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trapped mouse: May 25, 2008; by Azathoth

I know this is a hot button issue, but this tweet and its replies are amazing. Some gamergate dude is mad because people don't like that this person hired a known rapist. The people in the comments slowly figure out the whole story, and the original tweeter keeps digging a hole deeper. :allears:

https://twitter.com/i_z_e_l_s/status/524605012245499904

# ? Oct 22, 2014 00:00

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# ? May 23, 2024 09:23

Centripetal Horse: Nov 22, 2009; Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul

trapped mouse posted:

I know this is a hot button issue, but this tweet and its replies are amazing. Some gamergate dude is mad because people don't like that this person hired a known rapist. The people in the comments slowly figure out the whole story, and the original tweeter keeps digging a hole deeper.

https://twitter.com/i_z_e_l_s/status/524605012245499904

I don't Twitter. What am I supposed to be seeing? All I see are a handful of comments about Rainn Wilson (wtf?) being under attack for... something? Hiring an accused but acquitted rapist to do... something?

Or... something?

Edit: vv Yeah, I think I am missing something by not being logged into a Twitter account. I only see ~~a dozen~~ twenty or so comments, and I don't see any of that information in them.

Centripetal Horse has a new favorite as of 00:37 on Oct 22, 2014

# ? Oct 22, 2014 00:16

HackensackBackpack: Aug 20, 2007; Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?

Centripetal Horse posted:

I don't Twitter. What am I supposed to be seeing? All I see are a handful of comments about Rainn Wilson (wtf?) being under attack for... something? Hiring an accused but acquitted rapist to do... something?

Or... something?

If you scroll further down you can see several replies from other Twitter users, and it's eventually revealed that the person in question wasn't acquitted of rape, he pleaded guilty to felony assault and the prosecution dropped the rape charge. The original dude continued to argue that a dropped charge and a acquittal are the same thing, and anyone calling the hired person a rapist is committing libel.

Twitter conversations are hard to follow because of the nature of the reply system, but that's the basics.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 00:32

Garrand: Dec 28, 2012; Rhino, you did this to me!

Centripetal Horse posted:

I don't Twitter. What am I supposed to be seeing? All I see are a handful of comments about Rainn Wilson (wtf?) being under attack for... something? Hiring an accused but acquitted rapist to do... something?

Or... something?

"A handful". That twitter thread/feed/thing, at least now, is like 1000 posts long. Jesus how long is that going to go on for.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 00:35

HackensackBackpack: Aug 20, 2007; Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?

Garrand posted:

"A handful". That twitter thread/feed/thing, at least now, is like 1000 posts long. Jesus how long is that going to go on for.

It will go on until all of them are dead, or until Twitter stops being a thing.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 00:54

Finisher1: Feb 21, 2008

# ? Oct 22, 2014 00:55

HackensackBackpack: Aug 20, 2007; Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?

I hate the National Report so much. It's not even satire, it's just bullshit.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 01:07

Tracula: Mar 26, 2010; PLEASE LEAVE

Yeah, if you're doing satire you actually have to be, I dunno, satirizing something. Anything with "Ebola" in the name right now is just clickbait bullshit in 99.9% of cases. I've noticed that a lot of websites that do """satire""" outside of the Onion just run bullshit that they know people will click on.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 01:10

dentist toy box: Oct 9, 2012; There's a haint in the foothills of NC; the haint of the #3 chevy. The rich have formed a holy alliance to exorcise it but they'll never fucking catch him.

Fun fact - more illegal immigrants have been deported under Obama than Bush. But facts shouldn't get in the way of politics.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 01:14

karl fungus: May 6, 2011; Baeume sind auch Freunde

Businesses need to jump on this and start marketing things with ebola in the name.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 01:17

1stGear: Jan 16, 2010; Here's to the new us.

trapped mouse posted:

I know this is a hot button issue, but this tweet and its replies are amazing. Some gamergate dude is mad because people don't like that this person hired a known rapist. The people in the comments slowly figure out the whole story, and the original tweeter keeps digging a hole deeper.

https://twitter.com/i_z_e_l_s/status/524605012245499904

quote:

Izel ‏@i_z_e_l_s 7h7 hours ago
@lukedfielder SJWs don't like that. If it were left up to them, we'd have to "listen and believe" any accusation. @rainnwilson @sciencemile

Whoa, actually listen to and accept any accusations as a starting point for an investigation? What's next, a jury of our peers?

# ? Oct 22, 2014 01:23

HackensackBackpack: Aug 20, 2007; Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?

karl fungus posted:

Businesses need to jump on this and start marketing things with ebola in the name.

Already have: http://www.mediaite.com/online/here-are-some-people-making-quick-bucks-off-of-ebola/

quote:

Here�s a dick who�s making a boatload of money by selling ebola-preventing wafers: according to TMZ, entrepreneur Todd Spinelli has made over $480,000 selling �Ebola-C,� a wafer that claims to boost one�s immune system by providing 554% of the daily recommended amount of Vitamin C. The product hasn�t been approved by the FDA, but Spinelli claims that a doctor on his staff says it totally works. So far, Spinelli�s sold 14,000 units for $34.95 each.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 01:26

dijon du jour: Mar 27, 2013; _{I'm shy}

Leofish posted:

Here�s a dick who�s making a boatload of money by selling ebola-preventing wafers: according to TMZ, entrepreneur Todd Spinelli has made over $480,000 selling �Ebola-C,� a wafer that claims to boost one�s immune system by providing 554% of the daily recommended amount of Vitamin C. The product hasn�t been approved by the FDA, but Spinelli claims that a doctor on his staff says it totally works. So far, Spinelli�s sold 14,000 units for $34.95 each.

What the gently caress am I even doing with my life.

e: So what's the chances of getting jail time for running a scam like this? Just wanna run some cost analysis before I clean the store out of Wheat Thins.

dijon du jour has a new favorite as of 02:44 on Oct 22, 2014

# ? Oct 22, 2014 02:40

Centripetal Horse: Nov 22, 2009; Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul

dijon du jour posted:

e: So what's the chances of getting jail time for running a scam like this? Just wanna run some cost analysis before I clean the store out of Wheat Thins.

To answer that question, proceed to your nearest drug store and look at the shelves in the pharmacy area. That's right, drink it in. Now, go home and compress your leftover sawdust into pill shapes, then start shopping for yachts.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 03:10

karl fungus: May 6, 2011; Baeume sind auch Freunde

There's big money in homeopathy. Market homeopathic ebola treatments made out of water.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 03:16

HackensackBackpack: Aug 20, 2007; Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?

dijon du jour posted:

What the gently caress am I even doing with my life.

e: So what's the chances of getting jail time for running a scam like this? Just wanna run some cost analysis before I clean the store out of Wheat Thins.

Just add this disclaimer at the bottom of your website: "This product has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease."

The key is making a statement that can't be quantified. You can't say, "this will prevent ebola" but you can say "this will boost your immune system" or "this will improve your overall health."

# ? Oct 22, 2014 03:48

Bored: Jul 26, 2007; Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

As expected, a guy just has to wander in and tell all us womens what it's like to women. I also have no loving clue what the hell he's talking about with the male gynecologist comment. I went a checked the previous comments, and there is absolutely nothing up there mentioning male gynecologists. Maybe he's mad his wife's healthcare wouldn't cover any area gynecologists which weren't women or something.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 05:13

SulfurMonoxideCute: Feb 9, 2008; I was under direct orders not to die
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karl fungus posted:

Businesses need to jump on this and start marketing things with ebola in the name.

"Now ebola free!"

# ? Oct 22, 2014 05:57

Mince Pieface: Feb 1, 2006

... I don't want to read the rest of this conversation

# ? Oct 22, 2014 06:48

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

karl fungus posted:

There's big money in homeopathy. Market homeopathic ebola treatments made out of water.

Use water from the Ebola river and you'll probably be 100% in line with the actual principles of homeopathy.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 07:06

HairyManling: Jul 20, 2011; No flipping.; Fun Shoe

Bored posted:

I am having an incredibly difficult time trying to figure out what this sentence is even trying to say:

'Women don't go to male OBGYNs by choice they choose too."

# ? Oct 22, 2014 07:10

Turtlicious: Sep 17, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

HairyManling posted:

I am having an incredibly difficult time trying to figure out what this sentence is even trying to say:

'Women don't go to male OBGYNs by choice they choose too."

He's saying if female ob-GYNS were better, you'd see more ladies spreadin' the old mudflaps for the fairer docs.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 08:04

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

Mince Pieface posted:

... I don't want to read the rest of this conversation

Man he's beating the gently caress outta that strawman...

# ? Oct 22, 2014 08:52

Elysiume: Aug 13, 2009; Alone, she fights.

I agree that "data" is one of the worst parts of modern science. Who needs it!

# ? Oct 22, 2014 08:54

SulfurMonoxideCute: Feb 9, 2008; I was under direct orders not to die
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So is other people replicating results. Truth doesn't exist if other people can witness it! I don't want my peers getting the same result as me in an experiment, that's brainwashing!

# ? Oct 22, 2014 09:46

HackensackBackpack: Aug 20, 2007; Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?

My Lovely Horse posted:

Use water from the Ebola river and you'll probably be 100% in line with the actual principles of homeopathy.

Way ahead of you: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/website-claims-treat-ebola-natural-remedy-article-1.1899587

quote:

Natural News raised eyebrows Monday when it posted a blog entry with a so-called homeopathic Ebola remedy.

Ken Oftedal, a Norwegian writer, blogged that his homemade fix "could save your life and that of a loved one."

The antidote contained the following:

A face mask and gloves
Two bottles (50 ml up to 500 ml glass or plastic bottles) with caps
Clean water (mineral or tap)
An Ebola sample: some spit or other disease product, such as blood, from a person infected with Ebola, or who is suspected sick with it. Any small quantity will do, even a pinhead.
An alcoholic liquid, such as whisky, brandy, rum, etc.
Half an hour of your time

And this is the procedure:

Fill the bottle with water, leaving about 20% space at the top.
Place the Ebola sample in the water in the bottle.
Close the top of the bottle with the cap.
Hold the bottle and strike it hard against a solid surface, such as a large book, 40 times.
Pour out the contents of the bottle.
Refill the bottle with water (the fluid remaining on the inside surface of the bottle will serve as the next Ebola sample).
Repeat steps 3 to 6 a total of 30 times.

Then, drink the solution.

Oftedal wrote that because vaccine development for Ebola could take months, "you may be left to your own devices, in which case alternative self-treatment, in particular, homeopathy, would be your only hope of survival."

However, the homeopathic remedy seems more like snake oil, as the site has taken the post down as of Monday afternoon.

At this point, I think Ebola is too mainstream to wring much more out of it. You need to get in on the ground floor of the next big scare, or work more niche infections like Enterovirus D68.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 11:40

Philippe: Aug 9, 2013; (she/her)

What about flouridation? Is that still a thing?

# ? Oct 22, 2014 12:09

Fatkraken: Jun 23, 2005; Fun-time is over.

Leofish posted:

Already have: http://www.mediaite.com/online/here-are-some-people-making-quick-bucks-off-of-ebola/

even if vitamin C megadoses DID help prevent viral infection (and there is no evidence that they do, at best chowing down vitamin C like candy might help you recover from a cold a few hours faster), it's one of the cheapest vitamins to get hold of. You can buy a bottle of like 100 100% RDA vitamin C tablets for a couple of dollars from any pharmacy or supermarket. So it's not only snake oil, it's snake oil being sold for hundreds of times the price of the snake oil you can get in the snake oil aisle of any shop.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 12:14

GOTTA STAY FAI: Mar 24, 2005; ~no glitter in the gutter~
~no twilight galaxy~; College Slice

LoonShia posted:

What about flouridation? Is that still a thing?

Flour is pretty common, dude. It's still in tons of stuff.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 12:18

Stottie Kyek: Apr 26, 2008; fuckin egg in a bun

Turtlicious posted:

He's saying if female ob-GYNS were better, you'd see more ladies spreadin' the old mudflaps for the fairer docs.

I thought we did, though? Women tend to see female gynaecologists, men tend to see male urologists, and people ask GPs of the same gender for advice on their respective junk. My mum's a doctor and one of her female colleagues said she had trouble getting any practice with men's issues because everyone went to doctors of the same gender. She said "if I ever see a Peyronie's plaque, I'll put it up on the wall."

# ? Oct 22, 2014 12:21

robotsinmyhead: Nov 29, 2005; Dude, they oughta call you Piledriver!; Clever Betty

Mince Pieface posted:

... I don't want to read the rest of this conversation

I love this guy.

"Yeah it sucks and doesn't work, but it's the only option!"

# ? Oct 22, 2014 12:26

AlbieQuirky: Oct 9, 2012; Just me and my 🌊dragon🐉 hanging out

Stottie Kyek posted:

I thought we did, though? Women tend to see female gynaecologists, men tend to see male urologists, and people ask GPs of the same gender for advice on their respective junk. My mum's a doctor and one of her female colleagues said she had trouble getting any practice with men's issues because everyone went to doctors of the same gender. She said "if I ever see a Peyronie's plaque, I'll put it up on the wall."

I think the FB dude's argument was literally as stupid as "Since male gynecologists exist, claiming that women have more expertise on women's reproductive issues is invalid."

My dad had a woman urologist at one point. He liked her (not in a creepy way).

# ? Oct 22, 2014 16:51

bonestructure: Sep 25, 2008; by Ralp

Teddybear posted:

It's a condition where they (painlessly!) seize up and go stiff, often when startled. It's best seen in a breed of goats known as fainting goats.

It's very cute but it usually comes with complications.

I used to have a horse that did this.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 17:42

SulfurMonoxideCute: Feb 9, 2008; I was under direct orders not to die
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So I run with a pretty hippie, progressive crowd, and this was in response to the recent events in Canada:

Red is lacking a sense of community, it seems. That last line is magical.

As of these comments, there is no confirmation the shootings in Ottawa were ISIS related. And we have bred "home-grown" non-Muslim terrorists in the past, multiple times, far, far more often than any "Muslim attack".

# ? Oct 22, 2014 19:14

Stoatbringer: Sep 15, 2004; naw, you love it you little ho-bot

karl fungus posted:

There's big money in homeopathy. Market homeopathic ebola treatments made out of water.

Or nano silver, or herb oils, or even violin music :
http://factually.gizmodo.com/6-fake-ebola-cures-being-promoted-online-1642118276/+laceydonohue

# ? Oct 22, 2014 20:06

Mince Pieface: Feb 1, 2006

Another fault that I have, is that I'm an excellent judge of personality and character. I probably should've played more fantasy games as a kid.

Later...

# ? Oct 22, 2014 20:19

davebo: Nov 15, 2006; Parallel lines do meet, but they do it incognito; College Slice

Possibly Chicken posted:

Fun fact - more illegal immigrants have been deported under Obama than Bush. But facts shouldn't get in the way of politics.

Yes but to them all that means is that Obama let more in than Bush, because how can you deport them if they weren't already in the country? Makes you think.

# ? Oct 22, 2014 20:34