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by piero
Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:21 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
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Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

Is there even a need to "fuck PZ over"? I suspect that now that FTB has devolved into a mob of people who love nothing more than infighting he's going to slowly but steadily sink into irrelevance. I don't want him to lose his job. I don't him not to be invited by someone if they feel like doing it....
by piero
Tue Sep 08, 2015 11:56 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

I don't like the Elyse posts at all, especially when it seems she is on the spectrum of borderline and schizotypy. You harm her by posting and rubbernecking. Imagine she was your sister and she couldn't help herself and nobody was there for her to stop her. Would you like it that she is the village...
by piero
Tue Sep 08, 2015 10:10 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
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Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

John Greg wrote:[...] and do not in any way whatsoever want to be a Rebecca Watson or a Greta ReGreta, or to be seen as a sit-on-my-ass eBeggar.
I think nobody would have offered you support if they thought you were an eBeggar. So cut the crap and give us the PayPal details. Jeez....
by piero
Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:24 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

In other news: UK forces kill British Isis fighters in targeted drone strike on Syrian city [...] The target of the RAF drone attack was Reyaad Khan, a 21-year-old from Cardiff who had featured in a prominent Isis recruiting video last year. Two other Isis fighters were killed in the attack on the S...
by piero
Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:19 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

This expression of concern and support is humbling. No, it's not. I'm sorry to break the news to you, but human beings can only and hence do only act by selfish reasons. There's noyhing we can do about it, because we do not have free will. And neither have you. So everyone is doing what was determi...
by piero
Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:24 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

Oh, and a reasoned critique of selected comments by Tony!, the High Priestess of Rubber-Ducky Fucktoys or whatever his/her/its nym is, etc.
by piero
Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:21 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

How about we commission John Greg to write a book on the hateful and harmful rhetoric of PZ Myers? It could be like the Happy Atheist, except it would be a compliation of all the petty, hateful shit Myers has said over the years. We could self-publish, sell it on Amazon, and have 100 free copies ha...
by piero
Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:19 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

It's good news actually. Depression can be treated. So if you feel suicidal, it's probably the result of some shit chemistry you can correct with pills or therapy or both. However bad you feel, you don't have to keep feeling that bad. I will say however that alcohol seems to work a lot better for m...
by piero
Wed Sep 02, 2015 12:46 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

https://archive.is/ycdv0 Also a few dozen comments on what a fucking asshole Mehta is, insinuating by his blog title that other atheists aren't friendly like them. From comment 6: Anne, Cranky Cat Lady 1 September 2015 at 4:27 pm What, again? Mehta is going to run out of paper, and ink, and correct...
by piero
Tue Sep 01, 2015 12:41 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

Question for the Pit's conscience re doxxing: If one does a google search for a 'nym and links to individuals turn up in the top two or three hits, should sharing that be considered doxxing? My view, as I have expressed in the past, is no, but I'd like to see what others think. I'd say it is, in th...
by piero
Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:25 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

OK, folks. I have created a trigger which will create a username for guest posts of the form "Guest_xxxxxxxx" where xxxxxxxx is a lower-case hex string. The string is created by hashing a subset of the posters IP, which means that guests posting from the same IP will always show the same username. ...
by piero
Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:13 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

It’s important to remember that as a white person being sexual with a person of color, you’re in a position of power. So, a white person is in a position of power with respect to a black one, but a man is in a position of power with respect to a woman; so, in the case of a white woman having se...
by piero
Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:56 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

It’s important to remember that as a white person being sexual with a person of color, you’re in a position of power. So, a white person is in a position of power with respect to a black one, but a man is in a position of power with respect to a woman; so, in the case of a white woman having se...
by piero
Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:02 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

Spike13 wrote:In American football: [...]'
Is that a thing?
by piero
Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:59 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

Spike13 wrote:You've erased the lived experience of millions!!!
What is a cis hetero white shitlord to do?
by piero
Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:35 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

"And the word barbecue also has roots in West Africa among the Hausa, who used the term “babbake” to describe a complex of words referring to grilling... " Not so. From the Oxford Dictionary webpage: Mid 17th century: from Spanish barbacoa , perhaps from Arawak barbacoa 'wooden frame on posts'....
by piero
Tue Aug 25, 2015 12:36 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

Richard Carrier's latest post bears the title "Moral Reasoning Course: Learn the Science & Philosophy of Being a Better Person". Apart from the sheer conceit of regarding himself as someone who can teach others to be "better" persons, the title is question-begging: how can you learn to be a "better"...
by piero
Tue Aug 25, 2015 12:29 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
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Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

Melody wrote a series of tweets that we discussed last week in which she moaned about unnamed women who didn't support her. One of the tweets mentioned her PTSD, drawing the all-seeing eye of the Internet Dark Lord to her. https://twitter.com/MelodyHensley/status/634211522336673792 ...And there wer...
by piero
Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:16 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
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Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

Ah, but there are subjects who "pass" every test for (not having) racist beliefs who still, for example, show greater accuracy in facial recall for targets of their own race and/or show reaction-time differences for positive/negative stereotypes when exposed to different face-primes, both of which ...
by piero
Thu Aug 13, 2015 12:53 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

In other words, this is not a simple question on the surface (i.e., to a lay person) and turning to the most recent work in personality and social psychology doesn't help very much because these two sub-fields in psychology make near-opposite methodological assumptions. So I'm back very close to wh...
by piero
Thu Aug 13, 2015 12:36 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

Cunning Punt wrote:Butterflies and Wheels = But... Terf Lies and Wheels.

Coincidence? I think not!
A cunning pun indeed!
by piero
Fri Aug 07, 2015 8:57 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!
Replies: 47526
Views: 2536580

Re: Happy 3rd Pit Birthday!

Just a quick hello to everyone. I've been off the web due to a momentary dearth of funds to replace my PC (R.I.P.). Congratulations to all! And thanks to everyone who has generously provided me with food for thought and lulz here and in other venues: Lsuoma, Phil, jet_lagg, Noel, James Caruthers, Pa...
by piero
Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:44 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

The more you wrestle with this issue the less clear things become. Especially when you realise that the core issue in ALL killings is the denial of future life, if you leave aside the emotional effect on those close to the victim. That effectively removes any objective moral distinction between kil...
by piero
Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:59 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

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Interesting article (The Boston Globe): The new panic: campus sex assaults The situation on college campuses has become so dire that civil libertarians are calling for sexual assault investigations to be left to police and prosecutors. Despite the fact that conviction in a criminal court carries sev...
by piero
Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:14 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Re: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

If you really need to know, PA, why I can't handle mixed-origin words, we have to focus on the one such word that causes me most pain: multi-orgasmic (which ought to be poly-orgasmic). I tried. I really did. I listened to Dinah-Moe Humm repeatedly - on vinyl, no less! - taking copious notes. I did ...
by piero
Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:11 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Re: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

If I were you, John, I would have interrupted your daughter when she said that she was pansexual and said this: "You can be whatever you wish and fuck whomever you want, Honey, but you will not attach a greek prefix to a latin word in my house." If this didn't get through to her or made her upset, ...
by piero
Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:49 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Charles MacGruder wrote:This is the best single piece of journalism done on ISIS so far:

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/arc ... ts/384980/
Excellent piece. So many pieces of the puzzle fell into place.
by piero
Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:23 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
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Haven't seen Jacques Cuz since he was banned/unbanned. JC, if you're reading, hope all is well, and come back, you are always welcome here! No no no, you can't just butcher Jacques' nym and expect him to come back. Jacques Cuze. Zola. J'accuse . Dreyfus. Though I suppose a case could be made for Ja...
by piero
Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:22 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

More bad news: 21 egiptian hostages beheades by Isis.

http://www.repubblica.it/ (in Italian)
by piero
Sun Feb 15, 2015 11:40 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

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Haven't seen Jacques Cuz since he was banned/unbanned. JC, if you're reading, hope all is well, and come back, you are always welcome here! No no no, you can't just butcher Jacques' nym and expect him to come back. Jacques Cuze. Zola. J'accuse . Dreyfus. Though I suppose a case could be made for Ja...
by piero
Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:40 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

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New gun attack in Denmark. Target was Lars Vilks, one of the original Mohammed cartoonists. He survived, but someone else died. One dead and three injured in Copenhagen 'terrorist attack' You've been jihad'ed by the locals, higher up on this page. And Vilks wasn't of the original cartoonist. He is ...
by piero
Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:37 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

New gun attack in Denmark. Target was Lars Vilks, one of the original Mohammed cartoonists. He survived, but someone else died. One dead and three injured in Copenhagen 'terrorist attack' You've been jihad'ed by the locals, higher up on this page. Oops! Those jihadi ninjas are getting faster by the...
by piero
Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:37 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

New gun attack in Denmark. Target was Lars Vilks, one of the original Mohammed cartoonists. He survived, but someone else died.
One dead and three injured in Copenhagen 'terrorist attack'
by piero
Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:28 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
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Re: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

feathers wrote:
piero wrote:
Parody Accountant wrote:I'm back with another fun fact!

Women can't touch their elbows behind their backs. Ask a roomful of women, they won't be able to do it!
Oy! I can't either.
Not after all that lifting.
Do I even lift?
by piero
Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:26 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

Parody Accountant wrote:I'm back with another fun fact!

Women can't touch their elbows behind their backs. Ask a roomful of women, they won't be able to do it!
Oy! I can't either.
by piero
Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:22 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

Oh ye of little faith! I tried it. It works. I tasted salt. Couldn't tell whether I was tasting semen, because I've never tasted it (my scientific curiosity has limits). It smells like Chlorox, but tastes rather salty, cum to think of it. ps. your homophobia is very triggering My oral cavity is mar...
by piero
Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:09 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
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Re: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

Interesting fact of the day: 1) Close your eyes and stick out your tongue 2) Stark shaking an imaginary salt shaker over your tongue 3) You will taste salt! Seriously. Check that shit out. The brain is cool like that! ps. if you taste semen, instead, you're shaking the salt shaker incorrectly Ps......
by piero
Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:58 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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by piero
Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:47 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Article on male depression: Depression and the fragility of the strong, silent male According to the charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (Calm), men account for more than three-quarters of all suicides in England and Wales, 4,590 deaths – the single biggest cause of death among males under 5...
by piero
Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:35 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Interesting article by Steven Pinker in response to his critics: Response to the Book Review Symposium: Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature It is true, as the reviewers note, that I point out some good things about modern liberal democracies, particularly that they have relatively low rat...
by piero
Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:09 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
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I'm shaking. Literally. I don't know what to do.
by piero
Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:08 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
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I'm sorry to break the bad news (unless I've been ninja'd), but the Jordanian hostage appears to have been burnt alive.
by piero
Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:27 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
KiwiInOz wrote: I have to say that I don't understand American football. It seems a bit like jousting, but without the horses and sticks.
It's like futbol (a.k.a. "soccer"), but with scoring.

Australian Rules Football rocks. Go Geelong Cats!
At least soccer is not a sport played by men with odd-shaped balls.
by piero
Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:03 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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While I think I understand franc's anger over smileys, I do not agree with it. franc, you mostly miss the point, and are pulling a classic Ophie-style Bah humbug; get off my lawn . Generally speaking, humour varies greatly over societies, cultures, sub-cultures, and so on. And if one is not reasona...
by piero
Sat Jan 31, 2015 3:48 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

Guest wrote:

Ophelia the octopus? Coincidence?
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Creepy Kawaii needs your help to start a new production line of professionally made creepy cute plush dolls!
by piero
Sat Jan 31, 2015 3:36 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
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Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

However, I also found out on Friday that the polyp was a tubulovillous adenoma, primarily villous, with high-grade dysplasia. This is not good, and I have to go for another colonoscopy in six months. Got a horrible feeling that I'm in for a long ride with this... I'm really sorry about that. From m...
by piero
Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:04 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

You have to cut Aratina a bit of slack and curb the tyranny of the majority just a bit. Aratina isn’t a representative of some side. Obviously that’s just my personal request (which I state in case someone gets irrated about the chic prison-inmate-orange spam cleaner disguise). The place tends ...
by piero
Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:25 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

Isn't this about the point where arateeny, after doggedly avoiding answering a single question with a straight answer, declares it impossible to have a logical conversation with pitters? Then scurries over to Thunderdome to share virtual high-fives with Hornbeck & the stuffed-animal-fucking dude ov...
by piero
Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:18 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

As I said before, morality might be best described as a way to take sides, so it depends on ideology. I think this is the main reason why we disagree. If you see morality as a way to take sides you have, in my humble opinion, a very warped view of what morality is. The foundation of morality aren't...
by piero
Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:56 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Views: 2083725

Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

Don’t confuse being a Vulcan with being an Earthling. Vulcan style discussions are for a philosophy. For real world problems, there is no way to avoid emotion coming into play . Sometimes, those trying to be Vulcanish need to hear the emotion to get the idea they aren’t going over with their ar...
by piero
Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:51 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

by piero
Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:16 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

Kirbmarc wrote:
ave you any good jokes? (no, not that)
Latsot, John Morales, Nerd of Redhead and KennyD go into a bar. The bartender turns around, recognizes them, and shoots himself in the head.
Noooo! Why? Poor bartender! :(
by piero
Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:04 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Views: 2083725

Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

For odd reasons, I'm starting to think the people defending Myers will not get a clear message until Myers himself (ban)hammers it through their thick skull. Let it be so. Not even then, I'm afraid. Deepak is apparently a sucker for punishment, judging from his latest excretions at Michael Nugent's...
by piero
Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:01 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

Tony Parsehole wrote:
piero wrote:What a fucking depressing day. It's -1°C outside, not much higher inside, Lsuoma is ill, and that comic Parsehole linked to is just... sad. Am I a victim of Slymepit PTSD?
Sorry to hear that, bro.
Thank you. Have you any good jokes? (no, not that)
by piero
Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:40 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

For odd reasons, I'm starting to think the people defending Myers will not get a clear message until Myers himself (ban)hammers it through their thick skull. Let it be so. Not even then, I'm afraid. Deepak is apparently a sucker for punishment, judging from his latest excretions at Michael Nugent's...
by piero
Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:51 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
Views: 2083725

Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

What a fucking depressing day. It's -1°C outside, not much higher inside, Lsuoma is ill, and that comic Parsehole linked to is just... sad. Am I a victim of Slymepit PTSD?
by piero
Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:10 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
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Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

Kirbmarc wrote:John Morales: biggest idiot on Nugent's blog? Discuss.
Indeed. Latsot's wit clad in Steersma's prose.
by piero
Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:08 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

New book by Michael Shermer: THE MORAL ARC How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom Wahington Post review Shermer’s case seems more anecdotal and even arbitrary than it should to really prove his grand case. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the book’s provocative breadth and...
by piero
Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:31 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
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Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

And another good read: Not a very PC thing to say Political correctness is a style of politics in which the more radical members of the left attempt to regulate political discourse by defining opposing views as bigoted and illegitimate. Two decades ago, the only communities where the left could exer...
by piero
Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:16 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...
Replies: 47809
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Re: How 'bout them Hawks!?

Interesting article by Pinker on free speech:

Why free speech is fundamental
[...] as soon as you show up to a debate to argue against free speech, you’ve lost it.