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Fandyien posted:So I don't know if this is quite a forwarded email but it's definitely horrible idiots on social media: This thread is awful, but at least the blatant racism isn't getting +500 upvotes. AskHistorians is actually a really good subreddit, and seems to strictly filter out these kinds of people. The general history subreddit, and it seems history videos on youtube, seem to attract nationalists like flies to a turd. I think the worst reddit thread I've ever seen though was one of those stupid confession memes a while ago. The guy said that some black kids came to his class with cake and refused to give any to the white kids (of course the teachers were cool with this). Oh and what drink did they bring to withhold from the white students? Grape Soda of course (seriously). I'll try to find it because unlike the above, the comments where basically a huge circle jerk about how racist black people are. Not one up voted comment questioned the validity of the story. There has to be some kind of formula to make reddit posts with just the right mix of racism, misogyny, and shitthatneverhappened to achieve maximum upvotes. Edit: Found it, here it is. http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/1xjphf/this_pissed_me_off_a_lot_more_than_it_should_have/?sort=confidence Chandragupta fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Mar 18, 2014 |
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I don't get these very often but thanks Dad! My reply "Obama seems pretty chill there. Maybe if he had a good toke with Putin they could solve this whole 'Crimea' thing."
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Mar 18, 2014 02:16
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So wait is the constitutional lawyer who smoked some pot and went to college supposed to be a worse leader then the military guys? Maybe the vice president should be in charge of the military so he can be the military guy to draw votes and then people will be ok with the president focusing on way more important domestic issues.
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Mar 18, 2014 02:25
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:I don't get these very often but thanks Dad! KGB officer is presented as an example of what he'd rather have Obama be 
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Mar 18, 2014 02:55
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:I don't get these very often but thanks Dad!
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Mar 18, 2014 02:56
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The first two guys killed people for a living and the third read some books lol loving no dick nerd.
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Mar 18, 2014 03:01
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Ever since Tom Clancy died these guys have been desperately trying to filling their masturbatory military fascination any way they can. And it's lead them to some strange places.
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Mar 18, 2014 03:19
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Joseph Stalin at age 23: Professional bank robber and revolutionary.
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Mar 18, 2014 03:47
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk_VszbZa_s Some people just know what they need. A big, strong man  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox71pqO__ow
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Mar 18, 2014 03:57
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vyelkin posted:Joseph Stalin at age 23: Not to mention poet: "The pinkish bud has opened, Rushing to the pale-blue violet And, stirred by a light breeze, The lily of the valley has bent over the grass." I mean wow he was writing poetry.Poetry about flowers. He must have been a totally ineffectual leader who was the laughingstock of every other nation's leadership.
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Mar 18, 2014 04:37
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Rosalind posted:
Think about who you're talking to. They probably think he was these things.
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Mar 18, 2014 04:56
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:I don't get these very often but thanks Dad! Hmm, two men who proudly killed for corrupted and cruel governments including one who actively was a part of suppression of his own countrymen and their liberty, or a black dude who smoked a joint while at a prestigious legal school. Tough call.
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Mar 18, 2014 05:04
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Jabarto posted:Forget about putting armed guards in schools, just give the school librarians guns. The mass-shooters will never see it coming. And remember, this is due back in two hours. Reserves can't be taken out of the library-- *ch-chink* --or else.
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Mar 18, 2014 05:29
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Guys, let me know if I'M the crazy forward:quote:Let me first say that I am a white dude (Norwegian/Swedish specifically; the term 'white' is more invented by American Nativism than anything else), and that I had an ethnic awakening of sorts in my late teens. When I say ethnic awakening, I mean that I had a complicated relationship with my 'whiteness' and sought to discover why it was okay to be proud of being black but not okay to be proud of being white (more on this later).
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Mar 18, 2014 07:18
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I was waiting for the turn, and it delivered as surprise surprise, white people are awful. Signed, A white guy
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Mar 18, 2014 15:22
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vyelkin posted:Joseph Stalin at age 23: And the bearer of one amazing hair cut.
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Mar 18, 2014 16:14
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So I had a doozy of a phone conversation with my dad the other day. First he tells me about the Fukishima reactor and how it's leaking radiation across the ocean and people have detected high levels of it on the west coast. I should buy nascent iodine and put a few drops under my tongue each day to counteract the radiation poisoning. Then we got on the topic of religion. Apparently aliens came to earth and mated with humans in the Old Testament days and that's the reason for the flood because God wanted to purge the world of these aliens. Of course, the aliens were the ones who built the Pyramids. The aliens are still around though. All the richest people and most powerful politicians in the world have alien DNA and together they form the New World Order. Increased UFO sightings in recent years indicate the aliens are planning on doing a full-blown invasion soon. Also, the US dollar is based on nothing but paper and it has no value. Other countries are starting to figure this out, and within the next year the entire world economy is going to collapse. It's gonna be "the Great Depression on steroids" and basically we're all doomed. 
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Mar 18, 2014 16:52
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King Metal posted:I had this show up on my facebook. I don't recall anything about the ACA creating any insurance companies though...? I can't believe a doctor's office would be so clueless about insurance, but it wouldn't surprise me. I can't say I'm surprised at this point, but seriously, there are doctors who are objectively wrong about one of the most basic parts of what is probably the single biggest piece of legislation to affect their profession in their lifetime.
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Mar 18, 2014 17:01
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Ana Lucia Cortez posted:So I had a doozy of a phone conversation with my dad the other day. First he tells me about the Fukishima reactor and how it's leaking radiation across the ocean and people have detected high levels of it on the west coast. I should buy nascent iodine and put a few drops under my tongue each day to counteract the radiation poisoning. Then we got on the topic of religion. Apparently aliens came to earth and mated with humans in the Old Testament days and that's the reason for the flood because God wanted to purge the world of these aliens. I'm pretty sure I recently listened to the same episode of Coast to Coast he must have listened to.
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Mar 18, 2014 17:04
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:I don't get these very often but thanks Dad! Fwiw, that picture of obama is from his time at occidental college, when he was 18-20 or so.
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Mar 18, 2014 17:13
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Ana Lucia Cortez posted:So I had a doozy of a phone conversation with my dad the other day. First he tells me about the Fukishima reactor and how it's leaking radiation across the ocean and people have detected high levels of it on the west coast. I should buy nascent iodine and put a few drops under my tongue each day to counteract the radiation poisoning. Then we got on the topic of religion. Apparently aliens came to earth and mated with humans in the Old Testament days and that's the reason for the flood because God wanted to purge the world of these aliens. If this is a sudden change in your father's personality, then you should take him to a doctor. In all seriousness, that type of paranoia can be a sign of dementia or other health problems.
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Mar 18, 2014 17:19
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Ron Jeremy posted:Fwiw, that picture of obama is from his time at occidental college, when he was 18-20 or so. Shut it. I won't have you and your "facts" destroying my argument. That isn't even the point; the point is that Oblammo smoked pot once (that MUST be pot, right? It can't be a cigarette because that invalidates my argument!) so he is OBVIOUSLY a communist gay lover that still smokes the devil's weed and is actively trying to destroy America and undermine Christianity from within.
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Mar 18, 2014 17:20
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quote:Also, the US dollar is based on nothing but paper and it has no value. Other countries are starting to figure this out, and within the next year the entire world economy is going to collapse. I love the idea that China and Russia are just staring at dollar bills in shock. "W-wait? Its just...paper?" But yeah, take your dad to the doctor. That's a whole lot of crazy to suddenly come from nowhere.
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Mar 18, 2014 18:22
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Ana Lucia Cortez posted:So I had a doozy of a phone conversation with my dad the other day. First he tells me about the Fukishima reactor and how it's leaking radiation across the ocean and people have detected high levels of it on the west coast. I should buy nascent iodine and put a few drops under my tongue each day to counteract the radiation poisoning. Then we got on the topic of religion. Apparently aliens came to earth and mated with humans in the Old Testament days and that's the reason for the flood because God wanted to purge the world of these aliens. Your father is mentally ill and needs treatment. Preferably before he decides you are an alien and murders you in your sleep.
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Mar 18, 2014 18:40
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Ana Lucia Cortez posted:I should buy nascent iodine and put a few drops under my tongue each day to counteract the radiation poisoning. The only medications that can compete with iodine for people being dumb as hell about them are vaccines and antibiotics.
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Mar 18, 2014 19:05
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Guilty Spork posted:"You're welcome to stop accepting patients who use insurance companies that are participating in the ACA marketplaces if you really want. Would you like help tearing down all that signage from Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Kaiser, and Cigna? What's that? Then you'd have to stop accepting insurance and go out of business? Welp." Just remember, somebody had to graduate from the bottom of the class in medical school. Asclepius Hot Rod posted:Your father is mentally ill and needs treatment. Preferably before he decides you are an alien and murders you in your sleep. BigBoss fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Mar 18, 2014 |
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Mar 18, 2014 19:13
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Well, this isn't exactly out of the ordinary for him. He's always been kooky. My family was part of a cult back when I was little. One of my first memories is my older brother trying to distract me while my parents and the church elders or whatever gave my sister an exorcism (it was very traumatizing because she was screaming her head off and it honestly looked like they were beating her, which they probably were). She was more interested in singing Mariah Carey and pop songs instead of church music, which obviously meant she was possessed by the devil. Later on my brother ran away at sixteen because the church accused him of being gay and completely demonised him. Other stuff went on too, but I'm too young to remember. My siblings have a lot of crazy stories though. Fortunately my parents eventually left the cult. But my dad has always believed in crazy stuff. He's been talking about aliens in the Bible for a long time. He refused to vaccinate any of us when we were kids and he has always had a major distrust of the government and public education. I also remember reading Anne Frank's diary for school and one night he sat down with me and I can't remember everything he said but I swear he tried to convince me that the holocaust wasn't that bad, or maybe it didn't happen or something. My sister also told me he said that races shouldn't mix. WELP. Sorry Dad I married a dark-skinned Latino and we made babies. I've never brought up the subject to him and I don't think I ever will. I just sincerely hope that he doesn't truly believe that. Oddly enough, despite all of this stuff, he's a very sweet, kind and gentle man, and I absolutely adore him as a father. It's a running joke in my family that you don't talk about anything remotely religious or political or he'll just start talking on and on and on about conspiracies and aliens. I was a little shocked when I talked to him on the phone the other day though, because he hasn't been so gung-ho on that stuff recently and I figured since he remarried he's become a little bit saner. NOPE, instead he's doubled down on the crazy. 
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Be careful if your dad decides he is possessed by Jesus and that a comet is his starship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azZ9x2AaejI
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Mar 18, 2014 19:32
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Internet comment sections being internet comment sections, from an article about possibly banning orca shows.  Five kids! Nothing to it! 
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Duh, having kids isn't real work. You just have sex, pop 'em out, plant 'em in front of the TV set and then get to work makin' another one! I also wanted to add about my father. He "married" a woman with eight kids. Yes, eight. Two or three are over 18 now but for the rest she gets over $1K per month in food stamps. I'm pretty sure she gets welfare and/or other benefits as well. I put married in quotes because they aren't legally married even though they had a nice wedding and everything. My dad told me flat out that it's because they don't want to lose her benefits. So that is pretty much the dictionary definition of "welfare queen". Oh but she's white and Christian so it doesn't count, I forgot.
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Mar 18, 2014 20:15
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Every person with kids gets money from the government. Every person with a home mortgage or student loans gets money from the government. The government subsidizes the wealth of the average parent/homeowner in other ways as well. Ask those people if they claimed their kids as dependents or took a Home Mortgage Interest Deduction.
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babies havin rabies posted:Every person with kids gets money from the government. Every person with a home mortgage or student loans gets money from the government. The government subsidizes the wealth of the average parent/homeowner in other ways as well. Ask those people if they claimed their kids as dependents or took a Home Mortgage Interest Deduction. I earned that money because I work hard for a living, and these lazy moochers  "I work hard" annoys me. Everyone says they work hard. It's the same principle as everyone thinks they're above average intelligence. It takes guts to admit you do very little at an easy job and get paid well for it, because American culture glorifies letting yourself get exploited as a moral virtue.
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I called someone out on reddit the other day for saying that some homeless guy who was hustling for change in Toronto was lazy. I told him that my job and most jobs are easier than hustling for change (if you post on reddit and are out of school chances are you get paid to sit on your rear end online all day long). My job requires specialized knowledge, but if you have that knowledge and if you enjoy the work, it's anything but hard.
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prom candy posted:I called someone out on reddit the other day for saying that some homeless guy who was hustling for change in Toronto was lazy. I told him that my job and most jobs are easier than hustling for change (if you post on reddit and are out of school chances are you get paid to sit on your rear end online all day long).
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babies havin rabies posted:I can't even fathom how people use mental gymnastics to act like being literally on the street is a vacation from all sorts of responsibilities or something. I'm not a saint by any means but I don't understand how people can be this callous when they have to think about that situation. It's easy if you're a mental child and think that effort put into survival directly equates to financial compensation.
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babies havin rabies posted:I can't even fathom how people use mental gymnastics to act like being literally on the street is a vacation from all sorts of responsibilities or something. I'm not a saint by any means but I don't understand how people can be this callous when they have to think about that situation. The logic is that they got there because they're lazy and the horrible, dismal, difficult lives they lead now are punishment.
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Ana Lucia Cortez posted:refused to vaccinate any of us when we were kids Wow, that's awful. Hopefully you managed to correct that now that there's a measles epidemic in NYC.
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Today on the bus I heard a couple first-year university students having a really, really dumb conversation. The high point was when one of them brought up that his dad had a really good theory about the missing Malaysian plane: America got really pissed off that China wasn't backing them versus Russia, so they shot down the Malaysian plane because most of the people on it were Chinese. He then clarified that he wasn't sure he believed this theory of his dad's, but that it was probably true. The other guy quickly changed the subject to how 9/11 was obviously an inside job and the evidence was overwhelming, and the other guy was just starting to join in that one when we arrived and got off the bus.
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Ana Lucia Cortez posted:So I had a doozy of a phone conversation with my dad the other day. First he tells me about the Fukishima reactor and how it's leaking radiation across the ocean and people have detected high levels of it on the west coast. I should buy nascent iodine and put a few drops under my tongue each day to counteract the radiation poisoning. Then we got on the topic of religion. Apparently aliens came to earth and mated with humans in the Old Testament days and that's the reason for the flood because God wanted to purge the world of these aliens. Does your dad know my mom? The worst thing for me that the [H]istory channel has done is validate my mothers beliefs that characters from mythology and the Bible were alien/human hybrids, Angels are aliens in their spaceships, God is an alien and works of ancient man are signs that aliens are real. Ancient Aliens didnt put those ideas in her head, she had them for years, but it sure as hell didnt help.
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winterwerefox posted:Does your dad know my mom? The worst thing for me that the [H]istory channel has done is validate my mothers beliefs that characters from mythology and the Bible were alien/human hybrids, Angels are aliens in their spaceships, God is an alien and works of ancient man are signs that aliens are real. Ancient Aliens didnt put those ideas in her head, she had them for years, but it sure as hell didnt help. At least seems more fun then the typical fundy parent.
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