Quote Originally Posted by DarkLadyNyara View Post
Oh, man, I hate when people use soundbites in lieu of an actual arguement. I've noticed that creationists tend to do this.

Them- Evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics! (yes, I've heard this one. :rolleyes2 )
Me- Oh? Well, then. Explain the second law of thermodynamics.
Them- Uh...um...*insert stock comparison to tornados and junkyards and/or comments about monkeys giving birth to humans and/or accusations of communism*
Me- *headdesk*
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My hobby leads to some interesting discussions with uninformed laypeople. I'm an historical re-enactor, I re-create aspects of the European Middle Ages. Quite often, people assume that what they see in movies is a perfectly accurate portrayal of history.
This includes things like:

*I should be wearing a horned helmet because I'm a Norse ('Viking') re-enactor

*It's fundamentally wrong to drink white wine at a medieval feast, because they only had red wine in those days

*Everyone in the old days was stupid and filthy, and the evil church conspired to keep everyone that way for control

*Western Martial Arts didn't exist; European historical combat is all about brute force and flailing a sword around until you hit something

*Old Europe was terrible because everyone thought the world was flat until Columbus (HAH!), and women had no freedom or independence or power

I don't mind people thinking these things. It's completely understandable. But what I do mind is that they keep insisting they're right, even after I explain what it was really like, and point out that I'm involved in two organisations that research and re-create this stuff, and that I've studied it at university and in my own time.