The derailment exempt thread

[Neonred 3,576]

On 6/29/2021 at 10:09 PM, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Does using the word Gypsies  make you a racist ? The rules change so much I can't keep up.

If so should share be blacklisted for singing about Gypsies tramps and Thieves ?

 

oh ####### I said Blacklisted I must be a racist, but wait there is a show called the Blacklist, so I must be ok.

 

I think have race dysphoria. does this mean I can identify as a black person?

Be very careful what you write here on VJ.  I just got out of jail for questioning the origin of the name of the newest Federal holiday.

[Neonred 3,576]

On 6/29/2021 at 10:09 PM, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Does using the word Gypsies  make you a racist ? The rules change so much I can't keep up.

If so should share be blacklisted for singing about Gypsies tramps and Thieves ?

No need to share Cher with us.

 

We had enough of her back in the 60's and 70's.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,376]

2 hours ago, Neonred said:

Be very careful what you write here on VJ.  I just got out of jail for questioning the origin of the name of the newest Federal holiday.

That's ok buddy. I once got darn near Draconian action for posting FBI crime stats

[yuna628 9,686]

On 6/29/2021 at 4:30 PM, TBoneTX said:

By whom?

By those who have looked into his claims. And if you found his claims to begin with, and similar claims which hang around on sites with particular anti-vaccine agendas or what a friend of a friend of a friend shared on facebook in all caps to highlight how serious they take it, you can also find the counter to those claims with reasonable and measured facts. At some point I start wondering if the individuals that are trying to make a name for themselves by lying are simply doing so out of complete ignorance on the subject or they have malicious intent. Either way it's not helpful. How is it that so many of these theories abound and are wildly believed without question? Oh right, question everything. But in questioning everything, people end up so confused they believe something. And that something... oh boy, must be believed without question, otherwise the truth, the actual truth which is difficult and hard to swallow is discarded in favor of tinfoil hat enlightenment.. And hey, I'm sorry if it comes off harsh, it's not my intent. But I'm really really exhausted. It really is simple. The science is there, carefully researched science. So can we move on from derailing the derailment thread? My precious nieces and nephews, my SiL, are in the hospital very sick because a guy decided that the truth was people sticking magnets to their faces and hearing radio signals. And I've had to do this now so many times, it's not funny. I got the vaccine. My husband got the vaccine. I'm assuming you did too. There are side effects for some people, and it's expected as it is with any vaccine. That's how it works. His heart got a clean bill of health last month, and he's recovered. My side effects have also resolved themselves. We are not dead. We still take proper precautions. Nor are we in the hospital, suffering an agonizing death from COVID. Too many people have already gone through that. 

 

12 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

By everyone who doesn't wish to entertain the possibilities, duh!  (Head in sand, so it cannot hurt me)

Ah possibilities. I could posit that it is entirely possible that you are an alien from Jupiter with malicious intent sent to earth in the 70s by the Galactic Federation for the Eradication of Humans. Or not. Who knows! We simply don't want to entertain it. Alternative 'facts' are not actual facts. They look slick, but are about as good as a trashy romance novel. You get lured in by the hot guy or gal and the tawdry descriptions, but underneath there is no reality.

 

On 6/29/2021 at 10:09 PM, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Does using the word Gypsies  make you a racist ? The rules change so much I can't keep up.

If so should share be blacklisted for singing about Gypsies tramps and Thieves ?

 

oh ####### I said Blacklisted I must be a racist, but wait there is a show called the Blacklist, so I must be ok.

 

I think have race dysphoria. does this mean I can identify as a black person?

Don't go all Rachel Dolezal on me. I don't think the look would suit you.  

 

[Boiler 45,715]

There is a new Rachel, an influencer who is having surgery to become Korean.

 

Just thought I would mention it.

[laylalex 7,293]

9 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

That's ok buddy. I once got darn near Draconian action for posting FBI crime stats

I got told off for using AOL Instant Messenger slang that the bad word filter didn't catch.  

[Boiler 45,715]

1 hour ago, laylalex said:

I got told off for using AOL Instant Messenger slang that the bad word filter didn't catch.  

AOL?

 

Thought they disappeared decades ago.

[laylalex 7,293]

30 minutes ago, Boiler said:

AOL?

 

Thought they disappeared decades ago.

AOL is still around, believe it or not. AIM shut down in 2012, apparently, but I was using AIM in the late 90s/mid 00s. 

 

10 hours ago, Boiler said:

There is a new Rachel, an influencer who is having surgery to become Korean.

 

Just thought I would mention it.

Not my Rachel. I'm not saying she's against plastic surgery (she certainly gets fillers, that I know) but not to look/be Korean.

[Ban Hammer 13,417]

1 hour ago, laylalex said:

AOL is still around, believe it or not. AIM shut down in 2012, apparently, but I was using AIM in the late 90s/mid 00s. 

 

dang you're old!

[laylalex 7,293]

2 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

dang you're old!

I was not old then! It was around the time I started high school, which was 1999. 

[laylalex 7,293]

Happy 4th of July everyone! Anyone doing anything cool/weird/fun/patriotic? We're going to a couple of BBQs, I am working on assignments for the fiction writing class I'm taking, and tomorrow is the England v Ukraine quarterfinal. Al says prepare myself for two things: England's predictable crumpling on the pitch, and for the arrival of my Ukrainian sister wife Oksana. 🙄 

[Boiler 45,715]

44 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Happy 4th of July everyone! Anyone doing anything cool/weird/fun/patriotic? We're going to a couple of BBQs, I am working on assignments for the fiction writing class I'm taking, and tomorrow is the England v Ukraine quarterfinal. Al says prepare myself for two things: England's predictable crumpling on the pitch, and for the arrival of my Ukrainian sister wife Oksana. 🙄 

I thought you of all people would know better:

 

Let’s cancel the 4th of July this year

As America reckons with its shameful past and piteous present, perhaps we should just skip the fireworks and hot dogs of our most patriotic holiday and commit to doing better.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90523177/lets-cancel-the-4th-of-july-this-year

Celebrating America’s birthday right now—during one of the country’s absolute darkest moments—is like going to a cigar bar to commemorate an emphysema diagnosis. As the country reckons with its shameful past and piteous present, perhaps we should just skip this year’s Fourth of July festivities altogether.

[laylalex 7,293]

Why are you confused, Boiler? Is it the Ukrainian sister wife or my holiday celebrations??

 

I think we can both commit to doing better and celebrate who we are and how we got here. There's so much good about this country. Even people who want the country to do better should appreciate that. I certainly do.

[laylalex 7,293]

Also that article is from last year. The past, as they say, is a different country. 

[Boiler 45,715]

Not at all surprised by the Ukrainian sister wife, well the ever changing names may be.