Is Friday "Wacky Woo" Day?

[HuckleB]

They sure are out in full force.

:crazy: :banghead:

[Behind the Aegis]

1. Which ones?

The AIDS deniers are pissing me off! So are the "CIA did it" ones.

[HuckleB]

2. WOW!

I haven't seen those. I'm talking about the glucosamine/chondroitin and acupuncture woo woos. The acupuncture woo thread demands that all who post there believe in the woo! And then there are the anti-vaccination woo woos. They're pointing out all the possible causes of the pertussis outbreak in California, uh, including the fact that not enough adults have gotten their TDap boosters. Uh, except, of course, on every other vaccine thread these folks are trying to convince people to avoid the needle! (Well, unless it's an acupuncture needle, of course.)

:crazy:

[laconicsax]

7. Argh!

Posters don't get to make the rules. It's no different than the kind of threads that pop up in R/T from time to time demanding that no one with a different perspective reply. Those get locked, I can only hope the standard is upheld.

[laconicsax]

9. ...and it seems there are multiple standards for the same rule.

[HuckleB]

12. It seems there are multiple standards for several of the DU rules.

:(

[realisticphish]

13. yep nt

[Behind the Aegis]

8. Maybe it is because it is Friday the 18th.

It could be because it is 9/18/2010...9 x 2 = 18, and 20 / 2 = 10. Then, you understand it is necessary to remove the two (2) left arches, or the sinister arches, of the number "8", one gets a "3", so it is actually Friday the 13th! The other clue is removing the null or zero and you arrive at 9/18/21, all divisible by "3" and you get 3, 6, 7...or this evening's quick pick lotto numbers!






:evilgrin:

[Odin2005]

3. AIDS-deniers, a poster that thinks cat-lovers are under parasite mind control...

:crazy:

[HuckleB]

4. It must be a full moon!

;-)

:hurts:

[Odin2005]

5. Not for another week.

[HuckleB]

6. Ruh roh. It's going to get worse!

;)

[onager]

10. Nope, they don't get that easy out...

And in an analysis that ought to put to rest any lingering doubts, Ivan Kelly, a psychologist at the University of Saskatchewan, found in a review of over 100 studies of lunar cycles and behavior -- including emergency room admissions and suicide attempts -- nothing to suggest that humans are affected by Earth's satellite.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200502/full-moon-crazy

But you knew that. And being a typical grumpy a$$hole skeptic, I have to note that a few emergency room admissions and suicide attempts among Certain Posters could only improve the dialog.

My own scientific theory - all the skepticism around DU is driving them even crazier than usual. Sort of the same influence non-believers have in R/T, as others have noted in this thread.

We see the same complaint all the time in R/T:

"This is the Religion and Theology forum. You're not supposed to discuss Religion and Theology in here, dammit. You're supposed to read my 5,000-word post and agree with me, complete with Hosannas, Hallelujahs and Amens! Anything less than full groveling agreement with my Deeply Held Religious Beliefs (tm) is PERSECUTION!!!"

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Maybe they just start drinking early for the weekend?

:shrug: