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HeyItsAyls posted:I'm so glad social media didn't exist back in 1998 when Dana International won. I know, right? Transgender and Israeli: what a Twitter shitstorm that would have been. "Viva la Diva" is still a great pop song, though.
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Someone I've known since 9th grade unfriended me for saying that ESPN showing Michael Sam's kiss over and over again was reasonable because it was a historic moment.
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May 11, 2014 18:00
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Henchman of Santa posted:Someone I thought I knew since 9th grade unfriended me for saying that ESPN showing Michael Sam's kiss over and over again was reasonable because it was a historic moment. It's great [no it isn't] seeing people get so angry this stuff.  I don't understand why people are so furious over two dudes/women dating though.
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May 11, 2014 18:04
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PUGGERNAUT posted:Here is a nice snippet of some casual racism shared by one of my (white as hell) high school teachers. But it's okay because Bill Cosby, a Black Person, said it. So... it's racist to agree with Bill Cosby? 
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May 11, 2014 18:21
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Stoatbringer posted:So... it's racist to agree with Bill Cosby? Bill Cosby's opinions and how he expresses them are kind of lovely and dismissive of young people. White people quoting him and saying, "see, one of them thinks so, too!" is them validating their racism.
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May 11, 2014 18:27
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Bill Cosby is a terrible old man who is rude as all poo poo. I saw his comedy act when he came to St. Cloud State University in like...2003, I think. He would call the students assigned to help him up to the stage and then poo poo on their major, way they were dressed, and the way that they talked. It's kind of hazy because its been so long but everyone walked out of the performance with the overwhelming feeling that Bill Cosby is in fact a bitter old prick.
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AKZ posted:Bill Cosby is a terrible old man who is rude as all poo poo. I saw his comedy act when he came to St. Cloud State University in like...2003, I think. He would call the students assigned to help him up to the stage and then poo poo on their major, way they were dressed, and the way that they talked. It's kind of hazy because its been so long but everyone walked out of the performance with the overwhelming feeling that Bill Cosby is in fact a bitter old prick. Also history of assault allegations. http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/02/13/bill_cosby_sexual_assault_allegations_why_isn_t_anyone_paying_attention.html
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May 11, 2014 18:48
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Horrible as Bill Cosby is, I'm pretty sure one of the speeches attributed to him that gets passed around social media by racists was really obviously not him. E: No wait, that one is the one he actually said, "I'm 83 and tired" is the fake one. made of bees has a new favorite as of 18:59 on May 11, 2014 |
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May 11, 2014 18:54
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He kinda went insane after his son was killed by a racist Ukrainian dude in a botched robbery attempt. I think he got something really taken from him by that, that can't be replaced - the act of fathering his son, that he's trying to get back by telling everyone else what to do. It just makes me feel bad that Ennis Cosby must have been raised by these speeches and tactics.
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May 11, 2014 18:58
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Right, but isn't the one that actually is him much worse than the obviously fake one? I pretty much always glaze over chain emails and the like.
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May 11, 2014 18:59
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 Always good stuff from the hick side of my family. Central BC is a strange place.
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Who the gently caress is Luke Bryan
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May 11, 2014 20:32
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SpookyLizard posted:Who the gently caress is Luke Bryan A country singer.
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SpookyLizard posted:Who the gently caress is Luke Bryan I had to look him up too. Country Music guy apparently. Beaten like a country music singer at a concert filled with people that don't like country music guys.
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SpookyLizard posted:Who the gently caress is Luke Bryan someone greater than facebook, twitter and google evidently.
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May 11, 2014 21:03
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On the plus side, my friend just sent me this video of the Goldeneye opening titles set to "Rise Like a Phoenix" because he knows I'm a huge Bond fan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ql5mgkQIOY It works surprisingly well and if it weren't for this thread, I'd have no idea who Conchita Wurst was. It won't happen but I'd love for her to sing the next Bond theme.
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May 11, 2014 21:08
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Ninjasaurus posted:On the plus side, my friend just sent me this video of the Goldeneye opening titles set to "Rise Like a Phoenix" because he knows I'm a huge Bond fan: This is rad. If I weren't already dead-set on Cee Lo doing the next Bond song, I'd be rooting for this to happen.
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May 11, 2014 21:51
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PUGGERNAUT posted:This is rad. If I weren't already dead-set on Cee Lo doing the next Bond song, I'd be rooting for this to happen. Holy poo poo, that would also be amazing.
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May 11, 2014 22:00
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RareAcumen posted:It's great [no it isn't] seeing people get so angry this stuff.  Can I just post this, which is the opposite of idiotic and because it gives me a little more hope on the issue and just people in general. 
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May 11, 2014 22:42
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I don't have screen shots because the stuff keeps getting deleted but ugh. Several months ago I donated a painting to an auction on facebook. An older woman commented on it, wanting to bid, but she couldn't afford to because she doesn't get that much from her pension. She was a friend of a friend, so I decided to surprise her with a little one as a gift. That itself turned into a mess - I messaged to ask her for her address and she started asking if she could pick the colors, bigger size, etc. I decided to just learn from it and let it go, and never give gifts to people I don't know again. Well. At someone point in the last week her friend's dog died, and she wanted to set up a fundraising thing for money for them that they could donate to rescue in their dogs' name. Really dumb - do we need to raise money for everything? - but whatever. Some truly nasty people started saying she was a spammer, trying to con money, etc. This woman had a complete facebook meltdown. This is the first time I've been online since friday, I've been really sick, and I have 6 new group messages from her crying about this stuff and how she wants to end it all and so on, she has deleted her account and made a new one 4 different times, and my one time replying to say she should just stop the fundraising page and move on started an interrogation from her about whether I believe them or not, or would believe anyone else that she's a scammer, and other nonsense. So much for being nice to old ladies.
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PUGGERNAUT posted:This is rad. If I weren't already dead-set on Cee Lo doing the next Bond song, I'd be rooting for this to happen. You might have to wait a bit for that, they've already confirmed that Adele will be doing the theme for the next movie. Though honestly, I'd be fine with her being, like, the Shirley Bassey of this Bond era, and just pop back in from time to time to do another theme.
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kinmik posted:No you see, it's okay if it's two women because it's hot and
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Nah, this is still pretty stupid. It's like going "Who cares that Jackie Robinson's black? All that matters is if he's good." Yeah, it's funny how, now that it's much harder to get away with being a bigot, being gay is nothing special and no one should pay attention to him. Why is it such a big deal? Gee, maybe because homophobes made it such a big deal. For relevant content: it's probably safer to just link to his timeline, but @boring_as_heck has spent most of his day tweeting pictures of shirtless men kissing to people saying terrible things about Michael Sam and gays in general.  obviously.
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How is he as a player? I don't follow the NFL much outside of the playoffs, is he going to have a future in the league or is he otherwise unremarkable?
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SteveVizsla posted:I don't have screen shots because the stuff keeps getting deleted but ugh. Too bad you didn't save the posts/weren't mean enough to post her message to you. Why didn't she just let the idea go once people were obviously not in favor of donating to a charity of her choice? Wait. I forgot that she is likely a crazy old lady. Bored has a new favorite as of 02:47 on May 12, 2014 |
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Austrian mook posted:How is he as a player? I don't follow the NFL much outside of the playoffs, is he going to have a future in the league or is he otherwise unremarkable? unremarkable
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He was SEC. co-defensive player of the year, which is something. But his skill set is not a typical one that translates well to pro ball . Which is why he was one of the last picks.
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May 12, 2014 02:57
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 Is there a rule about no tumblr? Because it almost seems like it's cheating. ...and yet I felt compelled to share this.
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May 12, 2014 03:44
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post more tumblr, i miss the tumblr mock thread.
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Drunk Nerds posted:He was SEC. co-defensive player of the year, which is something. But his skill set is not a typical one that translates well to pro ball . Which is why he was one of the last picks. Huh, I read that he was really talented and was expected to be a pretty high pick. Was that article wrong? I don't follow college ball that much.
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I don't follow too closely either, but my understanding is he isn't gonna be a superstar hall of famer, but he's not gonna be cut after like a year either. Kinda middle of the road, as far as NFL players go.
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The main problem is he had a lovely pro day at the combine. It caused his draft stock to tank. Honestly quite a few players in the NFL came out in support of both him and other players who have come out of the closet after retiring from the NFL. The industry fosters quite a bit of camaraderie between the players due to the union. Another thing to keep in mind is that a majority of players are under 30. The same equal rights movement that is causing the nation's shift in the direction of equality has been a part of their cultural mindset for as long as anyone posting here (most likely), so why would we expect them to be any more bigoted than the rest of the nation's younger demographic? Of course there is still some ugly homophobia in the industry, but that is moving to the past as fast as in any industry dominated by younger people. ...I really like football, okay?
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Austrian mook posted:post more tumblr, i miss the tumblr mock thread. Agreed. Tumblr is a social media site that is abound with idiots. Post more.
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May 12, 2014 04:06
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Please don't post tumblr, it is haraam and also leads to madness
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Nah, this is still pretty stupid. It's like going "Who cares that Jackie Robinson's black? All that matters is if he's good." If it weren't for that kind of "stupid" thinking the negro league would still be around.
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KitConstantine posted:The main problem is he had a lovely pro day at the combine. It caused his draft stock to tank. Honestly quite a few players in the NFL came out in support of both him and other players who have come out of the closet after retiring from the NFL. The industry fosters quite a bit of camaraderie between the players due to the union. I'm just waiting for one of the all time great players in each league to come out as gay, like Maurice Richard or something. Every staunch right wing person in Quebec simultaniously dies from a stroke.
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As much as I miss the tumblr mock threads, the reason they get shut down is because goons have a tendency to succumb to lots of infighting in them. Even though I love to laugh at trans-fat agephobic demiplatonic pansexual otherkin, its probably best if we dont post too much tumblr.
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Austrian mook posted:I'm just waiting for one of the all time great players in each league to come out as gay, like Maurice Richard or something. Every staunch right wing person in Quebec simultaniously dies from a stroke. Quebec's actually pretty gay-friendly these days, and we really don't have much of a right wing
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Manfrompoot posted:If it weren't for that kind of "stupid" thinking the negro league would still be around. He's not talking about people who said "Jackie Robinson is just as good as any white player, just let him play in the white leagues". He's talking about some hypothetical (but probably real) idiot arguing "There's no reason to celebrate Jackie Robinson, his career was unremarkable, sports are about talent, not race". The latter is a cowardly, dishonest argument used by bigots trying to pass itself off as the former and make people arguing for equality look like the real bigots.
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I read those facebook posts and I saw people who were going "Ugh he's gay fine whatever who cares just shut up about it so I can ignore it" rather than "This is a significant barrier that has been broken, but in a perfect world it wouldn't matter that an openly gay man is in the NFL."
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