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God drat it it happened to me. I'm Ben, Nick is a supporter of the same hockey team as me, who I've gone with to a game like twice.       I know I shouldn't have touched the poop but it was my goddamn status in the first place. Also the whole joke about me not being white is a running gag between me and "ken," who are the ones who Nick mentions having had mowhawks BTW.
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Yeah, please stop being overly nice to the disabled. It turns out that having everyone go out of their way to attempt to please you feels incredibly patronizing, and odds are that disabled people actually have ways of dealing with problems on their own, including asking for help if they need it. When I was in New York with my wheelchair-using friend (and a couple of others), he would literally not be allowed to wait in line ever, but would be pushed to the front and given free entrance, preferably by one of the cashiers, which caused further delays for everyone else. The intention is nice, but holy crap does it make you feel useless and (literally) pitiful. Sorry for ranting.
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Besesoth posted:Sorry Here in the south we hold the door open for loving everyone and sometimes it gets annoying and tiresome. But we keep doing it for some drat reason.
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I just try to make people's lives easier, especially when I've got it better than they do.
Slickdrac posted:Speaking as someone who gets around with a cane, I hate when people do that. I appreciate it, certainly, but it makes me feel bad when people go out of their way for my sake I generally don't discriminate when it comes to door-holding. I'll be more likely to do it for a disabled or old person, but it's not really something I'm doing that's going out of my way to do. It takes no effort and maybe 5 seconds of your day waiting. I can definitely understand the patronizing feeling, but holding open doors is something that I (and I imagine many people) do for everyone regardless of age, gender, ability, whatever.
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Re: door chat - I don't mind it when people hold doors open for me, but sometimes guys will refuse to let me hold the door open for them, even when it'd be way more awkward for me to go through the door first. My guess is they insisted on holding the door open so they could leer on some poor girl, she could tell, she got creeped out, and it morphed into some stdh.txt monstrosity.
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Justin Bieber lookin muthafucka
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Tracula posted:Did you read about this on Tumblr? I'm willing to bet it was on Tumblr. I took a women's studies class in college and we devoted at least one class period to why/how things like holding doors open, opening a car door, pulling out a chair, grabbing a coat, were always sexist no matter what. But it wasn't just the over-the-toprunning 10 feet ahead, throwing his coat over a puddle, and tipping his fedora type, it was any time any man did this, and women should always refuse and do it for themselves to fight sexism/men. The teacher claimed she refused to go when a man would get the door for her. A quote that sticks in my mind: "look at when there's a line of people all going through a door, and you (woman) hold it open behind you for the next person. If it's a man behind you, they will ALWAYS put their hand higher than yours on the door, because this shows their power/whatever"  So yes, these rants, and people who yell at others holding a door for them, aren't just idiots on the internet. They exist in real life, from people with masters+ degrees. Ooh, and this made me remember that I met someone at a university thing last year who literally introduced themselves with their pronouns. Ie "hey, my name is Joe, my pronouns are /he/him/whatever, and I'm from Dallas TX". So that's not exclusive to the internet either.
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JoeyJoJoJr Shabadoo posted:A quote that sticks in my mind: "look at when there's a line of people all going through a door, and you (woman) hold it open behind you for the next person. If it's a man behind you, they will ALWAYS put their hand higher than yours on the door, because this shows their power/whatever" I now picture a really short guy jumping up and down in a futile attempt to get his hand over the woman's.
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IBurnStuffAlot posted:God drat it it happened to me. I'm Ben, Nick is a supporter of the same hockey team as me, who I've gone with to a game like twice. I dunno if this makes me the idiot, but while I'm glad your heart is in the right place over this, it's important to note that "friend of the family" or "nigga" isn't empowering at all and you shouldn't let yourself fall into this guy's fallacy trap. If the owner--or even every last person affiliated with the entire franchise--was Native American, it still wouldn't be okay for them to call themselves the Redskins because it disenfranchises everyone who doesn't want the term applied to them.
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Slickdrac posted:Speaking as someone who gets around with a cane, I hate when people do that. I appreciate it, certainly, but it makes me feel bad when people go out of their way for my sake Haha same, also protip: when holding the door for someone in a wheelchair, stand "outside" the door, leaning in past the threshold is a sure way for me to roll over you.
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IBurnStuffAlot posted:God drat it it happened to me. I'm Ben, Nick is a supporter of the same hockey team as me, who I've gone with to a game like twice. Nick has been swallowed by social media hive-mind. Either sever, or keep him around so you can have more content to post.
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I know Tumblr is usually not posted here since it sparks SJW debates, but this is a special case. 
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:I know Tumblr is usually not posted here since it sparks SJW debates, but this is a special case. Made my day. Holy poo poo.
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:I know Tumblr is usually not posted here since it sparks SJW debates, but this is a special case. i can't stop laughing
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:I know Tumblr is usually not posted here since it sparks SJW debates, but this is a special case. A Good Tumblr Post.
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The White Dragon posted:I dunno if this makes me the idiot, but while I'm glad your heart is in the right place over this, it's important to note that "friend of the family" or "nigga" isn't empowering at all and you shouldn't let yourself fall into this guy's fallacy trap. If the owner--or even every last person affiliated with the entire franchise--was Native American, it still wouldn't be okay for them to call themselves the Redskins because it disenfranchises everyone who doesn't want the term applied to them. Hey thanks for taking a second to point that out to me, it didn't even cross my mind. nippythefish posted:Nick has been swallowed by social media hive-mind. Either sever, or keep him around so you can have more content to post. He hasn't quit yet, so I'll post the rest later tonight or tomorrow. I'm totes keeping him around because I barely know him so there are practically no repercussions to calling him out on his poo poo. BTW, Happy Steam Summer Sale everyone!
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:I know Tumblr is usually not posted here since it sparks SJW debates, but this is a special case. 
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kinmik posted:I love these. Still my favourite: 
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Dear god, the redskins debate. Let me preface this by saying that I am firmly against the name, I am native with official CIB from the Pueblo of Jemez. None of this My grandfather was 1/4 Cherokee princess bullshit. The debates that this has opened up seem to be dominated by the most vocal and least intelligent people I have ever seen. One local news station did a facebook "what do you think about..." regarding the ad that ran last week. I have never been so angry or depressed about all these comments from the whitest of people saying that "It's not an offensive term." My other favorites were the outright racism of people saying poo poo like "This hasn't been a problem ever before (it has, since the beginning)! They need to stop crying and get the hell over it!" And I kid you not, one that had many likes that just said: "Give them more firewater, they'll forget about it for another 50 years." Others included "How will they be remembered if we don't have them honored in this way!?" and a whole lot of my personal, all time favorite, this type of comment:  Posted on a public comment section, so gently caress him.
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Spalec posted:Still my favourite: This one always seemed a bit too good to be true, but whatever. 
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Compromise. Keep the name and change the logo to potatoes or peanuts. Problem solved. I hate the implication that many people make that only Indians may be offended by racism towards Indians.
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canyoneer posted:I hate the implication that many people make that only Indians may be offended by racism towards Indians. Well no you see some of my best friends are [Insert Minority in America here] and they're totally okay with [Insert thing here that's offensive to group]. 
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Spalec posted:Still my favourite:  (It's apparently a gay porn blog now)
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Droogie posted:Dear god, the redskins debate. Let me preface this by saying that I am firmly against the name, I am native with official CIB from the Pueblo of Jemez. None of this My grandfather was 1/4 Cherokee princess bullshit. I've been countering ppls arguments that it isn't offensive by asking them if they'd be comfortable calling a Native American a "redskin" to their face... I haven't gotten any responses to that question.
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 Good to know that we can cure cancer with loving juice. I used to live with this girl and one time we were at the grocery store and she was reading the label for a 100% juice bottle and asked me, in all seriousness, if it was 100% juice why was there sugar in it? (P.S. in case you're wondering the celtic knot tags refer to her tattoo in the picture)
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kalanikaloni posted:
like added sugar in the ingredients or sugars in the nutritional breakdown?
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Scarf posted:I've been countering ppls arguments that it isn't offensive by asking them if they'd be comfortable calling a Native American a "redskin" to their face... That's funny, because the team's trademark attorney was just asked that question and instead of saying yes or no, basically said 'well, it *could* be considered a slur, but that's not what *our* word means.' loving ridiculous.
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Best tweet about the Redskins thing: (It's a public non-protected account, do I need to block their name out?)
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Droogie posted:That's funny, because the team's trademark attorney was just asked that question and instead of saying yes or no, basically said 'well, it *could* be considered a slur, but that's not what *our* word means.' Holy poo poo, people are actually using Racist Cop-out Defense #27* as a legal defense? *not an actual term
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Buzkashi posted:Arguing (more civil-y this time) with my brother's wife's sister: Nice, I got the best debate-ender result possible: quote:I really don't care either way if you agree or disagree with what I think. Because I don't agree with yours. It is about money. And many drs are prescribing many meds that don't need to be. Go in say oh I'm sad they give u anti depressants oh I can't concentrate aderall. Blah blah blah. Are there people who actually need it. Yes. Are there a LOT of ppl who take it because it's easy. Hell yes. So again agree don't agree I could care less. Thanks tho for the opinion I didn't ask for nor do I care for. Good thing she's not a doctor.
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Buzkashi posted:Nice, I got the best debate-ender result possible: "I don't care about your opinion. Here's another paragraph about how much I don't care."
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kalanikaloni posted:
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Hedera Helix posted:Hopefully she's not diabetic... Even if the liquid ~*natural*~ sugar diet gives her diabetes she can just import some canned mountain air or some poo poo to cure it.
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kalanikaloni posted:
"My friend had ovarian tumors and they're all gone...at least, that's what the autopsy report said."
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Leon Einstein posted:I had a guy friend who was uncomfortable with other guys holding doors open for him. I guess if you view it as a form of courtship it'd be weird, but I just think it is polite. A bit late, but "M'Lady" is actually a car dealership. I see the license plate holders all the time. Here's their circular:  Free oil change, m'lady?
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krissycokl posted:A bit late, but "M'Lady" is actually a car dealership. I see the license plate holders all the time. Here's their circular: The Evony of car dealerships.
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tallest crocodile posted:I never had anything to share here til I started adding co-workers. One of them posts a mildly amusing picture: Gotta say that Sam chick sounds fun and chill as heck I dunno maybe phil does have something to worry about.
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Thought of this thread. The Oatmeal's Which Game of Thrones Character Are You? Idiots in the Idiots on Social Media Thread: Stupid poo poo Idiots I got Hodor.
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Met posted:Thought of this thread.
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