30 April 2008 (EDT)

"Homo = same, not homo = man." —Ghenghis

I know. I was teasing. You thought I forgot Grandma Susan?  : ) --_Essayist RA ^Talk __Fruitcake! 14:08, 30 April 2008 (EDT)

[edit] And now...My Andy (Warhol) Impression CЯacke®

"Impression"? You mean you're not Andy Warhol? : ( --_Essayist RA ^Talk __Fruitcake! 12:14, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

Andy Warhol(a) be dead and buried not 15 miles (as the raven flies) from my location, deep under a mountain in Western Pennsylvania. And I don't wear bad rugs on purpose. CЯacke® 12:40, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

One of my mannequins (male torso & head) has a bad blond rug. On purpose. human ^{be in} 14:01, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

*raises eyebrows* One of your mannequins—you have more than one? And why do you have mannequins in the first place? --_Essayist RA ^Talk __Fruitcake! 15:16, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

EC Shaddup RA CЯacke® 15:42, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

You own mannequins? I knew there was something about you that I liked! We here have a total of five, not counting the (cheap) Halloween "butler" that talks whilst holding a candy dish. Ours are ALL male: a natural tone, a stark white (flattop, stainless steel head), another natural toned guy with molded "hair" and a grayish guy with a hands on hips look (when he's all put together). I don't count the wood "drawing mannequin" that is a wood version of a rough pencil sketch. Nor have I included the wood skeleton one, both of those are life sized but not quite what one thinks of when one hears (or sees) "mannequin" . CЯacke® 15:42, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

Here are a few of them. When I got my red "pump" telephone it cross-pollinated my queen & phone collections! I also have masks and a miniature suit of armor... human ^sub 15:47, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

Oh, I also took my "human skull" plastic model and "aged" it and mucked it up to make it look "real" - people actually believe me when I tell them that I dug it up in my swamp out back. Yup, I own a swamp, too... human ^cabal 15:50, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

...You must be so proud. --_Essayist RA ^Talk __Fruitcake! 16:21, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

As a peacock, bro, as a peacock. human ^{be in} 19:00, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

Does it get you teh ladyz like a peacock?  : ) --_Essayist RA ^Talk __Fruitcake! 21:38, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

The dates do like it, and do not disapprove by withholding their favors. Iz that the kweschun you askt? human^{e society} 22:48, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] I haz been thinking

I know a dangerous task. But someone haz to be doing it. I will move this to the appropriate place when I iz done. I'm editing here to avoid ECs.

Question: Why does it matter what one believes?
It only "matters" when one acts on those beliefs in a way that affects other people. Having and holding a belief that has no rational basis is part of being human.
To deny such, to strive for complete rationality, is a "belief" per se, that is not totally rational!
The bane as well as the boon of Homo sapiens is that we are able to have this sort of "mental illness" and not just survive with it but thrive. It is not rational to fashion a cutting implement from a rock, unless a fantasy of being able to cut something with the implement has already been envisioned within the mind of its creator. Being able to predict the future is part and parcel of any religion and is borne out of this internal fantasy realm that includes creativity and supposition.

I think everyone would agree with your first point. However do not try to associate religion with irrationality and rationality with atheism, and have the two pairs be mutually exclusive. Setting religion aside, irrationality is one of the qualities that makes consciousness in humanity. Everything else works rationaly, perfectly. One of the things that makes conscious beings unique is that we can act irrationally. ✡ ՔՎɌ⟰ 17:19, 28 May 2008 (EDT)

Yes, this is the point and one that I woulda put on the talk page when I was DONE...but no matter.

My point is that the same "thing" that gives rise to our unique mental abilities to invent things that do neat things is the exact same thing that gives rise to religions. Most people, (in my view) view religion as sort of a necessary (evil, if you like), function of humanity. To suggest we "opt out" is fine if advocating on a solitary level but to bring it to the level of mandatory for full recognition as a fully functional rational human being then I think that falls beyond the pale, a sort of "orthodox atheism", if you will. CЯacke® 17:32, 28 May 2008 (EDT)

I've think that the more atheist you get in your worldveiw, the more like fundamentalists you become, I agree. I don't personally think that all religion will or can ever be abolished, rationality or irrationality aside. ✡ ՔՎɌ⟰ 17:44, 28 May 2008 (EDT)

Right. Religion is the "dark side" of creativity. Basically. CЯacke® 18:01, 28 May 2008 (EDT)

I hate to stick my atheist nose in, but it's the promulgation of religion that I dislike - I could go on, but I think you all know my POV by now, so I'll shut up. Susan^{Talk(if you must)} 18:07, 28 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Tart thou ipsy

I have replied to your reply. Please reply. Jellyfish!^{That's why I have this doomed expression. You haven't noticed my doomed expression.} 12:37, 3 June 2008 (EDT)

This is a reply. Jellyfish!^Chaos! 12:37, 3 June 2008 (EDT)

I didn't ask you to reply. Please do not reply. Do not expect a reply. Jellyfish!^{I kill spider} 12:37, 3 June 2008 (EDT)

[edit] I set this up

This is "just in case" we want to do it this way...and for practice for me in use of the side-by-side template. I was going to do a side-by-side-by-side article some time back to do a refutation on an essay that first needed to be translated into parsable English before any possible refutation could take place but got bored with it...it was purdy though. CЯacke®

Interesting. Side x 3 could be useful at times, too. ħuman^{itarian aid} 19:26, 27 June 2008 (EDT)

[edit] TK

Since you blocked this user last, would you like to add some special apology to the "please come back" email? Bohdan2 20:35, 1 July 2008 (EDT)

Who wants TK back? Proxima Centauri 18:01, 18 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Well Cracker

Is it really just a god damned cracker?. tmtoulouse ^nettle 20:14, 10 July 2008 (EDT)

Inquiring minds want to know! _Essayist RA ^Talk __Fruitcake! 17:13, 13 July 2008 (EDT)

Actually, should a Cracker find itself damned, (by god, naturally), it would find itself in hell, thus it would no longer be Cracker stuff but toast. CЯacke® 18:15, 13 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] skcos ruoy pu dexim evah I

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Talk about your boring riffs... ħuman ^{be in} 02:36, 19 July 2008 (EDT)

I have no socks...here. CЯacke® 08:42, 19 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Nifty clock

I noticed you have a nice little clock/calendar watermark in this screenshot... I can't seem to remember/figure out how to do that... help? ħuman^{e society} 02:40, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

It's a program called topmostclock. Being an Old timer sometimes I like the simpler things, analog clocks, tubed amplifiers: so instead of the windoze clock I gots this baby to let me know I've spent WAYYY too much time online.
I'm "supposed" to turn the clock off and sign outta CP when I do a screenshot like that but last night I was too tired/lazy to do so and shopped out the incriminating info, (also making Conservapedia "Trusworthy" again which I like to do simply because I can and also as a signature of sorts, when one sees the "trusworthy" on a .png you know it's a "Cracker". CЯacke® 11:58, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Hmmm, thanks. The win 3.x clock used to work a bit like that... I never noticed the "trusworthy" shopwork! Now I'll know. ħuman ^waste 23:13, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Boycott

To fully clear the Conservapedia:Boycott you need to swap about six things, detailed at the boycott page... ħuman ^clues 15:44, 14 August 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Heart of Gold

Cracker! Heart of Gold is ahead of you in total RW contributions! You need to make 7 edits really quick to alleviate this. I think this will be my last such post of today. tmtoulouse ^pester 20:56, 17 August 2008 (EDT)

[edit]  ???

and ??? --JJ4e^{Got milk?} 13:22, 29 August 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Two things...

1. What does that whiskey line even mean?
2. That McCain photo article itself appears to by a direct copy of a different, older article (from another site), with token bits added at the end. Would you mind awfully if I changed the link to a more substantial report? Pink_{(Astronomy Domine)} 15:49, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

As we both know I don't do much WIGOW much, probably for this very reason. Change whatever you like I don't mind. The "whiskey line" would be better if I had just copied the picture to a file and used it as a caption, but due to copyright issues and the fact I'm too lazy to actually do that, (hellididntusedtousethespacebarorpuncuateuntilthreeyearsago), I didn't. CЯacke® 17:56, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Scary, kids!

I came to a tie in the US presidential race using this handy-dandy Electoral Kollege tally generator I found via dailykos. CЯacke® 16:09, 3 October 2008

Er, interesting choices. tmtoulouse 16:13, 3 October 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Shirky Link

The Clay Shirky link you put on the Mobocracy debate is very interesting - and very pertinent. I particularly loved

Geoff Cohen has a great observation about this. He said "The likelihood that any unmoderated group will eventually get into a flame-war about whether or not to have a moderator approaches one as time increases." As a group commits to its existence as a group, and begins to think that the group is good or important, the chance that they will begin to call for additional structure, in order to defend themselves from themselves, gets very, very high.

Err... has he hit the nail on the head or what? Silver Sloth 18:20, 8 October 2008 (EDT)

'Sactly. When one takes oneself too seriously is when the chance of making a fool of oneself is the highest. The calls for MOAR RLEUS usually come from folk who NEED to know where NOT to tred. Living life (or merely participating in a wiki) without CLEAR demarcations of just what to do next are quite scary for some people...Resources like Shirky remind us that just because it sounds rational and logical AND it feels like the "right thing" to do don't necessarily make it so.
It's a sort of "positive apathy", whereby doing nothing NOW saves loads of grief down the road. CЯacke® 11:11, 9 October 2008 (EDT)