The binary-box.

[island911]

No I am not talking about computers. I'm talking about the two metaphorical boxes that a handful of people on this forum have developed for reacting to any given topic. That is, for any given topic those people have room for neither a middle ground, nor a different perspective; only room for pro or con.

Because of this binary-box model of the world, the simpletons grab hold of any posters slightly negative or slightly positive comments and run them into one of the two binary-box extremes.

Same thing happens for personalities here. That is, after losing a point or 12, the simpletons respond to any individual poster in a GW Bush fashion of " you are either with me or against me." Which of course has the simpleton chiming in with pissing-contest retorts based on who made a statement.

meh. Thankfully most here can separate arguments from persons, and can imagine more than black and white. But sheesh, the simpletons are annoying.

[mossguy]

iLand, you sound like a poopyhead!

[slakjaw]

This post belongs in parf. Apple hater.

Haters gonna hate. Nothing we can do about it.

[cashflyer]

I prefer a hexadecimal approach, however for this thread my reaction is 1.

[Aragorn]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

I prefer a hexadecimal approach, however for this thread my reaction is 1.

Well my reaction is 0. I could change my reaction and agree with you but then we both would be wrong.

[slakjaw]

01010100011010000110010100100000011000100110100101 10111001100001011100100111100100100000011000100110 11110111100000100000011010010111001100100000011000 01011000110111010001110101011000010110110001101100 01111001001000000110011001100101011011010110000101 10110001100101001000000110011101100101011011100110 10010111010001100001011011000110100101100001001011 10

[Shifter]

I like to tell people 4 in binary unless they are English, then they get a 12.

Count binary on your hand, you should get it...

[ckissick]

So, you're saying there are only 10 responses: pro or con.

[widebody911]

There are 10 types of people who understand binary...

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by island911

No I am not talking about computers. I'm talking about the two metaphorical boxes that a handful of people on this forum have developed for reacting to any given topic. That is, for any given topic those people have room for neither a middle ground, nor a different perspective; only room for pro or con.

Because of this binary-box model of the world, the simpletons grab hold of any posters slightly negative or slightly positive comments and run them into one of the two binary-box extremes.

Same thing happens for personalities here. That is, after losing a point or 12, the simpletons respond to any individual poster in a GW Bush fashion of " you are either with me or against me." Which of course has the simpleton chiming in with pissing-contest retorts based on who made a statement.

meh. Thankfully most here can separate arguments from persons, and can imagine more than black and white. But sheesh, the simpletons are annoying.

I'm not sure how I feel about this topic ......

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by island911

Same thing happens for personalities here. That is, after losing a point or 12, the simpletons respond to any individual poster in a GW Bush fashion of " you are either with me or against me." Which of course has the simpleton chiming in with pissing-contest retorts based on who made a statement..

You are so right! Why can people be more like Al Gore, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Capt Zero...all paragons on compromise and unity with folks of opposing viewpoints.

[stealthn]

Me thinks he doth protest too much....

[Gogar]

American culture doesn't allow for more than 2 choices.

[SilberUrS6]

Originally Posted by stealthn

Me thinks he doth protest too much....

It is LMAO-funny.

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by Gogar

American culture doesn't allow for more than 2 choices.

but...but...

[cstreit]

Originally Posted by Gogar

American culture doesn't allow for more than 2 choices.

I don't think that's our culture... I think it's the inevitable conclusion of our for-profit media that must segregate and generate reaction in order to sell. Only the loudest are heard. Only the extreme viewpoints are published.

Imagine a news article "GOP and Dems have similar view on Guatemala policy, but GOP favors 5% more investment in infrastructure."

Nope!

What he have is:

"7 ways your cat might be killing you..." and
"I saw this bear in the forest and you won't believe what happened next!"
"Dems say GOP leaders should all be hanged for treason!"

It's all BS. All.OF.IT.

[70SATMan]

Shoot,,,, I was expecting some cartoons to go along with the OP.

[SilberUrS6]

Originally Posted by cstreit

I don't think that's our culture... I think it's the inevitable conclusion of our for-profit media that must segregate and generate reaction in order to sell. Only the loudest are heard. Only the extreme viewpoints are published.

Imagine a news article "GOP and Dems have similar view on Guatemala policy, but GOP favors 5% more investment in infrastructure."

Nope!

What he have is:

"7 ways your cat might be killing you..." and
"I saw this bear in the forest and you won't believe what happened next!"
"Dems say GOP leaders should all be hanged for treason!"

It's all BS. All.OF.IT.

And the fact that there are folks out there that swallow it whole, then regurgitate it to others...

Useful idiots, and the ones who create the propaganda to begin with laugh all the way to the bank. When recitation of talking points replaces actual thought, there's no point in having a discussion. Easier just to fetch the talking points from the original source.