The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
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The last good Sonic game was
Are there any Sonic versions of solitaire? <not serious, but would actually be surprised if there weren't
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Would Hearts work instead?
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It can get an honorable mention.
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Not quite the same, on either word
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Flamewar++
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>Some delegates are requesting that we move to jazz hands rather than clapping, as it's triggering anxiety
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a) that appears to be a request made to the organizers of some kind of feminist convention, presumably by people who are at that convention.
b) can you seriously not imagine a person whose anxiety is so bad that even applause upsets them?
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Oh great, thought police are on the case, those fucking COMPLAINs thought they could get away with ensuring that everyone felt comfortable at the event they're hosting? We'll show them.
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can you seriously not imagine a person whose anxiety is so bad that even applause upsets them?
I can, and I'd imagine that with anxiety that strong, they wouldn't even be at the event in the first place.
@Buddy said:Oh great, thought police are on the case, those fucking COMPLAINs thought they could get away with ensuring that everyone felt comfortable at the event they're hosting?
There's a difference between creating a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, and catering to every special snowflake with even the slightest complaint.
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It's a feminist event.
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So that means I'm not allowed to point out the ridiculousness of that request?
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b) can you seriously not imagine a person whose anxiety is so bad that even applause upsets them, yet are not perturbed by everyone around them shaking their hands in the air?
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Haven't you already been called racist for saying things that aren't feminist enough?
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On Slashdot, I was once called a racist for agreeing with the AA and RAC about car insurance premiums; I think I've mentioned it before actually.
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I find the attitude “We must not offend anybody anywhere ever!!!” deeply offensive.
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my GIS skills fail me. not only was i unable to find a fox hugging a hat i was unable to find a picture of anyone hugging a hat.
I R diappoint.
This'll cheer you up hopefully:
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Silly dinosaur. Hats aren't real...
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imagine a person whose anxiety is so bad that even applause upsets them
Survival of the fittest.
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Survival of the fattest?
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can you seriously not imagine a person whose anxiety is so bad that even applause upsets them?
Not really. I mean, similar to @RaceProUK, I'd expect such a person to be a total shut in or something. This is a serious level of dysfunction. I'd be more likely to believe it's a moby requesting that to make them all look bad.
It's a feminist event.
It's like Muslims threatening violence when you accuse them of being violent. Feminists protest against weak caricatures of women by rolling out the fainting couches for things that are normal and common occurrences in society.
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Not really.
Lots of people can't imagine the way my brain works either, so meh. I'd rather live in a society where we take people at their word when they talk about how they perceive the world than a world where we mock and shun people who legitimately have problems, so I err on the side of believing people unless there's real harm being done.
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not without being called a chauvinist pig.
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As I said above:
@RaceProUK said:There's a difference between creating a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, and catering to every special snowflake with even the slightest complaint.
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pfffff
logic has no place when a mysoginist like you talks about feminists!
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There's a difference between creating a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, and catering to every special snowflake with even the slightest complaint.
QFFT
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Not really. I mean, similar to @RaceProUK, I'd expect such a person to be a total shut in or something. This is a serious level of dysfunction. I'd be more likely to believe it's a moby requesting that to make them all look bad.
See, I don't get that. How does that make them look bad? If feminists have created an environment where even people with that level of problems are able to come out and get involved in something, isn't that a good thing?
Anyway, regardless of how non-feminists feel about it, it seems 100% in line with modern feminist ideology. If they were asking everyone else to do something and then not doing it themselves, that would be one thing, but to complain about them doing something better than anyone else is able to I have no idea where that's coming from.
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In a lot of situations, I would agree that people should be accommodated for. But sometimes, the kindest thing to do for someone is to tell them to pull their shit together.
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Anyway, regardless of how non-feminists feel about it, it seems 100% in line with modern feminist ideology.
Yes, I will certainly agree with this.
See, I don't get that. How does that make them look bad?
Because it's pretty ridiculous. It feeds into the impression of modern young people who need to be protected from scary ideas. Obviously not exactly the same thing, but like I said, that's some serious levels of dysfunction there that are attempting to circumvent a very banal and commonplace thing.
There's being nice to people and making reasonable accommodations and then there's crazy.
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But sometimes, the kindest thing to do for someone is to tell them to pull their shit together.
That is your opinion. My opinion is that going to an event like that, getting involved in something with a lot of people who respect and support them, no matter how ridiculous that support may look to outsiders, can be part of the recovery process. My other opinion is that as a general rule, feminists spend more time looking out for such people, so their opinion on how to care for them is far more relevant than yours or mine.
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can you seriously not imagine a person whose anxiety is so bad that even applause upsets them, yet are not perturbed by everyone around them shaking their hands in the air?
Like, I just don't care.
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b) can you seriously not imagine a person whose anxiety is so bad that even applause upsets them?
Who also goes to a big event full of lots of people? No.
Yes, I know, hanzo, but needs to be stated.
Also - the request for "feminist" jazz hands rather than just jazz hands.
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As Instapundit says, these people probably shouldn't be let out of the house unaccompanied. Remember last year, the wilting hothouse flowers at Wesleyan were triggered by a statue?
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can you seriously not imagine a person whose anxiety is so bad that even applause upsets them?
I probably can, but I won't.
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Don't recall. But then this is the first I'm hearing of it.
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I find the attitude “We must not offend anybody anywhere ever!!!” deeply offensive.
You forgot "anybody except white people".
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I err on the side of believing people unless there's real harm being done.
I tend to think that things like catering to people who are triggered by clapping is real harm being done to society as a whole.
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It was Wellesly, not Wesleyan.
Hey, remember when art was about shaking up sensibilities? I hope Elisabeth Caron manages to get a job after she gets her PhD in Wymyn's Gryvynce Stydys, so she can avoid the real world for the rest of her life.
I bet you she's OK with Piss Christ, though, but was offended by Muhammed cartoons, and can't explain what's wrong with such a worldview.
“I find it disturbing, but in a good way,” said Sarah Wall-Randell, an English professor at Wellesley. “I think it’s meant to be off-putting – it’s a schlumpy guy in underpants in an all-women environment.”
I wonder if Professor Wall-Randell has been sent off to sensitivity training yet, or if anyone's suggested her tenure be revoked for not being sufficiently feminist?
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Can we used the Civilized Mute feature to mute anyone who uses "triggering" as a verb that can refer to people?
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Only if there's an exception for people who use it mockingly.
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I probably can, but I won't.
Sure, until somebody you know ends up like that.You forgot "anybody <ins>except white people</ins>".
Oh yeah, able-bodied neurotypicals are the real victims here.
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I tend to think that things like catering to people who are triggered by clapping is real harm being done to society as a whole.
So by giving fragile people a place to feel comfortable, feminists are somehow hurting you? Remember the thing we're talking about went down at a feminist convention. You fuckers are the ones coming in here and trying to tell people how they are allowed to run their own god damned events.
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We're not trying to tell anyone how to run anything. If we were, this website would lose a lot of its content creators.
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Bang!
I gotcher trigger, right here....
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Also - the request for "feminist" jazz hands rather than just jazz hands.
What is "feminist jazz"?
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Autism is best-ism.
We used to call them painters, didn't we? The artistic, that is...