Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[prabe]

Considering the hype, I'm suprised a House of Dynamite didn't blow up more.

This is intentional, right?

 

[TwoSix]

This is intentional, right?

You have no idea how tempted I am to not answer this question and leave it open.

 

[Gradine]

 

[overgeeked]

No, don’t post that. It’s too early in the day and in the year to be that cynical and jaded even for me.

 

[Willie the Duck]

I'm doing typical year end house keeping on my end as a corpo drone.
I log into my HR system, and I'm taking some notes for my accountant, blah blah blah. I see a section, its label?
The Big Beautiful Bill Exceptions.
Now, first, that obviously doesnt apply to me, its blank, no problem since you know, Canadian. However, secondly, thats the legal term?!?

We're... and interesting country. Look at it this way -- we just named the thing the One Big Beautiful Bill/Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21). Back in 2001, we went to the trouble to make it spell out the thing with the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T.) Act (P.L. 107-56). That was above in beyond, and although the average U.S. citizen doesn't have to think about it much, that act is still in constant use if you are in some industries or tasks (such as routine anti-money laundering prevention in the banking industry).

A popular one is engineers who think they understand medicine more than biologists or even doctors.

It seems to be a real problem with both engineers and IT/computer types. My ever-unfinished thread topic I have on the back burner relates to one of my developers who was incredibly condescending to a coworker's spouse because she was 'merely' a VP of Human Resources. Mind you, I think everyone can have blinders to how narrow their expertise can be, and how that other thing over there can be a whole separate field with its own experts (ex. the doctors who are very good at treating a patient in front of them for a specific ailment, but needing the MPH to get a public health initiative to work).

 

[trappedslider]

I love the subgenre where they’re beefing/disagreeing with someone known to have actual experience & knowledge.

There was one I first saw several years ago where “The Incorrect Dude” told the other poster to read some particular books. The person he was “correcting” had authored those books.

 

[Autumnal]

I remember Dr Catherine Asaro disassembling some jerks on rec.arts.sf.written in the ‘90s who were sure that no woman could grasp chemistry or physics the way they did, especially if she’s writing romance-heavy stories. (She’s got an MA in physics, Ph.D in chemical physics.)

 

[soviet]

I got really tired of the people saying "huh huh, it's just like Idiocracy" for the past few years, but then I rewatched Idiocracy and just wanted to lie down in a dark room.

If you want to be really concerned watch Look Who's Back.

 

[Ryujin]

If you want to be really concerned watch Look Who's Back.

Slim?

 

[trappedslider]

Slim?

is he back again?