Topic: The Chat Thread

[Ataraxia]

Oof. All the more reason to give the tea flowing. Mu'ad Dib say: The tea must flow . . . .

Okay, now I'm in bed.

[karlhenning]

More tea!

[Ataraxia]

More tea!

Yes, Roz is making it now. 

[karlhenning]

Cherish la Roz, laddie!

[Ataraxia]

Cherish la Roz, laddie!

Always.

[eyeresist]

Oof. All the more reason to give the tea flowing. Mu'ad Dib say: The tea must flow . . . .

Props must be given for the Dune reference!

Hmmm... true. Though I'd imagine it'd be illegal to just move all of your stuff and live in the house.

Erm, it's called squatting.

[Greg]

Erm, it's called squatting.

I need a devilish smile icon here... that's cool. Never even heard of that.

[Greg]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/alien-world-to-help-out-syria-since-this-one-refus,27620/

[Henk]

I'm gonna go to bed.

[Opus106]

I'm gonna go to bed.

I know you like Facebook, but please don't try to change this place into something similar.

[eyeresist]

Status: Eyeresist is reading this thread.

[karlhenning]

If this were Twitter, I'd retweet that.

[Philoctetes]

It's always nice to be reminded that my skin isn't white.

[eyeresist]

^ Enigmatic.

[Philoctetes]

^ Enigmatic.

Sorry about that. Today, whilst walking home from school, under the warm spring shower. Three adorable tween girls spat some racial slurs at me. I think they were seeking to get a rise out of me, but it takes a lot more than that to draw my attention.

[TheGSMoeller]

Sorry about that. Today, whilst walking home from school, under the warm spring shower. Three adorable tween girls spat some racial slurs at me. I think they were seeking to get a rise out of me, but it takes a lot more than that to draw my attention.

I'm white, but not in the same category as adorable tween girls. 

[Philoctetes]

I'm white, but not in the same category as adorable tween girls. 

Well it sort of threw me for a loop, as this is the first time it has happened in about a year. It was just sort of startling, I guess.

[TheGSMoeller]

Well it sort of threw me for a loop, as this is the first time it has happened in about a year. It was just sort of startling, I guess.

Sorry you had that happen, racial slurs are inappropriate on all levels.

[eyeresist]

Guess I'm lucky to have avoided such stuff (though I did get called "faggot" a lot in younger days). I remember years ago walking with an asian girlfriend and a passing guy muttered "gook". I was quietly freaked out by that. Part of it was just "What? Really? In this day and age?" But people are vicious morons. That's my default opinion and I'm rarely proven wrong.

[Philoctetes]

Sorry you had that happen, racial slurs are inappropriate on all levels.

I agree there. I think Richard Pryor had it right.

Guess I'm lucky to have avoided such stuff (though I did get called "faggot" a lot in younger days). I remember years ago walking with an asian girlfriend and a passing guy muttered "gook". I was quietly freaked out by that. Part of it was just "What? Really? In this day and age?" But people are vicious morons. That's my default opinion and I'm rarely proven wrong.

It was even more shocking as I live in a college town which is actually really diverse. I think I'm just too much of an optimist to accept such a cynical opinion. I do assume that most people will think crude things, but most are decorous enough not to express them. It's really the explicitness that is surprising.