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Frownland 10-15-2019 07:14 PM

What about jazz?

jwb 10-15-2019 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2083994)
Shut up, whitey, you are not a black person no matter how many rap songs you listen to.

Thank God for that

Anteater 10-15-2019 09:09 PM

4th Democratic debate was fun, with Yang and Gabbard being the only ones who brought actual substance and not just platitudes. Biden, Sanders and Warren just rang so hollow compared to 'em...and Beto was hilariously inept. Sheesh.

OccultHawk 10-15-2019 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2083989)
You do understand the point of "race is a social construct" don't you? You're not just assuming that science is trying to blind you with a hot poker?

It means black is the new white is the new brown oh I’m so woke I don’t see race black lives matter in a socially constructed sense because race is an invention and if you don’t know that god you are so stupid

Frownland 10-15-2019 10:40 PM

Ja it's pretty threatening if you don't know what social construct means.

OccultHawk 10-15-2019 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2084014)
Ja it's pretty threatening if you don't know what social construct means.

I guess that’s why I’m not the least bit threatened by it. I just think it’s funny.

Frownland 10-15-2019 10:56 PM

Ja, kinda like how them scientists are so confident in that evolution nonsense when everybody knows that it's just a theory

OccultHawk 10-15-2019 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2084017)
Ja, kinda like how them scientists are so confident in that evolution nonsense when everybody knows that it's just a theory

Nice. Now I get it. Thanks. When are the elections determining your race for 2020? I’m running for Chinese.

Frownland 10-15-2019 11:02 PM

You're welcome. The elections are determining my race in 2021 when they go into effect, obviously.

Mindfulness 10-16-2019 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2083994)
Shut up, whitey, you are not a black person no matter how many rap songs you listen to.

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Psy-Fi 10-16-2019 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2084011)
It means black is the new white is the new brown oh I’m so woke I don’t see race black lives matter in a socially constructed sense because race is an invention and if you don’t know that god you are so stupid


The Batlord 10-16-2019 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2084016)
I guess that’s why I’m not the least bit threatened by it. I just think it’s funny.

Then A.) why have you never shown that you understand the concept, and B.) why are you such a little pussy bitch about it constantly bringing it up months after anyone else ever even mentioned it?

OccultHawk 10-16-2019 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2084058)
Then A.) why have you never shown that you understand the concept, and B.) why are you such a little pussy bitch about it constantly bringing it up months after anyone else ever even mentioned it?

Because it’s funny and stupid af

Let’s pretend pigmentation and chromosomes don’t exist because believing retarded **** always solves problems.

Oh but everyone believes it now. You’re the Christian. No you.

I won’t address it earnestly because it’s THAT retarded. It’s even MORE idiotic than racism.

Frownland 10-16-2019 09:22 AM

Hoes mad.

Plankton 10-16-2019 09:34 AM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcmY4C3tD6g

jwb 10-16-2019 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2084066)
Let’s pretend pigmentation and chromosomes don’t exist

lol

OccultHawk 10-16-2019 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2083716)
The problem is that the engineering for those weapons already exists. And if nobody has weapons there's nobody to effectively enforce disarmament.

That’s probably the solution to the Fermi Paradox.

I still say my unworkable solution is better than every other unworkable solution. If we’re not going to do something it might as well be something great.

The Batlord 10-16-2019 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2084066)
Because it’s funny and stupid af

Let’s pretend pigmentation and chromosomes don’t exist because believing retarded **** always solves problems.

Oh but everyone believes it now. You’re the Christian. No you.

I won’t address it earnestly because it’s THAT retarded. It’s even MORE idiotic than racism.

So you don't understand it. Saying that race is a social construct doesn't deny skin color, it denies that skin color is a useful scientific metric for dividing people into groups and that we only do it for social reasons.

jwb 10-16-2019 06:10 PM

We already had this conversation months back. I believe he's just trolling.

OccultHawk 10-16-2019 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2084186)
We already had this conversation months back. I believe he's just trolling.

I’m black.

The Batlord 10-16-2019 06:28 PM

Your IQ backs that up.

OccultHawk 10-16-2019 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2084189)
Your IQ backs that up.

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Lucem Ferre 10-17-2019 11:10 AM

Man, every single day it seems like something blows up on twitter of Trump embarrassing himself.

Yesterday it was images of the Italian president's translator's bewildered face as Trump told them that they have been allies since ancient Rome.

Today Trump leaked an image of Nancy Pelosi's meeting with him trying to get #NervousPelosi trending but instead #PelosiOwnsTrump started trending. She used the image as her profile banner.

OccultHawk 10-17-2019 11:57 AM

With you on all that but Trump is on pretty solid ground when he says they need to vote on impeachment before he complies to it. If they can’t get the votes for even just that **** it democracy sucks anyway. The real problem is people equate democracy with freedom instead of oppression.

jwb 10-17-2019 12:12 PM

That's just another stonewalling tactic. He wants them to vote as quickly as possible if they're gonna do it cause then it's in the hands of the republican controlled Senate.

The Dems want to continue to probe and build a case, because the public opinion on impeachment continues to shift more and more the longer all this dirty laundry gets aired out in public.

The only way Republicans will ever abandon trump is if it seems like the politically expedient thing to do. The only way that will be the case is if the American people support it enough. It's all a game of cat and mouse.

OccultHawk 10-17-2019 12:24 PM

If you embrace our constitution you’re de facto embracing Trump.

jwb 10-17-2019 12:26 PM

Ok?

OccultHawk 10-17-2019 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2084275)
Ok?

OK!!!

Goddamnit

Anteater 10-17-2019 12:40 PM

Pretty sure he's gonna win 2020 in a landslide.

OccultHawk 10-17-2019 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2084278)
Pretty sure he's gonna win 2020 in a landslide.

I guess I’m part of the problem because part of me hopes he does. I’m halfway through the last democratic debate and Yang is the only one who sounds like a human. Even if Bernie or Pokey say better **** their robotic on script script memorization **** it’s just like Yang should say the other candidates are obviously robots proof that automation is already very problematic

jwb 10-17-2019 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2084278)
Pretty sure he's gonna win 2020 in a landslide.

you gonna bet on him?

OccultHawk 10-17-2019 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2084281)
you gonna bet on him?

https://www.oddsshark.com/other/2020...l-odds-futures

Trump +120

long future bets like that are really hard to win

I wouldn’t put my money on it but I think it’s a pretty good bet

jwb 10-17-2019 01:37 PM

I definitely think trump can win. Being the incumbent, the odds are in his side inherently.

But as for a landslide, I don't see it. I see a narrow race based on the electoral college just like in 2016.

How the whole impeachment thing turns out could be the determining factor.

OccultHawk 10-17-2019 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2084290)
I definitely think trump can win. Being the incumbent, the odds are in his side inherently.

But as for a landslide, I don't see it. I see a narrow race based on the electoral college just like in 2016.

How the whole impeachment thing turns out could be the determining factor.

Yeah. The time for that was 3.5 years ago.



This remix is dope af

Anteater 10-17-2019 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2084280)
I guess I’m part of the problem because part of me hopes he does. I’m halfway through the last democratic debate and Yang is the only one who sounds like a human. Even if Bernie or Pokey say better **** their robotic on script script memorization **** it’s just like Yang should say the other candidates are obviously robots proof that automation is already very problematic

Part of me wants Yang to win because I know both of the Democrats and Republicans absolutely despise the idea of a guy with a pretty normal background and no political ties actually winning.

Sanders and Warren have had decades in government and neither of their track records impress me. Sanders just hopped between a couple of marriages over a few decades while he spent taxpayer money and Warren lacks the capacity to implement actual solutions to the problem she (generally) is correct at pointing out. They're cowards who chose to run for President now because they didn't have the balls to try decades ago.

Mindfulness 10-17-2019 02:56 PM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWLnHmbjPsM
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Raime 10-17-2019 04:32 PM

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN1WW15I

Well ****. RIP to a decent congressman.

jwb 10-17-2019 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2084304)
Part of me wants Yang to win because I know both of the Democrats and Republicans absolutely despise the idea of a guy with a pretty normal background and no political ties actually winning.

Sanders and Warren have had decades in government and neither of their track records impress me. Sanders just hopped between a couple of marriages over a few decades while he spent taxpayer money and Warren lacks the capacity to implement actual solutions to the problem she (generally) is correct at pointing out. They're cowards who chose to run for President now because they didn't have the balls to try decades ago.

I wouldn't mind Yang because I like the idea of UBI but he's a long shot

Sanders is less of a long shot and is trying to get single payer and free college. Idgaf how many girlfriends he's had, in fact I respect him more for it. And the one thing in his political record i respect is that he's been largely consistent for decades in what he stands for and how he votes in Congress. That's a rare quality in a politician. My main concern with him is his health/age.

Warren, I would vote for hoping she tries to live up to at least some of her progressive talking points, while holding my breath because of my inherent skepticism.

Anyone else, I'm not voting. If trump wins then oh well. I've been done with lesser of 2 evils politics since 2012, first time I didn't vote while being eligible. First and last time I voted was 2008.

OccultHawk 10-17-2019 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2084335)
I wouldn't mind Yang because I like the idea of UBI but he's a long shot

Sanders is less of a long shot and is trying to get single payer and free college. Idgaf how many girlfriends he's had, in fact I respect him more for it. And the one thing in his political record i respect is that he's been largely consistent for decades in what he stands for and how he votes in Congress. That's a rare quality in a politician. My main concern with him is his health/age.

Warren, I would vote for hoping she tries to live up to at least some of her progressive talking points, while holding my breath because of my inherent skepticism.

Anyone else, I'm not voting. If trump wins then oh well. I've been done with lesser of 2 evils politics since 2012, first time I didn't vote while being eligible. First and last time I voted was 2008.

I 100% respect that.

Sidenote: I don’t think you can live in a crib like sanders does and be a socialist. And yeah that bothers me.

jwb 10-18-2019 07:04 AM

He's not actually a democratic socialist, he's a suicidal democrat, imo. He's just using the former term maybe cause it appeals more to the far left. But he's pretty transparent what his policies are. I think they're better than what we have.

Can he get them passed? Who knows. I'm willing to gamble. Obama barely got the ACA passed, and Trump couldn't repeal it despite it being the top conservative priority and having Republican control of both house and Senate.

So the idea that biden or anyone else is gonna be more likely to get some moderate form of healthcare than Bernie will with single payer is uncertain. And if you remember back to Obama years... Obamacare was painted as straight up socialism. Death panels and all.

So there's no point trying to be moderate when they will paint you as a socialist either way. That's another party of why I think Bernie and politicians like him embrace the word socialism without being straight up socialists looking to overturn capitalism. It's to reclaim the word as a positive instead of letting it be used strictly as a Boogeyman smear. Bernie is basically the kind of "socialist" that people accused FDR of being. He wants to use tax money to help the lower classes.


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