sneakyfrog posted:

seriously lacking in rip and tear that one if the idea that boobs or would make uh i guess doomperson any less

purple death ray posted:

Obviously you didn't go to college

Arivia posted:

So no. It’s okay to admit you don’t have relevant education but you’re still interested! It’s okay to admit you don’t know! Practice some humility, learn your own limits.

sneakyfrog posted:

i have guns and lasers though and a real chainsaw does that count?

quote:

"feminism?!" Arivia kramers in the door and just keeps kramering, sliding off around the room, bouncing against walls. they kramer against your toilet, busting it up big time. you get the feeling they're trying to say something to you but they're kramering at such a high velocity you just can't quite make it out. as they finally nail a window and fall out you think you hear them exclaim "I've got a degree in English and Women's Studies, that's what's so CRAZY about this" on the way down

Solice Kirsk posted:

I don't even understand what they're trying to say.

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

Oxxidation posted:

remember to spay and neuter your vets

Cythereal posted:

This is in response to someone saying they'd have liked the option to play as a woman in Doom 2016.

Solice Kirsk posted:

I don't even understand what they're trying to say.

Patrick Spens posted:

They're saying that there is so little gender presentation in Doom that caring about whether or not Doomguy is a man or a woman is dumb.

sneakyfrog posted:

cuban sandwiches are serious business. my intern ordered one without mustard or pickles last month and i almost reported him to the police

Deep Thoreau posted:

That persons post seriously reminds me of the goon chess allegory posted once.

sneakyfrog posted:

cuban sandwiches are serious business. my intern ordered one without mustard or pickles last month and i almost reported him to the police

dee eight posted:

I'd like to know more about this. Quote or link anyone?

quote:

A better analogy would be if someone walks into a championship tournament, says "GEE I THINK I MAY HAVE TRANSCENDED THE UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF YOU GRANDMASTERS HERE, WANT TO JOIN MY NEW SCHOOL OF CHESS STRATEGY?", then loses by scholar's mate twice in the first round.

This person then refuses to leave his seat, claiming that he needs additional proof that the queen in f7 actually ontologically exists before he will admit defeat, and that the rules of the CHESS ESTABLISHMENT were unfairly biased against him by disallowing the possibility of his king being able to leapfrog pieces.

Then he pulls out an ancient shopping list from 1905 and claims that "1. Eggs" means 'The King', "2. Butter" means 'can', and "3. Milk" means 'leapfrog'. This is admissible evidence for his case because he has lived according to the dictates of this list since he was a teenager, and it has drastically improved his quality of life. When the referees tell him that this makes no loving sense, he drags them into a three hour debate over the precise meaning of the words 'makes', 'no', 'loving', and 'sense'.

When people point out that there is more than enough evidence to suggest his list is just a scrap of paper from some long-dead housewife's purse, he rather proudly points out how close-minded they are in dismissing outright the possibility that the list was in fact a secret coded message on the best way to live life, originally formulated by Atlanteans and passed down through the ages disguised as everyday documents. After all, if one starts with the presupposition that such a document exists, then it would be very fair to argue that it is indeed in the form of his shopping list.

Never mind that his previous interpretations of the list led to three convictions and time served for robbery, hate crimes, and murder. These were just unfortunate misinterpretations on his part of the list's true intentions, he says. The list itself is blameless. In fact, the Atlanteans deliberately obfuscated the true meaning of the list in this way, so that it would require multiple failed misinterpretations before one would happen across its TRUE meaning, and in doing so appreciate it all the more.

In fact, he does have some evidence to back up his claims. Why, just last week during his daily meditation on the list, he felt it telling him that something good was about to happen in his future. And yesterday, wouldn't you know it, he found a twenty dollar note on the sidewalk! Evidence of the list's prophetic powers if I ever saw one. And believe him, he has many more stories where that came from.

By now, the debate has splintered off into innumerable tangents, with the one man against literally every other player and referee present at the tournament. Finally, he graciously accepts the possibility of defeat in some of the myriad topics now being covered. OK, maybe the tallest player doesn't always get to go first. Fine, I will concede that there isn't much evidence to support my third-invisible-knight hypothesis. But that's all irrelevant. What he wants to concentrate on, and what nobody has yet been able to disprove, he adds, is the ability of the king to leapfrog over other pieces.

The argument drags on for weeks. Finally, one afternoon, the beet-faced referee exhausts his last reserves of decency and throws his arms up in frustration and despair. "YOU loving RETARD, HOW CAN YOU LAY CLAIM TO KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT CHESS STRATEGY WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN GRASP THE MOST BASIC RULES!?" He shouts, just as a new entrant walks through the door. "I'm sorry," replies the man calmly, "I simply cannot discuss the rules of chess with such an 'official' if you insist on using such strong and uncouth language. Please retract your insults or I will be forced to plug my ears whenever you say anything from now on."

Seeing only this last exchange, the new entrant pipes up. "He's right, you know. If he did something wrong, then you as the referee have every right to tell him he is so, but it should be done with a patient and thorough explanation of the details of his error. Hurling ridicule at him solves nothing and won't change anyone's mind."

The lazy eye of the retarded List-following, King-leapfrogging man twitches almost unnoticeably, as he cranes his head towards the source of this new voice. A welcoming smile cracks, inch by beaming inch, across his face. He licks his lips. He clears his throat.

"So glad to know decent people like you still value a polite discussion. Care for a game?"

Paladinus posted:

If you read all her posts in the thread, she really does have a point.

Subjunctive posted:

She often does, but she always presents it in the most ridiculously hostile and condescending way, and I think that if she doesn’t invoke her Rigorous Academic Training once every eight hours someone will come and confiscate her degree. I often find myself wishing I didn’t agree with her, because she makes it so embarrassing to speak up in her defence.

Spanish Manlove posted:

I also jerk off overhand

Paladinus posted:

If you read all her posts in the thread, she really does have a point.

Subjunctive posted:

She often does, but she always presents it in the most ridiculously hostile and condescending way, and I think that if she doesn’t invoke her Rigorous Academic Training once every eight hours someone will come and confiscate her degree. I often find myself wishing I didn’t agree with her, because she makes it so embarrassing to speak up in her defence.

sneakyfrog posted:

cuban sandwiches are serious business. my intern ordered one without mustard or pickles last month and i almost reported him to the police

Picnic Princess posted:

People really have a hard time reconciling the fact women are actually just regular people, don't they?

Picnic Princess posted:

People really have a hard time reconciling the fact women are actually just regular people, don't they?

CommonShore posted:

quote:

http://reddit.com/r/cummingonfigurines

What's this? Is there some brand of figurines named Cummingon? Lets see.. god... OH NO

that poo poo

Subjunctive posted:

She often does, but she always presents it in the most ridiculously hostile and condescending way, and I think that if she doesn’t invoke her Rigorous Academic Training once every eight hours someone will come and confiscate her degree. I often find myself wishing I didn’t agree with her, because she makes it so embarrassing to speak up in her defence.

Sulla-Marius 88 posted:

This is the difficult part. The point underlying it isn't necessarily wrong, and (reading between the lines) I actually agree with her to a certain extent, but it's funny because she's criticising others for not having the (ostensibly) necessary education to discuss a complex topic like this in a productive and considerate way, and yet she is making such a complete mess of it and triggering the exact backlash against gender discussion points that she was condescendingly warning others against.

Plus she brought a thesaurus to a poop fight, that ain't gonna make you many friends

Paladinus posted:

Still, I encourage everyone to read all her posts, and actually pay attention to what is being said. Maybe even read the entire WoW thread to get more context. Even if you disagree with the poster, it's very elucidating regardless, and there are lessons to be learnt from both sides of the discussion.