Metric system? What is this, communist Russia?

Did I ask for your sympathy?  If anything this is commiserating, so feel free to take your random spite somewhere else.

Yeah, we have an 8, 6, and 2 year old in the house.  I really miss going to the office.

I don’t know what the “YG song” is, but I hear black people use the hard-r version constantly.  I don’t really think the pronunciation makes a difference, although you could argue whether intent matters (malicious or not).  Either way, my recommendation would be to never use any form of the word, unless you’re OK with…

I don’t think anyone’s bent out of shape, and unless he has a black friend that’s cool with him referring to him as such (which seems unlikely) there’s no good reason to ever use it. Even then, you’d have to be a complete idiot to utter it in public or online.

Of all the promises GM has gone back on, this one I wouldn’t mind so much..

Technically half, but he’s certainly not black.

Except he tries to make it sound like this was a one-time thing when if you listen to the clip it’s clear he throws the word around with his friends on a regular basis, intended malice or not.  I’d rather he have gone down the “I meant it in the buddy-buddy way” and go down in flames, would have been much more…

You mean stunned when white people say it. Because if you’re stunned that black people say it then, well, you must not spend much time around black people.

I don’t disagree with the rest of your explanation, but you seem to be confused on the details. Kyle Larson wasn’t referencing the Bubba Wallace situation when he said the word. He was doing a mic check (a week later) while setting up for the race and asked “can you hear me? Hey N—-”. It wasn’t said in malice, it was…

Oh, I agree.  But the fact is there is a huge population who does say it to each other on a regular basis, and it even applies cross-racially (is that even a term?).  I know white guys who will go back and forth with their black friends saying it, and I have black friends who say it to me (I don’t say it back).  It’s…

Ah, yeah, well in this case the guy didn’t say it as a slur, he said as a replacement for “hey dude” or “hey man”.  Which is one more reason why people’s fascination with that word is so, well, fascinating.

I’m really curious to see what he comes back with one that one.

This. Anywhere with a large non-white population you’re bound to hear it thrown around regularly, just not from white people.

...really? I’m assuming you only hang out with white people? Because I hear it on a daily basis from not-white people in the south and nobody bats an eye.

I never use the word for the exact reasons you listed, but you’d be surprised by how many people use it in normal conversation. First of all, every black person I know uses it when talking to or about other black people. Second, most younger white people listen to rap/hip-hop that use the word constantly, and probably…

I guess I just don’t see what’s so hard about plugging the controller in when you’re not using it, or having a longer USB cable to plug it in while playing.  I’ve never had an issue with PS4 controller batteries, so this whole argument baffles me.

So you can keep batteries, a charger, and a power cord handy, but can’t keep a USB cable plugged into the PS4?  Ok.

Because we’re used to it and have never had any issues with it?  I’ve never had a battery run out on me on the DS3 or DS4 unless I forgot to plug it in for a couple days.

I game for 3-4 hours at night, then when I’m done I plug in my controller and headset and they’re ready to go. I’ve literally never ran out of battery on my PS4 controller, even after gaming for 8 hours+ during LAN parties. I really don’t understand how people are running them down so quick unless they just forgot to…