A local indie bookshop said they just got shipment of Golliwog dolls and posted this picture: People keep defending them! quote:· COUNT CHOCULA ... that's... um... that's really racist. like i really can't process, as an American expat, how racist that is
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Count Chocula posted:A local indie bookshop said they just got shipment of Golliwog dolls and posted this picture: Hey, apparently the Australian Politics thread misses you and wants you to go start breaking their tables instead.
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Jun 20, 2013 06:24
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Edit: imgur doesn't work on tablets apparently. Weird
Fill Baptismal has a new favorite as of 06:42 on Jun 20, 2013 |
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Jun 20, 2013 06:35
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Fandyien posted:Man I like how these reprobates take it as an article of faith that if they just try hard enough to educate people, public opinion will turn against abortion. Despite that being literally the opposite of reality. I don't understand how they believe that they have any right to impose their interpretation of their faith on anyone. That's kind of the whole point of 'Murica - you don't get to dictate to anyone what they are allowed to believe. We're all supposed to be in "it" together, and we made a decision on abortion with Roe v. Wade and that's the end of it.
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Jun 20, 2013 07:12
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 He's been working in an Apple store for five years now. Still single.  "Please love me."
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Jun 20, 2013 07:44
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I haven't even bothered to look, but what is the cliff notes version "60 million dollar vacation?" I assume it's a wildly fabricated right-wing meme of some kind, but it's the first I've heard of it.
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Jun 20, 2013 10:00
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http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0617/457164-obama-dublin-visit/ 'The certificates of the Obama family genealogy show President Obama’s ancestry from Falmouth Kearney, his second great-grandfather to his seventh great-grandfather, Joseph Kearney.' Apparently for 60 million dollars they took a break from the G8 summit to see a bit of Ireland, watch Riverdance, and give a speech to schoolkids. Black Pants has a new favorite as of 13:15 on Jun 20, 2013 |
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Jun 20, 2013 11:02
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It's the goddamned president of the united states, if he wants to spend millions on a vacation then why should people give a poo poo. If I won the lottery and spent millions on a trip to Bora Bora and people told me that I shouldn't be spending my money on that and instead be using it for more important poo poo I'd shove a middle finger in their face so hard it'd break off my hand and rocket into space
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Jun 20, 2013 11:45
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Those vacation costs are always ridiculous too. They are usually generated by the worst kind of estimation possible and include the salaries of all the secret service agents, pilots, aides, and White House Staff / FLOTUS staff that were going to be paid anyway. As well as the guns, equipment, and jet fuel that were all already purchased.
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Jun 20, 2013 12:49
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I often wonder how much it costs for Obama to just sit at home for a week (a stay-cation, if you will), still surrounded by security with a fully-staffed White House at his disposal. Anyone got any numbers on that?
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Jun 20, 2013 13:16
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Shannonmcn posted:I often wonder how much it costs for Obama to just sit at home for a week (a stay-cation, if you will), still surrounded by security with a fully-staffed White House at his disposal. Anyone got any numbers on that? Something something, Obummer Kenya MAH GUNS Obamacare, (racial epithet), Nobama blah blah blah Muslim. This is basically the thought process of the people making a big deal and I doubt any of them are sincerely concerned about the actual costs incurred here.
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Jun 20, 2013 13:47
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Count Chocula posted:A local indie bookshop said they just got shipment of Golliwog dolls Why would "wog" be derived from "golliwog"? "Wogs" are Mediterranean people, not black people.
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Jun 20, 2013 13:49
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I play on a hockey team comprised of Disabled Vets. My political/religious/whatever viewpoints differ greatly from those of my teammates. Red is one of those teammates and green are two more that liked this. I'm blue. Article is http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/u-s-cities-as-dangerous-as-deadliest-3rd-world-countries/ for anyone that wants to see it. I want to tell him that WND is like the Onion but I don't really want to start poo poo like that. I never served with these guys but I know from talking to them enough that 90% of them are the same ones during Bush's regime that said if you don't support the Commander in Chief during wartime, you're not a patriot. I got "talked to" a lot by guys like them while I was active duty.
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Jun 20, 2013 15:01
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VogeGandire posted:Thank god it's not just me that hears "four horsemen" and instead of thinking "Conquest, War, Famine and Death", thinks "Arn, Ole, Tully and Ric". Avenging_Mikon posted:Fixed for true the true four.   No, you loving idiot, that's a tornado loving looks like. Literally every conversation I have with my parents sounds like this FB page.
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Jun 20, 2013 15:13
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Guys my one posted more stuff! He's also like four feet tall and likes lots of "Short men r reel 2" pages and the like.
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Jun 20, 2013 16:12
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Blind Pineapple posted:I haven't even bothered to look, but what is the cliff notes version "60 million dollar vacation?"
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Jun 20, 2013 16:18
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Shannonmcn posted:I often wonder how much it costs for Obama to just sit at home for a week (a stay-cation, if you will), still surrounded by security with a fully-staffed White House at his disposal. Anyone got any numbers on that? Not quite accurate, since the total includes trips & poo poo, but it probably averages out a lot... but I make it out as $26M/week http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2210323/Obama-family-costs-taxpayers-1-4BILLION-year.html
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Jun 20, 2013 16:20
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Flyinglemur posted:I play on a hockey team comprised of Disabled Vets. My political/religious/whatever viewpoints differ greatly from those of my teammates. Red is one of those teammates and green are two more that liked this. I'm blue. It always pisses me off when they bring up Detroit and claim it has strict gun control laws because Michigan cities (and counties) do not have the authority to make gun control laws of any kind.
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Jun 20, 2013 16:28
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Tiggum posted:Why would "wog" be derived from "golliwog"? "Wogs" are Mediterranean people, not black people. Your profile says you are an Aus goon. In the UK back in the day, wog was the local version of the N-word and was applied liberally to black people by scumbags, until all the racists decided that they actually hated "pakis" more and switched their hatred to them (now only slightly hidden under the mask of calling all brown people Muslims instead but we know what they really mean).
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Jun 20, 2013 16:50
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Yeah racists aren't really known for their keen observational skills.
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Jun 20, 2013 16:52
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Taking it from an expert (my horrendously racist uncle) Wog definitely means a black person.
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Jun 20, 2013 17:24
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Slamhound posted:They're black. Basically. It's dumb shits screaming about how that uppity Just ask whoever whines about this how angry they were when Bush spent a third of his Presidency on vacation- furious, I'll bet!
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Jun 20, 2013 18:01
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Slamhound posted:They're black. Half black 
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Jun 20, 2013 18:09
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SybilVimes posted:Not quite accurate, since the total includes trips & poo poo, but it probably averages out a lot... Oh God don't read the comments on that article 
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Jun 20, 2013 18:10
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Tiggum posted:Why would "wog" be derived from "golliwog"? "Wogs" are Mediterranean people, not black people. Regarding 'wog' most people in Australia will associate the term with Greek or Italian people, Lebanese also. But in the UK 'wog' as a pejorative for black people it's not uncommon for my parent's generation. Don't know if it's a contraction of 'Golliwog'. Australia inherited the Golliwog doll from England too.
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Jun 20, 2013 18:15
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SCIENCE! Oh no! It makes the molecules move faster! Why not just heat it up without doing that you loving microwave? You're destroying all the proteins and vitamines in the water cells you dick!
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Jun 20, 2013 18:17
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newreply.php posted:Oh no! It makes the molecules move faster! Why not just heat it up without doing that you loving microwave? You're destroying all the proteins and vitamines in the water cells you dick! It's destroying the water's DNA! My favorite part is the part about the nurse microwaving blood. Because nurses just do whatever, there's no procedures or anything like that.
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Jun 20, 2013 18:22
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FrozenVent posted:It's destroying the water's DNA! They do microwave blood though, although usually it's submersed in hot water to heat it. Do it too hot, and hemolysis occurs.
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Jun 20, 2013 18:30
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Jun 20, 2013 18:39
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Tiggum posted:Why would "wog" be derived from "golliwog"? "Wogs" are Mediterranean people, not black people. No those are "Wops". I suspect the two words might be related.
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Jun 20, 2013 18:44
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FreudianSlippers posted:No those are "Wops". Wops was a catch all term for immigrants. It's an acronym for With Out Papers. My Italian ancestors were treated to such a slur as well! 
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Jun 20, 2013 18:51
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Childers B. Lace posted:Wops was a catch all term for immigrants. It's an acronym for With Out Papers. My Italian ancestors were treated to such a slur as well! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wop posted:One famous false etymology is that it stands for "without papers" or "without passport" (abbreviated WOP),[1] widely known to be a fantasy derivation by acronym.
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Jun 20, 2013 19:10
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FrozenVent posted:Oh God don't read the comments on that article That applies to every single Daily Mail comments section. It even has up/down votes which make it seem like a more racist/xenophobic Reddit, especially when people downvote the sensible comments and up vote the "ARE COUNTRY IS BEING TAKEN OVER BY MUZLIMS!!!1!" comments!
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Jun 20, 2013 19:24
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I have only ever heard of wop as a slur against Italians here in America. My mother is second generation Italian, for the record.
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Jun 20, 2013 19:39
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"Online Etymology Dictionary posted:wop (n.) There, now we know.
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Jun 20, 2013 19:49
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Jun 20, 2013 20:00
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newreply.php posted:SCIENCE! I follow Grow Food, Not Lawns for their gardening tips but goddamn if they post another article about this miracle herb that cures cancer that has been banned by the FDA blah blah blah. And I for one was worried about TEAM WII TRICKZ. Five years... where has the time gone.
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Jun 20, 2013 20:09
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Holy gently caress facebook has hashtags now.
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Jun 20, 2013 20:30
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quote:So appearantly keeping your phone in your bra can give you breast cancer, and in your pocket prostate cancer.... yeeeah, I sleep with my phone under my pillow
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Jun 20, 2013 20:42
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Call Now posted:Holy gently caress facebook has hashtags now. I don't even get this, I mean I know why posts use to have them because you could post stuff on twitter that would show up on facebook. But what good would they do on facebook itself? I can search a hashtag and look up anyone's twitter. Most people's facebooks I can in fact not see.
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