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What annoys you about paleontology?; Rant on about moronic theories, complaints, or just animals that annoy you.
Topic Started: Sep 28 2013, 05:04 PM (256,335 Views)
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CyborgIguana
Aug 2 2014, 11:02 PM
I'm annoyed by the fact that these crackpots are often given praise they don't deserve (as evidenced by the fact that this guy called the article "excellent"). Also, how the hell does a dinosaur that eats birds disprove that dinosaurs evolved into birds (I assume that's what he's implying would be the case)?
What article?
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stargatedalek
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the "magical article that proves evolution is fake" thats referenced

that whole "proper feathers it must be a bird" s**t is like, the 2nd dumbest excuse I've ever heard, after the "*insert poorly hidden racism against China*" excuse that YECs use fairly often
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Denomon3144
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Pick a god and pray!

http://z6.invisionfree.com/Zootopia/index.php?showtopic=3280

Meet the old community, or at least part of it. -.-
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CyborgIguana
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Thank God we're more civilized by now. :P
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trisdino
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That thread... that is lovely, just perfect.



Anyway, feather deniers are annoying, but complaining about them is also sooo yesterday, no guys, the cool kids nowadays are all out there shouting at people not understanding pterosaurs properly.
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CyborgIguana
Aug 3 2014, 02:56 PM
Thank God we're more civilized by now. :P
Not really... we have less dinosaur fanboys perhaps but I wouldn't say we're more civilised. If anything, I've noticed the community now has less patience and less respect for its members than older ZT2 sites (no offence guys xD )

Anyway, this is neither the time nor place to discuss it
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trisdino
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Less fanboys more or less equates being more civilized.


Anyway, you know what annoys me? Child targeted media that markets itself as educational, but really is not. Last week in Lyngby Storcenter(A shopping mall), I saw a dinosaur playground... with a huge naked raptor, and a fact sheet claiming they were 2 meters long and faster than cheetahs.
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CyborgIguana
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The worst part is that usually there's no one there to even realize these things are inaccurate (chances are the parents don't, and the kids sure as hell don't).
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stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

or the opposite happens, we get a chance at something epic and accurate (*cough*WWD3D*cough*) but then they decide to market it to kids and ruin it >_<
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CyborgIguana
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To be fair, I wouldn't say WWD 3D was ruined. It was still a nice movie IMO and introduced kids to relatively accurate portrayals of dinosaurs compared to similar films (in fact, knowing the general public, the accuracy may very well be what many people hated about it), but I agree with your basic point. It certainly would've been better as a documentary.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Aug 3 2014, 03:53 PM.
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Sorry about the double post, but the fact that pretty much everyone I know thinks that the artwork featured in All Yesterdays and All Your Yesterdays looks ridiculous. Why is true art never appreciated in its own time? >_<
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CyborgIguana
Aug 3 2014, 05:23 PM
Sorry about the double post, but the fact that pretty much everyone I know thinks that the artwork featured in All Yesterdays and All Your Yesterdays looks ridiculous. Why is true art never appreciated in its own time? >_<
All Yesterdays and All Your Yesterdays are awesome. Much of the dinosaur art there shows interesting speculations and isn't too conservative.
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stargatedalek
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I will admit that a few times it goes into fringe science, but overall most maintain relative plausibility, and in the case of some the whole point was to stretch the limits anyway
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Jules
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The fact that absolutely no-one I knew had heard of these made it easy for me to convince them the art was realistic xD I even managed to have an hour-long chat with a girl about the book.
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Furka
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The fact no girl I know would talk about dinos with me like that >:(
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