Shall Mr Vacula Make a Misstep in the Capital of Eire?

[bovarchist]

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[bovarchist]

Huh, tweet thingy didn't work. Oh well.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOr15IKCUAAM1oa.jpg:large

[Tribble]

Huh, tweet thingy didn't work. Oh well.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOr15IKCUAAM1oa.jpg:large

If you could just 'shop the face of he who must not be named onto the squid... It'd be perfect...

[John Greg]

A sort of mildly interesting minor kerfuffle at Bloatflies and Weasels (http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ort-movie/), wherein, Ophelia Benson is harrassing the movie, Juno, because the character played by Ellen Page chooses birth and adopting out, rather than abortion: evil, evil Juno. Says Ophie:

It turns out there’s this movie star who is a feminist. Uh oh! Right? Men are people too you know. Human rights. Don’t talk to me about women’s rights; human rights.

Who is this twisted radical person who is a feminist? Ellen Page, of the irritating Juno in which our quirky brave intelligent heroine age 16 decides to have the baby and give it to some nice people instead of having a nasty filthy ol’ abortion, because girls of 16 have nothing better to do than bear children.

What's interesting is that most of her commentariat disagree with her, to which her responses:

It’s naïve to think it’s “pro-choice” when the “choice” is invariably to go ahead and have the unplanned unwanted pregnancy.

and....

I certainly do think there’s something wrong with making a “feel good” movie about a girl of 16 having a baby to give away instead of having an abortion.

[KenD]

Thing is, they're so Victorian in their attitudes... You go out and read about sexual mores and practice during the Victorian era... You can't but help notice so many of the similarities, including the control strategies.

The idea that women are victims who need to be saved from men's "beastly lust"* is definitely a throwback to a Victorian view of the sexes. Feminists dress it up with their dogma, and justify it with authoritarian collectivist arguments borrowed from Marxism, but their Victorian style puritanism couldn't be much more obvious. The whole modern feminist "anti-trafficking" campaign against prostitution is just a rehash of the 19th century "white slavery" moral panic.

Has anyone read The New Victorians: A Young Woman's Challenge to the Old Feminist Order by Rene Denfeld?

I haven't, but it sound like she was pointing this kind of thing out more than a decade ago.

*As Femen put it when protesting porn:

[youtube]gPZY7UWGuZ8[/youtube]

[bovarchist]

What the hell is wrong with her?

[Skep tickle]

A sort of mildly interesting minor kerfuffle at Bloatflies and Weasels (http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ort-movie/), wherein, Ophelia Benson is harrassing the movie, Juno, because the character played by Ellen Page chooses birth and adopting out, rather than abortion: evil, evil Juno. Says Ophie:

It turns out there’s this movie star who is a feminist. Uh oh! Right? Men are people too you know. Human rights. Don’t talk to me about women’s rights; human rights.

Who is this twisted radical person who is a feminist? Ellen Page, of the irritating Juno in which our quirky brave intelligent heroine age 16 decides to have the baby and give it to some nice people instead of having a nasty filthy ol’ abortion, because girls of 16 have nothing better to do than bear children.

What's interesting is that most of her commentariat disagree with her, to which her responses:

It’s naïve to think it’s “pro-choice” when the “choice” is invariably to go ahead and have the unplanned unwanted pregnancy.

and....

I certainly do think there’s something wrong with making a “feel good” movie about a girl of 16 having a baby to give away instead of having an abortion.

Very interesting. Tone is polite, but they're not either nodding in agreement or remaining silent - they're expressing disagreement.

oolon even sides with the commentariat over the blogger host:

Yeah I’m with the people who say its pro-choice,

From Faustus5:

Ophelia: I don’t think you are being fair minded at all. ...

[Dave]

IJLTH -

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

I am amazed, or I should say revolted, in so many ways... Does she have no self-respect? Or is she just completely unaware?

I vote completely unaware. These people demonstrate time and time again that they have the self-awareness of algae.

[bhoytony]

Oh, the posters over at the Prune's site might hate Juno, but they really love Hard Candy don't they. I wonder if the reason for it's popularity with the FTB crowd might have something to do with the castration scene. Do ya think so?

[Aneris]

IJLTH -

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

I am amazed, or I should say revolted, in so many ways... Does she have no self-respect? Or is she just completely unaware?

I vote completely unaware. These people demonstrate time and time again that they have the self-awareness of algae.

I don't see the issue. So she does Cosplay. And?*

*It's not that Rebecca Watson is an academic with some gravitas. Even if she was. I don't think that Feynman would disapprove that.

[mikelf]

What the hell is wrong with her?

There is nothing wrong with Ophelia. She just isn't constrained by the dictionary Patriarchy's definition of "choice."

[Guest]

<SNIPPED URL CONTAINING REFERENCE TO TEEN PORN>

Blue Haired Pro-Legalized Marijuana Nerdy Girl Masturbating in her Rainbow Brite stockings.

(NSFW) (TNAFLIX is a hardcore porn site, this is medium core webcam girl)

Lsuoma: Likely not genuine teen porn, but not risking it.

[bovarchist]

Oh, the posters over at the Prune's site might hate Juno, but they really love Hard Candy don't they. I wonder if the reason for it's popularity with the FTB crowd might have something to do with the castration scene. Do ya think so?

Was there a part of Hard Candy that wasn't castration scene?

[Badger3k]

http://freethoughtblogs.com/brutereason
I was just stunned at that bit of cognitive dissonance. I don't really care if she can get laid whenever she likes; if she can, good for her. But many people sure can't and to say that this bit of, hm, shall we say 'privilege'? - hasn't got anything to do with her being a nominately attractive woman, she's either deluded, or she thinks her audience are idiots. Also, that sentence, "The fact that I can get them is absolutely useless to me." If only everyone had it that simple.

The arrogance, even unconscious, is astounding. In the words of at least one of my female friends..."Bitch, you ain't that good" - and yes, that works for men and women both. Sorry, true or not, the attitude like that turns me off almost faster than an STD.

[Badger3k]

<SNIPPED URL CONTAINING REFERENCE TO TEEN PORN>

Blue Haired Pro-Legalized Marijuana Nerdy Girl Masturbating in her Rainbow Brite stockings.

(NSFW) (TNAFLIX is a hardcore porn site, this is medium core webcam girl)

Other than trolling, is there a reason for this?

[Badger3k]

What the hell is wrong with her?

It's only choice when you make the choice she wants you to make.

That's just fucked up. As long as the character had the options open to her, what she ultimately chose is really unimportant. I am amazed that even Chester found her thinking flawed. Maybe he decided he could crawl into the anal cavities of all the posters? I suspect he saw which way the wind was blowing and wanted to be on the majority side.

[Kareem]

A sort of mildly interesting minor kerfuffle at Bloatflies and Weasels (http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ort-movie/), wherein, Ophelia Benson is harrassing the movie, Juno, because the character played by Ellen Page chooses birth and adopting out, rather than abortion: evil, evil Juno. Says Ophie:

It turns out there’s this movie star who is a feminist. Uh oh! Right? Men are people too you know. Human rights. Don’t talk to me about women’s rights; human rights.

Who is this twisted radical person who is a feminist? Ellen Page, of the irritating Juno in which our quirky brave intelligent heroine age 16 decides to have the baby and give it to some nice people instead of having a nasty filthy ol’ abortion, because girls of 16 have nothing better to do than bear children.

What's interesting is that most of her commentariat disagree with her, to which her responses:

It’s naïve to think it’s “pro-choice” when the “choice” is invariably to go ahead and have the unplanned unwanted pregnancy.

and....

I certainly do think there’s something wrong with making a “feel good” movie about a girl of 16 having a baby to give away instead of having an abortion.

Apparently Ophelia's version of pro-choice is choosing whatever she would choose. Somehow, that explains so much about her.

But yeah, it's good that people are disagreeing with something that is obviously wrong. And while the love for Hard Candy from this crowd is a bit icky, it is a great movie that has the cast and crew all equally on their game.

[bhoytony]

But yeah, it's good that people are disagreeing with something that is obviously wrong. And while the love for Hard Candy from this crowd is a bit icky, it is a great movie that has the cast and crew all equally on their game.

I thought it was ok, but I'm pretty sure all the praise over at B&W has nothing to do with the acting or technical ability of cast and crew.

[Metalogic42]

I've seen Hard Candy. Funny how none of them are claiming it "triggers" them.

[JackRayner]

The revolutionary people of Egypt should take political power, organise themselves as a state and govern directly. A humane and equal society without discrimination, prisons, executions and poverty, which is the wish the Egyptian people, can only be achieved through such a path.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/maryamnamaz ... evolution/

Wait, wait, wait. Did she really write a society without discrimination, prisons, and poverty?.....


Bitch, iz U 12 years old?! This is some tween-level idealism. It takes some potent Kool-Aid for someone to make it well into their 40's and still believe any of that would work.

[Karmakin]

I don't see the issue. So she does Cosplay. And?*

It's that in the past she's pushed/supported conference policies that would restrict/ban/limit that sort of behavior. Like everything else, it's the hypocrisy.

[Guest]

IJLTH -

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

I am amazed, or I should say revolted, in so many ways... Does she have no self-respect? Or is she just completely unaware?

Yeah. Next thing you know they'll see a woman who's cosplaying in a rather mild outfit and get all shocked and disgusted, because OMG bare midriff + extra pounds = "I'M REVOLTED".

[ThreeFlangedJavis]

How many times Communism must fail spetacularly until people give up on it? Jeez. It's like Communists just don't care about corpses piling up or something.

As long as the corpses belong to the bourgeoisie there is nothing wrong with mass murder. They don't even need to actually belong to the bourgeoisie. Nobody knows what that means anyway. Applying the label is sufficient alibi to commit genocide. What is Maryam going to do with all those islamists in Iran? How about moderate muslims? What is the fate of other believers? What will happen to secularists who oppose the mass murder of believers? How about their children?

Better take them all out, to be sure. Isn't that right, comrade Namazie? Let's try to create yet another workers' paradise on a mountain of corpses. And after you have killed a few million of your bourgeois compatriots, an even meaner piece of shit than you will take over your Central Committee and torture you to death. There is only one way to prevent that from happening: purge the Central Committee. Kill them all. Chairwoman Mariam Namazie FTW.

I can't see any reason to conclude that Namazie is any more than a naive blowhard. How do you know that she wouldn't be shocked if the benevolent dictatorship she favours turned to murder? This seems way too speculative and is encroaching on PZ/Setar territory.

[Garlic]

Crap. My reply was actually to this:

Thing is, they're so Victorian in their attitudes... You go out and read about sexual mores and practice during the Victorian era... You can't but help notice so many of the similarities, including the control strategies.

But yeah, "Pic related" as they say.

[Kareem]

But yeah, it's good that people are disagreeing with something that is obviously wrong. And while the love for Hard Candy from this crowd is a bit icky, it is a great movie that has the cast and crew all equally on their game.

I thought it was ok, but I'm pretty sure all the praise over at B&W has nothing to do with the acting or technical ability of cast and crew.

heh. Yeah, I know. We should start a "where do these stereotypes about feminists come from" file, because that thread would make a good case. I think they forgot the point of those "this is what a feminist looks like" t-shirts.

[JackRayner]

Thing is, they're so Victorian in their attitudes... You go out and read about sexual mores and practice during the Victorian era... You can't but help notice so many of the similarities, including the control strategies.

The idea that women are victims who need to be saved from men's "beastly lust"* is definitely a throwback to a Victorian view of the sexes. Feminists dress it up with their dogma, and justify it with authoritarian collectivist arguments borrowed from Marxism, but their Victorian style puritanism couldn't be much more obvious. The whole modern feminist "anti-trafficking" campaign against prostitution is just a rehash of the 19th century "white slavery" moral panic.

Has anyone read The New Victorians: A Young Woman's Challenge to the Old Feminist Order by Rene Denfeld?

I haven't, but it sound like she was pointing this kind of thing out more than a decade ago.

*As Femen put it when protesting porn:

[youtube]gPZY7UWGuZ8[/youtube]

Ugh.... Seriously, what a bunch of hateful cunts. By the way, from the comments on that video:

Each of the FEMEN women involved in this protest had to audition, including disrobing to make sure she had a good enough body to participate. Then they displayed their topless bodies to the crowd. They also got paid to participate. They are in fact sex workers, who are showing how much they support women by physically attacking women.
SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! indeed.

Is this true? After what I've seen from most of these FEMEN gals who go around acting like nutbags, it seems pretty plausible.

[Badger3k]

As I think we all knew would happen, Rock Beyond Belief is gone.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/rockbeyondb ... o-patheos/

new site: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rockbeyondbelief/

Another one bites the dust. Mano Singham is still a good read.

[DW Adams]

As I think we all knew would happen, Rock Beyond Belief is gone.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/rockbeyondb ... o-patheos/

new site: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rockbeyondbelief/

Another one bites the dust. Mano Singham is still a good read.

Came here to post this, but stopped to catch up first. Saw it on Facebook.

[welch]

I am amazed, or I should say revolted, in so many ways... Does she have no self-respect? Or is she just completely unaware?

I vote completely unaware. These people demonstrate time and time again that they have the self-awareness of algae.

I don't see the issue. So she does Cosplay. And?*

*It's not that Rebecca Watson is an academic with some gravitas. Even if she was. I don't think that Feynman would disapprove that.

Well, the costume quality is pretty bad, but other than that, yeah, count me in the camp of "exactly what's the problem?"

[welch]

<SNIPPED URL CONTAINING REFERENCE TO TEEN PORN>

Blue Haired Pro-Legalized Marijuana Nerdy Girl Masturbating in her Rainbow Brite stockings.

(NSFW) (TNAFLIX is a hardcore porn site, this is medium core webcam girl)

is there an actual point, or did someone just discover that Avenue Q was right?

[welch]

I don't see the issue. So she does Cosplay. And?*

It's that in the past she's pushed/supported conference policies that would restrict/ban/limit that sort of behavior. Like everything else, it's the hypocrisy.

it's a bit thin.

[CommanderTuvok]

Not a surprise to see Justin Griffith moving. It was more obvious than an elephant in a hooker's boudoir that certain people (mainly PZ) wanted him out. He exposed Greg Laden, their chief enforcer, for the nasty, little shite he is. That was unforgivable as far as PZ was concerned, and so the silent treatment began. PZ must have been fucking pissed that Justin hasn't moved until now.

[Mykeru]

It seems Renee won't give me a slot (giggity) on Skepti-Schism -- even though I was the one that suggested the all-important hyphen which just makes it, if you ask me -- unless I ask her really, really nicely.

As I am constitutionally incapable of being really nice, let alone really, really nice, this presents something of a poser for me.

Can anyone draft a "really really nice" request to fucking Hendricks that doesn't fall into the faux pas I did, what with the use of the phrases "Jello Shot cum-dumpster" and "Even if I asked you nicely, like you'd remember"?

Thanks in advance and fuck off.

[Gumby]

<SNIPPED URL CONTAINING REFERENCE TO TEEN PORN>

Blue Haired Pro-Legalized Marijuana Nerdy Girl Masturbating in her Rainbow Brite stockings.

(NSFW) (TNAFLIX is a hardcore porn site, this is medium core webcam girl)

is there an actual point, or did someone just discover that Avenue Q was right?

Probably just an Oolon-type troll leaving that link so his pals at FtB can point to it and say "THE PIT LIKES TEEN PORN!!!"

[welch]

As I think we all knew would happen, Rock Beyond Belief is gone.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/rockbeyondb ... o-patheos/

new site: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rockbeyondbelief/

Another one bites the dust. Mano Singham is still a good read.

Good on them. although with RBB gone, the number of bloggers at FTB who ever DO anything beyond go to conferences and talk about themselves or shit they have no real knowledge of is what, 3?

[KenD]

Ugh.... Seriously, what a bunch of hateful cunts. By the way, from the comments on that video:

Each of the FEMEN women involved in this protest had to audition, including disrobing to make sure she had a good enough body to participate. Then they displayed their topless bodies to the crowd. They also got paid to participate. They are in fact sex workers, who are showing how much they support women by physically attacking women.
SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! indeed.

Is this true? After what I've seen from most of these FEMEN gals who go around acting like nutbags, it seems pretty plausible.

I've heard a few stories like that. For example, this interview with a former member of Femen's Brazilian franchise talks about being reprimanded by head office for breaching the movement's no fat chicks policy:

We know very little about Ukraine. But according to Sara, we got criticized for putting fat girls in the protests. They want just girls that fit into their beauty standards. I don’t even know if I should be talking about this, but whatever... Girls from Femen UA complained about it, saying it wouldn’t be good for the movement to put overweight girls in the group.

[welch]

<SNIPPED URL CONTAINING REFERENCE TO TEEN PORN>

Blue Haired Pro-Legalized Marijuana Nerdy Girl Masturbating in her Rainbow Brite stockings.

(NSFW) (TNAFLIX is a hardcore porn site, this is medium core webcam girl)

is there an actual point, or did someone just discover that Avenue Q was right?

Probably just an Oolon-type troll leaving that link so his pals at FtB can point to it and say "THE PIT LIKES TEEN PORN!!!"

ah. that makes sense then. It's not like alt-porn is all that unusual, and I've no interest in seeing anyone resembling watson naked or nearly naked or what have you, so I was mildly curious.

[bhoytony]

Well, the costume quality is pretty bad, but other than that, yeah, count me in the camp of "exactly what's the problem?"

I don't have a problem with Watson specifically doing cosplay, but to be honest when I see anybody over the age of about 12 playing dress up I can't help but find it ridiculous. I suppose I'm just showing my non-nerd status which seems a bit alien round here. Different cultures and all that.

[Mykeru]

I don't see the issue. So she does Cosplay. And?*

It's that in the past she's pushed/supported conference policies that would restrict/ban/limit that sort of behavior. Like everything else, it's the hypocrisy.

it's a bit thin.

I double-dipped a comment previously made in The Pit as the photo was Tweeted about.

I'm not so sure about the phrase "avoid an opportunity" rather than "pass up", but I think he captured my motive nicely.

[ReneeHendricks]

IJLTH -

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

I am amazed, or I should say revolted, in so many ways... Does she have no self-respect? Or is she just completely unaware?

Yeah. Next thing you know they'll see a woman who's cosplaying in a rather mild outfit and get all shocked and disgusted, because OMG bare midriff + extra pounds = "I'M REVOLTED".

Some of us (meaning those of us who've dealt with abortion, miscarriage, and/or c-section issues) might just find it revolting. Not for the fucking extra pounds.

[welch]

Well, the costume quality is pretty bad, but other than that, yeah, count me in the camp of "exactly what's the problem?"

I don't have a problem with Watson specifically doing cosplay, but to be honest when I see anybody over the age of about 12 playing dress up I can't help but find it ridiculous. I suppose I'm just showing my non-nerd status which seems a bit alien round here. Different cultures and all that.

I like cosplay with some skill. I've seen some stuff at Dragon*Con and other places where i'm in awe of the amount of work put in to a given costume. Some of them are really amazing.

some. the rest? yeah, like becky.

[ReneeHendricks]

It seems Renee won't give me a slot (giggity) on Skepti-Schism -- even though I was the one that suggested the all-important hyphen which just makes it, if you ask me -- unless I ask her really, really nicely.

As I am constitutionally incapable of being really nice, let alone really, really nice, this presents something of a poser for me.

Can anyone draft a "really really nice" request to fucking Hendricks that doesn't fall into the faux pas I did, what with the use of the phrases "Jello Shot cum-dumpster" and "Even if I asked you nicely, like you'd remember"?

Thanks in advance and fuck off.

Wait, what? Um, you can create it right here: http://skeptischism.com/wp-signup.php.

Silly Mykeru!

[Mykeru]

IJLTH -

[Image snipped because my fucking eyes already]


I am amazed, or I should say revolted, in so many ways... Does she have no self-respect? Or is she just completely unaware?

No. She's drunk.

Now, I know what you are saying "She may be drunk when the photo was taken but she wasn't drunk back when they planned this, decided to MST3K Prometheus and came up with this costume idea"

That's exactly what I'm saying.

[ReneeHendricks]

And for the record, as it's made from potatoes, vodka is a food group. In *my* house it is!

[ConcentratedH2O, OM]

I am amazed, or I should say revolted, in so many ways... Does she have no self-respect? Or is she just completely unaware?

Yeah. Next thing you know they'll see a woman who's cosplaying in a rather mild outfit and get all shocked and disgusted, because OMG bare midriff + extra pounds = "I'M REVOLTED".

Some of us (meaning those of us who've dealt with abortion, miscarriage, and/or c-section issues) might just find it revolting. Not for the fucking extra pounds.

Really? Did Renee just use the "trigger warning" argument?

[bhoytony]

Well, the costume quality is pretty bad, but other than that, yeah, count me in the camp of "exactly what's the problem?"

I don't have a problem with Watson specifically doing cosplay, but to be honest when I see anybody over the age of about 12 playing dress up I can't help but find it ridiculous. I suppose I'm just showing my non-nerd status which seems a bit alien round here. Different cultures and all that.

I like cosplay with some skill. I've seen some stuff at Dragon*Con and other places where i'm in awe of the amount of work put in to a given costume. Some of them are really amazing.

some. the rest? yeah, like becky.

Sorry, I just don't get grown adults acting like children. As I said it's definitely not the culture I grew up with so I guess I'm not a nerd. Does this make me an oppressed minority round here?

[ReneeHendricks]

Yeah. Next thing you know they'll see a woman who's cosplaying in a rather mild outfit and get all shocked and disgusted, because OMG bare midriff + extra pounds = "I'M REVOLTED".

Some of us (meaning those of us who've dealt with abortion, miscarriage, and/or c-section issues) might just find it revolting. Not for the fucking extra pounds.

Really? Did Renee just use the "trigger warning" argument?

Not really. I don't get all fucking weepy and mopey. Something like that does bother the shit out of me, however. So, I can be shocked and disgusted as much as I'd like. Doesn't mean Beckykins has to stop wearing dumbass shit like that :)

[JackRayner]

<SNIPPED URL CONTAINING REFERENCE TO TEEN PORN>

Blue Haired Pro-Legalized Marijuana Nerdy Girl Masturbating in her Rainbow Brite stockings.

(NSFW) (TNAFLIX is a hardcore porn site, this is medium core webcam girl)

is there an actual point, or did someone just discover that Avenue Q was right?

Probably just an Oolon-type troll leaving that link so his pals at FtB can point to it and say "THE PIT LIKES TEEN PORN!!!"

Teen?! That didn't look like no teen to me!

...not that I looked or anything. :?

the carpet matched the drapes

[Metalogic42]

Sorry, I just don't get grown adults acting like children. As I said it's definitely not the culture I grew up with so I guess I'm not a nerd. Does this make me an oppressed minority round here?

If you don't like it more power to you, but why do you think wearing a costume = acting like a child?

[Badger3k]

Well, the costume quality is pretty bad, but other than that, yeah, count me in the camp of "exactly what's the problem?"

I don't have a problem with Watson specifically doing cosplay, but to be honest when I see anybody over the age of about 12 playing dress up I can't help but find it ridiculous. I suppose I'm just showing my non-nerd status which seems a bit alien round here. Different cultures and all that.

I like cosplay with some skill. I've seen some stuff at Dragon*Con and other places where i'm in awe of the amount of work put in to a given costume. Some of them are really amazing.

some. the rest? yeah, like becky.

The nerdest youtube channel has a lot of stuff on that (ok, what do you expect). There are some fucking amazing costumes out there. I'm not just talking things like the leather armor a friend makes for faires (and sales, natch). They had a series where someone interviewed people. Really interesting hearing what they do, and how they got started. One sample is below (their Cosplay Confidential series):

[youtube]8oSypNYwNr0[/youtube]

[ConcentratedH2O, OM]

Sorry, I just don't get grown adults acting like children. As I said it's definitely not the culture I grew up with so I guess I'm not a nerd. Does this make me an oppressed minority round here?

My 2c is that this looks like Becky Whatnot having a great time larking around. Just like she should as a young person with few responsibilities (I'm assuming that "have other people create 95% of your blog's content for you" is not a very heavy responsibility). You go, girl.

I just hope Meyers had some very loose-fitting pants on that night, because the dirty old lech (remember: he's the University professor who dreams about his students turning into mermaids and then doing unspeakable things to/with him) would have surely been most interested in closely examining this outfit. "Hmm, wonderful fabric, feels so smooth." No wonder his wife chaperoned him on this one?

[Badger3k]

Not to bring up the whole Israel biz, but this is interesting: http://freethinker.co.uk/2013/07/08/isr ... odox-jews/

The cabinet approved conscription for a fairly sizable minority of leeches. I was a bit amazed at this

Some 3,500 Haredim already serve in the military, and a recent study by the economy ministry found that 70 per cent of ultra-Orthodox soldiers entered the workforce after they completed their service. By contrast, only 45 per cent of all Haredi men were employed, according to the central bank.

Haredim make up 10 per cent of Israel’s eight million population and they are expanding rapidly, with families of ten children not uncommon.

Add in the fact that a commenter said (so I have no idea if it is true) that these leeches collect unemployment benefits, it shows what religion can do to a society. Not that we here in 'Murica don't have similar leeches. Just the extent of the problem is a bit of WTF?

[Mykeru]

It seems Renee won't give me a slot (giggity) on Skepti-Schism -- even though I was the one that suggested the all-important hyphen which just makes it, if you ask me -- unless I ask her really, really nicely.

As I am constitutionally incapable of being really nice, let alone really, really nice, this presents something of a poser for me.

Can anyone draft a "really really nice" request to fucking Hendricks that doesn't fall into the faux pas I did, what with the use of the phrases "Jello Shot cum-dumpster" and "Even if I asked you nicely, like you'd remember"?

Thanks in advance and fuck off.

Wait, what? Um, you can create it right here: http://skeptischism.com/wp-signup.php.

Silly Mykeru!

Well, it sure takes its sweet-ass time sending an email

[Lsuoma]

I don't see the issue. So she does Cosplay. And?*

*It's not that Rebecca Watson is an academic with some gravitas. Even if she was. I don't think that Feynman would disapprove that.

When did dressing-up games become "Cosplay"?

[Badger3k]

<SNIPPED URL CONTAINING REFERENCE TO TEEN PORN>

Blue Haired Pro-Legalized Marijuana Nerdy Girl Masturbating in her Rainbow Brite stockings.

(NSFW) (TNAFLIX is a hardcore porn site, this is medium core webcam girl)

is there an actual point, or did someone just discover that Avenue Q was right?

Probably just an Oolon-type troll leaving that link so his pals at FtB can point to it and say "THE PIT LIKES TEEN PORN!!!"

Don't be so narrow minded. Don't forget, we have the Oolon-type trolls leaving a link so his pals at Loftus' place can say what mean, nasty misogynists we all are here.

[Apples]

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I am amazed, or I should say revolted, in so many ways... Does she have no self-respect? Or is she just completely unaware?

No. She's drunk.

Now, I know what you are saying "She may be drunk when the photo was taken but she wasn't drunk back when they planned this, decided to MST3K Prometheus and came up with this costume idea"

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Just for the record, Tribble made the "revolted" comment quoted above, not me. That said, since I find Watson revolting in basically every way (except for the fact that she is apparently nice to blind people), I find muffin-top Watson flaunting it for the camera in a cosplay outfit double-plus revolting.

[ConcentratedH2O, OM]

Some of us (meaning those of us who've dealt with abortion, miscarriage, and/or c-section issues) might just find it revolting. Not for the fucking extra pounds.

Really? Did Renee just use the "trigger warning" argument?

Not really. I don't get all fucking weepy and mopey. Something like that does bother the shit out of me, however. So, I can be shocked and disgusted as much as I'd like. Doesn't mean Beckykins has to stop wearing dumbass shit like that :)

Yeah, I just thought you might be getting proscriptive based on personal opinion. I can certainly see how it would disgust you, but not really how it would offend you (taken, not given, blah blah). Then again, I've never seen Prometheus, and wouldn't know this was an abortion, rather than a birth, if I hadn't read that on the Pit.

[Aneris]

I don't see the issue. So she does Cosplay. And?*

*It's not that Rebecca Watson is an academic with some gravitas. Even if she was. I don't think that Feynman would disapprove that.

When did dressing-up games become "Cosplay"?

I thought this was at a con, and pop culture (Aliens?). Not witches at halloween. That would be our costume.

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Blue Haired Pro-Legalized Marijuana Nerdy Girl Masturbating in her Rainbow Brite stockings.

(NSFW) (TNAFLIX is a hardcore porn site, this is medium core webcam girl)

Other than trolling, is there a reason for this?

IP address has been banned.

[Aneris]

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