What has SD.net taught you?

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-03-20 10:25pm

It gave me increased tolerance. Scary, isn't it?

When I first came here, I was an extreme homophobe, thanks to my fundie mom. But here, I was around gays, and realized that they aren't so different. It got me thinking, and my revulsion and hatred towards them melted away. While I don't like the idea of two men having sex, I hold nothing against gays anymore.

So, what has SD.net done for/taught you?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-03-20 10:29pm

I was way out on the libertarian crazy fringe when I came here, I was a borderliner tinfoiler. I was more antiwar than anyone - no seriously, ANYONE on this board. SDN has pulled me more into the mainstream.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-03-20 10:40pm

1. Even admin-approved registrations can't stop morons from getting in.
2. I've become more conservative on a lot of issues, like nuclear power and economics.

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2004-03-20 10:46pm

I taught me to be extremely careful when clicking on off-topic links, cause "you never know what you're gonna get."

This place has also corrected several science related misconceptions I had, and taught me how to be a better debater (I use what I learn here on another forum).

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2004-03-20 10:48pm

I've learned the same things from SD.net that I've learned at SB.com. I have a better understanding of science.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-03-20 10:49pm

Before Sd.net I was a 90 Pound Weakling. Look at me now

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-03-20 10:49pm

That I am normal.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-03-20 10:50pm

Never, ever mention anal sex on this board.

Oops.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2004-03-20 10:50pm

Better debating skills.
Well, this place and ASVS...

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-03-20 11:01pm

SDN has taught me nothing knew, it has only confirmed and reinforced the following prejudices:

1) I am a sexy, sexy beast.
2) I am much cooler than the average fellow.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2004-03-20 11:06pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:SDN has taught me nothing knew, it has only confirmed and reinforced the following prejudices:

1) I am a sexy, sexy beast.
2) I am much cooler than the average fellow.

Or, you can see your reflection in the monitor and you dont get out much

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-03-20 11:11pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:SDN has taught me nothing knew, it has only confirmed and reinforced the following prejudices:

1) I am a sexy, sexy beast.
2) I am much cooler than the average fellow.

And that you are deserving of all your wonderful custom titles.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-03-20 11:14pm

There's a web site for everything
Some things really shouldn't have a website
There are more disgusting and perverted things in the universe than dreamed of in your philosophy Horatio

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-03-20 11:16pm

Actually, SD.net made me into an atheist. Thanks, guys.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-03-20 11:25pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:And that you are deserving of all your wonderful custom titles.

That's funny, 'cuz your mother said the same thing to be the other night when I gave her a Dirty Sanchez!

pwned.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-03-20 11:27pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
Captain_Cyran wrote:And that you are deserving of all your wonderful custom titles.
That's funny, 'cuz your mother said the same thing to be the other night when I gave her a Dirty Sanchez!

pwned.

You are a truly desperate and disgusting man if you slept with a 59 year old overweight woman...

pwned.

Bug-Eyed Earl · Post by **Bug-Eyed Earl** » 2004-03-20 11:29pm

That ordinary women can be worshipped simply for posting here.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-03-20 11:33pm

Bug-Eyed Earl wrote:That ordinary women can be worshipped simply for posting here.

True, and look what it has done for the EXTRORDINARY women who do post here.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-03-20 11:36pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:You are a truly desperate and disgusting man if you slept with a 59 year old overweight woman...

[thick latin accent]
You see, Pablo knows that it is not just the good looking women who need to be loved. It is also the elderly, the overweight, the homely, and the four legged animals who must occasionally recieve the--how do you say?--ah yes... the orgasm. This is not to say that Pablo actively seeks out such women, no no, but with a towering masculinity such as his, he often finds it imperative to quickly quench the fires of passion lest his testicles explode or something.

That is the mystery... that is Pablo. The man, the enigma, the Lothario.
[/thick latin accent]

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-03-20 11:39pm

You sound like Maurice Chavez.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-03-20 11:40pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
Captain_Cyran wrote:You are a truly desperate and disgusting man if you slept with a 59 year old overweight woman...

[thick latin accent]
You see, Pablo knows that it is not just the good looking women who need to be loved. It is also the elderly, the overweight, the homely, and the four legged animals who must occasionally recieve the--how do you say?--ah yes... the orgasm. This is not to say that Pablo actively seeks out such women, no no, but with a towering masculinity such as his, he often finds it imperative to quickly quench the fires of passion lest his testicles explode or something.

That is the mystery... that is Pablo. The man, the enigma, the Lothario.
[/thick latin accent]

Who else is thinking Fez from That 70's Show?

GoldenFalcon · Post by **GoldenFalcon** » 2004-03-20 11:49pm

SD.net taught me one thing that I will remember for the remainder of my days:

How to heavyweight wrestle with myself at night.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-03-20 11:50pm

Bug-Eyed Earl wrote:That ordinary women can be worshipped simply for posting here.

Quiet, you.

I learnt about the wonderful world of Logical Fallacies. I take delight in pointing out how people's claim to "logic" is actually irrational and erroneous. I especially enjoy demolishing people who act as though they're already "logical."

[edit]Most of these "arguments" have taken place in real life with people whom I once considered to be intelligent, reasonable human beings. I discovered that in actual fact they were adept at bullshitting.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-03-20 11:51pm

Joe wrote:You sound like Maurice Chavez.

Chavez is just the GTA:VC parody of a certain tradition of the sexy but self-absorbed and bizarre Latin male. Chris Kattan on SNL did a hilarious Antonio Banderas show on the very same principles. It was all jokes like Banderas is interviewing a pathologist about Lyme Disease and asks questions like:

"The Lyme disease, you are catching this from the fruit, yes?"
and
"The thing that is most standing out about you is the--how do you say?--ah yes, the breasts."

And then he unbuttons his shirt slowly while Horatio Sanz protests that it is "too hot, no, too hot!"

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-03-20 11:57pm

And then he unbuttons his shirt slowly while Horatio Sanz protests that it is "too hot, no, too hot!"

"But I must!"