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Postby Cannot think of a name » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:20 pm

Zurkerx wrote:Breaking: Mueller agrees to testify in an open session before two House Committees

Yuge news I tell ya folks, YUGE! Although that's bad news bears for Trump... get ready for the Twitter Shitstorm.

I feel like he's going to start that off by saying, "Look, you pack of grandstanding backwatching morons. I'm a fucking professional so no matter what you're going to try and get out of me you're probably going to be disappointed. I'm just here because you fucked up reading and now I have to hold your hand through this bullshit."
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Postby Kowani » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:23 pm

Zurkerx wrote:Breaking: Mueller agrees to testify in an open session before two House Committees

Yuge news I tell ya folks, YUGE! Although that's bad news bears for Trump... get ready for the Twitter Shitstorm.

Interesting...
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Postby Bombadil » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:30 pm

I know CTOAN has been aching for an update on the knitting controversy..

“Historically, knitting, like any art, has always been political,” she said. “These problems are not new, but I cannot deny that this presidency and the era we are in now has emboldened people to share hateful views.”

Leesa Renee Hall, a writer whose work centers on unpacking unconscious biases, said she has followed the ongoing discussion in the knitting world in recent months, which she called a “racial awakening” not limited to the Ravelry platform. Major companies such as Reddit, YouTube and Facebook have been struggling to police outright racist and racially biased language on platforms in recent years.

“The problem with this kind of response is that the issue will undoubtedly pop up again,” she said. “In its attempt to do the right thing, Ravelry is going to create more chaos. In their attempt to jump into action immediately, they don’t work on the underlying biases at hand.”

Some knitters opposed to Sunday’s ban have started the hashtag “#MakeKnittingFunAgain” in response to what they see as an overpoliticization of the fibers space.

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I had thought it was a gentle society infiltrated by rogue MAGA knitters but seems knitting is an overly white pastime where others don't feel welcome and overly so since Trump has emboldened knitters to express their views more outwardly.

Thanks Trump.
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Postby Galloism » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:31 pm

The fuck did I just read.
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Postby Bombadil » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:32 pm

Galloism wrote:The fuck did I just read.


Real issues for the real world Galloism.
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Postby Tarsonis » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:40 pm

We need a new plague
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:41 pm

Bombadil wrote:
Galloism wrote:The fuck did I just read.


Real issues for the real world Galloism.


If they have a Discord I want in. Just so I can laugh my ass off.

“Knitting is political.” Bahahaha!
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Postby Nakena » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:41 pm

Bombadil wrote:
Galloism wrote:The fuck did I just read.


Real issues for the real world Galloism.


Knittering and devoting time and attention to real world politics are not mutually exclusive.

Bombadil wrote:I know CTOAN has been aching for an update on the knitting controversy..


The outrage might be hard pass denied. ;^)
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Postby Galloism » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:56 pm

Bombadil wrote:
Galloism wrote:The fuck did I just read.


Real issues for the real world Galloism.

We all laugh, but the increasing examples of pillarisation of society are worrying.
Venicilian: wow. Jesus hung around with everyone. boys, girls, rich, poor(mostly), sick, healthy, etc. in fact, i bet he even went up to gay people and tried to heal them so they would be straight.
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Postby Kowani » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:58 pm

Galloism wrote:
Bombadil wrote:
Real issues for the real world Galloism.

We all laugh, but the increasing examples of pillarisation of society are worrying.

Nothing is nonpolitical.
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Postby Nakena » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:58 pm

Galloism wrote:
Bombadil wrote:
Real issues for the real world Galloism.

We all laugh, but the increasing examples of pillarisation of society are worrying.


Which why this worried me yesterday when it came up and i did some investigation into the background.
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Postby Loben The 2nd » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:58 pm

Kowani wrote:
Galloism wrote:We all laugh, but the increasing examples of pillarisation of society are worrying.

Nothing is nonpolitical.

Even shitting?
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Postby Tarsonis » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:00 pm

Loben The 2nd wrote:
Kowani wrote:Nothing is nonpolitical.

Even shitting?


Front to back or back to front?
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Thucydides: “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
1 Corinthians 5:12 "What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?"
Galatians 6:7 "Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow."
T. Stevens: "I don't hold with equality in all things, but I believe in equality under the Law."
James I of Aragon "Have you ever considered that our position is Idolatry to the Rabbi?"
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Postby Bombadil » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:00 pm

Loben The 2nd wrote:
Kowani wrote:Nothing is nonpolitical.

Even shitting?


Gender free toilets..
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Postby Galloism » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:01 pm

Loben The 2nd wrote:
Kowani wrote:Nothing is nonpolitical.

Even shitting?

I took a really big shit some years ago.

It’s a state senator now.
Venicilian: wow. Jesus hung around with everyone. boys, girls, rich, poor(mostly), sick, healthy, etc. in fact, i bet he even went up to gay people and tried to heal them so they would be straight.
The Parkus Empire: Being serious on NSG is like wearing a suit to a nude beach.
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Postby Loben The 2nd » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:01 pm

Bombadil wrote:
Loben The 2nd wrote:Even shitting?


Gender free toilets..

No like the act itself, not where.
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Postby Kowani » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:03 pm

Loben The 2nd wrote:
Bombadil wrote:
Gender free toilets..

No like the act itself, not where.

Infrastructure, what you’ve eaten and it’s ecological/economic impact, water usage, and a general commentary on technological progress.
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Postby Duhon » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:03 pm

Tarsonis wrote:We need a new plague


We needed a mass planetary bombardment the moment Trump won, tbf.
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Postby Tarsonis » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:04 pm

Duhon wrote:
Tarsonis wrote:We need a new plague


We needed a mass planetary bombardment the moment Trump won, tbf.


What if we just sent you to Mars?
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Thucydides: “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
1 Corinthians 5:12 "What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?"
Galatians 6:7 "Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow."
T. Stevens: "I don't hold with equality in all things, but I believe in equality under the Law."
James I of Aragon "Have you ever considered that our position is Idolatry to the Rabbi?"
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Postby Nakena » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:09 pm

Loben The 2nd wrote:
Kowani wrote:Nothing is nonpolitical.

Even shitting?


The bearer of the Royal Chamber Pod was a highly sought out and well paid office in the late years of Louis XVI in France.
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Postby Duhon » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:10 pm

Tarsonis wrote:
Duhon wrote:
We needed a mass planetary bombardment the moment Trump won, tbf.


What if we just sent you to Mars?


Better mass extinction than mass suffering. It's quicker, and puts sadists in the bad place. I mean, you could send me to Mars, but what would that do? You're still fucked by the choices you made.
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Postby Duhon » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:10 pm

Nakena wrote:
Loben The 2nd wrote:Even shitting?


The bearer of the Royal Chamber Pod was a highly sought out and well paid office in the late years of Louis XVI in France.


TMI
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Postby Nakena » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:13 pm

Duhon wrote:
Tarsonis wrote:
What if we just sent you to Mars?


Better mass extinction than mass suffering. It's quicker, and puts sadists in the bad place. I mean, you could send me to Mars, but what would that do? You're still fucked by the choices you made.


I doubt that the suffering on this world has been much increased or decreased through the actions of Donald Trump. Some of his predecessors have an argueably worse record in this regard.
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Postby Duhon » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:17 pm

Nakena wrote:
Duhon wrote:
Better mass extinction than mass suffering. It's quicker, and puts sadists in the bad place. I mean, you could send me to Mars, but what would that do? You're still fucked by the choices you made.


I doubt that the suffering on this world has been much increased or decreased through the actions of Donald Trump. Some of his predecessors have an argueably worse record in this regard.


Except now, he's the lynchpin of a worldwide movement for some form of authoritarianism, one that recognizes there is virtue in ganging up and beating democracy senseless now so they can wreak havoc later, instead of an isolated figure like Nixon.
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Postby Tarsonis » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:22 pm

Duhon wrote:
Tarsonis wrote:
What if we just sent you to Mars?


Better mass extinction than mass suffering. It's quicker, and puts sadists in the bad place. I mean, you could send me to Mars, but what would that do? You're still fucked by the choices you made.


There was mass suffering long before trump came along.
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Ecclesiastes 1:18 "For in much wisdom is much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow"
Thucydides: “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
1 Corinthians 5:12 "What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?"
Galatians 6:7 "Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow."
T. Stevens: "I don't hold with equality in all things, but I believe in equality under the Law."
James I of Aragon "Have you ever considered that our position is Idolatry to the Rabbi?"
Debating Christian Theology with Non-Christians pretty much anybody be like
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