The Absurd Debate Thread!

[Zyphrexi]

I'm tired of serious, meaningless debates which have no end. Therefore I have erected the absurd debate thread. The idea is simple. Debate absurdly. There does not need to be a single unified topic, it can go to beans for all I care. The only rules are this:

no real world politics: I don't want to hear about secret goverment-funded bush clone projects, or closet-muslims

be silly: silly, not serious. Serious issues have no place in a silly thread, and this is most definitely a seriously silly thread. seriously.

I'll start you off.

Canadian geese, majestic avian or flying poop machines that threaten national security?

[JillSwift]

Canadian geese, majestic avian or flying poop machines that threaten national security?It is effectively self-evident that Canadian geese, like geese in general, exist only to rain poo on us from on high.

The proof: They spend most of their time on and around, and consume great quantities of, one of the most dastardly compounds on the planet: DHMO (http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html)! And their poo is mostly DHMO! Something must me done. Soon.

[corney91]

Something must me done. Soon.
I disagree because... because... well if I agreed then it wouldn't be very good debate at all would it? :D

[Canis familiaris]

The people of Carland should stop making dungbombs and throwing them at people of Mindland.

[chucky chuckaluck]

if white is the presence of all colors and black is their absence, then, there are no colors as we know them, just varying shades of grey.

[corney91]

if white is the presence of all colors and black is their absence, then, there are no colors as we know them, just varying shades of grey.

Ah but if I fart in the general direction of the grey, it adds the colour that we have come to know.

[JillSwift]

I disagree because... because... well if I agreed then it wouldn't be very good debate at all would it? :DThat's a good point.
Er, I mean: What a terrible idea! :-\"

[Zyphrexi]

I disagree because... because... well if I agreed then it wouldn't be very good debate at all would it? :D

I disagree with your disagreement on the basis that your avatar is deformed, and consequently your logic is flawed.


Originally Posted by chucky chuckaluck View Post
if white is the presence of all colors and black is their absence, then, there are no colors as we know them, just varying shades of grey.

white and black are both colors.


The people of Carland should stop making dungbombs and throwing them at people of Mindland.

that would destabilize the carlandian dungbomb industry, throwing the country (or whatever those places are) into total chaos, ending with a nuclear war and the (further) zombification of the midlandian caucus.

[misterhead]

white and black are both colors.

Noooooooo...

White and black are both NEUTRALS.

[Scunge]

Black is the complete absence of light, and since colour is made up of light at specific frequencies, then black is an absence of colour. White is all colours together, and so isn't a colour in itself. However, a much more fundamental cnsequence of black and white being as they are, is that otherwise no-one would ever be able to play the piano properly.
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[yabbadabbadont]

Less filling or tastes great?

[RedPandaFox]

You people hurt my head ](*,)

[pp.]

You people hurt my head ](*,)

Is it a black, a white, a black and white or a color head? And why 'you people' and not 'we people'?

[corney91]

And why 'you people' and not 'we people'?
Because noone's agreeing with anyone ;)

[pp.]

Because noone's agreeing with anyone

I hate to say it: I do not agree with that.

[corney91]

I hate to say it: I do not agree with that.

You just proved my point :p

[Scunge]

Sorry, is this just the five-minute debate or the full half hour?
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With thanks to Monty Python

[pp.]

Sorry, is this just the five-minute debate or the full half hour?

Yes, this is where you apply for last minute bookings, unless you are born in an even-numbered month.

[Flimm]

If all humans were colour blind, would colours exist? They wouldn't. Therefore black and white are not colours.
Ands months shouldn't be numbered, it's an offense to the gods after whom they were named.

[pp.]

If all humans were colour blind, would colours exist? They wouldn't. Therefore black and white are not colours.
Ands months shouldn't be numbered, it's an offense to the gods after whom they were named.

That's pure discrimination against the numbered gods. What particular grudge to you have against gods IV or XI, e.g.?

[Zyphrexi]

Black is the complete absence of light, and since colour is made up of light at specific frequencies, then black is an absence of colour. White is all colours together, and so isn't a colour in itself. However, a much more fundamental cnsequence of black and white being as they are, is that otherwise no-one would ever be able to play the piano properly.


what about ray charles?

You just proved my point

I disagree!

Less filling or tastes great?

depends on your point of chew.

[lordhaworth]

Colours are ill defined

I hereby declare an end to all things coloured, especially those girly colours which no1 else understands like "mauve", and "lilac" and "maroon" and "sunflower yellow" and "ubuntu brown" etc etc - Its purple or brown or whatever! (Or no colour once im through with this thread!)

Though I gotta say i do quite like "ubuntu forum background colour grey". And also that "Ubuntu forum "Reply to thread" RED is pretty awesome" ooooo and dont forget "ubuntu logo bottom right circle yellow" - thats pretty cool

Maybe colours arent so bad once you go beyond the man version of like 5 colours: red, green, blue, black, white,

[lordhaworth]

I think there should be a whole section kind of like OMG Purple ponies to which we can move all absurd debates - cos there are a hell of a lot of them

[pp.]

This is not a thread.

[lordhaworth]

This is not a thread.


Liar!


lols

[lswest]

This thread is absurd!!!

*gestures broadly* please debate :P

That silly enough for you? lol

[Flimm]

How do you define 'silly'?
First attempt: anything that lswest posts in this thread.

[lswest]

How do you define 'silly'?
First attempt: anything that lswest posts in this thread.

I disagree, just to be silly :P (thanks! lol) But...what if this isn't a thread? What if it's a figment of our imagination? Or even better yet, what if it is another dimension, and what we post then actually happens in that other dimension (that, or the posts just blow stuff up - that's good too, no?)? :O we could be gods! (me being the god of silly, of course) :P

[pp.]

How do you define 'silly'?
First attempt: anything that lswest posts in this thread.

Sorry, I have to disagree here. It's perhaps not fully serious, but not nearly silly enough to merit mention here. Let's see.

This thread is absurd!!!

That's just stating the obvious. Mentioning the weather while out of doors is at least as silly as that.


*gestures broadly* please debate :P

These are quite stereotyped memes and thus quite common in forum threads.


That silly enough for you? lol

Well, yes, self references often appear to be silly, but not to a very marked degree.

All in all, not any sillier than much other stuff which does not aspire to that distinction. No grant, definitely.

[kdardio2415]

Why are there so many ostriches in my front yard? What's the g*****n deal with all these f*****g ostriches?

S**t, man, f*****g ostriches.

F**k!

Thoughts and opinions?

[pp.]

Why are there so many ostriches in my front yard?

Do they happen to be pink or purple? Do they have trunks? Or pantaloons, for that matter?

[Zyphrexi]

I'm extremely upset no one laughed at my pun.

I hate you all.

Why are there so many ostriches in my front yard?

I sent them to smite you.


Do they happen to be pink or purple? Do they have trunks? Or pantaloons, for that matter?

Blue actually, and nude.

I disagree, just to be silly :P (thanks! lol) But...what if this isn't a thread? What if it's a figment of our imagination? Or even better yet, what if it is another dimension, and what we post then actually happens in that other dimension (that, or the posts just blow stuff up - that's good too, no?)? :O we could be gods! (me being the god of silly, of course) :P
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Actually, it's only a figment of your imagination. In reality you are currently locked in an asylum for the incurably flatulent.

[corney91]

Why are there so many ostriches in my front yard? What's the g*****n deal with all these f*****g ostriches?


This is a bad holiday :(

*Hesitates to see who understood the Family Guy reference*

[Zyphrexi]

This is a bad holiday :(

*Hesitates to see who understood the Family Guy reference*

I don't get that.

[starcannon]

I think you do get it, and are just being coy.

[kdardio2415]

I think you do get it, and are just being coy.

I don't think you really think s/he gets it and is just being coy.

[RedPandaFox]

Again with the head hurting...

I don't know why I bothered to try reading this, every attempt to kills a few more braincells.

[silverglade00]

On the contrary, studies have shown that reading this non-thread can actually cause brain cell regeneration in certain laboratory rats. Since certain laboratory rats are physiologically close to humans, it stands that you are actually getting smarter by reading this non-thread. Thus, if you do not know why you bother, I submit that you are just acting in your own self-interest. Perhaps you lost those cells from reading another actual thread, but the cells you lost are those containing your memories of reading that thread. Now you head hurts because it is busy growing them back.

[pp.]

With your bickering about reading or not reading this non-thread you just about forgot to enjoy the lovely weather we're having tonight in this dark africaans forum. In fact, it scarcely ever rains here.