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

Lay off Hitch. See above. You want to call him a "cultist" you need to bring some ammo. I actually found him highly entertaining, I just happen to disagree with some of his politics. Contrast with Jillette, Dawkins and Meyers (etal), who just strike me as douchey. Though I love Dawkins "science" bo...

She wonders why people behave differently when thinking about the threats Rebecca Watson receives (where are they, anyway?) when compared to, say, responding to racist remarks. Someone with a clue needs to talk to these people. Trolls are racist, sexist and homophobic serial assholes. And they hate...

So, 7 people were "assaulted" ... Sorry for the post-apoplexy but its late and I'm pretty well liquored up and pissed off. Assault has a precise legal definition and assuming anyone actually *was* assaulted and the victim/witnesses didn't report it to the proper authorities, they have no one to bla...

Amy's tears were due to something "personal" and secret Yes, there was something else that had her in tears which was unrelated to Dr. Hall's shirt. I have a pretty good idea what it was, too (since I was privy to it). But unless Amy wants to mention it, I'm staying mum, as it was a bit personal. L...

My impression is that opinion of Ms. "Radial Tire" amongst the veteran JREF commenters has been pretty low since she got herself banned in 08. With the occasional exception here and there, of course. btw, love the Dawkins meme 8-) Was just about to say the same thing myself. In fact, I had forgotte...

Anti-theists are not "NoGod cultists" They (we) are anti-religion, which is more than just a dictionary definition of atheist. It's the position that religion itself is harmful. (Religion Poisions everything). I truly cannot comprehend how Hitch was a "NoGod cultist" to you. Elaborate? Well, to me ...

It seems to me that the atheist movement has become so large that factions have begun forming. The most obvious group which has delineated itself is the FreeThought/PZ fans. This article is tailor made for that audience, and if you go visit Pharyngula, youâ€™ll see a lot of them are eating it up. T...

We have a word for the universe. It's universe. Why add in the completely unnecessary extra hypotheses of "there is something called god", "this god is the exact same thing as the universe" and usually from what I hear "this god/universe is conscious in some way". Why bother? It's like any other at...

If you want a slightly dilluted contemporary version os Solanas, try Amanda Marcotte, friend of Skepchick and Myers. She has interesting things to say about Lacross players... What's sad is that sexual assault is a particularly odious crime because its both over and under-reported. And it's false a...

Here's a good article explaining lots I didn't know about Valerie Solanas. http://www.geoffreyfalk.com/wp_blog/?p=20543 Heh From her Wiki... She wrote the SCUM Manifesto, which urged women to "overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and eliminate the male...

tachikoma wrote:
I have even heard a suggestion that speakers in skeptical events should be prohibited from engaging in carnal liaisons with any attendees who were not also on stage.
Perhaps this is actually specifically targeting Shermer?

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It is becoming quite palpable to me (at least) that the signal distinction between the tribes of the FfTBers versus the Sl(i)ymeptters is that of worldly experience[1]. One group has it, the other does not. Now, if one takes as an axiom that "worldly experience" is a "good thing", then should we el...

From Aron Ra on Taslima's blog: I have even heard a suggestion that speakers in skeptical events should be prohibited from engaging in carnal liaisons with any attendees who were not also on stage. This is just absurd. The excuse is that there is supposedly some unequal power issue which leaves tho...

sacha wrote: I have the smilies blocked, so it really does not matter to me any longer, although the banana emoticonshttp://msghelp.net/images/smilies/masturbanana.gif seem to get through the block (WTF?). Does anyone really need their emoticons to distract from the actual words on the page?

Just look at the front page of reddit.com There it is. Atheism in the top bar. Where is the evidence that all the posters making sexist comments were made by atheists? Did someone go through and check a few to see if they were regular posters on /r/atheism ? Where is the evidence? This is akin to s...

Lovely wife-soon-to-be. She is the sweetest person. We never fight or argue (well, we do, but she's very smart and can outdo me anytime with ease). She's also the main provider of incomes (music really doesn't pay). I stay at home and take care of the place. Can the knuckleheads at FTB wrap their h...

sacha wrote:
EveryMan wrote:Sacha loses her keys at the mall, so franc tells her to retrace her steps...

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but I'd never go to a mall...

It's the big store with the little stores inside, sweetie.

Let Unca Franc hold your keys next time, k?

Lovely wife-soon-to-be. She is the sweetest person. We never fight or argue (well, we do, but she's very smart and can outdo me anytime with ease). She's also the main provider of incomes (music really doesn't pay). I stay at home and take care of the place. Can the knuckleheads at FTB wrap their h...

At least you can acquire and read the Bible. I don't think the threats have actually been documented, just asserted that they existed. Or in the case of that one email Watson called a "hate mail", something that is not what she labeled it as. If they were actually documented somewhere wouldn't it b...

The men in their cohort by then have become accustomed to being ignored, now find themselves considered attractive by much younger women, but having seen what has happened to their peers who have gone through the divorce mill have no interest in taking the chance. I actually know a younger man in t...

Sacha loses her keys at the mall, so franc tells her to retrace her steps...

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Lsuoma wrote:franc, please, PLEASE tell me your latest avatar isn't a picture of the Prune's labes...

One of the SkepChick's was servicing the Prune and said, "Damn you have a big pussy. Damn you have a big pussy."

The Prune, confused, asks "Why did you say it twice?"

The SkepChick replies, "I didn't."

I wonder if this is a case of "I want you to listen and validate me and my feelings, rather than try and solve my problems"? :think: That's the vibe I've gotten from the various serial complainers. They get some sort of emotional satisfaction from whining about things, especially in public, high-pr...

the impact of YOU getting a rape threat is different than a woman getting one What the fuck does that even mean? My apologies if this has been referenced before, but I think its the most unintentionally brilliant piece of satire ever ... http://www.theonion.com/articles/daniel-tosh-chuckles-through...

EveryMan - apologies, you didn't deserve this, but I'm sensitive and tender right now... That's fine, my parents have horses, which I call ponies. Like I call the barn cats kittehs. Given that that my parents horses favorite thing in the whole world is having their butts sprayed with a garden hose ...

It's always hard to lose pets, but it would be even harder to live without them completely. Don't know whether I'll always be able to have horses (I have two at the moment), but I think I can manage to have dogs throughout most of my life. + Graham's Number on this. Sorry to hear about your pony. I...

I wonder how he knew I was being unironic? Maybe because what happens to Alex is so enviable that anyone would want to follow in his footsteps? Or is it that his dash round the interwebs looking for stuff on a book he knows fuck-all about didn't include a plot summary? I'm overdosing on irony at th...

Cheers, Lsuoma. I can deal with the emoticons as long as they don't move or flash. I actually like the one with the big eyes that basically stands for WTF (named "shocked"). I don't completely want to remove .gifs, but for me, I suppose it is better than the alternative. http://ct4.pbase.com/o6/61/...

sacha wrote:for fuck's sake, one can choose to omit others' signature, but can't omit others' ridiculous flashing cartoon images?

fucking wankers

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PZ: "Don't read it then". This comes from the same folk who take things from private Facebook walls, have hissy fits at messages on T-shirts, have even bigger hissy fits about comments on Twitter, and generally scour the +- 90 billion light years width of the Universe to find something to get upset...

Well, that's the problem. When you argue with one you inevitably sound like the other. [citation needed] Or maybe you mean "you are painted as the other"? Har, I'm speaking from personal experience. Lots of the stuff I've written here makes me sound like an MRA (in my opinion); which I absolutely a...

Atheist Revolution has some ideas of what should be in an Anti-harrassment Policy . While I can see reasons for specificity, I think such things can spiral out of control and become too large, or be used when someone says 'but it's not in the policy...". The card collecting idea (sexual harassment ...

It took way too many links from the Ada Initiative's home page to get to the example policy, but I found it here: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/index.php?title=Conference_anti-harassment_policy It doesn't seem unreasonable to me, unless I'm missing some radfem code words. The red and yellow cards s...

Dilurk wrote:
I dislike both misandryists and misogynists. They are both sexist and not humanist at all. Sad to see to see Dillahunty go this way.

Well, that's the problem. When you argue with one you inevitably sound like the other.

"The abuse is (or was) so quick to break out, so endemic, so encouraged by a cliquish locker room atmosphere of anonymous boyz cheering each other on, that I thought perhaps everyone thought it was just fine, or to be expected, or something. Nope, no sexism there. Nosiree! Maybe I can't see it beca...

I find it unusual that this person says no one was skeptical - there were people who spoke up, I even went back and said I should have made that comment myself if I wasn't so disgusted by the idea. Of course, when they doubled down, what could we say? It's still hearsay, even if from several people...

WHOA! I still get hits registered from that link! How am I getting a site hit to register from a link that doesnt contain the scieneblogs.com/erv info? If you can keep that feature, SWEET! Courtesy of this lil' snippet of embedded javascript.... <script type="text/javascript" src="http://s47.siteme...

Interesting article http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/29/surprisingly-good-evidence-that-real-name-policies-fail-to-improve-comments/ No surprise. The finding isnâ€™t surprising: social science researchers have long known that participants eventually begin to ignore cameras video taping their behavior....

A while back somebody posted demographic data saying that his commenters were mostly in the 18-25 range (IIRC). Not sure where it came from, but it does seem to fit the attitude of college-age kids who know everything, and mistake passion for correctness. Not saying we all were like that at that ag...

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Qvestion. Is there anywhere the deleted comment threads from ERV can be viewed, specifically the one from â€œBad Form Rebecca Watsonâ€? Iâ€™d like to take another look to ensure my memory isnâ€™t inflating how PZ immediately shut down any possibility of discussing issued rationally and what a gian...

This is related one of the (many) things that pisses me off about climate change denialism AND about those who accept the scientific support for AGW, but who can't be arsed to change their behavior or reduce their carbon footprint. Do they think that this shit is limited to tropical regions and dev...

Two things: First: If it's true, then it shows that all these internt dramas created by "harassment policies" where a famous celebrity "abuses his power" and "makes women sleep with him" is just a petty jealousy drama. That's exactly what this is. And when I tried to defend D.J. Grothe from Laden's...

ERV wrote:
I dont understand how fucking stupid Svan et ass must be that they cant grasp this very simple concept.

Because it's their job not to.

Don't let yourself get intimidated by these nobodies. None of the quotes/comments you saw were "rape". They were words on a computer screen, nothing more or less. There is enough of real thing reported to LE that there is no need to rely on anecdotal reports. allow me to clarify before I get SWATted...

It depends on how street smart they are. I did not view it as flattering, or creepy. It's extremely obvious what he is advertising, he's self-assured. He takes a hint of "no" for an answer, he knows he will get a yes or two before the end of the evening. Nothing wrong with that. I'm a flirt and I'm...

:idea: Who is a rapist? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/29/rapist-confessions-reddit Megan Carpentier - The Guardian Self reporting on reddit, jesus fucking christ, that's what I call rock-solid evidence. Check the comments, its encouraging to see so many people calling her out on t...

This strikes me as a weak argument. There was this recent event you might have heard of. It is called the Industrial Revolution and it introduced all forms of automation that removed a lot of the need for raw physical strength in the workplace. To be sure, there are still plenty of jobs where stren...

rayshul wrote: PZ Myers, for requesting his membership to Rationalia be deleted because just flouncing wasn't good enough...

I was wondering when PZ was eventually going to ban himself.

Cristina Rad (Zomgitscriss) has a new video saying that she couldn't back up that old video she took down. Thing is, that old video said things that I KNOW there have been studies proving what she said. Maybe some any MRAs here can help me with links? I've read many articles that linked to, were ba...

It try to play and beat 2-3 AAA titles a year.

This year its been Arkham City and Diablo 3. Next on my list is Assassins Creed 3.

What I don't understand is why Ophelia does not learn a bit more about the realities of the Internet and why she does not find herself a trusted technical resource she can consult to verify how seriously to take emails. Because she made a decision, long ago, to always be a victim. It's a convenient...

KiwiInOz wrote:
How about: "IT'S GOOEY, DRIPPY, OOZEY, COLD 'N CLAMMY"

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Looks like the SlymePit got a yeast infection...

I am using nginx, which does not appear to have a mod_security add-on, but I will research it further. I also realize now that running a web server on the same system where I store backups (including personal files) for five other systems might not be a good idea, so I will investigate options for ...

I'd be inclined to think that the majority - well okay, a major part - of that quoted group are genuine. I think the culture at FfTB is such that a certain type of rape victim might fall for the spiel that Pharyngula et al is a 'safe place' on the internet. Of course, I call it a spiel owing to PZs...

Here are a couple of tips for some of you who may have a server that spiders visit. - never put personal information on such a server. - robots.text is your friend but you have to keep it up to date ! My robots.txt ought to block all the well-behaved bots . Since my domain has a Dynamic DNS IP addr...

FfTBs trophy rape victims. Very useful to wheel out in any discussion involving misogyny, skeptchicks and jokes. Establishes the fact that any dissenter is a heartless pig in the first place for not thinking of the triggering effect their dissent might have on FfTBs trophy rape victims. I don't buy...

Watson is a strange beast, and I confess I find it unfathomable how she got into her position of power. She doesn't appear to be all that intelligent, acts immature, and if the cultivated drone of her voice is anything to go by, not very charismatic either. Maybe she's more charismatic in person, I...

I note that in the JREF forum AdMan says: Everyone was on tape, not just Amy. (This was emphasized during the security session--in fact we were told that the hotel had gone back to the footage following the camera monopod incident to check if anything had actually happened.) So Dr. Buzzo was provab...

So it was about a T-shirt until everybody laughed at her, then it was about OTHER THINGS. The only problem is that she won't tell anybody what those things are. Is she really an adult? Her excuses seem to be at about the same age level as her "art" . While I don't know the details, I do know JREF'e...

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