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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#251476: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:29:42 AM

For heavens sake,it's not even a 'tad insensitive'

Like I said,it's no different to someone saying they have a familiar spirit

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#251477: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:30:36 AM

[up][up]that's a nice sentiment in theory or in a vacuum.

In practice, once you get used to using a term someone might find offensive, being told it's offensive just gets most people defensive or have them go "I use it all the time, it's not that bad" because by then it's a stock of your vocabulary.

So, how about not getting into the habit in the first place.

Edited by 3of4 on Aug 8th 2018 at 6:30:27 PM

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#251478: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:30:51 AM

To be honest, I think that most of what has dragged this discussion on longer than it needed to be was people being defensive about using the term.

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
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#251479: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:33:10 AM

[up][up][up][up]All I did was post some explanatory links and quotes. If you’d read them, you’d understand why the phrase is different from the term familiar. I didn’t accuse anyone of malicious intent or deliberate rudeness. Though it is frustrating that some responses seem to be disagreeing on principle, not based on reading and disagreeing with any of the stuff I posted.

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[down] The links I posted answer that question.

Edited by wisewillow on Aug 8th 2018 at 12:39:51 PM

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#251480: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:34:12 AM

I'm not being defensive over the term,I just find it weird that you shouldn't use 'spirit animal' when it's widely held belief across multiple cultures

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#251481: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:39:45 AM

On that note; does "X is my Familiar" work as a replacement phrase? Note that I don't really use the statement in any form, but I'm just curious now.

Edited by Rationalinsanity on Aug 8th 2018 at 1:41:51 PM

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#251482: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:39:55 AM

If the [up]x5 is directed at me wisewillow, I'm not accusing anyone if anything. I sincerely don't care one way or the other. I'm primarily expressing annoyance at what I feel is an off topic diversion that has gone on far longer than it really should have

Edited by sgamer82 on Aug 8th 2018 at 10:40:38 AM

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#251483: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:40:37 AM

If they know what a Familiar is then sure

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#251484: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:41:07 AM

Boy are we off topic..

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
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#251485: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:41:51 AM

[up][up][up]Oops, no, I was replying to ultimatum. Wrong number of arrows. But yeah, this discussion took off way more than I intended. My intent was “hey, this is kinda insensitive” “huh, didn’t know that.”

Edited by wisewillow on Aug 8th 2018 at 12:47:19 PM

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#251486: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:43:29 AM

Yeah, I feel for the continued sanity of everyone let's change the topic to something more appropriate:

Donald Trump, Humanoid Cheeto or Cheetoid Human?

Edited by 3of4 on Aug 8th 2018 at 6:47:34 PM

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#251487: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:44:51 AM

He's mutant Cheerio

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Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#251488: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:45:09 AM

I refuse to call him a Cheeto, they are delicious and do not deserve to be besmirched by being associated with him tongue

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#251489: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:46:04 AM

Will the supreme court actually be removed or is it just the start?

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#251490: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:46:16 AM

So, anyone else feel overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the news? I can’t keep up. The whole West Virginia Supreme Court is being impeached on suspicious grounds, a New York congressman is being indicted for what looks like legit financial crimes, and like five other equally big things I’ve seen just last night/this morning.

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#251491: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:48:26 AM

Overwhelmed ,yeah,I feel like I need good news just to balance it out

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#251492: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:48:49 AM

[up][up]I know what you mean, it's easier for me because I currently have a great deal of free time due to classes not starting up yet but it can be rather overwhelming all the same.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Aug 8th 2018 at 12:48:18 PM

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#251493: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:53:51 AM

... Did something major happen over the past two days that didn't come up in the WTFJHT feed? What's this about West Virginia's supreme court being impeached, or the NY congressman?

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#251494: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:54:31 AM

Not sure if it's been brought up yet, but Twitter is refusing to ban Alex Jones from their service, despite Facebook and YT doing so.

They're on the wrong side of history.

Edited by speedyboris on Aug 8th 2018 at 11:55:25 AM

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#251496: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:57:24 AM

[up][up][up]I think the WV thing just happened yesterday

Edited by sgamer82 on Aug 8th 2018 at 11:04:06 AM

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#251497: Aug 8th 2018 at 10:01:25 AM

... Did something major happen over the past two days that didn't come up in the WTFJHT feed? What's this about West Virginia's supreme court being impeached, or the NY congressman?

We talked about about the WV supreme court thing a couple pages back. Let me pull my post from there. Reposting:

It depends on who you ask.

Republicans say the impeachment is to curtail corrupt spending of taxpayer money on cosmetic furnishings. Democrats say it's another bit of Jim Justice's foul play.

Justice became infamous for shenanigans that started when he switched from the Republican party to Democrat in 2015. He claimed the Democratic nomination and managed to defeat the Republican nominee for governor, taking office. Then he promptly switched right back to being a Republican. Effectively, his Democratic candidacy was a trick to turn the election into Red v. Red, and the Democrats fell for it.

Now, they're suggesting that the move to impeach all four Supreme Court Justices is meant to allow the newly-minted Republican who stole the race to appoint his own team of Justices, stacking the court in one fell swoop.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#251498: Aug 8th 2018 at 10:04:05 AM

Was anyone defensive about using that term? I though we had a general discussion about the correct use of it?

Anyway, does anyone else wonder if Trump is in the pocket of the oil and gas companies? A lot of what he did lately seems to be in their interest...first the whole thing with the gas pipeline, then part of the "agreement" he reached with Juncker was about the EU buying gas (if it is cheap enough, but I guess he is too stupid to understand that addendum), then he wants to remove the regulation against gas guzzlers (and frankly, considering that we just are just experiencing a heat wave - though I got a reprieve today - this might be the worst thing he did this week), and even the whole Iran theatre will just lead to American gas companies being able to sell for more if he really can force the EU into cutting Iran off (I hope not, in this the EU has to stand its ground).

Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#251499: Aug 8th 2018 at 10:13:53 AM

The biggest news of the night, for me? the right to work law in MO went down in flames. And Democratic turnout was great.

And Wesley Bell beating Bob McCullouch for Ferguson DA is awesome news. We need more high ranking prosecutors who care about criminal justice reform.


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