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sounds p racist dude

(xpost)

Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link

again, it's not from the wdyll threads that i become aware of this stuff fwiw. race affects people's "pure ideas"

― horseshoe, Friday, February 24, 2012 8:05 AM (57 seconds ago) Bookmark

oh yeah, it definitely does, as does gender and sexual orientation and lots of other stuff. but they're not always equally self-evident. perhaps especially so where i'm concerned: i was misdiagnosed as autistic when i was a kid, and i've always been a little slow on the social uptake (big surprise, i know).

Little GTFO (contenderizer), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link

thanks contenderizer.

on that note, i'm sorry for being an ass, dayo

thanks, contenderizer.

flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link

whoa that was weird. zing is bron weird. didn't mean to do that twice!

flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link

bron weird

horseshoe, Friday, 24 February 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link

^^^ new gaga single

Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link

ftr, i'm personally very concerned about being put on any race xls lists. my peeps have had bad experience with that.

Mordy, Friday, 24 February 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link

Mordy, I will put you down as "Navajo"

robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link

again, it's not from the wdyll threads that i become aware of this stuff fwiw. race affects people's "pure ideas"

Yeah, if you pay a little attention, you can pick up a lot without a pic and a biography.

For example, by reading the description to ghettohikes (hint: urban kids (of all races)) and reading a couple pages, I can tell that Mr. Cody is a white dude who is obviously making up a lot of blatantly racist jokes with barely a wink at pretending to be a humble documentarian.

O_o at anyone believing this is in any way innocent kids say the darndest things stuff. (sorry, I assume this was beaten to death upthread based on apologies and whatnot.) </ghettohikes>

Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link

i basically never visit the WDYLL threads, and that's perhaps a mistake on my part. i like the "pure ideas" aspect of internet communication, and maybe i do sometimes allow that enthusiasm to override my respect for difference (i.e., universal white man syndrome). if some raceless internet apparition says something that seems to imply a kind of racism they're perhaps not aware of, i'm tempted to call it out. problem is, there is no such thing as a "raceless inernet apparation", and i wind up sticking my foot in my mouth, as happened here.

― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Friday, February 24, 2012 11:03 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

here's a really good rule of thumb: never accuse someone of "reverse racism", regardless of their race

ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link

yeah, no, it wasn't "reverse racism", it was hyperawareness of difference = plain old ordinary racism

irony being that my comment was a product of tone-deaf ignorance of difference

Little GTFO (contenderizer), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link

all joking aside, you guys are all white though right?
right?
*hyperventilates*

little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link

i thought you were all women

;_;

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link

I am a sentient gas cloud from another dimension, I don't know what you're all on about.

A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link

the singularity is happening itt

Male Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Nutsack (Abbbottt), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link

looooooooooooool invisible nutsack

horseshoe, Friday, 24 February 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link

<3 <3 <3

horseshoe, Friday, 24 February 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link

"My name is VegemiteGrrl and I am a centaur."

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you're_a_dog

ledge, Friday, 24 February 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link

fuck you i'm a dragon

Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link

getting all or purple itt

Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link

The Great White Phil D.

pplains, Friday, 24 February 2012 16:56 (twelve years ago) link

shark dick otm

Little GTFO (contenderizer), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link

Heritage, Not Hikes

― pplains, Friday, February 24, 2012 9:51 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

goole, Friday, 24 February 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link

(this was actually posted on a private listserv for attorneys to which i belong. oh the embarrassment oh the despair ... anyway, excuse me if this nonsense has already been posted here)

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731 Hart Senate Office Building
Phone (202) 224 3254
Washington DC , 20510

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Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to pay taxes every year so I'm excited about the prospect of avoiding two years of taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent result for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes in 2004 and 2005.

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If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become illegal (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms, I would be most appreciative. Thank you for your assistance.
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(Please pass this on to your friends so they can save on this great offer.)

der Truthahn des Giftes (Eisbaer), Friday, 24 February 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link

excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service

okay I am dying already

robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link

If my understanding of this bill's provisions is accurate

I am not fully familiar with this bill but I suspect that "If" is doing an Olympic-level of heavy lifting here

robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link

I keep saying I'm going to drop this, but fyi the dude who runs lammebook & menshumor is the same dude who registered ghettohikes: http://www.dailydot.com/news/hater-exposing-man-behind-menshumor/

Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 24 February 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link

already covered up thread I think

Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 24 February 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link

yup

robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link

k done. *washes hands. wanders into next month-old discussion*

Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/cZA47.png

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 24 February 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link

"oh my, i seem to have accidentally registered www.ghettohikes.com"

buzza, Friday, 24 February 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link

the best thing about that Tumblr is the link to Vice near the bottom

robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link

i look forward to the gawker expose

omar little, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link

xp my vote would be for the bondage tittays but to each his own

little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link

i dont want to overpromise. also it may be a lil while in coming. and may not be ghettohikes only

max, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link

the best thing about that Tumblr is the link to Vice near the bottom

― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, February 24, 2012 4:41 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://i.imgur.com/gc4N2.jpg

bnw, Friday, 24 February 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link

somebody needs to sic the good guys on ghettohikes

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:20 (twelve years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/CAN6Z.jpg

served to two korean women

flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 25 February 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link

damn

omar little, Saturday, 25 February 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link

dag

CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE (dave cool), Saturday, 25 February 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link

! ...the fuck

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 25 February 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link

you're shitting me

goole, Saturday, 25 February 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link

that's racist

steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Saturday, 25 February 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link

o...mg

kinder, Saturday, 25 February 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link

i'm missing something?

little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 25 February 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link


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