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by ERV
Tue Jun 21, 2016 11:48 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Carrier can always come and post on the Pit. The worst that can happen to him here is that people put him on ignore when he is getting too long-winded. *shrug* Carrier has done nothing illegal. As far as I remember, he hasn't done anything against me, personally. So he is welcome to post here if he...
by ERV
Mon Jun 20, 2016 3:07 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Quick post for my new job. It's pretty awesome. Hey Brive the company just moved into this new building. I am surrounded by cat6.[imghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160620/bf9191e542a2c1fb70420f7f5661e878.jpg[/img] Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Get stuffed. I'm travelling to Melbourne today...
by ERV
Sun Jun 19, 2016 5:36 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I would have an ounce of sympathy for Carrier if, even once, he had spoken up for us Chill Girls, or thunderf00t, or anyone who was 'accused' of not even having, but WANTING to 'have sex', without even a suggestion of any kind of impropriety. An "Ooooh! They might be wanting to hook up with grown as...
by ERV
Sun Jun 19, 2016 5:26 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Abbie's shitty movie reviews: 'Goosebumps' actually kinda cute with some clever lines in there. Shitty CGI but esp fun if you read the books as a kid. 'Central Intelligence' so shitty, but I love The Rock and action comedies so I liked it. Some real funny lines/bits/gags. BONUS Abbie's shitty movie ...
by ERV
Sun Jun 19, 2016 4:35 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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For a bit of a This Happened from the Richard Carrier thread, totally a real person, and not at all a sockpuppet of Carrier said- LeggySioux says June 17, 2016 at 6:10 pm Richard I believe you and I don’t think you’ve done anything wrong here. The only victim here is your reputation. The idea that ...
by ERV
Thu Jun 16, 2016 4:27 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Eugoogly for Carrier:
[youtube]IyVPyKrx0Xo[/youtube]
by ERV
Wed Jun 15, 2016 4:05 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Schierbecker does it again-- Right place right time all the time:
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/27839
by ERV
Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:43 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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*high-fives* all around for the 50k!


Also, PSA for any Pitters with acne, please find a properly formulated salicylic acid. Can offer suggestions if you want to PM me. Layers of makeup is not the solution, Twatson. Chemistry is.
by ERV
Fri Jun 10, 2016 12:56 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Now I'm fixated on this. Heina is fucking stupid. Minimum wage 1997-2007 was $5.15. Basic math: She would have had to have worked over 100 hours to pay for a $500 class. The standard Kaplan classroom course is 18 hours. Instead of doing her own personalized, targeted studying for 118 hours. And her ...
by ERV
Fri Jun 10, 2016 12:40 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Also, she was going to get a job to pay for the scam class... Instead of just using the time she would have been working to study what she needed to study.

???

Would they have taught you how not to be retarded in this SAT prep course, Heina?
by ERV
Fri Jun 10, 2016 12:37 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Heina has been sharing. it's just so fucking tragic. I can't even. http://i.imgur.com/a5W5qWL.jpg fortunately she has some enablers allies to help her feel like a special snowflake . http://i.imgur.com/hjRAIig.jpg Some have shared tales so shocking I'm not sure I should be repeating them here. http...
by ERV
Mon Jun 06, 2016 12:35 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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One of the more positive - and yes, it is a positive - aspects to this latest name n shame campaign is that it has actually led to Elyse overstepping the mark enough to get some serious pushback in the comments section: https://www.facebook.com/ElyseMofoAnders/posts/10154210447659104 Hope they keep...
by ERV
Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:04 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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So thirsty.
by ERV
Sat Jun 04, 2016 11:38 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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by ERV
Thu Jun 02, 2016 5:28 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Awkward story of the day... Apparently the wrecking crew podcast interviewed Matthew Baxter a couple months ago, only to have the undignified fucker sniveling at them a couple months later to cover his long distance bill. (story starts at 45 min... recommend against listening if you've eaten recent...
by ERV
Mon May 30, 2016 3:27 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Poor PZ's vegetarianism and otherkin identity was massively challenged when confronted by the ultimate social tension .... Not. They then unveiled the centerpiece of the event: they opened a box, and in it was a whole, huge, intact octopus, roughly a meter across, its arms artfully and symmetricall...
by ERV
Sun May 29, 2016 6:26 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Jesus Christ, PZ goes to S. Korea for sons wedding. Yay! But no. He's spent the whole fucking time bitching about/making fun of Korea on Twitter, and now Japan. The endless bloodshed in the Far East is also super funny, too. Miserable man. "Look at me! I'm a social justice warrior! I make fun of oth...
by ERV
Wed May 25, 2016 1:09 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Those black lives matter people are repugnant. These people have no place in a civilised society. The kids 'protesting' at Emory were stereotypical as all get out. It would have been funny if they weren't so sad. But they didn't bother anyone, as far as I could tell. They didn't disrupt the talk. T...
by ERV
Tue May 24, 2016 4:51 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Now I'm starting watching Zoolander 2. I loved the first one, so I hope the Pit recommendation won't disappoint.
It's really fucking stupid. It was awesome. :-D
by ERV
Mon May 23, 2016 9:20 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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PZ's wonderful Korean adventure. Day 1 1. He ditched his vegetarianism to eat the spinal cord of a pig. 2. He suspects he checked himself and his wife into a brothel / sex pit. http://archive.is/KQ8Z3 Hahaa - the man is truly a cunt. It turned out to be what can only be called pig spine soup. There...
by ERV
Sun May 22, 2016 1:28 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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ERV wrote:Abbie's 'I like shitty movies' reviews:

'Zoolander 2' and 'Mr. Perfect', both great. Terrible plots, hysterical premises, stupid so I liked em.
Ugh, 'Mr. Right', not 'Mr. Perfect'.
by ERV
Sun May 22, 2016 12:55 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Abbie's 'I like shitty movies' reviews:

'Zoolander 2' and 'Mr. Perfect', both great. Terrible plots, hysterical premises, stupid so I liked em.
by ERV
Sun May 22, 2016 4:14 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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https://twitter.com/lheron/status/733758898855940098 Turns out quite a few people did notice some things, and commented/replied. I see crackers. I see fruit. I sense but cannot spot a lemon. There are no donuts or pastries of any kind. Not even any coffee. Why would anyone even go to that meeting *...
by ERV
Fri May 20, 2016 5:12 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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by ERV
Sun May 15, 2016 1:43 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I am still a huge fan of small, local atheist/skeptic conferences. In the South, in the Midwest, in small-ish-er towns, conferences are a great way to bring isolated-feeling like-minded people together, and for a day or two, not feel so isolated irl for their 'non-standard' thoughts. I am 100% over ...
by ERV
Sat May 14, 2016 9:24 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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"Asian/Pacific Islander" is a thing.

http://Www.emory.edu/multicultural/me/apex/index.html

It's dumb but I didn't know it wasn't well known.
by ERV
Fri May 13, 2016 6:25 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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PZ and McCreight talking on Twitter about her possibly taking up a job at UMM. Aim low. Why would he do that as a public tweet and not a PM, email or phone call? Weirdo. *sigh* 3 weeks out from graduation, and she's asking for job leads, on Twitter. It's like she hasn't taken grad school seriously ...
by ERV
Fri May 13, 2016 8:05 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Been watching SciBabes facebook since welch suggested her so strongly. It's just reposts. Reposts everywhere. Reposts of stupid stuff woomeisters say. Reposts of generic pro-science articles. Reposts of anemic memes. Reposts with no comment outside of some bland platitude 'fuck that woomeister!' 'Ya...
by ERV
Thu May 12, 2016 3:04 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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An official crotchrocket. Just about as safe as drunken line dancing on the rim of a running woodchipper. Out of curiosity: you've had biking accidents before, no? Know this wasn't directed at me, but I have been riding bikes since I was 14 and I have laid down twice. Once was in town going slow an...
by ERV
Thu May 12, 2016 2:04 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I used to feel super sexah on our Ducati, until I found out the Svans have one too #bonerkiller
by ERV
Wed May 11, 2016 3:29 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Myers survived almost a whole day of work. And he gets to give a student a big red F . Quite the day. I did nothing but grade, grade, grade all morning and early afternoon, and it looks like I’ve completed all the exams and papers for this semester, tallied up the grades, and even submitted everyth...
by ERV
Fri May 06, 2016 4:18 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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<snip tantrum> I was having a good time with some standard Pit banter. You flip the fuck out. I try to keep discussing this with you. I get home from work and find out you have unfriended people you have known for years and years and years over this. There is one person trying to build a safe-space...
by ERV
Thu May 05, 2016 4:15 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Complete change of subject. What were the circumstance when that photo was taken of Arnie? Because that pic of Arnie cracks me up every time. He looks as if he was scolded about something and he is now going :"Oh woe is me!" It was taken when I was writing my dissertation. He was pissed off at me f...
by ERV
Thu May 05, 2016 1:18 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I've also said that if Abbie and other "proper" scientists don't like the fact that Scibabe has become one of the main faces of public science communication, especially in the food woo arena, that maybe they should get off their asses and fix that, if they really think it's a problem. Jesus fuck, w...
by ERV
Wed May 04, 2016 12:44 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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comhcinc wrote:This is quiet a pit kill.
You Twitterers could go entertain Watson. She's obviously bored and fishing for some attention:
by ERV
Wed May 04, 2016 1:11 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Dude, she said something on twitter that was really stupid. Which EVERYONE on twitter has done. The response to that is "well, that was kind of fucking stupid"... That was fucking stupid, for the numerous reasons people have stated, and you've cried to distract from, including 1) mirroring the 'don...
by ERV
Mon May 02, 2016 4:48 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I already addressed you PhD concerns *shrug* You're also citing people who are dead. If you think the next advancement in lung cancer therapy is coming out of someone playing in their backyard on weekends, you're nuts. And if someone tells you they have a cure for lung cancer, and you don't immedia...
by ERV
Mon May 02, 2016 4:11 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I already addressed you PhD concerns *shrug* You're also citing people who are dead. If you think the next advancement in lung cancer therapy is coming out of someone playing in their backyard on weekends, you're nuts. And if someone tells you they have a cure for lung cancer, and you don't immediat...
by ERV
Mon May 02, 2016 3:47 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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And just to reiterate-- I have no problems with scicomm. SciBabe is the one who thinks SciComm<<<Scientist. Which is, again, a huge red flag. The best science journalist is unarguably Carl Zimmer. He has no advanced degrees. He has, however, proven over and over and over and over he is an accurate, ...
by ERV
Mon May 02, 2016 3:10 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Y'all have a really funny way of not having a problem with what she does. But let me get this straight, because it is often confusing to me: Who can be a scientist: Only people with Ph.Ds who publish in approved journals Who cannot ever be a scientist: everyone else that's the basic point here? Bec...
by ERV
Mon May 02, 2016 2:39 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Dude she was bitching about being addressed as 'SciBabe' instead of 'scientist', and suggested sexism was the reason for that. No problem with SciBabe. She do wat she do. But she is SciBabe, not a scientist. Y'all have a really funny way of not having a problem with what she does. But let me get th...
by ERV
Mon May 02, 2016 1:35 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Dude she was bitching about being addressed as 'SciBabe' instead of 'scientist', and suggested sexism was the reason for that.

No problem with SciBabe. She do wat she do. But she is SciBabe, not a scientist.
by ERV
Mon May 02, 2016 4:10 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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You're more optimistic than I am. One, if not two first author publications are a requirement for graduation. She's one month out, and has no publications. Its not a good idea to be writing, revising, and defending your thesis while writing, revising, and doing more experiments for a publication. C...
by ERV
Mon May 02, 2016 3:35 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Going viral should keep her new career as science dudette afloat, she thinks. Or hopes. Recently laid off from pesticide manufacturer Amvac Chemical Corp., she had been out of work and almost out of money. Now she was accepting paid speaking engagements and waiting to hear if a television series wo...
by ERV
Mon May 02, 2016 3:30 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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But will the earth move? http://i.imgur.com/O3RQyr4.jpg I have the strong feeling Jen's use of "Dr" is going to be ....... http://i.imgur.com/l8YjlLc.jpg Funny how once she stopped living in PZ's world, she was able to remember that she's supposed to be doing science. You're more optimistic than I ...
by ERV
Sun May 01, 2016 9:02 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Uuuuuuuuuuum Yvette has zero publications in Pubmed. Not a 'scientist', not that anyone who is a scientist uses that vague title. So, if anyone has a PhD but no publications, are they not a scientist (if an inactive one)? Not unless they can still produce ova :P What's with long sleeved lab coats? ...
by ERV
Sun May 01, 2016 6:22 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Hunt wrote:
Hospital gowns aren't sexy?
Not when one's fed up of wearing them. Trust me on this.
I normally look like the dude on the left;
http://cdn.thinglink.me/api/image/57914 ... aletowidth


New sexy calendar idea: Beefcakes and babes of the BSL3. :lol:
by ERV
Sun May 01, 2016 6:12 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Literally the first person on the lineup is Mr. Deity, which is also not his actual name. I see we have another "Skepchick" type selling themselves in a lowbrow manner and getting pissed over their own choice to do so. Uuuuuuuuuuum Yvette has zero publications in Pubmed. Not a 'scientist', not that...
by ERV
Sun May 01, 2016 5:39 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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What's with long sleeved lab coats? Are they still a thing? Doctors don't use them because they can spread contamination. I dont know anyone who wears a Lab Coat(TM). We use ugly disposable things, for the very reason you describe. Not sexy for a photoshoot though (esp because we also wear them 'ba...
by ERV
Sun May 01, 2016 4:10 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I think a better question for Orange County Freethought Alliance is why they invited an internet fad to speak at their meeting, instead of the countless actual scientists in the LA metro area, when internet fads have worked out so poorly for the freethought movement in the past.
by ERV
Sun May 01, 2016 3:39 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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http://i.imgur.com/3QtvIRq.jpg Literally the first person on the lineup is Mr. Deity, which is also not his actual name. I see we have another "Skepchick" type selling themselves in a lowbrow manner and getting pissed over their own choice to do so. Uuuuuuuuuuum Yvette has zero publications in Pubm...
by ERV
Sat Apr 30, 2016 11:38 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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[youtube]weEV0Jf0Urk[/youtube]

I like it, but its 100% identical to Zedds original, just Kesha singing. Huh.
by ERV
Wed Apr 27, 2016 2:56 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Stages of grief, I'm now angry at John for not letting me say goodbye. I do my own thing, whatever, but I'm human, and that early support, when so few were supportive, meant a lot to me. I would have thanked him for that. So just in case any of the rest of you pull this shit, or I get hit by a bus, ...
by ERV
Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:29 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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One of the original Pitters. I've been reading his comments since July 2011. God fucking dammit.
by ERV
Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:56 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Goddammit.
by ERV
Fri Apr 22, 2016 1:37 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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katamari Damassi wrote:Leaked Star Wars plot reveals where Rey's Mary Sueness comes from, and it's way dumber than you thought.
Hahaha I considered that as a possibility. Hahahahahahahahaha!
by ERV
Sun Apr 17, 2016 2:46 pm
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Be quiet, you Hitlers. Go watch Season 2 Episode 3 of 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' right now. It's amazing.

Tina Fey is one of us.
by ERV
Wed Apr 13, 2016 5:24 pm
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Lsuoma wrote:
ERV wrote:Com and I couldn't get in to see Milo. Room filled up. Our boobs persuaded no one :(
You've got a pit bull - why didn't you use him???
Arnie literally mauled com.
by ERV
Wed Apr 13, 2016 3:54 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Com and I couldn't get in to see Milo. Room filled up. Our boobs persuaded no one :(
by ERV
Wed Apr 06, 2016 4:13 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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deLurch wrote:
ERV wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:With his mom?
I think it's just him :( but still, :-D
So are you going to be a woman hating misogynist and go see him?
:hankey: