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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #315 on: March 31, 2016, 01:54:30 am »
I disagree, mellen. In my opinion, it's perfectly justified to not want to interact with someone over an opinion of theirs if it's particularly harsh. There are some opinions that I can't just 'agree to disagree' with and continue being comfortably friendly despite. In some cases, people's opinions do reflect on them as people and particularly shitty ones alienate others from me on an interpersonal level, and that's fine. It's also not "denying their humanity" in any way. As an example:

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I personally believe church tax in Finland should continue to be a policy, as it funds the charity work that the national church performs.

Well, person A who is a hypothetical strawman, while I personally disagree with that political opinion, I can still respect you as a person.

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I personally believe all gay people are mentally ill and conversion therapy is A-OK.

...no, person B who despite being a strawman espouses attitudes I have seen real people espouse, I can't respect your opinion or you as a person since you're dehumanizing an already-marginalized subset of humanity (that includes myself and those I care about). And I'm no worse a person for not wanting you in my life or forcing myself to look past this.

"Can't be friends with someone with different political beliefs" is distinct from "can't be friends with someone with specific political beliefs".

You can be a generally tolerant person but refuse to be friends with someone who believes you should be killed over your ethnicity/orientation/gender identity/whatever, that's perfectly reasonable. The objection (mine, and I think Mellen's) is to people who refuse to interact with anyone who is not part of the same political movement.
The context of the original quote was about not wanting to be friends with a BNP memember, not invalidating any points you've made of course.

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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #316 on: March 31, 2016, 10:12:34 am »
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Am I the only one who doesn't care what happens to run aways? Just hear me out. If your being abused or anything like that I support you, you should run away to a safer place. But most teens that run away I see are run aways because "their parents have too much rules" or "they treat me like a child" things like that. So they think the best option in to run away? Are they serious? Sorry but if you run away because your parents want the best for you then you deserve everything that happens to you.

This was in response to a clip from What Would You Do?  The scenario set up, a runaway teen girl being lured away by a predator...

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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #317 on: March 31, 2016, 10:39:02 am »
"Am I the only one who doesn't care what happens to the puppy who dug under the fence and ran around and eventually got hit by a car? Sure, there are puppies who are abused or starved, and I say let 'em run away to a safer place. But a lot of these puppies run away because their owners are just trying to house break them or teach them to heel. I say, Fuck Those Puppies! Sorry, but if you run away because you don't like leashes and wee-wee pads, then you deserve everything that happens to you."
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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #318 on: March 31, 2016, 06:45:25 pm »
Am I the only one who doesn't care what happens to people who can't tell the difference between "your" and "you're"? Sure, there are uneducated people who just don't know any better, and I say let them attend a 3rd grade grammar lesson in order to learn. But a lot of these people are just morons who can't be asked to use an apostrophe correctly. Sorry, but if you abuse the English language because you're a lazy motherfucker then you deserve everything that happens to you.

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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #319 on: March 31, 2016, 07:30:53 pm »
Am I the only one who doesn't care what happens to people who can't tell the difference between "your" and "you're"? Sure, there are uneducated people who just don't know any better, and I say let them attend a 3rd grade grammar lesson in order to learn. But a lot of these people are just morons who can't be asked to use an apostrophe correctly. Sorry, but if you abuse the English language because you're a lazy motherfucker then you deserve everything that happens to you.

Your grasping at straws to attack someone with a perfectly fine grasp of English, in my opinion.

Ask yoreself: are you're standards too high?
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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #320 on: March 31, 2016, 08:23:26 pm »
Oh, edgelord, you broke a fledgling snark chain.
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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #321 on: March 31, 2016, 09:27:26 pm »
Am I the only one who doesn't care what happens to people who can't tell the difference between "your" and "you're"? Sure, there are uneducated people who just don't know any better, and I say let them attend a 3rd grade grammar lesson in order to learn. But a lot of these people are just morons who can't be asked to use an apostrophe correctly. Sorry, but if you abuse the English language because you're a lazy motherfucker then you deserve everything that happens to you.
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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #322 on: April 01, 2016, 02:28:12 am »
Well aren't you just a perfect bitch.
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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #323 on: April 01, 2016, 08:47:20 am »
Well aren't you just a perfect bitch.

It's shitposting!  What part of "National Offend a College Student Day" don't you understand?  Foke!

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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #324 on: April 01, 2016, 10:29:03 am »
"Ultimate Warrior"
HURRRRR-RRRRR!
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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #325 on: April 01, 2016, 12:06:37 pm »
"Ultimate Warrior"
HURRRRR-RRRRR!
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Why is Ultimate Warrior already in my ignore list? It can't be because it's just a name change from Ultimate Paragon, can it?

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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #326 on: April 01, 2016, 12:22:01 pm »
It is.

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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #327 on: April 01, 2016, 01:28:20 pm »
He really brightened my day with that. It's beautifully Poe-ish: is he totes srs, or taking the piss? Anyway, it's a funny, colorful avatar.
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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #328 on: April 02, 2016, 05:39:20 pm »
But seriously, going into STEM is actually a good idea.  There's a 2:1 faculty preference for women:

http://www.pnas.org/content/112/17/5360.abstract

Furthermore, there is no gender pay gap in tech salaries:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/tech-careers/study-finds-no-gender-gap-in-tech-salaries

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Re: Not-Good Things People Say on the Internet
« Reply #329 on: April 02, 2016, 07:00:30 pm »
Yet another reason STEM is better.
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