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On a 1-10 scale, how offensive is the word mulatto?
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Dec 24, 2011 08:46
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stubblyhead posted:On a 1-10 scale, how offensive is the word mulatto? Offensive to whom? To me, it's not offensive at all, but I have seen people give the term a raised eyebrow when used in conversations.
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Dec 24, 2011 11:11
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Anyone know anything about think tanks? Do they actually do a lot and not get much coverage from the media? Should they be called out more or are they actually doing what they're supposed to be doing? VVVVVV I didn't know they did stuff based only on directions. I thought they also initiated independent research to form policies. Dudebro fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Dec 24, 2011 |
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Dec 24, 2011 16:16
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Dudebro posted:Anyone know anything about think tanks? Do they actually do a lot and not get much coverage from the media? Should they be called out more or are they actually doing what they're supposed to be doing? Why should they be called out? People ask them for a report on something and they make the report.
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Dec 24, 2011 16:58
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stubblyhead posted:On a 1-10 scale, how offensive is the word mulatto? I have personally been told by a black man not to use that word, so pretty offensive.
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Dec 24, 2011 17:41
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stubblyhead posted:On a 1-10 scale, how offensive is the word mulatto? I asked around, and the replies ranged from "somewhat" to "very".
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Dec 24, 2011 17:57
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Did the US actually pass a full up budget on Friday? I've been reading various news reports and none of them have really been clear.
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Dec 24, 2011 18:39
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Woz My Neg rear end posted:I have personally been told by a black man not to use that word, so pretty offensive. I've heard Haitian Americans use the term neutrally to denote a socioeconomic group in Haiti, that is composed of biracial people. Though in Haitian history, there's probably plenty of animosity toward those mulattoes.
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Dec 24, 2011 19:42
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Words have cultural context to them. It really depends on where you're going to be saying it. If you're unsure, err on the side of caution. "Mixed-race" is neutral almost everywhere, as far as I know.
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Dec 24, 2011 19:47
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GenericOverusedName posted:Words have cultural context to them. It really depends on where you're going to be saying it. If you're unsure, err on the side of caution. "Mixed-race" is neutral almost everywhere, as far as I know. It is not a word that I would personnally use outside of Scrabble. I ask because I was listening to my police scanner yesterday, and a cop referred to a suspect as being mulatto or possibly hispanic. It struck me as really odd since you don't hear the word used much anymore.
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Dec 24, 2011 19:56
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stubblyhead posted:It struck me as really odd since you don't hear the word used much anymore. I actually went to googles ngram viewer to see if this was true, because my sense is similar to yours, that few people use that word.  Eyeballing it, it looks like the peaks of mulatto usage seem to occur during US wars. I'm not sure why. In any case, mulatto seems to be more popular than both biracial and mixed race, as least in print. Outside of the usage peaks, I can't see any real decline in the use of mulatto, which seems to contradict my experience. e: corpus of contemporary american english shows a decline over the last decade, so maybe it's a more recent thing. 
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Dec 24, 2011 21:57
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What's the name of the African "board" game where you dig two rows of five pits in the dirt and drop pebbles in them one-at-a-time in a clockwise pattern?
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Dec 24, 2011 22:02
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Mak0rz posted:What's the name of the African "board" game where you dig two rows of five pits in the dirt and drop pebbles in them one-at-a-time in a clockwise pattern? Mancala
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Dec 24, 2011 22:04
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Is there a such thing as perfect tempo, analogous to perfect pitch?
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Dec 24, 2011 23:13
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tractor fanatic posted:Is there a such thing as perfect tempo, analogous to perfect pitch?
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Dec 24, 2011 23:37
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tractor fanatic posted:Is there a such thing as perfect tempo, analogous to perfect pitch? I was a music dweeb in high school, and went to music camp at Appalachian State a few summers. I remember being in the sitting area outside the practice rooms waiting for someone I guess, and some of the regular college students were there too. They were basically doing exactly this with a metronome, and were pretty darn good at it. They made a point of ensuring the other one was not facing the clock. I've always been really impressed with perfect pitch, though, it's really amazing how some people can just tell. I can usually guess within an augmented fourth or so myself. 
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Dec 25, 2011 00:05
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My brother and I have been trying unsuccessfully to remember the title of a movie that came out in the 90s. It was similar to the Home Alone movies, where some kid was stuck in a house where people broke in, so he's forced to play pranks on them and get food and stuff with a variety of remote control toys. Does anyone else remember this? Any help tracking it down would be appreciated. Again, it's not one of the Home Alone movies.
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Dec 25, 2011 07:27
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A Man With A Plan posted:My brother and I have been trying unsuccessfully to remember the title of a movie that came out in the 90s. It was similar to the Home Alone movies, where some kid was stuck in a house where people broke in, so he's forced to play pranks on them and get food and stuff with a variety of remote control toys. Does anyone else remember this? Any help tracking it down would be appreciated. Again, it's not one of the Home Alone movies. Remote quote:
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Dec 25, 2011 07:45
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FCKGW posted:Remote Man you're the best. This has been driving me and my brothers crazy for more than an hour, and no one on Facebook knew either.
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Dec 25, 2011 07:49
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I am filing for unemployment. I didn't see where to post in BFC so I will ask here. What do they mean by wages here? What I earned in a year, or the entire time I worked? Edit maybe it means 18 months? b0nes fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Dec 26, 2011 |
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Dec 26, 2011 01:22
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edit: actually not that sure
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Dec 26, 2011 01:31
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A Man With A Plan posted:Man you're the best. This has been driving me and my brothers crazy for more than an hour, and no one on Facebook knew either. For future reference, searching "Home Alone ripoff" yielded another fellow with the exact same question as you on the IMDB message board.
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Dec 26, 2011 04:30
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b0nes posted:I am filing for unemployment. I didn't see where to post in BFC so I will ask here. What do they mean by wages here? What I earned in a year, or the entire time I worked? Yeah, just the past 18 months. If you had four jobs in the past 18 months, you'd write down the total wage earned for each job. If only one job, the wage earned in that job. If over 11 years, just the last 18 months of those 11 years. WillieWestwood fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Dec 26, 2011 |
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Dec 26, 2011 05:12
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I need advice on a very stupid first-worldish problem. My parents got my this Droid tablet thing (similar to an iPad) for Christmas today. it was VERY expensive, obviously, and really nice. Only thing is... I already have a Droid charge. It is pretty the same thing as the tablet- same features and everything, only the Kyros doesn't have a phone. I also have a laptop they got me last Christmas that was expensive enough as it is. What would I do on there that I can't already do on my laptop/phone? Nothing. I hate typing on tablets so I would never take it to school with me. It'd pretty much just sit in the corner of my room and collect dust. I don't know what to do. I want them to return it and keep the money they spent because I know for a fact I will literally never use the thing. I feel like I'd be selfish and childish if I let on like I really enjoyed the gift. On the other hand, they seemed like they thought they really got me something great (which they did; it's just that I already had it) and I don't want to offend them by asking them to take it back. I'd be refusing any sort of money from them in exchange for it. They do enough for me as a college student without wasting money on a nice gift I will never use. What do I do here? Any suggestions?
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Dec 26, 2011 05:39
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SlenderWhore posted:I need advice on a very stupid first-worldish problem. If they don't have the receipt, well, maybe you know someone who could use a Droid and can either buy it off you or give you something you need in exchange.
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Dec 26, 2011 05:58
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Excel question: I have a bunch of numbers that I want to turn into lines in a diagram. I want essentially a hundred or so lines, each consisting of two (x,y) points. That's the easy yet tedious part. Now, I also want to make a lot of them share the same colour and, if possible legend, preferably without having to change every god drat line individually. I would also like if it could tell me which point in the line is the first and which is the second. Can that be done in an easy way?
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Dec 26, 2011 16:17
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BonHair posted:Excel question: I have a bunch of numbers that I want to turn into lines in a diagram. I want essentially a hundred or so lines, each consisting of two (x,y) points. That's the easy yet tedious part. Now, I also want to make a lot of them share the same colour and, if possible legend, preferably without having to change every god drat line individually. I would also like if it could tell me which point in the line is the first and which is the second. It depends what form your original data is in, and what programs you have access to, but the bottom line is "probably". I would check out the Scientific Computing Thread and/or the Excel Thread
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Dec 26, 2011 16:21
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I applied for a prospective job about 9 or 10 months ago with a company that doesn't have a sales rep in my city yet (they fly a guy from somewhere else to my city 3-4 times a year). They told me they weren't looking for anyone in my region yet but would keep my resume on file since they do plan on hiring someone in my city at some point. My question is; should I even bother following up with this? This is a company that I would really like to work for and I don't know if there's any etiquette in this situation that needs to be followed (or if they would even keep my resume on file).
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Dec 27, 2011 06:21
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A question about USPS: I need some cardboard stiffener for some books I'm shipping, and I'm thinking of using one of those free boxes to do the job. Since the boxes state that they are solely to be used for Priority Mail shipping, and I'm planning to ship the books using Priority anyway, would it be legal to use them in this way?
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Dec 27, 2011 06:26
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ColdBlooded posted:I applied for a prospective job about 9 or 10 months ago with a company that doesn't have a sales rep in my city yet (they fly a guy from somewhere else to my city 3-4 times a year). They told me they weren't looking for anyone in my region yet but would keep my resume on file since they do plan on hiring someone in my city at some point.
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Dec 27, 2011 06:32
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What is the origin of the phrase "king poo poo of gently caress mountain"? Is it a reference to something specific or is it just a common expression?
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Dec 27, 2011 06:33
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Zotwoz posted:A question about USPS: Just go get some empties from the liquor store like everybody else.
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Dec 27, 2011 06:37
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Woz My Neg rear end posted:What is the origin of the phrase "king poo poo of gently caress mountain"? Is it a reference to something specific or is it just a common expression? http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0112084/quotes?qt=qt0304028
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Dec 27, 2011 06:56
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Woz My Neg rear end posted:What is the origin of the phrase "king poo poo of gently caress mountain"? Is it a reference to something specific or is it just a common expression?
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Dec 27, 2011 09:11
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stubblyhead posted:On a 1-10 scale, how offensive is the word mulatto? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YLixd4LdlI I dunno, you tell me.
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Dec 28, 2011 00:51
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What is the cheapest way to ship large audio equipment? Specifically a floor standing speaker, a 12" subwoofer, and a reciever
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Dec 28, 2011 01:46
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A year ago I broke my pelvis and in the course of fixing it I was given 2 cat scans. Now I'm experiencing some pain the x-rays can't account for, but they're reluctant to give me a third scan because apparently that's like, death to any potential I had to become pregnant and also a surefire way to get cancer. I'm a little pissed about that, but the point is this: they're scheduling me for an MRI. What am I in for, radiation wise? Can I just kiss my ovaries goodbye/cancer hello after this or what?
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Dec 28, 2011 02:33
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Huntersoninski posted:A year ago I broke my pelvis and in the course of fixing it I was given 2 cat scans. Now I'm experiencing some pain the x-rays can't account for, but they're reluctant to give me a third scan because apparently that's like, death to any potential I had to become pregnant and also a surefire way to get cancer. MRIs do their imaging with the power of magnets. There's no exposure to ionizing radiation at all.
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Dec 28, 2011 03:00
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Huntersoninski posted:A year ago I broke my pelvis and in the course of fixing it I was given 2 cat scans. Now I'm experiencing some pain the x-rays can't account for, but they're reluctant to give me a third scan because apparently that's like, death to any potential I had to become pregnant and also a surefire way to get cancer.
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Dec 28, 2011 03:07
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randyest posted:MRI does not use any ionizing radiation, and if my doctor told me 3 x-rays was a "surefire way to get cancer" or become infertile I'd be looking for a new doctor. Sorry I worded that poorly: 3 cat scans, not x-rays. poo poo i've had soooo many x-rays. edit: also thanks for the info. That's a relief: i wish they'd offered me the option for an MRI last year when all the cat scanning was happening 
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Dec 28, 2011 03:19
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