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Mal_Fet posted...

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SageHarpuia posted...

lol @ comparing segregation era social problems to 2018 social problems

"lol @ comparing slavery era problems to segregation era social problems"

How cute, you think today and the 50s are remotely comparable. Never taking you guys seriously again. And just to preempt you, don't really care if you took me seriously to begin with.

"how cute, you think the 1950s and the 1850s are remotely comparable"

You think what you're doing here is poignant, but it kinda falls flat on its face when there is demonstratively no institutional racism going on anymore.

drug incarceration
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Mal_Fet posted...

It's almost like different states/countries have different laws about marijuana or something. Also, you're assuming a racial divide that doesn't exist.

this is such a non-response

i'm sure you would probably find that in states where cannabis is illegal, blacks are incarcerated more. i don't know what you mean by 'racial divide' in this context, i'm just saying that it's obviously one social problem that some minorities face. at the very least be charitable and grant that there is -at least one- discernible issue- most people already agree on this point, are you just being contrarian?
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Mal_Fet posted...

MedeaLysistrata posted...

ok. so because there are no (explicit) legal or policy problems, there are no problems at all? it's not even potentially possible that legal and political issues still exist, even if they are not written on paper?

Not the ones touted by most race activists, no.

There is no epidemic of police violence against black people if you adjust for the black population's violent crime rate.

Black poverty is better explained by black single-parent household rates than by some nebulous "discrimination" explanation.

There is no problem of underrepresentation of black people in the media when you adjust for the country's black population size relative to other races.

Can you name an issue facing the black community that is unquestionably the fault of the government or other state institutions?

i don't think a social problem has to be the fault of the government for there to be a movement organized around ending that problem. but i guess one example everyone is aware of is the difference in cannabis culture. if you look around the internet, there are tons of articles about well off white people "using cannabis for yoga, how quirky", while black people are incarcerated regularly for the very same activity.

i don't have facts on hand, but maybe you can check to see if white and black people are arrested evenly for cannabis use? we know that usage rates aren't too uneven, so they should get arrested at the same rate, right?
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Mal_Fet posted...

MedeaLysistrata posted...

so racial profiling policies don't exist at all?

The only "racial profiling policies" on the books are to affirm that racial profiling is not acceptable. Find one PD where racial profiling is part of the code of conduct.

ok. so because there are no (explicit) legal or policy problems, there are no problems at all? it's not even potentially possible that legal and political issues still exist, even if they are not written on paper?
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Mal_Fet posted...

MedeaLysistrata posted...

jim crow doesn't sound as bad as slavery, how is that any different from contemporary problems not seeming as bad as jim crow laws?

Because there aren't any laws or policies in place right now that target black people, or any other minority for that matter (except asians getting screwed over by AA).

so racial profiling policies don't exist at all? you're also not refuting my central point, that the problems of today might not be as dire as those in the past, but they are still problems that need to be addressed, and are often problems people like to pretend don't exist because they are not the target of those issues.
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Mal_Fet posted...

MedeaLysistrata posted...

"i can't see any social problems so they must not exist"

Feel free to name some problems even remotely comparable to the Jim Crow laws.

jim crow doesn't sound as bad as slavery, how is that any different from contemporary problems not seeming as bad as jim crow laws?

also even if i did name some problems (that i have personally experienced), you would just say they don't exist
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UncleBourbon33 posted...

So what concerns are valid today? Manspreading?

Milkman5 posted...

damn, youre right.
Antifa must be right then because we say they are morons

0TiamaT0 posted...

Youre comparing PC language policing and race baiting to the civil rights movement?

Youre really shrouding yourself in that victimhood...

SageHarpuia posted...

White people in the 60's wouldn't want to live as a black person. White people today would because then they would get benefits.

Mal_Fet posted...

Imagine thinking that there's still laws on the books that discriminate against minorities

There's only two governmental policies I can think of that target specific demographics based on race or gender: the draft and affirmative action.

"i can't see any social problems so they must not exist"
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SageHarpuia posted...

lol @ comparing segregation era social problems to 2018 social problems

Leanaunfurled posted...

One is progress, the other isn't.

pretty sure people in the 60s said the same thing about slavery ending compared to civil rights.
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making a big deal about nothing/their concerns weren't valid. and now anti-PC people and their ilk feel the same way white people did in the 60s.

:thinking:
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i need to go pick something up at my place but it's an hour away and cold outside. i have also been here for two weeks and kind of want to sleep in my own bed.
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didn't Aziz get married like in 2016 or something? what happened to that?
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can i take 50k and have it be a pissed off new yorker accent?
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if your answer is both, then which one are you more invested in?
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The Sufferer and the Witness was a pretty big deal to me/my friends in HS
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MorningRose posted...

It gets old after a while. Every day is a struggle with isolation and boredom, for me.

i would rather be a neet than have an active irl social life, i think.
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who is your favourite historical person?

i decided to be a shut-in neet for a few months, enjoying it quite a bit.
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You have the chance to replace him as the US president, do you do it? You can be either D or R but not indie

if you manage to get re-elected, you also win one hundred trillion dollars after you second term
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never thought of it that way, how interesting
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there are some games I haven't finished yet that will go unlisted (Persona 5, Tales of Berseria)

1) .hack
2) SMT Nocturne
3) Megaman Battle Network 3
4) Persona 4
5) Xenosaga 3
6) Tales of the Abyss
7) Pokemon Blue
8) Kingdom Hearts
9) Final Fantasy X
10) Dragon Warrior Monsters 2
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too much to ask*
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topic. obviously, employers can ask whatever they want of their candidates, but is it reasonable?
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how have you gone through university without figuring this out?
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you probably won't get the experience?
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apparently, the book doesn't have them in their assumed order (early-middle-late). i skipped the introduction so i'm not sure what rationale the order of the dialogues is rooted in. guess i will have to go back and read that.
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eston posted...

Has it?
My wife just sent me a request out of the blue

yeah, i was going through my account settings a few months ago and noticed it. it has probably been around longer than that too.

i was thinking of giving my sister that access, or my mom. but more likely than either of those, i'll probably stop using facebook altogether in the coming years.
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that feature has been there for a while
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a42ozslushie posted...

it's why i don't think everyone should be allowed to vote. like, think of the smartest person you've ever met and the dumbest person you've ever met. come election day, those people have the same power in choosing our leader.

the high school valedictorian has the same power as the high school drop out.

but what is the cutoff? the 1% of people are going to say the 98th percentile aren't smart enough to vote, and so on.
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different people are good at different things. people who tower above others categorically are super rare.
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wtf? my units are ridiculously squishy. i'm on chapter 8: how am i supposed to get to three of the towns? i don't see how it's possible, because the enemy gets to the closest town on the second turn, before i can even get there, and they get reinforcements.
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asparagus or rapini is my favorite
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Gafemage posted...

i liked this show
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Girl Stuff Boy Stuff
2030 CE

those were both Canadian tv shows tho
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things like going to the gym or reading everyday
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I bought Sun but only played for like 30 minutes
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would you say they are more, or less creepy than people with other kinds of fetish?
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strait, so i can get blasted by limitless chad dick
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SSJ2GrimReaper posted...

this topic didn't take take long to trigger people lmao

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maybe. i don't think i will get married, but if i do, it depends on what my wife is like.
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i mean last year it was 20 celsius in february at one point. different years vary in temperatures.
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El Mexicano Texano posted...

The only place I eat burgers at is where they serve it with a knife and fork. I haven't gone to a restaurant where I have to grab my food by hand since high school.

never been to an Ethiopian restaurant?
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drunkmuggle posted...

does he have stomach issues because I do and it regularly causes me to spend 30+ minutes in the bathroom

i never considered this. maybe it is the case. i shouldn't be so hasty to judge
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glitteringfairy posted...

30 minutes is not that long to spend in the bathroom if your showering and brushing teeth and doing your hair. Here I was thinking you were gonna say like an hour or two like my derp ass brother

he wasnt taking a shower. my room is right beside the bathroom.
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Johnny_Nutcase posted...

Nothing odd about this at all.

you think it's odd but you have no idea how annoying it is to have to wait 20-30 minutes to use the bathroom. it made me late for work once.

psa: don't spent 30 minutes in the bathroom if you live with other people
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bump
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he just got in. will bump this when he leaves
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Command economies are a good idea. Single party ownership is a bad idea.

That's my stance on socialism.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

The rap part is, like, always the worst part

pop songs need to stop incorporating rap entirely, it's a garbage device
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something something 12 gauge
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MedeaLysistrata posted...

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my ascii didn't work :( that's a symbol for how my life has been since
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