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Jul 17, 2009#1

strawman

Curiosity killed the Adam.

I read on CNN that about 25% of those who were born after the landings don't believe it happened (and thus, don't believe in the level of human ingenuity that it took to go there).

So I'm curious if that holds true on this forum...

-Adam

Jul 17, 2009#2

Hylian

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6146

Jul 17, 2009#3

strawman

hylian said:
http://forum.halforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6146

I have no idea what you're talking about.

aranoid:

-Adam

Jul 17, 2009#4

Shannow

This thread is now about penecillian.

Jul 17, 2009#5

strawman

Shannow said:
This thread is now about penicillin.

I made you a present:

-Adam

Jul 17, 2009#6

Shannow

Well, if you cut me, I may get a staph infection. Thank god I would have Pennicillin for that!

Jul 17, 2009#7

Shannow said:
Well, if you cut me, I may get a staph infection. Thank god I would have Pennicillin for that!

Oh, no he didn't! *snap, snap, snap, head swivel* Mm-mmm!

Jul 17, 2009#8

The Lovely Boehner

Anyone that picks anything but the last option is a moron.

Jul 17, 2009#9

Fun Size

I voted "That's no moon"

Jul 17, 2009#10

Calleja

This thread made me agree with something Charlie said.

I hate you, steiny.

Jul 17, 2009#11

twitchmoss

ditto. god damn you stienman!

Jul 17, 2009#12

Steven Soderburgin

Anyone who gleefully ignores the mountain of evidence that the moon landings actually happened is stupid.

-- Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:46 am --

I really wonder who voted the second option. I know the one person who voted the first option (it was me, as a joke), but who were the two people who are unsure?

Jul 17, 2009#13

Zarvox

Also, I don't know where CNN got those numbers. Last I heard the belief was at 6% – curiously, just like most every other prominent conspiracy theory out there. Moon landing, JFK assassination, 9/11 truth, new world order, all that stuff stays pretty consistently at 6% until it fades into obscurity (like the Lincoln assassination conspiracy theory). Makes you wonder if it's the same 6% in every theory. Also makes you wonder if it's even worth combating these ideas, or if 6% of the population is always going to believe these sorts of things.

Jul 17, 2009#14

Chazwozel

Kissinger said:
Anyone who gleefully ignores the mountain of evidence that the moon landings actually happened is stupid.

-- Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:46 am --

I really wonder who voted the second option. I know the one person who voted the first option (it was me, as a joke), but who were the two people who are unsure?

WHY??!??? WHY ARE THERE STILL PEOPLE THAT DOUBT THE MOON LANDING?!?!??!

GOD! It's so easy to prove. The astronauts set up mirrors on the moon. There have been COUNTLESS of armature astronomers who have relayed a laser signal to the moon and received it back. YOU CAN PING THE MOON!

Scientists use these mirrors ALL THE TIME to track the orbit of the moon.

Jul 17, 2009#15

Hylian

Chazwozel said:
Kissinger said:

Anyone who gleefully ignores the mountain of evidence that the moon landings actually happened is stupid.

-- Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:46 am --

I really wonder who voted the second option. I know the one person who voted the first option (it was me, as a joke), but who were the two people who are unsure?

Click to expand...

WHY??!??? WHY ARE THERE STILL PEOPLE THAT DOUBT THE MOON LANDING?!?!??!

GOD! It's so easy to prove. The astronauts set up mirrors on the moon. There have been COUNTLESS of armature astronomers who have relayed a laser signal to the moon and received it back. YOU CAN PING THE MOON!

Scientists use these mirrors ALL THE TIME to track the orbit of the moon.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmVxSFnjYCA:261f9puh][/youtube:261f9puh]

Jul 17, 2009#16

I did not know about the reflectors. Nice!

Jul 17, 2009#17

The Lovely Boehner

This is also not a representative cross sample. Almost everyone on this forum is wealthy enough to afford a computer and monthly paying for internet, and educated enough to read/write English.

Jul 17, 2009#18

Shannow

Well, lets see what Mr Aldren has to say about these hoaxes!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU:1qjx7b9m][/youtube:1qjx7b9m]

Jul 17, 2009#19

Rob King

Shannow said:
Well, lets see what Mr Aldren has to say about these hoaxes!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU:2n8dom3o][/youtube:2n8dom3o]

That never gets old. Buzz Aldrin is probably the closest thing humanity has to Han Solo at this point.

Jul 17, 2009#20

Chazwozel

Charlie Dont Surf said:
This is also not a representative cross sample. Almost everyone on this forum is wealthy enough to afford a computer and monthly paying for internet, and educated enough to read/write English.

HHAHAAHAHHAHAHA :rofl:

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Jul 17, 2009#21

DarkAudit

Rob King said:
Shannow said:

Well, lets see what Mr Aldren has to say about these hoaxes!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU:vbk9hoiy][/youtube:vbk9hoiy]

Click to expand...

That never gets old. Buzz Aldrin is probably the closest thing humanity has to Han Solo at this point.

That said, spare a thought for the late, great Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. Another one of the coolest astronauts who ever lived. :toocool:

Jul 17, 2009#22

Gurpel

i called my mom and told her about the mirrors and stuff. she said that they were probably just put there by a robot.

my mom is, normally, a very rational person, but...

Charlie Dont Surf said:
This is also not a representative cross sample. Almost everyone on this forum is wealthy enough to afford a computer and monthly paying for internet, and educated enough to read/write English.

it's a representative cross sample of our forum. that is the point of a :quote: forums poll :quote:

Jul 17, 2009#23

The Lovely Boehner

Gurpel said:
it's a representative cross sample of our forum. that is the point of a :quote: forums poll :quote:

It was more to the person that didn't know how CNN got 25%

Jul 17, 2009#24

Gurpel

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Gurpel said:

it's a representative cross sample of our forum. that is the point of a :quote: forums poll :quote:

Click to expand...

It was more to the person that didn't know how CNN got 25%

....oh. >_>

Jul 17, 2009#25

Rob King said:
Shannow said:

Well, lets see what Mr Aldren has to say about these hoaxes!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU:16drl3r0][/youtube:16drl3r0]

Click to expand...

That never gets old. Buzz Aldrin is probably the closest thing humanity has to Han Solo at this point.

Sadly, this is true. On the news the other night Buzz was talking about the death of one of the US' heroes that went unnoticed.

Darrell "Shifty" Powers Passes Away June 17.

I heard about this on the news two nights ago. With all the shit flying around about Michael Jackson who did nothing more than sing well, Shifty went without fanfare or even a mention in the news for almost a month.

If it weren't for Buzz Aldrin we still wouldn't have heard about this.

-- Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:10 pm --

In fact, I'm going to give this its own thread.

Jul 17, 2009#26

figmentPez

Jul 17, 2009#27

bigcountry23

The results of this poll reminds me why I come here (It's full of (mostly) rational people).

Jul 17, 2009#28

SeraRelm

They landed in Japan.

Jul 17, 2009#29

Zarvox

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Gurpel said:

it's a representative cross sample of our forum. that is the point of a :quote: forums poll :quote:

Click to expand...

It was more to the person that didn't know how CNN got 25%

Charlie, I hate to be the guy who starts the flame war, but as usual you were too busy assuming that any and every post must contain a slight against the poor, the uneducated, minorities, hell, maybe even small animals for all I know – you cast a pretty wide net. In my (quite short) post, I said nothing about forum polls. I'm pretty sure we've had no polls on the JFK assassination, 9/11 truthers, or anything of the sort, so the post doesn't even make any sense at all given what I wrote – if, of course, you'd bother to read past the first sentence before assuming I was overlooking the poor and the uneducated.

Also, I'm aware that your post does not explicitly state anything about how I'm overlooking the poor and uneducated and how it's so mean of me. It's just that given the countless posts you've made on that theme, it's probably safe to assume that whenever you talk about the underrepresented etc. in relation to someone else, you're implying the horrible insensitivity of the other person.

Jul 17, 2009#30

Calleja

SeraRelm said:
They landed in Japan.

Since juski is not here, I'll cover for him.

*clears throat*

FUCKIN' MOON PEOPLE!!! :angry:

Jul 17, 2009#31

The Lovely Boehner

Zarvox said:
Charlie, I hate to be the guy who starts the flame war, but as usual you were too busy assuming that any and every post must contain a slight against the poor, the uneducated, minorities, hell, maybe even small animals for all I know – you cast a pretty wide net. In my (quite short) post, I said nothing about forum polls. I'm pretty sure we've had no polls on the JFK assassination, 9/11 truthers, or anything of the sort, so the post doesn't even make any sense at all given what I wrote – if, of course, you'd bother to read past the first sentence before assuming I was overlooking the poor and the uneducated.

Also, I'm aware that your post does not explicitly state anything about how I'm overlooking the poor and uneducated and how it's so mean of me. It's just that given the countless posts you've made on that theme, it's probably safe to assume that whenever you talk about the underrepresented etc. in relation to someone else, you're implying the horrible insensitivity of the other person.

I'm not talking about forum polls either, just the CNN poll. In fact, my post was probably being pretty meanspirited and bigoted towards the group of people that don't frequent the internet. I can believe it's 25% because I'm not underestimating how stupid and numerous those types of people can be.

Jul 17, 2009#32

Calleja

The human race as a whole is a simmering pot of ignorance, stupidity, selfishness and immorality. It's trying to rise a bit out of that that makes a few individuals worthwhile.

Jul 17, 2009#33

SeraRelm

The Beatles were a simmering pot of ignorance, stupidity, selfishness and immorality?

They were people, man... they were people!

Jul 17, 2009#34

Calleja

FEW INDIVIDUALS ARE WORTHWHILE I SAID

That includes the beatles, my mommy, and scarlett.

-- less than a minute ago --

also, whomever made this burger I'm eating. Man is this thing scrumptious.

Jul 17, 2009#35

The Lovely Boehner

Calleja said:
also, whomever made this burger I'm eating. Man is this thing scrumptious.

Oh.

oh....oh...

oh... you burgin'.

Jul 17, 2009#36

Calleja

You fail for not pointing out my incorrect use of "whomever", Charles.

How you can be successful at being a snarky douchebag if you don't DEDICATE yourself, man?

Sheesh.

Jul 17, 2009#37

The Lovely Boehner

Calleja said:
You fail for not pointing out my incorrect use of "whomever", Charles.

How you can be successful at being a snarky douchebag if you don't DEDICATE yourself, man?

Sheesh.

Jul 17, 2009#38

Calleja

Jul 17, 2009#39

H

Han-Sagan

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... ed-by-lro/

Hopefully that should put this all to bed....

But I doubt it

Jul 17, 2009#40

SeraRelm

The lightbulb was discovered? :tumbleweed:

Jul 17, 2009#41

Gurpel

SeraRelm said:
The lightbulb was discovered? :tumbleweed:

if it makes you feel better you could just assume that they meant is as "the discovery of the [principles which allow a] lightbulb [to work]"

Jul 17, 2009#42

North_Ranger

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgtHgtyiQG0:2dtgbbo2][/youtube:2dtgbbo2]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJzdJjpV3dA&feature=related:2dtgbbo2][/youtube:2dtgbbo2]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vujyCCunwic&feature=related:2dtgbbo2][/youtube:2dtgbbo2]

In all honesty, I think the guys spreading paranoia with conspiracy theories need to be nailed to the wall by their dangly bits (whatever they may be). At the same time I find it terribly laughable that there are massive conspiracies afoot, going unnoticed by all - save for some douche living in his mom's basement.

Jul 17, 2009#43

LordRavage

The moon is totally photo shopped.

I mean..none of us go outside. It even looks fake in all those photos, films, etc.

:tongue:

Jul 17, 2009#44

Frankie Williamson

That beret'd guy in that 3rd Bullshit clip has a face I just want to punch. He could be ordering a coffee and I'd just want to hit him.

Jul 17, 2009#45

Calleja

Is anyone else having trouble getting YouTube embeds to load? It takes like 2 or 3 refreshes or I only get blank posts.

Jul 18, 2009#46

JCM

*looks at poll results*

Man, this is why this is the only forum I have never, and I´ll never quit, from forumpolis to freeboards 10 years back up to today´s Halforum.

Jul 18, 2009#47

Siska

The US-Soviet pissing contest got pretty heated back in those days. I wouldn't put it above any of the goverments to fake the size of their space penis. But I don't think they did. If the moon landing had been fake, there would have been some actual good evidence to that fact revealed by now. Not just speculation by people who sound like they probably wear a tin foil night cap when they go to sleep.

Jul 19, 2009#48

Dusty668

Welcome to Real Spaceflight! What happens when people in cislunar orbit stop being nice?:

Michael Collins-"That's no Moon-GARK!!!!"
'Buzz' Aldrin-"Shut the hell up or I'll punch you in the nuts again."

:rimshot:

Jul 19, 2009#49

Mr_Chaz

I heard a new theory last night. According to someone I know the moon landings were real...but Neil Armstrong wasn't the first person on the moon. This is where it got fuzzy since I couldn't really interrogate her to find out what she thought had happened, but I guess either she was confused and thought Buzz had gone first, there was someone else on the flight, or that there had been a separate test flight first maybe?

I think she honestly thought the third, which is a hilarious idea, the image in my head of NASA managing to secretly launch a Saturn 5 is just brilliant. Has anyone else heard this theory before? Because it was new to me.

Unless she thought there was another person on the flight, who left the lander first and stood there with a camera to film it all? God knows, maybe she was just dim.

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