Insanity: "I don't care if you landed a spacecraft on a comet, your shirt is sexist"

Holsten · 14-11-2014 07:48PM

What an absolute wagon.

Let him wear what he wants.

smash · 14-11-2014 07:49PM

He should tweet her "I'm a scientist, you're a glorified blogger... Get back in your box!"

dudara · 14-11-2014 07:52PM

If that shirt offends you, then you're probably not grown up enough for the world. The only this it hurts are my eyes!

In fact that entire article offends me. I'm female with a degree and PhD in Physics. To insinuate that I was actively "blocked" or discouraged from studying Physics is insulting to me and insulting to every excellent male I've studied under or worked alongside.

While promoting female involvement in STEM is important, articles like that are retrograde.

I've actually gone and found Matt Taylor on Twitter and sent him a message of support.

Harry Palmr · 14-11-2014 07:52PM

I hope the feminazis are happy now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHLEbIXc7O0

Duggy747 · 14-11-2014 07:59PM

A comet.

A goddamn comet.

After years and years and years of work, a probe was successfully put on a fúckin' comet.

But instead, here were are talking about a benign shirt worn by one of it's scientist who has had probably one of the most proudest moments in his life completely soiled over the reactions.

That video of him sobbing and apologising considering the monumental milestone he was a part of is depressing.

Absolutely pathetic behaviour from those painting him as some kind of sexist monster, this article and the accompanying supporters do more to demean women in science than that guy's garish shirt.

That tag at the bottom: "men who lack a fleck of perspective about what's happening in the world", good grief.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 14-11-2014 07:59PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

So he should wear a shirt with a pocket protector and a white coat?

A suit and tie perhaps, something appropriate for television, what's wrong with turning out well and looking professional.

spiritcrusher · 14-11-2014 08:02PM

The internet definitely has become absolutely loaded with abuse towards women lately, to the point where it's quite disturbing actually and on the verge of seriously getting out of control. Also a lot of the articles that speak out against it (blogs or otherwise) do have valid points that need to be made.

This isn't one of them however. I actually can't believe such a deal has been made out of this that it has effectively ruined what should be the highlight of the guy's working life. It seems more bitter and spiteful than constructive. The guy's years of input to that project is going to offer more to the world than a nit-picking blog piece that probably took half an hour to write ever will. He shouldn't forget that.

Dozen Wicked Words · 14-11-2014 08:02PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

A suit and tie perhaps, something appropriate for television, what's wrong with turning out well and looking professional.

It's a f*cking stupid post, as was your first effort in this thread.

DoYouEvenLift · 14-11-2014 08:02PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

A suit and tie perhaps, something appropriate for television, what's wrong with turning out well and looking professional.

What's wrong with wearing whatever one wants if their company/bosses allow it? This is also something that feminists want to achieve afaik

spiritcrusher wrote: »

The internet definitely has become absolutely loaded with abuse towards feminists lately, to the point where it's quite disturbing actually and on the verge of seriously getting out of control. Also a lot of the articles that speak out against it (blogs or otherwise) do have valid points that need to be made.

This isn't one of them however. I actually can't believe such a deal has been made out of this that it has effectively ruined what should be the highlight of the guy's working life. It seems more bitter and spiteful than constructive. The guy's years of input to that project is going to offer more to the world than a nit-picking blog piece that probably took half an hour to write ever will. He shouldn't forget that.

Ftfy

Timberrrrrrrr · 14-11-2014 08:08PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

A suit and tie perhaps, something appropriate for television, what's wrong with turning out well and looking professional.

Would he have sounded more intelligent to you if he had worn a suit/shirt/tie? Would you have listened more avidly to him and taken him more seriously if he was wearing a shirt and tie?

Wibbs · 14-11-2014 08:09PM

smash wrote: »

The Atlantic journalist Rose Eveleth

ha... haha.. hahahahahahahahhahahahahahhaha Oh god I needed a laugh this evening. That this moron is getting paid for this kinda guff is less amusing.

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

Just saw the clip of him crying while apologising. It's sad, because he was probably crying from the frustration of someone taking what was likely the happiest day of his life and ****ting on it with ridiculous agendas by making him into a villain. Petty cunts, those type of people.

Aye, though I'm also asking WTF is he crying for? Crying FFS. And no this isn't some boys don't cry guff, but there's a time and a bloody place. Can you imagine Richard Feynman crying over similar? Or any of the Apollo lads and lasses. Eh nope. They wouldn't have dignified it with any response. It doesn't deserve one. Some moron writes like a moron, who gives a toss. He should have turned up in the shirt again, better yet get the whole team of men and women in similar shirts and say nada.

dudara wrote: »

If that shirt offends you, then you're probably not grown up enough for the world. The only this it hurts are my eyes!

In fact that entire article offends me. I'm female with a degree and PhD in Physics. To insinuate that I was actively "blocked" or discouraged from studying Physics is insulting to me and insulting to every excellent male I've studied under or worked alongside.

While promoting female involvement in STEM is important, articles like that are retrograde.

I've actually gone and found Matt Taylor on Twitter and sent him a message of support.

+1000

DEFTLEFTHAND · 14-11-2014 08:09PM

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

It's a f*cking stupid post, as was your first effort in this thread.

It's an opinion, you're entitled to disagree, no need to get so worked up.

dudara · 14-11-2014 08:11PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Aye, though I'm also asking WTF is he crying for? Crying FFS. And no this isn't some boys don't cry guff, but there's a time and a bloody place. Can you imagine Richard Feynman crying over similar? Or any of the Apollo lads and lasses. Eh nope. They wouldn't have dignified it with any response. It doesn't deserve one. Some moron writes like a moron, who gives a toss. He should have turned up in the shirt again, better yet get the whole team of men and women in similar shirts and say nada.

If I was him, I would have actively sought out a more lurid and extreme shirt. Really give them something to complain about.

Tokyo · 14-11-2014 08:12PM

To be fair, if that shirt was hanging in my closet, I'd have a hard time wearing anything else today. I expect he opened his closet, shoved aside the sensible plain white work shirts to reveal this beauty, still packed in plastic, and he whispered "today's the day."

I need this shirt.

Gbear · 14-11-2014 08:12PM

These absolute ****ing goons are actively setting social justice backwards with their petty, spiteful and utterly asinine approach to policing people's behaviour.

It's painfully obvious by the trivia they focus on how utterly lightweight they are as intellectuals.

Dozen Wicked Words · 14-11-2014 08:14PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

It's an opinion, you're entitled to disagree, no need to get so worked up.

Yeah, you're right, apologies, I do disagree with your point but needlessly harsh, I had just read that horrendous article OP posted, misdirected anger.

RobYourBuilder · 14-11-2014 08:15PM

Aye, though I'm also asking WTF is he crying for? Crying FFS. And no this isn't some boys don't cry guff, but there's a time and a bloody place.

An emotional rollercoaster, stress, and having thousands of people publicly slate you online over a poxy shirt will do strange things to a person.

DoYouEvenLift · 14-11-2014 08:17PM

Wibbs wrote: »

ha... haha.. hahahahahahahahhahahahahahhaha Oh god I needed a laugh this evening. That this moron is getting paid for this kinda guff is less amusing.

Aye, though I'm also asking WTF is he crying for? Crying FFS. And no this isn't some boys don't cry guff, but there's a time and a bloody place. Can you imagine Richard Feynman crying over similar? Or any of the Apollo lads and lasses. Eh nope. They wouldn't have dignified it with any response. It doesn't deserve one. Some moron writes like a moron, who gives a toss. He should have turned up in the shirt again, better yet get the whole team of men and women in similar shirts and say nada.

+1000

You know how bad some extreme feminists can be, I wouldn't be surprised if this man has already been flooded with death threats. I agree though, he shouldn't have even validated the kunt that wrote it by acknowledging it with a response.

ThunbergsAreGo · 14-11-2014 08:18PM

They should have taken a diet coke break instead

smash · 14-11-2014 08:21PM

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

You know how bad some extreme feminists can be, I wouldn't be surprised if this man has already been flooded with death threats. I agree though, he shouldn't have even validated the kunt that wrote it by acknowledging it with a response.

I don't even think she's an extreme feminist. I think she wasn't even offended but she jumped on the chance to get one of her reports to go viral by making something out of nothing. In other words, she's just a fcuking asshole.

Harry Palmr · 14-11-2014 08:22PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Aye, though I'm also asking WTF is he crying for? Crying FFS. And no this isn't some boys don't cry guff, but there's a time and a bloody place. Can you imagine Richard Feynman crying over similar? Or any of the Apollo lads and lasses. Eh nope. They wouldn't have dignified it with any response. It doesn't deserve one. Some moron writes like a moron, who gives a toss. He should have turned up in the shirt again, better yet get the whole team of men and women in similar shirts and say nada.

+1000

He's probably shagged out having been living on the edge for the last few days.

Obviously he shouldn't have responded to the braying mob but I suppose he felt he had to, who knows maybe some dope at the ESA let him know he should.

Wibbs · 14-11-2014 08:22PM

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

An emotional rollercoaster, stress, and having thousands of utter morons publicly slate you online over a poxy shirt will do strange things to a person.

FYP RyB. Morons shouldn't be given a second thought ever. You may as well regard the gibbering of monkeys as valid. And that number of morons pales into the insignificance they are when ranged against the millions who see their guff as beyond idiotic.

suicide_circus · 14-11-2014 08:23PM

Would wear

Adamantium · 14-11-2014 08:24PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

A comet.

That tag at the bottom: "men who lack a fleck of perspective about what's happening in the world", good grief.

Quite ironic their lecturing on a worldly "perspective" to the guys and gals that landed on a comet 300 million miles away, the farthest deep space landing ever.

Wibbs · 14-11-2014 08:27PM

smash wrote: »

I don't even think she's an extreme feminist. I think she wasn't even offended but she jumped on the chance to get one of her reports to go viral by making something out of nothing. In other words, she's just a fcuking asshole.

Possibly S, but I'm rarely surprised by some of the utterances and beliefs of some of these mostly US based "writers" and "activists" of many persuasions. I've met some in the flesh as it were and they actually buy into this deluded stuff 100%. Social media helps them do so. The other aspect of the interwebs is that where previously eejits like this had a limited audience and much more limited chance to meet like minded eejits the online world allows them to collect together and support each other in an echo chamber of morons.

14-11-2014 08:27PM

All this constant outrage is going to do is push away the moderate folk as people get tired and sick of all this crap and the end result will be less attention to legitimate problems

Foxtrol · 14-11-2014 08:29PM

I think I'll purchase dozens of these shirts and give them out as Christmas presents.

Ficheall · 14-11-2014 08:31PM

Sales of imitations or copies of that t-shirt should get a good boost.

Wibbs · 14-11-2014 08:32PM

Better yet if the woman who made it for him in the first place gets a few quid and recognition. That would be sweet.

Sh1tbag OToole · 14-11-2014 08:33PM

There is a huge government owned building in the Utah desert with 5,000 employees painstakingly analysing every notable bit of broadcast footage, tweets, news articles to find increasingly complex ways in which the content could possibly be offensive to any race, gender or other grouping of people

Insanity: "I don't care if you landed a spacecraft on a comet, your shirt is sexist"

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