The oatmeal explains the backfire effect

in comic β€’Β  7 years agoΒ 

I happen to induce this more often than I want, last time just yesterday in the VIVA chat.
Thanks to theoatmeal for reminding me that it's human ;-)

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe

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Hi @pharesim. I've recently noticed you voting on comments quite a bit, and several of my posts. I wanted to say thanks, but also admittedly do a bit of steemit stalking to see what you're about.
Considering this site's extremely diverse set of beliefs, philosophies, etc., I have to admit, I'm not sure if you're advocating or poking fun at this comic ;)

At this point there are so many claims proving and disproving all manner of theoretical facts (yes, I know this is an oxymoron ;) that I'm no longer convinced the earth is round, though I don't think it's flat--I'm going with a dome...ha...George washington may or may not have had donkey dentures or the teeth of slaves, democracy and republic seems to have exchanged definitions with one another, people still promote darwinism when it appears he renounced his own theories, ...and that is why I write either fiction or blogs about life experiences with cool pictures to go with it :)

I think this world is utterly fascinating and horrific, that people are fantastic and crazy, I absolutely love life, my family, my friends, my dogs, my vast imagination, micro-brewed beer, herbs that are green and steemit.
How goes Viva? My husband has put some money into it, he's the crypto guy...the only crypto I know anything whatsoever about is steem.
And that is my introduction, nice to meet you @pharesim :) I hope you'll begin posting again soon...are you still in Andalusia? That photo was magnificent.

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Hey @dreemit, nice to meet you too!

I'm glad you enjoyed the votes, but you have to thank someone else. My votes are managed by a large group of people. No way I could keep up to date with everything which happens here, so I figured a way to spread it as far as possible.

I think I agree with you. I advocated the comic because I want people to question their own beliefs as much as possible. There's so many people here who think they know how the world works, I figured it would be a good place to share ;) In the end it's our own lifes we should care about.

I went into Viva with the expectation to work a bit with them, but after spending two days getting bullshitted by marketers with no technical background I keep back and watch what happens from afar. I know there's some competent people there, but they have a long way to go.

Andalusia got me, I'll stay around for a while. I'm waiting for a specific phone to be released in this region, it was delayed from february to Q2, still nothing in the shops. When I got that I can finally share some more photos!

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Well, I don't take the thanks back, just extend it to whomever is supporting me with your sp ;)
My husband feels about the same with Viva, though he bought some and is keeping an eye on it, he didn't want me getting wrapped up in it. I'll stick to steemit, it has not let me down :)

I can definitely see how a place like that would get you, I look forward to those pictures!

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Holy shit. I officially regret having stopped reading the oatmeals comics over the years. That was deep!

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< mind blown > That was a roller coaster-like scrolling experience.

Well that was a nice comic. I enjoyed it.

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That was great!

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I just snarfed my coffee. LOL

Ah the Oatmeal!!

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He always does great stuff. I like comics that make me think as well as laugh

loved this yesterday it was super shared everywhere. Good to keep an eye out for it...we are only humans :D what did you to the viva ppl?! :))

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tried to explain to them that you can't identify real persons on a blockchain. didn't work, I'm the troll and they still advertise with that...

Hi there @pharesim.

I wondered why my post jumped so much and I checked the votes and that is why LOL

I just came to say thank you for the vote tonight.

I appreciate it very much.

Have a good week my friend. (:

Nice one :) love it.

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Cheers from California!

Cheers! β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†πŸ˜Ž

Oh my goodness... brain = BLOWN!!!

I have never seen this before! Thanks for sharing!

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Β  Β· Β 7 years agoΒ 

Even in the first grade it was something funny to me about placing your right hand over your chest(heart) and reciting the man pledge of allegiance to a flag ... I got in tons of trouble behind NOT knowing the words to the stupid pledge.., after staying after school writing a hundred lines on the chalk board " I will learn the words to the pledge" ... omg I knew I wasn't going to hell for not knowing it ... I'm alive and happy and still don't know the words πŸ€œπŸΎπŸ€›πŸΎ Why pledge allegiance to a flag I never got it sorry 😐

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Holy scrolling batman!

Thanks for sharing loved it, and thanks for the love on my last post :) have a great day :)

The Oatmeal creator might be my soulmate. I'm also a big fan of xkcd if you've never seen them before!

Β  Β· Β 7 years agoΒ 

Oh, and considering your profile, I thought you might appreciate this...it's from the Ithaca children's community garden, I'll be making a post about it next week :)

anarchy.jpg

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hey, good job there! Check out my profile, if there is anything you like. If you could just upvote it, it would made my day.

LMAO, so you selling T shirts ?, lol

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Ooo ty for sharing

pretty cool :D