Can I ask something here as a white cis-male who is genuinely just trying to learn and fix any problematic world views that I may have? Why does it seem like a significant portion of the conversation around pride is centered around black trans people? I know that sounds bad at face value but let me try to explain. I…

What pisses me off in porn, being a black male is black male representation. Most black women in porn still have the same tropes as white women (beautiful, sexy, blah blah blah) but then they add on the “big ass” to make sure you know they’re black, but black men? It’s always the same thing: big tattooed dudes who…

People in America seem to think only black people were ever enslaved, and only by white people.

I think part of the reason people defend usage of words that aren’t specifically racial/racist/offensive is that they don’t want the worst people from both ends of the spectrum (both the biggest racist assholes and the most over-the-top ridiculously sensitive) to be able to set the agenda or claim ownership. It’s…

Terms can develop new meanings, lose old ones, or change in a million other ways. Just that fact that you have to inform people of the old meaning shows that the older meaning is no longer relevant to most people in day to day conversation. There was an older meaning (probably more than one), then your meaning, now…

I guess? I mean, the words Master and Slave arent racist *at all*. And doesnt implying the word “slave” is racist diminish the use of classist, same race slavery?

Like, this doesnt effect me... but it shouldnt effect anyone. We have *real fights* and *real change* to make. We have a government to topple. If youre so…

Totally fine with ditching slave/master due to the connotations in American culture, but just as a historical note: Slave isn’t a racist term. It literally comes from reference to the Slavs (a white indo-European people), who were captured and regularly sold / traded by colonizing Norse & Viking groups between the 6th…

I’m maybe in the minority. When I hear master slave, I think BDSM and sex slave first. I didn’t even realize the race thing until I read the article.

None of this is race related. It’s all made up by soft people with no spine, a victim complex (Karens), and are attention seeking. Call it husband/ wife. Who cares? No one with working brains. 

I get master/slave. It isn’t really necessary at all, and more descriptive terms are actually better in most cases.

This is interesting, because AFAIK the connotation of “black” being evil and “white” being good far predates the invention of race. So I rather doubt that “whitelist” and “blacklist” were originally intended with any sort of racial implication. (The opposite may be true: those espousing race theory may have selected…

The white girl reminds me of when I was younger. Growing up, I spent a few years in an area where whites are the minority and hated (for VERY valid reasons). Racial slurs for white were constantly dropped (I had a few teachers who loved them). You could get beat up for being in the wrong area, people wound rant to you…

oh damn that is a sweet piece of gear

Somewhat tangentially, I’ll just point out that stainless steel mandoline slicers like this one are generally easier and safer to clean than plastic ones. (My experiential anecdata.) Plastic is also more likey (not likely, just more likely) to break mid-slice, particularly if you get a cheap one.

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Did anyone else other than me watch this animated series? Retitled in the U.S. as “Is it wrong to try and pick up girls in a dungeon?”. Eye roll.

And here I thought I was the only one that ever played that. First other person I have ever seen reference it.

It depends on what “mild” means. It often means “not in an ICU”, which means you can still be in a hospital with the worst “flu” of your life and it is still considered a mild case. In fact, I suspect the “mild” patients who ended up with lasting organ damage were in a hospital, probably old or with serious…

Reminds me of this old 90s turn based game called Outpost. Best part of that game was starting you you’d send a limited number of probes to scout various star systems, and you could totally have bad luck and not find a planet worth landing on. And then humanity would die.

There’s also the big problem of getting together to play board games. I have a group that used to meet one weeknight a week and then again once a month on a weekend, which is obviously on hold for the time being. Playing via Tabletop Simulator or online versions of popular games works as a stopgap, but obviously the…