>> ^TangledThorns:
This guy is an idiot. Going on about Palin who did not know there was a Department of Law in the White House while Obama is running the country into the ground. Doesn't matter at this point as Obama's approval levels are dropping while Palin's are rising. 2012 is gonna be an easy year for Sarah.

Ok, if you are not a troll, lets try to put this in NASCAR terms, so stereotypical Palin voters might get it: if you wanna pick a driver to win NASCAR, who is incapable of parallel parking a normal car, and says to their defence that "In a NASCAR race, the gearpedal will probably help me out of any sticky situation i might run into" Would you pick that person? No you wouldnt, because that person clearly knows FUCK ALL about cars and driving.

>> ^ponceleon:
I love QI, but every time I watch a clip, I feel embarrassed to be an American. This show just glorifies knowledge, learning, and how it can be fun, funny, and witty... it seems that most of our popular culture glorifies laziness, extreme consumption, stupidity and blind patriotism.
Case in point, languages. America has this INEXPLICABLE phobia of bilingualism. Rather than embrace other languages and encourage our young people to learn them, we are too busy passing laws making English the "official" language and forcing others to learn it.
I'm absolutely sure I'm going to get flamed for this comment, but I just don't think America would ever produce a prime-time show like QI and attract big names to be on it... we are much more likely to have a NASCAR race, hotdog eating contest, or something involving bullshit paranormal "science" like ghost hunting (man, that ghosthunting stuff pisses me off).



Then again I suspect only America could give us The Wire, Deadwood, Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. These are things that English tv are unable to match.

Still, I feel your pain.

>> ^blankfist:
I haven't read all the arguments yet, and I have to rush away from the computer to get some things done, but I wanted to jump in real quick to see if I can calm the angry mob a bit before they do something impulsive and unwitting.
I agree we don't want to read racism on the site, and I also understand this isn't a free country with protected speech but rather a website, so the owners of it can do with westy what they will. Still, I think we should tread carefully here. Today it's racism that gets someone banned. Tomorrow it will be sexism (I'm looking at you, rottenseed, and your guy movies post). The day after that it could be anything anyone finds offensive.
If westy was continually leaving hurtful PMs on people's profile pages, then I'd be more inclined to see him banned. But, as far as I can tell he's only leaving comments on videos and talk posts that reflect his misguided, bigoted opinions. I don't see a crime in giving someone's opinion no matter how awful it may appear to you and me.

Well if anybody has a problem with my post or my sense of humor they have the right to siftquisize me as well. And if you can't tell the difference between tongue-in-cheek and blatant ignorant hatred, then maybe you should be watching Nascar instead of browsing the internet. It's not even like this is stereotyping for the sake of humor...it's pure bullshit.

I see where you're coming from blankfist, but on the flipside, how long must we tolerate this kind of crap before this ends up being youtube 2.0?

I love QI, but every time I watch a clip, I feel embarrassed to be an American. This show just glorifies knowledge, learning, and how it can be fun, funny, and witty... it seems that most of our popular culture glorifies laziness, extreme consumption, stupidity and blind patriotism.

Case in point, languages. America has this INEXPLICABLE phobia of bilingualism. Rather than embrace other languages and encourage our young people to learn them, we are too busy passing laws making English the "official" language and forcing others to learn it.

I'm absolutely sure I'm going to get flamed for this comment, but I just don't think America would ever produce a prime-time show like QI and attract big names to be on it... we are much more likely to have a NASCAR race, hotdog eating contest, or something involving bullshit paranormal "science" like ghost hunting (man, that ghosthunting stuff pisses me off).

Next up, Nascar.

Bah! many storks are scavengers or feed on small vertebrates. They are more likely to eat a baby than to deliver one.
...but despite this, I found the video really cute. Stupid Pixar. They're the same jerks who made me enjoy a movie about Nascar!

It like a quieter Nascar. Everyones waiting for the crash and burn.

Elvis is alive, Jesus walked on water, the Holocaust "wasn't so bad", NASCAR is a sport, and Sean Hannity is smart.

I didn’t watch the race, but a guy at work just came in and showed me...
Nascar News: Carl Edwards Crash
The video from the scene:
Carl Edwards Crash

1 - Not NASCAR.

2 - 2 year, 9 month old *dupe ender sifted it first http://www.videosift.com/video/Race-car-wheel-amazing

No, this has a news piece providing additional context and paramedic footage to boot.

And while it's ok to argue that *teens that instigate with cops are being idiots, that's as far as you can tak things.

A normal response would have been to handcuff her so she can't dish out any more violence and record whatever else she says for the court record.

Administrating a savage beating is barbaric and evil.

Defending savage beatings is the mark of a troll.

I had great fun essentially doing some light trolling on the nascar fanboys via twitter tonight so yes, I know what great fun it is to tweak people's noses, but at least I had a the most noble of causes (calling out Fox on delaying Simpsons with poor scheduling).

Endorsing violence against women in any way is beyond stupid.

Nascar fans remind me of Buffalo Bill.

>> ^Xaielao:
Shit when Phelps got in a car accident after drinking and driving 4 or 5 years ago there was less of an outcry and he got into less trouble over it. He didn't even loose a sponsor. But a picture of him smoking a bong some years ago.. thats the worst damn crime he could have committed apparently.


Yeah well that's because drinking an driving is as wholesome as watching NASCAR and beating your wife. Oh and let's not forget that he was underage to be drinking at the time of his little road trip as well.

>> ^shveddy:
So much cooler than nascar; still boring to watch.


Nascar is boring as hell. People only go and watch them so they can try to break records for largest group of drunks at a sporting even

F1 is still pretty boring IMHO but the wrecks are beyond better.

So much cooler than nascar; still boring to watch.