[–] 5 points 5 days ago*

I think I can say the same of English. The only words that I can think of that were used so widely that they ended up losing some of their strength and even ended up being used as terms of endearment within the offended group...were originally incredibly homophobic or racist.

They still carry their weight as insults...probably even more than they did at peak off-label use because they are used so much more sparingly now.

South Park even did an episode for each of them.

They were the final joke in an amazing Derrick Comedy (Donald Glovers old sketch troupe) skit (Spelling Bee) for chrissake.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

    By posting this type of shit you are building his platform and legitimizing his opinion.

    You are an enabler of one of the most privileged, selfish, and arrogant pieces of shit alive.

    Stop.

    This goes for OP and Futurism.

    People like Altman live by the saying "No press is bad press", by both ways you can interpret it:

    • There's no such thing as bad press; and
    • Not being in the press is bad.

    Even if ragebait/engagement-bait. In the end it only legitimizes him.

    And I get that by responding I'm also engaging, but I see this type of comment as more of an "investment" than an "engagement".

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    I'm talking like the local paper that gives out free copies at every coffee shop and corner store.

    See, I got a new neighbor, two doors down, and he's a RSO.

    But the only articles about his arrest and conviction are in a small town newspaper, and they want $83/yr for me to be able to read this article. From two years ago.

    I know that sometimes RSO lists can be bullshit. Is this guys charge bullshit? I have no way of knowing. Nor do I have any way of knowing if my kids are his target demographic.

    The only other thing I could find was his sister and parents sueing him for custodial rights over his kids following a DV call...Which makes me think his victims were his own kids (so statistically unlikely to attack a neighborhood child, especially once everyone is onto him), or that it's all made up family drama.

    I just want to know what I'm dealing with. Wtf. Why does everything need to be paywalled?

     

    My dog got spayed by a skunk like an hour or so ago.

    I looked up recipes for cleaning skunk smell...first one that came up was 1qt peroxide to 1/4c baking soda and a tsp or two of soap.

    I made up this solution to clean him....and figured I could just soak his collar in the same stuff because it stank like skunk too.

    This is the result. I imagine maybe some natural wild yeast absorbed into the collar?

     

    I left the house yesterday to take my kids to a water park hotel...but when we were on our way, I noticed he had water shoes on, and I know we didn't pack any shoes.

    Fortunately we were able to find these flip-flops at a store on the way. They were only $1, but meh...he likes video games and he needs something besides swim shoes.

    But my wife noticed there's a healthbar that looks mildly-penis and now I can't I see it.

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