Ok, I'm really atheist, I admit, but what is with the *drink* thing? I've determined it has something to do with when someone of the fundamentalist persuasion says something silly, but what's the significance behind the drinking? It's pervasive.
2007-12-20 07:34:10 · 8 answers · asked by Mr.Samsa 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When someone asks a question that has been asked (and answered) eleventy million times before, R&S regulars take a drink instead of wasting their time composing yet another reply.
Why do atheists come to R&S? *drink*
If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? *drink*
Any variation on Pascal's Wager *drink*
Any variation on the Watchmaker analogy *drink*
And so on, and so on.
You get the idea...
2007-12-20 07:40:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not that the questions are sillt, or you'd see *drink* more. It is a response to overasked questions. It is based on the college drinking game, "Hi, Bob." where students would watch the Bob Newhart Show and drink every time someone said, "Hi, Bob." The "drinking" questions are oft repeated (I've seen a few go five times in an hour).
2007-12-20 15:43:23 · answer #2 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a joke that was started on here.
It's a "drinking game" where if someone posts a question that we've seen a million times before, (it started with the Pascal's Wager question) then you "take a drink". (Which basically means type "Drink!")
Sometimes people also "drink" if the question is really innane.
2007-12-20 15:48:40 · answer #3 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when they ask a question that's been asked thousands of times before. it's a drinking game, it annoys the xians, it's fun and it's an excuse to drink early in the day.
2007-12-20 15:38:00 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. R PhD in Revolution 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
It's to signify that we need to alter our own consciousness in order to be on a level playing field with the drunken stupor that is faith.
2007-12-20 15:38:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They seem to think it's funny but it shows immaturity, and about all they can turn to.
2007-12-20 15:42:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, I think they are all depressed and don't have fulfilled lives.
Ath
2007-12-20 15:39:01 · answer #7 · answered by athanasius was right 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
*drink*
2007-12-20 15:45:36 · answer #8 · answered by The One 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋