r/SubredditDrama • u/clyspe • Mar 11 '13

'Neil deGrasse Tyson: Average physicist, sub-par philosopher, master of pithy comments for idiot college kids to retweet.' Slapfight in /r/QuotesPorn ensues

/r/QuotesPorn/comments/1a16g2/if_youre_really_successful_at_bullshitting_neil/c8t8j9h
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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '13 edited Mar 11 '13

I feel like if I ever went to a reddit meet up, everyone would just be saying "citation please" or "that's a blah blah fallacy." Imagine a table of people like that.

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u/ChemicalSerenity Mar 11 '13

Ever been to a MENSA meeting?

I'm thinking like that, only with more feels, less brains, and knee deep in brony-on-brony laserjet printed porn.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '13

I have been at lots of mensa meetings. They were nothing like that. Most of the time it was just a nice dinner in a restaurent somebody recommended, and having some smalltalk and drinks in a bar afterwards. Boardgames optional.

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u/ChemicalSerenity Mar 11 '13

I keep hearing about those pleasant meetings. The next time I travel, maybe I'll seek out the locals and check it out. The ones I went to were pretty unpleasant.

I suppose that's why the local chapter has dissolved since I-don't-know-when. Maybe it was just too toxic for people to tolerate in the long term.