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

fascination wrote:Hey everyone! My daughter has been sick so I have several days of catching up to do. Is there anything important I missed?

Several pages of:

"The pit is too rude!"

"The pit is not rude enough!"

"We like the pit as it is!"

"The pit is too rude!"

I do notice that none of them ever claim to have hypochondriasis. HEH.

And now I think about this... this is something I also find abhorrent about SJW - their adoption of genuine illnesses (almost invariably undiagnosed) as badges of pride. From an "invisible illness" to "autism spectrum" these people are fucking diluting actual medical issues and faking them or at lea...

Nope. I don't see the Pit as a solid entity, but as a collection of individuals, many of which are amenable to persuasion. Think of it as a cocktail party, with lots of different people and entrees, and I'm trying to persuade the people munching on fish and chips to try the lobster. Pub, fuckdarnit...

Sorry to see Notung go - always liked your posts. The 'Spoon' allegory is only effective within a very narrow band of disabilities, particularly ones that attack the immune system, making the stores of energy to get through a day decidedly finite. In that context, it is very accurate - of that I can...

Can someone explain the A+ 'spoons' thing to me? Spoon Theory information can be found here: http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/category/the-spoon-theory/ It's a way for people to describe their experiences as someone with a debilitating, fatiguing illness which is not necessarily visible. The origi...

Really though, it is a sad reflection of this world we feel we have to swear all the time to get our point across. Swearing ends up being diluted so much it stops having any impact. Some of us just talk that way. I don't see a problem with losing impact. Surely that will encourage people to say thi...

Za-zen wrote:Everytime i think i have found an interesting article one of you knobs has beat me to it. I claim disadvantaged status.

I blame the patriarchy for letting a man get in ahead of me.

Za-zen wrote:Dr Hall has posted a must read that i found on twitter by way of Barbara Drescher. http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/ind ... r-so-much/

Haha, now I don't feel so bad.

I lost.

Has this been posted here yet?

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/ind ... r-so-much/

I disagree with her on one point - child raising - but this is an excellent article.

Really though, it is a sad reflection of this world we feel we have to swear all the time to get our point across. Swearing ends up being diluted so much it stops having any impact. Some of us just talk that way. I don't see a problem with losing impact. Surely that will encourage people to say thi...

A good story out of Mali about saving historical documents. (as a little aside...) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/people-timbuktu-save-manuscripts-invaders I don't remember if I previously linked to info about clashes with Islamists/Al Quaeda there, but I figure it's in all the papers and everywhere...

Nice to know chick has entered the "banned words" list.

What is the list now?

Cunt
Bitch
Hysterical
Chick
Female

There's got to be a point when one of them steps back for a second, has a look at the masterlist and goes, well, y'know what, maybe I'm a fucking moron. I mean... there has to be.

Renee, so sorry to hear about this and wishing you and your guy the best.

Michael K Gray wrote:
rayshul wrote:Fucking philosophy eh.
Yeah.
What IS a "chair", exactly?
Or is that PhD level wank?

Fuck knows. I was turned off philosophy by the almight ballsack fuckery Matrix 2. But I like these little thought experiments.

Here, for anyone else interested: http://www.philosophyexperiments.com/

I suppose the short version of this thought process is that I don't believe the internet is necessarily the right courtroom/judge/jury to enact justice in every situation. PZ Liars disagrees. So you must be correct! The rageful emotional part of my brain is disagreeing with me too, but - and again,...

I'm going to sound like an idiot here... but... I was pretty sure the reason people wore high heels was because it made them look taller. People are more impressed by taller people and tall people are more likely to get top jobs (as far as I remember from shitty pop recruitment facts). Therefore if ...

I suppose the short version of this thought process is that I don't believe the internet is necessarily the right courtroom/judge/jury to enact justice in every situation.

So I don't think the doxxing is appropriate; what I do think is appropriate is informing the police of this harrassment (this is not a "peaceful protest", it's clearly harrassment and abuse) and ensuring a warning is given - and, if necessary, a restraining order. A doxx can also "last forever" on ...

Sorry, I am letting my brain-babble go for a wander today.

I have been doing philosophy experiments all day (thanks, Notung) and I think my thoughts on doxxing these students is inconsistent with my thoughts on the exposure of sexual offenders. For instance I do not think sexual offenders should have their details revealed but should of course have restrict...

I'll call in but it's raining like fuck here so I don't know if I can go on speaker. Let's see.

They are losing on every front, and all they have left is shameless defamation and guilt by association. Skeptics will see through this as surely as they do homeopathy, if only they are given the chance to see both sides. We're winning because we're right. :) And because I think at heart a liberate...

To clarify: If the post is ILLEGAL, take it down and ban the offender. If it has the ability to get the site shut down through legal action :take it down and ban the offender. Otherwise I'm fine with whatever you assholes want to say. I disagree with immediate banning - that's not really the best w...

Alright I'm a bit behind here and not sure if a decision has already been made but... I'm a bit reluctant to admit the necessity of writing up rules about violent speech or "no rape threats." Doesn't it go without saying? Seems like it did for 50,000+ posts. I tend to prefer 'unsteady as she goes' a...

In Australia there were a series of crimes by someone in a burkha, as well as a court case where a woman had attacked a cop (I think! memory hazy) but could not be convicted because she refused to remove her burka. Therefore it was impossible to identify her. There's a lot of fuckery that goes on w...

Recent acid attack. Perpetrator is a woman, apparently. Horrifying story and pictures. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21305223 This sort of thing is why I'm against the niqab, really. The reason I'm against face covering is that security systems will increasingly rely on facial recongi...

Recent acid attack. Perpetrator is a woman, apparently. Horrifying story and pictures. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21305223 This sort of thing is why I'm against the niqab, really. Not even an acid resistant niqab, or a caustic burkha? One does not need a pH D in chemistry to unders...

Recent acid attack. Perpetrator is a woman, apparently. Horrifying story and pictures. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21305223

This sort of thing is why I'm against the niqab, really.

Hm. I didn't read SDG's posts as an advocation of people going out to attack, and more like a stream of thought of someone righteously fucked off. But I can see why there's legal risk involved there and I'm glad everyone has "stood down" and recognised this. On a side note I personally use readers-o...

Nippletwister and Git have so completely fucking confused me at this point that I have no idea which side of the argument I'm on.

nippletwister wrote:No one deserves to be raped, tortured or killed.

I'd get behind that... but I've been recently reading in depth about Mengele's experiments and the last one feels like a sticking point for me at this point in my horror-rage. Not to Godwin or anything, but good fucking fuck fuck.

It seems Aratina is in a convo with one Jen Phillips (on Twitter) who is accusing someone here of sending things to her IRL - phone calls/mailings from Christian colleges, subscriptions to "icky" teen mags. https://twitter.com/aratina/status/297773756477214723 Who the heck is Jen Phillips? Tbh, I t...

incognito wrote:What's the argument against moral relativity?

Possibly about the point where it has an affect on human rights. But I don't think there's a good argument against it on an open forum. Really, the different viewpoints give us something to talk about. :)

If PZ makes $60k from his dayjob, then getting a bonus of $5k would be (I believe) a fairly significant part of his income - which the 'pit has informed me is a decent wage in that part of America. Greta does not, I believe, have a day job, and relies on freelance work and (presumably?) her wife. $5...

I don't think - given the success of the pit generally - that we really need to change anything. Ex-A+ers come here because they see it as a safe space. Ex-FTBers come here because they want to have discussions. Minorities/women come here because they want to be treated like humans and be judged on ...

The woman is indeed a horrible cunt. It's nice she's backing up the fact with a whole list of resources!

OOps, forgot this 419 strange gods before me à¥ 2 February 2013 at 1:40 pm (UTC -6) "Of course it wouldnâ€™t be necerssary to defect from the slymepit as posters here would not be arbitarily discriminated against at that other place." Not true; bluharmony left because you shitheads were too evil f...

I can't stand Mass Effect at all. I hate it being on my television. I don't know why. I hate Fallout too. Also that fucking horrible little anime thing about some fucking composer - their anime faces creep me out. *waits to get burnt at stake* Have a really soft spot for puzzle games and fucking lov...

Great blogs: https://ohioatheist.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/atheism-2012-the-year-in-review/ Now that 2012 has passed, I thought Iâ€™d share with you what I learned about atheism in 2012, through Twitter, YouTube, blogging, etc. Since I am relatively new to the â€œcommunity,â€ some of the events that...

Michael K Gray wrote:Oops! The real link:
Michael K Gray wrote:For the few animal loversÂ¹ amongst us:
Thirsty koala follows walker, drinks three bottles of water

That's seriously the cutest story ever.

Yeah, the women all wear flats to my firm. It's odd to wear heels, tbh. My query is why I have to wear my slave uniform - which includes long suit pants, a long shirt, a tie and a jacket IN THE HOT FUCKING AUSTRALIAN SUMMER? Whereas women get to wear whatever the fuck they want... Like seriously, w...

I have no idea who is forcing women to wear high heels. I've worked professionally for seven years in a range of professions and have never worn heels until recently.

In my city the majority of women seem to wear flats in the office.

Boy I've entered a wikipedia rabbit hole... A common criticism is that terms chosen by an identity group, as acceptable descriptors of themselves, then pass into common usage, including usage by the racists and sexists whose racism and sexism, et cetera, the new terms mean to supersede. Alternately ...

Flipping around wikipedia to look up information on identity politics and ran into political correctness... Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize soc...

So here's how it shakes out after getting more legal advice from my sister-in-law, to whom I have just shown the tweets. Her advice to me was stay the fuck as far away as possible. Keep the ban. Have nothing to do with anyone I suspect might be Eucliwood. Don't reply to any communications, but if I...

I'm up for free childcare at conventions. I wouldn't demand it or consider it as a "YAY WOMENZZZZ WIN" thing (it wouldn't benefit me any) but it's a "nice to have". And it is intended to benefit PARENTS, for fux sake, not just XX chromosome breeders. It is for Dad's and Grandparent's and Foster car...

I'm up for free childcare at conventions. I wouldn't demand it or consider it as a "YAY WOMENZZZZ WIN" thing (it wouldn't benefit me any) but it's a "nice to have".

If i had a choice of anyone to send to a meeting with a view to sorting this crap out it would be Welch. But then i like to put the cat among the pigeons. Scented Nectar would be good too. Having a woman "representing" the opposition would be awesome. Harder to accuse a woman of misogyny, privilege...

@Sacha and Rayshul You've both made me feel better. I just found out recently that I'm going to have to have another C section. My first pregnancy was an emergency c section and because of the way that went down this one will have to be a scheduled c section. I was hoping to have a vaginal birth th...

Someone must have posted this noel plum thing already but if not: http://noelplum99.blogspot.co.uk/2013/0 ... ement.html

Also I don't think I said nice work ERV on the whole new patent curing AIDS phase 2 thing. HEEEE! That was so exciting to read.

Congratulations Justin on making bank & welcome A+ refugees. I always wondered about signing up there and maybe messaging people who looked like they were getting buggered by the mods if maybe the 'pit was a safer space for them. I've considered the 'pit as my "safe space" since the beginning - it's...

Some relevance here in the value of opinions. :)

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Oh Adam Lee, still the most repugnant human being on the planet. Fuck, but he is a worthless, vile piece of shit. His fucking existence is harrassment of my fucking sensibilities. Having to exist on the same planet as him is fucking disgusting. Listen to the women, Adam. :) Yep. And I am another wo...

Question: if I as a woman object to Adam Lee opening his bitch cunt mouth because it offends me... will he shut the fuck up permanently?

Oh Adam Lee, still the most repugnant human being on the planet.

Fuck, but he is a worthless, vile piece of shit.

His fucking existence is harrassment of my fucking sensibilities.

Having to exist on the same planet as him is fucking disgusting.

Listen to the women, Adam. :)

The problem is, muslims are brown. When they talk you should really be shutting up and listening. Don't 'splain. Just take a breather and realise... It's possible that they know more about the truth of Islam than you do. You might learn something. You'll be shutting up for about 6 months. A lot of ...

I have more video games than she does. :)

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