also I totally want one of THOSE rubber duckies at 5:24. ♥
naturalcynicsays
Speaking of duckies and rape, I think that Aiken [Mo. senate loser] might have gotten a little confused about the species that can shut off accept or reject sperm. When I first heard his remark, I was wondering if he was thinking about ducks. Or maybe, if ducks can do it, women can do this too.
maddmattsays
The gun is good. The penis is evil.
Louissays
FINALLY!
I humbly ask the assembled masses to form an orderly queue and propitiate my dong with gifts. I will be selecting members of the worshipping crowd to apply unguents and salves to my penis, and perhaps, just perhaps, a lucky few might get to perform intimate personal acts upon it.
What do you mean that’s not the point of this post and video?
*I* think it IS the point.
Fuck you.
Louis
P.S. Some self deprecating comedy has been used in this post. Not all aspects of it are serious. Apart from the willy worship, obviously, interested parties call me on 555-MYCOCK.
If anything this is parodying our fascination with sex, while also being informative.
There’s a massive difference between trying to sell hard drives with sex, and trying to sell informational videos on animal sex…with sexy human analogues.
Which comes right back to nuance, and how detractors of harassment policies seem to lack any capability of discerning nuance.
Tony the Queer Shoop (proud supporter of Radical Feminism)says
I was starting to get very depressed,
so I went to the Kiev, and ate breakfast.
Then, as I walked down Second Avenue towards St. Mark’s Place,
where all those people sell used books and other junk on the street,
I saw my penis lying on a blanket
next to a broken toaster oven.
Some guy was selling it.
I had to buy it off him.
He wanted twenty-two bucks, but I talked him down to seventeen.
I took it home, washed it off,
and put it back on. I was happy again. Complete.
People sometimes tell me I should get it permanently attached,
but I don’t know.
Even though sometimes it’s a pain in the ass,
I like having a detachable penis.
“I don’t know how you guys walk around with those things”.
Not entirely unproblematically. (With much annoyance, sometimes.)
John Moralessays
gussnarp:
But seriously, it is a touch problematic, though not nearly as much so as booth babes.
How so? It’s the event itself, not a distraction from the actual event.
cm's changeable monikersays
there’s a spectrum, not a simple dichotomy! What next?
Deep Rifts™. Obviously!
I shall avoid the video and retire with Dr Tatiana. Much more wholesome.
Gvlgeologist, FCDsays
@slowdjinn: I have to say that I was also disappointed in the confusion between Argonauts and Chambered Nautili (?). Easily distinguishable, and both are very cool creatures. I’m sure PZ is horrified.
I seem to remember… Ah, here it is, from over 5 years ago:
Are there seriously people who are genuinely confused by the difference between a biologist putting a cheeky heading on a cheeky video about nautilus reproduction on his personal blog and skeptic events (that claim to want to increase female attendance) hosting vendors who use women as props to sell products?
Really? Sarcastically writing “Praise the penis” is the same as having nearly nude women stand around and be ogled in a stupid attempt to sell hard drives?
Robert B.says
Well, for one thing, for a video that was supposed to be about how awesome penises are, that fanservice was awfully, um, female. Why don’t we gay guys ever get to have a male gaze?
Ragutissays
Here, hold this ruler.
-What?
Just hold the ruler.
-Here? What are we doing, measuring the duck’s waist size? Do ducks have waists?
…I think we located the naked male eye candy…
also I totally want one of THOSE rubber duckies at 5:24. ♥
Speaking of duckies and rape, I think that Aiken [Mo. senate loser] might have gotten a little confused about the species that can shut off accept or reject sperm. When I first heard his remark, I was wondering if he was thinking about ducks. Or maybe, if ducks can do it, women can do this too.
The gun is good. The penis is evil.
FINALLY!
I humbly ask the assembled masses to form an orderly queue and propitiate my dong with gifts. I will be selecting members of the worshipping crowd to apply unguents and salves to my penis, and perhaps, just perhaps, a lucky few might get to perform intimate personal acts upon it.
What do you mean that’s not the point of this post and video?
*I* think it IS the point.
Fuck you.
Louis
P.S. Some self deprecating comedy has been used in this post. Not all aspects of it are serious. Apart from the willy worship, obviously, interested parties call me on 555-MYCOCK.
What was that a couple of posts back about the evil of using sexualized imagery as a come-on?
jamesheartney,
Context, you dolt, context.
If anything this is parodying our fascination with sex, while also being informative.
There’s a massive difference between trying to sell hard drives with sex, and trying to sell informational videos on animal sex…with sexy human analogues.
Which comes right back to nuance, and how detractors of harassment policies seem to lack any capability of discerning nuance.
@4:
The gun is the penis.
Can we quibble over caliber, please! – Often heard in MRA/NRA discussions… about corkscrew duck penises.
I’m surprised the echidna’s gatling gun wasn’t featured.
This episode had a significant mollusk bias!
Bullshit from people who don’t understand context aside, I’ll be honest, I’m not entirely untroubled by this show.
Hah! My double negatives make me immune to rebuttal!
But seriously, it is a touch problematic, though not nearly as much so as booth babes.
And now I’m claiming that there’s a spectrum, not a simple dichotomy! What next?
I’m troubled by all the footage of Pearly Nautiluses when she’s talking about Paper Nautiluses…*twitch*
I was starting to get very depressed,
so I went to the Kiev, and ate breakfast.
Then, as I walked down Second Avenue towards St. Mark’s Place,
where all those people sell used books and other junk on the street,
I saw my penis lying on a blanket
next to a broken toaster oven.
Some guy was selling it.
I had to buy it off him.
He wanted twenty-two bucks, but I talked him down to seventeen.
I took it home, washed it off,
and put it back on. I was happy again. Complete.
People sometimes tell me I should get it permanently attached,
but I don’t know.
Even though sometimes it’s a pain in the ass,
I like having a detachable penis.
PearlyChambered.At least I got the right order.
Well that isn’t David Attenborough
In the words of Elaine Benes, “I don’t know how you guys walk around with those things”.
Not entirely unproblematically. (With much annoyance, sometimes.)
gussnarp:
How so? It’s the event itself, not a distraction from the actual event.
Deep Rifts™. Obviously!
I shall avoid the video and retire with Dr Tatiana. Much more wholesome.
@slowdjinn: I have to say that I was also disappointed in the confusion between Argonauts and Chambered Nautili (?). Easily distinguishable, and both are very cool creatures. I’m sure PZ is horrified.
I seem to remember… Ah, here it is, from over 5 years ago:
http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2007/05/twisty-maze-of.html
I feel so well educated now…
Are there seriously people who are genuinely confused by the difference between a biologist putting a cheeky heading on a cheeky video about nautilus reproduction on his personal blog and skeptic events (that claim to want to increase female attendance) hosting vendors who use women as props to sell products?
Really? Sarcastically writing “Praise the penis” is the same as having nearly nude women stand around and be ogled in a stupid attempt to sell hard drives?
Well, for one thing, for a video that was supposed to be about how awesome penises are, that fanservice was awfully, um, female. Why don’t we gay guys ever get to have a male gaze?
Here, hold this ruler.
-What?
Just hold the ruler.
-Here? What are we doing, measuring the duck’s waist size? Do ducks have waists?
Shut. Up. Hold. Ruler
-Do I need gloves for this?
Errr… No?