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I didn't make the shame pile, and I'm one of the longer-standing pitters too. :( I think Jadehawk is a master ruseman and has hatched a clever plan to divide the pit. The ones who made the Hawklist will feel all smug and superior, the ones who didn't will feel all ignored and hard done by. Congratu...

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HunnyBunny wrote:The twitter trans-activists come out in force for Bruce Jenner and give him the traditional Pit welcome
http://i.imgur.com/PqK2Nvy.png
I thought everyone got to pick the pronouns they want.

Only if you pick what they approve of.

:lol: This? ;-) https://twitter.com/SteersMann/status/591082201996861440 https://twitter.com/SteersMann/status/591082201996861440 But reminds me of a joke: Jesus talking to a crowd about to stone a woman for adultery: â€œLet he who is without sin cast the first stone.â€ Silence, then a stone comes...

David Pakman Show with Vox Day LMAO. What if anything could possibly go wrong? Vox Day's thought processes, for a start. :lol: Sure, some races are dumber. But that doesn't mean they're worse, or anything. BTW, I'm in the top percentile for intelligence - and I'm not even really white! :lol: :lol: ...

John's Fucking Hopkins! The students of Johns Hopkins University have a message for Chick-fil-A: No, thank you. The universityâ€™s Student Government Association approved a resolution this week saying that university officials should pick â€œother non-discriminatory optionsâ€ and rule out any â€œcu...

Nerd is claiming that the claim has already been proved and that you're too biased or stupid to acknowledge the proof. That much i got. But what does this mean? You canâ€™t prove your point until you take it outside of yourself. Which you canâ€™t do, except to point at another opinion. Well, he pro...

Re: Ally Fogg and his latest. What I find interesting was my reflex to make excuses for him along the lines of, he really does not know what the situation is, mainstream media is overwhelmingly lying about #GamerGate so it is reasonable to expect that he would not know and blah blah blah. The only ...

Apparently if your gallbladder turns into a sack full of 2cm marbles, it has to come out. And Percocet is wonderful. Too bad I have a very strong aversion to narcotics and won't take it now that I'm out of the hospital. In the spirit of helpful Pit camaraderie. I'd be happy to PM you my mailing add...

My biggest nitpick with the Pit is how PZ's work at UMM is put down. What he's doing is honorable work. There's nothing wrong with teaching biology to undergrads at a small liberal arts college. He's not a great scientist, but he doesn't claim to be. If he did claim to be a great scientst, I'd say ...

I like Steersman too despite myself. I have always liked someone with a dogged determination in the face of adversity. He does not go emo' either. I have always assumed 2 and 3 were done by a handful of people but I have not kept track. It is the one thing that can wreck our credibility although I ...

TRIGGER WARNING: BIOLOGICAL GENDER AHOY. Men are genetically half female? That means that a son will get half his genes from his mother (100 % genetically female) and half from his father (50% genetically female) making him ... erm ... 75% genetically female. I don't think he's thought this through...

Apparently if your gallbladder turns into a sack full of 2cm marbles, it has to come out. And Percocet is wonderful. Too bad I have a very strong aversion to narcotics and won't take it now that I'm out of the hospital.

http://pioneersofbearddom.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/052812-opinions-history-sanders-ozersky-1-ss-662w-at-1x.jpg Harland David "Colonel" Sanders never actual fought for his country (or any other). He also did no public service and treated his wife in a manner later emulated by Dr. Richard Carri...

Fuck. Now on crutches in a knee brace. I found out that in a game of rock, knee, scissors rock always beats knee. Oh come on, admit it. There was no rock. You went to a Skepchickie conference, or one of Carrier's orgies, didn't you? :lol: Seriously though, I hope you get better soon. Ah, right - kn...

Remember when PZ promoted Jaclyn Glenn then later decided she was the new worst person ever? That was fun. I'd love to have a list of all the people who went from Pharyngula darlings to WotW. I'm not sure about all of these, but at least most of these have been attacked by Myers: Vacula. Dawkins. C...

I don't wanna sound like one of those utilitarian dips who think that any activity which does not generate immediate economic returns is worthless, but it's just a fact that academia does not pay as well as industry and it never will. Even within the sciences, public sector researchers do not make ...

Brive1987 wrote:PZ says "we have a militarized police force that basically executes people they donâ€™t like. "

Ponder that for a moment.

Yes, we're just like North Korea.

I don't wanna sound like one of those utilitarian dips who think that any activity which does not generate immediate economic returns is worthless, but it's just a fact that academia does not pay as well as industry and it never will. Even within the sciences, public sector researchers do not make ...

An interesting article about SJWs. Nothing new for this forum, but a great analysis of why they're re authoritarian, and why they're a threat to liberalism. Peezus linked to the article from here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/04/20/spare-me-these-poseurs/ He writes: Why do we pay a w...

An interesting article about SJWs. Nothing new for this forum, but a great analysis of why they're re authoritarian, and why they're a threat to liberalism. Ah, so my observation of how the extreme left and right bend towards each other actually has a name -- the Horseshoe Theory. https://en.wikipe...

In other news, Toni Morrison thinks racism will be over when a cop shoots a white unarmed teenager in the back. http://www.salon.com/2015/04/20/i_want_to_see_a_cop_shoot_a_white_unarmed_teenager_in_the_back_toni_morrison_on_racism_in_america/ You mean like this: A two-year-old case involving the sh...

Ah fuck, I meant 'prequel.' Not remake.

If anyone hasn't seen "The Grey" starring Liam Neeson, watch it. It's fucking incredible. It's Liam Neeson, so could you clarify whether you mean "fucking incredible" in a good way? Yeah, his movies tend to be depressing as fuck. Even in the shitty Star Wars remake he was a Debbie downer. So while ...

Moment of truth time - I didn't realise Godfrey was a Poe for about a month. Nor did I. Not until someone suggested it did I get suspicious. If it were down to me he'd still catch me out. Pure genius..I can't...sniff.... Yeah. He had me for quite some time. He really acted the part in those early m...

@Skep Tickle The following had my eyes bulging: From :http://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/17/richard-carriers-latest-smears/ where until recently pregnant women in hospitals had their pelvises broken without their consent in order to facilitate Catholic theology I found a reference here: http://ar...

Quick question. Watson is claiming someone (Steersman, perhaps?) has been posting about her "daily" for "five years." The reference appears to be towards the venerated 'pit, where I am currently posting. Am I the only one who notices the 'pit has only existed since 2012? July 3rd, 2012 for set-up. ...

https://twitter.com/rebeccawatson/status/589521354854039555 The SlymePit's not even three years old. How did that happen? https://twitter.com/pzmyers/status/589530322020118529 So, I assume the leader is Abbie? He is afraid to say her name, like she is busy being Lord Voldemort when not researching ...

CaptainFluffyBunny wrote:Oh, come on. 19 guests. At least one or two of you are a proud SJW and can bravely stand up for your ideology. I'd post it on your turf, but it seems I was banned.

I could go over there as I've never been banned. Rather, I left because I was revolted by Paul and 'The Horde.'

So, no, I've got nothing to 'live down.' You had some poor soldier stuck between a rock-and-a-hard place. Commit murder or be murdered. Pretty shitty choices. I grew up hearing all about it. And there were at least a couple more clans involved besides the Campbells (though I do not remember which o...

[ Ah, King Arthur. I'm part Campbell and Campbell family legend says the Campbells are descended from King Arthur. Complete bullshit and, as far as I know, we all know it's bullshit. But we're not the only ones, it really wasn't all that uncommon. You do not necessarily want to advertise that you a...

I apologize sincerely rayshul, I just saw a Monty Python moment and took it, which was indeed very rude since I am just a guest. But I agree with you 100%. Why not take the plunge and register? It takes seconds, is completely free and the fascist tit only sells your details to highly reputable part...

[ Ah, King Arthur. I'm part Campbell and Campbell family legend says the Campbells are descended from King Arthur. Complete bullshit and, as far as I know, we all know it's bullshit. But we're not the only ones, it really wasn't all that uncommon. You do not necessarily want to advertise that you a...

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Feminism, you're drunk!

Jeeze... I'd rather listen to nails on a chalkboard...

............... Ah, King Arthur. I'm part Campbell and Campbell family legend says the Campbells are descended from King Arthur. Complete bullshit and, as far as I know, we all know it's bullshit. But we're not the only ones, it really wasn't all that uncommon. But I'm also sure that somewhere alon...

murtzuphlus wrote: I do too, but that doesn't mean the Dick is wrong on this particular point. And I dont give a fuck about Bayesian approach. My point is that other scholars, like Ehrman, has not provided any credible evidence. Why is the John Frum approach ubelievable? Since when I first read Wel...

I know this is a lot to ask, but can someone please reiterate the GamerGate thingy for me? Who is fighting who and why? Preferably in one single paragraph. Please feel free to ask me to fuck off. It started a long time before the current go-around. We had Gerstman fired from GameSpot over a bad rev...

Seriously? He comes off as worlds more trustworthy there than Carrier does. May I ask why? The only valid argument I have seen for historicity of Jebus is that "most historians agree". That's not a valid argument. That's a variation on the informal fallacy of Argumentum ad Populum . Most geologists...

Star Wars had one lead female character. And like I said, she ends up in a gold space bikini chained to a giant horny space slug. It was.. it was.. it reeked of misogyny. :dance: That was the exact point where people started to look at me funny (probably wondering if I was having some kind of seizu...

OMG. That was great!

So, apparently Twitter has shit the bed with their new "quality filter" . People are effectively getting shadowbanned if they have too many blockers, which means that: -You can't tweet at anyone that's not following you -You can only tweet at your own followers if they tweet you first -You can't tw...

Brive1987 wrote:Watson says nothing despite speaking for 8 mins on Patreon

http://i.imgur.com/2VZ99zp.jpg

At least her glasses are real. Unlike Hensley's...

I agree, Greta is certainly not the only person wto thinks they are right about everything political and insists on smearing opponents as evil instead of addressing ideas. I have also known plenty of right wing types who are that way too. I just don't get that mentality, to me it encompasses both a...

Brive1987 wrote:
Anyone still inclined to defer to Dick's general scholarship?

Didn't think so. ;)

No. Never was. I had him pegged as a pretentious blow-hard long before the 'rift' as it were.

:roll: Phil Plait Read (or skim) this pretty cool article all the way to the postscript at the end, and then follow the final link to the SciAm blog post whose "interesting line of discussion" Plait says he's "mulling over." So DNLee is worried that she and her ilk will not get off earth? Gee I won...

:roll: Phil Plait Read (or skim) this pretty cool article all the way to the postscript at the end, and then follow the final link to the SciAm blog post whose "interesting line of discussion" Plait says he's "mulling over." As soon as you mentioned Phil Plait I knew the internal link would end up ...

Regreta had a recent turd of an article attacking American Atheists CPAC outreach. She whined about a bunch of "incidents" at AAcon where people disagreed with her or her friends. She claimed these incidents were harassment. I wrote a sharply critical response here: https://theyetisroar.wordpress.c...

Brilliant stuff from Gefan. PZ thinks all pit satire is shit....so it must be good! http://i.imgur.com/AH49HJG.png lol. SJWs never get anything if it mocks them or their icons. I remember when the SJWs threw Ted Rall, a bleeding-heart liberal if there ever was one, over his cartoons of Obama and ho...

I agree that not all subpoenas require a lawyer and apologize for the misleading, blanket statement. But when there's even the small chance that you might end up as a defendant (in a defamation suit), you get a lawyer. That much I'm sure of. As to the lurkers.... If any are confused by the comments...

Guestus Aurelius wrote:Welcome back, longtime Slymepitter David Jones.

Who?

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:Godfrey Elfwick: who would you vote for?

http://i.imgur.com/DpXeJ8z.png

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Mr-Nottin ... story.html

I think 'None of the Above' should be an option.

Southern wrote:On the subject of Nugent rebuking Peezus, I just remembered something: Scott Adams did it before it was cool. He even used to call PZ "the bearded taint", remember that?

Yeah. It was pretty funny.

So this Hugo Awards business... can someone tell me if I have the gist of it? The "Sad Puppies" people complained about the injection of politics into the Hugo Awards, argued in favor of voting on merit alone, and put out a list of people/works they'd like to see win. It goes viral, and lots of peo...

I am actually exhaling a huge sigh. My question is after all the back and forth between Atheist Ireland and a few other organizations, what is the end result? It's disheartening but PZ Myers won't stop doing what he's doing without an actual consequence. He doesn't care that he and his minions are ...

I'm sure that Shermer's defense lawyer would argue an alternative theory that the wheel chair is part of Smith's ret con for regret sex. The jury would have to vote not guilty on the grounds of reasonable doubt, unless there was compelling evidence put forward by the prosecution. IANAL but have rea...

This place seems a little bit less active. But I do see Pitter nym's in other places, like the KotakuInAction subreddit, for example. Personally, I'm naturally more of a lurker than a contributor (and I'm probably not alone in that). I've been lurking from the pretty much the beginning; I even wrot...

Of all the shitty things that pz has done, recommending a book isn't one of them. Even if the person who wrote it is a plagiarist. However that fact should be pointed out to pz in case the author did the same with his book that is being recommended. And yet he burned Jonah Lehrer (another self-plag...

Lsuoma wrote:What's going to happen to freeloaders like Watson when they're no longer able to freeload?

She'll get a job at Walmart. They'll hire pretty much anyone.

On Twitter she said "someone" emailed her workplace. Ergo Slymepit. Mykeru did call Myers' university. I don't know if that's what she's referring to. On the other hand, Myers posted Skep's name and place of work encouraging his monkeys to contact her employers. Yes, that might very well be a case ...

Maybe I'm showing my age, but my first thought would have been "Gomer Pyle" - the Jim Nabors character who was good-hearted, but a tad bit slow. Also, a redneck or hick, a good-ol-boy, a country bumpkin. Things like that. A bit ablest and classist, I would suppose. Probably don't see that explanati...

1) Playing the "which string of letters might MN's filter have caught" game, I'm going to go with "false". 2) What, I don't warrant "respect ful " disagreement? ;) 3) Nah, I still think JREF cut the ties long ago: no invitation to speak since 2011 & one of their senior fellows dissed Myers in a spe...

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