- Clerics in the South Pacific have fingered the key cause of climate change – homosexuals.
- Jezebel covers “Gardasil horror stories” – and commenters try to set the record straight on vaccines.
- 5 worries parents should drop, and 5 they shouldn’t.
- Let’s intersect. (From w_nightsahde.)
Not sure how homicide ranked above abuse as a worry a parent should hold on to. Abuse by parents and in dating relationships is a hell of a lot more prevalent than homicide; and the involvement of drugs and alcohol in many car accidents is ignored.
Gays cause global climate change? That’s almost as laughable as the comment about “Biblical cause and effect.”
Gays cause global climate change because they are so hot. (Well, many of them, anyway).
Must be all that Hot Gay Sex going on, warming up the entire earth.
The commenters on the Jezebel piece give me hope for humanity.
@davew: <AOL>
I enjoyed reading the coments on the Jezebel piece, it was quite obnoxious of the writter to leave out actual statistics other than ‘complications are rare’.
I’ve had D&D on the brain lately, so I’m picturing the “Clerics” wearing chainmail and wielding a shield and mace.
Be careful, though! They might be worshipping an evil-aligned god, so I’m not sure we can trust them.
Everybody make an Insight roll.
@Joshua: Is that 4E? ‘Cause I only do AD&D (aka Second Edition).
I really can’t stand Jezebel any more.
@Joshua: Can’t I just use a detect alignment spell or something?
@davew: Ditto. The commenters really let loose on the author.
@marilove: Despite the outcome, great job on getting out there the last few days for DADT. Make sure you save all the press for your ‘wall of fame’ :)
I love Jezebel, but I’m beginning to really, really hate any article they do that’s even related to science.
I’m sort of afraid to even look at it.
@Skept-artist: Thank you. :) I need to collect everything.
We were on the local news, too. So that was pretty awesome. We held a huge sign over the freeway and then had a rally. I’m still pissed. But it got everyone motivated and eventually I think we’ll get there. Of course, it always seems like it’s “eventually”….
There is a chance I’ll be involved in a few other local arrestable actions as well. I’m just glad we weren’t arrested in DC hahaha.
If the clerics keep causing trouble, we should send in some Fighters and Magic-Users with lots of hit points right away!
@Joshua: I rolled a 20 bringing my total Insight roll to 35. I think we can trust them. Although I *am* playing a Cleric.
Actually technically my current character is a hybrid bard-avenger.. but that wasn’t as convenient for the joke. Also actually typing that out made me realise how much of a munchkin that sounds like. In my defense, the entire party are hybrid bards.. you see we arn’t so much a party as a band. :)
Love the D&D references. I always play defenders. Sometimes strikers. I’m still learning but I do know I like to kill things. Ahaha.
Holy crap, I love the idea of a touring band of Hybrid Bards. That’s so genius.
I love playing Bards, too. They totally fit my style of “I don’t know what I want to do. Can’t I do everything?” Plus, who doesn’t love a character that can literally mock people to death?
If there are enough Skepchick D&Ders, we should try to run an online campaign or something. ;) Assuming somebody else volunteers to DM, that is. Organisation is not my forté… (Pronounced as such because a Bard would naturally use the musically-derived two-syllable pronunciation rather than the etymologically-implied one-syllable pronunciation, of course.)
Naughty Samoan clerics fingering homosexuals leading to rising temperatures and CO2 emissions? Sounds like a premise for some really kinky gay porn.
We actually ran a D&D campaign in which the party was a band but only the tambourine player/eye candy was a bard. The rest were just musically inclined members of other classes.
@James Fox, If the parents are the ones doing the abusing, i guess whether thay are worrying about it is a moot point.
D&D I’m in! Which ed though? I really love old-school Gnomes, but not so keen on the new Fey-Gnomes.
On the Samoa issue, it really pisses me off that Christianity has permeated and warped the awesomeness of Polynesian culture(s).
@Advocatus Diaboli: I dunno.. I was sold on the new ones with I’m a monster, Rarw
I’m kinda staggered by the DnD love being shared here… I always feel so alone (sniff) thanks guys :)