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No. The Luneau video is DEFINITELY a normal Pileated. (Maybe you can tweek your poll, Tom, to make that a choice.)
Why does the answer have to be either yes or now?
>Why does the answer have to be either yes or now?
Personally, i'd prefer "yes or someday."
Personally, i'd prefer "yes or someday."
I think this poll would have been more revealing if the two choices were:
"Yes"
and
"No and I will do all I can to make sure that people who see IBWO in the future will be afraid to share their sightings because of how the skeptics treat well meaning people who may lack a photo and a certain level of rigor but feel rather sure they saw this magnificent bird that they have wanted to see for much of their lives with the hopes that their sightings could aid conservation efforts in the area of the sightings and even if I did feel the video was "definitive" I still want someone to put a recently collected and still slightly warm IBWO in my hand before I become a believer just because that's the sort of person I am"
Or some wording to that effect.
I think the poll should have been,
NO
or
HELL NO
hey cyber,
your revised no answer is a little long, don't you think?
I think the poll should have been,
NO
or
HELL NO
LOL!!! :)
"Personally, i'd prefer 'yes or someday'."
Dear Personally:
The question was specific: does the Luneau video definitely (100%) show an IBWO. And, as you can't seem to figure it out, a NO vote doesn't mean that the voter is 100% that it's NOT an IBWO.... And besides, do YOU mean that the Luneau video will "someday" be 100%, or are you wandering off the specific question into the la-la land of hope?
It's laughable that you imply that skeptics intimidate observers into not reporting their IBWO sightings. If anything, the intimidation dished out by CLO et al. has far surpassed anything from the skeptics. And it doesn't seem that there's been a precipitous drop in IBWO reports....
And your stupid comment about the dead IBWO makes you as much of an extremist as anyone who would seriously say they need a freshly dead IBWO to become a believer. Give me a break.
Okay so I am the anon who posted above with what was meant to be a sarcastic choice of "Yes" and then a long rambling "No" that contained every TB cliché that I could think of.
I realize attempts at humor can be lost in posts but I thought it was rather obvious this time since I included that line about "lacking a photo and a certain level of rigor". But I understand it is possible to be a skeptic and still be clueless and I am sorry if my post offended those people who were unable to recognize sarcasm since there isn’t a picture of it in their field guide.
Oops.
Humor is easier to recognize when it is funny
IBWO aetheist said...
Humor is easier to recognize when it is funny
Dear aetheist - we can provide you with the explanation of a joke but you will have to blame your parents for your lack of a sense of humour.
I find many of the posts to be very funny, just not yours. Sorry.
Attempting to parody IBWO TBs was doomed from the start because it is nearly impossible to come up with anything more absurd than an average Fishcrow or Cyberthrush post.
Actually, you are both right. It is hard to parody what is already self-parody. But, Mr. IBWO Aetheist, we have to give anonymous commentators room to try. Because, quite often, this blog is absolutely hilarious when they succeed.
it sure is
Not sure I would take anything too seriously from someone who rather than being "Anonymous" adopts the moniker "IBWO aetheist". Their ability to appreciate or pick up on nuance would appear to be low.
Hey, that's not parody. That's a direct attack.
Your attack seems to lack both humor and nuance, but maybe I'm just bad at appreciating these things?
My moniker, an improvement on "IBWO agnostic", may be ill-chosen, but how exactly does remaining anonymous enhance your credibility?
Hey, that's not parody. That's a direct attack.
Good observation. You should volunteer for the CLO. Too bad that for the "IBWO aetheist" the humor will probably always be on the other side of the tree.
Good observation. You should volunteer for the CLO.
I tried but my gag-reflex wouldn't let me.
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