Unpopular facts

Kingswood · 03-22-2007, 06:14 PM

Faster than light travel is impossible.

95% of the population of the world are not Americans.

Everybody must dance with the reaper.

Carbon dioxide is largely opaque at infrared wavelengths.

Oil reserves are finite.

The brains of men and women work differently.

Most of the wealth in the world is concentrated in the hands of a small number of people.

We all make mistakes.

DanaC · 03-22-2007, 06:52 PM

Quote:

95% of the population of the world are not Americans.

Umm. You do realise that fact is only likely to be unpopular in America right? Which means it's not unpopular with 95% of the world's population....therefore it can't really count as an unpopular fact?

BigV · 03-22-2007, 07:24 PM

Yo, King baby. How can a fact be popular or unpopular? Understood or misunderstood, ok. Widely known and accepted? Is that what you mean?

I have some trouble with your "facts" too.

Kingswood · 03-22-2007, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

Yo, King baby. How can a fact be popular or unpopular?

It depends on whether the fact is inconvenient or disturbing to a group of people.

Ever hear of the "Carbon dioxide ... we call it life" campaign?

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

I have some trouble with your "facts" too.

In what way do you have trouble with them?

Beestie · 03-22-2007, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kingswood

Faster than light travel is impossible.

[Steven Wright]
If I'm driving along at 186,000 miles per second and turn my lights on does anything happen?[/Wright]

Actually, it is possible. Here's how.

Ok, that's cheating.

There might be another way that takes advantage of space-time distortions caused by gravity waves which technically wouldn't allow one to travel faster than light but to take a shortcut and get to the endpoint faster than a lightbeam that didn't take the shortcut.

03-22-2007, 11:33 PM

The US is safer and has less crime (particularly violent) now than ever and it continues to decrease, this is especially true of our schools.

freshnesschronic · 03-23-2007, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kingswood

Faster than light travel is impossible.

Doesn't the speed of light differ all the time? Not saying anything is faster, but it is still a variable speed.

Kagen4o4 · 03-23-2007, 03:30 AM

the speed of light is constant. it just depends on which dimension its expending its energy

xoxoxoBruce · 03-23-2007, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Umm. You do realise that fact is only likely to be unpopular in America right? Which means it's not unpopular with 95% of the world's population....therefore it can't really count as an unpopular fact?

Quite the contrary, it's only unpopular here, with people that shouldn't be here.

Kagen4o4 · 03-23-2007, 04:57 AM

i like kinga's facts. hq? 308? i dont actually know anything about cars but my friends are kingswood freaks. one of them just sold a kingswood drag car.

Pie · 03-23-2007, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Doesn't the speed of light differ all the time? Not saying anything is faster, but it is still a variable speed.

It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum. Light can be slowed down dramatically within a medium.

Sheldonrs · 03-23-2007, 09:11 AM

Anyone who thinks that traveling at the speed of light is impossible has never drunk a Jolt Cola when not near a bathroom.

Beestie · 03-23-2007, 10:16 AM

Quote:

the speed of light is constant

That is no longer a certainty. The implications of this are not trivial.

limey · 03-23-2007, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kingswood

...
Most of the wealth in the world is concentrated in the hands of a small number of people.

....

Make that a small number of MEN.

glatt · 03-23-2007, 11:33 AM

George W. Bush is still President of the United States of America and will be for years.

03-22-2007, 06:14 PM	#1
Kingswood Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Vic Posts: 316	Unpopular facts Faster than light travel is impossible. 95% of the population of the world are not Americans. Everybody must dance with the reaper. Carbon dioxide is largely opaque at infrared wavelengths. Oil reserves are finite. The brains of men and women work differently. Most of the wealth in the world is concentrated in the hands of a small number of people. We all make mistakes. __________________ Ur is a city in Mesopotamia.

03-22-2007, 07:24 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Yo, King baby. How can a fact be popular or unpopular? Understood or misunderstood, ok. Widely known and accepted? Is that what you mean? I have some trouble with your "facts" too. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-23-2007, 03:30 AM	#8
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	the speed of light is constant. it just depends on which dimension its expending its energy __________________ something we both can enjoy??

03-23-2007, 04:57 AM	#10
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	i like kinga's facts. hq? 308? i dont actually know anything about cars but my friends are kingswood freaks. one of them just sold a kingswood drag car. __________________ something we both can enjoy??

03-23-2007, 09:11 AM	#12
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Anyone who thinks that traveling at the speed of light is impossible has never drunk a Jolt Cola when not near a bathroom. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-22-2007, 11:33 PM	#6
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	The US is safer and has less crime (particularly violent) now than ever and it continues to decrease, this is especially true of our schools.

03-23-2007, 11:33 AM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	George W. Bush is still President of the United States of America and will be for years.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 3 (0 members and 3 guests)