Posts Tagged ‘comments’

When It Comes To Marriage,
Exclusivity = Value

05/29/09

2:19 PM

Surely you’ve heard of the National Organization for Marriage. That’s the hate group with the corporate jargon-sounding name that protects us from scary new ideas like same-sex marriage. They’re famous for their PSAs featuring bigots and their children that clear up the issues with some much-needed fearmongering. But that’s not the only resource these fuckers host.

The NOM Blog is a place where you, the rabid marriage advocate, can make sure your voice is heard. Who wouldn’t want to be in the company of these Christian soldiers as they discuss the gay agenda at work in the outcome of the Miss America pageant?

Click for some mind-blowing (but not in a gay way) examples.

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edarem – Taste The Insanity

05/23/09

10:44 PM

Old people scare the shit out of me.  And edarem up there is no exception.  This guy invented insanity.  That he looks like Doc Brown on acid only slightly helps his credibility.  edarem was an extremely prolific YouTuber up until a couple weeks ago, when it was discovered that he was a registered sex offender in Florida and South Carolina.  He’s since stopped uploading for what is probably fear of being persecuted or maybe investigated by his local authorities.

But really after all of that, what creeps me out the most about edarem (because to me he seems mostly harmless) is his cult-like following on YouTube, which has only gotten more intense since the discovery.  Look at the comments section of any of his videos or his channel and you’ll see post after post of blind adoration and support.  There are crazies calling for his head, but they’re few and far between.  What is it about a 70 year old guy who posts the most mundane and bizarre ponderings that makes thousands of people go just as batshit as him?

Hit this for a couple more videos that are sure to make you drop your underage pants.

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Everyone’s A Scientist

05/07/09

8:00 PM

Test Tube

The democratic system of government excels by allowing differing opinions to compete on a level playing field. The drawback of this evenhandedness is that, apparently, some people never learn to distinguish their opinions from facts. Even worse is that these people are allowed to join forces on the Internet and gain strength, but not intelligence, in numbers. Take this article from Gizmodo, for example. This is what happens when people stop accepting that, for their opinions to be taken seriously, they must be corroborated by evidence. I am not just talking about the backwoods-assed adults in charge of the Texas school system having thrown out objectivity in favor of their personal beliefs. Turn your attention to the comments on the article. As you scan the hundreds of comments and replies, count the number of times it is asserted that all opinions are equal. Count the people that take advantage of the misuse of the word ‘theory’.

An equally idiotic (and harmful) instance of this logic is attested to by the fact that Jenny McCarthy has been granted her own talk show. For those of you not familiar with her work in Playboy and other peer-reviewed journals, she is the latest in a string of scientific illiterates using their celebrity to promote half-baked opinions on medicine as if they were fact. Her specific vendetta is against the vaccination of children, which she has decided causes autism. She bases this on her unquestionable experiences as a mother, and out-of-date arguments about Thimerosal. It seems that all it takes for people to continue thinking their reasoning is based in science is for enough people to agree with them.

To those who would argue “Well, science is always being rewritten, and scientists laugh at new theories so they won’t have to accept them,” I have an exercise for you. Compare this example of new age feel goodery with this proposition that would equally upset the scientific establishment. And hell, while you’re at it, compare this and this.

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Do Not Disrespect The Trek

05/07/09

5:55 PM

Star Trek Critic

As it often goes every few weeks, there’s a brutal war raging right now on Rotten Tomatoes between hundreds of faceless nerds and one poor critic.  This son of a bitch, Armond White (jesus… terrible name) had the balls to post a negative review for the already almost universally loved Star Trek remake, and he’s paying for it.  Well not really.  He’s a movie critic so he’s already reviled by everyone from kittens to rabbis.  And to all of the spittle-drenched nerd’s credit it is a pretty douchey review.

Some great comments from the over 200 post thread:

Stop being a turtle-necked douchebag and actually do a good review in your career! Really, Mission to Mars is a good film?? Mission? To? MARS?

scott g. makes a very good point

your a ******* moron, you know that… why don’t you stick to reviewing kiddy porn you homophobic *******.

And of course the only sane response to a bad movie review:

I hope his entire family dies.

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03/28/09

11:32 AM

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