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

Does anyone have a link to PZ acknowledging/discussing having been accused of harassment in the past? Can't find it. Is the rate of false harassment accusations ostensibly in the same ostensible 2â€“5% ballpark as the rate of false rape accusations? For the sake of argument, let's assume that it is...

Rebecca Watson pisses and moans that works of fiction don't conform exactly to her wishful thinking: http://skepchick.org/2013/08/the-great-feminist-cinema-that-is-the-wolverine/ For starters, authors and directors and video game creators do not have to pander to your feminist musings. And if they A...

Heads up, I think RobotAnna's taking notice of you guys on Twitter. Get ready for people even less rational than the FreeFromThoughtBloggers. Hoshit, the subreddit destroyer. I'd have a really fun time talking to her again. Too bad her tweets are all private, I'd be interested in what you're referr...

As with anything there are of course grey areas, but when talking about the alpha / beta dichotomy it is inherently sexual, in which case the person you described would indeed be a beta. Not to say he isn't a cool or interesting guy or whatever, but the entire concept being discussed here stems fro...

AndrewV69 wrote:In other news: The MANTYHOSE!!!!

http://cdn.divinecaroline.com/sites/div ... 40x470.jpg

(h/t from a comment over by Judgy Bitch)

And thus the feminization of the American male marches on. All dat estrogen in the water supply.

I don't think the "alpha/beta" thing is a particularly good thing to use, because it's really overly simplistic. I know a few guys who aren't "betas" by any means, but have the damnedest time talking with women. I'm unsure why, but maybe part of it is obsessing about not fucking up a chance to get ...

Packed to the rafters at Jen's talk..... http://i.imgur.com/TLyDndz.jpg :cry: Poor soul.....I'd suggest she get her boobs out but she's already tried that. Hmm...no one was there to see her talk about how to effectively use social media? Maybe she should have effectively used social media to let pe...

curriejean wrote:
Cold wrote:I thought you said you were a grill.
It is a grill-styled mecha.

Pics or gtfo

http://i.qkme.me/3sxzvi.jpg

I just dumpster dived at Ashley Miller's, and there's actually a very interesting debate going on (she's not banning!) between a few sane people politely pointing out facts of law vs. Hordelings spewing bile and lunacy: http://freethoughtblogs.com/ashleymiller/2013/08/21/michael-shermer-legal-fund/...

Interesting. Thanks for sharing! I might just send these friends a link to the book's Amazon page next time they ask for help. :) On the book's Amazon page: Originally published as an e-book that became a controversial media phenomenon, No More Mr. Nice Guy! landed its author, a certified marriage ...

As for the rest of the conversation... yeah, it doesn't seem that good enough evidence can really be presented through this medium. My main concern is the demonization of the already-shy. I have some things in common with guys like the one in that comic, upon which we've built sincere friendships a...

Okay, that was awesome. As for the rest of the conversation... yeah, it doesn't seem that good enough evidence can really be presented through this medium. My main concern is the demonization of the already-shy. I have some things in common with guys like the one in that comic, upon which we've bui...

Jack -- seems to me you've listed a few guys with similar (but not exactly the same) faults, faults that some people I've known have dealt with too. Far less specific than the "nice guy" I keep hearing about, outlined by welch in this case. It paints guys who lack confidence, dating skill and attra...

Jack -- seems to me you've listed a few guys with similar (but not exactly the same) faults, faults that some people I've known have dealt with too. Far less specific than the "nice guy" I keep hearing about, outlined by welch in this case. It paints guys who lack confidence, dating skill and attra...

curriejean wrote:
Cold wrote:Also relevant:

What a bitch.

I fount this to be pretty fucking funny. Basically a response from the guy:

http://i.imgur.com/nJI98GP.jpg

How is this supposed to fit the profile welch outlined? It's a couple collages exemplifying the tiresomely targeted 'brony' stereotype. To add, the snipped text may not have all come from the supposed sources, and even if it did these could easily be joke profiles. Considering how happy many people...

Also relevant:

http://i.imgur.com/3JDowT5.jpg

Nice guys can find nice girls. It happens all the time. It does. I've seen it. I mean, it takes a few years of being kicked away by the girls they want, and gradually lowering their standards until they find a spot that's just right.....but yeah, it happens. :whistle: If one's end game is getting l...

This is a story I've run into almost word-for-word, time and time again on the internet -- and just like all discourse on the topic of the "nice guy" it's done in third person. I've never run into one of these guys, online or in real life, and I'm not aware of any evidence that I'd consider indisti...

Please tell me that's a poe. Doesn't he want "somepony" to be his friend. *Walks away slowly from tasteless jibes at A WELL KNOWN SKEPTIC WOMAN.* Going off what I know about bronies then yes, that guy is deadly serious. Look at this link for more brony fun. Be sure to read the top paragraph before ...

curriejean wrote:lol. It's a party hat.

http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... -by-ya.jpg

Are you sure about this? According to the Wikipedia article on fedoras, "In the modern day, the fedora is associated with geek culture, atheism, and mens' rights activism." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora) Following the citation on that Wiki article brought me to some Tumblr autist's website w...

In all seriousness though, how does this thing - or Stephanie Zvan, or any of the other landwhales at FTB - find someone to mate with? How little self esteem must you have to find them sexually attractive? Does anyone else think that their extreme brand of feminism is a symptom of their being left ...

Steersman wrote:AUTISTIC RAMBLINGS

http://i.imgur.com/YSUSWLO.jpg?1

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x17/Sublime_Wind/Slime/angryvagina_zps9fa59646.jpg In all seriousness though, how does this thing - or Stephanie Zvan, or any of the other landwhales at FTB - find someone to mate with? How little self esteem must you have to find them sexually attractive? Does an...

Jennifer McCreight wrote:She's super pregnant so her party ends at 7pm...just bought tickets for your show for me and my boyfriend! :D

This thing has a boyfriend?

I think I might have found him:

http://i.imgur.com/aFv3S5J.jpg?1

Note the fedora, trademark of the feminist white-knight beta male. A fine specimen!

All science so far! Sorry for the delay; had other demands on my time. As an example of what social scientists do, I'll be referring to my own dissertation. The area was Social Networks, and the focus was on whether your position in a network could give you power, aside from any skills you might ha...

Speaking of sexism, racism and ethnocentrism, Ophelia Benson tells us how much she hates Japanese culture's practice of Kawii and burikko. http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2013/08/burikko/ http://www.freezepage.com/1376968306TXXXHTDDWV http://i.imgur.com/S8SlFYN.jpg For those that h...

Love this one: https://twitter.com/meganamram/status/362273418877468673 Analogy fail. :handgestures-thumbdown: On several levels. What the fuck is this even supposed to be an analogy of? I'm seriously at a loss. Also VAX, pls respond to my latest reply reference the social sciences conversation. Al...

Very good. The next thing is: Are you more interested in talking about the SJW carryings on, or in how social scientists actually handle the concept of privilege? The latter, obviously. OK. The place I'd like to start is with three very basic things. These are general to science, and my point is re...

yomomma wrote:Apparently Popehat wants to get a seat at the SJW lunch table. (Apologies if this was already posted.)

(Sorry, don't know how to insert graphic.)

Trolled softly.

CommanderTuvok wrote:
bovarchist wrote:I have a hard time believing that Shermer is that easily trolled.
Well, Svan the ugly twat seems to have bought it. Bigtime. So have most of the Baboons.

The fact that they're taking that email exchange as truth further suggests that these people aren't skeptics.

Very good. The next thing is: Are you more interested in talking about the SJW carryings on, or in how social scientists actually handle the concept of privilege? (I mentioned above that the most basic difference is that to a sociologist, privilege is part of a relationship or comparison between on...

VAXherd wrote:What's your background?

Biology.

Cold wrote:Surveys are not science.

This is gonna take a while.

Let's start with the easiest thing: You do know that what the SJWs are spouting is not what real Social Scientists do. Right?[/quote]

Yes.

Maybe it's closer than I had thought. It's probably taking longer than expected to add up all the damages. I hope that's it. My non-lawyer understanding makes it out to be open and shut and PZ having lawyers that would tell him to immediately retract. So that's been dashed, which I understand means...

VAXherd wrote:
Cold wrote:
VAXherd wrote:Social Sciences are part of STEM.
Sociology is a soft baby science, much like psychology. Too soft as of right now to be of any real application.
Minimal offense intended, but: How would you know?

Uh oh, did I ring the bell of Pavlov's Dogs?

Psychology major detected!

It's measured as 1 - discrimination. "Privilege" is the status of not being subject to a given form of discrimination. If you accept that some discrimination exists, then you also automatically accept that privilege exists, by definition. There must be some people who are not subject to the discrim...

Is anyone kind of stumped by the whole idea of privilege? I get it as a sociological concept, but it has almost zero application. How is it measured or observed? It fails to take into account the individual . .... Indeed. But you might be interested in these articles on the topic: a post by philoso...

VAXherd wrote:Social Sciences are part of STEM.

Sociology is a soft baby science, much like psychology. Too soft as of right now to be of any real application.

welch wrote: Fuck, I wish I could claim blackouts. Make some of the stupid shit I did in college and the USAF go away Fuck, I wish I could claim blackouts for the times I actually bought into the SJW narrative:P Fuck, I wish I could claim blackouts for the time I destroyed an entire Indian village....

welch wrote:Fuck, I wish I could claim blackouts. Make some of the stupid shit I did in college and the USAF go away.

Fellow USAFag reporting in, when did you get out and what was your AFSC?

Is anyone kind of stumped by the whole idea of privilege? I get it as a sociological concept, but it has almost zero application. How is it measured or observed? It fails to take into account the individual. What if I'm a white person in a country that hates white people? Am I still privileged then?...

Ape+lust wrote:Whoo. Sasha Pixlee, who wrote how DJ Grothe triggered all his triggers, has internalized the Good Ally dictum about taking your lumps when an Oppressed Person craps on your head.

http://i.imgur.com/lliM6dy.png

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1glz ... o1_400.jpg

Interesting post from AtBC. Apparently they're discussing it over there albeit more slowly than over here. The degree of skepticism should be proportional to the consequences of being wrong. http://www.innocenceproject.org/know/Search-Profiles.php?check=check&title=&yearConviction=&yearExoneration=&...

He does have a crush on her, doesn't he. If the FTB/Skepchick environment wasn't so sex-negative, they could have settled this with drunk monkey sex long time ago, and nothing of all the current hassle would have happened. He's clearly too beta to ask her out. Just buy her the bar, PZ, that's how t...

Nerd's a fucking idiot. Anyone knows that the best way to determine Shermer's guilt is to throw him in a pond. If he sinks, he's innocent. If he floats, he a fucking rapist. QED. And if he starts furiously fucking the fish, he's PZ Myers. I'm pretty sure PZ's affinity for the wet and slimy is limit...

Lol that's pretty spot on. He's Joe with tits. Whatever happened to that mental case John Kwok? Does he still occasionally post his ramblings at PT? Isn't Kwok the one who demands a camera for some reason? And is blabbing on about cameras? I went back there a few days ago and went through a couple ...

You smart asses think that Nerd's such a fool. Well, he just provided incontrovertible proof that Shermer's guilty: Heâ€™s giving prima facie evidence he is a bad guy, by not defending himself here, which he could do. But he has his lawyer attempt to intimidate PZ with threat of a lawsuit. Bullies ...

I know I already mentioned this but does anyone else get the feeling that some of these people are probably very mentally ill? Whenever I see a Caine post I always imagine an obese autistic 30-year old who lives in her parents' basement and sits at the computer all day, defending PZ's blog from rap...

Rope apologist wrote:prima facie

Also their constant misuse of phrases like The Dunning-Kruger effect suggests that they don't actually know what The Dunning-Kruger Effect is and that they're a pretty good example of it.

I have read through the Forums of StormFront and felt less disgusted. I really don't think I am exaggerating. Ironic you should say that. I did a stint at both Panda's Thumb and After The Bar Closes for a bit and these people are a million times worse than the people we mocked at those places. If I...

One of the more rabid and dimwitted Pharyngula commenters, anteprepro, first argues that Shermers legal action is a sign of guilt and then denies that he argued that. He must believe that people canâ€™t read. Compare 352 anteprepro 15 August 2013 at 3:05 pm (UTC -5) Have the people who are bleating...

JustAtheist wrote:
bovarchist wrote:
Cold wrote: What can I say? It's a doggy dog world.
Can we please nip this grammar argument in the butt?
your askin alot

Proper grammar and spelling is not something I take for granite. If anything I take every post made here with a grain assault.

Deep Seeded.. deep seated means they have fat asses I can't tell you how many times I've seen someone mess up that phrase; they're at least a diamond dozen. Sorry, I side with 'seated'. 'Deep-seated' is an actual phrase that comes from construction. 'Deep-seeded' is just something someone came up w...

BillHamp wrote:
I can't tell you how many times I've seen someone mess up that phrase; they're at least a diamond dozen.

The correct phrase is deep-seated. There is no diciontary entry for deep-seeded. Unless you use the Urban Dictionary.

The joke.

>>>>>>>>>>>

Your head.

This calls for some Sagan: "Science is more than a body of knowledge: Itâ€™s a way of thinking; a way of skeptically interrogating the universe. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then weâ€™r...

At least Led Zeppelin had the artistic integrity to make their plagiarism sound at least as good as the original. Thanks, Will. I love Zep, but Bukka White's Shake 'Em On Down is about a thousand times better than Hats Off To Harper. I'm probably biased because the Zep version is the version I hear...

Welchy said (http://www.slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=119187#p119187): Rock music more than almost any other genre is theft writ large. It's always been that way, and I doubt it will change. Interestingly enough, that was also the case in classical music -- you know, Bach, Mozart, that bunch. ...

I love the T & A adds. So feminist. Holyshit!!!!! He's the dumbass who wrote this: http://heresyclub.com/2013/08/yes-richard-dawkins-your-statements-on-islam-are-racist/ He joined the sinking ship at the right time. Ah, the idiot who conflates religion and race because (I'm guessing) he's so fuckin...

One of the fat neckbeard beta males in the This Is Not An Update thread sums up this entire debacle quite nicely: The goal isnâ€™t to determine whether or not Shermer is guilty. The goal is to report a traumatic experience someone had with Shermer, in the hopes of warning other women. The goal is th...

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