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Newspaper letter titled Blame daylight saving, by John Moulis of Pearce, arguing that daylight saving causes drought and urging NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia to abandon it. Handwritten note reads Sat 18 Sept.
 
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BillTre said:
. ...u have to be kidding me ! HOW COULD IT TAKE SO LONG FOR PEOPLE TO REALISE THIS !
Pffff...Einstein knew this !
 
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Hmmm. I'm not convinced it's not purposely written to appear completely uneducated.
 
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Drakkith said:
Hmmm. I'm not convinced it's not purposely written to appear completely uneducated.
I think its satire
 
Drakkith said:
Hmmm. I'm not convinced it's not purposely written to appear completely uneducated.
If that's the case, it should have gone into a joke thread.
 
BillTre said:
If that's the case, it should have gone into a joke thread.
Agreed...but maybe this is not just a joke maybe the uploader is assembleing a group of wise intelectuals like us to find out something...to uncovrr a secret so grave no one knows...i guess
 
Navin said:
. ...u have to be kidding me ! HOW COULD IT TAKE SO LONG FOR PEOPLE TO REALISE THIS !
Pffff...Einstein knew this !
:doh:
 
Drakkith said:
Hmmm. I'm not convinced it's not purposely written to appear completely uneducated.
There should be a law, here, and I'm sure I've said it before, that there should not be allowed, more than a "double-negative", in a post, as they get my head spinning, wildly.

Wait! Negating the "nots", was not that difficult.

Drak-2_nots said:
Hmmm. I'm convinced it's purposely written to appear completely uneducated.

Never mind. That makes sense.
Ok. I'm off to take my nap now...
:sleep:
 
OmCheeto said:
There should be a law, here, and I'm sure I've said it before, that there should not be allowed, more than a "double-negative", in a post, as they get my head spinning, wildly.

Wait! Negating the "nots", was not that difficult.

I ain't never not paid attention to no 'double-negative' nonsense before! And I ain't startin' now!
 
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Drakkith said:
I ain't never not paid attention to no 'double-negative' nonsense before! And I ain't startin' now!
No!
 
Drakkith said:
Hmmm. I'm not convinced it's not purposely written to appear completely uneducated.
On the other hand, I have met some people who had some incredibly weird (including stupid) ideas.

I guess there is no way to distinguish between the two without more data.
Satire or Real?
 
BillTre said:
I guess there is no way to distinguish between the two without more data.
Satire or Real?

You better believe it. It's a bit like Poe's law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture stating that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the parodied views.
 
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OmCheeto said:
There should be a law, here, and I'm sure I've said it before, that there should not be allowed, more than a "double-negative", in a post, as they get my head spinning, wildly.

Remember the compuserve diskettes?
compuserve Instructions said:
If you don't want to not uninstall the current instance of cserv.exe, type "Yes" or "Y".
 
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BillTre said:
If that's the case, it should have gone into a joke thread.
No need to, it just converted the present one! :rolleyes:
 
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The author's name appears too real for this to be a joke.
 
Signed. I would also like to propose legislation to get rid of Mondays. In doing so, we wouldn't have to go to work after a good weekend.
 
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Drakkith said:
You better believe it. It's a bit like Poe's law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
Also confused by double by double negatives, (Alan Greenspan did a funny extension “ I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant”)POEs law talks about creationism as a good example and below is an illustration of that.Difficult to tell first viewing if they are serious or not.Same with the OP, I think it’s a joke (95% certain) perhaps the editor wasn’t sure?