Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

#49741

windy wrote:
John D wrote: I donate to Cornell Lab of Ornithology regularly. They are awesome! I also concur that Nat Geo is a good guide as well. I have a copy.

Also, I think that 7 year olds on the Slymepit is not age appropriate.

Also, also, I love you pitters..... gamers, and birders, and yeah.
Figures - birders are next on the list to be shamed for "not enough diversity":

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... t-science/

Then there's the question of how welcoming and inclusive bird-watching groups currently are. Writer, editor, and former American Birding Association board member Paul Baicich, whose father is named Giuseppe and whose family background is Italian, says lack of inclusiveness is nothing new.

"About 120 years ago, birding organizations were anti-immigrant," he says. Today, "There is an ingrown quality to lots of the birding communities that they may not be aware of," which may appear to newcomers as exclusivity. Birders should realize there is no such thing as an "overdeveloped welcome mat," and take every opportunity to invite outsiders in.

Oh fuck. My birding is also not diverse enough. I am such a giant shitlord!

#49742

deLurch wrote:
JackSkeptic wrote:I'm so tempted to post at Nugent's 'I told you so'.
No. Everyone has a different approach. Nugent's was to give them plenty of chances to correct themselves & benefits of the doubt. What he has built up is a very solid case for any of his core supporters & constituents that these US based SJWers are completely off their rocker and unreasonable.

The SJL is going to have a much more difficult time trying to smear Nugent without also making themselves look incredibly bad. Nugent did what needed to be done to help shift opinions of the more middle ground "I haven't looked into it" crowd.

He makes it more acceptable for major organizations to say... we aren't inviting these nut cases over anymore.

Nothing you say is inconsistent with what he could have done 18 months ago. Nothing has changed, just more victims including many Nugent could have supported, as he did with Dawkins, yet he failed to do so. That includes his own co worker who was attacked several times on twitter. I am not commenting on his approach which is simply to provide them with the rope to hang themselves. Common sense and highly effective.

I simply do not believe that the opinion formers are so damn thick as to not know what has been going on for ages and that sooner or later it will affect them no matter what part of the world they are in. So they kept quiet deliberately or were willfully ignorant. Being forced to deal with it, as Nugent has been, is hardly brave. The brave bit is he will not buckle under as so many have.

But I am hugely disappointed that while many voices have been crying out in the wilderness trying to get people to see what was happening they only bother to grace us with their attention when they absolutely have to. So I give them no credit for that at all.

#49743

windy wrote:
John D wrote: I donate to Cornell Lab of Ornithology regularly. They are awesome! I also concur that Nat Geo is a good guide as well. I have a copy.

Also, I think that 7 year olds on the Slymepit is not age appropriate.

Also, also, I love you pitters..... gamers, and birders, and yeah.
Figures - birders are next on the list to be shamed for "not enough diversity":

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... t-science/

Then there's the question of how welcoming and inclusive bird-watching groups currently are. Writer, editor, and former American Birding Association board member Paul Baicich, whose father is named Giuseppe and whose family background is Italian, says lack of inclusiveness is nothing new.

"About 120 years ago, birding organizations were anti-immigrant," he says. Today, "There is an ingrown quality to lots of the birding communities that they may not be aware of," which may appear to newcomers as exclusivity. Birders should realize there is no such thing as an "overdeveloped welcome mat," and take every opportunity to invite outsiders in.

More womyn would be interested in birding if it didn't have such deep ties to patriarchy and rape culture.

#49744

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Eskarina wrote:This one?
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/ ... tells-all/
No, that one is about Karen. I'm looking for the one regarding Alison and Shermer.

http://heathen-hub.com/blog.php?b=1726

PZ has memoryholed Carrie Poppy's involvement.

PZ Myers appears (according to Shermer's lawyers) to have made several large mistakes in his accusation; first of all, he passed on an accusation at third-hand, passed to him by "Carrie" (identified by Shermer's lawyers as Carrie Poppy), then he edited an update to his own blog post to remove mention of Carrie, appearing to make it look like the accusation had been made directly to him. As put in the cease-and-desist letter, it looks all too much like a mistaken attempt at bolstering credibility.

talked about here
viewtopic.php?p=116065#p116065

#49745

Eskarina wrote:
Mykeru wrote:
Eskarina wrote:
Who is drawing the lines here? I'm asking seriously.
Why you are, puddin' Lead and we will follow.
Sorry, sweetums, but don't project your own leadership aspirations onto me. I'm not interested.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Mykeru likes dishing out the pudding, but is less happy when a bowl is given back to him.

#49746

KiwiInOz wrote: Mykeru likes dishing out the pudding, but is less happy when a bowl is given back to him.

http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/hel ... nniemi.jpg

Yummy.

#49747

KiwiInOz wrote:
Eskarina wrote:
Mykeru wrote:Why you are, puddin' Lead and we will follow.
Sorry, sweetums, but don't project your own leadership aspirations onto me. I'm not interested.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Mykeru likes dishing out the pudding, but is less happy when a bowl is given back to him.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5tp4hGOBw1qbnggp.jpg

#49748

Oh Opheliar, you hideous old hag, you.

She has an (of course) copy/paste post about orthodox jews on a flight, and a woman, and demanding the woman move, and all the usual cuntishness from orthodox jews.

The interesting thing for me was a comment by one of her regulars, who left this charmingly brief shitlet:

http://i.imgur.com/cyArO6z.png

Dude, this is pussy talk. If I am ever seated next to a jew - period. I don't care what denomination they follow of their stinking jewery - on an airplane I start by getting my uncircumcised cock out and spinning it around in front of their kids' faces. I then show them a non-jew asshole, right up close, and shit on their dinner trays. Next I get a copy of the torah out, spit on it, rip a couple of pages out, and then wank frantically until I jizz all over it. I usually finish by shoving the cum-covered torah down my throat until I gag, and then puke all over the kids and their crazy pappa.

I have never yet been arrested because cops hate the jews just like the rest of us, right "moarscienceplz"?

http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... more-15793

#49749

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Anybody has any handy link about Poppy being the middle-woman in the Shermer/Smith grenade?

Sorry, no linky at the moment, but didn't Peeeeeezus edit the article to take Poopy's name out? Piggetypeeeeeezus doesn't have a lot of experience writing in media that can't be changed with a click of the "edit" button. I'm wondering if he thought he could just edit his blog book after it came out.

#49750

Mykeru wrote:
KiwiInOz wrote: Mykeru likes dishing out the pudding, but is less happy when a bowl is given back to him.
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/hel ... nniemi.jpg

Yummy.

http://www.factzoo.com/sites/all/img/ma ... tongue.jpg

#49751

http://www.captchacomics.com/images/cc-01672.pnggerbil loar

#49752

another lurker wrote:Blitzem

It's for testicular cancer and that is Jackman
http://www.mtv.co.uk/hugh-jackman/news/ ... good-cause

@anotherlurker

TYVM for the info. I wonder if this will go as viral as the ice-bucket thing.

Keating · #49753

KiwiInOz wrote:
Mykeru wrote:
KiwiInOz wrote: Mykeru likes dishing out the pudding, but is less happy when a bowl is given back to him.
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/hel ... nniemi.jpg

Yummy.
download/file.php?avatar=105_1358376107.jpg

#49754

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
John D wrote:
BlueShiftRhino wrote:
Agreed and agreed. The orc, even if a warrior, doesn't fit the plan. Two 4-drop planeswalkers sounds good.

I used to play mono, but that is also embarrassing, so says my son. I was mono-black rat-pack and vamps.
Haha. It is funny that most people don't like it when you have a deck that wins! I mean, why play a game if you don't play to win.

Magic can be, and often is, really cheesy. You can win the game by making a deck with a few hooks. People don't want to make their deck designed specifically to kill your deck, so they bitch about your deck so you stop playing it.

If I got back into Magic again I would use a common pile of cards. I would randomly pass them out to the players the night before and let people build a deck. Then everyone plays their deck the next day. It is totally fair, always challenging, and different every night.
My best friend used the two same decks for years: a rat-based full black and a superfast full blue. I never once managed to win against him. The bastard.

Back in the day, I used to fare pretty well on tournaments with a version of this deck. You will notice that all but three non-basic lands are either common or uncommon cards, which means it was perfect for cheap bastards like myself to build it and play (I didn't have money back then to buy all the fancy cards for the fancier decks).

Then the next edition came about, the metagame shifted, and freaking Astral Slide/Mirake Wake decks started to crush everything. But it was fun while it lasted, winning tournaments with quality cheap children's card games.

Now I found both Hearthstone and Duel of Champions to satisfy all my card game needs, without having to spend a nickel. If I could just make Zoolock disappear from the world...

#49755

Apples wrote:http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/876/1908757092.jpg
https://fundly.com/sashapixlee

The look on the cat's face says it all.

#49756

Keating wrote:
KiwiInOz wrote:
Mykeru wrote:
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/hel ... nniemi.jpg

Yummy.
download/file.php?avatar=105_1358376107.jpg

Ninja'ed.

You should register an account so you can insert comments into the timeline before you actually wrote them.

http://i.imgur.com/xsAl6V7.jpg

#49757

Steven Pinker on writing, grammar, and not following the rules.
http://m.motherjones.com/environment/20 ... mmar-rules

#49758

Southern wrote:
Apples wrote:http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/876/1908757092.jpg
https://fundly.com/sashapixlee
The look on the cat's face says it all.

Okay, one more. But I fucking swear this is the last time I use my head to nudge this...thing...up your asshole.

#49759

dog puke wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:Lucky the guy bragged or they'd have never got the crims.

http://i.imgur.com/TrUo7HU.jpg
They look familiar somehow.

But who would brag about that!?

'Hey guys you'll never believe who I just had a threesome with? Only Ophel... Oph... [hulp]...'

'Say, why's Merle heading to the basement with the shotgun?'

#49760

Ladies... it's very simple.

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

#49761

blitzem said:

Watching penguins makes me sad, because they remind me that Berke Breathed stopped drawing Bloom County two decades ago.

You should pick up the seven hard cover volumes of the entire Bloom County, Outland, and Opus comics that came out a couple of years ago. It is still remarkabley fresh, and there are literaly hundreds of his comics that make fun, in much the same way we do, of specifically rad feminists, and the SJL. It's great stuff.

#49762

James Caruthers wrote:

This is funny too.

4chan SJW (yes the oldchan is full of SJW now) try to dox someone in the FBI and is going to experience actual rape culture in prison now.

Oh my. Now we need some Pit-SWJ to start complaining about...

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!! NOOOO!!!! NOOOOO!!!! NOT THIS WAY!!!! IT WILL NOT END THIS WAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!

#49763

http://38.media.tumblr.com/bf2ab037d733 ... 1_1280.png

SJW feminists are totally in favor of women making their own choices, guys! It's not at all a bunch of bossy bitches! :naughty:

#49764

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:Oh Opheliar, you hideous old hag, you.

She has an (of course) copy/paste post about orthodox jews on a flight, and a woman, and demanding the woman move, and all the usual cuntishness from orthodox jews.

The interesting thing for me was a comment by one of her regulars, who left this charmingly brief shitlet:

http://i.imgur.com/cyArO6z.png

Dude, this is pussy talk. If I am ever seated next to a jew - period. I don't care what denomination they follow of their stinking jewery - on an airplane I start by getting my uncircumcised cock out and spinning it around in front of their kids' faces. I then show them a non-jew asshole, right up close, and shit on their dinner trays. Next I get a copy of the torah out, spit on it, rip a couple of pages out, and then wank frantically until I jizz all over it. I usually finish by shoving the cum-covered torah down my throat until I gag, and then puke all over the kids and their crazy pappa.

I have never yet been arrested because cops hate the jews just like the rest of us, right "moarscienceplz"?

http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... more-15793

I wonder if that technique is recommended to fight off the Jews on the best manuals over the subject of warding off against the assassins of Our Lord Jesus Christ:

http://ddickerson.igc.org/protocols_english.gif

http://www.schnews.org.uk/images/737-bl ... mpf-lg.jpg

PS: While I was typing this post, MY INTERNET WENT OFF! IT'S THE ZIONIST CONSPIRACY! The cunning Jews are ever conspiring. Be vigilant, my friends!

PS2: I notice that the repitilian Jew has his elongated body over Africa, Europe and North America, but South America is free. You're all going to suffer under Das Juden boots, but the tropical paradises will stand. NÃ£o passarÃ£o!

#49765

Parody Accountant wrote:Ladies... it's very simple.

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

You really couldn't make this up ...

First it was "all GG people are manbabies"

Then "they live in their moms basements"

Then "we won't date them"

WTF ....

You think they want to date someone who hates their hobbies?

You think they want to be talked down to constantly?

How deluded are these people ?

Witholding sex doesn't work unless the person wants to have sex with you ... and Im sure its in their definition of rape too

#49766

Gumby wrote::lol: Damion just can't resist trying to make himself out to be superior to everyone else.

I just pity Damion because no one really likes him. He thinks that never taking a stand and being inquisitive makes him seem above the fray, but it really just makes him look like a douche.

#49767

Holy crap Tf00t disabled comments on his new video! It was getting silly, but I don't know why they got disabled.

#49768

Hmm they are back. Maybe a doxxing or something?

#49769

sinister wrote:Holy crap Tf00t disabled comments on his new video! It was getting silly, but I don't know why they got disabled.

que? the one about molyneux ? comments are open.

#49770

They were gone on my phone and computer. Weird.

#49771

Really? wrote:
Gumby wrote::lol: Damion just can't resist trying to make himself out to be superior to everyone else.
I just pity Damion because no one really likes him. He thinks that never taking a stand and being inquisitive makes him seem above the fray, but it really just makes him look like a douche.

I like Damion. He's one of ~6 people w/ Pit membership I've met IRL in the past 1.25 years, plus ~2 others who joined since the last TAM, and I like them all. I'd probably like a bunch more of y'all if we were to meet.

I also think Damion's approach in online discussions is not only fine but useful - I see him questioning the accuracy of statements including assumptions & sweeping generalizations. Really important part of taking a skeptical approach, IMO. Even if it feels annoying, at times.

#49772

John Greg wrote:blitzem said:

Watching penguins makes me sad, because they remind me that Berke Breathed stopped drawing Bloom County two decades ago.
You should pick up the seven hard cover volumes of the entire Bloom County, Outland, and Opus comics that came out a couple of years ago. It is still remarkabley fresh, and there are literaly hundreds of his comics that make fun, in much the same way we do, of specifically rad feminists, and the SJL. It's great stuff.

I think my fave of the SJW stuff he did was the Unshorn Sisters of the Apocalypse. That one had me going for a while.

Ty for the info. I hadn't realized that they had re-released everything. I will have to pick it up sometime soon.

#49773

LOL, just realized that "I'd probably like a bunch more of y'all if we were to meet" came across wrong.

The 'Pit is a very comfortable place, thanks to everyone who participates, with the gross or boring stuff readily addressed by scrolling down.

There are posters I'm particularly fond of, but until or unless we meet I find it hard to say I "like" the person behind the nym. And, likewise, there are probably people I like IRL who I'd find annoying online. I'm going to guess this is true for other people, too.

#49774

4 pages while I was at work huh.
This is shitty!

http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/jpeg2/AIDS086.jpg

Sadly, not a gif.
:bjarte:

#49775

Ooh! That's gotta sting.

She actually said, I am a megaphone. Then she said, I wouldn't mind making an example out of you. Seriously. What a cunt.

#49776

Skep tickle wrote:
Really? wrote:
Gumby wrote::lol: Damion just can't resist trying to make himself out to be superior to everyone else.
I just pity Damion because no one really likes him. He thinks that never taking a stand and being inquisitive makes him seem above the fray, but it really just makes him look like a douche.
I like Damion. He's one of ~6 people w/ Pit membership I've met IRL in the past 1.25 years, plus ~2 others who joined since the last TAM, and I like them all. I'd probably like a bunch more of y'all if we were to meet.

I also think Damion's approach in online discussions is not only fine but useful - I see him questioning the accuracy of statements including assumptions & sweeping generalizations. Really important part of taking a skeptical approach, IMO. Even if it feels annoying, at times.

I would be much more amenable to this approach of his if it managed to apply to his arguments as well. Also, not owning up when he has been "clarified" for is utterly disingenuous. He may be great in meat space, but on-line, his dishonesty and selective amnesia is what earns him many people's disdain.

#49777

Skep tickle wrote:
Really? wrote:
Gumby wrote::lol: Damion just can't resist trying to make himself out to be superior to everyone else.
I just pity Damion because no one really likes him. He thinks that never taking a stand and being inquisitive makes him seem above the fray, but it really just makes him look like a douche.
I like Damion. He's one of ~6 people w/ Pit membership I've met IRL in the past 1.25 years, plus ~2 others who joined since the last TAM, and I like them all. I'd probably like a bunch more of y'all if we were to meet.

I also think Damion's approach in online discussions is not only fine but useful - I see him questioning the accuracy of statements including assumptions & sweeping generalizations. Really important part of taking a skeptical approach, IMO. Even if it feels annoying, at times.

I like Damion too. But then I also like Mykeru (don't tell him), and just want to pinch Parody Accountant's widdle cheeks and go coochie coochie coo.

#49778

zenbabe wrote:4 pages while I was at work huh.

No matter how often I check in on Tapatalk while walking around during the day, it always says something like "186 more posts" :(

zenbabe wrote:This is shitty!

http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/jpeg2/AIDS086.jpg

Sadly, not a gif.
:bjarte:

Oh, gross! ;)

#49779

Parody Accountant wrote:Ladies... it's very simple.

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

Yep I'm sure female gamers will be devastated at the prospect of not being able to couple with emaciated rat boys with the mental capacity of nine year old girls.

#49780

blitzem wrote:
Apples wrote:http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/876/1908757092.jpg
https://fundly.com/sashapixlee

"My job makes me sad, give me money so I can be happy again."

Emotion driven beasts.

#49781

Scrolling finger ready if you're an anti-long-post-ist.

Material for Ada Initiative â€œAlly Skills Workshopâ€, including slide set, is linked on this page: http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/wor ... -training/

The quotes below are from some of the slides (and notes for presenters for each of those slides), from the link at that site. Bolding below was all added by me.

The title slide says the workshop is for:

Men learning to support women in their workplaces and communities - in real-time

So: the target audience is men, the goal is to teach men.

The format focuses on small group discussions of ~15 scenarios.

There's some introduction including 3 slides of sneezing cats (yes, really).

The slide about breaking up into small groups (slide 12) says:

Gender diverse groups are really important: half the benefit of the workshop is men hearing for the first time what their women colleagues have experienced.

So, itâ€™s anticipated that women will be attending this workshop for men to learn how to support women.

Slide 13 then advises, in part:

Choose a â€œgatekeeperâ€: someone whose job is to call on people who aren't talking as much and make sure they get time to speak

and the Notes for slide 13 say:

The gatekeeper is necessary to stop one or two people from dominating the discussion, and is good real-world practice of an ally skill.

Background accomplished, here's scenario 1 (slide 15):

Creating a friendly environment

A woman you don't know is standing near your group at a conference or similar event in your field. She is alone and looks like she would rather be talking to people.

The notes slide says:

Goal response: Introduce yourself to the woman, ask what brings her to the event, and then offer to introduce her to the rest of the group. Points to cover:
Avoid appearance of hitting on her by keeping it quick, inviting her to join the group.
If you are physically intimidating, ask someone else to do this.
Do: ask what brings her to the event, how she likes it so far. Don't: ask what she does, ask her name, touch her, stand close, ask about her partner.

Note that the men are supposed to be guessing that a woman standing along would rather be talking to people. Not that a man who "[is] physically intimidating" (which may be an immutable characteristic) should not approach. (Does this include black men? Men holding coffee cups?)

Note that this is phrased as being about approaching women, rather than approaching anyone standing alone in what is otherwise a group setting - some of who may wish to talk to other people, but some of who will not care to do so.

The list of what to do & not do seems like pretty basic stuff. And people who need to be clued in that they shouldn't touch, stand close, or ask about partner right off the bat when starting to talk to a stranger, seem pretty unlikely to be attending an Ada Ally workshop.

Right after scenario 1 comes this reflection on the process (slide 16):

Things to Notice

Who is speaking most in your group?

Is someone having difficulty being heard?

Are there patterns related to gender?

How do these discussions compare to ones you have in other contexts?

The notes for slide 16:

The workshop itself is a good place to practice ally skills like listening, amplifying women's voices, giving credit where it is due. Be sure to assure people that they don't need to be embarrassed if they realized they were dominating the conversation during the first scenario; we are here to learn.

So, the assumption here seems to be that the men will have dominated this discussion (despite someone having been assigned as gatekeeper just 2 slides ago to make sure everyone had a chance to pipe up, even those who didn't want to).

With this slide, the men attending are supposed to learn that even though theyâ€™re the ones here to benefit from the workshop, they should have instead been â€œamplifying womenâ€™s voicesâ€ in their group and listening to the women.

(It does say â€œpeopleâ€ might realize they were dominating, perhaps meaning Ada Initiative staff realize that women might have been dominating the discussion...ba ha ha, as if.)

Here's scenario 2, in full (slide 17):

Creating a friendly environment

You are deciding where and when to hold an event for your tech community

The notes for slide 17 say:

Points to hit: how comfortable women feel traveling in that area at that time of day, availability of public transit/parking/bike parking, if childcare is available, activities that are stereotypically male in a way that excludes women, amount and kind of alcohol (if any), having a code of conduct or anti-harassment policy, the connotations of the location (e.g., anything in Las Vegas)

This is a good time to make the point that drinking alcohol does not excuse harassment or assault. Behavior of drunk people varies according to social expectations; set the expectation that they can't harass or assault women. Anyone unable to avoid doing these things while drunk has a responsibility not to drink.

I'm picturing a budding ally attending the workshop raising his hand to ask whether people who get horny when they drink & might appear to consent enthusiastically then later regret and/or not remember it, also have a responsibility to drink. :think:

You can look at other scenarios by following the link above.

Jumping way ahead to scenario 11 (slide 28):

Intervening in harassment of women

Someone makes a joke about sex at a party at work. Everyone is holding an alcoholic drink.
(At a company at which discussion of sex is not a work-related topic.)

Notes for slide 28:

Goal response: â€œHey, that's not okay.â€ â€œHey, that's really sexist,â€ and change the subject. Consider bringing it up with the joker's manager.
Long-term solutions: Reduce alcohol at work functions and improve sexual harassment prevention training.
Emphasize that workplace rules against sexual harassment and assault still apply when everyone is drinking. For numerous examples in which alcohol was used to excuse such things, see: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Time ... _incidents
If the argument is alcohol made them do it, point out they shouldn't drink at work functions in that case.

Well, yeah, alcohol at work functions can be tricky. But why is "a joke about sex" a sexist thing? (Turns out there's a slide that addresses that, titled "Why is talking about sex at work harmful to women?")

Slide 34, the next-to-last:

Advanced Ally skills

Don't expect praise and credit for not being sexist or fighting sexism

Follow and support women leaders

Assume women have more knowledge and wait for invitation to help or explain

Follow your discomfort - if something makes you feel bad, find out more and understand why before reacting

Notes for slide 34:

People learning ally skills are vulnerable to becoming patronizing and self-righteous. This slide attempts to prevent this and give people the tools to continue learning and growing.

"Vulnerable to becoming patronizing and self-righteous" - preparing path for"corrections" to behavior - and to encourage groveling? "Continue learning and growing"...by not questioning the existence of sexism, that's off-topic per slide 5, and going over to geekfeminism for your 101 training as advised multiple times during the slide set?

It's not that I think sexism doesn't exist - but it goes both ways, and several of their examples assume passive behavior = female behavior (standing alone when other people are in groups, having your idea passed over at a meeting until a man later brings it up) when these may reflect characteristics other than gender - for example, assertiveness & self-confidence - that may be unequally distributed in the population, but which men are not immune to.

Guest · #49782

A small window into the mind of one of the Myers sycophants.

Athywren wrote:
Jeff S wrote:I do feel like Iâ€™m walking in a minefield here sometimes, you must be very clear in what you say.
Personally, I like the minefield. Iâ€™d far rather be heavily criticised over a misunderstanding than get no response to something ignorant, vile, or both. I make far too many mistakes, and catch far fewer than I would like for me to be comfortable without that little unsafety net.

In other words, but for the benevolent viciousness of the horde, this Athywren person is powerless to prevent a near-constant stream of ignorant and/or vile things from pouring of his/her mouth. No doubt another victim of unchecked privilege. The forces of the Patriarchy, misogyny, racism, ableism, etc. are so powerful and pervasive that even devoted members of the FtB club, people steeped in this ideology, are unable to fight their baser impulses and rise above it all.

This stuff sounds a lot like the insane religious types who freely admit that, but for the threat of eternal punishment, they would go killing and raping everyone.

#49783

@ Skep tickle So in short, "Men, in order to help the fight towards equality, we expect you do lots of extra work to accommodate us but don't expect any gratitude since we're your betters."

#49784

Guest wrote:A small window into the mind of one of the Myers sycophants.
Athywren wrote:
Jeff S wrote:I do feel like Iâ€™m walking in a minefield here sometimes, you must be very clear in what you say.
Personally, I like the minefield. Iâ€™d far rather be heavily criticised over a misunderstanding than get no response to something ignorant, vile, or both. I make far too many mistakes, and catch far fewer than I would like for me to be comfortable without that little unsafety net.
In other words, but for the benevolent viciousness of the horde, this Athywren person is powerless to prevent a near-constant stream of ignorant and/or vile things from pouring of his/her mouth. No doubt another victim of unchecked privilege. The forces of the Patriarchy, misogyny, racism, ableism, etc. are so powerful and pervasive that even devoted members of the FtB club, people steeped in this ideology, are unable to fight their baser impulses and rise above it all.

This stuff sounds a lot like the insane religious types who freely admit that, but for the threat of eternal punishment, they would go killing and raping everyone.

So...
[youtube]fl9vouECjgs[/youtube]
Knew the whole time?

#49785

Guest wrote:A small window into the mind of one of the Myers sycophants.
Athywren wrote:
Jeff S wrote:I do feel like Iâ€™m walking in a minefield here sometimes, you must be very clear in what you say.
Personally, I like the minefield. Iâ€™d far rather be heavily criticised over a misunderstanding than get no response to something ignorant, vile, or both. I make far too many mistakes, and catch far fewer than I would like for me to be comfortable without that little unsafety net.
In other words, but for the benevolent viciousness of the horde, this Athywren person is powerless to prevent a near-constant stream of ignorant and/or vile things from pouring of his/her mouth. No doubt another victim of unchecked privilege. The forces of the Patriarchy, misogyny, racism, ableism, etc. are so powerful and pervasive that even devoted members of the FtB club, people steeped in this ideology, are unable to fight their baser impulses and rise above it all.

This stuff sounds a lot like the insane religious types who freely admit that, but for the threat of eternal punishment, they would go killing and raping everyone.

So...
[youtube]fl9vouECjgs[/youtube]
Knew the whole time?

#49786

Skep tickle wrote:Well, yeah, alcohol at work functions can be tricky.

Here is the deal. If your coworker's and work environment is so tight that you can not let your hair down, then you should not, under any circumstances serve alcohol. It is just a recipe for disaster. Tight coworkers heading to a bar after work, which is a non-work function. Perfectly fine. Just don't do it with people who will pitch a fit about humans being human.

#49787

JacquesCuze wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
JacquesCuze wrote: If your kid wants to visit the pit and tell us not to use aspie, we can have a discussion. FWIW, I consider it a badge of honor for many reasons and am very annoyed the diagnostic label as such, seems to have been taken away.
Yeah I mean the 7 year old is playing littlest pet shop with his brother and sisters right now but let me pull him away from that, have him create an account, explain to him what is going on here, and ask him to comment on the subject.

Tell him no beheading or electrocution gifs and we'll be okay.

It's nice you're protecting him from all that aspie hatred though. I commend you.

It's not that I am protecting him from hate. I honestly try not to do that. My goal is that he recognizes shit like that and learns to deal with it.

No I issues are much the same as people who have issues with asshats claiming twitter PTSD. They are people out there really having to deal with this shit It has sickenly become fashionable to claim to be on the spectrum (or at least say your kid is) I meet people all the time who makes such claims. I give them the benefit of the doubt and once we get to talking found out that their story is complete b.s. either someone told them they(or their kid) was an "aspie" or some doctor or a school made the declaration. None of the years of testing and various experts it takes to truly get a grasp on the condition are involved.

And it is a condition. A serious life will never be the normal, worry about what will happen to your child when you are gone fucking a condition. Calling it by some cute little name doesn't help that at all.

#49788

I just realized I still have 11 euros on my Paypal account. Any Pitter running a donation scam where I could donate? Or anyone can point me to a worthwhile charity?

That's the maximum I can give right now, but better put it to good use than let it sleep on the account.

#49789

Or maybe I'll just send them to Lsuoma.

#49790

http://i.imgur.com/cyArO6z.png

The funny thing is that if you do the exact same thing for the exact same reasons, but to a Muslim, then you're an Islamophobic shitlord.

#49791

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I just realized I still have 11 euros on my Paypal account. Any Pitter running a donation scam where I could donate?

Why yes, yes I am.

http://www.patreon.com/comhcinc?u=308786

If that for some reason doesn't float your boat, then I find responsible charity to be a good place to throw money at.

#49792

Skep tickle wrote:Scrolling finger ready if you're an anti-long-post-ist.

Material for Ada Initiative â€œAlly Skills Workshopâ€, including slide set, is linked on this page: http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/wor ... -training/

*snip a bunch of patronizing bullshit*

Ladies and gentlemen, this here is a perfect example of sexism through infantilization and condescension, to both men and women (not to mention the elephant in the room: non gender-binary, who seem absent from Skep's tidbits.)

#49793

comhcinc wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I just realized I still have 11 euros on my Paypal account. Any Pitter running a donation scam where I could donate?
Why yes, yes I am.

http://www.patreon.com/comhcinc?u=308786

If that for some reason doesn't float your boat, then I find responsible charity to be a good place to throw money at.

I don't know, I think just sending them to Lsuoma will be more logical. I mean, I hardly ever thanked the Fascist Tit for this place. It's about time I should do so (plus, 11 euros are, like, a huge fraction of what A+ raised for their 2nd anniversary).

#49794

Did anyone see the Daily Show last Thursday? Jessica Williams did one of those "look how much harassment women get just walking down the street" stories. You'd think that if you did a story like that, you'd be sure to include some shocking footage, right? Well, the worst thing anybody said to her was "You have great hair".

At this point, the Daily Show I remember would probably have gone in the opposite direction and made the story about the women who exaggerate the harassment they receive. But nope, she doubled down instead, continuing on as if she'd demonstrated her point, hammering away at the theme of how awful it is to be spoken to by men.

Then she filled a room full of women, so they could tell their stories. Here at least was some genuine red meat. One woman said she'd once had a guy say he'd like to take a dump on her tits. I don't know if it was Mykeru or not. Still, I wish I'd been there. I'd have said that I once had a guy walk up to me, drunk out of his mind, say I looked like a queer, and punch me in the face. Got anything to top that? Then I guess you lose the oppression war, princess; sit your ass back down.

I don't know what's happened to the Daily Show. They don't know who they should be making fun of anymore, and they don't know where the funny is either.

#49795

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I just realized I still have 11 euros on my Paypal account. Any Pitter running a donation scam where I could donate?
Why yes, yes I am.

http://www.patreon.com/comhcinc?u=308786

If that for some reason doesn't float your boat, then I find responsible charity to be a good place to throw money at.
I don't know, I think just sending them to Lsuoma will be more logical. I mean, I hardly ever thanked the Fascist Tit for this place. It's about time I should do so (plus, 11 euros are, like, a huge fraction of what A+ raised for their 2nd anniversary).

Give you people exactly what you want and you still complain. Are you hiding a pair of tits under that neck brace?

#49796

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR

JacquesCuze wrote:You are not an aspie, it is not for you to do much demanding apart from weighing in.
...
If your kid wants to visit the pit and tell us not to use aspie, we can have a discussion. FWIW, I consider it a badge of honor for many reasons and am very annoyed the diagnostic label as such, seems to have been taken away.

No, you're on the PIT. The place where anyone can express their opinions on anything without having to be part of the fucking "group" they're part of. THIS IS THE FUCKING POINT.

You're going full social justice warrior. Have a cry.

#49797

Jessica Williams did one of those "look how much harassment women get just walking down the street" stories. You'd think that if you did a story like that, you'd be sure to include some shocking footage, right? Well, the worst thing anybody said to her was "You have great hair".

I was walking down the street in my quaint little city a few days ago and a guy told me I was "a hottie". Now, the guy was probably either sarcastic or very gay, very drunk and very desperate, but if I were a feminist I could claim I was harassed.

I don't know what's happened to the Daily Show. They don't know who they should be making fun of anymore, and they don't know where the funny is either.

SJWs poison everything they touch (sadly, including Cracked). When you allow SJWs views in entertainment all the entertaining bits will disappear. They're more whining and annoying than Bible thumpers.

#49798

Jessica Williams did one of those "look how much harassment women get just walking down the street" stories. You'd think that if you did a story like that, you'd be sure to include some shocking footage, right? Well, the worst thing anybody said to her was "You have great hair".

I was walking down the street in my quaint little city a few days ago and a guy told me I was "a hottie". Now, the guy was probably either sarcastic or very gay, very drunk and very desperate, but if I were a feminist I could claim I was harassed.

I don't know what's happened to the Daily Show. They don't know who they should be making fun of anymore, and they don't know where the funny is either.

SJWs poison everything they touch (sadly, including Cracked). When you allow SJWs views in entertainment all the entertaining bits will disappear. They're more whining and annoying than Bible thumpers.

#49799

bovarchist wrote:I don't know what's happened to the Daily Show. They don't know who they should be making fun of anymore, and they don't know where the funny is either.

Good comedy pokes fun of everything and everyone. It makes it accessible. As far as not knowing where the funny is. They have been doing this every day for how long? You are going to have a tough time coming up with fresh ideas. That is why they have a team of writers. A lot of material ends up hitting the cutting room floor before it even gets filmed. And sometimes, you have to let your talent and writers try something out so that they can cut their teeth. You don't always win in the comedy wars.

#49800

In any case, here is the full episode you were talking about.
http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episode ... ben-steele