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I hate when I'm reading an article and become completely distracted with an irrelevant detail. In this case, his traffic violating cyclist was full of shit. Ev

by ryandvm 16y ago

I hate when I'm reading an article and become completely distracted with an irrelevant detail. In this case, his traffic violating cyclist was full of shit. Even the color blind know which light in the arrangement is the stop light, regardless of its apparent color. EDIT: Removed bonus apostrophe

telemachos 16y ago
As a color blind human, I think I might resent "Even the color blind know," but you're completely right. I've never had trouble (even with overall poor vision) figuring out when to stop and when to go.
RyanMcGreal 16y ago
I had a sense, reading the piece, that Dawkins knew perfectly well the cyclist was full of shit but merely used the incident as a launchpad for the real question on his mind.
vixen99 16y ago
its apparent color
getonit 16y ago
Everyone's full of shit when they get caught cheating. Shit and - if attention is drawn to the shit - anger.
- stcredzero 16y ago
  Some people are honest afterwards even if they have a momentary lapse of judgement. If incorrect conclusions are made on the assumption that they are lying 100% of the time - anger.
  - getonit 16y ago
    You're assuming that I'm drawing attention to the shit, when actually I try not too because I'm not interested in it, let alone the almost inevitable anger. But, the shit it comes a-flowin' anyway. They do the whole thing by themselves; cheating to angry-at-someone-else in one smooth, well-practised motion.
    - stcredzero 16y ago
      You're claiming a certain sort of behavior in this situation, when actually I'm drawing attention to your incomplete conclusion. A similar situation to the one you described: I almost died when I was living on the west coast. I started to cross the street at an intersection with a stop sign, and a couple of teenagers in a pickup truck come barreling around the corner -- both of them with their heads cranked way around to look at something (I assume a hot woman.) The driver looks forward again and slams on the brakes. The truck stops about 3 feet from me. The teenager pokes his head out the window and starts angrily yelling at me! Anger is a defense when someone knows they are in the wrong, but it's not always the case!
      - getonit 16y ago
        So, boiling your original objection and subsequent explanations down to a single sentence, you think I'm unaware of the fact that there are exceptions to my original statement, let alone just about every statement ever made? I can assure you that I'm not. Or perhaps you feel it was necessary for me to disclaim that words I type without citation or claim of evidence are only my opinion? These questions are rhetorical, FWIW. I'm trying very hard not to be the snarky guy who argues until the bitter end, for exactly the reasons implicit above.
furyg3 16y ago
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2519282653_737a56be03.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2519282653_737a56be03.jp... I was riding shotgun with a colorblind friend when he approached one of these somewhere around Pleasanton, CA. He started freaking out a bit as we approached, asking what color the light was. Turns out that the standard is that red goes on top or on the left, but he didn't know that since he had never come across a horizontal stoplight before (neither had I). So saying "I'm colorblind" is usually BS, but it is possible (especially if some designer went and got all cute with the stoplight).
- julius_geezer 16y ago
  A few horizontal lights remained in the small towns of my state when I got my license, so I did have to learn this. I've long forgotten, though. A color-blind guy I worked with said that he worried about forgetting.

by ryandvm 16y ago

telemachos 16y ago

As a color blind human, I think I might resent "Even the color blind know," but you're completely right. I've never had trouble (even with overall poor vision) figuring out when to stop and when to go.

RyanMcGreal 16y ago

I had a sense, reading the piece, that Dawkins knew perfectly well the cyclist was full of shit but merely used the incident as a launchpad for the real question on his mind.

vixen99 16y ago

its apparent color

getonit 16y ago

Everyone's full of shit when they get caught cheating. Shit and - if attention is drawn to the shit - anger.

stcredzero 16y ago
Some people are honest afterwards even if they have a momentary lapse of judgement. If incorrect conclusions are made on the assumption that they are lying 100% of the time - anger.
- getonit 16y ago
  You're assuming that I'm drawing attention to the shit, when actually I try not too because I'm not interested in it, let alone the almost inevitable anger. But, the shit it comes a-flowin' anyway. They do the whole thing by themselves; cheating to angry-at-someone-else in one smooth, well-practised motion.
  - stcredzero 16y ago
    You're claiming a certain sort of behavior in this situation, when actually I'm drawing attention to your incomplete conclusion. A similar situation to the one you described: I almost died when I was living on the west coast. I started to cross the street at an intersection with a stop sign, and a couple of teenagers in a pickup truck come barreling around the corner -- both of them with their heads cranked way around to look at something (I assume a hot woman.) The driver looks forward again and slams on the brakes. The truck stops about 3 feet from me. The teenager pokes his head out the window and starts angrily yelling at me! Anger is a defense when someone knows they are in the wrong, but it's not always the case!
    - getonit 16y ago
      So, boiling your original objection and subsequent explanations down to a single sentence, you think I'm unaware of the fact that there are exceptions to my original statement, let alone just about every statement ever made? I can assure you that I'm not. Or perhaps you feel it was necessary for me to disclaim that words I type without citation or claim of evidence are only my opinion? These questions are rhetorical, FWIW. I'm trying very hard not to be the snarky guy who argues until the bitter end, for exactly the reasons implicit above.

furyg3 16y ago

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2519282653_737a56be03.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2519282653_737a56be03.jp... I was riding shotgun with a colorblind friend when he approached one of these somewhere around Pleasanton, CA. He started freaking out a bit as we approached, asking what color the light was. Turns out that the standard is that red goes on top or on the left, but he didn't know that since he had never come across a horizontal stoplight before (neither had I). So saying "I'm colorblind" is usually BS, but it is possible (especially if some designer went and got all cute with the stoplight).

julius_geezer 16y ago
A few horizontal lights remained in the small towns of my state when I got my license, so I did have to learn this. I've long forgotten, though. A color-blind guy I worked with said that he worried about forgetting.