You are minding your own business, having gone fishing

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  1. Robert

    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    And out of the sky, not a man, not Superman, not a hawk or an Eagle, comes this bird.

    But hold on. This bird died prior to humans on Earth.

    But use your minds. See how you would handle a Bird as tall as a Giraffe.

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    I suspect there were times and places where my sharp stick and I wouldn't really fare that well!

    I've had to deal with belligerent chickens. And, I'm pretty glad they weren't the size of a moose.
     
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    First thing I would do is find out what it tasted like in a stew.

    Mmmm, thenm gonna be some giant crispy wings. :banana:
     
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    One would think he would have a larger breast, given the weight he would need to lift.

    Wonder what the meat tasted like? Chikun'?

    The earth sure produced some big critters back then. In certain eras, even the bugs were huge. But I guess that big bird would need big bugs to eat? Be hard to get his fill, at an ant mound unless the ants were the size of big dogs?

    We have these old myths about giant humans. Makes you wonder if the myths were not myths and that we used to have giant hominids too? Of course there is a lack of fossils or remains, unless you believe the conspiracy that we found the bones of giant men in america and they were hidden from us. lol But then we have some folks who believe the earth is flat.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I suspect most who think Earth is flat have black skins.
     
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    The question is
    What Could PeopleKind have done future tense
    to have destroyed da bird we will never know


    Take responsibility!

    Have a happy gobble gobble Day.
    Death To Big Birds!
     
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    Black folks? Nah, they are smarter than that The ones I have seen on you tube are all white people. You know, in the history of the town that I live outside of, we have never had one single black suicide. Only whites kill themselves here. I once had an old black feller tell me when I was young, that it is only white folks who kill themselves, for most blacks have better sense. In my own part of the country, he seems to be right.
     
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    I was not discussing suicide. I spoke of the flat earth types.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Had you introduced the thread, it would be as you say.
     
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    And to think they had 5 times more C02 in the air back then
     
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    And I said, that I have only seen white guy who were flat earthers. The point being, black folks have better sense than some whites. Obviously.

    We commit suicide and have the most flat earthers. How smart is that? lol
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yet no proof has been introduced. It was easy for me since blacks comprise the largest demographic of very poorly educated and I include those of Africa and Australia.
     
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    CO2 could be why in the distant past, plants and animals were giants compared to now.
     
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    You got it pal
     
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    First thing I would do would be to stop drinking.
     
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    The only evidence that I can offer up comes from those you tube videos created by various, white flat earthers. If you can find one black flat earther, by all means show us. That you would reject so easily what can be verified by searching you tube is suspect. For some reason, you think that all black folks are less intelligent that whites? I know some white people who are as dumb as hammers. And some black people who are very educated and intelligent. And yet, I have not seen one black flat earther on you tube, voicing his flat earth beliefs. I figure this is because they are smarter than some whites.

    The education of blacks has much to do with black culture, with some of them seeing an education as wanting to act white. But not all of them. And their lot in life has much to do with poverty, and how the war on poverty, was structured to tear apart the black family, and create generations of single parent homes, with the criminal streets raising these kids. And it has nothing to do with race, their race, and everything to do with environment, and a black culture which arose from that environment. Sure, on the IQ scales, when you look at average IQs blacks score lower on average, but that could be environment and not racial. Asians in particular push their children to excel, and they score higher on average than you do, if you are white. If we wanted the smartest people in the majority, it would not be your race, if you are white, but we would have the asians and that particular group of jews who score the highest to be in the majority. You would be in 3rd place and in the minority, with hispanics and blacks below you, but by only a little bit.
     
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    Well, what would education look like but for YouTube? Did you ever grapple with the fact that what you see are whites making far more use of YouTube than blacks make use of it? Sure, a large number of blacks in the USA are well educated. You judge a group called white due to the acts of some YouTubers whom you allege believe the earth is flat. I have never, not even as a child, thought the earth is flat. Tom Friedman got it wrong.

    Funny you don't know whites who you call well educated who believe the earth is a ball. As you say, blacks excuse for lacking education is they don't want to seem white whom they admit are better educated.

    I am gifted with a 1% IQ score but have yet to embark on the quest of IQ vs who believes in flat earth. I have many fires to tend so that is low on my bucket list.
     
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    Since no stats are kept on race and flat earth believers, one has to use what is available. And I did. There are forums, flat earth forums, where it appears that the posters for primarily if not completely white or at least non black. And that is all we have to go on. And until someone actually studies it and does some research, this is all that we have today. No, it is not scientific, but sometimes something need not be strictly scientific in order to draw a tenative opinion. And this is all that I did.

    I know of no whites personally who believe the earth is flat, nor any blacks for that matter. Even the non college educated whites do not buy into the flat earth argument. But if you look online, there is where you will find the flat earthers, and there may be some black ones, but I have not seen them. Just whites.

    Isn't a one percent IQ score which you are gifted with, rather low? In my own experience, I have found that the people with above average IQs are also affected in some way as to make them look a bit weird in other areas. We used to say a particular person was really smart in what they called book sense, but had little or no common sense. I took this to mean that while they are very intelligent, they might be a Darwinian dead end if they had to survive outside of a library.
     
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    With a large caliber, rapid fire weapon. And prayer.
     
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    My score is in the upper 1 percent. I never saw science reduced to race by others. As were it a huge burden to be white. But a blessing to be black. That concept might amuse some, not me though.

    So, your sole evidence is YouTube and perhaps sites on the internet. It takes all kinds.

    I have known many high IQ people and maybe due to YouTube, you also use that to call us weird. I was born this way and it was spotted prior to my going to school. But it is no guarantee of anything. It won't mean you are rich. It might not even mean you finished college. Normally if you are around others daily, they will comment on it and even give you benefits. I think that is why the Army handed me 3 Sgt stripes as a recruit and put me in charge of a platoon of 60 recruits.

    I do not want to discourage you of the use of YouTube. I enjoy it a lot myself.
     
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    Clever idea. :applause:
     
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    No, my opinion of some of the higher IQs comes from 75 years of life and observation. But most of my exposure happened in academia. I was a professional student for years. lol I knew several nutty Profs. But outside of academia, they would have starved.

    Anyways, it takes different kinds of minds to create a high civilization and high IQ people are essential, just as average IQ people are essential. And perhaps, the average IQ people could do well and survive without the high IQs, but the high IQs would perhaps not flourish and survive without the average IQs around to support them. It is said that when Einstein came over to begin is teaching career, he could not find his way home that day. I had a Prof who always had his pants and jacket stuffed with something bulky and we always wondered what he was loaded down with every day. Well, it turned out that while he did not own a car, but rode a bike to school, with his tattered and well worn suit, he also did not believe in banks, So, his pants, all 4 pockets, and his inside and outside pockets on his tattered jacket was filled with cash, from his cashed paychecks. Hundred dollar bills. Perfect to be robbed, but not while I was there. But he was a brilliant man otherwise. Just did not have enough sense to get in out of the rain is all.
     
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    Einstein no doubt did not get lost at his homeland very often. Here it is understandable when a foreign born person loses his sense of direction. There are many Einstein stories that some believe degrade the man.

    I so enjoy your posts i find it strange that you as a 75 year old and me as a 79 year old seem to be sparring now. My oldest son celebrated his birthday yesterday and he is 59.

    I once was certified by CA to teach Real Estate courses. The state mailed me papers to submit courses. It happened when Carter was President and though I was then certified, probably not today.

    I believe the correct way to see Genius is creation. Can they create as did Einstein? But put Einstein in a factory and i doubt he could have invented a hot dog stuffing machine. So we use what we have and some get famous, some chat on this forum.
     
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    I think we get fooled by looking at chicken and thinking that is how birds are normally built.

    But, they aren't. Man used evolution to create chickens with huge breasts, because there is more economic demand for white meat. In fact, it's so extreme that some turkeys can hardly stand. Man also created chickens that grow big at an absolutely incredible rate for the same reason - economics.

    If we wanted dark meat, then there would be skinny chickens with absurdly large thighs.

    For our demand for eggs, we create chickens that may not grow as fast and are tougher, but they will poop out at least an egg a day - which meat chickens and wild birds can't do.
     
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    Considering that any creatures capable of flight are also of necessity lightly built,
    I think an old school Ithica 10 gage pump shotgun would be my choice.
     

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