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[Melizmatic]

Damn, yo.

@wisconsinplatt = 1725 points

@jsroberts = 800 points

@Ignatius = 20 points

@Markdow = 10 points

@daneel = 30 points

@Melizmatic = 20 points

@dave_b = 880 points

@OtherMichael = 40 points

This is a pretty fantastic idea.

Thanks.

I’m not certain yet if I’ve bitten off more than I can chew, but I’m glad that I set up a definite cut-off point.

[XantheStone]

Now I know why I have been getting so many likes on old posts lately.

[Melizmatic]

Now I know why I have been getting so many likes on old posts lately.

*lolz

[XantheStone]

Ha!

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[Melizmatic]

I have a workaround for that.

If you want it, just DM me.

[anon26304152]

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Here’s the very picture of iconoclasm - a bunch of old white Mormon elders rocking kente cloth neckties in Africa. It could be a scene straight out of The Book of Mormon… [image] http://thesmithsinafrica.blogspot.com/

Here’s one about a Marine not being allowed to walk during graduation because they wanted to wear their Dress-blues. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/McHenry-High-School-Draws-Criticism-for-Not-Letting-Marine-Walk-at-Graduation-While-in-Uniform-380275721.html

There is a difference between a private affair, like a wedding, and a public school graduation, yeah? I didn't find the guys kente cloth to be anywhere near the same thing as wearing shorts and flip-flops to a formal wedding. Maybe he didn't think it would be a problem, since he was indeed wearing his cap and gown, as required for the ceremony.

I suspect that had another student worn something they viewed as violating the dress code, and they asked him to remove it, and the student did not comply, the reaction would have been the same, though in the absence of an example we will not know. Why do you suspect that this situation would be handled no differently if a white kid had done the same thing? Have you not seen any of the numerous studies that show how very different the disciplinary treatment of black students and others is? I…

The question is on what non-arbitrary and not-first-amendment-violating basis do you exclude the swastika and accept the African heritage indicator? That's the question to be answered. One is hatred the other is pride. Question answered, right?

Isn't this precisely what happened in this case - the supression of constitutionally protected speech? The school wanted to enforce their dress code, in their capacity as a public authority. And they called in a cop to eject the kid from his own graduation. Someone could have allowed it, because it was not offensive in anyway nor was it distracting. But instead, they called the cops. The likelihood of this happening to others not conforming to the dress is likely rather low, I'd guess. I do …

Right? Isn't that the real question here, why were the cops called in the first place and is that connected to the race of the young man in question?

Could you point me to something I've said that brings you to that "fact"?

I’ll give you a hint: other than asking you to point out what I’d said that made you come up with your version of reality, I had posted only twice in this thread. Specific info on how to fix something in a post, and After @milliefink had asked the same question repeatedly and gotten no substantive response. Kind of like how I asked you a specific question twice and still have gotten no response. I know you think that means we’re all in awe of your power and control, but no.

Enforcing racist rules is still racist. Race is not merely a function of the melanin content of one's skin. Indeed, it's far more about heritage. The student was ejected for displaying his. You can say he was ejected for not getting prior approval to display his heritage, and perhaps he was, but the rule requiring him to do so is still racist, and thus so is enforcing it. You can say the administrators were just enforcing the rules, and perhaps they were at that, but do you want to live in a w…

Okay, irl I do the same things

Do you think LEOs should have been called to drag him out of there? And do you agree that it's more likely that happened because he's black?

Let him graduate. If someone has a problem with my decision, I can handle the weight more than a student. And then … dance off. [image]

I somehow forgot about the ones that @RogerStrong had posted… This was me coming back to this thread… [image]

I'll spell it out this time because wow. Holy fucken shit. Let's see, will the Native Americans be wearing headdresses and building teepees on the stage of this fever dream? I'm sure people of color would run amok on graduation stages everywhere if left to their own devices, oh the colors, oh the humanity. Maybe just this once, the people who are being honored can pick their own clothing and adornments? Or are we back to the collapse of higher education and/or society?

What does this have to do with anything?!?! We aren't talking about this kids prospects in the business world, but hey, if we were you'd be right. Getting a job while black is a lot harder than getting a job while white. Would that 'southern heritage' make any African American students in attendance feel unwelcome?

I know honor cords are often fine, and they are >70 inches in length. They're not hat tassles. They drape over both shoulders, Eagle Scouts are encouraged to wear a red white and blue one. Thousands of them, annually. It's a thing, everywhere. There are other honor cords as well. Stoles are also not uncommon, while often reserved for faculty or alumni, they are not exclusively though. I'd not want to see the battle flag of a national enemy such as ISIS or North Korea represented in a graduatio…

Also, you should know that there is a long history, which continues to right this second, of racism within law enforcement,. This is not really conjecture of our part. it’s a pretty well-established historical and current fact of life in the US. See for example on the role of race in the modern prison system, which you can read about in this book: http://newjimcrow.com/ So, while the individual who called the police on an 18 year old for wearing cloth to a graduation ceremony might not have…

I heard about this in high school, met some people in college who said this, but did not grok it. What I did do was recognize that this is what everyone smarter than me believed, and took it on faith. As a now 40s white guy, I am fucking astonished on a daily basis how this culture is built for exactly me. Holy crap people. Take it from me, it is great to be 40something and white in America, even on little money. Not bragging. I see how bad it is out there for so many. What I do for work bring…

It has always seemed to me to be more hypocritical to insinuate nudity while hiding bodies, instead of being straightforward about showing it. Hint #1: all people are nude under their clothes, and we don't really need to be so concerned about the times when those clothes are off. Hint #2: men like to look at naked women, and its not a character flaw. Presumably, if the country wasn't so unrelentingly prudish about bodily functions, nudity would cease to be remarkable. Hint #3: women like to l…

No hypocrisy, it’s just your puritanism that is hurt. I love the whore scenes http://must4ngx.tumblr.com/post/90697184524/art-game-of-thrones-prostitution

You know, you CAN like something, and understand the problems with it. I love GOT, even as I understand that there is some sexism in the show’s depiction of women. Liking GOT doesn’t make you a bad person, even disagreeing with the point of the article doesn’t make you a bad person. Basically, what @daneel said. So because men “evolved” to be sexually attracted to women, we shouldn’t point out the power dynamics involved in that and how it tends to lead to women being treated as objects? Tha…

He's texting with his sweetie north of the wall… I wonder how reception is up there… [image]

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At my daughter's high school graduation I noticed quite a few things. Lots of kente cloths. Didn't disrupt my ability to enjoy the ceremony. I also saw a person, who was clearly born male, dressed in the white robes the females were wearing. Didn't disrupt my ability to enjoy the ceremony (actually it stood out, and I saw it as extremely positive. My daughter seemed completely unimpressed, which is pretty cool, because she accepts it on a level much deeper than I do). I saw plenty of messages on…

255 And wasn’t even going to play tonight but it was better then working on real work.

[Melizmatic]

Grazie!

@wisconsinplatt = 1980 points

@jsroberts = 800 points

@Ignatius = 20 points

@Markdow = 10 points

@daneel = 30 points

@Melizmatic = 20 points

@dave_b = 880 points

@OtherMichael = 40 points

[anon26304152]

Looking at her portfolio, I can see how a long slow trip on a container ship might inspire her.

That CGI version is an abomination…

20 just to even things out to a nice round 2000.

[OtherMichael]

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/fireworks-secret-tropical-drink-of-all-the-gin-joints-on-all-the-sites-in-all-the-web-you-came-here-hotdog-beer-baby-bottle/84592/534?u=othermichael

[Melizmatic]

Sheesh man, you’re doing a Bill Paxton all over this thing:

@null = 45 points

@wisconsinplatt = 2000 points

@jsroberts = 800 points

@Ignatius = 20 points

@Markdow = 10 points

@daneel = 30 points

@Melizmatic = 20 points

@dave_b = 880 points

@OtherMichael = 50 points

[OtherMichael]

The women held a vote, and you're not allowed to talk to anyone ever again

[Wimmin is a myskery] [image] Also, “couches” in the women’s bathroom? I knew it! [image]

[OtherMichael]

@Melizmatic - I’ve only posted 4 10-pointers, so…

[Melizmatic]

I must have double counted; thanks for your honesty.

[anon26304152]

How ’ bout I take off and nuke it from orbit?

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As recently as Dec, Trump University was the target of Fraud investigations in CA, and his home state of NY.

Here's a collection of some special Trump moments that have already made the rounds:

Oh I understand it is a common practice, but it doesn't mean it isn't shitty. If people back out of debt, they can have their wage garnished. A business does it and it is considered a good business move.

"I'm pretty sure Dad left some literature about them around here somewhere…"

No, but I'm sure you knew that. I do realize that people with money can have political platforms I agree with, for sure. But all too often, the rich act as a class, working against the rest of us. They already have an larger impact on how society functions, just by their wealth. Politics should be the domain of balancing interest in a meaningful way and if people with $$$$ dominate, then the rest of us are sort of screwed.

When his personally owned casino businesses were tanking Trump took them public to avoid a personal bankruptcy, creating a Corp. with ten years of quarterly losses, and a handy source of funds for Trump to appropriate from for personal use:

PBS runs a story on a family volunteering for Trump's "Get out the vote" call bank, but fails to note the woman's prominent white supremacist tattoos: Gothic-lettered 88 ("Heil Hitler") on left hand, and a Stormfront-style Sun Cross on right hand.

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15th percentile, apparently–on someone that’s in the 97th percentile for height. So he’s not only got tiny hands on an absolute scale, they’re also absolutely miniaturized on a relative proportion to his body. There’s also an outline here for you can compare your hands against his–and, wow, his hands are tiny.

My head hurts…

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Some anarchist collective called INDECLINE did it, apparently. “The Emperor Has No B—s,” as the project is called, arrives several months after the group covered stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with the names of African Americans who have been killed by police. In the past, the collective has also claimed responsibility for an anti-Trump “Rape” mural on the U.S.-Mexico border and a massive piece of graffiti art in California’s Mojave Desert.

[image]   http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evidence_for_the_historical_existence_of_Jesus_Christ Academic consensus The increasingly common view of Jesus among New Testament scholars as of 2007 is that “historical research can indeed disclose a core of historical facts about Jesus” but “the Jesus we find at this historical core is significantly different from the legendary view presented in the New Testament”. Some scholars maintain there were several possible “Jesus” candidates with no in…

Yes, butt-coverings… [image]

In Mass Effect 3, their artists perfected being able to maintain eye contact with someone (female) you’re talking to, while still having their ass in your face. [image]

I’m not very good at reading Chinese, but I think it says For cleaning teeth and massaging gums [image]

perhaps this is a learning opportunity, rather than a lecture opportunity. just a thought.

I've always felt that Sarkeesian cherry picks examples to make certain points, I've felt that way from the very first time she entered the public consciousness, long before the whole situation became this huge controversial thing. You could make the very same videos not just about videogames but about movies, books, etc. There's nothing particularly videogame-y about these criticisms, other than videogames are quite often aimed unapologetically at a young male demographic. But then putting lot…

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"All I'm saying is, there's a market for Zyklon B, and its our fiduciary duty to our shareholders to maximize their value."

I second. I have a Thumler's dual barrel model. I run it in my basement and can't hear anything from the floor above. I'm a silver smith/jewelry maker so I rarely use the tumbler for polishing stones. I use it to tumble finished pieces in steel shot to harden parts that have become annealed during soldering. Tumbling time in this application is only 3-4 hours instead of weeks as is normal for rock polishing.

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Maybe he does have a high IQ on tests; it's possible. I don't think the results would matter, honestly. Over the years I've learned that being smart, even extremely smart, doesn't seem to prevent people from being spectacularly stupid.

255 … but lunch hour is over

[OtherMichael]

You have a bookmarklet or scraper, don’t you.

[OtherMichael]

Photo of four guys standing on spire of LA's tallest building

Good thing they have those hard hats on.

[Melizmatic]

@null = 45 points

@wisconsinplatt = 2255 points

@jsroberts = 800 points

@Ignatius = 20 points

@Markdow = 10 points

@daneel = 30 points

@Melizmatic = 20 points

@dave_b = 880 points

@OtherMichael = 50 points, now

[anon26304152]

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Christ, what a pack of assholes. Adam Baldwin's embrace of GamerGate is a reminder that you should never let your affection for a fictional character blind you to the fact that the actor who plays them might be less appealing; many capable artists are assholes. (Although it's also the case that Jayne is only lovable in fiction; if he were a real person, he'd be in urgent need of shooting.)

Citation required. No, seriously. If this is the foundational point of your position, you've already lost.

Oh boy. It's almost like we found out where you lived and what your phone number is and sent you death threats. Creepy, huh?

So let me get this straight. Anita Sarkeesian's work discussing the use of tropes in video games and suggesting that games could do a better job of depicting women is "silencing voices", while credible rape and death threats are "fair criticism of what they say"? Yeah. Pull the other one - it's got bells on.

I remember reading posts by people who freaked out that in Dragon Age there was an option to start a relationship with a male character if you were playing a male. They didn't even want to see the option. And now I've read the next game wasn't going to feature any romance at all. But the feminists are the ones who are "censoring" games with their critiques. I just want to play wedding with my dolls! This is always what it comes down to. Somehow cultural critiques are censorious, but we j…

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I’m actually pretty familiar with the topic. There is a wonderful collection of essays some which cover this topic called Dreamland Japan. A few of the pieces suggest that Japan’s rich fantasy culture provides people with an outlet for behavior that’s otherwise unacceptable is such a staunchly conservative society. I tend to agree. I’m all for a rich fantasy life, I just happen to think that there is a sex-positive way to pursue it. Thing about the GG movement is they aren’t simply defendi…

I liked that exhibit. I found it ironic that "the Blue Army" was out front picketing one of the few religious images to be made in contemporary art. I could have done w/o seeing Dinos and Jake Chapman's contribution, but I wasn't going to picket it. Unfortunately, that's not true at all. It's like saying that – and yes, I'm going Full Godwin, here – the Nazis were only concerned about having the trains run on time, and why shouldn't we defend something like that? Because that would be fa…

You seem to be laboring under the false impression think that Sarkessian's opinions is relevant to the issue at hand. (That or you are willfully misleading the conversation.) I've watched her videos, and nothing she has said can justify the verbal abuse she has received both from persons using the #GG hashtag, and those not using the hashtag but implicitly part of the same movement. As I have mentioned previously. Safety first, discourse second. I'm not interested in debating about whether o…

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That was a long conference call

[Melizmatic]

When tallying WP’s points:

@null = 45 points

@wisconsinplatt = 2410 points

@jsroberts = 800 points

@Ignatius = 20 points

@Markdow = 10 points

@daneel = 30 points

@Melizmatic = 20 points

@dave_b = 880 points

@OtherMichael = 50 points

[anon26304152]

Some call it exercise