Was your friend's father tried in federal court like this woman? Because that might explain the discrepancy.

There wasn't anything deliberately provocative in megamarcx84's post though, especially considering his entirely reasonable explanation that followed. And Iblza didn't just respond in this thread, she made her own comment as well, which was completely off-the-rails insane, and, imo, far more deliberately provocative.

One definition of irony is something that is the opposite of what is expected. For example; someone going around posting anti-troll pictures being a troll themselves.

It's ironic that you're calling out other people for trolling.

I'm really curious how you came to the conclusion that megamarcx84 is the troll here, and not Iblza.

This is super obnoxious and the opposite of constructive.

What observations have led you to conclude that there are forms of energy that we haven't yet discovered, and are those observations empirical or measurable in any way?

They're gaslighting us!

On the plus side: "The decision is not a final ruling on the merits of the case, but instead sends the case back to the lower court for further consideration. Planned Parenthood can appeal the decision to the full-panel of judges on the Tenth Circuit for rehearing."

I'll just leave this here:

I don't believe any of this stuff actually works at all, but you bring up a good point: Why isn't anyone calling this what it is - cultural appropriation?

LOL

Because I think that what you do is bad for society.

Of course not. But we do know quite a bit, including the knowledge of how to test the effectiveness of a practice that claims to have medical benefits. If you went back in time to before humanity knew about germs and how they work, and did a test to determine the effectiveness of hand-washing in preventing the spread…

I wouldn't say I have a mission so much as I just have really strong opinions. But point taken.

That's a pretty good point. Although dark energy may not necessarily be a form of energy in the same way that electromagnetic energy is since it's really just a placeholder term for whatever it is that's causing the expansion of the universe. We can still infer its existence through quantifiable observations though;…

Meh. Anyway, this isn't going anywhere so I'm gonna call it.

But riding bikes has been proven by science to improve health. So if someone did that they would be an idiot.

I feel like we've had this conversation before. About horoscopes, maybe?

Maybe I just calls em like I sees em. Maybe I have no patience for woo because I have elderly relatives who've wasted a fortune on snake oil. Maybe I just don't like people who make a dishonest living selling stuff they stole from someone else's culture.