The Chat Thread

Started by: Lgolos | Replies: 158,197 | Views: 12,277,685 | Sticky

Devour
Administrator
1

Posts: 9,916
Joined: Apr 2008
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 7, 2016 8:31 PM #1463646
Placing the burden of proof on the guy you're debating with and not yourself is a logical fallacy though...
Exile
Administrator
2

Posts: 8,404
Joined: Dec 2005
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 7, 2016 9:05 PM #1463649
Quote from Alphaeus
Gosh...read a study that came out back in...'12? You can probably google it.


In what world does a single study equate to indisputable facts that aren't up for debate?

Quote from Alphaeus
As to the credibility of what each side said, who knows.


Well you yourself said you're "just stating the facts, which are not open to debate". One of those 'facts' being "On a technical level, homosexuality is determined by the balance of hormones in the brain."

I'm just going to skip ahead for you, nothing you posted back then was remotely close to established, accepted fact and you should refrain from presenting yourself from that position unless you A) know what you're talking about, and B) are able to actually back up the things you say.
Firewall
2

Posts: 560
Joined: Oct 2015
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 8, 2016 1:23 AM #1463660
oh hey im just in time to see a literal gay discussion

Also, Alphaeus, anno Exile's post, you're dead. Oh so very dead
Damian
2

Posts: 5,026
Joined: Feb 2013
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 8, 2016 2:36 AM #1463662
Quote from Alphaeus
Gosh...read a study that came out back in...'12? You can probably google it. There is also an organization out there for gay people that want to become straight...again, read that years ago. I think it was called Gen1 or something.


Bruh. "Facts not up for debate."

I mean, in the end, it doesn't really matter why or how. If a person's gay, they're gay. If they're not, they're not. And if they want to change from one way or the other, that's their choice.


Well yeah.

Generally speaking, in society nowadays (well, Western society) homosexuality is an accepted norm in life. Most of the intense debate (like the info I'm citing) was generated from both sides of the fight for gay rights. As to the credibility of what each side said, who knows. I pick through the info for what seems the best referenced and most logical. Now that the whole battle (at least in America) is over, I don't guess it matters all that much.


"Like the info I'm citing."

Where?

"As to the credibility of what each side said, who knows"

Hey, good point. We can agree on something
Smile
2

Posts: 5,331
Joined: Jan 2012
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 8, 2016 3:54 AM #1463667
I actually googled and it has a dedicated wikipedia page which basically says what you'd expect it to say.

It's pretty hilarous that one of their techniques sounds like it's straight outta The Clockwork Orange.

"nausea-inducing drugs...administered simultaneously with the presentation of homoerotic stimuli"
Vorpal
2

Posts: 11,944
Joined: Jul 2007
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 8, 2016 7:29 AM #1463675
All they're asking from you is citation when you state things as fact, we wont just take your word for it.
Ashero
2

Posts: 544
Joined: Nov 2013
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 8, 2016 5:24 PM #1463699
Quote from Smile
I actually googled and it has a dedicated wikipedia page which basically says what you'd expect it to say.


are there any examples of a reverse conversion?
it seems that most people have pretty weird reasons for writing books or performing surgeries on gay people.
The Psycho-Analysis of Children ends with the analysis of Mr. B., a gay man. Klein claimed that he illustrated pathologies that enter into all forms of homosexuality: a gay man idealizes “the good penis” of his partner to allay the fear of attack he feels due to having projected his paranoid hatred onto the imagined “bad penis“ of his mother as an infant. She stated that Mr. B.’s homosexual behaviour diminished after he overcame his need to adore the “good penis” of an idealized man. This was made possible by his recovering his belief in the good mother and his ability to sexually gratify her with his good penis and plentiful semen.

i understand that this is only one case but
why
Damian
2

Posts: 5,026
Joined: Feb 2013
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 8, 2016 9:49 PM #1463731
Seven out of the top ten non-Stickied threads in this section are forum games or roleplays. The top threads are an Anime/Manga discussion thread, a locked "troll" thread, Azure teaching people about LinkedIn and SEVEN Forum Games or roleplays. Come on, guys.
Azure
Moderator
2

Posts: 8,579
Joined: Jan 2013
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 8, 2016 9:53 PM #1463733
Well, there's sadly not much interest in LinkedIn articles, though I find them fascinating still.
Damian
2

Posts: 5,026
Joined: Feb 2013
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 8, 2016 10:02 PM #1463735
The one post on that thread is a completely irrelevant long ass paragraph about the food industry's effect on biodiversity lmao
Alphaeus
2

Posts: 1,218
Joined: Jan 2016
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 9, 2016 1:36 AM #1463753
Yeah...

This was one of those situations where you're like "Oh! I remember XYZ that totally fit here!"
Then you post and come back later and realize "Oh shit! XYZ isn't exactly what my memory told me it was...fuck you, over-crammed and faulty memory."

OH well. Abandon ship. Attempt failed. I screwed my own argument in the ass, which is a gay idea being made by a straight guy, so hey, wtf. :P
Mart456
2

Posts: 83
Joined: Apr 2015
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 9, 2016 7:15 PM #1463840
What is this thread.... 8.5 mil views?!?? Who spends all year reloading this page over and over and over and over...
Person McPerson

Posts: 2,335
Joined: Dec 2014
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 9, 2016 7:51 PM #1463844
Quote from Mart456
What is this thread.... 8.5 mil views?!?? Who spends all year reloading this page over and over and over and over...


Not just one person... probably many people reloading together.
Damian
2

Posts: 5,026
Joined: Feb 2013
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 9, 2016 9:52 PM #1463873
Quote from Mart456
What is this thread.... 8.5 mil views?!?? Who spends all year reloading this page over and over and over and over...


Well it's been here for 9 years so...
Person McPerson

Posts: 2,335
Joined: Dec 2014
Rep: 10

View Profile
Oct 9, 2016 10:48 PM #1463874
So... I did the calculations. The Chat Thread gets around 2600 views every day, judging by how many views and how long the Chat Thread has been.