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Jun 25, 2011 General Nonsense |

Here's a reading comprehension test for readers of Salon, Jezebel, and Change.org. (I borrowed this idea from a comment.)


Reading Comprehension Test:

 

If I say all men have a natural urge to eat, and some men are cannibals, have I implied that all men are natural cannibals? Did I condone the practice of eating people?

 

Discuss

 

 

[Note: Readers of The Huffington Post are exempted from the test because most have already passed it.]

 

Update: I'm adding two more questions.

 

If I say Dutch men are the tallest in the world, which of the following facts have I implied?

 

1. I'm a racist.

2. Every Dutch man is taller than every other man.

3. I have a low opinion of women because I didn't even mention them.

4. None of the above


If I say I invented a robot that can be used to help feed babies, quadriplegics, and some mentally handicapped people, what else have I implied?

1. Quadriplegics are mentally handicapped.

2. Babies are quadriplegics

3. Mentally handicapped people are a bunch of babies

4. I'm a socialist

5. None of the above



 
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Dalebert7
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Jun 29, 2011
The basic problem with this post is that, due to low reading comprehension, those who most need to understand it won't.
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HumilityRocks
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Jun 28, 2011
I actually laughed out loud 3 different times reading this. We laugh because it's funny... and we laugh because it's true.
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itegem
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Jun 28, 2011
@dfhofmann: you wrote "I think you are going to have accept the fact that your writing in the Peg and Hole blog was a little sloppy, particularly for a topic that had the obvious potential to be controversial."

Then you go on in teaching Scott a lesson in writing in an apparent attempt to be less offensive to people, but what you suggest is bland, boring (IMHO), while what Scott wrote was funny and thought provoking. Personally I much much prefer the original risque post, then again I was also a big fan of late George Carlin ... so it is probably my fault, but considering the crowds George drew I can be sure I am not the only one that has this flaw.

Bottom line: if you don't like the way Scott writes, just leave and let the rest of us ROFL, thank you.
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quist
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Jun 27, 2011
Blog Proof Failure

I remember losing all kinds of points in Geometry class for failing to employ the identity principle and say things like zero equals zero. Of course it does, why do I have to say that. Thus, if you feel rape is a terrible crime, you would likely not feel the need to differentiate it from lesser crimes since it is differentiated in your head as it should be in all rational people's minds. The implication that we need to qualify our feelings every time we mention the word rape is just the reader projecting their belief that we believe it is trivial. It does not mean our writing is sloppy.

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Frapazoid
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Jun 27, 2011
@SerenityNOW

I totally get you now. Sorry if I responded with a sharp stick.

I actually totally forgot about the rape thing. Yes people !$%* bricks when that comes up. Actually I've been a bit bothered lately by people repeatedly listing rape alongside tweeting naughty pictures, but whichever.

We know Scott's just thinking out loud and doesn't mean any ill intent. In one of the linked posts the other day of people complaining, someone actually referred to him as a men's rights campaigner in reference to the post where he was pissing on the men's rights folks. F-ing painful.
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Harrkar
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Jun 27, 2011
Wow! Perhaps this is the right way of taming them! Damn Straight strike ! Loving it! ;-)
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