Leaving work sounds good. I may do so myself. They're doing construction work on my floor, and my cube wall has been replaced by a white plastic tarp that wafts gently in the AC, just at the corner of my eye where it's driving me nuts. Plus a ton of dust in the air and so on--I have broadband at home, so why not use it?
And you're sure this isn't just some fanboy thing? 'Cause I've fought more than a couple pimply, overweight vamps that called themselves Lestat.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Jul 15, 2011 7:03:05 am PDT #16783 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Zenkitty - Jul 15, 2011 7:09:25 am PDT #16784 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I know it's not a cult. I was more making fun of my own inability to come up with the word I wanted.
Allyson - Jul 15, 2011 7:14:46 am PDT #16785 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It's not a cult!
It's a collective.
It's not even a community as far as I can see. Not in the way Buffy fandom was a community. Very few people who aren't the Talent (for lack of a better word) seem to have any real ties to each other.
I wonder if my carpool buddies (Jennifer and Sean Carroll) propel me into BNF status. HAHAHAHAHA.
That was a weird time in my life.
Jessica - Jul 15, 2011 7:23:44 am PDT #16786 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's not even a community as far as I can see. Not in the way Buffy fandom was a community. Very few people who aren't the Talent (for lack of a better word) seem to have any real ties to each other.
I think that's true as far as the internet is concerned and at a big event like TAM, but there are tons of local skeptics groups all over the place which have no big names attached to them. Those meetups create communities.
Allyson - Jul 15, 2011 7:46:51 am PDT #16787 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh definitely. I didn't think. Skepchicks run vaccination clinics and it appears that a community has sprung around WTF (Women Thinking Free).
P.M. Marc - Jul 15, 2011 8:03:34 am PDT #16788 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
SERIOUSLY. It's a very white male privilege and VERY ANGRY when you call it out sort of thing.
Yeah. It's why I stopped reading most skeptic sites. There's enough crossover with the Randroid/Reason set that it's nasty as heck when you call 'em on it.
Allyson - Jul 15, 2011 8:10:50 am PDT #16789 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Because their identities are wrapped up in believing that they are completely rational, and sexism/racism is irrational. Sometimes they double down and turn to evo psych to justify it all.
sumi - Jul 15, 2011 8:16:26 am PDT #16790 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
My laptop is braindead. I had to order it a new brain with disk (because I can't find the disk). My poor laptop.
P.M. Marc - Jul 15, 2011 8:16:51 am PDT #16791 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Because their identities are wrapped up in believing that they are completely rational, and sexism/racism is irrational. Sometimes they double down and turn to evo psych to justify it all.
Exactly, Allyson.
They get all irrational about it, too.
(I've noticed that calling skeptics of any gender on their irrationality and the confirmation bias in their opinions -- skeptifem, I am looking at your irrational nonsense on porn and pitbulls -- is the quickest way to get them to foam at the mouth.)
Jessica - Jul 15, 2011 8:24:00 am PDT #16792 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(I've noticed that calling skeptics of any gender on their irrationality and the confirmation bias in their opinions -- skeptifem, I am looking at your irrational nonsense on porn and pitbulls -- is the quickest way to get them to foam at the mouth.)
Is there anywhere at all on the internet where you can call people on their irrationality without starting a flame war? The only difference I see with skeptic sites is that you can use the term "confirmation bias" without having to link to Wikipedia.