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Off Topic / Re: 2016 USA Presidential Race News & Discussion: DID FBI DIRECTOR GET THREATENED?

« on: July 09, 2016, 11:55:00 AM »

ya the general election hasn't even started yet. i still don't think Annoying Orange can go up against clinton, but idk, wouldn't be the first time he's proved people wrong

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Off Topic / Re: "Treated like blacks"

« on: July 09, 2016, 11:48:58 AM »

i think the point is that the average black person has a disproportionately large chance of starting life in these poor conditions, the biggest of which is poverty. an impoverished upbringing can greatly affect one's character and outlook. to add onto all this, you'll probably find that many poor areas also have under-performing educational institutions, which will only further exacerbate problems. when you're worse off economically from the start, and public education is too poor to do you enough good, it is significantly more difficult to get forward in life than someone who was born into the middle or upper class. it's certainly possible to get out of poverty in america, but if you have to do that before having any chance at real success, you're off to a bad start. poverty and crime are also greatly related to each other. if it's what you need to do to survive, you will commit crime. individuals with poor socioeconomic status will be more open to unconventional lifestyles as well; gangs can fulfill needs that individuals of this background can't fulfill on their own.

and of course none of this is a uniquely black problem; black people just definitely statistically more affected by them, and not by their own fault. nobody asks to live in these conditions, and if that's the only life you've ever known, it's very easy to feel like the odds are stacked against you. and if that's the case, then why would anyone bother trying to get an education and be successful? if you're already worried about living from paycheck to paycheck, slapping down thousands of dollars for something that won't pay off for years isn't the most attractive idea, especially when you could use that time to work a lesser full-time job that'll actually bring in money that you need right now. that's, of course, assuming you don't receive any scholarships that would help with this, and if you did (probably a federal pell grant), then hopefully your previous schooling prepared you for college.

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Off Topic / Re: just bought the sketchiest mp3 ever

« on: July 08, 2016, 07:50:08 PM »

Nice try everyonw knows you just had to buy it back as you could not go one god damn night with your vocaloid being held ransom

It was for your own good and now youve failed yourself and all of us

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Forum Games / Re: me irl 2

« on: July 08, 2016, 02:51:35 AM »

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Off Topic / Re: Political Compass thread v.1489

« on: July 08, 2016, 02:40:25 AM »

I think it's funny that there isn't a single purple party in the 2015 UK general elections. It's like conservatism and libertarianism are incompatible but that's stupid.

that's Interesting because in the US people would probs usually assume libertarians would be in the purple

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Off Topic / Re: Petition to recognize Black Lives Matter as a terrorist organization

« on: July 08, 2016, 02:25:09 AM »

yeah but see then they started hitting people with the signs
i think

it's peaceful as long as you say sorry afterwards, accidents happen

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Off Topic / Re: Petition to recognize Black Lives Matter as a terrorist organization

« on: July 08, 2016, 02:20:05 AM »

EDIT: no it wasn't, it was created for people to hold up signs in public places with a catchy title to get people's attention

doesn't that technically count as peaceful protest? i mean destroying property and the sort isn't peaceful, but holding up signs sounds pretty reasonable

in any case i'm starting to become more and more skeptical of BLM, which is a shame because it's possible that they could actually do good if weird things didn't keep happening

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Off Topic / Re: Iron man is now a black chick

« on: July 07, 2016, 10:47:07 PM »

i wouldn't worry about impressing anita sarkeesian personally lol

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Off Topic / Re: "Treated like blacks"

« on: July 07, 2016, 10:46:08 PM »

That's quite an assertion. You must have some proof that I don't care about any other person then?

well there have been several instances where you've asserted that you don't care about people's feelings lol

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Drama / Re: TheAnimeFan

« on: July 07, 2016, 10:03:29 PM »

Why Do You Type Like This

Its Grammare, Dummy...

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Off Topic / Re: My Search won't work in Windows 10....please help me

« on: July 07, 2016, 09:28:36 PM »

does doing windows+s on the keyboard work

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Forum Games / Re: YOU LAUGH YOU LOSE v666

« on: July 07, 2016, 08:09:00 PM »

this could go in either thread



a reading

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Off Topic / Re: [NEWS] cop shoots black guy for thinking he was about to pull out a firearm

« on: July 07, 2016, 07:47:23 PM »

No because white people in southern states are also incredibly violent.

That's not stereotyping.

As a White Southerner i can attest to this as i am currently Champing at the bit, hoopin and hollerin, ready to commit some Violence after seeing this comment on the blockland forums

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Forum Games / Re: YOU LOSS YOU LOSE v1055

« on: July 07, 2016, 03:50:25 PM »

gain.jpg

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Off Topic / Re: Steven Universe Megathread - summer adventur

« on: July 07, 2016, 03:28:19 PM »

some spoilers

important non-spoiler info:
suummer adventure will be from monday, july 18 to friday, aug. 12