Now I'm going to hell for sure

July 3, 2007 6:40 PM

"I pitied the man and his tragically compartmentalized mind. After this day was over, I’d go back to thinking, but he would remain a retard." A trip to the Creation Museum has been done before. These people do it better.
posted by mock (16 comments total)

The Creation museum is silly and stupid, but the author of that piece is a jerk.
posted by jonmc at 6:47 PM on July 3, 2007

not better
posted by pantsrobot at 6:51 PM on July 3, 2007

Militant fundamentalists acting like jerks. End of story. Would it kill them to leave the mentally handicapped alone/

I personally am more interested in mefi's own John Scalzi (who autographed my copies of The Ghost Brigade and the Last Colony), whose readers have put up the cash for him to visit the Creation Museum and report on his findings - after he dared them to. They raised over 5 grand I think, with proceeds going to a non-profit dedicated to separation of church and state. I expect Scalzi's report will be humane, and, if nothing else, far better written.
posted by chlorus at 6:56 PM on July 3, 2007

LOL XIANS + LOL YIANS = a steaming pile of crap. Oy, what a trainwreck.
posted by wemayfreeze at 7:02 PM on July 3, 2007

LOLXIANS as an a type of agitpop artform. Compelling.
posted by delmoi at 7:05 PM on July 3, 2007

LOLXIANS, I like.

LOLRetards, not so much.
posted by empath at 7:07 PM on July 3, 2007

I didn't say why I was going to hell.
posted by mock at 7:08 PM on July 3, 2007

I don't know...I work for a nonprofit group that does advocacy work for kids with disabilities, so I'm offended by this in a sort of "official sense," but all I can keep coming back to is that this was a pretty ballsy stunt. Good for them. Think I'm going to start reading the Buffalo Beast now.
posted by infinitywaltz at 7:09 PM on July 3, 2007

eponysterical, though.
posted by empath at 7:09 PM on July 3, 2007

Indeed.
posted by infinitywaltz at 7:11 PM on July 3, 2007

I thought it was interesting how Ken Ham didn't even attempt to make any of his explanations at a level that the "mentally handicapped" reporter would have understood (had he actually been mentally handicapped, I mean).
posted by joannemerriam at 7:22 PM on July 3, 2007

I didn't say why I was going to hell.

Weak posts don't send you to hell, only purgatory, or if they're really weak, MetaTalk.
posted by jonmc at 7:23 PM on July 3, 2007

Chlorus:

Yup, probably. And I'll be going in the next couple of weeks. Folks want to see a return on their investment.
posted by jscalzi at 7:25 PM on July 3, 2007

Metafilter: monotonous and heavily policed

okay, not really
posted by pax digita at 7:30 PM on July 3, 2007

That was fucking hilarious, you humorless retards.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 7:30 PM on July 3, 2007

I must be warped, cause I liked it... the sick and twisted messing with the sick and twisted. A bit of Gonzo-style reporting. Considering how scary these people can get, especially in the southern states, I say any disguise that works is warranted, even if it may seem in poor taste.
posted by inthe80s at 7:30 PM on July 3, 2007