The Refuge of the Toads

#6661

HoneyWagon wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
HoneyWagon wrote:OT, but I showed this in the hangout.
This is from the 2012 TAM....only 3 1/2 years ago.

http://i.imgur.com/uEAg1Fv.jpg?2

Left to right:
Bryan Bonner, Matthew Baxter, Karen Stollznow, Ben Radford, Blake Smith, Ross Blocher and Carrie Poppy

Show the dress that matches Phil's wallpaper!
https://i.imgur.com/eKkAPu6.jpg

Was that dress an homage to Benoit Mandelbrot?

Guest_0048cc29 · #6662

Outed1TimeAsGrey! wrote:
rayshul wrote:Chekc this shit out AHAHHAHA

i66.tinypic.com/5l114x.jpg

This may be the most retarded thing I've ever seen
Yes!
We must remove the bottom layer of that pyramid

so that we have a shorter pyramid

in which we are all closer to murder.

I am 95% sure the signature on the cartoon is @ziibiing

twitter.com/ziibiing
instagram.com/ziibiing/

which leads to

ashleycfairbanks.com/index.php/right-sidebar/

So, no, that comic is not satire nor poe. She means that shit.

#6663

Bourne Skeptic wrote:
HoneyWagon wrote:
comhcinc wrote:

Show the dress that matches Phil's wallpaper!
https://i.imgur.com/eKkAPu6.jpg
Was that dress an homage to Benoit Mandelbrot?

#6664

HoneyWagon wrote:
Bourne Skeptic wrote:
Was that dress an homage to Benoit Mandelbrot?

Now I am sad.

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd19 ... Benoit.gif

#6665

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

#6666

HoneyWagon wrote:http://i.imgur.com/RtpURuL.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... C_1864.jpg

#6667

I know a lot of people get upset but I wish to see more t-shirt based battles.

#6668

comhcinc wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:Is the hangout available online?
Do you have the Expressed Written Permission of the National Football League and the Columbia Broadcast Service?

Err...yes?

#6669

HoneyWagon wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
HoneyWagon wrote:

Hoping for a more Oceania-centric one next time
Bloody Aussies and Kiwis, always whinging about being out of sync with the rest of the world. My heart bleeds for you, with your beautiful beaches and winters where 4C is a cold night.

Fuck you. Fuck you into the ground. (But not too far, otherwise you'll come out up here and start looking for jobs in our pubs.)
Dude, I live in Hollywood.
I just love hearing the accents ;)

Dude, I was just trying to crack a funny.

#6670

comhcinc wrote:
Skep tickle wrote:

Lol'ed.

Aron Ra is punk.

'My apologies, I have read nothing you've written, listened to none of your many talks, and have only heard third hand accusations from people who spit venom 24/7 but who I somehow yet remain friends with, and oh yes I am a skeptic and rationalist and believe I act like it'

#6671

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:Is the hangout available online?
Do you have the Expressed Written Permission of the National Football League and the Columbia Broadcast Service?
Err...yes?

Good. Unfortunately for you this hangout was not recorded. It was backchannel private event not meant to be made public. We got to be ourselves and show our faces and use our real names. You just need to plan to be at one.

#6672

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
HoneyWagon wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Bloody Aussies and Kiwis, always whinging about being out of sync with the rest of the world. My heart bleeds for you, with your beautiful beaches and winters where 4C is a cold night.

Fuck you. Fuck you into the ground. (But not too far, otherwise you'll come out up here and start looking for jobs in our pubs.)
Dude, I live in Hollywood.
I just love hearing the accents ;)
Dude, I was just trying to crack a funny.

Dude, I know. You're not Steers.

#6673

HoneyWagon wrote:http://i.imgur.com/RtpURuL.jpg

Middle-aged and older nerdy women in T-shirts are scary as fuck.

I should know, I am one.

#6674

HoneyWagon wrote:
Shatterface wrote:
MarcusAu wrote:The strangest thing about it was that everyone seemed so normal.

Cheers Com - great job in sorting this out.
A bunch of Pitters hung out together and no one got raeped. Why can't all skepticism be like that?

We need to send our code of conduct out to the rest of the community because obviously we've worked out how to get along and they haven't.
There were even several women there...though not all under Steersman's definition

You mean they had outdated motherboards? :rimshot:

#6675

BarnOwl wrote:
HoneyWagon wrote:http://i.imgur.com/RtpURuL.jpg
Middle-aged and older nerdy women in T-shirts are scary as fuck.

I should know, I am one.

Yeah in a hot way!

I think I can get us some bookings on the indy circuit.

#6676

HoneyWagon wrote: https://i.imgur.com/eKkAPu6.jpg

I had glasses like that ...

... in the fifth grade.

#6677

The term "Freedom Feminism" makes me cringe, though.

#6678

comhcinc wrote:
Yeah in a hot way!

I think I can get us some bookings on the indy circuit.

Do we have to wrestle?

If so, I'll need to work on my smacking-people-with-metal-folding-chairs technique.

#6679

Winner of transgender beauty pageant stripped of her title because she was 'not transgender enough'

#6680

Skep tickle wrote:Winner of transgender beauty pageant stripped of her title because she was 'not transgender enough'

Unbelievable. "not living full-time as a woman". That's what happens when "we" don't draw a line in the sand, when we engage in "shoddy and inept application of words"! Sheesh. ;-)

#6681

A Pit shooper might fit the bill?

#6682

BarnOwl wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
Yeah in a hot way!

I think I can get us some bookings on the indy circuit.
Do we have to wrestle?

If so, I'll need to work on my smacking-people-with-metal-folding-chairs technique.

Thankfully after the Benoit murder suicide chair shots have mostly gone out of style.

No you need to work on being able to get color. Red = Green

#6683

HoneyWagon wrote:http://i.imgur.com/RtpURuL.jpg

Is the angry skepchick on the left Surly Amy's mom?
It looks like a toxic estrogen showdown! :shock:

#6684

Aneris wrote:The term "Freedom Feminism" makes me cringe, though.

Indeed. As opposed to what? "Slavery Feminism"? Although there were "freedom fries" so I suppose it's at least consistent.

#6685

Skep tickle wrote:Winner of transgender beauty pageant stripped of her title because she was 'not transgender enough'

The haters claim that the impostor's use of male underwear was enough to raise suspicions and that panties are, pardon the pun, a seminal moment in a trans girl's life.

But what about the men who like to wear panties who must number in the millions worldwide? Are they necessarily women?

This is a needlessly complicated issue.

#6686

free thoughtpolice wrote:
HoneyWagon wrote: <snip>

There were even several women there...though not all under Steersman's definition
You mean they had outdated motherboards? :rimshot:

No longer able to clock the m-egg-a-hertz?

#6687

Apres le deluge, Jesse Singal.

http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/33823

#6688

Really? wrote:
Skep tickle wrote:Winner of transgender beauty pageant stripped of her title because she was 'not transgender enough'
The haters claim that the impostor's use of male underwear was enough to raise suspicions and that panties are, pardon the pun, a seminal moment in a trans girl's life.

But what about the men who like to wear panties who must number in the millions worldwide? Are they necessarily women?

This is a needlessly complicated issue.

In-deed. Largely predicated on transactivists trying to steal a march. Hence the necessity to cut to the chase ....

#6689

Brive1987 wrote:I have been railroaded into Zoolander2. I do not have high hopes.

Why Zoolander 2?

#6690

HoneyWagon wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote: <snip>

Dude, I was just trying to crack a funny.
Dude, I know. You're not Steers.

Dude, since having had my firmware upgraded, I've successfully cracked a few jokes. Even got a laugh out of Shatterface recently, although that was probably more due to Jan Steen's photoshop, but still ....

#6691

Skep tickle wrote:Winner of transgender beauty pageant stripped of her title because she was 'not transgender enough'

"Underwear is very important to transgender females - one of the first thing people do is change their underwear as it makes us feel like we are finally a woman."

I really don't want to live on this planet anymore. :confusion-helpsos:

#6692

comhcinc wrote:
BarnOwl wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
Yeah in a hot way!

I think I can get us some bookings on the indy circuit.
Do we have to wrestle?

If so, I'll need to work on my smacking-people-with-metal-folding-chairs technique.
Thankfully after the Benoit murder suicide chair shots have mostly gone out of style.

No you need to work on being able to get color. Red = Green

Abdullah the butcher was hardcore.

#6693

Really? wrote:
Skep tickle wrote:Winner of transgender beauty pageant stripped of her title because she was 'not transgender enough'
The haters claim that the impostor's use of male underwear was enough to raise suspicions and that panties are, pardon the pun, a seminal moment in a trans girl's life.

But what about the men who like to wear panties who must number in the millions worldwide? Are they necessarily women?

This is a needlessly complicated issue.

As if transgenderism wasn't complicated enough. Now it's down to what kind of underwear you choose to wear? And I think the dispute was whether she wore panties full-time or not, which apparently she hadn't - or didn't. I think it's stupid. By the way, I would love the judge for this transgender beauty pageant to give her opinion on Danielle Muscato.

#6694

Steersman wrote: I've successfully cracked a few jokes.

No you haven't. We are still laughing at you not with you.

#6695

Bourne Skeptic wrote:
Abdullah the butcher was hardcore.

Almost as hardcore as The Sheik.

https://40.media.tumblr.com/91887b3ef9b ... dn_540.jpg

#6696

ffs wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
Skep tickle wrote:

Lol'ed.

Aron Ra is punk.
'My apologies, I have read nothing you've written, listened to none of your many talks, and have only heard third hand accusations from people who spit venom 24/7 but who I somehow yet remain friends with, and oh yes I am a skeptic and rationalist and believe I act like it'

It's not like it's even difficult. CHS's feminism comes from an individualist background, which is basically about acknowledging that people are unique individuals with their own abilities, desires, and so on, and accepting them (as much as we can) and moving on from there. Most of the feminist culture/theory out there, unfortunately comes from a collectivist background, which is basically using top-down averages and generalizations to study overarching cultural trends.

I often wonder how making the individualist vs. collectivist divide front and center, make it impossible to ignore, would change the dynamics of these discussions. I really do suspect it would tear away a lot of people on the fence away from the collectivist side, to make it clear that yes, there is an alternative.

#6697

Pitchguest wrote:
Really? wrote:
Skep tickle wrote:Winner of transgender beauty pageant stripped of her title because she was 'not transgender enough'
The haters claim that the impostor's use of male underwear was enough to raise suspicions and that panties are, pardon the pun, a seminal moment in a trans girl's life.

But what about the men who like to wear panties who must number in the millions worldwide? Are they necessarily women?

This is a needlessly complicated issue.
As if transgenderism wasn't complicated enough. Now it's down to what kind of underwear you choose to wear? And I think the dispute was whether she wore panties full-time or not, which apparently she hadn't - or didn't. I think it's stupid. By the way, I would love the judge for this transgender beauty pageant to give her opinion on Danielle Muscato.

What if you are transgendered MtF while also being an old fashion transvestite that like to wear men's underwear? :think:

#6698

free thoughtpolice wrote:
HoneyWagon wrote:http://i.imgur.com/RtpURuL.jpg
Is the angry skepchick on the left Surly Amy's mom?
It looks like a toxic estrogen showdown! :shock:

I don't think so. Her nametag from this distance looks too off

#6699

Skep tickle wrote:Winner of transgender beauty pageant stripped of her title because she was 'not transgender enough'

What color panties are you wearing?
And
How long
Have You
Been wearing them?
[youtube]jPy0vffTRmc[/youtube]

#6700

Skep tickle wrote:Winner of transgender beauty pageant stripped of her title because she was 'not transgender enough'

/RichardLittlejohn

#6701

Bourne Skeptic wrote:
HoneyWagon wrote:https://i.imgur.com/eKkAPu6.jpg
Was that dress an homage to Benoit Mandelbrot?

Roy Rogers Overture

http://imgur.com/P2gTO5A.jpg

#6702

Ape+lust wrote:
Bourne Skeptic wrote:
HoneyWagon wrote:[.img]https://i.imgur.com/eKkAPu6.jpg[/img]
Was that dress an homage to Benoit Mandelbrot?
Roy Rogers Overture

[.img]http://imgur.com/P2gTO5A.jpg[/img]

:) "Is that a grenade in your pocket? Or are you just glad to see me?"

#6703

comhcinc wrote:
Steersman wrote: I've successfully cracked a few jokes.
No you haven't. We are still laughing at you not with you.

You're now speaking for the entire Pit, are you? What a dickhead.

#6704

Steersman wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
Steersman wrote: I've successfully cracked a few jokes.
No you haven't. We are still laughing at you not with you.
You're now speaking for the entire Pit, are you? What a dickhead.

Yes I did a poll. We are all in agreement.

#6705

Gumby

Your suggestion that Fuzzers be awarded PAM status is under consideration. Close, but waiting for 1-2more flashes of genius wanted.

Fuzzy: hang in there!

#6706

comhcinc wrote:
Steersman wrote: <snip>
You're now speaking for the entire Pit, are you? What a dickhead.
Yes I did a poll. We are all in agreement.

I think a good grasp of reality is not your strong suit.

#6707

Steersman wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
Steersman wrote: <snip>
You're now speaking for the entire Pit, are you? What a dickhead.
Yes I did a poll. We are all in agreement.
I think a good grasp of reality is not your strong suit.

Coming from you that is the best compliment in the world.

#6708

Steersman wrote: :) "Is that a grenade in your pocket? Or are you just glad to see me?"

Who was that masked ma'am?

No, seriously... who was that shit-stirring, bomb-throwing troublemaker? :shock:

Nevermind. Carrie got away with it, whoever she is.

#6709

Lsuoma wrote:Gumby

Your suggestion that Fuzzers be awarded PAM status is under consideration. Close, but waiting for 1-2more flashes of genius wanted.

Fuzzy: hang in there!

Art Master? Oooh, great idea! He'll come through :dance:

If you've got one to spare, Strawkins might be due. Among other great shoops, his flight of the dyspeptic baboons and Peez birthing Oolon were instant Pit classics.

#6710

#6711

HoneyWagon wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
HoneyWagon wrote:

Hoping for a more Oceania-centric one next time
Bloody Aussies and Kiwis, always whinging about being out of sync with the rest of the world. My heart bleeds for you, with your beautiful beaches and winters where 4C is a cold night.

Fuck you. Fuck you into the ground. (But not too far, otherwise you'll come out up here and start looking for jobs in our pubs.)
Dude, I live in Hollywood.
I just love hearing the accents ;)

I'll have you know that I have no accent whatsoever

[youtube]AQafwx3h7A[/youtube]

#6712

trying that again

[youtube]-AQafwx3h7A[/youtube]

#6713

Skep tickle wrote:

SK26 retweeted this :D

http://imgur.com/38zCe7s.png

#6714

Lsuoma wrote:Gumby

Your suggestion that Fuzzers be awarded PAM status is under consideration. Close, but waiting for 1-2more flashes of genius wanted.

Fuzzy: hang in there!

Aw shucks, I'm humbled that Gumby had such a thought. I just have always liked to find people who are really good at something and play in the same park with them, more in order to give a few more points of reference for the real geniuses to spring off of. The slymepit poetry adventure was fun too. I think the art thing I'm most proud of here has been to nudge Ape+lust into looking closer at gimpish animations. Also, I only joined this place about halfway through its history, and as a newbie I don't have the well of history and knowledge to draw on to get that real pithy edumacational edge like the masters here.

Com: thanks for including me in yr chat, I mostly sat quietly enjoying the conversation. You're a skilled MC. And the one time I saw Benoit was in '95 when he was working the house shows with Jushin Liger leading up to Starrcade. The decade the house shows died.

#6715

comhcinc wrote:
Steersman wrote:
comhcinc wrote:snipped Steers delusion
No you haven't. We are still laughing at you not with you.
You're now speaking for the entire Pit, are you? What a dickhead.
Yes I did a poll. We are all in agreement.

We actually are, Steers, you racist genocidal cunt. Read the history of those population transfers you so effortlessly endorse. Then read some more, outside of the cesspool of lies that is Wikipedia. And grow up, you sheltered wind-up toy.

#6716

Ape+lust wrote:
Lsuoma wrote:Gumby

Your suggestion that Fuzzers be awarded PAM status is under consideration. Close, but waiting for 1-2more flashes of genius wanted.

Fuzzy: hang in there!
Art Master? Oooh, great idea! He'll come through :dance:

If you've got one to spare, Strawkins might be due. Among other great shoops, his flight of the dyspeptic baboons and Peez birthing Oolon were instant Pit classics.

IIRC, Strawkins did more than a few hidden jems. I'd search them up but spoons, I ain't got em now...

#6717

CaptainFluffyBunny wrote:IIRC, Strawkins did more than a few hidden jems. I'd search them up but spoons, I ain't got em now...

Strawkins doesn't always put his stuff into the archives, which can make them hard to find.

Plus, one more to consider, please -- Brive! He's the only one who does satire and infographics. Useful infographics are hard to do.

#6718

Black, Democrat student called ‘Uncle Tom’ for defending free speech

...(Zack Wood is) the leader of an unofficial student group (at Williams College) called Uncomfortable Learning that seeks to challenge students to think outside the progressive and preppy college’s so-called Purple Bubble by bringing thought-provoking speakers to campus. ...

As for close-minded peers, there’s two things at play.

“Especially for some students of color, it truly does hurt them in a deep way,” Wood said of inviting someone many consider a racist to campus. “In the same way of Israel and Palestine, the issue of race for African Americans is sometimes such a sensitive issue.”

“What Williams needs to do a better job of is instructing students of ways in which they can separate the head from the heart and think critically about these pivotal issues,” Wood added. “If it’s just emotional reasoning, you’ll never see the other side. You’ll only look to confirm your own biases.”

“The other type of student is: You are my adversary, you are my political enemy, and I just don’t want you here you. I will do whatever I have to do — dramatize this, self victimize, say whatever I have to say — to ensure you don’t step foot in my home,” Wood said.

In the end, both types do a disservice to higher education.

“I am not saying emotion isn’t a real thing,” Wood said. “But if we’re going to have an intellectual, fruitful conversation, my whole thing is take John Derbyshire to task. Ask him tough questions. Criticize. Figure out what is the evidence. This guy is clearly not stupid … try to figure out how is it someone of his intelligence can think what he thinks and be OK with that.”

“There is value in that,” Wood said.

#6719

Ape+lust wrote:
CaptainFluffyBunny wrote:IIRC, Strawkins did more than a few hidden jems. I'd search them up but spoons, I ain't got em now...
Strawkins doesn't always put his stuff into the archives, which can make them hard to find.

Plus, one more to consider, please -- Brive! He's the only one who does satire and infographics. Useful infographics are hard to do.

Agreed! Although Brive is arguably deserving of a special badge. But a badge he should have.

#6720

Skep tickle wrote:Black, Democrat student called ‘Uncle Tom’ for defending free speech

...(Zack Wood is) the leader of an unofficial student group (at Williams College) called Uncomfortable Learning that seeks to challenge students to think outside the progressive and preppy college’s so-called Purple Bubble by bringing thought-provoking speakers to campus. ...

As for close-minded peers, there’s two things at play.

“Especially for some students of color, it truly does hurt them in a deep way,” Wood said of inviting someone many consider a racist to campus. “In the same way of Israel and Palestine, the issue of race for African Americans is sometimes such a sensitive issue.”

“What Williams needs to do a better job of is instructing students of ways in which they can separate the head from the heart and think critically about these pivotal issues,” Wood added. “If it’s just emotional reasoning, you’ll never see the other side. You’ll only look to confirm your own biases.”

“The other type of student is: You are my adversary, you are my political enemy, and I just don’t want you here you. I will do whatever I have to do — dramatize this, self victimize, say whatever I have to say — to ensure you don’t step foot in my home,” Wood said.

In the end, both types do a disservice to higher education.

“I am not saying emotion isn’t a real thing,” Wood said. “But if we’re going to have an intellectual, fruitful conversation, my whole thing is take John Derbyshire to task. Ask him tough questions. Criticize. Figure out what is the evidence. This guy is clearly not stupid … try to figure out how is it someone of his intelligence can think what he thinks and be OK with that.”

“There is value in that,” Wood said.

Hope!