PSUsarge wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:Life without Facebook is good.

Agree - I deleted Twitter, Instagram, and FB from my phone about a month ago and don't miss them one bit

I just trimmed people I follow on Twitter and that has worked great. Still stay informed on topics that I care about but don't have to deal with stuff I don't want to see.

PSUsarge wrote:

Slowhand wrote:I realize this may be an unpopular opinion and has nothing to do with whatever happened there, but I don't think blanket comments like this do much other than to cause more anger and division:

"We need to have a conversation on WHAT THE #$!&@ IS WRONG WITH WHITE WOMEN?!

WE CAN'T PRETEND THEY AREN'T A PROBLEM !"

Tbh I feel this way about the entire "Karen" thing, as well as (funny as it was) the "Gravy Seals" thing re: the South Philly Target / Columbus statue people and "OK, boomer"

as a struggling pretend comedian, people with prejudices really piss me off. so much good material is unusable because of freaking d-bags who can't distinguish between comedic stereotype and reality.


OK, so maybe that's not the #1 thing that pisses me off about prejudiced people, but it's on the list!

Slowhand wrote:I realize this may be an unpopular opinion and has nothing to do with whatever happened there, but I don't think blanket comments like this do much other than to cause more anger and division:

"We need to have a conversation on WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH WHITE WOMEN?!

WE CAN'T PRETEND THEY AREN'T A PROBLEM !"

Just one of many things that will cause the current tide to recede before real change is accomplished.

JFLNYC wrote:Life without Facebook is good.

Truth

Well, I still have FB and post on my timeline once a year. It is convenient for messaging certain acquaintances and I use marketplace.

PSUsarge wrote:

Slowhand wrote:I realize this may be an unpopular opinion and has nothing to do with whatever happened there, but I don't think blanket comments like this do much other than to cause more anger and division:

"We need to have a conversation on WHAT THE #$!&@ IS WRONG WITH WHITE WOMEN?!

WE CAN'T PRETEND THEY AREN'T A PROBLEM !"

Tbh I feel this way about the entire "Karen" thing, as well as (funny as it was) the "Gravy Seals" thing re: the South Philly Target / Columbus statue people and "OK, boomer"

Definitely with you on the Karen thing. Maybe not for the same reason. Minimizes problems in some instances by reducing every asshole to a Karen.

I can’t stand it when people do the clapping hand emojis in between every word. Even if I agree with your point, it’s made in such a shitty, condescending way.

My other opinions: generalizations are bad, the Karen thing is way overdone (the only actual Karen I know is a woman I work with who is super nice and seems very reasonable with the people she manages), ok boomer is pretty funny to me but I thought it was pretty much over by now, and the South Philly Gravy Seals was hilarious and was targeted at a specific group of meatballs who deserved all of the public ridicule they could be hit with.

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All fair opinions, but I think the point Slowhand made remains that snarky nicknames for people while simultaneously asking to start / continue a conversation with those people about reducing hate, etc. seems counterproductive.

PSUsarge wrote:All fair opinions, but I think the point Slowhand made remains that snarky nicknames for people while simultaneously asking to start / continue a conversation with those people about reducing hate, etc. seems counterproductive.

I don’t think you’re convincing douchebags protecting a statue with assault rifles of anything through calm discourse

My point wasn’t really name calling. It was more that if you want to tweet a video showing a white woman doing dumb racist shit, fine, but you can do it without not so subtly implying that all white woman are like this and literally saying that white women “are a problem”. It’s ignorant and counterproductive.

100% with you

hope there aren't more bad tweets out there

Slowhand wrote:My point wasn’t really name calling. It was more that if you want to tweet a video showing a white woman doing dumb racist shit, fine, but you can do it without not so subtly implying that all white woman are like this and literally saying that white women “are a problem”. It’s ignorant and counterproductive.

It's a good point and truly not a hard thing to do, though I'm sure I've been guilty of it anyway. And you would think people would be more heightened to the hypocrisy of it in these times, but apparently not in a lot cases. Even if you ARE contemptuous of a lot of people in South Philly or Fishtown, say (despite the majority staying behind doors, facepalming at the knuckleheads) it's possible to moderate your language so that you feel like a better person.

Look at everybody rushing to defend the white women. TYPICAL!

I'm joking. Don't @ me Uncle Cracker

We can all agree that anyone who starts with "methinks" should be dismissed and ridiculed, right?

Uncle Milty wrote:Look at everybody rushing to defend the white women. TYPICAL!

I'm joking. Don't @ me Uncle Cracker

We can all agree that anyone who starts with "methinks" should be dismissed and ridiculed, right?

Thou dost have that right!

swishnicholson wrote:

Uncle Milty wrote:Look at everybody rushing to defend the white women. TYPICAL!

I'm joking. Don't @ me Uncle Cracker

We can all agree that anyone who starts with "methinks" should be dismissed and ridiculed, right?

Thou dost have that right!

How dare you

Houshphandzadeh wrote:hope there aren't more bad tweets out there

Lol

Generalizations are always bad.

td11 wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:hope there aren't more bad tweets out there

Lol

:clapping hands emoji:

Werthless wrote:Generalizations are always bad.

thephan wrote:Is Trump saying that the BLM on 5th Ave is a symbol of hate, is this prestaging BLM as a hate group,?

which comes after the decision put out last week to make it ok to investigate groups that Trump doesn't agree with under the guise of national security. This is just what they're saying, which means they are doing things much worse.