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When tinfoil hats aren't enough???
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 |
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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: |
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 Sniper's Adventures: Florida researcher Pat Rance Man Recounts His Meeting with Bigfoot-The Mystery Casebook |
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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Given my age though (53), using that phrase instead of "when tinfoil hats aren't enough" seems inappropriate. |
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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. |
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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 |
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! |
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Your thread on this topic zcaveman certainly has received a lot of views. |
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