When tinfoil hats aren't enough???

[zcaveman]

What is this all about? I have seen it preceding many posts in different threads.

As far as I am concerned tinfoil hats are worn by people that don't want others to read their thoughts.

Am I missing something here? Please explain. Thanks.

Z

[uujudy]

What is this all about? I have seen it preceding many posts in different threads.

As far as I am concerned tinfoil hats are worn by people that don't want others to read their thoughts.

Am I missing something here? Please explain. Thanks.

Z

See? Tinfoils hats work! :icon_wink:

[George Bieniaszek]

Tinfoil Hats are to be worn for 2 reasons:

(1) protection from an alien invasion,

(2) protection from Villagers who hoard chairs in the Squares!!

:duck:

[Taltarzac725]

Not sure what is wrong with "tinfoil hats aren't enough".

It is meant to be ironic. I usually put it on stuff where there is actually some credibility to the position being taken. There is good evidence for extraterrestials, Big Foot, ghosts, submerged unidentified objects, etc.

Gary Corsair, the Villages Daily Sun reporter, actually did a several piece article on Big Foot sightings that ran in our paper a few years ago. These People Have No Doubt They Saw Bigfoot-The Mystery Casebook (http://www.mysterycasebook.com/nodoubt.html)
Sniper's Adventures: Florida researcher Pat Rance (http://snipersadv.blogspot.com/2008/07/florida-researcher-pat-rance-with-cast.html)
Man Recounts His Meeting with Bigfoot-The Mystery Casebook (http://www.mysterycasebook.com/2008/danjackson.html)

[chuckinca]

per wikipedia:

"The concept of wearing a tin foil hat for protection from such threats (shielding the brain) has become a popular stereotype and term of derision; the phrase serves as a byword for paranoia and persecutory delusions, and is associated with conspiracy theorists."

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[Taltarzac725]

per wikipedia:

"The concept of wearing a tin foil hat for protection from such threats (shielding the brain) has become a popular stereotype and term of derision; the phrase serves as a byword for paranoia and persecutory delusions, and is associated with conspiracy theorists."

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Well I knew that. Betty White has a show called "Off their rockers". Betty White's Off Their Rockers - NBC Official Site (http://www.nbc.com/betty-whites-off-their-rockers/)

Given my age though (53), using that phrase instead of "when tinfoil hats aren't enough" seems inappropriate.

[graciegirl]

Well I knew that. Betty White has a show called "Off their rockers". Betty White's Off Their Rockers - NBC Official Site (http://www.nbc.com/betty-whites-off-their-rockers/)

Given my age though (53), using that phrase instead of "when tinfoil hats aren't enough" seems inappropriate.


You are too smart for us Tal with all of your very helpful information and your advanced degree in Library Science...

I admit, I didn't know what you were referencing when you were using the term.

So in answer to what you just posted, I didn't know and I am guessing a lot of other folks didn't either.

Now we know.

Proceed, kiddo.

[Taltarzac725]

You are too smart for us Tal with all of your very helpful information and your advanced degree in Library Science...

I admit, I didn't know what you were referencing when you were using the term.

So in answer to what you just posted, I didn't know and I am guessing a lot of other folks didn't either.

Now we know.

Proceed, kiddo.

Thanks for being you, Graciegirl!

Snopes.com uses the phrase "When tinfoil hats aren't enough" too as a descriptor for strange e-mails they get. Then their regular message board people can strut their stuff with various remarks after Snopes posts these on their message boards. When tinfoil hats aren't enough - snopes.com (http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=68272)

[gmcneill]

I enjoy seeing the lead "When tinfoil hats aren't enough" in a Taltarzac post because I know that the topic that follows has a good chance of being off-beat, slightly off, non-mainstream, quirky- (no offense to our fellow TOTVer by that name :), or something just off center. And not in a threatening, mean-spirited way.

I always presuned that a "tinfoil hat" title was Tal's way of saying, Hey Gang! Here is a curveball coming your way!

[skyguy79]

Gary Corsair, the Villages Daily Sun reporter, actually did a several piece article on Big Foot sightings that ran in our paper a few years ago. These People Have No Doubt They Saw Bigfoot-The Mystery Casebook (http://www.mysterycasebook.com/nodoubt.html)
Man Recounts His Meeting with Bigfoot-The Mystery Casebook (http://www.mysterycasebook.com/2008/danjackson.html)Sheez!!! Aren't they ever gonna stop looking for me?

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[zcaveman]

I enjoy seeing the lead "When tinfoil hats aren't enough" in a Taltarzac post because I know that the topic that follows has a good chance of being off-beat, slightly off, non-mainstream, quirky- (no offense to our fellow TOTVer by that name :), or something just off center. And not in a threatening, mean-spirited way.

I always presuned that a "tinfoil hat" title was Tal's way of saying, Hey Gang! Here is a curveball coming your way!

I do not think that the threads are off beat or quirky, etc. Since it is on so many posts it has become meaningless. That was why I asked the question.

[Taltarzac725]

I do not think that the threads are off beat or quirky, etc. Since it is on so many posts it has become meaningless. That was why I asked the question.

They are on a few posts which I make when I find a topic that is out of left field. Like the Cubs winning the World Series, Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster, Julia and ghosts, UFOs, werewolves, myths about the Moon, etc.

Your thread on this topic zcaveman certainly has received a lot of views.