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

I am 100% human and have always been. But I've long felt pretty fed up with the genetic hand I was dealt and wanted nothing to do with it in some kind of futurist/transhumanist fashion. Imagine having lifelong health issues, and your immune system enjoyed attacking your body more than infections. P...

ROBOKiTTY wrote: ↑ I'm not sure what rules I've applied here, but I'll have a discussion with anyone willing to engage in good faith.

OK, I'll start...

What % human are you currently - and has it changed since you began posting?

It's no spinning dancer...but just in case someone feels like a snack...

Atheists for Liberty == Cunts for Censorship What, exactly, does AFL censor? I was referring to your post from Novella. Maybe AfL don't and maybe Novella doesn't directly, but looks like Novella wants to chill free speech by making it expensive. So I misinterpreted the comment: apologies if I Trigg...

Trump's not been the same since he came out...

...in support of vaccines.

No Gish galloping, promise. We'll stick to that one item. What was it people used to say? "Nobody speaks for the 'Pit" Fine, you Gish gallop. Dorothy or Lillian, your choice. As it was in the beginning, is now and shall every be... (appreciate the movie reference though). On a tangential note, for ...

Matt Cavanaugh wrote: ↑ No Gish galloping, promise. We'll stick to that one item.

What was it people used to say? "Nobody speaks for the 'Pit"

ROBOKiTTY wrote: ↑ So like, what happened to this place? There used to be interesting dialogue here. Now it's turned into an echo chamber.

I think you've pretty much answered your own question.

People got bored or found they had other priorities - so they left.

I watched the 2021 reboot of Suicide Squad last night. It's pretty-good. It's genuinely funny. Reminded me of Tropic Thunder. Instead of knocking-off James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy (as woefully failed in the 2016 Suicide Squad) this-time they just hired James Gunn to make this one. I suppose ...

Anyway everyone, if any of you noticed my incoherent behaviour since I rejoined... The man I was going to marry died oct 21 I've been hitting the bottle a bit too much lately to cope with it Though it is getting easier it's still an awful feeling to know your life is over I'm sorry to hear... ...ab...

Service Dog wrote: ↑ The recent Joe Rogan episode with Jordan Peterson--

https://rumble.com/vtg6to-joe-rogan-jre ... erson.html

In many ways there is fundamentally only one podcast.

...and Bugger...

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue if this is significant...

...but Barry Crier dead at 86...

...we'll not see his like again (unless watching old clips, I suppose).

He's no Heinlein I suppose - but is anyone familiar with the work of Frederic Brown?

However, it would appear that somehow (accidentally) I'm also quite trendy! The olive-drab duster/greatcoat at 04:09 is identical to one I've been wearing for years! It's an old service issue number, very tatty and worn but is almost perma-proofed (water instantly beads and rolls right off it) and ...

https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-vaccine-moment-part-one https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-vaccine-moment-part-two https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-vaccine-moment-part-three https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q48G1kiMe3Y And here's some further info - for anyone taking an int...

I've always found the mental stability of those in the arts to be questionable at best certainly they seem to take liberties with what one might call the standard deviation from the norm.

I like the Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge stories.

Both the short and long form.

:roll: And your mother wears army boots ... Heh...not heard that one for years! A true classic! My first ever Troop corporal, a very long-in-the-tooth old bastard, had a long line in strange insults and sayings that he'd trot out whilst propping up the Squadron bar of an evening: "Your mother is a ...

1. 'The Book of Boba Fett' slipped-in on December 29-- stealing the crown as 2021's best depiction of Frank Herbert's Dune. 2. The Book of Boba Fett is twice as enjoyable if you say "Joe Rogan" out-loud, anytime the dude looks like Joe Rogan... floating in his sensory depravation tank, sparring, ge...

fafnir wrote: ↑ ...

It just don't signify to me.

Maybe you could meme something with Rolf Harris, or if he's beyond the pale Tony Hart.

And in other news - Bob Saget has died.

Don't know if anyone had him in the dead pool...

Brive1987 wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:04 pm

Went for a 3hr return hike to a lookout. Low to moderate difficulty.
Disappeared....

I was wondering what had happened to you...

Keating wrote: ↑ I'm not sure I'd be confident enough to mail my work colleagues about how I enjoyed playing with my (and other people's) semen, but then I'm not Richard Carrier. I'm not even a Bhurzum. So, that would be something to see.

...or even read about.

Steersman wrote: ↑...no Cunties ...?

You might have to pay.

I see the libertarians have made an effort to defend Scrooge (iin his pre-reform state).

Article:
https://mises.org/library/case-ebenezer

or if you prefer Youtube:

piginthecity wrote: ↑ Thanks, FT and cheers everybody else. It's been a good 'pit.

And the same to you too, Babe.

All the best for 2022.

I'm probably going to just put the Pit into the deep freeze. Anyone questioning the wisdom of this decision may want to consider an alternative... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2k0VFX1FUw Though I suppose technically the Pyt started as a 'Spite' forum to begin with... But if it does come down to...

AndrewV69 wrote: ↑ The bottome line is with 'r without a twatt'r account we art in the same boate.

Marry goode Sir, T maketh one wond'r wherefore thee both'r with t at all.

And Betty White has been...cancelled...

Got too drunk a couple of nights ago. Told my wife and daughter to fuck off... Well...on the one hand I would say the blackouts are something to take seriously... And on the other hand...it sounds like a situation where you should count to 10 before acting. Days rather than seconds. And also talk t...

The following is presented as 'humourous' video - but I think it functions better as a modified Voight-Kampff test for autism.

(I'm probably thinking more of Steerz than John for this one).

Is it too controversial to say that I enjoyed the Albert Finny version more?

Welsh town, even.

Said individual was part of the immigrant community.

Their religious views have not been identified.

Immigrant causes mayhem in English town...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... mpage.html

fafnir wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:17 pm

MarcusAu wrote: ↑ Was this necessary?

...the American Revolution, I mean.
It was probably sufficient.

If you consider 45% of the population supporting it to be that...

Well Steersman... As it is the time of year to count our blessings - I'd like to note that you seem to be doing your level best to prevent this place from becoming an echo-chamber. Which may be a good thing...I suppose...time will tell in any case. So, well done you. And when I get tired of your mon...

John D wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:13 am
I post this here for those who think the Babylon Bee only posts jokes about liberals.

https://babylonbee.com/news/joel-osteen ... E4IgK5uiH8

Heh.

Service Dog wrote: ↑

Was this necessary?

...the American Revolution, I mean.

Reminds me of having seen a Monty Python skit with John Cleese - maybe 50 years ago :shock: - where he played a headmaster in a boys' school and demonstrated sex to the students with his wife. "You in the back - pay attention; there will be a test!" Most prescient of you. Monty Pythons 'Meaning of ...

Reminds me of having seen a Monty Python skit with John Cleese - maybe 50 years ago :shock: - where he played a headmaster in a boys' school and demonstrated sex to the students with his wife. "You in the back - pay attention; there will be a test!" Most prescient of you. Monty Pythons 'Meaning of ...

another lurker wrote: ↑

Probably not. But you might like to check with the Chelsea Pensioners.

another lurker wrote: ↑ Steerz is a weak man

I think this means that he has a low sperm count (depending on which definition you use).

But I'm not asking how you found out.

Bhurzum wrote: ↑That was Lara Larsen.

Ahh...I knew it was some vaguely Scandinavian bit of cheese...

Bhurzum wrote: ↑ Bree Olsen...managed to accumulate enough cash, notoriety and status to go mainstream, rub shoulders with Hollywood "big names"...

I was quite surprised when she got the Captain Marvel role...

Mark Twain wrote:...I go so far as to say that any library is a good library that does not contain a volume by Jane Austen. Even if it contains no other book.

Lsuoma wrote: ↑Happy birthday, Jane!

Is it too soon to bring up Mark Twain's assessment?

| think Tilda Swindon's contribution required some degree of muscle control.

https://newrepublic.com/article/112782/ ... mance-moma

Which is not to say it was particularly interesting.

Hello, Your account has been suspended and will not be restored because it was found to be violating Twitter's Terms of Service, specifically the Twitter Rules against hateful conduct. It is against our rules to promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of ra...

Uh oh -- looks like Matt Dillahunty's girlfriend has gotten in trouble with the law: https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/instacart-shopper-ran-over-groceries-of-elderly-couple-over-pro-police-sign/ The scuttlebutt I heard was that MD was involved an a situation that while not domestic violence, was...

Service Dog wrote: ↑ If the Twitter ban sticks, this could be your fall-back plan...

https://media.patriots.win/post/IlQvLFHp.png

Slightly more edgy than 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' I suppose.

The Mythicist Milwaukee secularism organization-- behind MythCon-- is now known as Mythinformed MKE. Grab your monopods, man. Squeeze into that ol' Hitchens-quote t-shirt. Decorate your head & neck with colander & surly. And catch the next elevator going UP! to the Skepchick suite. Clothing optiona...

John D wrote: ↑ The "Dune" journey as told by John D...

All very well, as far as it goes...

Which is not far enough.

I have time (as the Hatter said) and an Audible subscription.

For all the talk of Dune...

I think I enjoyed 'Hawk the Slayer' more.

It's not rubbish...

"Intellectuals" for you, and ones that are probably anything but sci-fi fans. Though he has something of a point with his "dozen gory gross-out scenes"; not sure that they were ever part of the novel and just the "poetic license" of the director, David Lynch Don't know what you are talking about I'...

Classic Steersman: asks a compound-question-- containing multiple question marks/ peculiar use of quote marks/ a digressive half-ellipsis with no return to the main question/ and the query [snip] You depress me, sir. Compared to Steerzo's writing skills, my blunt-trauma "writing" style must be horr...

Probably seems a bit partisan to some - but the end comment was an interesting take... https://twitter.com/i/status/1458121381766369287 The bit about dinosaurs? :-) Bit of a simplistic "just-so story" typical of evolutionary biology, but metaphorically speaking of some justification. Though don't t...

Probably seems a bit partisan to some - but the end comment was an interesting take...

Steersman wrote: ↑ Profoundly ridiculous to think that, equivalently, we should have separate sports leagues for introverts and extroverts.

So are you pro or 'agin it?

Because I don't see that profound ridiculousness should be any kind of disincentive for people to associate as they please.

another lurker wrote: ↑:cdc:

Rather a divisive statement.

There are those that think the C.D.C won't resolve anything...

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