But that's why it's true!

Magnificent! Your post should be required reading for all CTers!

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
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"The Mayan symbol for "book" looks a lot like a triple hamburger, but I've never seen them claiming it as proof the Mayans had Big Macs." - KaiYeves
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

Reading? You must be kidding. Maybe if you made a video on YouTube.

<CT froth>

'Cuz...'cuz...'cuz...otherwise, the total lack of evidence of the conspiracy would make it glaringly obvious that the conspiracy was being COVERED UP!!!!! So they planted just enough subtle evidence to make a few ENLIGHTENED and suspicious people look like nutcases to the rest of the SHEEPLE!!!11 And it couldn't be fake evidence either 'cuz that would lead to the REAL evidence so there isn't any real evidence either but it's true evidence all the same if only you can see the TRUTH!!!!!!

</CT froth>

I feel so dirty.

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Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the word "sheeple"? Which is in no small part due to the fact that anyone who makes decisions based on the opposite of what "the man" says is just as much of a sheep as anyone else? You're still basing your opinions and actions on someone else's thoughts and not your own. Oh well. Hypocracy is a conspiracy too, I guess.

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

It is a useful word in internet discussions, though: When somebody says, without joking, "sheeple," it gives you a good indication that there is no point in further discussion with them. You might continue for the lurkers, but nothing is going to change their mind. "Pseudoskeptic" is another word along similar lines.

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That's a good point. It's kinda like an internet forum fire-alarm; as soon as it gets pulled you know it's hazardous to your health if you stick around.

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

I think we need a new law regarding the phrase "sheeple" in conspiracy threads, along the lines of Godwin's Law.

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"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
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Really? Even if I say "All of the people who believe RCH are sheeple" ?

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They actually used "sheeple" in a very disturbing car ad a while ago. If I could remember what car it was for I'd google it. The fact that I don't means they failed, THEY FAILED! Ahahaha!
...

Time for my meds.

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"The Mayan symbol for "book" looks a lot like a triple hamburger, but I've never seen them claiming it as proof the Mayans had Big Macs." - KaiYeves
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

I know the commercial you're referring to. I noticed the commercial because of the animation and the word, "sheeple," but it took a couple of times before I even realized it was a car commercial. I don't remember the brand either. It probably would be easy to find it by googling, but I don't want to.

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It's one of those "commercials" where, if you miss the last five seconds when they mention the product, you have no idea what they're advertising.

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"The Mayan symbol for "book" looks a lot like a triple hamburger, but I've never seen them claiming it as proof the Mayans had Big Macs." - KaiYeves
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

yes. It's an insulting, derogatory term that's pulled out when you just want to slap other people in the face.

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Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Mark Twain

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Good thing that I didn't mean it.
The people who believe RCH are simply misguided and I pray for them every night.

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Rovers forever! - ToSeek

Oh, those claymation things? There was a series of two or three. Lambs being led to the slaughter type deal. And I had forgotten them completely. They didn't seem to last long either.

I want to say it was for the Scion. That's the car that fits the theme (according to the manufacturer anyway) of "be different". So we should all be different by buying the same car, then paying even more to customize said car. Riiiiiiight.

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

"Be different! Be a rebel! Buy our mass-produced product!"

Duh, okay.

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"The Mayan symbol for "book" looks a lot like a triple hamburger, but I've never seen them claiming it as proof the Mayans had Big Macs." - KaiYeves
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

Reminds me an old Steve Martin stand-up bit:

Martin: "Let's repeat the non-conformist oath! I promise to be different!"
Audience (en mass): "I promise to be different!"
Martin: "I promise to be unique!"
Audience: "I promise to be unique!"
Martin: "I promise not to repeat things, other people say!"
Audience: <silence>
Martin: "Good!"

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Ah, good 'ol Steve Martin. The Jerk was on tv the other day. I love that movie. Only got to watch up until he was trying to hitch a ride from home (first 20 min or so) and had to leave though.

The amazing part about Martin is his ad-lib ability [edit: would that be, 'adlibility'?]. There's two halariously drawn-out scenes; the one that goes something like "The first day seemed like 10 days. The second day was 8 1/2 days. The third day, well that was just a day because you had to go visit your mother. But you came back on the fourth day, so that was like 4 days." etc. etc., and the "I don't need you! All I need is this lamp! This lamp and this ash tray! This lamp and this ash tray and this chair! I need this Thermos. This lamp this ashtray the chair and this Thermos, that's all i need! And these glasses." etc. etc.

Those were both done "on the fly", and flawlessly executed. Great stuff!

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

Hey, watch it, my dad drives a Scion!

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

But did he buy it because of a "cool" commercial, or because he thought it was a good car?

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"The Mayan symbol for "book" looks a lot like a triple hamburger, but I've never seen them claiming it as proof the Mayans had Big Macs." - KaiYeves
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

Because it was the closest dealership with hybrids.

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

Well, there you go. Advertising pressure fails again.

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"The Mayan symbol for "book" looks a lot like a triple hamburger, but I've never seen them claiming it as proof the Mayans had Big Macs." - KaiYeves
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

I only remember one. I thought it was computer animation, but who knows? I think it's pretty clear why they didn't last long. They apparently didn't make much of an impression or do a good job selling the product.

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I say there is an invisible elf in my backyard. How do you prove that I am wrong?

Disclaimer: Avatar is not an official NASA image and does not imply any specific interplanetary or interstellar capability.

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That doesn't stop some ads.

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"The Mayan symbol for "book" looks a lot like a triple hamburger, but I've never seen them claiming it as proof the Mayans had Big Macs." - KaiYeves
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort