General Chat/Time-Waster Thread

[Kosha]

14 minutes ago, PastryOfApathy said:

Nah bricks are better. Easier to handle due to their small size, way more inconspicuous and will knock that fucker out cold.

Why do you know so much about this?

[PastryOfApathy]

3 minutes ago, Kosha said:

Why do you know so much about this?

Ummm....

UMMMMMM....

[Kosha]

Just now, PastryOfApathy said:

Ummm....

UMMMMMM....

[PastryOfApathy]

1 minute ago, Kosha said:

UMMMMMMMM....

[Vae]

1 hour ago, FenrirDarkWolf said:

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/preacher-carrying-you-deserve-to-be-raped-sign-hit-over-the-head-by-baseball-bat-wielding-woman/

So that happened, and all I can think is...

He had it coming~

One might even say he invited it, by wearing that sign.

[FenrirDarkWolf]

3 minutes ago, Vae said:

One might even say he invited it, by wearing that sign.

He must've wanted it

[Falaffel]

1 hour ago, FenrirDarkWolf said:

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/preacher-carrying-you-deserve-to-be-raped-sign-hit-over-the-head-by-baseball-bat-wielding-woman/

So that happened, and all I can think is...

He had it coming~

It was metal too, I could hear the ting.
Didn't even knock him out

I mean, if you're gonna get assault charges, you may as well make your point a bit clearer. 

[Mayonnaise]

2 hours ago, Kosha said:

Why do you know so much about this?

I thought that this is common knowledge.

[Kosha]

Just now, Mayonnaise said:

I thought that this is common knowledge.

I know, I was just messing with Pastry.

[DevilBear]

3 hours ago, FenrirDarkWolf said:

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/preacher-carrying-you-deserve-to-be-raped-sign-hit-over-the-head-by-baseball-bat-wielding-woman/

So that happened, and all I can think is...

He had it coming~

This disgusts me.

Freedom of speech is the most sacred right us as Americans have. I personally hate what he is saying, but reacting to "hate speech" with violence is absolutely appalling.

[Falaffel]

5 minutes ago, DevilBear said:

This disgusts me.

Freedom of speech is the most sacred right us as Americans have. I personally hate what he is saying, but reacting to "hate speech" with violence is absolutely appalling.

Meh. Sure, violence is never the option, but I personally think freedom of speech shouldn't extend to heckling high school kids and pushing your hatred onto others. 

Answering truthfully, would it have been that bad had she not used a weapon? (this is kind of just an aside) 

[DevilBear]

There are non-violent ways to deal with shitbags like this. I am personally a fan of what people do with the WBC when they pull shit like this.

[#00Buck]

33 minutes ago, DevilBear said:

This disgusts me.

Freedom of speech is the most sacred right us as Americans have. I personally hate what he is saying, but reacting to "hate speech" with violence is absolutely appalling.

What are you the Fine Bros?

I'll react to whatever I want. 

[DevilBear]

1 minute ago, #00Buck said:

What are you the Fine Bros?

I'll react to whatever I want. 

U wanna fite about it?

[#00Buck]

1 minute ago, DevilBear said:

U wanna fite about it?

 

[root]

45 minutes ago, DevilBear said:

This disgusts me.

Freedom of speech is the most sacred right us as Americans have. I personally hate what he is saying, but reacting to "hate speech" with violence is absolutely appalling.

EDIT: Nevermind, I have a better comment.

The school's motto used to be "Pride, Class and Dignity".

[DevilBear]

7 minutes ago, #00Buck said:

 

Ooooooh. That whole thing. Now I get it. Durr.

[#00Buck]

Just now, DevilBear said:

Ooooooh. That whole thing. Now I get it. Durr.

I think you came up with an idea that the Fine Bros will steal and claim as their own.

A series called "people with baseball bats react."

[MalletFace]

49 minutes ago, DevilBear said:

This disgusts me.

Freedom of speech is the most sacred right us as Americans have. I personally hate what he is saying, but reacting to "hate speech" with violence is absolutely appalling.

I'm split on the issue, much like his head.

1 minute ago, #00Buck said:

A series called "people with baseball bats react."

Who can I throw money at to get this started?

[DevilBear]

Workers of a planned parent hood react to a suspicious package placed by a white man in a hoodie™

[#00Buck]

3 minutes ago, MalletFace said:

Who can I throw money at to get this started?

Nobody. The Fine Bros will steal your money to get this started.

I heard a rumour about a series called "cops react to black people who have not committed a crime."

[TrishaCat]

4 hours ago, FenrirDarkWolf said:

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/preacher-carrying-you-deserve-to-be-raped-sign-hit-over-the-head-by-baseball-bat-wielding-woman/

So that happened, and all I can think is...

He had it coming~

The comments of news articles like this make me angrier than anything that actually happened there.

I can't stand how many people follow the "eye for an eye" way of looking at things, or the idea that people actually defend violence as an appropriate response to speech. News articles often have people speaking with such an emotional outcry for justice and I can't stand it.

Ideally, in my mind, the man should have been escorted off campus for disrupting school activities. If such couldn't happen, then I would've preferred people either ignore him or respectfully and kindly explain to him why his words are hurtful and harmful to those around campus and/or why he is wrong in the best most polite way possible. People should try to be better than those inciting transgressions; they shouldn't resort to violence or even following an eye for an eye. And the thing is, the events that actually happened are one thing, but its the comments and the way people react to these events that bother me more. The fact that people clapped after he got hit, the fact that people think the guy deserved worse and so on.

Constant news articles remind me the state humanity currently is in. I want people to do their best to be the best they can possibly be, and things like this remind me how awful, scary, and emotionally charged people can be.

EDIT: On thinking about it, it also bothers me that I can't really blame people for feeling that way. Its a natural and understandable reaction for people to have. Its easy to see how someone could call such an act justice. But that's even more horrifying to think about. That people truly desire harm on others and that its actually something that can be seen as a reasonable response to something.

[MalletFace]

20 minutes ago, #00Buck said:

Nobody. The Fine Bros will steal your money to get this started.

Sounds great to me. That's how half of anything works anyway.

24 minutes ago, DevilBear said:

Workers of a planned parent hood react to a suspicious package placed by a white man in a hoodie™

I understand the typo, but I'm having fun imagining a planned-parent hood.

17 minutes ago, Battlechili said:

I can't stand how many people follow the "eye for an eye" way of looking at things, or the idea that people actually defend violence as an appropriate response to speech.

I'm not sure this guy crossed the line - I didn't watch the video - but not all speech is just speech.

The creators of the U.S. Constitution understood the impact this may have on governments well. Take the time to notice that "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech," yet "The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason."

[TrishaCat]

9 minutes ago, MalletFace said:

The creators of the U.S. Constitution understood the impact this may have on governments well. Take the time to notice that "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech," yet "The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason."

You're right, and I can certainly see where the impact of speech has some level of importance. I realize that speech itself isn't necessarily just speech as you say. An easy and simple example is the idea of someone yelling fire in a theater when there is none, thus causing panic. But the appropriate response to such an action isn't violence, in my opinion. Perhaps people could tell someone like that off. Maybe someone could explain to such a person why they shouldn't do that. Maybe some sort of punishment would be in order via due trial. In any case, none of those scenarios are things that should result in violence. Ideally I wouldn't even want people to angrily speak badly of such a person. Just explain things to them. Perhaps give them proper punishment through the legal system. Anything that would help such a person understand why they shouldn't be doing what they are doing while minimizing the amount of harm felt both physically and even emotionally by such a person.

[MalletFace]

22 minutes ago, Battlechili said:

Anything that would help such a person understand why they shouldn't be doing what they are doing while minimizing the amount of harm felt both physically and even emotionally by such a person.

"'And how am I to convince you,' he said, 'if you are not already convinced by what I have just said; what more can I do for you? Would you have me put the proof bodily into your souls?'"

Plato's Republic touches on some of the issues around this kind of thing and this is a good chance to read it if you haven't read it before. That it comes from a time when people had little better than dialogue to entertain themselves with shows, though. 

28 minutes ago, 6tails said:

I hear the Italian Mafia still carries some sluggers around for good measure.

Are they as camera-shy as they used to be, though?

[Endless/Nameless]

I didn't wake up this morning and missed my ride into work from my kind coworker. Yay. Gotta let your friends down at least once, y'know. 

[DrDingo]

10 minutes ago, Endless/Nameless said:

I didn't wake up this morning

And you're still not awake now

You're not really a long time member of a forum for animal people. That's silly. This is obviously all a bad dream

Wake up

[Endless/Nameless]

31 minutes ago, DrDingo said:

And you're still not awake now

You're not really a long time member of a forum for animal people. That's silly. This is obviously all a bad dream

Wake up

That should pop up as a message every time somone logs out. 

Edited May 29, 2016 by Endless/Nameless

[Spot]

The jews did it.

[Falaffel]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

The jews did it.

I prefer to blame Gypsies for everything. 

[Spot]

2 minutes ago, Falaffel said:

I prefer to blame Gypsies for everything. 

Not Obummer? What about Bush? 

[Osrik]

6 minutes ago, Falaffel said:

I prefer to blame Gypsies for everything. 

Why not Mexicans?

[Spot]

Trumps wall can never stop Mexicans! Because they're Mexicans, not Mexicants.   

[Falaffel]

Isn't racism hilarious? 

[Dr. Doggo]

41 minutes ago, Osrik said:

Why not Mexicans?

[Vae]

[Osrik]

1 hour ago, Vae said:

Now this is a thing of beauty.

[Cingal]

4 hours ago, Falaffel said:

Isn't racism hilarious? 

 

Well, to be fair, Mexico is a country, not a race.

 

So, it's more nationalism than anything.

 

[Falaffel]

8 minutes ago, Cingal said:

 

Well, to be fair, Mexico is a country, not a race.

 

So, it's more nationalism than anything.

 

I wasn't actually referring to the mexicans. I was referring to the things there were actually religions. Either way I was wrong, though. 

I'll rephrase to "Making fun of groups of people is hilarious." Because it is.

[Crazy Lee]

22 hours ago, Vae said:

One might even say he invited it, by wearing that sign.

He was asking for it by dressing in that sign.

He had been seen hitting himself with a baseball bat in the past. He probably enjoyed it.

He was drunk. 

He didn't say no to being hit by the bat.

Maybe he made up the assault. Sometimes fundies like him do that.

He shouldn't have been on that college campus by himself.

He should have known what he was getting himself into. By being there with the sign, he was consenting to be hit by the bat.

Anyone else have some victim blaming lines that would work with this?

[Jerry]

I'm listening to "I Won't See You Tonight part 1", in my room, while watching the thunderstorm passing by.

Quite the ambiance.

[Kosha]

1 hour ago, Jerry said:

I'm listening to "I Won't See You Tonight part 1", in my room, while watching the thunderstorm passing by.

Quite the ambiance.

Music is always great for storms.

[FenrirDarkWolf]

My airblade is a galaxy

[Guest]

Remember when I said I evaded school last thursday? Those idiots didn't notice a thing. Mission accomplished!

[root]

So I'm fucking around with some guy in Disqus comments who thinks I'm a sock puppet. What am I doing with my life?

[Endless/Nameless]

Words that can be used to describe today's workday outlook:

• Puke
• Shit
• Dryrot
• Hockey
• Hitler
• Tumor
• Salad
• Justin Bieber

[#00Buck]

5 minutes ago, Endless/Nameless said:

Words that can be used to describe today's workday outlook:

• Puke
• Shit
• Dryrot
• Hockey
• Hitler
• Tumor
• Salad
• Justin Bieber

Do you like Hewy Lewis and The News? 

[Endless/Nameless]

5 minutes ago, #00Buck said:

Do you like Hewy Lewis and The News? 

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

[#00Buck]

8 minutes ago, Endless/Nameless said:

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

Hewy's too black sounding for me. 

 

[DrGravitas]

I have discovered my city has a book store with 5-stories and over 300,000 books, specializing in rare and hard-to-find books (and binding repairs).

I must go there.