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thetoughestbean posted:It’s Black Friday as in “in the black”, a phrase meaning you made a profit
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The attempted rebrand to 'made a profit' is businesses trying to make it sound like a good thing rather than hordes of people crashing cars and fighting each other over deals.
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Nov 29, 2021 03:07
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Either way I'm not sure what particular brand of brainworms causes one to think stupid shopping day is racist actually
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It can be argued that using “black” as a pejorative descriptor can be racist in practice, if not necessarily intent (ex. “blacklist” vs “whitelist” ties into a black=bad, white=good dichotomy). Is that the case here? I’m not necessarily convinced, but I’m also well aware that I’m operating from a position of privilege there.
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Nov 29, 2021 19:29
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Black Friday is not negative. I swear to God you people need to get outside more and post less.
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Nov 29, 2021 19:39
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You would have a way easier time trying to stop everyone from referring to people as black/white than you would divorcing the words from their connotations in every other part of language.
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Gaius Marius posted:Black Friday is not negative. I swear to God you people need to get outside more and post less. lmao literally "doesn't look like anything to me" thanks goon also read the article which is very short and suggests the name is from police reports of people being lovely in order to do holiday shopping as soon as possible after Thanksgiving. Quotes with sources and everything! Don't worry, they are short quotes Now as to whether or not black being associated with bad and white being associated with good is a racist thing I think THATS REALLY loving OBVIOUS Jokerpilled Drudge has a new favorite as of 19:56 on Nov 29, 2021 |
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Nov 29, 2021 19:54
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Nov 29, 2021 20:00
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its so normalized it cant be racist right?
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:Now as to whether or not black being associated with bad and white being associated with good is a racist thing I think THATS REALLY loving OBVIOUS I mean, it's pretty common throughout languages, from well before the modern concepts of the white and black races were formed and in some cases before the cultures that speak those languages had even had significant contact with black and/or white people.
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Nov 29, 2021 20:02
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guys its just a total coincidence that systemic racism ruthlessly exploits and destroys black people while black idiomatically means bad and white means good
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Nov 29, 2021 20:09
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Jesus I wish my arm were twice as long so I could make a bigger jerkoff motion
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Nov 29, 2021 20:13
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:guys its just a total coincidence that systemic racism ruthlessly exploits and destroys black people while black idiomatically means bad and white means good If anything I'd bet it's the other way around, black people aren't black and white people aren't white, but those labels were applied in part because of the existing connotations of those colors.
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Nov 29, 2021 20:32
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:guys its just a total coincidence that systemic racism ruthlessly exploits and destroys black people while black idiomatically means bad and white means good The associations are older than the modern conception of race. The Black Death, for one (you don't see it in English until around the 1700s but you find it in Danish a century or two earlier). Homer uses black associated with death to describe Scylla in the Odyssey. Seneca does something similar in one of his writings too. Even the Egyptians associated the color black with the underworld. I would imagine the associations come from it being the color of darkness and of the unknown more than anything.
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Nov 29, 2021 20:43
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And why do you call the worst candy "black" licorice anyway
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Nov 29, 2021 20:49
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Manager Hoyden posted:And why do you call the worst candy "black" licorice anyway You don't because black licorice rules
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Nov 29, 2021 20:51
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I've always wanted to try that super intense salted black licorice they have in Scandinavia. Mainly because I have bad sinuses and I hear that poo poo opens you right up.
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Nov 29, 2021 20:57
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Manager Hoyden posted:Jesus I wish my arm were twice as long so I could make a bigger jerkoff motion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsGnqf3CUW8 Gripweed posted:I've always wanted to try that super intense salted black licorice they have in Scandinavia. Mainly because I have bad sinuses and I hear that poo poo opens you right up. It's extremely gross. Not as gross as candy corn, but it's up there.
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Nov 29, 2021 21:02
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YeahTubaMike posted:It's extremely gross. Not as gross as candy corn, but it's up there. yeah I want to try it.
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Nov 29, 2021 21:03
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Our licorice is extremely strong? You learn something new every day
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YeahTubaMike posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsGnqf3CUW8 stop hoarding the licorice you goddamn... I'm sorry, I wanted to call you a mean Scandinavian term but this is apparently the best that region came up with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_(derogatory_term)
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Nov 29, 2021 21:07
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Candy corn is good. Especially the pumpkin shaped candy corn. That's good stuff.
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Nov 29, 2021 21:09
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Candy corn and salted peanuts is a pretty good candy mix
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Nov 29, 2021 21:14
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I don’t think I’ve ever actually eaten a piece of candy corn in my entire life.
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phuo: i like licorice. i think it's good. it's definitely an acquired taste, i'll give you that
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christmas boots posted:I would imagine the associations come from it being the color of darkness and of the unknown more than anything. Yeah bad things happen in the dark. (And of course that word has been appropriated for doing racism.)
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Nov 29, 2021 22:22
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The greek guy writing the gospel of john in ad 70: "the light (racial whiteness) shines in the darkness (is surrounded by black people) and the darkness (again, definitely the group of people living in the americas of african ancestry) can never extinguish it ("it" being whiteness which the good in this parable)"
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Robobot posted:I don’t think I’ve ever actually eaten a piece of candy corn in my entire life. Try it. Get a cheap bag at Target, eat a piece, even if it's not your bag I bet you'll be like, "huh I wonder why people act like this stuff is nasty. It's, at worst, fine."
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Nov 29, 2021 22:36
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It used to be dark and scary outside before electricity
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hawowanlawow posted:It used to be dark and scary outside before electricity Often still is, because of capitalism.
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christmas boots posted:because black licorice rules
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Nov 29, 2021 23:38
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Ah yes I was quite certain the term was related to the method of voting but looked it up to be sure. https://www.etymonline.com/word/blackball
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Gripweed posted:I've always wanted to try that super intense salted black licorice they have in Scandinavia. Mainly because I have bad sinuses and I hear that poo poo opens you right up. I used to buy this poo poo to gently caress with my coworkers all the time. My old boss said it tasted like cat piss smells. Personally I thought it was pretty good
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in holland we have balls that are sweet on the outside but salmiakki flavored on the inside and i always use them to gently caress with people
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Shibawanko posted:in holland we have balls that are sweet on the outside but salmiakki flavored on the inside and i always use them to gently caress with people The Soviets used a genital.
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:guys its just a total coincidence that systemic racism ruthlessly exploits and destroys black people while black idiomatically means bad and white means good 2/10, next time try picking something where not literally everyone knows where the meaning comes from
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Nov 30, 2021 06:09
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:guys its just a total coincidence that systemic racism ruthlessly exploits and destroys black people while black idiomatically means bad and white means good Bullshit crusades like this only serve to distract from real issues. If you actually want to help then try helping instead of tilting at windmills.
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Nov 30, 2021 12:55
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irrespective of where it comes from I think its still racist and not great. Thinking about black kids who have to hear their white teachers reiterate notions of whiteness being good and blackness being bad in every context under the sun. instead of considering this at all, please continue to frame my argument as though I am suggesting the origin of the idea is racist. That would of course be the most expedient way to ameliorate any perception of harm you might be causing vv or just slam me personally Jokerpilled Drudge has a new favorite as of 13:11 on Nov 30, 2021 |
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Nov 30, 2021 13:07
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Guys I’m starting to think this guy is seriously jokerpilled
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Wheel of Time has another "dark one" evil character and thats a huge loving eyeroll tbqh. Not saying they were conciously trying to malign black people but it's still not great
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