# 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:** 11
**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, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/201 "2013-12-09T16:13:25Z")
> [@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”. Yeah, **brazzer** has a point. By his reckoning, everyone who calls him names is _by definition_ an asshole. When you know they’re all assholes, it doesn’t matter how many of them there are. ---
**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, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/202 "2013-12-09T16:13:29Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Do you ever unblock people? At the moment, no. > [@](#): > > Just asking in case I need to break your rules again. I don’t seem to have you on my shit list . . . were you posting before under a different nickname? ---
**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, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/203 "2013-12-09T16:19:34Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > 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. Wheras you were so original with your 'It is an honor to be insulted by jersk!" gambit? Sure. ---
**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, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/204 "2013-12-09T16:24:47Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > I don’t seem to have you on my shit list . . . were you posting before under a different nickname? Nah, always me, always my real name. Meh, I’m probably misremembering. It would have been years ago. ---
**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, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/205 "2013-12-09T16:33:32Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Wheras you were so original with your 'It is an honor to be insulted by jersk!" gambit? Sure. Well you didn’t predict it. But maybe that’s more a result of your your poor intelligence than my lack of originality. ---
**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, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/206 "2013-12-09T16:41:54Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Do you ever unblock people? Just asking in case I need to break your rules again. > [@brazil84](#): > > At the moment, no. Hedging for the day nobody unblocked remains?:dubious: ---
**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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/207 "2013-12-09T16:52:24Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Well you didn’t predict it. Wheras we only have your word for it that you predicted my comments Ms. Browne. ---
**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, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/208 "2013-12-09T17:47:48Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Wheras we only have your word for it that you predicted my comments Yes, I made it up just to score rhetorical points :rolleyes: Anyway, feel free to assume for the sake of argument that your post was completely original and unpredicted. It doesn’t change the bottom line, which is that this exchange started with you asserting a conclusion without any specifics to support it. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/209 "2013-12-09T18:03:44Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Yes, I made it up just to score rhetorical points I, for one, have zero problem believing that. Sounds about your speed. ---
**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, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/210 "2013-12-09T18:17:09Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Yes, I made it up just to score rhetorical points :rolleyes: You do seem determined to get pwnage at any cost. > [@](#): > > Anyway, feel free to assume for the sake of argument that your post was completely original and unpredicted. Wheras your 'It is an honor to be insulted by the likes of you" is the epitome of originality, Mr. Bergerac? > [@](#): > > It doesn’t change the bottom line, which is that this exchange started with you asserting a conclusion without any specifics to support it. My assertion was that you were a vile, disgusting human. I’d say that is self-evident at this point. ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/211 "2013-12-09T18:21:09Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I, for one, have zero problem believing that. Sounds about your speed. I have a feeling you are projecting, but let’s do this: Provide two specific things I have done which lend credibility to your hypothesis. Provide cites, actual quotes of me, and links. In other words, put up or shut up. However I will predict right now with high confidence that you will do neither. ---
**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, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/212 "2013-12-09T18:22:29Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > You do seem determined to get pwnage at any cost. > Wheras your 'It is an honor to be insulted by the likes of you" is the epitome of originality, Mr. Bergerac? Well it did surprise you. But perhaps that’s more a result of your poor intelligence than my lack of originality. > [@](#): > > My assertion was that you were a vile, disgusting human. I’d say that is self-evident at this point. Thank you again 🙂 ---
**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, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/213 "2013-12-09T18:24:27Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Well it did surprise you.) No. Not really. ---
**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, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/214 "2013-12-09T18:28:19Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > No. Not really. Good for you Sylvia!! :rolleyes: ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/215 "2013-12-09T19:06:11Z")
God dammit Brazil, can’t you enter any thread without turning it to shit? You’re worse than Terr. ---
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/216 "2013-12-09T19:28:34Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > God dammit Brazil, can’t you enter any thread without turning it to shit? You’re worse than Terr. Damn. That’s _cold_. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/217 "2013-12-09T20:56:02Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > God dammit Brazil, can’t you enter any thread without turning it to shit? You’re worse than Terr. I don’t know if they give out warnings in the Pit…but that’s probably close… ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/218 "2013-12-09T21:04:47Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > God dammit Brazil, can’t you enter any thread without turning it to shit? With luck, the moron will soon have most of the board in his retarded personal ignore list, and will no longer feel the need to post at all. ---
**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 10, 2013, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/219 "2013-12-10T10:27:56Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > i.e. you have no actual substantive response to any argument I have made so you will just throw some insults and conclusions. See, this? This is _exactly_ what I’m talking about. You demand substantive rebuttals of completely substance-free idiocy. MRA Inanity, ‘no u’, and attempting to reframe your ignorance as a virtue aren’t arguments, you inflamed bubo. Arguments would imply some vague suggestion of sapience, whereas your posts could be recreated by giving Cleverbot a PUA manual, Fox News talking point sheet, the Turner Diaries, and a list of logical fallacies. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/220 "2013-12-10T10:40:03Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > See, this? > > This is _exactly_ what I’m talking about. > > You demand substantive rebuttals of completely substance-free idiocy. If “substance-free idiocy” means “stuff you disagree with,” then you are probably right in a sense. Here’s the first thing I said in this thread: > [@](#): > > A catch 22 is a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules. Here, the escape is pretty simple and easy: Just say something like “Sorry, I have to get up early tomorrow, but thanks anyway.” Then forget about it. A simple, reasonable, logical argument. I posted the definition of a “catch 22” and explained why it does not apply to the elevator situation. And yet you (apparently) dismiss it as “MRA inanity.” Without any kind of substantive response. So when you accuse me of being the “anti-truth” you are describing yourself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468.md?page=12)