This is a pretty fantastic scholarly (read: sometimes intensely dense and minutiae-focused) look at the subject if you’re interested. As the title notes it’s not exclusively Irish, but one of the startling takeaways is just how similar the experiences were between Irish and Freedmen.

In case you all aren’t already aware, there’s a twitter that collects the best (read: most insane) nextdoor posts. This people that write this shit must be truly, utterly, and completely insane.

Damn that’s just multiple levels of bullshit. Sadly not surprising that everyone whose job it is to help is playing “not it!” though. Hope you get a good resolution sooner rather than later.

What I found out from the bank fraud investigator when this happened to me was:

The scam would be if a debit card was cloned. Basically scammers hook up a machine to say an atm that, when a card is used, “copies” the info onto a “blank” card. They would then put their own name on that blank card so the ID thing wouldn’t be a deterrent. So when they use that cloned card the money is real, but…

See this going to sound like trolling but I am being 100% serious: this response legitimately made me reconsider my point, which actually kind of goes back TO my point of: you didn’t OWE me this explanation, but by taking to the time to write out this well-reasoned and convincing argument, you have changed how I…

Well then what are my old buddy Brian Blackfriend and I going to do with our Tuesdays?

Perhaps reread my entire post and you’ll see I say effectively the same thing:

Absolutely 100% agree. And that was kind of my original point - that maybe I’m being optimistic (or oblivious), but that I think many people try to be decent by identifying what someone else considers indecent. Asking “doing [whatever] doesn’t bother me; does it bother anyone else? Let me know and I’ll knock it off.”…

And Mr. Harriot is excluded from the “people being paid to offer their thoughts on race relations” why exactly? I would hardly call him “random POC” like he isn’t a visible and vociferous part of the national conversation on race.

But who else WOULD explain it and educate us? White folks should sit around explaining to each other how POC feel without asking for input from those actually effected? Cause that’s how you end up with some really stupid, ignorant shit. If someone is trying to educate themselves and be open to more views, absolutely…

This response seems disingenuous to that actual question asked. When you have people actively trying to be conscious of their biases and privileges but are simply looking for advice and opinions I don’t think criticizing their motivations is terribly fair. Aside from the obvious (i.e. cops murdering black children…

Vermonter gets my vote for shenanigans.

Many years ago I was working on a vocabulary test for some students and discussing with a friend. I mentioned putting in “chicanery” but was worried it wouldn’t be too fair since it’s not an overly common word. He said “oh yeah I know that word...sort of.” I asked what he meant and to this day I still laugh at his…

Counterpoint: I already own “Street Fighter: The Movie” on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray so I have all the physical media one could need until they come up with a new format.

Hello fellow less-gerrymandered PA-person! I live in the new 10th and now that DCCC-backed Hartman was forced out by a legal challenge for not having gained enough signatures to be on the ballot (not “decided against running” as the article misstates), it seems like the DCCC have just washed their hands of a very…

While I enjoy this song already, as a Wild fan I’m glad(?) I now have a topical reason to play it all day.

“[Conservatives] spend the first few decades of their lives in a left-skewed educational system”.

This. Probably half the games I play in an average week are that week’s Tavern Brawl because it’s something different from the slogging consistency in meta. I’d rather have a hand full of random cards or gimmicky add-ons and have fun trying t0 stumble into something than face my 5th Cubelock in a row. Plus it’s easier…

That’s a really good point I hadn’t considered re: I’m not using this word even in historical context because it’s THAT toxic. Thank you for that.