I don’t know about this…here’s Rebecca Watson flogging merchandise, and she pushes all this SGU stuff first, and ends with the new Skepchick t-shirt last, and just kind of tosses in the spectacular Chibi PZ Tee and the gloriously intimidating Pharyngula travel mug in the middle. What’s with all this secondary frippery surrounding the most important stuff, my merch?
I may have to have a little talk with her about priorities. Nobody listens to Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe anymore, do they? And why would anyone wear a Skepchick shirt when they could have a cute and adorable cartoon me on their chest?
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slc1
3 April 2012 at 2:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Doesn’t Prof. Myers know that saying anything critical of Rebecca Watson is asked to be slimed?
Martin Wagner
3 April 2012 at 2:21 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Well, it’s not as if she’s selling Rebecca’s Patented Cock-Severing Shears or anything.
As for worthwhile merch, people shouldn’t forget to throw a mountain of support towards Chris Johnson’s A Better Life atheist photo book project, which is in its final five days of fundraising. It would suck to live in a world where a project like that couldn’t get funding, while fundie bilge like Heaven Is for Real makes it onto bestseller lists!
Sili
3 April 2012 at 2:36 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Well, I listen still, but I also rant and yell when they go on about some news item instead of bothering with looking for some facts.
Most often when about language – ten seconds on Google would have found Mark Liberman debunking the Out Of Africa crap article a year ago – but physics and engineering tends to unhinge them as well.
Brownian
3 April 2012 at 2:52 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Those. Would. Be. Awesome.
Pteryxx
3 April 2012 at 2:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’d buy that. And cut up chicken with ‘em. …What?
Caine, Cruel Monster
3 April 2012 at 2:56 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Um…I’d buy those. I need a new pair of kitchen shears. Also, I did buy stuff!
rebeccawatson
3 April 2012 at 3:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
But I don’t even use shears anymore! I use a rubberband. I’m not a monster!
cicely, Shameful & Imprudent
3 April 2012 at 3:39 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I would be oh, so very happy to own a spectacular Chibi PZ Tee! I would ask for it for my birthday, and have a really good chance of getting it…
…if only it were available in my size.
But it’s not.
This makes me oh, so very sad.
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cicely, Shameful & Imprudent
3 April 2012 at 3:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
<Eeyore>(*sigh* But nobody notices. Nobody cares. *sigh*)</Eeyore>
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Brownian
3 April 2012 at 4:09 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Are they patented? I don’t want to plop down my hard earned cash for a bunch of so-called cock-severing bands that clearly came off of broccoli bunches and lobster claws.
jolo5309
3 April 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
people shouldn’t forget to throw a mountain of support towards Chris Johnson’s A Better Life atheist photo book project, which is in its final five days of fundraising.
Done, in my defence, I had never heard of this until today
rebeccawatson
3 April 2012 at 4:29 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@Cicely What size are you? Our printer has just started carrying larger plus sizes so it’s possible if there’s a reorder we could get one in 3x or maybe 4x.
pentatomid
3 April 2012 at 4:40 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Rebeccawatson
Funny.I always thought the secret satanic pagan atheist feminist rituals were performed using a golden sickle. Does this mean I’ve been doing it wrong?
SallyStrange: bottom-feeding, work-shy peasant
3 April 2012 at 4:40 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I bought a Chibi PZ t-shirt. It’s my new favorite thing–in fact I’m wearing it right now!!
Lycanthrope
3 April 2012 at 4:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
“Chibi PZ tee” is fun to say.
evader
3 April 2012 at 5:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I can’t wait to get my Chibi PZ T!
Also, remember that picture someone did of PZ and he was on some kind of cool evil tentacle throne chair thing? That would be a cool shirt.
MG Myers
3 April 2012 at 6:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Now I’m going to have to order a Chibi PZ Tee and Pharyngula travel mug! Awesome!
Part-Time Insomniac, Zombie Porcupine Nox Arcana Fan
3 April 2012 at 7:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hmm . . . I wonder if I’d get in trouble for carrying that mug to work. I can always say it’s a science blog I enjoy reading, nothing about TET. Eh, screw it, I’ll order one, beats the hell outta rushing to make tea or hot cocoa at work every morning. Or coffee for that matter.
Tony
3 April 2012 at 7:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Brownian:
–I dunno. When I think about the ‘cock’, severing shears don’t come to mind (however, when I think about ‘cock severing shears’ Lorena Bobbit pops up). YMMV.
Tony
3 April 2012 at 7:20 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
cicely @8:
–I wonder if they take requests for special sizes…
cicely, Shameful & Imprudent
3 April 2012 at 7:33 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@rebeccawatson: I usually take a unisex 3X. (I don’t like the shorty little sleeves that the women’s tees seem to favor.) It would be so completely awesome to have one!
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Sili
3 April 2012 at 8:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The shears will take care of that.
naturebox83
3 April 2012 at 8:51 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
LOVE SGU!!!!!
Ye Olde Blacksmith
3 April 2012 at 9:39 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Must. Resist. Mind. Control….
chrisco
3 April 2012 at 10:58 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
id do unspeakable things for a ceramic pharangulated mug to be made available. Even…
Ms. Daisy Cutter, Gynofascist in a Spiffy Hugo Boss Uniform
4 April 2012 at 1:33 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Who else read “flogging” as an adjective rather than as a verb?
amblebury
4 April 2012 at 3:40 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
“when they could have a cute and adorable cartoon me on their chest?”
Um, er…oh nothing.
rorschach
4 April 2012 at 3:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Or Banana Peelers.
rebeccawatson
4 April 2012 at 7:24 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@Cicely: OK, the next time I’m going to place a reorder for a Pharyngula tee (no promises on when that’ll be), I’ll ask PZ to post or Tweet about it and anyone who wants a special size can put in for one. Sound good?
cicely, Shameful & Imprudent
4 April 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@rebeccawatson: That would be most excellent, and deeply appreciated; I will begin saving up for it immediately!
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janiceintoronto
4 April 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
“Rebecca’s Patented Cock-Severing Shears”
Where can I get some of these?
Do they ship to Canada?