tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post8562464141999785662..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: You Misunderstand MeSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-19530399257586587682009-08-18T11:59:55.759-05:002009-08-18T11:59:55.759-05:00It's unbelievable that she can keep up this ta...It's unbelievable that she can keep up this tap-dance for so long. All she has to do is give support for one claim--drug companies get 80% of their revenue from the US. Which of course she can't.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-75511734255631631982009-08-18T09:15:28.206-05:002009-08-18T09:15:28.206-05:00The thing that bugs me the most about her always c...The thing that bugs me the most about her always claiming people who disagree with her are merely "misunderstanding" is the implication that others just aren't smart enough to understand what she's writing. These are grown, educated adults. I think they understand. If they don't, it's because of her rambling, disorganized, incoherent writing, not because they missed the point. How full of themselves does a person have to be to constantly make that claim? "It's not that I was wrong or had my facts muddled. It was that the other guy was too stupid to understand my brilliance."clever pseudonymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-33924226548669389612009-08-18T08:34:14.035-05:002009-08-18T08:34:14.035-05:00Damn right I don't understand McArdle. I don&#...Damn right I don't understand McArdle. I don't understand her <i>because you can't understand bullshit</i>. It's mentally impossible. Even if you nod your head and put on a serious face and say, "Yes, that makes sense", you still haven't understood it <i>because there is nothing to understand</i>. Bullshit is defined by being <i>a complete nullity</i>, a thing devoid of reality. (In this it is like nonsense, but bullshit not only lacks content, it is embedded in a narrative which denies that reality or content <i>could exist, anywhere</i>.) You can't understand McArdle for the same reason that you can't see a vacuum.atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044432505583647262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-20334323812983316272009-08-17T18:08:17.634-05:002009-08-17T18:08:17.634-05:00Re Megan's complete blowing of the Charles Wil...Re Megan's complete blowing of the Charles Wilson quote, she probably just momentarily confused real life with the "What's Good For General Bullmoose" song from "L'il Abner". After all, it's usually not like her to employ sloppy research.satchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-52646919783022273382009-08-17T15:20:29.803-05:002009-08-17T15:20:29.803-05:00It sounds like a good trade-off to me.It sounds like a good trade-off to me.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-11359155748194728532009-08-17T14:27:23.278-05:002009-08-17T14:27:23.278-05:00Pharma, get to work on an anti-suppository medicat...Pharma, get to work on an anti-suppository medication: one that prevents McArdle from just pulling arguments out of her ass.<br /><br />In the meantime, lets postpone the fifth generation of erection pills and let a few million underinsured people get nearly-century-old antibiotics for a change.rifflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09166475012791861563noreply@blogger.com