Reply to: Parliament (mod edit: and the uncritical acceptance of internet memes)

[SimonMac]

Not quite

Edit: Credit to SimonMac for me seeing this on his Facebook feed

Hey look at that, someone actually looks at MyCo's Facebook feed, we have a website too don't ya know!

[SimonMac]

Yep, I should have checked that one first alhtough none of the pictures are fake and it seems only 2 are wrongly (falsely) captioned (not the MPs payrise which can be seen in this video: BBC News - MPs' pay rise: Mark Field, John Woodcock and Tom Brake and here: The Tumblr of Andrew Hickey) and someone is already working on debunking the Spectator piece apparently, i.e.



It does got to show though, that you can trust the left about as much as the right

But the original picture is not a meme

"MEME: an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations."

The original message is shared in mock outrage without knowing the underlaying facts

[original PM]

well wow that escalated quickly

meme's are there to provide amusement in some case and to try to show a point in others

but they are only like the cartoons you get in Private Eye etc that show certain things being funny, thought provoking or irratating depending on your pov


I think bringing education levels into this has missed the fookin point a wee bit

[scooterscot]

Yep, I should have checked that one first alhtough none of the pictures are fake and it seems only 2 are wrongly (falsely) captioned (not the MPs payrise which can be seen in this video: BBC News - MPs' pay rise: Mark Field, John Woodcock and Tom Brake and here: The Tumblr of Andrew Hickey) and someone is already working on debunking the Spectator piece apparently, i.e.



It does got to show though, that you can trust the left about as much as the right

Dailywail reader you. Had only you read the article. Proof is in the pudding though, the readerships reactions to a well timed photo combined with the publications agenda is indeed a powerful tool. Unfortunately gullible readers are not in short supply, it's only a worry they have a right to vote.

[cojak]

[mudskipper]

Now you know that some people employ ZERO critical skills when swallowing everything they see on the internet.

The menace of memes: how pictures can paint a thousand lies » Spectator Blogs

And some people should KUATB


Anyway, when did we let facts get in the way of a bit of politician bashing?

[cojak]

Parliament (mod edit: and the uncritical acceptance of internet memes)

Now you know where MPs interests lie:

Now you know that some people employ ZERO critical skills when swallowing everything they see on the internet.

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeeh...thousand-lies/

[NotAllThere]

I've edited the subject

[minestrone]

Don't bother, as it seems the point of a tertiary education is to bang on about it when people don't give a tulip

Oh no, I am ridiculing you for presenting absolute pish as fact. Did you even consider what you posted to be complete tulipe? Do you believe anything you read on the web as fact if you want it to be correct?

[darmstadt]

In an argument over who has a degree and who does not you are pitching the concept that the person that does have a degree is an underachiever compared to the person who does not have a degree.

I'm going to say this again...

One of the points of a tertiary education is to be able to filter information, when you have to learn on your own you have to know what source is valuable and what is not. You have not had the luxury of a tertiary education (quite probably as you did not have the ability to be offered tertiary education) and are clearly unable to distinguish pish from fact.

Don't bother, as it seems the point of a tertiary education is to bang on about it when people don't give a tulip

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

Aww, thought you were gonna make ma funk a P-funk

[xoggoth]

I have, that you're an idiot, nay a cretin

Oh come on D. We may not agree on politics but don't please morph into Sasguru. Written any stories lately?

[minestrone]

That sentence is not very well worded is it? Pray continue showing yourself up for the underachiever that you are or is that what a tertiary education teaches you?

In an argument over who has a degree and who does not you are pitching the concept that the person that does have a degree is an underachiever compared to the person who does not have a degree.

I'm going to say this again...

One of the points of a tertiary education is to be able to filter information, when you have to learn on your own you have to know what source is valuable and what is not. You have not had the luxury of a tertiary education (quite probably as you did not have the ability to be offered tertiary education) and are clearly unable to distinguish pish from fact.

[BrilloPad]

Whether the pictures are fake or not, MPs got a stonking pay rise in 1996. Tories knew they were being voted out so did not care what the electorate thought.

[xoggoth]

Bah! I refuse to bother to read any of it. Corrupt self serving bunch of bastards! Who needs evidence?