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

This is probably completely pointless, but my disgust for this post is immense.
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dogen wrote:Is Destiny going to be awesome? Should I buy a console to play it? If so, which one?

No, get a (or upgrade your existing) PC.

Bingo. It's like saying the running community consists of the total population of the world minus wheelchair bound people, because at times they move quicker than walking speed. Instead of recognising it as restricted to people who consider it one of their main interests/hobbies. So if you play eno...

So you don't think it's a problem that people are regarded as special simply by virtue of showing up on moving picture machines? You take no umbrage with the fact that you know who the hell Paris Hilton is?

This view is pure sophistry. Why does any death matter more than another?! Because stupid, some people are more well known then others. It's called: reality. Well then consider it a critique of celebrity hero worship, which I think is perfectly valid. (Note, I'm not saying Williams in particular is...

Also, are we all supposed to remark on ever 1000000 deaths that happen in America every day? How the hell do these people think that would work? I think their point is to ask *why* this particular suicide matters in the face of all the others. From a purely pragmatic point of view, this could promp...

Zygotes are rational beings (h.sapiens DNA), they just haven't had the opportunity to express their rationality yet. Anencephalic babies are also rational, it's just that they are prevented from expressing that rationality. Think of a zygote as you would imagine a Transformer. A transformer has the...

Well shit, I disagree with almost everything feminists say except apparently I agree with them on abortion. A late term fetus is definitely a human being, but I think their right to exist is trumped by the woman's right to bodily autonomy. I don't think this is a right particular to women, except by...

Nah, of course the price of things won't increase when wages are increased: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-25/when-minimum-wage-goes-up-the-menu-price-also-rises How many mansions does Papa John have again? Something tells me there's a little wiggle room in the bottom line and it does...

I would argue that it is not making it more difficult be is in fact the company refusing to spend money to make it easier. Which is what makes it more difficult than before. I get that you believe that *ANY* money for contraceptives is too much for some reason, but functionally this ruling allows t...

Maybe I'm a socialist but I think wide availability of contraception is a basic healthcare right. I think a company getting to decide to make it more difficult for their workers to acquire it absolutely insane and only possible in the de facto Christian state that the US actually is.

Ayla also is considered bissexual by the fanbase, because of one line of dialog she has (although personally I find it a stretch). Bahamuth Lagoon , however, not only had an openly gay playable character (Sendak), but also allowed you to make the main character hook up with him . A shame that it ne...

I find someone shit-talking Reading Rainbow to be completely alien. For fuck's sake it's LeVar Burton!

John D wrote:R U an English teacher?

Nope. Software Engineer.

It seems pretty obvious to me that reading as a hobby unto itself exposes people to not just new ideas but new vocabulary and rhetoric. Almost wholly independent of the subject of what is read. IMO, if Reading Rainbow piques the interest of one kid whose parents aren't there for him/her, then it's w...

SJWs are are incredibly intolerant of any criticism, even the most inoffensive, neutral ones. Even criticism such as "I agree with you, but you should have phrased what you said in a better way". It's pretty funny, actually. Disagree with them in any shape or form and you'll get called a "stupid as...

JacquesCuze wrote: How does Biologist PZ Myers miss all the objectification of men by women (and culture) that is all around us?

Because feminists are either dishonest or being misled by dishonesty? Admitting that men are also objectified/abused/raped/unemployed doesn't fit into the oppressed woman narrative.

I am interested in critical-thinking, science-grounded atheism and how to move forward with it (also beyond disbelief, why not?). I only deal with these ideologies where I have to. I see that AVFM operates a â€œregister herâ€ website and that they are a one-sided identity politics outfit stuck in ...

What they could do, but won't, because Elam and the rest are still having a temper tantrum over OMGWIMMENZ is to say: words Meanwhile feminism changes the narrative in our public schools, universities, and government creating a climate where legitimately studying and discussing gender issues is imp...

Maybe she has six fingers on her hands and someone is looking for her.

ROBOKiTTY wrote:Is this doomed to be the future of skepticism? The money seems to say yes.

Online skepticism != skepticism.

What does bodily autonomy have to do with wealth distribution? This sounds like people saying that the photons bouncing off your underwear in public are part of your agency.

I made the mistake of engaging my Facebook "friends" on the insulting and useless notion of "Don't teach women how not to get raped, teach men not to rape." Apparently not unquestioningly believing feminist studies is itself dogma and apparently not being willing to paint all men as obtuse brutes wh...

Well, I probably wouldn't have banned you but I would have called you out.

Rather surprising â€“ if not further evidence of that â€œbroken processâ€ â€“ that Jerry apparently insists, rather dogmatically at that, on that â€œpuppets of their biochemistryâ€ theme as part of his â€œhard determinismâ€ philosophy yet apparently finds it not equivalent to the fatalism of fun...

One creationist gave an abysmal performance on one occasion. This is not a knock-down argument in favour of debating creationists. What if he'd done better? What if Nye had had an off day? What if the next creationist he debates destroys him? Etc etc. Fuck that shit. I could completely defeat any c...

Oh and completely agree on the commercial. Stealing the song aside a video of a Rube Goldberg machine with jump cuts in the video is just dishonest.

As an actual owner of the toy, I don't find it anywhere near as shitty or poorly-constructed as this thread is making it out to be. It's not the shining beacon that will bring engineering to gender-parity or anything but it's not a bad toy. It has blueprints to follow and blank plans so the kids can...

God damn it now I have to burn my daughter's goldieblox.

My (completely unoriginal) problem with the concept of trigger warnings is that if you are that sensitive then the word "trigger warning: rape" will itself be a triggering event. Trigger warnings are not for people who are triggered. Those people know how to avoid triggers if they really want to. Tr...

Walter Ego wrote:
halophilic wrote:It's my lack of approval face at you obsessing over someone you've blocked.
Please present some evidence (with links, please) I'm obsessing over Welch or anyone else. I'm a skeptic. Convince me I'm obsessing and I'll stop doing it.

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It's my lack of approval face at you obsessing over someone you've blocked.

Walter Ego: à² _à²

Why is telling other people what to like preferable to just buying/viewing what you like? Also, men are hyper-idealized in media as well. Yes men are hyper-idealized as well but it's an order of magnitude of difference. I don't actually buy that it's an order of magnitude difference. I honestly see...

Why is telling other people what to like preferable to just buying/viewing what you like? Also, men are hyper-idealized in media as well.

Brainwashing them into atheist thinking is as ridiculous as letting the churches have their way with them.

Is teaching children reality really brainwashing? That religions are myths and there almost certainly is no omnipotent, benevolent god is not an opinion.

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I'd say it's on the good side of the job shittiness bell curve still. At least you're not in the sulphur mines or something.

I have browsed the thread but found nothing on this: How exactly is the potential reduction of HIV infection an argument for infant circumcision ? By the time this "advantage" becomes relevant, the boy is old enough to decide for himself if he wants that procedure done or not. There are somewhere o...

To me, the "scientific benefits" of circumcision sound like the same you'd get if we chopped of your hands so you wouldn't worry about having to wash them. Are the studies that the APA cite controlled for proper hygiene and condom use? (The answer is no) Complete bullshit.

What the actual fuck, Scotland ? Robin Thicke's hit song cannot be played at student events after it was ruled the track violates the university's policy against 'rape culture and lad banter' ... Really, the Feminist Purity Police is roaming institutes of higher learning, turning them into safe spa...

jesus christ. I am at a complete loss for PZ and crew's utter obtuseness on this one. One has to wonder if Richard Dawkins was a woman and said exactly the same thing if they would have reacted the same way.

I can only wish you luck. I think your best hope is that you can get your kid assigned to another class. Either that, or see if you can help him to 'record' on tape or something some of the interactions over a 3 to 5 day period. That should tell you more, and it might prod the school to do somethin...

unwelcome sexual attention Who decides it is unwelcome? The person receiving it. There's a fair amount of room for interpreting this, to the extent that even verbal flirting or a suggestion of going to get coffee could qualify. See, there are already laws preventing unwelcome sexual touching and ra...

So that dumbfucks like you can be packed into mega-cities. Smart people live where the water naturaly is. Note that these projects are taking water from the Sierras, water that is already in California to begin with. They're just moving the water to where THEY want you to live. That's makes sense o...

Do Chileans put avocados on hotdogs? I feel like I may have heard that a time or two.

What exactly does the motivation of the person making an argument have to do with the validity of said argument? Isn't this just a thinly veiled ad hom?

Can someone give me the cliff notes version of why everyone hates John Scalzi?

When there's no discernible way to tell the difference between 'got drunk had sex then regretted it' and 'was raped' you might need a more nuanced definition of rape than 'drunk sex is rape.' I can't recall a time between starting drinking and being completely unconscious where I was able to be conv...

Yes, deliberately intoxicating someone with intent to take advantage of them is a crime. Doesn't make drunk sex a de facto rape.

Maybe he was too busy trying to get to his gun instead of mounting a good defense or getting separation from TM. Letting someone lift you off the ground and slam you into concrete shows absolutely no effort in stopping it, especially when you have a weight advantage. That's my biggest problem with t...

The usual claim is that The Schism was caused by an attempt to co-opt the atheist movement by feminists. The second level is to realize (without cutting radical feminism any slack) that the feminism is just cover as well. A cover for what? I'm still firmly in the "usual claim" level and am interest...

One thing for Facebook Christian friends; all their bullshit talk about praying for OK motivated me to get off my ass and throw what I can at the Red Cross.

I don't agree at all but I see where she's coming from. Part of me thinks that the curriculum for all children in the US should just be handed down by the National Academy and followed without question. Some things just shouldn't be put to a vote because there are vast populations of assholes with m...

Count me as one of the people who did buy Proving History but will not be buying On the historicity of Jesus thanks to Richard Carrier's latest blog posting.

I also wish Dawkins would pick a different go-to word than "barbarian", which he uses (hopefully) in a deliberate feigned ignorance of the historical meaning of the term. Can someone give me some background one why "barbarian" is considered racist toward African-Americans or is the outrage really f...

Voryn wrote:If men are taught to rape by the patriarchy then what teaches women to rape? :think:

Why, Patriarchyâ„¢ of course! All problems are caused by Patriarchyâ„¢ and Feminism is our only hope.

Essentially agree with all of 16bitheretic's points. I'll just mention that it's still a naturalistic fallacy to say that "that most things that are natural are good." Making any value judgement based on how things are is problematic. For instance, the case could easily be made that cranking out hum...

I posted on your site but I'll copy here for discussion. Respond to either, both, or neither. :) Just to address a point from this post: â€œAll atheists believe in evolution I would presume since all the other theories of the origin of life require a supernatural â€œcreatorâ€ that by definition the...

Don't forget pimp out more ceramic necklaces.

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