Forum beers - Saturday, 1st September, Dublin

robindch

Hey folks -

The next forum beers are happening -- after an inexcusably long gap -- on Saturday week, 1st of September, in the upstairs of the Lord Edward Pub in Christchurch Place, Dublin. Hope this is enough notice!

We'll be sharing with the Dublin Skeptics in the Pub and the event's on facebook here -- and usually between thirty and fifty skeptical, beer-drinking, thirsty atheists make it along.

Post here if you think you can make it along. Or indeed if you've any beer-related religion gags.

Sonics2k

I swear you intentionally chose the night of the new season of Doctor Who!

robindch

Nope. I've a hot date with Dana that evening

^^^ Teleological fallacy.

Anyhow, don't people have VCR's these days?

LittleBook

I've been shuffling around the edges of this forum for a few weeks now, would love to meet up with you all.

My gag contribution:

You can't prove your god exists but I can prove my beer exists.

kylith

I would love to be there, but it'll most definitely be after Doctor Who.

Sarky

Bloody dublin-centric country... I might make it. We'll see. I suppose I do have the advantage of not giving a rat's ass about Dr.Who.

Penn

Probably won't make it as friend is coming home from Canada that weekend so probably going out locally. If not I might try and wander up.

Beer/Religion Gag:
Thou shalt not lie with beer-goggled womankind as with womankind; it is abomination

Dades

As mentioned to Robin already - almost certainly not.
Flying back from holidays that day... any appearance would be miraculous!

Have fun, though!

robindch

Nope. I've a hot date with Dana that evening

robindch wrote: »

Anyhow, don't people have VCR's these days?

VCRs? What century are you living in man?

Galvasean

Nope. I've a hot date with Dana that evening

I know as atheists we aren't allowed have Gods... but what about spirits?

Turtwig

I guess if anything this thread has served to remind me that I really should give Dr. Who a chance sometime.

Dades

Galvasean wrote: »

I know as atheists we aren't allowed have Gods... but what about spirits?

Bear in mind the afterlife!

Sonics2k

Dades wrote: »

Beer in mind the afterlife!

Fixedededed

kylith

robindch wrote: »

^^^ Teleological fallacy.

Anyhow, don't people have VCR's these days?

Are you seriously suggesting that I watch Doctor Who after other people!? Are you mad!?

robindch

Nope. I've a hot date with Dana that evening

From YLYL:

legspin

Oh ffs.
Other plans already made.

Corkfeen

Sonics2k wrote: »

I swear you intentionally chose the night of the new season of Doctor Who!

I'm in Cork so wouldn't be able to go but decided to open topic anyway. Glad I did now....

condra

Is the venue bisexual-albino-dwarf friendly, and do you have a harassment policy in place?

Obviously we should do everything we can to make sure nobody is invited for coffee or offended by jewellery.

decimatio

Sarky wrote: »

Bloody dublin-centric country... I might make it. We'll see. I suppose I do have the advantage of not giving a rat's ass about Dr.Who.

Blasphemy! How dare you speak ill of our Time Lord!

ShooterSF

condra wrote: »

Is the venue bisexual-albino-dwarf friendly, and do you have a harassment policy in place?

Obviously we should do everything we can to make sure nobody is invited for coffee or offended by jewellery.

Yes it's a two harassment minimum! I might make this if I can travel down and there's nothing on in work that night. Saturday's are tough!

Dades

I hope the Lord Edward Pub has a lift elevator!

robindch

Nope. I've a hot date with Dana that evening

An elevator?

Oh, Christ.

Doctor DooM

Again ye've managed to pick a day I will be in Galway

lazygal

Can you go if you don't drink beer? Is wine too 'churchy'?

LittleBook

condra wrote: »

Is the venue bisexual-albino-dwarf friendly, and do you have a harassment policy in place?

Obviously we should do everything we can to make sure nobody is invited for coffee or offended by jewellery.

That reminds me ... I have just the t-shirt to wear on the night.

robindch

Nope. I've a hot date with Dana that evening

lazygal wrote: »

Is wine too 'churchy'?

Not if it doesn't start off the evening as water.

condra wrote: »

[...] do you have a harassment policy in place?

At this point, we have two policies:

First, for Saturday evening only, the Lord Edward will be referred to as "The Lady Edwina" 50% of the time.

Second, the first person who mentions elevatorgate will be tipped down the nearest personhole.

doctor who

Mistress 69

Sarky wrote: »

Bloody dublin-centric country... I might make it. We'll see. I suppose I do have the advantage of not giving a rat's ass about Dr.Who.

The only good Dr Who is David Tennant!

ShooterSF

Mistress 69 wrote: »

The only good Dr Who is David Tennant!

Tom Baker and I feel you should feel bad for this statement.

The Mad Hatter

Mistress 69 wrote: »

The only good Dr Who is David Tennant!

And Matt Smith. And Tom Baker. And Peter Davidson. And William Hartnell. And Jon Pertwee. And Paul McGann.

The Mad Hatter

Oh, and as regards the topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J6-3l3hCm0

Mistress 69

wHooa! I meant that he is the only good one from a womans point of view, more of a basic instinct thing and thats just the way it is.

Mistress 69

Mistress 69 wrote: »

wHooa! I meant that he is the only good one from a womans point of view, more of a basic instinct thing and thats just the way it is.

speak for yourself like



he is dreamy though...

ShooterSF

Mistress 69 wrote: »

wHooa! I meant that he is the only good one from a womans point of view, more of a basic instinct thing and thats just the way it is.

I refuse to live in a world where women don't find Tom Baker dreamy so I'm going to pretend you're all men!

Dades

Mistress 69 wrote: »

wHooa! I meant that he is the only good one from a womans point of view, more of a basic instinct thing and thats just the way it is.

I really hope I never see David Tennant do the "Basic Instinct" thing. :pac:

The Mad Hatter

Mistress 69 wrote: »

wHooa! I meant that he is the only good one from a womans point of view, more of a basic instinct thing and thats just the way it is.

Ohhhh, ok. In that case, drop Jon Pertwee from my list.

Mistress 69

Dades wrote: »

I really hope I never see David Tennant do the "Basic Instinct" thing. :pac:

I was hoping he would take me for a ride in the tardis:eek:

Turtwig

Ok, I have absolutely idea what anyone is speaking about now. . .:o
(Never thought I'd be saying that for an A&A thread.)

Doctor DooM

I feel I am going to have to mention Karen Gillan here.

Purely for the sake of equality, mind.

Mistress 69

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Doctor DooM wrote: »

I feel I am going to have to mention Karen Gillan here.

Purely for the sake of equality, mind.

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I Think Doctor DooM, you are going to need a Tardis for that or at the very least a sonic screwdriver:pac:

robindch

Nope. I've a hot date with Dana that evening

kylith

Mistress 69 wrote: »

wHooa! I meant that he is the only good one from a womans point of view, more of a basic instinct thing and thats just the way it is.

bluewolf wrote: »

speak for yourself like



he is dreamy though...

He is dreamy, but is he as dreamy as Paul McGann. I would give my left bosom for a series or movie about the Time War starring Paul McGann...

ShooterSF wrote: »

I refuse to live in a world where women don't find Tom Baker dreamy so I'm going to pretend you're all men!

I find him dreamy, so I get to still be a woman, yay!

MagicMarker

Have to say I've never watched Doctor Who, mainly because it looks bloody awful.

Gbear

BOO!!! DUBLIN!!! BOO!!!! :mad:

fitz0

MagicMarker wrote: »

Have to say I've never watched Doctor Who, mainly because it looks bloody awful.

Get out.

dlofnep

Ah, I'd love to go to this - I'm going to be in the Gaeltacht on the 1st. Been organising it the last few weeks. Will try make it to the next one

Galvasean

Nope. I've a hot date with Dana that evening

You're all a bunch of nerds.

Can we talk about Star Trek now?

ShooterSF

Galvasean wrote: »

You're all a bunch of nerds.

Can we talk about Star Trek now?

Ooh I like lightsabres!

Improbable

Nope. I've a hot date with Dana that evening

It occurs to me that I've been enlightening and and entertaining you all for over two years and yet my manners have been lacking such that I have never graced you all with the pleasure of being in my presence. I believe the time is ripe to rectify this egregious error.

Doctor DooM

I'd let her start my time rotor any day, it's true.

Doctor DooM

MagicMarker wrote: »

Have to say I've never watched Doctor Who, mainly because it looks bloody awful.

Ok, after this post I will stop off topicing, but IMO Dr Who is definitely one of the "good" programmes out there.

It's kids TV which has established the following in the new series- which is only the smallest fragment of its run:

In the future, no one cares what sexuality you are. Old women are shown as a married couple, and no one flinches or even passes comment. A male companion flirts with the Doctor as much as some of the female. Never is it played out in a camp way: these are merely subtle parts to the characters (in the case of Jack Harkness, he was pretty much the action hero of the piece. Compare that to most modern tv's depiction of gay or bi men.)

"The church" is an out and out military organisation, in which things like priests and bishops are ranks.

The devil of ancient human legends is simply an alien of immense power from before our time, and can be tricked and beaten with sufficient scientific knowledge and brainpower.

Angels are the most evil thing in existence. DO. NOT. BLINK.

The ancient oracles of roman times were off their tits on volcanic gasses.

The magic of witches et al in our own past are simply sufficiently advanced science and cease to be threatening or amazing when understood.

Vampires are fish.

The main character is a powerful, old entity who is mistaken by many to be a/the god, but when his hubris leads him to act as one and start believing it, the natural forces of the universe reassert themselves and punish him with "death".

The same character, who is a heroic figure often, makes difficult choices so others do not have to bear that burden, such as lying to an alternate version of a companion and effectively leaving her to die. Heroism is not patriotism or being a super hero in the Who universe: it's trying to do your best in impossible circumstances, which I believe is a much better message for kids.

It could be argued that the entire first 5 series overarcing plot was about the true horros of war: The doctor is a character who has commited genocide to save the rest of the universe from his own race, and he is a sometimes angry, manic and unpredictable "god" for the first 2 series or so until his "humanity" reasserts itself. He pretty much says this at the end of series 4.

It's often said that the theme of the whole series since it began is that "intellect and romance triumphs over brute force and cynicism." You can even buy a t shirt that says that.


Not to mention the series started as a part educational science series for kids- what more do you need?