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greenjeans posted...

The overhwelming majority yet still not even close to the overwhelming majority of every other breed

There are more Pit Bull type dogs running around than most other breeds. I can't remember the last time I saw a German Shepard.

This is a sick country. Add graduations to the list of things people can't go to without the specter of some dipshit turning it into the O.K. Corral.

greenjeans posted...

So why do they keep eating people everywhere with zero history of ever doing it prior to 1st offense

Sensationalism much? There are literally millions of bull breed type dogs out in society, the overwhelming majority live their lives and die without harming anyone.

voldothegr8 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/2/4/AADdfsAAENj8.jpg

Dog vs dog aggression, of course. I don't think any bull breed owner would say otherwise, human aggression was not something that was bred in due to safety factors for dogmen in the pit.

And the degree of dog aggression varies with the individual dog, it's not a one size fits all. Some dogs are hot, some are cold, some in the middle.

This shitty topic again, oh boy

Been going on since emancipation.

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NatsuSama posted...

I definitely did not say just "my social circle", and said even basic mainstream media, music, TV, movies and etc was not making the word woke some big part of black culture featured in most of our entertainment.

But then again, your own words applies to yourself as well and your insisting that your social circle liking the word must mean it was widely popular among us black people.

Good God, I don't think anyone said that it was a popular term, just that it is an old word that people are familiar with.

NatsuSama posted...

Most black people were not using the word woke.

To be frank, the people mostly harping on the word is right wingers and their hysteria of calling everything woke, and fringe people on the left like rose Twitter.

Right wingers saw the 2020 protest that rejuvenated the word, then the right did what they do best. They took the summer of 2020 and turned it into a new buzzword that replaced SJW.

This idea that "woke" was a popular word among us black people that most of us use or used for decades is just not true.

The word has been part of our lexicon for decades like I said. People still said 'woke' when I was growing up, while not as much as my parent's generation it didn't fall off like 'jive turkey' or 'tight'. Right wingers appropriated it to describe anything they don't like.

NatsuSama posted...

Woke was never a term most black people used.

Black folks have been saying that word for decades.

This is why African-Americans should gatekeep AAVE and our other languages/dialects more, ignorant dipshits like that guy will appropriate it and use it as a dog whistle for everything.

They hate anything that acknowledges minorities. Next they'll go after companies that collaborate with HBCUs.

A sizeable portion of racists were pissed at the gains made by the second Civil Rights legislation. Nixon came and then Reagan, and then Fox News came in as Pravda-lite. A black man won the Presidency and conservatives just lost their minds and became even more extreme, then Trump came in as their golden cow.

They fear the looming demographic change on the horizon and would rather turn to fascism.

Saxon posted...

Pippen would be on the level of Jordan if he had been able to escape MJ's shadow by winning a ring without him

Pip came into the league and averaged 7 points his rookie season. He was a raw prospect, it could be argued that the reason he became as good as he was is due to the fact that he had Jordan as a teammate and saw how much work he put in. I don't think he has that kind of success he had overall if he were on another team early in his career.

streamofthesky posted...

Yup. Sounds like Scottie is on a Will Smith character arc right now. Mad about his scum bag cheating (ex-) wife, and lashing out at other people instead of moving on from the banshee that ruined his life.

Also the fact that he had a son that passed away recently. Scottie is not in a good place rn.

Where did he find that 304 ex-wife anyway? She's not just for the streets, she's for the interstate highway.

assboobsgames posted...

Imagine believing this absurd list lmao. Some of these things are basic common sense, common courtesy and have nothing to do with being black.

You guys will believe anything so long as it's prefaced with "as a black person".

This is the kind of dismissive shit that we talk about which perpetuates the things on the list. If you aren't part if the community then it may be hard for you to understand, but these things don't just appear out of thin air.

boxoto posted...

all of those rules are true, to some extent; whether they happened to the individual directly or indirectly.

and it's not just about "thinking everyone is racist", it's more about avoiding potentially dangerous situations, by either doing things to keep yourself out of drama and/or trying to appear less of a threat.

This. Growing up black in America is a different experience, I understood all of that list and use some of the tactics.

If we're assertive then we're loud and aggressive. If we speak in AAVE, Kouri-vini, or Gullah then we're "ghetto and uneducated". We have to take into account medical racism, black women's mortality rate during childbirth is three times more likely than their white counterparts. We all have the talk to our children when it comes to the police, etc. We have to make plans to avoid sundown towns, multiple Confederate flags is a no go. It's a lot of shit that are in the back of our minds when we are in certain situations, that didn't just appear from the aether, it's from centuries of anti-black racism that perpetuates.

On the receipt one, I also make it a point to buy something when I go to a store so it doesn't appear that I'm just walking in and out. Roy Wood Jr. talked about this during a bit in his special, every black person in the audience knew that he was talking about.
https://youtu.be/y108bglZn1s?t=1541

Shoot_FTH posted...

VF was dreadful. Just dreadful.

If you got bad taste just say dat

Kloe_Rinz posted...

This is the result of education being devalued, hostile political beliefs being protected (its just their political belief; you need to respect their political party), and religion

And unabashed white supremacy, particularly from elected officials like DeSantis

This is the kind of behavior that got whole black towns burned down back in the day, that bitch is trifling.

Due to allergies and not wanting loose fur in my sheets I never let any dog sleep in my bed, I don't let them in the kitchen either. My dog had a nice orthopedic bed, spared no expense (hell it was nicer than my mattress).

ArchNemo posted...

I mean, even if you acknowledge that there were better ways the teacher could have handled it, on what planet is pepper spraying a teacher over a confiscated phone in any way an appropriate response?

Probably in upside down world where confiscating a phone is akin to physical assault, and the supposed adults excuse the child for their actions despite being all the way wrong.

Gremlynn posted...

I already explained it. numerous times.

it's called. DO NOT FUCKING TOUCH PEOPLE THAT DO NOT WANT TO BE TOUCHED.

there are ways to confiscate a student's device that DO NOT INVOLVE TOUCHING PEOPLE THAT DO NOT WANT TO BE TOUCHED.

Unless you are literally preventing physical harm it is ALWAYS the wrong move to TOUCH SOMEBODY THAT DOES NOT WANT TO BE TOUCHED.

If you choose to TOUCH SOMEBODY THAT DOES NOT WANT TO BE TOUCHED outside of the scenario that you are attempting to prevent physical harm, and they physically retaliate, that is on you, because YOU TOUCHED SOMEONE THAT DID NOT WANT TO BE TOUCHED.

Jesus Christ of I see the word 'touched' again. Chill out.

Bass_X0 posted...

and students wont be touched if they dont cheat.

its that simple.

The onus is on the student to obey the rules to avoid the consequences of breaking the rules.

Consequences, who woulda thought.

I'm having a hard time drawing the connection between phone confiscation and physical assault. If I tell you to put the phone away and you persist, I'm putting it into my lab closet until the end of class, if you have a fit then I call security and they can pick it up from the office at the cost of $15.

Gremlynn posted...

Yes it is. go on a lil touching spree tell me how it fucking ends. people have literally been convicted of assault for doing EXACTLY what the teacher did, taking something out of somebody else's hands.

oh i'm sorry, did he magically teleport the phone out of her possession?

i have a son in highschool. you know how they keep kids from being on their phones? You check in your phone in an over the door shoe organizer, in a pocket that has your name on it. if your phone isn't in that pocket you are counted absent from class and unexcused absences impact their grade, and parents start getting e-mails and phone calls about their child's unexcused absence. it works. you know what they DON'T do? they don't physically take it out of the student's hands after they get caught with it out, thus creating a physical altercation with a student where there doesn't need to be one.

Don't. fucking. touch. people.

How do you know if he physically yanked it from her hands? On the other hand We HAVE video evidence of her assaulting him with pepper spray, not a peep out of you about that.

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Gremlynn posted...

once again, because you all skim over the most important fucking part.

NOT IF YOU HAVE TO INITIATE UNWANTED PHYSICAL FUCKING CONTACT BECAUSE THAT IS LITERALLY GODDAMN FUCKING TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF ASSAULT JESUS FUCKING CHRIST PEOPLE.

DO. NOT. FUCKING. TOUCH. PEOPLE. AND. YOU. WON'T. GET. FUCKING. MACED.

You need a timeout. All of these accusations about alleged "unwanted physical touching" but nothing over the literal assault caught on video.
Attitudes like this are why the behavioral problems with kids in schools are out of control nationwide, and it's teachers and admin's jobs to teach kids basic skills that they should have learned at home (like not assaulting someone because you got caught with your phone out during a test)

Just saw the video, holy crap that was sickening. The SUV hit those people so hard it literally flipped on its side

ZMythos posted...

At my school, I've observed a significant deficit in critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, and social interaction with this year's freshmen. Like, more than just the awkwardness that comes with the transition from middle to high school.

These kids were in 6th grade when covid happened and we went virtual.

A lot of my 7th graders are more on a 4th or 5th grade level emotionally. 7th grade is a weird age where the hormones are kicking in (they lose their minds for a while) and they want to be grown but still act like little kids ("He hit me!", "She took my pencil!" but then want to vape and drink in school). There's a learned helplessness, lack of motivation, social skills aren't where they should be, etc just like you said.

The only way this will turn around is with enforcing rules and administration to back us up. It all starts at home though, I tell mine that I wouldn't be here today if I did half of the things they do at school, my parents would have handled me. Even the "bad" kids I knew growing up would still respect the teacher (especially if it was an older person), pepper spraying a teacher, fighting them, etc was unheard of.

Kloe_Rinz posted...

He took their phone, not molested them

Yeah, this is silly. Just put the phone away, it should not be a shocker if it's confiscated after failing to comply.

One minute they're ignoring you during instruction and playing on their phone, the next they're up doing TikTok dances.

I think people underestimate just how bad the issue with cell phone usage during instructional time is with students, unless you work in a school setting you wouldn't understand. This is my first year teaching (7th) and these kids can't function without their phones.

It's so annoying when kids zone out on what you are saying within 30 secs and are on their phone browsing TikTok. I'd bet 1k this teacher told her multiple times to put the phone away before confiscating it.

There should be rules and expectations for students to follow, and if they don't then there should be consequences (shocking, I know). If a student can't be bothered enough to listen for 5 minutes or complete their assignments and would rather play on their phone then it should be confiscated until the end of class, if they can't handle that then call security (if they show up in a timely matter) and turn it over to the office.

Love the game, not feeling the platforming, it's excessive and some points.

Tmaster148 posted...

Murder is not a strong word for what happened. You don't just hold a guy in a chokehold for 15 minutes without the intent to kill them.

Can't believe that this even has to be explained, Jesus Christ.

He had the guy in a chokehold for 15 fucking minutes, he had a long time to think about the possible outcome on a continuous chokehold.

I need a yard

Heartomaton posted...

Please don't lump us all together. Plenty of us fully acknowledge and are ashamed of how much our state sucks. ):

This, the state politics is a bunch of Republicans gerrymandering and trying anything they can to disenfranchise folks.

I can't stand Florida, at least Texas has Houston, Austin, DFW, and San Antonio to balance it out. Houston is a great city, so much stuff to do out there.