I watched the video. There is no way to take it out of context. The context is he said that crazy shit and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else.
He's the white version of Kyrie Irving.
What did Kyrie Irving do?
he was kanye before kanye went kanye. flat earther too.
I watched the video. There is no way to take it out of context. The context is he said that crazy shit and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else.
He's the white version of Kyrie Irving.
What did Kyrie Irving do?
he was kanye before kanye went kanye. flat earther too.
I was thinking Kanye too, good one.
wasnt kanye linking from kyrie on that doc or whatever it was?
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I watched the video. There is no way to take it out of context. The context is he said that crazy shit and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else.
He's the white version of Kyrie Irving.
What did Kyrie Irving do?
he was kanye before kanye went kanye. flat earther too.
I was thinking Kanye too, good one.
wasnt kanye linking from kyrie on that doc or whatever it was?
I watched the video. There is no way to take it out of context. The context is he said that crazy shit and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else.
He's the white version of Kyrie Irving.
What did Kyrie Irving do?
he was kanye before kanye went kanye. flat earther too.
I'm not sure if this should go in the Elon Musk thread or in this one but ever since this Scott Adams fellow got "cancelled" I am seeing him all over my twitter timeline. I don't follow him but some people I follow do. It's as if he's being promoted by twitter's algorithm for some strange reason...
I'm not sure if this should go in the Elon Musk thread or in this one but ever since this Scott Adams fellow got "cancelled" I am seeing him all over my twitter timeline. I don't follow him but some people I follow do. It's as if he's being promoted by twitter's algorithm for some strange reason...
you know musk is amplifying him. i muted his whiney ass so hopefully will never see his tweets.
i don't ever, ever want to hear the term "whiney liberal" again.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
I'm not sure if this should go in the Elon Musk thread or in this one but ever since this Scott Adams fellow got "cancelled" I am seeing him all over my twitter timeline. I don't follow him but some people I follow do. It's as if he's being promoted by twitter's algorithm for some strange reason...
you know musk is amplifying him. i muted his whiney ass so hopefully will never see his tweets.
i don't ever, ever want to hear the term "whiney liberal" again.
Yeah I just blocked him actually. No interest in this guy's sob story.
I'm not sure if this should go in the Elon Musk thread or in this one but ever since this Scott Adams fellow got "cancelled" I am seeing him all over my twitter timeline. I don't follow him but some people I follow do. It's as if he's being promoted by twitter's algorithm for some strange reason...
you know musk is amplifying him. i muted his whiney ass so hopefully will never see his tweets.
i don't ever, ever want to hear the term "whiney liberal" again.
Yeah I just blocked him actually. No interest in this guy's sob story.
good. maybe him, rittenhouse, and trump can get together and have a good cry and post about it.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
I'm not sure if this should go in the Elon Musk thread or in this one but ever since this Scott Adams fellow got "cancelled" I am seeing him all over my twitter timeline. I don't follow him but some people I follow do. It's as if he's being promoted by twitter's algorithm for some strange reason...
you know musk is amplifying him. i muted his whiney ass so hopefully will never see his tweets.
i don't ever, ever want to hear the term "whiney liberal" again.
Yeah I just blocked him actually. No interest in this guy's sob story.
good. maybe him, rittenhouse, and trump can get together and have a good cry and post about it.
You forgot to add Hunter to this cry Party….He will even bring the DOPE, and I don’t mean his shit for brains Father…
I'm not sure if this should go in the Elon Musk thread or in this one but ever since this Scott Adams fellow got "cancelled" I am seeing him all over my twitter timeline. I don't follow him but some people I follow do. It's as if he's being promoted by twitter's algorithm for some strange reason...
you know musk is amplifying him. i muted his whiney ass so hopefully will never see his tweets.
i don't ever, ever want to hear the term "whiney liberal" again.
Yeah I just blocked him actually. No interest in this guy's sob story.
good. maybe him, rittenhouse, and trump can get together and have a good cry and post about it.
You forgot to add Hunter to this cry Party….He will even bring the DOPE, and I don’t mean his shit for brains Father…
How’s Jared Dear Boy’s two billion dollar Saudi “investment” firm fairing? What’s been the YTD and since inception % return?
Could it be intelligence on Israel’s nuclear weapons capabilities or maybe Iran’s defense posture? Maybe US force readiness in and around the ME?
I'm not sure if this should go in the Elon Musk thread or in this one but ever since this Scott Adams fellow got "cancelled" I am seeing him all over my twitter timeline. I don't follow him but some people I follow do. It's as if he's being promoted by twitter's algorithm for some strange reason...
you know musk is amplifying him. i muted his whiney ass so hopefully will never see his tweets.
i don't ever, ever want to hear the term "whiney liberal" again.
Yeah I just blocked him actually. No interest in this guy's sob story.
good. maybe him, rittenhouse, and trump can get together and have a good cry and post about it.
You forgot to add Hunter to this cry Party….He will even bring the DOPE, and I don’t mean his shit for brains Father…
literally nobody gives a shit about hunter biden but you and the other magas.
run along.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
I'm not sure if this should go in the Elon Musk thread or in this one but ever since this Scott Adams fellow got "cancelled" I am seeing him all over my twitter timeline. I don't follow him but some people I follow do. It's as if he's being promoted by twitter's algorithm for some strange reason...
you know musk is amplifying him. i muted his whiney ass so hopefully will never see his tweets.
i don't ever, ever want to hear the term "whiney liberal" again.
Yeah I just blocked him actually. No interest in this guy's sob story.
good. maybe him, rittenhouse, and trump can get together and have a good cry and post about it.
You forgot to add Hunter to this cry Party….He will even bring the DOPE, and I don’t mean his shit for brains Father…
if hunter did something wrong, arrest him. literally nobody cares.
and it is hilarious that your guy lost by 7 million votes and an electoral college landslide to a shit for brains.
i guess he got canceled but refuses to go away.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
Conservatives used to call out the victim mentality. Sometimes they were unfair about it or overzealous but it was far less annoying than this constant painting themselves as the victims.
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Conservatives used to call out the victim mentality. Sometimes they were unfair about it or overzealous but it was far less annoying than this constant painting themselves as the victims.
their entire policy is grievance politics. you cannot have grievances if you are not the victim, so they have taken over the identity of the victim in basically every single social issue.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
I was sitting with a couple fellas the other day... both old, both white.
And they were 'politely' lamenting about how they have been criticized for saying racist things even though they themselves do not believe for a moment that they are racist.
But they went on to politely complain about how these 'movements' were getting too out of hand and seemingly forced.
The forced thing I thought was hilarious because it had to do with popular shows going 'woke' and showing homosexuality etc. I was like "forced? change the channel." lol
So they went on to talk about hiring processes as an example. Companies going out of their way to be inclusive and diverse and hiring minorities. They said "best person should get the job, no matter what."
To me... this stuff falls under the category of white people complaining that they no longer control everything in North America. Which ....... they still do in many ways.
So I looked at them... and I said: "I hear ya... but .... if things seem unfair to white people nowadays... are you suggesting that you would have preferred being born black?" They were taken aback and said "Well what do you mean?" And I repeated.. and I also suggested that in my opinion... no matter what... 2023-2050... if 'wokeness' continues we still as a society will not be on an equal playing field. They again didn't understand what I was talking about. So I referred again to give them the option should they desire to be black instead of white if things were so unfair and awful today because of 'wokeness.' And so I again tried to explain that if we as white people were to now begin walking the same path as black people for example... considering how unfair it is now... and eventually found ourselves in a situation where the following things were afflicting white people: Slavery, no access to real estate, no access to education, no access to jobs, no access to democracy. If we all had to endure that... would we still be sitting here complaining about these trivial matters like a black Disney princess etc.?
To me... these little conversations that take place all resemble a 'polite' white supremacy. If you KNOW how it's been for minorities all these years in a land where life, liberty, and justice for ALL is supposed to ring true, then why on earth would anyone complain about the playing field finally being levelled? This is why I support CRT and also why I think all these woke companies should honestly start trying a bit harder. Instead of saying "We're proud to support Black History Month" I would suggest that it would go further if they did more to educate about black history. Case in point... the two fellas I spoke with had NO CLUE that certain residential properties during the housing boom of the 50s could not by law be sold to black people. I looked at the older white male and said.. "That's you. Now imagine your entire life and your family starting from when you were 15 as a black person." I said "I understand that being born a white Canadian male... I was born with a substantial head start in life. And so were you two." <- That is undeniable and irrefutable. Those who complain about how bad white people have it nowadays really need to STFU.
I dunno... just my $0.02.
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I was sitting with a couple fellas the other day... both old, both white.
And they were 'politely' lamenting about how they have been criticized for saying racist things even though they themselves do not believe for a moment that they are racist.
But they went on to politely complain about how these 'movements' were getting too out of hand and seemingly forced.
The forced thing I thought was hilarious because it had to do with popular shows going 'woke' and showing homosexuality etc. I was like "forced? change the channel." lol
So they went on to talk about hiring processes as an example. Companies going out of their way to be inclusive and diverse and hiring minorities. They said "best person should get the job, no matter what."
To me... this stuff falls under the category of white people complaining that they no longer control everything in North America. Which ....... they still do in many ways.
So I looked at them... and I said: "I hear ya... but .... if things seem unfair to white people nowadays... are you suggesting that you would have preferred being born black?" They were taken aback and said "Well what do you mean?" And I repeated.. and I also suggested that in my opinion... no matter what... 2023-2050... if 'wokeness' continues we still as a society will not be on an equal playing field. They again didn't understand what I was talking about. So I referred again to give them the option should they desire to be black instead of white if things were so unfair and awful today because of 'wokeness.' And so I again tried to explain that if we as white people were to now begin walking the same path as black people for example... considering how unfair it is now... and eventually found ourselves in a situation where the following things were afflicting white people: Slavery, no access to real estate, no access to education, no access to jobs, no access to democracy. If we all had to endure that... would we still be sitting here complaining about these trivial matters like a black Disney princess etc.?
To me... these little conversations that take place all resemble a 'polite' white supremacy. If you KNOW how it's been for minorities all these years in a land where life, liberty, and justice for ALL is supposed to ring true, then why on earth would anyone complain about the playing field finally being levelled? This is why I support CRT and also why I think all these woke companies should honestly start trying a bit harder. Instead of saying "We're proud to support Black History Month" I would suggest that it would go further if they did more to educate about black history. Case in point... the two fellas I spoke with had NO CLUE that certain residential properties during the housing boom of the 50s could not by law be sold to black people. I looked at the older white male and said.. "That's you. Now imagine your entire life and your family starting from when you were 15 as a black person." I said "I understand that being born a white Canadian male... I was born with a substantial head start in life. And so were you two." <- That is undeniable and irrefutable. Those who complain about how bad white people have it nowadays really need to STFU.
I dunno... just my $0.02.
Good points.
I can understand that some of these changes are very odd to the boomers...but yeah the ones that complain about it are in the dark.
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I was sitting with a couple fellas the other day... both old, both white.
And they were 'politely' lamenting about how they have been criticized for saying racist things even though they themselves do not believe for a moment that they are racist.
But they went on to politely complain about how these 'movements' were getting too out of hand and seemingly forced.
The forced thing I thought was hilarious because it had to do with popular shows going 'woke' and showing homosexuality etc. I was like "forced? change the channel." lol
So they went on to talk about hiring processes as an example. Companies going out of their way to be inclusive and diverse and hiring minorities. They said "best person should get the job, no matter what."
To me... this stuff falls under the category of white people complaining that they no longer control everything in North America. Which ....... they still do in many ways.
So I looked at them... and I said: "I hear ya... but .... if things seem unfair to white people nowadays... are you suggesting that you would have preferred being born black?" They were taken aback and said "Well what do you mean?" And I repeated.. and I also suggested that in my opinion... no matter what... 2023-2050... if 'wokeness' continues we still as a society will not be on an equal playing field. They again didn't understand what I was talking about. So I referred again to give them the option should they desire to be black instead of white if things were so unfair and awful today because of 'wokeness.' And so I again tried to explain that if we as white people were to now begin walking the same path as black people for example... considering how unfair it is now... and eventually found ourselves in a situation where the following things were afflicting white people: Slavery, no access to real estate, no access to education, no access to jobs, no access to democracy. If we all had to endure that... would we still be sitting here complaining about these trivial matters like a black Disney princess etc.?
To me... these little conversations that take place all resemble a 'polite' white supremacy. If you KNOW how it's been for minorities all these years in a land where life, liberty, and justice for ALL is supposed to ring true, then why on earth would anyone complain about the playing field finally being levelled? This is why I support CRT and also why I think all these woke companies should honestly start trying a bit harder. Instead of saying "We're proud to support Black History Month" I would suggest that it would go further if they did more to educate about black history. Case in point... the two fellas I spoke with had NO CLUE that certain residential properties during the housing boom of the 50s could not by law be sold to black people. I looked at the older white male and said.. "That's you. Now imagine your entire life and your family starting from when you were 15 as a black person." I said "I understand that being born a white Canadian male... I was born with a substantial head start in life. And so were you two." <- That is undeniable and irrefutable. Those who complain about how bad white people have it nowadays really need to STFU.
I dunno... just my $0.02.
my dad complained the other day about commercials no longer representing him after seeing an ad with a chinese man and his black wife. "where are the white people?" he shouted. his best friend is from the dominican. yet he still thinks "white couples" are required for accurate population representation in media.
I've tried to explain to him as politely as I can that he's been represented since the inception of advertising; give the ones who haven't been a turn to be "seen". it literally hurts zero people.
except old white dudes' feeling of relevancy, apparently.
I then turned to my sister (I'm 48, she's 49), and said "I wonder what our breaking point will be when we get to dad's age?". She said she was thinking the exact same thing. cuz you know it's gotta happen. it happens to every generation, no matter how progressive in your early or mid life.
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I was sitting with a couple fellas the other day... both old, both white.
And they were 'politely' lamenting about how they have been criticized for saying racist things even though they themselves do not believe for a moment that they are racist.
But they went on to politely complain about how these 'movements' were getting too out of hand and seemingly forced.
The forced thing I thought was hilarious because it had to do with popular shows going 'woke' and showing homosexuality etc. I was like "forced? change the channel." lol
So they went on to talk about hiring processes as an example. Companies going out of their way to be inclusive and diverse and hiring minorities. They said "best person should get the job, no matter what."
To me... this stuff falls under the category of white people complaining that they no longer control everything in North America. Which ....... they still do in many ways.
So I looked at them... and I said: "I hear ya... but .... if things seem unfair to white people nowadays... are you suggesting that you would have preferred being born black?" They were taken aback and said "Well what do you mean?" And I repeated.. and I also suggested that in my opinion... no matter what... 2023-2050... if 'wokeness' continues we still as a society will not be on an equal playing field. They again didn't understand what I was talking about. So I referred again to give them the option should they desire to be black instead of white if things were so unfair and awful today because of 'wokeness.' And so I again tried to explain that if we as white people were to now begin walking the same path as black people for example... considering how unfair it is now... and eventually found ourselves in a situation where the following things were afflicting white people: Slavery, no access to real estate, no access to education, no access to jobs, no access to democracy. If we all had to endure that... would we still be sitting here complaining about these trivial matters like a black Disney princess etc.?
To me... these little conversations that take place all resemble a 'polite' white supremacy. If you KNOW how it's been for minorities all these years in a land where life, liberty, and justice for ALL is supposed to ring true, then why on earth would anyone complain about the playing field finally being levelled? This is why I support CRT and also why I think all these woke companies should honestly start trying a bit harder. Instead of saying "We're proud to support Black History Month" I would suggest that it would go further if they did more to educate about black history. Case in point... the two fellas I spoke with had NO CLUE that certain residential properties during the housing boom of the 50s could not by law be sold to black people. I looked at the older white male and said.. "That's you. Now imagine your entire life and your family starting from when you were 15 as a black person." I said "I understand that being born a white Canadian male... I was born with a substantial head start in life. And so were you two." <- That is undeniable and irrefutable. Those who complain about how bad white people have it nowadays really need to STFU.
I dunno... just my $0.02.
What about- and I'm just asking because this seems worth considering, and not meaning any of this to be criticizing you, Parksy- Woopie Goldberg who is both old and black who was cancelled and accused of making a racial slur for saying, "The people who still believe that he got, you know, gypped somehow..."
I read this statement to my wife and asked her what she thought was "politically incorrect" about it. She didn't have a clue- and believe me, I cannot imagine anyone considering her to be at all a racist. Neither one of us had ever had a clue that "gypped" is a racist word. Now granted, it may well be a word that needs to be better understood and relegated to less common usage, but is this a reason for shaming someone who used it with zero intent toward racism?
Somethings are just taken to extremes that could be better handled in a more caring, thoughtful manner, instead of so many people seizing every opportunity to be easily offended and lashing out. Is it any wonder hate is the order of the day?
I was sitting with a couple fellas the other day... both old, both white.
And they were 'politely' lamenting about how they have been criticized for saying racist things even though they themselves do not believe for a moment that they are racist.
But they went on to politely complain about how these 'movements' were getting too out of hand and seemingly forced.
The forced thing I thought was hilarious because it had to do with popular shows going 'woke' and showing homosexuality etc. I was like "forced? change the channel." lol
So they went on to talk about hiring processes as an example. Companies going out of their way to be inclusive and diverse and hiring minorities. They said "best person should get the job, no matter what."
To me... this stuff falls under the category of white people complaining that they no longer control everything in North America. Which ....... they still do in many ways.
So I looked at them... and I said: "I hear ya... but .... if things seem unfair to white people nowadays... are you suggesting that you would have preferred being born black?" They were taken aback and said "Well what do you mean?" And I repeated.. and I also suggested that in my opinion... no matter what... 2023-2050... if 'wokeness' continues we still as a society will not be on an equal playing field. They again didn't understand what I was talking about. So I referred again to give them the option should they desire to be black instead of white if things were so unfair and awful today because of 'wokeness.' And so I again tried to explain that if we as white people were to now begin walking the same path as black people for example... considering how unfair it is now... and eventually found ourselves in a situation where the following things were afflicting white people: Slavery, no access to real estate, no access to education, no access to jobs, no access to democracy. If we all had to endure that... would we still be sitting here complaining about these trivial matters like a black Disney princess etc.?
To me... these little conversations that take place all resemble a 'polite' white supremacy. If you KNOW how it's been for minorities all these years in a land where life, liberty, and justice for ALL is supposed to ring true, then why on earth would anyone complain about the playing field finally being levelled? This is why I support CRT and also why I think all these woke companies should honestly start trying a bit harder. Instead of saying "We're proud to support Black History Month" I would suggest that it would go further if they did more to educate about black history. Case in point... the two fellas I spoke with had NO CLUE that certain residential properties during the housing boom of the 50s could not by law be sold to black people. I looked at the older white male and said.. "That's you. Now imagine your entire life and your family starting from when you were 15 as a black person." I said "I understand that being born a white Canadian male... I was born with a substantial head start in life. And so were you two." <- That is undeniable and irrefutable. Those who complain about how bad white people have it nowadays really need to STFU.
I dunno... just my $0.02.
my dad complained the other day about commercials no longer representing him after seeing an ad with a chinese man and his black wife. "where are the white people?" he shouted. his best friend is from the dominican. yet he still thinks "white couples" are required for accurate population representation in media.
I've tried to explain to him as politely as I can that he's been represented since the inception of advertising; give the ones who haven't been a turn to be "seen". it literally hurts zero people.
except old white dudes' feeling of relevancy, apparently.
I then turned to my sister (I'm 48, she's 49), and said "I wonder what our breaking point will be when we get to dad's age?". She said she was thinking the exact same thing. cuz you know it's gotta happen. it happens to every generation, no matter how progressive in your early or mid life.
I'm not sure it's really a requirement that we all have a breaking point with regard to things changing. I had my dad as a good role model for this. He was always willing to listen to people and view change as inevitable, and that some changes were good, some bad, and some neutral. There were also those changes that on the surface are negative, but really are an outcome of something that can be viewed as a positive.
I was sitting with a couple fellas the other day... both old, both white.
And they were 'politely' lamenting about how they have been criticized for saying racist things even though they themselves do not believe for a moment that they are racist.
But they went on to politely complain about how these 'movements' were getting too out of hand and seemingly forced.
The forced thing I thought was hilarious because it had to do with popular shows going 'woke' and showing homosexuality etc. I was like "forced? change the channel." lol
So they went on to talk about hiring processes as an example. Companies going out of their way to be inclusive and diverse and hiring minorities. They said "best person should get the job, no matter what."
To me... this stuff falls under the category of white people complaining that they no longer control everything in North America. Which ....... they still do in many ways.
So I looked at them... and I said: "I hear ya... but .... if things seem unfair to white people nowadays... are you suggesting that you would have preferred being born black?" They were taken aback and said "Well what do you mean?" And I repeated.. and I also suggested that in my opinion... no matter what... 2023-2050... if 'wokeness' continues we still as a society will not be on an equal playing field. They again didn't understand what I was talking about. So I referred again to give them the option should they desire to be black instead of white if things were so unfair and awful today because of 'wokeness.' And so I again tried to explain that if we as white people were to now begin walking the same path as black people for example... considering how unfair it is now... and eventually found ourselves in a situation where the following things were afflicting white people: Slavery, no access to real estate, no access to education, no access to jobs, no access to democracy. If we all had to endure that... would we still be sitting here complaining about these trivial matters like a black Disney princess etc.?
To me... these little conversations that take place all resemble a 'polite' white supremacy. If you KNOW how it's been for minorities all these years in a land where life, liberty, and justice for ALL is supposed to ring true, then why on earth would anyone complain about the playing field finally being levelled? This is why I support CRT and also why I think all these woke companies should honestly start trying a bit harder. Instead of saying "We're proud to support Black History Month" I would suggest that it would go further if they did more to educate about black history. Case in point... the two fellas I spoke with had NO CLUE that certain residential properties during the housing boom of the 50s could not by law be sold to black people. I looked at the older white male and said.. "That's you. Now imagine your entire life and your family starting from when you were 15 as a black person." I said "I understand that being born a white Canadian male... I was born with a substantial head start in life. And so were you two." <- That is undeniable and irrefutable. Those who complain about how bad white people have it nowadays really need to STFU.
I dunno... just my $0.02.
What about- and I'm just asking because this seems worth considering, and not meaning any of this to be criticizing you, Parksy- Woopie Goldberg who is both old and black who was cancelled and accused of making a racial slur for saying, "The people who still believe that he got, you know, gypped somehow..."
I read this statement to my wife and asked her what she thought was "politically incorrect" about it. She didn't have a clue- and believe me, I cannot imagine anyone considering her to be at all a racist. Neither one of us had ever had a clue that "gypped" is a racist word. Now granted, it may well be a word that needs to be better understood and relegated to less common usage, but is this a reason for shaming someone who used it with zero intent toward racism?
Somethings are just taken to extremes that could be better handled in a more caring, thoughtful manner, instead of so many people seizing every opportunity to be easily offended and lashing out. Is it any wonder hate is the order of the day?
There are a lot of words that are deemed offensive now that you got away with saying years ago, gypped is one of them. Mulatto, gay, fag, retarted are off the table now too which they should be.
Listen to some of the older comedians and you cringe now. Some of that stuff that was commonplace back then is not acceptable language today.
It is interesting and eye opening to learn about what is an offensive word.
Lizzo and Beyonce are two artists I know of whom changed their lyrics because people took offense to it. Lizzo used the word Spaz, which I also didn't know was offensive.
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2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
i don't ever, ever want to hear the term "whiney liberal" again.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Could it be intelligence on Israel’s nuclear weapons capabilities or maybe Iran’s defense posture? Maybe US force readiness in and around the ME?
Libtardaplorable©. And proud of it.
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The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
run along.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
and it is hilarious that your guy lost by 7 million votes and an electoral college landslide to a shit for brains.
i guess he got canceled but refuses to go away.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
And yeah...we aren't magats so if Hunter broke the law arrest the fucker. Put him in jail with Kushner.
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
oh yeah. canceled. i forgot.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
2013 Wrigley 2014 St. Paul 2016 Fenway, Fenway, Wrigley, Wrigley 2018 Missoula, Wrigley, Wrigley 2021 Asbury Park 2022 St Louis 2023 Austin, Austin
2024 Napa, Wrigley, Wrigley
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
And they were 'politely' lamenting about how they have been criticized for saying racist things even though they themselves do not believe for a moment that they are racist.
But they went on to politely complain about how these 'movements' were getting too out of hand and seemingly forced.
The forced thing I thought was hilarious because it had to do with popular shows going 'woke' and showing homosexuality etc. I was like "forced? change the channel." lol
So they went on to talk about hiring processes as an example. Companies going out of their way to be inclusive and diverse and hiring minorities. They said "best person should get the job, no matter what."
To me... this stuff falls under the category of white people complaining that they no longer control everything in North America. Which ....... they still do in many ways.
So I looked at them... and I said: "I hear ya... but .... if things seem unfair to white people nowadays... are you suggesting that you would have preferred being born black?" They were taken aback and said "Well what do you mean?" And I repeated.. and I also suggested that in my opinion... no matter what... 2023-2050... if 'wokeness' continues we still as a society will not be on an equal playing field. They again didn't understand what I was talking about. So I referred again to give them the option should they desire to be black instead of white if things were so unfair and awful today because of 'wokeness.' And so I again tried to explain that if we as white people were to now begin walking the same path as black people for example... considering how unfair it is now... and eventually found ourselves in a situation where the following things were afflicting white people: Slavery, no access to real estate, no access to education, no access to jobs, no access to democracy. If we all had to endure that... would we still be sitting here complaining about these trivial matters like a black Disney princess etc.?
To me... these little conversations that take place all resemble a 'polite' white supremacy. If you KNOW how it's been for minorities all these years in a land where life, liberty, and justice for ALL is supposed to ring true, then why on earth would anyone complain about the playing field finally being levelled? This is why I support CRT and also why I think all these woke companies should honestly start trying a bit harder. Instead of saying "We're proud to support Black History Month" I would suggest that it would go further if they did more to educate about black history. Case in point... the two fellas I spoke with had NO CLUE that certain residential properties during the housing boom of the 50s could not by law be sold to black people. I looked at the older white male and said.. "That's you. Now imagine your entire life and your family starting from when you were 15 as a black person." I said "I understand that being born a white Canadian male... I was born with a substantial head start in life. And so were you two." <- That is undeniable and irrefutable. Those who complain about how bad white people have it nowadays really need to STFU.
I dunno... just my $0.02.
Buffalo, Phoenix, Toronto 2003
Boston I&II 2004
Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2005
Toronto I&II, Las Vegas 2006
Chicago Lollapalooza 2007
Toronto, Seattle I&II, Vancouver, Philly I,II,III,IV 2009
Cleveland, Buffalo 2010
Toronto I&II 2011
Buffalo 2013
Toronto I&II 2016
10C: 220xxx
I can understand that some of these changes are very odd to the boomers...but yeah the ones that complain about it are in the dark.
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
I've tried to explain to him as politely as I can that he's been represented since the inception of advertising; give the ones who haven't been a turn to be "seen". it literally hurts zero people.
except old white dudes' feeling of relevancy, apparently.
I then turned to my sister (I'm 48, she's 49), and said "I wonder what our breaking point will be when we get to dad's age?". She said she was thinking the exact same thing. cuz you know it's gotta happen. it happens to every generation, no matter how progressive in your early or mid life.
I'm not sure it's really a requirement that we all have a breaking point with regard to things changing. I had my dad as a good role model for this. He was always willing to listen to people and view change as inevitable, and that some changes were good, some bad, and some neutral. There were also those changes that on the surface are negative, but really are an outcome of something that can be viewed as a positive.
Listen to some of the older comedians and you cringe now. Some of that stuff that was commonplace back then is not acceptable language today.
It is interesting and eye opening to learn about what is an offensive word.
Lizzo and Beyonce are two artists I know of whom changed their lyrics because people took offense to it. Lizzo used the word Spaz, which I also didn't know was offensive.
This seems crazy to me...I can't even understand it at all. I mean, are we seriously just continuing to look for things to get offended about?