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Krispy Wafer posted:The thread is now insults circling the drain. Excuse me that's an offensive reference to cowboy colonisers
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Groovelord Neato posted:When I tell Ben Shapiro his brain is smoother than a neutron star I'm not substituting that for a slur. Should have gone with "smoother than a shark", which are a level above.
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Weatherman posted:Should have gone with "smoother than a shark", which are a level above. That would imply coolness though, something that is generally not found in the vicinity of Ben Shapiro.
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Biplane posted:That would imply coolness though, something that is generally not found in the vicinity of Ben Shapiro. Ben Shapiro's wife is famously cool and dry, as he's never made her hot and wet.
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Strategic Tea posted:Excuse me that's an offensive reference to cowboy colonisers Cowboys were overwhelmingly native Mexicans and black people, so actually... I always thought smooth brained was related to the old folkwisdom that the more wrinkles your brain had- the more thinking you did- the smarter you were. Didn't know there was an actual condition with that outcome.
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steinrokkan posted:The word buttface is actually linked to a rare medical disorder called annuscephaly, which causes many terrible ailments aside from the social stigma caused by making GBS threads and farting out of your face, remember the casual cruelty of the term before using it.
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i am offended on behalf of the annucephalants
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Someone please just tell me the word to use when I want to suggest that someone is about as smart as a piece of cheese, post digestion.
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Volmarias posted:Someone please just tell me the word to use when I want to suggest that someone is about as smart as a piece of cheese, post digestion. Cheesehead 
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Volmarias posted:Someone please just tell me the word to use when I want to suggest that someone is about as smart as a piece of cheese, post digestion. “Presidential”
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Solice Kirsk posted:"Karen" is basically interchangeable with calling a woman a "bitch" now. I'm not a fan of it. https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-still-dumping-trash-with-recycling-frustrating-residents/ Okay now this story about trash pickup quotes two "Karens" One "watched in shock as sanitation workers combined her trash and recycling onto one truck." and then she called 311 on those poor workers. Instead of trying to contact the Philadelphia Streets Department, which is in charge of trash pickup, she called the nonemergency emergency number to report something that she "watched in shock" This is classic "I want to talk to your manager" behavior. It's a lack of feeling for the people on the ground who have to actually implement a directive that they have no agency in drafting. It's a lack of understanding that sometimes poo poo gets hosed up. The other one doesn't even live in Philadelphia yet is very concerned about Philadelphia waste disposal practices. She's a busybody. Like somebody who peers out from between their venetian blinds, sure that the neighborhood kids are up to no good. Both of them are Karens because they're affluent white ladies who believe somebody owes them an explanation. That their concerns must and will be catered to, because to them, that's how the World works. No consideration for the people they harm with their demands. That's what makes them Karens. It's weaponized privilege.
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MarcusSA posted:Sure is a lot of food being destroyed in that picture there. i know you instinctively want to defend your coworkers, but how about you don't. https://twitter.com/udaniyadv/status/1362609922483974146 ChickenOfTomorrow has a new favorite as of 07:06 on Feb 19, 2021 |
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-still-dumping-trash-with-recycling-frustrating-residents/ there wolf posted:Karens were white women using their privilege to harass black people, then they were entitled women, now they're just any woman being pushy about something regardless of context or motivation. As always, every pejorative targeted at women falls towards bitch eventually. The point is that Karen is no longer being exclusively thrown at women weaponizing their privilege, and is now getting thrown at any woman someone thinks is being bossy, or uppity, or otherwise not a doormat. I'm sorry a useful term is getting spoiled by misogyny, but your anger should be with the people pissing in the pool instead of the ones pointing out that the water seems to be changing.
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there wolf posted:The point is that Karen is no longer being exclusively thrown at women weaponizing their privilege, and is now getting thrown at any woman someone thinks is being bossy, or uppity, or otherwise not a doormat. I'm sorry a useful term is getting spoiled by misogyny, but your anger should be with the people pissing in the pool instead of the ones pointing out that the water seems to be changing. You may have come to perceive it differently, but it was always thus. The whole 'Karen' thing was not really a novel coinage, it bought into an already commonly recognised negative stereotype about (white) women.
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I guess all those "actually Karen is the new n-word" op-eds actually worked, huh
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That’s obviously a dumb takeaway to anyone that doesn’t have “racist” in their rap sheet several times. The phrase is frequently used as “woman I dislike” for misogynists who just want a cool acceptable way to attack women. This isn’t to defend white women using their privilege to sic the police on minorities. It’s a criticism of misogynists who adopt it for their own purposes.
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steinrokkan posted:I guess all those "actually Karen is the new n-word" op-eds actually worked, huh Before that it was "Okay, Boomer." Someone's always trying to ruin our fun. We should be saying "Thank you for your service, Boomer."
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steinrokkan posted:I guess all those "actually Karen is the new n-word" op-eds actually worked, huh On SA, (I can't speak to Twitter--I don't have a Twitter account), Karen usually just means bitch. I still can't get over how people will fall over themselves to claim that 'retarded' is a hateful slur, but will bend over backwards to defend their use of 'smooth-brained' (just look at posts earlier in this thread!) which is pretty nakedly a way to call someone retarded without using the 'r-word'. It even belittles people with birth defects/disabilities, like 'retarded'. I don't want to ban any of these words from SA (I think probating people who are mean to other posters or people in broader society is ok, but moderators just being a word filter for naughty words is lazy and stupid), but the hypocrisy/wishful thinking/delusional thinking on this topic is astonishing to me.
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So how is Sears doing?
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Pope Corky the IX posted:So how is Sears doing? Haven't checked in on it but it's absolutely my favorite "rich guy fucks up totally in hilarious ways because his skull is filled with marbles" story. People try to play it off like he didn't care and was doing the vulture capitalism thing (since he sold off the real estate to himself and then leased it back to Sears) but it's clear he thought his incredibly stupid plans would turn the company around. WeWork was a bigger fuckup but Sears will always top the list for me.
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Sears might be doing okay. At some point you cut costs until you find some balance or just disappear altogether. They haven't disappeared yet, so... It's privately held now so we probably won't know until they close all their stores. Kind of like Fry's.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:So how is Sears doing? They're closing their last location in Louisiana, I read a couple of days ago.
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Sears' corporate HQ isn't a big skyscraper somewhere, it's this big sprawling building with a huge atrium and a bunch of 4-6 story wings coming off of it in the middle of suburbia. The last time I was there was several years ago, but the atrium roof and skylights were leaking so badly that there were big plastic wheeled dumpster things placed strategically throughout the building to catch the rancid water in several places, and had been for months. drat amazing cafeteria, though.
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Rockman Reserve posted:Sears' corporate HQ isn't a big skyscraper somewhere, it's this big sprawling building with a huge atrium and a bunch of 4-6 story wings coming off of it in the middle of suburbia. The last time I was there was several years ago, but the atrium roof and skylights were leaking so badly that there were big plastic wheeled dumpster things placed strategically throughout the building to catch the rancid water in several places, and had been for months.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:So how is Sears doing? They finally closed the last one in my area about two years ago (January 2019). On December 9, 2020, they started the demolition project to take out that Sears, the rest of the dead mall it was attached to (with the exception of the thriving Target), and the former Best Buy next door (which had long since moved into the nearby space vacated by Toys R Us). The plan is to turn the space into a modern mixed-use development.
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Rockman Reserve posted:Sears' corporate HQ isn't a big skyscraper somewhere, it's this big sprawling building with a huge atrium and a bunch of 4-6 story wings coming off of it in the middle of suburbia. The last time I was there was several years ago, but the atrium roof and skylights were leaking so badly that there were big plastic wheeled dumpster things placed strategically throughout the building to catch the rancid water in several places, and had been for months. I can't find any good pictures of it but it looks like they just made themselves a dead mall to live in: https://www.corporateofficeheadquarters.com/2011/02/sears-corporate-office-headquarters.html
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Rick posted:I can't find any good pictures of it but it looks like they just made themselves a dead mall to live in: https://www.corporateofficeheadquarters.com/2011/02/sears-corporate-office-headquarters.html I appreciate that all of the comments are just people ranting about their horrible Sears purchases and experiences.
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Krispy Wafer posted:It's privately held now so we probably won't know until they close all their stores. Kind of like Fry's. Speak of the devil! https://twitter.com/bill0004/status/1364407906192424964?s=21
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They lasted longer than I would have guessed
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Gann Jerrod posted:Speak of the devil! Frys.com is already dead.
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frys.com came back after half an hour. I managed to order a 100 pack of frys-branded AA batteries. You can now place bets on the following: 1) I never receive them and I pissed $30 down the drain as a novelty 2) I receive them and they're all flat 3) I receive them and they're all flat and have the sticker of death 4) I receive them and they work If I do get them I'll probably split them up and mail them to fellow dead electronics store enthusiasts as souvenirs. My guess is that they took it down to turn off the store pickup logic and will keep the site alive until outstanding orders are delivered so they don't get charged with fraud.
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It’s odd that the chain limped along for so long and then closed so fast. But then again most stores have inventory to sell when they go bankrupt. Fry’s is all consignment now so I guess they call their suppliers and tell them to come pick up their poo poo.
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