But, I really don't care. It's worth repeating.
Anyone seen those toasters they've got out with the built-in egg cooker and meat warmer?
I actually kind of laughed when I first saw them.
They fucking rock.
Drop an english muffin or a bagel into the toaster, add a bit of water to the reservoir, crack an egg or two into the egg cup, poached or scrambled, it'll also hard boil up to 4 eggs as well, put whatever meat you want on the little tray, pop the cover on, push a button, and push the toaster lever down.
Not only does it cook it all with the push of a button, it's timed out so that the toasting will finish right about the same time as the egg.
Takes 3-4 minutes.
And the end product beats the hell out of fast food breakfast.
The biggest downfall is that it doesn't have any way of actually cooking whatever meat you use, so it has to be pre-cooked. They've got quite a bit of those available that are pretty decent, but they're also a bit expensive. My alternative has been packages of pre-cooked sausage patties I found in the frozen section at Wal-Mart. 1:30 in the microwave on half heat and they come out pretty well.
I imagine I could thaw them and use them in the toaster, but it really wouldn't be any easier.
Definitely good for college students with a habit of waking up with barely enough time to shower and get to class.
"i made a post in a vr sandbox thread, and all i was doing was stating a fact"
For those who missed the thread, that fact was, "the inclusion of meat in the human diet makes us smarter, and thats a fact."
No sources cited. No evidence presented. No research shown.
And why is that?
Because it's completely bullshit, is why.
The "insulting statement" made in reply to that:
"Shit!
Raziel i think you maybe right!
Cos when i used to eat meat i was smart and then whan i stopped eating meat i wasn't!
I just turned into this inarticulate carrot eating twat lol...
Wow i always wondered why i wasn't smart anymore?
And now i know!
Fact! Lol..."
Wait. That's not an insult. That's a refute to what was presented as fact. Sarcastic and anecdotal, perhaps. But there was no insult there.
He replied with something along the lines of saying he had obviously been taking stupid pills.
That's a direct character attack. That's a no-no in debate. In the forum, and most other internet-based discussion media, it's called flaming.
It's been against the rules as long as the forum has been around.
And he's right. This isn't the first time I've had a run-in with him. I don't remember what the other occurrences were exactly, but I'm pretty sure it was some pretty ridiculous shit that most members of the site are above.
So. Your words weren't twisted, the statement you claimed as fact was refuted, so instead of doing the logical thing and providing warrant for your claim, you call the person refuting said fact stupid.
And you try to tell me what should be gentlemanly?
And is it really so difficult to run a spell check?
There's this thing called Ethos. I think it's a reasonable deduction that you don't have a clue what I'm talking about. It's one of the three parts of the Aristotelian model of argument. According to Aristotle, the most important part of an argument, in fact. It is the writer or speaker him or herself.
The basic idea is that regardless of what is said, a writer or speaker only has credibility when his audience believes the speaker is a person of knowledge, honesty, and goodwill.
Blatant spelling errors, typos, lack of capitalization and grammar, all of these detract from ethos. Among plenty of other things that I won't go into further. Most of them are quite obvious anyway.
You are acting as a child who received a spanking for something he knew he did wrong, lashing out nearly incoherently. Without warrant. Without logic. Without ethos. Without accomplishing anything other then making yourself into a character from your lack of such.
This can be found in raziel's journal:
commode commando
16:51:18 - Jan 18 2007
Times Read: 7
there is this certain dominar that really gets under my skin, it just blows my mind how arrogant this person can be especially when he talks about fucking dogs, well its probably so since as fat and as ugly as he is, i once saw a pic of him and i bet he was 300+ so that explains for wanting to fuck a dog, cause the last time i bet he got pussy was when pussy had him. but it just must be the title oh im dominar so ill be the biggest asshole of the site cause cancer likes me. i would never take a position on vr and just get people pissed off at me which is what happens, anyways i got thinks to do ill do some more ranting later
First.... let's set the stage a bit. I suspended his posting rights for a day for blatantly flaming someone in the forum. However, when me messaged me personally asking about his suspension, I mistook his total lack of testicular fortitude for an attempt at politeness. My bad, dude. I'll try to be a little more astute in my observations next time.
As an example of this, I'll add a few excerpts from the conversation we had about his suspension:
"would you please be so kind as to tell me who and when i was flaming sir? it would be greatly appreciated"
"its no big deal really i just wanted to know thats but i greatly appreciate for telling me thanks"
"its really no big deal its only a day and im not argueing but i never received a first warning cause i have never done it before, but thanks anyways"
So... all "sir," "please," and "thanks" to my face, then talking shit behind my back.
Wait... but HE's calling ME a pussy?
Does this make sense to anyone?
Me either.
And that's really where I was going to stop, but just to amuse myself, I'm going to go through his pretty ridiculous attempt at insulting me.
-Talking about fucking dogs: I'm assuming you're referring to the song on my profile. I didn't write it, I didn't preform it. That honor goes to Blink 182. I just find it pretty amusing. (Arrrgh.... it's a Mexican pirate!)
-i once saw a pic of him and i bet he was 300+: First, it's not exactly difficult to find pics of me on the site, just a couple of clicks into my portfolio, and there you go. No point in trying to sound like it was harder then your last pilgrimage to Mecca. Second, I'm 215, not 300. Overweight? Sure am. Farm raised country boy to go along with it though, come on down and spend all day throwing bales of hay in 112 degree heat and we'll see who lasts longer.
-cause the last time i bet he got pussy was when pussy had him: Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. That's all I'm saying to that one.
-it just blows my mind how arrogant this person can be: It's not my fault I'm better then you.
I'm fucking sick and tired of having to babysit people that should be able to take care of themselves.
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