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Re: How do we attract Skepchicks to sign up here?

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Post by laklak » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:43 pm

Tag Team Jello Debates! Fuck Yeah!
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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Re: How do we attract Skepchicks to sign up here?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:46 pm

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Ian wrote:Tell them all about one of our meets. Who wouldn't want to get involved in one of those? :tut:
Got me posting again! :biggrin:
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:51 pm

Ian wrote:Tell them all about one of our meets. Who wouldn't want to get involved in one of those? :tut:
The tasteful... the self-respecting... the... sane.
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Ian wrote:Tell them all about one of our meets. Who wouldn't want to get involved in one of those? :tut:
The tasteful... the self-respecting... the... sane.

Sounds like squares to me.
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Ian wrote:Tell them all about one of our meets. Who wouldn't want to get involved in one of those? :tut:
The tasteful... the self-respecting... the... sane.

Sounds like squares to me.
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Post by Ian » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:04 pm

But we're squares who drink chocolate wine and eat elk burgers. :dance:
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Re: How do we attract Skepchicks to sign up here?

Post by Kristie » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:04 pm

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Kristie wrote:
Ian wrote:Tell them all about one of our meets. Who wouldn't want to get involved in one of those? :tut:
Got me posting again! :biggrin:
If we got nothing else out of that weekend... :hugs:


(And we got lots, maybe too much. :hehe:)
Some of us got more than others! :tea:

:hugs:
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Re: How do we attract Skepchicks to sign up here?

Post by Pappa » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:39 pm

Robert_S wrote:The picture of them we've been getting from some of our regular posters is a bit one-sided. I think we'd benefit from a wider range of viewpoints on gender issues.

Also, there has to be more to them than just their stance on feminism. For me, this site is actually more of a fun community than a serious debate place. There is the occasional drama and very occasional gross stupidity, but overall we are a very accepting and welcoming bunch.
I think it would be great. I assume there must be a silent majority of them who aren't crazy.
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Post by Tero » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:52 pm

Back to Skepchicks etc.

I post things here that I borrow from Amazon. I'm breaking their rules, but all the posts are public. I never copy from members only areas here. Nor people's personal blogs.

Just stuff I learned to follow in 15 years. I'm not beyond making a parody, though.
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Re: How do we attract Skepchicks to sign up here?

Post by Robert_S » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:46 pm

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Robert_S wrote:The picture of them we've been getting from some of our regular posters is a bit one-sided. I think we'd benefit from a wider range of viewpoints on gender issues.

Also, there has to be more to them than just their stance on feminism. For me, this site is actually more of a fun community than a serious debate place. There is the occasional drama and very occasional gross stupidity, but overall we are a very accepting and welcoming bunch.
I think it would be great. I assume there must be a silent majority of them who aren't crazy.
How much have you listened to or read without prompting from one side or the other in the skepti-feminism debate thing?

ETA: By that, I pretty much mean: have you looked at something ant of them wrote that wasn't linked from a CES thread.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: How do we attract Skepchicks to sign up here?

Post by laklak » Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:21 pm

After Elevatorgate I spent some time lurking at Skepchicks, it was all cut from the same cloth. Lots of outrage, lots of male bashing. All pretty juvenile, IMO.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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Re: How do we attract Skepchicks to sign up here?

Post by pzmyers » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:32 pm

Robert_S wrote:The picture of them we've been getting from some of our regular posters is a bit one-sided. I think we'd benefit from a wider range of viewpoints on gender issues.

Also, there has to be more to them than just their stance on feminism. For me, this site is actually more of a fun community than a serious debate place. There is the occasional drama and very occasional gross stupidity, but overall we are a very accepting and welcoming bunch.
Just invite them to read this thread. Yeah, sure, you're a "welcoming" bunch. After the OP, it's just more sneering.

Or you could try a provocative and inviting question, like "Would it be immoral to rape you?"
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Re: How do we attract Skepchicks to sign up here?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:40 pm

Poor PZ, not getting enough drama from us.
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Re: How do we attract Skepchicks to sign up here?

Post by Ian » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:42 pm

pzmyers wrote:
Robert_S wrote:The picture of them we've been getting from some of our regular posters is a bit one-sided. I think we'd benefit from a wider range of viewpoints on gender issues.

Also, there has to be more to them than just their stance on feminism. For me, this site is actually more of a fun community than a serious debate place. There is the occasional drama and very occasional gross stupidity, but overall we are a very accepting and welcoming bunch.
Just invite them to read this thread. Yeah, sure, you're a "welcoming" bunch. After the OP, it's just more sneering.

Or you could try a provocative and inviting question, like "Would it be immoral to rape you?"
Here's the thing PZ - we would react to that with joking and a certain WTF attitude towards to questioner. I don't think anyone here would launch a hysterical hate campaign.

Here's how I would answer the question:
Trigger Warning!!!1! :
Yes... and are you really being serious? No? Okay then, find some other way to ridicule me if you think I deserve it.
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