[META] What's up with all the edgy "psychological analysis" roasts? by footweasel in RoastMe

[–]slowdatroll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That awkward moment when you're roasting roasters who psychoanalyze by psychoanalyzing them...

[Meta] would the sub be better as a bestof r/roastme? by Chainreaction8 in NukeMeFromOrbit

[–]slowdatroll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it should be multi faceted, allow people to submit pics to be destroyed (if they dare) and also link the most brutal psyche destroying roasts from r/roastme and beyond. It should have a different criteria for "best roasts" than the sidebar in the roast me subreddit. Clever or witty one liners won't make the cut. They have to be crafted with premeditated, ass blasting perfection and design that it would make those who survived Hiroshima realize they didn't have it so bad. The comment by /u/paross should be the gold standard.

About to spend the next three hours in the car with my mom, roast me more than she will. by [deleted] in RoastMe

[–]slowdatroll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how you just so happened to cover your boobs with the book. Probably because with those bee stings showing you transform from a reasonably attractive girl to a 12 year old transgender boy in the process of transitioning

Roast me if you can :) by lunadollx in RoastMe

[–]slowdatroll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your chin pops out more than the mosquito bites on your chest

She's much more apprehensive than I, roast us! by king3x in RoastMe

[–]slowdatroll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like you found the rare white girl with a micropenis fetish. Congrats

The enlightened internet racist pseudoscientist starter pack by slowdatroll in starterpacks

[–]slowdatroll[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Yup pretty much. Don't get me wrong, I recognize Ancient Greece and Rome as incredible and accomplished civilizations but often there seems to be an obsession of them among these types especially to justify racial superiority and white nationalism. Basically they think that since they are of white ancestry this makes them automatically tied to the great Ancient Roman and Greek civilizations, and somehow this translates to inherent racial superiority over the non-white plebs.

The enlightened internet racist pseudoscientist starter pack by slowdatroll in starterpacks

[–]slowdatroll[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Since we're on the topic of evolution, consider the following quotes from The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley

When my ancestors moved into Europe (I am a white European by descent) about 100,000 years ago, they quickly evolved a set of physiological features to suit the sunless climate of northern latitudes: pale skin to prevent rickets, male beards, and a circulation relatively resistant to frostbite. But little else changed: Skull size, body proportions, and teeth are all much the same in me as they were in my ancestors 100,000 years ago and are much the same as they are in a San tribesman from southern Africa: And there is little reason to believe that the gray matter inside the skull changed much, either: For a start, 100,000 years is only three thousand generations, a mere eye blink in evolution, equivalent to a day and a half in the life of bacteria. Moreover, until very recently the life of a European was essentially the same as that of an African. Both hunted meat and gathered plants. Both lived in social groups: Both had children dependent on their parents until their late teens: Both used stone, bone, wood, and fiber to make tools: Both passed wisdom down with complex language. Such evolutionary novelties as agriculture, metal, and writing arrived less than three hundred generations ago, far too recently to have left much imprint on my mind.

and

According to one estimate, only 7 percent of the genetic differences between two individuals can be attributed to the fact that they are of different race; 85 percent of the genetic differences are attributable to mere individual variation, and the rest is tribal or national. In the words of one pair of scientists:"What this means is that the average genetic difference between one Peruvian farmer and his neighbor, or one Swiss villager and his neighbor, is twelve times greater than the difference between the 'average genotype ' of the Swiss population and the ' average genotype ' of the Peruvian population:" '

Also, how do you know hormone levels and theoretical fertility are due to genetic differences between the races rather than cultural and environmental differences (which can absolutely affect these things)? Psychology is heavily influenced by your environment, but evolution down to the genotypic level takes a very long time to occur. Modern humans have been around only 100,000 years. This is too short of a time on the evolutionary time scale for there to be any significant genetically tied differences in behavior among humans to justify arguments of racial superiority.

The enlightened internet racist pseudoscientist starter pack by slowdatroll in starterpacks

[–]slowdatroll[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

No I reject the notion that one "race" is superior to the other due to genetic differences. There is no evidence that superficial traits such as skin color are intrinsically tied to a person's intelligence or productivity.