If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

Brive1987 wrote: ↑...healthy Greek...

Not so much.

He just died - aged 99.

Prince Phillip that is.

Glad to see at least some Americans are coming to their senses.

I've always put baseball in the 'not appropriate' category.

I can safely say I have no Anglo Saxon heritage at all. Although, I was born in Denmark, but I am not a Dane, so maybe you can get rid of me. Not to be all pre-modern about it - but I believe that the meaning of the 'D' word is context dependent, and has shifted somewhat in the last 1100 or so years.

Lsuoma wrote: ↑ You never get rid of the Dane.

It would seem not - as there are people today that non-controversially refer to themselves as Anglo-Saxon.

And yet there are others of non-colour that would be offended if you referred to them as either Anglo or Saxon.

It's nice to think that even when people are coming from different places - and talking past one another - that some sort of understanding can be reached.

At the time Stewart would say that the program was comedy not news. And then everyone would go straight back to watching it as if it were news - or using it as the model for their own punditry (on the internet or elsewhere). Perhaps if you rustle up some of his old clips you might find that it's no...

It used to be so simple. Firing lines were drawn and you used to know exactly where people stood. We used to have FTB, the identity politicians, the radical feminists, conservatives and fundamentalists -- the fainting couch brigade -- and it was never an issue to know where your allegiances truly l...

Lsuoma wrote: ↑
MarcusAu wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:11 am
So...

...did anyone do something nice for Atheist Day?
I was going to stab a Christian who tried to convert me.

Not the precise meaning of nice that I had in mind. But each to their own.

Some people just want to be a martyr to their cause.

KiwiInOz wrote: ↑ I ate an Easter egg.

Bloody Pagans

So...

...did anyone do something nice for Atheist Day?

First shot of Astra Zeneca (sp?) - and no dead yet.

Best of luck to others - in these trying times.

...

Bhurzum wrote: ↑ Nah, I'd be mounted on a gray charger.

Put your skirt on, there's men's work to be done.

It's hard to imagine something contributing more to social disharmony than a game of monopoly under the original rules.

Perhaps there's room for a more Marxist contribution to the Class Struggle

Now remember, it's homophobic/transphobic to oppose Drag Queen Story Hour. Judge who headed 'Drag Queen Story Hour' sponsor arrested on child porn charges In addition to the 3 convicted sex offender Drag Queens in the Texas 'Drag Queen Story Hour' program. https://www.theepochtimes.com/past-sex-off...

Cry for Jesus.

Well, yes. Elevatorgate was in 2012, and that's still less than 10 years ago. Speaking as a Historicist I recall the genesis event of the EG movement as occurring at the end of 2011. Though admittedly my bias lies more towards Mythicism - in that I wish at least some of the people involved had neve...

Has anyone here been to an atheist or secular conference in the last 10 or even 5 years?

If only a corporation could own the concept of Blackness^TM.

Then like with Disney^TM and Mickey Mouse^alsoTM they could ensure that it was never misappropriated.

What it says about us when we want a cook's recipe but not their humanity: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/05/us/recipeasly-food-blog-recipes-trnd/index.html So often, people simply want a recipe, without the person behind it. And stripping food bloggers' of their stories, they said, devalues their wor...

When my sugar walks down the street, the little birdies go...

Why do all the gays want Dr Seuss wedding cakes anyway?

Lsuoma wrote: ↑ Diane Abbott biography. Anyone spot the anachronism in the cover?

https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/diane-abbott

I Dunno.

Who's on first?

Anyone know where I can get an illustrated history book on the Rape of Nanking.

Something appropriate for children - as I would like to donate it to a local primary school.

Or is it elementary?

Would anyone here have second thoughts about going down to their local library to read Huckleberry Finn to a pre-teen audience? You wouldn't even have a wear a dress to do it. Just wondering where the line should be drawn on free speech - or alternatively, on what should be made available to childre...

Fiction is great at presenting a narrative.

Not sure how woke the Chinese are though.

Ah, the quality of the character of people getting into politics in recent times.

Oh, for the days of people of such high moral character as Bill Clinton, JFK or Boss Tweed.

Though perhaps my bias is showing and there are also relevant examples for those who took the Republican gravy train.

I believe it was Epitectus that said "Do not say: Alas"

Though that may be considered transphobic in the modern context.

John D wrote: ↑ I think this should be my next FIREarm purchase.

My money is still on the gopher.

KiwiInOz wrote: ↑
Bhurzum wrote: ↑
MarcusAu wrote: ↑If the culture wars have devolved to the point where it's Wars vs Trek' - I think I'm going to have to re-think my commitment.
Dune, bitches!
Witcher, bitches.

Who

If the culture wars have devolved to the point where it's Wars vs Trek' - I think I'm going to have to re-think my commitment.

Matt Cavanaugh wrote: ↑
...FB...

...I commented...

I wonder sometimes why you bother...

Apart from Herr Zuckerberg does anyone else have any suggestions from stopping Australians from speaking their minds?

Here's the complete podcast (webcast?) that I linked to a clip of a while back.

nb Glen Loury & James Lindsay are less animated than you might expect at first glance.

Service Dog wrote: ↑ Still, there seems to be something a bit "I'm Alright Jack" about the story.

I suppose...

McWhorter sez Third Wave Antiracism is now a religion... He always gets a bit of push-back on this analogy from Glen Loury when he brings it up on their podcast. Perhaps someone who thinks more favourably about religion can make a more spirited counter to the analogy than I can currently manage.

Bhurzum wrote: ↑ Treating dogs humanely is now an act of 'white supremacy' according to the left

Perhaps a little too close to the bone, Bhurzum?

This is about the 'gun culture' discussion, sort of. https://i.imgur.com/GBDaHPV.jpeg Last night I watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989). Immigrant GF enjoys 'normal' American stuff like Christmas, simple comedies. It's all charming and slightly exotic, for her. I've never seen this ...

Glen Loury & James Lindsay seem to think that they were misguided perhaps - but not all bad...

I'm not sure that the second amendment can truly be said to apply - until everyone gets access to their own JSL.

In case anyone was wondering what happened to Barry after "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet "

No, it's Thursday.

Reminds me of "How To Be an Alien" by George Mikes, where he says that one of the most cutting comments he heard was "You speak in an impeccable accent, without the slightest trace of English" or something to that effect. Stephen Fry relates a similar story about Maggie Smith researching for the ro...

Well, the one good thing is that we are getting damn close to where the violence and property damage can be out-sourced...

Brive1987 wrote: ↑ I’m going to make a wild guess and assume no-one now thinks unrestrained Chinese cultural expansion into Australia is a “good thing” ™️

Wow.

Way to marginalise 17.9% of the human population.

Service Dog wrote: ↑ Let's all point and laugh at those ... Qanon ... theorists.

There's been some debate as to whether the Q Source exists at all.

If that is true - I'm no sure how people are expected to hear the Good News.

Brive1987 wrote: ↑ Haven’t seen my son in 14 months due to COVID.

2021 isn’t shaping up as a likely window either.

I'm sure he'll be able to come up another excuse after that.

How many times ya think PZ almost made this mistake? Swedish Politician Accidently Shares Manga Porn During Remote Meeting Who can tell? In any case the Eleventh Commandment should cover it. If not - then a miss is as good as any other gendered statement pertaining to length to ascertain guilt.

KiwiInOz wrote: ↑
MarcusAu wrote: ↑ I too will do my patriotic duty and hunt down a few lamingtons.
Wild harvest or do you grow the bushes in your garden?

I'll just wait at the bottom of the cliff.

I too will do my patriotic duty and hunt down a few lamingtons.

Keating wrote: ↑ No Assange or Snowden. Disappointing.

Well, at least try to be happy for Joe Exotic.

KiwiInOz wrote: ↑ I don't see anyone here taking this binary position.

I don't recall anyone claiming to be non-binary either.

I'm so old I remember when a tweet was something Barbara Walters gave her dog.

Maybe he needs to write a good book... and get a university job rather than spending his time on his odd and unproveable weird physics theory. I think both he and his brother have philosophical objections about working in mainstream academia. Apparently Bret has some similar fringe (or to be more c...

John D wrote: ↑
MarcusAu wrote: ↑ John D...

You are ridiculous...
Thanks. and fuckoff!

In that your Meme-Fu gave me a chuckle.

And for the other post - you don't need to excuse yourself to me to say whatever you will...

John D...

You are ridiculous...

Lsuoma wrote: ↑ This place now gives me a sad...

Truly sorry to hear that.

Maybe we can get Abbie back to do the eulogy.

There's probably no hope left is society is not more robust that we might suppose.

I'd have thought you would be more concerned with corporations selling shitty food, and spreading unhealthy dietary information to the general public.

No need to hurry with a response - finish the purge first.

A very healthy society indeed. “Unperson”. https://twitter.com/titaniamcgrath/status/1349746384191287302?s=21 It's all about creating a product and selling it to an audience. That's why they made the movie in the first place and why they may create a new version. I'm not sure on what grounds (moral...

Service Dog wrote: ↑Richard Dawkins...

I do sometimes wonder if rules could be put in place to prevent foreign nationals commenting on American politics.

Brive1987 wrote: ↑Magic pudding.

...by Norman Lindsey.

Though I'm not sure all the options were low sugar.

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