Comments on: The anti-me http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/ 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. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:58:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The END OF THE WORLD!!!! - Page 2 - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-116686 The END OF THE WORLD!!!! - Page 2 - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:40:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-116686 [...] Topic LHC = Satan's Stargate! Topic Britain on course for another gold... BA Blog: The anti-me __________________ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 [...] [...] Topic LHC = Satan’s Stargate! Topic Britain on course for another gold… BA Blog: The anti-me __________________ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 [...]

]]> By: DMB http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-110495 DMB Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:14:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-110495 Oops! I just wrote "no-nothing" instead of "know-nothing"! That's what comes of posting late at night. Oops! I just wrote “no-nothing” instead of “know-nothing”!

That’s what comes of posting late at night.

]]> By: DMB http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-110494 DMB Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:08:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-110494 As a Brit, I must point out that this guy does not have an educated English accent. He has the accent of a chav no-nothing plonker. I like the take on dimensions and the fact that black holes are made of mass. As a Brit, I must point out that this guy does not have an educated English accent. He has the accent of a chav no-nothing plonker.

I like the take on dimensions and the fact that black holes are made of mass.

]]> By: Stickfodder http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89860 Stickfodder Thu, 22 May 2008 02:05:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89860 THE ICE! Its not helping! oh god the pain! his unmatched level of stupidity is going to make my head split in two! THE ICE! Its not helping! oh god the pain! his unmatched level of stupidity is going to make my head split in two!

]]> By: Strahlungsamt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89859 Strahlungsamt Tue, 20 May 2008 22:59:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89859 # # Mike Torron 17 May 2008 at 6:55 am Having seen this one, I think it’s a joke. He comes over as too playful to be serious, especially when he’s talking about Pizza Hut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdK58RQ4byA But then, I am not a psychiatrist, so I’m still not sure! ================================= He obviously has a psychic connection to this guy: http://www.ladyofthecake.com/mel/space/images/pizzahut.jpg #
# Mike Torron 17 May 2008 at 6:55 am

Having seen this one, I think it’s a joke. He comes over as too playful to be serious, especially when he’s talking about Pizza Hut:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdK58RQ4byA

But then, I am not a psychiatrist, so I’m still not sure!
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He obviously has a psychic connection to this guy:

http://www.ladyofthecake.com/mel/space/images/pizzahut.jpg

]]> By: (HEARTS) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89858 (HEARTS) Mon, 19 May 2008 14:13:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89858 Friend of my claims that this guy was neccessary to restore the balance, with all this massive pile-up of brainpower on physics etc. Somewhere the brainpower needs to be taken from and this guy is obviously one of the folks on the other end of the scale, left behind brainless. Natural balance, baby Friend of my claims that this guy was neccessary to restore the balance, with all this massive pile-up of brainpower on physics etc. Somewhere the brainpower needs to be taken from and this guy is obviously one of the folks on the other end of the scale, left behind brainless.

Natural balance, baby

]]> By: Kevin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89857 Kevin Mon, 19 May 2008 13:59:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89857 As a previous poster noted, this guy usually does respond to comments left on his video. At the end of the video he gives permission for us to have an opinion of him, and I agreed with it: called him nuts. His response to me in YouTube was choice: "By the same logic, your logic, if I am Nuts your Must be a FRUIT! Ladyboy!" That made me laugh. :) As a previous poster noted, this guy usually does respond to comments left on his video. At the end of the video he gives permission for us to have an opinion of him, and I agreed with it: called him nuts. His response to me in YouTube was choice:

“By the same logic, your logic, if I am Nuts your Must be a FRUIT!

Ladyboy!”

That made me laugh. :)

]]> By: Luke http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89856 Luke Sun, 18 May 2008 17:32:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89856 Phil, Who is this guy, and how did you find him? Phil,

Who is this guy, and how did you find him?

]]> By: Peter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89855 Peter Sun, 18 May 2008 10:55:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89855 If he really believes what he says, how frightening his days must be. I feel very sad for him. If he really believes what he says, how frightening his days must be. I feel very sad for him.

]]> By: Tod http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89854 Tod Sun, 18 May 2008 07:17:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89854 What language is this guy speaking? I mean, he seems to be swallowing his ells: I had to listen a couple of times to understand that when he says "beowt" was actually "belt," "biyut" was actually "built," he talks about the ainjoes, the chewdren, and on and on. Oh yes, he has absolutely no clue about the physical universe, the bible, freemasons, and on and on. I hope he's sterile as one of him is quite enough. What language is this guy speaking? I mean, he seems to be swallowing his ells: I had to listen a couple of times to understand that when he says “beowt” was actually “belt,” “biyut” was actually “built,” he talks about the ainjoes, the chewdren, and on and on.

Oh yes, he has absolutely no clue about the physical universe, the bible, freemasons, and on and on. I hope he’s sterile as one of him is quite enough.

]]> By: brie987 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89853 brie987 Sun, 18 May 2008 04:58:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89853 ........hmmmmmmmmm...no mention of Atlantis, I'm actually disappointed. :( ……..hmmmmmmmmm…no mention of Atlantis, I’m actually disappointed. :(

]]> By: drksky http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89852 drksky Sun, 18 May 2008 01:21:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89852 Owwwwwwwww!!! Phil, I'm going to be sending you a bill for 9 minutes, 26 seconds of my life that I just lost. Owwwwwwwww!!!

Phil, I’m going to be sending you a bill for 9 minutes, 26 seconds of my life that I just lost.

]]> By: jgirvine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89851 jgirvine Sun, 18 May 2008 00:39:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89851 This man has such an open mind that his brain has clearly taken the opportunity to hop out in an effort to distance itself from him. This man has such an open mind that his brain has clearly taken the opportunity to hop out in an effort to distance itself from him.

]]> By: Mark Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89819 Mark Martin Sat, 17 May 2008 20:59:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89819 bswift, There have been a few other instances. Fermilab and Brookhaven have been protested before, on worries that they'd accidentally destroy the world. The Patrician class does have a penchant for cautionary mythology. bswift,

There have been a few other instances. Fermilab and Brookhaven have been protested before, on worries that they’d accidentally destroy the world. The Patrician class does have a penchant for cautionary mythology.

]]> By: bswift http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89850 bswift Sat, 17 May 2008 19:49:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89850 Wow. I just have no idea how people come to conclusions like this. It's always completely amazing. I kinda wonder if people have made this much stink about other big accelerators in the past? Wow. I just have no idea how people come to conclusions like this. It’s always completely amazing.

I kinda wonder if people have made this much stink about other big accelerators in the past?

]]> By: Ativan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89849 Ativan Sat, 17 May 2008 18:29:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89849 I for one, welcome the arrival of our new Nibiru overlords! I for one, welcome the arrival of our new Nibiru overlords!

]]> By: Tim G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89848 Tim G Sat, 17 May 2008 17:43:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89848 Phil, I respect you very much. However, by calling yourself the opposite of this guy, you are flattering yourself just a bit :-) Phil,

I respect you very much. However, by calling yourself the opposite of this guy, you are flattering yourself just a bit :-)

]]> By: Strahlungsamt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89847 Strahlungsamt Sat, 17 May 2008 17:32:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89847 This guy is a cross between Richard Hoagland and Borat. Seriously, he has waaaay too much time on his hands. However, don't think he's too stupid to publish a book and make millions. Hoagland just missed the New York Times bestseller list with his claptrap. What damage could this guy achieve? And Von Daniken has his own theme park now. http://www.daniken.com/e/index.html Sasha Baron Cohen, are you reading this??? This guy is a cross between Richard Hoagland and Borat. Seriously, he has waaaay too much time on his hands. However, don’t think he’s too stupid to publish a book and make millions. Hoagland just missed the New York Times bestseller list with his claptrap. What damage could this guy achieve?

And Von Daniken has his own theme park now.

http://www.daniken.com/e/index.html

Sasha Baron Cohen, are you reading this???

]]> By: Murff http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89846 Murff Sat, 17 May 2008 15:27:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89846 You have to admit, this would make an AWESOME movie...if they spent the cash for good FX. You have to admit, this would make an AWESOME movie…if they spent the cash for good FX.

]]> By: TLP http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89845 TLP Sat, 17 May 2008 13:39:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89845 Do these folk ever admit they're wrong and apologise for looking dumb on national television (youtube) ? Do these folk ever admit they’re wrong and apologise for looking dumb on national television (youtube) ?

]]> By: Mike Torr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89844 Mike Torr Sat, 17 May 2008 12:55:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89844 Having seen this one, I think it's a joke. He comes over as too playful to be serious, especially when he's talking about Pizza Hut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdK58RQ4byA But then, I am not a psychiatrist, so I'm still not sure! Having seen this one, I think it’s a joke. He comes over as too playful to be serious, especially when he’s talking about Pizza Hut:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdK58RQ4byA

But then, I am not a psychiatrist, so I’m still not sure!

]]> By: IRONMANAustralia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89843 IRONMANAustralia Sat, 17 May 2008 11:36:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89843 Actually I found this guy somewhat inspiring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUWLJRHWP4o Actually I found this guy somewhat inspiring:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUWLJRHWP4o

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89842 StevoR Sat, 17 May 2008 10:02:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89842 <blockquote> # Jonas Engelhardt on 17 May 2008 at 1:50 am I really think this guy is pulling peoples’ legs. </blockquote> I really <i> <b> hope </b></i> he is. ;-) It could be ... but I don't know, he seems a bit too serious & sadly their is no end to the stupidity folks'll believe. To quote Asimov quoting Shakespeare : "Against Stupidity the Gods Themselves Contend in Vain!" <i> ('The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov, Grafton books, 1972.) </i> <b> Mark Hansen </b> : <i> " ... Once the LHC doesn’t flood the Earth ... with all that sinful Nephilim flesh .... </i> Awww! Drat! You mean its not going to happen? Pity. I was really looking <em> forward </em> to some sinful Nephilim flesh! ;-) Personally, I do have some serious reservations about the LHC and the ethics of just turning it on - esp. on Earth rather than, say, having it on the Moon or an asteroid instead - but such serious concerns are put in a very bad light by loons like these. :-( ____________________ PS. I bet that anti-Phil guy votes Republican -or as prefer to call 'em Retardican - because their party is run by retards for retards in the aim of retarding everything back to the middle ages! ;-)

# Jonas Engelhardt on 17 May 2008 at 1:50 am

I really think this guy is pulling peoples’ legs.

I really hope he is. ;-)

It could be … but I don’t know, he seems a bit too serious & sadly their is no end to the stupidity folks’ll believe. To quote Asimov quoting Shakespeare :

“Against Stupidity the Gods Themselves Contend in Vain!”

(‘The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov, Grafton books, 1972.)

Mark Hansen : ” … Once the LHC doesn’t flood the Earth … with all that sinful Nephilim flesh ….

Awww! Drat! You mean its not going to happen? Pity. I was really looking forward to some sinful Nephilim flesh! ;-)

Personally, I do have some serious reservations about the LHC and the
ethics of just turning it on – esp. on Earth rather than, say, having it on the Moon or an asteroid instead – but such serious concerns are put in
a very bad light by loons like these. :-(
____________________

PS. I bet that anti-Phil guy votes Republican -or as prefer to call ‘em Retardican – because their party is run by retards for retards in the aim of retarding everything back to the middle ages! ;-)

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89841 Mike Sat, 17 May 2008 09:57:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89841 If I'm a Freemason now...where is my secret decoder ring? If I’m a Freemason now…where is my secret decoder ring?

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/comment-page-3/#comment-89840 StevoR Sat, 17 May 2008 09:38:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/16/the-anti-me/#comment-89840 <b>BA :</b> <i> "I don’t know what to say. I’m speechless." </i> No, you're not - & you do know what to say coz you go on to say it! ;-) <i> "He talks about Planet X, Nibiru, the Nephilim, the Antichrist, the Moon Hoax, Free Masons, the LHC, religious fundamentalism, the van Allen belts, Stargates, black holes, cosmic rays, and, of course (of course!) how all this is predicted by the Bible." </i> Why, why, why is <i>always</i> the flippin' Bible! When are the nuts going to find the secret code & prophecies hidden in the Tantric version of the <em> Karma Sutra </em> for forns sake!! ;-) That's a lot more entertaining and a lot more fun to find! ;-) <i> "I hope I never meet this guy. If I shake his hand, we’ll annihilate, exploding with the force of millions of nuclear weapons and flooding the world with gamma rays. Well, my idea makes at least as much sense as his." </i> Sorry Phil I gotta disagree ... ... <b> Your </b> ideas make far, far <em> <b> more </b></em> sense than his! ;-) BA : “I don’t know what to say. I’m speechless.”

No, you’re not – & you do know what to say coz you go on to say it! ;-)

“He talks about Planet X, Nibiru, the Nephilim, the Antichrist, the Moon Hoax, Free Masons, the LHC, religious fundamentalism, the van Allen belts, Stargates, black holes, cosmic rays, and, of course (of course!) how all this is predicted by the Bible.”

Why, why, why is always the flippin’ Bible!

When are the nuts going to find the secret code & prophecies hidden in the Tantric version of the Karma Sutra for forns sake!! ;-) That’s a lot more entertaining and a lot more fun to find! ;-)

“I hope I never meet this guy. If I shake his hand, we’ll annihilate, exploding with the force of millions of nuclear weapons and flooding the world with gamma rays. Well, my idea makes at least as much sense as his.”

Sorry Phil I gotta disagree …

… Your ideas make far, far more sense than his! ;-)

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