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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #175 on: July 26, 2020, 06:10:00 PM »
Numbers are representative of western imperialism.colonialism



Brings back not-so-happy memories.

Decades ago, when my marriage was quasi officially failed but the divorce hadn't been finalized yet, my soon-to-be ex and her toy boy went on a spiritual pilgrimage to India, to spend time with some self-styled guru who was apparently well-known at the time. When she came back, somebody was asking her about her impressions of India. One of the threads that seemed to be running through her comments as an undercurrent was that any information they received from the locals seemed to be (shall we say), ah, "less than reliable."

Someone said, "So they lie a lot." My soon-to-be ex's response was, "No, they don't lie. They just have a different understanding of what truth is than we do."

Oooooookay, then ...
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #176 on: July 26, 2020, 07:55:19 PM »
I think we should just go to numbers for everything so as not to offend anyone.

“Welcome to Publicly Owned Wildlife Area #27”

“Go Team #33!”

“Entering Urban Area #113 of State #9”

Of course we would have to skip 88 since it is code for Heil Hitler.


And 45 is right out!
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #177 on: July 26, 2020, 08:00:36 PM »

And 45 is right out!

88/2+1 = 45 OMG! PROOF MATH IS RACIST!
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #178 on: July 26, 2020, 10:05:53 PM »
88/2+1 = 45 OMG! PROOF MATH IS RACIST!

Have you heard about 14!!??

Talking about that number is grounds for summary execution,  if even hinted at with 44x2 equation!


No,  I have no use for 88.
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #179 on: July 27, 2020, 07:02:46 AM »
Numbers are representative of western imperialism.colonialism





I would LOVE to give her change in a store...

Hey, you shorted me $20 on my change!

No I didn't.

Yes you did! I should get $27.50 back in change!

No, you shouldn't because I have a different cultural approach to change. I'm correct because my cultural background says that I'm correct and you're a hater if you don't agree with that.
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #180 on: July 28, 2020, 12:27:32 PM »
The lead line held by the sailor on the seal of New York is now a noose. Also problematic is the Indian in attire actually worn at the time*. Should he be in a Pilgrim outfit instead?


https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/07/28/nyt-mistakes-sailors-depth-finder-on-the-nyc-seal-for-a-long-rope-with-a-loop-on-its-end/


*I recognize all Indians didn't walk around in loincloths all the time, but it was certainly worn. Just like some people now sometimes wear long pants and sometimes wear shorts.
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #181 on: July 28, 2020, 03:03:00 PM »
The lead line held by the sailor on the seal of New York is now a noose. Also problematic is the Indian in attire actually worn at the time*. Should he be in a Pilgrim outfit instead?


https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/07/28/nyt-mistakes-sailors-depth-finder-on-the-nyc-seal-for-a-long-rope-with-a-loop-on-its-end/


*I recognize all Indians didn't walk around in loincloths all the time, but it was certainly worn. Just like some people now sometimes wear long pants and sometimes wear shorts.
If that's a noose, from its size he must be planning to hang a small doll.

And shouldn't the date on the seal be 1619 rather than 1625?    >:D
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #182 on: July 28, 2020, 03:13:24 PM »
Looks like a weight on the end of the line to me. 
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #183 on: July 28, 2020, 04:54:39 PM »
Did they change history, so nooses have never been used for anything but racial lynchings?
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #184 on: July 28, 2020, 05:07:33 PM »
Did they change history, so nooses have never been used for anything but racial lynchings?

Only ever used for lynching blacks in much the same way as cops only kill blacks and only blacks were ever enslaved
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #185 on: July 28, 2020, 05:11:37 PM »
Friend of mine and I were talking some weeks ago, and we have a tendency to occasionally come up with puns on the fly.

So, he comes up with one and was evidently proud enough of it that he decided to take a picture of it for Faceplace...

He made a couple of loops with a rope and laid them over a low branch of a paper birch or shag bark hickory or some other tree that has really shaggy bark that peels off in strips, and captioned it "The bark is worse than the bight..."

Uhm... are you really going to post that on FB?

Sure, why?

You're going to post a picture of a rope in a tree in this political environment? The look on his face when he realized what I was asking was a combination of shock, disgust, horror, and relief...

Yeah, it's a harmless pun... except it's a rope in a tree...

Absolutely no indication of a noose. No indication of racial overtones. No threat. No nothing other than a pun. But it's a rope in a tree.

And it can't be posted because of the current environment and the mad rush to find offense.
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #186 on: July 28, 2020, 06:39:47 PM »
Friend of mine and I were talking some weeks ago, and we have a tendency to occasionally come up with puns on the fly.

So, he comes up with one and was evidently proud enough of it that he decided to take a picture of it for Faceplace...

He made a couple of loops with a rope and laid them over a low branch of a paper birch or shag bark hickory or some other tree that has really shaggy bark that peels off in strips, and captioned it "The bark is worse than the bight..."

Uhm... are you really going to post that on FB?

Sure, why?

You're going to post a picture of a rope in a tree in this political environment? The look on his face when he realized what I was asking was a combination of shock, disgust, horror, and relief...

Yeah, it's a harmless pun... except it's a rope in a tree...

Absolutely no indication of a noose. No indication of racial overtones. No threat. No nothing other than a pun. But it's a rope in a tree.

And it can't be posted because of the current environment and the mad rush to find offense.

And here I am with a new garage, and all ready to hang a noose from the door.  =(
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #187 on: July 28, 2020, 10:49:18 PM »
Somebody wants blacks against whites and whites against blacks.

Every group against every group.

Divide and Rule.
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #188 on: July 28, 2020, 11:21:34 PM »
Somebody wants blacks against whites and whites against blacks.

Every group against every group.

Divide and Rule.

Don't call them "somebody." They prefer "anti-racists."
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #189 on: July 29, 2020, 08:48:21 AM »
Don't call them "somebody." They prefer "anti-racists."

You spelled Democrat wrong.
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #190 on: July 29, 2020, 09:11:57 AM »
You spelled Democrat wrong.

You spelled Moron wrong
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #191 on: July 29, 2020, 12:32:04 PM »
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #192 on: July 29, 2020, 12:37:37 PM »
This is so monumentally stupid as to beggar belief:

https://thepostmillennial.com/couple-takes-down-norwegian-flag-after-dozens-confuse-it-with-confederate-flag

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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #193 on: July 29, 2020, 12:50:28 PM »
Wait till the SJWs learn this

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His eventual choice a few days later of a Nordic cross was clearly based on the tradition established by the other Nordic countries, Denmark and Sweden. This cross represents Christianity.
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #194 on: July 29, 2020, 01:33:13 PM »
What about Mexico's flag - it's full-on Nazi fascist!
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #195 on: July 30, 2020, 01:31:32 PM »
This is so monumentally stupid as to beggar belief:

https://thepostmillennial.com/couple-takes-down-norwegian-flag-after-dozens-confuse-it-with-confederate-flag

I'm now kinda thinking of replacing my Gadsden Flag with the Norwegian Flag.

Everytime you say the words, "People just can't be this stupid, can they?" people will break the stupidity meter.
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #196 on: July 30, 2020, 02:00:12 PM »
I've got a smaller Norwegian flag I traded for with a Norwegian submarine sailor while on a port visit in Den Helder many yeas ago.
I need to dig it out and start flying it.
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #197 on: July 30, 2020, 02:19:35 PM »
I'm now kinda thinking of replacing my Gadsden Flag with the Norwegian Flag.

Everytime you say the words, "People just can't be this stupid, can they?" people will break the stupidity meter.
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Re: Cancel Culture is Getting Ridiculous
« Reply #198 on: July 30, 2020, 05:26:35 PM »
I have a running joke with my wife, "If only I had a smart phone to look that up."  I am amazed by the number of people who say, "I don't know" to a question and leave it at that.  Look it up, you freaking chimpanzee!
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« Reply #199 on: July 30, 2020, 05:50:09 PM »
I have a running joke with my wife, "If only I had a smart phone to look that up."  I am amazed by the number of people who say, "I don't know" to a question and leave it at that.  Look it up, you freaking chimpanzee!

Funny how people online take offense when they ask a simple question and I post a lmgtfy link.
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