America was built on long argumentative essays establishing the political philosophies behind their grand New Democratic experiment which our upwardly mobile civic minded modern students only reluctantly skim or read the wiki pages to try and pass American history class
also @spool32 i got confirmation from my boss that i'm cool to pick a super long wkd in sept/oct/nov to austin road trip. i figure either very early in the semester (first week or two of sept) before any tests happen or whatever, or the opposite (like mid-late november during fall break)
what say you, methuselah
You got Thanksgiving plans? That would be pretty fun @Organichu
Otherwise we'll be recovered from sending Squeakel to college by mid Sept. so that works fine for me too.
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America was built on long argumentative essays establishing the political philosophies behind their grand New Democratic experiment which our upwardly mobile civic minded modern students only reluctantly skim or read the wiki pages to try and pass American history class
Well yeah we don't need no book learnin when we have Reddit.
Incenjucar on
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America was built on long argumentative essays establishing the political philosophies behind their grand New Democratic experiment which our upwardly mobile civic minded modern students only reluctantly skim or read the wiki pages to try and pass American history class
Well yeah we don't need no book learnin when we have Reddit.
To be fair writing was really boring in the colonial era
I think the typical American narrative, written by people who are born and raised into the mythos of American democracy, is that political movements come from the people, and so there's a lot of print space spent on trying to examine where this movement arose.
And it's mostly been wasted space, as writers rehash a lot of already-disproven pet theories about economic changes, manufacturing job losses, and so on. But none of those factors really seem to be driving opinion. The change in the republican party has mostly come from the top, the mob is just doing what they're told. They're told to be afraid, so they are. They're told that this isn't their America anymore, so they want it back, even though few of them can actually name harms to them individually. They hate Obamacare, even as they love every individual part of it as long as they're not told it's part of Obamacare. Trump-ism isn't the result of a mass movement demanding a leader that represents them, it's a mob getting led along by leaders who are mostly all in on the joke.
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Forgive for not quoting--is hard to do for long quotes on mobile
Re chu: Then I don't know what the argument is, chu? What's bothersome about the original quote? Certainly trump supporters are motivated to rail against perceived acts of political correctness by airing their own racist or sexist opinions with gusto. I don't disagree.
My own thoughts: Whatever those important reasons are for being motivated to say it (my country is in decline, these other people are taking my country away from me, my unvarnished truth is more important than courtesy, the first amendment, freedom, everyone else is thinking it I'm just saying it, it's funny cos it's true, things were better before than they are now, etc), they short circuit common codes of decency and cause harm, regardless of whether one of THEM is even around to hear it. I think this view of PC run amok conflates self censorship--that little judgement that says perhaps this is not good to say--with oppressive censorship--these PEOPLE are SILENCING my VERY IMPORTANT OPINION, even if it hurts people for no reason.
But I feel like I've lost the thread of this tangent. I just wanted to post a striking and mildly condescending excerpt from the article because I liked the term "pointlessly hurtful" to describe the most fundamental social code, "don't be a dick"
i suspect u me and chu agree on all salient points and are just musing together on this great american holiday
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America was built on long argumentative essays establishing the political philosophies behind their grand New Democratic experiment which our upwardly mobile civic minded modern students only reluctantly skim or read the wiki pages to try and pass American history class
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You got Thanksgiving plans? That would be pretty fun @Organichu
Otherwise we'll be recovered from sending Squeakel to college by mid Sept. so that works fine for me too.
Godspeed Grape Ape
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
Well yeah we don't need no book learnin when we have Reddit.
Grape I am serious that pic looks like a thumbnail for a very specific fetish porn
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Get in the shower with him?
Ignition (Remix)
No he doesn't like coshowering sigh
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
i'm sorry, we were looking for "I WANNA ROKK!"
To be fair writing was really boring in the colonial era
"Faction against faction"--omg Snooze!
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@Atomika ehhhh
Miranda and Isabella / Merril threesome
I am sorry that you had to be turned like this.
I'm not sorry
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OLcAGbXhWIVcl5IziVpG0eKFJS3xi_Sac9kYMkRFvD8/edit?usp=sharing
listen to some 2cellos in retaliation
or dig through your photos to continue candid photo war
#thatsafeature #notabug
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
And it's mostly been wasted space, as writers rehash a lot of already-disproven pet theories about economic changes, manufacturing job losses, and so on. But none of those factors really seem to be driving opinion. The change in the republican party has mostly come from the top, the mob is just doing what they're told. They're told to be afraid, so they are. They're told that this isn't their America anymore, so they want it back, even though few of them can actually name harms to them individually. They hate Obamacare, even as they love every individual part of it as long as they're not told it's part of Obamacare. Trump-ism isn't the result of a mass movement demanding a leader that represents them, it's a mob getting led along by leaders who are mostly all in on the joke.
Whut
WHUT
Listen, Hakkes
It isn't Grape Ape's fault that you got your hopes up
Yeah...eat all the M&Ms first...slower you slut....
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*steeples fingers Gendo Ikari style*
Yeah it's like one of my fave things but nooooo
Sometimes we sit and talk while one of us is in a bath tho which is nice
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
Some people are just wrong about certain things, Incenjucar
There's nothing we can do
Maybe immersion therapy :winky:
Everyone should have a shower buddy.
lord save me from all these awful coshowerings
if there is dual showerheads then that is a fine compromise
I understand wanting to maintain shower as a space of quiet and reflection but yeah it is something I'm kinda like
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
Are you not familiar with my motto?
"Fire solves everything."
I promise that there is a fire-based solution to this glaring flaw.
?? You just take turns it's not complicated
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
It's one thing to prefer a solo shower much of the time, but man I even shower with people who are just friends and it's still great.
as a nintendo i hate to admit it but it actually does look kinda fun
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He won't care WHO is in the shower if he is on fire and the shower is the only source of water!
Incenjucar, you genius, you've done it again!
let me rant about goddamn nudie millennial shower orgies for a moment
What did you not get the invite?