xkcd

by **Lawsome** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:10 pm UTC

First poster says yes, next says no, next says yes etc etc. But which is the right answer? Feel free to provide fictional evidence to support your claim.

Hey, it's not as pointless as counting up or not saying duck.

YES!

EDIT: Credits to roytheshort for making the original on gmc forums.

by **Dr. Diaphanous** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:22 pm UTC

Lawsome wrote:YES!

That's just highlighting the arrogance of your position. If you ever decide to consider any evidence at all, you will find that almost every unbiased study supports "No". Also, most of the leading proponents of yes are known skub users.

by **Lawsome** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:50 pm UTC

Dr. Diaphanous wrote:That's just highlighting the arrogance of your position. If you ever decide to consider any evidence at all, you will find that almost every unbiased study supports "No". Also, most of the leading proponents of yes are known skub users.

Now, we both know that the institution of No has been flooding the field with fake studies as a means to push their anti-yes propaganda. The answer is clearly no.

by **t1mm01994** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:04 pm UTC

Lawsome wrote:The answer is clearly no.

Lawsome wrote:no.

I actually agree! The answer /is/ no. I'd expect you to be more of a yes-person, though.

by **Lawsome** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:08 pm UTC

t1mm01994 wrote: I'd expect you to be more of a yes-person, though.

Well, At the moment I lean strongly toward no. But my opinions are set to change if an even number of posts occur before the time I next post. As I have decided I am to take that as a sign to change my views.

by **Sean Quixote** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:30 am UTC

Oh, so what am I supposed to say now, "yes?" Typical Yesmen trickery! I say Nay!

by **Lawsome** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:10 am UTC

Is "Do I think yes? No!" support my case? No! Has it no evidence? Yes! But is it not my opinion? No!

by **cjquines** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:31 pm UTC

Yes. Everyone who says no is so wrong.

by **UniqueScreenname** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:40 pm UTC

Why don't we embrace maybe? Because both yes and no are obviously too popular to be the correct decision.

by **Dr. Diaphanous** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:58 pm UTC

Because maybe is just an unworkable compromise. The real answer is "Maybe not"

by **Lawsome** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:58 pm UTC

Or perhaps yes?

by **cjquines** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:45 pm UTC

Look, you are clearly failing to see my point. The answer is no. No, no, no, no, no.

by **Pjotr** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:04 pm UTC

I'm failing to see your point, too. Perhaps you should be making it more clearly. Until evidence compels me otherwise, I'm going to have to say yes.

by **Lawsome** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:00 am UTC

If you listen to Darth Vader, you would clearly see the answer is Noooooooooooooo.

by **UniqueScreenname** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:55 pm UTC

Darth Vader lost most of his limbs. My logic is faultless. The answer is 64.

by **Lawsome** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:58 pm UTC

This game is going odd very fast, therefore, the answer is cheese.

by **Dr. Diaphanous** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:32 pm UTC

There exists a lactose-intolerant person. A person is created in God's image. Therefore God is lactose intolerant. God is in all of the universe. Therefore the universe is lactose intolerant. Cheese contains lactose. The universe exists. Therefore not cheese.

Not cheese, therefore cabbage. Unless you want to waste your vote.

by **UniqueScreenname** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:00 am UTC

Cabbage < sauerkraut, therefore sauerkraut.

by **Arlick** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:41 am UTC

Indeed, the sauerkraut is a finer specimen than cabbage and even equals 64. The loss of vaders limbs have no impact on sauekraut, whereas cheese is heavily affected by Darth "Torso Boy" Vaders limblessness. May i add that sauerkraut is also a finer treat than oxygen, and that it validates the yes campaign?

by **t1mm01994** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:00 pm UTC

OBJECTION!

by **UniqueScreenname** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:00 pm UTC

It only validates the yes campaign if Vader has at least one limb. Since he has none, both the yes and no campaigns are rendered untrustworthy.

by **orangedragonfire** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:20 pm UTC

I used to think no, but then an amazing event happened that totally changed my life and my view on this subject. So there I am, sitting peacefully on, like, a mountain or a hill - don't remember too clearly, but it's not that important. The thing is, there was this amazing view there, and as I gazed out at the landscape stretching to the horizon, I began to think. And I realized that in light of the beauty of creation it's silly to be contrary and hold on to old views like no. And tentatively I thought to myself: "Yes?" And that felt totally amazing, so I knew it had to be true.

To sum up, YES.

by **Bartimaeus** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:26 pm UTC

Eh, I don't know. I think not.

by **orangedragonfire** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:09 pm UTC

Apparently, you have not read my post, otherwise you couldn't possibly have that opinion. You, sir, are a sad, sad person. The answer is obviously yes.

by **UniqueScreenname** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:18 am UTC

Do not give in to extremist thinking! Bring your mind to find a neutral path!

by **Arlick** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:18 am UTC

Neutrality leads to apathy, and from there we get nowhere. We must follow the yes campaign to victory (or somewhere better than here)!

(Was anyone else thinking "Beige alert, beige alert.. If i don't make it through this, tell my wife i said hello."?)

by **matt96** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:54 am UTC

Your unthinking following and preaching of yes will only lead to lies or oppinionated flip-flopping and hypocrassy, as no is needed as a responce at least as often as yes, as when asked mutually exlusive question, to which only one can truthfully be answered yes, you will need a no, and if you keep up your blissfully ignorant yes crusade, you won't be capable of using that no, and will regret it for the then likely short remainder of your life.

by **Lawsome** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:23 pm UTC

As Einstein once said:

Yes

by **orangedragonfire** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:26 pm UTC

What Einstein actually meant when he said Yes:

No.

by **Dr. Diaphanous** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:19 pm UTC

Do you know who said no? Hitler said no.

by **Pjotr** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:58 pm UTC

You're pulling a Godwin on us? Really? Might as well go and spraypaint "Romanes eunt domus" on some walls.

This, if anything, puts me firmer on the side of no. (And no amount of quoting my older post back to me will change my opinion.)

by **orangedragonfire** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:02 am UTC

As amusing as your misguided arguments are, I feel the need to inform you that the real answer is and always was YES.

by **UniqueScreenname** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:12 pm UTC

I regret to point out that Hitler has said both yes and no. Neither can possibly win.

by **orangedragonfire** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:49 pm UTC

Yes confirms itself. No negates itself. I think that makes it pretty clear that yes is the correct answer.

by **flicky1991** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:39 pm UTC

I would bet the entire world economy on "no".

by **orangedragonfire** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:55 pm UTC

And you would loose the bet.

by **flicky1991** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:44 am UTC

I don't know what it means to "loose" a bet, but I'm gonna take that as an argument in favour of "no".

by **Dr. Diaphanous** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:24 pm UTC

You uneducated fool. Yes is a longer word, therefore it is the choice of the learned scholar. The only people who support no are those who find yes too long for their feeble minds.

by **flicky1991** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:18 pm UTC

That's an old-fashioned way of thinking. Shorter words and abbreviations are currently in vogue, and, as you can see, I am certainly up to date: "lol". So the cooler choice is "no".

by **Dr. Diaphanous** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:40 pm UTC

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