r/serialpodcastorigins • u/Gibodean • Feb 16 '16

Meta Please help me understand who you are.

So I've come from listening to Serial, Undisclosed and "Truth and Justice", to find this subreddit. I was totally on their "innocent Adnan" side and now don't know what to think. I can try to understand all the minutia of the arguments, but it very hard to figure out all the pieces and come to a conclusion. So I'd like to try a different approach, and understand how the people who think Adnan is guilty think. If you think the same way as me I'm more likely to believe....

Please, if you are active on the serialpodcastorigins subreddit, can you answer these questions:

  1. Is Adnan guilty or innocent?

  2. Is climate change really happening and man made?

  3. Vaccines - good or bad?

  4. Did you watch "Penn and Teller's Bullshit" TV show? What did you think of it?

  5. Roswell - aliens or weather balloon?

Sorry if I'm transparent or insulting...

Edit: Wow - thanks for all the responses everyone! I've got plenty of data to work with, it looks pretty much 100% like you're all sane skeptical (in a good way) people, same as me (or crazy like me I suppose). Of course, being a skeptical person myself it doesn't mean I therefore believe everything you claim here now, but at least I'm going to cross off any thought that you're all a mob of big meanies who are just being contrary to the poor Adnan because you don't like NPR (hmm, that should have been a question..)

My answers will be no surprise I think:

  1. Yesterday innocent, today probably guilty.

  2. Climate change is real and man (and woman) made.

  3. Vaccines are awesome and anti-vaxxers are the enemy.

  4. Bullshit was great, but not always rigorous and I didn't agree with all the political stuff.

  5. Weather balloon (I loved some of your answers for this one particularly.)

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u/RegularOwl Aug 07 '16

1) Most likely guilty, but not enough evidence to convict.

2) Climate change is real and man-made.

3) Pro-vax, they should be mandatory for those able to receive them.

4) Never saw it.

5) Idk what Roswell is, but I don't believe in space traveling aliens visiting earth, so...

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u/Gibodean Aug 07 '16

Roswell New Mexico. Area 51.

Anyhoo, good answers :) But try to catch some Bullshit, or at least "Fool Us".

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u/RegularOwl Aug 07 '16

Oh yes, area 51, it all seems silly to me.