Gentle Readers, I check out websites such as Breitbart Unmasked (No, I won’t link to it.) so that you don’t have to. A few days ago, that site came alive again with Cabin Boy Bill Schmalfeldt writing the posts. While checking it out today, my bogometer overheated.
Ah, I notice a puzzled expression on some faces. What is this thing called a bogometer?
The elementary particle of bogosity is the bogon. A bogometer measures the bogon flux emitted from a statement. The unit of measure of bogosity is the gore (Go). Most propositions have some bit of truth behind them, so the unit commonly used is the milligore (mGo). A completely false statement (such as 2+2=3) will have a net bogon flux of +1 Go or +1,000 mGo. A completely true statement (such as 2+2=4) will have a net bogon flux of -1 Go or -1,000 mGo.
While reading CBBS’s material, my bogometer spent all the time in the red zone, mostly pegged at +1 Go and rarely falling below 900 mGo. It’s burnt out, and my browser’s BS filter will take several hours to finish draining.
I should have known this would happen. After all, it seems that Bill Schmalfeldt is a liar.
I have a different truth meter. It involves eating hay, chewing it to cud, passing it through a four chambered stomach and rumen, and finally to discharge from the rump end. But a herd of cows and bulls cannot keep up with Cabin Boy Bill Schmalfeld in churning out the field pies, he is a factory.
How does your bogometer measure the statement “2+3=chartreuse”?
Actually, that’s an important question. A properly calibrated bogometer would register zero on a totally meaningless statement that was not told to deceive.
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