Shall Mr Vacula Make a Misstep in the Capital of Eire?

#6631

Lsuoma wrote: I am related by marriage to a journalist in the south of WA state. He got a hysterical call a couple of years ago from a woman saying that she's seen a cougar in the area. He pointed out to her that the place she lived in is actually called Cougar, so perhaps her reaction might possibly have been overreaction?

To the best of my knowledge they are not usually a problem unless there is a scarcity of their preferred prey (or if they are sick/old). Oh and lock up your pets at night.

#6632

AndrewV69 wrote:
Lsuoma wrote: I am related by marriage to a journalist in the south of WA state. He got a hysterical call a couple of years ago from a woman saying that she's seen a cougar in the area. He pointed out to her that the place she lived in is actually called Cougar, so perhaps her reaction might possibly have been overreaction?
To the best of my knowledge they are not usually a problem unless there is a scarcity of their preferred prey (or if they are sick/old). Oh and lock up your pets at night.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... trail.html

A B.C. woman who was attacked on her sofa by a starving cougar that strolled into her house in search of a meal says her faithful dog saved her life.

Angie Prime, 35, was sitting in the living room of her home in Trail, located in southeastern B.C., on Saturday evening, talking to her husband on the phone and getting ready to take her three dogs out for a walk before turning in.

Then she caught a flash of something that should not have been in the house.

"I just happened to catch something out of the corner of my eye," she said. "I just of kind of looked over and there it was coming out of the dark at me and we kind of looked at each other."

The old emaciated cougar, looking for an easy meal, had slipped into the darkened house through an open screen door.

#6633

another lurker wrote:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... trail.html

A B.C. woman who was attacked on her sofa by a starving cougar that strolled into her house in search of a meal says her faithful dog saved her life.

Angie Prime, 35, was sitting in the living room of her home in Trail, located in southeastern B.C., on Saturday evening, talking to her husband on the phone and getting ready to take her three dogs out for a walk before turning in.

Then she caught a flash of something that should not have been in the house.

"I just happened to catch something out of the corner of my eye," she said. "I just of kind of looked over and there it was coming out of the dark at me and we kind of looked at each other."

The old emaciated cougar, looking for an easy meal, had slipped into the darkened house through an open screen door.

Similar to "The Man Eaters of Tsavo" from 19th Century Africa. J.H Patterson wrote a book about it.

#6634

AndrewV69 wrote:
Lsuoma wrote: I am related by marriage to a journalist in the south of WA state. He got a hysterical call a couple of years ago from a woman saying that she's seen a cougar in the area. He pointed out to her that the place she lived in is actually called Cougar, so perhaps her reaction might possibly have been overreaction?
To the best of my knowledge they are not usually a problem unless there is a scarcity of their preferred prey (or if they are sick/old). Oh and lock up your pets at night.

I've had one stalk me I was able to chase off, had two occasions of them screaming at me from close range, some close range encounters where they ran off or were treed.
One acquaintance was washing dishes in her kitchen when her toy poodle came tearing in with a cougar right behind it. The cat hit a throw mat, slid across the floor and then seeing my friend spun it's wheels and did a quick 180 back out the door.
Another was not so lucky and had her German Shepherd fatally injured in their back yard while they were trying to beat the cougar back.
Two horses were attacked near here last fall, one killed and the other seriously injured.
Attacks on humans occur occasionally, every few years, on Vancouver Island (where I live) which is the area with the highest number of cougars/ per acre of anywhere. Usually they attack children, sometimes adults on bicycles.
As Andrew notes, old and sick animals are potential problems. I would add that young animals that in their second year set off on their own from their mother in their fall are often problems. They are getting pushed to find their own territory and as inexperienced hunters they are often desperately hungry and can cause problems.

#6635

As a dues-paying member of Procrastinators-R-Us, I decided to take a quick look at the academic work of Richard Carrier, and what I found was far worse than even my meager expectations.

You might recall from up-thread it being mentioned that Richard Carrier was extremely upset that someone put a link to Stephanie Fisher's critique of his book on his Wikipedia page. He edited his page to remove this, and wrote an "official response" (one wonders what an unofficial response would look like). Fisher's critique is more than 8000 words long, but I decided to look further into one specific matter.

Richard Carrier claims that the field of New Testament Studies has "collapsed into a chaos of opinions" about Jesus, and cites one Tom Verenna as an authority who claims this. Fisher states that Verenna is simply unqualified to make such a statement about an entire academic field of study. This upsets Carrier, who spends a good part of his "official response" defending Verenna. Verenna is "completely competent", according to Carrier, has "considerable skill" and Fisher's remarks are an insult to a scholar in the field. Moreover, according to Carrier, Verenna has "published a chapter on this subject in a peer reviewed academic book"!

Well! Certainly one should have wonderful credentials to be able to criticize an entire field of study! So, let's take a look at the Tom Verenna who Carrier views as an expert.

Verenna's chapter in a "peer reviewed academic book" is described on Carrier's Amazon.com store, and his CV can be found here. (In case the gentle reader is concerned that Verenna's CV might be out-of-date, notice that the CV lists the book, so must be at least as recent as the book.) And what do we find? We find that Tom Verenna, who according to Carrier is eminently qualified to critique the whole field of New Testament Studies, is a sophomore of Northampton Community College. And before that, was a student at none other than Montgomery Community College! So, yes, this scholar of Carrier's is just an undergrad at a local community college.

But, you might cry, Carrier said that this book was a "peer reviewed academic book"! So, let's take a look at it. Notice that one of the two editors is none other than Tom Verenna. So, Verenna's chapter appeared in the book he himself edited! Not to worry, Carrier cries in one of his other blog posts, the other contributers to this book "peer-reviewed" Verenna's chapter! (Why does Carrier know so much about how this book was written?) So, according to Carrier, the way peer review works is that an editor chooses people to contribute to a book, who then approve of the editor's own chapter in said book. No conflict of interest there! Isn't peer review wonderful!

Now, knowing you pytters, I'm sure none of you are at all skeptical about Carrier, Verenna or this supposed academic book at this point. I am, however, a horrible horrible person, so I decided to take a look at the press who'd print an "academic" book edited by an undergrad with such an interesting definition of peer-review.

Verenna's book was printed by Equinox Press, and you can find their Author Form for Book Proposals here. Notice that his form doesn't ask for text or sample chapters. It does ask for biographical information, but only "for preparing the jacket copy and the title page of the book, and as a basis for catalogue and leaflet entries and press releases." It asks for a brief bio sketch for the jacket copy, and a short blurb for advertising purposes. And it does ask for the names of "reviewers", because they "may wish to send the draft manuscript" to reviewers "to improve the final draft of the manuscript". So, in other words, this "scholarly" press thinks it is really, really important to have the jacket copy written immediately, and getting a copy of the actual book or, for that matter, a critical review of the contents, not so much.

So, this is what Carrier views as a "peer reviewed academic book", and the credentials of an eminent scholar in his chosen field of study. It turns out, moreover, that chapters of this book are used as sources in his own book. Isn't Carrier just an amazing scholar!

#6636

Slither wrote:Isn't Carrier just an amazing scholar!

This post is a deliberate tour de force!!!

#6637

Lsuoma wrote:
Slither wrote:Isn't Carrier just an amazing scholar!
This post is a deliberate tour de force!!!

Carrier's hubris and pomposity will be his downfall.

#6638

John W. Loftus is leaving SKINK. Claims Greta Christina Fatigue Syndrome, plus he doesn't like having to debate skeptics -- only wants to debate christians.

#6639

Was Loftus the primum mobile in kicking out "The Stache"?

#6640

Lsuoma wrote:Was Loftus the primum mobile in kicking out "The Stache"?

Well, that would be the assumption. Interesting. However the way he dealt with the moustache was indicative of someone under a lot of stress.

#6641

This is his goodbye post. Anyway I wish him well.

http://www.skepticink.com/debunkingchri ... leave-sin/

#6642

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:John W. Loftus is leaving SKINK. Claims Greta Christina Fatigue Syndrome, plus he doesn't like having to debate skeptics -- only wants to debate christians.

Yeah. Opponents that know things are a pain in the ass. They keep asking actual inconvenient questions. Seriously, WTF did he think running something like that would be?

#6643

JackSkeptic wrote:This is his goodbye post. Anyway I wish him well.

http://www.skepticink.com/debunkingchri ... leave-sin/

I wish he'd apologize for being such a shit to Justin.

#6644

This is the second or third time he's given up. The last time was a few years ago, probably before he was invited to FfTB, if I remember correctly. Most of the interesting posts on his Debunking Christianity site were by others, like Harry McCall. From looking at his feed, Loftus' main contribution to blogging seemed to be self-promotion. I doubt he could go two days without posting another review of his book, or a link to someone talking about it. His over-emotional attachment to WL Craig was incredibly tiring to read as well. Of course, if he said Craig was dishonest, he couldn't brag about being the only person he wouldn't debate.

Meh.

#6645

Percentage wrote:I'm calling it- Miri is going to be a serious leader in the atheist movement come the next few decades. She speaks very well on camera and has that sort of nebulous X factor that allows her to command a room (a chat room, in this case, but still). It's immature since she's like 21 but you can see it. Wonky eye or no, I was impressed.

But she's mental.

#6646

welch wrote:I wish he'd apologize for being such a shit to Justin.

Loftus acts like a shit to the entire world.

#6647

welch wrote:
JackSkeptic wrote:This is his goodbye post. Anyway I wish him well.

http://www.skepticink.com/debunkingchri ... leave-sin/
I wish he'd apologize for being such a shit to Justin.

I think that "wishing" should be replaced by "praying", they're both part of the same rubberboned body of subtle religization.

I know what you're saying. I'm just on a mission at the moment to eradicate religious/whoopty keywords and phrases from our language.

Anyway, have a blessed day y'all.

#6648

welch wrote:
JackSkeptic wrote:This is his goodbye post. Anyway I wish him well.

http://www.skepticink.com/debunkingchri ... leave-sin/
I wish he'd apologize for being such a shit to Justin.

Agree. The way Justin was treated was disgusting. A typical SJW tactic though. Righteous indignation with someone you disagree with wins every time no matter what the consequences. There was a risk Skepticink was going to end up being a depository for SJW's and have little to do with skeptisism. Hopefully that risk has gone.

His comment 'As I go you might see a gradual shift in emphasis toward the traditional notion of skepticism as opposed to atheism, which sounds fine with me, if so.' seems weird. While I know skeptic organisations such as JREF seem fine with theists the arguments against theists has to be skeptically based. Maybe he means more talk about anti-vaxers or bigfoot rather than atheism. But I do not see atheism and skepticism as mutually exclusive but quite the reverse despite blogs like FtB and the A+ 'movement' trying to prove otherwise.

I also read his blog where he says people like WLC are not dishonest. They are dishonest and demonstrably so in my opinion. Lying for Jesus is common. Of course lying asserts a state of mind that can't be proven but the evidence is so strong simple delusion can't explain it. I have studied WLC's videos and he does several bait and switch tactics which are key to his arguments. All apologists do but he is one of the most devious at it. That can't be an accident. He may well be a decent and nice guy but he lies just the same. So does the Pope for that matter.

#6649

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
Percentage wrote:I'm calling it- Miri is going to be a serious leader in the atheist movement come the next few decades. She speaks very well on camera and has that sort of nebulous X factor that allows her to command a room (a chat room, in this case, but still). It's immature since she's like 21 but you can see it. Wonky eye or no, I was impressed.
But she's mental.

I thought all she had was body image issues. It that not "normal" for the N. American demographic she falls into? Or were you just taking the piss?

I am asking because I really do not know.

#6650

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
Percentage wrote:I'm calling it- Miri is going to be a serious leader in the atheist movement come the next few decades. She speaks very well on camera and has that sort of nebulous X factor that allows her to command a room (a chat room, in this case, but still). It's immature since she's like 21 but you can see it. Wonky eye or no, I was impressed.
But she's mental.

Sanity is a big drawback in any leadership role.

#6651

In other news, I scored 30 and so apparently I fail as an Aspie. For those interested, Take The AQ Test:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html

Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.

#6652

Lsuoma wrote: ...Similar to "The Man Eaters of Tsavo" from 19th Century Africa. J.H Patterson wrote a book about it.

Same story was the basis for a surprisingly good 1996 film, "The Ghost and The Darkness".
Give it a look. No idea how closely it adheres to the actual events but it's thrilling to watch.

#6653

AndrewV69 wrote:
Lsuoma wrote: I am related by marriage to a journalist in the south of WA state. He got a hysterical call a couple of years ago from a woman saying that she's seen a cougar in the area. He pointed out to her that the place she lived in is actually called Cougar, so perhaps her reaction might possibly have been overreaction?
To the best of my knowledge they are not usually a problem unless there is a scarcity of their preferred prey (or if they are sick/old). Oh and lock up your pets at night.

Apparently, New Zealand has a problem with Cougars:

[youtube]j4qtuGmyZoI[/youtube]

#6654

I remember that ad in the news. It was fucking hilarious.

It also struck a massive raw nerve, especially with feminist types because it portrayed a woman as sexually harassing males, and for portraying her sexuality as predatory. And rapey.

Sounds like a familiar narrative.

#6655

Slither wrote:As a dues-paying member of Procrastinators-R-Us, I decided to take a quick look at the academic work of Richard Carrier, and what I found was far worse than even my meager expectations.

You might recall from up-thread it being mentioned that Richard Carrier was extremely upset that someone put a link to Stephanie Fisher's critique of his book on his Wikipedia page. He edited his page to remove this, and wrote an "official response" (one wonders what an unofficial response would look like). Fisher's critique is more than 8000 words long, but I decided to look further into one specific matter.

Richard Carrier claims that the field of New Testament Studies has "collapsed into a chaos of opinions" about Jesus, and cites one Tom Verenna as an authority who claims this. Fisher states that Verenna is simply unqualified to make such a statement about an entire academic field of study. This upsets Carrier, who spends a good part of his "official response" defending Verenna. Verenna is "completely competent", according to Carrier, has "considerable skill" and Fisher's remarks are an insult to a scholar in the field. Moreover, according to Carrier, Verenna has "published a chapter on this subject in a peer reviewed academic book"!

Well! Certainly one should have wonderful credentials to be able to criticize an entire field of study! So, let's take a look at the Tom Verenna who Carrier views as an expert.

Verenna's chapter in a "peer reviewed academic book" is described on Carrier's Amazon.com store, and his CV can be found here. (In case the gentle reader is concerned that Verenna's CV might be out-of-date, notice that the CV lists the book, so must be at least as recent as the book.) And what do we find? We find that Tom Verenna, who according to Carrier is eminently qualified to critique the whole field of New Testament Studies, is a sophomore of Northampton Community College. And before that, was a student at none other than Montgomery Community College! So, yes, this scholar of Carrier's is just an undergrad at a local community college.

But, you might cry, Carrier said that this book was a "peer reviewed academic book"! So, let's take a look at it. Notice that one of the two editors is none other than Tom Verenna. So, Verenna's chapter appeared in the book he himself edited! Not to worry, Carrier cries in one of his other blog posts, the other contributers to this book "peer-reviewed" Verenna's chapter! (Why does Carrier know so much about how this book was written?) So, according to Carrier, the way peer review works is that an editor chooses people to contribute to a book, who then approve of the editor's own chapter in said book. No conflict of interest there! Isn't peer review wonderful!

Now, knowing you pytters, I'm sure none of you are at all skeptical about Carrier, Verenna or this supposed academic book at this point. I am, however, a horrible horrible person, so I decided to take a look at the press who'd print an "academic" book edited by an undergrad with such an interesting definition of peer-review.

Verenna's book was printed by Equinox Press, and you can find their Author Form for Book Proposals here. Notice that his form doesn't ask for text or sample chapters. It does ask for biographical information, but only "for preparing the jacket copy and the title page of the book, and as a basis for catalogue and leaflet entries and press releases." It asks for a brief bio sketch for the jacket copy, and a short blurb for advertising purposes. And it does ask for the names of "reviewers", because they "may wish to send the draft manuscript" to reviewers "to improve the final draft of the manuscript". So, in other words, this "scholarly" press thinks it is really, really important to have the jacket copy written immediately, and getting a copy of the actual book or, for that matter, a critical review of the contents, not so much.

So, this is what Carrier views as a "peer reviewed academic book", and the credentials of an eminent scholar in his chosen field of study. It turns out, moreover, that chapters of this book are used as sources in his own book. Isn't Carrier just an amazing scholar!

It wouldn't surprise me if this Tom Verenna was one of the 'major professors' who reviewed Carrier's forthcoming book on the historicity of Jeebus.

Carrier is the Dunning-Kruger effect personified. Two years ago he wrote a post in which he proposed a radical new idea in physics in order to resolve the EPR paradox. The only catch was that he didn't know enough physics to put his idea in mathematical form, so he called on all physicists to examine his proposal and to let him know if it made any sense.

It is all a bit sad, really. But if schadenfreude is your thing, you may want have a peek at his post.

http://richardcarrier.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... cists.html

The opening paragraph displays all the symptoms of the crackpot:

Over the years I have been mulling a problem in metaphysics: the ontological mysteries of Quantum Mechanics. I have been developing a theory in this regard (see, for example, The Ontology of Time and my unresolved alternatives in Sense and Goodness without God, pp. 98-99, III.4.1), and now, informed by some recent discoveries and publications in the sciences (and finally a stronger understanding of EPR experiments), I am able to write up a proposal intelligibly enough for an actual physicist to evaluate it.

#6656

Forgot to mention Little Britain. And of course; Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Dumb fuck that I am!

#6657

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Forgot to mention Little Britain. And of course; Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Dumb fuck that I am!

Or is it Captain Obvious? Yeah, more like it...

#6658

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Forgot to mention Little Britain. And of course; Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Dumb fuck that I am!
Or is it Captain Obvious? Yeah, more like it...

Fuck! I hate answering to my own posts!

(And Lsuoma, fascist tit extraordinaire, hates my serial posting. So it's all win/win)

#6659

A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...

#6660

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...

The funny thing is, in the real world you see the right-hand couple far more often than the left-hand couple. Which is why I don't understand why men have the reputation for being shallow, and 'obsessed with appearances' while women get to claim that they care about the 'real person inside'.

#6661

New avatar. Not sure I'm entirely happy with it :/

#6662

sacha wrote:
does dog mum count?

Typo?

Guest · #6663

bovarchist wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...
The funny thing is, in the real world you see the right-hand couple far more often than the left-hand couple. Which is why I don't understand why men have the reputation for being shallow, and 'obsessed with appearances' while women get to claim that they care about the 'real person inside'.

And when it is the left-hand, it's likely the guy has a lot of money and/or power.

#6664

bovarchist wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...
The funny thing is, in the real world you see the right-hand couple far more often than the left-hand couple...

Well, yes, I agree but you need to ask how often the woman in the right-hand drawing was that size when the couple first got together. I'd guess that more often than not she blew up like she swallowed a hand grenade right after the "I dos" or the "I'm pregnant".

#6665

bovarchist wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...
The funny thing is, in the real world you see the right-hand couple far more often than the left-hand couple. Which is why I don't understand why men have the reputation for being shallow, and 'obsessed with appearances' while women get to claim that they care about the 'real person inside'.

Some women claim to be more interested in the "person inside" as long as the person outside fulfills a series of mercenary requirements for exactly the same reason the Nazis put "Arbeit Macht Frei" above the gates of the concentration camps: Because straight-up making you suffer isn't enough, there has to be an extra level of mind-fuckery on top of it.

Godwinned!

#6666

Gefan wrote:
bovarchist wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...
The funny thing is, in the real world you see the right-hand couple far more often than the left-hand couple...
Well, yes, I agree but you need to ask how often the woman in the right-hand drawing was that size when the couple first got together. I'd guess that more often than not she blew up like she swallowed a hand grenade right after the "I dos" or the "I'm pregnant".

Q. What's the difference between a girlfriend and a wife?

A. At least 40 lbs.

#6667

Slither wrote:As a dues-paying member of Procrastinators-R-Us, I decided to take a quick look at the academic work of Richard Carrier, and what I found was far worse than even my meager expectations.

<snip>

10/10
I frothed.

#6668

AndrewV69 wrote:In other news, I scored 30 and so apparently I fail as an Aspie. For those interested, Take The AQ Test:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.

Neat test.

I got a 25, and was convinced my answers were going to doom me. I could see retaking the same thing and scoring a point or two different another time, but I'm not near that 32 point threshold.

#6669

Parody Accountant wrote:
AndrewV69 wrote:In other news, I scored 30 and so apparently I fail as an Aspie. For those interested, Take The AQ Test:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.
Neat test.

I got a 25, and was convinced my answers were going to doom me. I could see retaking the same thing and scoring a point or two different another time, but I'm not near that 32 point threshold.

I got 42. Make of that what you will.

#6670

I got 18. I seem to suck at Asperging...

#6671

Speaking of autism: what you never wanted - a chance to see Grimalkin and Kassiane from A+ (with sweaty PZ in the background) talk about neurodivergence for an hour:

[youtube]NWXGUCkxZ6E[/youtube]

#6672

Metalogic42 wrote:
I got 42. Make of that what you will.

Fits with the nym though.

#6673

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I got 18. I seem to suck at Asperging...

I scored 9. I'm even suckier at it.

#6674

Apples wrote:Speaking of autism: what you never wanted - a chance to see Grimalkin and Kassiane from A+ (with sweaty PZ in the background) talk about neurodivergence for an hour:

[youtube]NWXGUCkxZ6E[/youtube]

They look like the kind of people who make themselves look different from most people so they can revel in how different they are.

#6675

Can't wait for Myers to dye his hair some shade of red.

#6676

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Can't wait for Myers to dye his hair some shade of red.

Nah, Myers will go blue, so he has something to discuss over drinks with Twatson.

#6677

Carrier feels better having related stories of horrible misogyny, like when all the men of the ship crowded the gym when the hot female officer worked out. Yes, yes, it sounds like a scene from every B military thriller from the late 80s and early 90s...somehow I imagine starring Kevin Costner, and somehow Demi Moore has to be in there too...but it was truly terrible, and eye opening.

#6678

Red would suit him better (blue is too close to his beard's color, not flashy enough). But really, what the fuck is going on with these folks and their hair?

It is interesting to note that Myers has no problems mingling with A+ fuckwits. He's a lost cause, or he never visited that bag of shite forum that is A+.

#6679

Sorry, bit on the angry side today. My internet subsciption is still not in effect, temperatures at home are near 30Â°C even with the AC on, and I have two days to finish preparing the flat for my brother-in-law, his wife, and their 2 years old kid.

I think I need a drink...

#6680

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Red would suit him better (blue is too close to his beard's color, not flashy enough). But really, what the fuck is going on with these folks and their hair?

It is interesting to note that Myers has no problems mingling with A+ fuckwits. He's a lost cause, or he never visited that bag of shite forum that is A+.

Color-coded oppression olympics. The more your hair deviates from the norm, the more oppressed you are!

#6681

I'll go with Octarine, then.

#6682

Metalogic42 wrote:New avatar. Not sure I'm entirely happy with it :/

I likes it, although I would crop about half the dead space on the left to balance it better.

I will miss the old avatar, which was full of stop-and-look-at-this awesome.

#6683

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I'll go with Octarine, then.

You'll never be as oppressed as me!!!

http://nerdnirvana.org/wp-content/uploa ... 32x500.jpg

#6684

Very oppressed indeed. They won't even let you post a picture here.

#6685

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...

A few years ago there was a terrible reality show wherein hot girls dated geeky rich guys and hunky guys without a pot to piss in. At the end they would choose who they wanted to be with. They never chose the geeky and so the show was short lived. Eye opening to me.

#6686

Zenspace wrote:
Metalogic42 wrote:New avatar. Not sure I'm entirely happy with it :/
I likes it, although I would crop about half the dead space on the left to balance it better.

I will miss the old avatar, which was full of stop-and-look-at-this awesome.

Meh, changed it.

#6687

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Very oppressed indeed. They won't even let you post a picture here.

I told you I was oppressed. You can pity me all you want now :(

#6688

Metalogic42 wrote:
Parody Accountant wrote:
AndrewV69 wrote:In other news, I scored 30 and so apparently I fail as an Aspie. For those interested, Take The AQ Test:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.
Neat test.

I got a 25, and was convinced my answers were going to doom me. I could see retaking the same thing and scoring a point or two different another time, but I'm not near that 32 point threshold.
I got 42. Make of that what you will.

I got 17....

#6689

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Red would suit him better (blue is too close to his beard's color, not flashy enough). But really, what the fuck is going on with these folks and their hair?

http://i.imgur.com/LpjoVef.jpg
I know, right?

#6690

ERV wrote:
Remick wrote:
ERV wrote: Yes. I fully understand that some people needed a free-speech zone to vent, but I am fucking sick of it.

Eating lemon curd and watching 'Luther'.
Are you up to date, or watching previous seasons?
Previous.

I savor TV shows I really like when they are limited (eg I just saw the last episode of 'Sherlock', I havent seen all the episodes of 'Firefly'). I do the same with books. But now that a new season of Luther started, I can watch more episodes.

:-D

Makes sense, seems like the end of season three for Luther will be the lead in for a movie. Sherlock has to be one of my favorite shows right now.