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    • SG
      SG @Tinuviel last edited by

      @tinuviel said in Random links:

      The term cracker meant poor white people in Virginia

      I always thought it referred to slave owners cracking the whip.

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      • Thenomain
        Thenomain @SG last edited by Thenomain

        @sg said in Random links:

        @tinuviel said in Random links:

        The term cracker meant poor white people in Virginia

        I always thought it referred to slave owners cracking the whip.

        According to Wikipedia, you're both (kind of) wrong.

        Not that I'm taking Wikipedia as the definitive answer, but I rank it somewhat higher than "something someone said on the internet". Wikipedia is more, "something someone said on the internet, but showed their work".

        “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
        ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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          Insomnia last edited by

          How Mall Cop 2 syncs perfectly with Dark Side of the Moon (Thread on reddit and video).

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          • Arkandel
            Arkandel Admin @Insomnia last edited by

            Black Friday in Brazil looks like something out of a Walking Dead trailer.

            • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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            • Auspice
              Auspice last edited by

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              Some days, I'm the Monkey Brain.
              Others, I'm the Lizard Brain.

              Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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              • Ganymede
                Ganymede Admin @Auspice last edited by

                @auspice said in Random links:

                Some days, I'm the Monkey Brain.
                Others, I'm the Lizard Brain.

                Gany Brain: Add to clothes in washing machine. Turn washing machine on. Eat sustenance. Rub one out. Repeat.

                “It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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                • Arkandel
                  Arkandel Admin @Ganymede last edited by

                  Tolkien

                  • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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                  • Auspice
                    Auspice last edited by

                    First photos from Stargate: Origins ❤

                    Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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                    • mietze
                      mietze last edited by

                      This is the business venture of two local friends of mine (though they ship all over). If you don’t want to go to an escape room, they can bring it to you! :). I test piloted a few things early on, they are top notch, and would be a super fun way to mix up a game night if you wanted someone else to do the prep work!

                      http://www.enigmacrate.com/p/crate.html?m=1

                      Also! Women gamer geek owned and operated!

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                      • Karmageddon
                        Karmageddon @Thenomain last edited by

                        @thenomain said in Random links:

                        @sg said in Random links:

                        @tinuviel said in Random links:

                        The term cracker meant poor white people in Virginia

                        I always thought it referred to slave owners cracking the whip.

                        According to Wikipedia, you're both (kind of) wrong.

                        Not that I'm taking Wikipedia as the definitive answer, but I rank it somewhat higher than "something someone said on the internet". Wikipedia is more, "something someone said on the internet, but showed their work".

                        I was called a cracker once when I was in college. I was so utterly baffled. I peered at the person who called me such as if they were nutters for thinking that was an insult.

                        I thought I was being called a cracker because I was white like a Saltine cracker, and I asked wtf was supposed to be so offensive about that. Were they implying I was bland? (Not an adjective anyone ever has used to describe me, so the whole thing was extra ridiculous to me.)

                        That whole group of black people were entirely taken off-guard by my response. One of them told me it was for "whip cracker". I said that made more sense for an insult, except it wasn't accurate cos I am first-generation American and if they were insinuating that my eastern European Jew ancestors were somehow responsible for the slave trade, they really needed to better educate themselves.

                        They gave up after that.

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                        • Auspice
                          Auspice last edited by

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                          Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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                          • Auspice
                            Auspice last edited by

                            "Who's the dumbest person you've ever met?"

                            Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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                            • Tinuviel
                              Tinuviel @Auspice last edited by

                              @auspice I have been in a similar situation as that teacher. Alas. Parents with, presumably, learning difficulties that can't or won't consent getting their children assessed. Unless it's actually abusive, the state often won't do anything. (And even when it is... the state often doesn't have the resources to do much beyond removal.)

                              He/Him

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                              • Auspice
                                Auspice last edited by

                                Voyager 1's Back Thrusters Just Fired Up for the First Time in 37 Years

                                Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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                                  Auspice last edited by

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                                  Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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                                  • Auspice
                                    Auspice last edited by

                                    Key and Peele know about the baby arm holding an apple.

                                    Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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                                    • Arkandel
                                      Arkandel Admin @Auspice last edited by

                                      Quentin Tarantino is considering a Star Trek movie and I need this in my life.

                                      • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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                                      • Karmageddon
                                        Karmageddon @Auspice last edited by

                                        @auspice That's one of my fave Key & Peele sketches. I also die at how much the white chick costs in Wendell's video for "The Power of Wings".

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                                        • Arkandel
                                          Arkandel Admin @Karmageddon last edited by

                                          Steak

                                          • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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                                            Roz Banned @Arkandel last edited by

                                            @arkandel Well thanks a lot, now I want steak.

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