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10/12/23 9:02:30 PM
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dioxxys
10/12/23 10:10:17 PM
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https://youtube.com/shorts/yrCTrB-HSfQ?si=d-RGU8TfD7VMH3UD

That was great.

"Your honor, You were an eyewitness 20 seconds ago and still got it wrong".

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LordFarquad1312
10/12/23 10:14:26 PM
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NDT is a fucking asshole.

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The_Popo
10/12/23 10:15:13 PM
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And then he walked out of the courtroom as he said And Pluto isnt a planet, with an arm raised triumphantly

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dioxxys
10/12/23 10:15:35 PM
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LordFarquad1312 posted...
NDT is a fucking asshole.
Everybody on CE got beef with everybody.

He's a physicist what's wrong with him?
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itcheyness
10/12/23 10:15:48 PM
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LordFarquad1312 posted...
NDT is a fucking asshole.


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Xenogears15
10/12/23 10:16:51 PM
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dioxxys posted...
Everybody on CE got beef with everybody.

He's a physicist what's wrong with him?

He's kind of sanctimonious, to put it mildly. I also remember there being some smoke about him being a creeper some years back.

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Starks
10/12/23 10:17:59 PM
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One of NDT's balls. Such a great planetarium.

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boxoto
10/12/23 10:19:12 PM
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Xenogears15 posted...
He's kind of sanctimonious, to put it mildly. I also remember there being some smoke about him being a creeper some years back.
iirc, the creeper part was cleared up, but I could be wrong.

with the sanctimonious thing, I think a lot of what he says is kind of tongue-in-cheek, and people interpret it the wrong way, but there are other times when he comes off like he believes he's the most intelligent person in the room.

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Garabandal
10/12/23 10:20:34 PM
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LordFarquad1312 posted...
NDT is a fucking asshole.
He's what happens when a redditor becomes famous

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Xenogears15
10/12/23 10:20:38 PM
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boxoto posted...
iirc, the creeper part was cleared up, but I could be wrong.

with the sanctimonious thing, I think a lot of what he says is kind of tongue-in-cheek, and people interpret it the wrong way, but there are other times when he comes off like he believes he's the most intelligent person in the room.

dingdingding

I mean, let's be honest. He probably IS the smartest dude in the room most of the time, but the fact that he's so open about it is just so offputting. At least be humble about it.


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nocturnal_traveler
10/12/23 10:21:38 PM
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He really wanted to get out of jury duty.

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SayHeyyShohei
10/12/23 10:25:57 PM
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Xenogears15 posted...
dingdingding

I mean, let's be honest. He probably IS the smartest dude in the room most of the time, but the fact that he's so open about it is just so offputting. At least be humble about it.

The way he is open about it is a thousand times more humble than people like Hitchens or Feynman, two of the most insufferable and condescending geniuses in modern history.

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dameon_reaper
10/12/23 10:31:49 PM
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Xenogears15 posted...
I mean, let's be honest. He probably IS the smartest dude in the room most of the time, but the fact that he's so open about it is just so offputting. At least be humble about it.

most people are like that. There's stupid people who think they're the smartest person in the room as well.
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Hayame_Zero
10/12/23 10:35:13 PM
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His current public perception is proof why you never go full "well ackshully"

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dioxxys
10/12/23 10:40:45 PM
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Interesting perspectives. I haven't seen a ton from him only dabbled, from what I remember of him has been interesting and he never seemed condescending.
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SayHeyyShohei
10/12/23 10:42:02 PM
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dioxxys posted...
Interesting perspectives. I haven't seen a ton from him only dabbled, from what I remember of him has been interesting and he never seemed condescending.

He only appears condescending to those who have a natural tendency to defend their egos as well. He is very much open to discussion and educating in a humble matter when compared to his peers such as an asshole like Bill Nye. I've never seen NGT talk down to anybody who wasn't trying to outsmart him.

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jumi
10/12/23 10:44:13 PM
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dameon_reaper posted...
most people are like that. There's stupid people who think they're the smartest person in the room as well.

Rhymes with "Ronald Grump."

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PiOverlord
10/12/23 10:46:12 PM
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Tbh, I feel people have a tendency to really overly-criticize those who are on the more intelligent range. No one cares when other people talk highly of their abilities, but people who are smart are always required to be more humble than the average person to the point where people will be mad if they don't self-hate and say how they are actually stupid in all reality.

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LordFarquad1312
10/12/23 11:04:18 PM
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dioxxys posted...
Everybody on CE got beef with everybody.

He's a physicist what's wrong with him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTItMy5EI2o&ab_channel=penguinz0

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DragonClaw01
10/12/23 11:08:09 PM
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PiOverlord posted...
Tbh, I feel people have a tendency to really overly-criticize those who are on the more intelligent range. No one cares when other people talk highly of their abilities, but people who are smart are always required to be more humble than the average person to the point where people will be mad if they don't self-hate and say how they are actually stupid in all reality.
This isn't directed at NDT, since I know very little about him, but It is mostly a problem with lecturer types. It is kinda an occupational hazard with the profession. They get so used to being the smartest person in the room teaching a bunch of students less smart than they are that when they go around outside the classroom they tend to treat others as if they are thier students and talk down to them. Also, being incredibly smart at one thing, they often erroneously believe they are smart at pretty much everything, which is were they really get themselves in trouble. Because all because you are a master at astrophysics doesn't believe that you are going to have good takes when it comes to social sciencel, poltics, what have you.

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Just_a_loser
10/12/23 11:09:56 PM
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Haters gonna hate.

Neil rules. Awesome guy.

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boxoto
10/12/23 11:21:07 PM
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LordFarquad1312 posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTItMy5EI2o&ab_channel=penguinz0
yea, this is some bullshit (on NDT's part).

I know he shitposts on Twitter, and his personality is basically the personification of a shitpost (in a mostly benign way), but diminishing the deaths of others to make some kind of point is really crass.

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Crimson_Corsair
10/12/23 11:34:13 PM
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NDT should make a presidential bid.

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SayHeyyShohei
10/12/23 11:36:19 PM
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it was a piss poor take that demonstrated zero worthwhile point

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VFalcone
10/12/23 11:39:23 PM
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What do the posts in this thread have to do with the fact that he wasn't wrong tho!?!?
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SayHeyyShohei
10/12/23 11:39:23 PM
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ah yes its the mass medias fault whenever mass shooting happens

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boxoto
10/12/23 11:42:41 PM
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I think he (homeless Justin Long) made a good point that with the other causes of death, were stuff like accidents, illnesses, etc., where we have people actively trying to diminish those numbers, while with mass shootings, we have people actively trying to kill others.

also, there's a time and place to give off causes of death stats, and after a mass shooting might not be the best one, if you care about the human element.

it just feels like an unnecessary flex of knowledge.

and I say that as someone who generally likes NDT.

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SayHeyyShohei
10/12/23 11:45:34 PM
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this is what you said

its a shitty take and you should feel ashamed for it

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ForsakenHermit
10/12/23 11:48:54 PM
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SayHeyyShohei posted...
The way he is open about it is a thousand times more humble than people like Hitchens or Feynman, two of the most insufferable and condescending geniuses in modern history.
Hitchens while very witty was not a genius.

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Tmaster148
10/13/23 12:05:29 AM
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boxoto posted...
I think he (homeless Justin Long) made a good point that with the other causes of death, were stuff like accidents, illnesses, etc., where we have people actively trying to diminish those numbers, while with mass shootings, we have people actively trying to kill others.

also, there's a time and place to give off causes of death stats, and after a mass shooting might not be the best one, if you care about the human element.

it just feels like an unnecessary flex of knowledge.

and I say that as someone who generally likes NDT.

The problem with NDT is that he's completely devoid of the human experience as context.

https://imageio.forbes.com/blogs-images/startswithabang/files/2017/08/upsize.jpg?height=1083&width=711&fit=bounds

He's basically just comes off as an asshole sometimes because he's too focus on the data and not the context.

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pick4six
10/13/23 12:08:20 AM
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No wonder theres so many wrongful convictions in our justice system

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Ricemills
10/13/23 12:11:44 AM
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dioxxys posted...
He's a physicist what's wrong with him?

He's an asshole.
He's not wrong, but still an asshole.

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God_of_6strings
10/13/23 12:13:48 AM
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Xenogears15 posted...
I also remember there being some smoke about him being a creeper some years back.
He shook a woman's hand and inserted his thumb into the handshake. The woman is still suffering from severe trauma due to the amount of stress it put her and her family through.
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ForsakenHermit
10/13/23 12:16:24 AM
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God_of_6strings posted...
He shook a woman's hand and inserted his thumb into the handshake. The woman is still suffering from severe trauma due to the amount of stress it put her and her family through.
Most of the claims against him were revealed to be genuine misunderstandings. Except for a rape claim against him from the '80s which he didn't really refute instead bashing the accusers new age beliefs as evidence that she made it all up, which was a bit sus to say the least.

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xlr_big-coop
10/13/23 12:32:23 AM
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Garabandal posted...
He's what happens when a redditor becomes famous
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Master_Kazuya
10/13/23 12:35:15 AM
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Xenogears15 posted...
dingdingding

I mean, let's be honest. He probably IS the smartest dude in the room most of the time, but the fact that he's so open about it is just so offputting. At least be humble about it.

The difference is that being more intelligent doesn't make you a better person. We're all meatballs with our own lives.

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xGhostchantx
10/13/23 12:39:54 AM
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He talks at people, not to people.

Anyway -- he's absolutely right.

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Dark_Arbron
10/13/23 12:42:02 AM
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Crimson_Corsair posted...
NDT should make a presidential bid.

It would never get off the ground. He wouldn't lower himself to paying lip service to "our good Christian values..." and "God is my co-pilot" and other such propaganda that appeals to people for all the wrong reasons.

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SayHeyyShohei
10/13/23 4:58:11 AM
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Except you were the one who was trying to handwave NDT's shitty take with one of your own.

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bigblu89
10/13/23 10:56:10 AM
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NDTs biggest problem is that he discusses/argues from a place of logic and not a place of passion, so when youre wrong, he has no issues telling you youre wrong and why youre wrong.


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boomgetchopped3
10/13/23 11:03:40 AM
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