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This morning's shower though: fake outrage over critical race theory makes it fall under the realm of current events, which makes it something that will have to be discussed in classrooms.
* Keep the stars at night small and moderately illuminated, deep in the heart of Texas
You reminded me how infuriating it was when I first moved here ages ago. In California we just called all soft drinks "soda" so then I moved out to Texas and it was like...
"May I take your order?"
"A number 6 with a coke please."
"What kind of coke?"
"What you mean what kind of coke?"
"You know, like Dr. Pepper, Root Beer, whatever."
"Just a coke."
"Oh a coke, why didn't you say so."
Used to it now, but every once in awhile you always get that place where you say you want a coke and they give you some other random soda because they thought you wanted them to surprise you.
"May I take your order?"
"A number 6 with a coke please."
"What kind of coke?"
"What you mean what kind of coke?"
"You know, like Dr. Pepper, Root Beer, whatever."
"Just a coke."
"Oh a coke, why didn't you say so."
Used to it now, but every once in awhile you always get that place where you say you want a coke and they give you some other random soda because they thought you wanted them to surprise you.
And here in Canada, we refer to it as "pop." When I lived in the states for a year, I got so many confused looks when ordering.
Well then you obviously werent in Michigan because youd have fit right in
Yeah
Yeah there is a Pop/Soda/Coke divide in the US, it really depends on where you live.
I was an adamant "pop" for years, but it goes either way where I live now, so I swap between the two. (Calling it Coke is not real)
We always called it "coke" when I was a kid in Texas. But that's because we actually drank Coca Cola. When I switched, I started calling it "soda" to differentiate what I was asking for from "coke"
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That thread gets worst.
The tweet is gone now, of course, but I remember when it actually popped up during this exchange thanks to the guys at Reddit who linked to the original twitter thread right after it popped on trends (the post is a month old now) Of course, much like Trump, this matter of fact seeming statement is "clearly joking" to her conservative followers, and not at all how she actually feels. DUH!
It's like what I say to people who say "We're wasting money sending helicopters to the moon while there are homeless people dying on the street!"
To which I often respond something like "That's not an issue with money. It's an issue with capitalism." We could have PLENTY of money to fix societal problems AND still do space missions. The problem is greedy corporations and greedier politicians.
What the fuck?
Why is it that saying "the disappearance of traditional Maori ways is a problem" is A-OK, but saying "the disappearance of Gaelic ways is a problem" its something only a horrible racist world ever consider uttering?
Look, not every tradition deserves to be remembered - some deserve infamy or oblivion rather than praise. But, yes, whether it's flag throwing or clog dancing or whatever, many smaller western traditions and cultural elements are dying off, and I think that's a shame.
Look, not every tradition deserves to be remembered - some deserve infamy or oblivion rather than praise. But, yes, whether it's flag throwing or clog dancing or whatever, many smaller western traditions and cultural elements are dying off, and I think that's a shame.
Because it's all a white supremacist dog whistle, the belief that "white" culture is going to be tainted by the blacks. It's why people thought they were morally in the right to forbid interracial marriage, why anyone copulating outside their race was a race traitor. It's "the great replacement" and it's used as a fear mongering tactic to whip people into a frenzy and get them to hate immigrants, or people of color, or anyone viewed as an outsider.
Besides, Gaelic culture is already dead, and it wasn't killed by the fact that *gasp* there's a class with more black students in it than white. It was killed by the same systematic oppression that's perpetrating these same ideas.
And I don't think you're a racist, Bubs. But I do think you have some casually racist ideas. And that's not to say I don't, I grew up and live in the southern United States, which just like many startlingly Aryan European countries, comes with a lot of ingrained baggage to work through.
If you mean Gaelic culture in Ireland dying, yeah, sure.
Yeah, that's what makes it funny... the idea that that's what's going to do it after 800+ years of active suppression by the english.
But teh real kicker is that the language actually declined more after they got free, probably because most no longer felt the need to hang on to it as a sign of defiance.
I... what?
You really think they all be gansta' all up in the green field of Athenry?