alekwithak

u/alekwithak@lemmy.world
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on A reminder · c/workreform · 10 pts · 7d

Yeah, and I'm sure Elon makes nothing off of the daily bet on the number of times he'll tweet, too.

on A reminder · c/workreform · 18 pts · 7d

I mean it's true for Polymarket, you could just place a bet on a local forest catching fire and then light it.

Edit to be super clear that I'm not condoning this behavior, just pointing out one single instance of how fucked up sites like Polymarket and Kalshi actually are.

Oh, now I'm a "cracker" too?

And I'm the "Dumb Fucking Racist?"

I get your point and met your point and tried to have a genuine discussion with you and you meet me in turn with ire and actual slurs. There goes any shred of credibility you might have had. Did you read I Have A Dream?

You're gonna call me a dumbfuck with the same breath. Let's set aside that I've already thoroughly refuted your insistence that it's a slur, words meaning and their etymology are separate. Further when you censor historically accurate pejoratives from being used in their proper historical context you allow for the revision of that history. If you care about these out groups as much as your ridiculous comments suggest, then you'd want their struggle preserved accurately, no? Furthermore when you dismiss the message for choice of word you discount good messages entirely and allow bad actors to sneak damaging messaging past just because they more carefully selected their words.

on just sayin · c/lemmyshitpost · 14 pts · 8d

Everyone knows Judgement Day was successfully postponed until July 25, 2004.

As a minority myself I absolutely detest racism, and I am here in this comment section specifically to call it out. I came to this you with open arms and open eyes and gave you every opportunity to explain your reasoning, but instead you choose to attack me. You have said nothing substantial so far and this has been fun but I'm done wasting my time with you now.

George would like a word with you. .

But putting aside the fact that no tf it isn't, you cannot separate something from the context in which it originates. You don't get to revise history because you don't like a word that was used to make fun of white suburban kids who acted like black urban youth. Now if you want to tell me who that word is supposed to offend and why I'm all ears, or eyes, but I'm not gonna let you use a single word to invalidate me because you've got a victim complex.

Edit: Actually I'm not done. I've been thinking about this a bit more and what qualifies or does not qualify as a slur. I believe “Wigger” can certainly be characterized as a pejorative rather than a slur because it labels a voluntary pattern of cultural presentation or behavior, not an inherent or protected identity. It functions more like “poser” than a racial epithet: contemptuous, certainly, but directed at perceived conduct rather than ancestry. I guess I could see where you're coming from, though.

on My childhood right here · c/memes · 4 pts · 9d

I feel like every touring musician with a mostly youth audience at least up into the 2010s was taking advantage of their underage fans. It just wasn't as big of a deal, culturally. I graduated in 2009 and had plenty of friends and classmates dating older people, and I do think it's creepy now as an adult but the adults in our lives at the time certainly didn't seem that bothered. The fact that some artists have been crucified over relatively benign behavior while others are still revered despite their repeated flagrant abuse of minors I think speaks more to the fan bases of those musicians than anything else. MSI and Brand New fans are more the types to hold people accountable for their actions than RHCP fans, for example.