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TopicWhat's so great about feet?
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 7:49:06 PM
#9
Women's feet can look really nice, especially with polish and in sandals.

Though I can't really explain my attraction to them. I just like them.

Kaiganeer posted...
the raw power

And as a macrophile, this. There's something about a woman physically asserting her power over tiny beings that turns me on.
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Topicblack humans finally being added to World of Warcraft after 14 years
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 6:03:24 PM
#32
Zikten posted...
that's dark Indian, not black

He looks Black to me, and I'm Black.
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TopicNigerian student in India: "I am tired of being a black man in India."
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 5:55:35 PM
#59
Infinite 2003 posted...
If you're seriously trying to blame all the racism in India on the American media then you're really not very bright.

American media is popular worldwide, and it does play a part in coloring people's perceptions on certain issues. From serious things such as believing that Black people are criminals, rap stars, and/or athletes, to more benign things such as believing that the average person can afford a nice, big apartment in Manhattan.

zH0mPfR posted...
So how do you feel about discriminating against Asians to let in more Hispanic and Black students in college?

Obviously that's not right either, but why are you bringing this up here?
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TopicNigerian student in India: "I am tired of being a black man in India."
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 5:38:43 PM
#49
XHJYFL posted...
And how are Indians treated in Africa? Not much better from what I hear.

Two wrongs don't make a right.
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TopicNigerian student in India: "I am tired of being a black man in India."
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 5:30:33 PM
#43
boxington posted...
that's Mix?

no wonder their posts are typically shitty

Yep, everything fits.

-Constantly bringing up issues pertaining to Asians (which are legit issues, but he's very obnoxious about it).
-Complaining about affirmative action.
-Complaining about Blacks and Latinos.
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TopicNigerian student in India: "I am tired of being a black man in India."
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 5:22:09 PM
#40
Nice to see Sir_Mix_A_Lot taking potshots at his hated racial groups while trying to derail the topic.

darkphoenix181 posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
We're still quite a ways away from the day when Black people can truly travel and do anything in the world that White people can without being harassed and/or tormented just because of our existence.


What do you think should happen in India to fight this?

Africans in India should bring more attention to the mistreatment they are experiencing; in fact, the article states that the writer and others tried to organize a protest, but were told that it'd be too disruptive and would instead have a closed-doors meeting on the subject.

Of course, even if they protest and such, there would also need to be a willingness from Indian society to change, which could take time and--unfortunately--blood and tears on part of the people affected.

See: the Civil Rights movement of the 50s in the US.

PostCrisisJ2 posted...
Doesn't India sort of have a really bad thing against anybody who is dark-skinned? Like... really bad. Moreso than other countries? Compound that with possible dislike for foreigners and yeah you're not gonna have a good time.

Yeah, this is also a multifaceted issue. Still, Africans and Blacks living in and visiting India for whatever reason should not have to sit by and take this abuse.
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TopicAnyone else pick up the Pokemon Crystal 3DS VC launch today?
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 4:25:57 PM
#8
NeonOctopus posted...
Oh they also made the surfing pikachu minigame in Yellow unlocked since it's impossible to get a surfing pikachu. That's cool >_>

So does this Celebi thing work on Gold and Silver VC too?

Nope. The Celebi event is in Crystal only.
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TopicNigerian student in India: "I am tired of being a black man in India."
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 4:25:09 PM
#1
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/let-s-talk-about-racism-kallu-was-the-first-word-this-african-man-learnt-in-india/story- f04HSkREMwyIBh3GlO3DDM.html (remove the space)

I came to India three years ago. When the plane that brought me from Nigeria finally touched down in Delhi, I felt exhilarated. I was ready to embrace a new culture and its people. This, after all, was the land of Mahatma Gandhi.

Then 21 years old, I was almost childlike about wanting to discover India its history; its vast and varied territory; its diverse people; its food; its languages; its music and its movies. I had enrolled for a course at the Delhi Paramedical & Management Institute, and I walked into class with a broad smile on my face.

I was unprepared for the racist onslaught. It has hit me with unforgiving consistency, every single day, for the last three years that I have been here. The racist slurs, the frightened looks, the deep and long stares are a part of my everyday life. I am not alone. Every African in India has the same experience.

The first Hindi word I learned was kallu. I continue to hear it everywhere I go. In the classroom; on the street; at the vegetable vendors stall; in the neighbourhood where I live in South Delhi I am constantly reminded that I am black, and that I am judged by the colour of my skin.

Fear is a constant companion. I am acutely conscious of being different. I dont know when Ill be told Im a cannibal, or when the police will knock on my door and allege that Im a drug peddler. There is a disastrous pornographic image of Africans that Indians carry in their heads in which I am some kind of pimp. I cannot even think of approaching a pretty lady in a restaurant to say hi because I have already been typecast.

(More in the link)

Quite a jarring read, but not surprising, unfortunately.
We're still quite a ways away from the day when Black people can truly travel and do anything in the world that White people can without being harassed and/or tormented just because of our existence.
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TopicWTF, Dragonball FighterZ is murdering all other fighting games on Ste >_>
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 4:07:28 PM
#10
Zikten posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
Damn, MvCI died real fast.


I checked it's game board and there are still people defending it. I think they just can't accept they picked the wrong side

I was just there as well.

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/202465-marvel-vs-capcom-infinite/76230676
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TopicAnyone else pick up the Pokemon Crystal 3DS VC launch today?
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 4:03:51 PM
#5
NeonOctopus posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
BTW: Here's how to get Celebi:
https://i.redd.it/cfcizrfmlfc01.png

wtf, that's awesome. Did they add any other features in the Pokemon VC versions?

I believe that's the only change they made.
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TopicAnyone else pick up the Pokemon Crystal 3DS VC launch today?
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 3:59:49 PM
#2
TopicWTF, Dragonball FighterZ is murdering all other fighting games on Ste >_>
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 3:53:19 PM
#4
TopicAll of you Capcom haters are NOT allowed to play Monster Hunter World
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 3:44:14 PM
#8
TopicScenario: You find out that your wife lives a double life as a brutal tyrant.
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 3:27:54 PM
#1
You have been married for about 15 years, and to you and your family and community, she has been nothing less than sweet and endearing to everyone she meets. Everyone in your lives speak very highly of her, and she raises your children with a gentle-yet-firm touch expected of a mother. Basically, she's the perfect wife.

However, through some process, you discover that she has a much more disturbing double life.

After everyone else has left the house for the day, she departs into an alternate realm where she is the absolute ruler of that world. There, she is a bloodthirsty, superpower brutal dictator who rules with an iron fist. The people of that world live in squalor and are constantly tormented by her and her loyal subordinates; there is very little for them to eat, and many of them are also slaves earning little to no pay. Any uprisings attempted to dispose of her have failed, as she personally slaughtered everyone involved in each one of them. Further, she takes sadistic joy in pitting her citizens (and even her own subjects) against each other in bloody fights to the death, and sometimes even tortures them with her own hands.

She does all this while everyone else is busy with their own obligations (and if she has none of her own in your world), and typically returns back to your world once your work and the kids' school(s) lets out. Though she may also depart on nights and weekends as well, framing it as her running some errands; to help cover this up, she may also return with some groceries or other goodies.

How would you react to this?
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TopicHoly shit, this platformer is cruel
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 1:50:24 PM
#24
TopicSupport for LGBT people have declined in the US.
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 1:32:36 PM
#134
LinksLiege posted...
philsov posted...
2-3% increase in straight person discomfort when confronted with the reality that LTBQG people have professional jobs, hold hands in public, and may even be within their own family.

Straight people sound like a bunch of babies.

To be honest, it's been par the course with the ruling powers through history.

In the US, we had period where Black people and other racial minorities didn't have basic rights (White people and Black people couldn't even legally marry, and let's not forget how White men flipped their shit if they saw a White woman with a Black man: see Emmet Till), and where women couldn't even vote or hold decent jobs, and the men in charge fought tooth-and-nail for as long as they could to keep things that way.
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TopicLiberals are pro-censorship, propagandizing, easily offended...
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 11:39:35 AM
#2
Liberals are pro-censorship, propagandizing, easily offended

Still applies to conservatives and the alt-right, though.
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TopicSupport for LGBT people have declined in the US.
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 11:22:08 AM
#111
Bullet_Wing posted...
You're talking to the guy who literally blames Obama for his wife leaving him.

lolwut
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Topicwhy are you wearing that stupid human suit
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 9:45:11 AM
#5
TopicSupport for LGBT people have declined in the US.
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 9:34:01 AM
#39
Darkman124 posted...
Nomadic View posted...
UncleBourbon33 posted...
SJWs have hurt the gay cause more than they've helped.


I think this is true.


SJWs are a tiny fraction of LGBT allies, though. most allies have helped quite a lot.

They are the loudest, though. And the vocal minority tends to have the side effect of painting the entire group as that.
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TopicSupport for LGBT people have declined in the US.
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 8:49:45 AM
#12
darkjedilink posted...
What rights have been threatened, again?

The most incendiary move came in July, when Trump declared on Twitter that transgender people would not be allowed to serve in the military. His reasoning, that America couldnt afford the tremendous medical costs and disruption, was quickly shut down by experts who noted that the military doesnt cover gender transition surgeries. In October, a district judge ruled to block the Pentagon from enacting the proposal, at least for now.

In its wake came another blow in November, when a Mississippi law allowing businesses to deny services to LGBTQ people officially went into effect.

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TopicSupport for LGBT people have declined in the US.
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 8:40:20 AM
#1
*has declined

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/americans-less-comfortable-lgbt-people-now-172719953.html

A new study released by GLAAD on Thursday found a significant decline in overall comfort and acceptance of LGBTQ people. This marks the first time in this particular studys four-year history that the numbers have declined.

The survey, conducted by Harris Insights and Analytics, is an online poll that measures the American publics views on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and issues. Through a series of questions, non-LGBTQ people are asked to rate their comfort level in various situations involving LGBTQ people from LGBTQ weddings to school curriculum that includes LGBTQ history.

In every single situation, comfort level declined from last year. Three areas where discomfort showed a significant increase were learning a family member is LGBTQ, learning my childs teacher is LGBTQ, and learning my doctor is LGBTQ. The backward step included a reduced number of allies (non-LGBTQ respondents who were either very or somewhat comfortable in all situations) and increased number of detached supporters (non-LGBTQ respondents whose comfort level varied).

The results are emblematic of a tumultuous and often discouraging year for LGBTQ rights and marginalized communities as a whole. Its an issue that permeated the news since the election of President Trump, who after supporting the LGBTQ community on the campaign trail has taken active measures to limit their civil rights.

The most incendiary move came in July, when Trump declared on Twitter that transgender people would not be allowed to serve in the military. His reasoning, that America couldnt afford the tremendous medical costs and disruption, was quickly shut down by experts who noted that the military doesnt cover gender transition surgeries. In October, a district judge ruled to block the Pentagon from enacting the proposal, at least for now.

But to many in the LGBTQ community who have spent decades fighting for acceptance, the hateful rhetoric that his proposed ban seemed to engender was damaging enough. In its wake came another blow in November, when a Mississippi law allowing businesses to deny services to LGBTQ people officially went into effect.

To those at GLAAD, the poll is an unfortunate reflection of the state of LGBTQ relations in the country at present. This year, the acceptance pendulum abruptly stopped and swung in the opposite direction, GLAAD CEO and President Sarah Kate Ellis writes in the report. Ellis notes that with the increase in discomfort came a significant increase in LGBTQ people reporting discrimination because of their identity. This change can be seen as a dangerous repercussion in the tenor of discourse and experience over the last year, says Ellis.

While the results of the study may appear discouraging at face value, Ellis added that the fight is far from over. Forward progress ebbs and flows in every social justice movement, she writes. Progress for marginalized communities is a pendulum that swings in both directions and, when well-supported, ultimately lands on freedom.

That's a damn shame.
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TopicHave you guys ever been held down against your will?
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 8:36:55 AM
#5
One of my younger sister's friends did this to me once or twice.

To be fair, she was a bit taller than me, and I kinda had a crush on her. I regret not acting on it, though.
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TopicIf aliens with an intelligence like our own exist, they'd have to look like us.
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 8:35:16 AM
#7
BruceWayneJr posted...
What makes you think that, TC?

Probably something about God "making us in His image".
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TopicIf there was a fighting game with US Presidents, who would you pick?
Solar_Crimson
01/26/18 8:29:48 AM
#28
creativerealms posted...
Or at least have [Eleanor] be a part of many of FDR's special moves.

Not a bad idea, actually.
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TopicIf there was a fighting game with US Presidents, who would you pick?
Solar_Crimson
01/25/18 10:49:32 PM
#20
50Blessings posted...
Could Al Gore be an unlockable character?

And he would basically be the Dan of the game?

Cause then I would pick him.

Well, if Hillary's in via timeline shenanigans, I could see the door opening up for other would-be Presidents such as Gore, Kerry, and McCain.

There could also be an alien (as in, outer space) President from the future who set all of the game's events into motion, and would be the game's main antagonist.
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TopicIf there was a fighting game with US Presidents, who would you pick?
Solar_Crimson
01/25/18 10:13:48 PM
#1
Let's say you have 20 slots.

Obviously some creative liberties would have to be taken to get them to work in a fighting game, and I'm not sure how this would work legally with figures that are still alive or are in very recent memory, but let's put that aside for now.

I'm sure the obvious picks would be:
-George Washington
-Abraham Lincoln
-Ulysses S. Grant
-Theodore Roosevelt
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-John F. Kennedy
-Richard Nixon
-Ronald Reagan
-Bill Clinton
-George W. Bush
-Barack Obama
-Donald Trump
-Hillary Clinton (because every fighting game needs at least one female character, and she's gotten closer to the title than any other woman; she could be explained in the game's story as being from an alternate timeline where she was elected)
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TopicTIL: Red/Blue's Safari Zone has grass tiles that will never trigger encounters.
Solar_Crimson
01/25/18 3:17:21 PM
#1
79YUPIn

It was a glitch, and was fixed in Yellow.

Imagine how many steps you could have wasted.
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TopicIts a bird! Its a plane! Its..... Superman?
Solar_Crimson
01/25/18 2:35:29 PM
#4
TopicIf God was real, what do you think a scientific discussion with him would be
Solar_Crimson
01/25/18 1:12:59 PM
#9
Squall28 posted...
josifrees posted...
It is not a he and it would break your mind in less than an instant


Wouldn't God have control though? Also God is referred as "Him" in the Bible iirc.

To be fair, the books of the Bible were written and compiled by men in a male-dominant society.

It could entirely be possible that God is female, or closer to our idea of female.
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TopicNew sc6 characters
Solar_Crimson
01/25/18 12:19:51 PM
#19
nevershine posted...
Where's mah Ivy?

She'll probably be revealed with more conservative clothing.

Just like how Sophitia is for some reason wearing boots instead of sandals.
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TopicNew sc6 characters
Solar_Crimson
01/25/18 11:16:03 AM
#14
TopicOh no! The last two games you played have just merged into one!
Solar_Crimson
01/25/18 11:14:21 AM
#84
TopicImagine a cute Taiwanese girl staring at you like dis...
Solar_Crimson
01/25/18 10:32:53 AM
#5
TopicHave you been to /r/the_donald before?
Solar_Crimson
01/25/18 7:43:12 AM
#2
Just as a curiosity glance.

It's an echo-chamber, anti-free speech (despite "free speech" being such a big deal for the alt-right) cesspool.
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TopicMurphy Brown is getting a revival.
Solar_Crimson
01/24/18 11:37:47 PM
#15
TopicDid you have any hot teachers you fantasized about in school?
Solar_Crimson
01/24/18 11:33:24 PM
#39
Yes. The Teacher's Aide of my 10th Grade English class. To be fair, she was a college senior.
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TopicMurphy Brown is getting a revival.
Solar_Crimson
01/24/18 11:26:20 PM
#3
Why are they reviving so many old shows? Are they that creatively bankrupt?
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TopicWhy do women like dis exist?
Solar_Crimson
01/24/18 10:53:09 PM
#19
TopicLeading member of German nationalist party converts to Islam, leaves party
Solar_Crimson
01/24/18 10:48:22 PM
#3
TopicIf Nintendo screwed up, they'd be Nintend'oh!
Solar_Crimson
01/24/18 10:25:02 PM
#3
Topiccrazy how there are no great american boxers currently
Solar_Crimson
01/24/18 9:31:59 PM
#6
Carlbertomfg posted...
They're all playing football or in the UFC.

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TopicWhy The CW Needs To Cancel Arrow
Solar_Crimson
01/24/18 7:18:07 PM
#12
Didn't they do the same with Supernatural, keeping it on TV well after all the original plot threads had been resolved?
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TopicHoly shit, Yamcha! (Dragon Ball FighterZ spoilers?)
Solar_Crimson
01/24/18 6:14:56 PM
#21
@K181 posted...
I have a lot of faults with the direction that this whole series has gone, but treating Yamcha as a joke was one of their bright spots.

Well, if it makes you feel better:


We need some Burn Heal, stat!
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TopicThe original America was made of Europeans who wanted Freedom from government
Solar_Crimson
01/24/18 4:12:49 PM
#3
Who said that Republicans want freedom from the government? They want to control things as well, some on a more private note (same-sex marriage, abortion, "sodomy", etc.).
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