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By: shinobi42

shinobi42 — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:28:52 +0000

Nice. Grammatical Pwnage!

By: Fat actuary

Fat actuary — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:26:02 +0000

Henry:

Your third to last sentence should be revised as follows:

“Further, format your links correctly. Unlinked letters in linked words is just sloppy fucking blogging.”

Better grammar is your medal. Don’t say we never did anything for you.

Peace.

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By: Shinobi

Shinobi — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:36:09 +0000

Oh my god! There are unimportant grammatical and formatting errors in my post! That must mean all my points are invalid! *cries*

By: henry

henry — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:13:23 +0000

So you badmouth a podcast and don’t link to it?
Mistake the first.
Grata is 1 T, not 2.
Further, format your links correctly, unlinked letters in linked words is just sloppy fucking blogging.

I made it to the end without a fat joke.
Where’s the medal I’m getting for that?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:23:02 +0000

I didn’t hear the podcast, but it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest Dan’s comments about weight. He sent a lot of Savage Love loyalist troll traffic my way last year. Despite this, I still read his column and I still like and even admire him. Outside of weight, I usually agree with most things he writes and I respect that he uses his media platform as a place to also spread awareness of social justice issues. Although Dan is extremely enlightened, he’s still a product of the same society we all are, in which fatness is seen as a lifestyle choice and subject to change if we could just exert an iota of willpower. In short: He’s human and I can’t fault him for that.

By: shinobi42

shinobi42 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:34:38 +0000

I cant take credit for “The plural of anecdote is not data.” I read it somewhere!

Gillian you are so right about that kid. I was so annoyed when Dan was all agreeing with her. Let’s totally ignore that it could just be perceived. Fortunately sometimes my anger makes me very articulate. (Other times I end up throwing steel toed boots at people’s heads. It’s a crap shoot.)

By: Gillian

Gillian — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:43:54 +0000

That’s a great letter, it presents the info in a reasonable, friendly way.

I thought I should to the podcast before commenting on it: that kid is an ass. She thinks it’s not just her parents? Why? Based on what evidence? You’re 100% right about the confirmation bias. She actually knows thin lesbians too but they must automatically be the exception.

Oh, diet and exercise, right, it has nothing to do with the fact that the people she’s talking about are IN THEIR FIFTIES! Because middle aged straight people all have 5% body fat.

AAAAARRRRRGH! I was hoping he wasn’t going to bring up the “dyke lesbos let themselves go because they don’t have to look pretty for teh menz!” Because everybody knows women don’t have any standards, and lesbians never have the desire to look sexy for their partner. So in conclusion, we filthy lesbos need to get ourselves a man or else we’ll die of heart disease and arthritis!!!

I am awed by your restraint, I’d just be screaming swearwords at him.

By: April D

April D — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:23:31 +0000

Shinobi I love how you lay out and explain the cognitive confirmation bias. It sums up so well and succinctly what goes on for some people who refuse to believe that thin people should also be eating well and getting activity; not just us “lying, overeating, under-active” fatties.

Oh and “the plural of anecdote is not data” should be on a T-shirt