Personal Questions

[RCMerchant]

Dou you like horseradish?

[Allhallowsday]

Dou you like horseradish?

Love it!  The hotter the better!

[ER]

Yes, I like the sting.

[indianasmith]

Not so much by itself, but in things like wasabi and cocktail sauce, ABSOLUTELY!

[RCMerchant]

Dou you like horseradish?

Love it!  The hotter the better!

Me too.

[ER]

Ever known a Flat Earther?

I have, and it's amazing how detailed and thought-out their erroneous views can be. Some of them may be crazy but they aren't all stupid.

[indianasmith]

Ever known a Flat Earther?

I have, and it's amazing how detailed and thought-out their erroneous views can be. Some of them may be crazy but they aren't all stupid.

I haven't met any flat earthers, but I did used to spar with a holocaust denier, and it's the same thing - they're incredibly invested in their flawed worldview and can cite "evidence" to support it while finding creative ways to dismiss all real evidence to the contrary.

[ER]

Holocaust deniers are hard to get. Where do they think the Jewish population of the Pale and elsewhere in Europe went? What about all the eyewitnesses? I heard one on TV say the Holocaust couldn't have happened because Germany didn't have enough fuel to incinerate so many bodies. That was his evidence. I think the default setting of far to many people is to believe what they want and then try to find evidence to support it. (I also remember on September 11, 2001, literally ON that day, before it was over there were people saying in effect it never happened.)

[indianasmith]

The guy I got into it with claimed that there was not trace evidence of cyanide on the gas chamber walls at Auschwitz, therefore they were just showers, not gas chambers.
Beneath his veil of polite skepticism lurked a nasty anti-Semitism.  I asked him once about the tens of thousands of eyewitnesses who had seen the horrors in the camps, who had lost loved ones there, etc.  The mask dropped for a minute and he said:
"They've gotten away with this for far too long!"

[RCMerchant]

Ever known a Flat Earther?

I have, and it's amazing how detailed and thought-out their erroneous views can be. Some of them may be crazy but they aren't all stupid.

Yes. Tara Sue's son Jim was one, just before he died.
At least flat-earthers are harmless. Holocaust deniers- f**k them all to hell.

[Alex]

The guy I got into it with claimed that there was not trace evidence of cyanide on the gas chamber walls at Auschwitz, therefore they were just showers, not gas chambers.
Beneath his veil of polite skepticism lurked a nasty anti-Semitism.  I asked him once about the tens of thousands of eyewitnesses who had seen the horrors in the camps, who had lost loved ones there, etc.  The mask dropped for a minute and he said:
"They've gotten away with this for far too long!"

Whenever a holocaust denier starts with me I always say the same thing: My granddad was one of the guys who liberated Belsin. Might want to be very careful what you say next, cos it might just be engraved on your gravestone.

None of them have ever said anything next.

[ER]

Let me think up one of these before bed....


OK, here's one. Have you ever been so afraid you couldn't seem to move a muscle?

I felt that way one night alone in a tent in a forest in Maine, miles from where anyone was supposed to be. It was as dark as the interior of a cave outside, and someone was walking around very close to me, taking small quiet footsteps. It was absolutely terrifying.

[RCMerchant]

Never. Nothing scares me. I swear to...? My Ma's grave.
I may get scared for a second- but that turns into anger very fast. I don't think that's a healthy reaction, but it's the truth.

[Alex]

Let me think up one of these before bed....


OK, here's one. Have you ever been so afraid you couldn't seem to move a muscle?

I felt that way one night alone in a tent in a forest in Maine, miles from where anyone was supposed to be. It was as dark as the interior of a cave outside, and someone was walking around very close to me, taking small quiet footsteps. It was absolutely terrifying.

One of my earliest memories involves waking up from a night terror (I still remember what I was dreaming of. We left that house where I had that dream when I was 3), and being unable to move or cry out.

[ER]

How long do you sleep?

I average about five hours a night, which I'm told is not enough, and will bite me in some way down the road.