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    tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    you could not even get me to begin to care about Jon Stewart's replacement making bad jokes

    i just don't give a damn

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    21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    I'm gonna be a nazi asshole and say that maybe Blackface is more offensive in the US than elsewhere because of the sociocultural implications of the act and not because of the act itself.

    I mean, was there a huge institutionalized racist establishment in Europe? i'm asking because I don't know here.

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    RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Just SAYING [CENSORED] is racist tho

    omg racist

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    simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    If it's a crime to tweet about how you hope the Zionist state collapses under the weight of the crimes against humanity it inherently represents, then lock me up, Hitler

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    Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    Trace wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    Jon Stewart has also come out and said blackface is not okay.

    Again, mixed race, born and grew up under Apartheid

    The maxim you're apparently leaning on here is busted.

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    BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    Trace wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    Jon Stewart has also come out and said blackface is not okay.

    Apologising in blackface like he did wasn't a great choice, though.

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    simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    p.s. jewish girls pls call me I am a doctor*

    *to be**

    **in cultural studies

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    simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    Bogart wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    Jon Stewart has also come out and said blackface is not okay.

    Apologising in blackface like he did wasn't a great choice, though.

    That rendition of Old Man River he did afterwards was superb, though

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    BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    Have I accidentally started a rumour that Jon Stewart used to do blackface characters on Italian TV?

    This reminds me of the time someone kept asking if I was serious about Merv Griffin murdering women in elevators in Central Europe during the 80s.

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    HerrCronHerrCron It that wickedly supports taxation Registered User regular
    Tav wrote: »
    is that rapper joke very anti-semitic?

    it doesn't seem it

    "there's a lot of old jews in the entertainment industry" doesn't seem like the most heinous sentiment in the world

    I feel like he started with the phrase "beatsbydreidel" and worked backwards from there.

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    evilbobevilbob RADELAIDERegistered User regular
    simonwolf wrote: »
    p.s. jewish girls pls call me I am a doctor*

    *to be**

    **in anime

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    syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products regular
    Better Call Saul might be the best show on TV right now. It has managed to fill Breaking Bad's shoes with a character I had no real expectation of doing so.

    I might even like Saul more than I ever liked Walt.

    SW-4158-3990-6116
    Let's play Mario Kart or something...
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    override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    erg I really want a PS4

    I am willing to finance anyone to buy shares in the south sea company get in on the ground floor today

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    JuliusJulius Captain of Serenity on my shipRegistered User regular
    HerrCron wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    is that rapper joke very anti-semitic?

    it doesn't seem it

    "there's a lot of old jews in the entertainment industry" doesn't seem like the most heinous sentiment in the world

    I feel like he started with the phrase "beatsbydreidel" and worked backwards from there.

    But Dre isn't even a billionaire. Though Jimmy Iovine might very well be.

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    tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    syndalis wrote: »
    Better Call Saul might be the best show on TV right now. It has managed to fill Breaking Bad's shoes with a character I had no real expectation of doing so.

    I might even like Saul more than I ever liked Walt.

    Walt became an asshole while I always kinda liked Saul no matter what

    so yeah I agree with this

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    TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    Jon Stewart has also come out and said blackface is not okay.

    Again, mixed race, born and grew up under Apartheid

    The maxim you're apparently leaning on here is busted.

    Being born mixed race in a particular geographic area with an apartheid government doesn't give him free reign to be a sexist ass. Which is what annoys me more than any of his remarks about Israel.


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    MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    Tav wrote: »
    is that rapper joke very anti-semitic?

    it doesn't seem it

    "there's a lot of old jews in the entertainment industry" doesn't seem like the most heinous sentiment in the world

    It can be tied to the old antisemitic thing about Jews running the banks and entertainment for nefarious purposes.

    He probably didn't mean it that way but yes it can be construed to a very common and old antisemitic piece of rhetoric.

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    ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    erg I really want a PS4

    I am willing to finance anyone to buy shares in the south sea company get in on the ground floor today
    counteroffer: sign this billion year contract to clean my boat

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    Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    Trace wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    Jon Stewart has also come out and said blackface is not okay.

    Again, mixed race, born and grew up under Apartheid

    The maxim you're apparently leaning on here is busted.

    Being born mixed race in a particular geographic area with an apartheid government doesn't give him free reign to be a sexist ass. Which is what annoys me more than any of his remarks about Israel.

    Firstly, that is a separate issue.

    Secondly, what precisely is sexist?

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    RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    erg I really want a PS4

    I am willing to finance anyone to buy shares in the south sea company get in on the ground floor today

    Someone's been watching Extra History :)

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    SpaffySpaffy Fuck the Zero Registered User regular
    It's so annoying when you accidentally click an unread thread you don't care about and then get all excited every time you see the new post icon, then realise it is for the aforementioned thread.

    ALRIGHT FINE I GOT AN AVATAR
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    spacekungfumanspacekungfuman Poor and minority-filled Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    is that rapper joke very anti-semitic?

    it doesn't seem it

    "there's a lot of old jews in the entertainment industry" doesn't seem like the most heinous sentiment in the world

    It can be tied to the old antisemitic thing about Jews running the banks and entertainment for nefarious purposes.

    He probably didn't mean it that way but yes it can be construed to a very common and old antisemitic piece of rhetoric.

    If you are going to make a joke about Israel (bad idea IMO) then you basically need to walk on eggshells about Jewish people. If you are making jokes about Jews AND Israel, you start to sound Anti-Semitic, and let's be honest. If yo feel compelled to make that many jokes about Jews and the Jewish state, you probably are at least a little anti-Semitic.

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    syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products regular
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    Jon Stewart has also come out and said blackface is not okay.

    Again, mixed race, born and grew up under Apartheid

    The maxim you're apparently leaning on here is busted.

    Being born mixed race in a particular geographic area with an apartheid government doesn't give him free reign to be a sexist ass. Which is what annoys me more than any of his remarks about Israel.

    Firstly, that is a separate issue.

    Secondly, what precisely is sexist?

    The drunk fat girls thinking they are beautiful tweet is one...

    And I guess the "white woman with a great ass is like a unicorn" tweet.


    I give SOME lenience on some of those tweets because he is a comedian and comedians say some rough shit from time to time (the good ones at least).

    The volume of weird Jewish tweets is a bit odd though. Is that common from the part of Africa he is from?

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    Let's play Mario Kart or something...
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    TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    Jon Stewart has also come out and said blackface is not okay.

    Again, mixed race, born and grew up under Apartheid

    The maxim you're apparently leaning on here is busted.

    Being born mixed race in a particular geographic area with an apartheid government doesn't give him free reign to be a sexist ass. Which is what annoys me more than any of his remarks about Israel.

    Firstly, that is a separate issue.

    Secondly, what precisely is sexist?
    A hot white woman with ass is like a unicorn. Even if you do see one, you'll probably never get to ride it.
    "Oh yeah the weekend. People are gonna get drunk & think that I'm sexy!" - fat chicks everywhere.
    I'm watching Olympic women's hockey. It's like lesbian porn. Without the porn. #InLove
    Happy Women's Day ladies. Hope you all have a great day. Even you Caster.

    that last one is in reference too

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caster_Semenya

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    override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    edited March 2015
    erg I really want a PS4

    I am willing to finance anyone to buy shares in the south sea company get in on the ground floor today

    Someone's been watching Extra History :)

    yep! I'm glad they get to cover it

    I remember the south sea company from my first college history class and I was blown away that it had never been covered in highschool

    capitalism, ho!

    override367 on
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    Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    is that rapper joke very anti-semitic?

    it doesn't seem it

    "there's a lot of old jews in the entertainment industry" doesn't seem like the most heinous sentiment in the world

    It can be tied to the old antisemitic thing about Jews running the banks and entertainment for nefarious purposes.

    He probably didn't mean it that way but yes it can be construed to a very common and old antisemitic piece of rhetoric.

    If you are going to make a joke about Israel (bad idea IMO) then you basically need to walk on eggshells about Jewish people. If you are making jokes about Jews AND Israel, you start to sound Anti-Semitic, and let's be honest. If yo feel compelled to make that many jokes about Jews and the Jewish state, you probably are at least a little anti-Semitic.

    Am I going to say "What, no, that's wrong" and are you then going to hit me with Czar'd! Or some other new catchphrase for which I am as yet unprepared?

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    TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    syndalis wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    Jon Stewart has also come out and said blackface is not okay.

    Again, mixed race, born and grew up under Apartheid

    The maxim you're apparently leaning on here is busted.

    Being born mixed race in a particular geographic area with an apartheid government doesn't give him free reign to be a sexist ass. Which is what annoys me more than any of his remarks about Israel.

    Firstly, that is a separate issue.

    Secondly, what precisely is sexist?

    The drunk fat girls thinking they are beautiful tweet is one...

    And I guess the "white woman with a great ass is like a unicorn" tweet.


    I give SOME lenience on some of those tweets because he is a comedian and comedians say some rough shit from time to time (the good ones at least).

    The volume of weird Jewish tweets is a bit odd though. Is that common from the part of Africa he is from?

    A handful of tweets out of context just make it look like there's a lot more than there actually is, especially when they're spread out over several years

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    RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    erg I really want a PS4

    I am willing to finance anyone to buy shares in the south sea company get in on the ground floor today

    Someone's been watching Extra History :)

    yep! I'm glad they get to cover it

    I remember the south sea company from my first college history class and I was blown away that it had never been covered in highschool

    The early 18th Century is rarely discussed in my memories of history class.

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    syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products regular
    Spaffy wrote: »
    It's so annoying when you accidentally click an unread thread you don't care about and then get all excited every time you see the new post icon, then realise it is for the aforementioned thread.

    I would LOVE for there to be a "mark as unread" or even a "hide this thread" option.

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    Let's play Mario Kart or something...
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    tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    south sea bubble!

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    Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    Tav wrote: »
    syndalis wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    Jon Stewart has also come out and said blackface is not okay.

    Again, mixed race, born and grew up under Apartheid

    The maxim you're apparently leaning on here is busted.

    Being born mixed race in a particular geographic area with an apartheid government doesn't give him free reign to be a sexist ass. Which is what annoys me more than any of his remarks about Israel.

    Firstly, that is a separate issue.

    Secondly, what precisely is sexist?

    The drunk fat girls thinking they are beautiful tweet is one...

    And I guess the "white woman with a great ass is like a unicorn" tweet.


    I give SOME lenience on some of those tweets because he is a comedian and comedians say some rough shit from time to time (the good ones at least).

    The volume of weird Jewish tweets is a bit odd though. Is that common from the part of Africa he is from?

    A handful of tweets out of context just make it look like there's a lot more than there actually is, especially when they're spread out over several years

    That and there are a fairly large number of white Jews in South Africa, as I understand it.

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    Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    Trace wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    Jon Stewart has also come out and said blackface is not okay.

    Again, mixed race, born and grew up under Apartheid

    The maxim you're apparently leaning on here is busted.

    Being born mixed race in a particular geographic area with an apartheid government doesn't give him free reign to be a sexist ass. Which is what annoys me more than any of his remarks about Israel.

    Firstly, that is a separate issue.

    Secondly, what precisely is sexist?
    A hot white woman with ass is like a unicorn. Even if you do see one, you'll probably never get to ride it.
    "Oh yeah the weekend. People are gonna get drunk & think that I'm sexy!" - fat chicks everywhere.
    I'm watching Olympic women's hockey. It's like lesbian porn. Without the porn. #InLove
    Happy Women's Day ladies. Hope you all have a great day. Even you Caster.

    that last one is in reference too

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caster_Semenya
    None of that is sexist though.

    It has gender related content, but so what?

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    evilbobevilbob RADELAIDERegistered User regular
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    It's like people don't remember that Jon Stewart had like five years doing blackface characters on Italian TV before the Daily Show.

    That was before Twitter though.

    Jon Stewart has also come out and said blackface is not okay.

    Again, mixed race, born and grew up under Apartheid

    The maxim you're apparently leaning on here is busted.

    Being born mixed race in a particular geographic area with an apartheid government doesn't give him free reign to be a sexist ass. Which is what annoys me more than any of his remarks about Israel.

    Firstly, that is a separate issue.

    Secondly, what precisely is sexist?

    Oh hi _J_ when did you get unbanned?

    l5sruu1fyatf.jpg

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    Donkey KongDonkey Kong Putting Nintendo out of business with AI nips Registered User regular
    I didn't see the source of this story, nor did I look to who is the subject of all these posts, but it appears the Internet is stoning someone to death.

    Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
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    simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    I didn't see the source of this story, nor did I look to who is the subject of all these posts, but it appears the Internet is stoning someone to death.

    420 get pointlessly mad on the internet erry day

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    TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    I didn't see the source of this story, nor did I look to who is the subject of all these posts, but it appears the Internet is stoning someone to death.

    nah, dude made some not hilarious tweets like 5 years ago and some buzzfeed readers are having a conniption

    the overall response to his appointment has been really solid

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    CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    Had the fun conversation where i let my folks know i'm seeing someone today.

    I hate answering questions

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    VanguardVanguard But now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    american's institutionalized racism is somewhat unique

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    simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    american's institutionalized racism is somewhat unique

    American exceptionalism strikes again

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    TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    Tav wrote: »
    I didn't see the source of this story, nor did I look to who is the subject of all these posts, but it appears the Internet is stoning someone to death.

    nah, dude made some not hilarious tweets like 5 years ago and some buzzfeed readers are having a conniption

    the overall response to his appointment has been really solid

    Some were made five years ago, some were made last year. It seems to be a chronic condition.

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