# RO: Rebecca Watson of Skepchick, You are a \[very bad word\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 4, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468 "2013-12-04T12:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/181 "2013-12-08T20:36:22Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Randall Monroe is a piece of shit because he’s into science? …what? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/182 "2013-12-08T22:09:02Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > She wasn’t fucking 14 either you ignorant prickbucket. Folks, if you care to see proof that the kiddie diddler is a liar, check out [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661026), especially posts 1 and 44. Post 44 here: > [@Hun, Please tell me your mom will throw you out for having a boyfriend \_before\_ I become your first](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hun-please-tell-me-your-mom-will-throw-you-out-for-having-a-boyfriend-_before_-i-become-your-first/630522/44): > > Slight epilogue: she told her mom she wanted to be with me and now I’m not allowed to see her any more. I went to her house to try to say goodbye, and her mom told me “Oh, you’re fine, you’ve done nothing wrong. It’s just that she isn’t ready to have a boyfriend; she has developmental disorders, **and she isn’t 15 like she told you** ”. > > …She told me she was 16… I’m not even going to think too hard about that. So–you thought she was 16, her mommy thought the kid lied and told you she was 15…but she’s not. Therefore she’s 14…or younger. And you expressed shock at her age. 18-14=4. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/183 "2013-12-09T00:21:29Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > I wouldn’t know for sure since I don’t pay much attention to them. > > If by “vile,” you mean willing to state the truth even if it’s offensive, then yes – guilty as charged. > > On the other hand, if your argument is that I am sexually unattractive, I am happy to stipulate so for the sake of argument since it doesn’t affect the truth of anything I have said. > > So is that what you are saying? Although it’s admittedly a bit immature, I am tempted to make an observation or two about YOUR attractiveness if I feel you have opened the door to it. Nice strawman, but I questioned your intelligence, not your attractiveness, sexual or otherwise. I did so with questionable humor, but since you are (empirically) stupid as, I can see that you’d want to twist that. You can feel free to say anything about the way I look that you wish. I will give it the consideration it deserves. If you’re so poor at negging you need to practice, then by all means go ahead. I’m in it for the lolz if you want to give it a go. Or you can just block me like you do everyone else you’re afraid of. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/184 "2013-12-09T02:19:09Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > If by “vile,” you mean willing to state the truth even if it’s offensive, then yes – guilty as charged. “If by ‘shitsucking douchedrip’ you mean ‘brilliant, charming man-about-town’, then yes, I’m afraid I must reluctantly wear that label.” ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/185 "2013-12-09T02:29:17Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Once more: > > 1. We were both well within legal limits of the state of Maine; the age difference was _two years_ and we were both teenagers. > 2. “Retarded” is absolutely incorrect; I was given this impression by her mother, who mistook being transgendered for a mental deficiency, hence: > 3. The change from “her” to “him” was brought on by him accepting that he was, in fact, a FTM transgendered person. > > I know it’s nice to be able to point to someone and say, “wow, look at how terrible of a human being they are”, but this reputation I have for having “molested a retarded underaged girl”? You guys know _nothing_. Give it a fucking rest already. Criticize me for posting stupid shit when drunk, for taking a joke by Watson too seriously, placing a little too much stock in the opinion of one Phil Mason, or being an insufferable prick when it comes to alternative medicine and feminism. But this shit is getting _really_ old. Can we not make _every_ single fucking thread I make in this section about something I did over a year and a half ago which nobody (not even myself at the time!) got the details right on? _Please_? :mad: At least you never mentioned cardboard tubes…you got that goin’ for ya! ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/186 "2013-12-09T09:57:38Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Folks, if you care to see proof that the kiddie diddler is a liar, check out [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661026), especially posts 1 and 44. > > Post 44 here: > So–you thought she was 16, her mommy thought the kid lied and told you she was 15…but she’s not. Therefore she’s 14…or younger. And you expressed shock at her age. 18-14=4. Oh, I’m sorry, do we need a reminder that I didn’t know what the fuck was going on back then? Look, fuckbucket, I didn’t know what was going on. I didn’t fully understand the few hasty words his mother shared with me while she appeared to be in a hurry to get rid of me. Since then I’ve remained in contact with this person, and guess what? _He wasn’t 14 at the time_. He’s graduating from high school _this year_. I don’t know why I’m bothering at this point. You obviously don’t give a damn about the details. I’d just prefer not to be _incorrectly_ labeled a child molester when the age difference was, at most, less than 3 years. “Kiddy diddler”. What the fuck is wrong with you? I was 18 at the time, and I had it on good authority from not just her but also a close mutual friend that he was 16. At that point, worst case scenario, I was misinformed, not a “kiddy diddler”. And it turns out that he was 16. And at that point, even if he wasn’t, even if he was just 14 I’m hardly some fucking sexual predator for being misinformed and dating a girl who _still would have been legal according to [Maine law](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#Maine)_. Now give it a fucking rest. I’m going to consider it harassment if this keeps up. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/187 "2013-12-09T10:12:32Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > Nice strawman, but I questioned your intelligence, not your attractiveness, sexual or otherwise. Oh really? It looks to me like you are weaseling. Here’s what you said earlier: > [@](#): > > Ugh, ick. Are you butthurt because you’re so vile no human will touch you? So you are saying that this was simply a claim that I had poor intelligence? > [@](#): > > I did so with questionable humor, but since you are (empirically) stupid as, I can see that you’d want to twist that. Lol, please show me where I twisted your words (or manifested a desire to do so). Please quote me. Failing that, please admit I did no such thing and apologize. > [@](#): > > You can feel free to say anything about the way I look that you wish. Thank you. And do you have any objection if I re-post some of the pictures you have publicly displayed on Twitter and Instagram? I don’t think I need your permission but there’s no harm in asking. > [@](#): > > Or you can just block me like you do everyone else you’re afraid of. Lol, I block people (in general) for breaking my rules. Are ad homenim attacks your only schtick? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/188 "2013-12-09T12:11:36Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > If by “vile,” you mean willing to state the truth even if it’s offensive, then yes – guilty as charged. You, mate, wouldn’t know the truth if it walked up to you, and slapped you in the face. You are the anti-truth. You are ignorance incarnate. From your climate denial to your MRA delusions, to your farcical ‘debate’ rules, you are the very opposite of everything that even vaguely resembles truth. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/189 "2013-12-09T12:44:45Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > So is that what you are saying? Although it’s admittedly a bit immature, I am tempted to make an observation or two about YOUR attractiveness if I feel you have opened the door to it. Smooth move, bowels. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/190 "2013-12-09T13:59:24Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Smooth move, bowels. Lol, so you think it would be uncool to give **gleena** a dose of her own medicine? Please let me know, bowels 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/191 "2013-12-09T14:09:00Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > You, mate, wouldn’t know the truth if it walked up to you, and slapped you in the face. > > You are the anti-truth. You are ignorance incarnate. From your climate denial to your MRA delusions, to your farcical ‘debate’ rules, you are the very opposite of everything that even vaguely resembles truth. i.e. you have no actual substantive response to any argument I have made so you will just throw some insults and conclusions. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/192 "2013-12-09T14:46:43Z")
I had to be away from the thread over the weekend and I see that a lot has reverted back to “Watson should be creeped out by elevator guy” nonsense. Hopefully that seems more resolved that I am reading. brazil84, you really are a vile, disgusting human being. No, that is not code for ‘tells uncomfortable truths’, it is code for ‘you are a vile, disgusting human being’. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/193 "2013-12-09T14:59:01Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > brazil84, you really are a vile, disgusting human being. Thank you. As they say, the curse of a wicked man is a blessing. Or in more modern terms, the baseless insults of an arrogant fool are a compliment. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/194 "2013-12-09T14:59:17Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Lol, so you think it would be uncool to give **gleena** a dose of her own medicine? Please let me know, bowels 🙂 A stunning and witty retort! Truly, we are examining the mind of an absolute genius - a benchmark for his entire species. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/195 "2013-12-09T15:14:49Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Thank you. As they say, the curse of a wicked man is a blessing. Or in more modern terms, the baseless insults of an arrogant fool are a compliment. Well, that should make _ **gleena** _ feel better, I would say. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/196 "2013-12-09T15:22:41Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Thank you. As they say, the curse of a wicked man is a blessing. Or in more modern terms, the baseless insults of an arrogant fool are a compliment. They also say: “when everyone in the room is an asshole that is insulting you, it is probably not they who are assholes”. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/197 "2013-12-09T15:53:44Z")
Did they change the video in the link, because it is mostly her thanking people who have donated money to some cancer thing. What did I miss? ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/198 "2013-12-09T15:59:24Z")
> [@damuri ajashi](#): > > did they change the video in the link, because it is mostly her thanking people who have donated money to some cancer thing. What did i miss? 00:06 - 00:19 ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/199 "2013-12-09T16:10:37Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > They also say: “when everyone in the room is an asshole that is insulting you, it is probably not they who are assholes”. Lol, I made my last post before going into a meeting and I was wondering if you would trot out the majoritarian argument before the meeting ended. You didn’t disappoint. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/200 "2013-12-09T16:11:21Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Lol, I block people (in general) for breaking my rules. Are ad homenim attacks your only schtick? Do you ever unblock people? Just asking in case I need to break your rules again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468.md?page=11)