Comments on: Video of Iceland's lake monster http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ferd http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1339526 ferd Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1339526 Okay, now I've got it.  The whole, "my precious" thing wasn't about the ring at all. Sméagol just figured that with the correct placement, he could be the hobbit, "Love Machine". Okay, now I’ve got it.  The whole, “my precious” thing wasn’t about the ring at all.
Sméagol just figured that with the correct placement, he could be the hobbit, “Love Machine”.

]]> By: artao http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1339419 artao Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1339419 dang! thx EDIT: well, gee, look at that :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OmyyHyya64 um. yeeaaahhhhh ..... NOT dang!
thx

EDIT: well, gee, look at that :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OmyyHyya64

um. yeeaaahhhhh ….. NOT

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1339332 Felton / Moderator Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1339332 There's an embedded video on the linked page, but it doesn't seem to be loading now. There’s an embedded video on the linked page, but it doesn’t seem to be loading now.

]]> By: snagglepuss http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1339329 snagglepuss Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1339329 Playfully presenting the possibility of an unlikely species, in the light of things like coelacanths and Laotian rock rats, is a way of tweaking the noses of both stuffy scientific certainty and militantly-gullible creationism - Because science at least admits that it can be wrong, while creationism and other religion-based cosmologies don't. Same punchline, different audience reactions. Playfully presenting the possibility of an unlikely species, in the light of things like coelacanths and Laotian rock rats, is a way of tweaking the noses of both stuffy scientific certainty and militantly-gullible creationism –

Because science at least admits that it can be wrong, while creationism and other religion-based cosmologies don’t. Same punchline, different audience reactions.

]]> By: artao http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1339294 artao Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1339294 I see no video. I followed the linkys. wtf? I see no video. I followed the linkys. wtf?

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338977 Culturedropout Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338977 Maybe because there aren't millions of poor deluded bastards threatening our freedoms, and in some cases our very lives, because we don't accept their "lake monster" on faith...?  I tend to resist believing in anything I'm told at gun-point. Maybe because there aren’t millions of poor deluded bastards threatening our freedoms, and in some cases our very lives, because we don’t accept their “lake monster” on faith…?  I tend to resist believing in anything I’m told at gun-point.

]]> By: toxonix http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338905 toxonix Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338905 What, and you don't? I've seen both! Dwarves too. More dwarves than elves these days.  What, and you don’t? I’ve seen both! Dwarves too. More dwarves than elves these days. 

]]> By: Artor http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338894 Artor Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338894 I'm not sure, but I think Mister44's point was that the beastie is the more plausible one, without the mountains of evidence against it. YEC is pretty damned absurd, and there is so much evidence against it that continuing to believe is a clear mental defect. I’m not sure, but I think Mister44′s point was that the beastie is the more plausible one, without the mountains of evidence against it. YEC is pretty damned absurd, and there is so much evidence against it that continuing to believe is a clear mental defect.

]]> By: Chrs http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338865 Chrs Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338865 It's caught on something, keeping it at the same location while the flow moves past it.  It’s caught on something, keeping it at the same location while the flow moves past it. 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338810 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338810 Is your name Francis, by any chance? Is your name Francis, by any chance?

]]> By: SumAnon http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338798 SumAnon Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338798 Yet. Yet.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338797 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338797 Yet. Yet.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338789 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338789 The obvious first step in identification is to see if a dozen coos have been mysteriously milked in the neighborhood. The obvious first step in identification is to see if a dozen coos have been mysteriously milked in the neighborhood.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338781 wysinwyg Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338781 This BB post from last year gives another reason to be skeptical of paranormal claims coming out of Iceland: http://boingboing.net/2011/09/18/survey-many-icelanders-believe-in-elves-and-ghosts.html And this is fun too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Elf_School This BB post from last year gives another reason to be skeptical of paranormal claims coming out of Iceland:
http://boingboing.net/2011/09/18/survey-many-icelanders-believe-in-elves-and-ghosts.html

And this is fun too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Elf_School

]]> By: GrumpySteen http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338756 GrumpySteen Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338756  I think we're all missing the most important part here.  Apparently there's a magic ring that will make things grow larger if you put it over them.  There are a lot of men out there who would pay dearly for this!   I think we’re all missing the most important part here.  Apparently there’s a magic ring that will make things grow larger if you put it over them.  There are a lot of men out there who would pay dearly for this! 

]]> By: marilove http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338727 marilove Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338727 Dude, get a sense of humor. The author's tongue was planted firmly in his cheek.  This isn't a serious post.  I seriously doubt he actually believes in this monster. Also, you might want to read this to get some perspective: http://www.amazon.com/Science-Superstition-Developing-Creates-Supernatural/dp/B0058M8GSI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328558206&sr=1-1 Dude, get a sense of humor. The author’s tongue was planted firmly in his cheek.  This isn’t a serious post.  I seriously doubt he actually believes in this monster.

Also, you might want to read this to get some perspective: http://www.amazon.com/Science-Superstition-Developing-Creates-Supernatural/dp/B0058M8GSI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328558206&sr=1-1

]]> By: R_Young http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338716 R_Young Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338716 And people say there isn't enough moral instruction in the internet era... Thank you sir chair, for your guidance.   And people say there isn’t enough moral instruction in the internet era…

Thank you sir chair, for your guidance.  

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338710 SedanChair Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338710 For God's sake people, <i>take the ring off of the magic worm before you throw it in the lake</i> For God’s sake people, take the ring off of the magic worm before you throw it in the lake

]]> By: trippcook http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338701 trippcook Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338701  You must misunderstand my point -- my point is that BECAUSE this is BB, a generally pro-science site, presenting crap like this as MAYBE evidence of something (when it's obviously not) struck me as out-of-character.  Creationism was just one (of a million) examples of evidence-free things people believe in for no good reason.  You must misunderstand my point — my point is that BECAUSE this is BB, a generally pro-science site, presenting crap like this as MAYBE evidence of something (when it’s obviously not) struck me as out-of-character.  Creationism was just one (of a million) examples of evidence-free things people believe in for no good reason.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338692 Noctilucent Studios Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338692 Did I just watch a snake give birth to a hippo?! Did I just watch a snake give birth to a hippo?!

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338682 Noctilucent Studios Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338682 Woo-Boy, are you ever in the wrong place to try and have an argument about creationism. This is BoingBoing, cousin. Woo-Boy, are you ever in the wrong place to try and have an argument about creationism. This is BoingBoing, cousin.

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338673 ChicagoD Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338673 Because there are no broader educational consequences to chuckling about Nessie. Nobody is going to claim that only Nessie can be taught in schools. Because there are no broader educational consequences to chuckling about Nessie. Nobody is going to claim that only Nessie can be taught in schools.

]]> By: SumAnon http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338664 SumAnon Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338664 Having never read the Unabomber's Manifesto (and being at work, unable to read the whole thing) I'm going to ask; he specifically names the Loch Ness Monster as the reason he did what he did?!?!? Having never read the Unabomber’s Manifesto (and being at work, unable to read the whole thing) I’m going to ask; he specifically names the Loch Ness Monster as the reason he did what he did?!?!?

]]> By: Palomino http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338660 Palomino Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338660 What may be considered a "monster" in one area, may be common in another, like this anaconda with a hippo in its belly.  http://youtu.be/mhhhh1QiT-U What may be considered a “monster” in one area, may be common in another, like this anaconda with a hippo in its belly. 

http://youtu.be/mhhhh1QiT-U

]]> By: trippcook http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338652 trippcook Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338652 I think you and I have different interpretations of the Unabomber's manifesto then ... I think you and I have different interpretations of the Unabomber’s manifesto then …

]]> By: trippcook http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338650 trippcook Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338650  Hahahah --- I've got some pretty rad video evidence of David Copperfield making the Statue of Liberty disappear!  It's indisputable!  Hahahah — I’ve got some pretty rad video evidence of David Copperfield making the Statue of Liberty disappear!  It’s indisputable!

]]> By: trippcook http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338645 trippcook Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338645 There is a lot of evidence against Young Earth Creationism, but that's my point -- we have evidence of the Earth's age!  Show me a lake monster body, or a living one, or a bone ... this footage isn't evidence, since it could be caused by 100 different things.  One thing can be more plausible than the other, but the evidence for either is the same.   See what I mean? There is a lot of evidence against Young Earth Creationism, but that’s my point — we have evidence of the Earth’s age!  Show me a lake monster body, or a living one, or a bone … this footage isn’t evidence, since it could be caused by 100 different things.  One thing can be more plausible than the other, but the evidence for either is the same.   See what I mean?

]]> By: SumAnon http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338644 SumAnon Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338644 Noone ever blew up a building full of people over Nessie or Bigfoot. Noone ever blew up a building full of people over Nessie or Bigfoot.

]]> By: Summer Seale http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338638 Summer Seale Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338638 It's Eyjafjallajökull's cousin coming to cause trouble…. It’s Eyjafjallajökull’s cousin coming to cause trouble….

]]> By: shawndoc http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/video-of-icelands-lake-monst.html#comment-1338639 shawndoc Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142475#comment-1338639 Whatever it is, you can tell its being pulled through the water, not being propelled by the body. Whatever it is, you can tell its being pulled through the water, not being propelled by the body.

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