Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

#35041

Alex, you are one saucy little mushroom.

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

http://i.imgur.com/i6nvKLr.png

#35042

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
dogen wrote:
Parody Accountant wrote: What color is a pulsar?
Probably quite blue and dim looking.

watsonblue.jpg

That photo took me by surprise.

You know, it really was a good thing that I did not have a mouthful of coffee. Because that coffee would have been all over the keyboard, mouse, mousepad and monitor.

Because everyone knows by now that it is just a matter of time that if you read the pit while eating or consuming a refreshing beverage is not something you do because of consequences.

Fucking hell! Why did I spontaneously LOL at that picture of Watson? Why?

#35043

Malky wrote:
Michael J wrote:Alexa is a little misleading as it is a relative ranking. The following is weekly page views for the past 12 months. There is a downtrend but it is slower. No prizes for guessing what the large drop was from.

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The actual visitors is even more stable. This is because Ftb has already filtered out anybody who isn't a hard core nut. If Alex (or any other blogger) left I don't think that FTB would lose many readers. I think that it is stable from here unless PZ leaves or folds the network.

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And how many of those daily visitors are from the pit checking p on things? :think:

If you added all of the people, not just pitters, who just go there to watch the train wreck it might be significant.

#35044

Probably a good move UNSW has a v. good name. Sydney operates best when your class is in the Quad. Or you can at least see it from your stone casement window.

"The other side" is being slowly refurbished. Of course it had to wait for the Law School to be constructed.

#35045

I'm happy to click the occasional archive, but I haven't raw dawged at ftb since avigate.

#35046

Tigzy wrote:Alex, you are one saucy little mushroom.

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

http://i.imgur.com/i6nvKLr.png

God he is a bad writer

#35047

1.08% of the 1,389 executions performed in the United States since 1976 were women.

#Patriarchy

#35048

Clarence wrote:In more serious news and something that might interest Andrew or the other programming geeks on here, ESR declares WAR on SJW's:http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6918

When he called for action, I imagine this:

[.youtube]i6LGJ7evrAg[/youtube]

And I hope the result is this:

[.youtube]jDBPmEAheCY[/youtube]

No surprise. It was only a matter of time.

#35049

Brive1987 wrote:PZ worries he might be outed as an Ophelia-terf apologist.

http://i.imgur.com/LbmeJ5U.png

Good god. There is apparently nothing PZ Meyers says for which a contradictory quote cannot be found. What a shitty old fraudster he is.

#35050

PZ schooling Alex in public shows just what a shitty manager he would be in real life.

His clear objective was to exert his authority in front of all, not simply clarify administrative protocol.

What a weak cunt.

#35051

Delicious, Oolon shitting all over PZ on Alex's blog. Three twats on one thread, makes my Monday morning.

oolon says
November 23, 2015 at 12:17 am
Alex, how dare you get permission to share peoples emails from a private back channel, then share their words with their express consent. Clearly this is such an egregious breach of protocol we now have to ignore that someone was discussing said back channel emails with no permission at all!
Unbelievable that this is the “same sort of thing” as sharing private Facebook posts without the persons permission. No it isn’t, it isn’t even in the same galaxy as that “sort of thing” ffs.
… some people are going to assume that I took Ophelia’s side, and others will assume that I opposed her
Well, maybe, if you hadn’t shut down the Drum thread with a little stamp of your foot and a declaration by fiat that there *wasn’t* anything that was in any way transphobic. Completely ignoring the people, trans and cis, on the thread detailing what the issue was. Maybe in that alternative universe people may have wondered what side you fell down on. Pretty sure the air of mystery that you seem want to maintain doesn’t exist.

#35052

Brive1987 wrote:PZ schooling Alex in public shows just what a shitty manager he would be in real life.

His clear objective was to exert his authority in front of all, not simply clarify administrative protocol.

What a ~~weak~~ cunt.

#35053

What's this? Ooley making a post where he doesn't mention the Slymepit? *Checks thread* Oh he did, but in an earlier post.

This struck me as unintentionally hilarious, first sentence would be right at place in the pit if only Mr Clarke changed it to “fFTB clique”. Second is a brilliant /s attempt at explaining how OB just accidentally fell foul of the shifting sands of SJ “right think”. How was she supposed to know that FTB now thought trans women are women, just last tuesday the party line was totally different don’cha’kno! Seriously dude, just let it go, that way lies the slymepit and years obsessing over that “FtB clique”!

Obsessing. Yup.

#35054

Anyone here ever gone through the trouble of creating homeade flavor shave ice

#35055

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
deLurch wrote: I would enjoy it much more if I could bare wading through the crap that spews from his keyboard. The guy can't string together a coherent thought to save his life. I'll just enjoy everyone else's analysis of what he wrote.
Lil' Alex is so prolix & obtuse, I haven't the slightest clue what the hell he's ever getting at.

:suimouth:

He is pretty coherent when he is asking for money

#35056

Tigzy wrote:
free thoughtpolice wrote:CNN is going to air a documentary on the rape epidemic on campi called "Hunting Ground" in a couple of hours (8:00 EST).
They should have titled it 'Campi in a Basket-Case'. lol.

You're dating yourself. Seems to me it was the late sixties when all the pubs advertised that.

#35057

screwtape wrote:
Tigzy wrote:
free thoughtpolice wrote:CNN is going to air a documentary on the rape epidemic on campi called "Hunting Ground" in a couple of hours (8:00 EST).
They should have titled it 'Campi in a Basket-Case'. lol.
You're dating yourself. Seems to me it was the late sixties when all the pubs advertised that.

Proper pub food, that. Not this 'gastropub' braised-ox-cheeks-in-dangleberry-jus nonsense. Scampi, ploughman's or a bag of crisps. Maybe a steak if it's a Flaming Grill or a curry if it's a Spoons. But that's about it. Getting all this wannabe Michelin star type food in a pub makes about as much sense as going to a posh restaurant and ordering a pint of wifebeater with the additional demand that it tastes like the pipes haven't been cleaned for a decade.

#35058

The PA said:

Anyone here ever gone through the trouble of creating homeade flavor shave ice

If you're referring to fruit ice, as in a desert, then yes, I did. Lemon/lime mix. Don't forget the zest (grated peel), it's a very important flavouring addition.

#35059

Jeezus, what an idiot.

http://imgur.com/vLv0B54.jpg

#35060

Nice shoop.

#35061

What fucking planet is Peez on. No one has speculated on what he said back channel. Only what he said on his own front channel.

The man should never have blundered onto Gabby's blog wearing his "I luv terfs" tee shirt.

http://i.imgur.com/54lKwaV.jpg

#35062

Alex is definitely weeping now.

Like a baby.

#35063

Brive1987 wrote:Nice shoop.

You like it? It's the most difficult thing I've ever done. I made him an activist.

http://imgur.com/pEMs6KE.png

#35064

Parody Accountant wrote:Anyone here ever gone through the trouble of creating homeade flavor shave ice

So you are saying that your ice is shaved? Don't let the transwomen hear you talk about that.

#35065

From https://archive.is/lwqwi

Alex asks PZ to leave his thread:

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#35066

PZ is getting trounced by Alex and Oolon, two people who couldn't win an argument with a glass of water.

#35067

screwtape wrote:From https://archive.is/lwqwi

Alex asks PZ to leave his thread:

Screen Shot 2015-11-22 at 9.45.23 PM.png

:popcorn:

#35068

On gosh maybe I was wrong. Again.

Maybe this is the a yong turks coup d'état ?

Did PZ run his numbers before implicitly calling out Alex, Greta, Zinnia, Miri, Ed, Aoife?

I wonder where "once a month" blogger Jason is on all this?

#35069

Maybe PZ should make a principled stand like Benson did and withdraw back to his scienceblogs offering.

Maybe his "bags are packed"

:popcorn:

#35070

feathers wrote:
Service Dog wrote:I entirely-missed the "Freedom of Tweets" fundraiser yesterday. Glad they were successful.
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/11/1 ... n-elliott/
Uh, that fundraising page sits at USD 37K of the wanted 100K. Are you looking elsewhere?

Oh... yeah. The fundraising. I meant successful at hitting the target number for Milo to sing Celine Dion.*

*joke. not sure they hit that, either.clearly i don't know what's going on

#35071

[quote="Brive1987"

Maybe this is the a yong turks coup d'état ?
[/quote]

It's like a fucking totalitarian regime. They all eventually eat their own.

#35072

It's comments like these that force people to speculate on whether PZ was pro or anti Benson.

"Ophelia is not a terf. Not even close"

Something like that, so sloppily written, could mean almost anything.

http://i.imgur.com/jKkDK0v.jpg

#35073

Brive1987 wrote:On gosh maybe I was wrong. Again.

Maybe this is the a yong turks coup d'état ?

Did PZ run his numbers before implicitly calling out Alex, Greta, Zinnia, Miri, Ed, Aoife?

I wonder where "once a month" blogger Jason is on all this?

PZ would be pretty dumb to get all those people against him at once. So I wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly what he does.

Honestly, it's not like he has any integrity to lose. He should just throw Ophelia under the bus and join the rest of his blog network. She's already soured on him due to his weak and all-too-late defense.

Or maybe he's resentful that actual friends like his clone Chis Clarke took Ophelia's side and he's now too late to join them.

Well that's what happens when you play pretend like you're some kind of leader and consistently fail to ever take any sort of leader-like stance on a divisive issue.

#35074

screwtape wrote:From https://archive.is/lwqwi

Alex asks PZ to leave his thread:

Screen Shot 2015-11-22 at 9.45.23 PM.png

Oh, fuck me. Gabriel McDonald has deployed the "spoons" bomb. How can Meyers recover from this? How can he possibly respond without being called out as an ablist biphobe who is bullying the wee clown?

I cannot wait for the next installment.

#35075

Well according to the FtB constitution, Gabby has more than qualified, by tsar myers definition, to be booted.

Per article 1:

............

Dismissal of bloggers from the network

Removal of unsuitable bloggers from the Network is never to be undertaken casually. The criteria for asking that someone be removed are:

Multiple violations of privacy
Persistent disruption of the mailing list with violations of etiquette
Harassment — continuation of a behavior when requested to stop
etc etc etc

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswith ... 4ET1C.dpuf

...........

So which is it PZ?

Are you correct and has Gabby shat repeatedly on the privacy of the back channel using multiple sources with "catastrophic" effect? If so he needs to be removed.

Or are you the one full of shit?

#35076

Well to be fair he needs to consult with the Executive Committee first. They're probably still tied up with that Nugent business.

#35077

There are meant to be 5 on the committee to ensure no voting stalemates

PZ.
new-Ed.
2x appointed by above.
1x voted by the network.

Surely the odds have to be on for Jason and/or Alex to be in there somewhere?

Although I guess it could run:

PZ, SZvan, Greta, one of the interchangeables - |Miri Dana Ashley|, ComradeP (most intelligent FtBer in real life of them all).

#35078

Oh. I passed 6000. Thanks for the fucking balloons and streamers.

#35079

Service Dog wrote:
Parody Accountant wrote:
Service Dog wrote:
http://i.imgur.com/CI0au94.png
Isn't that a parody subreddit?

Oh fuck, I always thought it was anyway
Lavender is a sissy-sounding word, and light purple can be wimpy. Actual lavender blossoms smell nice, but not manly.
So I would never reach for any 'lavender' soap product on the store shelf.

If lavender is a sissy-sounding word, how about the swing color special lavender?

(Special lavender, aka Roscolux 54, was widely used gel in theatrical area lighting because it "swings" from warm to cool depending on what other light it's mixed with. Used correctly it reduced the number of instruments you need, which is especially useful in theater-in-the-round. Of course this was long before RBG LEDs and similar stuff showed up.)

#35080

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote: Good god. There is apparently nothing PZ Meyers says for which a contradictory quote cannot be found. What a shitty old fraudster he is.

Peez is the Old Testament of Atheism Plus.

#35081

Brive1987 wrote:Oh. I passed 6000. Thanks for the fucking balloons and streamers.

http://imgur.com/lgGI9nU.jpg

#35082

Brive1987 wrote:Well according to the FtB constitution, Gabby has more than qualified, by tsar myers definition, to be booted.

Per article 1:

............

Dismissal of bloggers from the network

Removal of unsuitable bloggers from the Network is never to be undertaken casually. The criteria for asking that someone be removed are:

Multiple violations of privacy
Persistent disruption of the mailing list with violations of etiquette
Harassment — continuation of a behavior when requested to stop
etc etc etc

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswith ... 4ET1C.dpuf

...........

So which is it PZ?

Are you correct and has Gabby shat repeatedly on the privacy of the back channel using multiple sources with "catastrophic" effect? If so he needs to be removed.

Or are you the one full of shit?

PZ wont dump Gabby as it would be seen as punching down, even if the committee does it. If Gabby was going to leave then he would have left when Benson left. So Stalemate. I'd say that PZ will be desperately trying to get Zvan and the others to start defending him.

#35083

Brive1987 wrote:http://i.imgur.com/yEYNfL3.jpg

I feel like a forensic tech - I have 70% idetification based on tats. Waiting on dental results for confirmation.

[youtube]7oRb9-mypxg[/youtube]
:drool:

#35084

trigger warning: don't watch video past about 2:00

#35085

http://imgur.com/1t8yBUk.jpg

#35086

Brive1987 wrote:Oh. I passed 6000. Thanks for the fucking balloons and streamers.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/wp-c ... oning.jpeg

#35087

Over at Kotaku they are whining because some developers are not happy with their yellow journalism.

http://kotaku.com/a-price-of-games-jour ... Socialflow

For the past two years, Kotaku has been blacklisted by Bethesda, the publisher of the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series. For the past year, we have also been, to a lesser degree, ostracized by Ubisoft, publisher of Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and more.

In those periods of time, the PR and marketing wings of those two gaming giants have chosen to act as if Kotaku doesn’t exist. They’ve cut off our access to their games and creators, omitted us from their widespread mailings of early review copies and, most galling, ignored all of our requests for comment on any news stories.

#35088

Ape+lust wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:Oh. I passed 6000. Thanks for the fucking balloons and streamers.
http://imgur.com/lgGI9nU.jpg

Why thank you.

Let me see what a little prick can do ....

#35089

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
dogen wrote:
Parody Accountant wrote: What color is a pulsar?
Probably quite blue and dim looking.

watsonblue.jpg

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

#35090

Service Dog wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:Oh. I passed 6000. Thanks for the fucking balloons and streamers.
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/wp-c ... oning.jpeg

We are not amused.

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

Ok. Maybe a little. :lol:

#35091

6.00am in London.

Wake up Gabby.

And no, it wasn't a bad dream.

http://i.giphy.com/YiaadlmEqWiRi.gif

#35092

Service Dog wrote:
feathers wrote:
Service Dog wrote:I entirely-missed the "Freedom of Tweets" fundraiser yesterday. Glad they were successful.
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/11/1 ... n-elliott/
Uh, that fundraising page sits at USD 37K of the wanted 100K. Are you looking elsewhere?
Oh... yeah. The fundraising. I meant successful at hitting the target number for Milo to sing Celine Dion.*

*joke. not sure they hit that, either.clearly i don't know what's going on

That pages is now currently at 44,000. Before Milo did that article earlier this past week they were at 12,000 or thereabouts. Never let it be doubted GG has some financial clout.

#35093

So what exactly did PZ say about Ophelia.

You know. Juat to stop speculation.

Here is the complete compendium of blog comments.

The Mended Drum
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/ ... ed-drum-2/
http://i.imgur.com/ME5v65g.png

And some of the boxes explode
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/ ... o-explode/
http://i.imgur.com/1kmFGMf.png
http://i.imgur.com/IYTgm8I.png

#35094

Fascist Tit.

Please turn on public images again.

Or else.

#35095

Fascist Tit is fascist.

#35096

Keating wrote:Fascist Tit is fascist.

He's probably too busy dealing with leakage from the back passage.

#35097

Shatterface wrote:
Sunder wrote:Also, I'm completely on board with the inevitable collapse of tertiary education as we know it.
There are enough people with degrees in the world anyway, and most of them aren't using them. We could easily afford to shut down universities for a year or so to reboot.

Or we could eject the pointless studies that seem to harbour the overwhelming majority of these cupcakes.

#35098

Brive1987 wrote:This could get ugly. Now Nat Carr has chimed in:

I find it odd, PZ, that you claim your concern is that Alex’s post here will scare off potential bloggers because he reproduced specific back-channel communications with permission. What I find scarier is the idea of blogging for a network where such private communications have been maliciously leaked twice now and the “big dog” of the network did nothing substantive to combat them

Let me abstract that:

I find it odd, PZ, that you scare off potential bloggers

#35099

Feck! I can't keep up with this place, especially when I'm slumming it in freaking TOKYO freaking JAPAN. Where of course I have been researching things like tonkatsu and sashimi and learning to be extremely polite.

#35100

Brive1987 wrote:PZ schooling Alex in public shows just what a shitty manager he would be in real life.

His clear objective was to exert his authority in front of all, not simply clarify administrative protocol.

What a weak cunt.

But remember, there are no authorities at FtBs. They're just a merry band of bloggers, seated at a round table.