Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

[Lsuoma]

For those experienced with babies: what do you do to make them tired? And, if they make that sad face when you leave them alone in their crib, how do you resist not picking them up? Feels like I'm spoiling the little princess. (She's 9 months old.)

Nothing...but I get what you are saying. And everyone is different.

If you are putting her to bed, give her at least 10 minutes of your full attention. That means holding her. Now, it's not fun time but more like quiet cuddle time. No talking or singing (unless there's quiet routine things already established). Steady slow breathing. Keep her close. Be soothing. If you are a man, don't use your deep man voice. Darkness is good.

Also, don't stick your dick up her cocoa tunnel.

[James Caruthers]

You know at the heart of all this "privilege" bullshit is really apathy and contempt. "I'm not going to even try to fucking change my miserable outlook so the whole world better change in order that I'm happy!"

It is the battlecry of the entitled brat.

That's pretty much the root. And it's also why they develop such toxic little enabling communities.

"I shouldn't have to even try" sums up social justice warrior movements perfectly.

I shouldn't have to try to lose weight, because all of society should change to find my type of body attractive. I shouldn't have to try to avoid dangerous situations where criminal behavior is likely, because all of society should teach criminals not to break the law. I shouldn't have to defend myself, because all of society should jump in to defend me. I shouldn't have to enact the labor to explain my reasoning, all of society should concede complete victory to my ideology or face my bullying campaign and be fired from their jobs.

Imagine if people on drugs acted like fat activists. "Why isn't a junkie body beautiful and sexy?" "You should never invalidate my lived experience as a proud drug-user by telling me to stop smoking so much crack."

[James Caruthers]

http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta ... -thin.html

Greta Christina, of all people, wrote this about the toxic denial of the fat acceptance movement. Funny how fat activists only notice the hatred when they go against the core tenets of the ideology.

Essentially, when I started writing about weight loss, I was treated like a traitor. I was treated like a threat. Even though I made it clear that I wasn't advocating weight loss for everybody, the mere fact that I was choosing to lose weight myself was seen as undermining the principles of the movement. And I was told, in no uncertain terms, to knock it off.

Our bodies out right to decide This didn't just piss me off. It baffled me. I'd always thought of the fat acceptance movement as essentially about empowerment and self-ownership. Our bodies, our right to decide. Apparently, not so much. Apparently, the decision to manage my health by losing weight was not really mine. Apparently, my body didn't belong to me. It belonged to the fat acceptance movement. Many of whom felt entirely comfortable telling me what I should and should not do with it.

And I'm not the only one. When I started blogging about my weight loss, I wasn't just met with toxic denialism from FA advocates. I was also met with a hugely positive response from readers who were dealing with the same stuff. Like me, a lot of my readers identified as fat-positive, but because of serious health concerns, they were now working on losing weight... and were trying to reconcile their fat-positivity with their weight loss. And a number of these readers had dealt with the same hostile, concern-trolling, denialist reaction from the FA movement. They felt the movement had made an important and valuable difference in their lives, they felt a connection with it that they wanted to maintain... and yet they felt like they'd been abandoned by it, even pushed out of it. Margo put it best in her email to me: "The body / fat positive communities don't seem to have any place for me, even though these are communities I've sought out, identified with and gained a lot from over the years. Firstly, I've done the unthinkable and dropped my body fat percentage intentionally, and secondly, the scientist in me just can't deal with the faith-like basis for some of the debates on health, weight and weight loss anymore. I just wish there was a place to talk about the intersection of these issues with feminism without feeling that I'm a FA and feminism drop-out."

What. The. Hell.

What kind of feminism is this?

What kind of movement claims to be about empowerment... but disavows people for making their own choices about their bodies?

What kind of movement claims to be about self-ownership... but abandons people who deviate from the movement's norm?

What kind of movement claims to be about self-esteem... but treats people like traitors for loving their bodies and wanting to take care of them the best way they know how?

Full body project I still think there is a hugely important place in our society for a fat acceptance movement. I think we need a movement that advocates for treating people with dignity, equality, and respect, regardless of their size; a movement that resists the impossible cultural ideals of beauty; a movement that encourages fat people to love themselves and take care of themselves, regardless of whether they lose weight; a movement that speaks out for fat people's right to make their own choices about their bodies and their health.

I think her position in the article tends a little too much into "empathy," "feminism" and "my body my choice" arguments, and doesn't spend enough time on the conspiracy theories and junk science produced by these groups. However, it's a decent little article on its own and a fucking grade-A article by FTB standards.

[James Caruthers]

"Like me, a lot of my readers identified as fat-positive, but because of serious health concerns, they were now working on losing weight... and were trying to reconcile their fat-positivity with their weight loss."

Whenever your ideology butts heads with your reality, that should be a sign that you are living a delusion. They were fat positive... and then surprise shocker, they had serious health concerns that meant they could lose weight or die. If only someone, anyone, could have predicted that.

[TiBo]

On the subject of FTB silliness:
Apparently, I finally got added to the blockbot, and I didn't start at level 3. I jumped IMMEDIATELY into Level 2. Apparently I am on par with James. :D

It's my ambition to get on BlockBot without ever opening a Twitter account.

Moi : Proudly being Level 1 (as all Pitters SHOULD be, and yes, that's a moral imperative)

[Opyt]

On the subject of FTB silliness:
Apparently, I finally got added to the blockbot, and I didn't start at level 3. I jumped IMMEDIATELY into Level 2. Apparently I am on par with James. :D

It's my ambition to get on BlockBot without ever opening a Twitter account.

Moi : Proudly being Level 1 (as all Pitters SHOULD be, and yes, that's a moral imperative)

How does one get bumped up to Level 1 if they're allegedly blocked by all those whom you could offend? I heard Mykeru's theory on how he personally became Level 1, but I don't think I'm going to be able to follow the same path. :violin:

[didymos]

Yep. Practically a fucking Klan member at this point.

[jimthepleb]

For those experienced with babies: what do you do to make them tired? And, if they make that sad face when you leave them alone in their crib, how do you resist not picking them up? Feels like I'm spoiling the little princess. (She's 9 months old.)

Take note of signs of sleepiness. For example, one of my daughters would sort of shake her head in my chest. For her, if it took a full 30 minutes, then so it was. If it were 5 minutes, so it was. But once she gave me the sign it usually went well.

For her it's usually rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand. But I honestly can't tell sometimes, because she might do it one minute and then the next she's all hyper again. She also can't stay still for more than a minute before she starts fidgeting, moving her head around, curious about every nook and cranny. Luckily she fell asleep just now (it's just over 7 AM) and I'm going to bed, but she's like a puppy when you leave her alone!

Anyway. I'm gonna try to get forty winks. Bye for now.

With the 2 poor sleepers we had/have, I found rocking them up in your arms while listening to music helped. Weirdly one was into showtunes the other 90's american pop punk/grunge. Though that clearly says more about my tastes than theirs I guess.
I agree with Andrew, we fed, woke, etc to demand. When the baby cried we did what we could to console it. My brothers both used 'controlled crying' from very young, and that seemed to work for them.
Just don't cut the end of the mites genitalia and you're off to a good start. ;)
Oh and sleep is the most precious commodity you can now pursue. Go after it like you used to chase good sex.

[Opyt]

Yep. Practically a fucking Klan member at this point.

I was going to comment on that, but I'm a bit late to the party. So I'll just leave it to Richie Sanderson. :clap:

Also, holy shit that's a long winded series of responses to herself. Better suited for a medium of more than 140 characters.

[Tigzy]

Yep. Practically a fucking Klan member at this point.

Yeah, clearly the people who truly deserve such authority are those like Natalie:

http://freethoughtblogs.com/nataliereed ... SCback.jpg

[rayshul]

Yep. Practically a fucking Klan member at this point.

I feel if they keep spouting this insane shittery some of their followers are going to have a Wachs moment.

Because there's like a point. Right. Where you're sitting there going oh well feminism privilege cishet WAIT WHAT were the qualifications for being a white supremacist again OK back that shit down maybe unsubscribe me from the newsletter.

[Opyt]

Yep. Practically a fucking Klan member at this point.

Yeah, clearly the people who truly deserve such authority are those like Natalie:

[.img]http://freethoughtblogs.com/nataliereed ... SCback.jpg[/img]

No. That image is CLEARLY "THE Cis Scum", like Sideshow Bob.

Blue-Haired Lawyer: What about that tattoo on your chest? Doesn't it say die Bart die?
Sideshow Bob: No, that's German
[unveils tattoo]
Sideshow Bob: for 'The Bart The'.
Woman on Parole Board: No one who speaks German could be an evil man.

[didymos]

Also, holy shit that's a long winded series of responses to herself. Better suited for a medium of more than 140 characters.

That's how almost all her tweets are. She's comically inept at twitter.

[Tigzy]

I was going to comment on that, but I'm a bit late to the party. So I'll just leave it to Richie Sanderson. :clap:

Also, holy shit that's a long winded series of responses to herself. Better suited for a medium of more than 140 characters.

She didn't acquire the nickname 'Natalie Screed' for nothing.

[TiBo]

It's my ambition to get on BlockBot without ever opening a Twitter account.

Moi : Proudly being Level 1 (as all Pitters SHOULD be, and yes, that's a moral imperative)

How does one get bumped up to Level 1 if they're allegedly blocked by all those whom you could offend? I heard Mykeru's theory on how he personally became Level 1, but I don't think I'm going to be able to follow the same path. :violin:

By instigating liquid gold :-)
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[Opyt]

I was going to comment on that, but I'm a bit late to the party. So I'll just leave it to Richie Sanderson. :clap:

Also, holy shit that's a long winded series of responses to herself. Better suited for a medium of more than 140 characters.

She didn't acquire the nickname 'Natalie Screed' for nothing.

It also seems vaguely familiar, in that if I had hopped in, it would have likely been exactly like the conversation with that Latsot character. :lol:
Boiled down to "That's the wrong answer fucktangle! BLOCKED!" :whistle:

[Opyt]

By instigating liquid gold :-)
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[.tweet][/tweet]

I hope my instigation works a little better. Pointing out that maybe Shakespeare was transgender.

[TiBo]

By instigating liquid gold :-)
v
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[.tweet][/tweet]

I hope my instigation works a little better. Pointing out that maybe Shakespeare was transgender.

Shaping public perception is always good, but POEing has its limitations, because even the craziest POE voice is usually only 1 among countless others.

I prefer fucking with them in the missionary position.

[Dick Strawkins]

http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta ... -thin.html

Greta Christina, of all people, wrote this about the toxic denial of the fat acceptance movement. Funny how fat activists only notice the hatred when they go against the core tenets of the ideology.

Essentially, when I started writing about weight loss, I was treated like a traitor. I was treated like a threat. Even though I made it clear that I wasn't advocating weight loss for everybody, the mere fact that I was choosing to lose weight myself was seen as undermining the principles of the movement. And I was told, in no uncertain terms, to knock it off.

Our bodies out right to decide This didn't just piss me off. It baffled me. I'd always thought of the fat acceptance movement as essentially about empowerment and self-ownership. Our bodies, our right to decide. Apparently, not so much. Apparently, the decision to manage my health by losing weight was not really mine. Apparently, my body didn't belong to me. It belonged to the fat acceptance movement. Many of whom felt entirely comfortable telling me what I should and should not do with it.

And I'm not the only one. When I started blogging about my weight loss, I wasn't just met with toxic denialism from FA advocates. I was also met with a hugely positive response from readers who were dealing with the same stuff. Like me, a lot of my readers identified as fat-positive, but because of serious health concerns, they were now working on losing weight... and were trying to reconcile their fat-positivity with their weight loss. And a number of these readers had dealt with the same hostile, concern-trolling, denialist reaction from the FA movement. They felt the movement had made an important and valuable difference in their lives, they felt a connection with it that they wanted to maintain... and yet they felt like they'd been abandoned by it, even pushed out of it. Margo put it best in her email to me: "The body / fat positive communities don't seem to have any place for me, even though these are communities I've sought out, identified with and gained a lot from over the years. Firstly, I've done the unthinkable and dropped my body fat percentage intentionally, and secondly, the scientist in me just can't deal with the faith-like basis for some of the debates on health, weight and weight loss anymore. I just wish there was a place to talk about the intersection of these issues with feminism without feeling that I'm a FA and feminism drop-out."

What. The. Hell.

What kind of feminism is this?

What kind of movement claims to be about empowerment... but disavows people for making their own choices about their bodies?

What kind of movement claims to be about self-ownership... but abandons people who deviate from the movement's norm?

What kind of movement claims to be about self-esteem... but treats people like traitors for loving their bodies and wanting to take care of them the best way they know how?

Full body project I still think there is a hugely important place in our society for a fat acceptance movement. I think we need a movement that advocates for treating people with dignity, equality, and respect, regardless of their size; a movement that resists the impossible cultural ideals of beauty; a movement that encourages fat people to love themselves and take care of themselves, regardless of whether they lose weight; a movement that speaks out for fat people's right to make their own choices about their bodies and their health.

I think her position in the article tends a little too much into "empathy," "feminism" and "my body my choice" arguments, and doesn't spend enough time on the conspiracy theories and junk science produced by these groups. However, it's a decent little article on its own and a fucking grade-A article by FTB standards.

The righteous feminist Greta Christina of today is vary different from the sex positive blogger of old.

Just read the following post of hers from a few years back and try to imagine what would happen to any male atheist/skeptic who had written something even close to this in the past.

http://www.gretachristina.com/girlsgonewild.html

[real horrorshow]

Aaaand cue every pompous little Twitter-Twat in the world, Twunting long diatribes at Dawkins. You know, stuff that suits a 140 character limit so well.

[Opyt]

[.tweet][/tweet]

Aaaand cue every pompous little Twitter-Twat in the world, Twunting long diatribes at Dawkins. You know, stuff that suits a 140 character limit so well.

I think he's doing it to have fun, and to kick the hornet's nest to find more people to block possibly.

[Hunt]

Aaaand cue every pompous little Twitter-Twat in the world, Twunting long diatribes at Dawkins. You know, stuff that suits a 140 character limit so well.

Oh, he's done it now.

[Hunt]

Just what he's done I'm not exactly sure. But he's done it.

[Tigzy]

The righteous feminist Greta Christina of today is vary different from the sex positive blogger of old.

Just read the following post of hers from a few years back and try to imagine what would happen to any male atheist/skeptic who had written something even close to this in the past.

http://www.gretachristina.com/girlsgonewild.html

It was the first time in a long time that I'd felt embarrassed about being turned on. To be more precise, it was the first time in a long time that I'd felt embarrassed about what was turning me on. I am a happy consumer of very graphic porn, and I typically like my porn kinky and perverted and pretty fucking nasty. I will happily watch (or read about, or look at photos of) young ladies in school uniforms being spanked and fondled by teachers and nuns, or a woman being given an enema and forced to keep it in while she's beaten with a cane, or Rocco Siffredi shoving his cock down a porn actress' throat and holding it there while tears pour down her face. I will watch it, and I will jack off to it, and I will write about it in the national press if I can. But somehow I couldn't admit, even to myself, that I was getting turned on by the "Girls Gone Wild" videos. Or, to be more precise, by the TV ads for the "Girls Gone Wild" videos.

:shock:

Er...what was that you were saying about 'rape culture', Greet?

[Dick Strawkins]

Yesterday Peezus praised the actor Simon Pegg (Star Trek, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) for 'getting it' about feminism when he tweeted something in praise of the everyday feminism project.
Pegg seemed to answer those who tweeted at him about his feminist credentials, which lead to some interesting interactions.

http://i.imgur.com/zBreahe.jpg

The picture linked was the following screencapture of one of Simon Pegg's own tweets.

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/wp-content ... 60529.jpeg

http://i.imgur.com/96Ai9R6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/o1I7sCj.jpg

So, he will continue using the word 'cunt*' in his movies?

(*makes noise like Homer thinking of donuts)

Bad feminist :naughty:

[Hunt]

The righteous feminist Greta Christina of today is vary different from the sex positive blogger of old.

Just read the following post of hers from a few years back and try to imagine what would happen to any male atheist/skeptic who had written something even close to this in the past.

http://www.gretachristina.com/girlsgonewild.html

It was the first time in a long time that I'd felt embarrassed about being turned on. To be more precise, it was the first time in a long time that I'd felt embarrassed about what was turning me on. I am a happy consumer of very graphic porn, and I typically like my porn kinky and perverted and pretty fucking nasty. I will happily watch (or read about, or look at photos of) young ladies in school uniforms being spanked and fondled by teachers and nuns, or a woman being given an enema and forced to keep it in while she's beaten with a cane, or Rocco Siffredi shoving his cock down a porn actress' throat and holding it there while tears pour down her face. I will watch it, and I will jack off to it, and I will write about it in the national press if I can. But somehow I couldn't admit, even to myself, that I was getting turned on by the "Girls Gone Wild" videos. Or, to be more precise, by the TV ads for the "Girls Gone Wild" videos.

:shock:

Er...what was that you were saying about 'rape culture', Greet?

I guess Takei said it best: Oh my.

[deLurch]

So, he will continue using the word 'cunt*' in his movies?
(*makes noise like Homer thinking of donuts)
Bad feminist :naughty:

With the female gaze on him, and his relative naivety should make it rather easy to drag him into a discussion here he makes a few comments that totally pisses off the Social Justice Warriors.

[windy]

http://37.media.tumblr.com/deed06f30dfe ... o1_500.png

Milk=racism. Because it's white. If you don't want to be called a racist, you better agree with me. Yet another SJW who takes a grain of truth (human lactose tolerance is a relatively recent mutation) and covers it in a mountain of ideological bullshit.

Fucking evolution: how does it work??

[real horrorshow]

So, he will continue using the word 'cunt*' in his movies?
(*makes noise like Homer thinking of donuts)
Bad feminist :naughty:

With the female gaze on him, and his relative naivety should make it rather easy to drag him into a discussion here he makes a few comments that totally pisses off the Social Justice Warriors.

I dunno, he's already got "It's okay when I do it" off pat, and I'm sure the SJWs will forgive a famous ally pretty much anything.

[Dick Strawkins]

http://37.media.tumblr.com/deed06f30dfe ... o1_500.png

Milk=racism. Because it's white. If you don't want to be called a racist, you better agree with me. Yet another SJW who takes a grain of truth (human lactose tolerance is a relatively recent mutation) and covers it in a mountain of ideological bullshit.

Fucking evolution: how does it work??

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/.a/6a0 ... 37e970d-pi

There are three or four different alleles that predispose towards lacose tolerance in adulthood, only one of which is associated with whitey.

Perhaps West Africans, Maasai tribespeople, Saudis and subcontinental Indians are honorary mutant white supremicist shitlords too? :?

[Sulman]

The amount of "But who would be against social justice?" gash about Dawkins is predictable.

The answer is nobody. But they are not practicing it. That... That's the whole point.

Jesus, these people...

[Kirbmarc]

The answer is nobody. But they are not practicing it. That... That's the whole point.

I'm against social justice. I'm for equal individual rights. People need to judged as individuals, not as part of a "privileged" or "unprivileged" group.

I think that one of the big problems with SJWs is that they label people as belonging to a group or another and tell them they should behave according to the rules of said group. Fuck this shit.

People should care less about group identities and more about individual responsibilities. We shouldn't care about "races" (whatever they are), genders or sexual preferences, we should care about making all individuals equal truly equal before the law.

[didymos]

The answer is nobody. But they are not practicing it. That... That's the whole point.

I'm against social justice. I'm for equal individual rights. People need to judged as individuals, not as part of a "privileged" or "unprivileged" group.

Then you don't actually know what is traditionally meant by social justice.

[KenD]

Imagine if people on drugs acted like fat activists. "Why isn't a junkie body beautiful and sexy?" "You should never invalidate my lived experience as a proud drug-user by telling me to stop smoking so much crack."

You've not run into many drug rights activists then?

The sane ones argue for drug decriminalisation/legalisation as a harm reduction measure. They generally believe that the war on drugs causes more damage than the substances themselves, and feel that resources would be better spent in helping addicts quit.

But then there are those who'll argue that their hard drug use is an entirely valid lifestyle choice that's being unfairly demonised by the mainstream media and Big Pharma shills. I've seen them claim that using heroin is less harmful than drinking a beer, and certainly no worse than the occasional cup of coffee when you get up in the morning. Being a bit concerned about someone's harmless drug injecting hobby, let alone refusing to hire them because of it, is nothing but the gross ignorance of a bigot.

I see this now and then in the sex worker rights movement. When someone (even if they're in favour of decriminalising sex work) brings up the junkie hookers leaving used needles in their street, and argues that they should be given help to quit, they'll find themselves under attack from certain SW SJWs for their paternalistic assumption that those ladies might not be as happy and healthy as can be.

[Dick Strawkins]

Does anyone know the situation with the twitterer/youtuber 'Femitheist Divine'.
Scented Nectar seems to think she's some kind of monster because of some videos she did a couple of years back - but I've never been sure that those weren't satire. These were the videos where she called for all men (or 90% of men) to be castrated or killed.

But she's also made some very reasonable videos that don't seem consistent with that kind of madfem viewpoint.

[youtube]VAJVMXkloQw[/youtube]

She also spends half her time in twitter chatting to people like occasional pitter subman.
Her video production is of far better quality than the average radfem too.

So, what is she: radfem, poe, contrarian?

[Sulman]

Krista? I have no idea. She doesn't seem to take anything seriously.

[Scented Nectar]

Does anyone know the situation with the twitterer/youtuber 'Femitheist Divine'.
Scented Nectar seems to think she's some kind of monster because of some videos she did a couple of years back - but I've never been sure that those weren't satire. These were the videos where she called for all men (or 90% of men) to be castrated or killed.

But she's also made some very reasonable videos that don't seem consistent with that kind of madfem viewpoint.

[ youtube ]VAJVMXkloQw[ /youtube ]

She also spends half her time in twitter chatting to people like occasional pitter subman.
Her video production is of far better quality than the average radfem too.

So, what is she: radfem, poe, contrarian?

She still believes that men should be no more than 2-10% of the total population. The only thing she's retracted is the humiliation ceremony, where men and boys are marched naked down the public streets and then get publicly castrated.

I think her new version of it leaves out the humiliation ceremony part. They still get castrated. She must have gotten too many complaints from her otherwise allies. I guess they didn't complain about the sexual slavery parts though. She plans to keep the remaining 2-10% of uncastrated men and boys locked away, and women can choose which ones they want to use for sex and/or pregnancy. The men have no say in it. Rape of captive men will be the norm if she had her way.

She has also mentioned that mentally and physically ill people should be killed. Included in this category, she has women who she considers too sympathetic towards men or boys.

Something of note that she has said in the past, is that she intends to forward her plans openly, but at the same time, right under people's noses. She's not a poe, but pretends not to be a feminist even though she's hooked up with the separatists who used to post at radfemhub, the one's exposed in the Agent Orange files a couple of years ago.

[Beta Neckbeard]

[youtube]T9AmysjG2Aw[/youtube]

[Snapfingers]

She still believes that men should be no more than 2-10% of the total population. The only thing she's retracted is the humiliation ceremony, where men and boys are marched naked down the public streets and then get publicly castrated.

Seems perfectly reasonable if you accept the premise of their lunacy:

First and foremost: all PIV sex is rape, ok?
http://witchwind.wordpress.com/2013/12/ ... s-rape-ok/

[Tony Parsehole]

What???

Notice how they dragged Stephen Fry's twitter account into this? Simply pulling his name out of their arse wasn't enough apparently. They had to actually add him in.

[Guest]

On the subject of FTB silliness:
Apparently, I finally got added to the blockbot, and I didn't start at level 3. I jumped IMMEDIATELY into Level 2. Apparently I am on par with James. :D

I think that's a Slymepit thing.

I've never had a single interaction with Oolon or any of the blockbot idiots but I'm level 2.

[Aneris]

I had a creative fit and made this Slymepit header. It's a suggestion only.

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

I don't know the actual specifications and whether it looks good enough without changing the entire colour scheme. This forum software probably can allow users to select a theme they prefer (i.e. keep the current), if that is a concern. Just in case, here are some possibilities:

http://i.imgur.com/050whrc.png

[Sulman]

I like it.

[Matt Cavanaugh]

Yep. Practically a fucking Klan member at this point.

Point is, Nats, Dawkins does have immense gravitas & influence. Yet you macro-clit-heads keeps pissing him off. How's that working out for ya?

[Matt Cavanaugh]

I had a creative fit and made this Slymepit header. It's a suggestion only.

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

I don't know the actual specifications and whether it looks good enough without changing the entire colour scheme. This forum software probably can allow users to select a theme they prefer (i.e. keep the current), if that is a concern. Just in case, here are some possibilities:

http://i.imgur.com/050whrc.png

It's awesome. How do I get one?

[Aneris]

Here is something that combines a lot of interesting topics and thoughts: social media, internet famous, a bit of social justice warriorism, click-bait journalism, narratives and it should be for a gamer nerds here.

[youtube]PmTUW-owa2w[/youtube]

[Matt Cavanaugh]

She still believes that men should be no more than 2-10% of the total population. The only thing she's retracted is the humiliation ceremony, where men and boys are marched naked down the public streets and then get publicly castrated.

I think her new version of it leaves out the humiliation ceremony part. They still get castrated. She must have gotten too many complaints from her otherwise allies. I guess they didn't complain about the sexual slavery parts though. She plans to keep the remaining 2-10% of uncastrated men and boys locked away, and women can choose which ones they want to use for sex and/or pregnancy. The men have no say in it. Rape of captive men will be the norm if she had her way.

She has also mentioned that mentally and physically ill people should be killed. Included in this category, she has women who she considers too sympathetic towards men or boys.

Something of note that she has said in the past, is that she intends to forward her plans openly, but at the same time, right under people's noses. She's not a poe, but pretends not to be a feminist even though she's hooked up with the separatists who used to post at radfemhub, the one's exposed in the Agent Orange files a couple of years ago.

Be careful what you wish for.

How is this freak any different from Elliot Rodger, and why is no one concerned?

[Cliché Guevara]

http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/w ... n-problem/

Vans Warped Tour has a problem. It won’t be news to anyone who’s either attended the festival, or paid attention to its lineups over the course of the last 20 years, but the bands that populate Warped’s roster historically fall into two categories: male and white.

[...] As a woman and a fan of punk rock, I’m angry and disheartened. I grew up listening to hardcore and pop-punk and I know what a boys’ club it can be. I’m used to being in the minority at shows, having to deal with guys who think they need to protect me in the mosh pit. But that was 15 years ago, and still the culture has not evolved. Part of that could be because Kevin Lyman, founder and producer of the Warped Tour, doesn’t think there’s a problem.

“There’s really not a lack of women,” he says, interrupting me before I’ve finished asking the first question. “If you’ve got 20 bands that have women in them out of 120 bands, that’s one out of six bands.”

“You think that’s OK?” I ask, surprised that he would be so comfortable with such a one-sided ratio.

“That’s absolutely OK,” he says.

But it’s not. It’s not OK for Warped or the Fest, and it’s not OK that Alternative Press, a monthly music magazine that sponsors the Warped Tour, has only put a woman on its cover five times in the last three years — and twice it was Hayley Williams from Paramore.

“If you Google-search bands in the world, the vast majority of them are male. That’s a correct assumption, right?” Lyman continues. “I don’t necessarily go search out girl bands — I always try to make sure they’re there. But they have to be good.”

“That makes it sound like girls just aren’t as good at music when you say it that way,” I say.

[bhoytony]

For those experienced with babies: what do you do to make them tired? And, if they make that sad face when you leave them alone in their crib, how do you resist not picking them up? Feels like I'm spoiling the little princess. (She's 9 months old.)

http://www.maximumfun.org/sawbones/sawbones-opium

[Sunder]

Holy shit those replies.

Twitter is not made for expressing complex or nuanced thoughts, which is obvious enough when someone needs to use two tweets to say something.

But when you need more than a dozen...you're using the wrong damn format to get your message out. Twitter is not and will never be a forum.

[ReneeHendricks]

My take on the whole Dawkins/personal fucking preferences thing:

http://skeptischism.com/blog/2014/06/28/social_justice/

Oh, and Natalie Reed is pinching the bridge of Natalie's nose now because of me :)

[KenD]

Their SJW detractors are no better, but it's funny seeing so many radfem types playing the victim and whinging about how unfairly they're being treated. They haven't exactly avoided using shaming and smear tactics when responding to MRAs, anti-feminists, and other critics.

I've certainly seen them come out with plenty of mocking "Freeze Peach" type comments when some entitled mansplainer suggested that knee-jerk accusations of misogyny and rape apologism might have a chilling effect on debate...

Of course It's completely different when they're on the receiving end.

[Sunder]

How does one get bumped up to Level 1 if they're allegedly blocked by all those whom you could offend? I heard Mykeru's theory on how he personally became Level 1, but I don't think I'm going to be able to follow the same path. :violin:

How do the levels work? What's the difference between being blocked, being extra blocked, and being super duper double secret probation blocked deluxe with cheese?

[ReneeHendricks]

How does one get bumped up to Level 1 if they're allegedly blocked by all those whom you could offend? I heard Mykeru's theory on how he personally became Level 1, but I don't think I'm going to be able to follow the same path. :violin:

How do the levels work? What's the difference between being blocked, being extra blocked, and being super duper double secret probation blocked deluxe with cheese?

You've got to say something totally heinous. I think I'm a level 2 because I'm a "chill girl" and a member of the 'pit. Oh, and I make fun of Fluevogs.

[TiBo]

Does anyone know the situation with the twitterer/youtuber 'Femitheist Divine'.
Scented Nectar seems to think she's some kind of monster because of some videos she did a couple of years back - but I've never been sure that those weren't satire. These were the videos where she called for all men (or 90% of men) to be castrated or killed.

But she's also made some very reasonable videos that don't seem consistent with that kind of madfem viewpoint.

[youtube]VAJVMXkloQw[/youtube]

She also spends half her time in twitter chatting to people like occasional pitter subman.
Her video production is of far better quality than the average radfem too.

So, what is she: radfem, poe, contrarian?

None of the above. Complete and utter schizo maniac. Faked her own death IRL to get away from the blowback she received for her "activism".

[katamari Damassi]

"Mooom! Errands are for disgusting faggots! I'm no faggot, I'm human! HUMAN!"

That's homophobic.

That made me LOL.

[Aneris]

How does one get bumped up to Level 1 if they're allegedly blocked by all those whom you could offend? I heard Mykeru's theory on how he personally became Level 1, but I don't think I'm going to be able to follow the same path. :violin:

How do the levels work? What's the difference between being blocked, being extra blocked, and being super duper double secret probation blocked deluxe with cheese?

There is no difference. It doubles as an online pillory, which is arguably its main function. That way the Social Justice League (which is social justice faction within the atheist-skeptics "movement") can maintain that there is an evil team, which gives their status as an horrible oppressed minority a thin veneer of credibility.

[Scented Nectar]

She still believes that men should be no more than 2-10% of the total population. The only thing she's retracted is the humiliation ceremony, where men and boys are marched naked down the public streets and then get publicly castrated.

I think her new version of it leaves out the humiliation ceremony part. They still get castrated. She must have gotten too many complaints from her otherwise allies. I guess they didn't complain about the sexual slavery parts though. She plans to keep the remaining 2-10% of uncastrated men and boys locked away, and women can choose which ones they want to use for sex and/or pregnancy. The men have no say in it. Rape of captive men will be the norm if she had her way.

She has also mentioned that mentally and physically ill people should be killed. Included in this category, she has women who she considers too sympathetic towards men or boys.

Something of note that she has said in the past, is that she intends to forward her plans openly, but at the same time, right under people's noses. She's not a poe, but pretends not to be a feminist even though she's hooked up with the separatists who used to post at radfemhub, the one's exposed in the Agent Orange files a couple of years ago.

Be careful what you wish for.

How is this freak any different from Elliot Rodger, and why is no one concerned?

She's more sexist than he was.

Luckily, her thinking is too fucked up to be very effective at much. She frequently promises things like 6 hour videos on topics that never appear. She's supposedly writing a book now.

[Tribble]

So, what is she: radfem, poe, contrarian?

I have never figured her out. But I don't really watch her videos anymore, either. Her voice grates...

[Guestus Aurelius]