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Offline Andromeda

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #30 on: November 21, 2012, 03:44:24 PM »
In Hoaxland, the moon is a hollow spacecraft filled with Nazis.

And reptilians.
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'" - Isaac Asimov.

Offline Noldi400

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #31 on: November 22, 2012, 08:44:22 PM »
In Hoaxland, people who claim to have Aeronautique degrees can actually read schematics.
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Offline twik

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #32 on: November 23, 2012, 11:07:07 AM »
In Hoaxland, the evil government has an unlimited number of people employed in creating and monitoring the hoax - and yet, you never see them recruiting at job fairs.

Offline Andromeda

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #33 on: November 26, 2012, 04:28:25 AM »
In Hoaxland, watching a YouTube video means you are as knowledgeable and experienced as someone with multiple degrees and years of industry experience.
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'" - Isaac Asimov.

Offline gillianren

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #34 on: November 26, 2012, 12:44:30 PM »
No, it means you are more knowledgeable and experienced.
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Offline ka9q

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #35 on: November 26, 2012, 12:50:50 PM »
In Hoaxland, watching a YouTube video means you are as knowledgeable and experienced as someone with multiple degrees and years of industry experience.
Let me fix that for you:

In Hoaxland, watching a YouTube video means you are much more as knowledgeable and experienced  than as someone with multiple degrees and years of industry experience. In fact, anyone like that who disagrees with you can be disregarded as a proven paid shill.

Offline ka9q

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #36 on: November 26, 2012, 12:52:30 PM »
No, it means you are more knowledgeable and experienced.
Great minds think alike...

Offline Andromeda

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #37 on: November 26, 2012, 03:52:55 PM »
True, because people with qualifications are simply "brainwashed" and "closed-minded" in Hoaxland.
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'" - Isaac Asimov.

Offline ka9q

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #38 on: November 26, 2012, 08:43:06 PM »
Then again, immediately after a Truther finished bashing me over the head with dismissals of NIST and other civil engineering experts as liars, he began appealing to the authority of his "experts" who claim the WTC towers were brought down by explosives.

He seemed completely oblivious to his double standard.

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #39 on: November 27, 2012, 10:54:14 AM »
In Hoaxland, "common sense" always applies, no matter how out-of-common-experience the event.
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Offline Echnaton

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #40 on: November 27, 2012, 11:11:46 AM »
In Hoaxland, third hand reports attributed to "trained observers" are preferred to first hand observations by people with accredited training.
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. —Samuel Beckett

Offline frenat

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #41 on: November 27, 2012, 11:42:27 AM »
In Hoaxland, anonymous stories that get multiple facts wrong and are laughable to anyone actually familiar with the topic are accepted without question.
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Offline bobdude11

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #42 on: December 03, 2012, 01:19:05 PM »
In Hoaxland, you can't prove the landings on the Moon happened, unless you can.
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