January, 2009

Brian Westley read my post about an Atheist group spending all that loot to put “There Probably Isn’t A God” posters all over the U.K.  My biggest complaint was why they didn’t follow through with the statement and say that “There Isn’t A God” if they were going to spend so much money to make a statement.  Apparantly, if I did any research at all for my posts (which I don’t), then I would have taken a second to read the FAQs on the Atheist Bus website.  Here’s the response for “Why Probably” taken from their website:

“As with the famous Carlsberg ads (‘probably the best lager in the world’), ‘probably’ helps to ensure that our ads will not breach any advertising codes Committee of Advertising Practice advised the campaign that “the inclusion of the word ‘probably’ makes it less likely to cause offence, and therefore be in breach of the Advertising Code.”

Ariane Sherine has said, ‘There’s another reason I’m keen on the “probably”: it means the slogan is more accurate, as even though there’s no scientific evidence at all for God’s existence, it’s also impossible to prove that God doesn’t exist (or that anything doesn’t). As Richard Dawkins states in The God Delusion, saying “there’s no God” is taking a “faith” position. He writes: “Atheists do not have faith; and reason alone could not propel one to total conviction that anything definitely does not exist”. His choice of words in the book is “almost certainly”; but while this is closer to what most atheists believe, “probably” is shorter and catchier, which is helpful for advertising. I also think the word is more lighthearted, and somehow makes the message more positive.’”

Welp.  I asked a question, and I got a genuine answer, which was a pretty damn good one.  There aren’t many moments of humility for me on this blog, but I’m man enough to realize a good point when I see one.  I’m also man enough to flex so hard females get pregnant just looking at me.  It’s a gift.

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If I had to guess I’d say they looked to “Hey Lover” by LL Cool J and Boyz II Men for this shit.  It’s better than most hip-hop out right now.

Sadly I think the only people that will get this are females and their boyfriends.

Atheists have adopted their opponent’s technique and have taken to the streets to spread their belief.  Via The Telegraph:

“Organisers originally hoped to put the message on just a handful of London buses, as an antidote to posters put up by religious groups which they claimed were “threatening eternal damnation” to non-believers.

But after the campaign received high-profile support from the prominent atheist Prof Richard Dawkins and the British Humanist Association, the modest £5,500 target was met within minutes and more than £140,000 has now been donated since the launch in October.

Enough money has now been raised to place the message – “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life” – on 200 bendy buses in the capital for a month, with the first ones taking to the streets .

A further 600 buses carrying the adverts will be seen by passengers and passers-by in cities across England, Wales and Scotland, from Aberdeen and Dundee to York, Coventry, Swansea and Bristol.”

There PROBABLY isn’t a God?  Fucking weak, Atheists.  You spend all this money to get your message out and you can’t even commit to the definitive “There is no God” statement? Although I believe there is a God, I’ve always come to admire the passion that Atheists have when they hear that a person is religious.  As a matter of fact, Atheists are more in your face about their staunch anti-religious views than religious folks are with their beliefs.  This is a totally made up statistic, of course, but it fits into my experiences perfectly so… y’know… eat something phallic.  If you’re going to believe something enough to broadcast it on so many different types of media, you should at least take the plunge and go all the way with that shit…just saying.

Welp.  It looks like the female in the cube next to you that cries in her cube everyday might be onto something.  Via the DailyMail:

“The end of the holidays, cold weather and economic gloom will make today one of the most stressful days of the year for returning to work.

But experts have come up with an unlikely remedy – throwing a tantrum.

‘Releasing tension through shouting and screaming is a really beneficial way to expel the negative energies caused by stress,’ said body language expert Judi James, the Big Brother psychologist. “

I don’t think this applies to throwing a fit at your girl if you’ve got the other kind of *ahem* “stress”.  Nothing gets a girl going like seeing what having a child is going to be like.

I read somewhere that this is fake, but there is no possible way I could care any less.

Well done, sir.

Via The Onion.

Robert (19:37:53) :

This was a good idea back when I did it.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=31842689&blogID=300497550

Not a single item matches up?  Oh.  Well then obviously since the individual items on our lists and our subjects don’t match up, the only thing they have in common is that they are complaints about commercials.  So, Robert, you’ve invented complaining about commercials and I apologize for taking your idea.   If I use any of your other patented blogging techniques like “writing about news that happened today” or “writing business stuff” then please feel free to contact me directly.

Thanks for reading bud, seriously, I’m still growing.

Inappropriately Long Hug,

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