The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Cadence]

Visiting a friend who is recovering, and the lobby TV has the "History Channel" on. Erich von Däniken is on as a serious person...

 

[Ryujin]

Visiting a friend who is recovering, and the lobby TV has the "History Channel" on. Erich von Däniken is on as a serious person...

I read "Chariots of the Gods" and "Gods from Outer Space", and could easily spot the logical fallacies. The books had only come out a few years before. I was about 9 years old. In fact I just pulled out my copy of "Gods from Outer Space" and the printing date is 1972. I probably read "Chariots" in 1970.

 

[Ryujin]

Yeah. Like a few other properties, when your satire is so subtle that about half the audience misses the point, there’s a problem.

Subtlety likely isn't the issue. See "Poe's Law."

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

I think, like Watchmen, there's a large part of the audience that definitely missed the point.

The audio commentary makes it clear that a lot of people during the pre-release viewings didn't get it. Which is worrying, because it wasn't subtle AT ALL.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

I read "Chariots of the Gods" and "Gods from Outer Space", and could easily spot the logical fallacies. The books had only come out a few years before. I was about 9 years old. In fact I just pulled out my copy of "Gods from Outer Space" and the printing date is 1972. I probably read "Chariots" in 1970.

I read this book around that age, from the history section of the library. I was very confused because (a) I could spot the problems (b) it was a book from the "grown up" part of the library, not the children one, so it MUST be a serious book.

 

[Ryujin]

I read this book around that age, from the history section of the library. I was very confused because (a) I could spot the problems (b) it was a book from the "grown up" part of the library, not the children one, so it MUST be a serious book.

At the time of the first book's release, it was insane how much public credibility it was being given. It was everywhere.

 

[overgeeked]

Subtlety likely isn't the issue. See "Poe's Law."

Well, that's a round-about way of saying you agree with me.

"Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture saying that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parody of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the views being parodied."

The creators choose to not include such an indication of their intent. They very easily could. Yet do not. They were happy to make money from the fascists for decades while only recently coming out to claim the fascists were misinterpreting their IP. In some cases, the IP holders are still completely silent about their fascist fans. They don't get it both ways.

 

[Cadence]

I read "Chariots of the Gods" and "Gods from Outer Space", and could easily spot the logical fallacies. The books had only come out a few years before. I was about 9 years old. In fact I just pulled out my copy of "Gods from Outer Space" and the printing date is 1972. I probably read "Chariots" in 1970.

There were copies on our bookshelf when I was growing up that flipped through in the late 70s early 80s. I'll have to ask my dad sometime why he got them (he definitely isn't the type to believe that).

 

[darjr]

@overgeeked
Oh and as far as google cache, your welcome. I’ve worked hard to get google to prioritize new posts going to cache without killing the site with crawlers. The new software has been a dream for that compared to the last.

 

[darjr]

Ugh.