MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Cmon, he knew what he was doing lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,337 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Link said: We don't claim them. Just stick them in the Japanese Garden - take Al with you too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,091 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Small internet forum thread made up entirely of priveleged white male respondents gets into heated argument over new holiday commemorating the emancipation of black people from slavery... News at 11. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,753 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 24 minutes ago, Tulpa said: I'm just perplexed that he "studied" it. You should take a few courses in classical American literature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,534 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 1 minute ago, fcgamer said: You should take a few courses in classical American literature. If that's where you're getting your sex tips, who am I to judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,753 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Tulpa said: If that's where you're getting your sex tips, who am I to judge. Well at the end of the day the concept of the stereotype black dude sexuality goes back to that, yeah it has racist roots, so I'd honestly caution anyone from making jokes of that flavor. Here's just one article on the topic, though if you search scholarly databases you can pull up tons of analyses of the topic. https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/brute/homepage.htm Edited June 21, 2023 by fcgamer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,753 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Also, just throwing it out there, I quite enjoyed reading the book that @Tabonga had mentioned earlier, the German Slave Girl or whatever it was called. Read it back in 2006 or so. The one drop rule is also a very disturbing concept, for those interested in the topic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,337 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 41 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: Small internet forum thread made up entirely of priveleged white male respondents gets into heated argument over new holiday commemorating the emancipation of black people from slavery... News at 11. I am still waiting for my membership card and decoder ring. The poor white trash (actually just poor trash since there were no minorities where/when I grew up - so we got to fill in) didn't get those no matter what we did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,337 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 19 minutes ago, fcgamer said: Also, just throwing it out there, I quite enjoyed reading the book that @Tabonga had mentioned earlier, the German Slave Girl or whatever it was called. Read it back in 2006 or so. The one drop rule is also a very disturbing concept, for those interested in the topic. It was a sad ending since she couldn't free her children without risking being re-enslaved her self. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,337 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Tulpa said: If that's where you're getting your sex tips, who am I to judge. Hey - Hester Prynne was a hottie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,727 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Those who can't relate historical events to current events will probably reject new ideas as much as lessons from the past. How is that for a corollary to the "know history or fail" axiom? Regardless of verbage if you don't like that, I beg you to consider that America was built on rebellion against power. To now say that the people in power before weren't so bad because they weren't the only ones operating that way... like, yeah, popular stance in 1620 or 1863 but we should MAYBE be trying to move away from those attitudes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,753 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 25 minutes ago, Link said: Those who can't relate historical events to current events will probably reject new ideas as much as lessons from the past. How is that for a corollary to the "know history or fail" axiom? Regardless of verbage if you don't like that, I beg you to consider that America was built on rebellion against power. To now say that the people in power before weren't so bad because they weren't the only ones operating that way... like, yeah, popular stance in 1620 or 1863 but we should MAYBE be trying to move away from those attitudes. Oh I totally agree. It's weird that I need to declare / pay American taxes while living and working abroad, I mean didn't the colonists have an issue with paying taxes to an entity halfway across the world? Hmm. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,650 Administrator · Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 10 hours ago, Estil said: Then again it was liberal Democrats Joe Lieberman and Tipper Gore who lead the charge of video game censorship... She's the reason you have those fancy black and white "parental advisory" labels on music. Warrant scored one of those on their Cherry Pie album solely for their "Ode to Tipper Gore" track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kguillemette | 1,547 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 I didn't know what Juneteenth was till 5 years or so ago. It wasn't taught in NH growing up. For that matter, MLK day wasn't a thing either when I was a kid in NH. I'm glad the times are changing. I live that restaurant life and had a very busy day like most other federal holidays that fall on a Monday. I made lots of tacos and burritos for people celebrating the day off. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,052 Social Team · Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 8 hours ago, fcgamer said: Oh I totally agree. It's weird that I need to declare / pay American taxes while living and working abroad, I mean didn't the colonists have an issue with paying taxes to an entity halfway across the world? Hmm. Death and Taxes. Seeing how you live in Taiwan, I would say paying taxes to the US is an issuance policy to get evacuated. Also the phrase is "no taxation without representation" You can't vote in federal elections? I thought you lived in Taiwan and not D.C. or Puerto Rico or any of the other US territories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,521 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 2 hours ago, FireHazard51 said: Death and Taxes. Seeing how you live in Taiwan, I would say paying taxes to the US is an issuance policy to get evacuated. Also the phrase is "no taxation without representation" You can't vote in federal elections? I thought you lived in Taiwan and not D.C. or Puerto Rico or any of the other US territories. All US citizens can vote, regardless of where they are living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,052 Social Team · Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, G-type said: All US citizens can vote, regardless of where they are living. Voting and having an elected official who can actual vote on bills that represents you is the issue. In @fcgamer case I'm guessing he's got two state senators an one house of representative member who could represent his taxing issues that he can complain to instead of VGS members who unfortunately can not. At lease I don't think we have any Congressional members in VGS. But if you are D.C. resident you are shit of luck on proper representation, sorry @Scrobins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,265 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 5 hours ago, captmorgandrinker said: She's the reason you have those fancy black and white "parental advisory" labels on music. Warrant scored one of those on their Cherry Pie album solely for their "Ode to Tipper Gore" track. Yeah about those...you know how many fellow students I seen at the time with those on their backpacks and notebooks and such? Yeah, all that does is make it more appealing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,584 Editorials Team · Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Estil said: Yeah about those...you know how many fellow students I seen at the time with those on their backpacks and notebooks and such? Yeah, all that does is make it more appealing! "Oh, dang,you got that Sugar Ray album? How'd you swing that with your mom, bro? Real conversations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,204 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: "Oh, dang,you got that Sugar Ray album? How'd you swing that with your mom, bro? Real conversations Every morning there a halo hanging from the corner of my girlfriends four post bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,052 Social Team · Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 HA! Canada isn't so perfect after all. You guys have your own kinda Juneteenth day. But instead of being about slaves it's about Native Americans, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Spoiler Yeah let's NOT discuss the US's issues with Native Americans. We are just now finally stopping the naming of sport teams after racial slurs for Native Americans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,197 Moderator · Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 16 hours ago, captmorgandrinker said: She's the reason you have those fancy black and white "parental advisory" labels on music. Warrant scored one of those on their Cherry Pie album solely for their "Ode to Tipper Gore" track. First cassette tape I ever bought with my own money, had to trick my grandma into checking out with it though and gave her the money after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,727 Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 2 hours ago, FireHazard51 said: HA! Canada isn't so perfect after all. You guys have your own kinda Juneteenth day. But instead of being about slaves it's about Native Americans, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Oh, yeah, the residential schools thing that recently got a lot of attention is pretty heavy. Whatever. Canada (or, apparently, Ceenada) is just America's hat anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,265 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) 21 hours ago, Link said: Oh, yeah, the residential schools thing that recently got a lot of attention is pretty heavy. Forget "climate change", maybe it's "gravitational pull change" we better worry about! Edited June 23, 2023 by Estil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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