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48 minutes ago, SimpleG said:

And statues of Hitler and Goebbels do not.

 

One is a monument to countless suffering and one is a monument to those who caused countless suffering. Confederate monuments are absolutely the latter.

The difference is that the German education system ensures that everyone knows the evils of the nazis. The US education system does not do that with slavers. People are legitimately taught that the south was fighting for freedom, which is immensely ironic.

Basically, my point is that it's easier to turn confederate monuments into holocaust memorials. It would do greater good than just demolishing them.

5 hours ago, LazyPiranha said:

 

The majority of Confederate monuments aren't even museum worthy.  They aren't historically signifficant of an any import, they were mass produced on the cheap long after the war to make fragile whites feel better.  Their only value is a tool to remind Confederate dick riders how pathetic their "heritage" truly is.

Correct. Most confederate monuments in the US were sponsored by the Daughters of the United Confederacy. Or maybe it's United daughters of the confederacy, I can't remember. They had these monuments erected some 40-60 years after the civil war, and also were the main perpetrators of the lost cause myth, which became so prevalent that even I was taught it in school 20 years ago. So have something that says "here's this monument, here's why it sucks."

Point being, erasing history doesn't help anyone. Point out why the past sucked, and your grandpa was probably a racist, actually does some good. There's a reason Auschwitz still stands.

10 hours ago, LazyPiranha said:

I stand by my assertion that every single confederate monument should be allowed to stay, but they must all have a gigantic participation ribbon permanently adhered to them.

I'm generally in favor of moving monuments to museums, but that is not always possible. Short of that, I think there should be a plaque next to every confederate monument explaining the evils of slavery and what these men fought for (hint: slavery). There's a difference between remembering history and celebrating it.

3 hours ago, Rachel said:

2 that we know of. I’m sure there’s more covert ones around. It’s not exactly something people announce. 

@TheLeon has been hiding it for years. I'm into him. I mean on to him.

I've had my eye on this one

https://www.amazon.com/RESPAWN-900-Racing-Gaming-Recliner-Reclining/dp/B07RFNH2TX/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=fully+reclining+office+chair&qid=1605372905&sr=8-12

I wonder if the head pillow thing might be annoying, though (I'm short)

Have there been actual pedos posting here?

7 minutes ago, Ominous said:

So I'll be working from home for all of 2021?

Ha! MAN did you pick the wrong time to have a newborn.

Just now, Ominous said:

 

3.  I call them every name but their own already.

Sometimes even the cat's name.

True dad right there. Do like my dad did and just say all the names, at least one will be right and the cat won't give a shit.

I'll find it kind of funny the last couple days before lockdown at the restaurant (assuming we close outright and don't do takeout). The reason the governor delayed lockdown until wed. was so restaurants could burn through their inventory.

"Can I get a salad?"

"Nope."

"Can I get a chicken sandwich?"

"Nah, but popeyes has some."

"What CAN I get?"

"You can get the fuck out of here so I can go home and not get covid from your bitch ass "

Congrats. Is this kid #2 or #3? Do you call them by their numbers now?

I mean, he's a fucking football coach. They elected a football coach to congress. Like, it shouldn't be shocking, but somehow it still is.

You need like at least 4 people for it to be fun, anyway.

1 minute ago, Rachel said:

what else do u play

Any game that allows me to have a busty anime waifu

But seriously I honestly don't play multiplayer games much except for like Jackbox Party Pack and Mario Kart.

For the states that are just NOW starting a 10pm curfew for restaurants/etc, mask requirements, et al

In oregon, we've had mandatory masks indoors for months, and restaurants/bars have had to close at 10 since we reopened in June or whenever that was. It didn't seem to be enough.

I'm also now unemployed. Well, at least starting on Tuesday. Holla atcha boy, gonna have plenty of time to be broke and play Among Us or something (aside from getting my d i c k  w e t). Candlelit dinners are frowned upon outside of your household.

So with Bernie and Warren being considered for cabinet positions, wouldn't that mean that they'd have to resign their Senate seats, which would then be appointed by their (republican) governors?

Wouldn't that be a shit idea?

The entire state is locking down starting on Wednesday. The whole state for at least 2 weeks, Multnomah/Washington/Clackamas counties (Portland) for at least 4 weeks. Restaurants are back to take-out only (the bar I work at will likely just close temporarily), gyms/salons/barbers are closed, church gatherings are limited to 25 indoors/50 outdoors, grocery stores are limited to 75% capacity

Unemployment is hopefully not going to be as big of a shit show this time. Maybe that's why they aren't putting the measures in place until Wednesday.

edit: The fucked up thing is that you KNOW restaurants and bars will be packed as much as possible for the next few days. Yay.

Oregon is going on lockdown again starting wednesday. My last day at work is Monday I think.

26 minutes ago, Boyle5150 said:

Wade banned all the big personalities, and Andrea outed all the Pedos, liars and criminals.  

I'm 2 of 3 of those things, I'll let you decide which, and whether I'm telling the truth about it.

I like long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners, and I like to get my  d i c k  w e t

5 minutes until I find out if I still have a job after this weekend

4 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Yeah kinda. But when you got down to 20 bucks (like it is on steam) then you kinda get past that issue. (Still I would probably wait for lower )

Yeah I'm kind of thinking I'll wait for it to go on a humble bundle in 2023 or something.

Then I'll feel kind of bad if turned out that it was really good.

2 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said:

Stop demonizing them

Demonize these fucks all you want, just realize there aren't 70 fucking million of them.

I mean, maybe all nuance is lost on you at this point, but I kind of feel like the point I'm trying to make isn't that fucking complicated.

according to howlongtobeat, it's a relatively short game. Like 10-15 hours, depending on what you do. It has a 90% positive rating on steam, but a 60 on metacritic.

I'll probably wait to buy it until it goes on sale again at some point in the future. I'm trying to limit my "oh, I suppose I might play this one day" purchases right now because, y'know, not sure if I'll have a job in a month.