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

Haha. And just as I wax on about Humanism and PZ and conservatism, the Humanist publishes this. Yes.... there will be more open conservatives claiming to be atheists once religion loses its grip on the Republican party. I feel it happening now.... and just wait till a Libertarian comes right out and...

PZ, Ophie, Watson, etc., are really burning every atheist and secualist who does not subscribe to their super-liberal, fembot kind of mad political philosophy. Everyone at AA, or the Secular Coalition, or Randi Foundation, or Skeptics Magazine, etc. must really despise the PZ and company bunch of dr...

What happened to Matt and what did you fucker do to his momma?

Proof of the ineffectiveness of slacktivism.
http://orgtheory.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/slacktivism/

Welch said (http://www.slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=166268#p166268): Nonsense, it does no such thing. Innovation is happening, and has been happening just fine, even with it and patents too.... Is it abused? of course, but if you're going to strike down laws over that, then you're going to ha...

Err...think of the children? If I understand what Phil means, that was my thought as well -- "there's no justifiable reason for why a real estate deed should persist for many decades after the original homebuilder's death." And there's no doubt that current IP law has been used, abused, and tattooe...

At least one editor at the Washington Post has had enough of Appropriation http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/03/06/what-would-salon-think-of-an-article-called-why-i-cant-stand-asian-musicians-who-play-beethoven/ But, wait: Maybe â€” and I know this is a radical thought â€...

At least one editor at the Washington Post has had enough of Appropriation http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/03/06/what-would-salon-think-of-an-article-called-why-i-cant-stand-asian-musicians-who-play-beethoven/ But, wait: Maybe â€” and I know this is a radical thought â€”...

Starting at 1:07 Pinker handles the "free will" topic. I agree with him that "Free will" is a concept that approximates our notion that some actions are affected by externalities and some are not. Dennett and Harris are just masturbating on each other on the "free will" topic. I wish they would act...

Trigger warning: misogyny What is the deal with women and thermostats? If they are chilly, they turn it up to 90. Then, when they get too hot, they turn it down to 50. We need more women in STEM, so that more of them understand control systems. :cdc: :bjarte: Fuck. My wife and kids are the same way...

Starting at 1:07 Pinker handles the "free will" topic. I agree with him that "Free will" is a concept that approximates our notion that some actions are affected by externalities and some are not. Dennett and Harris are just masturbating on each other on the "free will" topic. I wish they would act ...

Just last week a colleague was lamenting the lack of differentiation in English between singular 'you' and plural 'you'. Luckily, I was on hand to point out their mistake: 'y'all' is the plural to singular 'you'. An added bonus was that I delivered this sharp insight with my Queen's English toff ac...

Hoho - The Onion did their "Man on the Street" bit on the "realistic" Barbie today. http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-normal-barbie-doll-has-proportions-of-average,35458/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1:Default The Facebook comments are excellent and they...

Sharing time; Looks like i'm losing my business. It's the economy stupid, i've fought hard, but there comes a time when you have to stop, stepback, smile, and walkaway. I may have mentioned it before, i'm a SME, there's a serious threat of personal bankruptcy, but i'm fairly sure i've insulated my ...

Further - on the Barbie topic..... Barbie is a "fashion doll" meaning that you dress her in a variety of clothes. Kids do play house and other pretend games with barbie, but she is first and foremost a "fashion doll." The trick is that Barbie clothes are about 20 times thicker and bulkier than real ...

BTW, BBC is reporting on a "real-woman-sized" Barbie doll . http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/73411000/jpg/_73411048_lammily3.jpg I'm going to get them to do a Melissa McEwan one, then buy stock in Unilever or some other plastics company! I hear about the body image thing from ALL the women I k...

Attorney General of the state of Kentucky announces he will NOT fight the court's decision to allow gay marriage. Worth a watch in my opinion. You can feel how much he personally wrestled with this. He is my hero of the day.
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I had a bizarre white guy moment today. I work for a German based industrial company. I went to a meeting of all the North American business units to discuss intellectual property over the last two days. So, out of the roughly 50 people in the conference there were four women. One was a lawyer, and ...

**censored** I wasn't a fan of John D at first, but he had the misfortune of joining right in the middle of the George Zimmerman 'debates'. Definitely not a good way to make friends and influence your neighbours. He does, however, make some good points + his cosplay style pics are awesome. Same tho...

**censored** I wasn't a fan of John D at first, but he had the misfortune of joining right in the middle of the George Zimmerman 'debates'. Definitely not a good way to make friends and influence your neighbours. He does, however, make some good points + his cosplay style pics are awesome. Same tho...

When did the perfectly ordinary "a problem" get replaced with "problematic"? Okay, forget when. Here's why, I think. Although "problematic" means, well "a problem", it sounds all clinical and science-y like the person using it just dropped down all three lenses of their steam-punk goggles loupe and...

This is interesting. For the first time that I can recall, the Crazy Professor is so concerned and perhaps worried about the quotes and references to his "false rape charge" from the past, that he is actually recalling the incident, linking to his earlier statements on it, and trying, weakly, weakl...

If they engage in a bit of fantasy play? Yeah, I imagine they do. Actually, I'm almost certain that they do. But so what? It's the moralising that's the problem, isn't it? The hypocrisy of railing against fetishizing rape while fantasising about it yourself, like Greta Christina writing whole books...

So that's a yes. So do you agree or disagree with my thesis.... or are you too fucking stupid to understand it? Other folks here have already shared a few good point about the value or indeed error in what I wrote. You, on the other hand, are acting like a fucking troll. Which is your prerogative I...

So that's a yes. So do you agree or disagree with my thesis.... or are you too fucking stupid to understand it? Other folks here have already shared a few good point about the value or indeed error in what I wrote. You, on the other hand, are acting like a fucking troll. Which is your prerogative I...

The fuck is your point? Do you really think that the feminists aren't engaging in a bit of fantasy play behind closed doors. Are you that dumb? As if talking to your partner before and making sure they're into the same shit is so fucking sensitive. Fuck you with a dead porcupine! Fucking ass-wipe.

Here is a definition of sexual assault from a local shelter and domestic abuse prevention group. Overall I think the group is fine and this is good work... but this definition is just wrong... Sexual assault is any nonconsensual sexual contact. These acts may include coercion (being persuaded or man...

John D said: And so my "theory" is simultaneously too over-reaching and too narrow. No. I said neither. I said it was too limiting -- not narrow; not over-arching -- as in it did not express the, as you put it, ridiculous complexity of people and behaviour, but sort of limited the drive to violence...

John D said (http://www.slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=164910#p164910): There are some very persistent drives that men have that lean toward violence and violence associated with sex. Well, while I think that is almost certainly true, I think it would be much more accurate to say: There are som...

Suet Cardigan wrote:
Some men think that sex is gentile and caring and nice and kind etc.
Sex is gentile? More proof of the Pit's rampant antisemitism! Or something.

haha! Oops.... my Christian heritage privilege is showing!... Oy!

I am gonna have to have a chat with my daughter about this tentacle rape thing. Haha. I know this sounds a bit funny, but she has taken some 300 level classes on human sexuality. She actually went to a titty-bar as part of a research paper... haha... the stuff they do in college these days. Here is ...

His horrible fantasies involve many a cephalopod. What a nasty, stupid man PZ is. It makes more and more sense, the longer I listen to PZ, RW, etc., that they would all be friends. In psych, what little I remember from years ago, their strong and almost violent reaction to "rape culture" is what we...

Wikipedia: Reaction Formation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_formation A man who is overly aroused by pornographic material who uses reaction formation may take on an attitude of criticism toward the topic. He may end up sacrificing many of the positive things in his life, including family r...

@Hunt Not just his female students - not that he just said 'students', full stop. Apparently, Peez's concern about being falsely accused of rape even extends to male students accusing him of slapping down teh ghey on them. Someone mentioned previously the point that PZ's own paranoia about false ac...

One of my hobbies is boardgaming and I have about 150. I'm also currently running a Pathfinder adventure path twice a week. It's hard to find time to fit in a bit of misogyny now and again but I manage. Jesus H.... do live anywhere near Detroit? I lust for your game collection. FYI... my latest fav...

'Pitter gamers (especially board games and meatspace RPGs) might enjoy reading some of Martin Rundkvist's blog posts on gaming. Many of his posts are on archaeology (his is one of the long-standing ScienceBlogs), but there are also quite a few reviews of games and various gaming conferences/meetups...

Aliens is one of the best movies of all time... IMHO.

and bhoytony.... I am 52 years old an run about two 5ks each week. I am in great shape because I did fuck up my back playing American football, or my knees playing European football, or my rotator cuff by wrestling. Nerds rule.... jocks drool. Hey, I just saw that picture of you dressed as George J...

'Pitter gamers (especially board games and meatspace RPGs) might enjoy reading some of Martin Rundkvist's blog posts on gaming. Many of his posts are on archaeology (his is one of the long-standing ScienceBlogs), but there are also quite a few reviews of games and various gaming conferences/meetups...

I'm sure I've played Settlers of Catan ages ago with my dad. Is that the one where you have to trade grain and wood and stuff and build roads? Is it years old? Jesus Christ, no wonder you're all a bunch of fannies on here, spending your childhood locked indoors playing Dungeons and Dragons and simi...

Here I am dressed as my alter ego "The Commander" with my kids dressed as a Space Pirate and Valkeeri Warrior. These are characters from my minis game. We went to the game convention like this. Yep....

Even if that were true I would be playing the role of a mental case battering a doctor to death with a candlestick, not a fucking elf. Is it really a candlestick Tone? Is it? Or is The Flaming Sword of Imnar ? Are you killing Doctor Black in the drawing room or are you slaying a level 13 Frost Gobl...

BarnOwl wrote:Those miniatures are awesome, Parsehole!

Any other 'Pitters played Killer Bunnies?

Not a big Killer Bunnies fan. Much prefer Munchkin.

Tony Parsehole wrote:@Tigzy.
AWwwww....Bless ya. Shame the one thing I'm half decent at has no market. Back to selling second hand spoons for the Parsehole family I'm afraid.

Care to share a picture or two?

Tigzy wrote:
Reckon you could get some more painting work out of it, Parse? (BTW, for anyone not in the know, Parsehole is a fucking ASTOUNDING miniature painter.)

Truly - or are you just fucking with me?

Spirit animals on the 'Pit. What have we become? One of my bosses used to call me "Poodle-boy." WTF. What does that even mean? But... in D&D my familiar will be a poodle. A little black toy poodle with a Merlin hat. They don't shed you know. Mine will be a beautiful housefly called Clive. Speaking ...

Spirit animals on the 'Pit. What have we become? One of my bosses used to call me "Poodle-boy." WTF. What does that even mean? But... in D&D my familiar will be a poodle. A little black toy poodle with a Merlin hat. They don't shed you know. Do you have curly hair? I used to get called "Poodle-head...

Tony Parsehole wrote:Spirit animals on the 'Pit.
What have we become?

One of my bosses used to call me "Poodle-boy." WTF. What does that even mean? But... in D&D my familiar will be a poodle. A little black toy poodle with a Merlin hat. They don't shed you know.

Alright, no more riling up Welch, it's well past his naptime and he's getting cranky. The baboons need to do something amusing soon... Should I remind everyone of the French guy I work with whose name is "Douche-Tuat?" Yep.... that is his real name. I had to ask my coworker, who is French Canadian,...

another lurker wrote:omg yes, welch's spirit animal is a honey badger

Fuck yeah. Honey Badger don't give a shit. And I have been laughing my ass off at all this ranting today.... and the pit has been very entertaining. Thanks everyone. Signed - Jean Douche-Tuat

Alright, no more riling up Welch, it's well past his naptime and he's getting cranky. The baboons need to do something amusing soon... Should I remind everyone of the French guy I work with whose name is "Douche-Tuat?" Yep.... that is his real name. I had to ask my coworker, who is French Canadian,...

Welch knows me to be a racist. Can we start the Trayvon discussion again?!?!?

I suspect few people think about the foundation of the criminal justice system. The fact is that when you do a crime, even if the crime is against a person, you are a criminal against the state. The state is the party that you are in conflict with. The state, through law, legal precedent, and histor...

For those who have not read it. Here is the link to the article that has some of the feministas up in arms over the Marcotte article titled Prosecutors Arrest Alleged Rape Victim to Make Her Cooperate in Their Case. They Made the Right Call. The sad, unavoidable truth is that we have to decide what...

"Alcoholism" is best defined as a physical addiction to alcohol. As far as I can tell I do not have this condition. I have often stopped drinking for a week at a time with no ill effects. It does not even seem to affect my sleeping. I understand and I am not trying to claim my definition of "alcoho...

Sorry for the quote fail.... the one time I don't preview and shit!

[quote="John D"But, many people have this same reaction to coffee. Is most of America addicted to coffee? Perhaps. Does this make them coffeeholics? I guess I don't really know how to answer this. Caffeine IS addicting but not really in the same way. It's rare to see anyone drink coffee "to excess,...

"Alcoholism" is best defined as a physical addiction to alcohol. As far as I can tell I do not have this condition. I have often stopped drinking for a week at a time with no ill effects. It does not even seem to affect my sleeping. Is it? I can do the same, and I've never drank frequently for mont...

On a different topic, I enjoyed this article about post-modernist babble.... and the comments are good for a chuckle.
http://thepaperthinhymn.com/2010/01/26/ ... modernism/

With the right makeup, hair and lighting she actually does pass as 'conventionally attractive'. The body, not so much, though. It's a great trap. If you look, and you like it, you're a perv and probably a rapist. If you look, and you don't like it, you're fat/age/slut shaming If you don't look, you...

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