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How i feel browsing r/Atheism everyday (imgur.com)

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[–]brezzz 38 points39 points ago

The can should actually say "memes".

[–]LITERALLYbornhuetter 28 points29 points ago

Facebook screencaps

[–]kencabbit 167 points168 points ago

You should feel this way browsing /r/science or /r/askscience or one of the other actual science subreddits.

[–]evolsteve 35 points36 points ago

Don't forget http://www.reddit.com/r/shittyaskscience/ ... it's the best.

[–]allineedis42 5 points6 points ago

Thank you for that. My day is going way better now.

[–]evolsteve 6 points7 points ago

You're welcome, that's what I base my entire world view on.

[–]CircleJerkAmbassador 4 points5 points ago

The whole shitty network is amazing. My favorite is /r/shittyshitredditsays.

From the sidebar:

Current Aims:

1) the removal of /r/aww from the default subreddits for its objectification of animals

2) the deletion of /r/proper for classism and false consciousness

[–]drchaos2000 37 points38 points ago

exactly.. it pisses me off treating religion and science as opposites. i know a ton of religious scientists and even more atheists that think a lightyear is a time unit.

[–]d24nt_ban_me_again 15 points16 points ago

It's rather absurd since modern science was created by devout christians.

Sir Francis Bacon - modern scientific method, Newton - physics, Mendel - Genetics, Boyle - Chemistry, etc. They all were devout christians...

[–]fun_gus -3 points-2 points ago

A lightyear is a time unit. So is a meter. Additionally, a second can be used as a unit of distance.

Special relativity lives in spacetime. 3 spatial dimensions, 1 time dimension. In practice, the axes are usually unitless, achieved by setting c = 3.0E8m/s = 1.

Edit: Downvoted for being technically correct? Really?

[–]sunballz 2 points3 points ago

That's because you aren't actually in a science reddit. These kids don't know anything about special relativity or Einstein if it hasn't been a picture of him with a misappropriated quote.

[–]fun_gus 0 points1 point ago

But... but... atheists are the paragons of reason and 'logic' (I'm fairly certain that most of the folks on this subreddit aren't aware of what logic actually is)! Human reason is what led to our invention of special relativity... so I would expect these fine specimens to be comfortable discussing at least the theoretical preliminaries, if not the mathematical details. I suppose that the average ratheist is more concerned with finding a unified theory of everything. Far beyond my humble musings.

[–]Drahkir -3 points-2 points ago

Talk about hyperbole.

[–]j1800 -4 points-3 points ago

A scientist who is religious is not a true scientist, scientist means embracing rationality and logic. Being a scientist while believing in an invisible sky daddy is inherently contradictionary.

[–]drchaos2000 5 points6 points ago

wow... well i guess this certainly proves you are definitely not a scientific person. seriously man, this is a ridiculous thing to claim, and so close minded i am sure you would make a great inquisitor.

Werner Heisenberg, Otto Hahn, Max Planck, Louis Pasteur, Gregor Mendel... these are just a few great scientist minds, and they all practised a religion.

like it or not.. in your hate driven close minded worldview you have much more in common with those extremist retards in jesus camps or other evangelical weirdos then with free thinking atheists.

[–]bureX 10 points11 points ago

/r/science

So... how many cancer cures have we found this week?

I kid, I kid...

[–]brodiemann 2 points3 points ago

Can't forget /r/AskScienceFiction.

[–]twentyone_21 4 points5 points ago

Whatever. You are just against /r/atheism and it's logic. I should report you to /r/AntiAtheismWatch so you can report me to /r/antiantiatheismwatch.

[–]kencabbit 0 points1 point ago

Just put it in /r/thehallsofsagan.

[–]justanasiangirl 117 points118 points ago

There is very little science here.

[–]irawwwr 25 points26 points ago

Replace science with circlejerk and you've got yourself an accurate gif. Fuck this thread. Shamelessly stolen from the comments.

[–]Roh234 13 points14 points ago

That gif was stolen from /r/circlejerk.

EDIT: and /r/magicskyfairy

[–]Ifriendzonecats 80 points81 points ago

Really? I've seen a lot of incorrect information upvoted here because it fits the "atheism good, religion bad' mindset.

[–]AintGettinDatKarma 1 point2 points ago

Namely, the "fetus isn't alive because it doesn't reproduce" nonsense from a week ago.

These morons truly think that being atheists automatically means that they have even the remotest bit of scientific knowledge.

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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

If I walk away from my computer for awhile and the screen is set in the middle of a comments section, I usually have to scroll to the top to see where I am.

[–]Lermontov 39 points40 points ago

OP you must be joking.

[–]DesertTortoiseSex 5 points6 points ago

If I recall, this image is posted here now and then by people who want to make fun of the subreddit ("lolllollol look what these turds upvoted today").

Probably a few legit times too though.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

And yet....

1,614 up votes

[–]Old-Ben-Kenobi 5 points6 points ago

Yeah, I usually see this in /r/magicskyfairy when they are making fun of /r/atheism, kind of ironic to see it here.

[–]Lermontov 0 points1 point ago

I could see that.

[–]ArabesquePoplockus 0 points1 point ago

So you've read A Hero Of Our Time?

Loved that shit yo, especially since the author died in a manner befitting Pechorin.

[–]TripperDay 36 points37 points ago

Try /r/skeptic.

This place isn't scientific at all.

[–]bureX 22 points23 points ago

Nuh-huh! Not true! I'll draw a rage comic to prove you wrong!

[–]Bafungoogoo 4 points5 points ago

Ohhh, I love those things, especially when they do neat sciencey stuff!

[–]bureX 11 points12 points ago

Le scientific method

[–]WillowDRosenberg 5 points6 points ago

Well except for that time a fake quote telling skeptics to be skeptical of everything including themselves hit their frontpage.

[–]Old-Ben-Kenobi 1 point2 points ago

It's shocking how much information that makes it to the front page of larger subreddits is wrong. Half the time if people would just look at the top comment they would see someone has debunked it.

[–]northbayray 15 points16 points ago

Funny. I tend to feel that way browsing r/science.

[–]Geronimo15 51 points52 points ago

YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH A MORON IF YOU GET YOUR DOSE OF "SCIENCE" FROM THIS SHIT HOLE.

[–]Drahkir 5 points6 points ago

WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?!

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

The "Science" on that can should be replaced with "Ignorance"

[–]oreography 27 points28 points ago

Please stop posting this. It's pretentious, smug and makes you look like a 13 year old.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points ago

As opposed to how this place is normally?

[–]Aschebescher 3 points4 points ago

The problem is not the one person posting it, but the hundreds if not thousands upvoting it.

[–]ijerkoff2circlejerks 12 points13 points ago

How I feel browsing r/Atheism everyday

[–]Worst_Lurker 1 point2 points ago

you're welcome

[–]buttbuttpenis 5 points6 points ago

If you people are taking what is said in here as real science, this place is at least as damaging to yourself as religion.

[–]SiberianDante 4 points5 points ago

More like "anti-religious ignorance" for me.

[–]oltronix 10 points11 points ago

If your curiousness of the world and the inner workings of all the mechanics that makes it possible is somehow fulfilled by this circle jerk... I have no finisher, it's just sad.

[–]AloneIntheCorner 11 points12 points ago

Really? I get more of a circlejerky, elitist feel. But that's just me.

[–]godlessatheist 12 points13 points ago

This subreddit has been known to post some anti-science, and anti-historical things.

For instance that recent post about Thomas Jefferson being a non-believer when he was in fact a deist. Then there's occasionally the posts linking Horus with Jesus because you guys watched that documentary Religulous. Yeah a lot of those links between Jesus and Horus were in fact false. So no I prefer to browse /r/science and /r/askscience for science and I occasionally come here when /r/atheism has an interesting post.

[–]Drahkir 4 points5 points ago

/r/atheism has turned into a circle jerk about how /r/atheism is just a circle jerk. So meta

[–]salmoxe 30 points31 points ago

circlejerk =/= science

[–]necroforest 32 points33 points ago

Converted to atheism last week. When does my PhD in particle physics arrive?

[–]mnky9800n 4 points5 points ago

Right after you get Linux to find the Higgs Boson.

[–]Whitentaco -4 points-3 points ago

As soon as you earn it.

[–]LITERALLYbornhuetter 13 points14 points ago

I saw necroforest's (le) rage comics depicting himself owning fundies. Neil DeHitchens Sagan should be by to drop it off this week. Stay brave.

[–]necroforest 7 points8 points ago

Just yesterday I was schooling le dumbass theist on Facebook about le Higgs Boson after reading the first paragraph of the wikipedia page. That should at least be worth a Master's degree, right?

[–]call_me_young_buck 3 points4 points ago

He doesn't believe he earned it. Isn't that enough?

[–]Thizzlebot[!] 25 points26 points ago

No one gives a fuck but this made me finally hit unsubscribe. This subreddit isn't about science, it's about talking down to people and circle jerking.

[–]Erikster 3 points4 points ago

/r/magicskyfairy

[–]RonDeGrasseDawtchins 2 points3 points ago

This post was [Le]terally an x/post from /r/magicskyfairy, the last bastion of logic and reason on reddit!

[–]nnotserPx 2 points3 points ago

Sososo Brave Brave

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points ago

Instead of "science" that can should say "smug"

[–]goofygoobarock 10 points11 points ago

Shut up, neckbeard. You come here for rage comics, facebook screenshots, and pictures of Mohammed shitting in Jesus' mouth.

[–]CinemaDrAJ 7 points8 points ago

Can someone change the text on the can from "Science" to "Repost Karma" so we can have a gif to throw at these people for maximum effectiveness?

[–]whopperjunction 5 points6 points ago

I just laugh at r/atheism daily because you're too busy shoving marxism down your throats and following a single hive-minded ideology to realize any real truth.

Keep not having families, and not getting married and raising children. Keep science-'ism' at the forefront of your priorities and not natural instincts like raising a family far from your sphere of 'doing'. It's 'natures' clever little way of permanently removing your defective DNA from the planet.

Come on now, surely one of you isn't angered so much... and can have a real conversation about what I just said without getting all pissy.

Carry on drones trying to laugh and mock other lifestyles not like your own.

[–]spartaninspace -5 points-4 points ago

Protip. None of us give a fuck.

I personally don't give a shit about whether you enjoy being religious or whatever, but of you do something that flies in the face of all that is rational and intelligent, I am not going to let you off for it. Calling people on bullshit is the way to make them DEFEND what they say and make them learn. Not learn to be atheist, but learn to critically think.

[–]Old-Ben-Kenobi 2 points3 points ago

Except that most the angry atheists who post around here don't think critically. They usually try to force you to claim that in order to believe in a religion you must believe all the doctrine, that way they can use cookie cutter arguments they pick up on this subreddit without really having to think.

[–]whopperjunction -1 points0 points ago

You gave a fuck. & u mad. lol.

Learn to present evidence for your arguments. Then you can chat with me about 'being religious or whatever'

[–]spartaninspace 0 points1 point ago

I ain't even mad, haven't been for about 8 days. Talk about slowpoke.

[–]whopperjunction -1 points0 points ago

your life is meaningless. look @ you living your life on here with 4 second response time. hurry up and relieve humanity of your wasted DNA

[–]spartaninspace 0 points1 point ago

so, browsing reddit at the time of your response and replying means I have no life?

Delicious Logic.

[–]FoolsShip 4 points5 points ago

I think we can all agree that this post is silly. How did it get to the front page? For weeks I have been seeing these atheists posts on the front page that make me seriously wish I was religious. I read the comments and see that so many other people think they are stupid too. What is going on here?

[–]Worst_Lurker 0 points1 point ago

it's a big conspiracy. The fundies are posting these

[–]GreatGroovyGood 6 points7 points ago

Literally SO BRAVE!

[–]Seanofthebread112 4 points5 points ago

This makes me want a Pepsi can with "SCIENCE" written on the side.

[–]ImAFlyingWhale 1 point2 points ago

Me neither.

[–]reddification 1 point2 points ago

I remember the 4chan thread where a user requested this .gif be made. I feel like I've been reunited with an old friend.

[–]rAtheismSelfPostOnly 1 point2 points ago

no

[–]Wyndikan 1 point2 points ago

I feel the same way.

Except the can says "Repost".

[–]dimechimes 1 point2 points ago

Judging from the gif, this isn't a good thing right?

[–]solitaryman098 1 point2 points ago

When was the last time something scientific was posted here?

[–]DRodders 1 point2 points ago

Should this be 'Memes'?

[–]starscott 0 points1 point ago

How I feel browsing r/Atheism everyday

[–]Nyuker 0 points1 point ago

[r/trueatheism](www.reddit.com/r/trueatheism) is 100 times better.

[–]AbsurdityOfReality 1 point2 points ago

You can just type /r/trueatheism and it'll automatically link. ;)

[–]FUCKWIZARD 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, I love my daily dose of off-topic shit!

[–]quantumpsych 0 points1 point ago

in the middle of this episode right now, great show.

[–]stmichael71 0 points1 point ago

There is far too much identification of atheism with science and with scientolatry. I love science as much as the next guy, but let's be honest: most atheists prior to fairly recently (say, the most recent wave of Dawkins & Co.) were rather solidly anti-science, such as Nietzsche. Nothing intrinsic to atheism implies some kind of superior rationality or devotion to science. Further, science isn't the end of everything - science is a particular way of knowing, but not even exhaustive on that count.

[–]DinosaursROCKokay 0 points1 point ago

if pepsi used that can. I'd buy it.

[–]Sir_Cuntfuck69 -1 points0 points ago

Really? All r/atheism is is a bunch of Neil Degrasse Tyson dick riding faggots. That can should say "fag" on it.

[–]Whitentaco -3 points-2 points ago

You're a troll, and not a very good one at that.

[–]ArabesquePoplockus 10 points11 points ago

That's cause he's not trolling, he's just being real about it without dressing up his language.

[–]Sir_Cuntfuck69 6 points7 points ago

Or was I. But no really, that is r/atheism.

[–]kalkent -4 points-3 points ago

Never has this been more relevant

[–]kedaze 0 points1 point ago

It's almost Magic.

[–]Arrow156 -1 points0 points ago

I love how he has a disgusted look halfway through but powers through it with a smile, just like science; lots of disappointment but still best option.

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[–]AloneIntheCorner -1 points0 points ago

I'm sorry we have an accurate self-image.

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[–]AloneIntheCorner -1 points0 points ago

Stuff like this.

[–]SolusLoqui -1 points0 points ago

I like how he looks like he's about to belch or vomit. Now that's refreshment.

[–]jelly_wobble_head -4 points-3 points ago

This is one of my favourite gifs. I both resent and love you for posting it. Mostly because the nourishing nipple of sweet sweet karma isn't coming my way. Then spaghetti in my pockets or something.

[–]Joff_Mengum 2 points3 points ago

Why do you care about karma?

It's just imaginary internet points that don't mean anything.

[–]jelly_wobble_head 0 points1 point ago

The real question is why do I insist on rocking in drunk and typing away at the internet, it's that little red letter of shame in the morning that gets me. Still, I refuse to edit myself so drunk silly me will remain for the internet to judge.

[–]ChappatiMan -3 points-2 points ago

LOLOLOLOL ATHIESTS ARE TEH STUPID FUCKZ WID TEH NCKBEARDS I BET THEY HAZ NO FWENDS LOLOLOOLOL

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