I upvoted for one reason and one reason only.

The teddy bear. I shall say no more....

A date to live in infamy for teddy bears... the Teddy Bear Massacre of 2010.

A teddy bear toss is a popular Christmas season promotion at many minor and junior hockey arenas throughout North America. Fans are encouraged to bring teddy bears to the game, and to throw them onto the ice when the home team scores its first goal. The toys are then gathered up to be donated as Christmas presents to hospitals and charities -Wiki

AND THEN MARU LEAPS OUT OF THE TEDDY BEAR

>> ^xxovercastxx:

Considering how many Muslims lost their shit when a bunch of kids named a teddy bear "Mohammed", I wonder if this isn't just lots of Brits doing their own part to piss off more Muslims.


That would be simultaneously hilarious and cruel (to the kids).

Considering how many Muslims lost their shit when a bunch of kids named a teddy bear "Mohammed", I wonder if this isn't just lots of Brits doing their own part to piss off more Muslims.

you are kind of like the little teddy bear I used to have. I'd punch that thing when I was mad, and yet when I was glad it seemed to have hugged me.

Nice to know I tickle your feathers.

"I would find it far more difficult to assume that all of this was a mere accident."

So you choose to "assume" that a magic sky god waved his hands (BTW, why does god need hands?) and created everything? Why? Why is that ridiculousness easier for you to believe? Because someone told you so?

"The laws of probability state that the universe has reached a level of complexity that is statistically impossible.

I can't imagine what "laws of probability" you are referring to, or how you are applying them, or if you are just regurgitating nutter dogma. Anyhoo, watch the last couple minutes of this video (Richard Feynman story). Actually, watch the whole thing. It's a great talk. Or don't.

"Sagan's folly is to assume that the universe is too complicated for God (or "a god") to have created. But, the sheer complexity of the universe is the primary reason man believes in God in the first place. The universe is simply so complex that a Designer MUST exist."

Sagan claims nothing of the sort. Your folly is to state your assumptions about Sagan here, as if the rest of us are as uninformed as you. And claiming the complexity of the universe as the primary reason for man's belief in god is patently ridiculous. Man created God LONG before he understood the complexity of the universe (not that we truly comprehend it even now), or that a universe even existed. Your god has become a "god of the gaps". As we learn, through science, more and more about the nature of our universe and reality, he will die just like the thousands of other gods man has created and abandoned over the millenia. Well... we can all hope. There will always be nutters in need of Teddy Bears.

"Occam's Razor says that belief in an omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient deity is much more logical than assuming the universe happened all by itself."

In your world, maybe. Using the ramblings writings of a 14th century theologian to support your silly beliefs is like quoting Sarah Palin to bolster your position on energy policy. Occam's Razor is a principle, not a scientific law, not that you would understand the difference. However, if you believe that an infinitely complex being creating everything as is (with all it's complexity) with a wave of his noodly appendage is the simplest explanation, rather than 13.7 billion years of cosmic evolution that began (possibly) with a simple quantum fluctuation, you either don't understand the concept of Occam's Razor (fewest assumptions for competing theories that predict the same results), or you choose to remain comfortably ignorant.

"But the only thing worse than a religious man's zeal to get people to believe, is the atheist's zeal to make people NOT believe."

Spoken like a true zealot.

This reminds me of a question I once heard.

If I buy a teddy bear for $10.
Name the bear Mohammed.
Then sell the bear for $15.

Have I made a profit?

Thats about what I feel on this whole arguement.

Where is the truth or intelligence in saying there is no god? "Is there a god?" is a yes/no question that can't be logically answered either way. By claiming there is none you are expressing a belief in an answer without evidence to support it. (That's basic dilemma logic: if you can't conclude either way you simply do not have an answer - there is no biased burden of proof.)

The difference between Sarah Palin and a belief in God is debunkability. Will there be death panels? Nope. And my imaginary sister is very unhappy that you called her unintelligent because of her attachment to Iggy Basalt. Some girls love teddy bears without prejudice ya know...

I think the way to move forward is to chip the boulders to what they were before the moss gathered and fossilised, not to smash them to smithereens as they have been unashamedly wont to do to others in their way.

(FTR: I'm agnostic) >> ^chilaxe:


Truth and intelligence matter to a lot of people also. Shouldn't we respect those values as well? Or is Sarah Palin not a legitimate target for criticism just because her views are important to a lot of people?
Regarding the pet rock, I doubt it's in children's best interest to not raise them to be intelligent.
Surely the answer is to move society forward.

At 1:22 - I'm the one in the green sweater clapping along behind the grouchy flight attendants!
I'm also holding the teddy bear in the Customer Service line up.

This was such a fun shoot! I'm so glad to see how it turned out.

They're right that the "barely 18" type of magazines and videos often try to make the models look even less mature. Of course I don't really think this encourages pedophiles, but just men who want to see woman acting silly and girly. In the same way that people who are into bondage are not rapists.

But the larger problem is that they're secretive about their criteria. They obviously have criteria, they're just not willing to tell anyone exactly what it is. So I'll just start it off for them.

You are allowed one (1) of the following in your pornographic video:

Small tits

Pig tails

A teddy bear

Doe eyes

A schoolgirl outfit

A Lollipop

. . . Might save time to just ban everything from Japan.

>> ^demon_ix:
Poor teddy bear


He's a bear. He will be fine with his hibernation.

Poor teddy bear

My Dog from Hell

It was the day I got laid off
Boss said I was lazy

I heard that word
On my way back home
With each footstep through the snow

La-zy, laz-y, la-zy

With a cold key
In an old door
I twisted the knob

From a blue void
I stepped into the orange glow
Of my lazy world
Reeking of patchouli
And crock-pot stew

Saw my dog, Tessie, lying on the couch
Awakened from a dream

“We're professionals here,” said my boss.
“Everybody works long hours.”

Tessie blinked her
Coal-black teddy bear eyes
Smiled immediately

“You just don't get it,” said my boss.
“When you get to this level, you have to sacrifice.”

She leapt to greet me
Turning pirouettes in the air
Jumping so high
Nipping at my fingers
With her tiny hell-hound fangs

I said, “Did he sacrifice, Tessie?”
“When he bought that membership to the Denver Country Club?”
“Or when his wife toured Europe last summer?”

Tessie rolled on her back
And offered me her belly

I trudged past her to my bedroom
Loosened my tie
Collapsed on the mattress

My attache sprung open
As it hit the wall
A flurry of pseudo-code
Littered my world

“I thought you were more mature than that,” said my boss.

Like
A furry little Lipizzaner
Tessie huffed and marched
With high paws through the
Blizzard of hard copy

She laid down on my chest
Licked me on the nose

Darkly, outside my window
The winter's gloom gathered

I pushed her off
“Not now!”
Rolled to my side

All of me
Turned against the world
Wingtips
Pleated pants
Bill Blass silk tie
Yves Saint Laurent jacket

Unfazed
At the base of my back
She curled into a little ball
Facing the doorway
And guarded me from demons
As I wept