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

(Cavanaughâ€™s assertion that you somehow supported me was HILARIOUS) or drop out and go silent. Throw enough grit in their wheels, and theyâ€™ll grind themselves into extinction. I'd consider selecting HJ to give a talk for the FtB Cons "supporting". I'd consider giving Lil Alex a blog on FtB "sup...

I commented once at Buttfucks and Weasels, noting how a lot of interesting & varied topics get discussed at the 'Pit. I recall Strange Sally saying something stupid. Oolon said "Cavanaugh eats boogers, he he!" Tony queer may have responded to me as well, but then Prunella blocked my replies. Tony kn...

But while HJ seems to think he's caught me in some sort of contradictions, I would say that, as you suggest, he's kind of painted himself into a bit of corner in affirming the reality of, for example, gravity while apparently going the social constructionist/idealist route. Can't have your cake and...

I'm referring to extremely elaborate theorising on abstract concepts we know very little about the functioning of... like micro-aggressions + invalidations, cultural appropriation... These are real things . Micro-aggression is unfalsifiable. ... ending the use of dreadlocks to contribute to a cultu...

BillHamp wrote:So I thought I take a minute to weigh in on two issues the SJWs have brought up....

Are you OK with us referencing this excellent response to Schala?

another lurker wrote:I am listening to Me So Horny right now. Damn, I would love if Max Raabe would do a cover of the song:(

He did Sex Bomb.

How timely: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/25/opinion/moya-smith-nfl-flag-r-word/index.html?hpt=hp_t4 I notice the author distinguishes himself from poseurs (pretendians) that claim amerind ancestry. As a Native American, a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation and someone who participates in the Native ...

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. Ah, he's a Libertarian. Is...

A Virginia Republican Party official is in trouble for his use of the word "twat", which he claims to have thought had the same meaning as "twaddle": [.img]http://media.hamptonroads.com/cache/files/images/blogs/182181.jpg[/img] http://hamptonroads.com/2014/02/va-gop-official-uses-genital-slang-refe...

Schala The description of sex as purely procreative belongs to animals unable to talk and think for themselves, where their categories mean very little in and of themselves. All cats are taught to do clean themselves, be â€˜hygienicâ€™ in the bathroom sense, and to hunt, regardless of their sex, as...

OK, I took on Schala over at Ally Fogg's: "The description of sex as purely procreative belongs to animals unable to talk and think for themselves, where their categories mean very little in and of themselves.... "The neurological seat of identity has primacy because itâ€™s the only thing that ultim...

welch wrote:PZ is going to fucking PLOTZ

Stop with the verkakte appropriation of Yiddischkayt, du meschugge!

If I make tempura, who am I appropriating -- The Japanese or the Portuguese?

Ally Fogg, no slouch in the writing department ... seemed to think it was a good post. Fogg is not a particularly good writer. Alex is a shit-ass writer: Itâ€™s common enough for adult cisgender men â€“ deemed male at birth, with bodies read straightforwardly that way â€“ not to grow facial hair. I...

While I gather that many here arenâ€™t particularly impressed with Gabriel, I thought from skimming his linked article that it was still a pretty good overview of the toxic nature of the â€œconversationâ€ between radfems and â€œtransgenderedâ€ individuals. But that whole social constructivist app...

... amused that PZ has flounced from the thread because of the presence of pitters (Steers, in particular), and the comment on "benevolent sexism" (have just started reading the first link below). PZ's flouncing: http://i.imgur.com/YYA07AN.png?1 This is priceless. He's in a thread with people (well...

Decommodification- "In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for...

[youtube]C5mku6s7vOI[/youtube] OMFG, they need to make that into a reality series! I want to feed HJ Hornbeck & Alex Gabriel to the lesbian in the cap (a.k.a., the only sane person in the shot). Best Lines: "How 'bout you fucking go back to magical unicorn land!" "Woman" is gender; "female" is sex....

BillHamp wrote:So Schala's problem appears to be in xe's understanding of biology and evolution, something every atheist should at least having a passing knowledge of.

Oh pshaw! Simone de Beauvoir, QED.

Steersman February 24, 2014 at 7:11 am (UTC 0) HJHorbeck (#84): As I pointed out upthread, this is exactly what youâ€™d expect if the clitoris/penis developed from the same anatomy, and if development exhibited variation. They are the same structure. What unmitigated horse shit. While I will readil...

I wonder what's next? Feet are the same as hands, but the Central Scrutinizor has arbitrarily forced us to incorrectly see one up high and one down low, when, really, they're all just the same thing? I told HJ, why cite snails to refute the human sex binary, when you could point to sea stars as pro...

Oh, OK. Schala now informs (http://freethoughtblogs.com/hetpat/2014/02/21/is-gender-inherently-oppressive/#comment-46621) that Skene's Gland in women, and the male prostate are the same thing with the same function. .... :hand: Well, from what I've read, aka Wikipedia, they seem to be analogous. Bu...

What 'ethos' did BM ever have, except to be a venue for pampered yuppie corporate types to pretend for a week that they 're hippy / nature boy / edgy / hip primitives? It's one giant look- how-terribly-cool- we-are circle jerk.

I want to know what about Allen's relationship with Soon Yi was "creepy" considering: A. He hardly knew her as a child or young teen, meaning he had hardly ever acted as a 'father figure' to her. B. She was not related to him by blood in any way, shape or form. 1. Allen was the father of some of So...

P.S. My favorite commentary on the Woody Allen situation is a comment from this post by Amanda Marcotte: Occamâ€™s Razor: Thesis 1: A mother who otherwise loves and cares for her children chooses to deliberately implant a memory of painful molestation to get back at her partner, and was so good at ...

SenorBeagle wrote:
Matt Cavanaugh wrote:Any drummers at the Pit?
25 years, man and boy. ;)

Okay, so far we've got one drummer and seventeen guitarists. This Pit band is gonna be great!

(I'm not counting on Phil, who has that larpy fairy band all of his own.)

John Greg wrote:So, from JacquesCuze's post, a quote from someone named Sophia Wallace:

It's appalling and shocking to think that scientifically, the clitoris was only discovered in 1998.

I discovered the clitoris in 1978.

Pitchguest wrote:Think that rocks, Google "Apocalyptica" - that's going to make you wish you REALLY stuck with the cello.

not worthy.jpg: (18.21 KiB) Downloaded 265 times

I pity FtB, A Plus Forum, and Skepchick -- they'll never have as much fun as the 'Pit!

Did they make you play Pachelbel on the cello, too? Despite my PTSD (and thanks for no trigger warnings before posting cellos, you motherfuckers!) I still find the cello the most wonderful, mellifluous & versatile instrument. Most times, the cello section got stuck with the boring 'backbeat' while ...

Raabe also covers Brittany Spears' Oops, I Did It Again:

[youtube]qYr9kIyambE[/youtube]

What few know is, Spears totally ripped off Satchmo:

[youtube]iEZRvIq3kkI[/youtube]

:)

Bourne Skeptic wrote:Classical rocks! :character-beavisbutthead:

[youtube]uT3SBzmDxGk[/youtube]

I should've stuck with the cello. That totally rocks!

In a similar vein, Max Raabe und Palast Orchester:

[youtube]0aJT4AQuikI[/youtube]

And I get to be amused by there being a line for the men's restroom, but none for the women's restroom. :D Damn your estrogenical tyranny! When my plane arrived in Key West last Saturday, the first thing I did was go to the men's room to take a leak, and as I'm standing at the urinal i can hear a w...

Any drummers at the Pit? My grandfather was the drummer for Chief Two Moon's Medicine Band. My dad has natural musical talent, but never picked up an instrument. I wanted to play the drums when I was little, but my parents made me stop, for some unexplained reason. Here's a picture of me as a kid wi...

Hey guys, whether you're speaking of skeptchickparenting or dualwieldingtonguelickingguitarring, tighten up the writing a little huh? Here, just like this: http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2014/02/a-little-known-rule-for-arguing/ Where one learns from a master: 21 2014 A little-know...

I played the cello as a kid. I was not very good. Then, I spent an entire week teaching myself to play left-handed (I am.) I showed my music teacher how much better I played that way. He said I couldn't, as the orchestra would look wrong with me in the wrong direction. Then I asked him if I could at...

Guestus Aurelius wrote:[youtube]v0VfkBBUqwM[/youtube]

When I first heard there was a movie coming out called DJANGO, I was very excited. Then ... aw, fuck!

Dick Dale, The King of Surf Guitar [youtube]M9LLjorK7VY[/youtube] I've been lucky enough to see Dick play 3-4 times, and every time, he puts on an amazing show. His touring drummer at the time was Rick Nielsen's son. Dale's one talented multi-instrument playing motherfucker, and YE GODS IS HE LOUD....

Rebecca Watson's favorite surf band -- The Aquamen - Do The Alkeehol! Recorded in Gin-A-Sonic Sound! Tracks include: * Wild Turkey * Jose Cuervo * On The Rocks * Blue Hawaii * Gin & Tonic * Ouzo * Mezcal * Rioja * Malibu Pineapple * Black Velvet * Thunderbird ... and the title track. Used to see the...

ClichÃ© Guevara wrote:This is all very triggering to those born without thumbs.

The guardians know Teh Patriarchy will crumble once the people embrace the finger spectrum!

For some reason I'm beginning to think that this "HJ Hornbeck" isn't actually a real boy, but a piece of absurdist performance art designed to irritate the audience. Maybe it's the sideburns? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Akaufman1.jpg :lol: We'll know when we catch HJ mud-wrestling...

Dick Dale, The King of Surf Guitar

[youtube]M9LLjorK7VY[/youtube]

Hint to The Man -- learn to play Miserlou, and the chicks will throw themselves at you.

Please provide "evidence" that reasoned debate was more effective in turning the SJW tide than, say, the fall out from the self inflicted antics of PZ and Co post WiS2 -> grenade. Because from where I sit cause and effect are pretty clear: keep goading and they will puff themselves away in an irrel...

For the most part, I like Ally Fogg. But his statement that Ronald McGabriel has written "an excellent blog" has me scratching my head. I mean, Ronald McGabriel is a terrible, terrible, writer, using mostly very questionable ideas and theories and concepts. And Fogg thinks it's excellent? /scritch ...

Hoy Phil. About the Muslim dentist. She probably would have shook your hand if you were wearing gloves. Which is fair considering she would be wearing gloves when fiddling around in your mouth. Btw... Since early Jan this year I've been learning to play guitar. Even going to guitar school. Any tips...

Iâ€™d argue that rigid sex essentialism is part and parcel with patriarchy, as that system requires there to be a series of concrete classes that are set-in-stone. If the sexes and genders are fluid, then the whole edifice comes crashing down. Well I think this is the heart of their lunacy. They wa...

From The-Sizes-of-my-Ego-and-My-Dick-Are-Inversely-Related Dept. -- HJ Hornbeck just told Skep tickle to SHUT UP and LURK MOAR ... at my blog. Link please! Atheism Neat -- Sex-Free Evolutionary Biology I had high hopes for you, SkepTickle â€¦ but youâ€™ve started ignoring my lectureâ€¦. Please read...

Serious engagement on an intellectual level became pointless long ago. But Iâ€™m not sure that I agree with Briveâ€™s basic argument. Seems to me that many from here stepped up to the plate during Michael Nugentâ€™s Atheist-Skeptic dialog. And more recently, Matt did yeomanâ€™s duty in tackling Hor...

Bourne Skeptic wrote:Hitler isn't that short. But you're right, it is easy to spell and pronounce.

The family name "Hitler" is a corruption of "HÃ¼ttler", or 'hut dweller', which is pretty much 'Hillbilly' in German.

JacquesCuze wrote:Is it just me, or does Bill Hicks look like Zinnia Jones?

It's just you.

Is it just me, or could Zinnia Jones do with some pointers from Whitesnake?

Whitesnake+in+1987.jpg: (192.01 KiB) Downloaded 157 times

From The-Sizes-of-my-Ego-and-My-Dick-Are-Inversely-Related Dept. --

HJ Hornbeck just told Skep tickle to SHUT UP and LURK MOAR ... at my blog.

TedDahlberg wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:See? I killed the Pit again!
But like a cursed mummy, up she rises.

I'd always imagined the 'Pit as a Xe.

Oh and Lil' Alex is in complete agreement with HJ that male & female sexes aren't real Sex is a framework, not a fact â€“ a means of interpreting biology, but not a part of it. and What reason is there to choose genes rather than body parts when diagnosing sex, and not vice versa? Alex, too, is obse...

Here is PZ's argument in welch like brevity. http://i.imgur.com/b2oNHU8.jpg Doesn't matter what metric you use you get 2x binary peaks and a middle ground into which SJ fits. So sex is real! Except when it isn't! I'd call that a win/win. Peezus is a scientist. So he writes a post about sex differen...

Cue The Beatles

Kornholio.jpg: (141.79 KiB) Downloaded 299 times

At Cannae, the Romans also were relying on a large # of recent, untrained conscripts. Their solution was to pack them narrow, dense & deep -- in essence, a return to the old phalanx. Hannibal took advantage of that. That helped, as did the composition of Hannibal's own army. What's surely more stri...

This one's for Windy: I'm currently working on a patch for the legit issue that you and wind* brought up, but it's at best indirectly related to your questions. A "patch"? To fix the "bug" where you quote-mined the exact opposite of de Beauvoir's meaning? (Not sure why he be trans* ing you.) This on...

@Matt and The Hornbeckers http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-men-the-weaker-sex/ Also, shouldn't we try to kick it up a notch and ask PZ Myers â€” the great biologist â€” to comment on Hornbeck's talk and the open issues. I think he is the responsible person as the FTBCon organizer, and ...

As kids, did any of you have one of those inflatable clowns that you punched but they bounced right up again to get punched again? I never did, but now I have an HJ Hornbeck. To refute my thesis you must show the inverse is true, that human beings can unambiguously be divided into two sexes. Quod gr...

At Cannae, the Romans also were relying on a large # of recent, untrained conscripts. Their solution was to pack them narrow, dense & deep -- in essence, a return to the old phalanx. Hannibal took advantage of that.

It was called "Renewal". LOGAN'S RUN, btw, was filmed in an Houston shopping mall just before it opened. As a young teenager, I was madly in love with Jenny Agutter and her frequent lack of attire. My sister worked with Michael York many, many years later on a film, and says he's a wonderful, easy-g...

Search found 13207 matches