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Well, I'd nourished a soft spot for TYT and watched them more or less regularly. I thought they were pretty cool and liberal until I saw this video: OK, I fail at embedding again... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlCGEjjLFBE Seriously, what's wrong with those people? Buying a girl a baby doll...

Following the news on the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, I stunbled upon an American article that criticised the language used by the media: sauce. They especially criticised the German media and two Germans, a politician (who's an idiot, btw) and an expert on radiation. And...

I just had a kind of interesting but also very annoying discussion with my husband, my brother in law and his boyfriend. All three of them are trained in natural science. One is a chemist, a biologist and a clinical psychiartist. I'll give the psychiatrist credit for being half a "humanities"...

We all find it very annoying, don't we? The good old claim that Hitler was an atheist and therefore atheism is bad. Now, in her latest video, ZOMGitsCRISS walks down the same road, only in the other direction, claiming that Stalin was not an atheist, because of his religious upbringing. I don't...

It is something that has been spinning on my mind for some time so I decided to finally write it down and put up for discussion. It has always struck me as amazing how language developement resembles biological evolution. This is not to propose any "supermechanism", just about comparing...

A great atheist and humanist has died this week. You won't hear about him in the news and neither will you ever read about him in any books, not even when one day the books will give atheists their share. He was one of those humple fighters, of the small people who nevertheless fight all their...

Well, actually I'm just doing a little happy dance. I got an (English) essay back with quite good marks. I think that reading and writing here quite contributed to my writing level and getting into the habit of writing (more or less) consistent texts, so I think I should give thanx just because...

I had a discussion with my BIL about this Well, he likes to paint (and is quite good), I like to craft (mainly sewing and embroidery, yes, I know, very girly) and what really annoyed me was his kind of snobbish attitude that painting is considered art and therefore "higher culture" than crafts...

4-year old can be sued over bicicle accident Being from a country where the law says that children under 6 cannot be held responsible anyway (but parents can), and knowing about the cognitive abilities of 4 year olds (science tells us a lot, for example about their disability to judge such...

Watching Eddie Current's latest video it started me thinking about superstitious stuff I don't actually believe in but do anyway. So, here's my list: -Look the other person in the eyes when you're clinking glasses because otherwise you have 7 years of bad sex (I'm not taking Pascal's Wager on...

I have the news turned on and I'm listening with half an ear. The topic is the Chilean miners. Well, I live in what was once a mining area and there is still one mine here and they shot a short clip from that mine. And they depicted the miners as if they were praying each day before going...

European Court rules on two cases, which will cause some problems for the churches http://www.rationalskepticism.org/news-politics/european-court-of-human-rights-rules-on-two-church-cases-t12977.html

Hi folks I'm thinking about stitching up a few patches for DPRJones' EBay auction and to make it a success I'd like to know what's the patch you've been waiting for to stick onto your bag or jacket or stuff. I'm planning to do some fish with feet, but what would be slogans you'd like to have...

Since there's quite some discussion about it when to offend and when not, so I thought I'd open the debate here, too. I think we probably all agree that religion doesn't deserve any special respect, but I think people do, even if they believe stupid. Probably most of the discussion started with...

Now, this could as well go under "religion", but I thought it more appropriate here. Move if you feel different. In the current discussion about islam, muslims and comunity centres and mosques, one side repeatedly accuses the other to be racists while the other side replies with the statement...

I've let you all down :( Truthful Christian says I'm a disgrace for the atheist community and since he says so, I suppose it must be true. On the other hand, we could all share personal messages he sent for the laughter, or am I the only person getting his personal attention? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Just thought I'd share If you have something to chuckle, post it, I think we can all do with a laugh One sunny day in February 2009 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue , where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and...

Well, I've been thinking about this for a while now and since we have the news item and the blog entry I decided to open this thread. Don't get me wrong, I think a Bhurka is an abominable item that stands for the most sexist version of islam. I also fully agree that your face has to be...

OK, my favourite forum is being hacked at the moment. A forum I belong to ever sice, well, like forever, 9 years or so. Not only the forum is being hacked, also my account, which is also a moderator account. The only reasonable thing to do is to go to bed. I've send the administrator a mail...

Or how to ruin your relationship in 2 easy steps Well, just for the pure fun of it I read my horoscope in the TV programm, and because there was nothing better to do, my hubby's, too. So, guess what we got Mine told me to take lots of time for my hobby and tell my partner to basically shut off...