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ls650
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| merlin wrote: |
| "Because everyone just watches TV all day and it makes them too stupid to understand or appreciate my dazzling intellect." |
Sadly, behind every myth is a little bit of truth. |
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Chris_Crossley
Joined: 26 Jun 2004
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Location: Still in the centre of Furnace City, PRC, after eight years!!!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:24 pm Post subject: Which is the myth and which is the truth? |
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| ls650 wrote: |
| merlin wrote: |
| "Because everyone just watches TV all day and it makes them too stupid to understand or appreciate my dazzling intellect." |
Sadly, behind every myth is a little bit of truth. |
Which one is the myth and which one is the truth?
1. The stupidity of lazy people who watch TV?
2. Merlin's "dazzling intellect"?
You decide!  |
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JonnytheMann
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| moonraven wrote: |
| I am not the one stereotyping folks from the US. Folks from the US seem to run on the platform of stereotyping themselves. |
Hypocrisy at its finest, folks. Absolute hypocrisy. You cannot claim to combat "sick" stereotyping unless you combat all stereotyping ... not just the stereotypes that offend you or don't fit into your world view.
If I say something like ...
Muslims "hate the Jews, want gays dead, want women to be subservient, and tolerate war & violence to achieve their goals", then I am a racist or a bigot.
But if it's Republicans "hate the Jews, want gays dead, want women to be subservient, and tolerate war & violence to achieve their goals", it's perfectly acceptable stereotype to many of you.
If I say Americans are "loud, fat, rude, always feel a sense of entitlement, eat lots of junk food, don't speak other languages, have a high murder rate, don't travel much outside their country, etc.", most of you won't bat an eyelid. It's not prejudiced or "racist" to say this.
But if I say African-Americans are "loud, fat, rude, always feel a sense of entitlement, eat lots of junk food, don't speak other languages, have a high murder rate, don't travel much outside their country, etc.", I will be (very rightly) branded a bigoted racist jerk.
My point is that you either combat stereotypes, or you don't. You cannot pick and choose. |
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ls650
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What was this thread about, again?  |
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JonnytheMann
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Location: USA
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I'll get it back on track
Happy - I will be in Argentina within a month, it's SUMMER here and I can go swimming, Tennis tournaments are on every weekend, the US Open is less than 1 month away, Kim Clijsters is playing well, and my boyfriend is smoking hot. Just look:
Annoyed - My car just started running badly ... I am going to sell it this month, my stupid doctor gave me a full heart exam only to tell me that I'm fine and my deductible is $1000, Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer, Marat Safin, & Justine Henin-Hardenne are all recovering from injuries!!!!  |
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Justin Trullinger
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit
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Sensitive, well though out, intellectually stimulating internet dialogue. 
Unhappy:
Jonny's Photos. Sorry man, but are you exploiting fat people? Or what? |
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JonnytheMann
Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:16 am Post subject: |
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Sorry, I'll make sure to exploit an ugly person next time instead. 
P.S. Kim Clijsters lost tonight. That's something I'm very unhappy about.  |
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High Plains Drifter
Joined: 27 Jul 2004
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Location: Way Out There
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| What's annoying me? Pointless, boring threads full of inane drivel. |
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JonnytheMann
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| High Plains Drifter wrote: |
| What's annoying me? Pointless, boring threads full of inane drivel. |
Then it's probably time to leave the General Discussion forum, and perhaps Dave's altogether. |
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Sweetsee
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Location: ) is everything
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Happy:
Enjoying vacation on the Cote d'Azur.
Enjoyed Amsterdam.
Annoying:
Dry as a bone here, even Marrakesh.
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thelmadatter
Joined: 31 Mar 2003
Posts: 1212
Location: in el Distrito Federal x fin!
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:46 pm Post subject: happy annoyed |
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happy
great new apt (really a house) that I got at a real bargain
That Im appreciated at my job and have a lot of creative control
annoyed
Im not sure Im really annoyed at anything. Anxious about the start of classes next Monday ..... |
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Justin Trullinger
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| Sorry, I'll make sure to exploit an ugly person next time instead |
I'll send you my picture if you want... |
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JonnytheMann
Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Justin Trullinger wrote: |
| I'll send you my picture if you want... |
You're not ugly!
You are beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
Noooo noooo
You are beautiful
In every single way
Words can't bring you down
Nooo noooo |
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matttheboy
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
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Location: Valparaiso, Chile
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Happy:
Reading children's joke poetry-
http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/displaypoem.asp?AuthorID=8242
it's the weekend, the sun was out today, winter's coming to an end...
Annoying:
Shocking hangover, having nothing to eat in the house, agreeing to meet up with friends when all i want to do is go to bed... |
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JonnytheMann
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the laugh. I love it when children write poetry ... their naivety is so cute! |
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