Charles Louis Richter
@richterscale.bsky.social
Historian: of American religion/irreligion by training; of science & conspiracy by trade
dumb jokes about smart things and smart jokes about dumb things
Podcast research/factcheck: SNAFU with Ed Helms; The Reason We're All Still Here; My Fugitive, more
dumb jokes about smart things and smart jokes about dumb things
Podcast research/factcheck: SNAFU with Ed Helms; The Reason We're All Still Here; My Fugitive, more
Reposted by Charles Louis Richter
she's poasting that she didn't even mean to wreck his psyche, she was just musing out loud and his psyche was just collateral damage. absolutely savage 😂
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
she's poasting that she didn't even mean to wreck his psyche, she was just musing out loud and his psyche was just collateral damage. absolutely savage 😂
Just watched the first two, and wow, yes, this is very much about things that are going on right now, in what is so far an actually important way.
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Just watched the first two, and wow, yes, this is very much about things that are going on right now, in what is so far an actually important way.
RIP the SoDo flagship liquor store; I bought things there that I've still never seen anywhere else
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
RIP the SoDo flagship liquor store; I bought things there that I've still never seen anywhere else
Boo hoo, the ignoramus who doesn't want to budge out of Nazi thought doesn't want to talk to me any more, whatsoever shall I do?
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Boo hoo, the ignoramus who doesn't want to budge out of Nazi thought doesn't want to talk to me any more, whatsoever shall I do?
You still haven't moved out of the realm of Nazi shit, by the way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
You still haven't moved out of the realm of Nazi shit, by the way.
See, this is the sort of cramped reasoning I'd expect from someone who knows precisely jack shit about what they're talking about.
Figuring out there's no god doesn't instantly give you insight into all of human behavior, as evidenced by the tripe you're spewing.
Figuring out there's no god doesn't instantly give you insight into all of human behavior, as evidenced by the tripe you're spewing.
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
See, this is the sort of cramped reasoning I'd expect from someone who knows precisely jack shit about what they're talking about.
Figuring out there's no god doesn't instantly give you insight into all of human behavior, as evidenced by the tripe you're spewing.
Figuring out there's no god doesn't instantly give you insight into all of human behavior, as evidenced by the tripe you're spewing.
Ah, you don't want to *force* anyone to change their religious identity, you just want to foment an environment in which cultural and social pressures convince them that preserving their traditions is an unacceptable primitivism.
Boy howdy, can't wait until everyone thinks just like you.
Boy howdy, can't wait until everyone thinks just like you.
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Ah, you don't want to *force* anyone to change their religious identity, you just want to foment an environment in which cultural and social pressures convince them that preserving their traditions is an unacceptable primitivism.
Boy howdy, can't wait until everyone thinks just like you.
Boy howdy, can't wait until everyone thinks just like you.
You don't have to be an atheist to be smart enough not to recognize when you're saying something fundamentally antisemitic.
If you won't believe it when religious people tell you, take it from me, an atheist who spent years studying the history of anti-atheist discrimination: you're not so smart.
If you won't believe it when religious people tell you, take it from me, an atheist who spent years studying the history of anti-atheist discrimination: you're not so smart.
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
You don't have to be an atheist to be smart enough not to recognize when you're saying something fundamentally antisemitic.
If you won't believe it when religious people tell you, take it from me, an atheist who spent years studying the history of anti-atheist discrimination: you're not so smart.
If you won't believe it when religious people tell you, take it from me, an atheist who spent years studying the history of anti-atheist discrimination: you're not so smart.
Thinking that Jews are in need of a "cure" is straight up Nazi shit.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Thinking that Jews are in need of a "cure" is straight up Nazi shit.
that's the power of the History of Science
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
that's the power of the History of Science
We have only the final reveal left, thanks to technical difficulties. No spoilers!
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We have only the final reveal left, thanks to technical difficulties. No spoilers!
JON I AM GOING TO HSS TOO
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
JON I AM GOING TO HSS TOO
When typesetting an individual's last words, indicate the death rattle with a comma-ellipsis: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country,,,"
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
When typesetting an individual's last words, indicate the death rattle with a comma-ellipsis: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country,,,"
i'm referring to a real-life shock betrayal
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
i'm referring to a real-life shock betrayal
no I'm talking about last night's surprise episode
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
no I'm talking about last night's surprise episode