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

Just got back from the doctor's office. Turns out I've got a rather nasty case of diabetes to add to my collection. Here's my new best friend: http://www.alstefanelli.com/testmachine.jpg That sucks hon. Hopefully some dietary changes can help. I have a friend that had type 2 diabetes. She went on t...

This one is also quite telling:

http://www.skepticalscience.com/graphic ... s_1024.gif

Dammit. Sorry about the URL fuckups. That syntax works on other phpbb boards.

I'd look into that a little deeper if I were you. "As the British Met Office noted this week, in a reply to a misleading claim that the warming had stopped: â€œwhat is absolutely clear is that we have continued to see a trend of warming, with the decade of 2000-2009 being clearly the warmest in the...

WTF would DaRPA know 'bout teknolojee? They only invented the internets, and where has that got us? They did provide Boston Dynamics with the insentive to give us Big Dog. Which is fuckin' awesome. W1czBcnX1Ww Holy hell, that is impressive! Far more nimble than me on a Friday night, and a lot less ...

Metalogic42 wrote:Ha, I just noticed this in Ophelia's cloud tag:

[spoiler]http://i.imgur.com/bw0trqC.jpg[/spoiler]

I take it the word cloud algorithm filters out naughty words? I would have expected "cunt" to make a pretty solid showing.

Kassiane "WHAT THE BLAZING FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL?????????? ON WHAT PLANET IS THIS ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR FOR A MODERATOR?????? I expect an explanation. Because this is FUCKING bullshit and clearly you don't understand social justice. Good job on the "safe space". You keep using those words. They ...

Oh, and I noticed something interesting: Greta Christina is noticing a fellow blogger is in need of aid, but sadly ... not whom you'd expect. http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2013/01/24/help-replace-avicennas-laptop/ That avicenna must really need a new laptop! No, actually... that's pretty much e...

@cunt - Setar might consider changing his post sig at least until this little dust-up is over. "The system protects itself with indignation against a challenge to the right of deceit in the service of power, and the very idea of subjecting the ideological system to rational inquiry elicits incompre...

The word 'cunt' used to scare me. Quite a bit in fact. The sheer power of it, the contempt. I first heard of the word when I was 15, and it filled me with dread. That was one insult I could never use. Years later, I wound up on IRC and was sharing a chat channel with a feminist Croatian girl. This ...

Al Stefanelli wrote:http://www.wcoa.info/slymelogo.jpg

Surely that should read, "The hairball clogging the memory hole"?

Therefore be on your guard against the Jews Pitizens, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues Slymepit, nothing is found but a den of devils in which sheer selfÂglory, conceit, lies, blasphemy misogyny, and defaming of God FreeThoughtBlogs and men are practiced most maliciously... Amazing...

This is getting much more boring much faster than even I suspected, and I confess I had my suspicions. Isn't there anything more interesting than whinging about PZ/whatever? I'm reading big talk about arguments, tell you what, give me a killer shot, just one really great argument against some claim...

Dammit. Missed by a mile. I really need to brush up on my speedreading.

Louis wrote:I'm picking the side which doesn't think dehumanisation of women is okay.

Dude: neither side thinks dehumanisation of women is OK. One side paints the other side as thinking dehumanisation of women is OK. That's the whole fucking point.

Again, I'm not responsible for PZ, FTB commenters, or for you. It might shock you that I don't base any of my opinion of slymepitters on what PZ or anyone allied says, I base it on what I see of the few slympitters that have come to Pharyngula. In other words, my opinion of them, thus far, has been...

A podcasting fellow named Reap
Said BAD WERDZ 'bout PeeZee and his sheep
PeeZee's retaliation?
An insinuation
'Bout a phone call, some guy and a jeep.

Peezee's latest snide move - to associate Reap with whoever it is who keep dicking him around with fake test drives: The latest slimy move â€” and it coincides with Reap Padenâ€™s angry spammy comment sprees, just sayinâ€™ â€” is to sign me up for test drives at local car dealerships. And then I ge...

The high blood sugar count was discovered after blood and urine tests were done to check for prostate cancer, and, as I said, we were all kind of surprised. Getting a second opinion is problematic, only because I have Medicare. However, it is not impossible, so if the order of the day is surgery, I...

Shermer's article is online: http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=fi&page=shermer_33_2 â€œDonâ€™t worry about it, Sam. Your work is for the ages. PZ Myersâ€™s work is for the minutesâ€”the half-life measure of blogs relative to books.â€ Ouch. Suddenly I feel like taking up a collection...

Well this is really fucking pissing me off. What is the point of having an atheist prime minister if she sucks religious arse just as much as our more conservative party? Prime Minister Julia Gillard has assured religious groups they will have the ''freedom'' under a new rights bill to discriminate...

Harden the fuck up. It is only 123+â„‰ in the shade. I can't take the heat. Anything over 70â„‰/21.11C and I'm miserable, over 75â„‰/23.88C and I feel ill. Oh dear. You'd be totally fucked here in summer. Or Autumn. Or spring. My most "extravagant office cooling" stays at 25â„ƒ (77â„‰) at an absolu...

The "check your privilege" advice is now in song form. It's as enjoyable as it sounds: [spoiler][youtube]zNPoA3lJIgs[/youtube][/spoiler] Holy moly! Worth watching through to the end, actually (a task which the eyes of the girl on the left makes easy*). There's a sting in the tail. * The intonation,...

http://i.imgur.com/c4ZR5.jpg The thread's now up: http://atheismplus.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3496&e=0 I'd say it's going quite well so far. Yes. I am quite surprised. I imagine a cool idea for a Google Hangout would be to have an A+ member (preferably a mod), an A+ supporting person who is ...

justinvacula wrote:http://i.imgur.com/c4ZR5.jpg

The thread's now up:

http://atheismplus.com/forums/viewtopic ... t=3496&e=0

I'd say it's going quite well so far.

"Cis" and "trans" are very common terms in chemistry. They refer to the same and opposite side of a double bond, respectively. They're useful terms because double bonds are not (very) free to rotate, and the two possibilities can lead to very different properties. For example, you hear all the time ...

Rystefn wrote:In fairness, that's a ~~bitch~~baboon move, Lsuoma, and you fucking well know it.

FTFY. Careful, Lsuoma, that you don't become that which you despise.

Happy new year to the Slymepit. You merry band of cunts.

This is what a feminist looks like. http://otherpeopleblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/pussy-eater-mustache-face-tattoo.jpg Reminds me of the joke about the fellow in the bar who noticed that another patron always had scads of women draped all over him. And he asked the bartender how the fellow man...

Michael K Gray wrote:
Tristan wrote:1.85m, 65kg. I've decided I'm constitutionally incapable of gaining fat.
Physical age?

32.

1.85m, 65kg. I've decided I'm constitutionally incapable of gaining fat. I did my best for a couple of years - think dinners spanning multiple plates and a couple of hours, or whole pizzas at a sitting. Honestly, there was more than one occasion when I got looks of disgust from the staff at McDonald...

DNA unravelling into raw amino acids? Is this some new form of DNA I haven't heard of before?

Off-topic: Urgh. Marking a set of take-home assignments from first-year students. I never thought I'd ever feel generous for giving a student a mark of 12%. I need a Panadol, a strong drink and a lie down.

Badger3k wrote:Not surprised. Don't think the tapatalk app has a screenshot feature. May have to look into alternatives on my pad.

Press the home button and the power button at the same time.

Ha - thanks for that, but I should have included a winky or smiley. science - YES! but no emoticons, please. there are three of us who despise them. In the same way that banning the word "cunt" is pretty much the only way you'll ever get me to say the word "cunt" (cunt cunt cuntitty cunt)... ;)

Hope that all makes sense. I'm all in favour of Fe supplements for the baboollies in the form of administration of an iron railing to the fecking teeth from time-to-time. (note: violent imagery used for humorous purposes only...) Now, now. That would serve as a autologous source of calcium, as any ...

decius wrote:I'm out of here, A+ forum is way more entertaining than you lot.

Here are a couple of random pearls. There's a poster called Equality+.

That is quite possibly the funniest thing I have seen sine Elevatorgate first happened. A more perfect one-word summary of Animal Farm probably doesn't exist.

... Holy crap. Between that Laden quote and Dillahunty's banning, I expect to have five pages of solid gold hilarity to read by the time I wake up.

where are all the Limey cunts?. Here i am, Gawd save the queenie, don'tcha Know pip pip & all that. Would i be TOTALLY out of order suggesting the occasional :naughty:DDOS on Mordor? I know it's "Upping the ante" a bit but just occasionally & for short periods we could be a REAL pain to them? :shhh...

masakari2012 wrote:I'm an American. I've been to Perth/Fremantle, Australia. I had a lot of fun there. The people were really friendly.

Ohhhh, West coast. Hardly counts.

Wow, there really are a lot of Aussies on this forum, huh? Wonder why that is?

Oh, I got it - but went off on a tangent.

The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as an ideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, particularly with the Romantic movement, while in the previous centuries authors and artists were encouraged to "copy the masters as closely as possible" and avoid "unnecessary invent...

Mini, off-topic rant. I currently find myself having to put together an impromptu lecture on plagiarism for a Master's level class, Just copy someone else's speech on this subject. That should get the point across with a healthy dose of Fe-y. Heh. Don't tempt me. MKG's idea is actually a pretty goo...

Michael K Gray wrote:
Tristan wrote:Mini, off-topic rant. I currently find myself having to put together an impromptu lecture on plagiarism for a Master's level class,
Just copy someone else's speech on this subject.
That should get the point across with a healthy dose of Fe-y.

Heh. Don't tempt me.

Mini, off-topic rant. I currently find myself having to put together an impromptu lecture on plagiarism for a Master's level class, half of whom are older than I am. Apparently saying "don't plagiarize or else" isn't enough any more - because even at this level a substantial fraction of people don't...

Ok, way more than creepy. Although Justin is not regarding what she did to him as raping him, she is absolutely a sexual predator. Anyone want to try and share this problem over at FFTB or A+ or skepchick? Already done. You have a link thingy to share? http://freethoughtblogs.com/almostdiamonds/201...

DownThunder wrote:Ok, way more than creepy. Although Justin is not regarding what she did to him as raping him, she is absolutely a sexual predator.

Anyone want to try and share this problem over at FFTB or A+ or skepchick?

Already done.

Damn. Beaten to the punch by a long way.

This is a must-see. Someone named Pricsilla Parker is claiming that Greg Laden was completely within his rights to attack Justin Griffith because Justin Griffith deserved it. And they go no to say that Griffith is facing criminal charges for cyberstalking! link: http://freethoughtblogs.com/almostdi...

real horrorshow wrote:Poor old Erwin, spinning in his grave I expect.

This is, of course, incorrect. The current contretemps has instead put him into a superposition of face-up and face-down in his grave.

Drama bomb incoming. Matt Dillahunty tests out the A+ forums under a different name. Gets treated like shit and banned. http://atheismplus.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=159&p=887#p887 Sceencapped the whole lot. Verified by his twitter just now @Matt_Dillahunty Ahahaha. Praise satan!! Take the red...

Rebbecca Watson, in a truly spell-binding post of two-faced baffle-gab, finds The Truth: http://skepchick.org/2012/10/the-value-of-truth/ Watson says: I believe that truth has inherent value and that skepticism is most crucially applied to the things we want to believe. Who'd a thunkit? Next up, a ...

Oops, big mistake by the marketing department of the Richard Dawkins foundation. If you are being accused of misogyny then the last thing you should be doing is using sexually objectifying pictures like this when selling your trinkets. Lets hope that the FTB crowd don't spot this, it's practically ...

Looks like her campaign based on nothing more substantial than chinese whispers hasn't been the great success vinegar-tits was hoping for. Obviously then, twitter people (rightly) thinking that she's an idiot will prove something. Some good, pretty spot-on messages in there. http://freethoughtblogs...

I really don't think outing wars are a good idea.

Oh, and Jason (Fartytowels) Toiletbowl is ranting yet again about how truly eeevil we are, and yet again, as the master of Doublethink and Newspeak, .... link: http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/2012/09/30/holding-clay-feet-to-witch-burning-fires/ Ye Gods, that's an uninspired piece of lunacy....

I probably disagree with many on here about the impact of hateful trolling and how it should be dealt with. "Threat" is the term they use for only a part of the issue, hate and haters are the main problem. How a person who is subject to a barrage of hate and ridicule on the internet (Regardless of ...

Rebecca Watson doc drops.

This place is turning into a FTB. ConcentratedH2O Accusing random posters without any linked evidence, people name calling steerman just because of some disagreements, all are really interesting and lolzy incidents. Hypocrites. At the risk of being labelled a concern troll, I would say that I am al...

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