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

And stop fucking drinking. Remember where you were a few months ago? You're feeling better now, aren't you? For now. One of the hardest things about breaking people of self-destructive habits like drinking to excess is humans have a difficult time remembering the pain. You remember vaguely, in the ...

Here is David Silverman's detailed explanation of his "conservatism" In case some of you have questions about the American Conservative article, yes, I once considered myself a conservative. I don't anymore, because I'm only conservative fiscally - socially I'm a liberal. But my point is that social...

Don't know if there are any paying members of the American Humanist Association here. I am a member and also a registered celebrant. So, somehow I feel like I have at least a bit of skin in the game at that organization. But shit.... that Roy Speckhartd is a douche canoe. He wrote a most pretentious...

I almost started a Facebook fight with my nephew... but I resisted. I only see him about once a year and so we don't know each other very well. So, he is an ex-Marine and left the service to become one of us unimportant slobs. He is trying to attend community college, but it is a struggle for him. H...

One of many common manosphere tropes (feminised education punishing boys for being boys) shows up over at the Grounded Parents article I was also allowed to lower the grades of another student. He had a 95 average. But he was a pain in the ass. He was uncooperative and rude. So instead of the high ...

Show me where Hendrix always puts his thumb over the neck to rest. He does not, none of them do. I am going round in circles because I was clearly talking about muscle learning and bad habits. But it is not my problem, you recommend every beginner to hook his thumb as a fixed playing style (which b...

Having both taken biology at university and taught it at undergraduate and postgraduate level I don't see the issue there. University level biology is not the same as high school biology. You are expected to do a lot more reading yourself. Just because you got straight A's before is absolutely no g...

My advice to kids is that they will have to work their ass off in life. Get over it. It is just going to happen. So, if you have to work anyways, you might as well try to get a job that pays decent and is somewhat interesting. Indeed. To coin a phrase, I have seen the future and it is work. But som...

â€¦. Work is hard. I have never met anyone who is always happy to get up every day and just can't wait to go to work. I think the only people that feel this way are the ones you see on TV..... they find the one person who LOVES their job and they interview them. Haha. And then some people think the...

Everything's easy if you aren't doing it. Look at how many people shit on K-12 teachers, as if what they do is easy, including PZ all too often. It's one reason why I dislike the term "unskilled" labor. Anything requires some skill. Sometimes, it's a skill a lot of people have, but having worked in...

Haha. I work with many people from non-English speaking countries. Sometimes I find a name that is funny in English. One of my favorites is Birger Assmann. It just has the sort of funny sound with an odd meaning. He is a great guy and I would never harass him about his name... but... it is still fun...

Fuck me.... the two handed sword discussion was way better than a full page on tenure. Damn. So, who here is old enough to remember those really amazing vibrating football games from the 1970s? They had a metal table that vibrated and a bunch of tiny plastic football players (American Football oh c...

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Here is a must see. There is a penis museum in Iceland.... and who will be the first human to leave his member for posterity.

Fuck me.... the two handed sword discussion was way better than a full page on tenure. Damn. So, who here is old enough to remember those really amazing vibrating football games from the 1970s? They had a metal table that vibrated and a bunch of tiny plastic football players (American Football oh co...

I guess the reason is that no one was actually prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse and so they have to make do with found objects. What.... no one could find a sharp stick?... Or attach a kitchen knife to a broomstick? That's the first thing I would do. Haha. Fucking Walking Dead zombies don't even ...

A study of Korean history will show that dual-wielding was not only done, but pretty fucking useful. Hmmmm.... I am no expert at Asian history by any means. (Only one class in Uni and not much personal reading). Aren't almost all two-sword methods only effective for personal combat such a duels? Th...

A study of Korean history will show that dual-wielding was not only done, but pretty fucking useful. Hmmmm.... I am no expert at Asian history by any means. (Only one class in Uni and not much personal reading). Aren't almost all two-sword methods only effective for personal combat such a duels? Th...

The Romans didn't actually use the phalanx. They used a system of smaller, more flexible sub-units called maniples that were less deep and much better able to deal with uneven ground. The Romans certainly did use the Phalanx... but it was compacted (and the name changed as you describe) in later ye...

I've used double wielding in many of my LARP ventures. Beats a sword-and-shield most times. I also was taught the technic as a kid in my fencing lessons. It was just a basic exercise to get righties and lefties to have a feel of what their opponent was doing. It was great fun. Also, how did that du...

Lathes have existed for decades, but they still haven't designed a mechanism that forces a stop if things get tangled in them? Seems like such a rudimentary flaw that should've been sorted out years ago. They did it with escalators, why not lathes? Or was it simply that this one was an older model?...

Change decades to milennia. Lathes were even older than I thought. Just guessing, but I think it would be really hard to put some kind of torque brake system on a lathe. Lathes often turn square cross-sections into round ones. The forces are high and irregular. Anything that would detect an item of...

I mean seriously. Look again at this list. and... mind you ... this is on Wikipedia. It is not some SJW site. I read this in some detail. I am entirely convinced I could not have a conversation about a medical topic without breaking several of the rules. I do not think this is because I am insensiti...

Indeed, you are right. I tested the "wheelchair bound" topic with my wife last night. I said... Well OK John, it looks like you've settled this one in your mind. I can't help thinking, though, that not everyone lives in the 'Slympit vs SJL' bubble and has a hair-trigger sensibility to either imagin...

In the latest news, a promising young woman who wanted to go into a STEM field has decided she can do more good in the world pursuing social justice.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/stu ... n=newshour

It made me laugh, a little. In my eyes, this isnâ€™t a matter of oversensitivity, or undersensitivity, or privilege-blindness. This just reinforces the fact that I (as a white man) have all the power in this relationship. They cannot get on with their own lives unless they convince me I am blind to...

[.... get a check from the government every month - it's called being "disabled," and people who don't spend the money to build ramps and oversized bathroom stalls to accommodate the small minority of people who are wheelchair-bound get their asses sued under the ADA. You have a beef with your own ...

A+ genius Flewellyn agrees with Kassiane that saying "I'm surprised you remember to breath" is horribly ableist. However, when he tries think of acceptable alternatives, he comes up with (among other things): â€œasshatâ€ and synonyms, such as â€œrectal haberdasherâ€ or â€œanal millinerâ€, and â€...

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_searle_ou ... sness.html
This Mr. Searle sounds interesting on the subject of consciousness (and thus free-will vs. determinism). He reminds me of my favorite Mr. Thomas Metzinger.

ianfc wrote:The Scythian shot, is that anything like the Parthian shot?

Haha! That is exactly what it is! I got my "enemies of ancient Rome" nations confused. What a retard!

Haha... wikipedia has a list. Don't use blind either.... as in "I suffered in the storm to the point where I was snow blind." This is an insult to people who are chronically blind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disability-related_terms_with_negative_connotations Yeah, but, hang on, John. Jus...

Haha... wikipedia has a list. Don't use blind either.... as in "I suffered in the storm to the point where I was snow blind." This is an insult to people who are chronically blind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disability-related_terms_with_negative_connotations Yeah, but, hang on, John. Jus...

I'm sorry but, I have *never* in my life interpreted 'wheelchair bound' to mean something akin to slavery/bondage, let alone 'talking down' to the person in the chair! Okay, Lurker, so you haven't thought about this term before, and fair enough because it doesn't really feature in your life. Now th...

Normal words evolve into slurs according to social usage. One example; I mentioned to a friend that we had a large number of Punjabis that moved into Canada during the 1970s. He thought that Punjabi was a racial slur because usually when he heard it, it was preceded by the word "fucking". In realit...

Normal words evolve into slurs according to social usage. One example; I mentioned to a friend that we had a large number of Punjabis that moved into Canada during the 1970s. He thought that Punjabi was a racial slur because usually when he heard it, it was preceded by the word "fucking". In realit...

And - for completeness - here is a rebuttal. This debate is as old as 1899... and still unresolved. "The Real White Man's Burden" by Ernest Howard Crosby Take up the White Man's burden; Send forth your sturdy sons, And load them down with whisky And Testaments and guns â€¦ And don't forget the facto...

Poetry Time! "The White Man's Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands" - Rudyard Kipling Take up the White Man's burden, Send forth the best ye breed Go bind your sons to exile, to serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild-- Your new-caught, sullen ...

But many of those who rail against the use of cunt seem perfectly happy to use other pejoratives Non gender specific words such as shit or wank or fuck are perfectly acceptable to feminists because they cannot be perceived as misogynistic. Male gender specific words such as cock also for the same r...

Also cultural appropriation (from the Romans) and shaming of donkey otherkin. Huh, this game is fun. I can see why they like playing it. We should come up with a name for it. How about 'Dictionary Atheist Sceptic"? Or "SkepDic"? Maybe Dictionary Shaming or DicSham for short? How about Dictionary St...

If you teach people that any kind of pain is the end of the world, they react that way. If you teach them that pain isn't some eeeeeeevil thing, but a sign that something happened, and how to deal with it, they end up not being so scared of it. It's the difference between respecting pain and fearin...

Do You Have to Pee Standing Up to Be a Real Man? http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/pee-standing-real-man-73133/ Seems to argue that perhaps only 50% of men (or women) have a penis that pees out a hole in the top. If other men (or women) have a penis with a hypospadia, they can't s...

This one's from four years ago, modelled on the Major-General's song. ROBOKiTTY I am the apex of organic evolution incarnate; I perch atop the echelons of critters synthesized to date. While lesser lifeforms laze around, complacent in their vanity, I, ROBOKiTTY rise as overloard of all Felinity. My...

Here's something fantasy-themed from ten years ago. Awakening "Rise, the one who sleeps in the frozen darkness Rise, for fate is cruel, unopposed, and wanton; We, the faithful ones, undefiled and chaste, stand In such impure fire." Then the elder sage down the path, steps solemn, Neared the altar g...

Just to put myself out there, I'll offer up some of my poetry. This one was written deliberately to be awful. Ching-Chong Qing1 cong1, qin2 cong1, qing3 chong1 qin1 chong3 qin2 chong2 é’è”¥ã€èŠ¹è”¥ï¼Œè«‹æ²–è¦ªå¯µå‹¤èŸ²ã€‚ Green onion, celery, please hose down the dearly doted-on industrious worm....

So "AIDSphobic" is now a thing.... Because being scared of an incurable disease that gives you a slow painful death is obviously an "irrational fear". https://twitter.com/morganmpage/status/433969990652268546 I'm "aids phobic" "cancer phobic" "coronary artery disease phobic" and most importantly "s...

She is looking better these days. The hair is coming along nicely and soon she will be able to have a cut that is actually a bit attractive. (HINT: If you don't dye your eyebrows at the same time as dying your hair you will look freaky. People with red hair usually have red or blondish eyebrows) Wh...

There is a new RW patreon only video up. I'll link later. Here you are. Gawk but keep moving please. http://youtu.be/rgbj9fDxww0 Takeouts: She has spotted she has "an enemy" in the fold. She got a (semi) non consensual hug from her 60 yo Doctor which proves blindness and pity are a dangerous combin...

Sam Harris rebuts Dennett's criticism of the "Free Will" book. Two men yelling past each other. What fun!
http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the- ... tes-lament

Linguistics is also a field where people liek to use statistics, but where most people get it wrong. I don't claim to be an exception. Is there any way to use statistics that is not wrong? Yes! When used correctly statistics is an amazing tool! I love the entire subject. I find statistics more usef...

Long before HJ Hornbeck, many people have discussed the problem of p values and how to replace them Here's the latest from nature: http://www.nature.com/news/scientific-method-statistical-errors-1.14700 Scientific method: Statistical errors P values, the 'gold standard' of statistical validity, are...

In other news: Tammy Bruce launches Feminism 2.0 [youtube]ZR9FHKKbMZo[/youtube] (some of the comments ... lol) Haha. Well... it is interesting to point out what the "women's movement" has done. The changes brought on by feminism has not made most women very happy. But.... Tammy's ideas are bizarre....

:lol: It's getting funny on the Dawkins philosophy tweet thread on Pharyngula. Peezus is getting annoyed that everyone isn't joining in with the Dawkins bashing and so he's trying to big-up his own seminal scientific discoveries as examples of something philosophers also didn't discover (presumably...

As you all might recall from upthread, Elyse Andery bought a $225 top, even though she knew that her husband might soon lose his job. And then her husband did indeed lose his job, because his company was bought out and the new owners fired 90% of her husband's ex-company's employees. And you all mi...

I detest the Lord of the Rings , the films as well as the book. I think it's pulp. There. Now hate me. I also wish I knew even one really great science fiction novel. I would love to read one. I can't think of any. The writing is mostly abysmal (compared with the writing of Flaubert, Chekhov, Kafka...

I remember "The Star", Clarke's short fiction is often very good. Heinlein is someone I read for the same reason as I read Van Vogt: A sort of masochistic awe at how fucking terrible he is. Asimov, I find okay in the best of his writing, but the best is a tiny part of his vast output, 99% of which ...

oh fuck me that review is so right The single most symbolic event in the failure of Jacksonâ€™s films to understand what the point of the story is, is the excising of The Scouring of the Shire. Citing budgets (on these billion dollar films) and time constraints (with extended editions several weeks...

WHY WOULD YOU TAKE A GREAT CLASSIC OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND MAKE YOUR OWN SHIT UP IN IT AND ADD CAMEOS FOR YOUR BUDDIES AND ADD A GIANT INTRODUCTION AND INCLUDE ALL THIS BULLSHIT PREQUEL SHIT AND FUCKING FUCK WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PETER JACKSON DUDE NEEDS A KICK IN HIS ARSEHOLE Yes!!!! The p...

My kids saw the movie and now won't read the book because "it is boring and different" Fuck you Peter Jackson. Got my own back when they say the last Hobbit and complained that their childhood book had been ruined. :x I'm not gonna rant about Jackson, because what you need for a book and what you n...

If you want some good fantasy nerdporn, I recommend the first three books in Joel Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame series. The setup is literally "What if our D&D game turned real?" and it is way better than such a premise has any right to be. Also one of the dudes is an engineer and fucking chea...

I keep about half of my books on the shelves and the half of my books that I read scattered on the floor in makeshift stacks. It's pretty sad that I can recognize a few of Martin's books, but then, I never claimed that being a nerd was a negative trait for men, unlike feminism. I will say that the ...

Now... this is funny. Sometimes The Onion nails it!
http://www.theonion.com/articles/lolo-j ... :1:Default

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