EPTOn April 30 2015 15:23 wei2coolman wrote:
I actually spat out my rice from laughing so hard.
#blackbansmatter
I actually spat out my rice from laughing so hard.
#blackbansmatter
too bad his mother didnt slap some sense into him before he got banned
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
too bad his mother didnt slap some sense into him before he got banned | ||
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Heartland
Sweden24591 Posts
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
On April 30 2015 17:40 Heartland wrote: Are you seriously picking on some guy for bringing up racism? weitoocool has somewhat... different racial ideas than many of us. | ||
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
On April 30 2015 17:40 Heartland wrote: Are you seriously picking on some guy for bringing up racism? i really really dislike race baiters | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4782 Posts
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
On April 30 2015 19:57 Ghostcom wrote: That would explain the sudden calmness of the US politics megathread. It didn't really get much calmer. Just night-time in the US means those of us who aren't full time students are generally asleep. But I catch your drift. GH is a good guy, and certainly one of the more reasonable voices in there (if rather left-wing for my tastes) but he was letting his emotions into his posting in a pretty raw way. Understandable given the situation... I deleted a few posts on the subject myself to keep cooler. Still, it's TL and we have to be civil, even arguing against such obvious moral madness. | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4782 Posts
EDIT: I should probably say that we all have our weak areas - I personally try to steer away from marijuana threads because I feel like slamming my heads against the wall within 2 pages. I only learned this after a while here on TL though. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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ThomasjServo
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fluidrone
France1478 Posts
On April 30 2015 20:35 oneofthem wrote: why are you so agitated about race discussion in the united states? If I can offer insight on how important it is?+ Show Spoiler + I am married to a scot, a white frog myself, but I had first hand in tasting north american "race issues" when I went to public school there 30+ years ago. I spoke no english (beyond "yes and no") when I arrived, and was the "poster punching bag" for black people in my class (by default, not that it lasted all year for everyone of them, far from it). Retrospectively I understood and got passed why. It became clear to me (reviewing events) that black kids in my class (school, country?) must have "felt" like second grade citizens and I was "by default" a 3rd grade citizen to cherish looking down upon, .. something like that. Be reassured, many white kids spat on me worse for not being american! Never mind the ratio of dumb people to fun nice awesome people (I find it is the same everywhere in the world (providing you are not there to invade them)), ..I made many friends of all colors ilks creed and fancy there, I love muRICANS,  I just know them too.While it never changed my personal "color of skin / amount of money in the bank" don't matter to me attitude, it did have an eye opener effect on me. In france (more than two decades ago) I was taught over and over (for years in class) that north america founded the notion of "melting pot". It is a lie, NY Uni can be a melting pot (?), New York isn't! A melting pot (for me) is+ Show Spoiler + the success of blending all provenance of people into a successful venture, the notion of "disappearance" of the bad aspects and only keeping cultural differences as a plus (never a cause to "lower" the other)" is what constitutes a success. NY is chaos not a melting pot! I love NY, don't get me wrong <3 Furthermore, having crossed the "north am" continent by car, I remember only bits and pieces (this was a long time ago and memory is always "changed) of course, but the two first things that stand out are racial slurs (their general "effect" and consequences for general north american social conduct in every day life) and the grand canyon! Edit: + Show Spoiler + On April 30 2015 21:20 ThomasjServo wrote: Same for me.We should just put caution cones around the US Politics thread, some like it, it makes me want to pull my hair out. I make certain assumptions about the age of TL users I don't know personally, and I know I wouldn't want to have talked politics with myself from the ages of 16-22. I still wouldn't but I am less set in my ways than I previously was. | ||
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
On April 30 2015 22:09 fluidrone wrote: In france (more than two decades ago) I was taught over and over (for years in class) that north america founded the notion of "melting pot". France and USA have really different ideas of what diversity is good diversity. US generally very live-and-let-live versus the French attitude that says "We can expel Muslim children for wearing long skirts or skull caps." Obviously every nation has its things, but there is a huge gap particularly between US and France on some of this stuff. All that said, yeah, kids are assholes to each other about any grouping or difference they can latch onto. | ||
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fluidrone
France1478 Posts
On April 30 2015 22:46 ahswtini wrote: fluidrone, i really dont understand ur obsession with just randomly spoilering sections of your post. it's like reading a book that every now and again uproots a chunk of a paragraph and sticks it onto another page I am sorry it offends you. Do insist / persist in your inquiries if you want to know why I do / did it. On April 30 2015 22:53 Yoav wrote: France and USA have really different ideas of what diversity is good diversity. US generally very live-and-let-live versus the French attitude that says "We can expel Muslim children for wearing long skirts or skull caps." Obviously every nation has its things, but there is a huge gap particularly between US and France on some of this stuff. All that said, yeah, kids are assholes to each other about any grouping or difference they can latch onto. Don't get me wrong, 25 years ago it was a wonderful experience (like traveling and living in "different" parts of the world throughout your life is (generally)). You are right on it when you type about the differences (whatever the specifics), it is seeing the differences that makes it possible to evolve beyond (whereas repudiating them would be devolving in my book). I'll refrain from posting about + Show Spoiler + On April 30 2015 22:53 Yoav wrote: France and USA have really different ideas of what diversity is good diversity. US generally very live-and-let-live versus the French attitude that says "We can expel Muslim children for wearing long skirts or skull caps." Obviously every nation has its things, but there is a huge gap particularly between US and France on some of this stuff. All that said, yeah, kids are assholes to each other about any grouping or difference they can latch onto. "same ratio dumb/awesome people everywhere" Edit: + Show Spoiler + Yeah, kids are mean! #F_ck my life, only 2 more posts before the dreaded centennial  | ||
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
On April 30 2015 23:27 fluidrone wrote:Please let us just leave it at "same ratio dumb/awesome people everywhere" Here here. (For whatever it's worth, I've actually been thinking about using spoilers more as a way to bracket ideas in longer posts. I've been a TLite since a few years before SC2 came out, started posting a bit after, and am still a while off from 1000 posts mostly b/c I write long shit nobody ain't got time fo'. Sometimes I worry the bigger thoughts get blown past, and would be less intimidating if parts were bracketed.) | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
overspoilerization of things is annoying + Show Spoiler + for both formatting and mobile users + Show Spoiler + who have to use their thumbs+ Show Spoiler + to click on the small spoiler grey thingy. | ||
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Cricketer12
United States13990 Posts
On May 01 2015 00:26 OtherWorld wrote: Pls no, + Show Spoiler + overspoilerization of things is annoying + Show Spoiler + for both formatting and mobile users + Show Spoiler + who have to use their thumbs+ Show Spoiler + to click on the small spoiler grey thingy. As i read this on mobile | ||
Falling
Canada11370 Posts
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
On May 01 2015 02:05 IgnE wrote: 16-22 year olds are in the minority in the US politics thread. I have other reasons as well for avoiding the thread. If I were to take the location on usernames literally, when people in overwhelmingly homogeneous countries, with far superior social programs, and far fewer issues with race because of the uniformity of the culture/ethnicity comment on US social issues in unbelievably simple terms, it irks me. Flipping through the last few pages, you are right, but it just rubs me the wrong way when things are simplified in such a hyperbolic fashion. It is, by and large trolling, in most instances I don't bother responding and go watch youtube videos or flip through imgur or something. | ||
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Skynx
Turkey7150 Posts
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