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by Hunt
Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:39 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Can someone explain Comradde PhysioProffe to me? I mean, what's with this guy, why is he there? Is he some former star academic that went insane and now FtB keeps him around as some kind of charity case? I don't get it (him).
by Hunt
Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:46 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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jjbinx007 wrote:I note that PhysioProffe still uses the term "mother fucker" and everyone at FTB is fine with that. Interesting.
Benson uses MoFo. That one I really can't figure out.
by Hunt
Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:07 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Since nobody here seemed to give a shit about my laborious muckraking (sob), I tried my tube chop at Greta's place:

http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2013/ ... ent-102034

I know, it's an anal-retentive objection.

But someone has to do it.
by Hunt
Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:09 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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I have to say, the whole thing about conference policies are getting rather tiresome. Honestly, compared to all the other crap that FTB/SC/A+ have pulled, I never saw them as much of a big deal? Yeah it's a bit fun when they've done the obviously stupid as hell ones... but meh, really? Compared to ...
by Hunt
Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:02 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Thunderfoot's latest vid reminded me of something in Myers's SkepTech talk that caught in my craw at the time: http://www.tubechop.com/watch/1104978 Can anyone imagine what would happen if he made a comparable statement about female masturbation? But I guess male masturbation is fair game. Or is it?...
by Hunt
Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:13 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/ ... sciplines/
The field researchers will be out hiking, and facing other privations: heat, humidity, man-eating mosquitos, ticks, summer rainstorms, sexual harassment, assault, and rape.
Sexism!
by Hunt
Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:13 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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oops, that's antisemitism. Anti-antisemitism is...semitism.
by Hunt
Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:11 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/04/12/butbutthose-boys-lives-will-be-ruined/ http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/national/audrie-pott-suicide-3-teens-arrested-after-saratoga-high-school-students-assault-suicide This case doesn't surprise me all that much. When I used to live in Saratoga a coupl...
by Hunt
Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:36 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Pitchguest sparks some discussion at Avicenna's place: http://freethoughtblogs.com/amilliongods/2013/04/12/wimmin-have-it-easy/ "I Get Male" -- very clever. Ugh. Any event, no matter who benefits, is sexism to them. There is no way to falsify "patriarchy theory" because it covers every line of atta...
by Hunt
Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:20 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Pitchguest sparks some discussion at Avicenna's place:

http://freethoughtblogs.com/amilliongod ... e-it-easy/

"I Get Male" -- very clever.
by Hunt
Fri Apr 12, 2013 3:44 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Looks like the Rehtaeh Parson's case is going to recap the Steubenville case: http://www.dailydot.com/news/anonymous-rehtaeh-parsons-rapists-names/ It's already being called the "Canadian Steubenville." The difference in this case is that the girl has committed suicide after a prolonged period of on...
by Hunt
Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:58 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/04/11/they-shall-regret-feeding-my-megalomania/ PZ has discovered Photoshop. How long before he's pasting pasting people's heads onto naked elderly women? This is another classic deflection type post. He's always coming up with stuff like "I've spent the a...
by Hunt
Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:57 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Kind of amusing: PZ links to a video on Skepchick demonstrating white privilege: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/04/10/a-vivid-demonstration-of-white-privilege/ But a few days back a more complete version of the video was linked on A Million Gods, during a crapfest I was having with the...
by Hunt
Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:14 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Kind of amusing: PZ links to a video on Skepchick demonstrating white privilege: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/04/10/a-vivid-demonstration-of-white-privilege/ But a few days back a more complete version of the video was linked on A Million Gods, during a crapfest I was having with them...
by Hunt
Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:35 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/04/09/why/comment-page-1/#comment-599898 My continuing analysis that Giliell, professional cynic...is quite insane. This time, the proposition is that as a parent or presumably grandparent--or any other significant family member, if you do not at all times...
by Hunt
Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:05 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/ ... -of-color/

At times I get the impression that if Chris Clarke doesn't get whipped with a wet noodle each night before bed, that he won't be able to get to sleep.
by Hunt
Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:34 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Jonathan wrote:
EdwardGemmer wrote:<snip> It's amazing to me how many of these people see themselves as reincarnations of Malcolm X or Martin Luther King. </snip>
"These people"? I assume you mean SJWs and FTBers in general?
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by Hunt
Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:11 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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At the same time, I am struggling with the whole “no cookies for past good deeds” thing
Yeah, you're "struggling" like PZ is "torn."

Well, at least it didn't end with the usual crescendo of pyrotechnic f-bombs, so that's....something.
by Hunt
Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:53 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/04/02/my-morning-so-far/#comments I think FtBs has kind of morphed into FtSupportGroup. It's funny that in this age of advanced technology we are still so isolated and alone that a mere online inquiry into quotidian status brings forth a torrent of persona...
by Hunt
Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:27 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/04/02/ellenbeth-wachs-recounts-her-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-594841 2. She didn’t scale it back. Instead of asking us politely why what she was doing put her on edge, she shot back at us in the same words and manners. She defended herself inste...
by Hunt
Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:33 am
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Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Sorry for the multi-comment, but if this isn't he most pusillanimous post I've ever seen: Anyway, read it and think. I did, and I still think the disagreement was appropriate, but that she might be right that the derision was disproportionate…while at the same time I think outrageous derision is u...
by Hunt
Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:30 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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And then I’m torn, because that anger is actually valid, too.
Of course you're torn. If you're not torn, you might be torn apart, by your own shark tank.
by Hunt
Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:26 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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by Hunt
Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:46 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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rorschach is a doctor?

Cry for the children.
by Hunt
Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:04 am
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Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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I’m frankly over this stuff.
What is it they always say at Pharyngula? Don't slam the door on your way out?
by Hunt
Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:43 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Ah, here's where the April Fools humor piece at FtB was hidden! Ho, ho, ho, or something like that! http://freethoughtblogs.com/brutereason/2013/04/01/where-feminism-fails-the-ongoing-need-for-mens-rights-activism/ Where Feminism Fails: The Ongoing Need for Men’s Rights Activism - By Miri, profes...
by Hunt
Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:43 am
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Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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(Oh, and you don't seem to expect to be "renowned, respected, nay, revered" - that may come from his having been a prominent blogger & conference speaker, where the PhD helped get him going but I don't think it in itself was the reason he was respected.) Ironically, it might have been Dawkins's men...
by Hunt
Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:30 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Sorry, Zvalium.
by Hunt
Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:27 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Am I alone in considering all of this dreadfully strained & obviously faux 'pussy-footing-around' with polite etiquette & excruciatingly restricted & embarrassingly laboured ceremonial language somewhat hard to stomach? Nope. Yeah, this whole thing is turning out to be as exciting as a slap-fight b...
by Hunt
Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:28 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/03/31/weve-got-a-ways-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-594069 Richard “zero bad” Dawkins, David “Mohammed was a pedophile” Silverman, Michael “more of a guy thing” Schermer and Sam “no end to the stupid shit” Harris certainly come to mind when...
by Hunt
Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:56 am
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http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/03/31/weve-got-a-ways-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-594289 2 & 3: What a dumbass. SF cons have more stringent anti-harassment policies, and they’re usually very prominently displayed at multiple locations in the hotel. We’ve suggested a small fraction ...
by Hunt
Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:19 pm
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Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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If you want to know the difference between FfTB and the 'Pit, read the thread below. Trigger Warning for tediousness, self-congratulatory wanking, and lack of imagination. Bonus point if you can be bothered to work out what percentage of posts are by Caine. http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/20...
by Hunt
Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:04 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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On this special day, let us note the original of all western anti-skepticism: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+20%3A19-29&version=NIV 29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” And there you ha...
by Hunt
Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:01 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Put a shrimp on the barbie for me? (consumed by Pythonesque explosion)
by Hunt
Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:17 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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This is probably yesterday's news and already discussed, but From: http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2013/03/guest-post-what-harassment-really-is/#comment-512540 The civil harassment guidelines are more relevant, not just because they are more uniform and clearly-outlined than the sta...
by Hunt
Sat Mar 30, 2013 4:04 pm
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Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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I don't know, but i'm sure it'll involve congratulating themselves for attending an event. This is crucial. ::imagines OB bouncing up and down in her seat, vigorously applauding the "socially expensive" line:: Yes, yes, this. So much this. Good name for a blog. "This, so much this" or, maybe just "...
by Hunt
Sat Mar 30, 2013 4:20 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Hunt, I have to disagree with you there. People have been driven to suicide even when law enforcement did not just lock them away because someone accused them of rape, first of all. So no, I don't think it is right to presume people guilty of rape because someone said so. As for PZ, his personal po...
by Hunt
Sat Mar 30, 2013 4:03 am
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Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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apparently the pic source. not sure if anyone can translate the title text http://ru-auto.livejournal.com/24147917.html look at all the people enjoying the outdoors, and the freedom to do as they like and dress as they like among a host of others, of all generations! but so much misogyny, cuz boobs...
by Hunt
Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:47 am
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He imparted, in a very serious tone, the edict that we all have to accept, and I quote, "the personal testimony of women" when they say they are harassed or raped. (It sounded to me like he was equating harassment with rape, but perhaps I misunderstood his intent or his words in those 1-2 sentences...
by Hunt
Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:09 am
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Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Submariner wrote:Welcome Hunt (first name Mike?) or Mangynicus.

Fuck off. (again if you were told to as Mangynicus)
The first time I heard that joke I was with my friend, Mike. I'm not kidding. That was a slightly awkward moment.
by Hunt
Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:04 am
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Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Actually, I think my presence as Mangynicus was so brief that nobody ever had a chance. It was just like "fu--o--" and then I was gone.

I don't think there is a fence, to be honest. I'd still be commenting like hell at Zvan's or Benson's or Myer's if I could. I can't, so here I am.
by Hunt
Fri Mar 29, 2013 5:23 am
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Topic: Jim the Pleb Made Me Do It
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Steph was trying to entrap Hunt -- PZ was obliquely (but not explicitly) referencing the 'Pit and Hunt called PZ out for comparing Lepine to 'Pitters specifically. So she's saying -- hey Hunt -- why'd you assume PZ was talking about the 'Pit - cuz it's true? She's being her usual ruthless, pragmati...