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- Comment on I don't think so 19 hours ago:
Short answer: NO. Because ‘white’ is not a culture, and because ‘white’ people were, and sometimes still are, racist assholes.
Long answer: So the reason black people (in the US especially) have an aggregate conglomerate group identity is because they were brought over as slaves, seperated from all their family, and basically had their own cultures beaten out of them. They had to rebuild their cultural identity from scratch.
‘Asians’ tend to not have a bloc group identity except when they get together as a bloc to stand up to white people being assholes (again, yay racism). Individual cultures did, in the past, have insular cultural communities (again speaking mostly US-centric) because ‘white’ people in the US didn’t want ‘those icky non-whites’ living near them (to the point of codifying it into law in many cases). They had to create their own communities in specific ‘permitted’ locations, based on nationality (hence the development of ‘Chinatowns’ and such).
‘White’ people, on the other hand, moved to the US voluntarily and were able to keep their cultures intact and plop them wherever they felt like. So it’s disingenuous at best and outright racist and belittling at worst to claim a ‘white’ identity because ‘black people get to do it’, completely ignoring the fact that black people only do it because people labeling themselves ‘white’ forced them into it.
- Comment on Genshin Impact is introducing a Roblox-like games creation platform October 22nd | Massively Overpowered 1 week ago:
Don’t know if I’ll ever swap out my Traveler for the custom character in overworld, but this new gameplay looks interesting at least
- Comment on predatory giraffes 1 week ago:
A cassowary usually weighs around 59-85 kg and they can absolutely fuck you up, so a 200-250 kg one the size of a giraffe with a lance on its face is a huge no from me.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 2 weeks ago:
So that’s a completely different conversation. One that I think the US should have, mind you, since I agree that it’s wildly unsafe.
But my point is that if your car can’t pass inspection, it shouldn’t be on the road, and it definitely shouldn’t be racing, on-track or no.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 2 weeks ago:
The one held in my city is pretty reasonable. And if they’re not passing inspections to race on a track then they shouldn’t be racing on the street either.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 2 weeks ago:
Y’all are assholes who do asshole things.
Seriously why do y’all do this? You can rent time on tracks for cheap!
- Comment on Is it possible to 3D scan a motorcycle helmet and make smaller replicas? 3 weeks ago:
Amusingly, this was just a bit down in my feed
- Comment on 3dprintopia in full swing! 3 weeks ago:
Can’t you go pester Kennedy instead?
- Comment on Lisa Cook urges supreme court to reject Trump’s bid to fire her from Fed board 3 weeks ago:
Okay, but what’s with the splash photo, seriously?
- Comment on Google says adblockers caused YouTube views count to drop - this is what adblockers told us really happened 3 weeks ago:
Before their media blitz campaign, Hormel’s Spam was eaten in perhaps 20% of households; after the campaign it was closer to 70%.
Ads do work, if you do them right. People go for what they’ve heard of over what they haven’t.
- Comment on Has Charlie Kirk ever changed his views on a subject during a debate? 5 weeks ago:
Is this satire? Please tell me this is satire
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Didn’t they just announce a suspect and it’s another right-wing nutter?
- Comment on Aged like milk 5 weeks ago:
Just sweet, all-lovin’ folks, yeah? /s
Someone with a Xitter account should be replying with these on all those ‘family man’ posts popping up
- Comment on Aged like milk 5 weeks ago:
Oooh do it
That one with Hitler and his dog is a good one
- Comment on Too soon? 5 weeks ago:
They’re trying to make him big again. So much for that, I guess
- Comment on Aged like milk 5 weeks ago:
They say you should only say good things about the dead.
Charlie Kirk is dead. Good.
- Comment on Aged like milk 5 weeks ago:
Now that’s an obituary I can read with great satisfaction.
- Comment on Ding ding ditch is punishable by death apparently 1 month ago:
Because those people weren’t armed.
- Comment on Ding ding ditch is punishable by death apparently 1 month ago:
Because in America things like the Tulsa Race Massacre happen a fair bit, and the cops either stand by or join in, so you have to be able to defend you and yours.
Remember folks, armed minorities are harder to oppress.
- Comment on Our Channel Could Be Deleted - Gamers Nexus 1 month ago:
What’s the difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars?
Answer: roughly a billion dollars.
Being a million-dollar company means nothing against a company where a million dollars can count as little more than a rounding error.
- Comment on U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector 1 month ago:
If you ask, they’ll tell you it’s different for ‘essential services’. It’s the same excuse they use for the farm handouts.
- Comment on Blamed for Steam games ban, Mastercard encourages censorship during Riot Games VCT livestreams 2 months ago:
I’ve been to places that don’t take check or cash anymore though.
- Comment on [Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games 2 months ago:
A ‘removed’?
- Comment on Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals 2 months ago:
accurate matches up to 95.5% of the time
and they’re more privacy-preserving than visual images
Uh-huh.
- Comment on After 4 years my banana tree decided it was time to fruit! 2 months ago:
Aww bye bye banana :(
Congrats on all the new baby bananas I’m sure you’re getting though!
- Comment on Orb 2 months ago:
More like incredibly aggressive. They are a type of algae after all. If you don’t keep a firm leash on them they’ll reproduce enough to drain all the oxygen and nutrients from an enclosed system like an aquarium.
Plant tribbles, if you will.
- Comment on Spiritual Safety Tip! 3 months ago:
For most of them, it’s because they truly, deeply believe that if they don’t convert you, you’re going to burn in hell for eternity when you die.
For most of the leaders of those sorts of churches, it’s because more people means more money for that new private jet they’re saving up for.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 3 months ago:
Does it make sense to nitpick how much they’re getting though? The fact that they’re being denied any bonus is shady as fuck.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Nothing sinister at all. It has a long and proven track record. Which you can check out if you don’t want to be low-info anymore. Doctors and dentists support it.
But there’s a subset of people who want us to go back to disease-ridden serfs, because when your teeth are falling out and 3 out of your 5 kids died young from disease and you can barely make rent, you’re too distracted to care what other people are doing.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
There’s only pros. It’s proven to prevent cavities in children and adults, much better than brushing alone.
There’s also the sad fact that not every kid is taught to—or sometimes allowed to—brush their teeth.