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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On July 21 2014 10:16 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: How does a garden hose not explode from the pressure of the water if there are several kinks? Water is basically incompressible so it doesn't actually store a lot of energy when it is pressurized. This is the same reason why your faucets (taps) don't explode whenever you turn the flow of water off. Also why PVC pipe, even when pressure-rated for water, will become a pipe bomb threat if pressurized to that level with air. | ||
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icystorage
Jollibee19350 Posts
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
On July 21 2014 14:06 icystorage wrote: What does the astronaut do if he has an itch during a space walk? Hold his breath, open his suit, and scratch. Actually, how rigid are space walk suits? Are they able to conform a little (while still being air tight) so that you could push in to get at a scratch, or are they more like metal in that it doesn't bend? Also, what is a trigger warning? I see it being used on reddit a lot, especially in regards to people posting personal stories. Is it supposed to be a warning against reading something that would piss you off? | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On July 21 2014 16:26 Epishade wrote: Also, what is a trigger warning? I see it being used on reddit a lot, especially in regards to people posting personal stories. Is it supposed to be a warning against reading something that would piss you off? Trigger warning is to let people reading that serious topics/images are about to be put forth. Such as talking about rape. Or show images of racism. Its usually used by people who aren't white males or who are culturally aware enough that white males are not the only people whose voice matters. | ||
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icystorage
Jollibee19350 Posts
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
For example, say someone wanted to show a picture of a black girl staring at a water fountain with a sign saying "whites only" beside it. Trigger warning would be placed in case someone who didn't want to get heated up about racism was about to see it. | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4783 Posts
On July 21 2014 16:46 Thieving Magpie wrote: Trigger warning is to let people reading that serious topics/images are about to be put forth. Such as talking about rape. Or show images of racism. Its usually used by people who aren't white males or who are culturally aware enough that white males are not the only people whose voice matters. I feel your post was incredibly triggering and should have had a warning. #racism #feminismn #ableism #notallmales - sarcasm might be prevalent... Trigger warnings are probably one of the most moronic things to ever be thought of by the SJW-morons (at least with how they use it). | ||
zatic
Zurich15364 Posts
Trigger warning are supposed to protect victims from experiencing post traumatic stress. Depicting a rape scene might trigger anything from anxiety to a panic attack in an actual rape victim - hence the trigger warning. | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On July 21 2014 20:38 Ghostcom wrote: I feel your post was incredibly triggering and should have had a warning. #racism #feminismn #ableism #notallmales - sarcasm might be prevalent... Trigger warnings are probably one of the most moronic things to ever be thought of by the SJW-morons (at least with how they use it). Two questions. What's SJW and why are you so upset with it? | ||
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Simberto
Germany11786 Posts
Question: I distinctly remember an extremely crazy conspiracy theory website that involved the illuminati, hollow earth, lizard people, and all sorts of other stuff, all compiled into one single theory. For some reason, i can not find it now. Does someone know what i am talking about and can provide a link? | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On July 22 2014 00:28 Simberto wrote: I googled it, the result is apparently Social Justice Warrior. I have no idea why that would be bad, my guess is it's related to tryhard being an insult for some reason. Question: I distinctly remember an extremely crazy conspiracy theory website that involved the illuminati, hollow earth, lizard people, and all sorts of other stuff, all compiled into one single theory. For some reason, i can not find it now. Does someone know what i am talking about and can provide a link? It makes sense to me that someone who gets upset when people discuss social justice issues would also get upset at the idea of giving trigger warnings to their audience. Also, that website sounds amazing. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11786 Posts
 Edit: Found it: http://www.truthism.com/ | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4783 Posts
On July 21 2014 23:34 Thieving Magpie wrote: Two questions. What's SJW and why are you so upset with it? Considering this: On July 22 2014 00:30 Thieving Magpie wrote: It makes sense to me that someone who gets upset when people discuss social justice issues would also get upset at the idea of giving trigger warnings to their audience. Are you actually interested in the answers to your questions or are you satisfied having fired off a thinly veiled insult of my character? | ||
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
On July 22 2014 00:28 Simberto wrote: I googled it, the result is apparently Social Justice Warrior. I have no idea why that would be bad, my guess is it's related to tryhard being an insult for some reason. There is nothing wrong with social justice and I think most fully rational people want full equality for every minority group. However, social justice warriors tend to turn everything into a social justice issue. True equality doesn't come from constantly pointing out that someone's different and forcing everyone to treat them "equally," it comes from people not giving a shit if you're black, white, gay, straight, transgender, whatever group you may represent and treating you as a person. It gets really annoying when people constantly talk about how they are a certain group. We get it, just let me treat you as a person and stop expecting some kind of special treatment. | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On July 22 2014 01:01 Ghostcom wrote: Considering this: Are you actually interested in the answers to your questions or are you satisfied having fired off a thinly veiled insult of my character? People who are actively promoting and discussing social justice has always been ridiculed and attacked. The ones who actually make a difference and move people get outright shot or imprisoned. So its not weird to me that someone who uses the phrase "Social Justice Warrior" as a derogatory term would also find the practice of giving a trigger warning as something "moronic." | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4783 Posts
1) You could have read the post by Mtlguitarist97 2) Said "yes, I would like the answer to my 2 questions" 3) Visited tumblr for 5 minutes (search for any of the hashtags, except #notallmen and you'll figure out why SJW and their use of trigger warnings are moronic) 4) Posted what you did which can essentially be shortened to "No, I prefer to continue insulting you without actually taking into consideration what you might have actually meant - raising the question of why I am even on a forum in the first place" Glad to see you chose the reasonable option. Not going to bother with you any more. EDIT: To get this thread back on track: Why do modern painters so seldom try to portray actual reality but instead resort to abstract art? Not that I mind, but it just seems like the modern cities would provide some outstanding scenery which so far the photographers have monopolized. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11786 Posts
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farvacola
United States18856 Posts
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Ghostcom
Denmark4783 Posts
EDIT: @Farvacola: Well perhaps my knowledge simply isn't deep enough - art isn't my métier, however I usually visit both national galleries and major modern galleries when I visit a new city. Perhaps you can point me towards someone with a style similar to what I explained above (if it makes sense?). | ||
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