Aren’t they lovely?
I suspect they are also Cthulhu-approved. You will suffer, puny human, and you will go mad.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Aren’t they lovely?
I suspect they are also Cthulhu-approved. You will suffer, puny human, and you will go mad.
That is, kind of like the dry heaves. I have enraged the Breitbartian trolls, and all day long, the Yiannopoulos lackeys have been yammering at my Twitter account, and all day long I’ve been tapping the block button. Although I have to admit that there was one tweet that brought me up short.
@pzmyers You are as outmatched by Yiannopoulos as you are Vox Day. Run away little man, while you still can.
— Joe Dan Shelton (@JoeDan1024) June 23, 2015
You are as outmatched by Yiannopoulos as you are Vox Day. Run away little man, while you still can.
Yes. That is very true, I agree completely. Nailed it.
This is the lounge. You can discuss anything you want, but you will do it kindly.
Status: Heavily Moderated; Previous thread
John Oliver makes a fine rant about the nastiness of internet trolls — it’s a little familiar to those of us who have been and are targets, but I’m happy to see more attention brought to the problem.
He failed to mention something, though: GamerGate. But that’s OK, because GamerGate immediately accepted the mantle of guilt.
Oh, it’s Father’s Day? I’m sorry, my father is dead, and I’m going to spend most of the day traveling, so my own kids aren’t going to be able to contact me. Clearly, I am a terrible father.
Don’t tell anyone.
I just got here, so I’ve had no time to explore, but it looks like it hasn’t changed a bit in 30 years…which is a good thing. Now to collapse for a short night of sleep, before the science starts flowing in the morning.
This is The Mended Drum, the thread for off-topic conversations on Pharyngula. Talk about whatever you want.
I love Eugene — lovely place, great school, good people — and I’m flying back there, leaving tomorrow and staying for the weekend, for a science conference and to meet with old friends. It’s got all the best stuff: copacetic venue, interesting subjects (zebrafish!), nostalgia, wonderful people (the zebrafish community is exemplary that way), and best of all, I don’t have to work! I’m chairing one of the sessions, apparently, but otherwise I have no obligations other than to learn and enjoy myself.
It’s perfection.
I’ve been considering all the suggestions in the commenting changes thread. One thing that is obvious: We have a problem, Houston.
But it is also true that I feel a hesitation to post because I will be considered an outsider and not worthy of acknowledgement or response.
Broken Things
Hi – another extremely-long-time lurker, very infrequent commenter here. I don’t have any solutions, but reading this comment thread made one problem very obvious: when people ask for more charity, less hostility and knee-jerk dismissiveness, several regular commenters respond as if they’d been told to stop saying fuck.
amrie
I’m another very, very longtime lurker who has commented only a few times. I almost always agree with PZ and the majority of usual commenters, but I’m still really afraid to comment here and be ripped to shreds by the very people I admire so much. I commented the other day one minor criticism of something PZ said, and suddenly I’m “ranting” and “slamming” and being condescended to about whether I read the OP. I’m afraid to go back and see what other responses I got. I love reading this blog, but it’s true that it’s not welcoming to people who aren’t regular commenters.
Dingo Abbie
