dstieger wrote:My memory is hazy, but it seems there was a time when Victor debated (and sometimes argued) from a position of some reason.....what happened? Seems he's become the guy my Grandpa used to talk about ....'that guy'....who'd 'argue with ya, iffn ya said the sun would rise in the east tomorrow'...
Victor....it's a joke...lighten up, Francis
I am arguing from a position of reason. The meme is based on a faulty premise (that every hour in the day is equal).
I am tired of seeing dumb quotes and pretend pithy sayings dressed up to sound intelligent. People paste that crap all over facebook or twitter or any other social media location and don't bother actually thinking about the statement.
We are getting dumber, each and every one of us, because we're allowing someone to feed words to us to re-distribute to others, which have no logical meaning behind them.
I can't possibly be the only one tired of seeing these types of things everywhere.
Hell, if gene had just posted a thread "I dislike daylight savings time"... I wouldn't really have a reason to disagree. It isn't really necessary any longer. But posting something that makes no sense as an argument, and pretending it's a sage saying.... that's just dumb. It doesn't make sense as a joke either, unless we're making fun of the dumb indians who think an hour in the middle of the night had just as much value as an hour in the middle of the day in the early 1900s....