VoteTedJameson posted:

I don't know if anyone else got this but I'm being flooded with "What about this OTHER tragedy" posts scolding people for being sad over Paris.

Lottery of Babylon posted:

But on the other end racism brought about civil right movements across the world that many say improved the world. Take it how u want.

Fashionable Jorts posted:

Edit: thank you for that edit.

Shayu posted:

I recently saw this on my Facebook by a friend who post this, I do not understand where he got it but I think that it may be useful information?

Fashionable Jorts posted:

Murphys Law posted:

Mince Pieface posted:

I can't wait to be an abusive rear end in a top hat and scar my child for life!!

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------> :: <-------- you clearly don't know westerners Ono......no wait, I take that back. Considering we bitch about every little subject I can see where he's coming from......I'm moving to japan.

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Utter bullshit!

And yes, New Ken makes me way more uncomfortable than that juicy slap on that perfect rear end.

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Even video games are not safe from PC culture.

Disgusting.

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Because feminism and the "SJW" ruin just about everything

Elderbean posted:

I found this hive of insanity and creepy issues about women.

https://longingfordeath.wordpress.com/page/2/

Patrick Spens posted:

It's fake you idiots

RareAcumen posted:

Incidentally, is there any thread to talk about video game controversy that's not in GBS or Imp Zone? I wanna hear more about people flipping their poo poo over Dead or Alive and Street Fighter V

mng posted:

Yeah I get that. The dialogue in the strip just looks awkward if it was presented by itself.

Pastry of the Year posted:

Sure, you may have followed Sementanks dot com on Facebook in order to keep informed about the best deals and sales on semen tanks, but you'll also appreciate their cutting-edge political commentary.

Lottery of Babylon posted:

Hey Jeff,

Congrats on finally have a fat girl in your comic, you depicted her SOOO well! I understand that not ever girl is rail thin like Dora and curvy like Faye so its nice to see a REAL woman like Marigold in your comic. I have to give you props for having the courage to tackle such a sensitive issue too. I mean she did have any rolls, or stretch marks or even a muffin top, and I think that's great. Ya, put her in a bikini, break down those walls. Your a regular Gobachev my friend. Lets just say keep up the good work, next you can depict the “fatty” Marigold having a “fat issue” and being told its okay to be fat and its whats inside that matters. You can even end it with a butt joke like you always do.

Inconclusion, the above paragraph was sarcastically written. Try not to insult women anymore Jeph, I know its not what you intended but that doesn’t meant its not what you did.

~Kearsley

Jeph Jacques posted:

So:

Basically what happened yesterday is i drank an entire bottle of whiskey, stabbed myself in the hand (not my drawing hand), had some kind of delirious breakdown in the hospital, got stitched up and sent back home.

Today I go to see the hand surgeon about my hand and a therapist about my emotions.

I guess something like this was bound to happen eventually. The monsters finally caught up. But at least I am ok. I feel very, very bad about all of this and would really like to apologize. I'm sorry.

There will be some guest comics for a few days. Thank you again for your patience.

china bot posted:

E: Anyone have a subscription here?: http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/23/6/454.full.pdf

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Current and Future Directions
Our review highlights limitations warranting further inquiry. First, the studies reviewed have overwhelmingly examined self-reported prejudice. Although individuals with stronger cognitive skills might be better at masking socially unacceptable attitudes, responses to straightforward questions about out-group attitudes are unlikely to require elaborate cognitive skills of the sort that differentiate those with lower versus higher mental abilities (for a discussion, see Hodson & Busseri, 2012). Furthermore, negative relations between mental abilities and prejudice also occur among university students (e.g., Keiller, 2010) and young children e.g., Costello & Hodson, 2014), and occur independently of education, rendering this account unlikely. However, in more complex or nuanced contexts (e.g., job-hiring decisions about candidates with ambiguous qualifications), those lower in cognitive ability may be less able to inhibit biases, failing to recognize and execute socially appropriate responses. We therefore urgently encourage the future use of nonreactive and
implicit measures of prejudice. Second, extant research has examined only Westerners, limiting the generalizability of its findings to other sociopolitical contexts. Psychological characteristics typically associated with right-wing socially conservative ideologies are also likely manifest among defenders of the status quo in totalitarian communist regimes. More research is needed to advance our understanding of social conservatism
in non-Western societies and its relations with cognitive ability, resistance to change, and out-group attitudes. Finally, associations between cognitive abilities and ideological attitudes in the economic-hierarchical
domain remain underinvestigated. Theoretically, economic (vs. social) conservatism represents an unlikely mediator (Heaven et al., 2011), but this remains untested. In closing, we want to be clear that this review does not inform the rationality, accuracy, or validity of right- or left-wing ideologies, but rather helps to illuminate cognitive factors contributing to ideological and intergroup attitudes.

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Recommended Reading
Hibbing, J. R., Smith, K. B., & Alford, J. R. (2014). Differences in negativity bias underlie variations in political ideology. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 37, 297–307. A comprehensive review of the literature on the differences between liberals and conservatives in their physio- and psychological responses to negative environmental stimuli.

Hodson, G., & Busseri, M. A. (2012). (See References). An article presenting evidence that lower metal abilities in childhood predict greater prejudice in adulthood through right-wing ideologies.

Van Hiel, A., Onraet, E., & De Pauw, S. (2010). (See References). A meta-analytic overview of research on the relation between right-wing ideologies and behavioral measures of cognitive style and ability.

Zuckerman, M., Silberman, J., & Hall, J. A. (2013). (See References). A theoretical and meta-analytical overview of research on the relation between intelligence and religiosity.

Who What Now posted:

Who wants some Pure Platinum grade insanity?

If you click one link in the IOSM thread this year... make it this one.

DudeGoofyGuy posted:

This almost makes me think that edit was ironic. Why not blame the Jews? They are actually literally pro-circumcision on the record, and also they exist (and are already a popular conspiracy target, too!). Why do the illuminati care about dicks? Why would Satanists, who don't exist in the way people think they do, but those who do are basically libertarians who believe in freedom? Why is it hilarious to me that when I see "male genital mutilation" I think MGM and therefore the former Disney park? There are so many questions. Luckily, Alex Sheppard will not rest until all answers are known.

oldpainless posted:

That was actually the sound JK Rowling made when she signed her newest book and movie deals.

Stoatbringer posted:

YOU IGNORE 3 OF 4 DAYS -
FORCE 4 DAYS ON EARTH,
THEY ALREADY EXIST.
4 HORSEMEN HAVE 4 DAYS
IN ONLY 1 EARTH ROTATION.
4 ANGLES STOOD ON 4 CORNERS.
4 CORNERS ROTATE TO 16 CORNERS
WHICH EQUAL TO 4 CORNER DAYS.
TEACHERS ARE EVIL LIARS - THE
ONEness OF GOD IS STILLness DEATH.

Wanamingo posted:

Why is it that so many people put spaces before their punctuation ?

FlyinPingu posted:

that's what makes it so crazy, it goes from kind of reasonable to "loving kids is natural" in 0 seconds flat