Merle Kessler: Science Laughs

[5arman]

quote blablablablablblablablbalblabl­blablabla unquote.... he should get his tongue untangled

[shandcunt]

This guys jst a jerk

[wkrepelin]

This stuff is actually pretty funny. It's true that it's not fully representative of the groups that it jabs but I don't know when that isn't true of a comedian or humorist. If you can get past the parts that jab at you and recognize that it's supposed to be funny. Thumbs up from this atheist.

[wkrepelin]

@wkrepelin grammar correction. That second to last sentence was supposed to say "If you can get past the parts that jab at you and recognize that it's supposed to be funny then it seems like pretty harmless humor." cheers.

[meboy3]

Hi! It's Kessler again, checking to see what dismissive comments the sarcastic atheists are leaving for me! I find it fascinating that they have the time to brood and sneer over this. Oh, I was talking about the Satanists of the "Satanic Cult" Satanists, not the Nietzschean/LaVeyan Satanists. You know, like the Rosemary's Baby Satanists. Oh, again, I was reading off/of the paper, because there wasn't a teleprompter. Thanks for stopping by!

[draconusi]

i didnt find it funny. 

[Koenma007]

@draconusi Its not

[8hayleyrose]

Hilarious! And dudes, if you can't laugh at yourselves, what kind of atheists are you? Learn to take a joke!

[meboy3]

Thank you all for pointing out that I don't understand humour and atheism. Oh, and Satanism too. YouTube comments are always so helpful and polite!

[DhampirBoy]

Can't watch past 2:30. I can understand the joke about Satanism backing the wrong horse, since that should be the tip off that maybe Satanists don't actually worship Satan as Christians perceive the character. (Satanists just admire the role of the "adversary".) But he doesn't know the difference between atheism and antitheism. And then the big punchline on Hitchens is, "Well, Spinoza." Logical fallacies are certainly at the root of comedy, but this is insufferable.

[TheBenJenkins]

For a speaker at a science convention, this guy is pretty stupid.

For a speaker at a comedy show, this guy isn't funny.

[SkyGrain]

If you look 40 and you don't understand the concept of being almost 100% certain that fairies don't exist, well you are not very bright. SATANISTS DONT WORSHIP SATAN,YOU F**KING IGNORANT IDIOT ! Satanists believe that they're their own god,it's a "religion" based on Nietzsche's philosophy. Ok you might say it was all humor,but i might ask-WHERE IS THE HUMOR? People are polite...

[malcolmbryant]

This bloke is full of shite. Doesn't understand atheism. And evidently doesn't understand humour. Why are some in the audience laughing? Just to be polite?

[zbboston]

@malcolmbryant doesn't understand secular humanism either...

Reading off a peice of paper he really should have taken the opportunity to get his shit straight

[Chrisfs59]

@malcolmbryant Taking this a bit too seriously aren't you? He's a comedian. Some people are laughing because they think he's funny.

[malcolmbryant]

@Chrisfs59 And most of us aren't because we know he's not. I've had toothaches funnier than this. He may be a comedian, but only in the same sense that I am a chef, or an athlete, or a philosopher i.e. a very poor excuse for one.

[jimpikles]

real shame he reads of the paper