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

dstieger wrote:

I bet if Abe Lincoln had said this you would have laughed and forwarded to all your friends... [-(

DrafterX wrote:

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....

victor809 wrote:

I'm not necessarily a fan of daylight savings time... but that statement is pretty dumb.
It doesn't really take into account fixed hours vs variable daylight.

To use the poorly implemented metaphor above (which I'm sure was not actually said by an indian)... you only can use 1/3 of the blanket at any time. That usable area tends to shift. At some points that usable area shifts to the bottom of the blanket, and by moving a foot off the top and sewing it to the bottom, you can use the entire 1/3.

It's a dumb saying.
It's an outdated concept (for the most part)....

but most importantly... the irony of such a dumb statement being likely falsly attributed to an "old indian" to make it sound pithy, and put on a meme from some place like "free your mind and think" is just so very sweet.

victor809 wrote:

But you do have to admit, it is funny as hell when someone that falls for the ignorance and says "This Native American many years ago once said......"

Easy on the "Dumb indians" I resemble that remark.

"We are getting dumber...."

What's this WE chit Tonto (No, I do not mean the spanish word)

Ewok126 wrote:

Ummmm, daylight savings time shifts the time frame of daylight. So the above poster is really a WTF. Though I find no value in debating it. I wonder if it is hanging in the oval office or the living quarters?

Speyside wrote: