Comments by kkelly

451. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #217401 by kkelly on July 24, 2008 at 10:12 am

214, yeah, some feminists focus on trivial matters which means ALL feminists are idiots.

452. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #217395 by kkelly on July 24, 2008 at 10:10 am

I really don't get all this feminist hate. Why is it THEIR job to focus on the plight of muslim women in other countries, that's EVERYBODY's job? They live in America and the problems they address here, in our culture, SHOULD be addressed. The militant, rabid, and anti-porn variety is a thing of the past, unless I'm missing something...

453. Cardinal accuses Anglican Communion of 'spiritual Alzheimer's'

Comment #217005 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 7:28 pm

11, He means more religious intrusion on secular, spiritually empty matters.

454. Cardinal accuses Anglican Communion of 'spiritual Alzheimer's'

Comment #217001 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 7:19 pm

I love how he thinks equal rights for women and gays is a "fleeting" cultural caprice. I love how he's going to die knowing in the back of his mind, that it probably isn't.

455. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216981 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 6:42 pm

Coco, I recommend Skeptic magazine. A recent issue covered this, and it's easy to understand for the not-well-versed in science, and it's right up your alley. The new issue looks really good, too. It's about the likelihood of the evolution of intelligence.

456. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216974 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 6:26 pm

83, He's in my support group. Mondays and Wednesdays.

457. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216968 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 6:17 pm

76, I'm actually vaginaphobic.

458. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216964 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 6:13 pm

72, In regards to that point:

Can somebody explain to me how mad cow disease, BSE, which is caused by prions, can cause disease through ingestion considering proteins are destroyed before absorption? Do some proteins cross intact via invagination or something?

459. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216951 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 5:50 pm

65, you snob, I'll just stick with my box of wine.

edit: Well if you're curious enough, I could post some tastefully shot, i.e., I'm not spread-eagled in them, nudes, but I don't think too much detail would come through when I shrink them for the avatar. Plus, I tend to get banned when I do that.

460. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216945 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 5:42 pm

63, I'm 26. I'm done with school and work at a gay bar, sometimes shirtless.

461. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216941 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 5:38 pm

61, I work nights.

462. A Natural Selection

Comment #216937 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 5:36 pm

12, thank you, want to see some cock pics?

oh wait, I'm not doing that anymore. nevermind.

463. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216922 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 5:24 pm

You and me both, kid. I think 2012 marks the end of her reign of terror over the 4pm time slot.

464. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216919 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 5:19 pm

Oprah's karmic mumbo-jumbo is thought to be the main reason she's losing viewers.

465. A Natural Selection

Comment #216915 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 5:07 pm

10, I don't think so. The average shape shifted because the ratio of small beaked to large beaked shifted. The chances of several advantageous mutations, or any type really, occuring in the same gene over such a small time period are so small as to not be possible.

466. A Natural Selection

Comment #216909 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 4:48 pm

8, it was the frequency of the previous-existing alleles for beak size that changed in future generations. It wasn't like brand new mutations for beak size sprang up over and over again.

467. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216881 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 3:29 pm

152, I'm sorry, I have to take a break from ignoring you to address that idiocy.

I originally thought you were joking about lesbianism being caused by bad dating experiences, but apparently not. There are consistent structural and organizational traits in the lesbian brain that are more similar to straight males than to straight females, and these traits are extremely unlikely to have come about through life experience, as they would have to have formed early on in CNS development. Moreover, many lesbians have a disorder called polycystic ovaries, which causes an abnormal amount of androgens, masculinization, and (ding! ding! ding!) lesbianism in at least half of sufferers, in addition to obesity. Many stereotypical bulldykes (think Rosie O'Donnell) are that way because of this disorder.

Lesbianism is most likely caused by prenatal, or in the case of polycystic ovaries, pubescent, exposure to too much testosterone, whatever the cause.

Now, studies have shown that normal women feel physiological bisexual arousal from visual stimuli, so in some cases I will grant you that being spurned by males could lead a woman to explore that route. But 35-40%?! How anecdotal of you.

468. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216735 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 1:06 pm

137, goddamnit!! Your picture is making it really hard for me to stifle my poorly-orchestrated homosexual advances. Please change it to something less ursine and sexy.

469. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216727 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 12:59 pm

135, Yes it would. What do you think the marital bed in the backroom of the FLDS church is for, consumating tea parties?

470. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216715 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 12:48 pm

Let me just leave you with this, Jenlaferriere:

Chiropractic was founded by a grocer and con artist in the late 1800s who had no knowledge of medicine or even human anatomy.

471. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216705 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 12:35 pm

The new statistically- and empirically-unfounded stance from the anti-vaccine camp does not blame thimerosal anymore. They are saying that the immune response to so many antigens at such a young age causes an unknown autoimmune reaction against some part of the brain.

This will be more difficult to convince them otherwise, because autoimmunity has been hypothesized as a cause for certain mental illnesses, with good reason, and because of the sporadic cases where vaccines did trigger autism-like symptoms in children with mitochondrial disorders, who as a group, respond inadequately and inappropriately to infection.

472. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216691 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 12:14 pm

Oh, and how about those mothers who won't give their girls Gardasil because they think it might encourage promiscuity? Even if that logic were sound, there's still herpes, chlamydia, gono, etc. Yeah, the second they develop some immunity to HPV they're going to fuck around with a complete disregard for a life-long virus that periodically chars their vaginas with painful sores. People usually get infected with HPV during their first sexual relationships. How evil, in my opinion, to deny your daughter protection from something that will likely infect them during the course of their lives.

473. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216673 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 11:42 am

6, England just had its first measles fatality in some 15 years.

474. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216670 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 11:39 am

119, um, okay. I'm gay, and while I do have sexual frustrations, they aren't the result of female rejection. Whitepearl comes across to me as uptight, humorless, and actually INsecure for all her needless blustering about how confident she is. It has nothing to do with her being female (most of my favorite comics are ladies). I will agree with your compliment that she is very brave for posting a pic.

475. How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

Comment #216658 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 11:27 am

Has anybody read the Cancer special of SciAM yet? It's really good.

476. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216623 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 10:56 am

109, What I meant was that whenever I jokingly insulted you, at least in MY mind it was in jest, you felt the need to explain in depth how confident you are in yourself and how nothing anybody says could ever hurt you. It's like, get over yourself lady, it was a joke.

477. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216614 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 10:42 am

103, yes, I got off to a bad start. Try to think of me as goofy and not mean-spirited, because the tone of my writing is sometimes difficult to perceive if you're not familiar with me.

104, Is it possible for me to talk to you without you declairing yourself woman and making sure I hear you roar?

478. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216598 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 10:20 am

98, what the hell? you people can joke around but when I do it I'm trolling? From now on I'll be thuper theriouth.

479. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216585 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 10:07 am

96, which of those three outcomes describes you?

480. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216558 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 9:38 am

Bridgette Bardot (sp?) was fined by the French government for writing an open letter that criticized islam.

481. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216543 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 9:27 am

Dinah, I bet you think visual art like 2 girls, 1 cup denigrates your 'femalehood'. You. make. me. sick.

482. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216524 by kkelly on July 23, 2008 at 9:10 am

80, you're so enlightened. Are you teaching young minds the ways of the sexes? I sure hope so.

483. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #216108 by kkelly on July 22, 2008 at 6:48 pm

Really not a big deal. It's actually pretty apt that people associate islam with the stench of 1,000 homeless peoples' urine.

484. Richard Dawkins slaps creationists into the primordial soup

Comment #215883 by kkelly on July 22, 2008 at 1:09 pm

I would make my medical record public, warts and herpes and all, if it somehow resulted in less traffic deaths and HIV transmissions. Is there a website for this?

485. Surgeon General Nominee Dismisses Homosexuality Paper

Comment #215867 by kkelly on July 22, 2008 at 12:55 pm

116, Not even a little bit? It's not the same as claiming to be a catholic even though the pope says some pretty hateful things, which by comparison is politically defensible. Obama chose that church, knew for years how that pastor felt, and titled his autobiography after one of his sermons. Only when his nutbaggary became publicly known did he distance himself from the nutjob. I don't doubt for a second that Obama chose that church merely for political reasons, it being THEE church for upper-class black people in the Chicago area, and not because he agreed with everything the pastor preached. But the fact that he held the pastor in such high regard leads me to think that either he doesn't see anything wrong with people thinking that way (he's a moral relativist), or he does but has no personal integrity. He seems like the ultimate political animal to me.

486. Losing Sight of Progress

Comment #215827 by kkelly on July 22, 2008 at 12:18 pm

68, you're not alone. Apparently most of the people in this country who accept evolution only accept it partially, and think that god was necessary for speciation, or at least human speciation. To me it's obvious that those people don't actually understand it, which means high school science education is horrible because it's easy to grasp if taught. My science education in college compared to in high school was incomprehensibly superior. They don't even teach you how nerves work in high school, it's ridiculous.

487. Losing Sight of Progress

Comment #215819 by kkelly on July 22, 2008 at 12:09 pm

I like Hitchens' style but sometimes it annoys me when he's so circuitous. Also, he uses a lot of French words I don't know.

488. Losing Sight of Progress

Comment #215802 by kkelly on July 22, 2008 at 11:55 am

65, then read "the selfish gene" or "climbing mount improbable". You'll like them.

and "unweaving the rainbow" for science understanding in general.

489. Losing Sight of Progress

Comment #215788 by kkelly on July 22, 2008 at 11:26 am

59, No way. Bill Maher tapped that ball of insanity? Ew to both of them.

490. Losing Sight of Progress

Comment #215765 by kkelly on July 22, 2008 at 10:29 am

55, and rods and cones aren't the only animal cells that detect and respond to electromagnetic radiation. What about melanocytes? Somebody tell that hatchet-faced shrew to be equally incredulous about our ability to tan.

Also, I'm not an expert but there are many naturally-occuring molecules that change shape predictably when exposed to radiation of specific frequencies.

491. Losing Sight of Progress

Comment #215735 by kkelly on July 22, 2008 at 9:35 am

Am I missing something? What is so clever about Hitchens' realization? Vestigial organs have been seen as evidence of evolution since before Darwin.

492. Surgeon General Nominee Dismisses Homosexuality Paper

Comment #215336 by kkelly on July 21, 2008 at 4:46 pm

77, I'm not a troll. The one comment I made that you thought was so offensive was made when I pretended that mordy was referring to that Stanford prisoner experiment, having no idea that he was a vietnam POW. I think you're schtick is fake outrage, because nobody can seriously be that fragile.

493. Surgeon General Nominee Dismisses Homosexuality Paper

Comment #215313 by kkelly on July 21, 2008 at 4:00 pm

61, interesting, but no I wasn't trying to draw out bigotted stupidity about anal sex by supporting that position, if that's what you were implying. As you said, anal sex does come with those risks.

494. Surgeon General Nominee Dismisses Homosexuality Paper

Comment #215289 by kkelly on July 21, 2008 at 3:12 pm

49, craigslist is so dirty, seriously. When I moved to san diego I found a temporary roommate in the M4M platonic section for a week while I looked for an apartment, and the guy turned out to be a lecherous assfuck in the beginning stages of AIDS who for no reason than just to shock me would tell me about how he smuggled drugs across the border up his ass, but used floor cleaner as lube thinking it was soap, which burned him bad enough to cause rectal prolapse. No thanks.

495. Surgeon General Nominee Dismisses Homosexuality Paper

Comment #215269 by kkelly on July 21, 2008 at 2:54 pm

40, okay fine, but perhaps you still have some subconscious disgust about gays? You can't turn that off overnight.

496. Surgeon General Nominee Dismisses Homosexuality Paper

Comment #215263 by kkelly on July 21, 2008 at 2:48 pm

36, no you're still on the list, there's an intoxicating masculinity about you.

497. Surgeon General Nominee Dismisses Homosexuality Paper

Comment #215256 by kkelly on July 21, 2008 at 2:42 pm

29, a bottom as in the place to insert my penis.

498. Surgeon General Nominee Dismisses Homosexuality Paper

Comment #215234 by kkelly on July 21, 2008 at 2:13 pm

23, arrogant British internet bottom boys, I hope?