Comments on: Pare Oy Dolia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4851 Ron Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:53:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4851 Kind of related, did you see they finally debunked the "face on mars" story? I found a news item at digg.com which showed really detailed closups of the rock formation, and some site has a 3d flyaround which shows its nothing like a face! Everything, seen through particular light and at the right angle looks like SOMETHING its not! Kind of related, did you see they finally debunked the “face on mars” story? I found a news item at digg.com which showed really detailed closups of the rock formation, and some site has a 3d flyaround which shows its nothing like a face!

Everything, seen through particular light and at the right angle looks like SOMETHING its not!

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]]> By: Paul F http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4849 Paul F Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:43:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4849 The shade of Lenin appearing in your shower curtain? Well, the Communist Manifesto did talk of a 'spectre haunting Europe', so we should be expecting such things in the USA too, I guess. The shade of Lenin appearing in your shower curtain? Well, the Communist Manifesto did talk of a ‘spectre haunting Europe’, so we should be expecting such things in the USA too, I guess.

]]> By: Lyford Rome http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4848 Lyford Rome Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:54:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4848 I still say the "Lenin" in your shower curtain is really Col. Sanders" http://badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=349215&highlight=sanders&sid=59296f38b22414296837dc981819650c#349215 I still say the “Lenin” in your shower curtain is really Col. Sanders”

http://badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=349215&highlight=sanders&sid=59296f38b22414296837dc981819650c#349215

]]> By: Aaron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4847 Aaron Tue, 31 May 2005 21:53:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4847 This. Made. My. DAY!!! :D This. Made. My. DAY!!!
:D

]]> By: Florian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4846 Florian Tue, 31 May 2005 07:20:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4846 Hi @ all, you missed clearly making the point: it is all part of the vast jewish conspiracy planning to take over the power. *LOL* But the story with the scruffy window beats me. How come people believe this crap? Probably the same people believe in the "moon hoax" which explains this question :-)) Hi @ all,

you missed clearly making the point: it is all part of the vast jewish conspiracy planning to take over the power. *LOL*

But the story with the scruffy window beats me. How come people believe this crap? Probably the same people believe in the “moon hoax” which explains this question :-) )

]]> By: Michelle Rochon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4845 Michelle Rochon Mon, 30 May 2005 22:42:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4845 Oh my! This MUST be a sign! Oh my! This MUST be a sign!

]]> By: Josh Friess http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4844 Josh Friess Mon, 30 May 2005 18:56:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4844 Sure thing. Sure thing.

]]> By: Zamboni Schwartz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4843 Zamboni Schwartz Mon, 30 May 2005 18:40:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4843 Now I just want to find an image of Lenin kissing Abe Vigoda on an overpass.... Now I just want to find an image of Lenin kissing Abe Vigoda on an overpass….

]]> By: Jesus CF http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4842 Jesus CF Mon, 30 May 2005 18:11:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4842 That is nothing. I see Jesus in the mirror (and in any reflective object by that matter) all the time. That is nothing. I see Jesus in the mirror (and in any reflective object by that matter) all the time.

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4841 The Bad Astronomer Mon, 30 May 2005 16:43:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4841 Yikes! I removed the link. Thanks! I googled Vigoda, and when I got to that page I skipped right down without paying attention. I think I'll be a little more careful in the future... thanks again. :-( Yikes! I removed the link. Thanks! I googled Vigoda, and when I got to that page I skipped right down without paying attention. I think I’ll be a little more careful in the future… thanks again. :-(

]]> By: Josh Friess http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4840 Josh Friess Mon, 30 May 2005 15:59:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4840 Dude, did you happen to check the web site that you were linking to to demonstrate that Abe Vigoda is Jewish? Dude, did you happen to check the web site that you were linking to to demonstrate that Abe Vigoda is Jewish?

]]> By: CR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4839 CR Mon, 30 May 2005 15:55:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4839 I see things like that window smudge and I wish I could leave this planet. (Leave it FAR behind.) Even websites like BA & others that promote science and critical thinking sometimes aren't enough to keep me from thinking that humanity is a lost cause. Sometimes. Finding imagery and hope in a window smudge, piece of toast, potato, highway underpass, etc. is a testament to people's desperation and lack of faith in their own abilities & potential. I'm not saying it's wrong to have faith in a higher power of some kind (as long as that belief doesn't harm others); I'm saying it's wrong to misdirect one's attention in such obscure and/or subjective ways. To put it another way: why not put some of that creativity & imagination to good use and help other people, rather than just use it to see "miracles" dumped in your own lap? Sorry about the ranting, everyone. I see things like that window smudge and I wish I could leave this planet. (Leave it FAR behind.) Even websites like BA & others that promote science and critical thinking sometimes aren’t enough to keep me from thinking that humanity is a lost cause. Sometimes.
Finding imagery and hope in a window smudge, piece of toast, potato, highway underpass, etc. is a testament to people’s desperation and lack of faith in their own abilities & potential. I’m not saying it’s wrong to have faith in a higher power of some kind (as long as that belief doesn’t harm others); I’m saying it’s wrong to misdirect one’s attention in such obscure and/or subjective ways.
To put it another way: why not put some of that creativity & imagination to good use and help other people, rather than just use it to see “miracles” dumped in your own lap?
Sorry about the ranting, everyone.

]]> By: Eric http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4838 Eric Mon, 30 May 2005 08:34:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4838 TO Sam: I live in DFW and yet I haven't heard about that! And yes, I just see a smudge, too. TO Sam: I live in DFW and yet I haven’t heard about that! And yes, I just see a smudge, too.

]]> By: Sam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4837 Sam Mon, 30 May 2005 08:05:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4837 I live in North Texas so I found this particularly interesting: http://www.nbc4.tv/irresistible/4541162/detail.html People are claiming to see Jesus on an apartment window in Ft. Worth. They are even holding church services in front of the apartment. The only thing I see, even when I try to make out a face, is a big smudge! I live in North Texas so I found this particularly interesting:

http://www.nbc4.tv/irresistible/4541162/detail.html

People are claiming to see Jesus on an apartment window in Ft. Worth. They are even holding church services in front of the apartment. The only thing I see, even when I try to make out a face, is a big smudge!

]]> By: Eric http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4836 Eric Mon, 30 May 2005 07:45:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/29/pare-oy-dolia/#comment-4836 Amazing. You won't believe what I *just* found on my toast! I took a picture -- http://tinyurl.com/cwr6b I imagine there are no institutes in Israel studying burnt bread. However, I could probably make a killing off of it on eBay. ;) Amazing. You won’t believe what I *just* found on my toast! I took a picture — http://tinyurl.com/cwr6b

I imagine there are no institutes in Israel studying burnt bread. However, I could probably make a killing off of it on eBay. ;)

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