It's a really, really big "if."
I can’t help wondering if, after having established his character Dilbert as the office Everyman, Scott Adams has somehow welded himself permanently into that role– in his own perception, at least. That perhaps after such a long time of speaking to the Dilberts of America and the world, Adams has managed to convince himself that … Read more
The toupée fallacy is named for a particular example of the informal fallacy that goes something like this: All toupées look fake; I’ve never seen one that I couldn’t tell was fake. Like a lot of fallacies, it’s so painfully obvious when it’s spelled out that you might have a hard time believing that anyone … Read more
Screenshot from Firewatch Feminist Frequency has begun producing a newsletter called FREQ, and their first edition is an interview with Jane Ng. Ng is a 3D environmental artist who most recently worked on Firewatch, which looks like an amazing game. You can read the interview with her here. My favorite part about the interview, aside from … Read more
On Feb. 5th Richard Dawkins experienced a stroke while at home, on the cusp of traveling to New Zealand and Australia for a speaking tour. Fortunately it was a minor stroke, and he was allowed to return home after four days to begin recuperating. He reported later that it was a hemorrhagic stroke in the … Read more
In reply to my previous post, “Jokuvaan” made the following comment: What you are missing here is the current double standard of european mainstream feminists treating rapes differently depending of the ethnical background of the perpetrators. So far feminists have made more noise about one man comparing women to cars than about taharrush jamai or … Read more
Last Tuesday (Jan. 26th), Richard Dawkins made the following tweet: Text: “Obviously doesn’t apply to vast majority of feminists, among whom I count myself. But the minority are pernicious.” Here’s a summary of what happened next: Lindy West began a Twitter conversation with Dawkins, informing him that the woman caricatured in the video is a … Read more
The creator of a fictional character can make that character what the creator wants. Obvious, right? If you’re an author or an artist (or both), and you invent a character to be in the story you tell, you can make that character look and behave however you see fit. The only limits are in your … Read more
I took the “most likely” out, because this is just reality. Dan Lietha’s comic about Planned Parenthood: My response: The facts: Planned Parenthood services help prevent approximately 516,000 unintended pregnancies each year. Planned Parenthood provides nearly 400,000 Pap tests and nearly 500,000 breast exams each year, critical services in detecting cancer. Planned Parenthood provides nearly … Read more
Sigh. Guys, Zarya is a character in a video game. Not a real person auditioning to be your girlfriend.