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We're all unique, so we're all snowflakes. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
As far as what this site tolerates, I don't see an issue. I don't see opinions being suppressed, you just can't be aggressively insulting or hateful when you express them. This seems to be the norm on other forums I visit. And a good norm, I enjoy an insult or two but at least make an effort to be polite about it. lol
But I have no idea about Twitter, never use it.
Yeah, but he's the only one moaning about excessive sensitivity. In other words, he's the only one sensitive to sensitivity. He doesn't see it, but he's what he's complaining about, just viewed from a slightly different angle.
That's my only objection to Niya: He IS what he's complaining about, just a different shade.
I get it. People complaining about people who complain. Your feisty today. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
The problem is not their complaining. The problem is they use use soft and hard power to stifle debate. I'd have no problem if it was just a bunch of people arguing back and forth. But when people start getting fired from their jobs, losing big contracts or even getting banned from online spaces like Twitter just because some crazy leftists didn't like what they said, that's when I have a problem.
I also find it interesting that go-to response of leftists to opposition is to silence them. This tells me that whatever they are advocating for cannot stand up to scrutiny so. People who are sure their ideas have merit aren't afraid to have it scrutinized. This is precisely the problem with Twitter and one of the bigger reasons why Elon wants to buy it.
be careful, if you turn 3 times to right, you turn left :D
You're really going out on a limb when you say you know why Elon Musk wants to do ANYTHING. It's why YOU want him to buy it, but what he actually wants...who knows. I'd guess he never intended to buy it, at this point, but it's just a guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
Still, if it was just debate, that would be one thing. Perhaps in your country it IS nothing but debate. In the US, it's the right to discriminate that is being fought over. The right to be racists. The right to be xenophobic. The right to silence those you don't like by putting a rope around their necks.
If it ever just becomes the right to debate, that would be amazing. Of course, the debate isn't based on data. People are 'debating' by putting up youtube videos.
Also, you're celebrating somebody for being obnoxious and offensive. You are aloud to be all of that, but not everywhere. You never have been allowed to be like that everywhere. You certainly haven't ever been allowed to be like that here. I was pointing out that this has never been a 4Chan cesspool. There have always been lines. They've moved a bit over the years, as different moderators came and went. There were a LOT more bans at one point, and a lot more lenience today. There was also a time when language almost didn't matter (see the snake thread as an example), but never a time when intolerant and ignorant positions were not met by strong push back. Stronger than today, even.
There are places where you still need to act polite, even if you aren't.
Two wrongs don’t make a right. But three lefts do.
Surely you don't actually believe any of that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Absolutely I do. I just stood there, turned three times, and now I'm facing right compared to where I started.
Yes, every word of it. I suppose you could say that's not ALL that is being fought over, but as far as what Niya is talking about, that's what is being fought over. The people I know who feel silenced say that because they are not allowed to say what they want to say...which is that people who don't look like them are stupid, lazy, and shouldn't exist. They don't have constructive contributions, they just have some beliefs and they don't feel allowed to share them.Quote:
Originally Posted by dilettante
This post does not have any constructive contribution.
@Niya I've said before to watch the language. And you definitely need to watch the language in the posts you're linking to. I'm going to clean some of that up, please don't post its like again.
Edit>I've removed the posts and links with offensive language. I've left enough in place to demonstrate the point you were trying to make.
What do you call 100 rabbits hopping backwards?
A receding hare line.
Ha! Nice one.
My wife sent me to the store to pick up 6 cans of sprite.
When I got home, I realized I picked 7up.
You should know by now that his name is "shaggy" not "Surely". :pQuote:
Originally Posted by dilettante
A hospital. What is it?
- Cory HouseQuote:
"Code is like humor. When you have to explain it, it’s bad."
I am very closing to becoming number 3 in total posts in the post race.
I'd like to take this moment to thank all my fans.
Specifically this one:
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But not this one:
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Are you a tractor?
Tractor goes hadoop.
Waiting to see the 💩 hit it.
I'm neither a tractor...though I guess I can say that I'm a tractor fan. I've never been not one.
I prefer weather shielded fans, myself. I tend to leave one in a window that I leave open. When it rains...the fan gets wet.
Only sometimes, but it's always better when the house doesn't burn down.
YouTube Smava ads are so freakin' annoying!
No matter how long the video is, this freakin' unskippable German Smava ad pop-ups every 3 minutes, followed by a skippable ad.
The latest White House news conference, an hour and nine minutes long, showed the same Smava ad every 3 minutes!
That's 23 freakin' times!
I thought about stopping the video after the first 9 minutes, but decided to watch it till the end just to see how many times this ad pops up.
What is smava? I'm certainly not going to go searching for it, lest it start following me around.
It's a German peer to peer lending app that matches people and businesses with lenders and borrowers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
If they're doing that much advertising...it would make me suspicious.
We've got a similar thing over here called FundingCircle though they've stopped taking on new lender at the moment.
Guess they closed their circle.
I hear they foreclose on their loans really aggressively. They can be a really vicious circle.
(^This is not actually true, I was just in it for the pun)
Half of a hole is still a hole.
Yeah, but a whole hole is a whole lot more hole.
Holy cow
That swole hole is very droll....LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
This thread has been steered unerringly back to inanity.
I knew we could do it.
Ohh yeah. Chickachickahhh
Another weekend, more rain. Interesting times for a desert.
Where was all this precipitation in the winter, when it could have fallen as snow and lingered longer?
Oh-oh-oh-oh oppa Gangnam Style
Winter use to be extreme ages ago in Germany. It would last for months, but now we're lucky if we get a couple of days of snow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Kinda Lingers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I don't mind the lack of snow in the valleys, but the mountains are the store for water.
Do you have to? Do you have to? Do you have to let it linger?
Doesn't that song have a line like, "giving you the finger?" If not, it probably should.
The fact that DDay is likely to move into second place in the Post Race just shows how incredible that first place person was. It takes real dedication to get that high up, even if there isn't a post delay.