Physics Professor Knows Nothing About Physics!

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
I'm trying to figure out how the whole thing became some attempt at comedy and then got shot down for not being funny. I never found it funny. I just found it to be a fine argument using a hypothetical we can all understand and relate to.

The OP claimed to be satire, and satire is supposed to be funny.

This whole forum needs to go watch some comedy clips on YouTube. Start with Jon Stewart or John Oliver. Then maybe you'll learn what satire is.

Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
The OP claimed to be satire, and satire is supposed to be funny.

This whole forum needs to go watch some comedy clips on YouTube. Start with Jon Stewart or John Oliver. Then maybe you'll learn what satire is.

sarcasm slash satire

I've seen tragic satire.

Satire is defined as the use of humor OR irony OR exaggeration to make a point. In this case I guess it was humor. Not that the example was humor--I think it was more of an attempt at "the joke is on you" humor.

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
sarcasm slash satire

I've seen tragic satire.

Satire is defined as the use of humor OR irony OR exaggeration to make a point. In this case I guess it was humor. Not that the example was humor--I think it was more of an attempt at "the joke is on you" humor.

And stress the word "attempt". I wouldn't have known it was even aimed at me without him explicitly putting my name in there. If it was effective satire, he wouldn't have had to do that.

Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
And stress the word "attempt". I wouldn't have known it was even aimed at me without him explicitly putting my name in there. If it was effective satire, he wouldn't have had to do that.

Well he did explain immediately afterward that it wasn't so much an attempt at humor.

Anyway. I don't want to piss you off. You look very mean and angry in that photo.

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
Well he did explain immediately afterward that it wasn't so much an attempt at humor.

Anyway. I don't want to piss you off. You look very mean and angry in that photo.

That's right. Don't mess with the Dogg, or you're gonna get bit.

Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
That's right. Don't mess with the Dogg, or you're gonna get bit.

LOL, good one!

More like, “Don’t mess with LittlePup or he’ll water your shoes.”

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
sarcasm slash satire

I've seen tragic satire.

Satire is defined as the use of humor OR irony OR exaggeration to make a point. In this case I guess it was humor. Not that the example was humor--I think it was more of an attempt at "the joke is on you" humor.

It wasn't irony or exaggeration either ... 🙄

Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
And stress the word "attempt". I wouldn't have known it was even aimed at me without him explicitly putting my name in there. If it was effective satire, he wouldn't have had to do that.

I put it in there because I know this forum is frequented by some who miss clear connections. Good on you for catching that connection regardless of me making it plain to you 🙂

I wasn't sure if you could based off what you have written 😉

Originally posted by @alphazero
I put it in there because I know this forum is frequented by some who miss clear connections. Good on you for catching that connection regardless of me making it plain to you 🙂

I wasn't sure if you could based off what you have written 😉

The only thing that's clear to me is that you're arrogant to the point of using it to mask your difficulties in communicating with other people. Your ego blinds you. 😴

Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
The only thing that's clear to me is that you're arrogant to the point of using it to mask your difficulties in communicating with other people. Your ego blinds you. 😴

Says the LittlePup who claims to have an “advanced mind,” but doesn’t understand the concept of someone asking a question they already know the answer to.

Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
The only thing that's clear to me is that you're arrogant to the point of using it to mask your difficulties in communicating with other people. Your ego blinds you. 😴

Usually arrogance is most apparent to the most arrogant people...

Originally posted by @alphazero
Usually arrogance is most apparent to the most arrogant people...

Usually?
You have some empirical data on this or a reference?

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
Usually?
You have some empirical data on this or a reference?

I see you’re spamming two different forums.

Good for you, Sparky!

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
Usually?
You have some empirical data on this or a reference?

We tend to perceive character traits in others that we have ourselves. This is just an observation from my experience as a pastor and counsellor.

In other words, an arrogant man is most likely to perceive another as being arrogant. It is hard for vice to recognise virtue - yet, that is not true of virtue. Virtue can recognise vice very well.

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
It wasn't irony or exaggeration either ... 🙄

Um. Yes. It was irony. The fact that you missed it makes it even more ironic.