There was something bothering me about Nisbets latest boom-boom.
It felt so... familiar.
And not in the sense that Nisbet is like Britney Spears 'Gimme More' stuck on repeat.
In the sense I heard this story before somewhere else.
I figured it out last night: Hogfather.
Nisbet is Teatime-- "I do so hope we're going to be friends..." "We're all friends here!"
"I'm an atheist...but a friendly atheist."
PZ is Death-- Remember that scene at the end, where Teatime is trying to make the little kids afraid of Death?
Teatime: "Ive caught this bogeyman!... A nasty, creepy, horrible skeleton!... A creepy man in a black robe!"
Little girl: "... Hes eating a biscuit."
Little boy: "Its only a skeleton."
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Nisbet: "They're usually angry, grumpy, uncharismatic male loners with a passion for attacking and ridiculing religious believers. Any fellow atheist who disagrees with their Don Imus rhetoric, they label as appeasers.
These "new atheists" are the dark under belly of atheism. In books, blogs, and public statements, they sell us ideological porn, sophomoric rants that feed our dark sides and reinforce our own unfair stereotypes about the "other," i.e. the religious."
Us: "... Hes holding a stuffed panda."
LOL!
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That is an AWESOME picture of PZ.
tee-hee!
I'm still waiting for the day when Nisbet throws us all for a loop and starts referring to Evolution as "Just a theory" and that asking us if we've heard the good news.
Pterry? Children's literature?! ZOMG!!11!! I don't think so.
Martin
Yeah, but he's eating a baby...
PZ is an "angry, grumpy, uncharismatic male loner" eh? Angry and grumpy I'll grant, but he seems to have attracted quite an audience (satisfies a working definition of "charisma") and has a family (so much for "loner"). Does Nisbet really want to get into a discussion of who the "uncharismatic loner" is here? Do the members of Grothe's captive audience look thrilled to be there? Even if we ignore the cherry-picking of the most flattering Grothe image vs. the least flattering PZ image, "better dressed" and "charismatic" still aren't the same thing. Nisbet's (not very) professional jealousy became tiresome long ago.
I thought that second photo in Nisbet's post was much, worse. Those girls look so bored... Definitely not the image we want to be projected. I said as much on Nisbet's blog, but surprise! He didn't approve my comment.
Yep, same here Josh. Looks like all that stuff about being "nice" and "civil" and so on is a rule that only applies to those Nisbet presumes to consider his professional rivals, and not to himself.
For the next 20 minutes AT LEAST, you are my favorite person, just for using a Discworld analogy to explain Nesbit's knuckleheaded comments.
I have this sudden urge to read Small Gods again.
"REMIND ME AGAIN, he said, HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE."
Yeah I just re-read Feet of Clay for the nth-time yesterday.
If I remember right, the next thing the kids said on the part you quoted was
"Mister you're kind of creepy"
Yep, Nisbett alright.
I have always thought that PZ was a terrible dark lord of the under world. I think we need a new one, Cheney will be out of a gig soon.
I think that whole song is stuck on repeat, anyway. It's almost as repetitive as "Supermassive Black Hole".
Hehehe, nice analogy.
@Dustin
Yeah but Supermassive Black Hole isn't anywhere near as annoying...
Nisbett should have used this picture. Actually, as soon as PZ's wikipedia entry isn't semi-protected, I'm going to replace his picture with that one.
And how can Nisbett type so much crap with such tiny little hands? They're so small. They're like doll's hands. Fragile little porcelain doll's hands.
*sigh*
I tipe html gud.
I'm constantly disappointed that PZ does not look like
this.
maxi hearts ERV for hearting PTerry
Says you. This is the best music video ever.
"It's pronounced Teh-ah-tim-eh"
1000 cool points awarded to ERV for the Discworld reference.
Spooky resemblance
This, on Edwards, from one of Nisbutt's latest posts:
I think Nisbet should toss out his tabloids and read some real books. That way, rather than obsessing over the Miley Cyrus/Selena Gomez spat or whether Adrian Grenier and Isabel Lucas are still knocking boots, he'd actually fill his empty head with something useful.
I didnt notice the doll hands before.
I was too concerned about the font color/text placement.
Im going to have nightmares now, Dustin. Thank you.
Also-- Everyone check out the pics at Zarquons. LOL Nisbet is soooo Teatime LOOOOOL!
Of course, we can tell those girls are bored. To nesbit, that's how girls always look. :-D
Not my blog, I just found the pics by googling. I think the PZ resemblance is spot-on too.
Heh, I can't get the image out of my head of Nisbet sounding just like Teatime... Brilliant analogy is brilliant.
Hogfather is (with the possible exception of Interesting Times) my absolute favorite Discworld novel. Yay! :)
A book of Pratchett beneath the bough,
A cup of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou...
ERV! Come live with me and be my love, and we will build a house in the wilderness where we can research viruses all day and read comedic fantasy... well, I was going to say all night, but at least into the early evening...
BTW, does this mean Skatje is Susan Sto Helit?
I was going to say Ysabell, but she's not that chubbeh...
"Semi-protected" just means non-registered IPs can't edit it. If you register an account, you'll be able to edit it right now. Or in a couple of days. I think there is a delay to discourage trolls.
The idea is to use many proxies to make rvs to the funny version after other people rv back to the unfunny version. Also, because it's being watched for vandalism, it isn't as productive.
Ha ha. You know the survey that Seed ran recently? When they asked what could be improved I said addition by subtraction - Get rid of Nisbit.
Moses (#30):
Misery, they tell us, loves company. I once hosted an informal survey of what people thought was broken with science blogging. Among several interesting responses to the question "What's wrong?" I received a one-word answer. . . .
Coincidentally, I just finished reading that book yesterday.