May 16 2013
Facebook allows porn sites? Yeah, it looks the other way. So I find it hilarious that a group of feminists managed to gain control of a facebook page dedicated to creepy content and give it a total makeover. The Bra Busters page now has just over 3,000 subscribers. One admin spent an hour removing all …
May 15 2013
This really is a constant problem. I don’t think most theists are stupid, just as I don’t think being an atheist makes you smart, but theists are led to say the most astonishingly stupid things by their abysmally stupid mythology. Ken Ham is probably a smart guy — he’s at least got cunning and business …
May 13 2013
Oh, no. I had just begun to absorb the astounding implications of the Space Ape Theory, when along comes Henry Gee to blow my mind with a new theory of proboscidean evolution. Q: Why do elephants paint the soles of their feet yellow? A: So they can hide upside down in bowls of custard. So, …
May 07 2013
I found this commercial very affirming. Also, the original Star Trek was better than all those derivative new versions. (via io9.)
May 05 2013
I showed you the trailer, now I have to show you some of the concept art. It’s playing in Morris, too! I think I’m going to have to take time out once I get back home to see Iron Manatee either Monday or Tuesday night.
Apr 28 2013
Mockery is good. Behold the #spaceape hypothesis: humans clearly evolved in outer space! #SPACEAPE Basic Arguments of the Space Ape Theory: 1. we have evolved big brains relative to our bodies because we don’t need our bodies to move around in space. 2. we don’t have much body hair because what would be the point …
Apr 24 2013
The BBC recently broadcast a program for the charity Comic Relief, but yanked one sketch deemed too offensive from their online iPlayer. They’d apparently received thousands of complaints about it, and it was the only sketch on the program found so horribly offensive. Apparently, regulators are now investigating the BBC, and the ever-charming Daily Mail …
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