Comments on: Bluffing 2.0: Blufr

Bluffing 2.0: Blufr

GuyZero — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:54:27 -0800

That sounds true... Blufr (from Answers.com) tests you knowledge by mixing real factoids with made-up trivia. And it ends with an "r" so it must be Web 2.0!

By: TimeTravelSpeed

TimeTravelSpeed — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:17:10 -0800

I was going to post this a while back, but was put off when one of the bluffs bluffed itself by claiming that KFC actually created the acronym to avoid having to pay the state of Kentucky for use of its name. (Ironically, Snopes.com created this myth on a spoof page -- or so the legend goes)

By: birdherder

birdherder — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:19:42 -0800

Error. Too many connections.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:29:33 -0800

I don't trust any quizzes by the Bloofer Lady.

By: antifuse

antifuse — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:31:05 -0800

Seems to die fairly regularly. Sounds like Web 1.9 beta. :)

By: cosmicbandito

cosmicbandito — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:37:22 -0800

I question the accuracy of some of their content. Nice idea, decent execution, crap content.

By: pokermonk

pokermonk — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:43:50 -0800

as far as being a game, they should probably take out the ability to select blufs from a list (either top blufs or random blufs). when you can be selective AND see how many people have been fooled, the game gets real easy.

By: bunglin jones

bunglin jones — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:44:10 -0800

It died in the arse every three answers or so, but when it didn't, it was fun.

By: empath

empath — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:08:02 -0800

Meh. They claim that ice is not lighter than water. I claim that they need to be more careful with their terms. A given volume of ice is certainly lighter than a given volume of water.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:11:16 -0800

Yah, I hand't really played much with it when I posted it. Upon going through a few "blufs", many are lame. More like Lamr.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:26:45 -0800

boring.

By: armoured-ant

armoured-ant — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:39:19 -0800

Lamer still, that the score isn't a percentile. Feasibly, I could rack up a high score just by clicking 'No Way' repeatedly.

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:01:18 -0800

Thank you for making the only non-politics post so far today. It's kind of fun too.

By: christy

christy — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:11:04 -0800

You've been bluf'd: There are no English words with the letter 'Q' not immediately followed by 'U.' Words like "Iraq" and "Qatar" are transliterated from Arabic, and are not English. counter examples (not just one's transliterated from arabic or chinese) here. qwerty, which is in the oed, for example, or qiana, which was a trademark but is now generic. i demand justice!

By: Hogshead

Hogshead — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:31:20 -0800

Amazingly US-centric. Of the ten questions I tried, five were specific to the USA (best-selling album, first woman on stamp, largest toy distributor, Dr Pepper, and something about the PG-13 cinema certificate).

By: mr_roboto

mr_roboto — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:33:56 -0800

christy writes "There are no English words with the letter 'Q' not immediately followed by 'U.' Words like "Iraq" and "Qatar" are transliterated from Arabic, and are not English." Nonsense. That's like saying words like "immediately" are transliterated from the Latin, and are not English.

By: Blue Buddha

Blue Buddha — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:16:20 -0800

WTF:
Canada sucks.

You've been bluf'd: Canada leads the world in sucking sweet maple syrup from maple trees. The North American country produces over 1 million liters annually, which represents more than 80% of total world supply.

By: reklaw

reklaw — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:18:03 -0800

Bad name, bad design, bad questions. A silly number of the 'answers' I saw were just plain wrong. Shame, because it's a neat concept.

By: cell divide

cell divide — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:23:01 -0800

Concept is kind of cool but content is slightly lacking and design can be confusing.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:59:03 -0800

WTF: Canada sucks. Yeah, I got that one too. Dumb. By that logic, the Vegas strip sucks, although not maple trees.

By: christy

christy — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:04:05 -0800

mr_roboto: yeah, i agree, that was a quote from their site that i was disagreeing with as well.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 10:31:02 -0800

but was put off when one of the bluffs bluffed itself Yeah, me too.

You've been bluf'd: Glass is indeed a supercooled liquid.

NO, ASS, YOU'VE BEEN BLUF'D. Glass is not a goddamned supercooled liquid, for fuck's sake!

You've been bluf'd: While consumption was decriminalized in 1976, the sale of marijuana is still technically illegal. It is also illegal to advertise the sale or availability of the drug.

This is fucking simantics. The original statement was: "The sale of marijuana is legal in Amsterdam." The Dutch term is gedoogd, and for all intents and purposes, that means allowed. The government is the one that issues licenses to coffee shops. The law allows shops to sell up to five grams to each individual. They even pay taxes on the profits. And adding the second statement, (It's also illegal to advertise the sale of drugs) is a complete red herring to try and bolster the argument. This site is so full of incorrectness masquarading as truth that I'm going to be ill if I keep playing.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 10:32:07 -0800

Er, semantics, as opposed to the kind practiced by apes, which would be simantics.