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[cthulu2016]

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[LiberalAndProud]

1. Can I have an amen?

It's nice when Skinner agrees with *me* though.

[pangaia]

2. "....who can speak for his self. "

himself

[cthulu2016]

4. I fixed that. Started with "his damn self" then

took out the needlessly strong "damn," leaving the illiterate "his self"

[ChisolmTrailDem]

3. "...and, more pointedly, it's creepy..." That was EXACTLY my first reaction to that post. nt

[Squinch]

5. Also, it's confusing. Last week, our motto was, "What would the bonobos do?" This week our

motto is, "What would Skinner do?"

What's next week? My guess: "What would the psychic giant squid do?"

[rrneck]

6. More importantly

are those that seek divine guidance or wrath capable of thinking for themselves?

[Rex]

7. What brought this on? You mean to tell me there is Skinner worshiping going on

right now and I was not invited? Oh that just grinds my gears!

[Nye Bevan]

8. I like it when Skinner's pronouncements are solemnly disseminated on GD.

It's kind of like he is the Pope and one of the Cardinals is pronouncing his words of wisdom.

[pinboy3niner]

9. Skinner thought he was going to alert on this post

Until you changed "his self" to "himself".

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. Does he have a secretary to chisel his opinions in granite?

And, record the number of recs?

[pscot]

11. You never did tell me what he thinks of my mom

I may have to alert on this post.

[Autumn]

12. Skinner thinks? I thought that was EarlG.

kidding. I get creeped out when the intern talks though.

[Iggo]

13. Wha...?

[hfojvt]

14. you are wrong

if Skinner tried to speak, our frail human forms could not take it, and heads would explode.

That's why he usually has Alan Rickman speak for him.

[Enrique]

15. i don't believe there is a Skinner

[polichick]

16. Is that like the "Bernie says this" and "Robert Reich thinks that" threads?

[Warren DeMontague]

17. If Andrei Linde is correct about an eternally inflating infinite series of fractal multiverses

that means there are an infinite number of Skinners, all sharing or not sharing their infinitely diverse opinions or lack therof with an infinite number of DUs.




just sayin

[Earth_First]

18. Wow.

Thank goodness I'm not alone on this!

[Spazito]

19. Skinner did speak for himself, someone merely pointed it out...

hardly creepy, imo.

[cthulu2016]

20. Self delete because yeah, it is whining about DU (text included)

What Skinner thinks of Your Mom

C'mon folks... if Skinner wants everyone to be hyper-aware of what Skinner thinks then Skinner will post more

It's his freaking site. He knows how to use his keyboard.

He has the power, as an autonomous human being, to let everyone know exactly what he thinks, 24/7/365.

Invoking "what Skinner thinks" on this site is an appropriation of the man's name for one's own purposes and, more pointedly, it's creepy... like some religious leader claiming to speak for God, poring over scripture for "pull out quotes" to support a position.

Skinner is a real living person capable of speaking for himself.

(And it follows that I do not speak for Skinner. He may love the "What Skinner thinks" posts and want more of them. I speak only for me in saying they are creepy.)