PuffTheMagicDragon
Fire One Up
Is everybody cranky this week ?
WTF? @jcinpa
- Thread starter CigarStone
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dawgie
I’m kind of a dumbass…
Hahaha. It came from my disastrous first thread here. It’s probably not known enough as “Nevermind” and other stuff around here, I should change it.
@bfreebern My comment was not intended to be racist, and once you called attention to it, I immediately realized how it could be seen that way and fixed it immediately. I thank you for pointing it out. However, it was a place name not a race reference and the term is frequently used by Chicagoans (and former Chicagoans who still love the city), and like the other geographical reference often used with Chicago …
Urban Dictionary: Chiraq
Chiraq: Chiraq is a nickname given to Americas third largest city, Chicago. Chicago was given this nickname because there are more murders and [violence] that...www.urbandictionary.com
Sometimes, when people are referring to things without any sense of racism, because we are so hyper-sensitized to it these days, it can be taken that way. The proper response, when that is pointed out, is to quickly remove the offending reference. A quick example of this, during a company training I was presenting last year, I used the term tar baby to indicate an intractable problem one cannot extricate oneself from. I’m nearing 70 and I was referring to the old Brer Rabbit stories. I had no idea younger people would be unfamiliar with those stories, which were universally known in my youth.
That caused a complaint about racism and I issued a public apology for using the term, though my intention was not about anything racial at all. I realized how it could be perceived, especially since the reference was no longer recognized by a large proportion of my audience. I could have defended the use of the term, but being emphatically NOT racist and being a fairly sensitive, guy, I realized the correct response was to explain the term and apologize for my use of it. A better reference would have been quagmire.
However, in today’s society, we are hypersensitized to racial references, to a degree that one can stumble into them accidentally without any racist intent whatsoever, which is what I did yesterday. The term was used in the same sense as the one linked above from Urban Dictionary. Unfortunately, the epithet “racist” is tossed about so ubiquitously these days, perhaps second only to the use of the term “Nazi” or “Fascist”, that it has lost much of its power. I thank you for pointing out how my term yesterday could have been construed as racist (although that thought never entered my mind), and I promptly removed it, which any sensitive person should and would do upon the realization that the term used was clumsily used. I’m no racist, but I am getting tired of the term being so overused.
And so to you, sir, I say …
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Talk about a backhanded apology…and your diatribes are not rare, or even occasional. The correct response should have been “I’m very sorry and it will not happen again”.
FWIW…if one member “Blocks” you, it might be a them problem. If multiple members “Block” you or have an issue with you, it might be a you problem. But you do you…
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My advice: let's settle this like gentlemen before it goes any further.
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Not cranky, it's not in my nature to sit back and not say something.
CigarStone
For once, knowledge is making me poor!
If you are now pretending to be a gymnist you are most certainly missing the point.I don’t know. I can’t remember the last time I got laid. Maybe that’s part of it.That can make me cranky, I guess.
Oh wait. Now I’m a misogynist. Sorry.
MX
Some may call me....Tim?!?
What I don't understand is why it was necessary to drag the issue of one thread in to a completely unrelated thread?
Now the the Op's thread is lost in unneeded chaos
Now the the Op's thread is lost in unneeded chaos
TexasTraveler
I'm kind of a big deal
CigarStone
For once, knowledge is making me poor!
If I had feelings they would most definitely be hurt!I would normally agree with you, but this is Jeff's thread, so Fuck It!!!
Eqwhipped
Whiskey is the flower of my people.
I think we should radically change the subject...
Who is your favorite food network host? I love Alton Brown with all his wacky science based cooking stuff. He did a special once on how to survive on post apocalyptic cooking. Neat stuff.
Who is your favorite food network host? I love Alton Brown with all his wacky science based cooking stuff. He did a special once on how to survive on post apocalyptic cooking. Neat stuff.
Eqwhipped
Whiskey is the flower of my people.
Also, I hate ants.
Alton is amazing!! Every year when we carve the turkey we watch his "how to" video while doing it
Eqwhipped
Whiskey is the flower of my people.
Have you ever seen his "how to make jerky" with a box fan and no heat? That's really cool.
LOL!!! no I haven't
CigarStone
For once, knowledge is making me poor!
Now that is a thread jack!
hydro-terp
Well-Known Member
He used the "Blowhard 4000" IIRC
Which ironically would have been an awesome name for an 80s porn movie
His technique for doing hard boiled eggs is spot on and bullet proof.
HT
hydro-terp
Well-Known Member
MX
Some may call me....Tim?!?
