Those who have come from Pz's blog, aka THAT thread

[Thumpalumpacus]

Golly, I didn't mean to spin it out like that.

[Robert_S]

I agree - "just get over it" is dismissive and not in the spirit of what we are saying. However, I think that sometimes "just get over it" can be appropriate. It depends on the situation and context, though. I am not sure if that is the appropriate response to, say, finding a t-shirt dehumanizing. On the one hand, it seems trivial. On the other, it could be a sign of deep personal problems that the individual needs to get professional help for. anymore.

Context may have had something to do with the T-shirt thing. What if I wore a shirt to a Ratz meet saying I was not "A Ratz" but "Just a poster on a forum"? What if I did so after a falling out with someone I had been close to. I could see an emotional reaction happening that would be hard to explain.

That's one thing about that one thread, it's really hard to explain. I tried to explain this whole thing to someone I work with. It kinda fell flat.

So maybe the feelings over the T-shirt were fairly normal. Still, that's not what a person may wish to put out there on a blog where, presumably, they wish to counter the stereotype of women as over-emotional.

Hell, I cry listening to Iris DeMent, Emmylou Harris and sometimes Lucinda Williams. Lucinda usually gives me happy yearning feeling!

[Azathoth]

Did I miss all the dramaz?



There must at least be some sloppy thirds or fourths for me

[Robert_S]

Pappa raped all the Elder Gods while you were out!

[Azathoth]

That must have chafed a bit some of them are quite spikey

[Bella Fortuna]

That must have chafed a bit some of them are quite spikey

He likes it that way.

[Jason]

There's nothing like chafed cock skin.

[Badger3k]

I agree - "just get over it" is dismissive and not in the spirit of what we are saying. However, I think that sometimes "just get over it" can be appropriate. It depends on the situation and context, though. I am not sure if that is the appropriate response to, say, finding a t-shirt dehumanizing. On the one hand, it seems trivial. On the other, it could be a sign of deep personal problems that the individual needs to get professional help for. anymore.

Context may have had something to do with the T-shirt thing. What if I wore a shirt to a Ratz meet saying I was not "A Ratz" but "Just a poster on a forum"? What if I did so after a falling out with someone I had been close to. I could see an emotional reaction happening that would be hard to explain.

That's one thing about that one thread, it's really hard to explain. I tried to explain this whole thing to someone I work with. It kinda fell flat.

So maybe the feelings over the T-shirt were fairly normal. Still, that's not what a person may wish to put out there on a blog where, presumably, they wish to counter the stereotype of women as over-emotional.

Hell, I cry listening to Iris DeMent, Emmylou Harris and sometimes Lucinda Williams. Lucinda usually gives me happy yearning feeling!

Agreed with the third paragraph especially - it's hard to portray yourself as a strong person when a t-shirt makes you cry. Kind of sends mixed messages. Crying is ok, crying over something that looks trivial to most people...a bit harder.

I cry over Justin Bieber and One Direction, but that's usually caused by vomiting too much.

[Badger3k]

There's nothing like chafed cock skin.

With a fine chianti?

[Jason]

There's nothing like chafed cock skin.

With a fine chianti?

Mm.. yes served with fava beans.

[Wumbologist]

Pro Tip: Get your jolly roger ready for action, and keep him happy. It makes shaving that much easier.

I find the little personal grooming buzzers get in close enough to keep things neat without the potential issues of a razor.

[JimC]

My politics have fuck all to do with my disbelief in Gods. I needed no one to "lead" me to it, I need no figureheads or leaders or role models. Any skeptic or atheist movement needs to remain political neutral. To let ideological propagandists in, whether they be feminists, separatists, socialists, liberals, libertarians or totalitarians does not matter. It is an attempt to usurp a single simple message.

I don't accept that your fantasy beliefs in the Cosmic Monkey should affect me or be influential in politics.

If we allow that message to be sullied by political pandering, considered an offshoot of a political group and we will turn off a great proportion of potential support and end up infighting.


Oh wait some fucking idiot has been doing exactly that for about 18 months.

[hadespussercats]

I told my husband today that "PZ Myers thinks everyone on our forum are cockroaches, slimepit denizens, and troglodytes that deserve to be cut loose from the atheist community."

"He sounds like a jackass."

A little later, getting dinner ready:
"Wait a minute-- who the hell is PK Myers?!"

"PZ."

"Whatever."

[Robert_S]

I told my husband today that "PZ Myers thinks everyone on our forum are cockroaches, slimepit denizens, and troglodytes that deserve to be cut loose from the atheist community."

"He sounds like a jackass."

A little later, getting dinner ready:
"Wait a minute-- who the hell is PK Myers?!"

"PZ."

"Whatever."

He's secretly famous!

[Jason]

Obscurity is the greatest insult to these types.