User talk:Guy Macon

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"Wikipedia's articles are no place for strong views. Or rather, we feel about strong views the way that a natural history museum feels about tigers. We admire them and want our visitors to see how fierce and clever they are, so we stuff them and mount them for close inspection. We put up all sorts of carefully worded signs to get people to appreciate them as much as we do. But however much we adore tigers, a live tiger loose in the museum is seen as an urgent problem." --WP:TIGER

Only 993,088,000 articles left until our billionth article!

We are only 993,088,000 articles away from our 1,000,000,000th article --Guy Macon

Depiction of Wikimedia Foundation destroying Wikipedia with Visual Editor, Flow, and Mobile App

Depiction of Wikimedia Foundation destroying Wikipedia with Visual Editor, Flow, and Mobile App.

--Guy Macon

Calvin discovers Wikipedia

• "A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction into a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day." -- Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes. --Guy Macon

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--Guy Macon

Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time." --Neil Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
--Guy Macon

The most important^{[Citation Needed]} page on Wikipedia

User:Guy Macon/On the Diameter of the Sewer cover in front of Greg L’s house --Guy Macon

I can see why this has not been added yet; it does not have an "...in popular culture" section! For shame. --IanOsgood (talk) 12:58, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

"...It looks like Wikipedia is really pulling out all the stops in their latest appeal to their users..."

Donations Needed: Wikipedia Has Posted An Appeal Asking For One Night Of Physical Intimacy From Each User --Guy Macon

Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence

"The Revolution's main adversaries were the patriots and the people from Braveheart," said speaker Tim Capodice, who has edited hundreds of Wikipedia entries on subjects as diverse as Euclidian geometry and Ratfucking. "The patriots, being a rag-tag group of misfits, almost lost on several occasions. But after a string of military antics and a convoluted scheme involving chicken feathers and an inflatable woman, the British were eventually defeated despite a last-minute surge, by a score of 89–87."[1]
--Guy Macon

Wikipedia: DNA edition

• Startup packs all 16GB of Wikipedia onto DNA strands to demonstrate new storage tech --Guy Macon (talk) 14:42, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Reasoning

"Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired: for, in the course of things, men always grow vicious, before they become unbelievers..." --Jonathan Swift ( 1721)[2] [3]

In modern language that would be

"You cannot reason people out of something they were not reasoned into. They will viciously attack you instead of abandoning their beliefs".

--Guy Macon (talk) 12:59, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Stressed out? Have four minutes to spare?

Listen to this:

(Performed by Musopen Symphony) --Guy Macon (talk) 01:50, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

How To Remove Ham From CD Drive

Ham stuck in your CD or disc drive? Follow the steps outlined in this video to officially de-ham your CD drive and use make it good as new!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoOijsWXsto

--Guy Macon (talk) 05:00, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Absolutely brilliant, thanks. It's interesting that the comments were also high quality. If that discussion had happened here, there would have been many woosh moments with suggestions that the procedure was unhygienic and should not be displayed without reliable sources! Johnuniq (talk) 05:00, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

It occurs to me that when AI beats the Turing test, parsing videos like this will still be a good way to determine whether you are talking to an android or a sentient human. Johnuniq (talk) 07:47, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Politics. Can we please talk about something else? Literally anything else?

I propose that whenever anyone posts anything on any article talk page that consists solely of trashing Trump or Biden, the comments should be removed and the poster should be given a 24-hour block.

For example, the following would not be allowed. Don't read it. It will only upset you. Save yourself, before it is too late!

• The Case Against Trump: Donald Trump Is an Enemy of Freedom: When it comes to limiting the size and scope of government and protecting individual liberties, America's 45th president has been actively malign.
• The Case Against Biden: Joe Biden's Politics of Panic: The former vice president has a long history of reckless responses to the menaces du jour.

You were warned... --Guy Macon (talk) 04:34, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Re: US politicians going out in the woods and shooting at each other

I mean, they still do that. </rhetorical> Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 13:19, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Writ Keeper, the RNC is selling raffle tickets at $5 ea. for a chance to win an all-expense paid hunting adventure with your choice of either a turkey or deer hunt in South Texas on 2020-11-07 with one the following three celebrities: Don King, Dick Cheney, or Jayson Williams. The adventure includes RT airfare, meals & lodging, fully paid medical expenses with a long-term assisted care benefit, and a $1,000,000 term life insurance policy. Now that's one hunt you don't wanna miss, because your partner sure won't. ^[stretch] Atsme 💬 📧 18:08, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

I don't have a header for this

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Don't do crystal meth. Though ANI can be as sh*tty. I found out. Aditya(talk • contribs) 17:04, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Here is a complete list of my medical, legal, and professional advice:

There are some who believe that Wikipedia has a policy against giving medical, legal, and business advice, but no such policy or guideline exists.

Here is some medical advice: Don't do crystal meth. It will screw up your health. Don't bother asking a doctor if crystal meth is good for you. It isn't. (medical disclaimer.)

Here is some legal advice: Don't do crystal meth. It is likely to get you arrested. Don't bother asking a lawyer if crystal meth is illegal. It is. (legal disclaimer.)

Here is some professional advice: Don't do crystal meth. It will use up all of your money and is likely to get you fired. Don't bother asking a certified financial planner if becoming a meth addict is good for your finances. It isn't. (general disclaimer.)

There. I just provided medical, legal, and professional advice, and while I did make a point, I did so without being disruptive.

Feel free to report my behavior at WP:ANI if you believe that I have violated any Wikipedia policy or guideline.

The actual rule is that context matters. If you are about to advise someone to drink bleach, that is medical advice that isn't allowed on Wikipedia. If you want to tell people not to drink bleach or to say that crystal meth is bad for your health, that is medical advice that is allowed on Wikipedia.

BTW, here is some more free advice: In my opinion food poisoning, terminal cancer and AIDS are even more effective methods of weight loss than doing crystal meth, so if you really want to shed those pounds why not try all four at the same time?^{(In case anyone missed it, that was a joke.)} More advice: don't get your medical advice from an electronics engineer. --Guy Macon (talk) 17:21, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Guy Macon, I'm JzG and I approve this message. Guy (help! - typo?) 17:29, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Huh, showboaters. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 19:52, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

I would prefer to refrain from doing bleach and crystal meth both. Thanks for the advice. I suspected WP has the 42, now I am sure. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 00:37, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Aditya: Too smart to be president of the united states. :) --Guy Macon (talk) 22:06, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

^{( Buttinsky)} Aditya, are you talking meth as in methylated spirits or methamphetamine, and bleach as in bleach or bleach, or are you implying disinfection as in a process that is irrelevant to bleach - New light-mediated disinfection protocols are currently validated in hospitals and healthcare facilities for surface, air, and water as well as personal protective equipment (PPE), including eyewear, N95 respirators, and masks. Additionally, photobiomodulation, a light-based anti-inflammatory therapy, may have some palliative effects on patients suffering from severe COVID-19.? Atsme 💬 📧 15:10, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Deletionists in Wikipedia

Just to avoid any misunderstanding, I believe that deletionists are very important to Wikipedia, but I also believe our work could respect inclusionist ideals better, which would help inclusionist editors and some types of readers, thus improving Wikipedia. I hope someday you will understand what I am trying to accomplish. By the way, strictly speaking, I did not say you were a deletionist. 84.120.7.178 (talk) 22:10, 30 October 2020 (UTC)