critique of loon theories around banking/money creation/the federal reserve

[SpineyNorman]

I bet you're not younger.

The rest I'll give you. Especially the better sex life, I'll give anyone that.

Except Pickman's Model, obviously.

When were you born? There's others on here who can confirm my age so I'll let you go first.

You really do wish you were me though don't you prof?

note: I get that this is a pointless derail that adds nothing to the thread but it was already ruined by a conspiracist fanatic coming on and evangelising 10 months late.

 

[phildwyer]

Bang out of order Phil, and completely uncalled for.

I don't like it either, but he started it. I gave him loads of chances to withdraw or qualify what he'd said. When he does, I'll do the same.

 

[love detective]

When were you born? There's others on here who can confirm my age so I'll let you go first.

You really do wish you were me though don't you prof?

note: I get that this is a pointless derail that adds nothing to the thread but it was already ruined by a conspiracist fanatic coming on and evangelising 10 months late.

He wished he was me for a while as well SN - in fact I think he wishes he was anyone other than himself

you wouldn't blame him for that would you

 

[TruXta]

He wished he was me for a while as well SN - in fact I think he wishes he was anyone other than himself

you wouldn't blame him for that would you

It's still a bit strange for a bloke who clearly doesn't love himself to make himself so unloveable, on purpose, all the time.

 

[phildwyer]

loan shark?

Suggests Tony Soprano not Morgan Stanley.

 

[equationgirl]

I don't like it either, but he started it. I gave him loads of chances to withdraw or qualify what he'd said. When he does, I'll do the same.

How fucking old are you? he started it? for fucks sake. If you call anyone a nazi again I will report your posts.

 

[phildwyer]

When were you born? There's others on here who can confirm my age so I'll let you go first.

We are gentlemen here are we not? It was your challenge so you go first.

 

[phildwyer]

How fucking old are you? he started it?

Well I do see your point yes.

If you call anyone a nazi again I will report your posts.

Will you do the same next time someone does it to me?

 

[frogwoman]

i don't think anyone has called you one. ever.

 

[equationgirl]

Well I do see your point yes.

Will you do the same next time someone does it to me?

If it is a groundless accusation, yes.

 

[phildwyer]

i don't think anyone has called you one. ever.

Well you think wrong.

A wise man once said: "Treat me good, I'll treat you better; treat me bad, I'll treat you worse."

Actually it was a stupid man who said it. But it's not a stupid thing to say.

 

[phildwyer]

If it is a groundless accusation, yes.

You think it might not be a groundless accusation? You harbor some doubt over the question?

 

[SpineyNorman]

We are gentlemen here are we not? It was your challenge so you go first.

OK, let's have an impartial person - I've just told frogwoman how my DOB - you tell her yours and she can say who's the oldest

 

[SpineyNorman]

He wished he was me for a while as well SN - in fact I think he wishes he was anyone other than himself

you wouldn't blame him for that would you

Not at all mate - in his shoes who wouldn't?

 

[equationgirl]

You think it might not be a groundless accusation? You harbor some doubt over the question?

Oh for crying our loud Phil. As an example, if you posted a picture of yourself in full Nazi regalia and someone called you a Nazi, I'm unlikely to report them for that. But if someone called you a Nazi in the same way that you did to Blagsta twice on this thread, I would report it.

Now have the decency to apologise to Blagsta.

 

[phildwyer]

OK, let's have an impartial person - I've just told frogwoman how my DOB - you tell her yours and she can say who's the oldest

Done. I'm not sure I can stand the tension.

 

[phildwyer]

Oh for crying our loud Phil. As an example, if you posted a picture of yourself in full Nazi regalia and someone called you a Nazi, I'm unlikely to report them for that. But if someone called you a Nazi in the same way that you did to Blagsta twice on this thread, I would report it.

Now have the decency to apologise to Blagsta.

I'll apologize to him if he apologizes to me. I'll ignore him if he ignores me. I'll insult him if he insults me.

That's fair enough innit.

 

[SpineyNorman]

Done. I'm not sure I can stand the tension.

In your face old man! frogwoman can confirm

14 whole years!

 

[frogwoman]

i think you're older, sorry phil.

 

[Blagsta]

It's still a bit strange for a bloke who clearly doesn't love himself to make himself so unloveable, on purpose, all the time.

Not really. It confirms his own perception. I thought you were a psychologist!

 

[8ball]

Not really. It confirms his own perception. I thought you were a psychologist!

Not the psych talk - that always means we're less than 2 pages from group-hugging!

 

[phildwyer]

In your face old man! frogwoman can confirm

14 whole years!

So about this wonderful sex life you have.

What are we talking about here? Second base or goats and monkeys?

 

[TruXta]

Not really. It confirms his own perception. I thought you were a psychologist!

Well, people who don't love themselves often try to change that IME. But maybe you're right. There's a reason I'm not in clinical after all.

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

A potentially good thread completely ruined. Nice one, phil.

 

[equationgirl]

I'll apologize to him if he apologizes to me. I'll ignore him if he ignores me. I'll insult him if he insults me.

That's fair enough innit.

Well that's funny because I didn't see where he called you a Nazi.

Given your age perhaps you should start acting it.

 

[Blagsta]

Well, people who don't love themselves often try to change that IME. But maybe you're right. There's a reason I'm not in clinical after all.

Ime, people who think they are fundamentally unloveable often act in a way that confirms it to themselves.

 

[phildwyer]

A potentially good thread completely ruined. Nice one, phil.

Well you know, it really is all a matter of individual taste when it comes right down to it. You have your tastes; I have mine. Does it really make a difference in the great scheme of things though? As I grow older, I often think it doesn't.

We can talk all we want about "good" threads and "bad," we can sit here and speculate all night about "ruined potential" and the old "coulda woulda shoulda." Can't we? But at the end of the evening, with the shades drawing in, perhaps we can agree that in at least one respect all reasonable people will be able to unite behind the most basic, shared, universal values and beliefs common to all humanity, throughout the world and in every age. Such for instance as our shared certainty that Pickman's Model possesses a penis less than two inches long. It's these transcendent faiths that keep us strong and--yes--united in spite of everything.

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

Well you know, it really is all a matter of individual taste when it comes right down to it. You have your tastes; I have mine. Does it really make a difference in the great scheme of things though? As I grow older, I often think it doesn't.

We can talk all we want about "good" threads and "bad," we can sit here and speculate all night about "ruined potential" and the old "coulda woulda shoulda." Can't we? But at the end of the evening, with the shades drawing in, perhaps we can agree that in at least one respect all reasonable people will be able to unite behind the most basic, shared, universal values and beliefs common to all humanity, throughout the world and in every age. Such for instance as our shared certainty that Pickman's Model possesses a penis less than two inches long. It's these transcendent faiths that keep us strong and--yes--united in spite of everything.

Seriously, what the fuck is this drivel?

 

[phildwyer]

There's a reason I'm not in clinical after all.

That pesky background check again?

 

[TruXta]

Ime, people who think they are fundamentally unloveable often act in a way that confirms it to themselves.

You think we can get phil onto the couch and spill all?