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#3081 |
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Join Date: Jan 2020
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Hello, all,
I have been a lurker in these parts since the days when Randi was active on the JREF board. Never got around to joining; now I have. No more getting "members only" when I click on links! Hurray!! BTW, "Masque" refers to BBQ, not Red Death. |
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Maryland
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#3084 |
Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Maryland
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#3085 |
Penguilicious Spodmaster.
Tagger Join Date: May 2005
Location: Ponylandistan Presidential Palace (above the Spods' stables).
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"We stigmatize and send to the margins people who trigger in us the feelings we want to avoid" - Melinda Gates, "The Moment of Lift". |
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#3086 |
Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 9,248
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Hi there. It’s been a while since I posted here; I just drifted by on a sudden whim. Wonderful to see so many familiar names still here.
How have we all been? |
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Rimmer: Look at her! Magnificent woman! Very prim, very proper, almost austere. Some people took her for cold, thought she was aloof. Not a bit of it. She just despised fools. Quite tragic, really, because otherwise I think we'd have got on famously. |
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#3087 |
Observer of Phenomena
Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Ngunnawal Country
Posts: 77,418
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We've been really good, richardm. Most of us. Thanks for asking.
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#3088 |
Suspicious Mind
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 5,275
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It’s nice seeing familiar avatars.
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#3089 |
Observer of Phenomena
Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005
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#3090 |
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Maryland
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#3091 |
Suspicious Mind
Join Date: Sep 2003
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#3092 |
Muse
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Where the wild goose goes
Posts: 611
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Hello! I've been lurking here a while and decided to finally join. To be up front about it, I would be more of a general nonbeliever than a dedicated skeptic, but I find the skeptical coverage very useful. I would like to thank you guys for your efforts.
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#3093 |
Unbanned zombie poster
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
Posts: 16,575
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Welcome StillSleepy, glad you decided to belly up to the bar so to speak. Not really sure of the distinction between a general nonbeliever and a dedicated skeptic but as long as you find the discussions useful, I'm sure many here appreciate your thanks. Welcome everyone. |
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#3094 |
Becoming Beth
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Central Vale of Humility (USA, sort of)
Posts: 26,614
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"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep." "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation." |
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Unbanned zombie poster
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
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#3096 |
BOFH
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: People's Republic of South Yorkshire
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"Your deepest pools, like your deepest politicians and philosophers, often turn out more shallow than expected." Walter Scott. |
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Becoming Beth
Join Date: May 2009
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#3098 |
Observer of Phenomena
Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Ngunnawal Country
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Back in my day we had a goat. But someone got annoyed and we had to get rid of it.
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#3099 |
BOFH
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: People's Republic of South Yorkshire
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"Your deepest pools, like your deepest politicians and philosophers, often turn out more shallow than expected." Walter Scott. |
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#3100 |
New Blood
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Rhode Island USA
Posts: 11
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I guess this is the thing to do as a new member, so hello all. I'm the new guy.
Name's Dave, from Rhode Island. For those of you not familiar with the state, it's the smallest in the nation, nestled in between Connecticut and Massachusetts. It's not part of Long Island, which for some reason a lot of people seem to think. I used to have a membership here years ago, but lost my username and log in information, so it's a fresh start. Looking forward to some interesting discussions. |
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#3101 |
New Blood
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Rhode Island USA
Posts: 11
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Where are the rest of the threads?
Hello, trying to understand how this works. According to the info on the index page for the various forums, there are in some cases, thousands of threads.
Why then do I only see about 14 or 15 when I go into one of the forums? Thank you. |
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#3102 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 13,513
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It's probably showing just the last month. Click on the forum you are interested in and then go down to the bottom of the page and see if you can find "Display Options". You can control the order and time frame there. Sorry, can't post a screen shot right now.
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#3103 |
Not a doctor.
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 25,179
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Suffering is not a punishment not a fruit of sin, it is a gift of God. He allows us to share in His suffering and to make up for the sins of the world. -Mother Teresa If I had a pet panda I would name it Snowflake. |
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#3104 |
Suspicious Mind
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 5,275
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It's been so long, I've forgotten why we talk about goats. Please don't flame me.
Hello, new peoples. |
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#3105 |
Unbanned zombie poster
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#3106 |
New Blood
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Rhode Island USA
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I'm not sure if I have two accounts, as that account hasn't been used in a few years or so, and I don't even have access to it. It's basically inactive. I have no plans or interest in ever using the old one no matter what.
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#3107 |
New Blood
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#3108 |
Observer of Phenomena
Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Ngunnawal Country
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#3109 |
Suspicious Mind
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 5,275
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Recently, the kids gave the word "goat" a new meaning, and I suggest we merge the meanings.
So that makes me a (the?) Greatest Of All Time grumpy atheist/disbeliever. Yes, I quite like that. |
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#3110 |
Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 126
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Hello, venerable members of the International Skeptics Forum!
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#3111 |
BOFH
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: People's Republic of South Yorkshire
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Welcome Alexander.
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#3112 |
Master Poster
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: South Africa
Posts: 2,932
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Hi Alexander, right back at ya.
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#3113 |
Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2020
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Observer of Phenomena
Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Ngunnawal Country
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Welcome lambent. So nice to hear from Russia.
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#3115 |
Thinker
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#3116 |
New Blood
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: USA
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Newbie here. What's the idea behind this forum? Never seen it before. I found it searching for a specific topic, which led me to a post on the forum here.
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#3117 |
Schrödinger's cat
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Malmesbury, UK
Posts: 14,770
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It was originally the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) Forum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_...nal_Foundation I think it was originally started specifically for discussions of applications for the JREF Million Dollar Challenge, and claims of the paranormal/supernatural generally, though like with most forums additional subforums for other topics (and just general chat) were added as the members got to know each other. JREF was more or less wound up when Randi retired, and a forum member volunteered to continue to host the forum, which was consequently renamed. |
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#3118 |
Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Maryland
Posts: 14,168
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Welcome! Please stick around and join the fun.
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#3119 |
Master Poster
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Northumberland, UK
Posts: 2,638
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Good evening.
Lurked round here off and on for many moons now, but finally decided to do something more. Some of you will know me under another name from other bits of the web, but that name was taken here, so a new name was needed. |
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#3120 |
Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Maryland
Posts: 14,168
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Welcome,CFK. What are your interests here?
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