Slymepit

{{internet}}{{cquote|Slymepit – A forum/opposite of a fan club dedicated to hateful obsession with [[Skepchick]]s and [[FreeThoughtBlogs]]. Think [[4chan]] but obsessed with a very small number of people. They make photoshops, videos, write stories, tell rape/PTSD jokes, come up with crude nicknames, stalk our home addresses, work places, and use hospitalizations to start STD rumors — that sort of thing.|||Ashley F. Miller}}
The "'''Slymepit'''" was a discussion board that began as a series of completely unhinged discussion threads, originally going by the name "The SlimePit", on the [[ScienceBlogs]] site of virologist-blogger Abbie "ERV" Smith. Started in the wake of [[Elevatorgate]] and populated by vocal [[Misogynist|misogynists]], confessed [[troll]]s, and [[asshole|other lost souls]], they were forced to move to a separate site as a result of National Geographic's takeover of ScienceBlogs. Its entire reason for existing was to create a massive circlejerk around the [[meme]] that "[[Atheism Plus|feminism]] is poisoning [[atheism]]," and as a result was heavily dominated by the kind of atheists who tend to prefer leaving their prejudices about [[women]], [[economics]], and occasionally [[race]] unexamined (or, more often than not, cheerfully embrace them).<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2015/04/28/the-slymepit-documented/ The Slymepit, Documented]</ref>

Its existence was more sad and pathetic than anything else; outside their prejudices, a lot of Slymepitters were formerly respected, but have been largely ostracized from the more self-questioning sides of [[skepticism]], and therefore see themselves as [[persecution complex|being bullied by mean ol' women]] and [[mangina]]s. There's 
some
 a lot of overlap with the [[men's rights movement]] here.<ref>[https://storify.com/Jadehawk/secular-woman-atheist-ireland-the-actual-fucking-e A nice collection of Slymepitters on twitter going full MRA and Gamergate]</ref> One of the Slymepit's greatest "achievements" was their shameless exploitation of a mentally disturbed woman to "get back" at [[PZ Myers]].<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/01/27/disgraceful-exploitation/#more-26840 Disgraceful exploitation]</ref> 

The term 'Slymepitter' is also used more broadly to describe anyone whose comments and behaviour (such as defending rapists or committing rape) would be lauded there, even if they themselves have never been part of the group.  It follows logically from the above that it is appropriate to apply the term to a person who has committed rape.  Thus, it is deductively valid to conclude that a person who allows Slymepitters to post on a forum harbors rapists.  Pathetically, they lose all credibility when they deny this.

The Slymepit shut down for commenting at the end of October 2022.<ref>[http://slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=513161#p513161 post], [https://web.archive.org/web/20230608114553/http://slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=513161#p513161 archive]</ref><ref>https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/04/21/i-was-wondering-what-that-stench-was/</ref>

== Slymepit dislikes ==
{{cquote|Content note: Pretty much everything. [[Racism]], [[misogyny]], [[homophobia]], [[transphobia]],<ref>[http://archive.is/DbZxo Tranny Lego]</ref> [[rape]] jokes, [[Rape apologists|rape denial]], threats of violence, and more, too much to thoroughly trigger-warn. (...) the deliberate misgendering of [[Transgender|trans people]], [[anti-Semitism]], [[polyamory]]-[[shaming]], fat-shaming, mental-illness]-shaming, [[Sexually transmitted disease|sexually-transmitted-disease]] shaming.|||[[Greta Christina]]<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2015/04/28/the-slymepit-documented/ The Slymepit, Documented]</ref>}}
[[Talk:Thunderf00t/Archive2#Linked_by_the_.5Bredacted_by_the_Femistasi.5D|They don't particularly like RationalWiki]], and have adopted Slymepitter [[List of Internet kooks|Franc Hoggle]]'s term "baboons" used originally to describe PZ Myers and [[Pharyngula]]. They also really don't like [[Rebecca Watson]], [[PZ Myers]], [[Jey McCreight]], or anyone who calls them out on their crap, generally referring to such individuals as "[[Manosphere glossary#Cuck|cucks]]" and "[[White knighting|white knights]]".<ref>A google search gives too many examples to list, including some where they [http://www.slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=444&p=332808 combine them together]</ref> The entire exercise seems to be one enormous justification for being allowed to [[Elevatorgate|hit on women on elevators]] in the wee hours of the morning. A bit of a productivity waste, eh?<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2015/04/meet-the-slyme-pit/ Meet the Slyme Pit]</ref><ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2015/04/meet-the-slyme-pit-2/ Meet the Slyme Pit 2]</ref>

== Slymepit satire ==
Prior to its demise, the Slymepit was infamous for the terrible quality of their 'parody' and 'satirical' photoshopped images. Not all images featured on the Slymepit were created by regulars; some of the images made elsewhere were posted [[Plagiarism|without any attribution]]. Sometimes images of a similar calibre were misattributed to the Slymepit (presumably due to having the same preoccupations). If your parents wondered where the humour was in any of these, they were not alone. Like [[manosphere]] image macros<ref>http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2016/02/06/mens-rights-memes-that-make-you-go-wat</ref> and [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theorist]] propaganda posters, [[logic]], legibility and laughter took a very definite back seat to the attempt to play up to the group's own prejudices and talking points.

===This is what passed for satire there===
See how many of the following make any sense to you without accompanying explanation.
<gallery widths="180px" heights="200px" >
File:Standdowngentlemen.jpg|"Stand down, gentlemen."
File:Pharyngulanhas.jpg|"Pharyngulanhas."
File:GTAvicenna.jpg|"Grand Theft Avicenna."
File:RichardCarrierAnalog.jpg|"Analog Bullshit Detector" for [[Richard Carrier]]. (Okay, this is a ''bit'' funny.)
</gallery>
For your own safety, try to contain your mirth.

=== Godfrey Elfwick ===
Godfrey Elfwick was a twitter persona from the Slymepit meant to parody their favorite boogeyman: [[social justice warrior|"SJWs"]]. Godfrey managed to prank the [[BBC]] and the British media in two separate instances. In the first prank, he was invited by the BBC to speak as someone who had never seen [[Star Wars]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OEtwtV9koE BBC World Service] with Elfwick as a guest</ref> He also went on Twitter with #WrongSkin where he claimed he feels he was a person of colour trapped in a wrong body.<ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/wrongskin-twitter-campaign-white-man-5872674 #WrongSkin: Twitter campaign by white man who 'identifies as being black' goes viral] Mirror.UK</ref> The Slymepit Godfrey gave up his account by the end of 2015. A new Elfwick reappeared in early 2016, but this account is managed by another person, unknown to the original Elfwick.

===The Demise of the Slymepit ===
In 2020, the Slymepit raged against vaccination and in support of the Taliban. In 2022, the Slymepit enthusiastically supported Vladimir Putin and his attack on Ukraine, heaping praise on the "denazification" goals of the attack, and mocking the suffering of the Ukrainian people.  Commonly posted memes compare Ukrainian women and children, including infants, to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, mocking both for their fears of sexual assault while excusing or even glorifying the assailants, openly praising the equivalences between the two groups.   It is almost as bad as before 2020, when posters to the Slymepit explicitly endorsed misogyny, slavery, Richard Dawkins, and genocide.

In October 2022, the admin decided to close the forums for posting due to the site being "a complete travesty of what it used to be, and serves no purpose".<ref>[https://www.slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=565&start=1440#p513161 Re: Back to Conspiratoria]. Lsuoma, Slymepit, 20 October 2022.</ref> As of May 2023 the site is still up in a read-only state.

==See also==
*[[Elision]] 
*[[Gamergate]]: Gee, what's this link doing here?
*[[Privilege]]: A concept that a great many Slymepitters seem to have a major problem understanding.
*[[Thunderf00t]]: A fallen star and Slymepit hero.<ref>Slymepitters will tell you they aren't a fan of him, yet they will jump in to defend him every time he gets into a fight with "SJWs". A simple search of the Slymepit forums will reveal multiple threads where they organize attacks against people who "wronged" Thunderf00t, [http://slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=292 including complaining about our own article on Thunderf00t] ([https://archive.is/ZIxfm archive])</ref>

==External links==
*[http://slymepit.com/phpbb/ The Slyme awaits]
*[http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2015/04/28/the-slymepit-documented/ The Slymepit, Documented]
*[https://westcoastatheist.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/what-is-the-slymepit/ A Brief History of the Slymepit]
*[https://twitter.com/slymepit They even have a Twitter.] Yay.

==References==
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[[Category:Sexism]]
[[Category:Trolls]]

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