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

"Minimisation of potential harm is a perfectly rational way to choose a belief in the absence of unequivocal evidence." Now, that doesn't stand up very well, does it? Of all the bat-shit statements emanating from ThoughtFreeBlogs during their implosion, the defense of Pascal's Wager by self-proclai...

-- Well the very first thing would be to stop trying to create gender interchangeability, like funding programs designed to encourage females into science, or complaining about lower numbers of female politicians or female judges etc. Stop encouraging women to "lean in" to the work place and just a...

Gumby wrote:Shermer hasn't tweeted since the shitstorm started. That PROVES he's guilty!!!!!1~!! :roll:

In other news, is the site page loading slowing to a crawl (and sometimes timing out) for anyone else?

Yes. Even after I put a new cassette tape in my Trash 80.

I haven't been wading through the comments on Myers' Grenade post, because life, but I can't help but wonder...Since it's safe to say that all the Slymies have been banned for ages, just who the heck are all these people? Maybe it really is a floodgate, just not the way they think. The Children's F...

But in addition to ALL people being unique and different etc. Generalizations based on sex can also be made. Yes, they can. The generalizations made by TWRA, however, are not supported by any scientific evidence. Women are in general the one's who birth children, .. the ones who have "the mommy ins...

Typical_Name wrote:Very much drama going on lately.

I'm somewhat confused at the comments about the MRAs coming into here, though - what exactly defines an MRA? Where is the line drawn?

If you deny Teh Patriarchy, you're an MRA.

It also means you hate women and voted for Ron Paul.

I should think the easiest way to prove you're not a rapist is to show that you have no convictions for rape. Don't see how that holds much water. Being convicted of one rape or murder or robbery is a "get-out-of-jail-free" card to be played in the face of any other charges? Really don't think the ...

Derailing the topic a moment to deliver some awesome news of a more personal nature... ...At first, the City kept up their "this isn't a religious movement" mantra, but today we received word from the City that they've decided to cancel this year's Christian flag raising. I'm having a wonderful tim...

She might have a point Krauss & Shermer might actually have to prove their innocence before a charge of libel could stand. Although I hope FftB has deep enough pockets to defend the charges which would, no doubt, require the appearance and questioning of the accusers. I wonder how the courts would ...

We all care about your welfare, Jen. OK, I do -- the rest of the bastards here consider you an ignorant twat. I'd love for her to pull her head out of her ass in whatever way works and have her life be better for her. Doesn't mean I'm going to put up with her shit in the meantime. I'm still rootin'...

Ape+lust wrote:Plus, libel isn't libel unless you can show it's false.

You keep telling yourself that, Steph.

...if in their rush to call people out they've posted both false and real allegations, then they;ve done incredible harm to the women whose accusations are true, because the false ones will create a stigma around the whole entire debacle. if these accusations are indeed false, it'll create problems...

Iâ€™ve had my first straight week where Iâ€™ve felt â€œokayâ€ instead of the crippling hopelessness, worthlessness, anhedonia and despair of severe depression! Is this the same depression that's so 'severe' she doesn't need medication for it? If so, I'm getting a bit 'hyper-sceptical'. Jen, if you...

The ads you see are based on your profile, comments, & search history collected by Facebook, Google, Yahoo, your internet provider, & often email content (GMail). Companies pay to have their ads targeted at specific demographics. The NSA gets it all, too. I see ads all the time for products I just b...

I keep trying to point out that the Slymepit have a shitton in common with fascists, fundies and other radical right-wingers. They're not in it for some sort of amusement, they're in it because they literally believe that not only are they the paragons of righteousness, they're in a total, no-holds...

windy wrote:isn't the Latin version called Concordia? -as featured in an episode of Rome:

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Ha! That scene was the first thing I thought of! I feel so much better now that you posted this -- people always look at me strange when I suddenly quote that line out the blue.

Serene Â» Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:08 am Fair enough, I just think it puts a negative spin on an action from which we cannot draw negative conclusions. Along the lines of 'if you get a lawyer you are using privilege against your opponents' rather than 'if you get a lawyer you are intending to defend you...

http://atheismplus.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5176 So getting a lawyer is shutting people up, suggesting that getting a lawyer is understandable is rape culture apologia and deserves to be censored. It pains me to say it but you slymepitters are right about allot of things. Thanks for that link...

With the possible exception of PZ, I don't think the reality of the situation has sunk in with most of them yet. Reading the blog posts and comments, it's pretty plain that these people just aren't getting it. They think they're dancing in a fragrant sun-drenched meadow, when they're actually stagg...

The projection going on there is incredible. They have no problem making unsubstantiated accusations of rape, assault, and harassment, so clearly, since it couldn't be just them doing that, WE'RE going to do it any second now. Keep waiting PZ et al. Hold your breath even. Any second now. Weellll, I...

We could just be witnessing the beginning of the end for FreeThoughtBlogs. Remember folks, it woz ERV and the Slymepit that started theiw downfall! Well, yes but when "baboon central" gets burned to the ground courtesy of the inmates, whither The Slymepit? I just don't see us all discussing sports ...

OTOH, Steph does not. She keeps digging deeper: Karenâ€™s stalker and assaulter isnâ€™t hard to track down from the information she gave either. Stalking (US) is a very involved crime, expressly described in statutes. Sexual assault is much broader, and can include goosing Ashley Paramore while shit...

CommanderTuvok wrote:http://i.imgur.com/aMFKhjy.jpg

I wonder what all this is about?

They've got a good attorney, is what.

Hello 69 guests. Grab a 'nym -- don't cost nothin'.

'But it's not faiiirrr, daddy! It's just not faaaiirrrrrr - I only publicly accused someone of being a sex harasser without any evidence to back it up. Now he's threatening to sue me! Oh, it's just not faiiirrrrrrr...' I have to admit that the reason I reserve special vitriol for McCreight is her r...

So, I'm guessing no more TAM panels with Baxter, Stollznow, Radford & Poppy all sitting elbow-to-elbow?

When I was a teenager working in the kitchen of a german restaurant, a ... zaftig waitress of a certain age named Maria used to gratuitously pinch our butts as she squeezed by. "Vatch! Vatch!" she'd say. That became a running joke among me & my buddies -- "Vatch! Vatch!" ... not so funny now, as in...

Fap. I'd kinda like it if a girl did that to me. Doubt if my better half would so I'll shut the fuck up. Okay, well imagine Stephanie Zvan doing it (you'd probably have to dress up as a donut first). Not so enticing now, is it? When I was a teenager working in the kitchen of a german restaurant, a ...

Whig wrote:
Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
Tapir wrote:And like that....it's gone.

http://heresyclub.com/2013/08/storytime/

:whistle:
Wow. I saved it just a minute before.

Would you have it up as a freezepage or anything?

I don't know how to freezepage. I just "save as" from my browser to my HD. (I'm sure Krauss' attorney has a copy.)

And like that ....it's gone. http://heresyclub.com/2013/08/storytime/ :whistle: Wow. I saved it just a minute before. That wanker Cara was dumb enough to: 1) Pass on a story about Krauss acting badly on a cruise, then; 2) Mention that Krauss will be on the upcoming CFI cruise. Dude, what were you t...

The FtbBullies ignored the first rule of staging a coup: If you're going to take out the boss, you get one shot, so don't miss. Instead, they just enraged every major figure in the A/S community with 2nd & 3rd-hand libel. In their SJ dreamworld, it was supposed to spark a popular uprising of 'teh si...

Earlier tonight, I think you suggested I "join". There are few forums that haven't kicked me out (I am grateful that FARK mainly only times people out for a couple of days) and just tonight I was banned from AVFM for some pretty minor criticism so I am somewhat averse to joining -- it gives me a fa...

While I'm back at this stupid, godsforsaken thread, lemme screw with a few folks' vanity googles:

Slymepit Ashley F. Miller sexist joke

Slymepit Stephanie Svan fat photoshop

And, for good measure,
Slymepit libertarian MRA PUA MGTOW misogyny

@MATT You disagree that women would be the only ones making babies and breastfeeding without science???/ I haven't the slightest clue what you just wrote. Here's what I said: when you don't apply scientific methods, you can come up with pretty much any conclusion you like. Echoing Skep Tickle, stud...

I have a funny feeling this morewillbenamed offensive against all the A/S bigwigs will go down about as well as when the Anabaptists proclaimed MÃ¼nster the New Jerusalem.

Some of PZ's commenters are saying the DJ revelations establish that it's possible to sexually harass a cis-het male. It's not just hypothetical. I think this establishes that it's actually true some people live 24/7 in PZ's comment sections. And Elyse is getting ever stranger: http://i.imgur.com/6...

Hm. According to the last email posted, Karen warned JREF that Redford had harassed her twice at JREF-organized TAM. She requested that JREF ban Radford from future conferences. Answer from JREF: "we won't have a blacklist". Looks like a major dick move to me. They're not even saying "we need more ...

another lurker wrote:
Well, it's no ZARDOZ, that's for sure :P

Pasting this here, because I want to get in on the perverted sexual harassment:

http://www.popgunchaos.com/wp-content/u ... rdoz-2.jpg

Zardoz? Never heard of it.

Of interest, this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/ An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years. A good take on the "JC" myth. Slow but ...

Here's a question for all the geniuses here. I am being urged to agree to Netflix's Terms etc. One of them is this, which I do not like: These Terms of Use provide that all disputes between you and Netflix will be resolved by BINDING ARBITRATION. YOU AGREE TO GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO GO TO COURT to as...

I read your article on the idea that Jesus was invented in order to have concrete legitimacy to found The Real Churchâ„¢ of the Real Beliefâ„¢ on his legacy, and liked this a lot. It is consistent with what I read elsewhere and know from other contexts, such as that mythical-demi-god like forefathe...

I found one your statements rather surprising: In her comments under the review, Miller does indicate her belief that Jesus was an historical figure, based on his mention in the Testimonium Flavinium , universally accepted by scholars as concrete proof. Maybe it is just a question of some obscure p...

Stollznow's claims sound trustworthy. The harassment she described was ongoing, unmistakable as such, assumedly well documented, and apparently acknowledged by her employer. It's one blog post and nothing but unsubstantiated accusations of which one possible explanation is misinterpretation of the ...

Miri attempts to address that objection â€“ and doesnâ€™t really succeed in my opinion ... I do have to admit to not having read the entire article, in part because of time. I read both parts. Utter bullshit, through and through. Almost tempted to write a rebuttal, but what's the point? I'll stick ...

katamari Damassi wrote:Yikes I didn't Twatson lives in my hometown.

That makes you a stalker.

Badger3k wrote:I just realized - maybe we can take bets on when they'll connect Radford with libertarianism?

Radford was outspoken against mission creep. They've probably already picked out the spot on the wall where they'll mount his shine-head.

... but as it is the HuffPo ...

I avoid HuffyPoo at all costs.

But is it sexual harassment if you photoshop Stephanie Svan's head onto the crinkle-cut fry? Svan, btw, is in full Molly Hatchet mode today, bringing up her own "harassment" at a con 11 years ago, when some guy "intuited" some question about some romantic link he thought she had with some person. Sv...

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Sorry to monopolize the thread with my pussy hunt. We'll see how it goes.

Are there any service panels in your courtyard, behind which your cat may have hidden, but is now trapped?

Really hope you find your kitty.

Stollznow's claims sound trustworthy. The harassment she described was ongoing, unmistakable as such, assumedly well documented, and apparently acknowledged by her employer. She undermines the force of her broader message, though, by including Richards & Becca. Richards' response to one joke, possib...

You know how Jenny McCreight can't write her blog any more because of bullying and harassment and The Pit? That is shitty, and I think we should all feel ashamed of ourselves for having driven a young woman with so much to say away from...wait. What? http://i.imgur.com/tA59wzd.png But hey, I really...

Ha! I liked Josh Spokesgay's post! Can't stand those types. Josh had a little Dave Barry groove going on , which may be why one comm sneered "this is what I'd expect from a republican."

But wtf was Josh thinking? Those people have no sense of humor.

Steersman is absolutely correct about reification by gen fems.

His perseverance in trying to get past moderation at ThoughtFreeBlogs is impressive, if not fruitful.

I see one narrow window where Melody could truly have PTSD -- if some particular phrasing she read online triggered a return of the PTSD from a prior traumatic event. If so, then she should step away from the goddamn Twitter. Seems that Twitter'd be the last place she'd want to go. But that's not wh...

Trophy wrote:Any such claims should be backed up by evidence.

Isn't the burden of proof on the person making the claim -- namely, Melody or her proxy, Svan?

To reiterate the claim: Twitter gave me PTSD.

Right. Okay. But this is PTSD we're talking about. It's not fucking histrionic personality disorder. A preliminary research on PTSD hints that ... Okay, let's take this one at a time. Can you tell me your level of knowledge PTSD? Where does your knowledge come from: 1) Reading newpaper articles on ...

Mmmm. I think sometimes a review is just a review and people don't really need to be smart or educated in the field to write a casual review - and presumably Miller would be open to corrections/not claim she is an authority on the subject. A casual review would have been welcome. Miller did present...

She was an event coordinator. She is now, however, an executive director . It's probably just a fancier name for the same job An E.D. is the equivalent of a CEO at a non-profit. An event coordinator at a non-profit can have a variety of responsibilities beyond events. The position is often a steppi...

I agree with Trophy on this. Melody having PTSD is not unreasonable, it is not wildly unusual to develop PTSD long after the stressful event - particularly if new sources of stress have appeared. + when the word 'trauma' is used, it does not always refer to people lobbing grenades at you. http://ww...

Hey look -- Ashley Miller read a book for grown-ups! http://skeptischism.com/atheismneat/2013/08/04/i-have-training-in-historical-methods/ That was one the most pointless posts I've ever read. It's basically a "tl;dr" for "i dun lik Ashley Miller!!1!1" You must be as well-versed in the subject as o...

bovarchist wrote:Lamprey. It is known.

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