tired-dev

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by tired-dev 6y ago
Exactly. Racists will generally justify themselves as "not racist" by giving claiming something to the tune of "I'm not prejudiced, I just agree with the numbers!", while appealing to some out-of-context statistic
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by tired-dev 6y ago
There is a dire need for some less-metaphorical terminology here, I think.
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by tired-dev 6y ago
While I admire the resourcefulness of the people who invented these sorts of foods, they aren't really the sort of thing most people like to eat when given alternatives, I think.
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by tired-dev 6y ago
No, but when you have a cookbook or magazine, you also have things like photos of what the finished product looks like, so that you can a) tell if it looks like something you'd enjoy b) tell if it turned out right after it's done.
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by tired-dev 6y ago
Yeah, I've really never been impressed with the quality of any prfab house I've toured. Especially looking at any built at least 20 years ago, they just seem so cheap compared to all the comps, and ironically never seemed much l
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by tired-dev 6y ago
> We are now experiencing an attempted Marxist takeover of our own society. Your imagined "takeover" is merely a 21st century re-imagining of literal nazi propaganda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_
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by tired-dev 6y ago
You mean like being outraged that people are outraged?
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by tired-dev 6y ago
Counterpoint: I graduated from a university still named after the confederacy that held "slave auction" fundraisers all the way into the 80s. I think it's easy to downplay how pervasive racism still is in America, and to imag
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by tired-dev 6y ago
Keep in mind that Seuss's early career involved drawing racist WWII propaganda. While he largely reformed in later years, it would be inaccurate to say that some of the content has merely "not aged well"
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by tired-dev 6y ago
> A substantial majority of people consider this foolish [citation needed]. While ebay banning them may be a bit much, I don't know anyone IRL who is upset that Dr. Seuss's B-list books with offensive stereotypes are no longer