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First time I made the front page was with this factoid way back on August 16th 5 years ago. It hits harder today than even back then.
Feb 17, 2025 4:29 PM
PrinceOfWhales
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First time I made the front page was with this factoid way back on August 16th 5 years ago. It hits harder today than even back then.
SavageDrums
The X-Files will never not be funny to me, she's a world class actor, and she's playing against a guy who would have to really punch it up to be called "wooden".
Phoenix8
For those in the back, REPRESENTATION MATTERRRRRRS!!!
Pokegeologist
I'll be honest, cringey pre-high school attraction memes aside, characters like Dr. Scully, Jadzia Dax, Captain Janeway, Col Sam Carter, etc. were very formative female role models for me growing up.
vader200031415
Conservatives must hate her
vissago
Captainplanetmotherfucker
This is a good example of why representation matters.
jeips
This is why REPRESENTATION MATTERS, and why erasing women's profiles from STEM careers will have long term lasting impacts.
n0n53n53
Kari Byron of the Mythbusters took the torch and continued inspiring girls to get into STEM careers. She's still very active as a Co-Director of the National STEM Challenge (https://www.nationalstemfestival.com/</a>) and co founder of EXPLR (https://www.explr.com/)
d4m4s74
And then she sold out to Shell
n0n53n53
Rainbowdaesh
The character of Dr. Sattler from Jurassic Park was the entire reason why my partner went into science.
INeedMoreGifMeMoreJustOneMore
Gil-l-lian
StacInThePlace
Thank you. I thought i was trippin
gablestout
That's not Gillian Anderson.
soon
That’s why Republicans are against women being shown in positions of authority.
kiski
Scullly Effect*
SolarFlaair
And now we can not write the word Woman or female on any official documents. They are also deleting all documents and scientific research done by women.
proxy5000
blevins113
I think that’s how Chris Carter pitched the show to Fox!
BlackTrashTiger
TheStealthHippopotamus
Until the answer was yes
hovelhopper
This is the power of well written female characters.
KittyKlimt6
I'd say its at least also the power of visibility
surroundedbytwits
As the father of two daughters, uncle of two nieces, and brother of two sisters, I love everything about this.
psmith00
and now the Trump administration is going to do everything it can to undo that effect.
NirvanaNik
pleaseacknowledgethecat
Gillian Anderson as an actor and a person was big for women. She should feel proud
Oatmealman1
According to trumplethinskin and his incel army, there are no women at all in any field of science
blaghart
She's also known for always being wrong about the metaphysical goings on in any episode.
KnightWithShiningCamera
duktayp
RishiMaru
Is it wrong im slightly aroused?
rbudrick
It's Gillian Anderson. If you werent, there'd be something wrong.
bripi
ode to mamma Carrie
mypepperonihasafirstname
I love her lol
SirBonSama
"Nooo... get those libtard DEI hires out of my government! It's their fault that planes are falling out of the skies! Also, Brandon's fault and Obama's fault, not mine. Anyone that said otherwise is fake news or just being nasty!" -Drumpf
shyasen
TBF if anyone knows about what it yakes and means to be fake and nasty it would be that orange shitstain on the unwashed hobo underwear of humanity aka drumpf. Also, he is 100% wrong on the DEI topic.
IHateToTurnUpTheVolumeOfMyTvBecauseMyCatIsSnoring
Damn just three posts for me
SeRaQt
(sound on):
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Isnt there an Abby Sciuto effect too?
TsubakiTragic
Her Halloween costume as Marilyn Monroe scared the bejeezus out of me.
Axiomatic13
there is!
TheStealthHippopotamus
I thought this was all taken care of by the Nichelle Nichols effect
RealScienceMan
I get this and I love it, but also eventually her phrase "I want to believe" is just her gaslighting herself to think aliens aren't real because holy shit girl, you had an alien baby.
wonksbonks
"I want to believe" is Mulder's phrase, not Scully's. And by the time Scully has alien baby, she is already a believer of (most) of Mulder's theories based on the proof she has witnessed.
TheStealthHippopotamus
Honestly love the show. But if you really joined the FBI because of her you only watched the first few seasons
RealScienceMan
Well it wasn't the FBI exactly, it was getting interested in physical sciences, and other typically male dominated fields.
justherefortheconfession
For teenage boys (and some girls), the "Scully Effect" was something completely different.
FuzzyX
My "scully effect" is her laying face down while hardcore evidence flies over her head.
Melonfish
You betcha
Daywalker27
justherefortheconfession
Honestly, I...still suffer from? am victim of? gladly succumb to?...the Scully Effect. Whatever it is, she still does it for me. She's only gotten hotter.
CyanideBreathMint
And in that case, it was causation, not correlation ;)
ImAghast
Ah, yes. The small but significant increase in athletic sock sales...
cunninglinguist85
Darkspire
I just wanted her to like me 😭
GenXHippie
I remember her Maxim photo shoot. Scully effect indeed.
GenXHippie
I misspoke. Not Maxim, but FHM.
JackieTreehornProductions
Same shit, different name
GenXHippie
Truth
GenXHippie
Rockafella83
TheMellowPeril
Sexual attraction for brainy redheads who are both physically attractive and capable of intellectually destroying your dumbass theories about the supernatural?
Anysource
It's been a long time since I've seen X files, but weren't the great majority of events some kind of supernatural?
TheMellowPeril
Yes, a mixed bag of the supernatural, sci-fi and ALIENS. Mulder would usually bring up far-out hypotheses to explain the case, and Scully, ever the skeptic, would shoot them down with scientific facts. Mulder was usually proven right at the end, with corrections to his hypothesis based on Scully's findings.
badgerspin
Yes please may I have another.
VosperOfAntarctica
For a subset of those girls, both effects apply
CallThisAUsername
More glory to them then, they are awesome for (at least) two reasons at once.
Thekindofkindlyman
And that’s the future that frightens conservatives
Rogahar
Nothing scares conservatives more than voters - female, male, black, white, young or old - who are well educated. That's why they put so much work into defunding the DoE and discrediting teachers at every turn. They know a stupid voter base is easy to control, while a smart enough one won't buy their bullshit. So yeah, women going into STEM en masse would terrify them, as it fucking should. Backwards ass fascist wankers masquerading as patriots.
ArchMagos
As it should
sindail
Soon they won't be able to work, own property, or have a bank account in their name. All that progress that took decades to achieve ruined by tiny little incels that need to hurt others to make themselves feel powerful
proxy5000
eetsumkaus
Not just incels. Tons of women voted for this. One of the reasons the Dems fell short was they overestimated how motivated women would be by Dobbs. That's why they snubbed Joe Rogan for Call Her Daddy etc. People keep harping on Dems for not catering to young men but at the end of the day, women didn't show up to defend their rights. What the hell can you do at that point?
Tumescentpie
I doubt Trump's reign will last much more than 6 years. 2 if were lucky.
RollToSaveAgainst
I give him less than a year before the parasite kills the host and we get president/emperor space Karen
MenloPart
People keep saying that Vance with 25th Amendment him after midterms so he can rule ten years.
migratingotter
Can’t be president, under constitution. Wonder if the generals and armed forces will protect it as they take an oath to do?
TheFastpaws
If they were going to they'd already have done so.
UnlimitedTrickPony
I think you prepared for the wrong fight, they actually want to sterilize you
sindail
Yea, now that Trump's shooting blanks!
Where was this call to action before he had kids?
probationaryperiod
Nah they need cannon fodder, tragically. Not that I agree with forced sterilization but it’s counterproductive for them.
TheStealthHippopotamus
Do you actually believe this or are you trolling? I understand that around here you either hate Trump with a burning passion or you’re labeled a “boot licker” but I’m in the middle. My dislike of the man doesn’t blind me to the fact that he has surrounded himself with some powerful and opinionated women. Hell he appointed the first female Chief of Staff and 6 or 7 cabinet picks. I don’t know if that’s higher or lower than the last administration but it’s a solid number.
DukeDarkwood
ilovetraveler
Are you trolling? Numerous women have been fired from prominent military leadership positions. Mentions of powerful women in history are being scrubbed, and women in STEM are being erased. There are numerous chrisofascists trying to create a national abortion ban. It's the ultimate goal of people like JD Vance to create a handmaids tale, and you're naive if you think it can't happen here. Trump is an evil man who will destroy the economy. If you don't hate him, you're on the wrong fucking side.
RollToSaveAgainst
You're too insanely stupid to not be a fascist shill
Voldyrule
You are mistaking the sampling effect with stats or something like that. I think the metaphor is "you can't see the forest for the trees". These women are wealthy white women. Women who will be affected are middle/low class, non white, handicapped, non Christians (also probably more non evangelist), not conservative and non English-speaking. If anyone touch any of these groups. They will be affected.
zelda633000
Right. The only women he has "surrounded himself with" are sycophantic bootlickers, just as the non-white (dare we say "DEI"?) men who got appointed are. Yes, they are technically women (though I hate to align them with my own sex) but they are still brown-nosing suckups just as all the men who bought their own positions.
TheStealthHippopotamus
I can’t think of any President that brought in a staff that were opposed to his policies. So brown-nosing boot licker could be applied to the very single staff that has come into the White House.
If you know of one I’m all ears. I’m a history buff, I love learning new stuff.
And it’s sounding like you’re getting close to the No True Scotsman fallacy. That’s the down side for fighting for someone’s right to think and speck for themselves. They may disagree with you.
zelda633000
I understand the idea of cabinet picks is to be able to implement your policies, but I do believe that at least a few presidents did select members of the other party, which is smart in terms of being able to have discussions (about policy or whatever necessary) to understand many possible outcomes of what will be implemented, and how changes could affect various groups of citizens. Trump, on the other hand, is only willing to see his own point of view, and damn any consequences. Therefore 1/
doctorId
And what do you make of the fact that he, as well as multiple people in his party who support him, are rapists? Or they they overturned Roe V Wade? Or that they think that women getting ahead professionally is just DEI and should be eliminated?
TheStealthHippopotamus
Who got convicted of rape? Didn’t someone just cut a very large check for defamation for calling him a rapist? And can I get a citation for the “too many women are getting ahead so we need to end DEI”. And Roe v Wade didn’t end abortions (actually they’re up so I guess you could call that good news?) it just kicked the question back to the states.
migratingotter
Yep. Boot licking trumper trying to act like he isn’t and failing miserably.
Emiloo74
Wealthy women are above the law. He sees them as dollar signs. Other women? He does not care and will let the bs Project 2025 kill our rights. But, sure. Ignore all that.
Darkspire
Oh he's shit, but imgur is so open minded that their brains fell out ages ago. Dems have constantly been shooting themselves in the feet for quite a while, focusing on the wrong issues, ignoring huge demographics, and encouraging their voters to be entitled fussy whinebags that are impossible to please. Little wonder we find ourselves here. The first win was stupid enough, but him winning twice? Incredible. It's like they wanted him to win too. Well, here's the stupid prize.