Comments on: Why we fight

By: Chris A.

Chris A. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:34:46 +0000

Call it serendipity, but this video comes to me at a time when I’m becoming increasingly convinced that the best way to deal with woo is not to answer the claims point-for-point, but to ridicule it mercilessly.

The average fence-sitter’s attention span is too short to digest science/reason-based arguments showing why outlandish claims are codswallop. And those who have the patience rarely need to be convinced.

Mock, I say, mock!

By: Richard Smith

Richard Smith — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:06:15 +0000

Well, you have things that most people find funny, and things they don’t, so that’s one side of the grid. Then you have people that find most things funny, and people who don’t, on the other side of the grid. That creates a 2×2 grid… oh dear, I think I just discovered the four humours…

By: Sman

Sman — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:31:47 +0000

@ 1:20

A phenothiazine???

Dumb’m down, dude!

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:55:23 +0000

My teacher almost got hit in the head by a frozen yellow block and then saw a jet fly by. True story!

By: Bahdum (aka Richard)

Bahdum (aka Richard) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:24:55 +0000

For those of you who might not get the references, you can look them up here at Snopes ( http://snopes.com/ )

AJ Says says, you should never explain the joke. But, I think really that should mean that if you do have to explain the joke, then maybe your jokes may need some work, or you’re working the wrong audience.

By: Stargazer

Stargazer — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:31:49 +0000

Funny and hopefully eyeopening for some people.

By: AJ

AJ — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:23:03 +0000

To those who didn’t get it because of language problems: but you should never explain the joke! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Ptitle0t9r68ih?from=Main.DontExplainTheJoke

By: Jean-Denis

Jean-Denis — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:32:08 +0000

I got almost nothing of this video, for two reasons:

1- My English is not good enough, they talk too fast, not clear enough
2- The beliefs they allude to are not familiar to me. It’s likely those common around here are of the same caliber, just not the same.

I too would appreciate a transcript, if anybody feels like doing it.

Best regards from sunny (at least just right now) France.

By: Links und Video der Woche (2009/46) :: cimddwc

Links und Video der Woche (2009/46) :: cimddwc — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:52:55 +0000

[...] CollegeHumor-Video: Urban Legend ER (engl.) (via Bad Astronomy) [...]

By: Lugosi

Lugosi — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:43:46 +0000

So it turns out all those things really ARE true!!!!

By: O'Really Factor

O'Really Factor — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:50:44 +0000

Could I get that kidney-less woman’s phone number… while she’s still alive? She’s kinda pretty..

By: Occam

Occam — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:54:14 +0000

Well, I thought it was excellent and I’m always right about these things!

By: I'd rather be fishin'

I'd rather be fishin' — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:20:02 +0000

I’m sure the sense of humour is dependent on whether the observer is in an inertial frame of reference or not. Or is the video in a superposition of quantum states until an observer causes the wave function to collapse?

By: Bahdum (aka Richard)

Bahdum (aka Richard) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:40:36 +0000

Some people thought it was funny and some didn’t. There must be some theory to explain how an observer in one frame of reference sees something as totally funny while another person in a different frame of reference sees that same thing as particularly unfunny.

Maybe the “theory of relative humor”?

Or, maybe the “theory of subjectivity regarding humor”?

Or, and this is a big “or,” maybe the “humor is subjective” theory.

I don’t know. Now, if you don’t mind, I got to run to the microwave. I gave my poodle a bath and….

By: Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum

Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:03:23 +0000

I’ll admit it, I laughed my azimuth!
No funny bone shortage here!

By: I'd rather be fishin'

I'd rather be fishin' — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:46:41 +0000

Funny look at woo, urban myth and not bad acting in places either!

By: Petrolonfire

Petrolonfire — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:26:37 +0000

Nice ones there. The urban legend myths humour worked for me. Pop rock & coke explosion and kidneys out both pretty classic.

By: Ian O'Neill

Ian O'Neill — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:15:17 +0000

I thought it was rather well-done. I for one will stop throwing pennies off tall buildings, I never thought they’d cause so much damage. And as for peeing in pools, wow, I’ve gotten off lightly so far…

By: Yeebok

Yeebok — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:58:38 +0000

I liked the kid in bed 12 with the pop rocks and coke .. my take is it isn’t the funniest college humour vid (I like the font one recently linked to) but it’s just as well done as the rest of them. I mean really almost every other line’s an urban legend or referring to one. Hugely funny ? No. Amusing and well thought out ? Yes. Much better than your average sitcom !

By: The Chemist

The Chemist — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:53:31 +0000

I have an extra sense of humor here if anyone needs it.

I thought it was hilarious.

“Those are my kidneys!”

By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM

Torbjörn Larsson, OM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:40:37 +0000

It’s true – some people are born without a funny bone.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:40:30 +0000

lol i liked it! we need to abolish pennies!

By: BigHeathenMike

BigHeathenMike — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:22:20 +0000

Geez, tough crowd.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:51:15 +0000

The stuff i got is funny but alas, i am not native speaker, so i missed a lot. Does anyone know if there is a transcript available?

By: MichaelL

MichaelL — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:36:58 +0000

Poor Elton John….