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Guestus Aurelius wrote:(and yes, I just checked, and it appears that Brianna Wu spoke at Columbia College in Chicago a few days ago, not Columbia University in NYC)
Ex-employee of Giant Spacekat explains how Brianna Wu shot to fame:

[youtube]MU2QBxTzos4[/youtube]

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Classy as hell, Internet Tough Guy.

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Skep tickle wrote:Ashley Miller & Michael Nugent communicated yesterday on Twitter, MN advising (I'm paraphrasing from memory) that AM look beyond RW's post about Hemant's post, to Hemant's actual post. She ended saying she would.

Today the re-education begins:
http://i.imgur.com/uU76Q2Q.png?1
Michael Nugent is a Suppressive Person.

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Kirbmarc wrote:
Skep tickle wrote:Ashley Miller & Michael Nugent communicated yesterday on Twitter, MN advising (I'm paraphrasing from memory) that AM look beyond RW's post about Hemant's post, to Hemant's actual post. She ended saying she would.

Today the re-education begins:
http://i.imgur.com/uU76Q2Q.png?1
Michael Nugent is a Suppressive Person.
Yes, I saw that, too.

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Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
dogen wrote:
Agreed. Who flies to Chicago to speak at Columbia? Wouldn't NYC be a more appropriate destination, given that Columbia is in... NYC?
Who the fuck knows? Have you ever noticed all your cities have almost the same bloody names?
Howard, The Franco-Prussian War, p. 310 wrote:"Gambetta ... received a second dispatch from Paris which ... stated that the village of Epinay had been taken -- Epinay-sur-Seine, which has been taken in a diversionary attack northwards from St Denis. But at Tours this was taken to mean Epinay-sur-Orge, a village a dozen miles due south of Paris, far behind the German lines of investment; and its capture could only mean that Trochu had broken through.... Gambetta issue a proclamation in language as lyrical as it was unwise:

'The genius of France, for the moment veiled, is appearing anew!"
To meet the imagined break-out, Gambetta then ordered an hasty advance in winter storms by untrained, undisciplined, & exhausted militia:
This was the climax of the People's War in France. The events of the next two days were to destroy Gambetta's plans, not only on the Seine where Trochu abandoned as hopeless the attempt to break through the German lines, but on the Loire, where the exaggerated expectations aroused by [minor local victories] were shattered."
The genius of France.
Are you dissing out Gambetta, a fellow from my hometown, just to point out we have a few towns here with similar (but not exact) same names? I'm pretty sure that's fight speech in most pubs around here.

Meanwhile, in the US...
Paris, Arkansas
Paris, former name of Loraine, California
Paris, Idaho
Paris, Illinois
Paris, Indiana
Paris, Iowa
Paris, Kentucky
Paris, Maine
Paris, Michigan
Paris, Mississippi
Paris, Missouri
Paris, New York
Paris, Ohio
Paris, Pennsylvania
Paris, Tennessee
Paris, Texas
Paris, Virginia
Paris, Grant County, Wisconsin, a town
Paris, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, a town
Paris (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Paris Township, Michigan
Beresford, South Dakota, formerly Paris, Dakota Territory
Paris Mountain, Virginia
New Paris, Indiana
New Paris, Ohio
New Paris, Pennsylvania
South Paris, Maine
West Paris, Maine
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Tigzy wrote:
mothmantis wrote: I can't figure gamergate out, but isn't she the one that boned a journalist in exchange for favorable reviews or was that someone else?
Christ no. Jesus - the thought of it. No, that was Zoe Quinn, the velociraptor of love. Not entirely pleasant thinking of that either, but compared to Wu in the throes of...yeh, nasty.
In the interest of fairness, most of the commentary on Zoey did't accuse her of exchanging sex for favors as much as exposing the incestuous relationship between game developers and the gaming media.

The real bone of contention was, did the reviewer who was having a relationship with her, give her favorable reviews while he was involved with her. ( without disclosing the fact that he had a relationship with her.)

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Kirbmarc wrote: Classy as hell, Internet Tough Guy.
If they claimed they were going to do something and then failed at it, it never happened. What are you even talking about? Who is Thunderfeets anyway?

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Spike13 wrote:
Tigzy wrote:
mothmantis wrote: I can't figure gamergate out, but isn't she the one that boned a journalist in exchange for favorable reviews or was that someone else?
Christ no. Jesus - the thought of it. No, that was Zoe Quinn, the velociraptor of love. Not entirely pleasant thinking of that either, but compared to Wu in the throes of...yeh, nasty.
In the interest of fairness, most of the commentary on Zoey did't accuse her of exchanging sex for favors as much as exposing the incestuous relationship between game developers and the gaming media.

The real bone of contention was, did the reviewer who was having a relationship with her, give her favorable reviews while he was involved with her. ( without disclosing the fact that he had a relationship with her.)
I think it's also important to note that the same people who label men as sexist horndog poon missiles are women who are cheating on their boyfriends with five dudes at the same time, some married. (And those men are also white knights seeking to label men as sexist horndog poon missiles.)

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ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:They surely read the fucking Pit.

They surely read the fucking Pit.

Yesterday:

http://i.imgur.com/dhD9vHU.png


Today Meyers has a post about a self-identified redneck and his Youtube vid. Meyers compares him to Jay Smooth and...

http://i.imgur.com/CWJut5b.png

http://i.imgur.com/17k2CJ2.png


http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/ ... /#comments
Sure they're talking about here? The mention of "Joe Bageant" and "lots of links" either means they are talking about somewhere else or are really, really, making things up. I don't recall ever seeing any mention of this guy. Have I missed something?

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Wait - maybe they are talking about that youtube channel. :doh:

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Kirbmarc wrote: Classy as hell, Internet Tough Guy.
He must be out of illegal medications again.

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Lsuoma wrote:What's going to happen to freeloaders like Watson when they're no longer able to freeload?
The same thing that happens to every other freeloading lolcow when their revenue stream dries up.

https://twitter.com/hopewithinchaos

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For all his Rand and Nietzsche praising I thought The Prussian voiced my own sentiments about how liberals who aren't on board with SJW-ism are practically being driven into the arms of conservatives.

http://www.skepticink.com/prussian/2015 ... ls-of-p-z/
Okay, let’s think this through logically. Imagine an average western liberal atheist, who is more or less committed to all the things that we value: free speech, women’s emancipation, gay rights, all that stuff. Then he is suddenly made aware of the fact that Islam rejects all of that, and does not hesitate to use violence to do so. Maybe he finds out about the fifteen hundred girls raped in Rotherham, and how it was covered up out of fears of racism. Maybe he sees the cartoon riots, as I did. Maybe it’s another terror attack, or maybe he makes friends with Yezidi, or perhaps sees something about the Islamic slave trade… Or whatever

[...]

So, armed with this knowledge, our atheist makes the mistake of raising his concerns online, on the likes of FtB. And he gets the same treatment I did – get’s called a evil racist fascist monster who doesn’t deserve anything but vitriol.

So he goes looking elsewhere for people who are willing to support him. And, sooner or later, he finds them. Someone says something like: “You see the way you get treated by the liberal establishment? For nothing more than the best of intentions? I know exactly how you feel; that’s the way they’ve been treating us for all this time. Yeah, I know we get called ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’ and all that, but you’ve seen yourself how little that all means. Why don’t you come over, pull up a chair, get comfy and listen to all these answers we’ve worked out, that will also explain so much else that is wrong with the modern world.”

And people wonder why explicitly anti-immigration parties are on the rise everywhere, and why Marine LePen may well be the next PM of France.
He also gets the Myers MO for going after people like Hemant and Nugent, counting on their desire to have a dialogue and be respectful to keep them from responding to his litany of offenses appropriately.

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Mr Brianna Wu

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Pitchguest wrote:Speaking of people who have a high opinion of themselves, how the hell did I miss this?

http://theralphretort.com/sjw-mob-turns ... in-408015/

I saw it on this site and thought it was a joke.

Brianna Wu starts talking about "male privilege", talks about getting upgraded to first class for free (just lol), and some 60-year old man spilling her precious coke on her "leather bag of electronics." Her reaction?

http://theralphretort.com/wp-content/up ... 6SUxmB.jpg

"Do you know who I am?" Fucking really? I knew this person was insane, but this is a whole new level of crazy. Narcissism is one thing, but this is just ... WHO SAYS THAT?
He's a pretty eccentric guy, to say the least.

There are quite a few male SJW zealots who identify as "women" (and claim that not doing so is "violence")

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James Caruthers wrote:
Lsuoma wrote:What's going to happen to freeloaders like Watson when they're no longer able to freeload?
The same thing that happens to every other freeloading lolcow when their revenue stream dries up.

https://twitter.com/hopewithinchaos
So...twitter?

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Sofa King High wrote:Refresh my memory here.

What organization was Jen McCreight a board member of ??

Google comes up with nothing.
This one:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Po ... =page_info

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Sunder wrote: (quoting Prussian)
And people wonder why explicitly anti-immigration parties are on the rise everywhere, and why Marine LePen may well be the next PM of France.
Huh, how do I say it? We still have presidents here. And I'm quite (hopeful even) she won't be the next one.

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Shatterface as Guest wrote:Just wondering, since I don't believe Jesus was the Son of God, does it really matter if there was a historical Jesus?

Any message a real Jesus had will have been so distorted anyway and I'm not sure what the difference between a real and a fictional Jesus would be.

If he's a real figure into which people projected earlier myths and prophesies or an composite fictional character, so what?

What am I missing?

Shatterface
If God was real and his moral perspective accurate as conveyed in the Bible, even then I would consider it morally necessary to oppose this being. He would be more of an evil deity than a good one.

This is assuming the absolute best for the religious perspective, which is that they could conceivably prove the existence of their particular tribal god myth, which of course, they cannot.

There, I'm done dipping my bedora.

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James Caruthers wrote:
Shatterface as Guest wrote:Just wondering, since I don't believe Jesus was the Son of God, does it really matter if there was a historical Jesus?

Any message a real Jesus had will have been so distorted anyway and I'm not sure what the difference between a real and a fictional Jesus would be.

If he's a real figure into which people projected earlier myths and prophesies or an composite fictional character, so what?

What am I missing?

Shatterface
If God was real and his moral perspective accurate as conveyed in the Bible, even then I would consider it morally necessary to oppose this being. He would be more of an evil deity than a good one.

This is assuming the absolute best for the religious perspective, which is that they could conceivably prove the existence of their particular tribal god myth, which of course, they cannot.

There, I'm done dipping my bedora.
Very true. YHWH is a pretty evil fictional character, especially when compared to the main villain of his book:

http://davidtlamb.files.wordpress.com/2 ... eople2.jpg

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Struth wrote:There are quite a few male SJW zealots who identify as "women" (and claim that not doing so is "violence")
I think the correct word might trans*plaining.

If that's not a word it should be.

Telling women's health groups they can't use the word 'vagina' in their material because it's 'transphobic' is basically telling their health is less important than transwomen's feelings.

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Also reading through the Scott Alexander piece that Prussian cited:
When your position commits you to saying “Love isn’t important to humans and we should demand people stop caring about whether or not they have it,” you need to take a really careful look in the mirror – assuming you even show up in one.
Holy shit that is a rhetorical beatdown right there.

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Ninja'd by the Urban Dictionary:
transplaining

When transgender individuals complain about their self-created drama to their eternal spouse Tumblr, under the impression that the rest of the world is to unquestioningly conform its will and behavior to their demented ramblings. Spinoff of mansplaining


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... nsplaining

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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Sunder wrote: (quoting Prussian)
And people wonder why explicitly anti-immigration parties are on the rise everywhere, and why Marine LePen may well be the next PM of France.
Huh, how do I say it? We still have presidents here. And I'm quite (hopeful even) she won't be the next one.
I think that you'll be probably have to deal with Sarkò rather than la peste blonde.

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Kirbmarc wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Sunder wrote: (quoting Prussian)
And people wonder why explicitly anti-immigration parties are on the rise everywhere, and why Marine LePen may well be the next PM of France.
Huh, how do I say it? We still have presidents here. And I'm quite (hopeful even) she won't be the next one.
I think that you'll be probably have to deal with Sarkò rather than la peste blonde.
Yes, that's my guess as well. Between Scylla and Charybdis, really.

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"TERFs + Dawkbros"

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"Dawkbros"...

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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:"Dawkbros"...
Yes, apparently agreeing or even not demonizing Dawkins makes you a Fanboi. Hey, it works for them. Easier than thinking.

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Struth wrote:
Because nothing says "I just want to be able to ignore people" more than talking constantly and at length about the people you claim to want to ignore.

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Gilliel is so stupid. It's always fun when an FTBer ridicules others for being closed-minded with regard to evidence, etc.

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James Caruthers wrote:
Shatterface as Guest wrote:Just wondering, since I don't believe Jesus was the Son of God, does it really matter if there was a historical Jesus?

Any message a real Jesus had will have been so distorted anyway and I'm not sure what the difference between a real and a fictional Jesus would be.

If he's a real figure into which people projected earlier myths and prophesies or an composite fictional character, so what?

What am I missing?

Shatterface
If God was real and his moral perspective accurate as conveyed in the Bible, even then I would consider it morally necessary to oppose this being. He would be more of an evil deity than a good one.


This is assuming the absolute best for the religious perspective, which is that they could conceivably prove the existence of their particular tribal god myth, which of course, they cannot.

There, I'm done dipping my bedora.
Well said, I would have to agree and join you in opposition to the celestial dictator.

( hell has the best musicians anyway)

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jimthepleb wrote:
Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
Tony Parsehole wrote:Jesus wept.
Barrister Alex should start his own legal advice twitter feed, a la Popehat. Call it Duncecap.
When would the statute of limitations start and end with libel online?
Plz plz plz someone photoshop him with a barrister's wig

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CaptainFluffyBunny wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:"Dawkbros"...
Yes, apparently agreeing or even not demonizing Dawkins makes you a Fanboi. Hey, it works for them. Easier than thinking.
If you were a marketing exec Block Bot would be an absolute gift.

Why bother spending millions doing market research when you can crowd source it to your target market's ideological opponents?

Need to market a new Dawkins book? Send out ads to everyone on Block Bot. Got a violent video game to promote? Ditto.

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Kirbmarc wrote: Classy as hell, Internet Tough Guy.
Wile E Coyote isn't just a jealous total loser that works part time mowing lawns to get beer and Ritalin money.
No siree, he also has a delusion that he is a morally superior being that is totally entitled to take blind swipes at reasonably well known, accomplished people just like his hero PZ does. :dance:

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Holy shit. I just ran into Giliell on another site. Look at the stupid thing she said on this anti-Sad Puppies article:

http://nkjemisin.com/2015/04/not-the-af ... re-making/
Giliell
April 11, 2015 • 4:56 pm
The belief in a “meritocracy” must be among the weirdest religious beliefs out there. The firm belief that there isn’t only 1 person who’s “objectively best”, but that also other people can objectively determine who that is.
Especially when talking about literature.
Usually, every person nominated for the Hugo would be more than worthy of winning it. And for every person nominated there are certainly 10 or 100 who would equally merit a nomination.
There is no “objective” list of top 10 stories/authors/editors/whatever and you simply count down to ten. There is more like a very vague bar you have to jump and the rest depends on who gets noticed. Which is where those guys got their affirmative action. And now people are actively paying attention to books by people who don’t get the benefit of the permanent spotlight. And look and behold, they find works of high quality written by people who are not white guys. Works that are not “objectively best” because that doesn’t exist, but works that are worthy.
The “puppies” have greatly shaped my reading list over the last years. Whoever was their object of hate du jour turned out to be a talented author with interesting stories to tell.
Meritocracy is impossible. "Better" and "best" are ONLY social constructs and have no grounding in reality.

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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Kirbmarc wrote: Yes, that's my guess as well. Between Scylla and Charybdis, really.
Look at the bright side, at least you're not as thoroughly fucked as Italy. Boy am I glad my family moved to Tessin before I was born.

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Pure meritocracy is debatable, but when people like PZ who have in the past benefited form a pretty sizable spotlight amongst online atheists publish complete trash and it gets outsold by far less well-known names, you can't seriously argue that the quality had nothing to do with it.

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I don't see any reason to pester her on Twitter, but wanted to comment on this:
https://twitter.com/ashleyfmiller/statu ... 9982439425

Link is to FB:
Ashley Miller wrote:Just saw my skin in the midday sun for the first time in a while. Vitamin d deficiency was come by honestly. There is no color in any of my skin, wrist or leg is the same as forearm or shoulder. Yeesh, I've always been pale, but this is new.
By "skin color" she's referring to "no tan" as a proxy for "little to no exposure to UV radiation". Her natural skin color being pale makes it (a) far easier for her to make adequate vitamin D from minimal UVA exposure, and (b) less likely a priori that she's vitamin D deficient, as compared with someone with more melanin.

One so moved might even call this "vitamin D synthesis privilege". :?

Bolding in the abstracts below was added by me:

2013 medical journal article Skin color is relevant to vitamin D synthesis
BACKGROUND: Whether dark skin produces less vitamin D after UVB radiation than fair skin remains controversial.

OBJECTIVE: To compare 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25-(OH)-D] levels after a single UVB exposure in fair (phototype II-III) and black-skinned (phototype VI) volunteers.

METHODS: Fair-skinned volunteers (n = 20, 4 males/16 females, mean age: 23.2 years) and black-skinned (n = 11, 6 males/5 females, mean age: 23.8 years) received a single total body UVB exposure (0.022 J/cm(2)). The 25-(OH)-D levels were measured on days 0, 2 and 6.

RESULTS: On day 0, all volunteers were severely vitamin D deficient. On day 2, 25-(OH)-D levels of fair-skinned volunteers increased significantly (median: 11.9-13.3 ng/ml, p < 0.0001), but not in black-skinned people (median: 8.60-8.55 ng/ml, p = 0.843). Again, on day 6, 25-(OH)-D levels of fair-skinned volunteers increased significantly (median: 11.9-14.3 ng/ml, p < 0.0001), but not in black-skinned people (median: 8.60-9.57 ng/ml, p = 0.375).

CONCLUSION: This study suggests that skin pigmentation negatively influences vitamin D synthesis.
2/2015 medical journal article Vitamin D deficiency in minority populations
OBJECTIVE: Black and Hispanic individuals synthesize less vitamin D per unit of sun exposure than white individuals. The relationship between UV radiation and vitamin D insufficiency in minorities has not been well explored.

DESIGN: Prospective cohort study.

SETTING: Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we obtained serum vitamin D levels for non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanics and non-Hispanic Blacks aged ≥18 years from 2000-2006. We linked these data with the average monthly solar UV index by census tract and data on sun exposure, vitamin D supplementation, health and demographics. We used multivariable regression analyses to assess vitamin D deficiency (<15 ng/ml) and insufficiency (<20 ng/ml) in January (when the UV index was lowest) by race/ethnicity and geography.

SUBJECTS: Adults (n 14,319) aged ≥18 years.

RESULTS: A 1-point increase in the UV index was associated with a 0·51 ng/ml increase in vitamin D (95% CI 0·35, 0·67 ng/ml; P<0·001). Non-Hispanic Black race and Hispanic ethnicity were associated with a 7·47 and 3·41 ng/ml decrease in vitamin D, respectively (both P<0·001). In January, an estimated 65·4% of non-Hispanic Blacks were deficient in vitamin D, compared with 28·9% of Hispanics and 14·0% of non-Hispanic Whites. An estimated 84·2% of non-Hispanic Blacks were insufficient in vitamin D v. 56·3% of Hispanics and 34·8% of non-Hispanic Whites. More non-Hispanic Blacks were estimated to be deficient in vitamin D in January in the highest UV index quartile than were non-Hispanic Whites in the lowest UV index quartile (60·2% v. 25·7%).

CONCLUSIONS: Wintertime vitamin D insufficiency is pervasive among minority populations, and not uncommon among non-Hispanic Whites.

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Quick corrections :doh:

My writing "skin color" might suggest I was directly quoting her. Instead, quote should read: "color in...[her] skin".

My "(a) far easier...to make adequate vitamin D from minimal UVA exposure" should instead say "UVB"

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Cats just disconnected my screen. There will be caticide*.


*I mean kibbles, they were just fooling around, no ill intent. That I know of.

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Skep tickle wrote:Quick corrections :doh:

My writing "skin color" might suggest I was directly quoting her. Instead, quote should read: "color in...[her] skin".

My "(a) far easier...to make adequate vitamin D from minimal UVA exposure" should instead say "UVB"
Vitamin D deficiency is also related to alcohol-induced liver problems, yes?

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The trouble with the concepts of aesthetic "quality" and "value" is that they're extraordinarily nebulous.

In any case, if Giliell's definition of "value" precludes there being an objective "best" or "ten best" books/authors/whatever, I wonder how xie justifies positing the existence of a larger group of objectively "worthy" books/authors/whatever.

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Sunder wrote:Pure meritocracy is debatable, but when people like PZ who have in the past benefited form a pretty sizable spotlight amongst online atheists publish complete trash and it gets outsold by far less well-known names, you can't seriously argue that the quality had nothing to do with it.
Jen McCreight got all those opportunities because she's an electric public speaker, goddammit.

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Kirbmarc wrote: Classy as hell, Internet Tough Guy.
LOL. In reality I'm pretty sure it was Thunderf00t who scraped freethoughtblogs off of his shoe. He claimed to have lost about 300 subscribers in the aftermath of his time on that network.

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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:"Dawkbros"...
Excuse me, the preferred term is 'Dick-head'.

:naughty:

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ERV wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:"Dawkbros"...
Excuse me, the preferred term is 'Dick-head'.

:naughty:

Sure, give them more ammo.

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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Matt Cavanaugh wrote: The genius of France.
Are you dissing out Gambetta, a fellow from my hometown, just to point out we have a few towns here with similar (but not exact) same names? I'm pretty sure that's fight speech in most pubs around here.

Meanwhile, in the US...
Paris, Arkansas
Paris, former name of Loraine, California
Paris, Idaho
Paris, Illinois
Paris, Indiana
Paris, Iowa
Paris, Kentucky
Paris, Maine
Paris, Michigan
Paris, Mississippi
Paris, Missouri
Paris, New York
Paris, Ohio
Paris, Pennsylvania
Paris, Tennessee
Paris, Texas
Paris, Virginia
Paris, Grant County, Wisconsin, a town
Paris, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, a town
Paris (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Paris Township, Michigan
Beresford, South Dakota, formerly Paris, Dakota Territory
Paris Mountain, Virginia
New Paris, Indiana
New Paris, Ohio
New Paris, Pennsylvania
South Paris, Maine
West Paris, Maine
:whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
You forgot Paris Hilton.

Gambetta was a syphilitic and a twat.

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Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
Gambetta was a syphilitic and a twat.
Poly-shaming
Sexist slur

Ok.

Tss tss...

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I just came across this.
I have seen the idea before (on twitter of course), but how would this work?
No gender specific names (which most are) until the child can speak and articulate gender?
No gender related pronouns?
Will the birth certificate say "Female genitaled" rather than "female"?

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Skep tickle wrote: Link is to FB:
Ashley Miller wrote:Just saw my skin in the midday sun for the first time in a while. Vitamin d deficiency was come by honestly. There is no color in any of my skin, wrist or leg is the same as forearm or shoulder. Yeesh, I've always been pale, but this is new.
By "skin color" she's referring to "no tan" as a proxy for "little to no exposure to UV radiation". Her natural skin color being pale makes it (a) far easier for her to make adequate vitamin D from minimal UVA exposure, and (b) less likely a priori that she's vitamin D deficient, as compared with someone with more melanin.
I read that as blaming the lack of sun exposure for the deficiency, not her skin tone as such? That would make more sense... but then again, intent isn't magic.

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Enough of the "trans* activists"? Please? My window is just a few feet away, and I miss skydiving.

*dudes in wigs.

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Really? wrote:Holy shit. I just ran into Giliell on another site. Look at the stupid thing she said on this anti-Sad Puppies article:

http://nkjemisin.com/2015/04/not-the-af ... re-making/
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The belief in a “meritocracy” must be among the weirdest religious beliefs out there. The firm belief that there isn’t only 1 person who’s “objectively best”, but that also other people can objectively determine who that is.
Especially when talking about literature.
Usually, every person nominated for the Hugo would be more than worthy of winning it. And for every person nominated there are certainly 10 or 100 who would equally merit a nomination.
There is no “objective” list of top 10 stories/authors/editors/whatever and you simply count down to ten. There is more like a very vague bar you have to jump and the rest depends on who gets noticed. Which is where those guys got their affirmative action. And now people are actively paying attention to books by people who don’t get the benefit of the permanent spotlight. And look and behold, they find works of high quality written by people who are not white guys. Works that are not “objectively best” because that doesn’t exist, but works that are worthy.
The “puppies” have greatly shaped my reading list over the last years. Whoever was their object of hate du jour turned out to be a talented author with interesting stories to tell.
Meritocracy is impossible. "Better" and "best" are ONLY social constructs and have no grounding in reality.
Fuck me sideways with a rusty gay redhead and call me Timothy.

This is the attitude that leads to diploma mills, and degrees in Hedgehog Conservation, and politicians promising that they will make sure 98% of all citizens get a PhD.
The firm belief that there isn’t only 1 person who’s “objectively best”, but that also other people can objectively determine who that is.
Fuck you, you useless fucking chimp. Carry on explaining why meritocracy has held you - amazing, special you - back from becoming Professor of Hyper Intelligent Science at the University of Amazing, Awesometown, Wonderfornia.

Meanwhile, let the grownups continue to make sure only the most intelligent candidates get into graduate schools, medical schools, legal schools...

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HoneyWagon wrote:I just came across this.
I have seen the idea before (on twitter of course), but how would this work?
No gender specific names (which most are) until the child can speak and articulate gender?
No gender related pronouns?
Will the birth certificate say "Female genitaled" rather than "female"?
We can thank non-existent god that they won't have kids. Imagine a child raised by these cunts.

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Should the word "motherfucker" be considered kink-shaming?

Greta?

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Kirbmarc wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Brive1987 wrote: On Twitter she said "someone" emailed her workplace.

Ergo Slymepit.
Mykeru did call Myers' university. I don't know if that's what she's referring to. On the other hand, Myers posted Skep's name and place of work encouraging his monkeys to contact her employers.

Yes, that might very well be a case of "but they do it too", but at least it's justified.
What Mykeru did that time wasn't exactly supported by the Pit, though. I think that's the reason why he flounced.

I thought that an ad on a newspaper could have been fine (depending on what was written on it) but calling UMM was pointless and petty.
IT was a cunt-move and a stupid-cunt move. Organizations with hundreds of thousands of followers have called UMM over shit at least as bad, to the general public, if not worse. And not a damn thing has happened beyond UMM actually being happy for the attention.

It was just stupid and pointless.

This stuff with AI and Nugent has done more, by using his own words and behaviors, against him than any fucking call to UMM. And it was so civil and polite, making him look even stupider and more childish.

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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Enough of the "trans* activists"? Please? My window is just a few feet away, and I miss skydiving.

*dudes in wigs.
Ok, that was harsh. Rude, even.

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I like that they don't believe in meritocracy. Picture a SJW sporting event. Grading papers. Deciding who gets a contract to build airplanes. I just can't see a downside.

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ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:Should the word "motherfucker" be considered kink-shaming?

Greta?
Oh, not before dinner. So very many wrong...

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Lsuoma wrote:What's going to happen to freeloaders like Watson when they're no longer able to freeload?
She'll get a job at Walmart. They'll hire pretty much anyone.

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HoneyWagon wrote:I just came across this.
I have seen the idea before (on twitter of course), but how would this work?
No gender specific names (which most are) until the child can speak and articulate gender?
No gender related pronouns?
Will the birth certificate say "Female genitaled" rather than "female"?
Oh yes I can support trans* rights without accepting anti-science horseshit. Fuck off, Sophia.

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windy wrote:
Skep tickle wrote: Link is to FB:
Ashley Miller wrote:Just saw my skin in the midday sun for the first time in a while. Vitamin d deficiency was come by honestly. There is no color in any of my skin, wrist or leg is the same as forearm or shoulder. Yeesh, I've always been pale, but this is new.
By "skin color" she's referring to "no tan" as a proxy for "little to no exposure to UV radiation". Her natural skin color being pale makes it (a) far easier for her to make adequate vitamin D from minimal UVA exposure, and (b) less likely a priori that she's vitamin D deficient, as compared with someone with more melanin.
I read that as blaming the lack of sun exposure for the deficiency, not her skin tone as such? That would make more sense... but then again, intent isn't magic.
Followed that link, and skimmed down her FB wall. So many afflictions; so little sympathy!

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