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[Neonivek]

the guy that wanted a temporary tattoo that was made with invisible ink

Why is that weird? That sounds like something someone would actually buy.

Maybe he wanted a temporary UV tattoo?

Well no it is a prank. You talk to your child and you are like "well how about this tattoo" and the kid puts it on... then BOOM! it is gone.

The kid cries and you laugh and laugh.

[SealyStar]

Oh hey, a non-politics thread!
LET'S SHOEHORN MY POLITICAL OPINION INTO IT!

Really, I think the real political issue is "Should we attack Syria or not?" (and even then, it's a remarkably unorthodox political issue, since it's so relatively non-partisan). His quotes aren't about that. His quotes are about destroying the entire country, referring to its people as ragheads, and blaming Syrians for 9/11. Which is non-political, and stupid.

[Vattic]

Amazingly Stupid Things You've Heard People Say

"We should bomb Syria to dust and pave over the whole place. Make it a giant parking lot."

Oh, really? Why do you feel that way?

"Pay those ragheads back for 911"


...wait, what?

That reminds me. Upon seeing the initial Egyptian protests a colleague asked why the West didn't just bomb the whole country to get rid of the problem. We get similar angry responses from her whenever the news shows a non-western country doing anything she disagrees with.

The same person got really upset when seeing a middle eastern bloke hawking saying: "you don't get cruelty like that in the UK". Weird thing is that she's a country girl and there are a fair few falconers in this small town.

[Redzephyr01]

Here is a question you.

So a light year = the distance light travels in a year.

You mentioned the figure 11 million light years away.

So my question is how are we observing this light 11 million light years away now?

I'm not 11 million years old, i'm 20.

Oh, FSTDT. You never cease to amaze me.

[SealyStar]

There is some right-wing Tea Party-type who owns a farm a few miles from where I live. His farm is right by the freeway, so he abuses the first amendment to put up huge-ass signs covered in inane right-wing slogans on the sides of semitruck trailers parked on said farm, to advertise to the people on the freeway who evidently are unaware that Obama is a Muslim socialist and must be reminded of it.

The most recurring sign, which I saw going by today, says "Marxism/Socialism = Poverty + Hunger". I realized that it must be a four-variable equation and, shortening the variables to M, S, P, and H, began solving for each variable. I arrived at some interesting, and often illogical, conclusions, including:

(P + H) x S = M [Marxism equals the amount of poverty and hunger times the amount of socialism]
S = M / (P + H) [Socialism equals Marxism divided by poverty and hunger]
As M increases, P + H increases, so Marxism is bad.
As S increases, however, P + H decreases, so more socialism is actually good.
A country with zero socialism has infinite poverty and hunger.
A country with zero Marxism has no poverty and hunger.
We can also do calculus if we assume the variables are actually functions instead: ((M' x S) - (S' x M)) / S² = P' + H' [The rate at which poverty and hunger change equals the rate at which Marxism changes times the amount of socialism minus the rate at which socialism changes times the amount of Marxism divided by the amount of socialism squared?]
I then realized we could try to figure out the units on each variable. I think hunger and poverty are measured in terms of impoverished/hungry people, which then means that the units on M/S must come out to be people (p). Obviously Marxism is socialism (a quantity, I suppose) by the people (express as soc x p, think foot-pounds or newton-meters, which I realize is really just a retarded name for joules), and socialism is just a quantity of socialism (soc), so M/S comes out as (soc x p) / soc = p.

[Flying Dice]

So, wait a minute. The guy is stupid because he assumed that people forgot that Obama was a Muslim socialist. I mean, how idiotic does he think we are? It's not exactly easy to not notice Sharia law supplanting the constitution, the tax rate going up to 50%, and the government providing dozens more services (as well as the existing ones) at high quality and free of charge.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I wouldn't exactly call that an abuse of the first amendment. Stupid, but not an abuse.

[FearfulJesuit]

What makes me laugh about the Sharia law scare is that many of the people who are most vocal about keeping it from infiltrating the American legal system, ie the Religious Right, would also probably be more comfortable under Sharia than under our current system, once the initial shock wore off.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

What I don't get is how they even managed to latch onto that in the first place. Sharia has always, by definition, not been legal in America, as the Constitution establishes a single secular law and forbids the establishment of religious law.

[SealyStar]

I wouldn't exactly call that an abuse of the first amendment. Stupid, but not an abuse.

True, I use "abuse" loosely here. I think it's well within his rights to say it, but it's douchebaggy of him to do so.

[Flying Dice]

What I don't get is how they even managed to latch onto that in the first place. Sharia has always, by definition, not been legal in America, as the Constitution establishes a single secular law and forbids the establishment of religious law.

You expect paranoid political extremists to display clear, rational thought when creating their arguments? Islam is the new communism; if you can possibility work it into your accusations (regardless of their relation to politics, religion, or the Middle East), you do so. At least if you're that sort of person.

[BlackFlyme]

the guy that wanted a temporary tattoo that was made with invisible ink

Why is that weird? That sounds like something someone would actually buy.

Should have elaborated, he wanted a completely transparent tattoo. Which would basically be rubbing skin-safe glue on your arm.

He specifically wanted the invisible tattoo for a party so that kids could draw on them after being applied, but still have it wash off like a normal tattoo afterwards. Sort of like a 'make-your-own-tattoo' I guess. May as well have them draw on themselves, since the marker will either not leave a mark properly at best and rub off the glue at worst.

[Sirus]

You guys are quoting FSTDT for stupid things? That's like dropping a nuke on a barrel with a fish inside and then claiming to have "shot it".

[Flying Dice]

Or possibly like shooting fish in a shotglass.

[Graknorke]

People who reply to the stuff on FSTDT as if the person who wrote the comment will actually see it.
Do these people really not realise that the website is a compilation of dumb shit sourced from various places, and the original authors are incredibly unlikely to see the FSTDT entry?