๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 8184 points ยท Posted at 10:14:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 1572 points ยท Posted at 10:15:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For those interested, he was wrong. She doesn't have anemia.
Ainrana ยท 974 points ยท Posted at 12:46:04 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So...are you seriously supposed to believe that he's a quirky genius, or is he supposed to be a full of himself nerd that spouts bullshit all day because he thinks it's charming? I can't tell, honestly.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 960 points ยท Posted at 13:32:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's right when it saves lives and wrong when the love interest is supposed to get through to him intellectually/emotionally. I mean I rage quit the show after this scene and it's only 20 minutes in but I'm pretty sure that's how it'll work.
Dustin- ยท 370 points ยท Posted at 16:35:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I rage quit a little bit after that. When they introduced the rest of the team they were all walking tropes and stereotypes. There is even the "handy man who's a woman but way manlier than the guys" stereotype.
oh I call that the "I have a lot of brothers!!!" female character.
Dustin- ยท 348 points ยท Posted at 20:06:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"When you have 6 older brothers you have to learn to take care of yourself." because big brothers aren't known to be super protective of their sisters.
I always thought the brothers taught her or she learns it with them. Like they're practicing fighting or fixing an engine one day and she's bored so she joins 'em.
amyberr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:41:09 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In my experience, that's the more correct thought.
source: I am this trope in real life. I'm into wrestling because that's the sport all 3 of my brothers stuck with the longest and I got dragged to tournaments every weekend for like 10 years. My brothers call me Paul.
rj20876 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 21:53:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I toughed it out til season 2. Then Walter jumped onto a train moving 90 mphs and I said fuck this bull shit...then turned on Flash and was happy. Funny how suspension of disbelief works.
surp_ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:46:01 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess Flash is meant to be far fetched - it's a comic - Scorpion is just....awful
rj20876 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:54:08 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is exactly it. Scorpion takes itself seriously and tries to ground itself in reality. Then it makes its main cast essentially super heroes that are walking Deus Ex Machina.
surp_ ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:03:25 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I honestly thought it was parody when I first turned it on.
dtdroid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:44:18 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a stereotype? Or a trope?
Dustin- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:48:18 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
BobHogan ยท 374 points ยท Posted at 16:34:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would have rage quit as well after this scene, but for a different reason. It points out that the writers don't do their research, which will lead to a very poorly written show with the bullshit he would be spouting off.
Einstein was never administered an IQ test, its impossible to know what his IQ was, the number 160 was just some internet idiot spouting off a number for one of those shitty Facebook pictures. Anyone who goes on about having higher IQ than Einstein is just an idiot because they should know its impossible to compare their two IQs. Furthermore, past an IQ of 180 it gets exponentially harder to accurately measure a person's IQ because its a quotient, so numbers past that are fairly meaningless and are not much more than an ego boost for people like the guy in the show.
Really his whole wikipedia is a mess.Guy claims to be a supergenius with a big company but he can't really give away any info to substantiate that because of nondisclosure agreements lol
EDIT: Also, lol@ the "smart" water he's drinking. I bet that wasn't just a coincidence
FBI denies everything he claims. The guy refuses to show any proof about his claimed IQ level. Its pretty convenient to just say some bullshit and then claim you signed a nondisclosure. Guy is a fraud.
Idk man, I have a 197 IQ (can't show any documentation to prove it though, nondisclosure all up in my shit because I'm classified as a military grade super weapon) and I think his story checks out pretty well. Eerily similar to my own background, but again I unfortunately can't provide any proof.
are fairly meaningless and are not much more than an ego boost for people like the guy in the show.
to be fair that's true of IQ tests as a whole even.
[deleted] ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 20:39:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No.
If given as part of a larger assessment they are very important, but if you're in a situation to need one you're probably not getting a score that you're going to brag about on the internet.
Even then, it's not the IQ test specifically that's necessary for that, just some metrics it uses.
[deleted] ยท 174 points ยท Posted at 16:55:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
an IQ is a terrible, archaic, and completely useless measurement of intelligence. It is inaccurate and misconstrues the nature of intelligence. Anyone who takes it (the test) seriously should reflect a little on its ethically dubious involvement with eugenics early on.
[deleted] ยท 698 points ยท Posted at 17:06:57 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whats wrong with eugenics? Edit: nevermind. Eugenics doesnt mean what I thought it did.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:38:06 on July 8, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Screw the rules, I have superior genetics!
[deleted] ยท 126 points ยท Posted at 18:14:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it was simply the idea that some genes are better than others, which as far as I know is completly true. I didnt realize it also implied we should use that information to systematically control the population. Is there another word for that idea? Like when women go to planned parenthood and get the fetus/amniotic fluid tested to make sure the baby isnt going to be born without a face? Thats the same principle as eugenics (good-genes). I realize you guys thought I thought it meant something completely different, thats why it was funny, sorry.
A big part of the problem is that in most cases, it's really hard to quantify which genes are better than others, since we're all meatsacks with our own inherent biases and are affected by our culture and time. Genes/traits that may have very obviously seemed "better" 100 years ago aren't the same today, and who knows what the next 100 years will bring. Eugenics is one of those things that sounds okay in theory, but then quickly starts to unravel once you examine what it actually would look like.
No, that's exactly Eugenics as well. It literally means "good breeding" or "well born."
Remember, things are good because someone said so, and things are bad because someone said so.
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 19:53:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think that, as with a lot of issues, the morality of eugenics really depends on the context and the extent of it. I don't see anything wrong with correcting potentially debilitating genes, for example. This would be extremely helpful to people who would love to have biological kids, but don't actually have them because they are afraid they'd pass down conditions like Huntington's. At the same time. I also don't want the situation go out of hand and have to live in a world like GATTACA.
Well, it's very nice to meet someone online who doesn't deal in moral absolutes. I agree with you wholeheartedly by the way. The Gattaca future is frightening and a real possibility.
People always quote Gattaca as some frightful dystopian future, but I find it's concept inspiring.
So it takes place only one generation into "gene vetting." Of course if you create a new system, it's going to start off with flaws, but ultimately I think humanity would be able to plug up these loopholes. And the stereotypes these people are dealing with aren't that horrible. Yes major corporations and NASA are vetting their staffs. Unfortunately they won't get top tier jobs. But even today, if you tried to apply as an astronaut while having a major heart defect, you'd obviously be denied.
And what are the benefits of this gene science? We get smarter, resilient, stronger human beings...for the rest of our existence. We only have to suffer 1 or 2 generations of job discrimination, and in the meantime humanity has evolved. When I see those choices, I'd happily support gene experimentation. I'd even volunteer to be the lower class to let humanity move forward.
Better yet, the protagonist of the movie alludes that human will is stronger than genetics. That human nature is inherently stronger than the bias's that chain it!
Yes such technology would open the floodgates on tons of potential problems, but many new technologies do. We've overcome them in the past, and I would have hope we would do it again. This is just my opinion from the perception of the movie. I think it's inspirational, and I hope one day we can make better humans.
Sorry for the rant. As a Biochemist dabbling around in genetics, I hear Gattaca a lot :)
If after a few generations the entire population becomes the modified, inproved humanity, then it is an awesome prospect, however if it stays exclusive to the rich and ut becomes a feedback loop keeping the poor out and with no incentives to get it to them, the segragation and rift between them would only grow.
This split that has far to many parallels to almost every racist, exclusionist, extremist ideology us what people are scared of, not the modifications.
They do not only fear the sutuation of the movie, they fear the possibility of that being the new status quo, the new slaves of a brave new world.
The policies in GATTACA will make a lot more sense when the main character dies of sudden heart failure and dooms the entire crew.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:19:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, heart conditions go under potentially debilitating genes, I would say. When I mentioned Gattaca, I was thinking more along the lines of genes that amplify a person's abilities/traits way above average, compared to simply correcting genes that would impair them from everyday functioning. I think it could be very dangerous to allow people to become super smart or super strong. Like in the movie, it could be used to discriminate against people who didn't undergo genetic modification, or maybe even those who simply didn't have enough money/resources to modify their genes enough to sufficiently boost their abilities.
Gattaca is only a dystopia because they have no welfare system in place.
Seriously, take a look at the movie and it's pretty much the reason their society is crap.
Eugenics (Gattaca style, not "abort fetuses with downs syndrome" as of current) could work really well if you just planned for it, and didn't go "hah, you poor, no right to pick the DNA profile for your kid then".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:20:05 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Obviously I can't really say for sure, but it isn't like that future is implausible. For one, genetic editing would likely be initially limited to a select few - the elite (this includes the people who could enact laws moderating eugenics) - and from there, they can actually justify and indefinitely maintain their place in society. This may contribute to further class inequality, and in time, it won't be too far off to predict that socioeconomic class would be more or less synonymous to how exquisitely their genes were edited.
You're right though, eugenics of that extent could work - but only if the elite decide to be selfless, and allow the general population to also eventually undergo the process. Or, they could have their genes modified now, and have it banned later, nevermind that they have already reaped the benefits from it. I don't know. Perhaps I'm just a pessimist.
being able to guess the definition of a word from its greek root is a great skill, but with neologisms especially the de facto meaning can be quite unexpected :)
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:30:46 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It isn't wrong. It's just PC bullshit far as I can tell. We won't have a state of gattaca because we started getting selective with our genes. In fact, if I were to let eugenics strive, I'd use that novel as one of the most major guidebooks for screw ups. No, people (especially reddit) just think it's wrong because of the hive mind. There's never a good answer for why they think it's wrong.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 14:56:18 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its wrong because telling other people what to do with their personal lives is facist. Mind your own goddamn business.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:14:58 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is never the idea. People are free to do what they want. However, culling out bad genes should never be disallowed ... that is also a choice. In fact, that is the right choice in the progress of humanity.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:27:56 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah youre a fascist. There is no purpose to our lives, we each give ourselves a purpose. The fact that you think we should all be striving for the same thing (to make the "right" choice for the progress of humanity) tells me that you dont care that maybe other people have different goals than you, they gave themselves a different purpose and it isnt anyones place to try to change that purpose. Some people want to live happily with their families, progress be damned. I certainly dont give a duck about the supposed progress of humanity (whatver the hell you mean by that). Im guessing you mean evolutionary progress, but no matter how many people you cull in your quest for the perfect human race its already too late. Anyone who would murder or forcibly sterilize someone else for their own goals obviously has bad genes too and is probably and idiot.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:32:23 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So much bullshit. I can hold views about what is the right thing to do (even if the views themselves are wrong) without holding the view that everyone should be forced to do it. If you're so scared of the mere suggestion that people should be free to remove badly mutated genes from their offspring, then you need to open your mind. We may create the race of perfect humans and there's nothing wrong with it.
Anyone who would murder or forcibly sterilize someone else for their own goals obviously has bad genes too and is probably and idiot.
wut the fuck are you even saying? Who the fuck wants to kill pople to further their goals? Like wtf do you think I am? Lex Luthor's protege? Damn son. Get a hold of yourself. There are no "bad" people in the world. There are only differently motivated ones.
[deleted] ยท -16 points ยท Posted at 17:30:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not motivated by eugenics, really. Anyway, post holocaust Germany was doing pretty well until recently, when the opposite of eugenics became the single allowed belief.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 18:28:43 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, attempting to create an Aryan master race is kind of eugenics. Like trying to wipe several races and disabilities from the gene-pool is definitely eugenic-esque.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:08:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holocaust only refers to the Jewish extinction attempt, not the various other mass murders.
That depends on your definition, and the Holocaust was part of Hitler's attempt to rid humanity of what he saw as inferior genes, so its definitely eugenics. Using the term Holocaust is just an easy way of referring to his whole 'lets kill all of the non-white, non-straight, non-ablebodied people' shebang.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:56:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I would imagine being pro life right? But I don't think that is the law in Germany either
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:31:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I really could have phrased it better, something like "the values opposite to those values by which eugenics is supported". I'm on rather heavy narcotic meds at the moment, it's hard to focus. The values that are the current norm involve society making allowances for the weak, whereas eugenicists would not.
That's exactly what they are doing, except nicely masking that with some sort of idealist language. Society HAS to make allowances for the weak, otherwise we become Sparta throwing babies away because they weren't born perfect. Absurd. Called him a Trump voter in another reply, can't wait to see how angry that makes them.
We're already a Sparta throwing society. Just look at Denmark. People born with down syndrome have pretty much become non-existent, because everyone aborts the fetus when test shows an extra chromosome.
Sure, you can think that is terrible, but it's one of the dark sides of being pro-choice. Eugenics will happen (I don't personally think eugenics is inherently bad though, and I don't think you're evil just because you don't want a kid with down syndrome).
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:28:43 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not motivated by eugenics, really.
It was 100% about eugenics, you idiot.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:46 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The idea behind the systemic slaughter of the Jews wasn't really based on "they're inferior and we're better off without them", it was more "they're malicious parasites and we need to get rid of them for our own safety." Eugenics is more the first than the second. I guess technically you might be right, but I feel like motivation matters. The Holocaust was coming from a place of perceived self defense.
I find it as hilarious as the next person to see people talk about their IQ but it seems like there is a legitimate use for IQ measurements, especially when dealing with people who have low intelligence. How else to provide some sort of metric in such situations?
It's not really 'useless' in the sense you mean. Anyone with any experience in the field wouldn't argue that an IQ test is an absolute measure of intelligence, it is a measure of how you perform on an IQ test - which is positively correlated with an whole bunch of other things such as academic achievement - that is literally it. It can also be an incredibly useful diagnostic tool (particularly WISC) for highlighting areas of learning developmental difficulties.
datsan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:30:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting. I am doing my doctorate in developmental psychology and have never had this opinion before.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 17:23:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The notion of a one-dimensional intelligence test doesn't make a lot of sense. Either you test a single isolated skill which would then not mean much, or you test several skills and lump them into a single number losing a lot of information.
The notion of there being a single "intelligence" is kind if silly. People are just good at stuff. I can be good at doing really big arithmetic problems but have poor observational skills and a, poor ability to grasp concepts. I can have a great working memory but not the emotional capacity to think for myself and figure out the next step.
Having a single test just doesn't make sense. Cognitive psychologists have come up with tons of tests for these individual traits, but you need to be more specific than to say you want a good "intelligence test"
I think that if you want you can average a bunch of specific performances to create a metric for general intelligence, but I do not believe that such a number is meaningful because why not just look at the specific performance metrics without averaging? You get more detail that way.
Edit: which server is "more powerful " one full of CPUs or one full of GPUs?
I always throw out the Rain man example. Is Dustin Hoffman 's character a genius with a high iq? Maybe if we don't consider that he's just good at rote memorization cannot think critically, and cannot live on his own. He "genius" is practically a great parlor trick and good for a trip to the casino. His one dimensional thinking and inability to be social won't get him too far at NASA
Is that your opinion or do you have any facts to back that up? Because it really does not agree with the way psychologists regard IQ. It's a good, reliable measurement of intelligence, measured by valid tests, correlated with job performance, income, life accomplishments and other "facets" of intelligence.
That's something stupid people say. High IQs are correlated with all sorts of good things, like earning potential, education level, retaining your precious virginity, etc.
You don't see people in jobs requiring intelligence with IQs of 90. It's not the big evil Hitler master race test people like you make it out to be because you're embarrassed you got 105 in an online IQ test.
you make it out to be because you're embarrassed you got 105 in an online IQ test.
The lowest score you can feasibly earn on pretty much any online IQ test is 120. Really, try and take an online IQ test and just randomly fill in answers. You'll at least get 120.
That's why he's so embarrassed, you're not meant to get a low score on an IQ test. Also that's not true, I've seen people get way lower than 120 on online IQ tests, and then share it on Facebook for some reason.
Isn't the point of the scene that the guy is an awkward idiot, Einstein's real IQ is irelevant, this character believes it was 160, that's all that matters.
No. The show is based on the life of the main writer, who honestly think he's hot shit just like the character in this scene (that character is actually supposed to be him, the main writer)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:38:59 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Took a learning disability test at school and after I got the results (I didn't have one) I asked them if I could have my IQ as well, which isn't included in the report but I knew they have it. The psych or whoever it was said he'd only give it to me if I was able to understand that it had little metric on intelligence and some people really care too much. I just wanted it to compare to a test I had taken as a kid so he gave it to me.
Yea, IQ is an outdated notion. Intelligence is still not super well understood, but we now know that it is very multifaceted, and standard IQ tests only test 1-2 facets of it, making them very poor measures of intelligence. I've taken some before out of curiosity to see the test, not because I particularly care about my score
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:53:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It stayed surprisingly similar to my score from when I was a kid though. It was neat how consistent it remained.
Not really if you think about it. IQ is measured against people in your age range. Unless you were above or behind the curve as a young child, your intelligence relative to theirs will stay pretty constant throughout your life.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:49:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's really not. IQ is a good measure of intelligence, predictive of school and job performance, income among other things. It's negatively correlated with crime, like one would expect. The tests are among the most reliable and valid. Even if there were other facets of intelligence, like social intelligence, they are highly correlated with IQ.
When we looked at the data, the bottom line is the whole concept of IQ -- or of you having a higher IQ than me -- is a myth," ..... "There is no such thing as a single measure of IQ or a measure of general intelligence
Q tests, widely used in business to decide who to hire and who to promote, are a hugely unreliable measure of intelligence......."IQ tests do work on average but they don't work very precisely for individuals," ........
"Just because something is occasionally predictive does not mean these tests measure intelligence."
The IQ test and the IQ scoring system are constantly adjusted to ensure that the average IQ remains at 100, despite a well-noted increase in intellectual ability worldwide.
That last quote, taken from the Discover article, is probably the most important one. IQ measures a quotient, how you stack up against your peers taking the same test. That is all it does, it is not an accurate representation of someone's intelligence. Even if you don't believe me, or these scientific studies, you have to at least acknowledge that it isn't a good measure of intelligence on the basis that the scoring is adjusted every few years to keep the average IQ score at 100. A person who scores a 100 today is much more intelligent, on average, than someone who scored a 100 75 years ago. Yet according to their IQ scores, they have the same intelligence.
Your first link asserts that there is not a single measure of IQ. Which is true, that's why modern IQ tests like the Wechsler have parts that measure verbal skills, reasoning capability as well as memory. So the premise from which these scientists argue with the press is already flawed. Especially if one is not versed in the field, one should not argue from press releases of random studies.
Your second article asserts that archaic IQ tests developed at beginning of the 20th century are bad and that SAT is not a good measure of intelligence. Well duh. They are not modern IQ tests so it's hardly fair to treat them like that. They proposed measures of creativity and common sense sound nice, but are (1) highly subjective and (2) correlated with IQ anyway.
The third article is just bad, just mentioning one fringe opinion. It's also counter the state of the art. They are not unreliable and are predictive on individual level. You even conveniently don't side the opposite opinion included.
Regardless on how large a number you have at the end, it being higher means you are more intelligent. It means you are better at your job, have a more successful career, are less violent and criminal, accomplish more. Because you are more intelligent. The claim that IQ is an outdated notion is simply wrong. It does not reflect the state of science.
Instead of looking for random, badly written news articles (like the discovery blog getting "Wechsler" wrong, or the telegraph being the telegraph), read the Wikipedia page and talk less about things you don't know.
t means you are better at your job, have a more successful career, are less violent and criminal, accomplish more.
This is just wrong. There are plenty of serial killers who have had extremely high IQs. There are plenty of extremely smart people who do not have successful careers. Having a high IQ doesn't guarantee that you will be better at your job than someone else, nor does it mean you will accomplish more. All it means is that you took a test and scored higher than someone else. It is an outdated concept that needs to be dropped in favor of more modern approaches to how we measure intelligence
You could of course have replied properly instead of picking one fact you are uncomfortable with. Surely you know that you cannot disprove statistics with counter examples. That's just not how it works.
The idea of having one absolute measure of intelligence, mental health and personality like needed to cope with your serial killer example is also patently absurd and completely out of scope of intelligence measures.
Fact: you read some pop science articles and then claimed IQ is an outdated concept. It's not.
I've actually researched this topic in school, but I'm done wasting my time in this thread.
blkells ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:18:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
when someone creates a theory that changes an entire field of study that is confirmed 100 years later by new discoveries....then they might have an argument about being smarter.
Ozqo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:03:18 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe the writers knew all that, but wanted a character who didn't know it.
BobHogan ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 17:06:52 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, the main writer of the show is the person who the show is based on. A "child prodigy who was diagnosed with an IQ of 197 at 13" or something according to his very own AMA on reddit. The link is somewhere in this thread. Go read it, he's just an ignorant douche who thinks that having a high IQ makes you intelligent.
According to him he's the best thing ever, probably. I don't actually know what he does, and if you take it from his AMA its going to be extremely warped representation. Anyone who brags about their IQ of "197" has a huge ego that constantly needs to be sated, so I would be hesitant to trust anything that comes out of his mouth
I kept on watching, as cringey as it was, but only lasted til about the 4th or 5th episode. Couldn't continue for exactly the same reason. He is just so absolutely full of shit I can't stand it. Now, to the actors defense this show is based off of a real person who acts entirely like the character. So, I guess you can't really blame the actor for portraying a real person accurately. But my god he is so fucking annoying.
DHSean ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:15:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still watch the show. You are right.
Ewoedo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:38 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:09:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:25:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, I think the difference is that Harry Pottery is 100% about the fact it's fictional. The guy this show's main character is based off of claims that all of the episodes are based off of real situations that have merely been "dramatized". Essentially, some sort of emergency similar to the one found in the show supposedly happened, and this is simply a slightly more dramatic re-telling of said emergency. To most viewers, this is absolutely ludicrous, and the fact that an executive producer who claims the show is loosely based on his own life claims that he has a good deal of control over a show that is based on his life and that the writers are aligned with his interests because he chose to align with people who are trustworthy implies that he claims the episodes are sufficiently realistic that they represent his actual life. A life he claims is usually strange.
This honestly, to me, makes it so incredibly awkward and cringe-worthy.
I believe this is what redpillers call "a neg". It looks like he matches the profile.
Anzai ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:12:26 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's based on a real guy. He's the full of himself nerd who spouts bullshit, the show is them desperately trying to show that he isn't but failing I think.
amyberr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:54:39 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On that page:
If your fingernails curve inwards like spoons (known medically as koilonychia), you may have one of the following disorders:
iron-deficiency anaemia, which is a reduced number of red blood cells due to a lack of iron in the body
haemochromatosis, where the body contains too much iron
So this can be caused by either not enough or too much iron. So if you have this, you can't just assume that you need more iron, you might already have too much. Or it might not be iron-related at all.
Relating it back to the TV show, this guy is a dumbass because he didn't even get the symptom right (pitted nails v spoon-shaped nails) and then on top of that he just picked one cause and assumed it was right. He could have been horribly wrong and maybe just convinced this girl to essentially poison herself with iron.
"Hey we're a team of super geniuses working as a crack government team. How are we going ot get shot at /parachute/hop onto a speeding subway train/go to the artic this week?"
Honestly the amount of times these guys get shot at or put in danger is ridiculous. These guys should be sitting in a room full of computers not out running around getting shot at.
Hyndis ยท 358 points ยท Posted at 16:16:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly the amount of times these guys get shot at or put in danger is ridiculous. These guys should be sitting in a room full of computers not out running around getting shot at.
You've also described CSI.
CSI is about a room full of people smarter than Sherlock Holmes with equipment that makes the Batcave look like shit. On top of that, the CSI team are all Judges who personally conduct every step of the criminal investigation.
Dexter had a more realistic depiction of CSI people. They're lab techs who only operate once the police have completely secured the crime scene. The CSI lab techs then pass on their findings to the DA who handles arrests/prosecutions/convictions.
ttmab7 ยท 187 points ยท Posted at 17:19:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're totally right CSI is just as bad. I work at a TV station though and I'm forced to watch Scorpion 2 or 3 times a month so I'm more annoyed by this show.
I get that a lot of shows need you to suspend your disbelief but you have to not make it ridiculous.
It's actually not the worst one I have to watch even.
That award goes to The Bachelor.
zelce ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:44:17 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
to me the best one is "bones", they do a lot of shooting first and asking later. they also end up killing many of the criminals they should be arresting. every time i watch it all i can think of is some prosecutor that is seriously fed up with their shit.
where "the complicated threats of the modern world" may variously include Comcast, mass surveillance, SJWs, censorship, the absence of celebrity nudes, and/or the absence of memes
Evilux ยท 381 points ยท Posted at 16:07:35 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
GOD FORBID THE LAST ONE
tvreruns ยท 195 points ยท Posted at 16:13:45 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's why they're advocating for the creation of the First National Dank of Memes.
Artiemes ยท 196 points ยท Posted at 16:19:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We already lost the Leo Oscar Meme in the DiCaprio meme market bust of 16'.
Never forget.
I really need a rare pepe to calm down.
[deleted] ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 16:52:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Elite_AI ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 16:45:02 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Plenty of those are real problems, if themselves only the result of underlying issues. Comcast (oligopolies/outright monopolies), mass surveillance, censorship, identity scapegoats distracting from the real problems, drying of meme quality as the Great Hotpocket Famine continues another year -- this stuff is serious.
Nobody doubts those are real problems, but these types treat them like simplistic video game villains that need to be bludgeoned with pithy memes and forum comments.
"Raising awareness" only goes so far before you're basically just raising your fists to the heavens and shouting "CURSE YOU, COMCAST!"
Censorship is clearly a real world issue, but most of the time it seems to be used in the sense of "people saying negative things about things I've said or things I like".
rahtin ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 18:40:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because the police have never fingered the wrong person or lead an investigation against the wrong person.
Usurer ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 18:55:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because a bunch of know-nothing internet vigilantes are better equipped to deal with this sort of thing than people that know what the fuck they're doing.
Not to mention the subreddit accused then harassed their suspects. The police then were forced to come foward with their suspect (the right ones) earlier than they should have. The suspects ended up killing an MIT officer in their escape.
Not his fault; the show literally BILLS itself as that. They've embraced the "Aspergers and Autism means you have super powers and are also allowed to be dicks" stereotype to the core.
I'm getting real sick of shows doing this.
Every fucking character in this show, Reed from Criminal Minds, Sheldon from Big Bang Theory...pretty much every show has at least one "Aspergers, super smart but always says the wrong thing because it's hilarious" character these days and it's fucking annoying.
The only ones I don't actively loathe are the main chick from Bones (because it's not her defining characteristic and is only implied) and the main dude from Mr Robot (because I think it's the first time a show has tried to do an Autistic character justice instead of just using it as an excuse to make a quirky character who say's douchey things to his friends faces and gets away with it because "autism")
God, fucking a thousand times this. Same with the entire "intelligent people are often socially retarded" stereotype - which is by and large complete bullshit. Sure maybe some are, but no more frequently than any other fucking IQ grouping.
Mr Robot and House M.D works, because the show really shows how the main characters are fucking douchebags to everyone who cares about them.
I have a feeling this show doesn't do that.
Could be argued that House isn't autistic, but it caters to the same "you can do whatever you want as long as you're intelligent"-mastrubation fantasy.
I don't even regularly watch TV and I had guessed the same thing. The commercials for that show when it was first coming out were absolute cringe material and I'm sure it's only gotten worse. They wouldn't stop throwing the word "genius" around, like it meant they had superpowers.
Complicated threats of the modern world like talking to girls and defending them from Chads!
[deleted] ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 19:07:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The problem with super geniuses in television is that the characters can really only be as clever as the writers, and a lot of the time it comes off just like our verysmart friends because it's the same thing-- people of average intelligence imagining what a genius would say in order to make [the characters|themselves] look like geniuses.
Though to be fair I would imagine you probably have to be above average to become a professional television writer. There are so many more qualified people than there are jobs in Hollywood.
An eccentric genius forms an international network of super-geniuses to act as the last line of defense against the complicated threats of the modern world.
Oh god no... if I ever stoop to the level in life where I start watching this show, please one of you just off me so I won't suffer any longer.
I loved the first two season, and honestly I didn't think season three was that bad. Although season four seems to have doubled down on everything that was bad in season three rather then taking a step back, and correcting for it. I'm gonna at least finish out the season, but I'm not really sure if I'll come back for season five.
matt997 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:19:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
survivor bias mostly. Because if only people which are still watching the show are voting. No one think they watch total rubbish all the time.
This guy is right. Before Batman V Superman even premiere it had a 9.6 on IMDb. Too many fan boys will skew the results. Also the reason why every Marvel movie starts on the 250 list.
hype? It is dumb though, I saw the ratings and was like huh this movie looks good, then I read the reviews from people yesterday and I figure it will be a good lazy saturday movie.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:13:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have super intense week night movies where you dress up and stuff?
Supposedly the studio cut over half an hour out of character building and story in a panic moment due to length, so it lost a lot of what made it a cohesive work. A director cut is already planned. It's too bad that's not what went to theatres.
BGBanks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:03:42 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A lot of movies have early screenings (some months before the actual release) or they could have been shown at a festival way before they have a wide realease so they IMDb doesn't put much of a limitation on it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:11:55 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was released in other places. Then, fanboys rate it 10 automatically just to fuck with the rating.
I feel like IMDB is pretty accurate after about two years of release. The initial fanboys or people who watched half of it and didn't give it a chance get evened out by non-biased viewers finally watching the movie.
That seems about right. I looked into the other Marvel movies that are on the 250 list. The Avengers #229 and Guardians of the Galaxy #236 seem to be slipping off entirely. The only other Marvel movie that is still up there is Deadpool and that was released last month.
I would say it's much more likely that it's mostly rabid fanboys. My little cousin wanted to go to the midnight release of BvS, so I volunteered to take her and the place was packed. And afterward almost everyone seemed to be over-the-moon delighted.
A rabid fanboy doesn't have to be paid to take people disliking something he loves personally. I would have been the same when I was a teen, if sites like IMDB had existed back then.
I'm not saying that some of the reviews aren't paid. They almost certainly are, but there's an army of disgruntled teens out there also more than happy to pitch in.
That's fine. It doesn't change the fact that some people liked it. Or at least liked it in the aftermath of having just sat through it at 2:45 am. I was surrounded on all sides by them. Maybe they'll change their minds after they had time to digest it.
It made zero sense to me, at all. I wouldn't say I hated it; I could sit through it again if I had to, but I didn't like or understand it.
Even though I think he was completely miscast the only part I liked was Jesse Eisenberg because I happen to be a fan of his anyway, but I say that I liked him only because I always like him. I get why everyone said he was wrong for the role and I agree.
I guess I would give it a 4 or maybe 4.5/10, since I said that I could watch it again. It wasn't torture; I'm just not the target audience for it, I guess.
If you are of the opinion that Charms Ultra Soft is the best toilet paper on earth, anybody who says "Charms toilet paper sucks" a paid shill working for Angel Soft.
If you think 4k television is awesome and somebody says "1080 is all you need", fuck those dudes because they are shills paid by companies who are stuck in the past.
If you really, really like blue houses and somebody thinks blue is a shitty house color, feel free to downvote their comments because those people get paid per post by companies that only make yellow pigment
... the list goes on and on.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:57:59 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The production companies pays people to leave good reviews when their movies are released. That's why you see big blockbuster movies with a really high score in the beginning, which then drops over time as the real reviews are coming in.
the whole idea of testing intelligence is based off of an estimated rubric at an estimated region and time. you can make an IQ test for some place like florida (no offence if you're from florida) and another place like japan or some privileged province in china and if you compare the guy with 120 IQ in florida to an 100 IQ guy in china/japan, the results would be wildly unpredictable.
In fact if you totalled the IQ results of everyone on earth given the IQ tests are different, you'd find the average IQ isn't even 100...
on top of that making the test requires predicting the test maker to GUESS how the average intelligent guy thinks. That's like guessing the mean, conducting the test based on your estimated mean + some other variables
[deleted] ยท 145 points ยท Posted at 15:16:58 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TV show ratings on IMDB are between 7-10.
10 = Amazing
9 = Good
8 = Eh
7 = Bad
6 = The worst show in history.
GSun103 ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 16:58:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd chop that down a point since the highest rated TV show there is a 9.5. So,
That's how game ratings tend to work too. A 7 is considered mediocre to decent, while a 5 is bad. You don't usually see anything below a 5. Unless it's truly terrible. I think the mean average is around 7 or the equivalent on most review publications.
Hell, look at Amazon scoring for products. 3 stars means bad. If it fulfills expectations without anything extra, and is exactly what you'd expect, that gets a 4-5 rating.
Scorpion is dumb though. I'm talking about mr. Robot and Daredevil :>. I know its 8.8 but thats close enough... Also all the cartoons that people love to circlejerk get super inflated grades because they " laren't just for kids and are smart".
Its good but it always falls apart during the end of the seasons. The rest isn't good enough to make up for it, it has a higher imdb than hannibal or fargo or the americans...
[deleted] ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 15:23:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ster is an incredibly underrated youtuber, in my opinion. His tf2 videos can be a bit bland, and so can his random gameplay videos, but his "basically" series is pure gold.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:57:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yeah I think he's great. Sorta glad he veered away from TF2 a bit cos there's only so much you can make videos on. Really like the way his "basically" series is not just limited to games too
Which is why everyone should use a 5 point scale. When was the last time you saw a review that was <5 on a ten point?
MTGandP ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 15:36:07 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On a 5 point scale, all the ratings will be 3-5. It's unavoidable.
[deleted] ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 16:47:57 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Chief_H ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 17:58:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
5 point scale makes sense to me. 1 point means absolutely terrible, 2 generally bad, 3 is mixed or average, 4 good film, and 5 is a masterpiece. I don't know what the difference between a 6 or 7 film is on a 10 point scale, and often people use a 10 point scale like school grades where anything before 5 is "failing" and a 7 is average.
MyAnimeList has a 10 point scale that clarifies the numbers, as follows:
10 - masterpiece
9 - great
8 - very good
7 - good
6 - fine
5 - average
4 - bad
3 - very bad
2 - horrible
1 - appalling
Obviously still very vague but a bit easier to categorise than just the numbers.
It makes sense that 7 is average because they aren't being compared against each other, and of course on average shows will be enjoyable. That's what they're made to be.
JakalDX ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:39:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The problem with "out of 10" ratings is that people inherently associate them with grades, and 7/10 is a C, not "Good", that's "Average to poor". And it makes the scale bottom out around 5 which is where "failing" is. It's hard to extract our thinking from this.
"Our of 5" works better because even though it easily correlates to an x/10 score, the numbers "mean" different things.
Youtube used to have a five point scale. Virtually every video was 5-star rated. It was a useless indicator. People (myself included) just don't like to think that hard.
Chief_H ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:05:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
YouTube is sufficient having a like or dislike. People aren't going to put much thought into a 3 minute video.
I know this isn't very useful for something like IMDB, but I wish we could all just ditch star ratings entirely. As someone who's been writing more movie reviews lately and been forced to choose ratings, I've come to realize how worthless if not misleading they are.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:48:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its like the attractiveness rating everyone wants 7 to be average so that means we have 1-6.9 as below average. Why? Why would I want to have a greater ranking resolution on people I don't want to date?
the hunted used to have a sub-5 rating awhile ago (before 2008 i recall). i never understood why. it's not the greatest film in the world, but it's thoroughly entertaining from start to finish (what a fucking movie is made to do)
Yeah pretty much it. He's completely socially retarded and she helps "translate" social cues and facilitate any form of social interaction. It's one of those terrible shows that are hard to stop watching. Sort of like Under the Dome.
"An eccentric genius forms an international network of super-geniuses to act as the last line of defense against the complicated threats of the modern world."
In the first episode they drive a car real fast under a flying plane to connect so that they can connect to their computer remotely and fix something. That show is incredibly awful.
Bpbegha ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 17:53:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the show becomes intolerable after awhile when they are put into situations where they need to act fast in their science-y ways, but the viewers would have no idea what's going on half the time so they just literally shout their activities and ideas to each other in layman's terms
"An eccentric genius forms an international network of super-geniuses to act as the last line of defense against the complicated threats of the modern world."
A show I will now never watch because I don't want to watch a show that is just all snarky smart ass comments of a "genius". And this looks like The Big Bang Theory solves crime.
Yeah it's called scorpion. It's actually pretty good imo. Pretty much there are 4 geniuses on a team that solves problems for the government. The girl in this scene helps them to act more like normal people and not like pretentious shits.
I am Walter O'Brien (hacker name: "Scorpion") and the TV show inspired by my life airs tonight at 9pm on the CBS network. I was diagnosed as a child prodigy with an IQ of 197 and at 13 years old started this company ScorpionComputerServices.com. Scorpion has mitigated risk for 7 years on $1.9 trillion of investments and has invented and applied Artificial Intelligence engines to protect United States war fighters in Afghanistan. Scorpion is now a think tank for hire that provides intelligence on demand as a concierge service for funded challenges through ConciergeUp.com.
[deleted] ยท 804 points ยท Posted at 14:43:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Is your life as poorly written as the show?
He never answered this question lol.
EDIT: another golden comment by Walter O'Brian himself:
It was chosen for me in high school as I was a very docile person until pushed too far and I am very loyal to my circle of friends (a group of scorpions is called a cyclone). So I had the nature of a Scorpion
I like to think he picked it because of the classic rock band. I'm pretty sure I heard that he wanted "Rock You Like a Hurricane" to be the theme song for the show, but The Scorpions wouldn't let him.
kepners ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:23:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My dad did that, gave himself a nickname. Epic
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:10:53 on August 2, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was called Bear, because I was fat. I kinda like it, now not so fat.
Rockyrox ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 20:25:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I knew a guy that decided his nickname would be Raven. No one called him that but he insisted on introducing himself as Raven to new people. It was so embarrassing and no one liked him.
JakalDX ยท 68 points ยท Posted at 20:48:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No we would immediately call him out if he did it in front of us, and if not, as soon as they mentioned it we would say no his name is josh. You can't give yourself nicknames. That's not how it works!
I live in the San Francisco Bay area. I'm a mechanic. I know more people than I can count on two hands that have worked at the Tesla plant in Fremont and for their service branch that absolutely hated it. Being coerced into working 10-14 hours a day, 6-7 days per week, and being berated and bullied into not taking vacation because "we can fill this job if you don't want it". The turnover rate at his Tesla manufacturing and service companies is outrageous because of this. They constantly need people to fill their rolls because so many are quitting or getting fired because of it.
Go check out the Glassdoor page on the Tesla plant in Fremont. Review after review telling about horrible working conditions. Nobody outside the company gives a shit because Elon is so charismatic and they just can't believe that this man, this visionary, would treat his employees that way. It's horseshit. I had one friend almost die when he wrapped his truck around a tree after working for 2 weeks straight for 14 hours a day. I have another friend who was soft-fired when he took vacation time. They changed his schedules almost on a daily basis to keep him on his toes, splitting his hours to keep him from going home, basically to get him to quit. Most of his employees don't live in Fremont, so they have a commute, anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half.
The money is good (hella overtime), but the conditions are borderline slavery. I don't understand how a man who talks so much about saving the world can treat the people who work for him so callously.
duglock ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 01:46:57 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I live in the San Francisco Bay area. I'm a mechanic. I know more people than I can count on two hands that have worked at the Tesla plant in Fremont and for their service branch that absolutely hated it. Being coerced into working 10-14 hours a day, 6-7 days per week, and being berated and bullied into not taking vacation because "we can fill this job if you don't want it".
That sounds like an average job to me. I'm not sure if you get the reason why they call it "work".
I have many pet peeves but I'm learning to live with them. I'm glad you liked the Pilot and I think you'll find this show much more technically and logically accurate than usual hacker movies - we still have to make it accessible to everyone so we cant spend 20mins showing PERL script. However I like to compare it to the medical language in shows like House MD or ER. Don't forget to tune into Scorpion on CBS tonight and check out our Instagram account @Scorpion_CBS for the weekly cryptogram puzzle sweepstakes and you could win $500.
There are no official records for IQ just as there are no official records for the forbes billionaire list (there are over 1000 billionaires not listed because the reporter cannot find them easily).The Guinness Book of World Records retired the "Highest IQ" category in 1990 after concluding IQ tests were too unreliable to designate a single record holder.I took the Stanford-Binet and my position statistical position can be seen using http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/iqtable.asp Where 197 = 1/1,486,736,899 rarity.Then divide that by the world population
A solar shield outside the earths atmosphere transmitting energy via microwave back to terrestrial power stations. One day of direct sunlight to the solar shield equals all remaining carbon deposits on the planet today. Like all problems we simply need someone to care enough to fund solving it at ConciergeUp.com. If we dont then we just have to finish our 2045.com project so we dont need the planet.
A lot of Q's here - one at a time.Who is the smartest person that you have met? The person who inspired Sylvester on the TV show. He'd like to remain private. What is the greatest risk to humanity on earth (what will cause armageddon)? Ignorance and cultural brainwashing will be the end of us thru irrational warfare. What's the biggest unsolved question in the world? 2045.com (working on it)
Then I would have to send out the drones... Just kidding, I was careful to align myself with people of great integrity and thoughtfulness. From the network to the writers to the actors and producers we are all on the same page that this show is for the greater good and will influence a new generation to embrace that "smart is cool".
I started with Locomotive Basic on an Amstrad 464 but I'm dating myself. Learning a base language like C or Java is always a good start as many other languages are based on these. In my opinion you need to know IOS, Linux and Windows as your software will likely touch all 3. Also learn AWS the Amazon cloud to run your Linux servers in.
I'm the executive producer, I provide the base stories to the writers and then review and help with the technical aspects of the scripts. I also help the actors understand and pronounce the tech dialog better. And I mitigate any risks that could impact the show.
IQ is not everything, I marvel at how people are better than me at many areas not IQ related - art, music, singing, dancing, cooking, gardening, designing. I'm only good at certain specific areas like coding, hacking and general problem solving. So we're all just different.
If you mean started in AI? I started thinking about thinking and replicating human abilities from the age of 10. I then got degrees in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in England which helped formalize my knowledge.
It was chosen for me in high school as I was a very docile person until pushed too far and I am very loyal to my circle of friends (a group of scorpions is called a cyclone). So I had the nature of a Scorpion.
Eh, sunrise is a bad example. Firstly, at the same location you can replicate it with predictability, and if you can't wait that long you can always replicate the sun rise by asking people in X location if the sun is rising where it should be at the time it should be, which it will be lol
rlcute ยท 100 points ยท Posted at 17:27:18 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I marvel at how people are better than me at many areas not IQ related
we still have to make it accessible to everyone so we cant spend 20mins showing PERL script.
Perl is an annoying language for me
Edit:
A solar shield outside the earths atmosphere transmitting energy via microwave back to terrestrial power stations. One day of direct sunlight to the solar shield equals all remaining carbon deposits on the planet today.
Yes she is, they are called supernannies and we have many of them. They are high EQ and reasonable IQ so they babysit the geniuses and the customers.
I want to smack this guy.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:19:19 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ha, his comment about how he got his hacker name sounds exactly like the explanation of someone who gave themselves their own nickname. Way too detailed and flattering.
wwwwolf ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:52:56 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
PERL
Okay. The guy knows nothing.
(it's a shibboleth. It's "Perl" as in programming language, "perl" as in Perl 5 interpreter, and "PERL" as in "I'm the CEO of a 2001 tech company just before the bubble burst and I heard the techs say that that is what we use for our e-commerce website". Substitute appropriate misspellings of Node.js or Rails for today.)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:56:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I took the Stanford-Binet and my position statistical position can be seen using http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/iqtable.asp Where 197 = 1/1,486,736,899 rarity.Then divide that by the world population
Wouldn't you multiply the rarity by population? At least if you're getting how many people in the world "has" that IQ.
DJSekora ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 21:45:20 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am I the only one that thinks that most of these answers sound reasonable and relatively well-adjusted? From the rest of the talk on this page, I was expecting far more self-aggrandizement, but here the only stuff I see seems reasonable for a person who just got a deal with a major broadcasting network to produce a show based on his life (i.e. anybody would have a bit of inflated ego in that scenario).
Am I the only one that thinks that most of these answers sound reasonable and relatively well-adjusted?
Yes.
[deleted] ยท 193 points ยท Posted at 17:58:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The guy is a con-artist. His business is literally a shell corporation with no employees - he makes all his money on the CBS show that he got for lying about his life history. I've tried to clean up his Wikipedia article and remove some of the garbage about how he "helped track down the Boston bombers" and "hacked into NASA when he was 11" but unfortunately he's managed to get all his stories sourced by his hometown newspaper, which is considered reliable.
Indeed, and it's a real shame. When I first heard about planes getting internet access, I was young enough that my immediate thought was an ethernet cable three thousand miles long connected to a port on the ground. Scorpion used that idea as a serious plot point. I was ready to love this show as the TV show equivalent of a B-movie, but I don't want to support con men, so I had to stop watching.
It might have replaced the "two hackers at one computer" NCIS scene in my mind for sheer audacity and beauty.
ZoomJet ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:53:32 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, keep pushing. Pretty sure you can talk to Wikipedia mods about reliable sources or similar, because I remember a friend once found a 'reliable' source was itself linked to an unreliable source and managed to get it off.
I like Wikipedia for how (mostly) accurate it is. Hate this con crap.
[deleted] ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 16:54:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He does know that if he had an IQ of 197 at 13 it would have dropped dramatically as he aged, yes?
Mitigated risks on 1.7 trilly? Dude loves to use the most beneficial parameters. Either stupid or evil (which is a kind of stupid).
noossab ยท 77 points ยท Posted at 18:01:05 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the gist of it is that the number is relative to other people your age. So if you have a high IQ when you're very young, it just means that you are an unusually smart kid. Unusually smart kids sometimes end up becoming averagely smart adults.
iAesc ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 20:30:35 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds about right. I had a "high IQ" and was fairly smart as a kid, but as an adult I feel dumber than a bag of rocks.
Frequently being drunk doesn't really help that fact.
A person's iq is a comparison to people the same age. A nine year old is compared to other 9 year olds. A 59 year old is compared to other 59 year olds. This is how all psychological instruments work. There is not inherent decline based on aging. A person is never compared to the average of all people. The are compared to the average of people the same age.
What you cited from Wikipedia references that the comparison is age-based. An average young child has less developed skills than an average adult, but they are both average because they are compared to separate groups. Likewise an average elderly person might have lower functioning due to an average 30-year-old due to cognitive decline, but they are both average compared to their norm-referenced group.
The trailer makes it look like more of a coherent movie than it is. The 25 minute monologue in the beginning is the greatest cinematic achievement of all time
smapti ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:45:48 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so sure you can't get 197 on any of the Stanford-Binet tests. They all have caps at, like, 150+ or 160+ or 180+ I think. Not 100% sure, but there's no way in hell that any reliable IQ test would ever give a score of 197, that would be dumb.
Ugh why does it make me so annoyed when people flaunt fake IQ scores? Like this guy gets a show? A career? Arrg, people inflate their IQ scores more than random internet guys inflating their dick size. Like what, will I get a show if I email CBS and say 'Hey I've got a four-foot schlong that needs its own unicycle, got loads of true stories about my massive penis that I'm sure you'd love to hear, guys!!'
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:12:23 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
adeadart ยท 253 points ยท Posted at 16:32:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Then there's the fact that the company's address is a UPS Store in Burbank, and the building shown on its website is actually a photoshopped image of the headquarters of German glass manufacturer, Glaskoch, based in Bad Driburg, Germany:
http://i.imgur.com/tbWAngQ.png
This is just sad
ttmab7 ยท 129 points ยท Posted at 17:25:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
So /r/thathappened has their own tv show now, is what I'm getting.
Why the fuck did he add reflections of giant scorpion tails in the glass? Is it supposed to make us think there's a giant scorpion inside/outside? Because it's shopped so badly it looks like neither.
If you google "Walter Obrien young" a result of him in a newspaper shows up and he's at a pretty normal weight. Still doesn't have as pretty of a face as the actor, but I don't any adaptation where they didn't pretty-up the person on screen.
rimnii ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:31:18 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This show looks awful and all, but that most recent episode title...
Djibouti Call
I can't stay mad at you, Scorpion.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 135 points ยท Posted at 16:23:11 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Almost, almost tempted to watch that episode. I can imagine the dialogue already.
"Hey stud, thought you'd like to take my g-string off."
"You have cellulitis."
"..."
"You need antibiotics."
"Get out of my room."
"Actually, seeing as we're in a hotel, this room doesn't belong to you. I can see how you could make that mistake though, your IQ is hardly as consequent as mine.."
No, but they do get shot at and escape ridiculous amounts of danger as per usual. Maybe we can have Sylvester tell us the probability of surviving 3% survival chances 27 times in a row.
Out of curiosity I watched the pilot, and oh my god... I just... I can't.
The dude can't stop referencing IQ numbers in random conversations and the best part is the guy from American Pie who plays another genius that looks like this.
What.
[deleted] ยท 198 points ยท Posted at 16:19:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
M'sidekick
rimarua ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 16:20:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With Finch wearing that hat, you have to wonder if this show is actually full autist or if it's a bar bet gone too far and they're just fucking around.
jsmooth7 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 16:09:49 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I watched the first episode too out of boredom one day, and my god it was bad. Quite possibly one of the worst episodes of TV I've ever seen.
See my problem with the pilot is that they thought airplanes would randomly crash into a city if the computer at the airport went down. And apparently the airport and all of the airplanes scrapped their radios at some point so they couldn't communicate.
I watched the pilot and was not terribly impressed. I think I watched it more because of Robert Patrick's involvement since I like him as the T1000 and as John Doggett in The X-Files.
Caught another episode where they were accused of robbing a casino, I was surfing channels and it was the best thing on at the time.
Caught pieces of another episode set during some kind of natural disaster where there was a gas buildup that was supposedly going to blow-up the city and where some family was stuck in a minivan in the water and electricity prevented them from escaping.
I was not terribly impressed for any given episode. Gave it a few chances since some shows have pretty terrible pilots and it may take a few episodes to iron-out, but it's not getting any better.
This show is so fucking embarrassing, I cringe whenever I see it's on.
boomerxl ยท 168 points ยท Posted at 16:40:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Hi. We're smart, and as such have no idea how not to behave like entitled assholes. Let's hire this waitress to "translate" our requests into idiot speak". This is the actual fucking premise.
Gozal_ ยท 70 points ยท Posted at 19:10:46 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think someone can be very knowledgeable in their field, but if they can't communicate it to the average individual it'd be a bit of a stretch to call them smart.
leadzor ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:55:57 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Overpriced and not unusually having crap quality components inside that don't last as long separate equivalents. The money they save on components, they spend on heavy marketing towards gamers that don't know any better. Now you do know better, so when considering Alienware, pick something else.
To be fair, they were a good company before they were bought out by Dell.
leadzor ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:13:57 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They were a good company with good materials but they were still overpriced. Now they're a bad company, with poor materials, with the same (or higher) prices. Lower cost, increase margins. Capitalism I guess.
Their mice and keyboards seen to have lower quality for the same prices as their competitors. I'm not sure how their computers compare, but considering they're owned by Dell, I wouldn't be surprised if the laptops are 90% Dell designs with different colors and faster graphics cards.
It's basically the "Reed Richards is useless" trope. Smartest man on the planet and invents revolutionary shit every day. All of which gets used once or twice and is never seen again. He could probably cure cancer in a week, but he doesn't, cause he's useless.
I've realized that most of the people at my university (one of the top public schools in the nation) aren't necessarily the smartest, for the most part they're just willing to put in the hours and hours of work to get the good grade.
"Our highest rated drama is NCIS, a show about a government team that stops crime and foils terrorist plots. Our highest rated sitcom is The Big Bang Theory a show about awkward, dorky geniuses. Anyway we could put those two things together?"
"A government team of awkward, dorky geniuses who fight crime and foil terrorist threats?"
"Boom. We'll call it Scorpion."
"Better add a forward slash to the title. Make it more tech savvy."
"Done. /Scorpion."
[deleted] ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 18:11:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure that this is exactly what happened.
It's almost like he had zero concern with how smart he actually was. Or maybe he was just too busy laying the foundation for an entire field of science. If only he had bragged about himself, then we could finally know.
I don't blame you. Anyone going on about IQ tests (more often than not, THEIR own IQ tests) is both full of shit, and deluded.
IQ is bullshit both from a methodology standpoint (there are 11 different methods. 11. Why?!) AND from a pragmatic standpoint. Even if you could adequately quantify something as subjective as intelligence (which, again, let's be perfectly clear -- you can't. We don't even fully know what intelligence, or for that matter consciousness, is -- and consciousness is far more objective than intelligence), all you'd end up with is a metric of potential.
Celebrating that potential in and of itself is like saying "I have two legs, that means I'm able to win a marathon. Gimme praise."
Only unaccomplished morons brag about IQ tests. I've never seen someone who has their shit together going on about how their IQ is 140 or something.
ZoomJet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:00:06 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was perhaps one of the most eloquently put ways to destroy IQ, m'lady!
I really like 'I have two legs, that means I'm able to win a marathon. Gimme praise.' I'm going to use this from now on
It's so hard being extra-abled. I think that's the term they use in the show. I rollled my eyes when they first said it and stopped watching.
ZoomJet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:01:00 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Extra-abled? Haha what really? Oh man, this thread is gold
AngelTC ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 15:37:47 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I recently discovered this show and I first hated it so much but somehow I turned it into a regular dose of cringe.
The mathematician in the show is just ridiculous, he is obviously fat and afraid of everything. He just spits out random numbers, like probabilities of the team succeding ( as if that were anything close to helpful ), he can memorize books by just glancing at them for a few seconds, etc.
Between him and the psychiatrist that randomly guesses things about people I just have to wonder if the show is a parody or the writers and creators are really that delusional.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 146 points ยท Posted at 16:01:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know, this subreddit could subsist entirely on that show for exactly 322.5 days with a 96% upvote rate.
PS: You should call your mother, she misses you and is ready to forgive what you said about her cooking.
Source: I have a 198 IQ
AngelTC ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 16:07:23 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
he can memorize books by just glancing at them for a few seconds
Derren Brown is an amazing British performer who has the ability to memorize vast amounts of information from books in order to give the appearance of psychic phenomenon.
Here he is in an early clip from one of his shows demonstrating this ability.
I am so very skeptical of this. i've googled it a bit and he's been caught faking several things. for example he did a show with this memory book trick but the book isn't real. pages 1-50'l be the same page. 51-100 will be the same. etc etc. so he doesn't memorize the whole book, just a few pages per "book". as to what he does in that video the crew is probably in on it.
Never watch a show about smart people if the writers aren't smart themselves (or at least work very hard and do a lot of research). Can't think of a single show about a genius that I like.
I wouldn't really call it a show about a genius. What I meant was "Smartest man in the room" shows where the protagonist blows everyone's tits off with a dumb explanation that solves everything.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:47:06 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't think of a single show about a genius that I like.
That's because a good show would just have smart characters doing smart and interesting things, instead of just having the character repeatedly announce how smart they are.
Yeah, but "Smartest man in the room" is a popular genre these days. Shows about a protagonist who's like an autist or something and solves the plot of the episode with a 5 minute speech at the end of the episode. I haven't watched whatever this show is but I assume it's something like that.
ZoomJet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:03:00 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but House is different. He's smarter, sure, but he just goes for it. He's not always right, and he's a miserable asshole. That's why we love him.
If all he did was sit in a corner and say what his IQ was and how easily he could solve the case, it would've been terrible
Sherlock has too much fan service in my opinion. He's always doing exactly what the audience is hoping he will do, and he breaks character every episode to help Watson or tell him how much he values their friendship.
Finally finished the first season a few days ago. I don't think I've ever seen a character as personally relatable as Elliot is. From what I knew about the show before I watched it, I was not expecting to get so emotionally invested in it.
But, who was at the door?
ryzyryz ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 20:02:43 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Yeah, even the commercials put me off of it. I think my exact words were, "Ah, a drama for the Big Bang Theory crowd."
Arjahn ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 23:03:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The show is Scorpion and it's amazing, seriously I watch it weekly. The writers really clearly don't give a shit at all, so the plots are comically absurd and stupid, which makes them super entertaining to watch. In one episode, they hook a car battery up to an old FBI agent's brain in order to help him do parkour and catch a blue-fingered terrorist who almost killed Bill Clinton. It's fucking great.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:42:09 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because that's what he's BEST known for right now. And that's what popped into my head. Simple as that.
plarah ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 15:33:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're right. There was also that movie where he is in love with Reese Witherspoon's ghost. Or that one where Jennifer Garner wishes she was 30 years old and realizes Mark Ruffalo is the love of her life.
It's kind of a shit joke, because he's been in 2 Academy award nominated movies in the last 2 years so it's not like everything he's done outside of Avengers is trash.
Okay, yes, this show is very 'facesofatheism', but if you watch at least three eps and read Walter O'Brien's wiki page, you'll most likely have a giggle at the sheer enormity of his delusions. Just the disparity between the actor he chose to be him (and how the girls throw themselves at him) and his picture on the page is good for a few chuckles.
Funnily enough what he said doesn't have anything to do with intelligence, but with knowledge. Any person who has looked up the symptoms of anemia can say that. You don't have to particularly smart to do so.
Guessing a girl her age has anemia isn't a spectacular stroke of genius anyway. Most women in their early to mid twenties have anemia due to the body reacting to the possibility of having children.
Most women? I'm sure some do but I doubt it's "most." Actually I just did a quick google search and found that only about 20% have anemia.
BGBanks ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 21:13:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not "most" but 20% is very common when talking about medical issues. Only 10% of the population is left-handed but if I see someone that is I'm not surprised at all.
If you want a show with a realistically smart main character I highly recommend Jonathan Creek. He's smart and hates showboating it around. He's that kind of quiet, reserved, knows when he's relevant kind of smart.
Doc85 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 16:44:01 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Another show about what stupid people think smart people are like.
1st episode or whatever, they dangle a lan cable out of a commercial airplanes nose gear wheel well, (couldn't use wifi, needed lan) then they sped underneath in a race car, and they made a data transfer while the plane flew right above them on the runway.
Aaaaand, dropped the show before it even got to the 2nd episode. Chicks kid is autistic, but of course this crew of genius retards "get him".
So much, give me a break.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:25:06 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A good friend of mine is on that show and I really tried to watch but it's so terrible. My girlfriend describes it as "what stupid people think smart people are like."
Izoto ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:32:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I enjoy the show, it's not well done and the smart characters aren't particularly intelligent, but it's my guilty pleasure, my Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
I litterally just finished the first season of Mr Robot, then came into this thread. I'm glad I didn't discover Scorpion first, because it would have turned me off to all tech shows going forward.
IQ isn't the same as knowledge. Somehow the guy's IQ is not enough to know that. Guess my IQ is like 200 then.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:37:32 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just noticed this post, with the same title (confusingly, since it's not within an 'iamverysmart' section of course), is now on 9GAG.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:24 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure this type of website has bots that go through and retrieve "hot" posts from various subreddits. A lot of their posts you'll find out have been posted on Reddit first.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:49:41 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's so bad.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:57:15 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's either that or just regular users trying to get internet points with cross-posts. Honestly I don't think it's that bad, yeah the websites profit from it, but you didn't hear me complaining about news aggregators ever. If you want to protest you can start posting with a watermark of some sort, like /r/iamverysmart off the side, just so people are more aware.
That would actually be really funny if websites like 9GAG were suddenly filled with automatically submitted top reddit posts that have watermarks explicitly showing the actual source.
Wish reddit was organized enough to try to pull something like that off.
A friend recommended it to me, saying it was awesome.
I could only stand the first two scenes of the pilot. Then came the one where he's riding his car, listening to the radio, and someone, in the radio show, asked "which month has 28 days".
And because someone said February and he said "every one of them... idiots", the show expected me to take him as super smart and then I knew what kind of show it was.
The next scene, introducing the rest of the team, confirmed it. And I promptly stopped watching and told my friend that the whole thing was ridiculous.
I like The Big Bang Theory, though, maybe I'm just a hypocrite or maybe TBBT doesn't have any delusions of being anything other than what it is.
So, let me get this right. So this is a show that's a bad self insert fanfic for the writer of it?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:15:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hate this show so much. Every episode is like "Hey we're smart. How do you know we're smart? Because we just told you we are. Except this girl who 4 weeks ago was a waitress but is now with us on a paramilitary mission to recover stolen nuclear material. But her autistic kid is smart because I am smart and I can recognize smart people."
That shows gotten ridiculous. There's no way these untrained brainiacs are taking on the kind of people you'd be sending in black ops forces for. First season was good, plausible even. Just can watch it anymore.
I stopped watching this show when they said they had to physically access a backup server to stop from reuploading a virus
Cruven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:04:11 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What show is this?
gladen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:41:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't that guy a Dothraki on Game of Thrones?
rj20876 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:51:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That absolutely is the entire premise of the show. And it only got more insufferable. I had to quit watching after he jumped onto a train moving at 90 mph based off of a few on the fly calculations.
That's the point. It's about a group of geniuses who know they are socially inept. They are very intelligent but need someone on their team dedicated to talking to everyone else.
Aerik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:52:13 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
must resist urge to throw french fry at imaginary smartass
This show looks fantastic! What is it? Also, sorry about being idiots. I hope an entire subreddit makes you feel better!
surp_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:53 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw this show for the first time last night, was just flipping channels and it came on. The plot was about how they were trying to stop a nuclear powered satellite that was in decaying orbit from detonating over populated areas. Apparently 10 million lives were at risk. So much wrong with that I don't know where to begin, it's ridiculous. This show is so fucking bad. The viewer reviews on rottentomatoes are about what I'd expect
If you watch the show like it's a parody it's pretty enjoyable, but it does get boring after a while because the episodes are really similar. I'm still not sure if it's meant to be taken seriously...
It's pretty obvious that target audience for this show is stupid aspies who want to reinforce their delusion that they're misunderstood geniuses. Society's too dumb to give them the respect and appreciation they deserve.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:08:17 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not all people with aspergers are pretentious assholes.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 1572 points ยท Posted at 10:15:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For those interested, he was wrong. She doesn't have anemia.
Ainrana ยท 974 points ยท Posted at 12:46:04 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So...are you seriously supposed to believe that he's a quirky genius, or is he supposed to be a full of himself nerd that spouts bullshit all day because he thinks it's charming? I can't tell, honestly.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 960 points ยท Posted at 13:32:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's right when it saves lives and wrong when the love interest is supposed to get through to him intellectually/emotionally. I mean I rage quit the show after this scene and it's only 20 minutes in but I'm pretty sure that's how it'll work.
Dustin- ยท 370 points ยท Posted at 16:35:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I rage quit a little bit after that. When they introduced the rest of the team they were all walking tropes and stereotypes. There is even the "handy man who's a woman but way manlier than the guys" stereotype.
everybell ยท 297 points ยท Posted at 19:57:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oh I call that the "I have a lot of brothers!!!" female character.
Dustin- ยท 348 points ยท Posted at 20:06:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"When you have 6 older brothers you have to learn to take care of yourself." because big brothers aren't known to be super protective of their sisters.
ThatBoogieman ยท 103 points ยท Posted at 21:03:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, the truth is it's when girls have little brothers they need to learn to fend for themselves.
Source: am a little bro, was an awful little force of chaos and mayhem for my big sis.
marshal_mellow ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:54:54 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same. sorry sis :\
SuburbanPhilosopher ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 21:04:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I never got that, is it supposed to mean that all the older brothers were just beating on their sister?
Queza ยท 51 points ยท Posted at 21:58:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always took it as play fighting with them, as the brothers did eachother, to try to fit in with them better.
SuburbanPhilosopher ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 22:08:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah never thought about that, but I mean playfighting does not mean you can take care of yourself lol
MrStigglesworth ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 00:36:37 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought the brothers taught her or she learns it with them. Like they're practicing fighting or fixing an engine one day and she's bored so she joins 'em.
amyberr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:41:09 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In my experience, that's the more correct thought.
source: I am this trope in real life. I'm into wrestling because that's the sport all 3 of my brothers stuck with the longest and I got dragged to tournaments every weekend for like 10 years. My brothers call me Paul.
fuckingliterally ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:00:46 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you get manly enough you can punch your way through anything.
bigb9919 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:21:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always figured it meant the brothers played rough with each other, and if she wanted to play, she'd have to keep up.
bigb9919 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 22:20:06 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"The Jo" cause they always have an ambiguous nickname.
amyberr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:42:44 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am this trope in real life. My brothers call me Paul.
Dustin- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:49:49 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IHaveBrothers
surp_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:44:33 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The "all my friends are guys anyway" stereotype
shadovvvvalker ยท 67 points ยท Posted at 16:45:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I rage quit at the trailer
Booserbob ยท 100 points ยท Posted at 18:16:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I rage quit at this image
mk2vrdrvr ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:20:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I rage quit at this post.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:26:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I rage quit without having a single clue what we're talking about. I win.
Flywolfpack ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:40:46 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I rage quit at birth
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:53:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I rage quit when my previous incarnation was a dinosaur.
mk2vrdrvr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:56:05 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I rage quit preventing the big bang.
letsgocrazy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:22 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I killed both me and my mother in childbirth.
sxewolfey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:57:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I ragequit at reddit.com/r/iamverysmart
rj20876 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 21:53:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I toughed it out til season 2. Then Walter jumped onto a train moving 90 mphs and I said fuck this bull shit...then turned on Flash and was happy. Funny how suspension of disbelief works.
surp_ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:46:01 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess Flash is meant to be far fetched - it's a comic - Scorpion is just....awful
rj20876 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:54:08 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is exactly it. Scorpion takes itself seriously and tries to ground itself in reality. Then it makes its main cast essentially super heroes that are walking Deus Ex Machina.
surp_ ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:03:25 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I honestly thought it was parody when I first turned it on.
dtdroid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:44:18 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a stereotype? Or a trope?
Dustin- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:48:18 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In this case, a trope.
And generally accompanied by this.
BobHogan ยท 374 points ยท Posted at 16:34:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would have rage quit as well after this scene, but for a different reason. It points out that the writers don't do their research, which will lead to a very poorly written show with the bullshit he would be spouting off.
Einstein was never administered an IQ test, its impossible to know what his IQ was, the number 160 was just some internet idiot spouting off a number for one of those shitty Facebook pictures. Anyone who goes on about having higher IQ than Einstein is just an idiot because they should know its impossible to compare their two IQs. Furthermore, past an IQ of 180 it gets exponentially harder to accurately measure a person's IQ because its a quotient, so numbers past that are fairly meaningless and are not much more than an ego boost for people like the guy in the show.
InZomnia365 ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 18:02:04 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Considering the show idea is (extremely loosely) based on one of the writers (Walter O'Brien), theres a lot of ego-stroking.
I found the cast interesting enough, though, even if the whole "were all super amazing genius fuckups" premise is old and tired.
Autodidact420 ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 20:58:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
He looks very smart
Really his whole wikipedia is a mess.Guy claims to be a supergenius with a big company but he can't really give away any info to substantiate that because of nondisclosure agreements lol
EDIT: Also, lol@ the "smart" water he's drinking. I bet that wasn't just a coincidence
placeholder-username ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 21:16:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He looks like a fatter, Italian version of Jonah Hill.
iatetacos ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:12:50 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FBI denies everything he claims. The guy refuses to show any proof about his claimed IQ level. Its pretty convenient to just say some bullshit and then claim you signed a nondisclosure. Guy is a fraud.
Autodidact420 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:27:42 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idk man, I have a 197 IQ (can't show any documentation to prove it though, nondisclosure all up in my shit because I'm classified as a military grade super weapon) and I think his story checks out pretty well. Eerily similar to my own background, but again I unfortunately can't provide any proof.
dimmidice ยท 238 points ยท Posted at 16:49:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
to be fair that's true of IQ tests as a whole even.
[deleted] ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 20:39:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No.
If given as part of a larger assessment they are very important, but if you're in a situation to need one you're probably not getting a score that you're going to brag about on the internet.
fuckingliterally ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:05:09 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even then, it's not the IQ test specifically that's necessary for that, just some metrics it uses.
[deleted] ยท 174 points ยท Posted at 16:55:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
an IQ is a terrible, archaic, and completely useless measurement of intelligence. It is inaccurate and misconstrues the nature of intelligence. Anyone who takes it (the test) seriously should reflect a little on its ethically dubious involvement with eugenics early on.
[deleted] ยท 698 points ยท Posted at 17:06:57 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whats wrong with eugenics? Edit: nevermind. Eugenics doesnt mean what I thought it did.
Warm_Bagels ยท 287 points ยท Posted at 17:17:38 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is hands-down the funniest comment I've read in a long time. Holy shit.
nosurprises23 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:26:02 on April 7, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait I'm not seeing the humor, why is it funny?
[deleted] ยท 83 points ยท Posted at 17:29:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What did you think it meant?
Threeedaaawwwg ยท 70 points ยท Posted at 18:00:40 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
probably a japanese card game or something.
optimalg ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 18:20:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eu-ge-oh!
ialwaysrandommeepo ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:14:08 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
D-D-D-DARWINISM
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:38:06 on July 8, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Screw the rules, I have superior genetics!
[deleted] ยท 126 points ยท Posted at 18:14:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it was simply the idea that some genes are better than others, which as far as I know is completly true. I didnt realize it also implied we should use that information to systematically control the population. Is there another word for that idea? Like when women go to planned parenthood and get the fetus/amniotic fluid tested to make sure the baby isnt going to be born without a face? Thats the same principle as eugenics (good-genes). I realize you guys thought I thought it meant something completely different, thats why it was funny, sorry.
LetsWorkTogether ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 19:02:17 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It's disability-selective abortion or genetic counseling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_and_abortion#Proponents_of_Disability-Selective_Abortion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_counseling
mamiesmom ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:56:33 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A big part of the problem is that in most cases, it's really hard to quantify which genes are better than others, since we're all meatsacks with our own inherent biases and are affected by our culture and time. Genes/traits that may have very obviously seemed "better" 100 years ago aren't the same today, and who knows what the next 100 years will bring. Eugenics is one of those things that sounds okay in theory, but then quickly starts to unravel once you examine what it actually would look like.
ManualNarwhal ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 19:41:10 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, that's exactly Eugenics as well. It literally means "good breeding" or "well born."
Remember, things are good because someone said so, and things are bad because someone said so.
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 19:53:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think that, as with a lot of issues, the morality of eugenics really depends on the context and the extent of it. I don't see anything wrong with correcting potentially debilitating genes, for example. This would be extremely helpful to people who would love to have biological kids, but don't actually have them because they are afraid they'd pass down conditions like Huntington's. At the same time. I also don't want the situation go out of hand and have to live in a world like GATTACA.
ManualNarwhal ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:45:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, it's very nice to meet someone online who doesn't deal in moral absolutes. I agree with you wholeheartedly by the way. The Gattaca future is frightening and a real possibility.
CrimeFightingScience ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:04:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People always quote Gattaca as some frightful dystopian future, but I find it's concept inspiring.
So it takes place only one generation into "gene vetting." Of course if you create a new system, it's going to start off with flaws, but ultimately I think humanity would be able to plug up these loopholes. And the stereotypes these people are dealing with aren't that horrible. Yes major corporations and NASA are vetting their staffs. Unfortunately they won't get top tier jobs. But even today, if you tried to apply as an astronaut while having a major heart defect, you'd obviously be denied.
And what are the benefits of this gene science? We get smarter, resilient, stronger human beings...for the rest of our existence. We only have to suffer 1 or 2 generations of job discrimination, and in the meantime humanity has evolved. When I see those choices, I'd happily support gene experimentation. I'd even volunteer to be the lower class to let humanity move forward.
Better yet, the protagonist of the movie alludes that human will is stronger than genetics. That human nature is inherently stronger than the bias's that chain it!
Yes such technology would open the floodgates on tons of potential problems, but many new technologies do. We've overcome them in the past, and I would have hope we would do it again. This is just my opinion from the perception of the movie. I think it's inspirational, and I hope one day we can make better humans.
Sorry for the rant. As a Biochemist dabbling around in genetics, I hear Gattaca a lot :)
TheLuckySpades ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:59:26 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If after a few generations the entire population becomes the modified, inproved humanity, then it is an awesome prospect, however if it stays exclusive to the rich and ut becomes a feedback loop keeping the poor out and with no incentives to get it to them, the segragation and rift between them would only grow.
This split that has far to many parallels to almost every racist, exclusionist, extremist ideology us what people are scared of, not the modifications.
They do not only fear the sutuation of the movie, they fear the possibility of that being the new status quo, the new slaves of a brave new world.
EsholEshek ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:41:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The policies in GATTACA will make a lot more sense when the main character dies of sudden heart failure and dooms the entire crew.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:19:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, heart conditions go under potentially debilitating genes, I would say. When I mentioned Gattaca, I was thinking more along the lines of genes that amplify a person's abilities/traits way above average, compared to simply correcting genes that would impair them from everyday functioning. I think it could be very dangerous to allow people to become super smart or super strong. Like in the movie, it could be used to discriminate against people who didn't undergo genetic modification, or maybe even those who simply didn't have enough money/resources to modify their genes enough to sufficiently boost their abilities.
hakkzpets ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:50 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gattaca is only a dystopia because they have no welfare system in place.
Seriously, take a look at the movie and it's pretty much the reason their society is crap.
Eugenics (Gattaca style, not "abort fetuses with downs syndrome" as of current) could work really well if you just planned for it, and didn't go "hah, you poor, no right to pick the DNA profile for your kid then".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:20:05 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Obviously I can't really say for sure, but it isn't like that future is implausible. For one, genetic editing would likely be initially limited to a select few - the elite (this includes the people who could enact laws moderating eugenics) - and from there, they can actually justify and indefinitely maintain their place in society. This may contribute to further class inequality, and in time, it won't be too far off to predict that socioeconomic class would be more or less synonymous to how exquisitely their genes were edited.
You're right though, eugenics of that extent could work - but only if the elite decide to be selfless, and allow the general population to also eventually undergo the process. Or, they could have their genes modified now, and have it banned later, nevermind that they have already reaped the benefits from it. I don't know. Perhaps I'm just a pessimist.
dharrison21 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:13:19 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"is a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population."
You just don't know what eugenics is.
reknologist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:42:09 on April 9, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
being able to guess the definition of a word from its greek root is a great skill, but with neologisms especially the de facto meaning can be quite unexpected :)
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:30:46 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It isn't wrong. It's just PC bullshit far as I can tell. We won't have a state of gattaca because we started getting selective with our genes. In fact, if I were to let eugenics strive, I'd use that novel as one of the most major guidebooks for screw ups. No, people (especially reddit) just think it's wrong because of the hive mind. There's never a good answer for why they think it's wrong.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 14:56:18 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its wrong because telling other people what to do with their personal lives is facist. Mind your own goddamn business.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:14:58 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is never the idea. People are free to do what they want. However, culling out bad genes should never be disallowed ... that is also a choice. In fact, that is the right choice in the progress of humanity.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:27:56 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah youre a fascist. There is no purpose to our lives, we each give ourselves a purpose. The fact that you think we should all be striving for the same thing (to make the "right" choice for the progress of humanity) tells me that you dont care that maybe other people have different goals than you, they gave themselves a different purpose and it isnt anyones place to try to change that purpose. Some people want to live happily with their families, progress be damned. I certainly dont give a duck about the supposed progress of humanity (whatver the hell you mean by that). Im guessing you mean evolutionary progress, but no matter how many people you cull in your quest for the perfect human race its already too late. Anyone who would murder or forcibly sterilize someone else for their own goals obviously has bad genes too and is probably and idiot.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:32:23 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So much bullshit. I can hold views about what is the right thing to do (even if the views themselves are wrong) without holding the view that everyone should be forced to do it. If you're so scared of the mere suggestion that people should be free to remove badly mutated genes from their offspring, then you need to open your mind. We may create the race of perfect humans and there's nothing wrong with it.
wut the fuck are you even saying? Who the fuck wants to kill pople to further their goals? Like wtf do you think I am? Lex Luthor's protege? Damn son. Get a hold of yourself. There are no "bad" people in the world. There are only differently motivated ones.
Axis_of_Weasels ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 17:27:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yuge-enics
doooom ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:24:06 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I HAVE THE BEST GENES
wowbagger88 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:01:01 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is that you, Tay? I knew Microsoft couldn't stop you.
Squibblus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:44:57 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I also used to think it was the science of Eugenes.
[deleted] ยท -12 points ยท Posted at 17:23:58 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As someone who definitely knows what eugenics is, what's wrong with eugenics?
LactatingCowboy ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 17:26:51 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Holocaust
[deleted] ยท -16 points ยท Posted at 17:30:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not motivated by eugenics, really. Anyway, post holocaust Germany was doing pretty well until recently, when the opposite of eugenics became the single allowed belief.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 18:28:43 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was 100% about eugenics, you idiot.
itsfuntotypebanana ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 18:32:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, attempting to create an Aryan master race is kind of eugenics. Like trying to wipe several races and disabilities from the gene-pool is definitely eugenic-esque.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:08:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holocaust only refers to the Jewish extinction attempt, not the various other mass murders.
itsfuntotypebanana ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:34:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That depends on your definition, and the Holocaust was part of Hitler's attempt to rid humanity of what he saw as inferior genes, so its definitely eugenics. Using the term Holocaust is just an easy way of referring to his whole 'lets kill all of the non-white, non-straight, non-ablebodied people' shebang.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:56:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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str8_ched ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:03:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not eugenics, duh.
LactatingCowboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:11:45 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would imagine being pro life right? But I don't think that is the law in Germany either
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:31:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I really could have phrased it better, something like "the values opposite to those values by which eugenics is supported". I'm on rather heavy narcotic meds at the moment, it's hard to focus. The values that are the current norm involve society making allowances for the weak, whereas eugenicists would not.
LactatingCowboy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:57:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah... Are you referring then to allowing the immigrants in?
dharrison21 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:16:16 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's exactly what they are doing, except nicely masking that with some sort of idealist language. Society HAS to make allowances for the weak, otherwise we become Sparta throwing babies away because they weren't born perfect. Absurd. Called him a Trump voter in another reply, can't wait to see how angry that makes them.
hakkzpets ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:50:19 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We're already a Sparta throwing society. Just look at Denmark. People born with down syndrome have pretty much become non-existent, because everyone aborts the fetus when test shows an extra chromosome.
Sure, you can think that is terrible, but it's one of the dark sides of being pro-choice. Eugenics will happen (I don't personally think eugenics is inherently bad though, and I don't think you're evil just because you don't want a kid with down syndrome).
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:28:43 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was 100% about eugenics, you idiot.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:46 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The idea behind the systemic slaughter of the Jews wasn't really based on "they're inferior and we're better off without them", it was more "they're malicious parasites and we need to get rid of them for our own safety." Eugenics is more the first than the second. I guess technically you might be right, but I feel like motivation matters. The Holocaust was coming from a place of perceived self defense.
LactatingCowboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:59:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They wanted to promote Arian genetics and eliminate outliers. I'd say that's genetics
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:52:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was both, you idiot, and it wasn't just Jews being killed.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:18:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word Holocaust refers exclusively to the attempt to exterminate the Jews. Also you should be more polite, vitriol is unhealthy.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:21:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, it doesn't. Are you trying to get your own thread here?
041744 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:47:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
dharrison21 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:14:39 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I thought you too didn't know what eugenics was, but it turns out you're probably a Trump voter.
ManualNarwhal ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:39:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like someone did poorly on their IQ test!
lizardflix ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:25:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I find it as hilarious as the next person to see people talk about their IQ but it seems like there is a legitimate use for IQ measurements, especially when dealing with people who have low intelligence. How else to provide some sort of metric in such situations?
A_Traveller ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:12:11 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not really 'useless' in the sense you mean. Anyone with any experience in the field wouldn't argue that an IQ test is an absolute measure of intelligence, it is a measure of how you perform on an IQ test - which is positively correlated with an whole bunch of other things such as academic achievement - that is literally it. It can also be an incredibly useful diagnostic tool (particularly WISC) for highlighting areas of learning developmental difficulties.
datsan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:30:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting. I am doing my doctorate in developmental psychology and have never had this opinion before.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 17:23:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is there a more accurate intelligence test?
golden_boy ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 18:11:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The notion of a one-dimensional intelligence test doesn't make a lot of sense. Either you test a single isolated skill which would then not mean much, or you test several skills and lump them into a single number losing a lot of information.
The notion of there being a single "intelligence" is kind if silly. People are just good at stuff. I can be good at doing really big arithmetic problems but have poor observational skills and a, poor ability to grasp concepts. I can have a great working memory but not the emotional capacity to think for myself and figure out the next step.
Having a single test just doesn't make sense. Cognitive psychologists have come up with tons of tests for these individual traits, but you need to be more specific than to say you want a good "intelligence test"
A_Traveller ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:13:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's argued the best test of 'g' (general intelligence) is probably Raven's Progressive Matrices, as it's non-verbal pattern recognition.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:17:02 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You think general intelligence doesn't exist?
golden_boy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:46:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think that if you want you can average a bunch of specific performances to create a metric for general intelligence, but I do not believe that such a number is meaningful because why not just look at the specific performance metrics without averaging? You get more detail that way.
Edit: which server is "more powerful " one full of CPUs or one full of GPUs?
PrinceOWales ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:02:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always throw out the Rain man example. Is Dustin Hoffman 's character a genius with a high iq? Maybe if we don't consider that he's just good at rote memorization cannot think critically, and cannot live on his own. He "genius" is practically a great parlor trick and good for a trip to the casino. His one dimensional thinking and inability to be social won't get him too far at NASA
Urbanscuba ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:46 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Life?
Panzerdrek ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:18:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never thought saying "that's a genetic fallacy" would be a good punchline, but here we are.
Wtfiwwpt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:59:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are those on the left (Like Ginsberg) who have never disavowed their support of eugenics even today.
kleinergruenerkaktus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:42:03 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is that your opinion or do you have any facts to back that up? Because it really does not agree with the way psychologists regard IQ. It's a good, reliable measurement of intelligence, measured by valid tests, correlated with job performance, income, life accomplishments and other "facets" of intelligence.
OceanRacoon ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 17:43:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's something stupid people say. High IQs are correlated with all sorts of good things, like earning potential, education level, retaining your precious virginity, etc.
You don't see people in jobs requiring intelligence with IQs of 90. It's not the big evil Hitler master race test people like you make it out to be because you're embarrassed you got 105 in an online IQ test.
Enantiomorphism ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:43:35 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The lowest score you can feasibly earn on pretty much any online IQ test is 120. Really, try and take an online IQ test and just randomly fill in answers. You'll at least get 120.
OceanRacoon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:52:18 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's why he's so embarrassed, you're not meant to get a low score on an IQ test. Also that's not true, I've seen people get way lower than 120 on online IQ tests, and then share it on Facebook for some reason.
Supersnazz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:43:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't the point of the scene that the guy is an awkward idiot, Einstein's real IQ is irelevant, this character believes it was 160, that's all that matters.
BobHogan ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:53:04 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No. The show is based on the life of the main writer, who honestly think he's hot shit just like the character in this scene (that character is actually supposed to be him, the main writer)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:38:59 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Took a learning disability test at school and after I got the results (I didn't have one) I asked them if I could have my IQ as well, which isn't included in the report but I knew they have it. The psych or whoever it was said he'd only give it to me if I was able to understand that it had little metric on intelligence and some people really care too much. I just wanted it to compare to a test I had taken as a kid so he gave it to me.
BobHogan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:47:43 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yea, IQ is an outdated notion. Intelligence is still not super well understood, but we now know that it is very multifaceted, and standard IQ tests only test 1-2 facets of it, making them very poor measures of intelligence. I've taken some before out of curiosity to see the test, not because I particularly care about my score
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:53:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It stayed surprisingly similar to my score from when I was a kid though. It was neat how consistent it remained.
BobHogan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:15:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not really if you think about it. IQ is measured against people in your age range. Unless you were above or behind the curve as a young child, your intelligence relative to theirs will stay pretty constant throughout your life.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:49:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That does make more sense.
kleinergruenerkaktus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:39:01 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's really not. IQ is a good measure of intelligence, predictive of school and job performance, income among other things. It's negatively correlated with crime, like one would expect. The tests are among the most reliable and valid. Even if there were other facets of intelligence, like social intelligence, they are highly correlated with IQ.
BobHogan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:55:54 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/iq-scores-not-accurate-marker-of-intelligence-study-shows/
http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2015/11/19/todays_iq_tests_are_outdated_109459.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1560418/IQ-tests-are-unreliable-measure.html
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2014/08/27/ignore-iq-tests-intelligence-fixed-life/
That last quote, taken from the Discover article, is probably the most important one. IQ measures a quotient, how you stack up against your peers taking the same test. That is all it does, it is not an accurate representation of someone's intelligence. Even if you don't believe me, or these scientific studies, you have to at least acknowledge that it isn't a good measure of intelligence on the basis that the scoring is adjusted every few years to keep the average IQ score at 100. A person who scores a 100 today is much more intelligent, on average, than someone who scored a 100 75 years ago. Yet according to their IQ scores, they have the same intelligence.
kleinergruenerkaktus ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:20:53 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your first link asserts that there is not a single measure of IQ. Which is true, that's why modern IQ tests like the Wechsler have parts that measure verbal skills, reasoning capability as well as memory. So the premise from which these scientists argue with the press is already flawed. Especially if one is not versed in the field, one should not argue from press releases of random studies.
Your second article asserts that archaic IQ tests developed at beginning of the 20th century are bad and that SAT is not a good measure of intelligence. Well duh. They are not modern IQ tests so it's hardly fair to treat them like that. They proposed measures of creativity and common sense sound nice, but are (1) highly subjective and (2) correlated with IQ anyway.
The third article is just bad, just mentioning one fringe opinion. It's also counter the state of the art. They are not unreliable and are predictive on individual level. You even conveniently don't side the opposite opinion included.
Regardless on how large a number you have at the end, it being higher means you are more intelligent. It means you are better at your job, have a more successful career, are less violent and criminal, accomplish more. Because you are more intelligent. The claim that IQ is an outdated notion is simply wrong. It does not reflect the state of science.
Instead of looking for random, badly written news articles (like the discovery blog getting "Wechsler" wrong, or the telegraph being the telegraph), read the Wikipedia page and talk less about things you don't know.
BobHogan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:32:27 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is just wrong. There are plenty of serial killers who have had extremely high IQs. There are plenty of extremely smart people who do not have successful careers. Having a high IQ doesn't guarantee that you will be better at your job than someone else, nor does it mean you will accomplish more. All it means is that you took a test and scored higher than someone else. It is an outdated concept that needs to be dropped in favor of more modern approaches to how we measure intelligence
kleinergruenerkaktus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:40:28 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You could of course have replied properly instead of picking one fact you are uncomfortable with. Surely you know that you cannot disprove statistics with counter examples. That's just not how it works.
The idea of having one absolute measure of intelligence, mental health and personality like needed to cope with your serial killer example is also patently absurd and completely out of scope of intelligence measures.
Fact: you read some pop science articles and then claimed IQ is an outdated concept. It's not.
BobHogan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:42 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've actually researched this topic in school, but I'm done wasting my time in this thread.
blkells ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:18:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
when someone creates a theory that changes an entire field of study that is confirmed 100 years later by new discoveries....then they might have an argument about being smarter.
themightygresh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:03:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you ever feel like OP's image was about you?
Ozqo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:03:18 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe the writers knew all that, but wanted a character who didn't know it.
BobHogan ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 17:06:52 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, the main writer of the show is the person who the show is based on. A "child prodigy who was diagnosed with an IQ of 197 at 13" or something according to his very own AMA on reddit. The link is somewhere in this thread. Go read it, he's just an ignorant douche who thinks that having a high IQ makes you intelligent.
furyextralarge ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 17:18:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's a genius AND he has a long dick?
MightyGamera ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 17:23:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/short
NinjaRobotPilot ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:38:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why don't you have a seat over here?
golden_boy ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:12:08 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Has he... done anything worthwhile?
BobHogan ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 18:13:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
According to him he's the best thing ever, probably. I don't actually know what he does, and if you take it from his AMA its going to be extremely warped representation. Anyone who brags about their IQ of "197" has a huge ego that constantly needs to be sated, so I would be hesitant to trust anything that comes out of his mouth
golden_boy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:53:39 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I checked out the website for hie company or whatever. There are video testimonials from, I quote "CEO of a finance company". Rofl.
Rockyrox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:58 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know what. You sound like one of them real smart IQ guys. I don't take kindly to real smart IQ guys.
IHv2RtrnSumVdeotapes ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:19:08 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Please tell me he doesn't bang this girl. That would be the most unrealistic thing to happen on the show.
titsonalog ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 14:33:10 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's an OK show if you don't think too hard. Lil Asian girl isn't a great actor but w/e
ignore_me_im_high ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 17:08:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never a ringing endorsement
titsonalog ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:51:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True, but sometimes you want background noise with some plot while browsing reddit
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:42:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thats what podcasts are for.
bullseyes ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 17:27:01 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you talking about Happy Quinn? She's not a little girl wtf, that's demeaning
Axis_of_Weasels ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 17:28:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you had me at asian girl. and im assuming they're after the white male audience so thats why shes there
drill_hands_420 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:47:12 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I kept on watching, as cringey as it was, but only lasted til about the 4th or 5th episode. Couldn't continue for exactly the same reason. He is just so absolutely full of shit I can't stand it. Now, to the actors defense this show is based off of a real person who acts entirely like the character. So, I guess you can't really blame the actor for portraying a real person accurately. But my god he is so fucking annoying.
DHSean ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:15:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still watch the show. You are right.
Ewoedo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:38 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What's the show called
honorman81 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:23:59 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, House basically
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:09:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:25:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, I think the difference is that Harry Pottery is 100% about the fact it's fictional. The guy this show's main character is based off of claims that all of the episodes are based off of real situations that have merely been "dramatized". Essentially, some sort of emergency similar to the one found in the show supposedly happened, and this is simply a slightly more dramatic re-telling of said emergency. To most viewers, this is absolutely ludicrous, and the fact that an executive producer who claims the show is loosely based on his own life claims that he has a good deal of control over a show that is based on his life and that the writers are aligned with his interests because he chose to align with people who are trustworthy implies that he claims the episodes are sufficiently realistic that they represent his actual life. A life he claims is usually strange.
This honestly, to me, makes it so incredibly awkward and cringe-worthy.
CleanBill ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:52:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I believe this is what redpillers call "a neg". It looks like he matches the profile.
Anzai ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:12:26 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's based on a real guy. He's the full of himself nerd who spouts bullshit, the show is them desperately trying to show that he isn't but failing I think.
Chase1029 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 21:06:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/iamverysmart
[deleted] ยท 175 points ยท Posted at 15:20:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's also wrong in that pitted nails aren't a sign of iron-deficiency anaemia, koilonychia (spoon-shaped nails) is.
Source.
[deleted] ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 15:36:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, pitted nails you'd more likely think psoriasis.
otterfox ยท 113 points ยท Posted at 17:42:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't recall asking, Einstein
carnageeleven ยท 398 points ยท Posted at 17:49:07 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Einstein had an IQ of 160. Mines 97.
chakrablocker ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 19:16:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's almost perfect!
Hedoin ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 20:10:17 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
- Wow.
theawesomeone148 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:48:43 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! I steal
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 18:19:07 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, if I can't use my education to make myself seem smart to strangers on the internet then why did I even go to university?
LazyProspector ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:14:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was gonna ask because the nail on one of my thumbs have inexplicably become pitted in the last month or so. I am definitely not anemic!
thebondoftrust ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:40:05 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have any skin or joint problems?
amyberr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:54:39 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On that page:
So this can be caused by either not enough or too much iron. So if you have this, you can't just assume that you need more iron, you might already have too much. Or it might not be iron-related at all.
Relating it back to the TV show, this guy is a dumbass because he didn't even get the symptom right (pitted nails v spoon-shaped nails) and then on top of that he just picked one cause and assumed it was right. He could have been horribly wrong and maybe just convinced this girl to essentially poison herself with iron.
Axis_of_Weasels ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 17:26:18 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
she has lupus
Afa1234 ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 19:45:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's never lupus.
storyofohno ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:11:37 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
except for that one time that it WAS lupus.
Afa1234 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:49:16 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's never lupus except for when it is
harriharris ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:24:41 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
sarcoidosis. Always remember to bring up sarcoidosis.
Afa1234 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:12:13 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And search their home.
karmaisop ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:11:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We also don't know what IQ Einstein had
PrevorThillips ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:28:59 on April 12, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
B.. But scorpion is gr8 m8
GarrisonFjord ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:23:35 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My right pointer nail is pitted? Am I dying?
nmezib ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:16 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was it Lupus?
scottyb83 ยท 609 points ยท Posted at 15:28:22 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This show is so dumb.
"Hey we're a team of super geniuses working as a crack government team. How are we going ot get shot at /parachute/hop onto a speeding subway train/go to the artic this week?"
Honestly the amount of times these guys get shot at or put in danger is ridiculous. These guys should be sitting in a room full of computers not out running around getting shot at.
Hyndis ยท 358 points ยท Posted at 16:16:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You've also described CSI.
CSI is about a room full of people smarter than Sherlock Holmes with equipment that makes the Batcave look like shit. On top of that, the CSI team are all Judges who personally conduct every step of the criminal investigation.
Dexter had a more realistic depiction of CSI people. They're lab techs who only operate once the police have completely secured the crime scene. The CSI lab techs then pass on their findings to the DA who handles arrests/prosecutions/convictions.
ttmab7 ยท 187 points ยท Posted at 17:19:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Enhance.
scottyb83 ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 16:19:59 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're totally right CSI is just as bad. I work at a TV station though and I'm forced to watch Scorpion 2 or 3 times a month so I'm more annoyed by this show.
I get that a lot of shows need you to suspend your disbelief but you have to not make it ridiculous.
Doomblaze ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:01:17 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
im so sorry
scottyb83 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:03:22 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually not the worst one I have to watch even.
That award goes to The Bachelor.
zelce ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:44:17 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
to me the best one is "bones", they do a lot of shooting first and asking later. they also end up killing many of the criminals they should be arresting. every time i watch it all i can think of is some prosecutor that is seriously fed up with their shit.
skysonfire ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:04:10 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also House. Young interns perform lab tests, diagnose patients, meet patients, perform experimental surgeries and conduct investigations.
Ze_upvote_fairy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same with ncis or criminal minds
letsgoiowa ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:22:33 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HOW COME NOBODY IS SAYING WHAT SHOW IT IS
scottyb83 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:47:20 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Scorpion.
I didn't mention it because I hate it and I want it to die.
generalgeorge95 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:54:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well ya, but that would be harder to write.
HashSwitch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:39:33 on June 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really though, if you watch this show as a cringy comedy, it's great.
unobserved ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:23 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This show is incredibly dumb but I can't stop watching it. It's like turning my brain off for 45 minutes.
[deleted] ยท 1813 points ยท Posted at 11:17:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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sideplank ยท 1815 points ยท Posted at 12:41:17 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds like the mission so many of our friends on the Internet are on
Epistaxis ยท 751 points ยท Posted at 15:35:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
where "the complicated threats of the modern world" may variously include Comcast, mass surveillance, SJWs, censorship, the absence of celebrity nudes, and/or the absence of memes
Evilux ยท 381 points ยท Posted at 16:07:35 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
GOD FORBID THE LAST ONE
tvreruns ยท 195 points ยท Posted at 16:13:45 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's why they're advocating for the creation of the First National Dank of Memes.
Artiemes ยท 196 points ยท Posted at 16:19:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We already lost the Leo Oscar Meme in the DiCaprio meme market bust of 16'.
Never forget.
I really need a rare pepe to calm down.
[deleted] ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 16:52:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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NinjaRobotPilot ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 17:34:16 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
mister_gone ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:43:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
but time isn't real
PrimalPrimeAlpha ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:17:51 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How can clocks be real if time isn't real?
CTMemorial ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:56:57 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Found the terrorist threat.
jojokelly910 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:15:04 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Guys, it's current year! We should have brand new pepes!
tampers_w_evidence ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 17:36:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A 16 foot bust of DiCaprio would look great standing outside the First National Dank of Memes.
Artiemes ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 18:15:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FFS have you not been paying attention: WE LOST IT
Jackpot777 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 18:57:01 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
IF ONLY IT HAD BEEN 15'. OR 17'. OR EVEN 16'1".
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:18:59 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://youtu.be/MgXnBk132Ww
Artiemes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:40:28 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The academy did it. They shorted us.
jwf91 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:34:59 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This meme librarian will not allow it.
tsintzask ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:52:22 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's one brave warrior who fights for their preservation...
AND HIS NAME IS
JOHN CENA!
juanzy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:45 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jet fuel can't melt dank memes
Mainstay17 ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 17:29:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
N O T S P I C Y
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:53:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where did this come from?
sour_cereal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:37:31 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like things are getting too spicy for the pepper.
sydiot ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:42:38 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
About half of those modern 'threats' deal with your inability to enjoy illegal pornography
theDamnKid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:52:45 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not verysmart but I still fight against the absence of those dank maymays...
Justice_Prince ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:48:07 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget the ethics of video game journalism!
Elite_AI ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 16:45:02 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Plenty of those are real problems, if themselves only the result of underlying issues. Comcast (oligopolies/outright monopolies), mass surveillance, censorship, identity scapegoats distracting from the real problems, drying of meme quality as the Great Hotpocket Famine continues another year -- this stuff is serious.
YuriMenchaca ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 17:56:22 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody doubts those are real problems, but these types treat them like simplistic video game villains that need to be bludgeoned with pithy memes and forum comments.
"Raising awareness" only goes so far before you're basically just raising your fists to the heavens and shouting "CURSE YOU, COMCAST!"
TwoFiveOnes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:17:18 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah plus you gotta be careful. One second you're raising awareness about house fires and the next you're ETHAN BRADBERRY
dafragsta ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 17:07:57 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is /r/iamverysmart where double edged judgemental behavior is cultivated and nuance is seen as a sign of WEAKNESS! WE SHOW NO MERCY IN THIS DOJO!
Baryonyx_walkeri ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:18:04 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Censorship is clearly a real world issue, but most of the time it seems to be used in the sense of "people saying negative things about things I've said or things I like".
PrimalPrimeAlpha ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:24:01 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
GrandmasterSexay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:53:36 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And a good day to you too, Mr. Strawman.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:38:02 on March 30, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you implying that mass surveillance isn't a bad thing?
DHSean ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:16:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually there is a scene where Walter stands up to some sjws and tells em up fuck off lol.
icallshenannigans ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:03:57 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But those SJWs tho.
[deleted] ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 16:50:45 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess they're tied in with SJWs, but I think our mutual friend's primary target is the feminazis. And religion.
[deleted] ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 15:49:46 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a tough job saving the world...one Reddit comment at a time.
Every now and then I'm afkb and for a brief terrifying moment, the world's on it's own.
bullseyes ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 17:28:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
YOU PUT AN UNNECESSARY APOSTROPHE IN "its"!!!!! Phew, that was a close one.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:09:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, my usage is correct. You can always tell the correct usage by expanding it. e.g. "It is a tough job..." is grammatically correct.
I can't leave you people alone for 5 seconds, can I?
bullseyes ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:16:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
;)
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:18:02 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You got me. I hereby turn in my savior of the world license.
BaconAllDay2 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 16:58:38 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/findthebostonbombers
rahtin ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 18:40:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because the police have never fingered the wrong person or lead an investigation against the wrong person.
Usurer ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 18:55:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because a bunch of know-nothing internet vigilantes are better equipped to deal with this sort of thing than people that know what the fuck they're doing.
BaconAllDay2 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:50:52 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not to mention the subreddit accused then harassed their suspects. The police then were forced to come foward with their suspect (the right ones) earlier than they should have. The suspects ended up killing an MIT officer in their escape.
Reddit helped kill someone. Sort of.
thebardass ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 16:12:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/justneckbeardthings
Excalibur54 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:02:45 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/iamverysmart the show
JosephND ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:39:08 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And here I am just looking for the right video to blamo to later on.
Crazy3ddy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:06 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have a feeling that they are the targeted audience.
k2arim99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
4chan?
skysonfire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:03 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Insert /r/conspiracy copypasta here.
[deleted] ยท 424 points ยท Posted at 14:25:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like every neckbeard's fantasy
CocaineSympathy ยท 115 points ยท Posted at 14:54:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I cringe every time there's a commercial for that.
bazoos ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 18:23:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Luck doesn't exist, math and science does" god I cringe every time.
Tolni ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 18:57:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
at least it wasn't love
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:34:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But luck = probability = math? Am I on the show now?
Tolni ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:37:39 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yes, you're now a minor reward
your payment will come in bleach
it is very nutritious
WhyWouldHeLie ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:16:13 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's not even grammatically correct is it
bazoos ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:05:17 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No. That's the main reason it pisses me off.
vezance ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:11 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Link to reference? I haven't seen anything cringeworthy in a while.
bazoos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:36:46 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's just a commercial that comes on the tv for /scorpion
[deleted] ยท 162 points ยท Posted at 15:29:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Dboy777 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:47:00 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The League of Autistic Gentleman?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:30:38 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hey man, not cool
yosafbridge ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 20:39:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not his fault; the show literally BILLS itself as that. They've embraced the "Aspergers and Autism means you have super powers and are also allowed to be dicks" stereotype to the core.
I'm getting real sick of shows doing this.
Every fucking character in this show, Reed from Criminal Minds, Sheldon from Big Bang Theory...pretty much every show has at least one "Aspergers, super smart but always says the wrong thing because it's hilarious" character these days and it's fucking annoying.
The only ones I don't actively loathe are the main chick from Bones (because it's not her defining characteristic and is only implied) and the main dude from Mr Robot (because I think it's the first time a show has tried to do an Autistic character justice instead of just using it as an excuse to make a quirky character who say's douchey things to his friends faces and gets away with it because "autism")
A_Traveller ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:07:02 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God, fucking a thousand times this. Same with the entire "intelligent people are often socially retarded" stereotype - which is by and large complete bullshit. Sure maybe some are, but no more frequently than any other fucking IQ grouping.
hakkzpets ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:24:05 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Mr Robot and House M.D works, because the show really shows how the main characters are fucking douchebags to everyone who cares about them.
I have a feeling this show doesn't do that.
Could be argued that House isn't autistic, but it caters to the same "you can do whatever you want as long as you're intelligent"-mastrubation fantasy.
HustlerThug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:48:47 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
to be fair, a lot of geniuses are in fact autistic, but I doubt that was his intent.
wolfgame ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:32:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sooooooo aspie?
icallshenannigans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:22 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heuh heuhe hehehe
NinjaRobotPilot ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 17:35:05 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ass Burgers.
wolfgame ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:37:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So a friend of mine registered assburger.org 20-some-odd years years ago. Then his son was born... and diagnosed autistic.
So of course, you know what this means...
DNS CAUSES AUTISM!
Cronos_Vengeance ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:43:40 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't help but wonder. If neckbeards are all woman-less virgins, how do they multiply?
TheBrownBus ยท 100 points ยท Posted at 15:07:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's scorpion isn't it?
edit: yup
Frozen_Esper ยท 115 points ยท Posted at 16:34:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't even regularly watch TV and I had guessed the same thing. The commercials for that show when it was first coming out were absolute cringe material and I'm sure it's only gotten worse. They wouldn't stop throwing the word "genius" around, like it meant they had superpowers.
Michael_Scotts_Tots ยท 43 points ยท Posted at 17:45:48 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's right up there with CSI: Cyber or whatever. The show writers must get paid well to dredge through those scripts.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:14:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
here you go http://youtu.be/mpYjbpr5ayc
just_call_in_sick ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 16:33:42 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Complicated threats of the modern world like talking to girls and defending them from Chads!
[deleted] ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 19:07:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The problem with super geniuses in television is that the characters can really only be as clever as the writers, and a lot of the time it comes off just like our verysmart friends because it's the same thing-- people of average intelligence imagining what a genius would say in order to make [the characters|themselves] look like geniuses.
njayhuang ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:49:11 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Relevant
JeffersonTowncar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Though to be fair I would imagine you probably have to be above average to become a professional television writer. There are so many more qualified people than there are jobs in Hollywood.
PurifiedVenom ยท 51 points ยท Posted at 16:07:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lol of course it's a CBS show.
B00TYMASTER ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 16:30:33 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god no... if I ever stoop to the level in life where I start watching this show, please one of you just off me so I won't suffer any longer.
gerrettheferrett ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:09:58 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the geniuses is a super hot welder/mechanical genius.
I was flipping through the channels and she was talking about how genius she was.
I may or may not watch the show every now or then.
But it got pretty bad when she started to fall for the literally fedora wearing poker playing behavioralist.
[deleted] ยท 157 points ยท Posted at 14:42:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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MooFz ยท 268 points ยท Posted at 14:43:57 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
7 is really low for a TV show though.
[deleted] ยท 86 points ยท Posted at 14:51:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Gemuese11 ยท 69 points ยท Posted at 15:05:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
for TV its a differenc scale. im not sure why. but things like the first season of buffy has 80% and thats not exactly gods gift to tv either.
Edit: people are talking about survivor bias. but wouldnt critics be obligated to watch stuff to the end even if they disliked it?
[deleted] ยท 187 points ยท Posted at 15:17:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because the only people who bother to consistently rate episodes are the fans. People who don't like it watch one or two and stop.
Gemuese11 ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 15:22:02 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that actually makes a lot of sense.
alickz ยท 72 points ยท Posted at 15:53:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's called the survivor bias and it's also why people think music from the past was better than music today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
spookthesunset ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 15:57:47 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
See also: /r/lewronggeneration
... 80's kids would understand though.
garymotherfuckin_oak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:46:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is really cool; I've never thought about this before, but it makes so much sense.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:57:47 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And they might feel like they don't have the justification to rate it.
Justice_Prince ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:51:08 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't stopped watching Arrow yet.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:45:17 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You some kind of masochist?
Justice_Prince ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:14:38 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I loved the first two season, and honestly I didn't think season three was that bad. Although season four seems to have doubled down on everything that was bad in season three rather then taking a step back, and correcting for it. I'm gonna at least finish out the season, but I'm not really sure if I'll come back for season five.
matt997 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:19:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
survivor bias mostly. Because if only people which are still watching the show are voting. No one think they watch total rubbish all the time.
Gemuese11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:22:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
well, im watching blacklist and supernatural, which are both just awful but in a kinda funny way.
matt997 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:45:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
but most people like the shows they watch. Something with Spader cant be that bad :)
Gemuese11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:48:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yeah, mostly you are right. also spader is amazing in blacklist. i could watch him all day.
kazga ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:53:49 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First season was pretty cheesy. I'm glad I got through it though because it gets a lot better.
SilverMars ยท 139 points ยท Posted at 15:05:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
IMDB ratings are a jok, really.
Edit: joke*
antonius22 ยท 120 points ยท Posted at 15:54:22 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This guy is right. Before Batman V Superman even premiere it had a 9.6 on IMDb. Too many fan boys will skew the results. Also the reason why every Marvel movie starts on the 250 list.
Serious_Not_Surely ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 17:25:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And why do they allow people to give scores before it's even released?
HSChronic ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 17:33:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hype? It is dumb though, I saw the ratings and was like huh this movie looks good, then I read the reviews from people yesterday and I figure it will be a good lazy saturday movie.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:13:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have super intense week night movies where you dress up and stuff?
PeregrineFury ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:09:59 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Supposedly the studio cut over half an hour out of character building and story in a panic moment due to length, so it lost a lot of what made it a cohesive work. A director cut is already planned. It's too bad that's not what went to theatres.
BGBanks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:03:42 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A lot of movies have early screenings (some months before the actual release) or they could have been shown at a festival way before they have a wide realease so they IMDb doesn't put much of a limitation on it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:11:55 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was released in other places. Then, fanboys rate it 10 automatically just to fuck with the rating.
str8_ched ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:01:22 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like IMDB is pretty accurate after about two years of release. The initial fanboys or people who watched half of it and didn't give it a chance get evened out by non-biased viewers finally watching the movie.
antonius22 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:14:16 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That seems about right. I looked into the other Marvel movies that are on the 250 list. The Avengers #229 and Guardians of the Galaxy #236 seem to be slipping off entirely. The only other Marvel movie that is still up there is Deadpool and that was released last month.
Professor_Gushington ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:19:22 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That along with those random Indian movies that seem to make it in there.
ohhowexciting ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 16:20:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
IMDB message boards are a hotbed for /r/iamverysmart material.
Baryonyx_walkeri ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:19:23 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everything about the user culture at IMDB is a joke. It's the YouTube comments of film discussion.
fair_enough_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's all about them rotten tomatoes man
Alvins_Hot_Juice_Box ยท -37 points ยท Posted at 15:37:35 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know, right? Like jok doesn't even begin to cover how muushhh of uh jok IeMDeeBee rayteengs are
boomfruit ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 17:04:57 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure what you were going for, but you didn't get there.
SirNarwhal ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:01:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Any service where fans are voting pretty much runs on a 7-10 scale where 7 is bad/average.
sg587565 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:31:47 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
for movies 7+ is quite good but pretty bad for tv shows, even some of the more mediocre shows have 8 rating.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:12:38 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
8+ is very well done. 7.5+ is good. 7+ is not a waste of time.
air_jordan1 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 15:45:06 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
IMDB gave Batman vs Superman a 9.3...
stml ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 16:51:47 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was right when ratings were opened. Every movie with hype starts off high. BvS is at 7.6 currently on IMDB.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:47:17 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure most of that was shills though.
WeakChopper ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:14:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would say it's much more likely that it's mostly rabid fanboys. My little cousin wanted to go to the midnight release of BvS, so I volunteered to take her and the place was packed. And afterward almost everyone seemed to be over-the-moon delighted.
A rabid fanboy doesn't have to be paid to take people disliking something he loves personally. I would have been the same when I was a teen, if sites like IMDB had existed back then.
I'm not saying that some of the reviews aren't paid. They almost certainly are, but there's an army of disgruntled teens out there also more than happy to pitch in.
Infamaniac23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:36:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most DC fans hate the movie.
WeakChopper ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:11:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's fine. It doesn't change the fact that some people liked it. Or at least liked it in the aftermath of having just sat through it at 2:45 am. I was surrounded on all sides by them. Maybe they'll change their minds after they had time to digest it.
Infamaniac23 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:09:28 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well I liked it. It's far from perfect but I thought it was ok. 6/10 for me.
WeakChopper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:49:10 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It made zero sense to me, at all. I wouldn't say I hated it; I could sit through it again if I had to, but I didn't like or understand it.
Even though I think he was completely miscast the only part I liked was Jesse Eisenberg because I happen to be a fan of his anyway, but I say that I liked him only because I always like him. I get why everyone said he was wrong for the role and I agree.
I guess I would give it a 4 or maybe 4.5/10, since I said that I could watch it again. It wasn't torture; I'm just not the target audience for it, I guess.
air_jordan1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:50:33 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shills?
spookthesunset ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 16:03:40 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everything you disagree with has paid shills.
... the list goes on and on.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:57:59 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In this case, people paid to leave 10/10 reviews.
air_jordan1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:20:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, I see
dead-dove-do-not-eat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:08:08 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The production companies pays people to leave good reviews when their movies are released. That's why you see big blockbuster movies with a really high score in the beginning, which then drops over time as the real reviews are coming in.
KarlPlays ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 15:08:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He is supposed to be autistic, that's a fault of him for having such a high IQ
Source; Used to watch this show, no idea why, it's terrible.
followmarko ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 17:32:39 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This show fucking sucks.
memeticmachine ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:52:18 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
comparing IQ is completely bullshit.
the whole idea of testing intelligence is based off of an estimated rubric at an estimated region and time. you can make an IQ test for some place like florida (no offence if you're from florida) and another place like japan or some privileged province in china and if you compare the guy with 120 IQ in florida to an 100 IQ guy in china/japan, the results would be wildly unpredictable.
In fact if you totalled the IQ results of everyone on earth given the IQ tests are different, you'd find the average IQ isn't even 100...
on top of that making the test requires predicting the test maker to GUESS how the average intelligent guy thinks. That's like guessing the mean, conducting the test based on your estimated mean + some other variables
[deleted] ยท 145 points ยท Posted at 15:16:58 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TV show ratings on IMDB are between 7-10.
10 = Amazing
9 = Good
8 = Eh
7 = Bad
6 = The worst show in history.
GSun103 ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 16:58:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd chop that down a point since the highest rated TV show there is a 9.5. So,
This is just for TV shows though.
PeregrineFury ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:13:25 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's how game ratings tend to work too. A 7 is considered mediocre to decent, while a 5 is bad. You don't usually see anything below a 5. Unless it's truly terrible. I think the mean average is around 7 or the equivalent on most review publications.
Hell, look at Amazon scoring for products. 3 stars means bad. If it fulfills expectations without anything extra, and is exactly what you'd expect, that gets a 4-5 rating.
Reviews tend to have positive bias
tiny-timmy ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 19:49:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually the imdb scale for TV shows imo tends to be
9-10: pseudointellectual pandering bs - bad shows,
8-9: the best shows are here,
7-8: either really good or really bad,
below 7 is just a crap shoot of what you're gonna get.
theSchlongMong ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:22:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its funny because this comment thread is about how a "pseudointellecctual pandering bs" show has a rating of 7.2 on imdb
tiny-timmy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:55:47 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Scorpion is dumb though. I'm talking about mr. Robot and Daredevil :>. I know its 8.8 but thats close enough... Also all the cartoons that people love to circlejerk get super inflated grades because they " laren't just for kids and are smart".
theSchlongMong ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:47:24 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U wot mate daredevil is fucking awesome
tiny-timmy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:05 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its good but it always falls apart during the end of the seasons. The rest isn't good enough to make up for it, it has a higher imdb than hannibal or fargo or the americans...
[deleted] ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 15:23:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And all games are an 8
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 18:37:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I personally prefer this Jackie Chan game
SuperTurtle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:38 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Happy 100, Jackie Chan!
Enantiomorphism ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:02:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ster is an incredibly underrated youtuber, in my opinion. His tf2 videos can be a bit bland, and so can his random gameplay videos, but his "basically" series is pure gold.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:57:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yeah I think he's great. Sorta glad he veered away from TF2 a bit cos there's only so much you can make videos on. Really like the way his "basically" series is not just limited to games too
topicality ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 15:20:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which is why everyone should use a 5 point scale. When was the last time you saw a review that was <5 on a ten point?
MTGandP ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 15:36:07 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On a 5 point scale, all the ratings will be 3-5. It's unavoidable.
[deleted] ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 16:47:57 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Chief_H ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 17:58:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
5 point scale makes sense to me. 1 point means absolutely terrible, 2 generally bad, 3 is mixed or average, 4 good film, and 5 is a masterpiece. I don't know what the difference between a 6 or 7 film is on a 10 point scale, and often people use a 10 point scale like school grades where anything before 5 is "failing" and a 7 is average.
Seraphaestus ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:11:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
MyAnimeList has a 10 point scale that clarifies the numbers, as follows:
10 - masterpiece
9 - great
8 - very good
7 - good
6 - fine
5 - average
4 - bad
3 - very bad
2 - horrible
1 - appalling
Obviously still very vague but a bit easier to categorise than just the numbers.
It makes sense that 7 is average because they aren't being compared against each other, and of course on average shows will be enjoyable. That's what they're made to be.
JakalDX ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:39:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The problem with "out of 10" ratings is that people inherently associate them with grades, and 7/10 is a C, not "Good", that's "Average to poor". And it makes the scale bottom out around 5 which is where "failing" is. It's hard to extract our thinking from this.
"Our of 5" works better because even though it easily correlates to an x/10 score, the numbers "mean" different things.
Manhattan0532 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:57:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Youtube used to have a five point scale. Virtually every video was 5-star rated. It was a useless indicator. People (myself included) just don't like to think that hard.
Chief_H ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:05:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
YouTube is sufficient having a like or dislike. People aren't going to put much thought into a 3 minute video.
ShamelessCrimes ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 15:59:02 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Two point scale. Did you like it?
Yes/no
EDIT: and don't just show us a thumb or whatever, make people answer the actual question, "did you like it".
dead-dove-do-not-eat ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 16:10:38 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
www.rottentomatoes.com
yosafbridge ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:46:16 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do feel like "Kinda" should be an option though. 3 point scale;
This show is terrible
This show achieves it's objective. I'd watch it if nothing else is on.
Great
There are shows that I'd watch that I'd never recommend. That's what the "Meh" category is for.
ShamelessCrimes ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:23:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think netflix is having a problem with this. If you would watch a show or movie, even if it isn't a "good movie", it's still a good movie to you.
Not this though. This show ought to be cancelled right from the pilot. Hah, pilot.
not-working-at-work ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:12:48 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mr. Sunday Movies (on Youtube) has a two point scale: "Best Movie Ever" or "Worst Movie Ever"
Tigerbones ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:08:40 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Go on meta critic and if something is even slightly controversial about 1/3 of the scores will be zero.
Baryonyx_walkeri ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:22:16 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know this isn't very useful for something like IMDB, but I wish we could all just ditch star ratings entirely. As someone who's been writing more movie reviews lately and been forced to choose ratings, I've come to realize how worthless if not misleading they are.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:48:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But then every movie would be above a 3.
Banshee90 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:06:07 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its like the attractiveness rating everyone wants 7 to be average so that means we have 1-6.9 as below average. Why? Why would I want to have a greater ranking resolution on people I don't want to date?
God_Dang_Niang ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:38:38 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the hunted used to have a sub-5 rating awhile ago (before 2008 i recall). i never understood why. it's not the greatest film in the world, but it's thoroughly entertaining from start to finish (what a fucking movie is made to do)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269347/
guess it's finally getting better ratings and i'm glad cause i thought it was a damn good movie
foxh8er ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 15:49:20 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Community, Parks and Rec, and 30 Rock are all > 8.0 (8.6, 8.6, and 8.2 respectively).
ImDan1sh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:22:33 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
5 = Like literally even worse than the worst show in history
StJimmy92 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:56:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What I found worse than the cringe was how absolutely boring it was.
CLGbyBirth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:21:16 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
nope he's like that most of the time and his entire crew I couldn't watch it pass 2 episodes of that.
dysgraphical ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:11 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah pretty much it. He's completely socially retarded and she helps "translate" social cues and facilitate any form of social interaction. It's one of those terrible shows that are hard to stop watching. Sort of like Under the Dome.
SwayCalloway ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 16:00:52 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So... a think tank?
dvidsilva ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:32:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In the first episode they drive a car real fast under a flying plane to connect so that they can connect to their computer remotely and fix something. That show is incredibly awful.
Bpbegha ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 17:53:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds edgy as fuck
uberfission ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:44:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My wife enjoys that show, I make fun of it every time I walk in on her watching it.
MetalHead_Literally ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:07:33 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You seem like a very annoying person
atheist_libertarian ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:03:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the show becomes intolerable after awhile when they are put into situations where they need to act fast in their science-y ways, but the viewers would have no idea what's going on half the time so they just literally shout their activities and ideas to each other in layman's terms
ReallyBadAtSpelling ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:30:23 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So do they have any episodes about ocean acidification?
Thebrosen0ne ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:39:49 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like the plot to super babies...
naiets ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:49:20 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its name is Scorpion? Man if I'd name it it'd be something like:
Cringe
"The look into the lives of the self proclaimed geniuses and how they protect themselves from complicated threats of social activity."
Genre: horror.
ConfuzedAndDazed ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:49:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
By working at Denny's?
JakeCameraAction ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 17:52:02 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure he's eating there...
GitEmSteveDave ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:18:04 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He had a job setting up the network for that diner. I think he was getting a break on the food.
lobsterwithcrabs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:29:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hahahaha jesus
Rockyrox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:16:20 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A show I will now never watch because I don't want to watch a show that is just all snarky smart ass comments of a "genius". And this looks like The Big Bang Theory solves crime.
jamiemac2005 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:48:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're good people.
yaosio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:02 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Double Down?
dratthecookies ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:00:10 on March 30, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm other words, /r/conspiracy
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:22:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
That show is amazing! Not good but amazing. The one with the plane that doesn't make any sense is the best
Edit: when I said not good but amazing, I meant it's amazing how bad it is
EliLouder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:10:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey now don't you dare like a fun show that constantly pokes fun at itself! This thread is for bashing only!
For real though, this show is hilarious, and it's a great cleaning-show.
CanadianThunder8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:26:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah it's called scorpion. It's actually pretty good imo. Pretty much there are 4 geniuses on a team that solves problems for the government. The girl in this scene helps them to act more like normal people and not like pretentious shits.
available_username2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:27:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh so sherlockalistsych
InconsiderateBastard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:36:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a plot for Star Trek Deep Space 9 isn't it?
HoundWalker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:24:49 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and Voyager
"all we have to do now is...out-think the think-tank"
goodnightlight ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a real organization idiot.
LightningTurtle ยท 622 points ยท Posted at 14:03:49 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For anybody interested, the lead writer of Scorpion (who claims to be the inspiration for the main character) did an AMA when the show first aired.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2h5c7p/
[deleted] ยท 804 points ยท Posted at 14:43:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
He never answered this question lol.
EDIT: another golden comment by Walter O'Brian himself:
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2h5c7p/i_am_walter_obrien_the_inspiration_behind_the_cbs/ckpi6mi
[deleted] ยท 236 points ยท Posted at 17:49:07 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly the kind of thing I'd expect to hear from this guy.
SchwanzKafka ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 20:00:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's okay nobody can push 400 pounds very far.
JrJaconJeeseJurger ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 21:01:48 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
here is what he looked like in high school (I imagine)
http://i.imgur.com/GukgfcV.jpg
FerusGrim ยท 434 points ยท Posted at 16:54:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No one picks a nickname for somebody with that much thought. He picked that shit himself because it sounded cool.
ryanknapper ยท 123 points ยท Posted at 19:29:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Friends don't give each other cool nicknames. If this guy had friends they would have named him Bubbles or something.
Additionally, if this guy were truly as cool as he wants to be, Bubbles would be a super-cool name.
QuadroMan1 ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 00:56:09 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Step 1: get a dumb nickname from friends
Step 2: own that shit and make that name awesome
TwoFiveOnes ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:24:40 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Rumpleddickskin here at your service
But you can just call me r-dicks
QuadroMan1 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:50:21 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/dicks ?
bigtfatty ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:45:26 on April 1, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Step 3: Make it your reddit handle
QuadroMan1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:54:02 on April 1, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn dude, kickass username
aedinius ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:03:26 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm; friends gave me the nickname "Vinny"
JessieJ577 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:38:21 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or some lazy abbreviation of his first name.
marco161091 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:01:40 on August 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys, who's one of the coolest guys ever.
srcarruth ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 17:16:39 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
probably based on Hank Scorpio
rage-before-pity ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 17:01:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whatever he picked it because of ST:Voyager for sure.
PrimalPrimeAlpha ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:59:21 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like to think he picked it because of the classic rock band. I'm pretty sure I heard that he wanted "Rock You Like a Hurricane" to be the theme song for the show, but The Scorpions wouldn't let him.
NamelessNamek ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 22:13:52 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I have a small circle"
Cause nobody likes you.
kepners ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:23:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My dad did that, gave himself a nickname. Epic
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:10:53 on August 2, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was called Bear, because I was fat. I kinda like it, now not so fat.
Rockyrox ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 20:25:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I knew a guy that decided his nickname would be Raven. No one called him that but he insisted on introducing himself as Raven to new people. It was so embarrassing and no one liked him.
JakalDX ยท 68 points ยท Posted at 20:48:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's so raven!
SlowMotionSprint ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:47:20 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I knew him. Always carried a Singapore cane. Hit his enemies with the Evenflow DDT.
PrimalPrimeAlpha ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:00:30 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But if he always introduced himself as Raven how would people learn his real name? Was it explained by someone else as soon as he left?
Rockyrox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:03:07 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No we would immediately call him out if he did it in front of us, and if not, as soon as they mentioned it we would say no his name is josh. You can't give yourself nicknames. That's not how it works!
flowerynight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:51:45 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
T-BONE!
ixiduffixi ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:32:52 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If this had been any other conversation, I would have sworn you just quoted something from /r/justneckbeardthings
Monstot ยท 87 points ยท Posted at 15:51:48 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw him answer one question scrolling on that AMA... ONE!
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 134 points ยท Posted at 16:05:06 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He actually answered a lot of (self-serving) questions, but his answers were downvoted so hard you literally only see one by default.
RumorsOFsurF ยท 82 points ยท Posted at 16:44:43 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The downvoteson that AMA really show Reddit's lack of self awareness. He is like the quintessential Redditor. They should be worshipping him.
Threeedaaawwwg ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 18:18:02 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The thing is... redditors hate other redditors.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:31:35 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm nothing like these self absorbed sheep. I'm special and was totally gifted in highschool.
Thelastofthree ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 17:00:16 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, reddit can only have one god. And that god is Elon Musk, till he rapes a black girl or eat an illegal immigrants child's heart.
[deleted] ยท 83 points ยท Posted at 17:05:35 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think a lot of Redditors wouldn't mind either of those.
Thelastofthree ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 17:10:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Would Elon Musk doing it make the process even more entertaining to some redditors?
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 17:14:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh definitely. Just ask /r/european.
[deleted] ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 17:47:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This kind of holier than thou comment is seriously annoying
Kevin_Wolf ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:17:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hate Elon Musk because he treats the people who work for him worse than garbage.
newheart_restart ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:06:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've never heard this, could you elaborate?
Kevin_Wolf ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:29:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I live in the San Francisco Bay area. I'm a mechanic. I know more people than I can count on two hands that have worked at the Tesla plant in Fremont and for their service branch that absolutely hated it. Being coerced into working 10-14 hours a day, 6-7 days per week, and being berated and bullied into not taking vacation because "we can fill this job if you don't want it". The turnover rate at his Tesla manufacturing and service companies is outrageous because of this. They constantly need people to fill their rolls because so many are quitting or getting fired because of it.
Go check out the Glassdoor page on the Tesla plant in Fremont. Review after review telling about horrible working conditions. Nobody outside the company gives a shit because Elon is so charismatic and they just can't believe that this man, this visionary, would treat his employees that way. It's horseshit. I had one friend almost die when he wrapped his truck around a tree after working for 2 weeks straight for 14 hours a day. I have another friend who was soft-fired when he took vacation time. They changed his schedules almost on a daily basis to keep him on his toes, splitting his hours to keep him from going home, basically to get him to quit. Most of his employees don't live in Fremont, so they have a commute, anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half.
The money is good (hella overtime), but the conditions are borderline slavery. I don't understand how a man who talks so much about saving the world can treat the people who work for him so callously.
Edit: Here's some more crap, this time from SpaceX.
duglock ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 01:46:57 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds like an average job to me. I'm not sure if you get the reason why they call it "work".
fsijporwkl ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:25:38 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Found the Tesla manager.
Kryptof ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:08:46 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, you too are mistaken. We worship the one true god, N-Cage.
LightningTurtle ยท 95 points ยท Posted at 16:31:51 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/u/Xbser was kind enough to compile the answers hidden by downvotes into one page, over on /r/Scorpion. Here's as many as I can fit in one comment:
Skitrel ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 17:02:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the best one.
Enantiomorphism ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 22:15:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He actually missed the best one:
Enantiomorphism ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 22:16:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's honestly the most pretentious and horrifically wrong statement I've ever seen.
LightningTurtle ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:10:33 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I should have kept that one in, in retrospect, but it was just so hard to choose.
RedCanada ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 23:04:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So he earns about as much money as 90% of people in any Western nation then. OK.
StarWarsMonopoly ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 17:01:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. This guy is just...
Wow.
hates_karma_whores ยท 56 points ยท Posted at 19:11:02 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like how to talk to a girl without pissing myself.
AccessTheMainframe ยท 99 points ยท Posted at 18:01:05 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Guess that means sunrises aren't real then.
Autodidact420 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:44:35 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eh, sunrise is a bad example. Firstly, at the same location you can replicate it with predictability, and if you can't wait that long you can always replicate the sun rise by asking people in X location if the sun is rising where it should be at the time it should be, which it will be lol
rlcute ยท 100 points ยท Posted at 17:27:18 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Autism confirmed.
LondonCallingYou ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 18:53:40 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Perl is an annoying language for me
Edit:
This is the dumbest thing I've read all day
PancakeMSTR ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:04 on April 19, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
literal #cringe
Izoto ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 21:35:58 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lol, areas that don't require IQ.
RedCanada ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:02:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I want to smack this guy.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:19:19 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ha, his comment about how he got his hacker name sounds exactly like the explanation of someone who gave themselves their own nickname. Way too detailed and flattering.
wwwwolf ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:52:56 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay. The guy knows nothing.
(it's a shibboleth. It's "Perl" as in programming language, "perl" as in Perl 5 interpreter, and "PERL" as in "I'm the CEO of a 2001 tech company just before the bubble burst and I heard the techs say that that is what we use for our e-commerce website". Substitute appropriate misspellings of Node.js or Rails for today.)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:56:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
What a lying, pompous wanker. Jesus.
bigtfatty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:16:24 on April 1, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't you multiply the rarity by population? At least if you're getting how many people in the world "has" that IQ.
DJSekora ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 21:45:20 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am I the only one that thinks that most of these answers sound reasonable and relatively well-adjusted? From the rest of the talk on this page, I was expecting far more self-aggrandizement, but here the only stuff I see seems reasonable for a person who just got a deal with a major broadcasting network to produce a show based on his life (i.e. anybody would have a bit of inflated ego in that scenario).
RedCanada ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:04:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
[deleted] ยท 193 points ยท Posted at 17:58:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The guy is a con-artist. His business is literally a shell corporation with no employees - he makes all his money on the CBS show that he got for lying about his life history. I've tried to clean up his Wikipedia article and remove some of the garbage about how he "helped track down the Boston bombers" and "hacked into NASA when he was 11" but unfortunately he's managed to get all his stories sourced by his hometown newspaper, which is considered reliable.
LightningTurtle ยท 83 points ยท Posted at 18:04:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Indeed, and it's a real shame. When I first heard about planes getting internet access, I was young enough that my immediate thought was an ethernet cable three thousand miles long connected to a port on the ground. Scorpion used that idea as a serious plot point. I was ready to love this show as the TV show equivalent of a B-movie, but I don't want to support con men, so I had to stop watching.
sugardeath ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 20:32:08 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I need more details on this plot device.
LightningTurtle ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 20:57:04 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Found the scene on YouTube.
Jon_Snows_Dad ยท 64 points ยท Posted at 21:21:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I honestly thought you were lying....
That is the dumbest thing I've ever seen....
misguidedSpectacle ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 21:50:16 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
wow, who knew this guy had such an awesome life
it's great that he was able to share his stories with us, I'm glad we're finally able to get a realistic depiction of what it's like to be a hacker
RedCanada ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 22:56:57 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You've got to be fucking kidding me.
bigtfatty ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:50:06 on April 1, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm fucking dying over here after watching that. Just brilliant.
LightningTurtle ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:16:03 on April 1, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It might have replaced the "two hackers at one computer" NCIS scene in my mind for sheer audacity and beauty.
ZoomJet ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:53:32 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, keep pushing. Pretty sure you can talk to Wikipedia mods about reliable sources or similar, because I remember a friend once found a 'reliable' source was itself linked to an unreliable source and managed to get it off.
I like Wikipedia for how (mostly) accurate it is. Hate this con crap.
[deleted] ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 16:54:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He does know that if he had an IQ of 197 at 13 it would have dropped dramatically as he aged, yes?
Mitigated risks on 1.7 trilly? Dude loves to use the most beneficial parameters. Either stupid or evil (which is a kind of stupid).
Differlot ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 17:37:05 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your IQ drops as you age?
noossab ยท 77 points ยท Posted at 18:01:05 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the gist of it is that the number is relative to other people your age. So if you have a high IQ when you're very young, it just means that you are an unusually smart kid. Unusually smart kids sometimes end up becoming averagely smart adults.
iAesc ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 20:30:35 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds about right. I had a "high IQ" and was fairly smart as a kid, but as an adult I feel dumber than a bag of rocks.
Frequently being drunk doesn't really help that fact.
A_Traveller ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:16:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or just developed at an earlier age, it starts to average out again in the low twenties.
the_fewer_desires ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:46:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
IQ is fairly stable after age 9. A young adolescent with a very high IQ would certainly be an adult with a high IQ.
Edit: what I've said is supported by years of intelligence testing research. There is a lot is misinformation about how intelligence testing works.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:15:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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the_fewer_desires ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:22:50 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
A person's iq is a comparison to people the same age. A nine year old is compared to other 9 year olds. A 59 year old is compared to other 59 year olds. This is how all psychological instruments work. There is not inherent decline based on aging. A person is never compared to the average of all people. The are compared to the average of people the same age.
What you cited from Wikipedia references that the comparison is age-based. An average young child has less developed skills than an average adult, but they are both average because they are compared to separate groups. Likewise an average elderly person might have lower functioning due to an average 30-year-old due to cognitive decline, but they are both average compared to their norm-referenced group.
self-medicating-pony ยท 206 points ยท Posted at 14:41:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oh jesus christ. i bet this guy is so fun at parties
sherryj28 ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 15:26:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like anyone would invite Smartypants McBuzzkill to a party.
fuckingoff ยท 102 points ยท Posted at 15:52:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd rather invite Boaty McBoatface.
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 16:28:05 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I prefer Usain Boat.
___AhPuch___ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:50:46 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Implication
ObnoxiousLittleCunt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:50:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Perfect boat to party on. And then throw "Scorpion" overboard so he can sleep with the fishes
osama_yo_momma ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 17:09:39 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe that was his actual nickname but in his mind he just heard 'scorpion'
_demian ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:03:40 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's SCORPION to you!
DeltaPositionReady ยท 55 points ยท Posted at 14:43:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tommy Wiseau IRL
Illinois_Jones ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 15:28:42 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
More like Neil Breen
Tbird555 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 16:02:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's the best.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:17:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TALK ABOUT HIS BALLSACK
ciaranthedinosaur ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:28:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He has the best ballsack.
Scaliwag ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:36:28 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WTF, it looked like another of those cheesy B movies from the 80s
It doesn't look as bad as other bad movies though.
Illinois_Jones ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:51:42 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Trust me when I tell you, it's the worst movie ever made. It's so bad that it is utterly fascinating
DeltaPositionReady ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 15:45:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its amazing.
Illinois_Jones ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 15:59:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The trailer makes it look like more of a coherent movie than it is. The 25 minute monologue in the beginning is the greatest cinematic achievement of all time
smapti ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:45:48 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tommy Wiseau is Tommy Wiseau IRL...
DeltaPositionReady ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:49:44 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did you see his AMA? It was glorious.
RoyalWith_Cheese ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 15:27:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://i.imgur.com/bCmaC.gif
noNoParts ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 14:40:07 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dear lord.
PM_ME_YOUR_ART_PLZ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:15:48 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so glad you posted this, I already had the link copied to post it myself but as long as it's out there I am happy
elhaupto ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:58:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit, I cannot believe that guy. How do you say these things without realizing how pathetic you sound?
BenjiBenjiB ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:34:45 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so sure you can't get 197 on any of the Stanford-Binet tests. They all have caps at, like, 150+ or 160+ or 180+ I think. Not 100% sure, but there's no way in hell that any reliable IQ test would ever give a score of 197, that would be dumb.
Ugh why does it make me so annoyed when people flaunt fake IQ scores? Like this guy gets a show? A career? Arrg, people inflate their IQ scores more than random internet guys inflating their dick size. Like what, will I get a show if I email CBS and say 'Hey I've got a four-foot schlong that needs its own unicycle, got loads of true stories about my massive penis that I'm sure you'd love to hear, guys!!'
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:12:23 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Of course it's a CBS show
LittleShrub ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:39:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"... has mitigated risk ..."
There's a nonsense phrase. Nice one, Einstein.
myshit_together_101 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:14:22 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Diagnosed as a prodigy" lol
Cryzgnik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:20:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is all that factual?
Zemyla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:54:14 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ugh. My interest in that show is sub-zero.
noposters ยท 310 points ยท Posted at 15:40:42 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This show is fucking trash and the guy that it is "based on" is also a total fraud.
He got absolutely torn to shreds during his AMA and almost certainly fabricated his entire backstory.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141004/07211128727/mythical-almost-certainly-made-up-legend-walter-obrien-continues-to-grow.shtml
adeadart ยท 253 points ยท Posted at 16:32:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is just sad
ttmab7 ยท 129 points ยท Posted at 17:25:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
So /r/thathappened has their own tv show now, is what I'm getting.
LondonCallingYou ยท 64 points ยท Posted at 19:05:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That German glass company has a beautiful building though
TealComet ยท 91 points ยท Posted at 18:18:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why the fuck did he add reflections of giant scorpion tails in the glass? Is it supposed to make us think there's a giant scorpion inside/outside? Because it's shopped so badly it looks like neither.
newheart_restart ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 19:10:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My first thought was it looks like some kinda whackadoo natural history museum with giant scorpion exoskeletons instead of T Rex bones or whatever
randomsnark ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:15:42 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
he couldn't even get the one from Good Driburg
FlamingBearAttack ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:01:26 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Absolutely hilarious, I cracked up at that part.
rimnii ยท 74 points ยท Posted at 17:36:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
they should've hired a more realistic actor
http://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/scorpion-split.jpg
Viking_Lordbeast ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:25:52 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you google "Walter Obrien young" a result of him in a newspaper shows up and he's at a pretty normal weight. Still doesn't have as pretty of a face as the actor, but I don't any adaptation where they didn't pretty-up the person on screen.
rimnii ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:31:18 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't find any. Links?
spirrigold21 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:07:08 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://scorpioncomputerservices.com/Press%20Coverage/media5.gif
http://www.scorpioncomputerservices.com/Press%20Coverage/media3.gif
plebdev ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:17:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is that actually Walter on the right?
rimnii ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:35:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.google.com/search?q=Walter+O%27Brien&rlz=1C1ASRM_enUS645US645&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTn5STwt_LAhWIFR4KHQIjBBkQ_AUIBygB&biw=1920&bih=955
plebdev ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 23:45:07 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh mah lawd
PeregrineFury ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:56:53 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That gibberish in the middle reads like Air Force EPR/award bullets.
ahaltingmachine ยท 102 points ยท Posted at 16:15:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This show looks awful and all, but that most recent episode title...
I can't stay mad at you, Scorpion.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 135 points ยท Posted at 16:23:11 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Almost, almost tempted to watch that episode. I can imagine the dialogue already.
"Hey stud, thought you'd like to take my g-string off."
"You have cellulitis."
"..."
"You need antibiotics."
"Get out of my room."
"Actually, seeing as we're in a hotel, this room doesn't belong to you. I can see how you could make that mistake though, your IQ is hardly as consequent as mine.."
ObnoxiousLittleCunt ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 17:55:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a much better dialogue this show would ever present.
iAesc ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:33:42 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm disappointed that it's only five lines. I'd like to see a screenplay for an /r/IAmVerySmart Pilot, using Scorpion as a basis.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:20:55 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know...You might be onto something here.
Xnetter3412 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:16 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, but they do get shot at and escape ridiculous amounts of danger as per usual. Maybe we can have Sylvester tell us the probability of surviving 3% survival chances 27 times in a row.
piratesas ยท 371 points ยท Posted at 14:54:43 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Out of curiosity I watched the pilot, and oh my god... I just... I can't.
The dude can't stop referencing IQ numbers in random conversations and the best part is the guy from American Pie who plays another genius that looks like this.
What.
[deleted] ยท 198 points ยท Posted at 16:19:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
M'sidekick
rimarua ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 16:20:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
M'genius
Cageweek ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:47:01 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
M'IQ
Teh-Piper ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 15:16:20 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stamper?
fallenlogan ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 17:16:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stamper actually has some sense of dignity.
Teh-Piper ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:30:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Potato salad was a very dignified video
skizmcniz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:36:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What's John Cena got to do with any of this?
jamarcus92 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:27:31 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And is only a huge twat on occasion.
ohhowexciting ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 16:28:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With Finch wearing that hat, you have to wonder if this show is actually full autist or if it's a bar bet gone too far and they're just fucking around.
jsmooth7 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 16:09:49 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I watched the first episode too out of boredom one day, and my god it was bad. Quite possibly one of the worst episodes of TV I've ever seen.
mjbaker474 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 15:04:28 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is that shit break?
NamelessNamek ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:01:47 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeppers
drownballchamp ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:15:05 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
See my problem with the pilot is that they thought airplanes would randomly crash into a city if the computer at the airport went down. And apparently the airport and all of the airplanes scrapped their radios at some point so they couldn't communicate.
piratesas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:40:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And since they couldn't reach the planes the best solution is obviously to shoot the planes down over the ocean, to prevent casualties on the ground.
mark_wooten ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:43:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"What's a pilot?"
"Well, you know the shows on TV?"
"I don't watch TV."
"Yeah, but, you are aware that there's an invention called television, and on this invention they show shows, right?"
Xydos ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 15:55:58 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Woah, does he go on Reddit on the show? 'cos that will explain a lot.
Donkey__Xote ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:08:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I watched the pilot and was not terribly impressed. I think I watched it more because of Robert Patrick's involvement since I like him as the T1000 and as John Doggett in The X-Files.
Caught another episode where they were accused of robbing a casino, I was surfing channels and it was the best thing on at the time.
Caught pieces of another episode set during some kind of natural disaster where there was a gas buildup that was supposedly going to blow-up the city and where some family was stuck in a minivan in the water and electricity prevented them from escaping.
I was not terribly impressed for any given episode. Gave it a few chances since some shows have pretty terrible pilots and it may take a few episodes to iron-out, but it's not getting any better.
IzzyNobre ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:54:52 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A-HA! That was bugging me like crazy, couldn't for the life of me figure out where I saw that guy before.
yashumiyu ยท 189 points ยท Posted at 14:19:10 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This show is so fucking embarrassing, I cringe whenever I see it's on.
boomerxl ยท 168 points ยท Posted at 16:40:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Hi. We're smart, and as such have no idea how not to behave like entitled assholes. Let's hire this waitress to "translate" our requests into idiot speak". This is the actual fucking premise.
Gozal_ ยท 70 points ยท Posted at 19:10:46 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like the big bang theory
heybuddy93 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:06:57 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's worse. I can actually enjoy TBBT sometimes. When I watch this I spend the entire time noticing ridiculously unrealistic physics.
mousylion ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 19:16:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think someone can be very knowledgeable in their field, but if they can't communicate it to the average individual it'd be a bit of a stretch to call them smart.
GAMEchief ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 19:21:23 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Big Bang Theory?
boomerxl ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:31:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine if they fought terrorists using TV science...
chickenbagel ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:06:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
BUT WORSE
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:12:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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yashumiyu ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 15:24:02 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do.
Never-asked-for-this ยท 239 points ยท Posted at 15:03:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
His IQ is 197, yet he bought an Alienware?...
[deleted] ยท 135 points ยท Posted at 16:11:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah man. More LEDs = more graphics. If he really was a true gamer assassin, he should have gone with red LEDs for maximum performance.
nezamestnany ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:14:43 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blue LEDs take more power. Better graphics cards/processors take more power
Blue LEDs are best and make your computer fast.
QED
Don't believe the orkish "red wunz go fasta" propaganda
jackjones2014 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 16:34:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/AyyMD
Aeolsu ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:31:23 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
REALLY?
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:39:30 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-REALLY?!
rentasdf ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:20:51 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks gamer gunk cleaner ginger
Never-asked-for-this ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:42:17 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that would explain why my Fury X is so damn powerful...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:45 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shoulda got that Gamer Gear Dust-Off Spray.
REALLYREALLYREALLYREALLYREALLYREALLYREALLYREALLYREALLYREALLYREALLYREALLY
Green_soup ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:59:22 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even geniuses need corporate sponsors.
turbulence96 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:03:38 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Noob here, why is Alienware looked down upon?
leadzor ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:55:57 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Overpriced and not unusually having crap quality components inside that don't last as long separate equivalents. The money they save on components, they spend on heavy marketing towards gamers that don't know any better. Now you do know better, so when considering Alienware, pick something else.
Dragon_Slayer_Hunter ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:58:38 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, they were a good company before they were bought out by Dell.
leadzor ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:13:57 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They were a good company with good materials but they were still overpriced. Now they're a bad company, with poor materials, with the same (or higher) prices. Lower cost, increase margins. Capitalism I guess.
turbulence96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:17 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's hilarious, because in my friend circle owning Alienware is the pinnacle of gaming apparently. Do you think it's more of a status symbol?
leadzor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:54:04 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For people who know better, is a status of mockery.
andrewia ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:54:37 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Their mice and keyboards seen to have lower quality for the same prices as their competitors. I'm not sure how their computers compare, but considering they're owned by Dell, I wouldn't be surprised if the laptops are 90% Dell designs with different colors and faster graphics cards.
turbulence96 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:43:34 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The hype around them is unreal though
jmarquiso ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:52:09 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alienware bought product placement
heisenberg747 ยท 230 points ยท Posted at 16:12:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And instead of radically changing the world of physics, you're giving out assumptions based on shit evidence and passing it off as medical advice.
ttmab7 ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 17:22:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But he's a genius, which means he knows everything about every subject!
I_was_once_America ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 00:16:25 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's basically the "Reed Richards is useless" trope. Smartest man on the planet and invents revolutionary shit every day. All of which gets used once or twice and is never seen again. He could probably cure cancer in a week, but he doesn't, cause he's useless.
heisenberg747 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:18:12 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
That's
good evidence thata good example of how IQ is an incomplete measure of real intelligence.[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:55:33 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A comic book character?
heisenberg747 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:23:01 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Anyone who brags about having high IQ but doesn't really do anything with it. It was poorly worded though, I see what you mean.
LondonCallingYou ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 19:08:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing pisses me off more than when a glorified code monkey tries to put themselves on the same level as the greatest genius in the past 400 years.
MarioStern100 ยท 150 points ยท Posted at 15:18:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They give out Nobel prizes for accomplishment, there is no reward for the highest IQ, just like there is no reward for most potential.
[deleted] ยท 64 points ยท Posted at 15:29:39 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't tell that to the seething legions of self-proclaimed geniuses who likely won't do shit.
JulianCaesar ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 19:55:42 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, shut up. I'm really smart, I just didn't apply myself! /s
okfuskee ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:38:35 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I'm smart but lazy"
deadpoetic333 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:33:34 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've realized that most of the people at my university (one of the top public schools in the nation) aren't necessarily the smartest, for the most part they're just willing to put in the hours and hours of work to get the good grade.
Darkeden251 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:16:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You rang?
StateYellingChampion ยท 133 points ยท Posted at 17:25:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
CBS Executive meeting:
"Our highest rated drama is NCIS, a show about a government team that stops crime and foils terrorist plots. Our highest rated sitcom is The Big Bang Theory a show about awkward, dorky geniuses. Anyway we could put those two things together?"
"A government team of awkward, dorky geniuses who fight crime and foil terrorist threats?"
"Boom. We'll call it Scorpion."
"Better add a forward slash to the title. Make it more tech savvy."
"Done. /Scorpion."
[deleted] ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 18:11:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure that this is exactly what happened.
dead-dove-do-not-eat ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 16:14:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Albert Einstein never took an IQ test in his life, his result of 160 is only "estimated".
PM_ME_YOUR_ART_PLZ ยท 99 points ยท Posted at 17:41:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's almost like he had zero concern with how smart he actually was. Or maybe he was just too busy laying the foundation for an entire field of science. If only he had bragged about himself, then we could finally know.
AngstBurger ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 23:48:10 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like that famous Hawking quote, when he was asked about his IQ: "I have no idea. People who boast about their I.Q. are
losersawesome."newheart_restart ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:12:38 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also IQ tests have changed since then and weren't nearly as common for non-diagnostic purposes IIRC.
Jimbyl ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 16:10:04 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did Einstein ever actually get his IQ tested?
God, even mentioning IQ makes me wanna gag.
KnugensTraktor ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 16:21:35 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No he did not get it tested.
Jimbyl ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 16:24:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alright that's what I thought, even more bullshit to add to the pile.
dbagexterminator ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:59:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yea, he was too busy doing useful things
good thing im here as a mensa member to vouch the fact that Einstein was smart
IzzyNobre ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 21:04:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
IQ tests are quite literally useless. In the real world no one gives the slightest fuck about them.
Jimbyl ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:13:29 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly why I wanted to gag for bringing it up.
IzzyNobre ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:33:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't blame you. Anyone going on about IQ tests (more often than not, THEIR own IQ tests) is both full of shit, and deluded.
IQ is bullshit both from a methodology standpoint (there are 11 different methods. 11. Why?!) AND from a pragmatic standpoint. Even if you could adequately quantify something as subjective as intelligence (which, again, let's be perfectly clear -- you can't. We don't even fully know what intelligence, or for that matter consciousness, is -- and consciousness is far more objective than intelligence), all you'd end up with is a metric of potential.
Celebrating that potential in and of itself is like saying "I have two legs, that means I'm able to win a marathon. Gimme praise."
Only unaccomplished morons brag about IQ tests. I've never seen someone who has their shit together going on about how their IQ is 140 or something.
ZoomJet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:00:06 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was perhaps one of the most eloquently put ways to destroy IQ, m'lady!
I really like 'I have two legs, that means I'm able to win a marathon. Gimme praise.' I'm going to use this from now on
InternetStranger0815 ยท 43 points ยท Posted at 16:58:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The fucking first episode where they have to plug in a LAN cable through an Airplane into a laptop to do some bullshit...really?
StJimmy92 ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 18:04:18 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's an episode of NCIS where a computer virus spreads from a laptop to their entire building through the power cable.
sethraine ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 18:23:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hate when that happens.
Wtfiwwpt ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:14:06 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just sayin...
http://www.amazon.com/b?node=1194444
leadzor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:01:51 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well... Yeah. But the signal doesn't spread out of the laptop's charging port for sure.
mobile_monster_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:14:44 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here is the mobile version of your link
TheRealChatseh ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 15:47:17 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's so hard being extra-abled. I think that's the term they use in the show. I rollled my eyes when they first said it and stopped watching.
ZoomJet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:01:00 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Extra-abled? Haha what really? Oh man, this thread is gold
AngelTC ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 15:37:47 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I recently discovered this show and I first hated it so much but somehow I turned it into a regular dose of cringe.
The mathematician in the show is just ridiculous, he is obviously fat and afraid of everything. He just spits out random numbers, like probabilities of the team succeding ( as if that were anything close to helpful ), he can memorize books by just glancing at them for a few seconds, etc.
Between him and the psychiatrist that randomly guesses things about people I just have to wonder if the show is a parody or the writers and creators are really that delusional.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 146 points ยท Posted at 16:01:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know, this subreddit could subsist entirely on that show for exactly 322.5 days with a 96% upvote rate.
PS: You should call your mother, she misses you and is ready to forgive what you said about her cooking.
Source: I have a 198 IQ
AngelTC ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 16:07:23 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You got me there for a minute
Viking_Lordbeast ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:32:16 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah me too. At first I thought this was just some random Joe spewing off nonsense, but then he told us his IQ so it all must be true and fact-based.
fuckingoff ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 16:07:17 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Derren Brown is an amazing British performer who has the ability to memorize vast amounts of information from books in order to give the appearance of psychic phenomenon.
Here he is in an early clip from one of his shows demonstrating this ability.
dimmidice ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:07:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I am so very skeptical of this. i've googled it a bit and he's been caught faking several things. for example he did a show with this memory book trick but the book isn't real. pages 1-50'l be the same page. 51-100 will be the same. etc etc. so he doesn't memorize the whole book, just a few pages per "book". as to what he does in that video the crew is probably in on it.
fuckingoff ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:16:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Watch more of his shows.
Fortunately, he's posted a lot to youtube.
This is an episode from one of his series, Trick or Treat, where he shows someone else a way to improve memory.
dimmidice ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:17:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
those are faked. the people are in on it. this was all in the papers ages ago. it's entertainment, it's not real.
kyndo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:46:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But Derren Brown does take a long time to memorise these things, as opposed to just "a few seconds".
His book Tricks of the Mind actually teaches you two (I think) of his techniques for doing this :) Mind palaces and whatnot.
fuckingoff ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:11:46 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In that video he takes about 25 minutes to memorize the book the librarian then questions him on. This is after the dictionary.
Illinois_Jones ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 15:26:22 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like a dramatic version of Big Bang Theory. Good cast, terrible writing
account3231 ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 17:08:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never watch a show about smart people if the writers aren't smart themselves (or at least work very hard and do a lot of research). Can't think of a single show about a genius that I like.
___AhPuch___ ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:59:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Silicon Valley?
account3231 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 20:51:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wouldn't really call it a show about a genius. What I meant was "Smartest man in the room" shows where the protagonist blows everyone's tits off with a dumb explanation that solves everything.
___AhPuch___ ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 22:16:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh I got it. Yeah I can't think of one either.
AlgernusPrime ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:31:46 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sherlock Holmes
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:47:06 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's because a good show would just have smart characters doing smart and interesting things, instead of just having the character repeatedly announce how smart they are.
account3231 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:08:30 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but "Smartest man in the room" is a popular genre these days. Shows about a protagonist who's like an autist or something and solves the plot of the episode with a 5 minute speech at the end of the episode. I haven't watched whatever this show is but I assume it's something like that.
iamstephano ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:03:20 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think Breaking Bad does it well.
Wtfiwwpt ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:14:25 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
House!
ZoomJet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:03:00 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but House is different. He's smarter, sure, but he just goes for it. He's not always right, and he's a miserable asshole. That's why we love him.
If all he did was sit in a corner and say what his IQ was and how easily he could solve the case, it would've been terrible
Martofunes ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 13:20:26 on April 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
House, in real life, would be a lousy doctor.
brushey ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:38:01 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sherlock.
account3231 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:50:38 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sherlock has too much fan service in my opinion. He's always doing exactly what the audience is hoping he will do, and he breaks character every episode to help Watson or tell him how much he values their friendship.
newheart_restart ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:14:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I liked Fringe. Doesn't take itself too seriously.
supremecrafters ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:46:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've started watching Fringe recently and am enjoying it too.
Ensiii ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:09:10 on June 19, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought House was fun.
devperez ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 21:34:06 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the worst fucking show in the world. This is all you ever need to watch from Scorpion.
Cyrus_Dragon_Hunter ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:33:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My god
Cassius40k ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:23:11 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cheer up Billy, your mom didn't die!
[deleted] ยท 89 points ยท Posted at 13:57:38 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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DeltaPositionReady ยท 123 points ยท Posted at 14:45:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
'Hacker' movies are generally shit. Blackhat, Paranoia. Oh god.
Hackers to some degree but they had rollerblading and a young Angelina Jolie in a latex bodysuit so that is kinda cool I guess.
provi ยท 122 points ยท Posted at 15:45:43 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Watching Mr. Robot was an incredible breath of fresh air. Show is pretty damn legit.
ObnoxiousLittleCunt ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 17:52:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I watched it with my girfriend. She couldn't care less about hacking. She loved it, it works on all the levels it dealt with.
DeltaPositionReady ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:55:16 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's on the list. Thanks buddy.
A recommendation for you, unrelated though- Peaky Blinders.
skulltrumpetman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:30:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Finally finished the first season a few days ago. I don't think I've ever seen a character as personally relatable as Elliot is. From what I knew about the show before I watched it, I was not expecting to get so emotionally invested in it.
But, who was at the door?
ryzyryz ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 20:02:43 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
SPOILER
TwoFiveOnes ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:28:36 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow dude spoilers
Like I'm still gonna enjoy it but man cmon
ryzyryz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:52:07 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. Im sorry. Wasnt thinking bout that
TwoFiveOnes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:34:25 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't worry too much, there's worse things
SequoiaThrone4372 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 15:16:04 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's exactly how I feel. I don't need to see close up shots of keyboards and 'the Internet working.'
carnageeleven ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 17:51:41 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If two people type you can hack faster.
Deerscicle ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 16:09:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hackers is so bad that it's good.
sahboe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:43:21 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
MESS WITH THE BEST
DIE LIKE THE REST
vaminos ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 15:19:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not a movie, but the show 'Code' (on netflix, 1 season) is fucking spectacular.
Slitted ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:58 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Australian show? I really liked it as well.
vaminos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:07:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yeah that one
afito ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:09:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's a German one called "Who am I" that's actually pretty good but the downside is that I don't think they translated it to English.
AvocadoCake ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:11:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The show that executes it best of any I've watched recently is Limitless, and they just skip half the hacking scenes by showing pictures of cats.
buttfacetime ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:14:01 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's in that place where I put that thing that time
jmarquiso ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:53:33 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sneakers was the best hacker movie ever made
bingram ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:01:04 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"We need a blackhathackernamedhathaway."
strib666 ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 16:25:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean the commercials that advertised a show about computer geeks with the logo '</scorpion>' (as in 'close scorpion')?
CocaineSympathy ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 14:55:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How did those commercials look good to you?
ediciusNJ ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 15:39:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, even the commercials put me off of it. I think my exact words were, "Ah, a drama for the Big Bang Theory crowd."
Arjahn ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 23:03:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The show is Scorpion and it's amazing, seriously I watch it weekly. The writers really clearly don't give a shit at all, so the plots are comically absurd and stupid, which makes them super entertaining to watch. In one episode, they hook a car battery up to an old FBI agent's brain in order to help him do parkour and catch a blue-fingered terrorist who almost killed Bill Clinton. It's fucking great.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:42:09 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How does this comment have no replies?!
BenjiBonZ ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 13:36:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it was Mark Ruffalo at first, and I was like "WTF, this wasn't in any of the avengers movies"
dickgilbert ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 13:56:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because that's all Mark Ruffalo has ever done.
BenjiBonZ ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 15:44:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I understand that's not all he's done. He's been around a while. That's just what popped into my head.
dickgilbert ยท -26 points ยท Posted at 16:40:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why would this picture make you say, "WTF, this wasn't in any of the avenger's movies" if you knew he's done more than those?
Wizard_of_Ozymandias ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 16:55:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think maybe it's because he was making a joke that you took too seriously and are now trying to douchily back him into a corner he doesn't deserve?
BenjiBonZ ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 16:53:52 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because that's what he's BEST known for right now. And that's what popped into my head. Simple as that.
plarah ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 15:33:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're right. There was also that movie where he is in love with Reese Witherspoon's ghost. Or that one where Jennifer Garner wishes she was 30 years old and realizes Mark Ruffalo is the love of her life.
greyspatter ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:03:24 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I liked that movie actually. Premise is stupid and I don't care for JG but it was surprisingly endearing (13 going on 30)
dickgilbert ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:38:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget the ones where he was nominated for Academy Awards while you try to undermine my point.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:47:17 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn you really like mark ruffalo huh
plarah ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 16:34:12 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No need to take everything personal, I was just making a joke.
dickgilbert ยท -18 points ยท Posted at 16:38:38 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Better work on making them funny then.
[deleted] ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 16:50:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Better work on not being an asshole then
HomelessHeartSurgeon ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:57:00 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see why the first part of your username is dick
ironwolf1 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:12:40 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's kind of a shit joke, because he's been in 2 Academy award nominated movies in the last 2 years so it's not like everything he's done outside of Avengers is trash.
Hayn0002 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:00:36 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Settle down, Scorpion.
hikaru_ai ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:23:08 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't call someone a "genius" if that person can't understand basic social behaviour
Frensday ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:27:42 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Mine's 197."
"Wow."
Pretty much the motto of this whole sub.
[deleted] ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 16:39:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
CBS: shows about smart people, for dumb people.
screamingmorgasm ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:39:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, yes, this show is very 'facesofatheism', but if you watch at least three eps and read Walter O'Brien's wiki page, you'll most likely have a giggle at the sheer enormity of his delusions. Just the disparity between the actor he chose to be him (and how the girls throw themselves at him) and his picture on the page is good for a few chuckles.
deimachy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:47:49 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I love that his Wiki page can be essentially summarized as "every one of his claims is probably bullshit".
Grizzly_Magnum_ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:52:56 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Funnily enough what he said doesn't have anything to do with intelligence, but with knowledge. Any person who has looked up the symptoms of anemia can say that. You don't have to particularly smart to do so.
sawmyoldgirlfriend ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 14:32:45 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Guessing a girl her age has anemia isn't a spectacular stroke of genius anyway. Most women in their early to mid twenties have anemia due to the body reacting to the possibility of having children.
the_cat_farted ยท 150 points ยท Posted at 15:22:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"the body reacting to the possibility of having children"
You can say menstruation
ohhowexciting ยท 55 points ยท Posted at 16:24:46 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
BAD WORD. GO TO YOUR ROOM!
iamkoalafied ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 15:30:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most women? I'm sure some do but I doubt it's "most." Actually I just did a quick google search and found that only about 20% have anemia.
BGBanks ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 21:13:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not "most" but 20% is very common when talking about medical issues. Only 10% of the population is left-handed but if I see someone that is I'm not surprised at all.
iamkoalafied ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:13:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I agree.
LondonCallingYou ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:11:15 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So he just needs to say it to 5 women and he'll have a >60% chance of being right!
newheart_restart ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:14:23 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Still a super common thing and sometimes women have mild anemia just during menstruation
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:24:16 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not most. Not even close. Some.
Fuligin2112 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:47:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When the computer "Genius" said "They must have multiple T-1's" when walking into a huge corporation I gave up on this show.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:50:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pfft.
Everyone knows the only valuable machines are IBN 500s...
baryluk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:05 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is a good laugh actually, finding all this silly psudo-inteligent things. It is sometimes so bad, that is is good.
monoclemanly ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 17:03:21 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/iamverysmart ?
Laikue ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 17:27:25 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is where we are, yes.
monoclemanly ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 17:42:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
derp...woops
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 17:04:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes you are.
onyxsamurai ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:10:49 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never even heard of this show. How does it have 42 on a major network.
HollisFenner ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:19:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This made me cringe so hard.
Mariokartfever ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:00:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This show is what stupid people think being smart is like.
anuspizza ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:25:45 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I fucking hate scorpion
refuch ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:26:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, who gave /r9k/ access to television? I'll bet he gets paid in tendies and good boy points...
CaffeinatedSkeleton ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:10:16 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hey look another show that's the bing bong theory
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:06:35 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That last face tho.
Perfect for the line.
HenryKushinger ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:50:46 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Anyone that smart should know that IQ is far from a definitive measure of someone's intelligence.
Moondoox ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:25:29 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This sounds like the cringiest show on the planet.
Margamel ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 17:09:39 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you want a show with a realistically smart main character I highly recommend Jonathan Creek. He's smart and hates showboating it around. He's that kind of quiet, reserved, knows when he's relevant kind of smart.
Doc85 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 16:44:01 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Another show about what stupid people think smart people are like.
psquared85 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:03:55 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That diner looks a lot like the one from Pulp Fiction
Hawksx4 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:18:57 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
thought the exact same thing!
BocaSpeedRacer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:17:59 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was gonna give this show the '3 episode test'.
1st episode or whatever, they dangle a lan cable out of a commercial airplanes nose gear wheel well, (couldn't use wifi, needed lan) then they sped underneath in a race car, and they made a data transfer while the plane flew right above them on the runway.
Aaaaand, dropped the show before it even got to the 2nd episode. Chicks kid is autistic, but of course this crew of genius retards "get him".
So much, give me a break.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:25:06 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
thesweetestpunch ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 17:43:51 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A good friend of mine is on that show and I really tried to watch but it's so terrible. My girlfriend describes it as "what stupid people think smart people are like."
PetevonPete ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:02:34 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
These kinds of shows will never, ever work. Hollywood writers can't convincingly write geniuses because Hollywood writers aren't geniuses.
LogicalShark ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:42:06 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought the point was that he's pretty smart but arrogant and bad at social interaction. That's how the character is supposed to be.
Doomdoomkittydoom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:42:44 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This show absolutely sucks.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:38:16 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am I completely wrong or did the creator of this show claim this is based on him? His brainwork might have been submitted here..
dimeadozen09 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:50:01 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
is this what old people find interesting?
Mister_the_Toad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:04:50 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Douche-The Series?
singlerainbow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:34:52 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have pitted nails, just looked it up and don't see anything pointing to anemia.
Thisllgetburiedbut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:45:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No idea what show but I hate it already.
Izoto ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:32:26 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I enjoy the show, it's not well done and the smart characters aren't particularly intelligent, but it's my guilty pleasure, my Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
ColinOnReddit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:50:01 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The guy this show is based on is such a fucking blow hard asshat. He was on the Adam Carolla podcast before episode one aired.
okfuskee ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:31:05 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Do you want an enema?"
"Wow"
"I'm smart"
"Fuck me"
summerofevidence ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:11:31 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I litterally just finished the first season of Mr Robot, then came into this thread. I'm glad I didn't discover Scorpion first, because it would have turned me off to all tech shows going forward.
TommyBozzer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:45:46 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is this show?
Cageweek ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:41:53 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
IQ isn't the same as knowledge. Somehow the guy's IQ is not enough to know that. Guess my IQ is like 200 then.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:37:32 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just noticed this post, with the same title (confusingly, since it's not within an 'iamverysmart' section of course), is now on 9GAG.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:24 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure this type of website has bots that go through and retrieve "hot" posts from various subreddits. A lot of their posts you'll find out have been posted on Reddit first.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:49:41 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's so bad.
๐๏ธ WearASkirt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:57:15 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's either that or just regular users trying to get internet points with cross-posts. Honestly I don't think it's that bad, yeah the websites profit from it, but you didn't hear me complaining about news aggregators ever. If you want to protest you can start posting with a watermark of some sort, like /r/iamverysmart off the side, just so people are more aware.
That would actually be really funny if websites like 9GAG were suddenly filled with automatically submitted top reddit posts that have watermarks explicitly showing the actual source.
Wish reddit was organized enough to try to pull something like that off.
phylosacc ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:46:33 on March 29, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This show, man.
A friend recommended it to me, saying it was awesome.
I could only stand the first two scenes of the pilot. Then came the one where he's riding his car, listening to the radio, and someone, in the radio show, asked "which month has 28 days".
And because someone said February and he said "every one of them... idiots", the show expected me to take him as super smart and then I knew what kind of show it was.
The next scene, introducing the rest of the team, confirmed it. And I promptly stopped watching and told my friend that the whole thing was ridiculous.
I like The Big Bang Theory, though, maybe I'm just a hypocrite or maybe TBBT doesn't have any delusions of being anything other than what it is.
FayeBlooded ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:19:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, let me get this right. So this is a show that's a bad self insert fanfic for the writer of it?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:15:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hate this show so much. Every episode is like "Hey we're smart. How do you know we're smart? Because we just told you we are. Except this girl who 4 weeks ago was a waitress but is now with us on a paramilitary mission to recover stolen nuclear material. But her autistic kid is smart because I am smart and I can recognize smart people."
KillerJazzWhale ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:27:47 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually a really solid show if you can get past the obnoxious "I'm so smart" sections.
betterwbacon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:45:28 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That shows gotten ridiculous. There's no way these untrained brainiacs are taking on the kind of people you'd be sending in black ops forces for. First season was good, plausible even. Just can watch it anymore.
mrtangelo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:05:10 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what show is this?
tereshkovagagarin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:37:18 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well. I just looked up what anemic nails look like. I guess I have anemia, that explains a lot.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:44:16 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i don't get how he does anything wrong.
luncht1me ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:02:09 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I love this show actually, it's incredible
Decyde ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:04 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
197 IQ you say? Walter O'Brien Finale
mgoulart ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He had a long interview with Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show: Meet โScorpion,โ The Real-Life Santa Claus with an IQ of 197 https://overcast.fm/+BmGV80g6o
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:45:50 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"real life Santa Claus" fucking lol
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:09:59 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What show is this?
Waywardstar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:52 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is this terrible show so I can safely avoid it?
CriminalMacabre ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:55:18 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I stopped watching this show when they said they had to physically access a backup server to stop from reuploading a virus
Cruven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:04:11 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What show is this?
gladen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:41:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't that guy a Dothraki on Game of Thrones?
rj20876 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:51:27 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That absolutely is the entire premise of the show. And it only got more insufferable. I had to quit watching after he jumped onto a train moving at 90 mph based off of a few on the fly calculations.
chambertlo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:58:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ew. Glad I have no idea what this show is.
-Replicated ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:16:14 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think I could bare to watch this series, just him constantly bragging about how hes a genius.
Sly_Meme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:25:42 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What show is this? I immediately have a dislike for this character.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:55:54 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder what show this is. Let's look to see the title and see what it is. Oh wait...
lloorren ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:58:33 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This image was painful, I can't imagine being able to tolerate it animated, with sound, and with more content.
davelog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:25:50 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...it's a guilty pleasure.
Shut up.
weneedaweedeater ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:27:01 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The synopsis of this show doesn't do it any favors. It just sounds like it was written by 4 neckbeards.
MarcsterS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:58 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the show was "loosely" based off an actual person and events. So I looked up who it was based on.
Loosely is spot-fucking-on.
MockingDude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:31:38 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hold on, do I have anemia?
Fumblerful- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:05 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the point. It's about a group of geniuses who know they are socially inept. They are very intelligent but need someone on their team dedicated to talking to everyone else.
Aerik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:52:13 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
must resist urge to throw french fry at imaginary smartass
johndarling ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:20 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. Wow, that's good. Wow, I love that.
SlowMotionSprint ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:42 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I enjoy "Scorpion".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:48:11 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's like an Observer, only without any of that good writing, or any of those pesky "interesting characteristics".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:01 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nail pitting is indicative of potential psoriasis, not anemia. Who's the idiot writing this show?
kickababyv2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:11:05 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This show looks fantastic! What is it? Also, sorry about being idiots. I hope an entire subreddit makes you feel better!
surp_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:53 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw this show for the first time last night, was just flipping channels and it came on. The plot was about how they were trying to stop a nuclear powered satellite that was in decaying orbit from detonating over populated areas. Apparently 10 million lives were at risk. So much wrong with that I don't know where to begin, it's ridiculous. This show is so fucking bad. The viewer reviews on rottentomatoes are about what I'd expect
IDidntChooseUsername ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:15:33 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
> IQ 197
> laptop is overpriced gaming garbage
grungebot5000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:18:16 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
160 my ass
jmarquiso ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:39:22 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The guy the actor is playing did an AMA. This is how I found this sub
ExplosiveWatermelon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:18:15 on March 29, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did a google search for world's highest IQ. 190 is what I found. So basically this guy is saying he is the world's smartest man.
dsghlksuegu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:18:54 on September 20, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you watch the show like it's a parody it's pretty enjoyable, but it does get boring after a while because the episodes are really similar. I'm still not sure if it's meant to be taken seriously...
tyrghast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:09:29 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the show Community belongs in this sub as well
hurkadurkh ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:36:37 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's pretty obvious that target audience for this show is stupid aspies who want to reinforce their delusion that they're misunderstood geniuses. Society's too dumb to give them the respect and appreciation they deserve.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:08:17 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not all people with aspergers are pretentious assholes.
hurkadurkh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:39 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Self-delusion is hardly a trait exclusive to pretentious ass holes
ApocalypseNow79 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 18:49:08 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
just 99%
Intanjible ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:07:19 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's almost like CBS has dedicated its entire network to shows based on insufferable fucking dipshits.
Mynameiszak ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 15:58:53 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I felt the same way watching Mr Robot
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 14:38:24 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:07:30 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why would she slap him for that?
[deleted] ยท -52 points ยท Posted at 15:13:20 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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sweetrolljim ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:51:13 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What your life must be like...
ApocalypseNow79 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 18:51:36 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hahahaha I like you