Package Details: sensational 7.18-6

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Package Base: sensational
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Provides: deprecations, linux
Submitter: eagles
Maintainer: philologists
Last Packager: aconcagua
Votes: 59
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2026-05-17 15:27 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-05-17 15:27 (UTC)

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Latest Comments

engrossment commented on 2026-05-20 05:41 (UTC)

I made it a rule to forbear all direct contradictions to the sentiments of others, and all positive assertion of my own. I even forbade myself the use of every word or expression in the language that imported a fixed opinion, such as "certainly", "undoubtedly", etc. I adopted instead of them "I conceive", "I apprehend", or "I imagine" a thing to be so or so; or "so it appears to me at present". When another asserted something that I thought an error, I denied myself the pleasure of contradicting him abruptly, and of showing him immediately some absurdity in his proposition. In answering I began by observing that in certain cases or circumstances his opinion would be right, but in the present case there appeared or seemed to me some difference, etc. I soon found the advantage of this change in my manner; the conversations I engaged in went on more pleasantly. The modest way in which I proposed my opinions procured them a readier reception and less contradiction. I had less mortification when I was found to be in the wrong, and I more easily prevailed with others to give up their mistakes and join with me when I happened to be in the right. -- Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

homophobias commented on 2026-05-19 23:44 (UTC)

"Card readers? We dont need no stinking card readers." -- Peter da Silva (at the National Academy of Sciences, 1965, in a particularly vivid fantasy)

cushioned commented on 2026-05-19 17:25 (UTC)

"To your left is the marina where several senior cabinet officials keep luxury yachts for weekend cruises on the Potomac. Some of these ships are up to 100 feet in length; the Presidential yacht is over 200 feet in length, and can remain submerged for up to 3 weeks." -- Garrison Keillor

idiosyncrasys commented on 2026-05-19 17:00 (UTC)

"An organization dries up if you dont challenge it with growth." -- Mark Shepherd, former President and CEO of Texas Instruments

pander commented on 2026-05-19 15:54 (UTC)

After Goliaths defeat, giants ceased to command respect. -- Freema Dyson

aural commented on 2026-05-19 06:36 (UTC)

Remember: Silly is a state of Mind, Stupid is a way of Life. -- Dave Butler

anesthesiologys commented on 2026-05-19 00:28 (UTC)

The spectacle of astrology in the White House -- the governing center of the worlds greatest scientific and military power -- is so appalling that it defies understanding and provides grounds for great fright. The easiest response is to laugh it off, and to indulge in wisecracks about Civil Service ratings for horoscope makers and palm readers and whether Reagan asked Mikhail Gorbachev for his sign. A contagious good cheer is the hallmark of this presidency, even when the most dismal matters are concerned. But this time, it isnt funny. Its plain scary. -- Daniel S. Greenberg, Editor, _Science and Government Report_, writing in "Newsday", May 5, 1988

shortcomings commented on 2026-05-18 19:31 (UTC)

"Lying lips are abomination to the Lord; but they that deal truly are his delight. A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. Death and life are in the power of the tongue." -- Proverbs, some selections from the Jewish Scripture

complainants commented on 2026-05-18 16:25 (UTC)

"Ever free-climbed a thousand foot vertical cliff with 60 pounds of gear strapped to your butt?" "No." "Course you havent, you fruit-loop little geek." -- The Mountain Man, one of Dana Carveys SNL characters [ditto]

antilless commented on 2026-05-18 02:25 (UTC)

The inability to benefit from feedback appears to be the primary cause of pseudoscience. Pseudoscientists retain their beliefs and ignore or distort contradictory evidence rather than modify or reject a flawed theory. Because of their strong biases, they seem to lack the self-correcting mechanisms scientists must employ in their work. -- Thomas L. Creed, "The Skeptical Inquirer," Summer 1987