# Hardly worth a pitting, but still: Evil Captor's a wimmin's libber **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 30, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415 "2006-10-30T05:53:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/1 "2006-10-30T05:53:20Z")
In the [funniest](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15446953) post I’ve read today, the Dope’s squickiest misogynist signs off on the non-sexism of judging a professional woman based solely on her hotness factor. Well done, **Jet Jaguar** , you’ve earned EC’s imprimatur as a feminist. Up next: Phred Phelps will assure you that you’re not a homophobe. I love this board. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/2 "2006-10-30T05:54:32Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] In the [funniest](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15446953) post I’ve read today, the Dope’s squickiest misogynist signs off on the non-sexism of judging a professional woman based solely on her hotness factor. Well done, **Jet Jaguar** , you’ve earned EC’s imprimatur as a feminist. Up next: Phred Phelps will assure you that you’re not a homophobe. I love this board. [/QUOTE] Well THAT was a weird clipboard flub. Here’s the correct link: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7915369&postcount=31](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7915369&postcount=31) ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/3 "2006-10-30T08:11:43Z")
Meh, don’t think much of your actual pitting, but _dammit_ that’s an awesome picture in your first link! If I could find it in 1280x1024 my life would be complete. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/4 "2006-10-30T08:58:12Z")
**EC** a misogynist? got any evidence? And no, I don’t consider being into bondage as evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/5 "2006-10-30T09:06:12Z")
[QUOTE=Mbossa] Meh, don’t think much of your actual pitting, but _dammit_ that’s an awesome picture in your first link! If I could find it in 1280x1024 my life would be complete. [/QUOTE] Oooooo, SPARKLY! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/6 "2006-10-30T09:15:48Z")
[QUOTE=Mbossa] Meh, don’t think much of your actual pitting, but _dammit_ that’s an awesome picture in your first link! If I could find it in 1280x1024 my life would be complete. [/QUOTE] [Here you go](http://sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=ssc2006-19a) – available in 360x450, 720x900 and 2400x3000. OK, so no 1280x1024, but everything else. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/7 "2006-10-30T14:28:18Z")
I’ve downloaded, cropped, and resized the big one, and now it’s my new wallpaper. Thanks! ( **Evil Captor** who?) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/8 "2006-10-30T14:45:15Z")
[QUOTE=Taber] **EC** a misogynist? got any evidence? And no, I don’t consider being into bondage as evidence. [/QUOTE] ditto ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/9 "2006-10-30T15:00:47Z")
Back to the OP and whether Denise Richards could pass as a scientific researcher, and whether that make **EC** a misogynist, I have but one question: Do you think I could see that with my telescope, or would it be too feint? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/10 "2006-10-30T15:03:14Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Back to the OP and whether Denise Richards could pass as a scientific researcher, and whether that make **EC** a misogynist, I have but one question: Do you think I could see that with my telescope, or would it be too feint? [/QUOTE] Er, faint. Last year I got a cool loose a word a day calander. I’m only up too page four, though. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/11 "2006-10-30T15:16:46Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] In the [funniest](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15446953) post I’ve read today, the Dope’s squickiest misogynist signs off on the non-sexism of judging a professional woman based solely on her hotness factor. Well done, **Jet Jaguar** , you’ve earned EC’s imprimatur as a feminist. Up next: Phred Phelps will assure you that you’re not a homophobe. [/QUOTE] After that, \lissener\ will lecture on modesty and well-reasoned responses. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/12 "2006-10-30T15:33:03Z")
[QUOTE=CandidGamera] After that, \lissener\ will lecture on modesty and well-reasoned responses. 😃 [/QUOTE] Teach us, O great one, about coding! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/13 "2006-10-30T15:36:02Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] Teach us, O great one, about coding! Daniel [/QUOTE] Indeed. LiveJournal has just ruined me for SDMB-style coding. I think I’ve done that half a dozen times in the last couple of months. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/14 "2006-10-30T15:37:14Z")
No worries. I can’t even spell my own name right half the time. Danile ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/15 "2006-10-30T15:53:04Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I have but one question: Do you think I could see that with my telescope, or would it be too feint? [/QUOTE] Well, its 6th magnitude, so you should be able to, but it might be rather diffuse – [link](http://www.seds.org/~spider/spider/Vars/casA.html). You know, I think this might be the most random hijacking of a thread ever. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/16 "2006-10-30T15:57:43Z")
[QUOTE=Angua] You know, I think this might be the most random hijacking of a thread ever. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but the thread deserv Ooh, shiny! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/17 "2006-10-30T16:01:25Z")
[QUOTE=Angua] [Here you go](http://sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=ssc2006-19a) – available in 360x450, 720x900 and 2400x3000. OK, so no 1280x1024, but everything else. 😉 [/QUOTE] That blowed up real good! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/18 "2006-10-30T16:13:24Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] I’ve downloaded, cropped, and resized the big one, and now it’s my new wallpaper. Thanks! [/QUOTE] Me too. Hubble pics are my usual source for wallpaper. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/19 "2006-10-30T16:15:49Z")
[QUOTE=Angua] Well, its 6th magnitude, so you should be able to, [/QUOTE] From the roof of my city apartment, it may be problematic. Remember a few years ago, when Mars was going to be really close and would appear as big as the full moon and you could get a tan by it? Through my 'scope, it looked like nothing more that an amorphous squiggly orange dot. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415/20 "2006-10-30T16:27:02Z")
You folks need to check out [the astronomy picture of the day site](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html) . Look at the archive. A splendid time is guaranteed for all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardly-worth-a-pitting-but-still-evil-captors-a-wimmins-libber/378415.md?page=2)