Re: Are atheists better poker players than theists?
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He was just being silly.
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That was the point of my "tongue in cheek" remark, allowing for that. But nagging at me was seeing in other threads the use of similar sounding "I found an exception to the general expectation, therefore the general expectation is wrong" examples, it's not unreasonable to be prepared for 'kidding-serious' or worse.
He caught DS's eye in the military thread with his "FYI I was standing next to a Brigidier General at Mass today."
Keep in mind that this line of 'rebuttal' is common in exchanges, and used as if it were valid, and just as silly as these comments, so there's no easy way to distinguish the serious from the semi-serious to the downright goofy. What was unusual about this one that was the clue it was "just being silly", we see tons of them essentially at the same level of sanity?
if it was a total joke, that's the risk one takes with net-humor. bin der dun dat.
luckyme, humourless in seattle
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