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Comment on Free-roam Friday - Let's discuss free-roaming and open-world games in ~games
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Comment on Those of us who feel great anxiety regarding anything politics, how do you deal with the oversaturated political content on _every_ website? in ~talk
DadIsSnoring Link ParentYou say you don't have a media diet, and yet you simultaneously are overwhelmed by political opines. If that is the case, then I would recommend that you take a serious step back until you come to...- Exemplary
You say you don't have a media diet, and yet you simultaneously are overwhelmed by political opines.
If that is the case, then I would recommend that you take a serious step back until you come to realize that you obviously have an unhealthy media diet. Step back from comment sections, they are always toxic. Step back from replying to articles... step back from any sort of engagement.
From there... carefully craft a diet. Be careful here because it's possible to fall into an echo chamber. I shun any medium which tries to give me an opinion. I prefer facts and trust myself to come to an opinion. If you find yourself having an opinion, expose yourself to counter opinions. The only valid opinions are the ones you can defend.
Never become invested in an opinion. Opinions are a judgement based on fact. As you gain more facts it's very natural that your opinion should evolve.
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Comment on Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe in ~news
DadIsSnoring Link ParentThat's clearly a rebuke of blackface. I.E., the beginning of the end. A demand that it no longer be accepted. I.E. it was but people rightfully demand we stop.That's clearly a rebuke of blackface. I.E., the beginning of the end. A demand that it no longer be accepted. I.E. it was but people rightfully demand we stop.
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Comment on Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe in ~news
DadIsSnoring Link ParentI appreciate you.I appreciate you.
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Comment on Those of us who feel great anxiety regarding anything politics, how do you deal with the oversaturated political content on _every_ website? in ~talk
DadIsSnoring LinkI would highly recommend shifting your media diet to more agnostic news sources. The Associated Press makes its money for putting out bare bones stories with little to no editorializing, which...I would highly recommend shifting your media diet to more agnostic news sources. The Associated Press makes its money for putting out bare bones stories with little to no editorializing, which other news sources can then take and editorialize either towards the left or towards the right.
This makes the AP an excellent source of facts without opinions laid on top of them. I highly recommend reading the raw AP articles for this reason.
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Comment on Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe in ~news
DadIsSnoring Link ParentAnd I feel like it's entirely valid to forgive someone for a mistake made 40 years ago. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯And I feel like it's entirely valid to forgive someone for a mistake made 40 years ago.
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Comment on Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe in ~news
DadIsSnoring Link ParentIt's almost like people can change along with society over a period of 40 years. Unfortunately, a lot of liberalism is a show of moral purity, rather than giving a damn about making progress. Kill...It's almost like people can change along with society over a period of 40 years.
Unfortunately, a lot of liberalism is a show of moral purity, rather than giving a damn about making progress. Kill people who are 99% of the way there because they aren't sure about that last 1% and see how big of a movement that builds you. This is exactly the thinking that caused Trump.
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Comment on Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe in ~news
DadIsSnoring Link ParentIf a person did it today, then yes I would absolutely not be defending him. If a person did it nearly 40 years ago and has since evolved as a human being, I think that would be an important lesson...If a person did it today, then yes I would absolutely not be defending him.
If a person did it nearly 40 years ago and has since evolved as a human being, I think that would be an important lesson in forgiveness, which is clearly a value that is lost in today's outrage based culture.
Good luck being mad at everything, though. I hope it works out for you. Definitely keep dismissing people who 99% agree with you for not being all the way there. That's definitely the way to build a movement and not at all the reason we're suffering Trump.
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Comment on Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe in ~news
DadIsSnoring Link ParentIt was a dumb thing to do, but people also understood irony then better than they do today. Probably because being ironic was clearly ironic then, whereas today ironic viewpoints come far to close...It was a dumb thing to do, but people also understood irony then better than they do today. Probably because being ironic was clearly ironic then, whereas today ironic viewpoints come far to close to actual insane people view points.
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Comment on Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe in ~news
DadIsSnoring Link ParentIt is. Acceptable means it was accepted. It doesn't mean a thing about the morality or ethics, and I said myself we should be ashamed, but you've conveniently glossed over that point. The fact is...It is. Acceptable means it was accepted. It doesn't mean a thing about the morality or ethics, and I said myself we should be ashamed, but you've conveniently glossed over that point.
The fact is times have changed. What was acceptable then is not acceptable now, and if someone did something offensive in the past then that is only one of many things to take in to account. I'm much more worried about what someone has done for equality in the past 10 years, than what they did 30 years ago, and it's frankly sad to see people raked over the coals for past sins instead of being given a chance to show that they have evolved along with the times.
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Comment on Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe in ~news
DadIsSnoring Link ParentI feel like we're in this unfortunate place where people cleared a lower bar, and now that the bar has been raised, they also clear the new bar. They didn't clear the new bar when they cleared the...I think we’re just in a generational shift where the bar for acceptable behavior has been raised in our lifetimes and a lot of dudes don’t feel like they can clear it.
I feel like we're in this unfortunate place where people cleared a lower bar, and now that the bar has been raised, they also clear the new bar. They didn't clear the new bar when they cleared the old bar, but they've evolved. Unfortunately, cancel culture doesn't know how to forgive people for being a product of the times.
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Comment on Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe in ~news
DadIsSnoring Link ParentDon't you dare put quotes around "wasn't wrong" because I never said that. I would love to know how you come to the conclusion that a major motion picture company placing a 4.5 million dollar bet...-
Don't you dare put quotes around "wasn't wrong" because I never said that.
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I would love to know how you come to the conclusion that a major motion picture company placing a 4.5 million dollar bet on blackface is anything OTHER than a confirmation that it was reasonable to believe a person in blackface could make money. But ok.
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Comment on Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe in ~news
DadIsSnoring (edited )Link ParentI genuinely disagree. The majority of (white) americans definitely thought that it was ok to make fun of stereotypes on account of no white stereotype has ever been harmful and so if it didn't...I genuinely disagree. The majority of (white) americans definitely thought that it was ok to make fun of stereotypes on account of no white stereotype has ever been harmful and so if it didn't hurt them why should it hurt anyone else?.
In 1986 a movie called Soul Man saw a major theatrical release, and it starred a man who donned black face to get a black-only scholarship to Harvard.
The movie was a flop, and it was derided, but that doesn't change the fact that a major motion picture company decided it was safe enough to produce and release in theaters. Lets not forget that the outrageous stereotypes of blaxpoitation films for entertainment weren't too far removed, having been huge in the 1970s.
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Comment on Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe in ~news
DadIsSnoring (edited )LinkThis is going to be unpopular, I'm sure, but I'll say it: Cancel culture has gone too far. There was an era not too long ago when people would have laughed at a couple's costume of a black person...This is going to be unpopular, I'm sure, but I'll say it:
Cancel culture has gone too far. There was an era not too long ago when people would have laughed at a couple's costume of a black person (yes even in black face), and a klansman. It's an ironic coupling, and the two were probably friends.
I'm not saying we should be proud of times as they were then (and let's be real: "Then" is honestly as recently as the early to mid 90s). No, we should be ashamed. But we should accept them for what they were, learn from them, and endeavor to be better.
We cannot take back our actions during those times. All the polock jokes and blonde jokes and blonde jokes and everything else. Most of us who lived through it wish we could, but at the time it just simply wasn't seen as wrong, despite how very wrong we now see it to be.
Times have changed, and they have changed for the better, but if someone is a good actor and a decent person now, then why should we judge them for behavior that was perfectly acceptable in the times in which they happened?
Times were different then, and we need to acknowledge that fact. And, no, this is not a slippery slope. There are definite lines of behavior that even then were not acceptable. Progress is slow, and we need to stop letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.
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Comment on could we have a warrant canary sitting at the page footer? in ~tildes
DadIsSnoring Link ParentI get that reddit didn't crumble and die when they removed their canary, but certainly some people decided to stop using reddit once it was removed. To me that was the death knell for reddit. So...I get that reddit didn't crumble and die when they removed their canary, but certainly some people decided to stop using reddit once it was removed. To me that was the death knell for reddit.
So what practical effect does a canary have? It empowers people to make informed decisions.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~health
DadIsSnoring LinkCompletely vacuous. I'd like to see an actual article. I'm happy to see some should be incoming.Completely vacuous.
I'd like to see an actual article. I'm happy to see some should be incoming.
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Comment on What is American cheese, anyway? in ~food
DadIsSnoring Link ParentIf there could be something that tasted like a mild cheddar but melted like american on a burger, then that would be the way to go. Until then, American Cheese will have to do. I don't think...If there could be something that tasted like a mild cheddar but melted like american on a burger, then that would be the way to go. Until then, American Cheese will have to do.
I don't think there's a better burger cheese. At least... not that I can get easily here in America.
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Comment on ‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the World a Worse Place’ in ~tech
DadIsSnoring Link ParentI'm so over the front page of reddit, but I do like the backpacking and camping subs, the subs for my football team, and a few others. There is no other one stop shop for that sort of, so those...I'm so over the front page of reddit, but I do like the backpacking and camping subs, the subs for my football team, and a few others. There is no other one stop shop for that sort of, so those keep me coming back. Reddit has mostly killed the niche message boards as well, it seems.
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Comment on What's a game you like that was overlooked? in ~games
DadIsSnoring Link ParentLynx was such a great system. I was too young to know at the time; what did it in? Price?Lynx was such a great system. I was too young to know at the time; what did it in? Price?
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Comment on Do you use gender-neutral pronouns? Which one do you prefer? in ~humanities
DadIsSnoring Link ParentYou are correct about guys being a singular pronoun. And in fact "guy" is gendered, whereas "guys" is not. In another comment I refer it as a "collective" pronoun. Sorry for being less clear in...You are correct about guys being a singular pronoun. And in fact "guy" is gendered, whereas "guys" is not.
In another comment I refer it as a "collective" pronoun. Sorry for being less clear in this one.
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