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I'm having dinner with George Takei in February. Someone is bound to start a discussion with him about how he feels about the rise of Trump and the Japanese internment comparisons we've seen lately, though I don't have the heart to do so.
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Radbot posted:Agreed. The stereotype of IT has white, Randian gods has never, ever rung true to me (mostly because the vast majority of people I work with in IT aren't white, their Randian god status is mostly unknown but seems unlikely). Guess it just shows how people project what happens in Silicon Valley to the rest of the country/all industries, and how people confuse CJing with development.
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Dec 14, 2015 18:51
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Anderron Shi posted:What are some of the more interesting things that drive people to want to see Trump get nominated? Like the calling Hillary a oval office thing, etc. I want specifics. death to America for me
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Dec 14, 2015 18:51
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Ogmius815 posted:She's lucky she didn't hit him. Deadly force generally isn't justifiable in defense of property, she'd be hosed. Good thing she's white or she'd have gone to jail anyway. (she got released last winter, thankfully)
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Raerlynn posted:Doesn't solve the constant abuse from politicians, parents, and general budget fuckery that being a teacher subjects you too. Also not every high school offers AP, nor do all colleges recognize and credit AP courses with college credit. Any student can sign up and take AP tests on their own. If financial capacity is an issue, the College Board has scholarships available for students with documented need. An overpayment on a bursar's account will result in a refund to the individual.
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Raerlynn posted:IT, especially startup IT that bills itself as "disruptive", tends to poo poo on what they see as overbearing government regulation when it gets in the way of their cool new product. See Lyft, Uber, and Airbnb for classic examples of this. You really need to get out of the head space where you think Silicon Valley represents all tech workers.
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Dec 14, 2015 18:55
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startup land probably makes up less than 1% of the IT industry by headcount
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Dec 14, 2015 18:59
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Anderron Shi posted:Well, I meant physically. Also, imagine you're only looking at her while she is talking about something unrelated to politics, and you have no previous knowledge of her existence or affiliations/values/beliefs/etc. I do not. To me she has a certain look to her that is similar to a look that Coulter and other right-wing women share. Can't quite explain it, but I'm repulsed by it. That said, it probably has to do with my bias. Women that I find attractive but are intellectually unattractive tend to become less attractive to me.
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Dec 14, 2015 19:00
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shrike82 posted:startup land probably makes up less than 1% of the IT industry by headcount But 99% of all publicity. Because Bob the DBA tuning a query on a Point of Sale system to run 5% faster doesn't generate 50 blog posts about disruption and innovation.
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Xae posted:You really need to get out of the head space where you think Silicon Valley represents all tech workers. Not all, but a lot. I have a friend who works for a small tech outsource CJ firm full of neckbeards and fedoras. When they got acquired by a regional telco that already had contracts with the IBEW and CWA, the employees themselves started a anti-union campaign before the ink was dry on the sale, because they didn't want their wages "stolen" for union dues and supporting liberal politicians.
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Xae posted:You really need to get out of the head space where you think Silicon Valley represents all tech workers. It's not headspace, it's people where I live in the Midwest sharing the same views. Hth. Edit: Mulva posted:Not all, but a lot. I have a friend who works for a small tech outsource CJ firm full of neckbeards and fedoras. When they got acquired by a regional telco that already had contracts with the IBEW and CWA, the employees themselves started a anti-union campaign before the ink was dry on the sale, because they didn't want their wages "stolen" for union dues and supporting liberal politicians. This sentiment is more common than you may think.
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Dec 14, 2015 19:02
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Boon posted:That said, it probably has to do with my bias. Women that I find attractive but are intellectually unattractive tend to become less attractive to me.
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Dec 14, 2015 19:03
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shrike82 posted:startup land probably makes up less than 1% of the IT industry by headcount
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Shakugan posted:I'm having dinner with George Takei in February. Someone is bound to start a discussion with him about how he feels about the rise of Trump and the Japanese internment comparisons we've seen lately, though I don't have the heart to do so. He's been pretty vocal on facebook about his distaste for the whole matter. It's a bit strange how his play about Japanese internment has suddenly become 10 times more relevant
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Augus posted:He's been pretty vocal on facebook about his distaste for the whole matter. It's a bit strange how his play about Japanese internment has suddenly become 10 times more relevant Speaking of, did the Trump or that shitheel mayor who used the internment camps to justify turning away Syrian refugees ever take Takei up on his offer?
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To be fair, a bare minimum of half of those 'yes' votes are a reflex of 'literally anything is better than Obamacare"
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So basically: 1. There's still some hope for abortion in this country, even if it is slim.  2. Republicans have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to how healthcare works, what a twist. 3. Republicans are also chickenshit and only hawkish when it means kicking first graders in the head for their lunch money (Invade ISIS! 20,000 troops, oorah!) but not when it means picking a fight with somebody your own size like Russia.
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Dec 14, 2015 19:13
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Gail Wynand posted:There's Silicon Valley unicorn startup land and then there's all the small local startups and helpdesk/web/sysadmin contracting companies, I was referring to both kinds. ok and is there any reason why i should be thinking that these non-SV firms skew more libertarian than gen pop?
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Shakugan posted:I'm having dinner with George Takei in February. Someone is bound to start a discussion with him about how he feels about the rise of Trump and the Japanese internment comparisons we've seen lately, though I don't have the heart to do so. Don't bring that poo poo up in a dinner conversation. You'll only ruin the mood for everyone.
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Dec 14, 2015 19:16
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pacmania90 posted:Don't bring that poo poo up in a dinner conversation. You'll only ruin the mood for everyone. Actually he should because it's unbecoming of a goon not to ruin dinners.
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shrike82 posted:ok and is there any reason why i should be thinking that these non-SV firms skew more libertarian than gen pop?
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Dec 14, 2015 19:17
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If we just changed the Declaration of Independence to read "...all white male citizens of these United States are created equal..." that would put Trump in the clear, right? Some minor changes the Constitution would be just as easy.
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Dec 14, 2015 19:18
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Gail Wynand posted:Small businesspeople in general tend to lean libertarian. And it's not a coincidence that working directly for small business owners is likely the worst thing possible, whether you're their family member, an employee, or contractor.
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Dec 14, 2015 19:19
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Neither, it's Tom Brady.
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Horse jockeys aren't people.
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Dec 14, 2015 19:21
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pacmania90 posted:Don't bring that poo poo up in a dinner conversation. You'll only ruin the mood for everyone. Yeah, I'm not planning to. I think some others will though. I'm sure he'd be willing to talk about it though, discussing international relations, race relations etc is a big part of why we're having the dinner (I live in a residential college that runs discussions and outreach about this sort of thing) and he knows that.
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tbh, i've preferred working in a family business than working for a large corporate. you guys seem to be trafficking in stereotypes - do black people typically tip less as well?
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Dec 14, 2015 19:22
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 Not sure if people who think horses are also people is far too many or far too few.
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MariusLecter posted:
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Dec 14, 2015 19:26
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Someone post that magazine cover pic of Lebron James carrying a model versus king kong and a woman.
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as a reminder, i am almost certain a horse has one that before
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Check out the partisan split on Serena Williams favorability ~*~for some strange reason~*~  
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ESPN put Secretariat at #35 on their list of the top North American athletes of the 20th century. Just behind Lou Gehrig. Edit: Also, Citation was #97 and Man o' War was #84. Presto fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Dec 14, 2015 |
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Some intrepid reporter went and talked to actual Trump supporters.quote:"When you're in war, you have to take steps that are not American to protect yourself and defend the country," said Margaret Shontz, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, as she arrived at a Trump campaign stop in Des Moines on Friday.
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This kind of makes me wonder what other leftist positions you could get a plurality of Republican voters to support, if you bury it in a bunch of conservative shibboleths. Tell me if you support the following positions: - Temporarily block all Muslims from entering the united states - Repeal all state laws on magazine limits - Abolish the Environmental Protection Agency - Transfer ownership of the company you work for to the people who work there - Deport all 11 million illegal immigrants in the united states
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quote:Back at Rosie's, Hooker made a point to say that among her hundreds of Facebook friends, "a few of them are Muslims. One's even an atheist."
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MariusLecter posted:Not sure if people who think horses are also people is far too many or far too few. It was only a matter of time once gay marriage was legalized...
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:as a reminder, i am almost certain a horse has one that before A horse has never been the SI sportsperson of the year, although a jockey was once.
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