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Racist teen/prom dress/cultural appropriation- a happy ending

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May 03, 2018, 04:02 PM
sigfreund
Racist teen/prom dress/cultural appropriation- a happy ending
quote:
Originally posted by Scoutmaster:
Maybe for some (like liberals), claiming to be offended is the only game they have.


That’s obvious to me, plus they’re all natural bullies. A bully is a person who can harass someone else without fear of any consequences. We usually think of bullies in a physical sense, i.e., the big kid who knows that the little kid can’t hurt him in response, but the new bullying is widespread acceptance of the notion that anyone can be offended by whatever remotely touches on gender, ethnicity, culture, or virtually anything else concerning the individual. And of course the Internet makes it possible to bully without risk of being punched in the nose.




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— The Wizard of Oz
May 03, 2018, 04:45 PM
CoolRich59
quote:
Originally posted by Chowser:
Good for her.

Here’s my granddaughter. Let’s see how many people she can offend.


Love that smile. What a cutie!


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May 03, 2018, 04:46 PM
CoolRich59
quote:
Originally posted by ShneaSIG:
Here's my little cutie, engaged in a bit of her own "cultural appropriation."


She is adorable!


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May 03, 2018, 05:18 PM
Scoutmaster
quote:
Originally posted by sigfreund:
quote:
Originally posted by Scoutmaster:
Maybe for some (like liberals), claiming to be offended is the only game they have.


That’s obvious to me, plus they’re all natural bullies. A bully is a person who can harass someone else without fear of any consequences....


Sidenote. I was the skinny timid kid in high school, the school bully would harass me every day in woodshop. My cousin came to live at our home, a year younger, twice my size, a farm boy (ie, well worked muscles). He became a tackle on our HS football team (that took the state championship). Seems the bully and my cousin did a "one on one" drill for linemen. The bully got his hind-end handed to him, spent most of the time breathing mud, never bothered me again. Smile




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- Judge Learned Hand, May 1944
May 03, 2018, 05:31 PM
fischtown7
Actually wooden shoes can be seen in Germany also in the East Friesian areas of the North. Ground is so soft, peat and marsh that they actually serve a purpose like a boat displacing water


quote:
Originally posted by sigfreund:
quote:
Originally posted by ensigmatic:
Wooden shoes is Dutch, not German.


Now, you see: Historical ignorance and cultural insensitivity. Go sit away from everyone else in the diversity corner. Wink

It’s believed that wooden shoes were once common throughout Europe. The word sabotage comes from the French sabot (“shoe”) and reportedly referred to disrupting a mechanical action by tossing a wooden shoe into the works. A pair of plastic Crocs wouldn’t have the same effect.

May 03, 2018, 07:15 PM
BB61
quote:
Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
Folks,

This is why in the future there are unitards.


^^^^^^^^^
DO NOT POST THE UNITARD MEME!!! Wink


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May 04, 2018, 08:31 AM
JimTheo
quote:
Originally posted by Chowser:
Good for her.

Here’s my granddaughter. Let’s see how many people she can offend.



Other than my kids, she is the cutest kid EVER!



I should be tall and rich too; That ain't gonna happen either
May 04, 2018, 10:42 AM
sadlerbw
My wife's parents both came over from China, so she is just about as Chinese-American as you can get. Neither she nor her mom give two shits about this girl wearing that dress.

Now, I have seen some people saying, "Oh, it was the hand gesture in the one picture that was really the problem!" Not sure why though. Is there a stereotype that Chinese ladies do the praying-hands thing? Or was it the odd gangsta'-style hand gesture the guys were making that was supposed to be mean to asians? Usually I can at least get some idea what folks have decided to be mad about, but I still haven't figured this one out.

- Bret
May 04, 2018, 10:46 AM
ArLEOret
Would me wearing my Karate Gi be cultural appropriation?


Officers lives matter!
May 04, 2018, 11:44 AM
Blaque Jacque Shellaque
quote:
Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
Folks,

This is why in the future there are unitards.


Help me out here, please. I admit I am behind the curve on this. Does "unitard" mean a university educated retard or someone so exceptionally stupid that they stand alone?
May 04, 2018, 11:48 AM
tigereye313
quote:
Originally posted by Blaque Jacque Shellaque:
quote:
Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
Folks,

This is why in the future there are unitards.


Help me out here, please. I admit I am behind the curve on this. Does "unitard" mean a university educated retard or someone so exceptionally stupid that they stand alone?


Nope, nothing of the sort. It's the one piece clothing of the future.




May 04, 2018, 11:51 AM
sadlerbw
quote:
Originally posted by Blaque Jacque Shellaque:
quote:
Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
Folks,

This is why in the future there are unitards.


Help me out here, please. I admit I am behind the curve on this. Does "unitard" mean a university educated retard or someone so exceptionally stupid that they stand alone?


Neither. It's a piece of clothing. Think Star Trek uniform. A stretchy, form-fitting, one-piece garment that you can generally fit onto anyone. Or put another way, it's like a Gymanstics leotard with full legs and arms.

Also, for the love of god, don't Google image search unitard. 90% of the results will be fine, but that other 10%...well, you will need the eye-bleach.

- Bret
May 04, 2018, 12:07 PM
tgtshuter
quote:
Originally posted by sadlerbw:
quote:
Originally posted by Blaque Jacque Shellaque:
quote:
Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
Folks,

This is why in the future there are unitards.


Help me out here, please. I admit I am behind the curve on this. Does "unitard" mean a university educated retard or someone so exceptionally stupid that they stand alone?


Neither. It's a piece of clothing. Think Star Trek uniform. A stretchy, form-fitting, one-piece garment that you can generally fit onto anyone. Or put another way, it's like a Gymanstics leotard with full legs and arms.

Also, for the love of god, don't Google image search unitard. 90% of the results will be fine, but that other 10%...well, you will need the eye-bleach.

- Bret


Think Marina Sirtis/Deanna Troi Wink