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A couple of nomads. I remember Nomads.

Basic principle of the "Big Lie " propaganda technique, tireless repetition of the lie.

Don't know if it's true or just cute, but I like the story that a member of the Flat Earth Society bragged "We have members around the globe."

With respect to conspiracies most of them require secrecy of dozens, hundreds or thousands of people. This was addressed previously. Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack.

As in a lot of "serious" threads, three points come to mind: If you look at the modest intelligence of the average person you need to consider that half the people are less intelligent than that. Second, is the Dunning-Kruger effect and its corollaries. If you don't have sufficient knowledge or intelligence to understand a difficult complex idea, concept or fact, neither do you have sufficient knowledge or intelligence to know that you don't understand. The other point about the Dunning-Kruger effect is that no one is exempt. Lastly, having different ideas than everyone else doesn't necessarily make you an independent thinker. Two reasons: You may not be a thinker at all, your mental processes may not qualify as thoughts. You may just be a contrarian who always disagrees and whose beliefs are just as completely determined by others as if you agreed with them.

"I am being humourous . ( a lost art )" Clearly it is a lost art. There is of course a distinction between attempting to be humorous and actually being humorous.

Which moon landing? There were six manned moon landings. Not just the Armstrong landing which is the one most skeptics fixate on.

Understand the sentiment. Problem is that people act on their beliefs.

Yawn.

I did mine the week before Songkran. Filled out the application on Monday, checked every day. On Friday AM still pending, approved Friday afternoon. So they do update often.

Adorable!!!

Sharp analysis. I imagine it will change a lot of minds.

Glad you insisted on that point. Might be important later.

Putz.

This is hard-hitting, cutting edge journalism revealing the deep paradoxes in human behavior.

You disagree with my observations about my experience, ok. But you said "You have obviously never been to Songkran in BKK or Pattaya." I was just in Songkran in BKK. Go forth and multiply with yourself.

You are talking out of your a$$. I walked the length of Sukhumvit Soi 4 on Tuesday afternoon from Benjakiti Park entrance to Sukhumvit road. I described what I experienced You obviously think you know more than you possibly could. Many names for that, I won't belabor the point. When were you last in a Songkran battle zone?

No matter what Bezos does he cannot escape his nature, he is a nerd and a nudnik. He fell flat on his face going to greet the returning space gals.

Most people don't hit you hard in the face. Seems to be mostly Falangs/foreigners. These guys remind me of the kids in school who saw PE class as an opportunity to hurt other students. I guess the word is bully.

Or at least limit their attacks and it seems to done in fun. A lot of farangs are just creeps on Songkran. Was not surprised to read this. " was unexpectedly drenched by a group of three to four foreign revellers armed with water guns. Despite the man's gestures to signal his reluctance, the group went ahead and soaked him."

That settles that then. Next question.

It's everyday, sensible conversation. This forum needs more of this.

Wait so this whole thing was online? "I asked her to open her cam but she refused." That is not meeting someone. Or you met many times? Not sure what you are saying.

Bragging is not restricted to Americans. Look at AN on a regular basis, any thread is launching pad for bragging. Honestly, threads asking "What do you eat for breakfast" end up with international bragging competitions. Any excuse to brag about anything from income, to intelligence, to moral superiority, to manly prowess in physical combat (that's fighting), to correct use of the English language... No doubt you can think of others. I'm not saying Americans don't brag, just that they are not necessarily the leaders in that field.

Says the source of limitless positivity.