If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

It won't happen. The US Military's medical isn't equipped or trained for such a medical procedure and there's no chance in hell they'd budget a red cent away from anything else to accommodate Manning pre-, SRS, and post-treatment. Even if medical pros offered their service for free, the hassle woul...

If this hasn't already been posted. Trouble in paradise between Ophelia and A+

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Jesus h fucking Christ. No wonder people hate Atheism plus if that’s a representative sample.

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From Zvan's Teh Patriarchy post: 8 hjhornbeck May 3, 2013 at 12:24 am (UTC -5) Miri @4: and men tend to have more upper body strength Oh, I do so hate it when people say that. Based on a hunch, I decided to put that maxim to the test a while ago. I grabbed the World Records for Men’s and Women’...

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cunt wrote:Simpleflower posted in one of the sub-forums btw. Her manifesto is worth a read:

http://pastebin.com/ZvTk2bqH

What, here?

Wow, that's quite a modest proposal.

One Rational Wiki entry has stuck in my craw ever since I stumbled across it. As an example of Special Pleading, it lists: Mitt Romney campaigned vehemently against Obamacare, but when reminded (repeatedly) that it was modeled after legislation he himself signed as governor of Massachusetts, he exp...

I've been thinking about this, and I thought I had coined a new term "Cargo Cult Skepticism". I decided to Google it first, it seems it has been used before, here ...cargo cult skepticism, where you use the lingo of skepticism (logical fallacy spotting etc), without actually being rational or skepti...

I don't think talking to yourself or singing while driving is that dangerous, his monologues without the camera are probably less dangerous because they require far less brain power. A monologue with no one to listen requires far less attention. You could Umm, Aaah, pause, stuff things up, repeat th...

This little gang of A+ oddballs have already lost the argument (and it barely is one) as can be witnessed whenever they venture onto any truly open forum. They are trounced by the vast majority of reasonable atheists and skeptics who, quite reasonably, find them to be vacuous individuals with nothi...

So throughout the years, I have used RationalWiki as a source of some information, it is a good source for descriptions of logical fallacies, or if you want to find out details on a particular kind of woo. But In the past year or so, I've stumbled into certain pages, and they read like the uncritica...

So Crommunist has a post up where he basically takes the piss out of people's dating profiles. Right. Hey, Crom - I reckon I'm a better person than you are. Wanna know why? Because I know of one pretty prominent baboon who's had a dating profile up for quite a while now - and I haven't even hinted ...

(Passive response to...) (Weapons grade lunacy) http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/03/22/adria-richards-did-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-3/#comment-587249 You can't make this shit up as they say. That is some entertaining stuff going on between nerd of redhead and julian. Looks li...

(Passive response to...) (Weapons grade lunacy) http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/03/22/adria-richards-did-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-3/#comment-587249 You can't make this shit up as they say. That is some entertaining stuff going on between nerd of redhead and julian.

Erik, did you witness PZ's shambolic response to NoelPlum's accusation that he doesn't allow dissent on his site? PZ strawmanned and completely evaded the issue. He is a complete embarassment. PZ essentially confirmed how correct Noel Plum was, and so did his clueless Baboon followers. Have you got...

Wrong, by using 'cunt' as an insult you aren't just saying something to that one person, you're saying that being of or like female genitalia is in and of it's self, insulting. It degrades all women. It shames them and is a holdover from religious thinking, that women's genitalia are unclean. Use y...

So, having successfully driven away 100s of skeptics and atheists who disagree with you and your regular commenters, leading them to take your advice and set up their own fora and blogs, you now accuse them of "camping on your virtual doorstep" and characterize their criticism of you and your allie...

Tone Trolling : Is when a target of slurs, ad hominem, insults and attacks asks the perpetrators to cease personal attacks, often because the discussion was not originally centered around flinging poo. The "Tone trolling" call is an effective bully tactic, because it allows blame to be placed on th...

So you want to get yourself a blog on FTB? Skepchick perhaps? Or perhaps you are just content to post on A+ forums. First you will need to get down with the lingo, here is a quick guide to get you started. Strawfeminism : Often used to nullify criticism, Strawfeminism describes a view that may or ma...

You are welcome here, but is be surprised if many people would be on board with this extremely reactionary ideology in any capacity.

The only political party I support is Pirate Party Australia. At least they're trying to do some good for Australia. Australia has a pirate party? Why do I think thats less cool than it sounds? Pirate parties are also springing up in some Scandinavian countries. I know Sweden for sure has one. I be...

Left anarchist.

comslave wrote:being blocked on one of the fastest dying blogs on the internet. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I know this is probably somewhat hyperbole, but is there any metrics to show this? It would be interesting and gratifying to know that place isn't the giant fort it appears to be.

I don't know Whether there is an existing term for this fallacy, but I encounter it a fair bit. It relates to shifting the burden of proof, but instead of shifting the burden to someone to prove their own assertion, it shifts the 'burden of disproof' on to that person. Here is an example from my fac...