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Oh God. The Horror -- (link) - decline Apr 11, 11:33
I don't agree with gay men - crash davis Apr 11, 11:31 8
- and how about Judy Garland??? -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 11, 11:34 2
  - still dead -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 11:34 1
    - Judy, Liza, Barbra, Bette, these are names we shan't forget. -- nm - MDH Apr 11, 11:37
- You know I tried to end this argument, but then you had to come along and drag spamlet into it didn't you? - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:33 4
  - okay, maybe I just don't know the catalog, but what is great or even good about Minogue? -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 11:34 3
    - okay lets not say things we can't take back - Epiphany Apr 11, 11:39 1
      - seriously, honest question :) -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 11:41
    - *Faints* -- nm - MDH Apr 11, 11:36
Also, if you're not pillaging on the english server of Ikariam, you're not trying... - Mel Profit Apr 11, 11:31 4
- En has been back burned, when I log in I have one or two town going cold turkey -- nm* - zeitgeist Apr 11, 12:29
- are you getting the Phoenecian ships using ambrosia? i just wish i had the ambrosia needed to double my ship capacity ... also ... - call me Ishmael Apr 11, 11:42 1
  - Yep, been buying a few ships each time I buy some ambrosia. They get cheaper the more you buy. - Mel Profit Apr 11, 12:04
- Yeah, I should probably look around sometime. -- nm - spamlet Apr 11, 11:32
I have had betta fish in everything from jar to pitcher to vase. I *fully clean* bowls (like, all new water and scrub) maybe every six months. - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 11, 11:30 4
- you should keep a few around the house -- nm - cat friends Apr 11, 11:32 3
  - I have two. my cat friends can't jump that high. nmbyet - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 11, 11:33 2
    - do you ever put their bowls next to each other to watch 'em try to fight ? -- nm - decline Apr 11, 11:37 1
      - "That's right, swim away! Punk!" -- nm - Max Apr 11, 11:44
Destiny peeps: "With the arrival of the April Update tomorrow, all of the vendor weapons will have different perks." - Spawn Apr 11, 11:26 2
- REMLIK ALERT! REMLIK ALERT!!! -- (link) - Spawn Apr 11, 11:30
- Hung Jury (from Dead Orbit) is a great PvE scout, but it's kind of boring to use. -- nm - Shaun Apr 11, 11:28
This seems like statistical cherry picking -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 11:21 32
- It's Virginia followed by NC, SC and Pennsylvania. -- (link) - Krusty Apr 11, 11:28 10
  - Vermont is on the list but not in the top 10. -- nm - Krusty Apr 11, 11:29 9
    - note she said "per capita". Which is why I called it cherry picking - ty97 Apr 11, 11:30 8
      - Completely. It's a useless addition to the information about where the guns come from. - Krusty Apr 11, 11:32 6
        
        55 is not an insubstantial number when the highest is only 395 -- (edited) - the brain Apr 11, 11:35 1
        
        I respected this post more when it was made by cat friends -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 11:36
        
        I don't think it is actually. Of course you're going to have fewer guns sold in VT than in VA but it may show patterns like straw buyers. - spamlet Apr 11, 11:34
        
        Well it's not useless. She had a very specific use behind adding the words :) - ty97 Apr 11, 11:34 1
        
        It's useless in that it doesn't matter how populous a state is in the discussion of where guns come from. It's useful for a politician - Krusty Apr 11, 11:36
        
        with vermont cheddar cheese -- nm - decline Apr 11, 11:34
      - I want cherry pie -- nm - decline Apr 11, 11:31
- Vermonsters -- nm - Max Apr 11, 11:26
- i would want to see absolute numbers to know more -- nm - the brain Apr 11, 11:24 4
  - Based on gun tracing Vermont was responsible for 55 guns. Virginia was responsible for 395. - Krusty Apr 11, 11:34 3
    - It's a different way of looking at the data. And Bernie isn't, or hasn't been, terribly strong on gun control. - TWuG Apr 11, 11:40 1
      - It could just be that Virginia has more stores willing to sell guns to people that shouldn't be buying them. No? - Krusty Apr 11, 11:45
    - Becuase Virginia is about 13x larger... - Will Hunting Apr 11, 11:35
- Oh thank God -- finally, something we can't possibly argue about on ST. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:23 14
  - That was your distraction so you could make your getaway, fool! -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 11:30 1
    - *facepalm* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:31
  - I had no idea my post about that woman would cause firestorm. - MDH Apr 11, 11:25 11
    - It's the usual ST kerfuffle that arises completely out of the blue. A side-effect of limited communication. - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:30 2
      - Well said. -- nm - Krusty Apr 11, 11:40
      - or culture, if you will -- nm - JaxSean Apr 11, 11:35
    - I went away for just a little while, was like "why did the board roll so fast?" and see you have a 78 post thread - crash davis Apr 11, 11:26 3
      - we used to have a designation for 100-response threads, but it's escaping me now -- nm - ML Apr 11, 11:28 2
        
        a Cappie -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 11:28
        
        cappie -- nm - Epiphany Apr 11, 11:28
    - it is not really a firestorm. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 11:25 3
      - Well, it was a little flaming... -- nm - TWuG Apr 11, 11:26 2
        
        heh -- nm - JaxSean Apr 11, 11:28
        
        *giggling* -- nm - Epiphany Apr 11, 11:27
Braves' Daniel Winkler Fractures His Elbow While Throwing A Pitch -- (link) - Beaker Apr 11, 11:17 3
- poor David -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 11:20
- To think JPP can only count to 6 on his hands -- nm - budice Apr 11, 11:18
- nope nope nope nope nope -- nm - Dave Dravecky Apr 11, 11:18
The Hastert story is obviously horrifying but the bit about him... - Mel Profit Apr 11, 11:15 3
- Man, thats some Archie Bunker shizz -- nm - budice Apr 11, 11:17
- Thankfully, my alma mater redesignated the public policy school out of his name last year when the indictment hit - ML Apr 11, 11:17 1
  - school names: I want you to take at least one post graduate class with George Mason - crash davis Apr 11, 11:24
Meg - not sure if you got my FB reply message about TIFF? -- nm - JenBro Apr 11, 11:14
*phew* small tax refund this year - ML Apr 11, 11:11 2
- Make sure you get those writeoffs. Pens for business use $1 -- nm - budice Apr 11, 11:14
- I'll get my preparation this week... I'm terrified. -- nm - colin Apr 11, 11:14
Our building management has killed it yet again. For Red Sawx Op'nin Day they've provided all the great ballpark snacks... - Diva Apr 11, 11:10 15
- dayam. neechay. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 11, 11:28
- ummm, beer -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 11:27
- no In-N-Out burgers :(( -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 11, 11:27 1
  - otherwise, excellent. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 11, 11:27
- That's awesome. -- nm - MDH Apr 11, 11:24
- *envious* - prayformojo Apr 11, 11:21
- Awesome! Our company got pretzels and cheese for the home opener as well. -- nm - spamlet Apr 11, 11:20
- That's really cool. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 11:20
- Nice! That sounds fun. -- nm - colin Apr 11, 11:17
- beer? got beer? -- nm - JenBro Apr 11, 11:16 2
  - nah - we're at work. :) -- (edited) - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 11, 11:20 1
    - yum ... those sound great! actually - the whole thing is very cool :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 11, 11:33
- sorry the O's are gonna whup yer asses -- nm - the brain Apr 11, 11:15 2
  - whatevs. -- nm - budice Apr 11, 11:17
  - Dude, whatever. -- nm* - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Eating Nachos Apr 11, 11:16
LIR: My point is pretty simple (znu and, for that matter, MDH): I personally think it's pretty hypocritical to pre-judge, stereotype, and assume ... - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:01 28
- I would generally agree with this except that I think "lifestyle" has solidified a reference and ideological position similar to other topics. -- (edited) - Max Apr 11, 11:38 1
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- "I am one of the people who don’t really agree with that lifestyle." - Spawn Apr 11, 11:11 1
  - Precisely. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:13
- Except I wasn't trying to draw any conclusions about her as a person or her motivations. My focus was on why her message was problematic. - znufrii Apr 11, 11:09 19
  - "She didn't choose that word by accident" - Shaun Apr 11, 11:13 14
    - You're misreading it if you think that. -- nm - znufrii Apr 11, 11:14 13
      - How could you make a statement like that then if you have *ZERO* relevant information regarding this person? -- nm - Shaun Apr 11, 11:16 12
        
        Because language is a function of culture - znufrii Apr 11, 11:21 11
        
        not everyone chooses their words carefully like they are writing for the New Yorker -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 11:29
        
        Maybe you should just go back to B2 and use that handy Edit Post button before you dig down any harder than you already are. -- nm* - Shaun Apr 11, 11:25 3
        
        No need - znufrii Apr 11, 11:28 2
        
        The issue isn't even with the AI person anymore. It's with your attitude and your statements that you made as though they were facts. -- nm - Shaun Apr 11, 11:33 1
        
        And what attitude is that, pray tell? -- nm - znufrii Apr 11, 11:36
        
        What's the word for your explanation of why what you posted is being mis-construed by everyone else? -- (edited) - Will Hunting Apr 11, 11:22
        
        or, it is a function that they have heard from news, or conversations on the topic. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 11:22 4
        
        Which are all parts of a culture. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 11, 11:24 3
        
        *smh* -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 11:26 2
        
        This is payback for the bathroom thing, isn't it? -- nm - znufrii Apr 11, 11:35 1
        
        no, one has nothing to do with the other. - groiny Apr 11, 11:40
  - You stated: "She didn't choose that word by accident." You also stated: "Because it's a common part of the vernacular of the culture ..." - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:13 3
    - Where did I say it was a conscious choice? - znufrii Apr 11, 11:16 2
      - From the commonly accepted definition of "choose." Choose: pick out or select (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate ... - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:22 1
        
        You've never made an unconscious choice? -- nm - znufrii Apr 11, 11:33
- Unless it is a politician from Mississippi -- nm - amoxy Apr 11, 11:03 2
  - Well, yeah. Geez. Every rule needs an exception to prove itself. - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:07
  - phew -- nm - North Carolina Apr 11, 11:04
- word -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 11:02
“I am one of the people who don’t really agree with gays or lesbians" - groiny Apr 11, 11:00 14
- I'll end it with this. Being gay, when I hears someone refer to "my lifestyle" it angers me beyone belief. -- nm - MDH Apr 11, 11:23 3
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  - its helpful for me to know these things -- nm - Epiphany Apr 11, 11:26
  - which is what I am looking for, thank you. - groiny Apr 11, 11:25
- See above. I think it is just a phrase she used. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 11:12
- More honest, perhaps. -- nm - znufrii Apr 11, 11:10
- If we assume she is coming from a place of ignorance (like no one has ever bothered to explain to her how to talk about these issues) ... - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:06 1
  - SOC101: Keynesian Economics & Gayness -- nm - Max Apr 11, 11:15
- Actually that seems worse...But I see what you are saying -- nm - amoxy Apr 11, 11:05
- in my mind, it isn't worse. i mean, if she's using those words as synonyms. at least this is accurate. -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 11:01 4
  - see, I read it above, and it sounds way worse to me than lifestyle. - groiny Apr 11, 11:03 3
    - I agree with pmb and Andie that she's probably doing the best she can with limited experience, but that it still betrays - TWuG Apr 11, 11:05 2
      - I don't disagree with this. I do, however, think there is a difference between "soft bigotry" based on ignorance ... - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:08
      - oh, for sure that's there. -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 11:06
Will, from B2, I think part of the issue with giving you a concrete substitute for "lifestyle", is that in a context where "lifestyle" would be used - TWuG Apr 11, 11:00 1
- This is what I wrote on B2 -- (link) - Roger More Apr 11, 11:06 [Backboard]
Can't we all just...co-exist? -- nm - The Real Death Sceire Apr 11, 10:58
*OUTRAGED GAZE* -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 10:58 4
- Are you flirting with me? -- nm - amoxy Apr 11, 11:00 3
  - who isn't these days? - Epiphany Apr 11, 11:04 2
    - Is amoxy back on the market? - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:09 1
      - Amoxy still a chick - Epiphany Apr 11, 11:15
Game of Thrones. Trailer #2. -- (link) - volnelk Apr 11, 10:54 [youtube] 22
- SPOILS - ML Apr 11, 11:15 6
  - (spoils) -- (edited) - Inigo Apr 11, 11:24 4
    - Though... (spoils) - Roger More Apr 11, 11:31 2
      - (spoils) -- (edited) - Inigo Apr 11, 11:38
      - Also (spoilers) - Marlowe Apr 11, 11:35
    - I like this as well. -- nm - ML Apr 11, 11:27
  - Agreed. 100%. spoils - volnelk Apr 11, 11:17
- In honor of same... Game of Thrones nick. -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 11, 11:12 2
  - your nicks always crack me up -- nm - prayformojo Apr 11, 11:26
  - *likes* -- nm - Divaerys Targareyen the Unburnt Apr 11, 11:13
- I'll be honest. GoT is in a Lost-kinda situation for me. - Marlowe Apr 11, 11:03 9
  - wow. I thought last season was fantastic. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:11 8
    - I think there were maybe two episodes last year that I didn't think were completely bad.. - Marlowe Apr 11, 11:19 1
      - ah. -- nm* - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 11, 11:21
    - S3 will probably always be the high-water mark, so all the subsequent seasons will unfairly get judged as to that. - ML Apr 11, 11:14 5
      - I found Season 5 to be strong from beginning to end aside from Season 5 spoilers - Divaerys Targareyen the Unburnt Apr 11, 11:18 4
        
        agreed. they built up anticipation and simultaneously provided gobs of payoff. - Mel Profit Apr 11, 11:23
        
        heh spoils - ML Apr 11, 11:19 2
        
        spoils - Roger More Apr 11, 11:24
        
        Agreed. That was a serious misstep -- nm - volnelk Apr 11, 11:20
- 13 days -- nm - decline Apr 11, 10:59
- "That's what I do. I drink--and I know things." - ML Apr 11, 10:58

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