Best posts made by spasticgoat

Nothing says class like a dwarf talking about his dick.

@HelloRaptor

They believe that they've booked a moderately ambitious venue with a capacity of 150-200. But with the coverage that this has been receiving in the media, they may need somewhere bigger...

Estimated 150-200 heads in attendance, soul count is steady at zero.

My, the weather is looking glorious today.

@Miss-Demeanor
Hot shit, I'm making me a carnie. Thank you!

@BetterJudgment said:

By my memory, several bottles should have been finished by now.

Considering how much you've been drinking, I'm questioning your judgment.

@Cirno said:

@spasticgoat said:

As you are the emissary of the entire African-American experience, please arrange for peaceful resolutions to all current conflicts. Now that you've been identified and will be working as the spokestroll for the fullness of the cultures represented, we should have this all zipped up by noon tomorrow.

Or you're another person with an opinion who has no more or less authority than the next person with an opinion, and should know that speaking on behalf of an entire spectrum of people on their behalf is what starts problems before it fixes anything.

People help people. People hurt people. People who speak for large groups of people have faulty judgment and terrible logic. I represent my own race and ethnicity and do not focus on it. No choice of mine will change my skin pigment a shade darker or lighter, nor would I want it to. What I do with my voice is up to me. Don't raise it on my behalf again.

I speak for the militant African-Americans; the Malcolm X's , the Huey P. Newtons, and the Stokely Carmichaels. I speak for the Black Panther party, which is now defunct due to the intrigues of the US Government.

I firmly believe that we must free ourselves from the yoke of the Oppressors By Any Means Necessary, and that we can protect and help ourselves, without the help of outside intervention.

"I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment."

"I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being, neither white, black, brown nor red. When you are dealing with humanity as one family, there's no question of integration or intermarriage. It's just one human being marrying another human being, or one human being living around and with another human being."

"In the past, yes, I have made sweeping indictments of all white people. I will never be guilty of that again — as I know now that some white people are truly sincere, that some truly are capable of being brotherly toward a black man. The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks."

You may wish to take Malcolm X from the list. He was assassinated by three members of the Nation of Islam, likely for changing his rhetoric. He grew concerned about death threats against his family from his former compatriots. One of the most iconic images of him has him holding a rifle and peering out of a window, prepared to defend himself against the Nation of Islam's assassins.

Unless, of course, you're suggesting that killing African-Americans is ideologically supported behavior and it is endorsed by your ethos. In which case, you've certainly made a clear case on finding a racist a lot sooner than I expected.

@Wizz
Set it in a companion city and flit back and forth for different groups to operate out of, maybe? You still get Night Vale and a diverse option without losing anything in the bargain.

From the "Alts" section.

• Characters may be aware of one another. They may have heard of, or seen in passing, each other.

This is not bad.

• Alts may be in the same scene, though they may not significantly interact with each other. In essence, each alt treats the other alt as a 'background NPC' in terms of interaction.

This is bad.

• If for some reason a direct alt interaction should be needed, please consult staff to discuss this.

This can only go very bad.

race of warriors

Wow.
Yep. You win, Cirno.

@HelloRaptor said:

@Coin

then the privileged class is going to have to stop basing their privilege on those days, too.

How would anyone even go about doing that?

By thinking of the children, HR. Why won't anyone think of the children?

@silentsophia said:

@spasticgoat You seriously missed a chance at 'and nary a soul in sight.'

I was overwhelmed at the sheer quantity of ginger. I am a soulful and sapient creature, but I have my limits.

@TNP said:

@VulgarKitten Start a conversation. At some point when talking about your day, say "And there was this person near me chewing gum with his mouth open. I couldn't fucking concentrate because all I heard was him.'

To avoid being passive-aggressive, just say, "You chewing that gum like a cow does cud makes me want to brand you and turn you into steaks." If they get the hint, everyone wins.

Why not cut straight through the song and dance and get shit done? If they're a good friend, they'll understand. If they're thin-skinned or some stranger, who fucking cares? Life's too short to put up with nonsense.

My pet peeve: working class "heroes". They're not acquainted with struggling to keep afloat in competitive markets and because the jobs they themselves work don't require a tie, all others must be part of some magical land of elves and free stuff, because there's no connection between graduating with a degree and accomplishing some modicum of success. Instead, someone should have recognized their true brilliance and rewarded them with stuff, because they're really oppressed, for serious and everything.

I work in a very, very competitive industry and coped with a lot of bullshit, mostly from the entitled, but for fuck's sake, I never celebrated someone losing their investment, no matter how badly they'd treated other people. It's because I'm still human inside, I guess, which is why I'm still struggling, versus "winning" at everything. I would also kill to keep a good, comfortable office chair, because the one I've got keeps getting stolen by some asshat with envy problems, requiring me to to drag it back from their childish hands.

@Ganymede said:

@spasticgoat said:

I included quotes around the word "hero" for a reason. They're often self-appointed class guardians and I see a lot of their class-based ideology spewed on my Facebook feed.

Okay, so what you're describing is a working-class asshole, then, that buys into the same shit that upper-class assholes do.

Pretty much, yes. On each side of the whole economic divide, there's assholes, it's just the blue collar ones I hear more from than most. It's why I put it as a peeve.