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

Article archived also *trigger warning* because it is the usually muddled mess that VICE is noted for: Too Many Atheists Are Veering Dangerously Toward the Alt-Right "The alt-right intentionally targets and preys on people—young white men in particular—who feel disconnected, marginalized, and misun...

Only the current Labour Party in it's relentless fight against antisemitism, could produce the situation where Corbyn gets criticised for going to a Jewish event , BUT it's the WRONG KIND of Jews. Splitter! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43624231 He found a bunch of lefty Jews that claim cha...

I am reading Krauss's defense. And it looks like Melody had non intercourse sexual contact with him in 2006. Krauss's first marriage ended in 2011. Is Krauss merely poly, which means he is being unfairly persecuted for his sexual orientation? Or is Melody a homewrecker? Wait so this predated Elevat...

Not sure if anyone else has encountered this but while discussing that Cat Person shit today, in the context of discussing unreasonable fear and generalisation of men as a group, I got that stat thrown at me again of “but two women are murdered by their partners each week in the UK!” .....two women?...

I am afraid we are coming to the point where men are revealed to be such disgusting pigs that we will never get laid again, even by gay guys. And to those of you that say not all men are like that, go anally rape yourself with a dozen sea urchins. Have you heard a misogynist joke and not punched ou...

A friend of a Facebook friend is throwing a fit because I described Rey as a Mary Sue. Even if you're a feminist, how can you see that character as anything other than a Mary Sue? I just switch off as soon as someone says Mary Sue. I think the concept has become generalised I just dismiss the perso...

Thankfully Tauriq came back to Twitter so he can go from hard-hitting insightful commentary https://twitter.com/tauriqmoosa/status/622085416510951424 Yeah, don't know how long it's going to last. I think he's being harassed again: https://twitter.com/tauriqmoosa/status/622551836382371841 Clearly wh...

Christ, The Guardian is running an article claiming cooking meat outside is cultural appropriation. Because, I don't fucking know, ancient Europeans went straight from foraging fruit to microwaving the shit out of stuff. Fucking retards. Shatterface http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul...

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/28/istandwithtauriq/ Our colleague here at FtB, Tauriq Moosa, had enough of the nonstop harassment on Twitter, and has left the medium. This is a real loss ; his was an entertaining, humane, and vigorous voice Even if the guy was being harassed for real...

Been giggling like an idiot to GodfreyElfwick's twitter feed. Fucking bravo.

I want to have his transethnic babies.

Ooh, that wouldn't be good. Peez is in a crap-on-the-Brits mood today. It's funny he does that. Peez would pop his cork if you denigrate someone's culture, but posting unfair generalities about their nationality is okay for some reason: Mildly annoyed by SJWism at the moment, and being half from Br...

"Gamergate goes from strength to strength" haha, okay. At least thanks to GG, I feel like I'm discovering whole new species of idiots that I was previously unaware of. It's like a deep-sea trawler bringing bizarre creatures to the surface. What, another one who thinks Poland is English? http://i.im...

So bit of a noob question, but the recent legal furore over the Blockbot has me wondering - is there a way to tell if a particular person is using the blockbot? Other than them publicly admitting to it, of course? I'm generally against things like the Blockbot, but for regular users/commenters of t...

So bit of a noob question, but the recent legal furore over the Blockbot has me wondering - is there a way to tell if a particular person is using the blockbot? Other than them publicly admitting to it, of course? I'm generally against things like the Blockbot, but for regular users/commenters of tw...

[ Oh, the plot thickens! First of all the story was the gig was cancelled and Kate was gutted but found the irony of a comedy gig about Free Speech being cancelled as hi-larious. Then the story was Kate cancelled the gig herself (hmmm....) because she didn't want to upset the 30% minority of the fe...

Don't think I've seen this mentioned here yet, but there is not enough popcorn in the universe for Ally Fogg's latest piece, in which he calls out the He for She campaign. freethoughtblogs.com/hetpat/2014/09/23/the-five-little-words-that-betrayed-emma-watson Particularly fond of this comment of Ally...

This both sickens and saddens me. All humans, regardless of gender, should have the same rights â€“ but they should also have the same responsibilities . That's all the problems with SJWs summed in just one word. I dared to write a comment about a situation that was similar to the one that your wif...

Bit late to the thread - sorry to hear about your diagnosis FT - hope you are able to take the time off you need. Thanks to those who have stepped in to pick up the slack. I've not posted here much, have been a longtime lurker more than anything. But this place, god help me, is my sanity check when ...

Hmm. I take it back. Well, will see how many of said comments stay up, trololol ^_^

One thing I will say for being on pre-mod at the Guardian, irritating as it may be to not have your posts posted: It does allow you to see how biased as fuck their mods are. I've made about 8 comments on that godawful Quinn/Sarkeesian/Waaaah womenz are teh so oppressed article and only one has been ...

Actually, just realised that dynamic I described also might be similar to the idea of the Petrie Multiplier - not sure if this has been discussed here before or not. http://iangent.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-on.html Let's say that we have 20% women and 80% men in Tech. ...

Actually, just realised that dynamic I described also might be similar to the idea of the Petrie Multiplier - not sure if this has been discussed here before or not. http://iangent.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-on.html Let's say that we have 20% women and 80% men in Tech. A...

I always wonder if there is a bit of cynicism with the editors at the larger left online magazines. They could be true believers but I think that the calculation goes like this: Either they can: 1. Publish Marcotte or someone of her ilk and you get a ton of hits and comments (and more revenue). 2. ...

Where exactly are all these 101 level discussions feminists assure us are occurring at a non-stop rate? I have yet to see one. Yes, ditto. I was told (in a PM) that even requesting a link would be considered JAQing off and justification for a least a temporary ban. Probably. I don't consider people...

That's best thing about that stinging barb is the way she used a picture of Neptune by mistake. Or was it irony? Naah. Ha, nice catch. Thought there was something off about that pic, and am now quite embarrassed I missed it. Hello/fuck off, btw :) I can't take credit for spotting the mistake, that ...

strayling wrote:That's best thing about that stinging barb is the way she used a picture of Neptune by mistake.

Or was it irony? Naah.

Ha, nice catch. Thought there was something off about that pic, and am now quite embarrassed I missed it.

Hello/fuck off, btw :)

Where exactly are all these 101 level discussions feminists assure us are occurring at a non-stop rate? I have yet to see one. Yes, ditto. Rather an interesting tack, really - if no-one is actually defending these claims then they have basically been absorbed into society without being seriously ch...

It really is uncanny how the row around the latest Sarkees-o-drama/Quinnspiracy mirrors what we saw in the Skeptic "community" after elevatorgate. It's almost like eg was a small-scale dress rehearsal, played out in a tiny community nobody cared about before being unleashed on the relatively huge, ...

DeepInsideYourMind wrote:So far today on twitter, in support of Sarkesian...

Joss Whedon
Boing Boing
Polygon
DJGrothe
Daring Fireball

I think this battle is near lost, disagreeing with the narrative now is dangerous to many peoples careers

Was Tim Schafer today or yesterday?

And DJ Grothe's supporting her?

Yeah, my background is in QM so I sympathise. Sure, it's counterintuitive, but it still has rules, and is not code for "make up whatever shite you want and stick the word 'quantum' in front of it." My worst screening experience was attending the UK premiere of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed :bja...

After watching "What the Bleep do We Know" http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0399877/ I learned that simply through the amazing power of quantum thought that I could simply will myself to be faster, better, stronger, have bigger bosoms , etc! i initially misread that as "have bigger bosons " but probably c...

After watching "What the Bleep do We Know" http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0399877/ I learned that simply through the amazing power of quantum thought that I could simply will myself to be faster, better, stronger, have bigger bosoms , etc! i initially misread that as "have bigger bosons " but probably c...

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She seems to be arguing that games frequently use scenes that involve violence against women as a way of creating atmosphere or signifying aspects of particular game characters - for example if you come across a scene where some guy is beating up a woman or who appears to be trying to rape a woman ...

I got this perk in Fallout 2 (the greatest CRPG ever): *childkiller screengrab* You really don't want it. But you may end up with it because the kids are pick-pockets and you need to beat one or two of them up to make them afraid of you. See, that's a fantastic example of not putting arbitrary cons...

While browsing Amazon for Lovecraftesque stories I came across a tentacle porn book with possibly the best title ever: go and search for "The Booty Call of Cthulhu" for more details. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oTk4Pn4-PJw/Uk-Eteg_lsI/AAAAAAAALwk/dnlToNPUang/s400/Booty+Call+of+Cthulhu.JPG like tentac...

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Dr Whoy-veh

I'm not a gamer but I guess there are games that have killable game characters that are of differently recognizable ethnicities - white, black, asian, middle eastern etc. In which case it should be possible for a player to choose a single race target and to go around killing only that type. I presu...

Not sure if this was posted already, but the Fine Young Capitalists' indiegogo campaign has been reopened.

According to their twitter account (can't embed, don't care, google it) the contribution of 4chan /v/ is ~$13k.

Minor: Chekhov's gun is nonsense. Now anything we see much be used or else it's bad drama. And yet, look how much we enjoy narratives with fine character details and that exquisitely describe all of the details in a room, or a weapon, or a scene, or a character. Indeed. I've a vague recollection of...

Has The Telegraph been a feminist rag for very long or have they just started? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11057086/Anti-rape-nail-varnish-shows-we-still-think-sexual-assault-is-a-womens-problem.html the real problem will be when someone finds a way to put rohypnol into nail varnis...

It is the same principle but there's even less reason why it should be a problem. There's plenty of games where violence is a key feature - you cannot play them without killing probably more opponents than the average toll of about ten serial killers. But games where sexual violence is essential? A...

Cabal (if that really was you lol skepticism): It's not "irony", but it's also not "the gaming community"; it's just the SJL element of it. Yes, fair point. I'm a gamer after all, and I'm not some hypocritical SJW shitstain. I do wish this crowd would just fuck off and interfere with someone else's...

The commenters tend to eviscerate Erin McKelle's article by the way. Transparent attention whoring that conceals massive body image and confidence issues. I just wish she could be less of an obnoxious git about it. If she dressed normally and wasn't so confrontational, I'm willing to bet most peopl...

And I forgot to log in. Derp.

*hides*

Not since Surly Amy laid eyes on Harriet Hall have so many tears been shed over a t shirt. Mind you, I have a vague recollection that Mykeru has stated in the past that he enjoys trolling the trolls (aka the Pit, of which he is a part) by spitting the dummy over an innocuous issue every now and the...

BlueShiftRhino wrote:[Note to self: self, you've been here for one day; what you pass off as humor is not going to help make peace. tl;dr STFU]

Totally know the feeling ^_^

http://oppressionquest.com/ So someone actually went ahead and stopped that indegogo thing designed to help women again? Was that for real? Apparently? Yes. They did. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fine-young-capitalists--2 "Where did it go? The page you are looking for is no longer availab...

*delurks*

Fuck off to you all.

re the Zoe Quinn debacle, the censorship on places like the escapist doesn't surprise me at all - but 4chan? Seriously?

Since when was 4chan subject to the whims of the sjw crowd?

*delurks* Hello and fuck off everyone - have been lurking here and on FTB for a while and thought it was about time I joined the party - loving some of the recent discussions about what constitutes feminism and the historicity of Christ, and the general level of FTB critique (although I don't think ...

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