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

I very nearly went out to buy the new Star Trek TNG season 1 blu-ray set that came out a few days ago, but luckily I googled to check the price first… and found out there are audio problems on a few discs and it's quite a good idea to wait until they send out fixed sets. Damn. But speaking of Doct...

Well thanks, Rebecca, I'm now reading and enjoying Buffy fanfic. And I hated Buffy the show. (Although loved Angel. Except seasons 3 & 4. Sob, Cordelia, she was so awesome until she sucked.) I got the DVD box set cheap a while ago and re-watched the whole thing. Actually found seasons 3 and 4 sligh...

franc wrote:

sacha wrote:
not at all boring. I can listen to one's love for their animals all day

I have offered to give you the full Bodil archive - you always thumb your nose at it.

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Laden: The problem with men, as a group, as a type of organism, as a subset of humans, is that at various points along the way on their journey from the female template on which all humans are built biologically, they have been altered in ways that make them dangerous assholes. Is one to take from ...

I like steampunk loads, mostly because I'm a big fanboi of retro-futurism in general. Have you heard of Iron Sky ? As a film it has its flaws (and it's just for fun anyways) but the secret Nazi moon base has some very "atmospheric" diesel-punk scenery... </end obligatory Finn-promotion> Heard of it...

I quite liked this, and it seemed halfway relevant here: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/religion

From Surly Amy's post with Matt Dilahunty's 'speaking out against hate directed at women:' ... These individuals are beneath contempt. They’re not just misinformed or mistaken, they’re malicious little thugs who are lashing out in response to the fear that someone might actually expect them to ...

Scented Nectar wrote:LMU, yep, I think you're right. It's Oolong Rabbit. Same markings as in its pic, and of course balancing something on its head.

Considering the goatse, I also suspect it's referencing this old meme of the rabbit:

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I'd be so embarrassed if I'd ejaculated something like that. No matter how angry I might get at something there's still some kind of filter between what I think and what I say (and beyond that I'm trying to adhere to some form of stoicism, and getting angry does nothing beyond making yourself feel ...

http://dyingunderalienstars.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/community.jpg I'd be so embarrassed if I'd ejaculated something like that. No matter how angry I might get at something there's still some kind of filter between what I think and what I say (and beyond that I'm trying to adhere to some form of...

My guessed Shermer too since he is known to sleep with convention attendees-- including Rebecca. I think she expected something in return. Is there any evidence that Shermer and Watson *trigger warning* made the beast with two backs? http://dyingunderalienstars.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/futuramab...

Has anyone read John Scalzi's latest, Redshirts? I quite liked it, although his three codas at the end fell flat for me. I can see what he was trying to do, they were technically more interestingly written, but I just did not care about the characters in them at all.

I see this is the thread for My Kind Of People. Hullo. Pretty shortly after I learned to read I found the local library, and more specifically the one (small) bookcase dedicated to science fiction. Now this was a small library in a small town, so while I'm a child of the eighties the lbirary had all...

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Today's list seems somewhat adequate:

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Has anyone used witch cake to root out misogynists yet? Surely it can only be a matter of time.

I find all this science fiction talk up-thread inspiring. Sorry 'bout the length. "Iä! Iä! Mhyehrs fhtagn! Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Mhyehrs University of Minnesota wgah'nagl fhtagn." The squamous priest's unnerving chant echoed through the vast tenebrous chamber and was taken up moments later by her aco...

justinvacula wrote:

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:PS: Justin, I was right for the BG song, wasn't I? :)

Yes, yes :)

Yay, post 100!

The taint...it burns!

*cough*

At the end of the day, I do not believe these people are evil. They are just human with their flaws and I personally find it ridiculous that apparently nobody here finds anything that PZ writes interesting while two years ago you all found at least most of his writing interesting and funny. Come on...

They brought a kakapo down to the huge wildlife sanctuary near me. Unfortunately I didn't have time to see it, and I think now it's being shown somewhere else. No idea if it was the same shagging-parrot, though... Ah, the opportunity to meet a parrot porn star… At least this way I don't have to b...

They brought a kakapo down to the huge wildlife sanctuary near me. Unfortunately I didn't have time to see it, and I think now it's being shown somewhere else. No idea if it was the same shagging-parrot, though... Ah, the opportunity to meet a parrot porn star… At least this way I don't have to b...

KiwiInOz wrote:

StueNever wrote:Wait a minute dodos don't live in New Zealand!

I r confused. Welcome anyway!

Dodos, Kiwis. Same thing, just different. :lol:

I demand kakapos. Just because.

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Okay. And don't worry, Ted - I have no plans to drag you into a debate about the merits of libertarianism at this juncture. I just wanted to understand where you were coming from. Now I do. Thank you. Hehe, I appreciate it. I was prepared to politely but firmly back away from the topic. And I think...

I think libertarianism is bloody stupid most of the time (not libertarians as persons, the -ism). Why do you think libertarianism is stupid most of the time? I lean towards libertarianism myself 8-) I should say that as with all politics my problem lies mostly with the more extreme variants. In thi...

http://i.imgur.com/8cbfa.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Ucica.jpg Twat . Wow :O I won't call that offensive, because hardly anything is. But damn if it isn't extremely insensitive. That's the sort of joke you might make to a couple of friends, not to thousands of followers on twitter. Now I'm of the school...

Somehow, this seemed to cry out to be posted here.

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‘There must be more interesting things. Hair. Clothes. People.’ ‘Good grief. You mean girl talk?’ ‘I don’t know. I’ve never talked girl talk before,’ said Cheery. ‘Dwarfs just talk.’ ‘It’s like that in the Watch, too,’ said Angua. ‘You can be any sex you like provided yo...

Well, if we're doing Pratcthett quotes, I've got one which applies quite well to FTB:

+++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++

-Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

There are actual problems to criticise Sweden for For a start, you have way too much talented musicians and metal bands. Same goes for Norway and Finland. Think of the children! It's part of our insidious plan to convert the world to Satanism, obviously. Have you ever tried to play the Swedish nati...

TAM's is looking brighter! http://atheiststoday.com/images/pzquote.jpg I think libertarianism is bloody stupid most of the time (not libertarians as persons, the -ism). That in no way makes me part of Myers' "sensible people". Divisive politics is why we can't have nice things. Right, that's it, I'...

In any event, your society does not appear to have gone far enough down the road as far as Sweden: http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/government-tyranny/the-radfem-conquest-of-sweden/ Three seconds of bodily touching between two persons in a relationship who normally have sex – including oral â...

This was not the only incident that happened to me at TAM where people were targeting me with personalized items meant to mock or diminish my presence This is the sloppy language of the fanatic at work. How could someone's presence be diminished, I wonder? I assume she means 'influence'. In which c...

And I forgot to add that Stef never took big umbrage about RW's call out. She stated she was proud in some way of being called out for what she thinks. Classy, I'd say! Indeed. I think that might be the only way to "win". At some point, the argument becomes more or less pointless. (In this case pro...

My first post on this forum. W00t. Regarding this: I may have linked to Normblog before, but he's the typical reaction from a non-USian (http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2012/07/ask-before-you-shake-hands.html) Having recently returned from two academic conferences at both of which participants ...