Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "The Rubin Report" channel.

  1. This video confirms my earlier impression that Amos is a complete idiot. He has the arrogant certainty, self importance, lack of discernment and stupid rebelliousness of youth. Kids like him have been dropping out and ruining their lives since forever. He's not a hero to the cause. He's just a kid who was looking for a way to stick his middle finger up at society and happened across two other loudmouth atheists to wank over. TJ and Dusty are as relevant to atheism as Rush Limbaugh is to Christianity.
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  2. Gay mafia? No, what these assholes mean is "Gay people stand up for themselves now and I preferred it when we could just bully them with impunity".
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  3. This is such a TOTAL no-brainer. We keep building smarter machines, and giving them more and more control over our lives. They already make life and death decisions daily, it seems like only a matter of time before these machines are making decisions on morality and legality, and when they become judge jury and executioner, we could be screwed - or greatly  enhanced. Just imagine the judiciary or government without prejudice, bigotry or emotional bias.
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  4. So far as I'm concerned, every dollar earned in a country should be taxed IN THAT COUNTRY - no exceptions.
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  5. What a waste. If I worked at ESA, I'd be DISGUSTED that I'd just worked for years to bust open one of the great mysteries of near space astronomy, and instead of talking about how epic it was, you idiots were giving airtime to the lunatic fringe. Even the interesting thing you did mention, the "singing" coming from the comet, you failed to put into context. Is it audio, radio, tectonic, what? A stupid fluff piece when you could really have elevated the dialogue.
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  6.  Is it really so outrageous to suggest that a large percentage of lesbians prefer male characteristics, which tend towards more robust physiques, whilst a comparable number of gay males tends towards less masculine physiques, which are NOT so big?
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  7. It's already a dictatorship - the republicans have been dictating policy for the past 6 years - and the didn't even win the damned election!
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  8. If you're lying about liking McDonalds, you've hit rock bottom on the "inappropriately seeking approval" slope. I can't imagine anything that I would care less about admitting.
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  9. Land  of the free? This has GOT to be  an illegal imposition on the liberty of free people? That said, I'm all for holding parents somewhat responsible for the behaviour of their kids. If not them, then who?
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  10. Nonsense. Trolls are fucking despicable psychopaths who get pleasure from dragging every thread and video down to the gutter. They often destroy intelligent conversation by flooding videos with their bullshit, and dissuading conversation. I'm glad Pakman blocked you - not that I have an issue with you personally, but I'm glad that he recognises that freedom of speech is not an excuse to allow bullshit. I just wish that TYT would start doing the same.
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  11. Any time TYT has a conversion about drugs, they sounds like a bunch of illiterate middle aged Americans. Is it too much to ask that they might educate themselves on this recurring subject before talking about it in future.
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  12. Hey Comrade Rubin. Looks like the world has found out you were played by Putin. Does it even bother you?
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  13. To hell with the trash Nazis getting in my rubbish to see what I throw out. I'm all for encouraging people to be eco-responsible, and not see everything as a limitless resource, but going down my garbage and demanding that I justify what's in it is ridiculous. And what, do I get a trial each time, where they forensically prove that the trash was mine, then I counter prove that my freezer died, and the waste wasn't my fault? How many trees are gonna be used on THAT paper trail? How many resources used for the manpower?
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  14. Alternately, it could be his bipolar behaviour  that drove the women away. But still, 10 million dollars as a prize for what? Living the good life with a rich, world famous man whose mania was obvious before you married him? How is that not despicable? Then people whine that men are being petulant when they dare to point out that men are getting screwed badly by the system too.
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  15. Trolls are scum who should lose their right to even speak on the internet. For too long, people have allowed these vermin to degrade EVERY video because they're so terrified of being seen to restrict freedom of speech. Well to hell with freedom of speech - if you come to my videos and post hostile, useless, off-topic shit, you're getting blocked first time, no messing. Disagree with a video, or another commenter sure, even profanely or aggressively, but if the sole purpose of your comment is to be offensive, then you are OUTTA there! And as for Jimmy's customarily inane and utterly out of touch comment at the end, that trolls are good because they help people develop a thick skin - bullshit they do. They simply push many of the decent people away, and leave the trolls in charge.
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  16. College wouldn't be worth it even if it was free. Learning to think exactly like everyone else is NOT something worth pursuing.
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  17. The very apps that promise anonymity and privacy are the ones that I'd be most suspicious of. Nice try NSA, nice try. I have no problem with everyone knowing who I am online. I have a problem with my online activities being tracked, stored, and used to build profiles of me.
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  18. "If they have evolved far enough to reach us, you'd hope they'd be peaceful" - Yeah, tell that to the people who met Christopher Columbus.
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  19. There is no debate. It's both. The only issue is how influential each part is.
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  20. Of course the US should bring pressure to bear, and of course it's massively hypocritical. But if the world waited till we were all perfect before we stood up for the rights of others, the oppressed would never get any support.
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  21. Jayar's argument was nonsense - you'd think that every single person in these states worked for the auto industry, when in fact it's a fraction of a fraction of a per cent. Vastly more consumers are hurt by this illegal bullshit, than are helped. And even if it was the  other way around, either America believes in capitalism, or it doesn't.
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  22. Two desperately short sighted guests. Felicia, just because your online presence is nothing but kittens and comedy, many people are expressing extremely controversial ideas, trying to start politically unpopular movements, like oh, let's see, getting the money out of politics, and may not wish to be tracked in this manner. Dave said something vital, that got completely ignored when he talked about self-policing. This was how things got so bad in Germany, when neighbours and families turned on each other. What the heck does open source have to do with anything Max? It's what they do with data that matters, not how that data is collected. We already know that organisations such as Scientology and the CIA uses personal data for black ops (is that the right term for running smear campaigns?). The last thing we need are more damned organisations collating that data for them.
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  23. For me, it was't his opinion, but what a patronising supercillious douchebag he was. This interview is the most reasonable and pleasant I've seen him in a long time.
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  24. Erlich is so right - "Let an idiot talk for long enough and they'll put their foot in their mouth", although it only took him 5 seconds to do so. Tyson was not making an ad populum argument. He was saying that that the evidence has already been evaluated by the majority of smart people on this planet, so stop letting fucking morons get equal time. For Erlich to suggest that we should turn climate change denial into recreation is as asinine as most of the nonsense he's spouted this week, because we should be spending the time discussing solutions and educating the public, not clouding the issue so that the gullible can become even more confused.
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  25. So looking at things screws your eyes up? Hmmmm.....
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  26. Fante247 Explain why the principle is different. We are capable of space flight now, and have already started exploring other planets, yet we're more warlike than ever. Tell me what great leap of diplomacy and maturity you expect of a species that invents an interstellar engine.
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  27. avedic "You're being kinda anthropocentric to assume they'd be just like us." Not at all, the majority of animals on this planet are competitive, aggressive, murderous and/or tribal. It's a truism that in any environment where there is competition for mates, food or territory, these traits develop. Moreover, EVERY environment has at least one of these pressures, and there is no reason to assume that an alien environment would be any different. Why would they have had to survive their civilizational immaturity. That immaturity could be the PRECSE REASON why they're in space. Moreover, we theoretically have the capacity to reach other stars in generational ships right now, and we have clearly not overcome that immaturity.
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  28. So what you're saying is, even though the game is utterly rigged in the first place, we should play the game to give the illusion that the game is worth playing? Hmmm. I think revolution is more constructive now.
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  29. The travesty is that this man HAS an assault charge on his record. I don't care what the size disparity was, this mouthy woman was strutting around the carriage slapping out at people left and  right, and EVERYONE has a legal right to defend themselves. The law proving its stupidity once again.
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  30. Define "worth" in that statement.
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  31. well said.
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  32. If you take your research from a company that targets a youth demographic, the results are going to be massively skewed. Furthermore, I can't help but wonder if the entire result of this study has been weighted by the fact that the medium enables people to very quickly preview tracks, without having an interest in most of them. Given a library of 10 million songs, I might skip past most of them very quickly too.
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  33. "If it looks too good to be true, it probably is". But maybe this is just a tax write off, so now not only do you pay for Megan by paying $5 for coffee, but also in your taxes...
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  34. Tyler Trent Nonsense.
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  35. A tediously tree-hugging way to deal with death, but I suppose no more ridiculous than anything else we do with bodies. I have no problem with the basic concept, but the whole taking a cup of grampa home to spread on the garden just strikes me as pretty stupid. The last thing we need, is ways to ritualise death even more.
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  36.  @Veteran-UK-Submarines  It's not as though criminals get a special licence to own guns! 🤣 There's a clear correlation between the number of guns in a society and the number of gun deaths. Yes, there are exceptions, but Britain is MUCH better off without them. I like not hearing gunfire on the streets. I like not getting shot by the police. I like that the average criminal does not have a gun.
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  37. To the sane world, this is a ridiculous discussion. The thought that assholes are so desperate to show off their manhood by carrying rifles into a restaurant is the most pathetic thing I've ever heard. If you wanna carry them around in the woods or your houses, go for it, but you need to assert yourselves when you're eating in public? This is PRECISELY why gun ownership needs regulating.
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  38. They're ashamed because they know they got it from a dishonest system that screws the majority. A president doesn't need to know a thing about finances so long as he's advised by people who do.
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  39. Of course he should be allowed, but just as the Republicans are recoiling in horror from the animal that has emerged as their spokesperson, so too should atheists be willing to say "Just because he doesn't believe in God, doesn't mean he speaks for me."
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  40. I think that EVERY group, every movement will have spokespeople, and it's usually the ones who make the most noise, as well as those who are the most articulate. This kid, and his role models are a prime examplesof people who rose because of their noise level, and are now invited like movie stars to represent what atheism is all about. Well he DOESN'T represent me. I loathe him, and I'm far from keen on the other two either.
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  41. Chickenapocalypse But the majority of the population is kind of weak. Does that mean that they don't deserve protection?
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  42. Silverizael I think you're confusing trolls with hackers. 
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  43. You say that now whilst death is just an abstract concept, but the older you get, the more precious the remaining years become.
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  44. People have a perfect right to be bigots, and if they keep that to themselves, I support their right to be dumbasses. Which of us has never said or believed something dumb in the past? But as soon as someone starts proselytising, or donating money to support hate groups, then society has a perfect right to hold them accountable.
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  45. How naive are you Dave? In a world where the message is as important as the actions one takes, it's perfectly logical that the leader of the country would want to discuss the importance of the messaging with those who deliver and analyse it. When your enemy uses the skills of Hollywood movie production, it's vital that the message is released correctly. Childish whinges about freedom of speech, when that freedom can cost 10s of thousands of lives, are as facile and hollow as whining that your spies should all have freedom of speech.
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  46. Fat families are caused by poor diets, and fat, weak willed parents who often equate feeding with love. Hereditary fatness is as common as ADHD, which is to say it doubtless exists, but not nearly as much as the parents of simply badly raised, annoying or gluttonous kids would like you to believe. Didn't Denis Leary do a routine about this ten years ago?
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  47. I disagree - the quality of the last 4 years is what matters, and there's every good reason to suggest that by leading a sedentary lifestyle, you don't AVOID the shitty years - you just move them FORWARDS in your life by 10 or 20 years, and extend them over a longer duration.
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  48. TheRhinehart86 I don't doubt that there is a nature component in the behaviour of kids, but I bet if we looked at the events in your heroine addict sibling's life, we'd find some causative incidents that lead him/her to it. Being a heroine addict doesn't make that person innately bad. Perhaps that sibling has an addictive personality? Perhaps s/he reacts to pressure worse than the rest of you, or is more easily lead, or simply encountered a chain of events that almost inevitably lead to that addiction. I'm a massive believer of determinism. NONE of us consciously chooses to be who we are.
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  49. Who ever sold the lie that people had a right to be better off than their parents, and do today's youngsters DESERVE to be better off based upon their efforts? Until everyone unites to fight against the new barons that are the mega wealthy, everyone is doomed..
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  50. Dave dropped a friend for Photoshopping his image? Wow, who's the shallow one there. I'm sure Dave presents himself at his best - sure his hair doesn't naturally grow that perfect. Is that a natural tan Dave? It's like his friend was trying to sell anybody anything. I look forward to seeing Dave fat, grey and wrinkled. Let's see if he sticks to those principles then.
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